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AP PHOTO Kim Jong Nam’s body

JAPAN’S ruling party urged the government yesterday to consider arming the country released to North Korea with more advanced and offensive military capabilities, such as

striking enemy targets AP PHOTO with cruise missiles, further loosening the self-defense-only posture Japan has maintained since the end of World War II. More on p13

PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed an expletive-laden tirade yesterday against the country’s leading newspaper and TV network and threatened to humiliate them and their owners, whom he accused of distorting news of his anti- drug crackdown. A van believed to be carrying the SINGAPORE A teenage body of Kim Jong Nam comes blogger from Singapore out from the forensic department who was granted U.S. at Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Police asylum remains detained in a Wisconsin facility with yesterday stopped guarding the few clues of when he’ll be morgue that held the body of released. Attorney Sandra Kim Jong Un’s murdered half- Grossman initially said brother. Following “very sensitive” Yee could be released Monday. Her office said negotiations, Prime Minister Najib Wednesday it appears Razak said Malaysia agreed to Yee will stay detained release the body in exchange for while federal authorities the return of nine Malaysians held consider appealing. Some P3 immigration experts say in North Korea’s capital. that’s unusual. AP PHOTO

AUSTRALIA The Australian government said yesterday it had found no evidence that any of its donations to the Christian charity World Vision had been siphoned to Islamic militant group Hamas. But Pearl Horizon, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said its World Vision funding in Gaza would Land Law spur remain suspended while Israeli charges against the global aid agency remain P4 AL PLENARY unresolved. heated debate More on backpage INSIDE 31.03.2017 fri

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MACAO WATER FINANCIAL RESULTS Annual water consumption rises

ACAO Water recor- company, 1.8 km of old wa-

Mded an after-tax profit ter pipelines were replaced XINHUA of MOP64.66 million, with in 2016. Other investment MOP52.37 million coming projects included upgrading from the major business of and improving water supply Cinematheque opens supplying water. According equipment, replacing water under CUT management to the company’s financial meters, applying the smart results announced yester- pipeline network system, as The Cinematheque Passion was inaugurated yesterday day, the region’s water su- well as daily maintenance of in a ceremony attended by several government officials, pplier made a total invest- fixed assets. including the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau ment of MOP65.43 million According to Macao Wa- (IC), Leung Hio Ming. After the opening ceremony, in 2016. ter, the demand for water three short films produced by Macau directors (Tracy The financial results in- has been increasing in the Choi, Chao Koi Wang and António Faria), based on the dicate that the annual wa- outlying islands (including Cinematheque theme, were presented to guests. An ter consumption was 86.7 Taipa, Coloane, Cotai and opening activity specially organized for Macau filmmakers million cubic meters in the Hengqin campus of the was also held. Association CUT will be responsible for 2016, a slight increase of University of Macau) in re- the programming and operation of the Cinematheque. 2.1 percent compared with cent years. Statistics show Every month, the facility will hold different thematic film 2015. The average daily that in 2016, water con- large-scale residential and to begin in the third quarter festivals or programs, such as the “Director-in-Focus” water consumption was sumption in the Macau Pe- entertainment facilities co- of this year, the water treat- program. According to a statement issued by the IC, 237,000 cubic meters. Com- ninsula represented 64 per- ming into place in coming ment plant is projected to “every month, two to three films from around the world mercial and industrial water cent of total water consump- years, demand for water in become operative in 2019. will also be premiered in Macau.” use accounted for 50.9 per- tion, while water consump- these islands is expected to After that, Macau’s daily wa- cent of the total water con- tion in the outlying islands continue increasing. Macao ter supply will increase from sumption, while residential accounted for 36 percent of Water has expressed the the current 390,000 cubic water use represented 42.7 total consumption, an in- need to build a new water meters to 520,000 cubic percent, and government crease of 6.2 percent year-on treatment plant there. meters. and municipal water use 6.4 -year. Among these islands, Macao Water is preparing The company claims that percent. Cotai saw the highest water for the construction of a wa- this heightened capacity will Macao Water’s major in- consumption growth of 13.2 ter treatment plant which be able to meet the city’s de- vestment projects included percent. With the new recla- can supply 130,000 cubic mand for water in the next the laying and replacement mation area, Pac On Ferry meters of water per day in 10 to 15 years, and ensures of the water supply pipeline Terminal, the Hong Kong- Seac Pai Van in Coloane. water supply stability in the network. According to the Zhuhai-Macau bridge and With construction expected islands.

Roadhouse awards Ducati for St. Patrick’s Day ‘Lusophone Journalism Award’ launched

As part of a joint promotion between Broadway at Galaxy told the Times, ex- by members of the press here in Macau Macau and Ducati Motorcycles, The Roadhouse Macau plaining that the prize CPI, the newspaper to belong - is being gave away a Ducati Scrambler Icon as part of their St. has no governmental [JTM] and a major fi- strengthened,” he Patrick’s Day celebrations on March 17. According to support and is being gure of the Portugue- said. “Internet is glo- the organizer, the winner was Sean Walsh, a long-term financed by the - pro se literary [sector]. bal, but people lack resident of Macau and regular guest at The Roadhouse moting organizations. […] It is unusual, but information about Macau. “This has been our first major promotion at The “We think that the so- it is also unusual that the neighborhood, Roadhouse Macau and we have been thrilled to work with cioeconomic changes a Portuguese langua- about what is happe- such an iconic brand as Ducati,” said Tess Carruthers, owner and managing director at The Roadhouse Macau. that occurred in Ma- ge newspaper lasted ning around them. cau are still unknown for almost 35 years That is what the local to most of the people in Macau. That has press does.” GEG and SBM suggest who speak Portugue- never happened,” he Speaking to journa- Dinis de Abreu (left) and Rocha Diniz se. The novelty of this said. lists on the sidelines Japan collaboration prize is its enlarge- CPI president Di- of his presentation, Paulo Barbosa about Macau pub- ment of the lusopho- nis de Abreu, former the CPI president Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) and Monte Carlo’s lished by lusophone ne space. To do that, editor-in-chief of said that “there is a Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) announced the formal local newspa- print and digital me- we needed to have Diário de Notícias, resurgent interest in establishment of a strategic partnership between both Aper joined with dia. It is seen by its an attractive prize,” was in Macau to give Macau” in Portugal. businesses. The announcement follows a strategic the Portuguese Press promoters as a way to the veteran journalist a lecture at the Mili- “China is increasingly investment made by GEG in SBM in July 2015. The Club (CPI) to launch “highlight the singu- said. tary Club about the investing in Portugal partnership includes a mutual commitment to enhance a journalism award lar positioning of Ma- Rocha Diniz recog- challenges faced by in sectors such as the the respective businesses and brands of each company, nized that it is unu- media worldwide. banking, insurance and to cooperate in the development and operation of targeting Portuguese- cau and its role as a entertainment businesses in the Asia-Pacific region. speaking countries platform connecting sual to have a news- Acknowledging that and electricity in- Suggesting that a joint development project in Japan and regions. The Portuguese-speaking paper promoting a there is a crisis in dustries. So it is only may be on the table for the new partnership, a statement EUR10,000 (around countries.” journalism award, the generalist press, natural that there is released by GEG stressed that they “look forward to the MOP86,000) “Lu- “It is an annual but added that the de Abreu said that it more interest in Por- possibility of collaborative efforts to design, develop and sophone Journalism award with very subs- independence of is not all bad news. tugal regarding Ma- operate an [integrated resort] in Japan.” Yesterday’s Award” was presented tantial value,” José the prize should not “Conversely, the lo- cau affairs, which has statement comes 15 weeks after the Upper House of Diet this week in Macau. Rocha Diniz, adminis- be called into ques- cal and community always been a bridge in Japan approved the “Integrated Resorts Promotion The award aims trator of Jornal Tribu- tion. “The award will press - the category in between East and Bill”. to recognize works na de Macau (JTM), have a jury composed which I consider the West.”

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MACAO WATER FINANCIAL RESULTS and politically motivated. North pects left the country on the day Korea does not even acknowled- Kim was killed. ge the victim is Kim Jong Nam, Custody of the body has been Annual water consumption rises Kim Jong Nam’s body referring to him instead as Kim a flashpoint in the case since the Chol, the name on the passport he start. Until now, Malaysia refu- was carrying when he died. sed to hand it over. Malaysia said But North Korea has always de- it held on to the body in order to released to North Korea manded custody of the body, ar- formally identify the corpse, whi- guing that the victim was a citizen. ch it now says it has done, using HE body of Kim Jong As tensions escalated in recent DNA from Kim’s son. Nam, the estranged half weeks, both countries withdrew brother of North Korea’s AP PHOTO their ambassadors and North Ko- leader, was released to rea blocked nine Malaysians who The two Tthe North yesterday, more than were in the country at the time a month after his murder at Kua- from leaving. Malaysia responded sides agreed la Lumpur’s airport unleashed a in kind, barring North Koreans fierce diplomatic battle between from exiting its soil, including to transfer the the two countries. three North Korean suspects be- body ‘to the Following negotiations that he lieved to be hiding in the North described as “very sensitive,” Pri- Korean Embassy. family of the me Minister Najib Razak said Ma- Yesterday, both sides appeared laysia agreed to release the body to emphasize that ties were on the deceased’ in exchange for the return of nine mend. Malaysians held in North Korea’s “Both countries agreed to lift the The KCNA statement said Ma- capital. There were no details on travel ban imposed on citizens of laysia had agreed to transfer the what led to the breakthrough, the other country and guarantee body “to the family of the decea- but North Korea appeared to win assassinations throughout the de- accused North Korea of being their safety and security,” said a sed” in North Korea. Kim, howe- some important concessions: cus- cades with impunity,” Oh said. behind the murder, but many say statement from North Korea’s of- ver, is believed to have children tody of the body and the release The public poisoning of Kim, the weapon — VX nerve agent, a ficial Korean Central News Agen- with women living in Macau and of at least two suspects who had which took place amid crowds of banned chemical weapon — sug- cy. Beijing, not in North Korea. been holed up in its embassy in travelers in the budget terminal at gests the North must have orches- The two countries did not say While it isn’t one of North Ko- Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur’s airport on Feb. trated it. Experts say the VX was whether that included the three rea’s key diplomatic partners, Oh Ei Sun, an adjunct senior 13, has prompted speculation almost certainly produced in a suspects. However, Japanese me- Malaysia had been one of the fellow with Singapore’s Rajarat- that North Korea dispatched a hit sophisticated state weapons labo- dia released a video reportedly few places in the world where nam School of International Stu- squad to assassinate its leader’s ratory, and North Korea is widely showing two of the suspects — an North Koreans could travel wi- dies, said it was not a surprise that estranged older brother. Althou- believed to possess large quanti- embassy employee and a worker thout a visa. Although that visa North Korea came out well in the gh Kim was not an obvious politi- ties of chemical weapons. for the North Korean state airli- arrangement was scrapped after negotiations. cal threat, he may have been seen Malaysia’s investigation has en- ne, Air Koryo — on an airplane, the killing, it meant that Malay- “North Korea has been perfor- as a potential rival in the country’s raged North Korea. It has denied and of cargo identified as Kim’s sia had been a quiet destination ming despicable deeds around dynastic dictatorship. any role in the killing and denou- casket. for Northerners looking for jobs, the world such as kidnapping and Malaysia has never directly nced the investigation as flawed Four other North Korean sus- schools and business deals. AP

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Renato Marques this means that the government is AL PLENARY acting together to solve this pro- HE “Pearl Horizon” case and blem.” Tthe Land Law were the two Meanwhile, Pereira Coutinho centerpieces of yesterday’s heated said he had already proposed some discussion in a quite uncommon Pearl Horizon, Land solutions to the government. “The plenary meeting of the Legislative government can write the clauses Assembly (AL). to guarantee that the buyers are The meeting, initially called to Law spur heated debate safeguarded,” he said, noting that hear lawmakers’ questions and this would be a valid guarantee government answers on 16 spoken whatever the courts decide. enquiries, eventually become cen- Cheung Lup Kwan, in a rare mo- tered on the topic of the Land Law ment of addressing the plenary, and, more specifically on the case acknowledged that it was a mis- of the Pearl Horizon buyers, some take to approve the changes to the of them in attendance. Land Law. “I believe that we made RENATO MARQUES RENATO Uncommonly, nominated to re- a mistake. I voted wrongly; I ad- ply to those questions was not the mit that like many others here,” he Secretary for Transport and Public said. “We have to think how to sol- Works, Raimundo do Rosário, but ve this. We can’t summarize this to instead Secretary for Social Affairs a business between the developer and Culture Alexis Tam and Secre- and the owners.” tary for Administration and Justi- However, in his concluding state- ce Sonia Chan. ments, Tam said he was “optimis- Lawmaker Mak Soi Kun was the tic for a resolution on this case,” first to address the issue. He said adding that he suspects the buyers that problems regarding the Land “will have a solution soon and it Law had already alerted the gover- can be disclosed to the public.” Lawmaker Zheng Anting (right) nment several times to the need to When Secretary Sonia Chan wei- “adopt measures to prevent social ghed in on the issue it was to note chaos.” has already followed-up with the buted to the discussion by stating tions of lawmakers. that an interdepartmental group In the lawmaker’s opinion, there Land, Public Works and Transport that he had alerted the secretary Ella Lei, Ng Kuok Cheong, Si has been working on the matter, are a series of “tragedies” occur- Bureau (DSSOPT) and that they back in December to the problems Ka Lon, Leonel Alves, Song Pek “not just for Pearl Horizon, but for ring in society due to the lack of are maintaining an open dialogue regarding the Pearl Horizon case Kei, Pereira Coutinho, Kwan Tsui the land problems in general.” action from the government on with the buyers association and and urged the government to con- Hang, Fong Chi Keong, Ho Ion Leonel Alves asked whether the the matter. also with the developer sider how the matter could be sol- Sang and Cheung Lup Kwan were secretary needed to hear the recor- Mak urged the government to ved. among the other lawmakers who ding of previous discussions on the take immediate action to solve the Zheng disagrees with the idea expressed similar positions on the matter to recall lawmakers’ inten- case, before “something even more that the government should wait topic. tions in changing the Land Law. serious happens,” he warned. for the outcome of the judicial pro- Specifically, Ng noted that: “Even The same lawmaker noted that In reply, Secretary Tam no- I believe that cess, and instead argues it should if the government wins in court, it in the Pearl Horizon case, the go- ted that, “while the government we made a take action. should continue with the project vernment issued a license for the strictly follows the law,” in order to Au Kam San noted the impossi- and finish it by doing it on its own construction and collected stamp promote changes in the Land Law mistake. I voted bility of Tam to reply on matters or giving it to another developer. duty on the properties and that it is necessary to gather a “consen- that are “not a responsibility of his […] That is the only way to give the is why the buyers were approved sus in society,” reaffirming that wrongly; I admit secretariat,” remarking that the houses to the rightful owners.” loans from the banks. “there isn’t, for the time being, an only thing Tam can do is “to try to Leonel Alves remarked on the “Our regime is sick! How can we intention to change it.” that like many put down the fire, but the fire is al- supposed “need of a consensus,” fix this sickness?” he said. Tam noted that, due to the on- others here. ready burning high.” claiming that “apparently we do In her final reply to the commen- going judicial process regarding Au questioned how people who have a consensus.” ts of the lawmakers, Chan said: the Pearl Horizon case, the gover- CHEUNG LUP KWAN bought a residential unit according “I can’t see any voice against this “The idea of retrieving [the land] nment “needs to wait for the result to the law could suddenly become solution,” said Alves. “What are and holding a new tender has con- first in order to take any action.” The representative reaffirmed unlawful. He then claimed that the we waiting for? Are we waiting for sidered the idea of protecting the However, Mak was not satisfied once more the need to wait for a government’s promises to protect people to throw themselves from interests of the people [buyers]. with the Secretary’s reply. “How decision from the courts in order the interests of these buyers are buildings?” We are working to protect their can the government save the resi- to “have a concrete and clear solu- just slogans. As for lawmaker Song Pek Kei, interests.” dents from the ‘deep waters and tion for the case based on such an Another of the unusual events at she noted that representatives Chan reaffirmed that a solution the burning fire’?” he asked. outcome.” the AL plenary yesterday was the from other Secretariats were si- for the case will be settled, but A representative of the Legal Af- “In order to review the [Land] applause of the audience – compo- ding with Tam at AL. Commen- warned that there will not be a fairs Bureau (DSAJ) was nomina- Law, we need social consensus as sed of some Pearl Horizon apart- ting on this, she said: “I am happy review of the Land Law revision, ted to reply to the follow-up ques- well as the orientation and object ment buyers and other parties to see several representatives from which “the government has no tion. of this review,” he concluded. with interest in the Land Law – different department from the intention of doing for the time DSAJ noted that the bureau Lawmaker Zheng Anting contri- during or right after the interven- government here together. I hope being.”

Package tour visitors from S. Korea up 55pct

HE number of visi- surged by 54.4 percent. 108. The number of guest guests from Hong Kong Ttors on package tours For the same month, rooms totaled 36,000, up (121,000) decreased by totaled 559,000 in Fe- outbound residents using by 13.2 percent year-on- 7.7 percent. bruary 2017, according travel agency services year, with 5-star hotel In the first two mon- to information from the increased by 9.3 percent rooms rising by 7 percent ths of 2017, visitors on Statistics and Census Ser- year-on-year to 114,000. to 22,000, comprising package tours totaled vice published yesterday, Residents on package about 60 percent of the 1,092,000, down by four down by 1.5 percent year- tours increased by 12.1 total. percent year-on-year. on-year and up by 4.7 percent to 48,000, with A total of 949,000 Meanwhile, outbound re- percent month-to-month. those going to mainland guests stayed in hotels sidents using the services Package tour visitors China (34,000) rising by and guesthouses in Fe- of travel agencies totaled from mainland China 13.7 percent and those to bruary 2017, up by 8.1 227,000, up by 10.4 per- (414,000) and Taiwan South Korea soaring 76.9 percent year-on-year. cent year-on-year. (36,000) dropped by 5.4 percent. Guests from mainland In this period, the num- percent and 9.3 percent The total number of ho- China (625,000), Sou- ber of guests at hotels respectively year-on- tels and guesthouses ope- th Korea (36,000) and and guesthouses totaled year, while those from rating at the end of Fe- Taiwan (40,000) also re- 1,991,000, up by 11.9 per- South Korea (49,000) bruary 2017 increased to corded increases, while cent year-on-year. fri 31.03.2017 th Anniversary

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HE 2017 Macau Interna- Ttional Environmental Co -operation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF), is commemorating MIECF talks highlight need for its 10th edition with a focus on “green innovation”. Chief Executive Chui Sai On, conscious consumption attended yesterday’s opening ceremony, and said that the re- gion has attempted to foster re- na noted that the construction the United Sates in Hong Kong gional cooperation in environ- of an ecological civilization and Macau briefly said that mental protection affairs since requires the advancement of such events provide opportuni- its first edition in 2008. green development, circular ties for U.S companies to colla- The 2017 MIECF, which will development and low-carbon borate with companies from the be held until tomorrow, will development. territory and its neighboring re- facilitate eight meetings and “We [green industries] must gions. a special session under the be determined to change the “What’s more important are “Green Forum”. traditional model of economic the lasting relationships that This year’s organizers have growth which over-relies on come out of it,” he noted. collaborated with Hong Kong resource energy consumption The European Pavilion show- and Macau Affairs Office of the and low-cost factor inputs,” the cases 30 green technology com- Ministry of Environmental Pro- deputy head remarked. panies. tection to organize a session tit- As the 2017 MIECF is themed According to the head of Tra- led “The Blueprint for Innovati- “Innovative Green Develop- de Section of the European ve Green Development.” ment for a Sustainable Futu- Union Office to Hong Kong The session will discuss the re,” the speakers highlighted and Macau, Alessandro Pao- latest issues relating to inno- the need for society to move licchi, environmental challen- vative green development in towards conscious consump- ges require the “right regu- mainland China, which inclu- tion of resources. latory frameworks and right des the ecological improvement Meanwhile, Portugal’s secre- mindset.” and environmental protection tary of the State of Environ- “It’s significant because we issues outlined in China’s 13th ment, Carlos Martins, noted ral measures with the intention The Beijing Pavilion also de- have good technologies and Five-Year Plan. that this year’s theme is on the of stimulating Europe’s transi- buted yesterday with the theme companies. We want them to Speakers at the opening ce- agenda of the European Union tion from a linear economy to a “Green Beijing.” go out not just to Macau but to remony stressed that 2017 is a and global institutions, as well more sustainable one. The pavilion aims to showcase the entire Pearl River Delta Re- significant year for implemen- as on the strategies and major “It is necessary to mobilize its products and technologies gion,” said Paolicchi. ting the 13th Five-Year Plan options of governments. society towards conscious con- from its green enterprises. The Macau Trade and In- and deepening the supply-side Martins recalled that the Uni- sumption to help transition The U.S. Pavilion and Euro- vestment Promotion Institute of structural reform. ted Nations has already defined towards a sustainable lifestyle pean Pavilion also held its ope- (IPIM) will organize a dele- Yang Tiesheng, deputy head its strategy for sustainable de- in an innovative, caring socie- ning ceremony. gation from the EU, Portu- of Energy Conservation and Re- velopment in the “2030 Agenda ty, with sustainable produc- Commenting on the 10th edi- guese-speaking countries and sources Utilization Department for Sustainable Development.” tion and consumption models, tion of MIECF, Jim Cunnin- Macau to visit Zhongshan city of the Ministry of Industry and The secretary also emphasized to build a green economy,” he gham, Chief Commercial Con- in Guangdong Province tomor- Information Technology of Chi- that the EU has approved seve- said. sul of the Consulate General of row.

supports the industry. So there’s a balance here that CESL Asia collaborates with aerospace requires creativity and in- novation, as well public policy.” firm in a bid to advance technology According to the presi- dent, Macau is in need of a better public interest plete 3D map. selves to [producing only add more value to the te- represented in the leader- The results can be used to one] application. We can chnology industry, which ship of the green indus- process information with see a future to develop new would also lead to creating try’s development, adding various applications, such applications continuous- more opportunities for job that leaders in the industry as calculating volume for ly for new uses, with the seekers. should seek stronger com- mining purposes and esti- same core application,” Regarding the role of pu- mitment for the region’s mating the amount of bio- said Trindade. blic policy in promoting advancement. mass for forest inventory. When asked about the an eco-friendly economy “The role of the govern- Its infrared features cou- role of business and in- and industry, Trindade ex- ment is to ensure that the ld also enable it to assess novation in contributing pressed the view that the infrastructure and capa- the health conditions of towards the creation of region needs to acquire bilities are there to make António Trindade trees and crops to detect a more sustainable eco- government leaders who sure that [the industry] early signs and predictors nomy, the entrepreneur have concrete plans for the can grow step-by-step in a OCAL firm CESL Asia for such innovation to be of diseases, such as lack of reiterated that innovation territory in order to alloca- proper, sustainable way,” Lis again participating set up in Macau. nutrients in soil and other should also be recognized te its resources effectively. he concluded. in the MIECF, this time The president explained geographical factors that as creating new uses for Trindade recalled that the The chief executive offi- showcasing “Spin.Works”, that the firm tries to use inhibits plant growth. existing technology by re- region already has a vision cer of “Spin.Works,” Vasco a Portuguese technology innovative technologies The two kilogram drone ducing the use of resour- to execute pro-green initia- Pimenta, is hopeful that company that applies pro- at a reasonable cost. That uses intelligent technology ces. tives, and that the region is local buyers would be inte- prietary space technology is what CESL is seeking that is similar to that which “Innovation is not only currently working toward rested to look at its techno- to unmanned craft equip- in the collaboration with is used to identify foreign creating new technolo- the continuous promotion logy and see its potential to ment. “Spin.Works,” whose fi- objects in outer space. gy and new products. It’s of these efforts. further improve the quali- Explaining to the Times xed wing drone flies with Regarding how the pro- creating new usage, new “For instance, the promo- ty of their products. its collaboration with the several sensors such as in- duct could be integrated ways of doing things, […] tion of human resources in CESL Asia is currently in Portuguese firm, which frared camera and visible in the region, Trindade in- producing better value Small and Medium En- discussion with relevant has come to the region for white camera. It is capa- dicated that CESL Asia is [but] reducing the use of terprises [SMEs] instead authorities to invest in its the first time, CESL Asia’s ble of flying over areas of collaborating with the firm resources and energy,” he of going to big construc- third and fourth Concen- CEO and president Antó- interest to capture images to create similar technolo- explained. tions,” he clarified. tration Photovoltaic Power nio Trindade stressed that from above – which are gy products. According to Trindade, “It’s a shift away from the Plants in Southern Portu- there is a potential market then converted into a com- “We’re not limiting our- Macau has the potential to gaming industry but it also gal. LV 31.03.2017 fri

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REAL ESTATE MATTERS One question on everyone’s mind; Are we in a property ‘bubble’? Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having been established in 1994, JML Property offers investment property & homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

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The last ten years have seen When the hysteria passes, Arch and One Oasis deve- explosive growth in the Ma- the excessive inventory that lopments there is no ‘over- cau property market. was built during the boom supply’ of new property on Many people believe that time causes prices to plum- the market, and with go- property is the safest invest- met. vernment policy on appro- ment you can make. Howe- This is true for all of the pro- ving new projects, it does ver, in a property ‘bubble’, perty bubbles and there are not look as thought this will that is no longer true. many historical examples. change anytime soon. The growth of Macau pro- Another reason that real es- As for interest rates, these perty has been fuelled by tate bubbles ‘burst’ is that are being kept low globally a huge change in the de- new homebuyers are no lon- in order to create growth. mand for rental apartmen- ger able to buy homes due to Once again, it does not look ts, whilst the level of supply high prices and higher inte- as though there is a major in the market has not kept rest rates. change on the horizon in pace. In a ‘bubble’ market, as pri- this respect. In addition, low interest ra- ces rise the ‘bottom end’ of Finally, demand. As Macau tes have meant that buyers the market becomes increa- grows, so does its need for can enjoy some of the chea- singly expensive and first people to fill the jobs being pest funding in history. time homebuyers are priced created. And these people The psychology of any bub- out of the market. have to live somewhere, and ble market, whether we A third reason that bubbles whether they buy or rent it are talking about the stock are created and then burst has an effect on the market market or the real estate is that the psychology of in- in the long term. market is known as ‘herd vesting changes, going from In conclusion, if you consi- mentality’, where everyone one of ‘greed’ to one of ‘fear’. der the pure growth num- follows the actions of the The positive return for so bers, it would be easy to larger group. many investors over the deduce that there was a pro- The bubble continues to rise last eight years fueled the perty bubble. as long as there is a “grea- market, and as more peo- However, all the time the- ter fool” to buy at a higher ple saw this they decided to re is a demand for housing, price. invest in real estate before the supply of that housing As there are less and less they ‘missed out’. is short, and interest rates “greater fools” available or So how does Macau stand are low, that trend may con- willing to buy property, the today ? tinue regardless of current mania disappears. Well, demand remains high high prices During the upsurge in pri- and growing, whilst supply Only if one or more of the ces, there is usually a huge remains relatively short. factors above change, then increase in supply as a direct Even with the impending there may be a market slow- response to the demand. occupation of the Windsor down or ‘correction’. fri 31.03.2017

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McDonald’s to start using fresh Japan looks to curb USD200b beef in ‘watershed moment’ spent on pachinko gambling fructose corn syrup in its sandwi- ch buns. It also plans to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025. S Japan prepares for its BLOOMBERG Chief Executive Officer Steve Afirst Las Vegas-style casino Easterbrook has sought other resorts, the government is con- BLOOMBERG ways to spur growth, including sidering restrictions on existing all-day breakfast. The Oak Brook, gambling establishments, inclu- Illinois-based company also said ding pachinko parlors and race earlier this month that it would tracks, in a bid to tackle addic- offer more delivery in the U.S., tion. eyeing what it sees as a USD100 The legalization of casinos in billion market. December divided Prime Minis- The quarter-pounder change ter Shinzo Abe’s Buddhist-ba- Customers play pachinko machines in a pachinko parlor in Tokyo CDONALD’S Corp. will won’t affect other burgers, such cked coalition partner Komeito Mbegin offering quarter-pou- as the Big Mac. But it represents amid concerns about compulsi- Bloomberg. Such visit limits are bound by legislation is bad for nd burgers with fresh beef at the a “watershed moment for McDo- ve gambling. Both ruling parties offered by Singapore’s casino re- business,” said Kazuaki Sasaki, majority of its restaurants next nald’s,” said Joe Jasper, a fran- have prepared reports calling for gulatory authority. The way the associate professor in the de- year, breaking with decades of chisee who worked on the test in research into dependency and pinball-like machines operate partment of international tou- frozen-patty tradition in a bid to the Dallas area. consideration of regulation, in- could also be regulated in a bid rism at Toyo University, when improve food quality. It also steps up competition cluding on casinos. to make the game less addictive. asked about the potential effect The move follows a test in 325 with Wendy’s Co., which has bui- Although the market is Pachinko operators may be obli- on pachinko operators. “Althou- locations in Texas and Oklaho- lt its reputation on offering fresh shrinking, Japan’s gamblers ged to take measures to combat gh the increase in costs will hurt ma, where the feedback was beef. But the shift may not be spent 23.3 trillion yen (USD209 addiction, and an independent the industry in the short term, “overwhelmingly positive,” the easy for McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. billion) at pachinko parlors in body could be set up to oversee they’re necessary to ensure its company said yesterday. When locations. Easterbrook warned 2015, about four percent of gross progress. long-term survival.” the nationwide plan is rolled out last year that contamination was domestic product. Betting is also Regulations to be considered One reason why gambling ad- by mid-2018, the fresh-beef bur- a potential risk. allowed on horse, boat, bicycle for other gambling venues inclu- diction hasn’t been taken seriou- gers will be cooked when they’re “If you bring in fresh beef, and motorcycle racing, but re- de banning credit-card machi- sly in Japan in the past is that ordered, McDonald’s said. you’ve got to be careful on the latively little has been done to nes that offer instant cash loans pachinko is legally classified as The world’s largest restaurant storage and the kitchen equi- combat the associated problems. from race tracks, according to an amusement similar to a fair- chain has embarked on several pment, so you can’t have cross Among the ideas to be con- the document. A panel of gover- ground attraction, Sasaki said. initiatives aimed at improving contamination,” he said at the sidered are allowing an indi- nment ministers is set to appro- To avoid any direct breach of the its culinary reputation. The com- time. “We’ve got to work out vidual’s access to pachinko to ve the document by the end of law, winners are offered prizes, pany removed artificial preserva- whether we have the chillers or be restricted on the request of the week. which can be exchanged for cash tives from Chicken McNuggets refrigerators with the necessary relatives, according to a gover- “Companies in any sector pre- at counters close to the pachinko last year and stopped using high- capacity.” Bloomberg nment document obtained by fer to regulate themselves - being parlors. Bloomberg

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infrastructure is a priority. there is only one China, which It is simply a question of the is represented by the govern- appropriate business model: ment of the People’s Republic the interest rate, payback ca- of China.

LOURENÇO DA SILVA DA LOURENÇO pability, etc., but we are on the Our ambition for our country right track. and for our people is exercised Another difficulty is availa- alongside the humility and ble human resources. We are self-awareness of our size and an extremely young country. our potential, and above all, Our education system is good we must correctly align with overall, but it needs to be po- what is commonly recognized lished. We need specialized as international law. We ac- labor; more specifically, we cept, in general, universally need to adapt training pro- accepted values ​​regarding grams to the labor market as environmental preservation well as to regional economic and fundamental rights and reality. Currently, our juris- freedoms and adopt a policy ts all speak Portuguese; none of non-intervention when it speak English or French. We comes to the internal affairs of own maritime territory, but other countries. We recognize nobody specializes in mari- that the Taiwan issue is an in- time economics or maritime ternal matter of the People’s law. We are an island, yet we Republic of China and support have few sailors, sea captains, solutions of harmony rather naval repair engineers, etc. than encourage situations So it is necessary to consider of friction and rupture. We the market when guiding hu- continue our friendship with man resources training. This the people of Taiwan without is a major challenge that could question. We also understand be compensated with foreign that under a one-China policy, labor, but that would have to the values ​​of all native resi- be accompanied by policies dents of China are preserved. preserving the interests of our Our shift in allegiance is a nationals and maintaining the matter of political domain: identity of São Tomé. twenty years ago, the reality was very different. Today, the Paulo Figueiredo, Sao Tome economy that would not re- having a modern and capable world is different, the options quire much initial investment. airport. We could potentially are different. Taiwan has fai- ATRICE Emery Trovoa- We already own the mariti- have very strong growth in the Among the led to gain official recognition Pda is already well-known me territory and resources; tourism sector, which wou- in the eyes of international beyond the borders of São what we need is a port infras- ld substantially improve the international law, while China has made Tomé and Príncipe, well into tructure capable of receiving sustainability of São Tomé’s great progress in all areas – its the region of Central Africa. and servicing modern fishing economy. Our geographical community, economy, its understanding of In just a few weeks, his noto- boats as well as a land infras- position is very conducive to human rights – including ra- riety will significantly increa- tructure capable of handling supporting both airport and there is a tification of the Paris Treaty. se the world over as he arrives product exports. Then there port logistics and creating All this has factored into our in Beijing to sign a historical are other sectors with great moderate-sized infrastructu- growing sense decision. We are pro-globali- co-operation agreement be- potential that are already in res for service and transport. that there is zation because a country such tween the Democratic Repu- place but require some su- What we have to be careful as ours relies on trade to flou- blic of São Tomé and Príncipe pport in terms of infrastruc- of, with industrial growth, is only one China rish. China will help open us and the People’s Republic of ture in order to expand. For maintaining the nature of the PATRICE TROVOADA up to many opportunities. China. example, tourism: an airport islands and our beautiful bea- The agreement will mark that could service direct fli- ches. We also need to ensure - What can you tell us the return of São Tomé and ghts from Asia, the Americas safe transport of people and about the content of the Príncipe back into the fold of and even Northern Europe – goods. - How does the decision agreement to be signed the Sino-Lusophone family as markets with tourists looking There may also be a wealth to resume the relationship between the two coun- well as the nation´s formal en- to take vacations abroad – of untapped potential, althou- with the People’s Republic tries? try to Forum Macau. would really help the tourism gh to date this has been main- of China factor into these PT - Obviously we want this sector grow exponentially. Ae- ly speculation, in natural oil challenges? to be a relationship of mutual - Prime Minister, what rial connectivity is fundamen- and gas reserves. The African PT - One cannot play a role advantage, with both govern- are the main unexplored tal; it could catapult regional continent is rich in oil and gas in the provision of services ments cooperating for respec- potentials of São Tomé weekend tourism growth into – from Senegal to Angola, it and logistics or participate in tive economic growth. China and Príncipe today? the double digits. There’s Ac- seems there is no spot without the global economy and inter- does not throw money out the Patrice Trovoada (PT) - I cra in Ghana, Lagos in Nigeria one or the other – so it would national trade while excluding window: it invests in its inte- think among the most unex- – a city with 20 million inha- seem anomalous if there was the largest bilateral partner on rests, and there definitely are plored is the fishing sector, bitants, one of only five cities not a bit here! [laughs] It is the African continent. Thus, many projects of mutual inte- which until today, even at a in all of Africa to have over a still speculative, but I believe the development vision of São rest. We need time to assess national level, has been limi- million residents – Luanda that we could be producing Tomé and Príncipe and the our capacity to take on debt ted to small-scale fishing, even in Angola, Cairo in Egypt and oil within the next five or six well being of our people neces- as well as our capacity to su- though we control an immen- Cape Town and Johannesburg years. sitate resuming economic, po- pply and support these pro- se maritime territory bigger in South Africa. litical, cultural and diplomatic jects – the materials, workers, than that of many countries, These are just a few of the - What are some of the relations with China. Another infrastructure and equipment including Cameroon. There is nearby major urban hubs: two difficulties and challenges important point is that long- required. There is also detai- the possibility of advancing of them, Luanda and Lagos, that must be overcome? term policies and political and led technical-financial cross- our industrial fishing, espe- are less than two hours away PT - There are several types societal stability must have analysis that needs to be done. cially by establishing a fish by flight. At the sub-regio- of difficulties. Lack of infras- a legal basis. After 20 years, We have nearly completed this processing industry. This is nal level, the major concern tructure is first and foremost, we recognize that, in terms of step, after which we will be something that has not been is air traffic safety, and when but I am convinced that our international law and among able to detail our infrastructu- explored much but could be it comes to intercontinental advocacy has helped our part- the international community, ral collaborations. a great boom to our domestic tourism, the major obstacle is ners realize that financing there is a growing sense that Given China’s access to fun- fri 31.03.2017

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term partnership. nal exchange been estab- I am quite confident that this lished? co-operation will transform PT - This year, we have al- São Tomé and Príncipe. But ready sent about 90 universi- it’s a matter of expectations. ty students to China. We also LOURENÇO DA SILVA DA LOURENÇO There are people who may be want to promote short-term waiting for castles, but we will but in-depth training in va- not build castles or palaces rious fields: media, public [laughs], nor will we offer cars and private management in to every government official. different sectors, building and We will, with China’s help, factory maintenance, defen- build up our infrastructure, se, security, traffic policing, thus creating employment and non-profit agencies – these a good business climate, whi- are areas in which we particu- ch will attract more companies larly need qualified workers. here, which will again create Collaborating with a small more jobs. As household inco- country like ours, the oppor- me rises, people will be able to tunity costs to China are mi- send their children to school. nimal. When, for example, It will be a process but will China invests USD200 million provide a basis for a more in- in a massive road project in dependent, sustainable, tran- the middle of the forest, no quil and optimistic future. one sees that road. But invest USD200 million in São Tomé - Are you going to China and Príncipe, and you could in April to sign the agree- see the changes it brings even ment? if you were on the moon!We PT - We have established must prove that this partner- a timeframe to finalize the ship can indeed be a success agreement before the end of story with regards to transpa- April, and probably at that rency and maximum impact time I will visit China with for the people of our country great pleasure, but we will see. and the businesses of theirs. I am convinced we’re going to - When you talk about make it happen. the port and the airport, you underline the issue - Entrance to the Forum of profitability. Does that Macau will open the door mean Chinese groups cou- to China’s investment ld use São Tomé as a pla- funds, right? tform for distribution of PT - Exactly. We have ex- goods and services to the pressed to the Chinese gover- region? nment that we wish to utilize PT - Yes. The port and the all existing mechanisms avai- airport are six kilometers lable for economic and human apart. We want to connect development. So it is true that them via a highway and build we see Forum Macau as a ma- warehouses and offices, etc., jor bonus and means by which along this corridor. It would we may mobilize financial in- ding, it will be Chinese com- banking on simultaneously di- oil, gas and mineral reserves, be the ideal place for Chinese vestment to aid in our coun- panies carrying out the work, versifying both our economy which is not the case with São companies to facilitate re-ex- try’s growth. Forum Macau but we also have to repay Chi- as well as our foreign policy. Tomé. port activities, as long as some is unique in that it allows us na, so we need to discuss how We are a small but well-si- value is added locally. to interact with others in the to do that while still optimi- - What kind of partner- tuated nation with many This would be set up in pha- Portuguese-speaking world, zing our domestic economy to ship do you expect with appealing factors in our fa- ses. In the first phase, we need to share knowledge and learn benefit our people. But I want China? vor: we are streamlining our to see how things evolve at from each other’s experiences. to emphasize that neither go- PT - I am convinced that this visa application process for the port and analyse business I do not believe that failures vernment wants to gift white new partnership will bring visitors, lowering taxes, pro- growth. Given São Tomé and perpetuate themselves. It’s elephants. These investments many positive outcomes; reform, pro-business, pro-tra- Príncipe’s geographic situa- the success stories that repeat will generate revenue, which however, our co-operation de, just to name a few. We are tion, the port ought to be hi- themselves. Business ventu- will in term pay for themsel- may not be the “classic” mo- not interested in what has beco- ghly competitive with others res can only create potential ves. They are well-studied, del that China has with many me the standard model for Sino on the continent. The port opportunity; how they turn well-financed and well-pre- other African nations. Today, -African co-operation. We envi- allows a draft of less than 14.5 out – good or bad – depends pared. Their internal rate of there are roads, hospitals, sion a truly long-term intellec- meters, which is unusual for entirely on the effort and dedi- return is on par to that used schools, public buildings, wa- tual partnership upon which to most African ports. So this cation put forth. In São Tomé by private investors to ensu- ter and energy infrastructure build a platform of understan- first phase, in which risk is and Príncipe, a million-dollar re that these investments are all over the African continent ding. I am convinced that there controlled, allows for the es- business or investment could repaid as the economy simul- built by Chinese companies. is much to do together. tablishment of an industrial be a great thing. taneously grows. This part- But predominantly, this has As I see it, there are two Afri- fishing operation as well as a It is not enough to dream big, nership will provide political, been in countries with vast can continents: the first is do- transhipment operation, whe- nor is it enough just to have diplomatic and geo-strategic minated by capitalistic inter- re arriving goods are re-expor- an abundance of resources. advantages for both parties, national mega-companies like ted regionally. Additionally, Sometimes it is better to leave but I think most importantly, Total S.A., Shell Oil Company, should the country enter oil- something well enough alone there is great potential for Sinopec Limited and other related industries, it is ideal than take a chance and ruin mutual profit. That is the only Our shift in Chinese companies. But there to have the airport and port it. Success takes partnerships way to ensure that the flow allegiance is also a continent, which in in close proximity. Having the and collaboration, working to- of investment and credit con- 30 years will have 2 billion ea- two infrastructures side by gether with people who have tinues. We have a very clear is a matter ger consumers. Hopefully the side would facilitate efficiency the know-how and skills. This idea of ​​what funding is needed standard of living will have in exporting relevant goods by is our attitude, how we want over the next 30 years, but for of political increased and poverty decrea- sea, by cargo plane, by speed to approach our future: part- that to happen, there needs to sed and a growing labour for- boat to the oil rigs, etc. nerships, partnerships, part- be mutual confidence that the domain: twenty ce will entice China to relocate nerships, openness, openness, projects are sound and that years ago, the some of its major industries, - These kinds of agree- openness, so that we can build they have financial backing. as in the case of Ethiopia, whi- ments with China tend to a sustainable economy. Ul- Hopefully they will inspire reality was very ch has been transformed into include a training compo- timately, the end goal is not our other partners to take the a hub for the production of nent, given the capacity of growth but happy citizens and plunge [laughs] and invest different. footwear. It is with this pers- Chinese universities. Has higher standards of living for more in this country. We are PATRICE TROVOADA pective that we seek this long- a training or educatio- all. Exclusive MDT/Macauhub 31.03.2017 fri

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it to the Chinese Embassy in Canberra next week. Scholars urge Beijing to let One of them, Kevin Carrico, said the academics were wor- ried about the safety of Feng, who has been a “kind, very wel- academic return to Australia coming” member of the Austra- lian academic community who organized talks and debates on citizen, is obliged to cooperate issues in Chinese society and with the relevant investigation China-Australia relations. AP PHOTO by Chinese authorities,” Lu told Carrico, a lecturer in Chinese reporters. studies at Macquarie Universi- Feng had been wrapping up ty in Sydney, said the scholars a three-week trip researching wanted to make a “clear sta- human rights lawyers. Sin- tement that this is a matter of ce July 2015, authorities have real concern for anybody who questioned or detained hun- does research in China, anybo- dreds of activists and indepen- dy who works in academic ex- dent legal professionals as part change with China. of a crackdown on civil society “This type of a development of under President Xi. Some of course doesn’t contribute posi- the lawyers have been labeled tively to the goal of mutual ex- threats to national security. change between China and the Rights groups and Western outside world, which I know governments, including the Professor Feng is an advocate U.S., have urged China to re- of and that we all advocate.” lease the activists and lawyers. While detentions of over- Activists say the crackdown is seas-based academics such as aimed at silencing critics of the Feng are rare, scores of foreign ruling Communist Party in vio- scholars in the China field have lation of the Chinese Constitu- been denied visas to conduct tion. research within China, appa- The open letter to China’s top rently due to political conside- two leaders states that the sig- rations. natories are “disturbed that a Border officials at an airport Xi and Li were the recipients of an open letter signed by scholars worldwide fellow researcher, who has de- in the southern city of Guang- dicated himself to promote the zhou refused to let Feng catch understanding of and interest flights home on Friday and Sa- Louise Watt, Beijing so far, and it will be sent next His case was cited earlier this in China, has been prevented turday last week, as Premier Li week after the number of sig- week by politicians in Australia from returning to his home and was making an official visit to OZENS of scholars in Aus- natories is expected to exceed whose opposition over human workplace for no reason other Australia. Dtralia, the U.S., Britain and 100. rights concerns prompted the than his conscientious work as Feng’s lawyer said state se- Hong Kong are urging Beijing It calls for authorities to allow government to abandon efforts a China Studies scholar. curity agents had interviewed to let a Sydney-based academic Feng Chongyi, an associate to seek ratification of an extra- “Such actions make it difficult his client on suspicion of en- return home, warning that con- professor at the University of dition treaty with China. for the rest of us to be confident dangering state security. “He is tinued barring of his departure Technology Sydney, to return Chinese Foreign Ministry in the research environment in free to move around, but can’t is raising concerns about the to Australia after he was pre- spokesman Lu Kang said yes- China today, and do not contri- leave China,” Chen Jinxue said. risks of conducting research in venting from doing so last week terday that Chinese law enfor- bute positively to the continued He said Feng was staying in the China. on suspicion of endangering cement authorities “while per- construction of open and pro- Grand International Hotel in Organizers of an open letter national security. forming duties of safeguarding ductive higher education col- Guangzhou with his wife. to President Xi Jinping and Feng is a Chinese citizen and national security” prevented laboration between China and Calls to Feng’s room via the Premier Li Keqiang say more permanent resident of Aus- Feng going abroad. the rest of the world.” hotel operator were not answe- than 80 scholars have signed it tralia, according to his lawyer. “Feng Chongyi, as a Chinese Organizers plan to deliver red. AP

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.S. President Donald gh with either threat. He is White House said the two U.S., Xi will pay a state vi- UTrump will meet with now seeking Beijing’s help leaders will discuss glo- sit to Finland on April 4-6, his Chinese counterpart Xi in pressuring North Korea bal, regional and bilateral Lu said. Jinping for the first time over its nuclear weapons issues of mutual concern. Relations between Chi- on April 6-7 at Trump’s and missiles programs. President Trump and first na and the U.S. under Florida resort, China’s Fo- China is North Korea’s lady Melania Trump will former President Barack reign Ministry announced most important source of host Xi and his wife Peng Obama were strained by yesterday, amid a range of diplomatic support and Liyuan at a dinner on issues including China’s pressing issues including economic assistance. Thursday evening [today, island-building in waters trade, North Korea and In February, Trump reaf- Macau time], it added. surrounding international territorial disputes in the firmed Washington’s long- Chinese Foreign Ministry shipping lanes in the Sou- relationship while stri- “The deployment of the South China Sea. standing “one China” policy spokesman Lu Kang told th China Sea, allegations ving to make new gains,” THAAD system will defi- The relationship between in a call with Xi, in an appa- reporters that Xi would of cyberhacking and a U.S. spokesman Col. Wu Qian nitely not make [South Ko- the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 rent move to ease concerns meet with Trump at Mar-a- policy rebalance to Asia. said. rea] any safer. And secon- economies has been uncer- in China that he might use Lago, without providing Despite that, cooperation However, Wu also reite- dly, the Chinese military’s tain following the election Taiwan as leverage in nego- any more details. between their militaries rated China’s opposition opposition to the THAAD of Trump, who accused tiations over trade, security It is the same Florida re- expanded tentatively, and to the deployment of a so- system will definitely not China during his campaign and other sensitive issues. sort where Trump hosted China’s defense ministry phisticated missile defen- be confined to just words,” of unfair trade practices The policy in place since and played golf with Japa- yesterday hailed further se system in South Korea, Wu said. and threatened to raise 1979 requires Washington nese Prime Minister Shin- growth, while warning of known as THAAD, which Asked what specific mea- import taxes on Chinese to maintain only unofficial zo Abe in February. Xi, potential frictions ahead. Beijing says threatens its sures the People’s Libera- goods and declare Beijing ties with Taiwan, which a fan of soccer and other “We are willing to make own security with its abi- tion Army was willing to a currency manipulator. China claims as its own ter- sports, is not known to joint efforts with the U.S. lity to monitor flights and take, Wu replied, “You will It is unclear whether ritory. play golf. side [...] so as to maintain a missile launches deep insi- know when the time co- Trump will follow throu- A statement from the Before arriving in the stable military-to-military de northeastern China. mes.” AP fri 31.03.2017

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Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo JAPAN APAN’S ruling party ur- ged the government yes- terday to consider arming the country with more ad- Ruling party urges strike ability Jvanced and offensive military ca- pabilities, such as striking enemy targets with cruise missiles, fur- ther loosening the self-defense- amid North Korea threat only posture Japan has maintai- ned since the end of World War ce its World War II defeat has li- II. mited its military to self-defense, The Liberal Democratic Party’s AP PHOTO while relying on the U.S. “nuclear council on defense policy urged umbrella” and the 50,000 Ame- the government to immediate- rican troops stationed in Japan ly start studying ways to bolster under a bilateral security alliance Japan’s capability to intercept as deterrence. missiles with a system such as Abe has stretched those restric- the Terminal High-Altitude Area tions by easing a self-imposed Defense, or THAAD, that the ban on weapon exports and rein- U.S. and Seoul have agreed to terpreting the war-renouncing install in South Korea. constitution to allow Japan’s mi- The panel cited a “new level of litary to defend allies under atta- threat” from North Korea, which ck. Japan and the U.S. have also fired four missiles this month, revised their defense guidelines, three of them landing inside Ja- Abe (right) speaks to Hiroshi Imazu (center) Chairman of Research Commission on Security of the LDP, and Itsunori Onodera, giving Japanese Self Defense pan-claimed exclusive economic head of LDP panel on security policy Force a greater role. waters. Concerns in Japan about the “North Korea’s provocative acts level of U.S. commitment to the have reached a level that Japan own capability of striking back at se plan to boost its military capa- banned under its pacifist consti- region under President Donald absolutely cannot overlook,” the an enemy base, with cruise mis- bilities with suspicion. tution. Trump have also prompted calls party’s security panel said in the siles for instance, to further im- “China is opposed to any ac- Former defense minister Itsu- for Japan to take greater respon- proposal given to Prime Minis- prove deterrence and response tions by other countries to take nori Onodera, who headed the sibility for its own security. ter Shinzo Abe. “We should not as part of the Japan-U.S. allian- the [North Korean] nuclear issue defense policy council, told Abe Critics say changing policies to waste any time to strengthen our ce,” the proposal said. as an excuse to compromise the that Japan needs to be prepared allow Japan to fight back against ballistic missile defense.” The panel said the government security of other countries,” de- for being targeted by multiple a foreign base would only esca- The panel noted that North should consider introducing fense ministry spokesman Wu missiles. late tension and signal a weake- Korea’s recent missile launches THAAD and a shore-based Aegis Qian told a monthly briefing yes- “Our proposal is about how we ning of the U.S. regional commit- have shown advancing techno- missile defense system, among terday. can fight back and stop the other ment, and that the consequences logy, including the capability to other equipment, while pursuing Beijing has strongly protested party from firing a second missi- should be carefully studied. launch from mobile facilities or upgrades to two existing missile the THAAD deployment in South le, instead of making a pre-emp- Japan’s defense budget has submarines, the use of solid fuel, defense systems — ship-to-air Korea, saying its powerful radar tive strike,” he said. steadily risen over the past five and high-altitude trajectories, SM-3 interceptors and the grou- would allow the U.S. to monitor Abe said he takes the report se- years under Abe, who ended a which make them harder to trace nd-based PAC-3. flights and rockets deep inside riously and will cooperate with decade of defense budget cuts. and respond. China, which was occupied by northeastern China. the party to improve Japan’s bal- The annual increase is currently With higher levels of threat co- Japanese troops during World Japan has maintained that its listic missile response. just over 2 percent, and Abe says ming from North Korea, Japan War II, quickly criticized the pro- right to strike a foreign base in The proposal does not call for a he is ignoring a customary cap of should consider possessing “our posal. Beijing views any Japane- case of an imminent attack is not first-strike capability. Japan sin- 1 percent of GDP. AP

SOUTH CHINA SEA Philippines says China wants to survey waters to its east

HE Philippines said the area. Manalo said after the implication is they will yesterday that China Benham Rise is on the Chinese ships’ presence follow the rules laid out

T AP PHOTO wants to survey poten- opposite side of the Phi- in Benham Rise was re- by UNCLOS and that’s tially resource-rich seas lippines from where the ported the Department how we are going to deal off the country’s nor- countries are locked in a of Foreign Affairs sent a with this issue,” he added, theast coast but Manila dispute over ownership of diplomatic note to China referring to the United will agree only if a Filipi- islands and shoals in the to inquire what they were Nations Convention on no scientist is allowed to South China Sea. doing there. the Law of the Sea. observe. The U.N. Commission “China replied that num- On Wednesday, Natio- Acting Foreign Secretary on the Limits of the Conti- ber one, they fully respect nal Security Adviser Her- Enrique Manalo told ABS- nental Shelf confirmed in and recognize sovereign mogenes Esperon told CBN News Channel that 2012 that Benham Rise is rights of the Philippines a Senate hearing that a a number of Chinese re- part of the extended con- on Benham Rise and se- Chinese ship seen in the quests to survey Benham tinental shelf of the Phili- condly, it is not an area area conducted research Rise have been denied be- ppines, where it has sove- under dispute,” he said, but the Philippines has cause China rejected that reign rights to explore and adding they were satisfied no indication as of now condition. Some requests exploit oil, gas and other with their explanation. that it surveyed what’s on are still pending. mineral resources, inclu- “This was confirmed the seabed. It also could Defense Secretary Delfin ding sedentary species. two or three times so the not be established if the Lorenzana has said that research was done inside Chinese survey ships were or outside the country’s spotted crisscrossing the The status of Benham exclusive economic zone, Benham Rise area from Rise was raised in an he added. July to December last The status of Benham year. affidavit submitted Rise was raised in an affi- It was not clear what the davit submitted yesterday ships were doing. Chine- to supplement an to supplement an impea- se officials have said their impeachment complaint chment complaint filed ships have the right of in- against President Rodrigo Congressman Gary Alejano shows to the media the supplemental nocent passage through against Duterte Duterte. AP impeachment complaint he filed against President Duterte yesterday 31.03.2017 fri

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BREXIT Negotiator denies AP PHOTO UK is blackmailing EU on security

Danica Kirka & Jill Lawless, May said Wednesday Belfast - and interpre- London that Britain will pro- ted not by judges in Lu- bably have to leave EU xembourg, but by judges RITAIN’S chief police agency Europol across the United King- negotiator in the after Brexit, but wants dom.” country’s divor- to “maintain the degree To accomplish the tran- ce from the Eu- of cooperation on these sition, lawmakers will Bropean Union yesterday matters that we have cur- need to delegate autho- rejected suggestions the rently.” rity to the government U.K. has threatened to Home Secretary Amber to change some laws by end security cooperation Rudd, whose responsibi- executive order, using unless it gets a good trade lities include intelligence so-called Henry VIII deal, as the U.K. annou- and security, also denied clauses. nced plans for the huge there was a threat, but While the government task of replacing thou- told Sky News: “If we left says it will only use such sands of EU laws and re- Europol, then we would powers to clean up te- it needs to be changed in a report published earlier who is going to get the gulations with domestic take our information [...] chnical issues, opposition order to work effectively.” this month. power,” said Sunwinder law. with us. The fact is, the lawmakers are unhappy All of this means the go- Even so, the Lords ar- Mann, a partner at the Brexit Secretary David European partners want at plans to give govern- vernment faces a “unique gued that Parliament firm of Baker McKenzie. Davis said Prime Minister to keep our information.” ment ministers power challenge” that is compli- should limit the scope of “This moment is going to Theresa May’s letter trig- Senior European leaders to change some laws wi- cated by the “scale and any delegated powers so bring about the most fun- gering talks on Britain’s responded positively to thout votes in Parliament. complexity of the task,” as that the government can’t damental constitutional departure made clear the warm overall tone of They fear the Conserva- well the fact that some de- use the process to decide change since the Euro- Britain wants to continue May’s letter — but they tive government will use cisions will be dependent which laws it wants to pean Communities Act in to work with the EU on a could not miss the steely it as a chance to water on the result of Britain’s keep and which ones it 1972. [...] There is a lot of range of issues, including undertone. down workers’ rights and negotiations with the EU, wants to discard. uncertainty to what this security, for both sides. “I find the letter of Mrs. environmental protec- the House of Lords said in “There is a question of means.” AP “We want a deal, and she May very constructive tions introduced in Bri- was making the point that generally, but there is tain during four decades ad it’s bad for both of us if we also one threat in it,” said of EU membership. don’t have a deal,” Davis European Parliament Labour Party Brexit told the BBC. “Now that, I Brexit coordinator Guy spokesman Keir Starmer think, is a perfectly reaso- Verhoftstadt, saying May said the proposed bill “gi- nable point to make and seemed to be demanding ves sweeping powers to not in any sense a threat.” a good trade deal in ex- the executive” and lacks May’s six-page letter change for continued se- “rigorous safeguards” on triggering two years of di- curity cooperation. their abuse. vorce negotiations makes “It doesn’t work like The government insists 11 references to security, that,” he told Sky News. executive powers will be and said that without a “You cannot abuse the se- time-limited and will only good deal, “our coopera- curity of citizens to have be used to make “me- tion in the fight against then a good deal on some- chanical changes” so laws crime and terrorism wou- thing else.” can be applied smoo- ld be weakened.” A day after triggering its thly. It says it is trying The Sun tabloid was in EU exit process, the Bri- to balance “the need for no doubt about what May tish government began scrutiny and the need for meant: “Your money or outlining yesterday how speed.” your lives,” was its front- it intends to convert thou- Simon James, a partner page headline yesterday, sands of EU rules into at the international law along with the words British law when it leaves firm Clifford Chance, says “PM’s Brexit threat to the bloc in 2019. the reality is that Parlia- EU.” The government pub- ment doesn’t have the Britain is a European se- lished plans for a Great capacity to review all EU curity powerhouse — one Repeal Bill that will law and make necessary of only two nuclear powers transform more than changes over the next two in the bloc and with some 12,000 EU laws in force years and any attempt to of the world’s most capab- in Britain into U.K. statu- do so “would be doomed le intelligence services. te so that “the same rules to failure.” will apply after exit day” “The task involves more as before. The bill is de- than the application of a The Sun signed to prevent Britain blue pencil to minor ele- plunging into a legislative ments of EU legislation tabloid was black hole once it extrica- in order to excise a few tes itself from the EU. words here and there or in no doubt “It will also ensure we to substitute U.K. insti- deliver on our promise tutions for EU ones,” he about what to end the supremacy of wrote in a briefing paper. May meant: European Union law in “It will entail immediate the UK as we exit,” Da- policy choices as to what ‘Your money vis said. “Our laws will EU law should continue to then be made in London, apply in post-Brexit Bri- or your lives’ Edinburgh, Cardiff and tain and, if it should, how 31.03.2017 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 30 Mar - 4 Apr 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 14:50 RTPi Live GHOST IN THE SHELL room 1 17:00 Criminal Minds S.9 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm 17:40 Castle S6 (Repeated) Director: Rupert Sanders 18:20 Now Generation (Repeated) Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano 19:10 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) Language: English (Chinese) 19:40 Soap Opera Duration: 106min 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report GHOST IN THE SHELL (3D) 21:15 Miscellaneous room 1 22:10 Now Generation 7:30pm 23:00 TDM News Director: Rupert Sanders 23:30 Captain America - Winter Soldier Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano 01:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Language: English (Chinese) 02:35 RTPi Live Duration: 106min

Saturday 10:30 Comedy 11:00 Blaze Riders 11:25 Documentary Serie 12:00 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast reater ondon ouncil 14:50 Soap Opera 1986 G L C 18:40 Documentary Series abolished 19:15 Miscellaneous SWORD ART ONLINE 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Thousands of people have taken part in festivities to mark room 2 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News 4:45, 9:45pm the historic final hours of 97 years of local rule in London. 21:10 Drama Director: Tomohiko Ito A throng of 250,000 people have gathered on the South 22:00 Revenge S.4 Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu Bank in London, home to the Greater London Council, whi- 22:45 Miscellaneous Language: Japanese (Chinese) ch will not exist from midnight tonight. 23:00 TDM News Duration: 119min Festivities will end with the largest display of fireworks ever seen in the city after a week of events costing £250,000. 23:30 Miscellaneous Six other Labour-led metropolitan county councils will 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) come to an end today ending 12 years of the strategic ad- 00:50 RTPi Live ministration of the metropolitan county councils. These are the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Mer- unday seyside, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshi- S re councils. 10:05 Young Adult The disbanding of seven of the largest councils in Europe 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) was ordered by the government to cut bureaucracy and 12:00 Miscelllaneous increase efficiency, amid a swathe of criticism across the 12:30 Miscellaneous political spectrum. 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) The government insisted transferring their powers to local IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD councils and quangos would create greater electoral ac- 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast room 2 14:50 Zig Zag 2:15, 7:15pm countability. 16:25 Documentary Serie Director: Sunao Katabuchi But hopes of achieving 7,000 job cuts in London, with a 17:00 Miscellaneous Starring: Megumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya corresponding saving of £50 million, have proved an ove- restimate as most have moved to jobs within the new or- 18:20 Documentary Serie Language: Japanese (Chinese) Duration: 128min ganisations. 18:50 Miscellaneous In the metropolitan districts some 32,000 staff and 600 19:20 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) councillors are affected by the changes, with the same 19:30 Comedy number of councillors and 20,000 staff affected in London. 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Despite job cuts staff are out supporting the festivities 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News around the country and in London there are giant screens 22:00 Frat Boys: Inside America’s Fraternities bearing farewell messages from celebrities. 23:00 TDM News The last GLC concert to be staged at the festival hall will 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) include Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, by the Philharmonic 23:50 Europa League Magazine Orchestra, lit with candles until the final one is blown out by its leader Ken Livingstone. 00:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeat) Many people are wearing badges bearing the message 01:20 RTPi Live “we’ll meet again”, mirroring a banner on the GLC’s building POWER RANGERS County Hall, where flags are flying at half-mast, opposite the room 3 Houses of Parliament. 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm Director: Dean Israelite Despite the taunts from the GLC to Mrs Thatcher’s gover- Offbeat Starring: Brian Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Naomi Scott nment over its forced closure, the building will become the Language: English (Chinese) property of the London Residuary Body. Duration: 124min It is one of the quangos charged with completing the dis- Indonesia man swallowed by python, mantling of the councils as more power passes to Whitehall. villagers and reports say Courtesy of BBC A 25-year-old Indonesian man has Macau Tower been swallowed whole by a python 30 Mar - 12 Apr on the island of Sulawesi, villagers and n context news reports said. I A six-minute video on the website of Once Labour regained control of the GLC from the Tories in the Tribun Timur publication shows vil- May 1981 the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was deter- lagers slicing open the python’s carcass mined to abolish the council. to reveal the legs and torso of the dead There began a four year political battle to remove the council, victim, named Akbar. run by the Labour politician Ken Livingstone, whose far-left policies earned him the title Red Ken. Junaedi, the secretary of Salubiro vil- An initial attempt was defeated, but a Bill published in 1984 lage in West Sulawesi province, told precipitated the end of the GLC. The Associated Press that villagers In May 1997 Labour was elected to power with a manifesto began searching for Akbar on Monday commitment to allow Londoners a referendum on whether night after realizing he hadn’t returned they wanted a new mayor and a Greater London Authority. from working on his palm oil crops the They overwhelmingly voted for a council which came into exis- previous day. GHOST IN THE SHELL (3D) tence in July 2000 with Ken Livingstone as mayor. Junaedi said Wednesday that the search 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm He won the mayoral election as an independent after Labour party found scattered palm oil fruit, a expelled him for not supporting the party’s official candidate. Director: Rupert Sanders He was re-admitted into the party in January 2004 after Prime picking tool and a boot, and then spot- Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano Minister Tony Blair admitted he was wrong about his predic- ted the engorged 7-meter (23-foot) - Language: English (Chinese) tion that Mr Livingstone would be a “disaster” for London. long reticulated python. Duration: 106min fri 31.03.2017 th Anniversary

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HE NHL will play its ICE HOCKEY first games in China this fall when the Los Angeles Kings and TVancouver Canucks meet in Beijing and Shanghai. NHL staging preseason games in The preseason games will take place Sept. 21 in Shan- ghai and Sept. 23 in Beijing. Commissioner Gary Bettman China between Kings, Canucks announced the launch of the NHL China Games at a news conference yesterday at Le beyond the few weeks of the of hockey as we do.” Sports Center. 2022 Olympic Winter Games The NHL has not commit- China is expected to be a lar- themselves,” Bettman said. ted to sending players to the AP PHOTO ge focus of the league’s inter- “This is the beginning of what 2018 Olympics in neighboring national ventures. Next sea- we believe will be a very long- Pyeongchang, South Korea. In- son, the NHL is playing two re- term relationship, and the two ternational Ice Hockey Federa- gular-season games in Sweden NHL clubs participating in this tion president Rene Fasel has between the Colorado Avalan- inaugural effort are perfectly said the NHL can’t pick and che and Ottawa Senators. suited for their roles.” choose which Olympics to go Bettman called it a historic NHL Players’ Association to and that discussions about moment for the league and special assistant to the execu- Beijing can wait until the situa- said the NHL’s commitment tive director Mathieu Schnei- tion in South Korea is settled. to China goes beyond the 2022 der said players have reached China is a focus for the lea- Winter Olympics in Beijing. out to him to express interest gue with help from the Chine- He and other league officials in going to China and helping se government and the private have said it’s a long-term ar- teach the game there. The Ca- sector, led by Zhou Yunjie, the rangement with China that nucks, Kings, Boston Bruins, goaltender-turned-billionaire also includes contributions to Montreal Canadiens, New chairman of metal can manu- growing grassroots hockey in York Islanders, Toronto Maple facturing company ORG Pa- the country. Leafs and Washington Capitals ckaging. “While we fully understand have already conducted camps “We’ll play our best part in the priority the government for young Chinese players. unlocking the potential of ice has placed on high-level per- “Right here in China, the hockey and pushing on the formance by the sports teams NHLPA and the NHL have an arrival of the golden era of ice representing China at the amazing opportunity to grow hockey in China, thus reali- 2022 Olympic Winter Games the game of hockey,” Schnei- zing the vision of 300 million here in Beijing, our commit- der said. “It is clear from our people on ice as reality and ment to the growth of hockey meetings with various officials making China a new and upri- in China involves partner- in China that they share the sing ice hockey power,” Zhou ships that will extend well same passion to grow the game said. AP NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman

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Moderate Bizcuits DSMG SOURCE: Leanda Lee From poor eyesight WORLD BRIEFS Leadership Down AP PHOTO The pivotal role of leadership is in question. Have to bad teeth, pandas’ you been in leadership courses at university, learnt about it in management studies at school, or sat in professional development seminars at work and needs grow with age asked yourself why? If it is being taught and talked about with so much RUSSIA-AFGHANISTAN evidence supporting its role in outcomes from me- As America’s 16-year war dicine and sport to business and government, then Helene Franchineau, in Afghanistan drags on, who are we to question? Dujiangyan Russia is resurrecting Leadership has been a long-time focus of HR AP PHOTO its own interest in the management systems, and leadership roles have “graveyard of empires.” been aspirational for students and workers. Busi- AILING eyesight, poor The jockeying includes ness schools have been advising us to show our Fdigestion, bad teeth, engaging the Taliban bosses “the management tail” (the upper end of limbs no longer so limber: and leading a new the normal distribution curve of job performance) With captive giant pandas diplomatic effort to tackle for career progression. High-schools had been in living longer than ever, the Afghanistan’s future, all the habit of promoting leadership opportunities (i.e. list of their physical and while Washington leaves head student, sports captains, prefects) and the even emotional needs is the world guessing on its successes of high-flyers. growing. strategy for ending the The idea of its primacy is built into almost every- China, the pandas’ native conflict. thing we do in management. What if we have it home, is seeking to cater wrong? What if - as Nestlé once famously imagined to those requirements with a scenario where chocolate disappeared from the AP PHOTO face of the earth – leadership is a dud concept? a special home for the old Initially, researchers believed leaders to be born timers along with custo- with traits; sophisticated companies would seek mized diets, exercise and evidence of leadership skills from previous roles other care aimed at impro- le for three, all of them over corn and sorghum bread, and/or test for those traits during recruitment. It then ving their quality of life. 20 and starting to develop with carrots and apples,” became understood that those behaviours could be “Of course we spend more health issues from failing Xu said. “It’s like a bam- taught and perfected. This field of academia and energy taking care of old eyesight to poor digestion boo-flavored salad.” SYRIA The U.N. consulting practice grew into a huge industry, con- pandas,” said Xu Yalin, a and teeth worn down by a Xu visits Qiao Yuan first humanitarian chief says tinuing to reinforce our views of the importance of panda keeper for 19 years lifetime of chomping bam- thing each morning to en- hundreds of thousands of leadership and what it looks like. Syrians trapped in besieged at the China Conservation boo. sure she spent a good night. We should then expect Macau’s universities to areas are facing “severe be keen to promote student outcomes in terms of and Research Center for the Those who can no lon- While feeding her a snack and horrific threats” and leadership development because ‘leadership po- Giant Panda Dujiangyan ger handle coarse bamboo of carrots and apples, she the last months have been tential’ is a highly sought attribute. Base in the southwestern shoots get the more tender performs several exerci- some of the worst for In fact, what we find in vision and mission state- province of Sichuan. leaves instead. They eat, ses aimed at checking Qiao civilians. Stephen O’Brien ments across UMAC, IFT, MPI, MUST, USJ and City “Every day we need to sleep and do little else, to Yuan’s eyesight and teeth. told the Security Council U is that only UMAC and IFT make any reference to interact with them closely the delight of the visitors. She also has her stand up, to yesterday: “For Syria, that is leadership as a student outcome: UMAC’s mission and check their mental sta- One of Xu’s charges, a make her stretch her limbs. saying something.” is in “Cultivating responsible citizens and leaders te,” Xu said. “We also exa- 24-year-old female named Dinner is at 4 p.m. — more of high caliber who possess sound moral judgment mine their feces, the shape Qiao Yuan, gets fruits and bamboo and porridge, whi- NIGERIA-INDIA Nigeria’s and the ability of independent thinking necessary of it and so on. We worry smooth corn porridge ra- ch Qiao Yuan eagerly slurps foreign ministry has called to meet the needs of development of Macao and in India’s top diplomat to more about the old pandas ther than the wowotou up. the region”, and IFT’s mission - somewhat unders- protest attacks on African tandably narrower given the institution’s vocational than the juveniles.” bread made of corn and “Looking at Qiao Yuan’s students and demand focus - says “it will equip students with professional Pandas are considered old sorghum that younger pan- behavior at her age, you arrests and prosecutions knowledge and technical competence in prepara- after they turn 20. The cur- das receive. can’t help but think about of perpetrators, Nigeria’s tion for their future leadership responsibilities in the rent longevity champion, “Another panda, who was an old human being that official news agency said industry”. Of the total verbiage of their mission/vi- Basi, recently turned 37 rescued from the wild, does has difficulty eating and yesterday. sion statements, UMAC dedicates 32% to student and lives in Fujian province not eat bamboo because of walking,” said Xu. “Taking outcomes, and IFT 17%. in southeast China. his bad teeth, so every day care of an old panda is just BRITAIN’s ambassador to MPI (31%), City U (44%) and MUST (27%) all de- Of the roughly 30 pandas we chop bamboo leafs and like taking care of an old the U.N. says the United dicate a similar amount of space to how they see at the base, Xu is responsib- mix them with pieces of the person.” AP Kingdom may be leaving their students develop. MPI and City U are more the European Union but it focused on the students’ abilities to serve the com- isn’t leaving Europe and will munity, talking of “nurturing talent”, “lofty ideals, no- remain a major player on ble character”, and “willingness to serve”. MUST is the world stage including at more prosaic in its aims to cultivate various talents. times square by rodrigo the United Nations. USJ, the one institution that says it adheres to “hu- manitarian and humanistic values”, spends just 5% CHILE’s president criticized of its mission statement directed at student outco- isolationist foreign policies mes: they seek “the development of autonomous and protectionism in trade and creative thinkers”. yesterday, saying during So, what has happened to leadership? Could all a state visit to Portugal the hype about leadership be a western, or even a that multilateralism is singularly American, value imposed upon cultures, “crucial” to address global global communities and even upon segments of challenges. western societies that we have swallowed without due introspection? We may be seeing the concept VENEZUELA’s Supreme of an extroverted, highly competitive saviour – Court seized the powers of however outdated that conceptualisation of a lea- the opposition-controlled der may be – is being pushed aside for a quieter congress, sparking sort of valuable human capital: of people who serve allegations of a “coup” by their communities and organisations in ways more lawmakers, who called on instinctive and preferred by the more introverted, the international community quieter thinkers and doers. for help. The Supreme Soon we will be learning the art of the follower; so- Court’s Constitutional meone who is committed to “purpose, principle or Chamber declared the person outside themselves”. By valuing followers, National Assembly was what we are more likely to see emerge are the real operating “outside the rule leaders; those committed to a cause, rather than of law” after long standing power or stature. claims that the legislature was in contempt of previous legal statements.