software as a solution employers urged to Wynn executive Jason Ni vaccinate ʻblue cardsʼ carrie lam is calling on Macau to tap The Health Bureau is urging assures: hk into software solutions vaccinations in response to a still adheres to help the city develop a measles outbreak, but wants to rule of law sustainable tourism sector migrants to seek private clinics P3 P5 P6

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DSF claims SPECIAL REPORT big disputes regarding CEM says electric vehicle vacancy tax The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has stated that chargers are properly installed, the situation with vacant residential properties in Macau is not serious, and that public disagrees if the vacancy tax is levied, it will become necessary to obtain a social consensus on a number of technical issues Renato Marques first. In its reply to lawmaker Agnes Lam’s inquiry, the DSF N response to concerns ex- also said that the reality of pressed in the community,

I MARQUES RENATO Macau needs to be considered more specifically, by electric when deciding whether to vehicle (EV) owners and users, impose a progressive housing the Times questioned the enti- tax on second properties. ties responsible for the installa- The bureau pointed out that tion of the public EV charging there are major disputes stations network in order to as- surrounding the definition of certain the reasons behind the vacant houses, high and low flaws detected. tax rates, and how to block In the last few weeks, video the use of loopholes in the reports and photographs have law. surfaced on several social ne- twork platforms, showing the difficulties faced by users char- Tourism ging their vehicles, namely short police officers charging cables which fail to reach the charging point of vehi- lead to fewer cles. Companhia de Electricidade thefts de Macau (CEM), a concessio- The Office of the Secretary naire of power supply to Macau for Security says that cases and the entity responsible for of theft in tourist areas have the installation and maintenan- steadily declined after the ce of public EV charging sta- concerns suggesting that the pany remarked, “it has complied placement of the charging sta- stationing of the tourism tions, told the Times that all of EV chargers could be flooded with the mandatory laws and tions does not suit most of the police. The number of theft the charging facilities had been or damaged by severe storms or regulations of the DSAT [Trans- charging points of the vehicles, cases has dropped by more planned and executed correctly, typhoons in summer. Therefore, port Bureau] and [the size of the forcing them to go onto the than 10 percent in tourism and followed safety procedures each EV charger is accommoda- parking spots are] the same as street in [the wrong direction] spots. As of today, Macau has to cope with natural disasters. ted with a shelter capable withs- the size of a normal parking spa- to park and to be able to char- a total of 55 tourism police In their reply to the concerns, tanding strong wind and heavy ce. The EV parking space should ge,” he said, giving examples officers. According to Public CEM stated that it was suppor- rain. If flooding occurs, power to be enough to accommodate a such as the charging stations at Security Police Force (PSP) ting the Macau SAR govern- the EV chargers will be suspen- charging EV.” Areia Preta and behind the Red plans, the number of locations ment’s green commuting policy, ded and electricity leakage will According to the same source, Market. where tourism police officers providing “technical evaluation be avoided, so as to decrease the there are currently 172 charging As the Times observed “in are stationed will increase damage caused to the EV char- spaces located in 35 public car loco,” the stations cause some from 10 to 17, with the of the EV charger installation.” gers.” parks and five streets across the users difficulties, leading dri- number of officers increasing According to the company, to 80. in order to cope with different The company added that they Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Co- vers to improperly park in order types of EV models, “CEM has have implemented the “neces- loane, with the coverage of pu- to reach the charging station. installed some EV chargers in sary measures to protect the EV blic car parks up to 70 percent. This happened in the public car Young woman front of the parking space and chargers in case of bad weather, Also interviewed by the Times, park of the Alameda Dr Carlos some at the back of the parking and will continue to review the an EV charger user reaffirmed d’Assumpção in NAPE, during seeking SSM space,” adding, “EV drivers can on-site condition [of the char- the problems noted by several a visit by the Times yesterday choose the parking space that gers] and enhance protective netizens in published videos afternoon. job shortcut [best] suits their EV type for measures in the future.” and photos. “It’s not proper- During the production of this defrauded charging.” Regarding the size of the ly done,” he said. “The parking report, the Times also contacted With respect to safety mea- parking spots, one of the issues spots are too small for some of the DSAT, which did not reply to A local 27-year-old woman sures, CEM noted, “there are mentioned by users, the com- the EV’s and in other cases, the questions by press time. was defrauded of more than 1 million Macau patacas after she sought a shortcut, hoping to get a job at the Health Bureau (SSM). The victim, a

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Consumer SMART CITY price growth slows in Feb Researcher calls for tourism

HE Composite Consu- Tmer Price Index (CPI) in February 2019 increased by to tap into software nearly 2.8 percent year-on- researcher on tou- -year to reach 115.31, accor- rism has called for ding to the latest informa- the enhancement of tion from the Statistics and the SAR’s software Census Service. The rise in toA help the city achieve its goal February represents a slow- of sustainable tourism develo- down from a month ear- pment. lier when the year-on-year Jason Ni, executive director of growth registered 3.04 per- Research, Planning and Strate- cent. gy at Wynn Macau and Wynn The increment in February Palace, remarked that the re- was attributable to dearer gion has been further expanding charges for eating out and its capacity for tourism, citing higher rentals for dwellin- the opening of the Hong Kong- gs, as well as rising prices of -Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Ni also recalled the govern- taxi […] communication servers. solution. So once a solution is fi- motor cars, adults’ clothing “The way the government cou- ment’s partnership with Aliba- If we use this technology they gured out, a ceiling number will and fruit. ld do it […] is to really try to use ba Group, using their big data [the government] will be able not be necessary,” said Ni. For the 12 months ending software, under the current in- processing capabilities and to achieve this smart city, and it Ni spoke about the city’s tou- February 2019, the average frastructure setting,” Ni told the cloud computing technology to is a way to increase the level of rism carrying capacity (TCC) Composite CPI rose by 3.09 press on the sidelines of his talk enhance public services. sustainability,” Ni said. study yesterday, urging the re- percent from the previous at the Macau Science and Tech- “There are a lot of things going Meanwhile, when questioned gion to focus on the solution and period, with notable grow- nology University. on [such as] the […] signed deal on whether the region shou- the status quo, which could be th in the price indexes of Ni was involved in the creation with Alibaba about providing ld set a ceiling on the total num- used as a reference. clothing and footwear, and of the Macao Tourism Indus- the cloud service, which is the ber of tourists, Ni remarked The TCC study does not aim to transport. try Development Master Plan, basis of almost everything,” Ni that such a measure would not limit nor push tourism growth. The Composite CPI reflects which sets forth a blueprint for recalled. be necessary and that the city Rather, it assesses which parts the impact of price changes the development of the local “So they talk about a lot of mea- should assess the scaling of tou- of the city’s tourism service sys- on the general households tourism sector over the next 15 sures but […] things that could rist arrivals. tem are facing stress, as reflec- and is a key indicator of in- years, and relevant guidelines be happening very soon are, for “When you figure out a scale, ted by subjective and objective flation. for future actions. example, better public bus and you will be able to jump to the factors. LV

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Julie Zhu tion measurements. According to statistics from with Macau,” Lam stated, re- derstanding of the develop- “They are not buying the the Small and Medium Enter- ferring to the free port status ment and opportunities avai- T is recommended that lo- idea of how important that prise Bureau of Guangdong of the two Special Adminis- lable in the Greater Bay Area Ical small and medium-si- will be,” Lam stated. “They province, in 2017, Guangdong trative Regions. and enhance their interest zed enterprises (SMEs) be don’t see the market potential had approximately 10 million in working on the mainland more eco-friendly business for doing green business.” SMEs, ranking first in the side. if they want to operate in the People, especially middle- country. However, the government Greater Bay Area, Agnes Lam class people who live in the Questioned by the Times, has rarely discussed lo- told the Times on the sideli- Greater Bay, care more about Lam expressed no concerns [SMEs] are cal SMEs with respect to nes of a seminar yesterday. environmental protection about local SMEs’ survival not buying the the Greater Bay Area. The The full text of the Outli- since the area is the weal- due to GBA integration. lawmaker also complained ne Development Plan for the thiest in China, according to “Actually, I don’t really idea of how about the fact that local SMEs Greater Bay Area is more than Lam. [worry] about their survival are excluded from the local 27,000 words long, with 35 “This is the richest region in because of the Greater Bay important that government’s ambition for references to “ecology,” eight China, so we potentially have Area. I think what’s really the Greater Bay Area. references to “environmental a big enough group of mid- hurting them is globaliza- will be. They “I think the government, protection,” and 2,300 words dle-class people, and traditio- tion,” said Lam. “If they are don’t see when they are talking about directly related to ecological nally, they are more open to able to brand themselves, the Greater Bay Area, they environmental protection. environmental controls,” said maybe there will be more the market need to include SMEs. They “If you read the paper from Lam. chances for them. They need should not just include you- the central government, it is However, the lawmaker cri- to know their advantages as potential for ng people,” said Lam. “SMEs clearly stated that nothing ticized Macau’s mentality of a Macau enterprise. We are should be our strategic part- that is highly polluting will thinking of itself as more ad- not just talking about going doing green ner. I think they need to think be allowed [in the GBA]. So vanced than other regions. there and opening a shop.” business. about how they are going to they encourage environmen- “In Macau, we think that we “When we talk about the help SMEs, and how to bring tal protection or environmen- are more advanced here, in Greater Bay Area, [com- AGNES LAM them into the project and let tally-friendly business only,” terms of policy. But actually, panies] from the nine main- them grow.” Lam told the Times. if you are talking about en- land cities, they would like to The Macau SAR government “Because if they grow, they In Lam’s opinion, local vironmental protection, you work with capitalism. They has highlighted that the lo- are not going to leave Macau; SMEs don’t pay special atten- may not be correct,” Lam in- want to work with Hong Kong cal government is seeking to they are going to make Macau tion to environmental protec- dicated. and they also want to work enhance Macau youths’ un- bigger,” said Lam. Cultural Industry Fund denies accusations of cronyism

HE Cultural In- service platform, and a A rumor accusing the Additionally, it propo- there was an open pu- transparency and infor- Tdustry Fund (FCI) television and filming FCI of cronyism spread sed organizing two Ma- blic tender for the film mation about the subsi- has denied an accusa- service platform. A ma- on social media, alle- cau film production se- industry. dized film company. tion that it practiced ximum of MOP6 million ging that FCI members minars in Shanghai. In Leong further explai- Leong then claimed cronyism when granting was to be given to a te- and the person in char- total, the budget for the- ned that the FCI recei- that all subsidies wou- 5.9 million patacas to a levision and film pro- ge of 1220 Film Produc- se proposals is MOP10.5 ved several bids for the ld be published online, film production com- duction company to ex- tion had a personal rela- million. The com- fund, and claimed that and revealed his hope pany. The FCI launched plore the expansion of tionship. pany received MOP5.9 the decision was made that the FCI could do two subsidy programs in the market for Macau’s 1220 Film Production million from the FCI. after an independent better at disclosing in- 2019, approving a maxi- television and film in- has proposed that, wi- In response to the ru- and fair assessment of formation in a transpa- mum of MOP11 million dustry. thin two years, the com- mor and accusations, all tenders. rent manner. He also to be issued to two com- The FCI approved pany will attend eight Leong Heng Teng, “There is absolutely no offered to provide more panies for two service MOP5.9 million for international film fes- chairman of the FCI ad- cronyism problem,” said detailed information re- platforms. local film production tivals, including one in ministration committee, Leong. garding the company, The two platforms company, 1220 Film Hong Kong, one in Can- contended that the fund There were also doub- should any parties re- consist of a publication Production Co., Ltd. nes, and one in the U.S. was transparent and ts regarding the lack of quest it. JZ fri 22.03.2019

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Renato Marques MEASLES HE director of the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Disease Prevention and Control Centre, Lam Health Bureau urges employers TChong, has urged employers of non-resident workers (TNR), especially those from the Phili- ppines and Vietnam, and those to vaccinate non-residents employed in childcare, to vacci- nate them against measles whe- so, the disease is active in Ma- rever their vaccination history cau. With several reports of ou- is unclear or incomplete. tbreaks in neighboring regions, Lam was speaking at a press the occurrence of imported ca- conference held by the SSM on ses in Macau is likely, Lam said. MARQUES RENATO Wednesday evening to provide In a review of the occurrence updates on recently reported of cases during the first three cases of measles in the region, months of 2019, the official no- adding that TNRs should pre- ted that, so far, “eight cases of ferably get vaccinated against measles have been registered in measles at private hospitals Macau, with five of those con- and clinics, but that they can sidered imported cases and the also go to healthcare centers other three cases of contamina- where the vaccine costs less tion in relation to the imported than MOP100. In the latter ones.” case, the TNR will need to bring When reporting on the most their identification document recent cases, public health phy- (blue card), in addition to their sician Leong Iek Hou revealed Health Bureau user card, whi- one case involving a physician ch can be obtained at the same working at Kiang Wu Hospi- place before the vaccination, tal who had recently treated a and a document proving their measles patient and then con- working contract. tracted the disease from the According to the official, des- patient. Another was revealed ryingly already represent a near tre emphasized that measles some cases, especially when pite the fact that Macau was to be a TNR from Nepal who three-fold increase in measles is a highly contagious disease, contracted by adults, measles certified as having achieved works at the Macau Jockey cases, compared to the entire with most cases affecting chil- can cause several complica- the eradication of measles in Club, while two other suspected year of 2018 which registered dren in areas with low vaccina- tions that include encephalitis 2014, and was one of the first cases of measles are awaiting only three cases, all imported. tion rates, though generally the and pneumonia, with a morta- four countries and regions in confirmation. The director of the Disease consequences are not serious. lity rate between 1 in 100 and 1 the Western Pacific region to do The year-to-date figures wor- Prevention and Control Cen- Nonetheless, he noted that in in 1,000 cases.

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ONG Kong’s chief exe- Hcutive cautioned that the Asian financial hub continued Chief Executive warns of collateral to face the risk of collateral damage from the China-U.S. trade war, saying the tensions were one reason why she’s joi- damage risk from trade war ned the ranks of those tracking President Donald Trump’s tweets. “Last night, he was shouting BLOOMBERG to the media that things were good,” Carrie Lam said of Trump during an interview at the Bloomberg Invest Asia fo- rum in Hong Kong. “I certainly want to see this trade discus- sion leading to some positi- ve outcome. But I don’t think the problem will go away just like that. We will probably be seeing more tension in other areas.” “We know that trade issues aside, there are other deep- -seated differences between China and the United States,” Lam said. “These will not be easy to resolve, especially in the short term.” The increased strategic jo- ckeying between the U.S. and China has also fueled ques- tions in Washington about whether the former British co- lony should continue to enjoy a special trading status as a dis- tinct entity from the mainland. U.S. Consul General Kurt Tong said last month that signs of political encroachment by Bei- jing had raised cautionary flags for some U.S. observers about States and Hong Kong?” purpose, and if there are con- list of policy priorities for her GREATER BAY AREA the future of Hong Kong’s “hi- cerns it is obligatory of the government - including new Lam also touted the benefits gh-degree of autonomy.” EXTRADITION LAW government to address those trade offices in Southeast Asia of the “Greater Bay Area,” Chi- Yesterday, Lam sought to Lam defended a proposed concerns.” and local tax breaks - meant to nese leader Xi Jinping’s plan reassure investors that Hong extradition law, saying it wou- A U.S. congressional delega- signal that Hong Kong remai- to better integrate the former Kong still adhered to the rule ldn’t undermine business free- tion to Hong Kong earlier this ned an open and global finan- European colonies of Hong of law and has an independent dom. Her government in Ja- week said the disqualification cial hub. She said Hong Kong’s Kong and Macau with China’s judiciary. She said she told a nuary proposed allowing the of lawmakers from the Legis- asset-management business mainland. China’s long- awai- visiting congressional delega- transfer of fugitives to Taiwan, lative Council, the refusal to could grow, and touted the ci- ted plan to create a high-tech tion that Hong Kong remained Macau, mainland China or any renew a visa for a Financial ty’s potential as an offshore megalopolis rivaling Califor- an important source of U.S. jurisdiction with which Hong Times editor last year and the hub for trading the Chinese nia’s Silicon Valley has gene- trade. Kong does not have an extra- proposed extradition law all currency. rated optimism among Hong “I said, ‘Nothing has chan- dition agreement, sparking posed a major challenge to the “The best strategy for Hong Kong’s business community, ged, come on,” Lam told concerns from the European “one country, two systems” Kong is we don’t sit and wait but thorny issues have so far Bloomberg Television on the Union, the local business com- principle under which Hong until the external environment been left out of the plan - inclu- sidelines of the event. “What munity and some opposition Kong was handed back to Chi- either goes up or goes down. ding complex questions about have we done to cause that politicians. nese rule in 1997, according to We do the right things for which customs, tax and legal sort of considerable worry to “We don’t want Hong Kong Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Hong Kong,” she said in her systems will predominate. the extent of upsetting this to become a haven for fugiti- Kwok, who met with the Ame- interview, including creating “Work on the Greater Bay Area very strong and close rela- ve offenders,” she said. “We rican lawmakers. more new markets and techno- is progressing well and progres- tionship between the United are doing this with a very good Lam yesterday outlined a logies. sing fast,” she said. Bloomberg

The scariest hour in FX keeping HK peg defenders busy

Tian Chen around 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. strategist at Bank of East Kong’s de facto central The Hong Kong dollar terbank borrowing costs. local time. Asia Ltd. bank bought HKD3.54 has fallen to the weak While investors during HE early part of the A lack of market liqui- This was the case again billion (USD451 million) end of the trading band at U.S. hours are mostly in- TAsian trading day dity - blamed for extre- yesterday, when Hong of local currency just af- HKD7.85 repeatedly this terested in shorting the - when currency flash me moves seen in recent ter 5 a.m. local time. The month as its wide interes- Hong Kong dollar, local crashes tend to happen years in the yen, pound, city’s currency then rose t-rate discount to the U.S. banks sometimes buy it - seems to be when inter- euro and Swiss franc - is HKMA has as much as 0.06 percent, dollar makes it profitable during the Asian workday vention happens too. the issue here too. After now pumped the most since January, to short the city’s cur- for use in the city, said All five instances the New York traders have aided by a dovish Federal rency. That has promp- Ryan Lam, head of re- Hong Kong Monetary gone home and before USD1.5 Reserve damping hopes ted the HKMA to spend search at Shanghai Com- Authority has recently Asia is fully open, it’s ea- for interest-rate hikes. USD1.5 billion to defend mercial Bank Ltd. That bought the local curren- sier for large sell orders billion into The Hong Kong dollar the exchange-rate peg to tendency can help cap the cy to keep it from falling to push the HKMA into pared the gain to 0.03 the greenback over the Hong Kong dollar weak- below the weak end of its action, said Alan Yip, a defending the percent at HKD7.8479 a past two weeks, driving ness that prompts inter- trading band have been senior foreign- exchange dollar peg dollar as of 5:04 p.m. up the local currency’s in- vention. Bloomberg fri 22.03.2019 th Anniversary

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China Southern FORUM MDT/Macauhub Power Grid to build new GBA network Chinese group HNA sells HINA Southern than 20 billion yuan CPower Grid claims during the period, mostly that, by 2030, the Guang- in the fields of clean stake in TAP – Air Portugal dong-Hong Kong-Macau energy, direct-current Greater Bay Area (GBA) transmission, distribu- HE HNA group has divested will have completed buil- ted micro grid, enginee- Tthe 9 percent stake that it in- ding a ‘smart power grid,’ ring centers and labora- directly held in the share capital according to Chinese re- tories on energy storage of TAP – Air Portugal by selling ports. and superconductivity. its subsidiary Hainan Airlines Ci- The Guangzhou-based According to the com- vil Aviation Investment Ltd, the state-owned enterpri- pany, total electricity group said in a market filing. se will invest more than consumption in GBA Hainan Airlines Civil Aviation 170 billion yuan (about reached 520 billion ki- Investment Ltd, a subsidiary of USD25.3 billion) across lowatts in 2018 and is ex- Chinese group HNA, was sold to 2018 to 2022 to improve pected to hit 700 billion Global Aviation Ventures LLC the disaster prevention kilowatts by 2035. fund and Brazilian airline Azul capacity of power grids In addition, the com- for USD55 million, the group said in the Guangdong-Hong pany is building the in a statement to the market. Kong-Macau Greater Bay world’s first UHV mul- The company was a wholly-ow- Area, which is frequently ti-terminal flexible ned subsidiary of Hainan Airli- hit by natural disasters transmission project. nes (Hong Kong) Co., which is including typhoons. After its completion also 100 percent controlled by The company vows to and commissioning in the HNA group and its assets are ensure central urban 2021, the project will a 20 percent stake in Atlantic Ga- areas in Guangzhou add 5 million kilowat- teway, SGPS, which in turn held and 50 percent for the Portugue- ghai. and Shenzhen will have ts of clean water from a 45 percent stake in TAP’s share se state. The HNA group had, for less power outages last for no Yunnan to the GBA, capital. The subsidiary of the Chinese than a month, increased its stake more than 30 minutes whereby coal consump- Following a privatization pro- group was sold in two lots – one in Atlantic Gateway from 12 per- each year, while other tion and carbon dioxide cess, the Atlantic Gateway con- of 54.55 percent to the Global cent to 20 percent at a time when cities such as Zhuhai emissions in the Bay sortium, owned mostly by Bra- Aviation Ventures LLC fund for it was already experiencing liqui- and Zhongshan will have Area will be reduced by zilian air carrier Azul, held 45 USD30 million and a remainder dity problems and is currently power cuts of less than 6 million tons and 16 percent of TAP’s capital, with of 45.45 percent to airline Azul under the supervision of a group one hour annually. million tons respecti- the remaining 55 percent divi- for USD25 million, according to of creditors led by the China De- It will also invest more vely. JZ ded into 5 percent for workers the statement released in Shan- velopment bank. ad fri 22.03.2019

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Lulu Yilun Chen MDT/Macauhub ENCENT Holdings Ltd. posted a quarter- Tencent profit misses estimates ly profit that missed analysts’ estimates after Tit spent heavily on cloud and mo- bile payments businesses to offset as games slip, costs swell a gaming slowdown. Net income fell 32 percent Adjusted earnings-per-share to 14.2 billion yuan (USD2.1 were 2.07 yuan, better than the

billion) in the three months en- BLOOMBERG 1.83-yuan projected. Revenue ded December, missing the 17.55 from the Value Added Services billion-yuan average of estimates unit, which includes online ga- and reflecting share issues and mes and messaging, climbed 9 impairment provisions for com- percent to 43.7 billion yuan. We- panies it’s invested in. Revenue Chat’s monthly active users rose however surpassed projections. to 1.1 billion, while the mobile China’s social media leader is version of QQ had 699.8 million enduring one of its darkest pe- users at the end of the quarter. riods, as a months-long free- Tencent introduced a dozen ze on game approvals derailed games in the fourth quarter, ac- its core business over much of cording to HSBC. But the regula- 2018. The social media titan is tory hurdles mean that, in China also grappling with an economic at least, it wasn’t able to make slowdown that’s depressing ad- money off of two of its most po- vertising. It’s turned to spending pular titles: PlayerUnknown’s to sustain growth, investing in Battlegrounds and Fortnite. And everything from cloud computing its tentpole hack-and-slash game and entertainment to retail, lo- Honour of Kings lost steam: daily cking horns with Alibaba Group active users dropped to 68 million Holding Ltd. in December from 71 million in “As it turns out the market was September, according to Quest- probably worried about the wrong mobile. thing,” Bloomberg Intelligence An attendee stands in front of a screen displaying QR codes for various programs and services at Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s “Mobile game revenues at 19 analyst Vey-Sern Ling said in an WeChat Open Class Pro conference in Guangzhou billion yuan was actually decent email. “The unexpected bit is how because last quarter was 19.5 and much cost of revenues and ope- make room for younger executi- as content and financial technolo- while continuing to drive the evo- typically the fourth quarter is sea- rating expenses have expanded. ves as it confronts a slowdown in gy bills pile up. lution of the consumer internet,” sonally slow,” Ling said. “Given This is driven by video, payments, growth. Revenue was 84.9 billion “Looking ahead, we will invest the company said in an exchange they have new games in the first cloud, film and TV production.” yuan compared with estimates for in core infrastructure and fron- filing. “For digital content, we will quarter I think the 19 billion num- Tencent is said to be clearing out 83.4 billion yuan. But costs sur- tier technologies to embrace the continue to invest and grow our ber bodes well for a mobile game about 10 percent of managers to ged 43 percent from a year earlier, trend of the industrial internet, subscription business.” recovery into 2019.” Bloomberg

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Elaine Kurtenbach January-July 2018, the report said. UTHORITIES in Of 820 successful prosecutions China and Myanmar Report: Myanmar, China for trafficking in 2008-2013, are failing to stop the 534 cases involved forced mar- brutal trafficking of riages and an even larger share youngA women, often teenagers, failing to stop ‘bride’ were with China. The trafficking from the conflict-ridden Kachin networks span China region for sexual slavery, accor- Chinese authorities did not ding to a report by Human Righ- respond to requests for com- ts Watch. ment, it said. The report released yesterday AP PHOTO says women are often tricked into traveling to China in search of work or kidnapped and held Most were against their will to be sold as “brides” for Chinese men. Most locked in a of those taken hostage by Chi- nese families are locked up and room and raped raped, it says. Those who do escape are often obliged to lea- repeatedly as ve children fathered by Chinese the families that men behind. The report urges authorities bought them to do more to raise awareness about the risks of trafficking, wanted them provide more support for vic- tims who return home, and to to become prosecute those guilty of crimes pregnant. against them. The 226 known cases of such HEATHER BARR trafficking in 2017 were only AUTHOR OF THE REPORT a fraction of the total number, since many victims are afraid or The persisting conflict in areas ashamed to come forward, espe- of Myanmar has left millions of cially given the lack of support women and children vulnerable from law enforcement or welfa- to great risk. U.N. investigators re services, the report says. “Most were locked in a room tonomy for decades. Thousands ghboring countries go volunta- reported last fall on a fact-fin- “Human Rights Watch’s re- and raped repeatedly as the fa- of women and children have also rily. ding mission that found violen- search suggests the number of milies that bought them wan- fled their homes in neighboring But for many, the experience ce by the Myanmar military in women and girls being traffi- ted them to become pregnant,” Shan state, some across the bor- is harrowing. One interviewee, Kachin, Shan and the western cked is substantial and possibly said Heather Barr, author of the der into China. Ja Htoi Tsawm, was kidnapped state of Rakhine. It cited allega- growing,” it said. report and a co-director for wo- The porous border between while doing farm work in China tions of crimes by the military The group interviewed 37 sur- men’s rights at Human Rights southern China’s Yunnan pro- to support her family and held and other security forces inclu- vivors of such crimes for the Watch. vince and northern Kachin faci- captive for two years. While she ding murder, torture, pillaging, report. It said the women were The traffickers are able to lure litates such trafficking, and the was away her in-laws sold her execution without due process, sold to Chinese families for women with false promises of relative shortage of marriagea- house and put one of her chil- rape, sexual slavery and hostage the equivalent of USD3,000- jobs because of the lack of good ble women, thanks to Chinese dren in an orphanage. Another taking. $13,000 each. Twelve of tho- options for making a living in traditions favoring male heirs of her four children died. Members of the Kachin Wo- se interviewed were under 18 camps for displaced people in over girls has left many families The report said that Myanmar men’s Association, a group affi- when they were trafficked. The northern Myanmar’s Kachin in China desperate for brides. police and other authorities liated with the Kachin Indepen- youngest was 14. It said 22 of state. Although Chinese authorities refused interviews by Human dence Organization that helps them were held for a year or As of September, there were have been battling trafficking Rights Watch although the Mi- victims, were quoted as saying longer. about 100,000 people displaced inside China as well, the families nistry of Social Welfare did that at times they lack the mo- Often, the women are drugged inside Kachin, where the Kachin who buy the women are almost provide some data. Myanmar ney to help provide and top up and taken captive, left at the Independence Army, like other never prosecuted, the report anti-trafficking police said they SIM cards needed to keep in mercy of families with whom ethnic minority armed groups, says. handled 130 cases of trafficking, contact with the women still they can barely communicate. has been fighting for greater au- Some foreign brides from nei- 96 of which involved women, in stuck in China. AP

Taiwan leader to tour Pacific AP PHOTO allies, with Hawaii stopover

Yanan Wang, Beijing ported. between Taiwan and man Geng Shuang said at The agency said she will the U.S. When the la- a daily briefing. “We urge AIWAN President transit through Hawaii tter approved the sale the U.S. to abide by the TTsai Ing-wen left yes- on March 27 on her way of USD330 million of ‘one China’ principle [...] terday on a tour of diplo- back from the Marshall military equipment to and to not grant a stopo- matic allies in the Pacific Islands, but did not give Taiwan last September, ver for Tsai Ing-wen, and that will end with a sto- further details. China warned of “severe to not send wrong mes- pover in Hawaii. Only 17 mainly small, damage” to bilateral re- sages to Taiwan indepen- Taiwan has struggled developing countries lations. dence forces.” to shore up its dwindling still recognize Taiwan as China’s foreign ministry Tsai’s trip coincides roster of allies as coun- a sovereign nation. The said yesterday that it has with a visit to mainland tries are choosing instead island split from main- complained to the U.S. China by Kaohsiung to establish relations land China amid a civil about Tsai’s Hawaii sto- Mayor Han Kuo-yu, the Nationalists, Han’s Tsai, who has dismissed with Beijing, which con- war in 1949. Beijing has pover, mirroring its ac- whose election last No- party, in the local races, Beijing’s overtures. siders the self-governing recently ratcheted up tion toward a similar trip vember ended 20 years raising doubts about Han is to visit the sou- island part of Chinese its rhetoric around “re- in 2017. of rule by Tsai’s indepen- Tsai’s prospects for re-e- thern cities of Shenzhen territory. unifying” Taiwan with “Any attempt to create dence-leaning Democra- lection in 2020. and Xiamen, as well as Tsai will visit Palau, Communist Party-ruled ‘two Chinas’ or ‘one Chi- tic Progressive Party in Han has said Taiwan the semi-autonomous re- Nauru and the Marshall mainland China. na, one Taiwan,’ will be the southern Taiwan port should be more open to gions of Hong Kong and Islands, Taiwan’s official China is particularly opposed by all Chinese city. The DPP lost signi- peace negotiations with Macau, from today Mar- Central News Agency re- sensitive to cooperation people,” ministry spokes- ficant representation to China, in contrast to ch 28. AP fri 22.03.2019

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Jim Gomez, Manila nes’ top diplomat, del Rosa- rio questioned the legality of WO former Philippine China’s massive claims and Tofficials have taken the other actions in a landmark bold step of filing a com- international arbitration plaint with the Internatio- case against Beijing which nal Criminal Court accusing the Philippines won but was Chinese President Xi Jinping ignored by China. of crimes against humanity The arbitration tribunal de- over his government’s asser- clared in its July 2016 ruling tive actions in the disputed that China’s claims based on South China Sea, which they historical grounds were in- say deprived thousands of valid and that Chinese forces fishermen of their livelihood have unlawfully prevented and destroyed the environ- Filipino fishermen from dis- ment. puted Scarborough Shoal. Former Foreign Secretary The tribunal also ruled that Albert del Rosario and chief China breached its obligation anti-graft prosecutor Con- under a 1982 U.N. treaty to chita Carpio Morales said protect the environment by yesterday that they filed the undertaking island-building complaint with the tribunal works and tolerating illegal last week, before the current fishing by Chinese nationals. Philippine president’s move Despite the arbitration ru- to withdraw the country ling and a 2002 accord with from the tribunal took effect the Association of Southeast last weekend. Asian Nations to stop occu- They accused Xi and other pation and constructions in Chinese officials of turning the disputed region, Beijing seven disputed reefs into is- “behind the scenes” plan- lands in a massive enginee- ned and later constructed ring feat, causing extensive the islands in the disputed environmental damage, and territory, the complaint said. of blocking large numbers of “This has placed billions of fishermen, including about dollars’ worth of natural re- 320,000 Filipinos, from sources, including fish, fossil their fishing grounds. fuels and shipping lanes, un- “This has seriously under- der Beijing’s control,” it said. mined the food and energy The complaint outlined security of the coastal states China’s increasingly asserti- in the South China Sea, in- ve actions through the deca- cluding the Philippines,” del des, starting in 1974, when Rosario and Carpio Morales it forcibly dislodged Vietna- said in a statement. mese forces from the Para- China’s island building, cels, to 1995, when it seized which started in 2013 in an Philippine-claimed Mischief effort to construct air and Reef, and 2013, when it star- naval bases in the disputed ted its island building. waters, reportedly destroyed Aside from Xi, it named as large expanses of coral reefs “perpetrators” Chinese Fo- and endangered fisheries. reign Minister Wang Yi and “It presents one of the most Chinese Ambassador to Ma- massive, near permanent nila Zhao Jinhua. and devastating destruction The legal offensive against of the environment in huma- China contrasts with Presi- nity’s history,” they said. dent Rodrigo Duterte’s ra- “Though widely publicized, pprochement with Beijing these atrociously inhumane since he took office in mid- actions of Chinese officials 2016 while often criticizing in the South China Sea and the security policies of the within Philippine territory United States, a treaty ally. remain unpunished, and it Duterte has lashed out is only the ICC that can exact against Washington for rai- accountability on behalf of sing alarm over his anti-drug Filipinos and the internatio- crackdown, which has left nal community,” they said. thousands of poor suspects There was no immediate dead and sparked two com- reaction from China. plaints charging mass mur- Chinese officials have long der before the ICC. claimed virtually the entire Duterte decided to with- waterway, one of the world’s draw the Philippines from busiest, with the Philippines, the ICC in a move that took Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan effect last Sunday, promp- and Brunei also contesting ting del Rosario and Carpio ownership of parts of the Morales to file their com- strategic waters, where a lar- plaint ahead of that date. ge amount of world goods Duterte’s move has been and the oil that fuels Asia’s challenged by human rights bustling economies transit. advocates before the Phili- When he was the Philippi- ppine Supreme Court. AP 22.03.2019 fri

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Preeyapa T. Khunsong & Tassanee military’s influence in politics by Vejpongsa, Bangkok ELECTIONS using the power of persuasion rather than antagonism. Several HE leader of Thailand’s ol- other parties contesting the polls Tdest political party said if he have attracted attention with becomes prime minister after Thai PM hopeful wants campaign promises to slash the Sunday’s elections, he will make military budget, an idea that has forceful but careful efforts to drawn scorn from military lea- undo undemocratic provisions in constitutional changes ders. the constitution imposed by the He said reducing the military military government that seized budget can be done “by talking power in 2014. to the military, using reasoning, Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the AP PHOTO looking at the fiscal situation, Democrat Party and a former assessing the necessity of their prime minister, said in an inter- proposed projects.” view with The Associated Press that the polls, the first since the coup, give Thailand a chance to halt military interventions in po- It’s a chance litics and respond effectively to challenges such as technological now to get the disruptions, an aging society and high inequality. country out of Sunday’s general election is “important for the whole coun- the cycle of try. It’s a chance now to get the dictatorships country out of the cycle of dic- tatorships and corrupt govern- and corrupt ments,” he told AP on Wednes- day. governments. The army toppled an elected go- vernment in 2014 after months ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA HEAD OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY of sometimes-violent street pro- tests that paralyzed Bangkok’s streets. The army said its goal “I don’t see the value of being was to restore stability but ruled vote, he said he was hopeful the be carefully chosen. A view of politicians as a corrupt deliberately confrontational. I with a heavy hand and for much election would proceed smoo- “The way we go about it is, I element of society contributes to don’t see the value of creating longer than it had promised. thly. think, we have to identify and be the cycle of elections followed by political controversy about the- It has cracked down on its cri- “My appeal to the people in- clear about what kind of issues coups, Abhisit said, noting that se issues,” Abhisit said. “My go- tics while imposing a new cons- volved is let’s not make this an that need to be amended, parti- “one of the clearest conditions vernment was one that actually titution and election laws that election that is unacceptable,” he cularly the undemocratic aspec- for previous coups has been ram- succeeded in reducing the de- give its allies a powerful advan- said. “Let’s not make this election ts of the constitution,” he said. pant corruption.” fense budget. We didn’t make tage in the balloting and increase unfree or unfair. Not because one “Build a consensus around it. The Democrat Party shares the any noise about it. We didn’t the chances of Prime Minister side would benefit over the other. Gain public support to put pres- conservative, royalist viewpoint make it a conflict with the mili- Prayuth Chan-ocha, the coup But because we need to maintain sure on senators to accept that of the military but also profes- tary. We just have to work pro- leader, remaining in office. the integrity of the system.” amendments are needed.” ses adherence to democratic fessionally.” Abhisit noted “irregularities” Many political parties have He warned that a call for whole- principles, leading to sometimes “I’ve learned from experience,” by Prayuth and the party backing heavily criticized the 2016 cons- sale change might be risky. uneasy alliances. Abhisit beca- Abhisit said. “The challenges fa- him. Referring to campaign-like titution pushed through by the “If you say you rewrite or re- me prime minister in 2008 with cing the country have changed. activities by Prayuth that are military government, with some vamp the whole constitution, the political backing of the army, We’ve now got many more new treated as official business, he saying it should be completely there continues to be a deep dis- and was forced to rely on it to put challenges. Technological dis- said they are “obviously not held rewritten. trust that politicians might also down violent protests in 2009 ruptions, an aging or fast-aging to the same kind of rules and Abhisit agreed there is much in use this to rid themselves of the and 2010 against his govern- society, a high degree of inequa- standards” as other parties. But the constitution that needs to be various checks and balance me- ment. lity — these need to be met head with four days to go before the addressed but said battles should chanisms,” he said. He said he hopes to end the on.” AP

AUSTRALIA 2,000 people moved from powerful cyclone’s path

Trevor Marshallsea, Sydney red in communities along to evacuate the communi- ties. Most would be housed the western Gulf of Carpen- ties in the cyclone’s path was in temporary accommoda- BOUT 2,000 Aus- taria where Trevor is expec- due to their remoteness. tions in Darwin, he said. AP PHOTO Atralians were being ted to make landfall today, Almost 1,000 people had Air force Hercules aircra- moved inland yesterday Northern Territory Chief left the towns of Groote ft, along with helicopters, from part of the northern Minister Michael Gunner Eylandt and nearby Num- buses and cars were being coast ahead of a powerful said. bulwar by Wednesday used to transport evacuees cyclone expected to hit this At landfall, Trevor is fore- (Macau time), Gunner said. to Darwin and nearby Ka- weekend. cast to be a Category 4 seve- Most of Borroloola’s 900 therine, with sleeping areas Evacuees were being mo- re tropical cyclone, roughly residents were expected to set up in buildings on local ved by air and road from similar to a Category 2 or be evacuated, along with fairgrounds, Smith said. remote, mostly indigenous 3 hurricane on the Saffir- several smaller communi- Steps were being taken to communities on the east Simpson scale used in the ensure indigenous cultural coast of the Northern Terri- U.S. protocols were respected tory, with most going to the Bureau of Meteorology At landfall, and tribal languages used. provincial capital, Darwin. spokesman Todd Smith It’s the largest pre-cyclo- Australia’s Bureau of Me- said a further intensifica- Trevor is ne evacuation in Northern teorology said Cyclone Tre- tion has not been ruled out. forecast to be Territory history, and the vor, with sustained winds of Flash flooding was likely, largest cyclone-related exo- 125 miles per hour and gusts with heavy rains of up to 8 a Category dus since Cyclone Tracy hit of up to 160 mph, was ex- inches (20 centimeters) in Darwin in 1974, killing 71 northern Queensland state, Meanwhile, another pected to bring heavy rain- a day set to fall on ground 4 severe people and forcing 30,000 causing flooding, closing powerful category 4 cyclone fall and a dangerous storm “hard-baked” by drought, tropical to flee the city. roads and knocking out was bearing down on the surge. Smith said. Trevor earlier crossed the power. No fatalities have other side of Australia’s nor- An emergency was decla- Gunner said the decision cyclone Cape York peninsula in been recorded. thern rim. AP fri 22.03.2019

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BUY-BUST AVIATION Vietnam arrests 8 Official: third pilot helped on Chinese suspected next-to-last Lion Air flight of drug Niniek Karmini, Jakarta tra pilot had some experience with the problem and advised HE chairman of Indo- the two in charge of the flight AP PHOTO trafficking nesia’s transportation on how to stop the plane from safety agency confir- automatically pointing its nose IETNAMESE police have med yesterday that a downward, in line with Boeing’s Varrested eight Chinese suspec- Tthird pilot was in the cockpit of operating instructions. ted of drug trafficking after seizing a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 on It remains unclear if the pilo- 300 kilograms of methampheta- a troubled flight the day before ts fully shared their difficulties mine worth up to USD26 million. the aircraft crashed on Oct. 29, handling the plane with safety The state-run Tuoi Tre news- just minutes after takeoff. regulators, the airline or the pi- paper says the alleged ring leader However, Soerjanto Tjahjo- lots who perished in the Oct. 29 was arrested Wednesday when no, chairman of the National flight. he received the drugs in Ho Chi Transportation Safety Commi- Tjahjono said the NTSC inter- Indonesian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Yudo Margin shows the recovered Minh City from three Vietnamese ttee, yesterday disputed repor- viewed the pilot but legally can- cockpit voice recorder of Lion Air flight 610 accomplices who had transported ts citing recordings of cockpit not publish its findings. them in a pickup truck from Dak discussions during the aircraft’s Indonesian investigators say crashed, with terrifying episodes publish results of its investiga- Nong province on the Laos border. final flight. they are still analyzing conver- of loss of altitude possibly rela- tion in August or September, he It says seven other Chinese were He suggested the reports fabri- sations from the Oct. 29 flight ted to an automated anti-stall said. also arrested. cated details from the recordin- recorded by the cockpit voice re- system. Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft have The newspaper says Huang set gs. corder that was only recovered An earlier report issued by been grounded in many coun- up a garment factory as a cover for The third pilot, who has not from the sea bed in January. Indonesian aviation regulators tries following the two crashes. drug trafficking. Authorities be- been identified, was qualified Interest in the investigation describes technical problems A preliminary report from lieve the drugs originated in Laos to fly Max 8s and was deadhea- into the crash off Indonesia’s aboard the plane’s penultimate Tjahjono’s agency issued in De- and were to be sent to Taiwan in ding aboard the Oct. 28 flight coast, which killed all 189 people flight. It does not mention that a cember stopped short of decla- cartons of garments. from Bali’s Denpasar airport to aboard, has intensified following third person was in the cockpit ring a probable cause of the Oct. Vietnam has some of the world’s Jakarta. The aircraft encoun- a crash of another Boeing 737 along with the pilot and co-pilot. 29 crash. But it provided details toughest drug laws. Trafficking tered the same problems that Max 8 in Ethiopia earlier this Tjahjono said NTSC investiga- about pilots’ earlier struggles to more than 100 grams of heroin, appear to have caused it to crash month that killed 157 people. tors have visited Boeing to carry fly the highly automated jet and cocaine or methamphetamine is a day later. Some reports, citing The Lion Air plane had is- out a reconstruction of that ne- Lion Air’s difficulties with fixing punishable by death. AP unnamed sources, said the ex- sues on several flights before it xt-to-last flight. The agency will sensors on the plane. AP

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EW Zealand Pri- me Minister Jacin- da Ardern yesterday ‘Military-style’ guns banned announced a ban of N“military-style” semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity ma- gazines like those used in the after mosque attacks shootings at Christchurch mos- ques last week. and military would be exempt as category and would also stop visited a flower memorial for the charge remains valid, so there Ardern said a sales ban was would businesses carrying out selling firearms online, he said. victims. was no chance the suspect wou- effective immediately to pre- professional pest control. Access Although the exact weapons “The prime minister is ama- ld be released as a result of the vent stockpiling and would be for international shooting com- used in the mosque attacks have zing,” she said. “It’s not like in error. followed by a complete ban on petitions would also be conside- not been made public, images America, where they have all Police did not offer further the weapons after new laws were red. of them posted by the gunman these things and then they go details of what went wrong or rushed through. There are nearly 250,000 licen- show at least one of them to be ‘Oh yeah, we’ll deal with the gun make anybody available for an She said people could hand sed gun owners in New Zealand, a semi-automatic rifle similar to laws,’ and nothing’s done.” interview. over their guns under an am- which has a population of 5 an AR-15 that is widely available In a post on Facebook, Christ- The name of the person on nesty while officials develop a million people. Officials estimate in New Zealand. Semi-automa- church United Football Club Aca- the charging sheet has been su- formal buyback scheme, which there are 1.5 million guns in the tic refers to a firearm’s ability to demy Director Colin Williamson ppressed by court order. Offi- could cost up to USD140 million. country. self-load, not only firing a bullet described Omar as “a beautiful cials said more charges against The man charged in the mos- Ardern’s announcement comes with each trigger pull, but also human being with a tremendous Tarrant would follow. que attacks had purchased his as authorities announced that all reloading and making the fi- heart and love for coaching.” Tarrant, 28, is next schedu- weapons legally using a standard 50 bodies from the attacks were rearm capable of firing again. Police Commissioner Mike led to appear in court on April firearms license and enhanced formally identified and families Bush said all 50 victims had 5, and Bush said investigations their capacity by using 30-round were burying their loved ones. been identified as of yesterday into him were continuing. Police magazines “done easily through At least nine funerals took pla- People could and their families were being have said they are certain Tar- a simple online purchase,” Ar- ce yesterday, including for a tee- notified. Investigators also were rant was the only gunman but dern said. nager, a youth soccer coach and hand over their trying to conclude their work at are still investigating whether he “Every semi-automatic weapon a Muslim convert who loved con- guns under an the two mosques. had support. used in the terrorist attack [to- necting with other women at the “We are working to restore Meanwhile, preparations were day] will be banned,” she said. mosque. amnesty them in a way that is absolutely underway for a massive prayer The ban includes any semi-au- After Ardern’s announcement, respectful,” he said. service today to be led by the tomatic guns or shotguns that one of New Zealand’s largest The military versions most re- An Australian white suprema- imam of one of the mosques are capable of being used with a gun retailers, Hunting & Fishing sembling the AR-15 rifle are the cist, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, where worshippers were killed. detachable magazine that holds New Zealand, reiterated its su- M16 and M4 carbines, which can was arrested by police who ran Imam Gamal Fouda said he is more than five rounds. It also pport of “any government mea- fire in semi-automatic mode, him off the road while he was be- expecting 3,000 to 4,000 peo- extends to accessories used to sure to permanently ban such three-round burst mode or fully lieved to be on his way to a third ple at the prayer service, inclu- convert guns into what the go- weapons.” automatic mode. target. He had livestreamed the ding many who have come from vernment called “military-style” “While we have sold them in Many different types of firear- attack on Facebook and said in abroad. weapons. the past to a small number of ms, from pistols to rifles and his manifesto he planned to atta- Workers at the Al Noor mosque It does not include semi-auto- customers, last week’s events shotguns, can be semi-automa- ck three mosques. have been trying feverishly to re- matic .22 caliber or smaller guns have forced a reconsideration tic. Semi-automatic rifles like Also, police said they’d inad- pair the destruction, Fouda said. that hold up to 10 rounds or se- that has led us to believe such the AR-15 can often be modified vertently charged Tarrant with “They will bury the carpet,” he mi-automatic and pump-action weapons of war have no place in with aftermarket parts, or acces- the murder of a person who is said. “Because it is full of blood, shotguns with non-detachable our business — or our country,” sories, to fire in fully automatic still alive. and it’s contaminated.” magazines that hold up to five chief executive Darren Jacobs mode and instructions can often Police said in a statement Fouda said that he expects rounds. The guns not banned are said in a statement. be found on the internet. they had apologized to the per- the mosque to be ready to open commonly used by farmers and Regardless of the ban, the com- Polly Collins, 64, of Christ- son incorrectly named on the again by next week and that hunters. pany would no longer stock any church, was thrilled to hear of document and would change some skilled workers had offe- The government said the police assault-style firearms of any Ardern’s announcement as she the charge sheet. They said the red their services for free. AP 22.03.2019 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) 21 - 27 Mar 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) 15:00 Água de Mar 15:50 Zig Zag 16:05 Conversa da Treta 16:30 Quem Quer Ser Milionário 17:25 Arquitectarte 17:55 Ministério do Tempo 18:50 TDM Talk Show (Repetição) 19:25 Livros com João Guedes (Repetição) 19:35 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 US 20:30 Telejornal room 1 21:15 Sinais de Vida 2:30, 4:45. 9:30pm 22:00 Contentor 13 Director: Jordan Peele 1963 Profumo denies affair 22:30 Portugal Culto e Oculto - Estreia Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss with model 23:15 TDM News Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 116min 23:50 Resumo Qualificação EURO 2020 The Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, has denied 00:10 Diário de Um Novo Mundo any impropriety with the model, Christine Keeler. 01:45 Telejornal (Repetição) Allegations were made yesterday by three MPs in the Hou- se of Commons, that Mr Profumo was in some way connec- 02:30 RTPi Directo ted to the disappearance of Miss Keeler, who was due to appear as a witness in a trial at the Old Bailey. But in a personal statement to the House today, Mr Pro- fumo, 48, categorically denied the accusations and warned Saturday that he would not hesitate to issue writs for libel and slander if 10:30 Zig Zag the allegations were made outside the House of Commons. 10:50 Beo and Peno Sr.2 He said: “There was no impropriety whatever in my ac- 11:00 Chai Chai CAPTAIN MARVEL quaintance with Miss Keeler and I have made the statement room 1 because of what was said yesterday in the House by three 11:30 Portugal Selvagem 7:15pm honourable members whose remarks were protected by 12:00 Visita Guiada Sr.2 Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck privilege.” 12:30 Culinária Portuguesa Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn He went on to explain that he and his wife, the actress Va- 12:45 Culinária Portuguesa Language: English (Chinese) lerie Hobson, had met 20-year-old Christine Margaret Keeler 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) Duration: 124min at Cliveden, Berkshire, in July 1961. 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) The couple had been invited by Dr Stephen Ward, a Lon- 14:30 IPMA - International Portuguese Music Awards don osteopath, to his country cottage on the Cliveden estate 15:45 Linha da Frente near the River Thames. 16:20 Mendes.Come Also at the cottage was Captain Eugene Ivanov, a naval 17:40 Animais Anónimos attaché at the Russian Embassy in London. It is understood Miss Keeler was having an affair with Cap- 18:20 Joker tain Ivanov at the time. 19:05 Cosido à Mão Sr.2 - Estreia Rumours began to circulate that Mr Profumo had begun 20:30 Telejornal an affair with the young model soon after their meeting and 21:15 Parker that secret information on nuclear weapons could have been 23:15 TDM News passed via Miss Keeler to Captain Ivanov. 23:50 Cá Por Casa Sr.2 MASQUERADE HOTEL These rumours were the basis of the allegations made by 00:55 Telejornal (Repetição) room 2 MPs George Wigg, for Dudley, Richard Crossman, for Co- 01:40 RTPi Directo 2:15, 4:45, 9:15pm ventry East, and Barbara Castle, for Blackburn, yesterday. Director: Masayuki Suzuki But in today’s statement Mr Profumo said that between Starring: Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Nozomi de July and December 1961 he had met Miss Keeler about half Lencquesaing a dozen times at Dr Ward’s flat when he had called to see Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) him, but stressed there was “no impropriety whatsoever” in Duration: 133min the relationship. He added he had not seen Miss Keeler since December 1961 and had no part in her disappearance. Miss Keeler had been due to appear at the Central Criminal Court as a witness in a shooting trial. Offbeat But the Secretary of State for War was steadfast in his de- nial: “Any suggestion that I was in any way connected with or responsible for her absence from the trial at the Old Bailey LA-area pursuit suspect is wholly and completely untrue.” breakdances before surrendering Courtesy BBC News ESCAPE ROOM room 2

AP PHOTO 9:45pm Director: Adam Robitel n context Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis I Language: English (Chinese) On 5 June 1963 Profumo resigned from the government after Duration: 99min admitting he had lied to Parliament about his relationship with Christine Keeler. Three days later Dr Stephen Ward was arrested and charged with living off immoral earnings. His trial took place the following month. He was found guilty on two charges but he did not live to hear the verdict because he took a fatal drug overdose the night before the judge finished summing up and died four days later. Many believe Stephen Ward was made a scapegoat to save the government from embarrassment. Law-breaking turned into breakdancing at the end of The Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, asked Lord Denning, to a Southern California vehicle pursuit. conduct an inquiry into security aspects of the Profumo affair. Lord Denning criticised the government for failing to deal with the TV news helicopters were overhead Tuesday night I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS room 3 affair more quickly, but concluded that national security had not when a suspect pursued by the California Highway Pa- been compromised. trol finally surrendered, but broke out into a 10-second 7:30pm Director: Shin’ichirô Ushijima In December 1963 Christine Keeler was arrested and charged with dance before being handcuffed. conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury in an unre- Starring: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii The pursuit began in the Calabasas area and headed lated court case. She was sentenced to nine months imprisonment Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) after pleading guilty to the charges. east on U.S. 101 into Los Angeles, then north on In- Duration: 108min terstate 405 where the motorist exited the freeway in The scandal rocked Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government to its core and eventually led to its downfall when Labour, led by the San Fernando Valley. KAMEN RIDER HEISEI GENERATIONS FPREVER A CHP cruiser finally bumped the car and spun it out. Harold Wilson, came to power in October 1964. room 3 John Profumo died in March 2006. The driver got out with hands up but did not appear to 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm After leaving politics he dedicated his life to helping the poor and be fully complying with officers pointing guns at him. Director: Kyohei Yamaguchi disadvantaged in the East End of London. He was given a CBE in As the scene became illuminated by a law enforce- Starring: Eiji Akaso, Shunsuke Daitô, Nayuta Fukuzaki 1975 for services to charity. ment helicopter’s spotlight, the driver suddenly busted Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) a move before being busted. Duration: 100min fri 22.03.2019 th Anniversary

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Rob Harris FOOTBALL IFA will only allow natu- ral grass fields at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The stipulation is con- FIFA will not allow artificial Ftained in requirements sent to bi- dding nations and follows contro- versy over the use of artificial turf fields at 2023 Women’s WCup at the 2015 tournament in Canada. Some players launched a gender discrimination case —which was evaluation reports. later withdrawn — over FIFA’s The bidding document also sta- use of turf four years ago becau- AP PHOTO tes that the opening game and se men’s World Cup games have final must be played in venues always been on grass. They clai- with at least 55,000 seats. For med the artificial surface is less other games up to the quarterfi- forgiving than grass and impacts nals, 20,000 seats are required. the game because of concerns over The semifinals must be played in injury. They also claimed balls tra- 35,000-capacity venues. vel and bounce differently on arti- In the technical evaluation, five ficial turf. FIFA said it wanted the aspects of infrastructure will be gi- same surface in every stadium. ven grades between zero and five: This year’s 24-team tournament stadiums, team and referee faci- in France will not have any arti- lities, accommodation, the inter- ficial pitches at the nine venues. national broadcast center site and FIFA has made it clear such sur- other competition-related sites. faces won’t be acceptable in 2023, There’s also a score on commer- either. What is permitted is the cial matters, including revenue hybrid system used at many lea- stadium pitches.” man rights and worker conditions in hosting from Australia and Ja- and costs projections. ding stadiums where millions of FIFA also is asking bidders to en- when assessing Women’s World pan. There are three potential bid- “The scores received may have a synthetic grass fibers are woven in sure that each training ground has Cup bidders, just like the new re- ders from South America: Argen- bearing on whether or not the bid between and beneath the natural at least one grass field. quirements for prospective hosts tina, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia. is eligible for consideration by, or grass. There is record interest in hos- of the men’s tournament. That New Zealand and South Africa are presentation to, the FIFA Coun- “The pitch shall feature a natural ting the 2023 tournament, with could prove problematic for North also pursuing becoming candida- cil,” the bidding documents state. grass playing surface,” FIFA’s bid- nine countries having expressed Korea, which would also have to tes ahead of the April 16 deadline “FIFA reserves the right to deem ding requirements state. “Hybrid- their intent to bid. provide visas in a “non-discrimi- to register a bid. FIFA set an Oct. 4 the bid ineligible on the basis that a grass systems are considered The most intriguing bid is by natory manner” while currently deadline to submit bid books. bid does not achieve the minimum natural grass according to FIFA’s South Korea, which wants to com- being one of the most closed coun- The 37-member FIFA Council scores” of 2.0 for the overall mark, requirements and hybrid reinfor- bine with North Korea. But FIFA tries in the world. will pick the host in March next or stadiums, accommodation and cement should be considered for now includes an evaluation on hu- From Asia, there also is interest year after inspectors produce bid facilities for teams and referees. AP

FOOTBALL AP PHOTO Cannavaro’s first game with China ends in 1-0 loss to Thailand ABIO Cannavaro’s succeeded Marcello Lippi World Cup title, will get Ffirst game as coach of as national team coach another chance for a win China ended in a 1-0 loss this month. on Monday against either to Thailand in the opening Chanathip Songkrasin Uruguay or Uzbekistan. match of the four-nation scored the lone goal in the But he has said he is un- China Cup yesterday. first half to give Thailand sure how long he will stay The Italian great, who the victory. in charge of the national also coaches Chinese club Cannavaro, who cap- team once the China Cup Guangzhou Evergrande, tained Italy to the 2006 is over. AP

ad THE Dutch suspect in tram shooting Station Air quality BUZZ to face terrorism charge Roadside 30-50 Good The main suspect in a deadly tram shooting in manslaughter and making threats with a terro- the Dutch city of Utrecht will be charged with of- rist intent. High fenses including multiple murder or manslaugh- The prosecution office statement adds that in- Density 20-40 ter with a terrorist intent, prosecutors said. vestigations are continuing into whether the sus- Residental Investigations so far into the shooting that left pect’s actions “flowed from personal problems Good three dead and three seriously injured indicate combined with a radicalized ideology.” Area opinion that the shooter acted alone, prosecutors said in The team investigating the shooting will ask a a written statement. forensic psychiatry and psychology institute to Ambient 25-45 The main suspect, identified by police as Gok- carry out a personality test on the suspect. Good SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Kapok men Tanis, a 37-year-old man of Turkish des- Tanis is to appear before an investigating judge Eric Sautedé cent, also faces charges of attempted murder or tomorrow. WORLD BRIEFS Images speak louder than words AP PHOTO AP PHOTO

Upon return from Beijing, Macao’s political hea- vyweights staged a highly official debriefing con- ference highlighting key points from their study trip and their studious participation in what is commonly referred as the “two sessions”. Interestingly enough, this was done in front of the very same people who, for the most part, had also attended these sessions - TERRORISM Authorities delegates to the assemblies, high officials, important in Austria say the businessmen and patriotic smooth operators from alleged Christchurch Macao. mosque gunman visited That this was redundant or even overly repetitive for the country, but are most of the audience is beyond the point: what mat- declining to provide ters is that the message gets hammered. The world further details. Earlier gets BuzzFeed-like reports candidly spelled out by Xi- this week Hungarian nhua “reporters” Katie Capstick and Roisin Timmins, authorities said the or even a rap video about the two sessions, and we suspect, Brenton get ineloquent speeches listing the “four tasks” and Tarrant, visited Hungary the “four supports”, with threatening undertones of MY FIRST BLUE JEANS as a tourist last dire consequences if stability and social harmony are November by train from put to the test. Romania. More on p15 Ironically, it shows that beyond the catchy nickname of the “two sessions” lies the fact that these eminent Levi Strauss readies for figures just wasted more than two weeks attending a

rubber-stamp assembly for some (the National Peo- AP PHOTO ple’s Congress) and a toothless advisory body for others (the Chinese People’s Political Consultative prime time in the public Conference). Premier Li Keqiang’s report was appro- ved by 2,945 members of the NPC, with only three abstentions and no disapproval, so one could even markets argue that the rubber-stamping has worsened as Mr USA President Donald Li’s first work report back in 2014 was disavowed by Anne D’innocenzio, New York But since assuming the president of Retail Metrics, Trump will sign an 378 delegates! helm in 2011, Bergh has re- a retail research firm. “The- executive order today On the task side, Chui Sai On insisted, first, on main- requiring U.S. colleges taining Macao’s overall stability, especially by organi- EVI Strauss & Co., which fashioned the brand and re’s a lot of competition, but gave America its first pair image. It didn’t chase after Levi’s has always been the to certify that they zing “legal, impartial, equitable, honest and smooth” L protect free speech on elections for the next Chief Executive (far too many of blue jeans, is public again, the yoga trend but rather brand in denim. “ their campuses or risk adjectives for an uncompetitive selection process), for the second time. focused on enhancing the The timing might be right losing federal research while successfully celebrating the 20th anniversary of The 166-year-old company, fit of its women’s jeans with for Levi’s. Jeans sales appear funding, White House the handover (can you see the millions flowing from which owns the Dockers and stretchier fabrics. Bergh also to be on an upswing in the officials said. the Macau Foundation to these patriotic communal Denizen brands, previously has created buzz with part- U.S., increasing 2.2 percent associations?). Secondly, he insisted on ensuring the went public in 1971, but the nerships with celebrities like to $16.7 billion last year after healthy and sustainable economic development of namesake founder’s descen- Justin Timberlake while in- four straight years of decli-

Macao, with the people’s livelihood at heart (Ouh la la, AP PHOTO gaming concessionaires might be asked to dedicate dants took it private again in creasing Levi’s marketing at nes, according to data from more than 10% of their operations to non-gaming ac- 1985. events like Coachella, where Euromonitor. tivities and then divert part of their war chest to open The stock, which is listed Beyonce performed in the “Things go in waves,” says more casinos in Portuguese-speaking countries!). under the ticker “LEVI,” ope- brand’s cut-off shorts. Marie Driscoll, managing di- Thirdly, he focused on promoting the development of ned for trading yesterday up rector of luxury and fashion the Greater Bay Area (the insistence on the 49 points 31 percent on very strong at Coresight Research. “The BREXIT European Union that concern Macao in the master plan are chilling demand and recently chan- At the same athleisure trend made denim leaders said yesterday as it will be unpatriotic not to implement them!); and ged hands at USD22.90, up not as comfortable. But de- they were likely to grant finally, on making sure the youth of Macao, whose $5.90. The offering priced at time, Levi’s nim brands have responded Britain a short delay in future will necessarily depend on their “love for the na- $17, above an originally ex- by adding stretch.” its departure from the tion and love for Macao” (anything scarier than that?), has been pected range of $14 to $16. It wasn’t long ago when Le- bloc if May’s cabinet is properly trained and educated. The New York Stock Ex- expanding vi’s was struggling with a big wins parliamentary The “four supports” articulated by Fu Ziying, the support next week for director of the Liaison Office, strictly echoed the change community, inclu- debt load and had grown too ding more than 300 traders, online and reliant on department stores. its EU divorce deal. But four tasks delineated by Chui, as if one should not warned that both Britain suspended its “no jeans During its worst slump, the go without the other if the “superiority and vitality” of juggling and the EU are heading the “one country, two systems” formula is to be fully allowed” policy to celebrate company’s sales went from toward a disruptive no- demonstrated. Even more anaemic were the spee- Levi Strauss returning to the between $6.8 billion in 1997, when deal Brexit if lawmakers ches of Ma Iao Lai, a standing committee member of public markets. More than it helped to drive the Casual spurn the agreement the CPPCC for Macao, whose main contribution was 120 employees from Levi’s selling to low- Friday trend with its Dockers again. to praise the united front work of the Conference to global offices, including its khakis, to $4.07 billion in efficiently promote “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism CEO Chip Bergh, took part in end and high- 2004. with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”, whereas the event, wearing jeans and Levi’s is hoping to prove to

Ho Iat Seng, the only standing committee member of end stores AP PHOTO the NPC for Macao, self-congratulated himself and donning white T-shirt with Wall Street there’s staying fellow Macao delegates for having introduced no less the company’s red bat wing power for a legacy name that than 78 recommendations in the NPC, supposedly logo. At the same time, Levi’s has dates back to 1853 when its all highly appreciated by the staff of the General Of- The IPO comes as the iconic been expanding online and namesake founder started a fice of the Assembly. Former CE Edmund Ho tried brand is staging a comeback juggling between selling to wholesales dry goods busi- to steal the show by warning that all acts committed under Bergh even as it faces low-end and high-end stores. ness in San Francisco. Strauss AFRICA A week after against “unity and stability” should be banned, but increasing competition and It’s also been opening its own and tailor Jacob Davis inven- Cyclone Idai hit coastal his position also contradicted his earlier claim that a changing retail landscape. stores. ted jeans 20 years later after Mozambique’s city he believed “the people of Macao had the wisdom Women are opting for yoga All of that has helped Levi receiving a patent to create of Beira (pictured), and ability to elect” the right person as the new Chief pants or other comfortab- Strauss turn in a 14 percent cotton denim workpants and swept across the Executive: since when are the “Macao people” voting le athletic sportswear that increase in sales to $5.6 with copper rivets in certain country to Zimbabwe, in that election? the death, damage Ultimately, the real takeaway lies in this family photo, can be worn every day. And billion for the year ended areas like the pocket corner the brand is also contending Nov. 25, 2018. to make them stronger. By and flooding continues in which the only ones talking are the representatives in southern Africa, of the three families that have run Macao since the with a shrinking number of “Focusing on product im- the 1920s, Levi’s original 501 making it one of the 1960s, anointing the future CE in front of the central department stores, once its provements and diversifi- jeans had become top-selling most destructive natural authorities’ representative. The race is on! traditional venue of distribu- cation have been excellent men’s workpants, according disasters in the region’s tion. moves,” said Ken Perkins, to its corporate website. AP recent history.