wong wan said to leave recession likely to reach china has post as dsat head double-digits grown to The Transport Bureau director Economist Albano Martins world’s Wong Wan will leave his post predicts that the city’s GDP will 3rd-biggest in May, according to media face a downturn likely to reach arms reports double-digit percentage points exporter P2 P5 P10

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CHINA Two Chinese taxi- hailing apps that merged Two young people die in February issued a set of standards yesterday to govern their ride-on- demand service, which has P2 run afoul of state and local in scooter accident regulators over passenger safety concerns. Under the self-imposed standards issued by Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, drivers must have at least three years of driving experience, be screened for criminal and traffic violation records and undergo training and tests before becoming employed for ride-on-demand services.

HONG KONG-S KOREA An Asiana plane with 259 passengers aboard returned to Hong Kong yesterday after finding a wrong passenger was aboard the aircraft, airline officials said. The plane was bound for Incheon, South Korea, when it had left Hong Kong earlier yesterday. But it began flying back to Hong Kong when it was above Taiwan, Asiana Airlines officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because their company was still checking details of the incident. The passenger, believed to be a South Korean, was supposed to take a Jeju Air plane from Hong Kong to Incheon but that it wasn’t known how he got on a wrong plane, according to Asiana Airlines.

INDONESIA The Indonesian government will raise the number of countries receiving free visas to 40 from the current 15 countries, a minister said yesterday. Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said that the expansion of the scheme was expected to increase the number of foreign tourist arrivals by 15 percent annually. Among the countries to be included in the expansion are China, France, Germany, Norway, South Korea, Japan, Russia, the UK and the USA, Minister Yahya said at the Coordinating Ministry for Arts Festival returns, promising Economy. More on backpage innovative and diversified shows P3 17.03.2015 tue

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ocal police have Llaunched an inquiry into a severe traffic acci- dent that occurred near Two killed in traffic accident the hangar of the Macau International Airport yes- Both the local taxi and The police made an terday afternoon at arou- truck drivers, who both appeal yesterday calling nd two o’clock, resulting passed a breathalyzer on witnesses to report in two fatalities. test, are currently under any details to them on The accident, which killed police investigation. 2837 4214. a motorcyclist on the spot, A self-claimed witness Multiple construction involved a motorbike, a told the media outlet that projects underway in truck, as well as a cab. The the cause of the fatal acci- Cotai have turned cer- initial investigation disclo- dent was linked to one of tain parts of the district sed that the dead scooter the vehicles passing the into accident hot spots. driver, aged 24, was a local others. The incident cau- Large vehicles commute while the passenger was sed traffic congestion to between Macau and Tai- a 27-year-old migrant la- the nearby area. pa every day along the borer. The latter was later The Institute for Tou- diverted roads, most of pronounced dead in hos- rism Studies last night which have become nar- pital. It also suspected that issued a statement veri- rower and bumpier, and both were run over by the fying the identity of one without clear road signs truck. of the victims as a junior indicating directions. A large part of the mo- student. The institute of- The first month of the torbike embroiled in the fered to provide assistan- year recorded a total of deadly crash was badly ce to his family and or- 1,237 traffic accidents, ac- mangled, with the dri- ganize ad hoc counseling cording to the latest figures ver’s belongings seen sca- services for students and by the Statistics and Cen- ttered across the ground. teaching staff. sus Service. Staff reporter

Wong Wan said to leave post as DSAT head

In recent years, Mr Wong and Another major controver- DSAT have been under fire for sy was triggered by Reolian’s failing to solve major transpor- bankruptcy in 2013. In 2009, tation issues in Macau. Resi- Reolian was granted three main dents complain of packed buses bus routes in a much-criticized and dreadful traffic jams, as bid while TCM, another bus well as criticizing taxi drivers’ operator, was granted a license behavior and the insufficient despite allegedly delivering its number of taxis. tender four minutes past the deadline. Reolian would later be asked to release part of its Wong has awarded routes to TCM. After commencing operations, served as DSAT Reolian faced several other challenges, from high operating head since costs to manpower shortages the bureau’s and the government’s refusal to pay for a contractual annual fee creation in 2008 adjustment related to inflation. In 2013, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) Last November, DSAT and slammed Macau’s bus opera- Vang Iek Radio Taxi, the com- tion scheme, describing it as pany operating dial-a-cab ser- “the most severe case of legal vices, failed to reach an agree- breach” and therefore affecting ment, which prompted the public interest. CCAC accused he Transport Bureau rent contract, which expires in performance. so-called yellow taxis to bid DSAT of allowing the city’s T(DSAT) chief, Wong Wan, May. Improvements in the traffic Macau’s streets farewell. The three bus operators to operate will leave his post in May. He Last week, the Secretary for flow and the city’s overall trans- company and the government’s illegally, as none of the com- has not renewed his current Transport and Public Works, portation system were among attempt to renew their contract panies had signed proper con- contract, according to a Radio Raimundo do Rosário was Macau citizens’ top concerns, failed, with Vang Iek’s request cession contracts, instead sig- Macau broadcast yesterday. asked about Mr Wong’s future according to a report released to introduce an additional fee ning mere “service-rendering However, the bureau told The within DSAT, but he did not by the government’s Policy Re- for dial-a-cab services going contracts.” Times it would not confirm the clarify whether changes are search Office last year. Among unapproved by Macau’s admi- Last year, Mr Wong told report at this time. underway in the bureau’s lea- 111,246 opinions and sugges- nistration. lawmakers at a Legislative As- Mr Wong has served as DSAT dership. Mr Rosário stated that tions collected during Chief Vang Iek used to operate 100 sembly plenary meeting that he head since the bureau’s crea- he would soon make a decision Executive Chui Sai On’s cam- taxis, 60 of which provided only is the main government official tion in 2008. He has allegedly on the matter, stressing that he paign, a total of 87,425 were dial-a-cab services, while 40 of- accountable for issues relating requested not to renew his cur- was pleased with Mr Wong’s concerned with traffic issues. fered regular services. to the bus operation system. CP

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he annual Macau Arts Festival (MAF) is re- 26th Arts Festival explores turning to stages city -wide on May 1, now in Tits 26th year. Through the mon- diversity of the performing arts th of May, it will host 30 shows and visual art exhibitions, and over one hundred activities, with an emphasis on “transcen- ding the boundaries of art.” “The theme of this year’s edi- tion is ‘Encounter,’ represen- ting an attempt to explore the diversity of the performing arts, and to break through langua- ge barriers, with the objective of revealing artistic diversity through dialogue between di- fferent artistic media,” said Ung Vai Meng, president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), at a press conference held yester- day. Headlining the festival’s grand opening is “Lied Ballet,” a phy- sical interpretation show pre- sented by French group Centre Chorégraphique National de Tours, which will stage its Asian premiere at the Macau Cultural Center (CCM). Through the dancers’ body movements, au- diences can expect a journey through various artistic styles, from Baroque to Modernism. Another Asian premiere, titled “Trust,” will be performed by German company Schaubühne am LehninerPlatz, bringing the festival to a close at the same venue. Written in the afterma- Ung Vai Meng (center) presents the MAF yesterday during a press conference th of the 2008 global financial crash, the dance and theatre productions, local talent from se half of the event’s programs, exhibition “At the Risk of Co- tanding of the shows’ concep- production questions the con- the region will showcase va- since the bureau is committed lour – Claude Viallat and Fran- tual ideas, and interacting with temporary world we live in. It rious performances that explo- to “providing opportunities for ck Chalendard” will open a path the creative groups. discusses the collapse of values re issues facing people in mo- local artists to showcase their for visual arts experiences with According to IC vice presi- and trust in political and econo- dern times, in the form of dan- talent.” text and colour, whereas the dent, Leung Hio Ming, the fes- mic institutions, as well as the ce, theatre, music, visual arts Meanwhile, intangible herita- Macau Museum’s exhibition tival has increased its budget to emotional aftermath. and multimedia. According to ge performances such as Kun “From L’orient to the Orient” MOP29 million, mainly to cope More world-class innovative the bureau, local shows compri- Opera, Cantonese Opera and will explore the port cities of with inflation. Tickets will be works are highlighted in this Patuá Theatre promise to add China and France on the 18th available on March 22, with va- year’s arts festival. Ung explai- to the festival’s artistic diversity Century Maritime Silk Route. rious discounts on offer. ned that, “apart from meeting with their unique art forms. Moreover, the Iao Hon Gar- the needs of conventional art Audiences can expect a perfect den, located in the city’s North lovers, the MAF hopes to bring The Macau demonstration of the inheri- District, will be converted into out a more diverse and intense Arts Festival tance of UNESCO Intangible an outdoor cinema, screening 19,000 tickets set of messages so that the au- Cultural Heritage in Kun Opera a number of outstanding films sold in 2014 dience can explore in different has already play, “1699 The Peach Blossom from all over the world. The directions.” Fan,” performed by the Jiangsu festival’s annual “Outdoor Per- become one According to IC vice “The Macau Arts Festival has Kun Opera Theatre Performing forming Arts Showcase” will president, Leung Hio Ming, the already become one of the city’s of the city’s Arts Group. Local Cantonese be moved to Barra Square this festival sold around 19,000 tick- most important annual cultu- Opera troupes will also take to year. ets last year, but only attracted ral events,” he stressed. “We most important the stage in two plays. The Macau Arts Festival will 2,000 participants in the out- believe that only by constantly Beside concerts, dance, thea- also roll out an outreach pro- reach activities. “This year we’ve trying, learning and feeling, annual cultural tre, and Chinese opera, the gram comprised of content ran- tried to strengthen our work on can we grow and really perceive MAF will also showcase a series ging from lectures to post-show this part, hoping to attract more culture’s various features and events of exhibitions aiming to “broa- talks and workshops, aiming to participants,” he said. nuances.” Ung Vai Meng den audiences’ horizons.” The facilitate the audience’s unders- A dance production titled “Out of Context – for Pina” will be brought to life by Belgium’s Les Ballets C de la B, paying New Patuá show to take on Macau’s talent issues tribute to contemporary dan- ce master Pina Bausch. From s one of the highlights of the 26th “Macau is a land of talented people, but France, “The Suit,” presen- AMacao Arts Festival this May, local where are the talents and who decides ted by Théâtre des Bouffes du theater group Dóci Papiaçám di Macao their geniality? The plot unfolds in today’s Nord and directed by legendary will tackle more hot-button social issues Macau, a city in which the production of theatre director Peter Brook, by staging its new play in Patuá dialect, talents is a priority, in order to contribute will showcase an extraordinary titled “Macao’s Got Talent.” to the intellectual and technical develop- denotation of theatrical space. The group’s plays have become one of ment of our city,” said the organizer. Moreover, Portugal’s Teatro the most anticipated features of the an- As a vanishing creole language spoken Praga will aim to probe in its nual festival. This year’s play is written at home and informally by the city’s Ma- play the age-old issue: “What is and directed by Miguel de Senna Fernan- canese community, the Patuá dialect has old age all about?” des, and focuses on discovering the story been identified as a critically endangered Following these acclaimed behind the city’s “lack of talent.” language by UNESCO. 17.03.2015 tue

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NPC | Cooperation dents’ growing demand for renovation of the Inner DSEJ asks schools Harbor district. The regio- Delegates call for quicker nal cooperation may stren- to take in children gthen business interaction between the two sides, and with special needs implementation of ‘one the district itself could be- come an additional desti- nation for travel and leisu- he Education and Youth Affairs Bureau river, two straits’ plan re activities. Thas called on local private secondary schools to admit more children with special needs and provide them with integrated edu- Wanzai cation. Director of the bureau’s Centre of Psycho-­ bloomberg will be pedagogical Support and Special Education, revamped, Ms Chow Pui Leng, told TDM that there are currently 29 private and 9 public schools pro- turning the viding integrated education. Of these, 17 pri- vate and 2 public schools provide integrated area that education at the secondary level. One concerned parent on TDM’s current af- faces the fairs radio program noted that Macau lacks a Inner Harbor system for special needs students to transition to secondary education. Chow responded on into a more the program that the bureau would offer as- sistance when parents encounter problems Pedestrians walk past a Starbucks Corp. coffee store in Zhuhai livable zone obtaining school seats. The bureau will also strive to meet the special needs of these stu- our members of Ma- geting waterfront regions Sai Peng, Lok Po, Io Hong The four delegates told dents and encourage more of them to attend Fcau’s delegation to the between their city and Meng and Kou Hoi In, ex- Jornal do Cidadão that ordinary secondary schools. National People’s Con- Macau. pressed their wish for ear- an up-to-date plan of gress have jointly urged The scheme, proposed ly implementation of the the project was essential the related government in 2005 by the mainland project to ease enduring in further realizing the departments to come up government, also seeks to pressure on the Gongbei “Framework Agreement with plans for the cons- revamp Wanzai, turning checkpoint, and to ad- on Cooperation Between truction of the “one river, the area that faces the In- dress the overcrowded Guangdong and Macau,” marques renato two straits” economic ner Harbor into a more central district of Zhuhai. which aims to improve zone, which is part of the livable zone. According to them, the and optimize the live- Zhuhai government’s ur- Four Macau delegates urban planning project lihood of people in the ban planning scheme, tar- to the NPC, namely Chui resonates with local resi- Pearl River Delta. ad tue 17.03.2015

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Gov’t intends to Recession likely to reach introduce minimum double-digit percentage wage by 2018 he government intends to introduce a Tuniversal minimum wage for all workers, points, economist says following its initial introduction for cleaning and security personnel working in property management companies. “We intend to implement the minimum wage ocal economist Alba- cent in the fourth quarter of 2014, for those two sectors this year. But our stand on no Martins predicts that after casino revenues slumped this is implementing a minimum wage for all the city’s Gross Domestic and visitors cut spending. Gross workers within three years,” the Secretary for bloomberg Product (GDP) will face a domestic product for the full year Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, revealed Ldownturn likely to reach double- dropped 0.4 percent following a yesterday on the sidelines of a Standing Commit- digit percentage points. 10.2 percent decline in the second tee for Coordination of Social Affairs meeting. “Everything indicates that the ga- half of the year. In July 2014, after two days of discussion, the ming revenue will continue to drop Albano Martins thinks that 2015 Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary passed the will be a negative year for the local first reading of the minimum wage law. Since economy because “the government then, the Third Standing Committee has been can do almost nothing to counter examining the details of the legislation. the effects that the gaming indus- Yesterday, Lionel Leong said that employers The government try revenue fall has on local GDP, and employees agree on the general principle can do almost since the economy is small and the of introducing a minimum wage for all sectors. size of the public sector is not sig- However, nothing has been decided regarding nothing to nificant when compared with ga- the wage amount and its related regulations. ming.” “We are going to meet with workers and em- counter the Taking the first two months of the ployers to see how we can implement that, year into consideration, gaming [whether] gradually or immediately,” Leong effects of the sharply, at least during the first revenue is falling 31.5 percent said, adding that the government is looking gaming industry half of the year. That slump will year-on-year. In January revenues into the matter. negatively affect Macau’s GDP,” he dropped 17.4 percent, and in Fe- The Standing Committee for Coordination of revenue fall on said. bruary the slump was much more Social Affairs also discussed increases for el- According to data from the Sta- pronounced, reaching 35.1 percent derly and invalidity pensions. Both pensions the local GDP tistics and Census Service (DSEC), compared to the same month last will be raised from MOP3,180 to MOP3,350 Albano Martins the city’s economy shrank 17.2 per- year. MDT/Lusa starting next July.

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Books.com.tw 博客來, Taiwan’s largest online bookstore, added expands into festival Macau to its fast-delivery overseas distribution network yesterday. The addition of Catarina Pinto ge Festival 2015 will be held be recorded as the festival’s the four categories, with BNU Macau comes nearly one year between December 1 and 6. theme song. sponsoring MOP20,000 in after the bookseller set up its he Sound & Image Challen- The “Shorts” category awards A series of cultural events will prize money. The best film first overseas operation in Tge (SIC), a project launched the best short films in four ca- be held between December 1 in each category is awarded Hong Kong, offering cheaper by Creative Macau five years tegories (Fiction, Documen- and 6, including film screenings MOP10,000, sponsored by books than domestic vendors ago, has expanded into a film tary, Animation and Adver- and seminars on film produc- USJ, Creative Macau, or the as well as fast delivery through festival. Organizers announced tisement). For the “Volume” tion and development, as well Orient Foundation. the 7-Eleven convenience store yesterday that the event featu- category, contestants submit as workshops. This year’s jury includes Mr. chain. According to Focus res two competitions, a short-­ music videos based on Macau Lúcia Lemos, project manager Zhang Zeming, Hong Kong film Taiwan News Channel, the film contest (titled “Shorts”) compositions. of Creative Macau, said that the director and producer; João bookseller has spent almost and a music video contest (“Vo- The winning music video will event received 397 submissions Francisco Pinto, TDM’s Portu- a year integrating back-end guese News and Program Con- systems such as customer lume”). Submissions for both last year. Local response, howe- service and logistics to ensure a contests are open until June 16. ver, “was not as big as expec- troller; and Mário Dorminski, smooth shopping experience in José Luis Sales Marques, pre- ted” as Macau’s film industry is founder of Fantasporto, Porto’s Macau. sident of the Institute of Euro- still developing, she added. International Film Festival, pean Studies of Macau (IEEM), This project, This time, organizers are ho- among other international ex- which supports the festival, told ping to attract a higher number perts. Ten new PJ a press conference yesterday launched five of submissions, while trying to The Sound & Image Challen- detectives that, “[the project] has develo- capture the attention of local ge was launched by Creative ped into something bigger, par- years ago, has talent. João Cordeiro, the fes- Macau – Center for Creative sworn in ticularly last year with the su- developed tival’s executive producer, said Industries in 2010, and targets pport of the University of Saint that they hope to reach about both professionals and amateu- Joseph (USJ). This has encou- into something 1,000 submissions. rs, said Ms Lemos. Since last raged us to take a step forward The “Best in Event” award is year, the event has been held in and turn it into a festival.” bigger given to the best short-film, as collaboration with the Univer- The Sound & Image Challen- José Luis Sales Marques voted by the grand jury among sity of Saint Joseph.

Ten new Judiciary Police (PJ) detectives were sworn in yesterday, said the PJ in CRIME pile of notes and checked to see if the- its latest statement. Cheong re were any pataca notes. Realizing that Kam Fai, Liu Kuok Sang, and there were in fact none left, the uniden- António Manuel Pereira will Man refuses change, grabs tified man then grabbed the money back serve as detectives, while Choi from the cashier’s hands before leaving Ian Fai, Lao Man Leng, Chan the shop without making any purchase. Lai Cheng, Leong Kuok Hei, notes from cash register The man’s suspicious behavior alerted Lai Chio Hong, Che Peng Kun the storekeeper, who afterwards disco- and Yeung Sau Chan will be vered that a HKD1,000 note was in fact deputy inspectors. The ten missing after counting. The cashier then new detectives and deputy he Public Security Police (PSP) on ned an HKD500 note among the chan- Sunday received a report of theft from ge given by the cashier and requested called the police reporting the case im- inspectors have extensive T experience in the police a store on the Cotai Strip claiming that a a MOP500 note instead. However, the mediately. force, having served for over man who intended to make purchase in cashier told him that there were no more The PSP authorities also made an 15 years, the PJ said. They the shop stole a total of HKD1,000. pataca notes left in the cash register and appeal to the media during the press were all subject to “rigorous The cashier, who reported the crime asked him to take the available change. conference, warning shopkeepers to stay examinations” and underwent to PSP around 7:00 pm that day, said According to the PSP’s account in a cautious and alert all the time and to further training for over six around an hour before, an unknown man press conference held yesterday after- count their money clearly before custo- months, including a training dropped by the shop and selected a black noon, the man then reached his hand mers leave. They also urge them to avoid program at the China Criminal leather bag worth HKD340 before pro- into the cash register, refusing to believe allowing strangers to touch their cash re- Police College. ceeding to the checkout to pay. He decli- the cashier’s words. He then grabbed a gisters. Staff reporter tue 17.03.2015

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Kyoungwha Kim Investors are rushing to buy protection against declines in hinese stocks gai- Chinese stocks amid concern an ned, with the ben- Chinese stocks rise to economic slowdown will under- chmark index climbing mine their world-beating rally. to its highest level since Demand to hedge against fu- CAugust 2009, after Premier Li five-year high after Li’s ture losses on the largest U.S. Keqiang pledged to take action exchange-traded fund tracking if economic growth slows too China’s mainland market clim- much and the benchmark mo- bed to the highest since the ETF ney-market rate fell. pledge on economy was created in November 2013, Hundsun Technologies Inc. according to data compiled by and Glodon Software Co. surged Bloomberg. The buying pushed more than 9 percent as a gauge the ratio of bearish to bullish of technology shares extended contracts to a five-month high its gain this year to 40 percent on March 11 as investors pulled after Li encouraged the deve- $34 million from the fund in a bloomberg lopment of e-commerce. China second week of outflows. Mobile Ltd. advanced the most While the economy is growing in a month in Hong Kong. Hua- dong Medicine Co. jumped by the 10 percent daily limit to lead A gauge of consumer shares higher. The number of advancing stocks was Macau casino at a record-high. The seven-day repurchase rate slid the most in stocks dropped five weeks as funds locked up for to its lowest new share sales returned to the banking system. level since The Shanghai Composite In- dex rose 2.3 percent to 3,449.31 Dec 2012 after at the close, extending last week’s 4.1 percent increase. Li Morgan Stanley said Sunday the government will predicted a take additional steps if China’s growth, which the government 25pct drop targeted at 7 percent this year, Li Keqiang, China’s premier, applauds during the closing session of the third session of the 12th National People’s Congress drifts toward the lower limit of (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in the city’s its range and cuts into employ- gambling ment or wages. About 3 trillion percent. Hong Kong’s Hang cording to HSBC Holdings Plc valued at 12.7 times 12-month yuan (USD479 billion) was set Seng China Enterprises Index analysts including Roger Xie in projected earnings, compared revenue this aside for initial public offerings added 0.9 percent and the Hang a report dated March 13. with the five-year average mul- last week, according to the me- Seng Index gained 0.5 percent. Indexes tracking consumer tiple of 10.2, according to data year dian estimate in a Bloomberg The Bloomberg China-US Equi- staples companies and drug- compiled by Bloomberg. survey of brokerages. ty Index slid 0.9 percent in New makers rallied more than 2.4 Margin traders increased hol- at the slowest pace since 1990, “Li’s positive tone on growth York on Friday. percent. Huadong Medicine dings of shares purchased with the Shanghai Composite has bolstered investor confiden- A gauge of technology shares rose to a record and Zhangzhou borrowed money for a 13th day jumped 64 percent in the past ce,” said Yen Chiu, a trader at climbed 4.1 percent, the most Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical on Friday, with the outstanding year through last week, the best Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. among the 10 industry groups on Co. gained 5.7 percent. balance of margin debt on the performance among major equi- in Hong Kong. “Technology sto- the CSI 300. The ChiNext index The seven-day repurchase rate, Shanghai Stock Exchange rising ty gauges tracked by Bloomberg. cks are getting a boost on the advanced 3.6 percent. Hundsun a gauge of interbank funding to a record 880.6 billion yuan China’s total public and private economy’s reliance on the sector Technologies soared to a record availability, dropped 10 basis ($141 billion). debt has increased to more than for growth.” and Glodon Software jumped by points to 4.6155 percent, accor- A gauge of Macau casino stocks twice the nation’s economic There were 973 stocks that the 10 percent maximum. ding to a weighted average from dropped to its lowest level since output, soaring 83 percentage rose on the Shanghai Compo- Earnings for Chinese techno- the National Interbank Funding December 2012 after Morgan points relative to gross domes- site yesterday, the most since logy companies have been re- Center. That was the biggest de- Stanley predicted a 25 percent tic product since 2007. No other Bloomberg began compiling the vised upwards by 14 percent in cline since Feb. 5. drop in the city’s gambling re- developing country has amassed data in 1997, while nine fell and the past month, compared with Trading in Shanghai was 44 venue this year. MGM China as much debt as quickly, accor- 78 were unchanged. a 1 percent downward revision percent above the 30-day ave- Holdings Ltd. fell 3 percent and ding to data compiled by McKin- The CSI 300 Index rose 2.4 for the CSI 300 as a whole, ac- rage at the close. The gauge is Sands China Ltd. slid 1.4 percent. sey Global Institute. Bloomberg

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mdme distinguished in the CATS ended its 10-day run cats completes successful run at venetian macao “iflr asia awards 2015” at The Venetian Macao Sun- day, presenting the acclaimed MdME, the member firm of The award is one of the Broadway musical to audien- the network MLGTS Legal most recognized in the ces at The Venetian Theatre S im Juho Circle for Macau, received Asian legal market, given March 6-15. CATS has enter- the award “M&A Deal of annually by the international tained audiences all over the the Year” in the “IFLR Asia legal magazine Internatio- world, including for 18 years Awards 2015” due to its in- nal Financial Law Review on Broadway. Tickets for the volvement in the acquisi- (IFLR), acknowledging Md- 13 shows were in demand, tion of Hong Kong’s Wing ME’s growing performance with weekend performances Hang Bank by the Singa- in the region. particularly popular. pore-based Oversea-Chi- The IFLR Asia Awards, According to a Venetian press nese Banking Corporation as they are known, are ba- release, it was clear from ope- (OCBC). The team led by sed on the analysis of a law ning night that the show would partner Rui Pinto Proença firm’s performance by an be a hit with Macau audiences. and associate Liliana Faria international judge panel, The response from the public, acted as Macau adviser to mainly composed by in-hou- both in terms of ticket sales OCBC in the USD5 billion se counsel from worldwide and comments, has been very deal that allowed it to delist financial institutions and positive and is an encouraging the Hong Kong bank and companies. sign for a city making a name combine operations. The The results were made for itself a world center of tou- Wing Hang Bank purchase known during the award ce- rism and leisure. The combi- routines were met with applau- Venetian Theatre is the first in tai Strip Macao, including ano- was the largest takeover of a remony on the evening of nation of score, choreography, se night after night. a series of Broadway shows ther major musical coming in Hong Kong bank since 2001. March 11, in Hong Kong. costumes and song-and-dance The staging of CATS at The coming to Sands Resorts Co- June. tue 17.03.2015

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Angola Portugal’s public debt Cities of Luanda and Lobito to be reaches 231.1b euros linked by motorway

new bridge over the Kwanza River along National ortugal’s public ARoad 100, is set to be built this year to allow traffic debt is expected to have to move more easily along the coast between Luanda and increased by 6.6 billion southern Angola, said the Director General of the Angolan bloomberg euros in January, stan- Roads Institute. Pding at a total of 231.1 billion António Resende said the new bridge would have four la- euros by month’s end, the Te- nes, two in each direction, and be able to support vehicles chnical Budget Support Unit weighing up to 100 tons. The site is currently undergoing said Friday in Lisbon (UTAO). mine removal and being cleared for the work yard to be The independent technicians installed. supporting parliament claim The Director-General of the Angolan Roads Institute said that increasing the amount of that the current link between Luanda and Lobito, passing public debt “contributed to the around the city of Sumbe, would give way to a motorway, amount of debt issued in Ja- “as it no longer has capacity to support the amount of traf- nuary and the subscription of fic recorded on a daily basis.” Savings Certificates and Trea- A tourist poses for a photograph in front of the Belem Tower during a foggy day on The motorway will be built in phases, “because of its len- sury Certificates.” the Tejo river in Lisbon, Portugal gth and high cost”, with the first phase starting from the At the end of February, the bridge over the Kwanza River to Porto Amboim and the se- central bank announced that than in 2013 (128 percent) and the Treaty establishing the Eu- cond phase to Sumbe “and so on until the work is finished.” state debt had reached 224.477 more than the target set by the ropean Community. National Road 100 currently passes through a number of million euros and central go- government for the last year, The numbers already include locations, such as Porto Amboim, Sumbe and Lobito, whi- vernment net debt on deposits which was 127.2 percent of GDP. the accounting changes based ch has caused many constraints on road traffic. The cur- stood at 206.971 million in De- Debt, based on Maastricht cri- on the European System of Ac- rent Kwanza Rover bridge will continue to work, but only cember 2014. teria, is used to measure the le- counts for SEC2010 that all EU for internal traffic in Luanda, Resende noted. According to the Bank of Por- vel of indebtedness of the gover- countries had to adopt by Sep- In addition to construction of the new bridge over the tugal, the debt ratio of general nment of a country and the con- tember last year and, in the case Kwanza River, two other bridges will be also built with government to Gross Domes- cept is defined in a 2009 regula- of Portugal, generated an upward motorways running along them over the Longa and Queve tic Product (GDP), in line with tion of the European Council on review of the GDP figure and a rivers. However, these will be smaller, as the bridge over Maastricht guidelines, stood the application of the Protocol downward review of the debt to the Kwanza River is 4 kilometers long and the other two at 128.7 percent in 2014, more on excessive deficits attached to GDP ratio. MDT/Macauhub are each 1,200 meters long. MDT/Macauhub

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In this Nov. 21, 2010, file photo, Pakistan Air Force personnel sit in front of their JF-17 jet fighter at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Zhuhai Airshow) in Zhuhai

Christopher Bodeen, Beijing

hina has overtaken Ger- Cmany to become the wor- Study: PRC has grown to world’s ld’s third-biggest arms expor- ter, although its 5 percent sha- re remains small compared 3rd-biggest arms exporter to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study says. don’t intervene in their do- de a co-production deal with technologies to break into pri- gap with industry leaders China’s share of the global mestic affairs,” Hong said. Pakistan to produce the JF-17 vate communications and spy America and Russia show the arms market rose 143 percent China had long been a major fighter, widespread sales of on government opponents, limitations of its aspirations. from 2010 to 2014, a period importer of weapons, mainly the basic but effective C-802 Easton said. The U.S. retained a 31 per- during which the total volu- from Russia and Ukraine, but anti-ship cruise missile, and “All of these sales should be cent share of the global arms me of global arms transfers its soaring economy and the an agreement to sell the HQ-9 very disconcerting to Ameri- market, exporting to at least rose by 16 percent over the copying of foreign technology air defense missile system to can policymakers and mili- 94 recipients, SIPRI said. previous five years, the Sto- has largely reversed the trend, Turkey that has run into con- tary leaders,” he said, calling Countries in Asia and Oceania ckholm International Peace except for the most cutting-e- troversy over its incompatibi- China’s rise to the third-place took 48 percent of U.S. expor- Research Institute said in a dge designs and sophisticated lity with NATO weapons sys- spot among exporters a “dis- ts, followed by the Middle East report released yesterday. parts such as aircraft engines. tems. turbing development” that with 32 percent and Europe at Its share of the world market China supplies weapons to could threaten the security of 11 percent, it said. was up from 3 percent in the 35 countries, led by Pakistan, the U.S. and its allies. Russia was second with a 2009-2014 period, when Chi- Bangladesh and Myanmar, SI- China also offers leading-e- 27 percent global share, 39 na was ranked ninth among PRI said. dge drone technology at com- percent of which went to In- exporters of warplanes, ships, Chinese sales included those of China supplies petitive prices. One model, dia — the world’s largest arms side arms and other weapon- armored vehicles and transport weapons to 35 known variously as the Yilong, importer overall. China took ry, said the institute, known as and trainer aircraft to Venezue- Wing Loong or Pterodactyl, 11 percent of Russia’s exports, SIPRI. la, three frigates to Algeria, anti countries, led has become especially popular followed by Algeria. The data show the growing -ship missiles to Indonesia and with foreign buyers, although SIPRI uses a five-year mo- strength of China’s domestic unmanned combat aerial vehi- by Pakistan, Chinese secrecy surrounding ving average to account for arms industry, now producing cles, or drones, to Nigeria, whi- such sales makes it difficult to fluctuations in the volume of fourth-generation fighter jets, ch is battling the Boko Haram Bangladesh know how many are in use and arms deliveries from year-to navy frigates and a wide-range insurgency in its north. and Myanmar where. -year and doesn’t provide mo- of relatively cheap, simple and China’s comparative advan- Chinese state broadcaster netary values, which are often reliable smaller weapons used tages include its low prices, CCTV quoted retired People’s distorted by governments pro- in conflicts around the globe. easy financing and friendli- China also has exploited ni- Liberation Army Gen. Xu viding weapons as gifts or at Responding to the study, ness toward authoritarian go- che markets such as North Guangyu saying at an air show below-market prices. AP Chinese Foreign ministry vernments, said Philip Saun- Korea and Iran that the West two years ago that the unman- spokesman Hong Lei said Chi- ders, director of the Center for won’t sell to, emphasizing ned aircraft, which can be ar- na took a “cautious approach” the Study of Chinese Military its attractiveness to impove- med with two guided missiles, to arms exports and abided by Affairs at the U.S. National rished countries and pariah would cost only about USD1 relevant U.N. resolutions and Defense University. states, said Ian Easton, re- million each. That is about 10 domestic laws. “Generally speaking, Chi- search fellow at The Project to 20 percent of the price of a 143% “We follow the principle that na offers medium quality wea- 2049 Institute, an Arlington, comparable U.S. model such China’s share of the the export of arms will help pons systems at affordable Virginia-based Asian security as the MQ-1 Predator. Rumo- increase the recipient coun- prices, a combination attracti- think tank. red buyers include the United global arms market try’s legitimate self-defense ve to cash-strapped militaries Both those U.S. foes appear Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan rose 143% from 2010 capabilities and not undermi- in South Asia, Africa and Latin to have received satellite jam- and Saudi Arabia. to 2014 ne international or regional America,” Saunders said. ming and cyber warfare capa- However, China’s incremen- peace and stability, and we Notable successes inclu- bilities from China, along with tal growth and the yawning tue 17.03.2015

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Ex-top military official ap photo Xu Caihou, facing bribery probe, dies

he Chinese military’s also that the case against him generals, Xu never saw com- former second-hi- would go forward, in a sign of bat, serving almost his entire ghest ranking officer, Xi’s determination to root out career as a political commis- Xu Caihou, who was wrongdoing at all levels. In ad- sar before being appointed Tbeing investigated on suspicion dition to being president and to the Central Military Com- of taking bribes and brokering head of the party, Xi also chairs mission in 1999. Under for- promotions, has died in a hos- the powerful party and govern- mer president Hu Jintao, Xu pital of cancer, the state Xinhua ment commissions that oversee was named one its three CMC News Agency reported early the 2.3 million-member Peo- vice chairmen, along with Xi, yesterday. He was 71. ple’s Liberation Army. then serving as China’s vice A former deputy chairman of Xu’s death lends needed mo- president. He stepped down the ruling Communist Party’s mentum to Xi’s campaign from the commission when Central Military Commission, against powerful corrupt offi- he retired from the military Xu was the most senior military cials, said Beijing-based histo- in 2012. figure detained in a sweeping rian and political analyst Zhang Phoenix Weekly, a Hong Kon- crackdown on corruption wi- Lifan. g-based magazine with strong thin the party launched by Pre- However, since Xi still faces a military connections reported sident Xi Jinping. potential backlash against those that large amounts of cash, Xu died of advanced bladder entrenched interests, he “must jade, gems, paintings and rare cancer that had spread throu- speed up his pace,” Zhang said. antiques had been found in ghout his body and of multiple Xu had been under investiga- Xu’s Beijing mansion, items organ failure, Xinhua said. tion since early last year by the frequently used as bribes to Xu had been expelled from the party’s anti-corruption watch- avoid leaving a paper trail for party in June and his rank as dog, the Central Committee for investigators. general revoked, but an indict- Discipline Inspection. Much of the corruption in the ment had not yet been announ- Few details were ever released military is believed to involve In this March 11, 2012 file photo, Xu Caihou, then deputy chairman of the ced. The Xinhua report said the about the investigation into Xu, the selling of positions, seen as Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Military Commission, which controls criminal investigation against but Xinhua said he was accused having a corrosive effect on mi- China’s military, attends a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the him would now be dropped be- of taking advantage of his posi- litary preparedness and morale. Great Hall of the People in Beijing cause of his death. tion to promote people and had Xu’s downfall followed an Officials last year had been accepted “huge amounts of bri- investigation into another lea- fortune through embezzlement, minent of 16 high-ranking offi- quoted as saying that Xu was ill bes personally and through his ding general, former logistics kickbacks and the selling of fa- cers placed under investigation with bladder cancer and would family.” department chief Gu Junshan, vors. or convicted of corruption and get appropriate treatment, but Like most of China’s leading who allegedly amassed a huge Xu and Gu were the most pro- abuse of power under Xi. AP

Land Rover, China Mobile criticized in CCTV show

hina’s state-run the problem as quickly as vestigating the issues rai- program is a serious vio- Ctelevision reported possible. sed by CCTV. Daimler is lation of the legitimate that Tata Motors Ltd.’s On the car dealerships, “against this behavior by rights and interests of bloomberg Jaguar Land Rover hasn’t Volkswagen said in an dealers as it constitutes consumers. China Mobi- handled an alleged fault e-mail that it provides an infringement on the le has instructed China properly, car dealerships tools and training to its rights of consumers”, the Tietong Telecommunica- inflate repair costs and dealers, and regularly company said. tions Corp. Ltd, Guang- China Mobile Ltd. ena- monitors their perfor- China Mobile and its dong Mobile and Shan- bles fraudsters. mance via means inclu- sister company China ghai Mobile to check this Jaguar Land Rover’s ding audits. Customers Tietong Telecommunica- out carefully, and handle Range Rover Evoque are welcome to contact tions Corp., owned by the the matter seriously.” SUVs have gearbox pro- the company directly if same mainland parent Checks by reporters also blems that the company they have problems with group, allowed fraudsters showed it’s too easy to ob- has failed to fully address, dealer service, the com- to gain access to numbers tain bank cards with frau- according to China Cen- Visitors look at a Nissan Qashqai sport-utility vehicle displayed at pany said. used for official phone- dulent documentation and tral Television’s annual the Dongfeng Nissan booth, at the Wuhan Motor Show in Wuhan Dongfeng Nissan Pas- company operations and mobile-phone SIM cards consumer rights pro- senger Vehicle Co., a joint failed to prevent the use without the proper docu- gram shown Sunday, ci- ld Consumer Rights Day, reputation as the show venture between Japan’s of fake caller ID numbers, mentation, CCTV reported. ting customer complain- typically has reporters receives wide media cove- Nissan Motor Co. and CCTV said. Fraudsters China has made efforts ts confirmed by reporter with hidden cameras po- rage and threads through Wuhan, China-based impersonated banks and to protect its consumers checks. This year’s “315 sing as customers to ex- social media,” said Jim Dongfeng Motor Corp., the police to obtain mo- better as the rising mid- Gala” also contained alle- pose flaws at companies. Feldkamp, founder of takes “very seriously” ney, the broadcaster said. dle-class becomes more gations that dealers for Companies singled out in Chinese website Ming- CCTV’s allegations that China Mobile spokeswo- vocal on grouses from brands including Nissan, past years include McDo- jian.com, which reviews its dealers inflate simple man Rainie Lei referred food and product safety Volkswagen and Merce- nald’s Corp., Volkswagen consumer products. repairs, and has already to the company’s state- lapses to air pollution. A des overstated problems AG, and Apple Inc., who- Jaguar Land Rover apo- formed working groups to ment on its official Weibo new consumer protection with vehicles and then se Chief Executive Officer logized to consumers for investigate the problem, account and declined to law introduced last year overcharged for simple Tim Cook apologized to “the inconvenience and according to an e-mailed comment further. imposed greater penalties fixes. Chinese consumers after trouble caused” in a pos- statement. The Weibo statement for fraud and false adver- The CCTV program, 2013’s program. ting on its official micro- Daimler AG, which owns says: “The problem of tising, and added return broadcast on March 15 “In addition to possible blog. The company said Mercedes Benz, said in an false calling reported by policies for online pur- each year to mark Wor- fines, there is the loss of it is working to resolve emailed statement it is in- CCTV on its March 15 chases. Bloomberg 17.03.2015 tue

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Nick Perry and Elaine Kurtenbach, Wellington ap photo anuatu’s pre- sident was rushing back to his country yesterday in the wake ofV what he dubbed a “mons- ter” cyclone whose damage was still unknown beyond the devastation in the South Paci- fic archipelago’s capital city. Looking weary and red-eyed, Baldwin Lonsdale told The Associated Press that the la- test information he had was that six people were confir- med dead and 30 injured from Cyclone Pam, which he said destroyed or damaged 90 per- cent of the buildings in the capital alone, when it hit over the weekend. Lonsdale was interviewed in Sendai, in nor- theastern Japan, where he had been attending a U.N. disaster conference when the cyclone struck. “This is a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu. I term it as a monster, a monster,” he said. “It’s a setback for the go- vernment and for the people Samuel, only his first name given, kicks a ball through the ruins of their family home as his father, Phillip, at back, picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the of Vanuatu. After all the deve- aftermath of Cyclone Pam lopment that has taken place, all this development has been wiped out.” Vanuatu Lonsdale said because of a breakdown in communica- tions infrastructure, even he could not reach his family. President: Cyclone devastation “We do not know if our fa- milies are safe or not. As the leader of the nation, my whole heart is for the people, the na- forcing nation to start anew tion,” he said. Officials in Vanuatu had still not made contact with outlying outside due to fears the buil- tion, along with many others, ghtening, it was supersonic, it been affected, Alatoa said in islands by yesterday night and ding is no longer safe. is growing desperate, Clemen- was terrible.” Sendai. were struggling to determine “The wards have all been ts said. Scott said the aftermath of the “No trees, no foliage, no the scale of devastation from evacuated because of structu- “She has no water, no food, storm was “utter devastation.” iron structures standing on the cyclone, which tore throu- ral damage,” surgeon Richard no power,” she said. “This is an “Houses, roads washed the western part of Tanna (is- gh the nation early Saturday, Leona told Australia’s Chan- incredibly dangerous time.” away,” he said. “People land),” Alatoa said. “People packing winds of 270 kilome- nel 7. “We are badly needing Some commercial flights walking around like zombies.” are in great need of water.” ters per hour. Bridges were this help. We need to get an have resumed, although ser- New Zealand radio journalist UNICEF estimated that down outside the capital, Port urgent drug supply and food vices are limited. Georgina Frances Cook and her husband 54,000 children were among Vila, making travel by vehicle and also set up a mobile hos- Roberts, New Zealand’s High traveled to Vanuatu for their those affected by the cyclone. impossible even around the pital to deal with the influx of Commissioner to Vanuatu, honeymoon two days before The small archipelago, about main island of Efate. patients coming in.” said two defense force planes the cyclone struck. She said a quarter of the way from Aus- Paolo Malatu, coordinator In Port Vila, smashed boats were sent to retrieve about they knew a storm was coming tralia to Hawaii, has repeate- for Vanuatu’s National Disas- littered the harbor, and sod- 100 stranded New Zealand but figured from the forecasts dly warned it is already suffe- ter Management Office, said den piles of household belon- tourists. it wouldn’t be too bad. ring devastating effects from officials had dispatched every gings tangled among twisted In Sydney, shaken Australian “It’s been exciting,” she climate change with coastal plane and helicopter they cou- tree branches lay where some tourists returning from Va- joked. areas being washed away, for- ld to fly over the hard-hit ou- homes once stood. nuatu greeted loved ones with Instead of zip-lining through cing resettlement to higher ter islands. The office was ex- Many of the city’s residen- hugs and terrifying tales of the the jungle and looking at acti- ground and smaller yields on pecting to get full reports from ts spent yesterday clearing storm’s wrath. ve volcanoes as planned, Cook traditional crops. the flyover crews early today. away downed trees and clea- “I’ve never seen or heard has been reporting back home Scientists say it’s impossib- “The damage to homes and ning up what was left of their anything like that noise,” Ral- on the devastation. She said a le to attribute single weather infrastructure is severe,” Ma- houses. Those left homeless ph Scott said after arriving at lot of stranded tourists were events like Cyclone Pam to cli- latu said. “The priority at the were generally staying with Sydney’s airport. “It was fri- desperate to leave and some mate change. moment is to get people water, loved ones whose houses had were afraid for their security. “Climate change is contribu- food and shelter.” withstood the storm, or slee- “It’s a glorious place and the ting to the disasters in Vanua- The damaged airport in Port ping in temporary shelters people are so lovely,” she said. tu,” President Lonsdale said. Vila has reopened, allowing provided by aid agencies, said “It’s quite upsetting to see this “We see the level of sea rise. some aid and relief flights to UNICEF spokeswoman Alice After all the happen.” Change in weather patterns. reach the country. Lonsda- Clements. development Vanuatu has a population of This year we have heavy rain le said a wide range of items Access to food and water is an 267,000 people spread over more than every year.” were needed, from tarpaulins urgent concern, said Clemen- that has taken 65 islands. About 47,000 peo- The cyclone also caused and water containers to medi- ts, who is in Port Vila. Much ple live in the capital. damage to other Pacific is- cal supplies and construction of the city’s water supply has place, all this Hannington Alatoa, head of lands, including Kiribati tools. Those on the ground been tainted, so residents are the Vanuatu Red Cross Society, and the Solomon Islands. pleaded for help to arrive qui- boiling water to drink. development said flyovers by New Zealand Some homes were evacuated ckly. Clements said she spoke to has been wiped and Australian relief teams in New Zealand yesterday to The city’s hospital was a woman who is nine months showed much of the country escape flooding as the weake- overwhelmed with patients, pregnant and lost her home in out had been “flattened.” At least ning storm moved past North and some beds were moved the storm. The woman’s situa- Baldwin Lonsdale half of the population has Island. AP 17.03.2015 tue

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Malaysia India Police detain 8 Police arrest daughter of jailed people for gang opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim rape of 72-year- old nun Eileen Ng, Kuala Lumpur secution,” Nurul Nuha said in a family statement, calling ndian police have detained eight alaysian police ar- ap photo for the release of her sister. Ipeople in connection with the alle- Mrested the eldest dau- Anwar’s arrest was widely ged gang rape of a 72-year-old nun in ghter of jailed opposition seen at home and abroad as the eastern state of West Bengal in leader Anwar Ibrahim for politically motivated to eli- the early hours of Saturday, a senior alleged sedition yesterday, a minate any threats to the ru- police official said yesterday. “We move slammed by critics as a ling coalition, whose popula- have detained some eight persons in clampdown on dissent. rity has slowly been eroding connection with the incident in the Nurul Izzah Anwar, a since 2008 after more than state’s Nadia district. We are ques- lawmaker and a vice presi- five decades of unquestio- tioning those under detention. We dent of her father’s People’s ned dominance. Anwar and have announced a reward of one lakh Justice Party, was to be de- his three-member opposi- rupees (USD2,000) for information tained overnight because of tion alliance were seen as the about the rapists,” he said, on condi- a speech she made last week most potent political threat tion of anonymity. “We are probing if in Parliament, said Fahmi to Prime Minister Najib Ra- the incident was a revenge attack on Fadzil, the party’s communi- In this Saturday, March 7, 2015 file photo, lawmaker and a vice-president of zak’s ruling coalition. the elderly nun of a convent school by cations director. the People’s Justice Party Nurul Izzah Anwar, speaks to protesters as they New York-based Human Ri- some disgruntled former employee.” Police didn’t specify which gather to demand freedom for Anwar Ibrahim, in downtown Kuala Lumpur ghts Watch slammed Nurul Meanwhile, the nun has undergone part of the speech — which Izzah’s arrest. “Prime Minis- surgery at a hospital in the state ca- questioned Anwar’s jailing said the move was intended Nurul Izzah went to police ter Najib needs to recognize pital Kolkata and she is said to be in a — was seditious, and told to silence the opposition af- voluntarily to give a state- that every sedition arrest of an stable condition. State Chief Minister Nurul Izzah’s family that the ter Anwar was jailed for five ment about an opposition opposition political leader is Mamata Banerjee has assured swift detention was to facilitate years last month when he rally she participated in ear- another step towards the des- and strong action against those invol- investigations, Fahmi said. lost a final appeal against a lier this month, said her sis- truction of rights-respecting ved. The Archbishop of Kolkata, Tho- Fahmi said the arrest was sodomy conviction. ter Nurul Nuha Anwar. democracy in Malaysia, and mas D’Souza, has said it’s important “ridiculous and outrageous,” Anwar’s family condem- “We maintain that the ar- bring this campaign of abuse to ensure that “an inhuman act” like noting that lawmakers have ned the arrest, saying it was rest of our sister is illegal and to an end,” Phil Robertson, this should not take place again. “It immunity over commen- “nothing short of intimida- unconstitutional. We deplo- the group’s deputy Asia direc- has brought a lot of shame and pain ts made in Parliament. He tion and an abuse of power.” re the glaring selective per- tor, said in a statement. AP to all concerned,” he said. ad tue 17.03.2015

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Brad Brooks Brazil fended the government, and Stan Lehman, Sao Paulo emphasizing Rousseff’s record as a leftist guer- Brazilian President Dil- rilla who stood up to Bra- ma Rousseff faced the Mass protests present big zil’s 1964-85 military regi- biggest challenge yet of me — and who was jailed her young and turbulent for three years and brutally second term, as hundreds tortured because of it. of thousands of protesters challenge to Rousseff Rousseff has said she took to streets in more fully supports peaceful than 150 cities to demand demonstrations and Car- her impeachment and an Rousseff didn’t appear dozo added Sunday night end to corruption. in public, but government that the rallies “confirm The Sunday protests ministers held a natio- ap photo that Brazil is a democra- (early yesterday, Macau nally televised press con- tic state that allows for di- time), organized by ri- ference in which they said vergences, the existence ght-leaning groups on they would introduce an- of opposing opinions and social media and held ti-corruption measures in that we’re far from any across the continent-si- Congress, action the pre- coup option.” zed nation, had none of sident promised during Much protester ire was the violence seen in mas- her campaign for re-elec- focused on a kickback sive anti-government de- tion in October. scheme at Petrobras, monstrations that hit the “We are here to express in which at least $800 country in 2013 and lin- our indignation with the million was paid in bribes gered into the following government-sponsored and other funds by Bra- year. corruption and thieving, zil’s biggest construction They add to the moun- and to demand Dilma’s and engineering firms in ting pressure on Rousseff, impeachment,” said An- exchange for inflated Pe- who is facing both politi- dre Menezes, 35, protes- trobras contracts. cal and economic crises ting on Avenida Paulista Top executives are al- as Brazil’s economy stalls in Sao Paulo. ready in jail and the at- and dozens of top politi- “She may have not been torney general is investi- cal figures are investiga- directly involved in the gating dozens of congres- ted in a kickback scheme corruption at Petrobras, smen, along with current at state-run oil company but she certainly knew and former members of Petrobras, which prose- about it, and for me that the executive branch, for cutors label as the largest makes her just as guilty alleged connections to graft scheme yet uncove- and justifies her ouster,” the scheme that appa- red in the country. he added. rently began in 1997 be- The biggest protest was In Rio, police estimated fore Rousseff’s party took seen in Sao Paulo, where 15,000 people marched power in 2003. Rousseff, some 210,000 people ga- along the golden sands of a former chairwoman of thered on a main avenue, Copacabana beach, where Demonstrators hold a Brazilian flag and a sign that reads in Portuguese “Military intervention now!” Petrobras’ board, has not according to the polling they waved Brazilian flags during a march demanding the impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo been implicated and so and statistics firm Data- and many openly called far is not being investiga- folha. Large gatherings for a military coup to dis- tests, on Sunday the only ters in Brasilia who au- were carrying powerful ted, though top officials were also seen in the capi- solve the government. conflict reported was po- thorities said were trying fireworks and brass knu- from her administration, tal Brasilia, Rio de Janei- In contrast to the wi- lice using tear gas and to enter the Congress. In ckles. including two former ro and the southern city despread violence seen stun grenades to disperse Sao Paulo, police arrested Justice Minister Jose chiefs of staff, are caught of Porto Alegre. during Brazil’s 2013 pro- a small group of protes- about 20 young men who Eduardo Cardozo de- up in the inquiry. AP

Russia tion with the U.S. and Europe been hit by U.S. and European since the Cold War. Tensions Union sanctions that have hel- have escalated during a pro ped to drive the Russian eco- Moscow was ready for Crimea -Russian insurgency in eastern nomy toward recession, bran- Ukraine that’s killed more than ded President Barack Obama’s 6,000 people over the past year. administration as “puppet-mas- nuclear standoff, Putin says Despite a European-brokered ters.” He said the U.S. directed cease-fire, the U.S. is conside- the months of mass protests ring arming Ukrainian forces. that overthrew Yanukovych in takeover of Crimea aired Sun- Putin, 62, whose country has February last year. Bloomberg day on state television if the Kremlin had been prepared bloomberg to place its nuclear forces on putin reappears after 10-day absence alert. The Russian leader said he warned the U.S. and Euro- Russian President when he hosted Italian Prime Min- pe not to get involved, accusing Vladimir Putin resurfaced yester- ister Matteo Renzi. The Kremlin them of engineering the ouster day, looking healthy after a 10-day insisted that he continued holding of Russian-backed Ukrainian absence from public view. official meetings, and released pho- President Viktor Yanukovych. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atan- tos and video of Putin at meetings “That’s why I think no one wan- bayev, who met with Putin yes- on national television, but Russian ted to start a world conflict.” terday in St. Petersburg’s ornate media suggested the images had In the film, called “Crimea: Konstantin Palace, referred to actually been shot much earlier. the Road to the Motherland,” the swirling rumors about Putin’s Putin’s decision to abruptly post- broadcast by Rossiya-1, Putin condition, saying that the Russian pone a trip to Kazakhstan planned said he sent military intelligen- leader is in good shape. Atanbayev for last week fueled speculation ce and elite navy marines to said that Putin drove him around that he was unwell or isolated by spearhead the disarmament of the palace’s park before the talks, a palace coup. A Swiss newspaper 20,000 Ukrainian troops in the adding that “the president of Rus- claimed that Putin had traveled to territory. No date was given for sia not only walks, but speeds Switzerland, where it said Putin’s ussian President Vladi- last year in case of intervention the Putin interview. The film around.” reported girlfriend — former Olym- Rmir Putin said he was ready by the U.S. and its allies. was made over eight months. “It would be dull without gossip,” pic gold-winning gymnast Alina to put his country’s nuclear for- “We were ready to do that,” Russia’s seizure of Crimea in Putin retorted with a smile. Kabayeva — had given birth to ces on alert when he annexed Putin said when asked in a do- March last year provoked the The 62-year-old Russian leader their baby. The Kremlin has denied was last seen in public on March 5, all those allegations. Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula cumentary film about Russia’s worst geopolitical confronta- 17.03.2015 tue

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“Start” – Exhibition of Pixel Art by 2UP Studio Time: 12pm-7pm (Closed on Tuesdays) Until: April 19, 2015 Venue: Ox Warehouse, corner of Avenida Do coronel Mesquita and Avenida Do Almirante Lacerda Admission: Free Enquiries:(853) 2853 0026 1968 Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent Abstract Paintings from the MAM Collection Time: 10am-7pm More than 200 people have been arrested after (closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) Cinderella_ thousands of demonstrators clashed in an anti-Viet- Until: March 29, 2015 room 1 nam war protest outside the United States embassy 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm in London. Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Director: Kenneth Branagh Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE The St John Ambulance Brigade said it treated 86 Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett people for injuries. Fifty were taken to hospital inclu- Admission: MOP5 Language: English (Chinese) ding up to 25 police officers. The trouble followed (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Duration: 112min a big rally in Trafalgar square, when an estimated Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 10,000 demonstrated against American action in chappie_ Vietnam and British support for the United States. room 2 19th and 20th Century Portrait Oil 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm The mood at the rally was described as good hu- Paintings – MAM Collection Director: Neil Blomkamp mored. The violence broke out when the protesters Time: 10am-7pm Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman marched to the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) The embassy was surrounded by hundreds of police. Until: December 31, 2015 Duration: 120min They stood shoulder to shoulder to cordon off the part of the square closest to the embassy. enue Macau Museum of Art, V : Tensions rose as the crowd refused to back off and Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE mounted officers rode at the demonstrators. The Admission: MOP5 protesters broke through the police ranks onto the (Free on Sundays and public holidays) lawn of the embassy, tearing up the plastic fence and Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 uprooting parts of a hedge. During a protracted battle, stones, earth, firecra- ckers and smoke bombs were thrown. One officer was treated for a reported serious spinal injury, ano- Offbeat ther for a neck injury. One officer had his hat knocked off and was struck continuously on the back of the head with a stick from South African woman celebrates a banner as he clung, head down, to his horse’s neck. 100th birthday with a skydive Earlier the actress Vanessa Redgrave was allowed to enter the embassy with three supporters to deliver a protest. She had been one of the speakers at the rally Celebrating her in Trafalgar Square. 100th birthday Labor MP Peter Jackson, has said he will be tabling with a parachu- a private question for answer by the Home Secretary te jump is not the boy next door_ about what he called “police violence”. He told The enough for South room 3 Times newspaper: “I was particularly outraged by the African Georgina 2.15, 4.00, 7.45, 9.30 pm violent use of police horses, who charged into the Harwood. She Director: Rob Cohen crowd even after they had cleared the street in front plans to make her Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett of the embassy.” centenary even Language: English (Chinese) more exciting by Duration: 91min Courtesy BBC News Centenarian Georgina Harwood, sits inside doing a shark an airplane with Jason Baker, right, before cage dive. stand by me doraemon (3D)_ her tandem parachute jump forming part of Her birthday room 3 her birthday celebrations skydive was a 7.30 pm In context tandem jump in Language: Cantonese (Chinese) which she was in harness with another person. The jump Duration: 95min There was another big anti-Vietnam war demonstration on took place Saturday near the Melkbosstrand area north of 27 October 1968. An estimated 25,000 took part in the march macau tower and once again trouble flared outside the US embassy in Gros- Cape Town. Wearing a red jumpsuit, Harwood was joined in venor Square. But security was very tight. There were 1,000 the air by 15 family members and friends who participated 05 Mar - 18 Mar police outside the embassy and officers lined the streets of the in groups of three. Harwood said it was wonderful seeing march to prevent a repeat of the trouble in March. The last all the others around her. chappie_ American troops left Vietnam on 29 March 1973. The follow- Harwood said this was her third skydive. She did her first 2.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 pm ing year there were frequent violations of the peace treaty. when she was 92 years old in 2007. In a shark cage dive Director: Neil Blomkamp In 1975, full-scale warfare resumed between North and South the participant goes underwater in a cage in an area whe- Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman Vietnam -without American intervention. In 1976 the first re sharks are fed chum, bits of cut up fish meat, by tour Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) elections were held to a National Assembly, finally reuniting operators. 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Analysis | F1 slow down? Is that what you’re saying?” The FIA is not expected to bu- dge to help Red Bull, which en- Mercedes’ dominance has rivals joyed similar, if less comman- ding, success from 2010-2013. Horner insisted it was not simply sour grapes - or part calling for rules reform of his frustration at the woeful reliability delivered by engine manufacturer Renault - and claimed that during his team’s xinhua domination, the FIA conti- nually barred innovative de- signs. “On today’s evidence we are set for a two-horse race at every grand prix,” Horner said. “When we were winning - and we were never winning with an advantage that Mercedes has - double diffusers were banned, exhausts were moved, flexible bodywork was banned, engine mapping was changed mid- season - anything was done to pull us back. That was not just us, it was done to McLaren and Williams in other years.” Horner even suggested com- plex sensors to effectively limit the amount of power a team can use, to mimic the fuel rate sen- sors brought in last year. As it is, the Red Bull principal is con- cerned that Mercedes’ domi- Luke Costin “Is it healthy to have this? increased after the race on nance will have F1 fans turning The FIA have an equalization Mercedes’ Sunday night with the Silver off their televisions en masse as ercedes’ Formula ­One mechanism within the rules,” superiority Arrows’ team having seemin- the season progresses. Mchief Toto Wolff has sug- Horner said post-race on Sun- gly moved further ahead of the “I fear the interest will wane,” gested rival teams “moaning” day night. “They perhaps need reigned for the field in the four months since Horner said. “I didn’t see much about his team’s comman- to look at it.” winning the drivers’ and cons- of Mercedes on the television ding success should put their But Mercedes principal Wol- entire weekend tructors’ titles in 2014. and I can only imagine that heads down and work harder, ff, whose team began prepa- Even Rosberg admitted that it isn’t interesting watching a following Mercedes’ domina- ring for the last year’s drastic with Saturday’s he hoped the competition wou- procession so the producer was tion of the Australian GP in regulation overhaul back in practice the ld soon catch up for the fans’ looking for other battles going Melbourne. 2011, was blunt in his advice sake and told third-placed Se- on in the race - except there After Mercedes’ pair Lewis for those crying out for equa- only session bastian Vettel he hoped “you weren’t that many cars to look Hamilton and Nico Rosberg lization. can give us a challenge.” at. The highlight for me was finished more than 30 seconds “If you come into Formula where “I do think about the show,” Arnie (Schwarzenegger) on the clear of the field, Ferrari and One, try to beat each other and Rosberg said in Sunday’s pos- podium. Red Bull immediately called perform at the highest level Mercedes failed t-race press conference. “Half “Take nothing from Merce- for rule changes to peg back and then you need equaliza- a one-two of me - or a part of me - thinks des, they have done a super the Silver Arrows. tion after the first race - you cry about the show because I want job. They have a good car, a Red Bull team principal out after the first race - that’s lockout to give people a great time at fantastic engine and two very Christian Horner questioned not how we’ve done things in home watching on TV or at the good drivers. The problem is how long the sport’s governing the past,” he said. “I think ‘Just track.” that the gap is so big that you body, the Federation Interna- get your head down, work hard a one-two lockout. In that ses- Vettel probed Rosberg’s in- end up with three-tier racing tionale de l’Automobile (FIA), and try to sort it out’.” sion, second-ranked Sebastian tent: “Be honest. Do you really and that is not healthy for For- could allow Mercedes to go un- Mercedes’ superiority reigned Vettel, driving a Ferrari, clo- hope so? Seriously? You fi- mula One. Unless there is an challenged, after the German for the entire weekend with cked a lap 0.2 second quicker nished 30 seconds ahead of intervention, we are set for constructor won 16 of 19 races Saturday’s practice the only than Rosberg. us and you hope it’s going to a season with quite a broad last season. session where Mercedes failed The calls for urgent reform be closer? So you hope you running order.” Xinhua

Platini: Change at top of FIFA is ‘important’ for football

hange at FIFA is vice president Prince Ali ld no longer support Bla- Vienna. He also had no ri- “important for foot-­ bin al-Hussein of Jordan, tter, but opted in August val when he got a second

C ap photo ball,” UEFA President former Portugal great not to run against his four-year term in 2011. Michel Platini said yes- Luis Figo and Michael onetime mentor. Asked Monday what terday in a recorded video van Praag of the Nether- “Perhaps it is not my people got wrong about interview two months be- lands, a UEFA executive time for the moment to him, Platini said it was fore the world soccer bo- committee member. go to FIFA. We will see presuming he was autho- dy’s presidential election. “Let’s see what ha- one day if I go or if I don’t ritarian running UEFA. Platini, a FIFA vice pre- ppens. Let’s see the pro- go,” Platini said. “Don’t think I am very sident, said the gover- grams of the four candi- Still, the FIFA contest despotic,” he said. “I ning body needs “new dates,” Platini said in the was “a very nice oppor- am very, very, very de- ideas, a new program” video interview produced tunity to open a debate mocratic and very, very as longtime leader Sepp by UEFA. “But I think it’s for democratic reasons in transparent. I never take Blatter seeks a fifth term important for football the world of football,” he a decision alone without on May 29. that there is a change in said. the support of the UEFA UEFA is supporting the FIFA.” Platini is running executive committee campaigns of all three of Platini said at the Wor- unopposed for the UEFA or with the congress of Blatter’s opponents: FIFA UEFA president Michel Platin (left) and FIFA president Sepp Blatter ld Cup last June he wou- presidency next week in UEFA.” AP tue 17.03.2015

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land, said contact was made with the Pakistan Cricket Board ap photo in January about reviving ho- pes of a tour, subject to security concerns. “Discussions were put on hold last June following the terro- rist attack on Karachi airport, such incidents would still be reviewed before any possible tour,” Holdsworth said in an email response to The AP. “We will keep this matter under re- view and consider a tour when conditions are right.” But Ireland officials may have to reconsider after the most re- cent terrorist attack. On Sun- day, a pair of suicide bombers attacked two churches in Laho- re as worshippers prayed insi- de, killing 15 people. Bangladesh has twice backed out of proposed tours to Pakis- tan over the last three years due to terrorism concerns. But the- re have been a few recent suc- cess stories. The Kenyan national team Pakistani women walk in the rain past a mural toured Pakistan in December and played all of its five one-day Cricket smiles on the faces of our fans internationals against a Pakis- no matter where we play.” tan “A’’ — or second-tier — team Security and terrorist inciden- in Lahore. Afghanistan, which ts have been a concern for tra- won a match at this World Cup Terrorism, security velling cricket teams to Pakis- in its first-ever appearance, also tan for more than a decade. played against Pakistan A in In May 2002, New Zealand three ODI in 2013. abandoned its test series in Pakistan Cricket Board chair- issues mean no home Pakistan after a suicide bomb man Shaharyar Khan said last attack outside their hotel in week that the PCB plans to host Karachi. The cricketers were associate countries in 2015, and not the target of the attack, and eventually test nations again. matches for Pakistan none were injured, but the sho- “The doors will be opened ck was enough to cause concern slowly once we start hosting for incoming sports teams. smaller nations,” Khan said. “If Dennis Passa, Adelaide Pakistan was attacked by 12 day international debut in Sri Last year, a Taliban attack on you compare security situation masked gunmen near Gaddafi Lanka on Aug. 1, 2009, mea- Karachi airport killed 28 peo- in Pakistan it has improved ast bowler Wahab Stadium. The resulting fire- ning the 24-year-old batsman ple, 10 of them attackers. That (from) what it was four years Riaz played his first li- fight injured six members of and part-time wicketkeeper he incident directly affected one ago. Afghanistan and Kenya mited-overs cricket in- the Sri Lankan touring party, has not played any of his 100 team’s plans to set aside securi- have already played and Nepal ternational in 2008, in including star batsman Kumar matches in front of his home ty concerns and tour Pakistan. will come soon. Netherlands Fa vastly different era for cricket Sangakkara, who is the leading fans. Ireland, which won three mat- and Ireland are also willing to in Pakistan. A terrorist attack current run-scorer at this Wor- “Of course it’s a big drawback ches at the World Cup this year come.” just over a year later in his ho- ld Cup. Six Pakistani policemen for us not being to play in our but missed out on the quarterfi- Those visiting teams would metown of Lahore means that and two civilians were killed. country,” Riaz told The Asso- nals after a loss to Pakistan on be welcomed by pace bowler all but three — all played in The tour was quickly cancelled. ciated Press. “We have been Sunday, has proven to be the Riaz. “We realize there have 2008 — of the 50-plus games he Since the attack, Pakistan has born and bred here. Unfortuna- best of the so-called Associate been incidents, but the securi- has played since his debut have played most of its “home” ma- tely what has happened is a big or second-tier teams. The Irish ty situation is improving,” Riaz been staged outside of Pakistan tches in the United Arab Emi- loss for us, obviously we would are always looking for oppor- said. “I would like to say to any due to security concerns. rates because the top teams in love to play in front of our own tunities to play against the top other team that would like to On March 3, 2009, a bus car- world cricket fear touring in people, relatives and friends, ranked teams. travel here, I can assure them it rying the Sri Lanka squad tra- Pakistan. but it is how it is. We have to Richard Holdsworth, perfor- would be a great pleasure to see velling to a test match against Umar Akmal made his one- cope with it and try to keep the mance director for Cricket Ire- them.” AP

China aims to see its football teams among world’s best

hina’s Cabinet re- In the long President Xi Jinping has It also gives the China be done into further Honduras. They’ve qua- Cleased a reform plan led the drive to improve Football Association the restricting the use of fo- lified for only one World yesterday aimed at raising term, China the quality of Chinese foo- power to independently reign players, only five of Cup, in 2002, when they the level of football in the tball, both to boost popu- decide its own staffing whom are currently per- were eliminated in the country, where poor in- wants to bid lar participation in sports and financing, rather than mitted per team. group stage without sco- ternational showings have and burnish China’s repu- being run by China’s spor- China’s lack of success in ring a goal. been blamed on a history to host the tation as an international ting administrative body. men’s football has consis- The team’s poor perfor- of corruption and a lack of sporting power. Authorities will also tently perplexed the coun- mance is blamed on a his- youth programs. World Cup The Cabinet’s 50-point look at putting a cap on try’s sporting authorities, tory of corruption, overly Medium term goals in plan includes instructions players’ salaries in or- who’ve made the country bureaucratic government the plan issued by the return to the top of the to promote football on der to increase compe- a global power in sports supervision and a weak State Council include rankings. school campuses, crea- tition between rich and such as gymnastics, swim- youth training system substantially increasing In the long term, China te schools dedicated to poor teams and avoid ming and volleyball. that has seen the numbers the number of young peo- wants to bid to host the training aspiring profes- financially destabilizing China’s men are cur- of registered youngsters ple playing football and World Cup and improve sional players and expand bidding wars. The plan rently ranked 83rd by playing the game fall year seeing the women’s team its men’s team. Chinese the number of stadiums. said research will also FIFA, one rung below by year. AP THE Australian boxer dies 2 days after Station17.03.2015Air quality tue

th Anniversary BUZZ collapsing after fight Roadside 50-70 20 Moderate A 23-year-old boxer died yesterday two bout with John Moralde of the Philippines on days after losing consciousness after losing a Saturday. High 10-round featherweight bout. Family spokes- Smith lost in a unanimous points decision, Density 60-80 man James O’Shea confirmed Braydon Smi- before praising his opponent and congratula- Residental th, who was in the final year of a law degree, ting Moralde on the win and then returning to Moderate had been in an induced coma at a Brisbane his dressing room. Area opinion hospital since collapsing 90 minutes after a O’Shea said Smith was alert and talkative im- WBC Asian Boxing Council continental title mediately following the bout before collapsing. Ambient 35-55 Good World Views dsmg source: William Pesek Arrested millionaire says in WORLD BRIEFS How Asia should defend against the rising dollar PHILIPPINE troops have HBO finale he ‘killed them all’ captured the leader of Can Asia beat the rising-dollar curse? The question a Muslim rebel group in is far from academic considering the central role that a the south who has been strengthening U.S. currency played in sparking the re- Janet Mcconnaughey, caught” and “What the hell linked to bombings and a gion’s 1997 crisis, as well as Latin America’s own financial Brian Melley, New Orleans did I do? Killed them all, of beheading and accused woes a decade earlier. When the dollar slides, liquidity ap photo course.” The show ended, of protecting two terror flows into emerging markets, pumping up growth and obert Durst, a millio- and it wasn’t clear whether suspects wanted by the assets. As the dollar rallies, it can act like a gargantuan money magnet drawing much-needed investment away Rnaire from one of Ameri- producers confronted Durst United States. from the developing world. ca’s wealthiest families, was about the secretly recorded With the dollar now experiencing what many observers arrested just before the fi- words, or what Durst meant believe may be its third “super-cycle” rally in 30 years, nale of a serial documentary by them. emerging markets have reason to worry. Since the 2008 about his links to three sen- After Berman’s death, ap photo global crisis, outstanding dollar-denominated credit to sational murders in which he Durst moved to Texas, whe- non-bank borrowers overseas has surged to USD9 trillion from $6 trillion, according to the Bank for International said he “killed them all.” re he lived as a mute woman Settlements. (That figure is roughly equivalent to China’s FBI agents arrested Durst in a boarding house until his annual economic output.) Chinese companies alone owe at a New Orleans hotel Sa- Real estate heir Robert Durst arrest in 2001 after dismem- at least $1.1 trillion. turday on a warrant from Los leaves a Houston courtroom bered parts of the body of In emerging economies with volatile local currencies Angeles for the murder of a his elderly neighbor, Morris JAPAN U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon such as India and Malaysia, issuing debt in dollars can mobster’s daughter 15 years Kathleen. Black, were found floating in has urged the leaders of be a smart and pragmatic strategy - until it isn’t. With the ago, authorities said. He was Last week’s episode revea- Galveston Bay. dollar up sharply almost across the board since the start Japan, China and South led a hand-written address of 2014 - 23 percent versus the euro and 13 percent ver- ordered held without bond Durst then became a fugi- Korea to work harder for sus the yen - and the Federal Reserve set to raise rates, pending a hearing Monday. on a letter that Durst had sent tive until he was caught sho- reconciliation over their borrowers are going to have a harder time paying back Durst gave an extensive in- to Berman. The handwriting plifting in Pennsylvania, even wartime past to ensure what they owe, let alone taking out new loans. That helps terview to filmmaker Andrew seems virtually identical to though he had $500 cash in peace and stability in explain why the Shenzhen property developer Kaisa is Jarecki for the documentary an anonymous letter aler- his pocket and $37,000 in the region. In a speech suddenly making global headlines. It may soon be the first “The Jinx: The Life and Dea- ting Beverly Hills police to a his rental car — along with yesterday in Tokyo marking Chinese company to default on dollar bonds -- and could ths of Robert Durst.” His es- “cadaver” in Berman’s home. two guns and marijuana. set off a domino effect across Asia’s biggest economy. the 70th anniversary of Fortunately, the region seems better prepared to withs- tranged and fearful relatives The word “Beverly” is miss- Lewis told the jury that the United Nations, Ban tand currency swings than in 1997. “People are watching thanked authorities for tra- pelled as “Beverley” on both Durst shot Black in self-de- said the countries’ lack of the rise of the dollar nervously this time around, but this cking him down. documents. Durst observes fense and had Asperger’s reconciliation is “a missing cycle is fundamentally different from a key structural pers- “We hope he will finally be in the documentary that only syndrome. Despite admitting link” for peace and stability pective,” notes economist Glenn Maguire of Australia & held accountable for all he Berman’s killer could have that he dismembered Black’s in northeast Asia despite the New Zealand Banking Group in Singapore. “We must has done,” said his brother, sent the letter to police. body before dumping the re- U.N.’s engagement. take into account the incredible journey many Asian eco- His lawyer, Chip Lewis, said nomies have made from low-income, to middle-income, Douglas Durst, in a state- mains, Durst was acquitted even to higher-income since 1997.” ment. The Durst family is he has no doubt his client’s of murder. Maguire offers up several reasons for optimism. Asian worth at least $4 billion, ac- arrest was orchestrated in Durst “has been incredibly exchange rates generally aren’t pegged to the dollar any- cording to the Forbes list of coordination with HBO’s lucky that so many people ap photo more. Current-account balances are less worrisome, and richest Americans. broadcast of the final episo- who’ve investigated him have many countries have stockpiled substantial currency re- Durst, 71, has always main- de. The Los Angeles Police dropped the ball, but I think serves. There are fewer currency mismatches between tained his innocence in the said the arrest resulted from that luck may be running assets and liabilities. Banking sectors are stronger and central banks are far more transparent than they once 2000 murder of Susan Ber- “investigative leads and ad- out,” said Former Galveston were. man, whose father was an ditional evidence that has County District Court Judge Still, if emerging markets worldwide slide into chaos, associate of Las Vegas mobs- come to light in the last year.” Susan Criss, who presided IRAQ The tomb of Iraq’s Asia won’t be immune. As recently 2013, remember, ters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer In the finale Sunday night, over the Texas murder trial. late dictator Saddam when the Fed first started talking about tapering its bond-­ Lansky. Durst was asked about the The oldest son of the late buying program, India and Indonesia quickly found their Hussein was virtually Berman, who was Durst’s similarities in handwriting. real estate mogul Seymour leveled in heavy clashes currencies in free-fall. spokeswoman, was killed at Later, filmmakers said Durst Durst, Robert Durst became In particular, the region may come to regret the still between militants from relatively high level of non-financial sector dollar debt. It her home as New York inves- wore his microphone into the estranged from his family the Islamic State group stood at around 10 percent of gross domestic product on tigators prepared to question bathroom. when his brother Douglas and Iraqi forces in a fight average in mid-2014, compared with roughly 11 percent her in the unsolved 1982 di- Durst then said, apparently was chosen to run the family for control of the city of in 1997. That “poses a potentially new source of vulnera- sappearance of Durst’s wife, to himself, “There it is. You’re business. AP Tikrit. Fighting intensified bility” as Fed rate interest rates hikes begin, says Callum to the north and south Henderson, global head of foreign-exchange research at of Saddam Hussein’s Standard Chartered in Singapore. hometown Sunday as Iraqi In recent weeks, central banks in India, Thailand and South Korea have surprised markets with rate cuts. But The security forces vowed to Asia’s window for further cuts may be closing as policy reach the center of Tikrit makers take stock of how many local borrowers could decisive moment AP Photo/Kin Cheung within 48 hours. All that face default if currencies fall too far. That goes especially remains of Hussein’s for China, where dollar loans are a fast-growing risk to sta- once-lavish tomb are the bility. As Bloomberg economists Tom Orlik and Fielding support columns that held Chen write in a new report, the “dollar’s strength is China’s up the roof. weakness.” A weaker yuan, they argue, “would add to re- payment costs, adding to financial stress for debtor firms.” USA-IRAN The United Standard Chartered’s Henderson takes heart from the States and Iran plunge back fact that central banks are encouraging corporations to trim or hedge their dollar debts before the Fed taper be- into negotiation, hoping gins. Still, even if underlying fundamentals are stronger to end once and for all a now, the inevitable flow of capital out of local stock and decades-long standoff that bond markets will pose serious management challenges. has raised the specter of Both central banks and government policy makers an Iranian nuclear arsenal, should be acting nimbly and proactively to stabilize a new atomic arms race in their economies. That means devising so-called macro-­ the Middle East and even prudential policies, including limits on capital to defend a U.S. or Israeli military against turmoil. Governments should batten down the intervention. Two weeks hatches, narrowing current-account deficits even further out from a deadline for a and widening surpluses. They must prepare emergency fiscal-stimulus packages, yet also stay focused on invest- framework deal, officials ments that raise productivity and competitiveness so that say the awesomeness of in the long run their economies are less dependent on the diplomatic task means credit and foreign capital. negotiators are likely to British model Kate Moss, left, stands next to an artwork “Kate Moss” created by French street artist Mr. It may not be 1997 again in Asia. But the region has 9 announce only that they’ve Bloomberg Brainwash, which is displayed for auction at the fundraising gala organized by amfAR (The Foundation trillion reasons to be ready if things go awry. for AIDS Research) in Hong Kong. made enough progress to justify further talks.