study patriotic second defendant pleads putin probably approved education guilty in un bribery case plan to poison ex-spy A US citizen became the Vladimir Putin probably approved undermines second person to plead guilty in a plan by Russia’s security service ‘active democratic connection with a bribery scandal to kill Alexander Litvinenko, a citizenship’ at the UN involving Ng Lap Seng British judge said yesterday P3 P4 P14

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CHINA A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck a remote region of northwest China early yesterday, damaging a few dozen homes but causing no casualties. Gov’t often illegally hires Xinhua News Agency said the epicenter of the 1:13 a.m. quake was in an unpopulated area about 33 kilometers from the county P3 seat of Menyuan in Qinghai consultancy services province. The quake caused cracks in about 20 homes and other damage in more than 30 others. AP PHOTO AP PHOTO

CHINA Now that China has abandoned its decades-long one-child policy, demand for maternity services is expected to grow as women take advantage of the chance to have a second child. A school in Beijing is anticipating this trend by offering new training for high-end maternity matron services. More on p11 AP PHOTO

INDONESIA breaks ground on a joint project with China to build Southeast Asia’s first high speed rail service, linking the Indonesian capital Jakarta with Bandung in western Java. AP PHOTO

CAMBODIA The head of a 7th century statue of a Hindu deity was returned by France and reattached to its body for display at a Cambodian museum, more than 130 CYBERWAR years after it was spirited away. The stone sculpture depicts Harihara, a deity that combines aspects of Young Chinese scale Vishnu and Shiva, the most important gods in the Hindu pantheon who represent the creation of the universe and Great Firewall to its destruction. More on backpage flood Taiwan media P10 INSIDE 22.01.2016 fri

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SONIA CHAN, SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE nment will analyse and prio- ritize them and make amend- ments accordingly. There are two major reasons Macau needs to amend and why the legal situation has lagged behind society. One is that there are legal vacuums in some areas. The second is abolish 1,200 laws, regulations that society has developed too fast. Enforcement has become a problem, such as the regu- HE Secretary for Admi- lations on city government. Tnistration and Justice said “Some were written in the that Macau needs to abolish 1960s, others in the 1990s. At half of the 1,200 laws and re- that time, there was no pro- gulations inherited from the blem. But now, if they are not Portuguese era that are no lon- revised, they will not match ger suitable to the internatio- reality.” nal city the SAR has become. There has been strong public In a recent interview with reaction to some laws that ur- Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi gently need revision. These in- Fan said that the co-ordina- clude laws relating to illegal ho- tion and revision of adminis- tels, administrative licences and tration and law is a very heavy eating and drinking licences. responsibility. Society is de- A law graduate, Chan said veloping very quickly; so old that revision of the legal sys- laws must be revised to keep tem involved the interests of pace with the changing times. many parties. The government The problem concerns 1,200 must listen to the opinions of regulations that have been people from different circles passed on. and make a balance between “One cannot be impatient them. This is not an easy pro- [in resolving them]; it won’t cess and it cannot satisfy en- help. One needs to consider tirely the needs of different the long-term interests in Ma- people, she said. cau. Even while we are dealing One of the challenges Chan with urgent issues, we have to faces is a shortage of people consider carefully and cannot experienced in legal work in rush through [changes] for the sake of speed.” She added and regulations remain that is really an enormous challen- both Chinese and Portuguese. that the Legislative Assembly have no relation to society to- ge,” she said. Already more In the legal drafting work, the has a limit of how many re- day. than 600 laws and regulations first draft is in Chinese and vised bills it can handle in a Analysts say that, when times from the Portuguese period then it is translated this into year. were good, social problems have been abolished. The go- Portuguese and then give it to Society is During the colonial period, were not hard to resolve. But, vernment will agree a system Portuguese-language experts developing very in accordance with Portuguese since the fall of gambling re- with the Legislative Assembly to review. She believes that law, major codes of law were venue for 18 consecutive mon- and gradually cancel the laws. the problem of translation can quickly; so old established – criminal, civil ths, people get angry even This will lighten the burden gradually be resolved. and business – into a com- over small disputes; more so- on the system, she said.” After the merger of the legal laws must be prehensive legal system. But, cial conflicts have appeared. The remaining 600 laws and reform and legal work depart- with the opening of the casino Revision of out-dated laws in regulations are in different ments, there are a certain num- revised to keep licences and very rapid deve- this period of economic ad- sectors, including fire safety, ber of bilingual specialists; but, pace with the lopment of society, Macao has justment has become more civil affairs, building regula- less than ten of them are expe- become an international city. urgent. tions, consumer rights and rienced Portuguese specialists. changing times But a large number of old laws “The issue of the legal system public purchasing. The gover- MDT/Macauhub/Exmoo

COURTS New owners can’t evict seller’s wife, TUI rules

long court battle, tri- view, was occupying the unfolds, even though she Since the couple’s ma- led against her. til the company (in Sep- Aggered by a man who apartment illegally. does not have the exclusi- trimonial contract means The story goes back to tember 2012) decided to sold a residential unit wi- The collective of judges ve ownership rights over joint ownership of all 1993, when a company sell the house. thout the consent of his ex-­ presiding over the case in the apartment. goods, it was ruled that for which the man was The new owners tried wife, has now reached a fi- the Court of Second Ins- Facing these facts, the the woman enjoys an ef- a stakeholder bought several times to evict the nal resolution in the Court tance (TSI) decided that TUI discovered that, at fective right to half of her the residential unit. The man’s ex-wife and son by of Final Appeal (TUI). the central point of the the time of the sale (in ex-husband’s shares in man, his wife and son filing a complaint to the Ju- The decision comes af- case involved determi- December 2012), the wo- the company. This, accor- lived in it for four years diciary Police, which cau- ter an appeal was lodged ning whether the defen- man was still married ding to the decision made up until 2010, when the sed the Public Prosecutors by the apartment’s new dant continues to enjoy to the man who sold the by the TUI, grants her the same man left that hou- Office to accuse the woman owners to get an eviction legal guarantees, under house, which was owned right to continue to live in se. However, the wife of usurpation, accusing notice for the ex-owner’s which she is able to occu- by a company for which the residential unit, dis- and son continued to her of staying illegally in a ex-wife, who, in their py the unit as the dispute she was a stakeholder. missing the charges tab- live in the apartment un- home that they own. RM

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HE Commission of Audit (CA) has accused public Surveys and consultancy services departments of “lacking the necessary knowled- Tge of the legal framework” when awarding services to companies. often granted illegally, CA says The report issued yesterday in- dicates that the government is- sued 1,514 studies, surveys and mainland China. consultancy services between The gov’t The CA stresses that, accor- 2010 and June 2013, totaling issued 1,514 ding to the law, the public tender MOP1.4 billion globally. is only expendable if the direct The CA found several “pro- studies, awarding of public service con- blematic” cases when analyzing tracts is preceded by consultation the rationale behind some of the surveys and with at least three companies of- grants; including seven contracts fering relevant services. adjudicated by the Land, Public consultancy Those consultations must be re- Works and Transport Bureau services gistered in writing if the cost ex- (DSSOPT), nine by the Transport ceeds the parameters of between Bureau (DSAT) and 14 by the En- between 2010 MOP15,000 and MOP150,000, vironmental Protection Bureau depending on whether it is an (DSPA). Despite those public ser- and June 2013 acquisition of goods or expenses vice contracts being worth over related to construction work. MOP750,000, they were directly Panda Fund directly awarded The Secretary for Economy and awarded to one company without three contracts budgeted between Finance, Lionel Leong, commen- public tender. MOP325,000 and MOP470,000 ted on the CA report, stating that Irregularities were also found in 2011 and 2012. One of the con- the services under his watch must in 18 contracts awarded by the tracts was related to the organiza- try to have a better knowledge Macau Foundation that were tion of a contest in which people of the laws to acquire goods and granted without a written con- voted on the names for two giant The Panda Fund directly awarded three contracts budgeted between MOP325,000 services as well as strengthening tract. Among other cases, the pandas offered to the MSAR by and MOP470,000 in 2011 and 2012 supervision efforts.

STUDY Macau-registered vehicles in Patriotic education undermines Hengqin under discussion ‘active democratic citizenship’

HERE is still no sche- Renato Marques Tdule for when Macau- registered vehicles will be BLOOMBERG study conducted by a Macau allowed to enter Hengqin. scholar has found that the ideas A MARQUES RENATO According to a press sta- raised under the “patriotic education” tement issued yesterday plan are most likely to be incompati- by the Government In- ble with the concept of “active demo- formation Bureau (GCS), cratic citizenship.” an announcement will be Those assessments are included in made “at an appropriate a study undertaken in the context of time [about] any news on “moral and civic education policy” whether or when Macau- by Teresa Vong, an associate profes- registered vehicles wou- sor of the University of Macau’s Fa- ld be allowed to enter culty of Education. It was published neighboring Hengqin Is- in the academic journal Emerald land, part of the main- Insight on the issue dedicated to land’s Zhuhai Prefecture in Asian Education and Development The government Guangdong Province.” Studies. The statement adds that Under the title “Harmonizing a me- should have a the MSAR has recently lody?!: A critical study of moral and broader sense of submitted proposals to civic education policy on the non-ter- Guangdong authorities on tiary education system in Macau,” the citizenship. managing issues relating Last month, the director- enter and exit Hengqin author critically analyses the policy of to the entry of Macau- general of the Hengqin and the date for the imple- moral and civic education in the terri- TERESA VONG registered vehicles. The re- New Area Administrative mentation of these measu- tory’s non-tertiary education, in order gion’s authorities are wai- Committee, Niu Jing, con- res,” said the director-ge- to assess the consequences of such a added, recalling that we are living in a ting for a response regar- firmed that cars from Ma- neral. curriculum. global world and that schools should ding the proposals. cau could soon access the According to Niu, the suc- Ms Vong says Macau’s moral and be preparing citizens for that world. The government is also island, as Hengqin prepa- cessful implementation of civic education policy is made possi- The scholar suggests that the gover- studying possible adjust- res to trial a one-stop cus- the measure will mean that ble by strategies like the governmen- nment “enrich the meaning of moral ments to the transport toms clearance policy. Hengqin Island will be able talization of all public affairs, and the and civic education and inculcate real network to accommoda- “We hope to announce as to cooperate with Macau “creation of social harmony as a new measures to promote the active parti- te possible increases in early as possible the mea- Customs, holding only one form of civic virtue.” cipation of the citizens.” traffic, including the area sures for vehicles with a inspection before transit The scholar’s study stresses that In another example, Ms Vong exa- around the Lotus Bridge single-license permit to clearance. Staff reporter strategies like these lead to attempts mines a recent list of associations and checkpoints linking Macau to “normalize the school system,” and organizations visited by government to Hengqin. “disciplining the scapegoats.” These officials that “prove how rigid the go- The Macau and Guang- are attitudes that, in Vong’s opinion, vernment mindset [is] regarding what dong authorities have been pataca in hengqin create clear tension between the dis- kind of citizen associations are impor- discussing the matter ba- courses of “active democratic citi- tant for them.” sed on the principles of MAINLAND AUTHORITIES are currently working to zenship” and “patriotic education.” The author concludes that the “self- the Framework Agreement draw up a scheme that would allow the Macau currency “The government should have a initiated study aims to contribute to to be used in Hengqin. The plan needs approval from the on Cooperation between broader sense of citizenship. Their the local discussion of a possible rewri- Chinese central bank. Guangdong and Macau. notions of it are too narrow,” Ms Vong te of the meanings of citizenship.” 22.01.2016 fri

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PJ says Lisboa arrests Second defendant, US citizen, began with anonymous pleads guilty in UN bribery case tip-off

The trial of Alan Ho Larry Neumeister, New York 193-nation assembly from Sep- received the $300,000 payment. continued yesterday tember 2013 to September 2014, Prosecutors say financial records as a new session heard U.S. citizen became the se- AP PHOTO has pleaded not guilty to tax fraud reflect that Ashe sent $100,000 a testimony from a Acond person to plead guilty in charges and is free on bail. of the bribe to Antigua’s prime lead Judiciary Police connection with a bribery scandal There was no mention at the minister and more funds to other (PJ) investigator that at the United Nations, tearfully hearing of Macau billionaire Ng Antiguan political interests. explained how an admitting that she bribed a for- Lap Seng, who is charged with According to court papers, Yan anonymous tip-off mer president of the U.N. General funneling hundreds of thousands began paying Ashe $20,000 had initially raised the Assembly to gain his support for of dollars in bribes to Ashe to gain monthly in August 2013 to be ho- his support for a Macau conferen- norary chairman of a New York- alarm back in 2014 business ventures. ce center that authorities say Ng based non-governmental organi- over the illicit activities. Sheri Yan, 60, entered the plea hoped would be his legacy. Ng has zation whose chief executive of- The investigator told to a bribery charge in Manhattan pleaded not guilty and has asked ficer was Yan. The organization, the session that an federal court in a deal with pro- secutors that recommended she for a speedy trial, saying his busi- prosecutors said, was purportedly anonymous tip-off had be sentenced to between roughly nesses are being damaged. formed to promote the U.N.’s sus- led the PJ to undertake Sheri Yan, CEO of Global Sustainability six and seven years in prison. The Authorities say Yan and a co- tainable development goals. a wiretapping operation Foundation, arrives at federal court in defendant had arranged for more As part of her plea, Yan agreed charge carries a maximum poten- New York involving the main tial penalty of 10 years in prison. than USD800,000 in payments to forfeit $300,000. suspects believed to have Her lawyers said she was not coo- buda to promote business ven- to Ashe in exchange for official fa- Yan’s plea comes a week after a had a role in prostitution perating. Judge Vernon Broderi- tures from which Yan and others vors by Ashe and other Antiguan Chinese businesswoman pleaded ring that allegedly ck set sentencing for April 29. could profit. officials for various Chinese busi- guilty in the case, agreeing to tes- operated inside the hotel. Yan, speaking through a Manda- Defense attorney Christine nessmen. tify if necessary against others. The most prominent rin interpreter, wiped away tears Chung rested her hand on Yan’s The initial payment Yan hel- At a hearing scheduled for Thur- figure involved in the several times during the plea back as Yan described her crime ped to arrange was $300,000 on sday, lawyers for Francis Lorenzo, case is Alan Ho, a nephew hearing as she admitted that she by reading from a prepared state- behalf of a Chinese media executi- a deputy U.N. ambassador from of Stanley Ho and the agreed with others to pay bribes ment. Earlier, Yan said her formal ve, prosecutors have said. In court the Dominican Republic who lives executive director of the to John Ashe so he could use his education ended in the first year papers, the government said Ashe in the Bronx, plan to argue that he Hotel Lisboa at the time of position as president of the U.N. of junior high school. went to Antigua to meet with key is entitled to diplomatic immuni- the arrests in January 2015. General Assembly and as an am- Ashe, who served in the largely decision makers to discuss the ty. Lorenzo has pleaded not guilty The trial resumes today. bassador from Antigua and Bar- ceremonial post as head of the media executive’s plans after Ashe to charges and is free on bail. AP

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Inflation continues EDUCATION to ease, totaling 4.5 percent last year Most students opt to start working after graduation

survey released by and the average salary of the the Tertiary Educa- likely top earners (amoun- tion Services Office ting to 15 percent of the in- shows that most terviewees) ranges between newA university graduates MOP18,000 and MOP22,000. prefer to start their working Ninety percent of the respon- career rather than enroll in dents work in Macau. further education. Separately, it was announ- Among the 2,446 respon- ced this week that the gover- dents, 70.9 percent said that nment is aiming to attract ter- they would prefer to get a tiary education students from job, while 11.8 percent in- the “Belt and Road” countries tended to obtain a master’s and other regions in order to degree and work simulta- turn Macau into an educa- neously. The remaining res- tional hub and a cultural ex- HE Composite Consumer Price Index pondents aimed for postgra- change platform. T(CPI), which reflects the impact of price duate studies. The initial proposal for this changes as a measure of inflation, continued The survey discloses 2014 education policy was made by to ease slightly year-on-year in December to data on the employment representatives of the MSAR 3.73 percent, and was also down from 3.77 situation of 1,812 gradua- government to the mainland’s percent in November, information from tes: 85.4 percent had been ministry of Education. the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) working for one year, and The Secretary for Social Af- showed. 3.4 percent were studying for fairs and Culture Alexis Tam The growth in Composite CPI in December another degree. told reporters that Macau land students in higher edu- dered by the government, 2015 was led by the price indexes of Alcoho- Education, administration, could play a vital role in the ci- cation programs in Macau. as a means of enhancing lic Beverages & Tobacco, Education, and banking, finance and insu- ty’s development of the “21st Currently, the University of Macau’s role as an interme- Household Goods & Furnishings, which saw rance industries are still rela- Century Silk Road,” particu- Macau offers scholarships at diary for developing com- year-on-year rises of 37.85 percent, 8.93 tively popular for their regular larly in fields such as science a postgraduate level to main- merce and trade between percent and 6.31 percent, respectively. working hours. and technology, education, land students. China and Lusophone coun- DSEC attributes this rise to an increase in Regarding monthly salaries, culture, tourism and com- The creation of policies tries.. tobacco tax, higher tuition fees and higher the survey reveals that 29 per- merce. to enable higher education Mr Tam added that the idea wages for domestic helpers. cent of the respondents are A press release issued by students from Portuguese- also involved an expansion in At the same time, the price indexes of Clo- paid between MOP10,000 and the Government Informa- speaking countries to stu- the present educational coo- thing & Footwear and Communication re- MOP14,000, 25 percent tion Bureau stated that one of dy courses such as tourism peration network between gistered declines of 2.99 percent and 0.79 have an income of between the government’s ideas is to and Mandarin language in Macau and institutions in the percent, respectively. MOP14,000 and MOP18,000, increase the quota for main- Macau is also being consi- mainland. Staff reporters The inflation rate for 2015, measured by Composite CPI, was 4.56 percent, marke- dly down from 2014 as it came off a 6.05 percent year-on-year rise. Higher rentals for dwellings and parking spaces, as well as increased charges for dining out, have been ‘The Script Road’ enters its fifth attributed as causes for the rate. For the entire year, the same upward pres- edition with a longer festival sures in the price indexes of Alcoholic Beve- rages & Tobacco (+17.33 percent) and Hou- sing & Fuels (+8.06 percent) contributed to Renato Marques saying that, in his opinion, it has become the rise. a “name card of Macau and something On the other hand, falling prices of gasoli- HE Macau literary festival “The we use to face the world.” Yao also high- ne and petroleum helped to alleviate infla- TScript Road” celebrates its fifth anni- lighted the festival’s local component, tionary pressures, DSEC says. versary this year. The festival runs from which will feature two great authors who March 5 to 19 and will offer more activi- each have an intimate relationship with ties for a longer period, the organization Macau. JAPAN said yesterday in a press conference at Also on the local side, the presence of the IACM Building Library. guests such as Mu Xinxin, Carlos Mo- As the organizers explained, the “big rais José, Un Sio San and Carlos André, Local police officer difference” of extending the festival for among others, ensures that Macau will three days is that it allows the events to Ricardo Pinto (left) and Helder Beja be well represented. dies in car crash span three weekends, when more peo- This local representation extends to ple are available to attend events. described as “very important due its big the visual arts and to cinema, with local WO Macau residents were involved in a “It will be a longer, bigger and hopefully community and high representation in filmmakers Tracy Choi, Emily Chan and Tserious car accident yesterday morning better edition,” said co-organizer Hélder the territory.” Cheong Kin Man joining the festival to in Nakatsugawa, Japan. Beja, who highlighted the presence of Although the event will adopt the same screen some of their latest creations. The Consulate-General of China in Nagoya an “important” and “interesting” guest, model as last year, one of the novelties Two of the most acclaimed public confirmed that one male local citizen, aged referring to politician and historian José of this year’s event is the fact that all speakers in previous editions, Portugue- 25, a current traffic police officer surnamed Pacheco Pereira, from Portugal. concerts will be held in the Macau Cul- se Rui Zink and Taiwan’s Lolita Hu, will Kam passed away during the accident, while The 2016 edition celebrates two ma- tural Center’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium return to Macau this year, together with another Macau female resident, aged 25 and jor authors, Camilo Pessanha (a Portu- which, in the words of Ricardo Pinto, is debut guests such as Ernesto Dabo from surnamed Chui, was seriously injured and guese who resided in Macau for a long a “more appropriate venue for the con- Guinea-Bissau. brought to the hospital for treatment. period) and Chinese Tang Xianzu. The certs and for the ambience we wanted.” What remains unchanged is the According to the information released festival aims to be “more international” This is a change from previous editions MOP2.3 million festival budget, MOP1.4 by the Tourism Crisis Management Office by featuring authors from a wide ran- of the festival, where most of the con- million of which was granted through (GGCT), the woman is “in serious condi- ge of countries, and has emphasized a certs were held at the Venetian Arena in public financing. tion.” special highlight in the form of a couple Cotai. The final version of the program will be The family and friends of the victims have of poets from the Phillipines, a country Another organizer Yao Jingming men- made known about one month before been in contact with the GGCT. that one of the organizers, Helder Beja, tioned the importance of this festival, the festival. 22.01.2016 fri

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HE head of Hong Kong's stock exchange Hong Kong bourse boss not fan said yesterday that he wasn't a fan of recent Tmoves by Beijing to prop up sa- gging share prices but it won't of China’s market intervention stop the exchange from expan- ding ties with mainland Chine- se counterparts. market, which had been largely Hong Kong Exchanges and The central closed off to outsiders. It also Clearing CEO Charles Li said AP PHOTO gov’t’s clumsy gives wealthy Chinese inves- that Beijing would probably tors access to a market outside intervene again in the markets meddling the mainland for the first time. but hoped officials would do a A similar link between Hong better job. in markets Kong and the smaller Shen- The emergency measures zhen stock market is planned were aimed at stemming a has eroded but Chinese regulatory appro- painful decline on China's stock confidence val has been delayed amid the markets that also contributed market turmoil. to a global slump in shares. The in its ability He said the volatility would measures included curbs on not prevent Hong Kong Ex- stock sales by major sharehol- to steer the changes from working to beco- ders and a botched "circuit me a bigger platform for Chine- breaker" mechanism on the country through se and international investors Shanghai market intended to economic to access each other's markets. prevent big share price swings A man walks past an electronic board showing the Hang Seng index outside a local "We're not going to say: the- but which traders said added to bank in Hong Kong and financial re's bad stuff over there so I turmoil. They failed to stop the decided to not build a bridge," rout, with the Shanghai Com- I don't think anybody likes it. its ability to steer the country reforms Li said. "So we build the bridge. posite down about 19 percent I don't think they even like it through economic and financial If something's happening there since the start of the year. but that's what they did. That's reforms. that you don't like, you don't "What do you think of the what they think they have to do, Li was speaking at a media commodity and bond markets. have to cross it." Chinese obnoxious interven- they probably will do it again." event to outline the bourse's In late 2014, the Shanghai-­ Hong Kong has been a spe- tion policy? That's what you're The comments highlight how strategy over the next three Hong Kong Stock Connect tra- cially administered region of asking," Li said in a reply to a the Chinese government's years, which is focused on ex- ding link was launched giving China since 1997 but it has a se- reporter's questions. "I don't clumsy meddling in marke- panding direct trading links international investors wider parate financial system and its like it. I don't think you like it. ts has eroded confidence in with mainland Chinese equity, access to China's main stock own currency. AP

Macau Legend bought 3.35 million shares of its own stock this week

ONG-KONG listed cent annual decline in exercise that began in since August. HMacau Legend De- share price in 2015, show late August. Between Au- The buy-back process velopment has increased data compiled by GGRA- gust and late December, started in August after the pace of its share buy- sia. Its stock was worth the firm bought about 97 the company reported it backs, purchasing 39.91 HKD2.93 per unit at the million of its own shares, had slipped into the red million units of its own beginning of 2015. The for an aggregate value of in the first half of 2015. stock so far. The firm stock ended the year at approximately HKD110.2 Macau Legend on Au- this week bought 3.35 HKD1.02. million, according to se- gust 19 reported a loss million shares of its own The latest announce- veral regulatory filings. of HKD68.4 million for stock for about HKD3.39 ment to the Hong Kong The online source cal- the first six months of million (USD433,612), Stock Exchange on culated that the com- 2015. It made a profit of GGRAsia reported. Wednesday concerning pany has spent more HKD226.4 million in the Billionaire David Chow’s a small tranche of com- than HKD150 million prior-year period, the firm posted a 65.2 per- mon shares is part of an David Chow’s firm has increased the pace of its share buy-backs buying its own shares source added.

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cem awards energy-saving buildings vironment, as per government wynn’s mizumi features three michelin-starred chefs policy. The “Macau Energy Saving Wynn’s Japanese tempura, teppanyaki Contest” includes two cate- restaurant, Mizumi, and kyodo (regional) gories: the Public Building has launched signatu- cuisines. Sea urchin Facilities Group and the Hotel re dishes in collabora- from Hokkaido, tuna Group. The contest’s seven tion with three Miche- from Aomori, and mar- editions have saved a total of lin-starred chefs from bled beef from Ishigaki 116.4 million kilowatt-hours Japan. Island will be specially (kWh) of electricity. Last year, The chefs serve served by Mizumi. 43 hotels and 393 buildings customers authentic The restaurant’s se- participated in the contest, col- Japanese food at the tting complements the lectively saving up to 48 million counter. In addition to pleasures on the pla- kWh of energy. this traditional feature, te. Upon entry, guests The power consumption in Mizumi has also allo- are welcomed by artist Macau has hit record highs cated a main dining Gerardo Hacer’s steel in recent years amid the boo- area for larger parties, yellow dogami sculp- ming hotel industry, leading a new benchmark in ture. Japan’s national buildings and hotels to map the Japanese dining colors of white and CEM’s “Macau Energy Sa- winning buildings and hotels. out environmental policies ba- experience. The res- red can be seen throu- ving Contest 2015,” re-laun- The company partnered with sed on their unique operating taurant promises to ghout the restaurant, ched in 2015 for the seventh the Office for the Development conditions. serve the finest sea- which is decorated time between May and Oc- of Energy Sector (GDSE) to The contest will resume from sonal ingredients from with custom artwork by tober, yesterday held its award fulfil its corporate social res- May to October in 2016, and Japan and around the renowned artist Sush ceremony to commend the ponsibility of protecting the en- enrollment opens in April. world to create sushi, Mashida. Master of Sushi - Tsutomu Shimamiya 22.01.2016 fri

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REAL ESTATE MATTERS What Will Influence Property Prices In 2016? This three part article explores the different factors that affecting the market

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

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Last year we published an article in absolutely no certainty whatsoever, the demand. January looking at ‘What will influen- let’s have a look at what will influen- As we pointed out last year, the ce Macau property prices in 2015’ ? ce 2016 property prices and what numbers themselves may not look The leading influences were supply might lay ahead. dramatic in percentage terms, but and demand, the development of when you consider the exponential the gaming business and govern- In no particular order: problem of supply and demand, the ment policy. Supply and Demand enormity of the situation starts to These influential factors have not We are familiar with the basic eco- hit home. really changed, but we can of course nomic principle of supply and de- To illustrate the point; If there are speculate about what might happen mand, and saw the effect it had on 10 apartments available and nine in the coming year. the rental market when hundreds of people looking for housing, it is a Don’t forget, one of the obstacles in apartments in the One Oasis develo- buyers / tenants market. making accurate predications about pment came on to the market at the However, if there are 10 apartments the future is the number of variables same time last year. available and 11 people looking for involved. This temporary over-supply created housing, the market swings in fa- The more variables there are, the a competitive environment amongst vour of the owners and prices start more complex the equation. The landlords eager to fill their apart- to rise. more complex the equation, the hi- ments with tenants, and prices were The difference in this seemingly gher the chance of inaccuracy. driven down. It wasn’t long before minor increase cannot be over em- It is important to remember that the ripples reached other proper- phasized. prices are rarely affected by a single ties in Taipa and Macau, and prices Its not an easy job, but one of the factor. started to drop in order to compete major factors affecting property When this does occasionally ha- with those at One Oasis. prices will be the governments abi- ppen, it is the neutrality of the other Whilst the economic climate had lity to enable a sufficient pipeline of factors that make it appear as thou- already taken a downturn, rents did property is available. gh the single factor is the only thing not decrease with any significance that matters, when in reality all ele- until there was an over-supply of Next Week: Three More factors that ments are still influencing the out- apartments. The combination of the will influence what you pay for your come, albeit in a neutral manner. two factors was enough to drive pri- apartment in 2016. This can of course give the illusion ces down. For further information on leasing that a particular program or sche- Over the last 10 years the popula- or buying property please call me me is successful when in fact an tion of Macau has grown by more or visit our website www.JMLPro- outcome may be heavily influenced than 30% to around 645,000 accor- perty.com, or e-mail me on Juliet@ by what has NOT been done, rather ding to government statistics. They JMLProperty.com we are always than what HAS. all need housing, and the pipeline happy to give you our opinion and So, having laid the groundwork with of new property has to keep up with experience whenever we can help. FORUM

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Joao Lima S bonds tumble across sou- Even the ECB’s cash can’t stop investors Athern Europe, it’s beginning to look like the European Cen- tral Bank’s market stimulus ne- worrying about Portugal ver existed for Portugal. The country’s bonds have slid since an inconclusive election maintaining confidence in the convincing after some bon- on Oct. 4 led to weeks of poli- country is crucial and it wou- dholders in what remains of tical wrangling and a minority ld be reflected in the budget. failed lender Banco Espiri- BLOOMBERG Socialist government promi- Bond yields peaked at 18 per- to Santo SA were forced to sing to ease austerity. Yields on cent during the debt crisis. take losses. Costa has said he 10-year securities have clim- Costa, 54, says he can still was concerned by the central bed more than 60 basis poin- keep the budget deficit within bank’s treatment of those in- ts since then to 2.93 percent. the European Union limit of 3 vestors. They’re higher than when ECB percent of gross domestic pro- The extra yield on Portugue- President Mario Draghi unvei- duct through 2019 as the coun- se 10-year bonds compared led his bond-buying program, try tries to deal with its 223 with German securities wide- or quantitative easing, last Ja- billion-euro debt pile. ned to the most since July on nuary. Investors are taking more Monday. The spread has wide- While declines in higher-yiel- ned more quickly than Spain, ding government bonds in that’s constantly flowing, but it Bloc to have a majority in par- which is going through its own riskier parts of the euro region can’t stop a tsunami.” liament. post-election turmoil, and Ire- have shown this week the li- Central to the concern over The government already in- land, where voters are expec- mits of the ECB’s impact, Por- Portugal is whether the gover- creased the minimum wage For investors ted to choose the next govern- tugal and Greece are the only nment is shifting tack as it pre- and plans to reinstate four ho- ment as early as February. countries in the 19-member pares to temper the austerity lidays and reduce the working to keep “If we look at the reaction currency bloc to have lost in- measures that won favor with week for state workers to 35 Portuguese thus far year-to-date in the vestors money over the past investors, if not voters. hours, abandoning some mea- peripheral markets, the one three months, returns compi- Prime Minister Antonio Cos- sures introduced during Portu- paper they market that stands out as un- led by Bloomberg show. ta’s government, sworn in at gal’s three-year international der-performing is Portugal,” “For investors to keep Por- the end of November, is due to bailout program that ended in need to see the Scott Thiel, BlackRock Inc.’s tuguese paper they need to deliver a draft of its 2016 bu- 2014. deputy chief investment officer see that the new government dget to European authorities Portugal still attracted fo- new gov’t is on for fundamental fixed income, is following a path of fiscal this week. Plans include rever- reign investors to a sale of 4 a path of fiscal said in a Bloomberg Televi- responsibility,” said Ciaran sing state salary cuts and bols- billion euros (USD4.4 billion) sion interview on Jan. 18. “The O’Hagan, a strategist at Socie- tering family incomes, policies of 10-year government bonds responsibility political situation there, the te Generale SA. “The ECB’s QE he needs to ensure the support via banks last week. Finance CIARAN O’HAGAN market obviously has taken re- is having an impact. It’s a tap from the Communists and Left Minister Mario Centeno said SOCIETE GENERALE SA latively negatively.” Bloomberg

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propaganda of the "red" Com- munist Party. On Tsai's Facebook page, the Young Chinese scale Great Taiwanese president-elect did not directly address the storm of comments but posted a picture Firewall to flood Taiwan media with the line: "The greatness of this country lies in that everyone has the right to be oneself." Didi Tang, Beijing On the Facebook page for the news site SETN.com, the web HE Facebook page of AP PHOTO administrator for its entertain- TTaiwan's president-elect was ment page engaged with the flooded yesterday with tens of "crusaders." When some of them thousands of pro-China com- inquired if they were on the ri- ments following a campaign by ght page, the web administrator young mainlanders to jump the helpfully provided the link to the country's "Great Firewall" into site's political news page. normally forbidden overseas so- When a crusader posted a long cial media to express displeasure list of the yummy Chinese delica- over the recent election. cies as an enticement for fellow President-elect Tsai Ing-wen youth in Taiwan to look toward is from a party that less friendly the joining with the mainland, toward Beijing and the notion of the administrator replied: "You eventual reunification than the are quite a cook." previous one, angering many In an interview with Ping- residents in China, which consi- West, a website devoted to ders Taiwan part of its territory. tech news in China, a person A youth-dominated online who described himself as a ba- forum on the mainland with ckroom staffer for the crusade millions of members launched detailed how the action was People walk past a mock-train on display at Taiwan’s Alishan Square, a commercial area set up by the Taiwanese government the crusade late Wednesday to near Qianmen Street in Beijing organized. He said he was res- flood Tsai's Facebook page as ponsible for translating replies well as news sites, including Beijing is wary of efforts to break more colorful world on the other in foreign languages. PingWest Taiwan's SETN.com and Hong Thousands of out of the confines of the Chi- side of the wall. When they are said it withheld the man's name Kong-based Apple Daily, with nese cyberspace and has hinted exposed to more information, because he feared his own Fa- comments and conversation. mainland Web that the use of virtual private ne- they won't be easily manipulated cebook page would be attacked Thousands of mainland Web tworks, or VPNs, to access ban- by a single political thought." if he were identified. users appear to have answered users appear to ned websites could be considered The campaign was organized The man said others were the call. have answered illegal. by an online forum named after tasked with "liking" the com- One of Tsai's Facebook posts Beijing-based journalist Zhang former Chinese football player ments by team members, or en- drew 42,000 comments, with the call [to the Heng said the outpouring among Li Yi that has bred some of the gaging outsiders in conversation. most warning that China "fir- young Chinese was the result of most popular expressions in Chi- "We pretended to be picking fi- mly opposes any independen- crusade] youthful exuberance and being na's Web culture. Forum mem- ghts, but then we found what we ce." Some taunted the island to "brainwashed for more than a bers planned further forays over brought to the battle was bread declare formal independence so groundswell to scale the wall in dozen years by thought and po- the Great Firewall into Taiwan's and not bricks," the unnamed Beijing has an "excuse to annihi- the opposite direction, for Chi- litics courses" in school. cyberspace later this week. participant told PingWest. "In late the bandits." nese Internet users who want to The crusade's silver lining was Supporters in China have chee- the end we were talking about Though some Chinese have flaunt their unswerving nationa- that many young people are lear- red the online aggression as a food, and scenic sites. long chafed at Internet res- lism abroad. ning how to access the global In- spontaneous manifestation of "The purpose of the Facebook trictions aimed at insulating Though Chinese authorities ternet, he said. the will of China's young gene- battle is not to convince one side residents from forbidden, har- tolerate eruptions of nationalist "I think that's a good skill to ration, while critics there have but let the two sides know we are mony-eroding ideas from outsi- sentiment, they also do not like have," Zhang said. "At least some derided the crusaders as "little all living beings instead of ene- de, this is the first major public to see them spiral out of control. of the young people will see a pinkos" who blindly follow the mies with labels." AP

HINESE forces re- government to Taiwan in Ccently held live-fire 1949. Units of the army landing exercises along Military publicizes landing drills also joined in military the coast opposite drills and missile tests in Taiwan, the military's 1995 and 1996 aimed at official television chan- near Taiwan afer elections intimidating Taiwanese nel said Thursday, days into voting for pro-unifi- after the self-governing cation candidates in the island elected an inde- related to Saturday's might be those 'Taiwan island's first direct pre- pendence-leaning presi- election that was won independence' separa- sidential election. dent. AP PHOTO by Tsai Ing-wen of the tist forces." That attempt at inti- CCTV7 said the drills Democratic Progressive The 31st Group Army is midation ultimately ba- were staged by the 31st Party. one of three army groups ckfired as defiant voters Group Army based in China routinely says within the Nanjing Mili- re-elected Lee Teng-hui Xiamen near the Taiwa- its exercises are planned tary District that has pri- and the U.S. Navy sta- nese-held island of Kin- well in advance and not mary responsibility for tioned two aircraft battle men, considered one of timed to respond to spe- eventualities involving groups into waters near the People's Liberation cific events. Taiwan, which China Taiwan. Army's "frontline" units However, noting the considers a breakaway Tsai has refused to for any action regarding units involved and the province to be reunited endorse Beijing's "one- Taiwan. It said only that physical similarity of the with by force if neces- China principle," which the exercises were held exercise area to parts of sary. states that the island and "recently" without gi- Taiwan's coastline, the During the 1950s, sec- the mainland are part of ving an exact date. popular Sina Military tions of the army took the same Chinese nation. Equipment used in the Chinese People's Liberation Army cadets take part in a bayonet drills website said that "gi- part in the shelling of However, she has also at the PLA's Armoured Forces Engineering Academy Base, in the drills included long-ran- outskirts of Beijing ven the certain amount forces on Kinmen in a pledged to maintain the ge rockets, self-prope- of risk the two sides are continuation of the Chi- status-quo, keep open lled howitzers, amphi- No details on the num- The Defense Ministry facing today, the hypo- nese civil war that forced channels of communica- bious tanks and helicop- bers of troops or equip- did not immediately say thetical target of the 31st Chiang Kai-shek's forces tion and not to provoke ters, the channel said. ment were given. whether the drills were Group Army's exercises to shift his Nationalist China. AP fri 22.01.2016

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O long, People’s Frontline. Adios, Comrade in Arms. China’s armed forces have shut down newspa- PLA closes military newspapers Spers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest as part of reform program standing military. The papers, also including War Flag, Vanguard and People’s Ar- med Forces, have been gradually superseded by official news and AP PHOTO propaganda television and web- sites for soldiers whose access to the Internet and smart phones is restricted. The military’s People’s Libera- tion Army Daily said all the pu- blications ceased publishing last week. The oldest, Soldiers News, dated from 1930. The closures leave the storied PLA Daily as the military’s sole remaining daily publication, al- though state broadcaster CCTV also devotes an entire channel to the armed forces staffed by uni- formed officers. China is in the process of cutting 300,000 personnel from the 2.3 million-member military, reorga- nizing its command structure and jettisoning non-essential func- tions such as arts troupes. The reforms also aim to stren- gthen the Communist Party’s ultimate control over the mili- tary, preventing any attempts to make it loyal instead to the peo- ple and nation rather than the ruling party. They also come as China has be- come more assertive in pressing its claims to territory in the East China Sea and South China Sea, increasing tensions with its nei- ghbors. AP People walk past a poster of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers on display in Beijing

Ex-drug buster, Chinese China’s maternity matrons citizen arrested in gird for mini-baby boom

Manila drug raid OW that China has abandoned Nits decades-long one-child poli- rine Lt. Col. Ferdi- Agency operatives cy, demand for maternity services is AP PHOTO former anti-nar- nand Marcelino, had said they were sur- expected to grow as women take ad- A cotics officer and led several large drug prised to find Marce- vantage of the chance to have a second a Chinese citizen busts as former head lino inside the raided child. Some of those women will be ol- were arrested yes- of the drug enforce- house. der than average and will have special terday during a drug ment agency’s special Marcelino, who health needs. raid in the Philippine enforcement service. had assumed a job A school in Beijing, the Li Ming Ma- capital that yielded He denied any links as superintendent ternity Service Company, is anticipa- USD6.7 million wor- to drug syndicates, of a navy officer ting this trend by offering new training th of high-grade crys- telling reporters he training school only for high-end maternity matron servi- tal methamphetami- was on a legitimate on Monday, previou- ces. ne, officials said. intelligence mission. sly worked with the It is common practice in China for Philippine Drug En- The Chinese sus- armed forces’ intelli- women to spend a month in bed after forcement Agency pect, identified as gence service. giving birth. During this time, middle- and police officials Yan Yi Shou, said he Cacdac said 64 woo- and upper-class families often use ma- said they confiscated worked as an inter- den drums containing ternity matrons to help out, caring for 64 kilograms of crys- preter for the special an unknown subs- both mother and baby and arranging tal meth, also known enforcement service tance presumed to meals up to six times a day. Dolls are used as maternity matrons learn to take as “shabu,” during when it was headed be illegal drugs were The maternity service company’s care of babies during training classes run by Li the raid on a Manila by Marcelino, offi- confiscated and five general manager, Cui Jingwen, says Ming Maternity Service Company in Beijing town house that tur- cials said. people including ano- an experienced maternity matron ned out to be a clan- PDEA chairman Ar- ther Chinese citizen can earn up to 15,000 yuan (about was relaxed in October to allow paren- destine drug labora- turo G. Cacdac Jr. were taken into custo- USD2,300) a month. ts to have two children. tory. ordered a full inves- dy during a follow-up For 35 years, China’s family planning Due to that change, demographics ex- Both suspects were tigation of Marcelino, raid at a compound in policy limited most urban couples to pert Huang Wenzheng says China may in the house when it who he said “was not suburban Valenzuela one child and rural couples to two if see more than 2 million extra births was raided. One, ma- really on our radar.” city. AP their first was a girl — until the policy next year. AP 22.01.2016 fri

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VIETNAM have brought a flood of foreign investment, created a fledgling stock market and helped tri- ple per capita GDP to $2,100 over the past 10 years, but his Communists meet in secrecy rivals accuse him of economic mismanagement and failing to control massive public debt and non-performing loans of to pick nation’s leaders state-owned banks. But, Lewis said, the new set of leaders will support the cur- Yves Dam Van, Hanoi economic mismanagement, ne- rent economic reforms and tra- potism and promoting patro- de policy. Notably they remain IETNAM'S ruling AP PHOTO nage politics by favoring party committed to the Trans-Paci- Communist Party be- members in return for political fic Partnership with the Uni- gan an eight-day con- support. ted States and other key trade gress yesterday that However, it became clear on deals including the free trade startsV an orchestrated transfer Wednesday that Trong had si- agreement with the European of power to new leaders who delined Dung when a prepara- Union. will face myriad challenges in- tory meeting agreed to conti- "Vietnam wants to diversify cluding economic reforms, cor- nue with a controversial 2014 its economic partners to avoid ruption and maritime aggres- rule barring all but officially becoming excessively depen- sion from China. nominated candidates from dent on China," Lewis said. Despite the veneer of re- consideration, with no new Vietnam has an ambivalent newal, the new leadership will nominations allowed from the relationship with China. Des- be drawn from a limited pool congress floor. Trong was en- pite being its largest trading of officials within party ranks dorsed as the general secretary partner, China is also a securi- and is expected to be led by the candidate earlier this month. ty challenge. Beijing has been same man who has been at the But the two camps are belie- expanding its territorial asser- top for the last five years, Ge- ved to have reached a compro- tions in the South China Sea, neral Secretary Nguyen Phu mise under which Trong would but Vietnam has pushed back Trong (pronounced New-yen Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam delivers stay as general secretary for against those claims. Dung has Foo Chong). a speech during the opening ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 12th two years instead of five, and a been seen as standing up to "Corruption and wastefulness Congress in Hanoi Dung supporter would become Beijing, not afraid to criticize it, remain serious problems ... the chairman of the National while Trong was seen as being causing discontent in the pu- on its 93 million people. minister, the president, the Assembly. The prime minis- soft on China. blic, affecting people's trust in Delegates stood and clapped chairman of the National As- ter's post would go to a neutral Still, the new leaders will be the party and the state," Trong when Trong and 15 other Poli- sembly and other top functio- person and the president wou- particularly positive for U.S.- warned in his speech to open tburo members walked into the naries will be announced. ld be a Trong loyalist. Vietnam relations, said Lewis, the congress of 1,510 delegates, conference hall at the National Their appointments would This configuration "would be pointing out that Trong's visit representing Vietnam's 63 pro- Convention Center near the have been already decided, and a demonstrable loss for Dung" to the U.S. in July 2015 was vinces, ministries, and other city center. The stage was set the delegates would simply en- but it should not be "confused well received. party organizations. against the backdrop of a bust dorse them. The most crucial with an outright win by Trong," Over the next week, the con- In a reference to China, whi- of the country's revolutionary position is general secretary, said Christian Lewis, a Vietnam gress will review and set na- ch has been expanding its in- leader, Ho Chi Minh, portraits the de facto No. 1 leader of the expert at the New York-based tional and party policies, and fluence in South China Sea to of Karl Marx and Vladimir Le- country, although Vietnam Eurasia Group think tank. "It select a Central Committee. the dismay of its neighbors, nin, and the national flag and professes a collective leader- is instead a composition that On one of the last days of the Trong said the "complicated the hammer-and-sickle red flag ship through a Politburo that reflects a desire for a balance congress, the new Central developments in the East Sea" for the party. handles day to day affairs, and and more consensus-driven Committee will meet to select a and other economic problems Delegates also sang the natio- a larger Central Committee decision-making at the very Politburo from among its ranks have "negatively affected our nal anthem and "L'Internatio- that meets twice a year to de- top," he wrote in a commentary. and pick one of them as party country." nale," the official song of com- cide policy. Dung's apparent ouster "re- general secretary. Vietnam is one of the last re- munism. Although the entire process is presents a clear vote by the The country's three other top maining communist nations in The Communist Party is cons- stage-managed, Trong had fa- top leaders in favor of balan- leaders — prime minister, pre- the world, with a party mem- titutionally empowered to run ced a challenge this time from ce over strong personalities in sident and National Assembly bership of 4.5 million, but like the country. It names a new Prime Minister Nguyen Tan the make-up of the Politburo," chairman — would be named its ideological ally China, the crop of leaders every five years, Dung, who has spearheaded Lewis wrote. at the congress, but their actual government believes in a quasi-­ but the process is shrouded in economic reforms with mixed The development raises ques- selection will be done by the free market economy alongsi- secrecy. The congress will end success. Although he is seen tions about the direction of National Assembly, which it- de a strictly controlled society Jan. 28 when the names of the as pro-business and reform economic reforms Dung had self is elected about six months that places several restrictions general secretary, the prime minded, he was also accused of been backing. The reforms after the Congress. AP

THAILAND Authorities arrest students opposed to military rule

UTHORITIES in Thailand have to corruption allegations in the park's that he was seized by masked men, blin- arrested members of a student construction. They had refused to sur- dfolded, roughed up and threatened be-

A AP PHOTO group opposed to military rule, inclu- render themselves after warrants for fore being taken to a police station. ding one snatched off the street at night their arrest were issued. The case recalled the 2004 disappea- and bundled into a vehicle, in the latest Siriwich Serithiwat, also known as "Ja rance of Somchai Neelapaijit, a Muslim jousting between the government and New," was detained Wednesday night human rights lawyer, who is widely be- its most active opponents. by unidentified men — thought to be lieved to have been kidnapped and kil- Four members of the New Democracy army officers — who seized him at a busy led by police officers. His remains were Movement were taken to military court street corner and took him into a waiting never found. Last month, Thailand's yesterday to be charged with violating SUV. The student group released video Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of an order banning groups of five or more footage purportedly of the incident, whi- Sirawich Serithiwat, also known as “Ja New” five officers who had been found guilty people from gathering publicly for poli- ch circulated widely on social media. (center) arrives at military court in Bangkok, Thailand of coercion and robbery in connection tical purposes. Three of his colleagues were arrested with the disappearance. The ruling, whi- Last month, the students were blocked when they went to the police station to ber of the group was separately arrested. ch hinged in part on the failure to find en route to a protest at a park built un- lend their support. All were released la- Ja New, who was allowed to keep his Somchai's body, sparked fresh calls for der army patronage to honor past kings. ter yesterday pending a court appearan- mobile phone after his arrest, said in a Thailand to pass laws to prosecute en- The students sought to bring attention ce. Thai media reported another mem- posting on his group's Facebook page forced disappearances. AP fri 22.01.2016

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Jill Lawless, London LITVINENKO RESIDENT Vladimir Putin probably appro- ved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service UK judge: Putin probably Pto kill a former agent-turned- Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioac- tive poison, a British judge said approved plan to poison ex-spy yesterday in a strongly worded report that led Moscow to accu- se Britain of a politically moti- Associated Press, he called the vated attack. British investigation a “specta- Judge Robert Owen, who led AP PHOTO cle.” a public inquiry into the 2006 “I think that — yet again — killing of Alexander Litvinenko, Great Britain has shown that said he was certain that two anything that involves their Russian men had given Litvi- political interests, they’ll make nenko tea containing a fatal a top priority,” he said. “These dose of polonium-210 during a announcements from the Bri- meeting at a London hotel. tish Parliament completely dis- He said there was a “strong credit the British legal system probability” that Russia’s FSB, — completely — in the eyes of successor to the Soviet Union’s any sensible, normal person.” KGB spy agency, directed the Lugovoi also claimed he wou- killing and that the operation ld have liked to testify at the was “probably approved” by inquiry but “was not allowed.” Putin, then as now the presi- The judge said both Lugovoi dent of Russia. and Kovtun declined to give On his deathbed, Litvinenko evidence. accused Putin of ordering his Kovtun, now described as a killing, but this is the first pu- businessman, said the conclu- blic official statement linking sions were based on “false evi- the Russian president to the Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko dence” presented in closed hea- crime, and it sent a chilling jolt rings. through U.K.-Russia relations. Marina Litvinenko, the spy’s British citizenship shortly befo- “The crazy evidence is easily Britain summoned the Rus- [Suspect] widow, said she was “very plea- re his death, and worsened with refuted,” the Tass news agency sian ambassador for a dressing- sed that the words my husband Russia’s involvement in the se- reported him as saying. down and imposed an asset Lugovoi is now spoke on his deathbed when he paratist fighting in Ukraine. But Owen — a retired High Court freeze on the two main Russian a member of accused Mr. Putin have been the inquiry’s report comes as judge appointed by the gover- suspects: Andrei Lugovoi, now proved by an English court.” the two countries are cautiously nment to head a public inquiry a Russian lawmaker, and Dmi- the Russian She also called for tougher trying to work together against into the slaying — heard from try Kovtun. action, urging British Prime the Islamic State group in Syria, dozens of witnesses during Moscow has always strongly parliament, Minister David Cameron to ex- and neither wants a major new months of public hearings last denied being involved in Lit- pel Russian intelligence agents rift. year and also saw secret British vinenko’s death, and Russian which operating in Britain and impose British Home Secretary The- intelligence evidence. Foreign Ministry spokeswo- means he is economic sanctions and travel resa May said the involvement Announcing his findings at man Maria Zhakarova said the bans on Putin and other offi- of the Russian state was “a bla- London’s Royal Courts of Jus- Russian government did not immune from cials linked to what her lawyer, tant and unacceptable breach of tice, Owen said “there can be consider Owen’s conclusions Ben Emmerson, called “a mini- the most fundamental tenets of no doubt that Alexander Lit- objective or impartial. prosecution in act of nuclear terrorism on the international law and civilized vinenko was poisoned by Mr. “There was one goal from the streets of London.” behavior” — but not a surprise. Lugovoi and Mr. Kovtun” in beginning: slander Russia and his country “It’s unthinkable that the pri- She announced asset freezes the Pine Bar of London’s luxury slander its officials,” Zhakaro- me minister would do nothing against suspects Lugovoi and Millennium Hotel on Nov. 1, va told journalists Thursday in Russia’s security service and in the face of the damning fin- Kovtun, and said Interpol had 2006. He died three weeks later Moscow. She repeated several of Putin, whom he accused of dings,” Marina Litvinenko told issued notices calling for their of acute radiation syndrome. times that the Litvinenko in- links to organized crime. Owen reporters. arrest if they traveled abroad. In his 326-page report, Owen quiry was neither public nor said Litvinenko “was regarded Britain responded to the re- Russia refuses to extradite the said based on the evidence he transparent, claiming it had as having betrayed the FSB” port with strong words — thou- two men. had seen, the operation to kill turned into a “shadow puppet with his actions, and said “the- gh its scope for strong action is Lugovoi is now a member of Litvinenko was “probably” theater.” re were powerful motives for limited. the Russian parliament, whi- approved by then-FSB head Litvinenko, a former FSB organizations and individuals U.K.-Russian relations have ch means he is immune from Nikolai Patrushev, now head of agent, fled to Britain in 2000 within the Russian state” to kill remained chilly since the killing prosecution in his country. In Putin’s security council, and by and became a vocal critic of him. of Litvinenko, who was granted an interview yesterday with the Putin. AP

USA 5 charged in alleged scheme to steal drug secrets

IVE people were to commit wire fraud with other defendants in the world” — worked product,” prosecutors defense believes “that at Findicted in federal and money laundering, to set up three corpora- primarily to develop anti- said in the indictment. the end of the day she’ll court on charges they said many of the pro- tions to sell the stolen cancer drugs using pro- Authorities alleged that be exonerated.” took part in an alleged ducts allegedly targeted intellectual property. teins to target receptor Xue “stole more than a Attorneys for 42-year- scheme to steal biophar- were designed to treat They also allege that sites on cancer cells. dozen specific products, old Tao Li, of Nanjing, maceutical trade secrets cancer or other serious former company scien- “These types of anti- even products she was China; 45-year-old Tian from GlaxoSmithKline diseases. tist Lucy Xi also emailed cancer drugs ... typically not directly researching Xue, of North Carolina; and sell them to compe- The U.S. attorney’s of- confidential informa- cost pharmaceutical and developing.” and 38-year-old Lucy Xi, titors in China. fice alleges that GlaxoS- tion. corporations more than Attorney Peter Zei- of California, declined The indictment, which mithKline scientist Yu Prosecutors said Xue, USD1 billion and many denberg said yesterday comment. An attorney for includes charges such as Xue emailed and down- 45, — who they said “is years to develop before that Xue had pleaded not 36-year-old Yan Mei, of conspiracy to steal trade loaded confidential in- regarded as one of the they can be turned into a guilty and would contest Nanjing, China couldn’t secrets and conspiracy formation and worked top protein biochemists commercially successful the charges; he said the be found yesterday. AP fri 22.01.2016

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 21 Jan - 27 Jan 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast THE 5H WAVE_ 14:30 RTPi Live room 1 16:50 Criminal Minds S.7 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm Director: J Blakeson 18:10 Trail of Lies (Repeated) Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, 19:00 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) Maika Monroe Language: English (Cantonese) Soap Opera 19:30 Duration: 112min 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:15 Documentary Serie STEVE JOBS_ room 2 21:45 Miscellaneous 2.30, 7.15 pm 22:10 Trail of Lies Director: Danny Boyle 23:00 TDM News Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogene 23:30 Portuguese Movie Language: English (Cantonese) 01:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Duration: 127min

Saturday 10:30 Boonie Bears - Sr.2 11:35 Young Adult 12:00 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 14:30 Soap Opera 18:30 Contest 19:20 Miscellaneous 1979 Public sector strike 19:55 Documentary Serie paralyzes UK Main News, Financial & Weather Report 20:30 Tens of thousands of public sector workers have 21:00 Drama taken part in a day of action - the biggest mass 21:50 Documentary stoppage since 1926 - in support of a claim for more pay. 23:00 TDM News The four major public service unions angry at the 23:30 Herbal Tea government’s attempt to impose a 5% pay ceiling 01:10 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) called out their 1.5 million members. They included hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers, grave diggers and airport staff. Sunday THE BIG SHORT_ room 2 Mass demonstrations have been held in London, 10:30 Young Children 4.45, 9.30 pm Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast, bringing many ser- Director: Adam Mckay vices to a standstill. Services in the North East of 11:00 Sunday Mass Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling England have also been badly affected. 12:00 Miscelllaneous Language: English (Cantonese) The unions are demanding a £60 minimum wage 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) Duration: 130min for manual workers and a 35-hour week. They say their pay is falling behind that of their private sector 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast counterparts. 14:30 Zig Zag Tonight, the union leaders called for an indefinite 16:15 Young Adult programme of selective industrial action in pursuit of their pay claim. 17:40 Miscellaneous The four unions involved are the National Union of 18:50 Action Public Employees (NUPE), Confederation of Health 19:40 Comedy Service Employees (COHSE), General and Municipal 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Workers Union (GMWU) and the Transport and Ge- neral Workers’ Union (TGWU). 21:00 Contraponto The march through London was the biggest street 22:00 Every Breath We Take - Understanding our Atmosphere demonstration by trade unionists in Britain since the 23:00 TDM News unofficial 1971 stoppage against the Industrial Re- lations Act, when 140,000 took part. 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News General secretary of the GMWU David Basnett said 23:45 Miscellanous those taking part were the people who “literally care 00:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report for us from the cradle to the grave”. Hundreds of schools were closed because they had no caretakers, crossing patrols or meals staff; hospitals were without cleaners, cooks, porters and theatre orderlies and airports had to operate without offbeat THE BIG BEE_ many of their manual workers. room 3 Ambulance staff also took part in the action - al- panish town celebrates bizarre 2.15, 4.45, 9.30 pm though in some areas, like London, they were still S , Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi turnip throwing festival providing emergency cover. In other areas, army - Starring: Yosoke Eguchi, Masahiro Motoki, ambulances were on standby. Yukie Nakama Hundreds of people Language: Japanese (Cantonese/English) Courtesy BBC News have been running throu- Duration: 139min AP PHOTO gh the streets of a tiny town in southwestern IP MAN 3_ Spain, chasing a fancy- room 3 In context dressed, beast-like figure 7.30 pm and pelting it with turnips. Director: Wilson Yip Wai Shun This was the first of a series of strikes by public sector work- The event was part of the Starring: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Max Zhang ers and marked the beginning of what became known as “the bizarre ‘Jarramplas’ festi- Language: Cantonese (English/Cantonese) winter of discontent”. val which is held in Piornal Duration: 110min As the rubbish began to pile up on the streets, the opposition, each Jan 19-20. led by Margaret Thatcher, attacked the Labour Government Following the yearly tradition, a town volunteer donned a cos- macau tower over its refusal to call a state of emergency. tume of multicolored ribbons and a protective devilish mask Earlier in the month the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, 14 Jan - 10 Feb had been ridiculed by press and politicians alike for denying with horns. He then charged through the streets, beating a the country was in chaos. drum until he couldn’t stand the punishment anymore. THE 5H WAVE_ The strikes continued until February 14 when the government Local farmers supplied some 18 tons of turnips for the festival. 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm sealed an uneasy pact with the unions, aimed at reducing in- Its origins are uncertain but the local tourism office says the Director: J Blakeson flation without insisting on any “norm” for pay rises. ‘Jarramplas’ figure represents a cattle thief. Others say it has Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, On March 28, Mr Callaghan and his government lost a con- religious roots. Maika Monroe fidence motion by one vote. He was obliged to call a general The festival finished yesterday (Macau time) with musical and Language: English (Cantonese) election which was won by the Conservatives. gastronomic celebrations. Duration: 112min fri 22.01.2016 th Anniversary

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Adrien Theaux of France, who SKIING was fastest in Tuesday’s first training, was 1.07 back in four- th, followed by Steven Nyman of the United States with a 1.16 Italians Casse, Innerhofer lead second deficit. “You get bumped around a lot but the snow is really po- fifnal WCup downhill training sitive this year,” Nyman said. “In some sections it’s icier but for the most part it’s like gri- Eric Willemsen, Kitzbuehel many, last season, but Innerho- ppy ice, which is what we really fer is a seasoned winner on the like. I messed up the lower part HRISTOF Innerhofer has AP PHOTO World Cup with six victories, Tuesday so that was my big fo- Cbeen among the favorites including four downhills. cus and I skied that much bet- for the classic men’s World Cup Whether others see him as a ter today.” downhill race on the Streif cou- favorite for one of the season’s Overall World Cup leader Ak- rse many times in his career, marquee events, doesn’t matter sel Lund Svindal finished 1.29 but he is yet to win it. to Innerhofer. behind Casse, while his Norwe- After yesterday’s training, In- “I am too old for that,” said the gian teammate and last year’s nerhofer was again regarded by 31-year-old skier, who won the winner, Kjetil Jansrud, came many of his rivals as a potential super-G here three years ago. 1.41 off the lead. winner after he was second fas- “I have been racing for nine Florian Scheiber of Austria test behind Italian teammate years and I have been a favori- crashed and was airlifted to Mattia Casse in final training. te so many times. I was in the hospital. The Austrian ski fe- “What Innerhofer just did, we top three of training at least 20 deration said Scheiber needed have to analyze it,” said Hannes times and people thought I was surgery on torn ligaments and a Reichelt, the last Austrian win- going to win the race. That’s damaged meniscus in his right ner of the race in 2014. “I wan- fine with me.” knee. The incident came two ted to ski more on the limit also Usually mentioned in the cir- days after Scheiber’s teammate but I didn’t manage to do that.” cle of potential Streif winners, Max Franz was ruled out for the Innerhofer, whose best result Innerhofer still has to live up to season after also crashing and here was fifth two years ago, Innerhofer battles gate in wild downhill that billing. Despite consistent damaging his left ankle, knee said others won’t learn much good training results, his fifth and wrist. from studying TV footage of his Saturday’s race by more than a came 1.03 behind in third but place two years ago has been The 76th edition of the Hah- run. second. the Austrian missed a gate and his best showing in the race. nenkamm races opens with a “I didn’t do anything special. A late starter wearing bib would have been disqualified in “I am feeling well now,” In- super-G on Friday. The results Just a normal training run,” he No. 47, Casse timed 1 minute, a race. nerhofer said. “I’ve learned that will also count as the first leg said. 56.85 seconds on the 3.3 kilo- Casse had a career best dow- I just need to have fun out there. of a combined event, with one Innerhofer and Casse led the meter course to lead Innerhofer nhill result by placing 15th in When I wake up on Saturday, I slalom run to follow five hours final practice session ahead of by 0.34. Vincent Kriechmayr Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ger- can’t wait for the race to start.” later. AP ad fri 22.01.2016

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David Gerges, London FOOTBALL | EPL PREVIEW Monday, 0:00am Arsenal v Chelsea H 2.06, D 3.62, A 3.94 Arsenal looks to boost title HELSEA will make the short journey across London to the Emira- hopes with win over Chelsea tes Stadium to face an CArsenal side looking to end its 12-year wait for the league title. the North Londoners against While the defending cham- Alan Pardew’s side, without a

pion has endured a disastrous FILE PHOTO win in five league matches. season culminating in Jose Three consecutive defeats has Mourinho’s dismissal, the Gun- seen Palace slip to eighth in the ners are level at the top of the table, and barring favorable re- standings. sults the Eagles could find itself In the most unpredictable of in the bottom half at the end of seasons, Leicester, a side that play on Sunday. was bottom of the table at the Sergio Aguero scored twice start of the calendar year, sha- for Manchester City at home to res the lead with the Gunners, Crystal Palace last Saturday as while Manchester City is a point they closed the gap at the top of adrift in third. the table. The onus is on Arsenal to win Despite the striker having suf- the title, with several rivals fered with injuries this term, his struggling for form. And with double against Palace took him Bayern Munich head coach Pep onto 10 goals in just 15 appea- Guardiola available at the end rances this term. of the season, manager Arsene If City is to claim the title for Wenger will be hoping his side the third time in five seasons, capitalizes on its chance or face they will need to ensure a clean the insurmountable criticism bill of health for its first-choice and calls for his departure that striker, who finished top scorer will likely ensue. last year with 26 goals. Here are some of the talking West Ham caused an upset points ahead of Saturday’s Pre- in the reverse fixture, winning mier League matches: 2-1 at the Etihad in Septem- Fixtures between Arsenal and ber. That result saw City miss Chelsea have been notorious the chance to move six poin- for the regularity with which ts clear at the top of the tab- Mourinho would taunt Wenger. narrow 1-0 win in the Commu- However, so far he has guided defense. le and another defeat wou- The Portuguese coach would nity Shield, highlighted the su- the Blues to four draws and one A win for Tottenham away to ld hand Slaven Bilic’s side a often remind his counterpart of periority Mourinho had in ma- win in his first five league ga- Crystal Palace tomorrow cou- memorable double and boost his trophy drought and branded tches that ultimately mattered. mes. The squad is largely void ld provisionally lift Mauricio its own chances of a top-six Wenger a “specialist in failure” Indeed, a 2-0 home win at of the confidence that it exuded Pochettino’s side to within two finish and European football back in February 2014. Stamford Bridge, while Mouri- last season as it won the title at points of the summit. next season. It will undoubtedly come as nho was still in charge, saw the a canter. Spurs responded to losing at Also tomorrow, it’s: Norwi- a relief to the Frenchman to visitors finish the game with Last season’s player of the home to Leicester with a 4-1 ch vs. Liverpool; Leicester vs. see a different man standing nine men after Gabriel and year Eden Hazard has yet to thrashing of relegation-threate- Stoke, Manchester United vs. alongside him on the touchline Santi Cazorla were dismissed. score and misses out through ned Sunderland before exacting Southampton, Sunderland vs. on Sunday (Monday, midni- Guus Hiddink, who is back at injury, and while striker Diego some revenge over the Foxes by Bournemouth, Watford vs. ght), given his atrocious record Chelsea for the second time in Costa has struggled for consis- beating Claudio Ranieri’s side Newcastle and West Bromwi- against Mourinho. his managerial career, has been tency this season, three goals in 2-0 in an FA Cup third-round ch Albion vs. Aston Villa. Just one win in 15 attempts tasked with salvaging its mise- his last four appearances will be replay on Wednesday. On Sunday, it’s: Everton vs. against the former Blues boss, a rable campaign. of some concern to the Gunners Another London derby pits Swansea. AP / Oddschecker.com

OLYMPICS Paris 2024 bid secures USD2 million sponsorship deal

EADERS of the Pa- Bernard Lapasset said million), with the ma- and could help fund the sults, raising 630,314 Lris bid for the 2024 the agreement with the jor part of the budget to candidacy. euros ($680,000) sin- Olympics secured a 2 lottery operator is the be raised through pri- “If it works well, we ce its launch last Sep- million euros (USD2.2 first of a series of deals vate funding. If Paris is will donate part of the tember. million) sponsorship to be announced in the awarded the Olympics, game’s income to the Lapasset said the deal yesterday with the coming months. the infrastructure bud- bid,” she said. “It’s French committee is operator of France’s “We are very proud get for hosting the ga- not included in the 2 looking at ways of im- national lottery. today to take part to mes is expected to rea- million and could help proving the promotion Francaise des Jeux this extraordinary cam- ch 3 billion euros ($4.5 us make more than 2 campaign that inclu- became the first com- paign which is about to billion), with operatio- million.” des the sale of 2 euro pany to support the start thanks to the su- nal costs of 3.2 billion To help finance the ($2.25) wristbands, but bid, which is competing pport of the first Paris euros ($4.8 billion). Paris bid, the French insisted the bid is not with Budapest, Rome 2024 sponsor,” Lapas- Paris last hosted the national Olympic com- relying on the money and Los Angeles for the set said at a news con- Olympics in 1924. mittee also devised a raised from that effort. games. The Internatio- ference. “That gives us FDJ CEO Stephane crowd funding scheme “This is not an ele- nal Olympic Commit- appetite and desire.” Pallez said a lottery dubbed “Je reve des ment that has been in- tee will choose the host The cost of the bid has scratch card game pro- Jeux” (I dream of the cluded in the budget,” city in September 2017. been estimated at about moting the bid will be games) that has so far Lapasset said. “It’s just Paris bid co-president 60 million euros ($65 launched in 2017 by produced limited re- a little extra.” AP THE GM’s Cadillac opens China factory Station22.01.2016Air quality fri th Anniversary BUZZ to target luxury market Roadside 60-80 20 Moderate General Motors Co. opened a Ca- production capacity of 160,000 dillac factory in China yesterday to vehicles. High target the country’s growing but Cadillac began selling in China Density 55-75 crowded luxury car market. in 2004, coming late to a luxury Residental The 8b yuan (USD1.2b) factory market dominated by BMW, Mer- Moderate operated with its main Chinese cedes Benz and Volkswagen’s Audi. Area partner, Shanghai Automotive In- China is the biggest auto market by dustries Corp., will have an annual number of vehicles sold. Ambient 60-80 opinion Moderate SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Bizcuits Leanda Lee Grisly fossils from Kenya WORLD BRIEFS INDIA-FRANCE India is tightening security with Mid-term Review Rigor extra paramilitary soldiers reveal a 10,000-year-old and police deployed across The Mid-term Review and the independence of the the capital after a French research process: How can you have a researcher consulate in southern India with known political aspirations be involved in a re- received a letter warning view of the industry that will influence and potentially massacre against the visit of French determine the wealth of the nation, and who wins President Francois Hollande. and who loses in the concessionaire game? I am talking of the mid-term review of the gaming industry The media say commissioned by the government currently in pro- row wounds to the head or INDIA a millionaire has been cess and, in fact, being extended. Although the go- neck, and five cases where AP PHOTO sentenced to life in prison for vernment goal was for the review to be objective and the head was smashed with killing his security guard last scientific, I focus on the lack of face-value indepen- something like a club. One year by mowing him down dence in a report that reviews a political hot-potato skull had a sharpened sto- with his luxury SUV in a rage. industry: local and international allegations of insu- ne still embedded. fficient governance (note the recent chop to junket The researchers said the A deadly numbers for not meeting recently imposed stricter AFGHANISTAN Taliban attack on a bus reporting demands, community concerns for foreign wounds would have been carrying employees of investor repatriation of significant funds (even thou- fatal immediately or soon Afghanistan’s biggest TV gh the bi-product is 76% of budgeted government thereafter. station draws widespread revenue), local employment rate (non-)concerns Two skeletons didn’t show condemnation, with activists (don’t get me started on that effectively zero level of evidence of violence but denouncing it as an attack on structural unemployment), crowding out the local po- the position of the hands freedom of speech and the pulation (and the bet is on mass market?), influence country’s young and fragile on continuing hikes to property rentals (with vacilla- suggested they might have media sector. tion and inertia on whether big government regula- been tied up at the time of tory controls or market forces should hold sway). death. One was a woman People bury There is more; we live the story here. Fourteen years who was pregnant or had PAKISTAN their dead and observe a of liberalisation and growth have brought with it pro- recently given birth. day of nationwide mourning blems even the most experienced of statesmen and The 12 bodies were adul- following a brazen attack by experts would have sleepless nights over, although ts, and at least four were fe- Islamic militants who stormed maybe with such people at the helm many of the- a northwestern university on se issues would have been resolved by now at the male. The site also revealed Wednesday, gunning down practical rather than merely rhetorical or policy level. partial remains of at least students and teachers and Returning to the study/review/scientific report, 15 other people. spreading terror. what are the guarantees offered for independen- The 2012 discovery, made ce? And even if, in fact, the research is conducted west of Lake Turkana, was An animal with the all the rigours of independence and objec- AUSTRALIA reported by scientists at handler is injured when a tivity with no survey question posed, or choice of Cambridge University and Sumatran tiger swipes him analytical process or interpretation possibly biased with claws at an Australian by personal, institutional or political agenda, what elsewhere. Writing in a pa- zoo owned by the family of of the perception that it isn’t independent? What if per released this week by In this August 2012 photo provided by Marta Mirazon Lahr, researcher “Crocodile Hunter” Steve stakeholders believe that it is serving a particular in- the journal Nature, they Frances Rivera (right), Michael Emsugut (left), and Tot Ekulukum Irwin. terest, or is influenced by ‘knowing which side your excavate a human skeleton at the site of Nataruk, Kenya said it’s one of the clearest bread is buttered on’? cases of violence between But who cares about procedural rigor? Investors in Malcolm Ritter Researchers said the dis- groups among prehistoric

Macau are not naïve. We know what to expect. We AP PHOTO know that criticism, complaint and raised eyebrows Science Writer covery casts light on the hunter-gatherers. achieve little. Whatever the findings, and regardless poorly understood roots of The reason for the violen- of any self-perceived lobbying efficacy, concessio- CIENTISTS have fou- warfare. ce is not clear. The victims Drivers in the naires just have to ‘suck it up’ as they do when po- nd grisly evidence of a Evidence of violence may have been raided for USA S Washington area spent hours licy decisions are thrown at them. They do so for massacre in Kenya about appeared in 10 of 12 relati- resources, like territory in icy gridlock ahead of heavy the fabulous returns on investment; assuming those 10,000 years ago, provi- vely complete fossil skele- or food stored in pots, the snowfall that’s predicted to returns continue. ding rare evidence of vio- tons the scientists found by researchers said. Or the arrive by the weekend from The nimbleness of operations and HR manage- the Appalachian Mountains ment (in particular) in achieving performance out- lence between groups in what used to be the edge of violence may have resulted to Philadelphia and maybe comes is such that these executives could ply their ancient hunter-gatherer a lagoon. That included five from antagonism between farther north. Yesterday, wares in any normal country with impressive sto- societies. or six cases of apparent ar- two groups, they said. AP Virginia governor issued ries of their adaptability facilitated by their incredi- a state of emergency and ble skills in managing uncertainty, irrationality, and said people should “take the institutional imposition of fundamental game-chan- threat of this storm seriously.” ging adjustments to legislation and policy. They are the super-men and women of the business world - times square by rodrigo hats off to them. Elsewhere, these working heroes

would not ordinarily put up with such government AP PHOTO reactivity, not in a pink fit. It’s the money talking or, for some, the belief that they are making a diffe- rence in some humanist, developmental way. It’s Police say they have amazing what abuse we take when there are other KENYA killed four men described benefits that match our values. Macau’s about as most-wanted extremist choosing your battles. suspects whose names Gaming management teams lay themselves pros- were released to the public trate before the ROI imperatives dictated by the in December. The shootout operators and junkets. The local government power- happened in the coastal town brokers remain acquiescent to the plutocrats and the of Malindi. One of the victims powerbrokers. And Beijing plies its concern for mo- is Suleiman Mohammed rality and disfranchised elements of the community Awadh, who was wanted left out of the deal - except for the afterthought doggy- for his alleged role in several bag of the wealth partaking scheme. Within this ver- Islamic extremist attacks, sion of Macau’s gaming industry environment, we including the mass killings on have a potential lack of independence in the review; a college campus in Garissa from an academic institution supported by the major in April. beneficiaries of the system. Without better transpa- rency it doesn’t pass academic principles of arms’ State-run Gulf length independence and objectivity. But here, in BAHRAIN Air announced yesterday it Macau, this will pass muster and will provide the will purchase 19 new Airbus anticipated evidence, and mother-hood statements aircraft worth a listed value to echo high-level policy speeches. It’s doubtful the of USD2.35 billion, part of findings will offer anything we don’t already know. its effort to compete in the What will be interesting is how it is to be used. region’s race between carriers.