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DESPITE PRICE HIKES AND CALLS TO GOV’T TO STEP UP WASTE ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE PANDEMIC HAS BOYCOTT SUPERMARKETS, 1 IN EVERY 5 LEFT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AT PARTICULAR PATACAS SPENT USING THE E-VOUCHER HAS SEPARATION BY PARTNERING RISK BECAUSE SO MANY HAVE POOR GONE TO THE SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY WITH CONDOMINIUMS HEALTH AND PRECARIOUS HEALTHCARE P2 P4 P6 AP PHOTO

China’s exports rebounded in April to rise 3.5% over a year earlier, but forecasters warned that strength is unlikely to last as the coronavirus pandemic depresses global consumer demand. Exports to the United States rose 2.2%, while imports of American goods fell 11% in a sign of weak Chinese industrial and BORDERS consumer demand despite the lifting of most anti- virus controls, government data showed yesterday.

China is touting its assistance to countries struck by the WIDE SHUT coronavirus, saying it has Buses resume Macau-HK service while provided direct government aid to 150 nations, including P4 millions of testing kits. China all residents can test to enter Zhuhai has been providing within its means, including, 3.3 million testing kits, 2.6 million gowns, 53 million masks and 729 ventilators, among other supplies. Additionally, $50 has been donated directly to the World Health Organization.

South Korea is expanding its humanitarian shipments of masks to other countries amid waning domestic cases of the coronavirus. The food and drug safety minister, Lee Eui-kyung, told reporters yesterday that a total of 70 countries had requested mask shipments. Lee says South Korea will focus on assisting countries with bigger outbreaks that urgently need masks. She says diplomatic and security relations will also be considered. AP PHOTO BLOOMBERG

Singapore The number of people infected in Singapore surged past A Macau-based BLOOMBERG 20,000 as more foreign priest from the workers living in crowded Society of Our dormitories were Lady of the Most diagnosed. The city-state A Priest reported 788 new cases Holy Trinity was to take its total to 20,198. removed due to Foreign workers living in Least his relationships dorms accounted for nearly with women 90% of the cases. Officials Electric buses pose expected the upsurge as and alleged Holy embezzlement no problem to Middle they test residents in the locked-down dormitories. of funds Bridge, engineer says P4 More on backpage P3 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 08.05.2020 fri

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Education bureau to release further details on lunch provision

ANTHONY LAM secondary schools, because older children, who might care HE Education and Youth for their younger siblings, will TAffairs Bureau (DSEJ) and LAM ANTHONY be at school during daytime, educators across Macau are in leaving nobody at home to take regular communication in res- care of younger children. pect to providing lunch to small The readers hope the DSEJ children under special daycare will ask all schools that provi- services, the bureau stated in a de special daycare services to reply to the Times. offer lunch to children or re- The Times became aware sume meal services at tuition of the issue when it received centers. an email from a group of rea- “Otherwise, the friendly ders. In the email, the readers measure will be ironic - it is expressed their concerns over not friendly at all,” the group lunch for their children un- of readers wrote. “Working pa- der the ‘friendly measure’ em- rents who are working far away ployed by the DSEJ, which re- [or] do not have the same lun- fers to the special daycare that ch time [as] their kids are hel- it has “recommended” schools pless [regarding a lunch arran- provide. gement].” Senior secondary education With regards to that, Wong resumed on May 4, while junior said that his bureau has con- secondary levels will start a tacted schools that provide week later on May 11. Resump- daycare services to allow their tion for other education levels students to bring simple meals is still pending. to school for lunch, although In response to this special the bureau will remain in con- situation, the DSEJ has instruc- tact with stakeholders about ted schools with children’s faci- Usually for lunch periods, ch services, therefore tuition of such conditions at a gover- further arrangements. lities to offer daycare services working parents who cannot centers with such services nment daily press conference. This arrangement will allow to families with such needs. retrieve their children from normally fill this gap in the Wong Ka Ki, head of the De- these children to have their In fact, many families have school for lunch, due to either market.. However, according partment of Education at the own lunches at schools or dual working parents with no geographical distance or work to Macau Daily Times readers, DSEJ, stated that the bureau tuition centers, depending grandparents or domestic hel- arrangements, can buy lunch “the DSEJ does not allow tuto- would announce further de- on where they normally stay pers to help take care of small services for their children from rial centers to provide lunch tails “at an appropriate time.” during lunchtime. “We’ll try children in their families. As a their children’s schools or near- services.” Nonetheless, the readers fear our best to make the arrange- result, the DSEJ came up with by tuition centers. The education regulator in- that the issue will deteriorate ments as similar to normal as the ‘friendly measure’ idea. Not all schools provide lun- directly admitted the existence after the resumption of junior possible,” Wong said.

Supermarkets popular choice for e-voucher spending ESPITE criticism cher scheme by raising MOP295 million in the trical appliances. Some Dof price hikes and the price of their mer- market, in a total of 2.37 MOP26 million has been calls to boycott local su- chandise right at the start million transactions. The spent in this industry in permarkets, 1 in every 5 of the scheme. supermarket industry slightly more than 94,000 patacas spent using the The e-voucher, widely alone has absorbed 22% – transactions. The indus- e-voucher has gone to referred to as the con- which equates to MOP65 try has benefited from the the supermarket industry sumption card, is a pro- million – of the city’s third-highest proportion over the first five days of ject initiated by the go- e-voucher income in the of money spent relating to card use, the Macao Eco- vernment in the hopes said period. the scheme. nomic Bureau (DSE) an- of helping small and me- The majority of the re- The first phase of the nounced yesterday. As far dium-sized enterprises in sidents have opted to use scheme, which started on as transaction quantity is the city with the impacts the card when they dine, May 1 and will be in ef- concerned, the industry caused by the Covid-19 as nearly one in three fect until July 31, will put is ranked second, with the pandemic, which has e-voucher transactions MOP3,000 into each re- most money spent in the cordoned off cities and went to the food and be- gistered Macau resident’s food and beverage indus- suspended travel due to verage industry, which pocket, with a daily spen- try. border closures, quaran- has generated MOP63 ding cap of MOP300. The Supermarkets were cri- tine measures and social million from 653,000 tran- second phase will start ticized by netizens this distancing requirements. sactions. directly after, with an ove- week for allegedly taking The first five days of Many have also used rall individual spending advantage of the e-vou- card use has generated the card to purchase elec- amount of MOP5,000. AL

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prise providing inspection ser- vices. The test will be conducted at the Taipa Ferry Terminal, near Covid-19 testing expands to serve the Immigration Service Buil- ding of the Public Security Po- lice Force, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. every day. anyone wishing to cross the border Results of the test will be ANTHONY LAM issued on the Macau Colored Health Code platform. The SSM TARTING today, Co- reminds residents that after a BLOOMBERG vid-19 testing will be week’s validity, the test result extended to all Macau will disappear automatically on residents who want or the platform. Shave a need to cross the bor- Regarding complaints of the der into mainland China. Just test site being inconvenient, a day earlier, the Health Bureau the hospital medical director (SSM) had announced that the suggested cross-border stu- tests would only be available dents residing in Zhuhai and for those that work or study on Zhongshan take the test in de- one side, but live on the other. signated hospitals in mainland Lo Iek Long, medical direc- cities instead of in Macau, whi- tor of the Conde São Januário ch should be more convenient Hospital, explained during yes- for them. terday’s daily press briefing on “They do one test on a Covid-19-related matters that weekend and use the result for the decision was made “after a week,” the doctor suggested. seeing the seamless implemen- “On the next weekend, they do tation of the new measure,” another test in Zhuhai, and the hinting that the authority shou- result is valid for another week.” ld be able to handle requests for The medical doctor, however, testing. did not explain how such test Moreover, because “autho- results would be shown on the rities in Zhuhai are termina- Macau Colored Health Code ting test services at the borders platform, which is different from tomorrow [today, May 8],” from, and not connected to, if Macau residents need to visit the counterpart platform for the neighboring city, they will Zhuhai and Zhongshan. have no way to take the test to two types of people, namely cau residents, who will need to if they think they need to do The authority has not dis- meet Zhuhai’s border-crossing cross-border students and present their Macau ID cards. the test, should ensure they can closed whether there will be requirement. workers (including teachers) in Foreigners and non-resident make their appointment before an end date for the scheme. “However, I must reiterate Macau, Zhuhai or Zhongshan, workers will not be included in booking. Failure to show up for Previously, the government has that other travel restrictions as well as a parent or guardian the scheme. a testing appointment will wai- mandated such tests for tea- are still in place in Zhuhai. It of a cross-border student. The first test will be free- ve their first free-of-charge test. chers, employees of social wel- doesn’t mean that this test will With that said, people trying -of-charge, with subsequent These tests will be required fare organizations and fishery exempt Macau residents from to cross the border will be re- tests each priced at MOP180. for cross-border students and workers returning to Macau. meeting extra criteria,” Lo sta- quired to undergo a 14-day For cross-border students and teachers for the foreseeable fu- Yesterday, the SSM disclosed ted, referring to the 14-day qua- quarantine period before mo- workers, a test must be conduc- ture, health officials said. Tests that the next phase of testing rantine measures still in place ving around in Zhuhai and ted every seven days to renew are conducted in collaboration will be conducted upon new re- in the neighboring city. Zhongshan. their border-crossing eligibility. with the China Certification sidents and group housing faci- Authorities in Zhuhai have For the time being, the test The medical doctor also and Inspection Group (Macau) lities, such as aged-care homes only waived such measures for will only be available to Ma- stressed that Macau residents, Co. Ltd., a state-owned enter- and prisons.

Catholic priest removed from post for alleged misconduct

LYNZY VALLES dress the case. Catholic Pastoral Center However, due to travel for Filipino Migrants. Macau-based priest restrictions, the meeting In a Chancery Notice, A who left for the Phili- did not occur. it noted that Bishop Ste- ppines on January 26 was Thus, in view of the phen Lee Bun Sang has formally removed from “gravity of the actions,” authorized the release of his post this week as the SOLT started the process de Vera. leader of the Catholic Pas- of removing the priest “He does not exercise toral Center for Filipino from the congregation. any ministry in the Ca- Migrants due to sexual A source told the Times tholic Diocese of Macau, misconduct and alleged yesterday that de Vera left nor is he permitted to embezzlement. for the Philippines on Ja- perform any sacraments The priest from the So- nuary 26 and that he had or solicit any form of do- ciety of Our Lady of the already “submitted a re- nation or stipends from Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) quest for dispensation the faithful for religious was removed due to his as he has left the pries- services with immediate relationships with women superior of SOLT, based In the letter dating from Marselek added that he thood.” effect (cf. Code of Canon and alleged embezzle- in Corpus Christi, United March, Fr. Andrew Virtuz learned of the case at the On Wednesday, the Law cc. 678; 682, 2),” the ment of funds, as cited in States, confirmed to the de Vera was also accused end of January, and that Diocese of Macau an- notice read. a letter by a local group, media outlet the veracity of embezzling donations the regional superior of nounced that the former The Times sought com- Federation of Catholic Fi- of the accusations made from masses and funds rai- SOLT in the Philippines priest of the Society of ment from the Diocese of lipinos of Macau, to which in the letter, revealing that sed for migrants in the SAR was scheduled to meet Our Lady of the Most Holy Macau, but was only ad- TDM Radio had access. the priest himself admit- – although this matter was with the Bishop of Macau Trinity is no longer asso- vised to refer to its Chan- Fr. Peter Marselek, the ted to the allegations. not confirmed by Marselek. in early February to ad- ciated with the Diocesan cery Notice. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 08.05.2020 fri

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Electric buses pose no problem to middle Bridge, local engineer says RENATO MARQUES weigh the same, [I don’t see any tary over the bridge’s capacity to difference].” sustain the buses’ weight. ACAU’S electric-powered According to information pro- In his opinion, which the engi- Mbuses (EV-Buses) should vided by the Chinese manufac- neer has previously expressed to pose no significant threat to the turer, Changsha BYD Coach Co., the relevant authorities, the Go- stability of the Governador Nobre Ltd, one of the world leaders in vernador Nobre de Carvalho Bri- AGENCY PHOTO MACAU de Carvalho Bridge, a local civil the sale of electric vehicles, a cur- dge “[in the future] should be de- engineer has told the Times. rent 12-meter EV-Bus model has a dicated to bicycles, motorcycles In a reply to legislator Ng Kuok curb weight of 13,800 kilograms. and pedestrian traffic only.” He Cheong at the Legislative Assem- A similar size diesel-powered added that this would be possib- bly on Wednesday, Secretary for bus has a curb weight that ranges le, “when the underwater tunnel Transport and Public Works, Rai- between 11,000 and 11,500 kilo- [linking] the landfill by the brid- mundo do Rosário, pointed out grams, according to several ma- ge (currently used as bus parking that the weight of the EV-Buses is nufacturers’ specifications. area) to Taipa Island […] is built.” a restricting factor in considering Dutch EV-bus manufacturer For the engineer, the six-lane the replacement of fuel-powe- “EBUSCO” also said that their tunnel should have one lane whi- red buses with more eco-friendly Model 2.2 has a curb weight of ch is exclusively reserved for pu- ones. 12,850 kilograms. This shows that blic transportation use. Questioned by the Times on an EV-Bus, on average, is 18% The Governador Nobre de Car- this issue, the local engineer, who heavier than a diesel bus. The to- valho Bridge is the first road link requested not to be identified, tal weight difference is reduced between the Macau Peninsula said the weight should not be very since the fuel tank in diesel buses and Taipa and entered into opera- different. “I find it strange,” said carry about 300 liters of fuel when tion in 1974. the engineer. “The weight of the at full capacity. After being closed to all traffic buses [EV-Buses] should be the In the light of such facts, the in 2005, the bridge was reopened same or very similar to the ones engineer added that he sees no in 2006 but for the exclusive use of powered by natural gas or die- relevant difference to justify the public buses, taxis, and emergen- sel and since the passengers also concerns expressed by the Secre- cy vehicles.

ENVIRONMENT Golden bus shuttles Gov’t to step up waste separation resume on delta bridge HE shuttle bus service ope- Meanwhile, previously an- Trating between Macau and nounced travel and quarantine by partnering with condominiums Hong Kong via the Hong Kong- measures for local residents, -Zhuhai-Macau Bridge recom- non-resident workers and tou- RENATO MARQUES Many also noted that mences operations today, a rists are still in place. people would have to month after being suspended. Macau Resident Identity Card O increase envi- subject themselves The bus will operate on li- (BIR) holders can enter into Tronmental pro- to a long process of mited schedules starting from Macau but will have to undergo tection works and the paperwork and for- 10:30 a.m., followed by services a 14-day quarantine measure, collection of recyclable m-filling and receive at 12 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and while blue card holders are still domestic waste, the nothing in exchange 8:10 p.m., the operator announ- completely prohibited from en- Environmental Protec- for their efforts. This is ced in a statement. tering Macau. tion Bureau (DSPA) will the reason that most Commonly known as the Gol- Non-resident workers who start a program in part- people continue to just den Bus due to the color of the are from mainland China (ex- nership with several discard their devices company’s vehicles, the shuttle cept Hubei), Hong Kong and condominiums, DSPA together with common bus deployed its final service on Taiwan are also not allowed en- director Raymond Tam domestic waste. April 6, which left no options for try if they have been in foreign said at the Legislative Secretary for Trans- passengers who wanted to travel countries or regions (outside Assembly this week. in the current system, The program ex- port and Public Works, between the two SARs, as ferry China) for the 14 days prior to Responding to stating that the existing pectations have fallen Raimundo do Rosário, services were also suspended. entering the SAR. lawmaker Ma Chi Seng, recycling collection short of its goals at also admitted that en- Usually, the Golden Bus runs Meanwhile, foreign tourists Tam said that the DSPA points are “too small” launch in October vironmental protection 24 hours a day and seven days a are banned from entering Ma- has already invited and the bureau will be 2017, the chief of the has not been a top prio- week. cau, but citizens of China, Hong about one-third of all working on the installa- Environmental Infras- rity over the last five Ferry services between Ma- Kong and Taiwan are not. condominium mana- tion of new models as tructure Management years since “there were cau and Hong Kong have been There has not yet been a date gement buildings to well as increasing the Centre of the DSPA, so many problems re- suspended indefinitely as of mi- announced for when the ban commence a selective number of recycling Chan Kwok Ho told the lated to lands, housing dnight, February 4. will be lifted. AL project for the collec- points around Macau Times. The program ai- and transport to solve,” tion of recyclable waste. to raise awareness of med to collect at least which were more pres-

According to Tam, waste and recyclables. 50,000 electronic devi- sing issues. XINHUA the condominium bui- Meanwhile, evalua- ces, including compu- Replying to the lding’s management ting the program for ters, mobile phones, lawmakers, Tam also will provide help to se- the recycling of elec- sound systems, and added that the gover- parate the recyclable tronic equipment, Tam other communication nment would analyze waste, which DSPA will said that, so far, the devices during the trial the need to enforce a collect directly from program, which was run period of one year. new tax for waste col- the buildings. This will initiated at the end of Since the beginning, lection to cope with make it easier for the 2017, has collected a the program has recei- the growing amount of public to locate suita- total of 9,500 pieces of ved a lot of criticism waste, as well as the di- ble recycling collection electronic equipment from the public, who fficulties and expenses points. from which 2,000 were considered the proce- incurred in treating and Tam admitted flaws of a large size. dures too bureaucratic. discarding them. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 fri 08.05.2020 澳門 MACAU

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GAMING

Electric buses pose no problem to Wynn reports BLOOMBERG middle Bridge, local engineer says $154 million in first quarter losses OCAL casino operator Wynn Macau has re- Lported $154.1 million (1.23 billion patacas) in losses for the first quarter of this year, down from $190.6 million in profit a year earlier. However, adjusted EBITDA remained positive at $29.4 million, even as it was down 92.4% from the $386.5 million a year earlier. The drastic shift in net profit is in line with other casinos operators in the SAR, which have struggled to adjust to near-zero levels of tourism caused by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the operator’s income is thought to have come in the first month of the year, after February and March reported a collapse in visi- MGTO discards tourism tax idea tation to the SAR. ths, weighing heavy on touris- The plunge in tourist ar- The tourism authority had Visitor arrivals in March dropped 93.7% in LYNZY VALLES m-related industries. rivals was a massive blow to implied that the tax might year-on-year terms in March, marking only a OLLOWING the re- Overshadowed by the dis- the local tourism industry, not serve to achieve its pur- minor improvement over February, when casi- view of a study from ruption caused by the Hong affecting other related sectors pose of moderating the num- nos were forcibly closed for 15 days. last year, the Macao Kong protests last year, mon- including hotel, catering and ber of visitors to Macau. In its 2019 annual report filed last month, Government Tourism thly visitor arrivals in 2019 ex- retail industries. MGTO’s director Maria American parent Wynn Resorts said the coro- FOffice (MGTO) has announ- perienced a gradual decline in Previously, MGTO warned Helena de Senna Fernandes navirus was having an “adverse effect” on the ced that it will no longer consi- terms of year-on-year compa- that the imposition of a tax has previously hinted that group’s business and that it was not certain that der the possibility of imposing risons. could affect a range of factors the purpose of the tourism demand for gambling in Macau would recover a tourism tax. In the wake of the Covid-19 in the SAR including the heal- tax, if levied, would not be quickly even after certain business conditions In considering the city’s goal outbreak this year, visitor arri- th of the city’s economy and to reduce the number of vi- improve. of sustainable tourism develo- vals dropped even more dras- its “destination image.” It also sitors. The director has also On Wednesday, Wynn Resorts announced pment, MGTO has concluded tically; from 2.85 million in said that collection of the tax said on several occasions that that it had suspended its quarterly dividend that “regulating [the] increase January down to only 210,000 would prove an administrati- she opposes the introduction program “due to the financial impact of the co- in visitor numbers by levying in March. ve challenge. of a tourism tax. ronavirus pandemic.” DB tourist tax may not be the most effective measure applicable to Macau.” ad “After comprehensive con- templation of the study’s fin- Analyst: dings, the characteristics of local tourism as well as the investors turn of the situation, the SAR government decided to end should brace its consideration of tourist tax imposition,” MGTO said in a for high statement. “At the current stage, the volatility amid SAR government is striving to stock purchases bolster recovery of the [tou- rism] trade through different Sanford C. Bernstein analyst suggests that measures such as tax reduc- Agaming stocks in the Macau SAR are “ter- tion and economic support, ribly strong buys,” however investors should and avoid bringing any adver- be prepared to weather high volatility over the se effects upon the tourism in- course of the next year. dustry,” MGTO added. Bernstein analyst Vitaly Umansky has said Last year, the bureau com- that the gaming hub can return to the numbers pleted the Feasibility Study on achieved in 2019 by 2021 - if the economy con- Tourist Tax Imposition, whi- tinues to stay strong. ch showed that 95% of local “At a longer-term perspective, if you look 12 residents said they support months or 18 months out, all these stocks […] the imposition of a visitor tax, seem to me to be very terribly strong buys at whereas just 5% opposed the a longer term view. Now the problem you’re measure. going to get is there are a lot of uncertainties The findings revealed a di- over the next couple of quarters through the vergence of opinions among end of this year,” Umansky told CNBC. different stakeholders in socie- “Buying opportunities exist but in the shor- ty. The study drew reference to ter term we will have high volatility. […] I think eleven improvement strategies investors looking into the sector are going to be proposed by the World Tou- stuck with fairly volatile security holdings over rism Organization (UNWTO) the next six to 12 months as the recovery slowly to cope with overtourism, and progresses,” he added. revealed that more cities opted The analyst attributed the 97% year-on-year for the strategies of “promoting gaming revenue plunge to the travel restric- the dispersal of visitors within tions imposed by the central government and the city and beyond” and “im- Hong Kong, which has left Macau with very proving urban infrastructure few players. Once travel restrictions are lifted, and facilities.” Umansky expects that these numbers will qui- Visitor arrivals in Macau ckly start to escalate. LV have plunged in recent mon- page 6 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo PANDEMIC 疫病大流行 08.05.2020 fri

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Pandemic poses special threat AP PHOTO to indigenous health, culture AP PHOTO Fractures in many nations Indigenous peoples from the Buntao’ community in Indonesia’s North Toraja regency in South Sulawesi Province use a wooden barrier to block off their village

VICTORIA MILKO, JAKARTA genous people, Mason Durie, in the Amazon rainforest who a professor of Māori Studies at have long contended with en- N Indonesia’s easternmost Massey University who is him- croachment on their lands by widen as virus Iprovince, felled trees are self Māori, but social factors are loggers, miners and farmers. stacked to block a road that generally considered more im- The disease poses a serious leads to Papuan villages. On portant. risk, but restrictions to curtail the Thai-Myanmar border, the Aware of the added risks, the pandemic are also threa- Karen people have also made many indigenous people — tening the way of life of some makeshift barricades and especially those living near or groups and disrupting im- marked them with signs war- portant cultural practices for lockdowns ease in urban centers — are seeking ning visitors away. isolation, said Rudolph Rÿser, others. Across the globe, the corona- an indigenous activist and exe- In Uganda, the military is virus pandemic has left indige- cutive director of the Center for trying to prevent the Batwa, nous peoples at particular risk World Indigenous Studies. who are going hungry under because so many have poorer “Many people that are able lockdown, from slipping across health and less access to health to are simply running back into the border into Rwanda to get care than their non-indigenous the forest, running back up the food from relatives, said Fai- peers. mountain, trying to get away th Tushabe, who works with a While there are, of course, from the urban settings to get local NGO. Long evicted from JILL LAWLESS, ANGELA Restrictions allowing region have urged Presi- vast differences among indige- away from potential vectors,” their forest homes, the Batwa CHARLTON & ELAINE people to leave home dent Emmanuel Macron nous groups, including lifesty- he said. “They simply closed usually trade labor for food — KURTENBACH, LONDON only for essential er- to delay the reopening le and socioeconomic factors, down, put up obstacles, and and can’t right now. rands, shopping and of schools scheduled for the United Nations estimates block the roads going into their Restrictions on movement EGIONAL and exercise were imposed Monday. Many mayors that the life expectancy of indi- territories.” have also made it difficult for political frac- in the U.K. on March around the country genous people can be up to 20 That has raised the possi- some of the Mbororo — semi- tures are emer- 23. They are expected have already refused years lower than that of their bility that members who don’t -nomadic pastoralists in Ca- ging in many to remain in place at to reopen schools, and Rnations over how fast counterparts. A recommenda- typically live in traditional villa- meroon — to survive, said Sali least until Sunday, when many parents will keep tion from the Australian gover- ges could bring the disease back Django, a program coordinator to lift the lid on coro- Prime Minister Boris their children at home nment underscored the dispa- with them. And some commu- for Mboscuda, a non-govern- navirus-imposed lock- Johnson plans to set out even where they are rities. A message sent in March nities, like aboriginal ones in mental group that supports the downs, as worries about a roadmap for “phase functioning again. warned: “People over aged 70, Australia, may be ill equipped Mbororo. economic devastation two” of the outbreak. The mayors called the ages over 60 with preexisting to keep people safe because of “They need to look for food collide with fears of a The U.K. government timing “untenable and conditions, or Indigenous peo- poor infrastructure and crow- to eat,” he said. second wave of deaths. has said gradual loose- unrealistic,” saying they ple aged over 50 should stay ding in homes, said Dr. Mark The Maasai, a semi-noma- French mayors are re- ning measures will in- were put on a “forced home whenever possible for Wenitong, an aboriginal gene- dic indigenous group in Kenya sisting the government’s clude more road space march” to get schools their own protection.” ral practitioner and adviser to and Tanzania, meanwhile, have call to reopen schools, to walk and cycle while ready without enough The more stringent recom- aboriginal health councils in been forced to halt important but Italian governors maintaining social dis- staff or equipment, and mendation for indigenous Australia. rituals that bring clans together, want Rome to ease lock- tancing, and encoura- complained that the people is likely because so Some indigenous com- including the graduation of down measures faster. gement for sectors in- government guidelines many have the kinds of health munities are practicing social warriors into young men who As the British govern- cluding construction to were too vague and slow problems that experts say can distancing that closely resem- can marry and own property. ment looks to reopen get back to work. in coming. result in more serious conse- bles what’s happening outside The outbreak is forcing ma- the economy, Scottish The U.K.’s official CO- But governments are quences if they contract the co- them. In Indonesia, groups in- jor changes, said Benyamin Ti- leader Nicola Sturgeon VID-19 death toll stands also under pressure to ronavirus. cluding Papuans and the Bun- maiyio, a Maasai youth leader. has warned that acting at 30,076, second only reopen faster and kick- According to U.N. data, more tao’ in South Sulawesi provin- “It will totally interfere with too fast could let the vi- to the United States. -start economies that than half of indigenous adults ce are blocking access to their culture and tradition — and we rus wreak havoc again. Johnson’s government is have been plunged into over 35 worldwide have Type villages. Elsewhere, others, like are living through culture and Sturgeon cautioned facing intense criticism hibernation. 2 diabetes. Indigenous people the Karen people, are also ad- tradition,” he said. that “for the moment we for its about-face on Italian regional go- also experience “disproportio- ding in traditional practices, While some countries have do need to stick with the coronavirus testing and vernors are pressing to nately high levels” of cardiovas- such as performing rituals to earmarked emergency funds current lockdown res- contact tracing — aban- open shops and restau- cular disease, HIV/AIDS and remove bad luck or marking to help indigenous peoples, the trictions.” doned in March but rants, just days after the illnesses such as tuberculosis. village entrances with culturally virus still poses a major threat, Britain — the Euro- now a priority — and country began easing its For most people, the virus significant symbols. said Rukka Sombolinggi, gene- pean country hit har- failure to ensure a stea- two-month lockdown, causes mild or moderate symp- While many marginalized ral secretary of the Indigenous dest by the pandemic — dy supply of personal allowing 4.5 million toms. But for some, especially groups are finding themselves People Alliance of the Archipe- is expected to extend its protective equipment to people to return to work those with health problems and at risk, the stakes may be even lago (AMAN) in Indonesia. nationwide lockdown, medics. in offices and factories. older people, it can cause more higher for indigenous people “They could become ex- but hopes cautiously to Governors are severe illness and lead to death. who were already struggling to tinct,” she said. “Not only the ease some restrictions FRANCE seeking to be allowed to Genetics may play a part maintain their traditions and people, but also their cultu- on economic and social In France, more than present their own plans in poorer health among indi- keep the world at bay, like those re.” AP activity next week. 300 mayors in the Paris for reopening, tailored www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 fri 08.05.2020 疫病大流行 PANDEMIC

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Ship tied to Australia virus deaths sails into Manila Bay cruise ship being inves- no crewmen can disembark Atigated in Australia for for treatment in a hospital or sparking coronavirus infec- to stay in further quarantine tions anchored in Manila Bay depending on the test results. yesterday to bring Filipino “The protocols are strict. Fractures in crew members home. Our teams get onboard, The Ruby Princess joins at undertake swab tests then least 16 other cruise ships at the crewmen wait for three anchor waiting for their more days,” Balilo said by telepho- than 5,000 Filipino crew ne. “If they test positive, we members to be tested for the bring them to a hospital but many nations coronavirus before disem- if they’re OK, we release but barking. they should still go into some Coast guard spokesman days of isolation.” Armand Balilo said 214 Fili- More than 24,000 Filipi- pino crew members on the no workers, including nearly Ruby Princess will be tested 17,000 ship crew and person- widen as virus but may have to wait behind nel, have returned by air and those from other ships. sea after being displaced by The Ruby Princess has the coronavirus pandemic been linked to 19 deaths in and lockdowns worldwide. Australia and two in the Uni- They have overwhelmed ted States. The Australian in- quarantine facilities in me- lockdowns ease vestigation is trying to deter- tropolitan Manila. mine why 2,700 passengers Philippine officials have and crew were allowed to di- stopped incoming interna- sembark in Sydney on March tional flights for a week star- 19 before the test results of ting May 3 in an effort to de- sick passengers were known. congest the quarantine faci- Many passengers flew lities in metropolitan Manila from Sydney overseas. Two and prepare for the arrival of died at home in the United tens of thousands more re- States, including Los Angeles turning Filipino workers in to the rate of infection that governors find hard doubled their projection Secretary of State Mike resident Chung Chen, whose the coming weeks. and economic needs of to decipher — wanting of deaths in the U.S. to Pompeo that there is family is suing Princess Crui- The Philippines is a major their regions. a victory over the virus, about 134,000 through “enormous evidence” ses for more than $1 million source of global labor and while also encouraging early August. So far the that the coronavirus in a lawsuit alleging it failed the huge income remitted by GERMANY AND RUSSIA easing of the lockdown. U.S. has recorded over originated in a Chinese to alert passengers to the risk. millions of workers have kept In Germany, whose 16 70,000 deaths and 1.2 laboratory. An initial batch of 300 Fi- Manila’s economy afloat for state governments are US million confirmed infec- Foreign Minis- lipino crew left the ship last decades and served as a lifeli- responsible for impo- Fractures are also evi- tions. try spokesman Hua month and were taken to Sy- ne for impoverished families. sing and loosening lock- dent in the U.S., where Worldwide, the virus Chunying accused Pom- dney to catch a charter flight Nearly 2,000 Filipinos downs, some governors about half of the 50 sta- has infected more than peo of “making up lies to Manila. have been infected by the have been more impa- tes are easing their shu- 3.6 million people and and covering up a lie by The cruise ships have been coronavirus in 46 foreign tient than others to open tdowns, to the alarm of killed over a quarter- fabricating more lies.” asked to wait in a Manila Bay countries and 215 have died, up businesses such as public health officials. -million, according to a Strict social distan- anchorage area instead of do- many of them workers, ac- restaurants and hotels. Many states have not Johns Hopkins Univer- cing also appears to cking in nearby ports as part cording to the Department At a meeting with put in place the robust sity tally, which experts have vanquished the of strict precautions against of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Chancellor Angela testing and contact tra- agree understates the outbreak in the remo- the virus. Medical and coast A large number of Filipinos Merkel, it was agreed cing that experts belie- dimensions of the pan- te island nation of New guard teams in protective has faced layoffs due to bu- that state leaders would ve is necessary to de- demic because of limi- Zealand, where Prime suits travel by motorboats siness closures abroad and have wide leeway to de- tect and contain new ted testing, differences Minister Jacinda Ardern and carry out tests on board the government has strug- cide when to open more outbreaks. And many in counting the dead and outlined plans for fur- each anchored ship in a labo- gled to bring many of them sectors of the economy. governors have pressed concealment by some ther relaxing lockdown rious effort before the Filipi- home. AP They also will have to ahead with reopening governments. rules, with a decision reimpose restrictions before their states have Europe and North coming perhaps next locally if coronavirus in- met one of the key ben- America are looking ner- week.

fections rebound. chmarks in the adminis- vously to Asian nations New Zealand would AP PHOTO In Russia, where the tration’s guidelines for that are well on the way keep its borders shut, number of new infec- reopening — a 14-day to reopening. restrict gatherings to tions is growing fast, Pre- downward trajectory in 100 people or fewer and sident Vladimir Putin de- new infections. CHINA AND OCEANIA hold professional sports legated the enforcement “If we relax these mea- China, where the vi- events without specta- of lockdowns and other sures without having the rus emerged late last tors. Masks and other restrictions to regional proper public health sa- year, reported just two precautions would be governments, leading to feguards in place, we can new cases yesterday, required as restaurants wide variations across expect many more cases both from overseas, and and schools reopen, she the country. and, unfortunately, more said the whole coun- said. But Ardern called Mikhail Vinogra- deaths,” said Josh Mi- try now is at low risk of for vigilance. dov, head of the St. Pe- chaud, associate director further infections after “We think of oursel- tersburg Politics think of global health policy confirming no new dea- ves as halfway down tank, told the Vedomosti with the Kaiser Family ths from COVID-19 in Everest,” Ardern said. “I newspaper that the Mos- Foundation in Washing- more than three weeks. think it’s clear that no cow government was ton. China also fired back one wants to hike back sending mixed messages Researchers recently against claims by U.S. up that peak.” AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo PANDEMIC 疫病大流行 08.05.2020 fri

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Uber, Airbnb lay off this day in history thousands as virus upends sharing economy CATHY BUSSEWITZ, NEW YORK AP PHOTO N a world where the coronavirus pandemic has turned social dis- tancing into a new way Iof life, companies whose business models bank on 1945 Rejoicing at end people’s willingness to sha- of war in Europe re their personal space are now struggling. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has officially annou- Uber said yesterday nced the end of the war with Germany. it’s cutting 3,700 full-time In a message broadcast to the nation from the Cabinet workers, or about 14% of its room at Number 10, he said the ceasefire had been signed at 0241 yesterday at the American advance headquarters workforce, as people fearful in Rheims. of infection either stay in- Huge crowds, many dressed in red, white and blue, gathe- doors or try to limit contact red outside Buckingham Palace in London and were chee- with others to minimize risk red as the King, Queen and two Princesses came out onto when they do venture out. the balcony. Rival Lyft and home-sha- Earlier tens of thousands of people had listened intently as ring service Airbnb have the King’s speech was relayed by loudspeaker to those who also announced cuts be- had gathered in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square. cause of falling usage. Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky In it he paid tribute to the men and women who had laid The layoffs and related down their lives for victory as well as to all those who had costs like severance will cost “fought valiantly” on land, sea and in the air. about $20 million for Uber, cisco company expects to Both Uber and Lyft are Uber has said it would end The act of unconditional surrender is to be ratified in Berlin which had already impo- spend $28 million to $36 trying to conserve cash so the year with $4 billion in today - but in the interest of saving lives the ceasefire came sed a hiring freeze. The San million on expenses related they can weather the pan- cash. That would still mean into effect yesterday. Francisco-based company to employee severance and demic’s fallout, in part by burning through almost In his speech, Mr Churchill said: “We may allow ourselves a has offered up to 14 days of benefit costs. emphasizing deliveries of $7 billion this year, which brief period of rejoicing; but let us not forget for a moment financial assistance to dri- Lyft’s revenue grew 23% food and other goods. Lyft, could create problems for the toil and efforts that lie ahead. Japan with all her treachery vers and delivery workers to $955.7 million in the first which in the past touted its Uber’s larger ambitions and greed, remains unsubdued. who were diagnosed with quarter, which doesn’t cap- singular focus on transpor- such as self-driving cars “We must now devote all our strength and resources to the COVID-19 disease, or ture the full extent of the tation, started a temporary and air taxis. the completion of our task, both at home and abroad. Ad- placed in quarantine. outbreak. The number of service called “Essential De- Airbnb is slashing staff vance Britannia.” Those ride-hailing dri- active riders grew just 3%, liveries” last month to deli- as the thought of opening Even after dark, floods of people continued to converge vers still on the road are the company said yester- ver goods such as groceries living spaces to strangers on some of London’s great monuments, floodlit specially for the occasion. There were fireworks, too, and effigies of trying to avoid infection day. Lyft lost $398.1 million, to food banks and senior begins to feel like an ana- Hitler burned on bonfires around the capital. and patch together enou- which was better than the centers. Uber is expanding chronism. Later Mr Churchill was greeted by cheering crowds as he gh fares to put dinner on year-ago loss of $1.1 billion Eats, its restaurant delivery Yesterday [Macau time], made his way to Whitehall and appeared on the flag-bede- the table even as ridership when the company had hi- service, into 20 internatio- the company announced it cked balcony of the Ministry of Health. gher expenses related to its nal markets this year. was cutting a quarter of its plummets. “God bless you all,” he said over the loudspeaker, which was workforce, some 1,900 peo- “A lot of us are living on IPO. But the success of their greeted with further cheering and waving from the crowd the razor’s edge of homeles- “While the COVID-19 businesses depends on ple. The San Francisco-ba- and a round of “For he’s a jolly good fellow”. sness,” said Jerome Gage, pandemic poses a formi- people being willing to sed company expects its re- 28, who drives for Uber’s ri- dable challenge to our bu- open up their cars, and dri- venue to drop by more than Courtesy BBC News val Lyft in Los Angeles. “We siness, we are prepared to vers in some parts of the half this year. have to work or we don’t weather this crisis,” said country can make more It was not so long ago eat.” Logan Green, co-founder money collecting unem- that Airbnb was poised to Gage, who as a contract and CEO, in a statement. ployment benefits, said Ste- cash in on a soaring stock In context worker does not have paid “We are responding to the phen Beck, managing part- market with its highly anti- sick leave or health insu- pandemic with an aggressi- ner of cg42,a management cipated public offering. But The act of surrender was signed again in Berlin the following rance, has seen his income ve cost reduction plan that consulting firm. with the market now ree- day before Marshal Georgi Zhukov, representing the Russian plummet as the number of will give us an even leaner The psychology of riders’ ling and few people looking High Command. Also present at the signing were Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur rides he provided fell about expense structure and allow decision-making is also to anywhere but home, Air- Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Expe- 75%. He got one disposable us to emerge stronger.” shifting. Ride-hailing com- bnb is reportedly racking ditionary Force, General Carl Spaatz of the United States Air mask and a few small bo- Ride-hailing companies panies were banking on up millions of dollars in Forces and General Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny of the ttles of sanitizer from Lyft, are facing pushback from people deciding they would losses. French First Army. but said it’s not enough to drivers who want to be clas- rather hitch a ride than own When consumers even- The Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, refused to accept the sur- render signed in Rheims - probably because he suspected keep him safe. sified as employees instead a car, a belief that has chan- tually resume traveling, Air- the motives of the Western Allies and Germany. He insisted “Any trip, you could con- of independent contrac- ged for some consumers bnb CEO Brian Chesky anti- the treaty was ratified in Berlin the following day, so Moscow tract the virus,” Gage said. tors, which some say would during the pandemic. Ri- cipates they will spend less celebrated VE Day one day later than the rest of Europe, on “So every single day we’re speed the process of getting ders also will be making de- and stay closer to home. 9 May. on the road we’re in harm’s unemployment benefits. cisions about what’s safest, Earlier this year, after the A victory parade was held in London on 10 August 1945 when once again huge crowds of cheering, flag-waving way.” California sued Uber and and would have to trust that company told guests they crowds took to the streets. Lyft announced last Lyft on Tuesday, alleging a shared vehicle less risky could cancel their stays wi- Following the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and month it would lay off 982 they misclassified their dri- than a bus or train. thout penalties, it agreed Nagasaki and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, people, or 17% of its work- vers as independent con- Even in its worst-case to pay furious hosts $250 Japan surrendered on 14 August 1945. Victory in Japan Day force in the face of sinking tractors under the state’s scenario - an 80% decline million to make up for some was celebrated on 15 August. It is also marked on 2 Septem- ber, the day Japan signed an unconditional ceasefire. ridership. The San Fran- new labor law. in ridership through 2020 -- of their lost income. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 fri 08.05.2020 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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The Biosphere II was their bi- DRIVE IN ggest gamble yet. It was covered by some networks as a historic event, while others derided it as “ecological entertainment” or An out-of-this-world experiment -- as ABC’s Peter Jennings says in the film “a tourist attraction run by questionable characters.” It was, undoubtedly, as much in ‘Spaceship Earth’ performance art as science. And while it drew support from the JAKE COYLE, AP FILM WRITER Smithsonian and universities, its closed system was eventually URING lockdown, AP PHOTO discovered to be a fraud. Carbon have you taken a mo- dioxide scrubbers were secretly ment to appreciate used to clear the air inside. that at least you’re The lack of oxygen didn’t Dnot quarantined with eight free- help anyone’s mood, nor did a -thinking adventurers in a terra- steady diet of beats. Infighting rium of depleting oxygen levels? increased. The experiment be- Matt Wolf’s documentary “Spa- gan to more resemble a reali- ceship Earth” provides some illu- ty-TV game show. (There was minating context to our shut-in even mud wrestling.) After the days by going back to the early two-year experiment was over 1990s to study the Biosphere II, -- and just when you think the that quixotic endeavor in the Ari- weirdness is subsiding -- Bass zona desert in which eight men removed the top executives and and women sealed themselves off Dr. Roy Walford (foreground) with candidates for the Biosphere 2 Project from the documentary “Spaceship Earth” brought in Steve Bannon to run in a 3-acre complex. The whole things. affair, of dubious scientific benefit in one; a fanciful ark for a fallen makes sober movies about eccen- works. They started a ranch. They “Spaceship Earth,” with a but high public interest, had the world. trics who are — often admirably build a ship, named it the Hera- glowing score by Owen Pallett, look and feel of science fiction, In previous films, Wolf has so — out there. clitus, and sailed it around the doesn’t cast judgment on most right down to the “Star Trek”-like shown a penchant for brilliant, “Spaceship Earth” brings a world. In Kathmandu, they built of its subjects. It’s content to go jumpsuits and the Buckminster bizarre Americans in pursuit of boat load of new specimens. Fo- a hotel. along for the ride, marveling at Fuller-inspired architecture. transcendence. In 2008’s “Wild remost among them is John Allen, How did they afford this all? all the surrealism. You’d say the The goal of Biosphere II (Earth Combination,” he profiled the the leader of the group that wou- They had a billionaire backer in story was out of this world if it they considered the first Biosphe- avant-garde musician Arthur Rus- ld, before embarking on the bios- Ed Bass, scion of a Texas oil family. wasn’t so much of it. re) was to create a self-sustaining sell. In his previous film, “Recor- phere, co-found the experimental The group’s members maintain colony that could be replicated der: The Marion Stokes Project,” theater troupe Theater of All Pos- they were seeking transformation, “Spaceship Earth,” a Neon release, is on other planets and prepare this he mined the archives and story of sibilities. The group, forged in ‘60s only not through drugs or ephe- unrated by the Motion Picture Associa- one for global-warming disaster. a woman who slavishly recorded San Francisco, would move on mera. “We weren’t a commune,” tion of America. Running time: It was a lifeboat and laboratory TV news on VCRs for decades. He to more elaborate performative says one. “We were a corporation.” 115 minutes.

ad April jobs data to show epic losses the and soaring unemployment BUZZ The economic catastrophe caused by the viral outbreak likely years since the Great Recession had vanished in a single month. sent the U.S. unemployment rate in April to its highest level sin- Yet even those breathtaking figures won’t fully capture the ce the Great Depression and caused a record-shattering loss of magnitude of the damage the coronavirus has inflicted on the jobs. job market. With the economy paralyzed by business closures, the unem- Many people still employed have had their hours reduced. ployment rate likely jumped to at least 16% — from just 4.4% in Others have suffered pay cuts. Some who’ve lost jobs won’t have March — and employers cut a stunning 21 million or more jobs in been able to look for work amid widespread shutdowns and OPINION April, economists have forecast, according to data provider Fac- won’t even be counted as unemployed. A broader measure — the World Views tSet. If so, it would mean that nearly all the job growth in the 11 proportion of adults with jobs — could plunge to a record low. Shuli Ren, Bloomberg

Sri Lanka has reimposed Crazy trading on a 24-hour countrywide China’s Nasdaq Veteran Chinese curfew until next Monday, as part of stringent measures has its own logic to contain the spread of the diplomat and Mao coronavirus. The blanket Old habits die hard. China’s Nasdaq-like Chi- curfew follows a surge in Next board has staged a comeback this year, new infections during the rallying 17% to trade at an average of — yes, Zedong’s interpreter dies last few days. There are now 797 COVID-19 patients really — 70 times earnings. Is this misguided I Chaozhu, a veteran Chi- enthusiasm by an investor base that infamou- in Sri Lanka including nine nese diplomat who provi- sly engineered a stomach-churning crash just J deaths. Of the total, 460 ded English translation for AP PHOTO cases were reported after five years ago? leaders from Mao Zedong to April 22, including 372 All the conventional wisdom points to irra- Deng Xiaoping and served navy sailors or their close tionality. The ChiNext is composed mostly of as an undersecretary of the contacts. Authorities have young, small and volatile enterprises, whereas isolated the main navy United Nations, has died, the blue chips are far better placed to weather the camp and quarantined coronavirus outbreak. First-quarter earnings foreign ministry said. He was about 4,000 troops there. reports from China’s domestically listed com- 90. panies just drove home the point. Ji had also served as am- The data show an irrefutable connection bassador to Britain over the AP PHOTO between market value and earnings resilien- course of a lengthy career ce. Companies with a market cap of more than that began after he left Har- 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) increased their vard University to return to sales and operating profit at the median, des- China during the Korean pite the virus-related lockdowns. By contrast, War, when U.S. and Chine- Ji Chaozhu (right) stands near then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai Italy After an outcry the median smaller company recorded a dou- se troops engaged in vicious (center) greeting then U.S. President Richard Nixon at Beijing Airport, from the nation’s Roman ble-digit decline in earnings. combat. in February 1972 Catholic bishops, Italian What’s surprising, though, is that not all After briefly studying at Premier Giuseppe Conte earnings for ChiNext members are bad. The prestigious Tsinghua Uni- says he has signed an accord with church officials new-economy market is a story of ice and fire. versity, he was assigned by That was followed by as- confront the West and resto- to allow resumption of While more than half of companies reported dint of his fluent English to signments as ambassador re what it views at its traditio- a drop in net income, almost a quarter posted public Masses during the assist with the peace talks at to Fiji and the U.K. and five nal dominant role in Asia. pandemic. Under Italy’s earnings growth of at least 30%. In other words, the village of Panmunjon be- years as a U.N. under-se- Like many high officials, two-month lockdown performance was either sub-zero or very hot, tween the warring sides. cretary-general for develo- Ji experienced various per- decree, no Masses for rank- with little in between. That led to a job as inter- pment support and mana- secutions during the xe- and-file faithful have been That makes the ChiNext an attractive market preter to Premier and Fo- gement services, a position nophobic 1966-76 Cultural permitted, although some for stock pickers who fancy they can pick churches could stay open reign Minister Zhou Enlai as from which he retired in Revolution, particular due to the hot prospects from the frozen waste. for individual prayer. well as Mao, with whom he 1996. his foreign education and the This makes sense for investors, since China has no equivalent of the FANGs — the mega- appeared on the reviewing His last post was as vice fact that his brother had re- -cap technology stocks that have made the stand atop iconic Tianan- president of the All China Fe- mained in the U.S. He chro- AP PHOTO U.S. equity market the world’s best performer. men Gate when foreign deration of Returned Over- nicled his experiences in his In China, the well-loved large caps are in boo- guests were present. seas Chinese, from which he autobiography, “The Man on ze and drugs — and these are already richly After Mao’s death, Ji took stepped down in 2005. Mao’s Right” valued and crowded. on a similar role with succes- Ji was born into a wealthy In a brief notice sent to A case in point is Kweichow Moutai Co., sor Deng Xiaoping. Having family in the northern Chi- The Associated Press, the UK The Duke and Duchess maker of the fiery liquor known as baijiu and been dispatched by Zhou nese province of Shanxi in foreign ministry said Ji had of Sussex have released a the world’s most valuable distiller. Moutai’s 1.6 to set up an informal liaison 1929 and moved with his fa- died on April 29 in Beijing video of Meghan reading trillion yuan market value is now equal to the office in the U.S. in 1973, Ji mily to the U.S. when he was from an unspecified illness. to their son as they mark entire gross domestic product of Guizhou pro- accompanied Deng to Ame- 9. He and his brother atten- “We mourn the unfortu- Archie’s 1st birthday and vince, where the company is based. How much rica after the establishment ded exclusive private schools nate passing of Mr. Ji Chao- promote a campaign to upside can there be left for an alcohol produ- of formal diplomatic rela- in New York where he deve- zhu and send our condolen- help children during the cer whose basic product costs just shy of 2,400 coronavirus pandemic. tions between the long-time loped the fluent English and ces to his family,” the minis- The video shows Meghan yuan, or close to $340 a a bottle? That’s more antagonists in 1979 and later deep knowledge of American try said. sitting with Archie on her than the minimum monthly wage in China’s worked at the Chinese Em- culture that would prove him Ji is survived by his wife lap and reading one of capital, Beijing. Unlike FANG members Ama- bassy in Washington. so valuable to China’s drive to and two sons. AP his favorite books, “Duck! zon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc., Moutai surely Rabbit!” Archie grabs at the can’t be considered a play on middle-class pages and helps turn them consumption. during the reading. Harry, Chinese investors also have a different vision THE DECISIVE MOMENT AP Photo/Ng Han Guan who filmed the short video, of value. For them, value isn’t about cheap me- whoops and says “bravo” trics such as low price-to-book or price-ear- from behind the camera at nings ratios. Rather, it’s determined by how the end. fast a small cap can morph into a blue chip. This explains why investors love Contempo-

rary Amperex Technology Co., which supplies AP PHOTO batteries to Tesla Inc. They hope it can become as indispensable to Elon Musk’s electric-car maker as Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. did to Apple Inc. To be sure, this is all risky business. Beijing Taiwan Mandopop recently approved plans to move to a registra- superstar Jay Chou is tion-based system for initial public offerings bringing a little magic into on ChiNext. That means a flood of new com- viewers’ lives with his Netflix show “J-Style Trip.” Part panies with even less vetting will be arriving on travelogue, part magic the board. It’s also worth noting that the quar- performance, the show has terly earnings of these young and inexperien- Chou diving into adventures ced companies aren’t audited. around the world with his But then traders on ChiNext aren’t buying A-lister friends. “Magic is stocks so much as options. They’re sifting for actually like music. It is a No news… Residents walk past a shuttered newsstand in Beijing. Authorities have China’s future FANGs. declared China a low-risk contagion zone. (See p6-7) universal language,” Chou told AP in Taiwan recently.