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So also stated that the Muni- cipal Institute is essentially a change of name. In compari- Analyst: Municipal Institute son to Hong Kong where local government bodies are elected rather than appointed (althou- just a change of name gh the Basic Law is similar), So argued that Hong Kong portrays a “totally different Lynzy Valles picture,” as different parties in Hong Kong face strong compe- he necessity of creating tition in some districts – which Tthe Municipal Institute encourages the participation was only due to an adaptation of grassroots movements. of what is stated in the Basic He added that residents in Law and thus its inception is Hong Kong are more “politi- simply a change of name, ac- cal,” in terms of their aware- cording to political scientist ness and participation in poli- Larry So. tics. On Tuesday, the government “We are looking at democra- announced a public consul- tic society [in Hong Kong]. tation that proposes the Civic In Macau, we have similar and Municipal Affairs Bureau structure but similar structure (IACM) will be abolished once doesn’t mean that its functions the city establishes this new are similar,” he said. non-political municipal orga- “There is no essence of the nization. so called democratic values in The proposal states that the Macau. I think we are talking Municipal Institution will pro- about two different pictures vide consultations to the go- and a time of so-called ‘partici- vernment and that it will effec- IACM headquarters Larry So pation’ but then with a kind of tively take over the functions manipulation,” So concluded. that IACM currently performs. public opinion – as committee still would not change its most The proposal is subject to pu- Back in 2015, Secretary for members are appointed. relevant issues, such as the blic consultation, which star- Administration and Justice There is no “How come the government appointment of members ins- ted yesterday and will continue Sonia Chan said she expected says that this is non-political tead of election. until November 23. a non-political municipal or- essence of organization? That is some- ganization to be set up in 2017, thing I really don’t unders- adding last year that the orga- the so-called tand,” he questioned. katchi: government mistaken, nization will not overlap with So explained that the organi- elections do not equal political power those functions of the IACM. democratic zation is a “strange case” as the Speaking to the Times, politi- values in government will appoint com- ANTÓNIO KATCHI, legal expert mainland China, the lowest-rank- cal commentator Larry So ex- mittee members, yet two of and lecturer at the Macau Poly- ing assemblies are elected and plained that the IACM had to Macau. those members will have a seat technic Institute, regards the pro- yet hold comparatively little or be restructured. in the electoral college for the posed Municipal Institution as yet no political power. “At the village Larry So However, So said that the chief executive election. another “political option to refuse and municipal district level, for Political scientist move comes 15 years later than “It’s like I appoint you then any step towards the democra- example, [China’s] Constitution it should have, something the claimed that the institute will you appoint me and you have tization of Macau’s political and and the Electoral Law, both dating government is yet to explain. be non-political, So argued to elect me?” So jested. administrative organization.” He back to 1982, stipulate the election “How come we had to wait that the institute will still be Questioned on whether a lack said that the government is mis- of its members by direct univer- for 15 years before we find out a part of the political process, of transparency exists in this taken in its belief political power sal suffrage,” said Katchi. “Those that we’ve missed something? it would still gather public matter, the political analyst must result from elected officials, assemblies hold less power than It seems that it’s been a really opinion, and as such he ques- remarked that the government as “the former refers to the nature their counterparts in the upper late reform,” said So. tioned the definition of a “non has been trying to be more and scope of power, while the echelons, and are certainly devoid The proposal suggests that -political body.” transparent through its public latter refers to the way members of political power in its narrow the Municipal Institution The government has stated consultations, yet added that it are chosen.” For example, in sense.” should establish two internal that the move was required ac- councils; namely, the Muni- cording to the Basic Law, yet cipal Administration Council So lamented that it undermi- and the Municipal Consulta- nes the whole purpose of using Different interpretation of Basic Law tion Council. grassroots representatives to Although the government provide the government with in Macau, Hong Kong

he Macau Basic Law states that the re- Basic Law, which states in Section 5, Arti- gov t justifies non political option Tgion’s “municipal organizations which cle 97 that “district organizations which are ’ ‘ - ’ are not organs of political power may be es- not organs of political power may be esta- tablished in the MSAR.” blished in the Hong Kong Special Adminis- REGARDING THE non-polit- cau was under the Portuguese ical aspect and also the reasons administration, the municipal These organizations provide services in trative Region.” Similarly to Macau, article why this institution cannot be bureau (“Leal Senado”) was a fields such as culture, recreation and envi- 98 of the HKSAR Basic Law states that “the formed with publically elected political body. According to Kou, ronmental sanitation, and shall be consul- powers and functions of the district organi- representatives, the director the function of the IACM as a ted by the government of the Region on the zations and the method for their formation of the Administration and Civ- government body ended after abovementioned affairs,” as cited in Section shall be prescribed by law.” il Services Bureau, Kou Peng Macau’s handover to China, 5, Article 95 of the MSAR’s Basic Law. However when the city’s ruling is compa- Kuan, said this week that the therefore the establishment of Article 96 indicates that “the functions, red to Hong Kong, Macau’s government bo- Basic Law didn’t allow that non-political organizations is in powers and structures of the municipal or- dies are appointed – an evidence that simi- option. However, when Ma- accordance with the Basic Law. ganizations shall be prescribed by law.” lar provisions in the two regions’ basic laws The two articles are similar to Hong Kong’s are interpreted differently.

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Hard Rock appoints Edward Tracy CEO of Asia

ard Rock Inter- Tracy was responsible for national has an- the oversight of Macau’s lar- Casinos pledge to nounced the pro- gest integrated resort opera- motion of Edward tor by revenue and capacity. invest in e-friendly HTracy to chief executive offi- In October 2014, Harvard buses cer, Asia. According to a sta- Business Review named Tra- tement issued yesterday by cy as one of “The Best-Per- The region’s six casino operators have the company, Tracy is focu- forming CEOs in the World” pledged to introduce renewable energy sed on Hard Rock Japan LLC in its respected annual top or electric shuttle bus services for their in its efforts to develop a sig- 100 ranking. guests and the trial run for this service nature Hard Rock Integrated Prior to Sands, Edward will start with the Cotai Connection Resort (IR). Tracy served as president route. In a joint press release issued With the recent passing of and CEO of Capital Ga- yesterday, it was mentioned that, in Japan’s Integrated Resorts ming, a multi-jurisdictio- order to alleviate road traffic, “the Promotion Bill, Hard Rock – nal manager of regional six operators launched collective bus with venues in 73 countries, casinos. He also served services last year, shuttling passengers including 178 cafes, 24 hotels as president and CEO of between different properties of each and 11 casinos – “fully intends the Trump Organization, operator.” The gaming operators have to apply this expertise and re- where he was responsible made a commitment to the Transport Bureau that at least 15 percent of each cognition as a major conten- for managing over 12,500 operator’s shuttle buses will be running der among the bidders for re- employees, 3,000 hotel on renewable energy or electric sources sort licenses,” the statement rooms and 240,000 squa- Edward Tracy by May 2018. The trial run of the read. re feet of casino space. renewable energy/electric shuttle bus “As the former CEO of Sands According to the statement services started on September 19. “It is China Ltd and CEO of the Rock International. “We are Edward Tracy joined Sands issued by Hard Rock Inter- expected the new energy/electric shuttle Trump Organization, Tracy confident in Tracy’s ability China Ltd, a subsidiary of national, “Tracy’s appoint- bus services will optimize Macau’s brings more than 30 years of to lead the company’s efforts Las Vegas Sands Corp., in ment further solidifies transportation, enhance the overall proven gaming, hospitality in Asia and we look forward July 2010 as its president Hard Rock International’s environment for residents and visitors, and integrated resort expe- to seeing our business conti- and chief operating officer, rapid expansion efforts and support Macau’s development into rience to Hard Rock,” said nue to grow under his leader- becoming the company CEO and commitment to growth a world-class capital of green tourism,” Jim Allen chairman of Hard ship.” in July 2011. in Asia.” according to the press release.

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Christopher Palmeri gion rose 22 percent to MOP67 billion ($8.34 billion) in the as Vegas Sands Corp., Having three third quarter, the fifth in a row capitalizing on the re- of year-over-year growth. bound in Macau gam- iconic must- Macau, the only place in Chi- bling, will spend USD1.1 na where casino gambling is le- Lbillion renovating its properties see European- gal, accounts more than half of Visits from mainland Chinese cent average of analysts’ forecas- there, including turning the Sands’ sales. The city is seeing visitors gained 15 percent from ts. Sales grew 7.7 percent to $3.2 Sands Cotai Central into a Lon- themed a return of VIP players even as a year ago, the company said. billion, exceeding Wall Street don-themed resort. destination new resorts such as Sands’ Pa- The visitors increased the length projections of $3.13 billion. The property will be rebran- risian lure more middle-class of their stays, and the casinos’ In Macau, earnings before in- ded as the Londoner Macao resorts […] gamblers. winnings at the tables and slots terest, taxes, depreciation and and feature attractions tied to Sands’ investments undersco- generally frequented by casual amortization rose 3.8 percent to some of the English capital’s will strengthen re its bet that long-term grow- gamblers increased 8.7 percent $652 million, beating the $641.3 most recognizable landmarks, th will come from attracting to $512 million. million average of estimates the company said in a state- our marketing mainstream Chinese visitors. However, casino shares slum- compiled by researcher Consen- ment. The remodeling will add and customer- “The company remains focu- ped in Hong Kong yesterday. sus Metrix. an additional 1.7 million square sed on a broad range of non- Sands China Ltd. slipped 2 per- The Parisian Macao, which feet of space, and the resort will service gaming amenities, which is cent for the second-biggest decli- opened in September 2016, accommodate more overnight ultimately what will drive visi- ne on the benchmark Hang Seng continued to be a chief driver of guests than the Venetian and capabilities. tation and put the company in Index. Wynn Macau Ltd. lost results, with increased gaming the Parisian combined, said Sheldon Adelson a better position to remain a 0.7 percent, while MGM China wins from casual gamblers and billionaire founder and CEO strong operator in the dynamic Holdings Ltd. fell 1.2 percent. betting volume, according to the Sheldon Adelson. The Four Sands has already invested market,” said analyst Chad Bey- Earlier in New York, Las Vegas company. The property’s adjus- Seasons Macao will get 295 new over USD13 billion in the re- non at Macquarie Bank Ltd. Sands shares jumped 1.9 percent ted Ebitda climbed 27 percent suites in a separate tower. gion since it was the first U.S. Sands’ appeal to casual gam- in after-hours trading. from the second quarter, the “Having three iconic must-see company to open a casino the- blers, tourists and families Morgan Stanley analysts wro- company said. European-themed destination re in 2002. Sands and its rivals continue to pay off as the com- te in a note that Sands China’s Profit in Singapore, Sands’ se- resorts, with a broad range of have been looking for vindica- pany’s third-quarter resul- mass and slot revenue grow- cond-largest market, climbed 13 amenities, will strengthen our tion for their bets on expensive ts topped analysts estimates. th was slower than the overall percent to $442 million. Ebitda marketing and customer-servi- new properties after withstan- About 89 percent of Macau market expansion on a quarter- in Las Vegas fell 12 percent to ce capabilities and position us ding a Beijing-led corruption profit in the quarter was gene- over-quarter basis. $76 million. to grow faster than the Macau crackdown that stalled growth rated from mass gaming tables, Las Vegas Sands reported pro- Sands is the first of the major market,” Adelson said on an in Macau for three years. Ove- slot machines and non-gaming fit rose to 77 cents share exclu- Macau casino operators to report analysts call on the results. rall gambling revenue in the re- offerings. ding some items, beating the 68- third-quarter results. Bloomberg

Education Typhoon Hato negatively UM to confer four impacted restaurant revenues honorary doctorates

ccording to -year rise in revenue, he University of Macau engineering and the current the latest Business down by 11 percentage (UM) will confer honorary chancellor of the University of

A ap photo T Climate Survey conduc- points from August. doctorates on four distinguished California Santa Barbara. Yang ted by the Statistics and Meanwhile, the pro- individuals, Academician He is one of “the great educationists Census Service (DSEC), portion of establish- Jingtang, Professor Henry T. in higher education of the Uni- the proportion of in- ments expecting a Yang, Doctor Ada Yonath, and ted States” acoording to the UM. terviewed restaurants year-on-year decline Professor Binglin Zhong, in re- Doctor Yonath shared the reporting year-on-year in revenue went up by cognition of their achievements 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry growth in revenue in 9 percentage points to and significant contributions to with Venkatraman Ramakrish- August 2017 dropped 48 percent. society and education. nan and Thomas A Steitz for by 8 percentage points Most retailers ex- The ceremony for the confer- their studies on the structure from the previous mon- pected no significant ment of the honorary degrees and function of ribosomes, whi- th, to 32 percent. DSEC change in their bu- will be held on November 11. ch are the tiny particles made attributes the poor siness in September. At the ceremony, Academician up of RNA and proteins. These performance to the ef- Some 46 percent of other hand, another 41 The proportion of He Jingtang and Henry T. Yang ribosomes specialize in protein fect of the catastrophic the interviewed estab- percent of retailers re- interviewed retailers will receive the Doctor of Scien- synthesis and are found free Typhoon Hato during lishments recorded a gistered a year-on-year predicting a year-on ce honoris causa degree. Binglin from or bound to the endoplas- that month, and says it year-on-year decline in sales decrease, up by 15 -year sales increase Zhong will receive the Doctor of mic matter within cells. is the lowest value re- revenue, as opposed to percentage points over in September went up Education honoris causa degree. According to the UM, Zhong corded since November the 35 percent of inter- the previous month. by 1 percentage point High-level degrees will also be is a renowned educator having 2016. viewed establishments According to DSEC, from August to 25 presented at the ceremony. The made significant contributions For the month of Au- who reported year-on the interviewed res- percent. Doctor of Science honoris causa to the development of higher gust, the corresponding -year decline in July. taurants were less The sample for the degree for Doctor Ada Yonath education and scientific resear- proportion of local-s- As for retail trade, also confident about their Business Climate Sur- will be conferred separately. ch. He is currently the president tyle cafes, congee and covered in the Business business prospects in vey selected 167 res- According to a press release of the Chinese Society of Educa- noodle shops (18 per- Climate Survey, about September, citing the taurants and similar issued by the UM yesterday, He tion, an honorary vice president cent) reporting revenue 41 percent of the inter- end of the summer ho- establishments (ac- has a passion for the exquisite at Cardiff University, and a pro- growth declined by 20 viewed retailers repor- lidays and the after-e- counting for 53 per- South China Lingnan architec- fessor at Beijing Normal Univer- percentage points, whi- ted year-on-year sales ffect of Typhoon Hato cent of the industry’s tural features which he has been sity. Professor Zhong has also le the share of Japanese growth in August 2017, as the causes of their receipts) and 135 re- working hard to preserve since served as the director-general of and Korean restaurants down by 8 percentage lull in business. tailers (accounting for the 1960s. the Department of Higher Edu- (44 percent) increased points from the pre- Just 21 percent an- 70 percent of the in- Professor Yang is a world-re- cation of the Ministry of Educa- by 19 percentage points. vious month. On the ticipated a year-on dustry’s receipts). nowned expert in structural tion of China. 27.10.2017 fri

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Animal rights to whom they were sold. His concern is justified, he said, on the back of another recent comment made by the Greyhound spat between Angela lawmaker. First reported by Jor- nal Tribuna de Macau, Leong this week said that “greyhounds are born for races. As some peo- Leong and Anima worsens ple are born poor and some are born rich, greyhounds are ani- Daniel Beitler mals [meant] to serve humans.” “How can the public trust that high-profile animal rights she will find a suitable home Aactivist has described com- [for the greyhounds] when she ments made this week by the makes comments like ‘Greyhou- executive director of the Macau nds are animals to be used to (Yat Yuen) Canidrome, Angela serve humans’?” asked Martins. Leong, as “nonsense”, adding “How can someone who makes that they are damaging her re- these comments be trusted [to putation as a legislator. The in- set up] an association to protect cident comes amid a deepening animals?” crisis for the greyhound racing Leong’s somewhat controver- facility ahead of its expected clo- sial statement comes a little over sure next year. a year since the Animal Protec- The president of local animal tion Law was implemented in rights association Anima (Ma- Albano Martins Angela Leong the Macau SAR. The latest fi- cau), Albano Martins, was res- gures released by the Civic and ponding to a suggestion made Anima’s role in unearthing the association, while arrangements greyhounds at the facility. Municipal Affairs Bureau show by Leong that his association has treatment of the greyhounds are made for the dogs’ adoption. As a consequence, Leong has a 40 percent decrease in the an ulterior motive in wanting to over the last few years has bou- The Canidrome has not agreed announced a plan to establish number of euthanized canines adopt the facility’s greyhounds. nd the animal rights association to the proposal. It says that it a new animal rights association since its implementation, and Leong, a long-standing to the Canidrome closure con- does not own the animals at its called the Macau General Asso- some 75 percent of infractions lawmaker in Macau and wife troversy. facility since they belong to pri- ciation for Animal Protection, constitute licensing irregulari- to gaming tycoon Stanley Ho, The group came to prominen- vate investors. which will contact private ow- ties, rather than the physical or this week questioned why Ani- ce in the international animal But Martins contends that the ners concerning their greyhou- psychological animal abuse. ma is so insistent in wanting to welfare community after years Canidrome is the single largest nds’ retirement. Martins said that Leong’s com- assume responsibility for the of protesting what it said was owner of greyhounds at the faci- But Martins said that the ments will not be appreciated by greyhounds once the Canidrome routine animal cruelty at the lity, holding direct ownership of greyhounds should not look a Macau public that is becoming closes in July 2018. She implied dog racing facility. Its role in or- approximately 350 greyhounds forward to a comfy retirement increasingly concerned with that the group had an ulterior ganizing international demons- from a total of at least 567. in Australia or New Zealand. He animal welfare. motive, though did not specify trations, blocking the import of Moreover, since, “the Canidro- suspects that Leong’s new asso- “Her view is not one shared by what that might be. new dogs and encouraging airli- me does not allow the dogs to be ciation will be used as a front to the public,” said the animal ri- Speaking to the Times on We- nes to boycott their transporta- removed from the compound, sell the animals to other dog ra- ghts activist. “What it shows is dnesday, Martins denied the im- tion, put it firmly at the heart of when the owner no longer wan- cing locations where they will be that she thinks animals are the- plicit accusation, stressing that the anti-Canidrome coalition. ts the dogs, they return them to subject to similar or worse condi- re to be exploited. […] I think there was “no money to be made Anima is calling on the Cani- the Canidrome,” he said. This tions, such as in Vietnam, Pakis- it will have a big impact on her in the adoption program” and drome to relinquish their ow- contractual obligation means tan and mainland China. He said in the future [as] a lot of peo- called on Leong to be “clearer nership over the greyhounds that the Canidrome manage- that once the dogs are “in the sys- ple think that the statement is about what she means.” and place them in the care of the ment is the de facto owner of all tem,” there is no way of knowing insane.” Historical industries MDC accepting applications exhibition opens tomorrow for two vacant studios he Macau Design he Museum of Macau TCenter (MDC) is now Twill hold the opening ce- accepting applications remony of a new exhibition from local design com- showcasing Macau’s tradi- panies to occupy two re- tional handicraft industries cently vacated studios. tomorrow. The application period The exhibition, titled “The is until November 10. Memorable Time – The The studios are leased Traditional Handicraft In- for MOP11.59 per square dustries of Macau”, will run foot per month, accor- from October 28 until Fe- ding to MDC, and the bruary 25, 2018 on the third maximum length of lease floor of the Museum. is three years, with exten- and security facilities. a fully-serviced and com- According to a statement in these decades, these three an unsurpassable contribu- sions reviewed according Tenants can also make fortable working envi- from the Cultural Affairs industries are covered ex- tion to Macau’s historical to the tenant’s annual use of MDC’s marketing ronment for companies Bureau (IC), the exhibition tensively in the exhibition, development, highlighting performance. and promotion channels and professionals at be- was organized to familiari- “to allow residents and tou- the hard-working and in- The Center, once home to participate in events low-market rates. MDC ze Macau residents with the rists to reminisce [about] domitable spirit of Macau to 12 design studios, has such as the Beijing Inter- endeavors to support the city’s traditional industries the past glorious years of people,” the IC said in the grown to accommodate national Fair for Trade industry by sparing start- and lifestyles. Macau’s handicraft indus- statement. 25 studios spread over in Services, the Dynamic up organizations the For example, the state- tries and [to] become aware In addition, the Museum four floors; the sizes of Macao Business and Tra- burden of high rent and ment describes Macau’s of the evolution of society.” of Macau will hold a num- the studios range from de Fair in Shenzhen, and building maintenance incense, firecracker and Some 210 pieces and sets ber of parallel activities, 240 square feet to 1,150 the China Hangzhou Cul- costs. match industries as an im- are exhibited across six zo- including two guided tou- square feet. tural and Creative Indus- It also acts as a hub for portant element of the city’s nes, showcasing the deve- rs on November 5 and 19, The studios are equi- try Expo. local designers to exchan- economy in the 1950s and lopment and decline of the two thematic talks on No- pped with lighting, air- MDC was established ge ideas and further the 1960s. industries. vember 11 and December 2, conditioning, shared in 2014 with the aim of reach of their products to Given their importance to “Although these industries and a “firecracker making” meeting rooms, printing cultivating the local de- the local, mainland and local residents’ employment are now in history, they gave workshop on November 18. services and reception sign sector by providing international markets. fri 27.10.2017

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CE to deliver Policy South Africa gospel choir Address on Nov. 14 The Chief Executive (CE), Chui Sai On, will deliver the Policy Address on November 14 at the Legislative Assembly (AL). The session will make Macau debut start at 3 p.m. and will be followed by a press conference at the Government Headquarters ailing from But by no means was their at 5 p.m. The next day, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., South Africa, the experience unique; it is a cul- Chui will attend a plenary meeting of the Soweto Gospel tural norm spread throughout Legislative Assembly to explain the government’s Choir performed South Africa’s very culturally political platform and to answer questions from lawmakers. The public can watch and hear Htheir single Macau date last and linguistically diverse so- these events via live broadcast on the television night as part of the Interna- ciety. channels and radio service of public broadcaster tional Music Festival of Ma- “South Africa is very diverse TDM. The full version of the 2018 Policy Address cau, showcasing some of the and has a rich historical back- in Chinese and Portuguese will be available for best of the country’s gospel ground. All of us grew up in download once Chui has finished his live address. music. different churches, but with As usual, the CE’s presentation will be followed The Choir brought 20 mem- a love of gospel [mutual] to by sectorial presentations by all five secretaries of bers of its 54-person strong all of us,” explained Jiyane, the government. choir to its concert last night speaking on the musical gen- – the group’s first ever in Ma- re’s cultural significance. cau – which featured songs Today, the Soweto Gospel Association wants from across its 15-year reper- Choir brings together talen- toire. ted singers from across Sou- higher allowance for Gospel is a genre of Christian th Africa and tours the world music, which can date its roots remembered for its resistan- fluential in helping the you- with its gospel music. It com- the elderly back to the late-18th century. ce to, and formed the Soweto th to consider politics and bines traditional songs of dif- Representatives of União Geral das Associações By the 20th century, the ex- Gospel Choir. education in general, ” said ferent South African cultures dos Moradores de Macau (UGAMM) met with pansion of the Zionist Chris- As might be expected, the Shimmy Jiyane, choreogra- and performs in many of the the Chief Executive this week to suggest the tian Church in Africa had led late South African president pher and choirmaster of the country’s 11 official languages. government raise the elderly allowance from to the popularization of gospel and anti-apartheid revolutio- Soweto Gospel Choir. The choir has received many MOP8,000 up to MOP10,000. According to a choir music, especially in Sou- nary Nelson Mandela is con- The choir members said that prestigious awards including report by TDM, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, acting th Africa where the victims of sidered a hero by the choir although they all came from two Grammy Awards for Best as the vice president of UGAMM, said that the the former apartheid system members. different parts of South Africa, Traditional World Music, and CE responded to the representatives saying that found solace in the music. “When we speak about Nel- a love of gospel music bound an Oscar nomination for Mu- the government would consider policies which In 2002, music producers son Mandela, we are speaking them together. They said that sic (Original Song) with Peter are good for the people. The CE further assured Beverly Bryer and David Mu- about an idol; a person who growing up with such music Gabriel, for their song, “Down that the amount of money will certainly not be lovhedzi recruited choir mem- fought for South Africa and in the home had influenced to Earth”, from the animated reduced, and indicated that the government bers in Soweto, a township someone who was very in- them from an early age. film Wall-E.DB would consider UGAMM’s suggestion.

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This Four-part series of articles you would like assistance. quette’ issue, and is difficult to is on the highly ‘thrilling’ subject In order to pay a land tax or pro- enforce by law. of Land and property Tax. perty tax if you are not the owner, Last week we reviewed the cur- you must have the original bill. 6. Can tax bills be checked rent submission system and it’s Alternatively, the government online? potential shortcomings ahead of allow a third party to collect the Yes, now they can. the new laws that come into ef- land and property tax bills if they Owners must first register with fect in February 2018. have the details of the property the government, and this can This week we continue with the and a copy of the owners ID. only be done in person. Alterna- most popular questions from Other owners handle tax pay- tively some banks offer access to clients on Land and property tax ments through their respective tax bills, but it should be noted after answering questions No 1 accountants. that you must first have a copy if & 2 last week, ‘what is land tax’ Only once a property bill beco- the bill in hand in order to make and ‘what is property tax’ respec- mes ‘late’ can a third party ac- payment as you will need to enter tively. cess the bill at the ‘outstanding details from the bill. payment office’, and even then 3. What is special contribu- supporting documents are requi- 7. I paid property tax this tion tax? red. year, why did they not tell This tax is payable when the ini- At the outstanding payment offi- me about back taxes? tial land rental agreement with ce they may only access the bills We can’t answer that question the government has expired. The that are requested, and may not definitively, there may be several government then grants a new provide details of any other bills reasons. land rent with a 10-year term, still outstanding at the same You have to know the exact bill and the special contribution tax time. number and contribution num- is paid in advance for that 10 year ber to be able to check online, renewal. 5. Where is the tax bill sent? and in some cases it seems that Each person has their own set up. the person inputting the data 4. Who pays the property The tax bill may be sent to them does not see all the outstanding tax? at their own home, or it may go bills, just the bill requested in the The tax is payable by the proper- straight to their accountant for system. ty owner(s). It is treated as a tax example. Some owners send tax There may also be a situation on the entity that owns the pro- bills directly to their accountant where back tax has not yet been perty. or in our case the JML office. calculated and submitted. The tax is usually settled directly To change the registered ad- by the owner, or by the owners dress, an owner needs to apply That concludes this week’s arti- accountant or representative. in person. cle. Please feel free to email any JML assist owners to settle the- Tenants are obliged to pass on questions to the address above se taxes and you are welcome to letters addressed to the owner. and we will be happy to answer contact us on the e mail below if However, this is more of an ‘eti- you. fri 27.10.2017

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Retail Hong Kong’s shopping experience is changing

o gauge how much the Buying habits of Chinese sho- Since the downturn, Pacific Place Hong Kong shopping ppers have also evolved, as they owner Swire Properties Ltd. has experience is changing, have become more comfortable refreshed its tenant mix to cater to take a walk through Pa- buying luxury brands at home, changing spending habits and woo Tcific Place mall. Burberry Group or online, and have become more new visitors. It has signed 30 new Plc has shrunk its store and the price sensitive when shopping tenants and doubled the number have decreased the size of their net don’t go to stores as much, sto- space now also houses a Pure abroad. This is having an impact of food and beverage outlets in the stores in Pacific Place, they aren’t res have to go to them. That gold yoga studio and juice bar. A Coa- on the USD390 billion global lu- past 18 months. Other landlords, pulling out altogether. Coach, hunt that we lived for 20 years in ch outlet has been replaced by xury goods market and nowhere including Wharf Holdings Ltd. which no longer has an outlet in the biggest avenues in the world is a tea company. Some of Louis is it being felt more than at Hong and Hysan Development Co., are the mall, said it is investing to re- gone for luxury brands,” he said in Vuitton’s space has given way to Kong’s malls. also including more lifestyle and novate its Hong Kong locations an interview. “We are going to see a Southern California-style bar food outlets. and remains committed to the a huge evolution in the next years.” and restaurant. For mall owners, broadening market. His message to landlords? “I say Gone are the days when Chine- their mix of tenants is helping “It’s a cycle, luxury brands won’t if you push us too far again, we will se would queue up to get inside blunt the negative impact of lower abandon Hong Kong, they will re- leave. There is a limit to what can Prada, Gucci and Tiffany, and That gold hunt retail sales, although a return to duce the number of their stores,” be digested by a brand financially, leave laden with luxury handbags the heady times looks unlikely. said Nicholas Bradstreet, a mana- and if goes too far then we will do and watches. The wealthiest now that we lived No matter how many cups of ging director at Savills Plc in Hong something else, will go somewhere travel further afield, and even for 20 years cold brew Starbucks sells, or shoes Kong. “Hong Kong has always else.” those who visit Hong Kong are Nike flogs, they won’t be enough to been very resilient, but there is a Swire’s new tenants include a cutting back. Average spending in the biggest offset the drop in sales of $10,000 caveat, it is not going to bounce barber salon cum whisky-tasting per overnight visitor, of whom handbags and glittering diamond back to the heyday of 2013.” spot and a Japanese green tea des- three quarters come from China, avenues in necklaces. Landlords earn less Audemars Piguet Holding SA’s sert shop, services you can’t get dropped 8.8 percent in the island the world is through the portion of receipts te- chief executive officer, Fran- online. “More owners are trying city last year. Luxury goods have nants must share with them, and cois-Henry Bennahmias, agrees, to bring more traffic in and they been the hardest hit, with August gone for luxury they’ve had to drop base rents for noting that the exclusive Swiss have to increase the dwell time,” sales less than a third of their new tenants as well. watchmaker will have eight Hong said Bradstreet. “Consumers who April peak in 2013 before China brands. While Burberry, Diane von Furs- Kong stores by year-end, down spend more time in a shopping cracked down on conspicuous Francois-Henry Bennahmias tenburg Studio LP and LVMH from 16 at the beginning of 2016. center are going to spend more consumption. Audemars Piguet CEO Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton “The wealthiest people on the pla- money.” MDT/Bloomberg

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arx, Deng ... Xi? To the appointed Wednesday. MChinese president’s growing Photos of Xi took up as much Communist Party praises array of titles, the ruling Commu- as one-quarter of party newspa- nist Party says Xi Jinping can add pers and titles as diverse as China important Marxist thinker. Sports News. Rows of magazines The party yesterday praised Xi’s at newsstands had Xi’s face on Xi as Marxist thinker contribution to ideology, adding to the cover. intense propaganda promoting his Party spokespeople reject sug- personal image as Xi begins a se- gestions Xi is building a persona- cond five-year term as leader. lity cult, but yesterday’s media sa- ap photo Xi, 64, has emerged as the most turation adds to the most intense powerful leader since Mao Zedong propaganda for a Chinese leader’s in the 1970s. He has taken control personal image since Mao. of an unusually wide range of po- “The Xi Jinping Era,” said the litical, economic and other func- headline on Vista magazine, pu- tions, a break with the past two de- blished by the ruling party news- cades of collective leadership. paper in the Ningxia region in the His image dominates official pro- northwest. paganda, which has prompted sug- gestions Xi is trying to build a cult of personality, evoking memories The of the upheaval of the 1960s and ‘70s. Party spokespeople reject propaganda such talk, insisting Xi is the core of focus on Xi is a its seven-member Standing Com- mittee, not a lone strongman. break with his Xi’s name and a political theory attributed to him were added to most recent the party constitution this week, predecessors — making him only the third Chinese leader cited by name after Mao and Hu Jintao and Deng Xiaoping, who launched eco- nomic reform in 1979. A reference Jiang Zemin to Deng Xiaoping Theory, or “socia- lism with Chinese characteristics,” The party says Xi, appointed was added only after the late lea- Wednesday to a second five-year der’s death. term as leader, is the core of its A party spokesman said Xi’s sta- ruling seven-member Standing tus was justified due to his “signifi- Committee, not a lone strong- cant contribution” to ideology. man. “Using the names of party leaders Still, the propaganda focus on for theory or guiding ideology is Xi is a break with his most recent common practice in the interna- predecessors — Hu Jintao and tional communist movement. For Jiang Zemin — who appeared re- example, Marxism, Leninism, or gularly on state media but shared our country has Mao Zedong Thou- space with other leaders. ght or Deng Xiaoping Theory,” said Many newspapers featured spokesman Wang Xiaohui at a tele- photos of the latest Standing vised news conference. Committee appearing before re- “Xi Jinping’s ‘socialism with Chi- porters. But many of those were nese characteristics in a new era’ accompanied by large photos of is the crystallization of the wisdom Xi alone. of the party and the masses,” said More than 24 hours after the Wang. new Standing Committee was “He made a significant contribu- appointed, some state televi- tion to the creation of this theory,” sion channels still were showing said Wang. “So use of his name on repeated scenes of delegates this theory is deserved.” applauding as Xi and other party Yesterday, Xi’s face was splashed leaders walked past and waved. across the covers of Chinese The midday state television magazines, while newspapers doubled the length of its broad- Copies of newspapers’ front pages from top left, clock wise, Renmin Ribao, Guangming Ribao, China Youth Daily and China showed him with other members cast to an hour, devoted to Xi and Sport Daily of the new Standing Committee the Standing Committee. AP

Trump on Xi: ‘Now some ap photo people might call him the king’

resident Donald ders. I happen to think he’s a during Trump’s first pre- PTrump spoke yester- In a tweet, Trump said very good person,” said sidential visit to Asia. day [Macau time] with he congratulated Xi on his Trump, describing their Trump said he’d be “going Chinese President Xi “extraordinary elevation” relationship as notably to Beijing and other pla- Jinping, congratulating Xi and that the two discussed strong. ces, wherever he’d like to on beginning a second, fi- trade and North Korea. “People say we have the take me” and said he ho- ve-year term as leader. In an interview with Fox best relationship of any pes the trip will be “his- China’s ruling Commu- Business Network’s Lou president-president, be- toric and positive” with nist Party this week for- Dobbs that taped shortly cause he’s called president serious progress on North mally lifted Xi’s status to after the phone call, also,” he went on to say. Korea. China’s most powerful Trump described Xi’s ele- “Now some people might Trump will also stop ruler in decades by writing vation as something that call him the king of China. in Japan, South Korea, his name and dogma into had “really virtually never But he’s called president.” Vietnam and the Phili- the party’s constitution happened in China.” Trump and Xi will meet ppines during the Nov. alongside the party foun- “He’s a powerful man. in China next month 3-14 trip. AP fri 27.10.2017

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“Most Chinese spending un- der the [Belt and Road] will see no financial payoff,” said Derek New Silk Road runs straight Scissors, resident scholar at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute in Washin- gton. “The firms and banks in- through junk territory volved are quite aware of the high likelihood of financial hinese President Xi losses in many B&R countries, Jinping’s new Silk Road even if they will not admit to it to Europe traverses ter- ap photo publicly.” ritory where most bond Cinvestors fear to tread. Of the 68 nations China lists as partners in its Belt and Road Ini- tiative, the sovereign debt of 27 [It is best seen are rated as junk, or below invest- ment grade, by the top three in- as] a vast ternational rating firms. Another 14, including Afghanistan, Iran geopolitical and Syria, are either not rated or project aimed have withdrawn their requests for ratings. at cementing President Xi’s vision, first pro- posed in 2013 and this week ele- China’s political vated to an official policy enshri- and trade role ned in the Communist Party’s constitution, involves spending over that of the as much as USD1.2 trillion on railways, roads, ports and power US. grids over the next decade, ac- Michael Every cording to Morgan Stanley. The Rabobank Group intent is to open new business opportunities for domestic com- Sovereign debt ratings matter panies and extend China’s reach - less than the financial stabili- even though the route cuts throu- ty of each specific project, said gh multiple conflict zones and Cao Yuanzheng, chairman of some of the world’s most corrupt BOCI Research Limited in Bei- countries. jing. “Even in the poorest coun- Outlining a road-map for his tries, projects like public water nation through 2050 at this mon- system, electricity grid and rai- th’s 19th Party Congress, Xi said a better chance of transforming China has so far spent or com- of China’s 2 trillion yuan ($300 lway are all commercially via- the Belt and Road Initiative is the fortunes of the mostly deve- mitted more than $500 billion billion) National Pension Fund ble as long as there is income pivotal. “We hope to make new loping countries along its route. on the plan, according to data will be invested. generated from user fees,” he ground in opening China further According to McKinsey & Co., the compiled by Bloomberg from Though their official documen- said. through links running eastward undertaking has the potential to official statements and company ts don’t give specifics, Bank of In the meantime, Chinese and westward, across land and boost a region that will contribu- releases. The figure is considera- China said it has lent more than companies are more aware of over sea,” Xi said. te 80 percent of global economic bly higher if lending by China’s $80 billion to 470 projects along country risks than in the past, The National Development & growth and vault 3 billion more big commercial banks is inclu- the Belt and Road route as of the according to Norman Sze, a Reform Commission, China’s top people into the middle class by ded, though comprehensive end of June, and other big sta- partner at Deloitte China in planning body, and the Ministry 2050. data on their activities isn’t rea- te-owned lenders including In- Beijing. “They would factor in of Commerce didn’t respond to It is best to see the initiative as a dily available. dustrial & Commercial Bank of the risks, and take actions such written requests for comment on “vast geopolitical project aimed at The financing comes in various China and China Construction as hedging against currency the financial risks in the Belt and cementing China’s political and forms, including from dedicated Bank have also lent billions. swings and buying insurance,” Road Initiative. trade role over that of the U.S., institutions like the $40 billion Where the government goes, he said. While the idea of China rea- not an economic one in the sense Silk Road Fund and others that companies follow. In the first China Export & Credit Insu- ching out to the world via trade that each project will generate a aren’t directly linked, such as nine months of 2017, domestic rance Corp., the state-owned along its Silk Road is centuries- return,” said Michael Every, head state-owned banks and the companies have invested $9.6 insurer which covers govern- old, this time around the econo- of financial markets research at $100 billion Asian Infrastructu- billion in 57 countries along the ment seizures, nationalization, mic heft behind the move stands Rabobank Group in Hong Kong. re Investment Bank. Even part route. political violence and other risks, said it has insured $480 billion of exports and invest- ments in Belt and Road na- tions, and paid out $1.73 billion Xi’s market clout on display in rare dollar bond sale in claims since 2013. While the risks may be high, hina began marketing its first sove- into a leading global power, with a plan to followed Moody’s Investors Service in cut- the investments could have Creign dollar bonds since 2004 following deepen China’s economic ties with Asia, ting China’s sovereign rating, citing soaring long-term benefits for China if a week when Chinese leaders in Beijing Europe, and Africa through a global infras- debt and increased economic and financial they succeed, and in the mean- outlined a greater role for the nation on the tructure initiative. risks. time could help utilize China’s world stage. The issuance will help establish a ben- The debt sale is one of the most eagerly excess industrial capacity and The Ministry of Finance set final guidan- chmark for pricing foreign currency bonds anticipated in Asia this year and coincides expand the use of the yuan ce of 15 basis points over Treasuries for its from China, the Ministry of Finance said in with record dollar-bond issuance of $144 abroad, according to Michael USD1 billion of five-year notes, from an ini- a statement on Tuesday. billion by Chinese companies so far in 2017. Taylor, Moody’s chief credit of- tial guidance of 30-40 basis points annou- “Coming straight after the 19th Party The sovereign itself has been a rare issuer ficer for APAC. nced earlier yesterday. The 10-year notes Congress, the timing of issuance was spot in foreign currencies and has only ever “These countries have high are being offered at 25 basis points, from on,” said Luke Spajic, head of portfolio ma- sold the equivalent of about $11 billion of growth and growth potential, the initial guidance of 40-50 basis points, nagement for emerging Asia at Pacific In- such notes, according to data compiled by and often what is holding them according to people familiar with the offe- vestment Management Co., which manages Bloomberg. back from achieving that po- ring, who aren’t authorized to speak publi- $1.7 trillion. “Though the deal size is rela- “We believe that pricing will ultimately se- tential is a lack of infrastructu- cly. The bonds are expected to price later tively modest, the symbolic nature of this ttle on the tight end of initial price guidan- re,” Taylor said. If the invest- yesterday. issuance will give state owned enterprises, ce,” said Todd Schubert, head of fixed-in- ments succeed in raising pro- The sale comes on the heels of the twice-a- and banks, a marker for valuation.” come research at Bank of Singapore Ltd., ductivity, then the countries decade Communist Party congress where China is offering the bonds unrated, in citing strong demand for emerging market would “generate the kind of President Xi Jinping cemented his status a break with traditional practice by sove- bonds, and the scarcity value of a Chinese economic growth that would be as China’s strongest leader in decades. Xi reigns in the region when they sell dollar sovereign bond. The announced guidance necessary to repay any debts,” has a three-decade vision of turning China notes. S&P Global Ratings last month “is in line with our expectation,” he said. he said. Bloomberg 27.10.2017 fri

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Australia le steps to ensure they were not dual nationals. Government lawyer Stephen Do- naghue told the High Court judges High Court to rule on the other five lawmakers should not be disqualified because they did not voluntarily acquire or re- tain citizenship of another country. deputy leader’s fate today “If a person is not aware either that they are a dual citizen or of a significant prospect that they are, Rod McGuirk, Canberra zenship from her father and Matt in our submission by definition Canavan who became an Italian that person cannot have a split ap photo ustralia’s High Court through his maternal grandpa- allegiance,” Donaghue told the Awill rule today on whether rents. court. seven lawmakers including the Contentious decisions made Bret Walker, a lawyer for Joyce deputy prime minister and two by ineligible ministers could be and Nash, told the court that nei- senior ministers are eligible to challenged in the courts. ther knew until recently that they sit in Parliament in a case that At the emergency hearing two were dual citizens of New Zealand threatens the conservative gover- weeks ago, the High Court heard and Britain, respectively. nment’s slender majority. doubts about whether Canavan’s As soon as they found out, they Prime Minister Malcolm Tur- Italian citizenship was valid. took all reasonable steps required nbull has said he is confident that The Australian Constitution to sever their foreign ties, Walker the seven judges will not take a li- took effect in 1901 and only two said. teral interpretation of a 116-year- lawmakers before now had ever “There’s no split allegiance where old section of the constitution been caught by the ban on dual you’re not aware of one,” Walker that bans “a subject or citizen of nationals. told the court. “You cannot heed a a foreign power” from sitting in In both cases, the lawmaker call you cannot hear.” Parliament. was born overseas and was dis- Roberts, who became a British The fate of Deputy Prime Mi- qualified from Parliament. But citizen through his Welsh father nister Barnaby Joyce is most four of the seven currently under and represents the anti-immi- crucial to the government in an a cloud — the three ministers and gration, anti-Muslim One Nation unprecedented political crisis. Nick Xenophon, leader of a mi- party, argued through his lawyer If the court rules that he was The fate of Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce (pictured) is most crucial to the nor party — are Australian-born Robert Newlinds that it would be illegally elected in July last year government and did nothing to become fo- “Un-Australian” to treat Austra- due to New Zealand citizenship reign citizens. lian-born citizens differently to he unknowingly inherited from citizenship. But the government Six senators could be disquali- The government argued that immigrants. his father, the ruling coalition is unpopular in opinion polls, fied, though the balance of power only New Zealand-born Scott Many question whether the could lose its single-seat majority and the rural voters he represen- would not change since senators Ludlam and India-born Malcolm ban on dual citizen lawmakers is in the House of Representatives, ts could throw both Joyce and his can be replaced without elec- Roberts should be disqualified. appropriate in a nation of immi- where governments are formed. administration out of office. The tions. Two of them however are The government argues that grants where around half the po- Joyce could stand in a by-elec- earliest possible date for such an government ministers, Fiona those two senators from minor pulation was either born overseas tion, having renounced his Kiwi election is Dec. 2. Nash who inherited British citi- parties failed to take reasonab- or has a migrant parent. AP ad fri 27.10.2017

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n explosion and infer- no at a fireworks fac- tory near the Indone- Explosion, inferno at sian capital yesterday killedA at least 47 people, most of them female workers who were apparently locked inside, and in- fireworks factory kills 47 jured dozens. Witnesses said a huge explo- sion was heard from the fac- Tangerang police chief Hary tory at about 10 a.m. and then Kurniawan said 46 injured peo- smaller blasts echoed across the ple were being treated at three neighborhood as orange flames hospitals. jumped from the building and The factory had been opera- columns of black smoke billowed ting for less than two months, he from it. said. The death toll could rise as “We are still investigating the many of those who escaped su- cause of the fire and questio- ffered extensive burns, said Nico ning witnesses,” Kurniawan told Afinta, general crimes director reporters. “Factory owners or at Jakarta police. He said bodies anyone who neglects and viola- were found piled at the rear of tes safety rules should be held the building. legally responsible.” Police said 103 people were Minister of Manpower Hanif working at the factory and 10 are Dhakiri said his department still unaccounted for. It’s possib- would investigate the factory for le some or all of those 10 had not allegedly employing underaged come to work or suffered only workers. minor injuries and didn’t seek MetroTV, quoting a local of- medical attention, said Jakarta Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of an explosion at a firecracker factory in Tangerang ficial, said although the factory police spokesman Argo Yuwono. had a permit, its proximity to a A local resident told Indonesia’s the TV channel. paid 40,000 rupiah (USD3) a police report said the fire spread residential area was against re- MetroTV he saw police and resi- A worker who escaped the day. after an explosion that caused gulations. dents smash through a wall of the fire said the factory’s staff was “I lost so many friends. I coul- the roof to collapse. Safety laws are inconsistently factory so trapped workers could mostly women employed on a dn’t help. Everybody just ran for Video showed flames shoo- enforced or even completely ig- escape. Some of the victims were casual basis. safety,” she said, weeping. ting meters above the structure nored in Indonesia, a poor and burning as they ran out, he said. Mumum, who goes by one The factory is located next to and billowing clouds of black sprawling archipelago nation “The fire began with a strong name, told Indonesia’s TVOne a residential area in Tangerang, smoke spreading across the nei- where worker rights are often explosion like a bomb,” Benny, she started working at the fac- a city in Banten province on the ghborhood as residents looked treated as a lower priority than who goes by one name, told tory a few weeks ago and was western outskirts of Jakarta. A on in horror. economic growth and jobs. AP

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Kenya Gatundu resident. Opposition leader Raila Odin- ga, who got nearly 45 percent of the vote in August, has said the new election won’t be credib- One dead as police, protesters le because of a lack of electoral reform and accused Kenyatta of moving a country known for relative stability and openness clash during election toward authoritarian rule. Odinga’s call for a boycott re- Christopher Torchia, Nairobi sonated strongly in Kisumu, Kenya’s third-largest city and t least one person ap photo an opposition stronghold. He was killed as Kenyan has urged followers to stay away police yesterday fired from polling stations because of bullets and tear gas concerns about a crackdown by atA stone-throwing protesters in security forces. Human rights some opposition areas during groups said police killed at least the repeat presidential election, 67 people during protests af- reflecting bitter divisions in a ter the August vote; authorities country whose main opposition confirmed a smaller number of leader urged his followers to boy- deaths and said they had to take cott the vote. action against rioters. Violence erupted in Nairobi’s Odinga has said the opposition Kibera slum and Kisumu, a major coalition, National Super Allian- city in the west where protesters ce, will become a resistance mo- set fires and blocked roads, and vement. On Thursday, he said many polling stations didn’t open the movement will constitute a because of security concerns. “People’s Assembly to guide the Police said one man shot during country to a fresh free and fair protests in Kisumu died at a hos- presidential election” as part of pital, while three other people a peaceful resistance that will were admitted with gunshot include boycotting goods and wounds. An Associated Press services by those who have su- journalist saw ambulances trans- pported Kenyatta’s “lawless grab porting several people from the of the presidency.” protests there. Odinga and Kenyatta, who One Kisumu primary school seeks a second term, also faced that saw huge lines of voters off in a 2013 election similarly An opposition supporter reacts after burning tyres during demonstrations in Mombasa, yesterday when it served as a polling sta- marred by opposition allegations tion in the Aug. 8 election was of vote-rigging. The opposition closed this time around, its gates the August election that the Su- ner in August with 54 percent of electoral workers prepared ballot leader also ran unsuccessfully locked. preme Court nullified because it the vote, had said security forces papers by flashlight after heavy in 2007 — ethnic-fueled animo- “We are not going to vote and found illegalities and irregulari- would be deployed nationwide to rains knocked out power to the sity after that vote killed more we are not going to allow it,” said ties in the election process. ensure order on Thursday, and site. than 1,000 people and forced Olga Onyanga, an opposition su- After voting, Kenyatta said 90 he urged Kenyans to vote whi- “Our hope for the country is 600,000 from their homes. pporter in Kisumu. percent of the country was calm le respecting the rights of those that whoever emerges the win- Many observers say Kenya’s Voting proceeded in areas whe- and said Kenya must remove who didn’t. ner will be able to unite the coun- ethnic-based politics oversha- re President Uhuru Kenyatta has ethnic loyalties from its politics Voters lined up before dawn try, which is already torn apart dow the promise of its democra- support, but fewer voters were in order to succeed. The presi- at a polling station in Kenyat- by politicians and politics of the cy. Kenyatta is a Kikuyu, while turning out in comparison to dent, who was declared the win- ta’s hometown of Gatundu and day,” said Simon Wambirio, a Odinga is a Luo. AP

Brazil American University. The 77-year-old Temer spent recent weeks sho- Temer turns to reforms, but can he deliver? ring up support, doling out local projects, plum positions and favorable resident Michel super-majority in Con- threat to the reform agen- decrees in a bid to avoid Temer’s administra- gress, and other senior da, especially on social being put on trial for

P ap photo tion turned its attention politicians are already security. Temer emerged charges of obstruction of yesterday to pressing its talking about focusing on from yesterday’s vote justice and leading a cri- reform agenda, but it is less ambitious measures. with a parliamentary base minal organization. He unclear if it has the su- Many lawmakers who ever more weakened.” needed backing from at pport to govern after con- supported Temer yes- Investors seemed re- least a third of the 513 de- vincing a small majority terday’s vote said that lieved with the currency puties in the Chamber of in Brazil’s Congress not keeping the president in trading generally stable Deputies — or 171 votes. to suspend the leader and power was necessary to against the dollar early He passed that mark with make him stand trial on sustain a nascent eco- Thursday and the main 251 votes for him. corruption charges. nomic recovery after the Bovespa stock index ope- But that margin was The vote was only the President Michel Temer deepest recession in de- ning up. smaller than his victory latest in a series of threa- cades in Latin America’s But analysts warned over a similar vote on se- ts to Temer’s political ft charges. Temer called ning whether there’s any largest economy led to that the respite might not parate corruption charges survival: He emerged the corruption charges left over to pass an unpo- high unemployment and last. in August, when he secu- victorious from a court against him absurd and pular overhaul of pen- pushed millions back into “Markets who applau- red 263 votes. challenge earlier this year politically motivated. sions or make changes to poverty. ded the arrival of Temer In both cases, the num- to the vote that elected With all obvious threa- labor laws aimed at revi- Helio Gurovitz, a co- on the scene may have ber of supporters fell well him vice president, he ts to his removal behind ving Brazil’s economy. lumnist with media giant been premature in their below the 308 votes, or resisted calls for his re- him, Temer and his ad- “We want to approve a Globo, said the opposite celebration because I three-fifths of the cham- signation when corrup- visers appeared eager to social security reform in might be true. think reformism has been ber, that he would need tion allegations recently get back to the business 2017 itself,” Eliseu Padi- The “problem is that Te- blemished by association to pass his big proposals, came to light, and he has of governing. But with lha, Temer’s chief of staff, mer’s continuation also with Temer,” said Ma- such as a revamp of the now beaten two attempts so much political capital told the G1 news portal offers risks to the eco- tthew M. Taylor, a pro- pension system that he to be removed from office spent on merely survi- after the vote. But such an nomy,” he wrote. “The fessor at the School of says would help boost the and put on trial on gra- ving, analysts are questio- overhaul would require a principle of these is the International Service at economy. AP 27.10.2017 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) cineteatro 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 27, 28 Oct 15:00 Miscelalneous 16:20 Zig Zag 16:35 European League: Braga x Razgrad (Repeated) 18:20 Champions League - Highlights (Repeated) 18:45 Brazilian Mini Serie (Repeated) 19:10 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) 19:45 Non-daily Portuguese News (Repeated) 19:50 Soap Opera 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:20 Portuguese Serie 22:10 Brazilian Mini Serie 22:40 Miscellaneous 23:00 TDM News 23:30 European League - Highlights 01:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 02:20 RTPi Live

Saturday 10:30 Comedy 11:45 Miscellaneous 12:00 Miscellaneous 12:30 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) “Veritas Cup” international chinese hymn 14:50 Soap Opera (PT) composing competition 2017 17:20 Miscellaneous room 1 18:15 Miscellaneous 19:10 European League - Highlights (Repeated) 19:30 Miscallaneous 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) 1968 Police clash with 21:00 Drama (PT) 21:40 Miscellaneous anti-war protesters 22:30 Documentary Serie 23:00 TDM News Trouble has flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside 01:10 RTPi Live the United States Embassy. The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, Sunday march against US involvement in Vietnam but were con- fronted by a wall of police. 10:30 Comedy The breakaway group, led by the Maoist Britain-Viet- 11:00 Sunday Mass nam Solidarity Front was almost thwarted by the march 12:00 Miscellaneous organisers who were aware of the plan and feared vio- 12:30 Miscellaneous lence would erupt. 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Once in Grovesnor Square the protesters formed a hu- 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) man chain and charged at the police wall but failed to 14:50 Zig Zag break through and, after three hours of stalemate, they 16:15 Pop Lusa all dispersed. 17:15 Brainstorm In the streets surrounding the square fireworks and 18:00 Miscellaneous other missiles were thrown but no injuries were caused 19:30 Portuguese Serie and police considered them to be isolated incidents. 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) Thor: Ragnarok The rest of the march, organised by the Vietnam So- 21:00 Non-daily Portuguese News room 2 lidarity Campaign (VSC), continued peacefully to Hyde 22:00 Miscellaneous 2D: 2:15 4:45, 9:45pm Park. 23:00 TDM News pm 3D: 17:15 At Downing Street, Tariq Ali of the VSC, handed in a 23:30 Documentary (Repeated) Director: Taika Waititi petition, signed by 75,000 to ask the government to stop 00:40 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston supporting the US in its war against Vietnam. 01:15 RTPi Live Language: English Duration: 109 min The Home Secretary, James Callaghan, praised the de- monstration saying “self-control was shown by the mass of the demonstrators”. He also praised the discipline and restraint shown by police. “I doubt if this kind of demonstration could have taken place so peacefully in any other part of the world,” he said. Security for the march was high. A thousand-strong team of police was stationed outside the US Embassy Offbeat and policemen lined the route of the march with back-up following in coaches. ermany ouple backs off plan to The turnout for the march was around 25,000, half the G : C number predicted by police and organisers. call baby Lucifer But, far from being disappointed at the low turnout Mr Ali said; “This is not the end. This is the beginning of A baby in Germany won’t be named Lucifer after autho- the campaign.” rities intervened. Courtesy BBC News A registrar in the central city of Kassel sought clarifica- tion from the local district court after a couple sought to give their son the name. Court official Matthias Grund told n context news agency dpa that the registrar suspected the name I could endanger the child’s well-being. Security for the march was high after police were criticised for fail- The parents, who were not identified, were persuaded ing to contain a similar demonstration at the US Embassy in March to relent during a closed-door hearing at the local court Always be with you which ended with over 300 arrests. and decided to call their son Lucian instead. That saved room 3 The last American troops left Vietnam on 29 March 1973. the court from having to decide whether Lucifer was ac- 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm The following year there were frequent violations of the peace treaty. ceptable. Director: Herman Yau In 1975, fullscale warfare resumed between North and South Viet- Authorities in Germany can decide not to accept names Starring: Louis Koon, Julian Cheung, Lam Ka Tung nam -without American intervention. In 1976 the first elections were for children though there is no outright ban on any spe- Language: Chinese (Chinese and English subtitles) held to a National Assembly, finally reuniting North and South. cific names. Duration: 107 min fri 27.10.2017 th Anniversary

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will be missing the injured Johnathan Thurston but have ap photo depth in pivotal playmaking positions and right across the field. While England captain Sean O’Loughlin said “nothing is won the first week,” Kanga- roos skipper Smith believes the first week could set the tone. “If you get beaten in that first game, you put yourself into a tricky position hea- ding into quarterfinals and semifinals,” Smith said. “I don’t want to travel out of the country to play a final.”

NZ WORRIES: New Zealand is the only team that has taken a World Cup off Australia since 1975, the Kiwis captu- ring their one-and-only title in 2008 with a dramatic win over the Kangaroos in Brisba- ne. The Kiwis have an array of NRL-hardened players and a history of against-the-odds upsets, but their preparation has been overshadowed by Taumalolo’s decision to play for Tonga. England coach Wayne Bennett, left, gestures as he talks with Sam Burgess during a training session ahead of the Rugby League World Cup in Melbourne The Cowboys backrower has played for the Kiwis but chose — under rules allowing players who qualify for more Rugby than one country to transfer back and forth to teams out- side the top tier — to switch. Coach David Kidwell said Bennett’s England aim to upset his focus was only on the Kiwis players who committed to the squad. Aussies to kick off World Cup “Dealing with adversity, I think every coach goes throu- gh it at different stages,” Ki- dwell said. “I have just had to John Pye also a firm believer in expan- that’s what we’re aiming for.” nulla Sharks prop who pulled face it at the start.” ding the international game. The winner in Melbourne is out of the Kangaroos squad. n the rugby league world, And that’s why he jumped at expected to get the easier of TONGA’S TEAM: Tonga IAustralia has long been the the chance to guide England the paths to the final, with ASHES CLASHES: Regu- coach Kristian Woolf has an dominant force. So when it after Australia decided that the loser likely to have to play lar bilateral series between infinitely stronger squad now comes to plotting the Kanga- NRL club coaches would be New Zealand at home in a se- Australia and England are that Taumalolo and Fifita joi- roos’ downfall at the World ineligible to coach the Kanga- mifinal. now commonly referred to as ned the likes of Konrad Hur- Cup, it was widely viewed a roos. Mal Meninga, who has The Kangaroos have won 10 Ashes contests, named after rell, Fuifui Moimoi and Tony shrewd move by England to a relationship with Bennett of the 14 World Cups to date, the oldest and most famous Williams. recruit Wayne Bennett. going back to the 1970s, got and been runner-up in three of the cricket test series. Cri- “Our expectations were If anyone knows the ins-and- the Kangaroos job. others. Britain, as a combined cket’s Ashes series will start high anyway but these guys outs of the Australian game When Australia hosts En- team, won three World Cup in Brisbane in late Novem- certainly raised them,” said it is Bennett, the most suc- gland in the tournament ope- titles (1954, 1960 and 1972) ber and conclude in the New Woolf. cessful coach in the National ner in Melbourne on Friday but England’s best solo run Year. Rugby League. He started his night, it’ll be mentor against is to two runner-up finishes The visiting rugby league FIJIAN FLYOVER: Since coaching career in 1977 — five ex-pupil in the coaching bo- in 1975 and 1995. Adding to team is hoping to provide helping Fiji to the World Cup years after the last World Cup xes. their woes, England hasn’t some inspiration. Bennett, semifinals in 2008, Jarryd title won by a British team — “We won’t be at our best on beaten Australia in 22 years. who is back at the Brisbane Hayne has played for Aus- and his credentials include Friday night, they won’t be at It’s the biggest of the se- Broncos after coaching stints tralia, propelled New South seven premierships in the na- their best either, it’s where ven matches on the ope- at St. George Illawarra and Wales to a classic — and rare tional top flight, plus stints in we’re at in six weeks’ time,” ning weekend. Tournament Newcastle, has had limited — State-of-Origin victory, charge of Queensland in the Bennett said, reflecting on the co-hosts Papua New Guinea time to work with his England quit rugby league to play NFL annual State-of-Origin series opening match of the tourna- will play Wales at Port Mo- squad. for the San Francisco 49ers and of the Australian team. ment and the last on Nov. 2. resby tomorrow, followed by “They’ve been with me 12 for a season, tried to qualify He’s a proud Australian, but “We want to be in that final, co-host New Zealand against months now so we all know for Fiji’s Olympic gold-me- Samoa in what is set to be an each other,” Bennett said. dal winning sevens team, intense physical contest in “There’s much better unders- and returned to rugby lea- Auckland and Jarred Hayne’s tanding and acceptance of gue. He hasn’t returned to his rugby league world cup 2017 Fijians against the United what we need to do.” brilliant best, so he’s hoping States in Townsville. Priority one will be to end another World Cup will re-ig- Australia (1.25) On Sunday, it’s Ireland vs. the long drought against Aus- nite his career. Tonga (26) Italy, France vs. Lebanon and tralia. That won’t be easy, Fiji forward Ashton Sims though, against a Kangaroos England (9) Scotland vs. Tonga, which thinks Hayne has plenty to is shaping as a genuine se- lineup featuring hooker Ca- give. New Zealand (11) mifinal contender with the meron Smith, halfback Coo- “He’s been one of the best Italy (1001) additions of Jason Taumalo- per Cronk and the returning influences in the team so far,” Others lo — the North Queensland fullback Billy Slater, the long- Sims said. “His attitude is Cowboys star who opted out time “spine” of the Melbour- rubbing off on others and on winner odds oddschecker.com of playing for New Zealand ne Storm’s NRL premiership his day he is one of the best — and Andrew Fifita, the Cro- lineup. The Australian squad players in the world.” AP fri 27.10.2017

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Football | Serie A back Kalidou Koulibaly and others. Instead, Napoli spent its mo- ney on contract extensions for Mertens (a four-year deal that Napoli success comes the old- included a salary boost from 1.5 million euros to 4.5 million euros per season) and Insigne (a five-year deal at 5 million fashioned way - without spending euros per season). “This could be our year,” In- Andrew Dampf, Rome than 200 million euros (more signe told Italian daily La Re- than $250 million) shelled pubblica. “That’s why none of n an era when world ap photo out by big-spending AC Milan, us considered other offers.” soccer is becoming do- which was purchased by a Chi- Extensions for Napoli’s two minated by Middle Eas- nese group in April. most talented players sent a tern sheiks and Chinese French leader Paris Saint- necessary signal after striker Iinvestment groups that spend Germain and its energy-rich Gonzalo Higuain was sold the endlessly, Napoli’s success in Qatari owners recently spent previous offseason to Juven- Serie A this season is a tes- a world-record 222 million eu- tus for an Italian-record re- tament to winning the old- ros ($260 million) on just one cord 90 million euros (then fashioned way. player, Neymar. $99 million). The southern squad has been Abu Dhabi-funded Premier Perhaps Napoli’s best addi- built with astute market deci- League leader Manchester tion was signing journeyman sions — no exaggerated spen- City — which Napoli hosts in coach Sarri from Empoli in ding — that have enabled team the Champions League next 2015. chemistry to build year after week — has spent nearly $500 While Sarri had never coa- year. million since Pep Guardiola ched a major club, he beca- Napoli’s starting 11 is vir- was hired as coach last year. me an expert at assembling tually the same as it was last Napoli’s Dries Mertens celebrates a win with Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina Napoli’s only acquisitions squads with the parts he col- season and the squad’s core over the offseason were winger lected upon arrival during his hasn’t changed since Rafa Be- tory with nine wins and a draw gan during Benitez’s two years Adam Ounas from Bordeaux, time spent at every level of Ita- nitez coached the club in 2013- in 10 matches. and has continued with great defender Mario Rui from Em- lian soccer — including ama- 14 and 2014-15. More than a quarter of the results under [current coach poli and forward Roberto In- teur and semi-pro teams. Yet Napoli appears vastly im- way through the season, Napo- Maurizio] Sarri,” Napoli pre- glese from Chievo Verona — It was Sarri’s stroke of genius proved from a year ago, and li holds a two-point lead over sident Aurelio De Laurentiis each for the relatively modest that made Mertens the stan- holdovers like Dries Mertens, fellow unbeaten club Inter Mi- said. sum of about 10 million euros dout center forward that he is club youth product Lorenzo lan and is three points ahead De Laurentiis was criticized ($12 million) — and Inglese today, moving the Belgium in- Insigne and captain Marek of six-time defending cham- during the offseason when Na- was left on loan at Chievo. ternational from the wing to a Hamsik — in his 11th season pion Juventus. poli spent less than 50 million Neither any starters nor de- “false 9” position following an with the club — have guided “We’re reaping the benefits euros (USD60 million) on new cent reserves were sold, des- injury to Arkadiusz Milik early the team to its best start in his- of a long-term plan that be- players, a fraction of the more pite lucrative offers for center last season. AP

ad THE Trump to declare opioid crisis Station Air quality BUZZ nationwide health emergency Roadside 100-130 Bad President Donald Trump’s plan to declare the was directing his health department to take opioid crisis a nationwide public health emer- that step, according to the officials, who we- High gency won’t bring new dollars to fight a scourge ren’t authorized to publicly discuss the matter Density 100-130 that kills an estimated 142 Americans each day, in advance and briefed journalists on condition Residental but will expand access to medical services in of anonymity. Bad rural areas and shift some federal HIV money Administration officials said they would urge Area opinion to help addicts, White House officials said yes- Congress, during end-of-the year budget ne- terday. gotiations, to add new cash to a public health Ambient 100-130 Trump intended to use an afternoon speech emergency fund that Congress hasn’t sent mo- Bad source: dsmg source: Bizcuits [early today, Macau time] to announce that he ney to for years. Leanda Lee WORLD BRIEFS Putting down roots No sweat, no sport: EU Australia’s High Court Sands has assessed that a sufficiently res- will rule today on whether pectful time has passed to celebrate their ten- seven lawmakers including th birthday, after putting aside plans for the says bridge card game the deputy prime minister party which were wiped from the schedule by and two senior ministers typhoon Hato. Most of the damage in Hato’s are eligible to sit in aftermath has been cleaned up and life has Parliament in a case that generally returned to normality. One exception is not a sport threatens the conservative is many of our city’s trees. government’s slender The typhoon had reportedly damaged 10,000 Raf Casert, Brussels majority. More on p12 trees of which about 40 percent had to be des- troyed. IACM was said to have dealt with 15 ap photo he European thousand tons of green waste. At the time, the

Union’s top court ru- ap photo photos of trees fallen over depicted the hor- T ror of the force of the storm and damage to led yesterday on a topic property. An additional sadness was the loss that vexes sports fans to the community of those trees, the living as- and card players alike: sets that provide an incredible array of ameni- Is a game like bridge a ty. Our urban existence has largely forgotten sport? Kenya Opposition what that amenity is. The answer: When it supporters boycotted Trees in the natural landscape have multiple comes to taxes, no sweat, yesterday’s rerun of Kenya’s roles. They provide food and shelter, some no sport. disputed presidential election, clashing with have medicinal uses. They harbour animals, The European Court of birds, beneficial insects. Their root systems police in some parts of maintain the soil structure, stopping erosion Justice announced in its the East African country (planting of mangroves has been repeatedly ruling that “bridge, whi- and forcing authorities to recommended for Macau’s coast), their leaves ch is characterized by postpone voting in areas mulch, further protecting the soil and feeding it, a physical element that affected by the violence. helping to maintain stable micro-environmen- appears to be negligib- At least three people were ts teaming with mycelium, bacteria, microbes le, is not covered by the killed. More on p15 and other mutually beneficial life which in turn concept of ‘sport.’” convert nutrients into more readily accessible The English Bridge the highest court in the especially hard. Turkey A court ruled that forms for plants. Trees provide shade, cooling Union, which has some 28-nation bloc. “A large percentage of Amnesty International’s the environment. They slow evaporation and 55,000 members, wan- It left the English Brid- bridge players are from Turkey chairman Taner draw nutrients from deeper in the ground so to Kilic remain jailed pending ted a tax exemption ge Union distraught. groups with limited dis- condition the soil for smaller plants to access a verdict in his trial a day moisture and grow. They create wind barriers linked to sports so that posable income — the re- after a separate court and beautiful visual borders. entrance fees to tourna- tired, and those in full- released eight other The humble tree has form, function and ments can become more [The time education. Making human rights activists on beauty well recognised by Macau. In 2013 the affordable. British cour- the game cheaper for bail, the rights organization Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau published ts and officials have al- ruling] left them to play would in- said. a book on the charm of our trees to highlight ready refused, claiming the English crease their levels of par- the value of these – many ancient – physical a sport must have a sig- ticipation,” it said. assets. nificant element of phy- Bridge Union Britain’s tax office said Yet, those pictures of timber toppled by Hato, sical activity. it welcomed the Euro- ap photo root balls sheered by slabs of concrete, sug- The European court distraught pean court’s ruling, whi- gest that we may not have planted suitably. ch it said confirmed its There was mention of the wrong choice of agreed, saying that when species leading to inadequacy of taproots to considering value-added “That bridge incorpo- views about bridge. stabilise. Most mature trees, however, deve- tax exemptions, sports rated many of the at- EU nations have diffe- Romania Patriarch Kirill lop a fibrous root system that acts as a tripod should be “characterized tributes of more recog- rent tax rules related to of the Russian Orthodox stabilising the trees – the ubiquitous taproot is by a not negligible physi- nized ‘sports’, such as whether or not bridge Church arrived yesterday in a myth. Even naturally tap-rooted trees when cal element.” organized competition, is recognized as a sport. Bucharest on the first visit in shallow soil with other barriers (as in urban The court’s ruling dis- training, and exertion, Yesterday’s decision to Romania by a head of streetscapes) will not grow characteristically regarded the initial ad- was not deemed suffi- could now negatively af- the Russian church since deep roots. We might do better in the selection vice of its advocate gene- cient,” it said. fect bridge organizations the end of communism in of species but with soil barely visible, let alone ral — an exceptional but The body said the ruling in countries apart from the country. breathing a yard from the truck, a root system not unique occurrence at would hit poorer players Britain. AP that should extend beyond a tree’s dripline is Germany The potential hardly capable of being developed. Feed and partners in Germany’s tend the soil and the plant will look after itself. next government stressed Urbanites, living in smaller homes with less times square by rodrigo yesterday their joint wish outdoor space, still need green environments to form a pro-European for health and well-being. The fall-out from administration that nurtures Hato brings with it an opportunity to rethink our strong ties with France, green-scapes, even to encourage the commu- though they gave few nity to become involved in greening projects. details as they began Perhaps community gardens right within the tackling tricky policy issues. lived community and even some progress towards self-sufficiency and food security wou- ld not be beyond the realms of possibility. We can think beyond parks and gardens, beyond ap photo the street trees or verge plantings. We have more vertical space and rooftops in residential centres than all the other space combined. Grants and subsidies to community groups, individuals and property managers for gree- Brazil President Michel ning projects have been successfully used in Temer’s administration other global cities to harness people’s desi- turned its attention re to work communally together (as Hato has yesterday to pressing its shown us we can do), grow something beau- reform agenda, but it is tiful and can harness many of the functions unclear if it has the support of trees and natural landscapes that we are to govern after convincing missing out on. a small majority in Brazil’s The people’s Urban Forest – as symbiotic as Congress not to suspend a natural one, creating a stronger community, the leader and make him and breathing life back into our environment. stand trial on corruption charges. More on p15