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CRIME in Lebanon 2014 315 Fatalities | 1178 Car Thefts issue number 152 |March 2015 PUBLIC DEBT: USD 100 BILLION IN NEXT THREE YEARS WOMEN IN WORLD’s PARLIAMENTS THE MONTHLY INTERVIEWS JIANG JIANG CHINA’s AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON www.monthlymagazine.com • Published by Information International sal CRIME IN LEBANON 2014 315 FATALITIES | 1178 CAR THEFTS Lebanon 5,000LL | Saudi Arabia 15SR | UAE 15DHR | Jordan 2JD| Syria 75SYP | Iraq 3,500IQD | Kuwait 1.5KD | Qatar 15QR | Bahrain 2BD | Oman 2OR | Yemen 15YRI | Egypt 10EP | Europe 5Euros March INDEX 2015 4 CRIME IN LEBANON 2014: 315 FATALITIES AND 1178 CAR THEFTS 6 THE LEBANESE SEACOAST: 135 PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED; MOST OF THEM SYRIANS AND LEBANESE 7 PUBLIC DEBT: USD 100 BILLION IN NEXT THREE YEARS 10 TAMMAM SALam’s goVERNMENT MARKS ITS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE 11 UNDISBURSED ELECTORAL EXPENSES 13 WOMEN IN WORLd’s PARLIAMENTS 20 THE PARLIAMENT OF SRI LANKA P: 25 P: 13 21 EMILE JERJES LAHOUD 23 C ANCER OF THE ESOPHAGUS: DR. HANNA SAADAH 24 FLEXIBLE EMPIRE (4/4)): ANTOINE BOUTROS 25 INTERVIEW: JIANG JIANG China’s AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON 28 THE LEBANESE ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT (AL-MAJMOUA) 30 POPULAR CUltURE 31 DEBUNKING MYTH#91: CAN STRESS MAKE ONE P: 41 MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PHYSICAL ILLNESS? 32 MUST-READ BOOKS: ISLAM AND THE 44 TERRORIST GROUPS PRETENDING TO PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNANCE STAND FOR ISLAM (2) DR. MOHAMMAD AMARA THE HOUTHIS: TERRORISTS OR REFORMISTS? 33 MUST-READ CHILdren’s bOOK: A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT 45 REAL ESTATE PRICES - JANUARY 2015 34 LEBANON FAMILIES: TERJMAN FAMILYS 49 PRICES OF 100 FOOD AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS IN 2014 35 DISCOVER LEBANON: OUYOUN SAMAK 50 DID YOU KNOW THAT?: THE TOP FIVE 36 DISCOVER THE WORLD: GRENADA MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2014 37 JANUARY 2015 HIGHLIGHTS 50 RAFIC HARIRI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 41 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY- LEBANON TRAFFIC - JANUARY 2015 FIRST ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON AND RESOLUTION 425 51 lebanon’s sTATS 43 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY- ARAB WORLD BIRTH OF SAMIRA MOUSSA, THE MISS CURIE OF THE EAST, ON MARCH 3, 1917 |EDITORIAL FAWZI CHALAK (1942-2015) IF MAN WERE TO BLOSSOM LIKE ROSES He began his journey at the Lisan Al-Hal, a Lebanese newspaper. Later, he was introduced to radio listeners in the heyday of Radio du Liban, as a scriptwriter for Ma’a As-Sabah, a morning program hosted by Nahida Fadli Dajjani. He headed the cultural Section at Al-Liwaa newspaper in the early 1980s before moving to Paris where he became Program Director at Radio Orient. In 2011, he decided to return to Lebanon and lay the foundations of his new house in his native village, Kefraya, Koura, so he could finally ‘take a rest.’ But destiny had different plans, dictating his demise on the morning of February 22, 2015. I can still recall him reading poetry to us in the early seventies when he addressed death saying ‘I pity you for you never cease to spin ... Are you not tired yet!’ Some time later, he released his first Diwan- a collection of poems- entitled If Man were to Blossom like Roses. Subtle, gracious and tactful, Fawzi Chalak withered like a delicate rose. “Tread softly, walk gently, for I believe the soil of this earth is nothing but the crumbled dust of these bodies,” said Abou Al-Alaa Al-Ma’arri. During his short stay in Lebanon, Fawzi Chalak edited The Monthly magazine, Tahawoulat Mashriqiya and a number of publications by the publishing house, Kutub. He belonged to a generation that sought and dreamed of a better world, yet suffered the ordeal of seeing this dream shattered in Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon due the world going crazy and the decline in critical thinking. He will be sorely missed and his absence will be felt by The Monthly’s family, his kinship and friends and all the devotees of literature. Fawzi Chalak will be forever admired for his rich repertoire, gracefulness and uniqueness. To his wife Souad and his children, Karma, Rama and Rami, may you find consolation in knowing that he was a man who loved, labored and excelled. 4 | LEADER CRIME IN LEBANON 2014 315 FATALITIES AND 1178 CAR THEFTS The negative aspects of life that are affecting the Lebanese and weighing the country down are too many to list. Stark political divisions have reached their peak, aborting presidential elections, and thereby leaving the presidential seat vacant since May 2014. Parliament has extended its own term of office and no agreement has yet been reached over a new electoral law. The government is functioning carefully, fearing to disturb the delicate balance that is keeping it together. The financial and economic conditions are not faring any better; public debt has skyrocketed to USD 65 billion (according to official figures) and is likely to keep its upward ascent reaching USD 100 billion in the coming years. There has been no approved budget for the past ten years and the deficit has been on the rise amidst declining economic growth and higher unemployment figures. To add fuel to the fire, the spillover from the Syrian crisis has overburdened Lebanon with more than 1.2 million refugees, which has resulted in worsening security conditions and thus serious implications for the people including an alarming increase in the crime rate. Number of deaths from crime: 315 deaths The average death toll caused by crime was 137 between 2006 and 2010. This number has increased with the arrival of Syrian refugees reaching 383 in 2013, i.e. up by 288 from 2010 or 303% as illustrated in Table 1. Number of deaths between 2006 and 2014 Table 1 % of increase Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (2010-2014) Death toll 131 126 252 81 95 136 190 383 315 +231 Source: ISF Directorate General Vehicle thefts: 1178 1042 vehicle thefts were reported in 2006, of which 444 vehicles were recovered. The number of targeted vehicles increased over the following years only to go back to the same level in 2010. Car thefts went back up again after 2010, with 2247 cars stolen in 2013, i.e. up by 1201 cars or 115% from 2010. Net losses increased by 273% as illustrated in Table 2. The year 2014 showed a decline in car thefts to 1178, a progress that could be attributed to tightened security measures. Stolen and recovered vehicles between 2006 and 2014 Table 2 % of increase Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (2010-2014) # of vehicle thefts 1042 1337 1707 1527 1046 1684 1984 2247 1178 +12.6 # of recovered 444 659 795 875 613 771 810 626 532 -13.2 vehicles Net thefts 598 678 912 652 434 913 1174 1621 646 +49 Source: ISF Directorate General issue 152 | The Monthly is published by Information International s.a.l. LEADER | 5 Pick-pocketing: 594 incidents Pick-pocketing incidents decreased from 1287 in 2006 to 848 in 2010 and further to 784 and 594 in 2013 and 2014 respectively. This decline is partly attributed to the growing awareness among people, particularly former victims, against pickpockets but mainly to the security measures taken against thieves on motorbikes, the most common way for opportunistic thieves to snatch purses and flee. Figures in 2014 suggested continuous decline in pick- pocketing incidents. Table 3 illustrates the evolution of pick-pocketing incidents between 2006 and 2014. Evolution of pick-pocketing incidents between 2006 and 2014 Table 3 % of increase Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (2010-2014) Pick-pocketing 1287 968 1134 1105 848 865 1100 784 594 -30 incidents Source: ISF Directorate General Thefts: 2286 incidents There was a significant increase in thefts between 2009 and 2013 with 2273 thefts reported in the latter, up by 20.6% or 389 thefts, from 2010. Compared to 2006, the incidents grew by a drastic 65.5% as illustrated in Table 4. Indicators for 2014 revealed a decline in thefts compared to 2010, 2011 and 2012. Evolution of theft incidents between 2006 and 2014 Table 4 % of increase Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (2010-2014) Thefts 1374 1218 1888 1884 2468 2568 2522 2273 2286 -7.3 Source: ISF Directorate General Robberies: 1243 incidents Robberies amounted to 1177 in 2013 compared to 583 in 2010 and 329 in 2006, i.e. up by 102% and 258% respectively. A rise in robberies was evident in 2014 with 1243 reported incidents. Evolution of robberies between 2006 and 2014 Table 5 % of increase Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (2010-2014) Robberies 329 371 436 556 583 846 1174 1177 1243 +113 Source: ISF Directorate General These staggering numbers attest clearly to the fragility and deterioration of security conditions in the country and sound the alarm for the need of sterner measures that will fend off the threats and help in combating major crimes and thefts. More than half of the incidents have been allegedly committed by Syrians and other foreign workers. issue 152 | March 2015 6 | PUBLIC SECTOR THE LEBANESE SEACOAST 135 PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED; MOST OF THEM SYRIANS AND LEBANESE Lebanon boasts a beautiful 220km long coastline along the Mediterranean Sea. Part of its coast is occupied by tourist facilities, some of which are legal and others illegal without requisite licenses. Access to these facilities is limited to subscribers or those willing to pay a high entrance fee. The other part is accessible to those lacking the means to enter private pool resorts. Because it lacks the necessary means of rescue, swimming in this part carries significant risks, particularly for people who cannot swim.
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