improved gender hong kong’s poverty equality isn’t receding memorial wrongly Compared to the past, the The number of people living in attributes date of participation rate of local poverty in Hong Kong hasn’t bear rescue women in social activities has declined even with an increase increased, according to a survey in government assistance P2 MDT REPORT P4 P9

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US-Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump declared he would not further punish Saudi Arabia for the murder of Sophia Flörsch’s father U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi — making clear that the benefits of good relations ‘Those 30 or 40 minutes after the with the kingdom outweigh the possibility its crown prince ordered the killing. More on p15 crash were the hardest of my life’ More on backpage P7 MACAU GRAND PRIX 22.11.2018 thu

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he plaque near the sta- tue of Bobo the Asian bla- T marques renato A Brazilian delegation recently ck bear wrongly reads that it visited the University of Macau was rescued “in the summer of (UM) to discuss strengthening 1984.” the collaboration between UM A news clipping of Va Kio and Brazilian universities. The Daily’s edition from December delegation was led by Geraldo Nunes 20, 1986, states that the bear Sobrinho, director of programs and cub was rescued “yesterday” scholarships of the Coordination for (December 19, 1986), which the Improvement of Higher Education confirms the reports published Personnel (CAPES) within the yesterday by both Macau Daily Ministry of Education of Brazil. During Times and Macau Post Daily a meeting with UM representatives, raising suspicions about the Sobrinho said that he looks forward to date inscribed on the stone. increased collaboration between UM “Yesterday morning, a bear and Brazilian universities in mobility cub was taken to Municipal programs and exchange activities. Kennels from a restaurant [and] the authority will consi- Zhuhai airport der moving it to an enclosure in Flora Garden for [quarantine]. Bobo’s memorial and (inlet) a clipping of Va Kio Daily records milestone The bear was smuggled to Ma- from December 20 ,1986, courtesy MPD cau without quarantine docu- of 10m passengers ment,” reads the Va Kio article, which added that, “someone is and the quarantine documents in a cage outside a restaurant than 35 years old when he died On Tuesday, the Zhuhai airport said to have paid about 10,000 issued by China are required. in Rua da Felicidade by jour- on Tuesday morning, as repor- celebrated the milestone of 10 million [patacas] to buy the bear to be According to the Municipal nalists, namely, the late TDM ted by the Municipal Affairs annual passengers. The airport slaughtered for a meal.” Law, cats and dogs are not anchor José Alberto de Sousa Bureau (IACM). expects the number of passengers The 1986 article quotes “Mu- allowed to be killed, but there who first reported the case to Meanwhile, another contro- to reach 11 million this year. The nicipal Veterinarian Dr Sacco is still no legislation on wild Leal Senado in the course of versy arose around the bear’s Zhuhai airport company’s chairman [who said] wild animals such animals.” his investigation, and Harald legacy. IACM’s plan to embalm of the board, Wan Jingping, said that as snakes, civets, pangolins Yesterday, the Times re- Bruning. BoBo the bear, with complain- the airport will continue improving its transportation connection to etc. [are] imported into Macau ported that the bear cub was These reports also indicate ts reaching the Legislative As- downtown Hong Kong and to the every day by the Border Gate, found in the autumn of 1986 that BoBo’s age may be less sembly. Hong Kong airport. In the vicinity of the Gongbei border gate and the Hengqin border gate, shuttle buses to Zhuhai airport are also available, efforts to promote the with buses taking passengers from the development of e-com- two border gates to the Zhuhai airport Cultural industries revenue merce has resulted in the within one hour. number of organizations grows 4.8 percent in 2017 engaged in the informa- Casino-banned tion industry rising by 18 total of 2,088 or- went up 7.3 percent to organizations operating There were 107 orga- year-on-year to 362 and people’s money Aganizations were MOP1.83 billion. in creative design, an nizations operating in the number of persons operating in the four The total service re- increase of 128 year-on- art collection, down by engaged growing by 30.1 reverts to gov’t core domains of cultural ceipts of the cultural year, with the number of 3 year-on-year, with the percent to 2,190. industries in Macau in industries stood at persons engaged rising number of persons enga- The compilation of Cul- Casino-banned people’s earnings from 2017, according to the MOP7.08 billion, up 2.6 percent to 3,454. ged (427) and their com- tural Industries Statis- casinos or losses to casinos will be Statistics and Census by 4.8 percent year-on- Their compensation pensation (MOP39.6 tics is carried out by the deemed to belong to the government, Service (DSEC), namely year, with the gross amounted to MOP0.48 million) increasing 9.5 Industries Statistics and according to the First Standing creative design, cultural value added that mea- billion, up by 12.2 per- percent and 54.4 percent Assessment Indicators Committee of the Legislative Assembly exhibitions and perfor- sures the sectoral contri- cent. respectively. Group under the Com- (AL). Yesterday, the committee mances, art collection bution to the economy There were 220 orga- At the same time, a to- mittee of Cultural In- discussed the casino-entry ban and digital media. The increasing 6.9 percent to nizations engaged in the tal of 612 organizations dustries. In 2017, DSEC bill. The abovementioned proposal conducted a number is expected to stop gaming sector number of operating MOP2.38 billion. That cultural exhibitions and were operating in digital employees from entering casinos organizations repre- means that the cultural performances domain, media, up by 48 year-on- of specialized surveys while off-duty. Currently, the bill sents an increase of 175 industries accounted for up by two year-on-year, year. The number of in the four domains of still needs minor improvements. The year-on-year, or about 9 0.6 percent of the total with the number of per- persons engaged increa- cultural industries. The committee hopes to deliver the bill to percent. gross value added by all sons engaged rising by sed by 11.6 percent to survey results were com- the AL before January. Once the law Meanwhile, the total economic activities of 1 percent to 2,454 and 5,367, while their com- bined with data collected is in effect, the gaming authority’s number of persons en- Macau in 2017, the same their compensation pensation totaled MOP1 from relevant industries inspectors will enter casinos to check gaged in the sector rose as in 2016. amounting to MOP0.31 billion, up by 4 percent. to estimate the economic the identity of suspicious gamblers by 6.4 percent to 11,702 Analyzed by core do- billion, up by 6.6 per- According to DSEC, contribution of cultural who might be casino employees. and their compensation main, there were 1,149 cent. the Macau government’s industries in Macau.

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LAND LAW STUDY Flora memorial wrongly Lawmakers urge the Lawmakers Zheng Anting and Pereira Coutinho addressed the plenary, enquiring about the go- vernment “study” that the Chief attributes date of bear rescue gov’t to solve ‘holidays Executive (CE), Chui Sai On, re- vealed during the Policy Address for 2019. Chui has commissio- ned the Commission Against shift proposal’ issue Corruption (CCAC) to undertake Renato Marques the study regarding the land plots already retrieved by the uring yester- government and others still day’s Legislative being processed. While Zheng Assembly (AL) marques renato said he agreed with previous re- plenary session, ports from the CCAC noting the Dlawmakers Ella Lei, Leong factor of responsibility of the Sun Iok and Lei Chan U ex- developers on the non-usage of pressed their strong oppo- the land, he claimed that the an- sition to the government’s ti-graft body had already produ- proposal to amend the la- ced reports that were “ignored” bor law, allowing employers by the government. Coutinho to perform “holiday shifts” expressed his disapproval of the between several mandatory choice of the CE in ordering the public holidays, trading “anti-corruption police” to un- the benefit of such days for dertake such a study, claiming others. that the CCAC cannot or should The proposal, presented Furthermore, Lei Chan U ty, a fact that he contended to riors but to defend the com- not be the department to do it. at the Standing Committee recalled, “in the beginning be applicable also to the “10 mon interests,” urging the for the Coordination of So- [when the labor law was mandatory holidays [rule] government to put an end cial Affairs (CPCS), gathered firstly created], it had the that follow the regime of the to the arguments between SMOKING IN CASINOS Lam strong opposition from the purpose of balancing the labor relations of 1989.” workers and employers by Lon Wai noted that, despite the employees sector, with the rights due to the fact that making a decision that ga- existing laws and complaints workers accusing the govern- workers were in a weaker The thers the consensus of socie- from employees, the lack of ment of insisting upon a pro- position,” he noted. Lei ad- ty in general. smoke control in casinos is a posal that goes against public ded that at that time labor proposal Right after the lawmakers’ situation that still persists. Lam opinion. standards followed the mini- voices were heard at the AL fears that the existing problem The law amendment pro- mum criteria of international is being plenary, the Secretary for will tend to be aggravated when posed to change three of conventions in the old Macau Economy and Finance, Lio- the new anti-smoking law, whi- the city’s compulsory public laws, for example, the rule portrayed by nel Leong, called a press ch enforces a ban on smoking holidays into normal public “the working period can not opponents conference at the AL lobby to in VIP lounges and common holidays, and gathered a to- exceed forty-eight hours per respond to the allegations. rooms, enters into force on Ja- tal of 64 percent of opinions week” followed the criteria of as a clear “Since last week [I’ve been] nuary 1, 2019. In his opinion, against during the period of the Working Hours (Indus- dialoguing with both parties since at least 19 casinos have public consultation. try) Convention of 1919 and attempt to [workers and employers] not submitted any request to The proposal from the go- the 56 days of maternity lea- diminish the hoping that through the install smoking lounges, it vernment recommends the ve only includes two weeks platform of the CPCS they means that some casinos will selection of three of such more than the six weeks de- rights of the can dialogue,” Leong said, not possess rooms for smokers, holidays out of four: New fined by the Maternity Pro- adding that the government a situation that will likely lead Year’s Day, Ching Ming tection Convention also of workers will convene a meeting at the to violations of the anti-s- Festival, The Day following 1919.” CPCS “as soon as possible.” moking law. In Lam’s opinion, Chong Chao, and Chong With this historical back- Concluding, “In my pers- According to the same offi- if the existing law has been di- Yeung Festival and is being ground Lei tried to show that pective, the law is perfected cial, this meeting should be fficult to enforce, the new one portrayed by opponents as labor laws in the region are through its application and held on December 5 to “ad- a clear attempt to diminish old and not in line with reali- exists not to protect the supe- dress such topics.” might be equally difficult. He the rights of the workers. doubts that the government At the AL yesterday, the two will reinforce its surveillance lawmakers urged the gover- over the issue - particularly on nment to back down from Budget for 2019 approved the strict rules for the smoking such a proposal. lounges. On the topic, Lei added with 13.3 percent increase that the fact the government GP PUBLIC HOLIDAYS decided to put such an idea he government’s budget for 2019 was lary index of public servants from MOP85 Lawmaker Song Pek Kei re- on the negotiation table is, Tpassed during yesterday’s Legislative As- to MOP88, accountable for a surge of about visited an idea that has not in fact, a way for the gover- sembly (AL) plenary session on its first rea- MOP885 million. been voiced for a while. The nment “to delay or even fail ding with unanimity. The government also expects the income lawmaker proposed that the to accomplish its promise of The session, which had been scheduled pre- from the gaming industry to grow by about government establish public the Policy Address,” which cisely with this matter in mind, triggered little MOP12 billion next year when compared to holidays for the days of the Ma- includes not only to prioriti- interest from lawmakers, with the exception 2018. cau Grand Prix racing event, in ze the law amendments that of requests for further clarification on certain The Secretary highlighted that, besides the order to ease the inconvenience regulate weekly rest days, but topics. increase of the amount announced by the to the population during such also mandatory holidays and As such, there was no real obstacle to the Chief Executive for the wealth partaking sche- days and to allow a larger parti- paternity leave. proposal by the Secretary for Economy and me to MOP10,000 for permanent residents cipation from local residents in During his turn, Leong said, Finance, Lionel Leong, who also made little ef- and MOP6,000 for non-permanent residents, an event that has a long history “mandatory holidays have fort to advocate for the budget in the plenary. four other measures will aim to ease the bur- and a large impact on Macau’s not increased in the last 30 Right at the start, the Secretary announced den in concern to taxation. image abroad. In the opinion of years, and there has been no that the integrated budget for 2019 would In this sense, the government presented tax Song, the establishment of the update of maternity leave in present an increase of 13.3 percent when com- deductions for companies dedicated to “inves- days of the Grand Prix as public the last 10 years,” urging the pared to the previous year, to reach a total of tigation and development”, with the purpose government to take action MOP122 billion. of encouraging the development of technolo- holidays would facilitate the life and implement measures At the same time, government expenses gy. of the population and improve on which “society already were forecast to grow 2.2 percent to MOP101.1 The government also said it is revising its the relationship of local residen- showed to have reached con- billion, an increase explained by Leong as to taxation structure for rental properties to dis- ts with the event. sensus.” be mostly the result of the increase in the sa- courage the non-leasing of units. 22.11.2018 thu

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50 suicides Women’s report indicates recorded improved gender equality in 2018 he average gross disposa- Tble income of local women igures revealed by the Health is MOP7,822 with a median of FBureau (SSM) acknowledge that MOP5,000, according to statis- in the first three quarters of the year, tics released on Monday by the Macau registered a total of 50 suici- Women and Children Affairs de cases. Of those, 18 occurred in the Committee. third quarter of this year, represen- In 2013, the median disposa- ting a 3.8 percent decrease compared ble income of local women was to the same period last year. MOP3,000. The third quarter data revealed by The numbers were included the SSM noted that the majority of in the research results of the those that had committed suicide 2017 Macau women current were locals (72.2 percent). condition report, which was The bureau also noted that during first launched in 2008. The the first three quarters of the year report surveyed 1,001 local wo- (January to September), a total of six men aged between 15 and 74 suicides were recorded by the SSM years old. in which the victims ages ranged be- In 2016, Macau was ranked tween 15 and 24. The SSM suggested 51 globally, as its GGI (Gender that this shows the importance of Gap Index) was 0.718. The gen- Approximately 70 percent dies for family. three topics experienced grow- paying attention to the “mental heal- der inequality index was 0.067 of local women have full-time Being a single mother was th compared to 2012. th problems of young people.” in 2016, ranking 10th worldwi- or part-time jobs, 46 percent deemed not shameful by 60.3 Local women also consider The bureau noted that the World de. of local women are responsib- percent. Some 14.9 percent of themselves to have better phy- Health Organization’s World Mental Compared to the past, the par- le for family finances, and 80 women agreed that men shou- sical and mental conditions. Health Day motto was “Young people ticipation rate of local women percent of local women take ld pay for the bill when dining Work, the economy and chil- and mental health in a changing wor- in social events has increased, care of housework. On average, out. Around 52 percent of wo- dren are subjects which give lo- ld,” to raise awareness about the heal- with participation in voluntee- each local woman spends 2.3 men agreed that men are more cal women the most pressure. th problems of younger generations. ring and furthering their edu- hours a day doing housework. talented in scientific and engi- The government’s women’s The SSM has announced the estab- cation being the most apparent. An 18.6 percent decrease was neering areas. affairs working team has es- lishment of a program in cooperation Despite higher participation recorded for women agreeing According to the committee, tablished 79 measures to be with several institutions and local as- in social activities, local women with the idea that women local women’s top concerns in implemented in the short, sociations to provide community psy- still need to enhance their par- should get married and have terms of social welfare are aged medium and long term, thus chological counseling free of charge, ticipation in politics, according children, and that they should care, child care and housing is- hoping to improve women’s welcoming all residents and families to the report. sacrifice their career and stu- sues. Concerns surrounding all social status. to use it when in need. ad thu 22.11.2018

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reliminary re- search on how to turn the Hong Kong-Zhuhai -Macau Bridge into a Chief engineer wants to turn P“smart bridge” has already been carried out, Su Quanke, chief engineer of the HKZMB Autho- rity, said on Tuesday. HKZMB into ‘smart bridge’ Su was a keynote speaker at a recent talk at the University of and enhance safety considera- gions are listing its short and Macau, where he gave an over- tions. long-term goals. view of the bridge, from prelimi- The chief engineer called for “[We need] to maintain and nary studies, to overall planning, the use of advanced technology operate this bridge using AI [ar- to its design and construction. in relation to the bridge. “UM tificial intelligence] to bring in According to the chief engi- and key state laboratories will state of art technology. We all neer, authorities are collabora- work with us so that we can be hope that we can use AI to resol- ting with institutions and key a pioneer and this could be a ve [technologies] such as driver- state laboratories, including platform for mutual growth and less vehicles. Big data plays an UM, to help carry the project in construction,” said Su, adding important role here,” the expert a bid to prevent low efficiency that experts from the three re- added.

Su Quanke HK community, lawmakers call According to Su, the bridge is have 5G services in the future. also in need of advancing its te- Experts and workers extended for crowd control in Tung Chung chnology to predict what mainte- the coverage area of the optical ainland crowds in Tung Chung, a resi- nance work is needed, based on fiber to 20 kilometers, double the Mdential area close to the port facility of the the volume of the traffic flow. conventional maximum onshore Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge, dropped this “We would put in all kinds of coverage of 10 kilometers, to en- weekend, with community groups calling for faci- data, and even if structure is de- sure the full coverage of network lities to control the tourist influx. formed by 0.1mm, we will not signal along the bridge. Lawmakers are also calling for a shopping mall [tolerate it]. AI will have a lot to Currently, the bridge is ready and another car park with about 1,000 to 2,000 do,” he added. for access to the Internet of Thin- spaces to be built at the Hong Kong port, the Sou- Su also discussed construction gs, an innovation to be achieved th China Morning Post reported. sed over the bridge on Sunday, up from about 90 techniques used in the bridge, hi- by 5G technology. Some also suggested that a bus route should be a week earlier. ghlighting the sections of the bri- From the very beginning, the set up for tourists visiting an east artificial island Meanwhile, the HKSAR government has already dge and the two artificial islands technological base needed for 5G on the mega crossing, so that they do not need to announced further measures to control crowds, linked by a four-mile tunnel west has been considered in terms of enter the city. noting that it plans to increase the number of por- of Hong Kong’s airport. network architecture, room for Hong Kong’s Travel Industry Council said arou- t-to-port shuttle buses and loosening the applica- According to media reports, 5G station and the installment of nd 200 mainland tour groups in Hong Kong pas- tion process for licenses to operate buses. the 55-km bridge is preparing to fiber.LV

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instagram had an angel on their shoulders, students or young teachers to because it could have ended conduct research in Macau much worse.” universities. The research Sophia Flörsch’s father, Alex, period will typically last two recalled how the 30 or 40 minu- years, with each person being tes after the crash were the har- granted MOP150,000 each dest minutes of his life. “Trying year. The research fields include Chinese medicine, to find her was very difficult. I microelectronics, lunar and did not know what was going on. planetary research, smart cities All sorts of concerns come into and the internet. your mind at a time like that,” he told SportsMail. HK finds humans I can only draw contracted one conclusion: hepatitis Dear God, carried in rats Sophia Flörsch and her father everyone had The Hong Kong Health an angel on Department says a second he team boss of teena- based Van Amersfoort Racing, ry. Yesterday, Flörsch was visited person in the city has been ge driver Sophia Flörs- Flörsch suffered spinal fractures by the Secretary for Social Affairs their shoulders, found to have contracted ch, who suffered a se- after her mono-seat collided at and Culture, Alexis Tam [see a strain of hepatitis that is rious crash during Sun- high speed with Japanese driver front page picture]. because it carried by rats. Both human Tday’s Macau Grand Prix F3 race, Sho Tsuboi’s car, going through Interviewed by Autosport, Frits could have cases appear to be the first said that the accident could have a catch fence at the Lisboa bend. van Amersfoort recalled the an- known globally. The Health happened on any other track. The car then hit a photographers’ guish felt at the paddock during ended much Department said in a statement “I don’t think the accident was bunker on the perimeter and the half-hour that followed the yesterday that it could not Macau-related. If we go back dropped to the ground, with race accident. “At first, you’re scared worse. determine how the two people came to be infected with to Macau next year, I’ll be a bit marshals immediately on the because there were rumors that Frits van Amersfoort afraid but this accident could scene. her brakes didn’t work. Then this particular strain of the have happened elsewhere. We The driver underwent a seven- you start to doubt yourself. In After the surgery, Alex Flörsch hepatitis E virus. Other strains of Hepatitis E are typically also race in Pau and F1 also ra- hour long surgery at the Conde de the end we gradually got to know showed optimism regarding the transmitted among humans ces on all kinds of street circuits. São Januário Hospital Centre on what had happened. Sometimes teenage driver’s recovery. “I am through contaminated water, Macau is a special track, everyo- Monday. The operation lasted all you can despise social media, sitting at her side now and she’s particularly in East and South ne knows that,” Frits van Amer- afternoon and a press conferen- but now there was a lot that we just happy the surgery is done. Asia. Both cases in Hong Kong sfoort told Autosport. “The con- ce was held during the evening, otherwise would never have Things will get better every day. were discovered long after the tradiction is that everyone knows with doctors involved in the pro- known,” van Amersfoort said. But for now she has some pain patients had been treated. The the dangers, but most drivers ceedings revealing that Flörsch “The FIA seized the onboard - the drugs are wearing off,” he latest case was found in blood also say that Macau is the most had shown signs of improvement images of Sophia’s camera and said. “We have not yet spoken samples from a 70-year-old beautiful track in the world. That in the last stages of the surgery. all the drivers around her so we about whether she will race woman with a compromised indicates how strange it someti- The doctors who performed the don’t have to expect much help again - it is too soon for that - but immune system who had mes is.” surgery are hopeful that she will from them. Today we really got from my point of view, there is been treated in May 2017. Running for the Netherlands- be able to recover from her inju- to know what exactly happened. nothing I would do to stop her.” The first case was reported in September.

month of October, the AL discusses bakery created pink ri- non-resident Local bakery raises funds for bbon cookies and rose coffees that had pink internships elements to draw the breast cancer foundation public’s attention, while A bill concerning medical also raising funds. professionals suggests that he Lord Stow’s “We also know other According to Stow, it non-local residents can also TBakery has donated people close to us that will do so again next year, take internship entrance HKD19,630 to the Hong suffer, some we’ve lost, hinting that it will be an exams in Macau. According to Kong Breast Cancer Fou- some won the battle. For annual corporate social the proposal, although these ndation, an amount re- us it’s a very important responsibility initiative of non-locals have passed the presenting 50 percent of foundation because what the company. internship entrance exams, they its sales revenue from the the breast foundation “We have our own cor- will still likely not be allowed company’s “Pink Ribbon does is it creates aware- porate social responsibili- to undertake internships in Macau. The opinions raised by Cookies” and “Rose Lat- ness amongst women to ty favorites. It’s one of the the Second Standing Committee tes.” get themselves checked,” group of things that we of the Legislative Assembly To commemorate said Stow. support throughout the (AL) argued that once Macau’s Breast Cancer Aware- “There are too many year. Most of the things medical professional internship ness Month in October, women scared to get we support are very local entrance exams are accredited the company initiated themselves checked for and dear to out hearts, worldwide, people from other the raising of funds for Speaking to the Times, the move was important cancer but it’s the most whereas this is more of an regions can take the exams the breast cancer-related Eileen Stow, chief exe- to the family-owned busi- prudent thing you can international thing and in Macau and, in turn, it will foundation for the first cutive of Lord Stow’s ness, as their mother was do,” she added. it’s family connected,” promote Macau’s traditional time. Bakery, explained that a victim of breast cancer. Thus, for the whole Stow explained. LV Chinese medicine industry. 22.11.2018 thu

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Reports Japan prosecutors to hold Ghosn for 10 more days issan Motor Co. chairman for violating finance and exchan- came chief executive of Renault NCarlos Ghosn will be detai- ge laws is 10 years in prison, a 10 in 2005, leading the two major ned for another 10 days following million yen ($89,000) fine, or automakers simultaneously. In his arrest on suspicion of falsi- both. 2016, he became chairman of fying income reports by millions Renault SA of France, a part- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. after of dollars and misusing company ner since the late 1990s and now Nissan took it into the alliance assets for personal gain, Japane- holding a 43 percent stake in to help it recover from an ins- se media reported yesterday. Nissan, retained Ghosn as chief pections scandal at the smaller Nissan’s board of directors is executive in an emergency board automaker. Carlos Ghosn due to meet today and decide meeting Tuesday, while naming if it will dismiss Ghosn and the the company’s chief operating ce management. He has a law Nissan shares tanked Tuesday company’s representative direc- officer, Thierry Bollore, in his Under degree from Loyola University after the scandal surfaced, falling tor, Greg Kelly. He also arrested place. Renault’s board also is Japanese School of Law and a bachelor’s 5.5 percent. The stock recovered Monday on suspicion of collabo- requesting that Nissan share de- degree in public administration moderately in yesterday’s tra- rating in the wrongdoing. tails of its internal investigation law, suspects from Augustana College. ding on the Tokyo Stock Exchan- Their detention was extended into Ghosn, which the company When Saikawa was asked how ge, closing up 0.4 percent. yesterday for another 10 days, says was sparked by a whistle- can be held such actions could have gone un- Masahiro Akita, auto analyst Kyodo News service reported. It blower. detected for five years, perhaps with Credit Suisse, said he was cited the Tokyo District Court, From the start, Nissan has for 20 days longer, he blamed a murky sys- stunned by the news of Ghosn’s which declined to comment. sought to distance itself from per possible tem of checks and balances at arrest. But he believes opera- Under Japanese law, suspects the arrests. Chief Executive Hi- Nissan and emphasized that he tions at Nissan will mainly re- can be held for 20 days per possi- roto Saikawa denounced Ghosn charge without believed Ghosn had too much main business as usual, while ble charge without an official in- and Kelly as “the masterminds,” power. uncertainties about brand image dictment. Additional charges can and made clear he thought they an official Nissan’s overall performance remain. be tagged on, resulting in longer should be removed at today’s won’t be hurt by the absence of “It’s not realistic to think the detentions. Neither Ghosn nor board meeting. indictment Ghosn, “as long as the executive alliance will suddenly change as Kelly has been charged so far. Ghosn, 64, is credited with tur- team pulls together,” said Janet it is now already operating,” he Ghosn is suspected of under-re- ning around Nissan from near Kelly, 62, joined Nissan in the Lewis, an analyst at Macquarie said, noting the automakers sha- porting USD44.6 million in inco- -bankruptcy after he was sent to U.S. in 1988, and became a board Research. re platforms, or the basic parts me from 2011 to 2015, according Nissan by Renault in 1999. He member from 2012. His back- The fact the case was initially on which vehicles are built, as to Tokyo prosecutors. The maxi- served as Nissan’s chief executive ground over the years has been raised by a whistleblower shows well as parts purchasing. “You mum penalty, upon conviction from 2001 until last year. He be- in human resources and allian- the system was working, she said. can’t go back on it that easily.” AP

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nued to rise, climbing 0.3 per- centage points from the pre- vious year to 23.1 percent. That Amid Hong Kong’s riches, was because more children fell under the poverty threshold of larger households as more fa- milies stay with their elderly poverty isn’t receding parents, Secretary for Labor and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said at the same briefing. bloomberg Once you remove recurring government cash handouts, the poverty rate actually increased to 20.1 percent, the data show

The impact of the increased minimum wage, which took ef- An occupant sits inside a subdivided residential unit, known as a “coffin home”, located inside a building in Hong Kong fect May 2017, would be better reflected in 2018 data, Cheung Natalie Lung nd 1.4 million at the end of 2017. education, according to Chief led at all,” Cheung said at a press added, adding poverty statistics Even including government su- Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin- conference Monday, noting that will face “greater upward pres- he number of peo- pport and social welfare, there chung. the poverty rate for the elderly sure” due to continued adjust- ple living in poverty were still more than 1 million Once you remove recurring has fallen back to the 2003 le- ment of poverty line thresholds in Hong Kong hasn’t people in poverty, or 14.7 per- government cash handouts, the vel. “But we’ve got to follow the with wage increases. declined even with an cent of the population. poverty rate actually increased international norm, that’s why “It is an indisputable fact that Tincrease in government assis- It’s a familiar story for the city to 20.1 percent, the data show. all these are not reflected in the Hong Kong is facing the issue of tance, the latest reminder of of 7.4 million, where the world’s The government blames chan- figures at all.” wealth disparity,” Chief Executi- persistent income inequality in densest skyscrapers tower over ging household sizes and the The outlook is darkening for ve Carrie Lam said in her policy one of the world’s most expen- cage homes and a rapidly aging methodology use to calculate the Hong Kong economy as it fa- address earlier this year, where sive cities. population. this headline number for the ces rising external risks. Growth she pledged to increase supply The number of people below The stubborn persistence is worsening statistics. The data is forecast to slow to 3.2 percent of public housing and land, as the official poverty line - an in spite of a continued increa- only includes income, not asse- in 2018 after expanding 3.8 per- well as improve allowances for individual earning less than se in government expenditu- ts, and doesn’t take into account cent last year, amid uncertain- low-income working families. HKD4,000 (USD511) a month, re on social welfare, which in subsidies for after-school care ties from the U.S.-China trade “The government has due res- or a family of four with a mon- 2018 is nearly twice the 2009 and elderly care, public housing war and a slowing mainland ponsibility to implement appro- thly household income of under level, making it the second-lar- support and other payments. economy. priate labour and welfare poli- HKD19,900 - increased to arou- gest area of spending, behind “I don’t think our policy has fai- The child poverty rate conti- cies.” Bloomberg

Beijing to judge every resident based on behavior by end of 2020 bloomberg hina’s plan to judge The Beijing project will sent the most ambitious who violate traffic laws Ceach of its 1.3 billion improve blacklist systems yet among more than a and charge under-the-tab- people based on their so- so that those deemed un- dozen cities that are mo- le fees. By the end of May, cial behavior is moving a trustworthy will be “una- ving ahead with similar people with bad credit in step closer to reality, with ble to move even a single programs. China have been blocked Beijing set to adopt a li- step,” according to the go- from booking more than felong points program by vernment’s plan. Xinhua 11 million flights and 4 2021 that assigns perso- reported on the proposal Those with million high-speed train nalized ratings for each Tuesday, while the report better so- trips, according to the Na- resident. posted on the municipal tional Development and The capital city will pool government’s website is called social Reform Commission. data from several de- dated July 18. According to the Beijing partments to reward and China has long expe- credit will government’s plan, diffe- nomic life moves online, uncertain. But as rules punish some 22 million rimented with systems rent agencies will link da- with apps such as Ten- forcing social networks citizens based on their that grade its citizens, get ‘green tabases to get a more de- cent’s WeChat and Ant Fi- and internet providers actions and reputations rewarding good behavior channel’ tailed picture of every resi- nancial’s Alipay a central to remove anonymity get by the end of 2020, ac- with streamlined servi- dent’s interactions across node for making paymen- increasingly enforced and cording to a plan posted ces while punishing bad benefits a swathe of services. The ts, getting loans and orga- facial recognition systems on the Beijing municipal actions with restrictions proposal calls for agencies nizing transport. Accoun- become more popular government’s website on and penalties. Critics say Hangzhou rolled out its including tourism bodies, ts are generally linked to with policing bodies, au- Monday. Those with bet- such moves are fraught personal credit system business regulators and mobile phone numbers, thorities are likely to find ter so-called social credit with risks and could lead earlier this year, rewar- transit authorities to work which in turn require go- everyone from internet will get “green channel” to systems that reduce hu- ding “pro-social beha- together. vernment IDs. dissenters to train-fare benefits while those who mans to little more than a viors” such as volunteer The tracking of indivi- The final version of skippers easier to catch violate laws will find life report card. work and blood donations dual behavior in China China’s national social - and punish - than ever more difficult. Beijing’s efforts repre- while punishing those has become easier as eco- credit system remains before. Bloomberg 22.11.2018 thu

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For 60,000 yuan ($8,700), her family bought a two-bedroom ap photo home with a small orchard and two greenhouses. The two gran- dchildren she lives with are gi- ven free tuition, school lunches, and even a free set of clothes. Xiao admits she doesn’t speak Uighur and cannot communi- cate with her Uighur neighbors, but she says the layout encoura- ges interaction. In a greenhouse a few dozen meters away, Uighur Abudu Mi- jiti has just begun planting chili with his wife. He moved to the village three years ago to make a more stable living. Two of his three children go to the local school and are fluent in Chi- nese, he says, as a government minder looks on. “For us, it’s good, it helps lear- ning our national language,” he says. “And because our next- door neighbor is Chinese, as we go in and out, it helps improve ethnic unity.” On the surface, the picture Han Chinese ride in a tricycle passing by farmhouses at the Unity New Village in Hotan, in western China’s Xinjiang region presented at the Hotan Unity New Village reflects the gover- Xinjiang nment’s vision of an “idealized place,” says David O’Brien, an expert at the University of Not- tingham. Cracks show in vision for “Every single part of it is the official narrative,” O’Brien says. “The narrative is, water will flow model ethnic unity village to the desert. The narrative is, if you come here great opportuni- Emily Wang, in their native tongue. Young truction as a tourist attraction Muslim. Another Uighur farmer ty awaits you. The narrative that Hotan Unity New Village Uighur women wear Western near Kuqa, around 600 kilome- in his early seventies, Muzitoh- people will be secular, they will clothing without the headscar- ters from Hotan. A concrete yurt tahon, says he is no longer a learn Mandarin.” n this corner of China’s far ves that are part of traditional known as the “solidarity far- Muslim. Yet the settlement remains Iwest, rows of identical white Muslim dress. mhouse” already has been com- only partly inhabited. The city concrete houses with red metal While these are voluntary se- pleted, and a giant sculpture of says there are 534 households roofs rise abruptly above the ttlements with economic bene- a pomegranate is prominently A closer in the compound, but most of sand dunes of the harsh Takla- fits, experts and Uighur activists placed at the center of the village look at what the houses are empty. A drive makan Desert. A Chinese flag believe they are part of an ag- to symbolize unity. through reveals rows of empty flutters above the settlement, gressive government campaign In Hotan, there are signs that the party calls greenhouses and house after and a billboard at the entrance to erode the identities of the the government’s experiment house with a sign that says “sea- says, “Welcome to the Hotan Central Asian groups who called is making inroads. Uighur far- ‘ethnic unity’ led off” patched onto padlocked Unity New Village.” the region home long before wa- mers toil alongside Han Chinese or chained gates. This is a Communist Party ves of Han migrants arrived in to farm crops in what was once reveals what Under the sweltering desert showcase for its efforts to tame recent decades. barren desert land, and both isn’t there: sun, one Han Chinese farmer Xinjiang province, the heartland “’Ethnic unity’ is a euphemism groups live in modern houses tending to her plot of Chinese of China’s often restive Uighur for taming, breaking the Uighur equipped with gas, electricity mosques chives complains that water is Muslim minority and an un- people,” says Joanne Smith Fin- and water. A billboard displays scarce and her previous batch forgiving terrain. The free or ley, an expert in Uighur identity a picture of President Xi Jinping for Muslim of chives had to be thrown out. low-cost houses are assigned at Newcastle University in the and a group of Uighur elders Even when the crops work out, alternately to Uighurs and Han U.K. “This is putting flowery joining hands and, according to worshippers, the chives sell for less than one Chinese, who work side-by-side bright wallpaper over a damp the caption, “linking hearts.” or traditional yuan (14 cents) per kilogram. in greenhouses and send their wall, a rotting wall.” Yet there are also signs of en- “Not even enough for food,” children to school together. It Construction of the village during mistrust. As elsewhere Uighur brick she grumbles. “You cannot feed is the future the party envisions began in 2014 with a planned in Xinjiang, high walls around yourself just working on gree- for Xinjiang after a massive se- investment of 1.7 billion yuan homes are topped with barbed homes nhouses.” curity crackdown that has sent (USD247 million). The goal wire, and police officers stand In the absence of government by some estimates more than a was to build 5,000 homes and guard from behind fences at the Uighur and Han villagers do minders, the woman goes on. million Muslims to internment 10,000 greenhouses, according entrance of the village. Adults seem united by at least one fac- “Ordinary people are not able camps, and many of their chil- to local reports, to turn a large don’t mix socially — at night, a tor — their desire to escape po- to eat meat. The officials can, dren to orphanages. swath of desert into farmland group of Han Chinese dance in verty. Rural areas in Xinjiang, but not the ordinary people,” But a closer look at what the and create a shared prosperity the square while the Uighur re- including Hotan, rank among says the woman, who declines party calls “ethnic unity” reveals among Uighurs and Han Chine- sidents chat among themselves the poorest in China, with many to give her name out of fear of what isn’t there: mosques for se. on the sidelines. families lacking even the most retaliation. Muslim worshippers, or tradi- Around the same time, the A Uighur farmer who moved basic utilities and food. The fi- As dusk approaches and tem- tional Uighur brick homes, of- Communist Party came forth to the village last September nancial incentives are also a peratures fall, residents slowly ten adorned with pointed arches with a new strategy focused on says authorities provided him key draw for Han Chinese from make their way out onto the and carved decorations. In their ethnic mingling. Subsequently, with free housing and utilities, other impoverished regions of streets to enjoy the evening place are colorful murals of what at least one county offered fi- two greenhouses, a small or- China. breeze. On the Uighur side of authorities consider to be scenes nancial incentives for Uighur- chard with grapevines and a Last May, 58-year-old Xiao the street, a young Uighur wo- of unity, such as a Uighur man Han intermarriages, while barn with sheep, chickens, and Erying, who is Han Chinese, man rests on an electric bike af- and his family holding a Chinese others have launched programs pigeons. But the crackdown on moved to this village from her ter a day’s work, looking at her flag. encouraging Uighur families to Muslims in Xinjiang has made hometown in the southern pro- cell phone. In the village’s new public move into Han Chinese residen- it risky for ordinary Muslims to vince of Hunan, over 4,000 ki- Asked what she thinks of unity, square, Uighur children banter tial areas. discuss their religious practices, lometers away. “It is better than she looks up. with Han Chinese children in China is building several such and when speaking to reporters our hometown,” she says, as she “Unity?” she asks. Silently and fluent Mandarin, the language mixed settlements in Xinjiang. in front of government obser- rakes sheep, chicken and cow slowly, she shakes her head, and of the Han majority, rather than A similar village is under cons- vers, he insists he was never a manure inside her greenhouse. returns to her phone. AP thu 22.11.2018

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US says Beijing hacking increasing ahead of Trump-Xi meeting Joe McDonald, Beijing Attacks by possible “Chine- se state-sponsored entities” U.S. government report against companies in cloud bloomberg Aahead of a meeting between computing, artificial intelligen- Presidents Donald Trump and ce and other technologies in- Xi Jinping accuses China of creased since mid-2017, accor- stepping up hacking aimed at ding to Lighthizer. stealing American technology as That include a “sharp rise” in a tariff dispute escalated. hacking against manufacturers Trade Representative Robert in the three months up to Sep- Lighthizer’s report reflects U.S. tember — “a type of attack that skepticism and a possible sour- has been frequently tied to Chi- ce of new acrimony ahead of the nese economic espionage,” Li- meeting in Buenos Aires aimed ghthizer said. at defusing the dispute com- China is, along with the United panies worry will chill global States and Russia, regarded as a economic growth. leading power in military cyber The two sides have raised im- spying. port duties on billions of dollars Xi agreed with Trump’s prede- of each other’s goods in the fight cessor, Barack Obama, during a over U.S. complaints Beijing visit to the United States in 2015 steals or pressures companies to Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to refrain from using military hand over technology. resources to steal commercial Chinese hacking efforts aimed “The key is to engage in dia- creation of Chinese champions complaints. secrets. American officials have at stealing American technology logue and consultation on the in robotics and other fields. The European Union filed a accused China of reneging on and trade secrets have “increa- issue based on mutual respect, American and Chinese officials challenge in the World Trade that agreement. sed in frequency and sophistica- equality and good faith,” Geng have been talking in preparation Organization in June to Chinese An indictment unsealed last tion” this year, said Lighthizer’s said at a regular briefing. for the Trump-Xi meeting and policies it said improperly limit month charges a Chinese intelli- report, issued yesterday [Macau Trump is pressing Beijing to news reports say Bejiing has the ability of foreign companies gence officer with trying to steal time] in Washington. roll back industry plans its tra- sent written proposals but no to control and profit from their technology from U.S. and Euro- Asked about the report, a Chi- ding partners say violate its details have been released. technology. pean aerospace companies. nese foreign ministry spokes- market-opening obligations that Beijing has tried without suc- “China fundamentally has not Lighthizer said China also has man, Geng Shuang, said U.S.- Chinese leaders see as a path to cess to recruit France, Germany, altered” its technology policy pressed ahead with improperly Chinese trade relations were prosperity and global influence. Japan and other governments “and indeed appears to have trying to acquire U.S. technolo- “mutually beneficial” and it was Those include “Made in China as allies against Trump. They taken further unreasonable ac- gy by covertly purchasing com- “natural to have trade frictions.” 2025,” which calls for state-led dislike his tactics but echo U.S. tions,” Lighthizer’s report said. panies and other tactics. AP ad 22.11.2018 thu

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South Korea tion properly because of strong opposition by the victims and public. A South Korean gover- nment panel in December last Seoul says it will close Japan year concluded the deal as se- riously flawed because Seoul’s previous conservative govern- funded sex slavery foundation ment failed to properly commu- nicate with the victims before Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul reaching the deal. South Korea and Japan are outh Korea said yesterday ap photo already at odds over a ruling Sit will dissolve a foundation by Seoul’s Supreme Court last funded by Japan to compensate month that a major Japanese South Korean women who were steelmaker should compensate forced to work in Japan’s World four South Koreans for forced War II military brothels. labor during Japan’s colonial The widely expected decision, rule of the Korean Peninsula if carried out, would effectively before the end of World War kill a controversial 2015 agree- II. Abe said Tokyo will respond ment to settle a decades-long “resolutely” to the ruling, which impasse over the sexual slavery he described as a violation of a issue and threatens to aggravate 1965 treaty between Seoul and a bitter diplomatic feud between Tokyo that restored diplomatic the Asian U.S. allies over history. ties and was accompanied by Many in South Korea believed more than $800 million in eco- the Seoul government settled for nomic aid and loans from Tokyo far too less in the sex slave deal to Seoul. and that Japan still hasn’t ack- Seoul and Tokyo’s bitter dis- nowledged legal responsibility putes over history have com- for atrocities during its colonial plicated Washington’s efforts occupation of the Korean Penin- to strengthen trilateral coope- sula from 1910 to 1945. ration to deal with North Ko- Japanese Foreign Minister rea’s nuclear threat and China’s Taro Kono sharply criticized Participants tear papers reading “2015 agreement between South Korea and Japan” during a weekly rally against Tokyo near growing influence in the region. the Japanese Embassy in Seoul South Korea’s decision to shut At the time of the sex slave down the foundation, saying deal, Seoul said there were 46 that Seoul would violate the Equality and Family said it will nue to push policies to “restore turned back history to the day surviving South Korean victims. “most basic rule to live in the in- take legal steps to dissolve the the honor and dignity” of the se- before Dec. 28, 2015. We will But 19 of them since died. Twel- ternational society” by walking foundation, a process ministry xual slavery victims. invest all our passion to write a ve victims who rejected pay- back on the deal. Japanese Vice officials said could take months. The decision was welcomed by new history of justice while the ment from the foundation sued Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba Lee Nam-hoon, an official from hundreds of protesters gathe- victims still have time and over- the Seoul government over the summoned South Korean Am- the gender equality ministry, red in Seoul for a weekly rally come past three years that were deal in August 2016, saying it bassador to Japan Lee Su-hoon said Seoul’s Foreign Ministry denouncing sexual slavery by lost.” didn’t go far enough to establish to the ministry to lodge a pro- plans to consult with Tokyo on Japan’s wartime military. Orga- Historians say tens of thou- Japan’s responsibility. test. what to do with the 1 billion yen nizers played a recorded messa- sands of women from around Lee, the ministry official, said “The announcement is pro- (USD8.8 million) Japan funded ge by a hospitalized 92-year-old Asia, many of them Korean, the foundation had used 4.4 blematic and unacceptable,” to the foundation that was for- victim, Kim Bok-dong, who said were sent to front-line military billion won ($3.8 million) in said Kono, urging Seoul to sti- mally launched in July 2016. she was happy that the founda- brothels to provide sex to Japa- cash payments to 34 victims ck with the agreement signed “After considering diverse opi- tion was getting dissolved but nese soldiers. who were alive at the time of the under its previous government. nions over the ‘Reconciliation also demanded a proper apology Liberal South Korean Presi- 2015 deal and to relatives of 58 South Korea’s Foreign Ministry and Healing Foundation’ based and compensation from Tokyo. dent Moon Jae-in, who has been victims who were dead by then. couldn’t immediately confirm on victim-centric principles, we “We won, [but] it’s just the a harsh critic of the 2015 deal Only 27 of around 240 South Kono’s comments that Ambas- have decided to push for the start,” said Yoon Meehyang, reached under his conservative Korean women who registered sador Lee told Japanese officials dissolution of the foundation,” who heads an activist group predecessor, told Japanese Pri- with the government as vic- Seoul doesn’t plan to scrap or Gender Equality Minister Jin representing South Korean se- me Minister Shinzo Abe during tims of Japan’s wartime sexual renegotiate the agreement. Sun Mee said in a statement. xual slavery victims. “In saying a meeting in September that the slavery are currently alive, Lee Seoul’s Ministry of Gender She said the ministry will conti- that we won, we mean that we foundation was failing to func- said. AP

ecretary of State Koreas SMike Pompeo said the U.S. has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea Pompeo sounds word of caution on should not lag behind the expansion of relations be- expansion of South-North ties tween the two Koreas. Pompeo said there’s rea Stephen Biegun was Negotiations between mic restrictions and says “complete agreement” be- holding the talks with his the U.S. and North Korea it won’t relent until Pyon- tween Washington and South Korean counter- on ending its nuclear pro- gyang denuclearizes. ap photo Seoul on this, but his com- part, Lee Do-hoon. gram have appeared to In the meantime, South ments to reporters unders- “We have made clear to stall in the months since Korea’s liberal govern- core U.S. anxiety over a the ROK that we do want President Donald Trump ment has pressed forward potential disconnect with to make sure that peace on and Kim Jong Un held a in cooperation with the its close ally. the peninsula and denu- historic summit in Sin- North, staging brief reu- Pompeo said the U.S. clearization of North Ko- gapore, where they made nions of divided families and South Korea set up a rea aren’t lagging behind a vague commitment on and dialing down military working group, which is the increase in the rela- “denuclearization” of the tensions. North Korea on meeting in Washington tionship between the two Korean Peninsula but Tuesday blew up some of early yesterday [Macau Koreas,” Pompeo told a glossed over how to make its front-line guard pos- time], to ensure they don’t news conference, using the it happen. ts on the heavily forti- “talk past each other” on acronym for the South’s of- So while North Korea is fied border as part of an their dealings with North ficial name, the Republic of pressing for sanctions re- agreement with the South, Korea. U.S. Special Re- Korea. “We view them as lief now, the U.S. is conti- Seoul’s Defense Ministry presentative for North Ko- moving forward together.” nuing to intensify econo- said. AP US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thu 22.11.2018

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Kim Jong Yang the use of police notices for poli- tical reasons. The agency faced criticism two years ago when Interpol’s mem- South Korean named Interpol ber-states approved Meng as president for a four-year term. Amnesty International has cri- ticized “China’s longstanding president in blow to Russia practice of trying to use Interpol to arrest dissidents and refugees Aya Batrawy Russia’s Interior Ministry said abroad.” & Angela Charlton, Dubai after the vote that Prokopchuk, In 2016, Interpol introduced ap photo who is one of three vice presi- new measures aimed at stren- outh Korea’s Kim dents at Interpol, will continue gthening the legal framework Jong Yang was elected his role in that position. around the red notice system. as Interpol’s president Most of Interpol’s 194 mem- As part of the changes, an inter- yesterday, edging out a ber-countries attended the or- national team of lawyers and ex- Slongtime veteran of Russia’s se- ganization’s annual assembly perts first check a notice’s com- curity services who was strongly this year, which was held in an pliance with Interpol rules and opposed by the U.S., Britain and opulent Dubai hotel along the regulations before it goes out. other European nations. Persian Gulf coast. Interpol also says it enhanced Kim’s election was seen as a Interpol was facing a pivotal the work of an appeals body for victory for the White House moment in its history as dele- those targeted with red notices. and its European partners, who gates decided whether to hand Still, member countries can had lobbied against Alexander its presidency to Prokopchuk or issue requests, known as diffu- Prokopchuk’s attempts to be Kim, who were the only two can- sions, directly to other countries named the next president of the didates vying for the post. using Interpol’s communication policing organization. Based in the French city of system, without going through The U.S. and others expressed Lyon, the 95-year-old policing the centralized Interpol vetting concern that if Russia’s candi- body is best known for issuing that’s in place for red notices. date had been elected, it would “red notices” that identify sus- Watchdog groups have urged lead to further Kremlin abuses Kim Jong Yang pects pursued by other coun- Interpol to reform the diffusion of Interpol’s red notice system tries, effectively putting them on system too. to go after political opponents Kim’s win means he secured at China as part of a wide anti-cor- the world’s “most-wanted” list. Bill Browder, who runs an in- and fugitive dissidents. least two-thirds of votes cast at ruption sweep there. Critics say countries like Rus- vestment fund that had once Russia accused its critics of Interpol’s general assembly in Kim, a police official in South sia, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and operated in Moscow, says Rus- running a “campaign to dis- Dubai. He will serve until 2020, Korea, was serving as interim China have used the system to sia used the diffusion system credit” their candidate, calling completing the four-year man- president after Meng’s departu- try to round up political oppo- against him, which led to his Prokopchuk a respected profes- date of his predecessor, Meng re from the post and was senior nents, journalists or activists, brief arrest in Spain earlier this sional. Hongwei, who was detained in vice president at Interpol. even though its rules prohibit year. AP

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Iraqi soldiers patrol along the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq

Iraq in the enclave. The Iraqi military them and are in control of all the believes senior IS leadership are crossings.” among them, possibly top leader In Qaim, the border crossing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. IS holds is sealed by a concrete wall with Town fearful as battle one other pocket in Syria, but a metal gate. Militiamen cross that is a largely uninhabited de- into Syria using a gap in the ear- sert expanse surrounded by go- th berm south of the town. vernment-held territory. The town was once a thriving against IS rages next door “We never thought or said this stopover on the highway be- fight would be easy. These are tween Damascus and Baghdad. Qassim Abdul-Zahra The dusty, quiet streets are do- who have been waging an offen- some of ISIS’s most determi- Long before a hard border ma- & Philip Issa, Qaim tted with security checkpoints, sive since mid-September. On ned fighters, and they’ve had a terialized in the latter half of manned by the military and the the west bank of the river is the lot of time to prepare,” the de- the 20th century, tribes sent ore than a year after the government-sanctioned, Ira- Syrian military, backed by Rus- puty commander of the U.S.- their grooms and brides across MIraqi town of Qaim was nian-backed militias known as sian airpower along with Iranian led coalition, British Maj. Gen. the frontier to marry, extending freed from the Islamic State the Popular Mobilization For- troops and Iraqi militiamen. Christopher Ghika, told The As- the branches of their families on group, booms from airstrikes ces, who are viewed with deep sociated Press. both sides. still echo and columns of smoke suspicion by many in this Sunni Retaking the enclave has also When IS overran the town in rise beyond the berms and con- Muslim town. Many checkpoin- The battle on been slowed by the rivalries 2014, it linked the group’s hol- crete walls marking the border ts fly both Iraqi national flags among the various forces besie- dings in both countries and con- with Syria. There, on the other and the militias’ banners pro- the doorstep ging it, said Iraqi Gen. Qassim nected them to key highways side, the fight is raging to captu- claiming Shiite slogans. means life in Mohamed, commander of Iraqi leading to multiple parts of Iraq. re one of the militants’ last en- On the main commercial road, forces in the Qaim area. Each Many of Qaim’s 120,000 re- claves. militiamen and Iranian fighters Qaim is still must move carefully to avoid sidents fled IS. A third of them Iraqi troops and Shiite militia- shop in the markets. One fruit friction with the other. still have not returned. men outside Qaim watch over seller, Nabil Mashhad, said that on hold, with Meanwhile, IS has turned to Security forces issue passes to a giant earth barricade topped since he doesn’t speak Farsi, he insurgent tactics inside Iraq. allow residents to move in and with barbed wire that runs along shows the Iranians the prices on residents Last week, it claimed an attack out, a measure against infiltra- the long, featureless desert bor- his cellphone’s calculator. waiting for their on the home of a tribal leader tors. But to apply for an ID, resi- der, trying to prevent IS infiltra- “The situation is bad,” that killed nine members of the dents must be vetted by both the tion. Iraqi artillery and U.S.-led Mashhad said. “Where are the town to be security forces in Anbar, the pro- army and the militias, raising coalition warplanes bombard IS services? The schools? There’s vince that includes Qaim. There uncomfortable questions about positions inside Syria, while Ira- no life. We’re working just trying rebuilt has been an uptick in bombings who is in control. qi militiamen along with allied to get by.” and kidnappings elsewhere in Among Iraq’s Sunnis, the Shii- Iranian troops cross the border The fight next door undersco- IS has fought back ferociously. the country, though not all are te militias are widely resented, to back Syrian government for- res the tenacity of the Islamic Last month, it attacked under claimed by IS. and relations between the two ces there. State group, a year after it was cover of a sandstorm and cap- A reminder of the group’s pre- communities have been poiso- The battle on the doorstep driven out of almost all the ter- tured a number of villages from sence came last week when the ned ever since the 2003 U.S.-led means life in Qaim is still on ritory it once held, which at its the SDF. During the fighting, U.S. military announced that invasion. hold, with residents waiting for height encompassed nearly a the militants drove explosives- American and Iraqi forces killed Qaim resident Talal Obeid said their town to be rebuilt. The- third of both Iraq and Syria. packed cars through tunnels to more than 50 militants in Oc- he had been hesitant about re- re is still no central electricity, The IS enclave across the bor- emerge at their opponent’s lines tober in the Makhmour Moun- turning home because of reports and running water works only der is the last area with a signi- and at one point lured SDF figh- tains of north-central Iraq. of militia abuses. intermittently. On the outskirts ficant population that it holds, ters into an ambush by sending “The security situation is under “We are more scared of the lie the wreckage of houses, their a 30-kilometer stretch of towns a woman to cry for help, accor- control,” Prime Minister Adel yellow flags than the black walls blasted open and roofs on the east bank of the Euphra- ding to the Syrian Observatory Abdul-Mahdi told a televised ones,” he said, referring to the collapsed from bombardment tes River. for Human Rights, a group that press conference. “It’s natural yellow banners of the Kataeb during the assault a year ago by The militants are surrounded. monitors Syria’s war. that Daesh is trying to recover Hezbollah militia and the black militias and U.S.-backed Iraqi On one side are the Kurdish-led The extremist group is esti- its strength,” he said, using an flags of IS. troops who retook Qaim from Syrian Democratic Forces, ba- mated to have several thousand Arabic acronym for the group. “I worry if they stay, there will IS. cked by American warplanes, fighters, including many Iraqis, “Our forces monitor them, repel be friction and provocations.” AP thu 22.11.2018

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Jamal Khashoggi Saudi prosecutors say a 15- man team sent to Istanbul ex- ceeded its authority when the lead negotiator in the team de- cided to kill Khashoggi for refu- Trump defies calls to punish sing orders to return. The Sau- dis say the agents dismembered his body, which has not been found. crown prince for writer’s death Democrats on Capitol Hill cal- led on the CIA and other top intelligence agencies to publicly ap photo report what it has learned about the killing. The CIA had no comment on the president’s statement. However, former Director John Brennan, a frequent Trump cri- tic, tweeted: “Since Mr. Trump excels in dishonesty, it is now up to members of Congress to ob- tain & declassify the CIA findin- gs on Jamal Khashoggi’s death. No one in Saudi Arabia — most especially the Crown Prince — should escape accountability for such a heinous act.” Trump said he knew some members of Congress would di- sagree with his decision. He said he would listen to their ideas, but only if they were focused on U.S. national security. Late last week, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that calls for sus- pending weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, for sanctions on people who block humanitarian access in Yemen or support the Houthi rebels, and mandatory sanc- Late US-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi tions on those responsible for Khashoggi’s death. Deb Riechmann, Washington the Saudi columnist for The Republican Lindsey Graham, se and left for the long holiday Democrats harshly criticized Washington Post who had criti- the South Carolina senator who weekend in Florida, undersco- Trump’s decision and called on resident Donald cized the royal family. is close to Trump, also disagreed red his world view of putting Congress to cut off arm sales to Trump has declared he The U.S. earlier sanctioned with the president’s statement, U.S. interests — both financial Saudi Arabia and end support will not further punish 17 Saudi officials suspected of saying America must not lose its and geopolitical — above all else. for Saudi Arabia’s war against Saudi Arabia for the being responsible for or com- “moral voice” on the internatio- He told reporters on the Sou- the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Pmurder of U.S.-based colum- plicit in the Oct. 2 killing, but nal stage. th Lawn that oil prices would in neighboring Yemen, which is nist Jamal Khashoggi — making members of Congress have cal- “It is not in our national se- “skyrocket” if the U.S. broke facing a humanitarian crisis. clear in an exclamation-filled led for harsher actions, inclu- curity interests to look the other with the Saudis, and he was not “Standing with Saudi Ara- statement that the benefits of ding canceling arms sales. way when it comes to the brutal going to “destroy” the world’s bia is not ‘America First!’” said good relations with the king- Trump said “foolishly can- murder of Mr. Jamal Khashog- economy by being “foolish with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of dom outweigh the possibility its celing these contracts” worth gi,” Graham said. Saudi Arabia.” Virginia where Khashoggi lived. crown prince ordered the killing. billions of dollars would only Asked about any personal fi- “President Trump has sided The president condemned benefit Russia and China, which nancial involvement, he said: with a murderous regime over the brutal slaying of Khasho- would be next in line to supply “Saudi Arabia has nothing to do patriotic American intelligence ggi inside the Saudi consulate the weapons. Critics denounced It could very with me. What does have to do officials.” in Istanbul as a “horrible crime Trump’s statement saying he ig- with me is putting America first.” Democrat Dianne Feinstein [...] that our country does not nored human rights and granted well be that the Trump said that King Salman of California, a member of the condone.” But he rejected calls Saudi Arabia a pass for econo- and Crown Prince Mohammed Senate intelligence committee, by many in Congress, including mic reasons. crown prince both “vigorously deny” any said Khashoggi was killed by members of his own party, for Asked by a reporter if he was had knowledge knowledge of the planning or agents of the Saudi government a tougher response, and he dis- saying that human rights are execution of the killing. He also in a “premeditated murder, missed reports from U.S. intelli- too expensive to fight for, he res- of this tragic said the CIA has not made a plain and simple,” and she said gence agencies that Crown Prin- ponded, “No, I’m not saying that conclusive determination about she would introduce legislation ce Mohammed bin Salman must at all.” But then he switched the event. Maybe whether the crown prince orde- requiring intelligence agencies have at least known about such subject to the “terrorist nation” red it. to release an unclassified public an audacious and intricate plot. of Iran rather than any actions he did and A U.S. official familiar with the assessment. “It could very well be that the by Saudi Arabia. maybe he case told The Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pom- crown prince had knowledge of The U.S. needs a “counterba- last week that intelligence of- peo defended Trump’s decision, this tragic event,” the president lance” to Iran, “and Israel needs didn’t! ficials had concluded that the saying, “We are determined said yesterday [Macau time]. help, too,” he said. “If we aban- Trump crown prince, the kingdom’s to ensure that we continue to “Maybe he did and maybe he don Saudi Arabia, it would be a de facto leader, did order the make sure that we take care of didn’t!” terrible mistake.” Likewise, Rep. Adam Schiff, killing. Others familiar with the the American people in all of In many ways, the statement The mistake was Trump’s, said ranking Democrat on the Hou- case, however, have cautioned the strategic decisions we make captured Trump’s view of the Republican Sen. Rand Paul of se intelligence committee, said that while it’s likely the crown about with whom we work with world and foreign policy, grou- Kentucky, contending the admi- that to suggest that U.S. silence prince had a role there continue around the world.” nded in economic necessity. It nistration has “blinders on” in can be bought with arms sales to be questions about the degree. The president opened his ei- began with the words “America comparing Iran and Saudi Ara- “undermines respect for the of- “We may never know all of the ght-paragraph statement chas- First!” followed by “The world is bia. fice of the presidency, the cre- facts surrounding the murder of tising Iran for its proxy war a very dangerous place!” “It’s a sign of weakness not to dibility of our intelligence com- Mr. Jamal Khashoggi,” Trump against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, It came after weeks of debate stand up to Saudi Arabia,” Paul munity and America’s standing said. “In any case, our rela- its activities in Iraq, its backing over whether the president wou- said in an interview. “Someti- as a champion of human rights.” tionship is with the Kingdom of of the Syrian government of ld or should come down hard on mes when you have two evils, Trump’s statement, issued just Saudi Arabia. They have been a Bashar Assad and its support of the Saudis and the crown prin- maybe you don’t support either before he pardoned the Thanks- great ally in our very important militant groups, which Riyadh ce in response to the killing of side.” giving turkey at the White Hou- fight against Iran.” has pledged billions to fight.AP 22.11.2018 thu

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Football MEANINGFULL MATCHES Europe’s smallest teams fi- nally have something to play for. The likes of Georgia, Ma- Nations League a hit as cedonia and Kosovo usually spend their time scrambling to organize barely watched frien- dlies. The Nations League gives positivity replaces skepticism them meaningful games and, since all three won their League James Ellingworth, Steve Douglas D groups, a shot at qualifying for a European Championship

or Aleksander Ceferin, ap photo — something that’s normally all the UEFA Nations Lea- but impossible. gue was an overwhel- Gone are the days when se- ming thumbs up. veral of the tiniest nations FAcross the continent, skepti- waited years to earn a single cism seems to have been repla- point. The Nations League di- ced by positivity as European vision system means UEFA’s soccer’s latest innovation repla- smallest member, Gibraltar, ced many unpopular friendly was playing comparable oppo- games in a busy calendar. nents and earned two rare “The Nations League is even wins, while Luxembourg came more successful than we thou- within four points of winning ght,” Ceferin, the president of its group. UEFA, said after group play en- No change for perennial stru- ded Tuesday. ggler San Marino, though. It Most Nations League games still lost all six of its games wi- were taken seriously and some, thout scoring a goal. like the Netherlands’ dramatic comeback draw against Ger- FANS UNSURE many on Monday, provided real The games may be exciting, drama. What initially appeared Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side’s second goal during the UEFA Nations League football match between England and Croatia but they’re rarely sold out. The- to be a complex format started re were more than 20,000 emp- to make sense. tugal, England, the Netherlands ming months but coach Gareth four leagues, are easy enough to ty seats in Gelsenkirchen for The competition involves all and Switzerland. Southgate will view it as another understand. However, the Na- Germany’s dramatic 2-2 draw 55 European national teams, Can Portugal forward Cristia- important step for a young team tions League is also a backdoor with the Netherlands, while playing in small groups and no Ronaldo win another trophy? which also reached the World into the 2020 European Cham- Tuesday’s game between Wor- separated into four tiers using That’s if he plays, of course. The Cup semifinals. pionship. ld Cup quarterfinalists Sweden promotion and relegation. A Juventus forward, who will be Is this the start of a new, exci- That’s where things can get and Russia was roundly critici- champion will emerge from a 34 in February, has been absent ting era for the Dutch after the confusing. zed for its flat atmosphere even Final Four after a mini-tourna- from international duty since the dark days when they failed to There will still be a typical though promotion was at stake. ment in June. World Cup and faces a rape alle- qualify for the 2016 European European Championship qua- For Scotland’s 3-2 home win The Nations League will also gation in the United States. Championship and the 2018 lifying campaign, but 16 teams over Israel — a promotion de- award at least one place at the Kathryn Mayorga filed a civil World Cup? Highly rated youn- get a second chance through cider billed as the host nation’s 2020 European Championship lawsuit in September in Neva- gsters Frenkie de Jong and Mat- playoffs. biggest game in a decade — to one of the lowest-ranked da claiming Ronaldo raped her thijs de Ligt are key members of In spring 2020, the 2018 Na- Hampden Park was less than teams on the continent. A look in his Las Vegas hotel room in the team and Memphis Depay is tions League results will be dus- half full. at the Nations League’s impact: 2009. Police reopened an inves- seemingly fulfilling his potential. ted off as the qualifying criteria That shows that some Eu- tigation into the allegation at her Can Switzerland, which hasn’t for the playoffs, handing places ropean soccer fans have been FINAL FOUR request. Ronaldo has denied any reached the quarterfinals of a to the four best-placed teams slow to fall in love with the new With World Cup finalists Fran- wrongdoing. major tournament since 1954, from each Nations League tier Nations League format, thou- ce and Croatia failing to win Will Harry Kane-led England continue to upset the odds after who missed out in qualifying. gh the old friendlies weren’t their groups — while Spain, Ger- capture its first international ousting Belgium in group play? Currently, that means Koso- always crowd pleasers. many and Belgium also missed title since the World Cup in The Swiss will be the outsiders. vo is guaranteed a playoff spot FIFA is sure to be watching, out — the Final Four in June 1966? The debate over whether but World Cup champion Fran- since president Gianni Infan- will take place without several winning the Nations League WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? ce isn’t — although the French tino — formerly of UEFA — is top teams. Instead, the surprise would genuinely end the title The Final Four, as well pro- are almost certain to qualify for looking to build a worldwide lineup of finalists includes Por- drought will ramp up in the co- motion and relegation in the 2020 the usual way. Nations League clone. AP

Golf Over the moon: PGA announces ap photo new tournament in Japan

Stephen Wade, Tokyo cial passenger to attempt a central Tokyo hotel. PGA officials said the a flight around the moon. “I don’t know whether he Zozo Championship will he PGA Tour will “I think this will be the will ask me, but I would have a purse of $9.75 Thold its first official first PGA Tour sponsor love to go [to the moon],” million with a field of 78 tournament in Japan. And that is going to the moon,” Matsuyama said. — plus 10 designated by the main sponsor of next he said through an inter- The tournament, set for the Japanese Tour, and year’s event, Japanese preter Tuesday in annou- Oct. 24-27, will be part of eight others with spe- billionaire Yusaku Mae- ncing the tournament. “I the PGA’s swing through cial exemptions. It will zawa, is describing it as haven’t decided who I will Asia along with stops in be played at the Accordia a kind of “moonshot” for take to the moon with me South Korea and China. Golf Narashino Country golf in his country. Mae- yet. I would like to talk to The Japanese tournament Club in Chiba prefecture, amateur player. “Finally this day has zawa should know. many people with an open replaces one in Malaysia. just outside Tokyo. Isao Aoki, who was the come,” the 76-year-old The founder of the Ja- mind.” The PGA said it was a Maezawa said he was a first Japanese player to Aoki said. “If I were you- panese fashion website Japanese golfer Hi- six-year deal, and driven “5-handicap” golfer at his win a PGA Tour event, nger, I’d like to play in a Zozotown, Maezawa was deki Matsuyama was si- partly by the 2020 Tokyo best, but said he may have was thrilled by the an- PGA tournament in Ja- announced earlier this tting alongside Maezawa Olympics and golf’s high slipped to a 9-handicap nouncement. Aoki won in pan. I wish this day had year as the first commer- during the media event at profile there. — also a high level for an 1983 in Hawaii. come earlier.” AP THE Aid group: 85,000 children may Station Air quality BUZZ have died of hunger in Yemen Roadside 70-100 Moderate An estimated 85,000 children un- million children since a Saudi-led der age 5 may have died of hunger coalition went to war with Yemen’s High and disease since the outbreak of Houthi rebels in March 2015. Density 55-75 Yemen’s civil war in 2015, an inter- Tamer Kirolos, Save the Chil- Residental national aid group said yesterday. dren’s Yemen director, says: “For Moderate Save the Children said the “con- every child killed by bombs and Area opinion servative” estimate is based on bullets, dozens are starving to dea- average mortality rates for Severe th and it’s entirely preventable,” ad- Ambient 70-100 Acute Malnutrition, which the U.N. ding that “children who die in this Moderate source: dsmg source: Made in Macao says has afflicted more than 1.3 way suffer immensely.” Jenny Lao-Phillips WORLD BRIEFS Work-Life Balance and the even ins US carrier in Hong South Sudan A child S S bride auction has gone viral in South Sudan, Talking about the seven sins as a form of Kong after bombers fly marking the largest work-life-balance may be against my Ca- dowry ever paid in the tholic beliefs. But as I watched the episode civil war-torn country. about The Seven on the TV show Superna- The highest bidder was tural for the tenth plus time, I cannot help over South China Sea a man three times the but think of the seven sins in their relation 17-year-old’s age. At least four other men to successful careers and contentment in Alice Fung & in Eastern Lakes state our lives. I came to the conclusion that the Christopher Bodeen, Hong Kong competed, including the ap photo seven sins are deadly only when they are state’s deputy governor. committed in the extreme. U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong In all likelihood even those who are not re- A Kosovo’s government yesterday, days after a pair ligious would know the seven sins from fic- says it will put a 100 of American B-52 bombers tion. So without further ado, let’s first look at percent import tax on flew over the disputed Sou- all goods imported “pride”, that which is considered the root of th China Sea. from Serbia and all sins, the cause of all our damnation from The arrival of the USS Bosnia Herzegovina as the first fallen angel to our ancestors in the Ronald Reagan and its ba- diplomatic tensions rise. Garden of Eden. So, pride is bad! But one ttle group in the Asian fi- that has no pride in one’s work at all may nancial hub is being seen lack the motivation to continue. While pride

as a friendly gesture ahead ap photo at its extreme leads to arrogance, without a of a planned meeting later small amount of pride, one becomes sub- this month between Pre- servient, or in other words, a push-over. So, sident Donald Trump and in terms of achievement, there must be so- Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Journalists and navy sailors gather on the deck of the U.S. Navy USS mething that makes one feel proud of what That will mark the first Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in Hong Kong one does. time they’ve sat down to- Britain Prime Minister Then there is “envy”, a force that may push gether since the start of a Theresa May told us to be better than others, but may tempt bitter trade war and amid The Reagan’s visit comes tional Studies, or CSIS, skeptical lawmakers yesterday that rejecting us to kill those whom we are jealous of when tensions over the South two months after China reported that China had China Sea. rejected a similar request installed a new platform her divorce deal with taken to the extreme, which is not good. But the European Union by another U.S. Navy ship on Bombay Reef, a remote like it or not, it is out of pride and envy that China has demanded the would mean uncertainty most people are pushed to work harder and U.S. cease military activi- amid a spike in tensions undeveloped feature in the and division, before a do better. However, “pride” and “envy” cause ty of all kind near its Sou- between the countries’ mi- Chinese-controlled Paracel meeting with European us to focus on competing with others, and th China Sea island claims litaries. Islands in the South China Commission President Sea. Vietnam and Taiwan as the Chinese saying goes ‘一山還有一山 that it has been rapidly Jean-Claude Juncker to fortifying. The U.S. says also claim the reef. help finalize the Brexit 高 There is always a mountain higher’, so it takes no stance on so- More than The platform appears to agreement. envy out of pride for ourselves alone wou- vereignty claims, but will be topped with a radome ld be endless, for there is always someone continue to sail and opera- 4,400 men and solar panels, and its Brazil A civil society to compete with, and ultimately, we end in te wherever international strategic location makes it organization says and women greenhouse gas “wrath”: anger towards everyone or even the law permits. likely it is intended to ex- emissions in Brazil world, for we failed to achieve what we want. In late September, a Chi- are usually tend China’s radar or sig- So, sometimes it may not be too bad to dropped last year nese destroyer came close nals intelligence collection mainly due to a 12 add a little bit of “sloth” in our lives, some to the USS Decatur in the aboard the in the area, the report said. percent reduction in time to do nothing, think nothing and over South China Sea in what ship Bombay Reef already has Amazon deforestation indulge in ice-cream, or in my case, oysters, the U.S. Navy called an a lighthouse to serve as an as a result of increased which may be indicative of “gluttony”. But in “unsafe and unprofessional aid to navigation. inspections by Brazil’s the end “sloth” and “gluttony” may prevent maneuver.” And while the port call is Unlike China’s large man- environmental protection us from the “wrath” that may result from our Asked to comment on the seen as a positive for bila- made islands created by agency. unresolved “pride” and “envy”. And a mode- incident, Rear Adm. Karl teral relations, other events piling sand on top of coral rate amount of “sloth” and “gluttony” may O. Thomas, commander of this week point to the on- reefs, installing the mo- temper the “greed” of power and money if Carrier Strike Group 5, said going rivalry between the destly sized Bombay Reef ap photo that is what we strive for in our career, and the “vast majority of our in- sides. platform did not require therefore keep us from corruption. teractions out there at sea U.S. Pacific Air Forces inflicting major environ- Not that I am advocating any of the seven are very professional.” said two B-52 bombers flew mental damage, CSIS said. deadly sins should be practiced, but if we “That was a rare, unu- over the South China Sea However, that illustrates cannot avoid all, we may as well balance sual occurrence,” Thomas earlier this week, calling it a how easily China could ex- Thousands them a bit. The seven sins are deadly if told reporters at a ship- “routine training mission.” pand its footprint to other Guatemala The B-52H Stratofortress features such as Scarbo- of Guatemalan villagers taken to the extremes, but without a balan- board news conference. “In that particular case, the bombers departed Ander- rough Shoal, which it sei- are beginning to return ce amongst them, we may end up becoming ship made some aggressi- sen Air Force Base in Guam zed from the Philippines in home a day after being unambitious push-overs that do nothing but evacuated due to an ve, continuing aggressive as part of the U.S. Indo- 2012, it added. eruption of the Volcano overeat and covet what other people have, Compared to dredging maneuvers and our ship Pacific Command’s Con- of Fire. thus being angry with the whole world for warned them and had to tinuous Bomber Presence and reclamation, the ins- what we are not given. At least with a bit of maneuver to prevent a col- operations that began in tallation of a modest pla- ’s former “pride”, “envy” and “greed”, we are motiva- Mexico lision. It was unfortunate 2004, Pacific Air Forces tform would be “harder top security chief ted to do more and gain more, and they are and I’d like to see that not said in a statement Wed- to prevent at the time and and another law balanced with a little “sloth” and “gluttony” happen again.” nesday. more difficult to rally in- enforcement official so we can enjoy life, especially with people The Navy said in a state- “This recent mission is ternational condemnation who once worked we love, and that would help suppress ge- ment that during the Rea- consistent with internatio- against after the fact,” the under the country’s neral “wrath” as a result of the unbalanced. gan’s visit, interactions will nal law and United States’ report said. new president-elect Yes, I am aware there is one of the seven take place with Hong Kong long-standing commit- Chinese Foreign Ministry took millions of dollars in bribes from the that I have not mentioned, but that would ment to a free and open In- spokesman Geng Shuang citizens through sports, notorious Sinaloa drug take a whole thesis to explain, which may community relations pro- do-Pacific,” the statement said that he had no infor- cartel in the mid-2000s, get me evicted from my Church. So here, jects and tours of the car- said. mation about the details of a witness testified let’s just try to balance an even number of rier. More than 4,400 men Also this week, the the report, while reasser- Tuesday at the U.S. trial six before we tip the scale with the seventh. and women are usually Washington-based Center ting China’s claims to the is- of kingpin Joaquin “El aboard the ship. for Strategic and Interna- land group it calls Xisha. AP Chapo” Guzman.