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he Civic and Municipal Af- Tfairs Bureau (IACM) intends to proceed with the plan of embal- ming BoBo, the Asian black bear IACM to proceed with embalming who passed away recently, Bureau president José Tavares said on Fri- day during the IACM’s meeting. of BoBo, citizens oppose This decision goes against the values of some residents and a group of them decided to gather signatures in a petition, by the ini- tiative of local association Aban- renato marques renato doned Animals Protection Asso- ciation of Macau (AAPAM). The petition calls for the suspension of the project. According to some residents, as reported by TDM at the Flora Gar- den gathering where the bear had been kept in captivity for over 30 years, there are many ways of tea- ching children about the animal without the need to embalm it and put it on display. Yoko Choi, president of AAPAM, told TDM that the petition, as well as several other activities in the area of the memorial wall at Flora Garden, have the purpose of aler- ting the government and “making Radio Macau, Tavares added that them know that we don’t want the new museum space receiving Bobo to be a sample [embalmed] BoBo is located along the seaside ONE SHOT NEWS and be [on display] in a place.” in Coloane village in a building Choi added that the animal alrea- which will be restored. dy suffered for many years in cap- “We are trying to launch the pu-

tivity alone, asking “why should we blic tender during the first quarter barbosa paulo continue to keep his body alone in of the next year. We hope every- a place [after death]?” thing will be ready by the last quar- One of the dozens of people ter [of next year],” he said. Tavares present at the signature collec- also said that the date to be inscri- tion event at Flora Garden was bed on the plaque near the black lawmaker Sulu Sou, who also told bear cage is going to be changed to TDM that, “We didn’t know any- “mid-eighties”. thing about the [supposed] house- According to the story on the museum in Coloane. The govern- memorial, the bear was rescued ment never told anyone about the- by a Leal Senado staff (the muni- se plans and seems like now every- cipal authority of the time) in the thing is happening too fast which summer of 1984. However, as the is not a normal procedure for the Times reported earlier, the first re- The 13th edition of the Thai Cultural Festival was held over the weekend at Rua de Abreu Nunes. Thousands of people Macau SAR government.” ports on the baby bear appeared in attended the event, which included gastronomy, music, Muay Thai performances and even a Thai massage stall. On According to information from TDM and Va Kio Daily in 1986. RM Saturday afternoon, many elderly queued for hours to benefit from the offer of 2,500 packs of rice.

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awmaker Au Kam San had a round of face- to-face discussions with Secretary for Security, LWong Sio Chak, regarding the former being accused of slander by the police. During the second day of the police address presentation for the security sector, Au indica- ted that if the police wants to stop other people from accusing the police authority of illegal interception by filing a lawsuit against them, then he is “not afraid of threats.” Au believes that the police’s accusation will lead to more people paying at- tention to police interception practices. “If a lawmaker can get himself in lawsuit trouble because he openly expressed doubts, then Au Kam San Wong Sio Chak at the AL how can the ordinary residents and journalists, or professional doubt about part of the police ted by saying that he does not of threats, and that you are not comfortable with this. people speak more?” Au ques- actions involving illegal inter- understand why there are peo- afraid of lawsuits, [then that “Actually, if you don’t men- tioned. ceptions. ple complaining about inter- person would be] actually telling tion it, I will not mention it. But Au pointed out that, in reali- ceptions having to be conducted people deliberately in order to you mentioned it. Therefore, ty, there are quite a few people by the police authority. He also become famous. I don’t know if if I don’t mention it, I feel like who are not criminals yet have said that, while in the middle of this is true. I am not daring to say I should say sorry to you […]. a strong feeling that they are a meeting, he would also “move it. But if it really is true, and the These two days, my handshakes being intercepted. Au remarked Should I to another room” to answer his person doing it is a lawmaker, I with you have all been sincere,” that there were even people phone call. feel I will be so unhappy deep in said Wong. from the Chief Executive’s office claim the “Should I claim the Judiciary my heart,” said Wong. Two months ago, the Judiciary who had to “move the phone to Police intercepted me?” Wong Wong noted that the Judiciary Police urged lawmaker Au to another room” before they could Judiciary Police asked. Police has already handed out apologize to the police authority talk freely about social issues. intercepted Regarding Au’s case, Wong prosecution letters to the pro- over a false accusation. Au also pointed out that some noted that everybody should be secution office. He believes that According to the PJ’s state- of the public fiercely oppo- me? responsible for their behavior the prosecution authority will ment, Au accused the police of ses illegal interceptions, while Wong Sio Chak and words. handle the case fairly. illegal interception of a resident others believe that if the police “Even if you do not need to Wong further noted that he who had planned to burn him- do not conduct illegal intercep- The veteran lawmaker believes be responsible today, you can- feels something is amiss about self inside a police station while tions, then they could not figure that if the government wants to not shoot your mouth off,” said Au having received information he was being interviewed by a out a single case. extend interceptions, the police Wong. about the arson but not repor- local Chinese newspaper. Even- However, regardless of what force has to build a mechanism “If you would do such thing ting it to the police, yet still ac- tually, the lawmaker did not kind of opinion people have, to increase transparency. on purpose, and then you tell cusing the police of interception. apologize, and the police filed they are not having a single Responding to Au, Wong star- people that you are not afraid Wong said that he is really un- the lawsuit against Au.

departments, and it has to be coordinated by the Secretary wants to establish national Chief Executive. In addition, Wong said that including national security educational facility security within the police force’s education “must ecretary for mation bureau located at permanent national se- and deems a permanent during visits. become the trend in the SSecurity, Wong Sio R. de São Domingos, for curity education facility. facility to be vital. Most As for the location at the future.” Chak, said that national the opening of a natio- However, the Secretary noticeably, having a per- Pac On ferry terminal, Regarding the educa- security education within nal security education worried that the difficul- manent facility featuring Wong said that the issue tion of prisoners on na- the security forces will complex. Chui also pro- ty lies in finding a proper national security will needs to be discussed be- tional security, Wong be- become a trend in Ma- posed providing national location. He declared allow local schools to be- tween the security forces lieves it is unnecessary at cau. security training courses that the topic is worth tter distribute students and other governmental the current stage. JZ During Friday’s debate to prisoners and police discussing once the city at the Legislative Assem- to inform them of their has met the conditions to bly, lawmakers Ange- responsibilities in terms open such a facility. ng kuok cheong calls for new department la Leong, Lam Lon Wai of protecting national se- Furthermore, Wong and Chui Sai Peng asked curity. said that, in the past, al- NG KUOK Cheong suggested that a new ment had the right to investigate, then it could about national security Lam proposed the es- though national security department should be established to accept only be led by the Chief Executive. This, in turn, matters. tablishment of a perma- exhibitions were actively specific complaints and to conduct disciplinary would harm the concerned party’s right of ap- Leong focused on the nent and regular national attended, and exhibi- investigations. Secretary Wong disagreed, peal. According to Wong, in the first month of training of talented peo- security education sys- tions could be reviewed explaining that such work will result in the this year, 268 disciplinary investigations were ple for collecting infor- tem aimed at residents online, having a physi- incomplete leadership of security force leaders. recorded and involved the punishment of 295 mation on national se- and young people. cal entity can provide Wong voiced that “it is impossible in the entire people. Wong explained that if half of these curity. Replying to the a more vivid image to world” for a person in charge to lack the rights people appeal, then the administration court, Chui suggested using lawmakers, Wong agreed students while teaching of disciplinary supervision and investigation. In which only has two judges, will not be capable part of the Pac On ferry with their proposal re- them important matters addition, he pointed out that if such a depart- of handling the large number of cases. terminal, or the old infor- garding the opening of a about national security, 03.12.2018 mon

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Ex-justice official travelled to Macau to help Low funnel dirty money Greg Farrell, Tom Schoenberg campaign by Low to move mo- explanations, according to pro- and David Voreacos ney into the U.S. to pay people secutors. claiming they could quash the He told Citibank that the $41 bloomberg bizarre scheme to pressure Justice Department probe -- million was a corporate invest- Athe U.S to go easy on Ma- specifically, forfeiture cases filed ment for a media consulting laysians involved in one of the in California seeking more than venture. He told City National biggest financial scandals in $1 billion in assets tied to the Bank in California, which re- years relied on an unlikely mid- alleged 1MDB embezzlement. ceived tens of millions in depo- dleman - a Justice Department The effort was led by entertai- sits, that the money was from employee. ner and businessman Pras Mi- a company that manufactured In court papers Friday, the chel, according to the lawsuit. souvenirs and that he was hi- Justice Department laid out In September 2017, Michel and red to represent it in a highly evidence showing how one of Higginbotham traveled to Ma- complex civil matter. He told its own used shell companies to cau to meet with Low to discuss Morgan Stanley that the funds funnel USD74 million into the ways to continue moving mo- came from an investor in a slate U.S. at a time when no banks ney into the U.S. to pay for the of projects, the U.S. said. would handle deposits from the lobbying campaign. Low and Michel passed money on to Malaysians involved. Michel agreed that the best way Individual 1, identified as an The official, George Higginbo- to avoid U.S. detection would be investment firm owner in the tham, pleaded guilty Friday to to claim to banks that the funds court filing, and his associate, conspiring to lie to banks about would be used for entertain- a longtime political fundraiser the source and purpose of those ment purposes, the U.S. said. identified as Individual 2. funds. Higginbotham, who left Michel couldn’t be reached for The lawsuit doesn’t describe the department in August, ad- comment on Friday. how Michel came to know Hig- mitted he worked with two uni- Higginbotham later offered to ginbotham, though the two alle- dentified co-conspirators in ear- have money deposited into his gedly developed the code name ly 2017 to get the money into the attorney escrow account with “Wu Tang” for Low in email country under false pretenses. Jho Low Citibank in Washington, and messages. According to court papers, that $41 million was then wired into In pleading guilty, Higginbo- money was to pay for a lobbying the account, the U.S. said. tham admitted he helped ar- effort that sought to influence an Broidy and reviewed by Bloom- velopment Bhd., into personal range the transfer of tens of investigation into the looting of berg News. accounts disguised to look like millions of dollars from foreign the Malaysian state investment The trove of hacked documents legitimate businesses, and also In September bank accounts to the U.S. to fi- fund. The same filing identifies shows that Broidy, a Republican kicked back some funds to offi- nance a lobbying campaign to the source of the money as Jho fundraiser, and his wife engaged cials. Malaysian prosecutors say 2017, resolve criminal and civil ma- Low, who has been accused of in contract negotiations to re- some money ended up with for- tters related to 1MDB. He also money laundering and diverting present Jho Low in 2017, after mer Prime Minister Najib Razak Michel and said he worked on fake loan and hundreds of millions of dollars Trump became president. The and his family. Low and two for- Higginbotham consulting documents, and ad- from Malaysia’s 1DMB fund. emails included talking points mer Goldman Sachs Group Inc. mitted he aided a lobbying cam- Higginbotham, 46, is coope- to be used with the White House bankers have been charged by traveled to paign aimed at having another rating with prosecutors, who explaining why the U.S. should the U.S. with conspiracy; one of foreign national living in the said their investigation of Low drop its probe. One draft con- the bankers pleaded guilty. Macau to meet U.S. on a temporary visa remo- and the fund’s embezzlement tract called for Broidy’s wife’s ved and sent back to his coun- was unimpeded by the plot. A firm to make $75 million if it SENIOR SPECIALIST with Low to try. Justice Department forfeiture succeeded. That number closely The new allegations are spelled discuss ways At the Justice Department, he complaint describes evidence matches the amount the govern- out in the lawsuit Friday seeking wasn’t part of the U.S. investi- involving “Individual 1,” who ment is seeking from Higginbo- to seize $74 million from Hig- to continue gation of 1MDB and had no in- isn’t identified but matches tham-related accounts in its for- ginbotham’s law firm account fluence on its outcome, the U.S. the description of Elliott Broi- feiture lawsuit. and two other entities. The filing moving money said. dy, a friend of President Do- A lawyer for Broidy, Chris- takes the 1MDB scandal inside U.S. District Judge Colleen nald Trump whose emails were topher Clark, said the court fi- the Justice Department where into the US Kollar-Kotelly said she woul- leaked to the media this year ling doesn’t refer to Broidy and Higginbotham worked as a se- dn’t set a sentencing date yet after his money-management “anything other is pure specula- nior congressional affairs spe- because of Higginbotham’s firm was hacked. The lawsuit tion.” cialist for two years beginning FALSE EXPLANATIONS cooperation. He faces as long references a cyber-intrusion of The U.S. claims a small coterie in July 2016, according to pro- When the financial institutions as five years in prison but wou- Individual 1 and describes an of Malaysians led by Low mo- secutors. sought explanations for the va- ld probably receive far less in email from that hack. The text of ved money from the fund, for- The U.S. describes an elabo- rious wire transfers, Higginbo- exchange for his cooperation. that email matches one sent by mally known as 1Malaysia De- rate and at times disorganized tham came up with several false Bloomberg

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ciety,” Taberdo said. Meanwhile, president of the Progressive Labour Union of Migrant workers ‘disappointed’ Domestic Workers, Jasmine Santos, echoed the same senti- ments, stressing that they are still looking for ways to be heard by with exclusion in Sulu’s proposal the government in a bid to estab- lish a minimum wage law for the Lynzy Valles vulnerable groups. “We were expecting that Sou number of migrant would include the domestic groups were disappoin- workers in the proposed bill. ted with lawmaker Sulu marques renato When we weren’t included, Sou’s new minimum along with the disabled, we were wageA proposal. dismayed but we will keep on The bill does not address some looking for ways to speak with of the most vulnerable groups the government,” said Santos. among Macau’s working popu- Both Taberdo and Santos, lation – domestic workers and along with other groups and in- workers with disabilities – citing dividuals, are working on ways a lack of consensus on this mat- to create dialogues with the La- ter. bour Affairs Bureau, which they The migrant groups described are hoping to occur in January. the move as “unfair,” noting that “Just so they can hear our side they are upset with his decision, and we’re really hoping that so- recalling that Sou had previou- mething would come out of this,” sly showed support to migrant said Santos. workers – particularly domestic “I know they’ve been hearing workers. our complaints because they Chairperson of the Green Phili- mestic workers and the disabled, domestic workers. sultation, Taberdo argued that themselves have their helpers, so ppines Migrant Workers Union, we were very disappointed. It’s Yet for them, the region has those who participated from the we just need to continually call Nedie Taberdo, explained, upsetting and disappointing be- no progress towards this mat- public are likely to be employers on them and remind them of the “When Sou won as a legislator, he cause we expected that he will ter, recalling that even the hou- only, noting that they are not actions that should be taken,” mentioned his support to the do- also fight for our rights,” Taber- sing allowance, which currently permitted to participate in such she added. mestic workers so we were expec- do added. stands at MOP500, has not consultations. The groups are calling for chan- ting that he was with us on this Several migrant groups in the changed for over a decade. “Maybe the consultation should ges to their standard contracts, fight for migrant workers’ rights.” city have been fighting for pro- Although the decision not to be from people from all walks of minimum wage law and the re- “So when he created this pro- tection rights, along with an es- include domestic workers on life, even migrant workers, who moval of the six month ban when posal that did not include do- tablished minimum wage law for the bill was based on public con- are also a part of the growing so- workers are fired.

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he Philippine Consula- to remove our homesick- Marathon Tte General has ushered ness,” she added. in the month by holding its Echoing the same sen- annual Christmas Party for timents, another migrant the members of the Filipino worker said, “We miss community, attracting over Christmas back home but 500 migrant workers. we feel it here too during Held yesterday at Chan these kinds of gatherings, Meng Kam Theater, the so we really appreciate event, “Paskong Pinoy,” this event as a way for us which means “Filipino to gather and to show uni- Christmas,” featured a se- ty.” ries of performances, ga- mes, raffle draws and food he 37th Macau USD40,000. Ri Kwang sharing. TInternational Ma- Ok from North Korea The event is held annually rathon took place yes- finished second and every first Sunday of Decem- Christmas events, the of- Meanwhile, several A lot of terday morning. The Ukrainian Oleksandra ber. Consul general Lilybeth ficial noted that the event members of the commu- male champion of the Shafar was third. The Deapera explained that the held by the consulate shows nity recalled how they ce- members of 42.195 kilometer course winners of the main consulate aims to gather the the cooperation between the lebrate Christmas in the the Filipino was Kenyan athlete Fe- competition included in Filipino community to feel several migrant groups in Philippines, noting that lix Kiptoo, who finished the half-marathon were the spirit of Christmas, as the city. the event is the closest to community with a time of 2 hours also from Kenya. the date is heavily celebrated According to Deapera, the home this festive season. 15 minutes and 18 se- The marathon star- in the Philippines. annual event is recording a “We are far from our will go back conds. Kiptoo won the ted at 6 a.m. and was “Paskong Pinoy is an an- yearly increase. families so we want to USD45,000 cash prize. followed by the half-ma- nual event for the members “When I first welcomed experience the spirit of home before The second and third rathon, which started at of the Filipino community the participants, [I noticed] Christmas and experience Christmas places of the male race 6.15 a.m. Around 12,000 where we celebrate Christ- there were a lot of first ti- Christmas with [our fellow went to Kenyan athle- participants from 50 mas for them. […] We hold mers and I liked it especially compatriots] in Macau. day. tes, Joseph Kyengo countries and regions it in the first week of Decem- because it means that there We feel happy because we Lilybeth Deapera Munywoki and Samwel participated. ber because a lot of mem- are more and more mem- are gathered today,” said a Consul general Kiptanui Maswai respec- A special prize was bers of the Filipino com- bers of the community who worker who attended the tively. awarded to the oldest munity will go back home get to know their compatrio- event for the first time. Held from 12 p.m. to 5 Also from Kenya, the athlete, 81-year-old Kuan before Christmas day,” the ts,” said the official. “It’s important for us be- p.m., the event also at- female champion was Kam Tong, who comple- official explained. “It’s a good testimony of cause we usually feel sad tracted a growing number Mercy Jerotich Kibarus, ted the marathon. The Although several migrant the unity amongst the mem- [during this season] being of sponsors from the Fili- who finished the course Hong Kong senior athle- groups and associations are bers of the community,” she away from our families, so pino businesses in the city with a time of 2:35:16. te won the same prize also set to hold their own added. these kinds of events help and in Hong Kong. LV Kim won a cash prize of previously. 03.12.2018 mon

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Gaming Nordic innovation body opens branch in Nov. revenue growth HK to tap Greater Bay tops analysts’ estimates opportunities acau gaming revenue ordic Innovation Hou- it’s a good time [to establish Mgrowth topped analysts’ Nse, an organization of a Nordic Innovation House estimates in November, as ca- Nordic countries aiming to branch in Hong Kong] becau- sino operators regained some promote cross-border coope- se of the development of the momentum following months of ration on innovation, launched Greater Bay region,” Secretary weakness tied to China’s econo- its branch in Hong Kong last General of the Nordic Council mic slowdown. week, hoping to tap business of Ministers Dagfinn Hoybra- Gross gaming revenue rose 8.5 opportunities in the develop- ten told Xinhua after the ope- percent in November to MOP25 ment of the Guangdong-Hong ning ceremony for the Hong billion (USD3.1 billion) from a Kong-Macau Greater Bay Kong branch. year earlier, according to data Area. “Our doors are wide open released on Saturday by the Ga- Nordic Innovation House and welcoming to entrepre- ming Inspection & Coordination aims to combine Nordic com- neurs and startups from Nor- Bureau. That beat the median panies’ innovations in life dic countries. Nordic Innova- analyst estimate for growth of 4 science, clean-tech, EdTech tion House can only enhance percent. and smart cities with Hong your connections to Hong November’s result is a welcome Hong’s strategy of being a wor- Kong opportunity,” Carrie signal for investors. It represents ld-class innovation hub and Lam, chief executive of China’s a 28th straight month of growth smart city. It will also encou- Hong Kong Special Adminis- in the world’s biggest gambling rage more Nordic innovative trative Region, said at the ce- hub. Yet it’s not quite a recovery. startups to seek opportunities remony. This is the third month in a row in the Greater Bay area. The opportunity has been of single-digit growth, with Sep- Nordic Innovation House brought by “the fast-emerging tember and October notching operates under the Nordic Guangdong-Hong Kong-Ma- Council of Ministers, the offi- cau Greater Bay Area” and Lam the weakest showings in more and are forecast to hit a record out the timeline for casino ope- cial body for inter-governmen- affirmed that “Hong Kong the than two years. Analysts are de- next year, but the rate of growth rators to bid for licenses, a move tal cooperation in the Nordic Nordic companies that connect bating the prospects for the in- is seen slowing as casinos face that adds further uncertainty on region. “We see Hong Kong as with Hong Kong will be at the dustry as rich gamblers pull back stiffer competition and emer- top of concerns about the impact a special blend of the West and heart of the Greater Bay Area. I amid an economic slowdown in ging new hot spots in Asia. The of the trade war between China the East and a good platform am confident that we wll excel China. Profits are still climbing data come as Macau is pushing and the U.S. MDT/Bloomberg for Nordic companies. And working together.” MDT/Xinhua ad mon 03.12.2018

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Deutsche Bank Marriott security CEO doesn’t expect to become breach exposed data target in probe of up to 500m guests ackers stole tside the U.S. because U.S. bloomberg information on driver’s licenses are not as many as 500 ap photo accepted there as identifi- million guests of cation. The numbers could Hthe Marriott hotel empire be added to full sets of data over four years, obtaining about a person that bad ac- eutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Offi- credit card and passport tors sell on the black market, Dcer Christian Sewing said he doesn’t expect numbers and other personal leading to identity theft. to be personally targeted in a money laundering data, the company said Fri- And while the credit card probe by German authorities that led to raids in day as it acknowledged one industry can cancel accounts several of its offices last week, including those of of the largest security brea- and issue new cards within the management board. ches in history. days, it is a much more dif- Police searched the bank’s headquarters in The affected hotel brands ficult process, often steeped Frankfurt and surrounding offices over two days were operated by Starwood in government bureaucracy, in an investigation relating to a cache of docu- before it was acquired by to get a new passport. ments known as the Panama Papers. They show Marriott in 2016. They in- But one redeeming factor a business based in the British Virgin Islands pro- clude W Hotels, St. Regis, about passports is that they vided customers with a means to launder money, Sheraton, Westin, Element, are often required to be seen the bank has said. The inquiry touches the private Aloft, The Luxury Collec- Striem-Amit, chief techno- the University of Maryland in person, said Ryan Wilk of wealth unit, part of the private and commercial tion, Le Méridien and Four logy officer of Cybereason. University College. NuData Security. “It’s a hi- bank run by Sewing before he rose to chief execu- Points. Starwood-branded It was unclear what ha- Reservation information ghly secure document with tive officer in April. timeshare properties were ckers could do with the cre- could mean knowing when a lot of security features,” he “Since the Panama Papers were published in also affected. None of the dit card information. Thou- and where government of- said. 2016, we examined the entire matter in close Marriott-branded chains gh it was stored in encrypted ficials are traveling, to mi- When the merger was cooperation with the supervising authorities,” were threatened. form, it was possible that litary bases, conferences or first announced in 2015, Sewing said in an interview with Bild am Sonn- The crisis quickly emerged hackers also obtained the other destinations abroad, Starwood had 21 million tag. “As far as we were concerned, the matter was as one of the biggest data two components needed to he said. people in its loyalty pro- closed.” breaches on record. “On a descramble the numbers, “There are just so many gram. The company mana- In commenting on the raids, officials said they scale of 1 to 10 and up, this the company said. things you can extrapolate ges more than 6,700 proper- were targeting two suspects identified only by is one of those No. 10 size For as many as two-thirds from people staying at ho- ties across the globe, most in their age and may add other suspects in the cour- breaches. There have only of those affected, the ex- tels,” Varsalone said. The ri- North America. se of the investigation. Sewing told Bild am Sonn- been a few of them of this posed data could include chness of the data makes the While the first impulse for tag that the two employees had helped investiga- scale and scope in the last mailing addresses, phone hack unique, Wysopal said. those potentially affected by te the issues detailed in the Panama Papers, and decade,” said Chris Wyso- numbers, email addresses “Once you know someone’s the breach could be to check that the presumption of innocence should apply pal, chief technology officer and passport numbers. Also arrival, departure, room pre- credit cards, security exper- to them. of Veracode, a security com- included might be dates of ferences,” that could be used ts say other information in One of the two suspects works in the bank’s an- pany. birth, gender, reservation to incriminate a person or the database could be more ti-financial crime unit, a person familiar with the By comparison, last year’s dates, arrival and depar- for a reputation attack that damaging. matter said. The other suspect identified by age Equifax hack affected more ture times and Starwood “goes beyond your traditio- The names, addresses, works in the private wealth unit, according to the than 145 million people. A Preferred Guest account in- nal identity theft or credit- passport numbers and other person. It’s part of Deutsche Bank’s private and Target breach in 2013 af- formation. Marriott set up card theft,” he said. personal information “is of commercial bank now, which was led by Sewing fected more than 41 million a website and call center for It isn’t common for pass- greater concern than the from 2015 until early this year. payment card accounts customers who believe they port numbers to be part of payment info, which was News of the probe pushed Deutsche Bank’s sha- and exposed contact infor- are at risk. a hack, but it is not unheard encrypted,” analyst Ted Ros- re price to a fresh low, limiting strategic options mation for more than 60 The hackers’ access to the of. Hong Kong-based airline sman of CreditCards.com for the lender as Sewing tries to lift revenue after million customers. reservation system could be Cathay Pacific Airways said said, citing the risk that thie- years of cuts to the investment bank. Security analysts were es- troubling if they turn out to in October that 9.4 million ves could open fraudulent Sewing told Bild am Sonntag he sees no indica- pecially alarmed to learn be, say, nation-state spies ra- passengers’ information had accounts. tion that Deutsche Bank is becoming a takeover that the breach began in ther than con artists simply been breached, including Email notifications for tho- target because of the low share price. The lender 2014. While such failures of- seeking financial gain, said passport numbers. se who may have been affec- is well on track to post its first annual profit in ten span months, four years Jesse Varsalone, associate Passport numbers are of- ted begin rolling out Friday. four years and it’s only a matter of time until that is extreme, said Yonatan professor of cybersecurity at ten requested by hotels ou- MDT/AP will be reflected in the stock, he said.Bloomberg corporate bits sands china co hosts celebrity According to a statement issued wynn donates mop600,000 to tung sin tong nized for 1,300 team mem- - by the gaming operator, the bers and their families to take mentor workshop workshops give retail employees part in the annual charity walk a chance to learn from experts in “Walk for a Million.” their respective fields. This donation is made to su- Around 120 retail professionals pport the expansion of Tung attended Cha’s session at The Sin Tong’s social welfare ser- Venetian’s Adelson Advanced vices, providing much-nee- Education Center, where he co- ded assistance to the under- vered topics such as using the privileged in the community. latest sales techniques and attrac- Several of the gaming ope- ting customers to take a proacti- rator’s executives led by Ian ve approach while shopping. Michael Coughlan, president Four workshops have been and executive director of planned for the Celebrity Men- Wynn Macau, held a cheque Motivational speaker and en- Office and Sands China Ltd. tor project and each session presentation ceremony at trepreneur Brian Cha conduc- Launched last month, the new intends to train around 120 par- Wynn Palace. ted a workshop on sales and training program invites cele- ticipants. The first workshop in According to the gaming consumer behavior last week at brity mentors to conduct cus- the series was conducted operator, it has been acti- The Venetian Macao, as part of tomer service workshops for last month by Hong Kong To support Tung Sin Tong’s its charitable efforts and vely encouraging its team the Celebrity Mentor Workshop retailers in Macau, including actress and UK-accredited annual fundraising campaign, nourish the spirit of local phi- members to participate in the Series, co-organized by the employees of the retail trainer Astrid Chan on the topic of Wynn has contributed MOP lanthropy. fundraising campaigns of the Macao Government Tourism outlets at Sands Shoppes. personal branding. 600,000 this year to support The gaming operator orga- Charity Fund.

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Last December, Xinjiang au- thorities organized a “Becoming Family Week” which placed Party agents watch over more than 1 million cadres in minority households. Govern- ment reports on the program Uighur funerals, weddings gushed about the warm “family reunions,” as public servants Dake Kang, Yanan Wang and Uighurs shared meals and even beds.

he two women in the pho- bloomberg Becoming Family Week turned Ttograph were smiling, but out to be a test run for a standar- Halmurat Idris knew something dized homestay program. The was terribly wrong. One was his Xinjiang United Front Work 39-year-old sister; standing at Department said in February her side was an elderly woman that government workers shou- Idris did not know. Their grins ld live with their assigned fami- were tight-lipped, mirthless. lies every two months, for five Her sister had posted the pic- days at a time. ture on a social media account along with a caption punctuated by a smiley-face. “Look, I have a Han Chinese mother now!” his sister wrote. The Idris knew instantly: The old woman was a spy, sent by the government Chinese government to infiltrate his family. is trying to There are many like her. Ac- destroy that cording to the ruling Commu- nist Party’s official newspaper, last protected as of the end of September, 1.1 million local government space in which workers have been deployed to Uighurs have ethnic minorities’ living rooms, dining areas and Muslim prayer been able to spaces, not to mention at wed- dings, funerals and other occa- maintain their sions once considered intimate and private. identity. All this is taking place in Chi- Joanne Smith Finley na’s far west region of Xinjiang, Ethnographer An Uighur woman rests near a cage protecting heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policemen on duty in Urumqi home to the predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking Ui- Not all “Become Family” pai- ghurs, who have long reported surveillance, from armed che- have since cut off contact becau- son is our enemy.’ If your enemy rings involve Han Chinese visi- discrimination at the hands of ckpoints on street corners to fa- se Uighurs can be punished for became your mother, think tors. A Uighur cadre named Gu the country’s majority Han Chi- cial-recognition-equipped CCTV speaking to people abroad. about it — how would you feel?” Li said she regularly pays visits nese. cameras steadily surveying pas- Uighurs abroad said their loved Tensions between Muslim mi- to a Uighur household, staying While government notices sers-by. Now, Uighurs say, they ones were constantly on edge in norities and Han Chinese have three to five days at a time. about the “Pair Up and Become must live under the watchful eye their own homes, knowing that bubbled over in recent years, “We’ve already started calling Family” program portray it as of the ruling Communist Party any misstep — a misplaced Qu- resulting in violent attacks pe- each other family,” she said in an affectionate cultural exchan- even inside their own homes. ran, a carelessly spoken word — gged to Uighur separatists and a telephone interview from Xin- ge, Uighurs living in exile in “The government is trying to could lead to detention or wor- a fierce government crackdown jiang. “China’s 56 ethnic groups Turkey said their loved ones saw destroy that last protected space se. In the presence of these faux on broadly defined “extremism” are all one family.” the campaign as a chilling intru- in which Uighurs have been able relatives, their family members that has placed as many as 1 Gu said civil servants of many sion into the only place that they to maintain their identity,” said could not pray or wear religious million Muslims in internment ethnicities — Uighur, Han and once felt safe. Joanne Smith Finley, an ethno- garbs, and the cadres were privy camps, according to estimates Kazakh — participate in the pro- They believe the program is grapher at England’s Newcastle to their every move. by experts and a human rights gram. aimed at coercing Uighurs into University. The thought of it — and the si- group. All government employees in living secular lives like the Han The Associated Press spoke to ght of his sister, the old woman Uighurs say the omnipresent the region are required to con- majority. Anything diverging five Uighurs living in Istanbul and their false smiles — made threat of being sent to one of duct such visits in order to bet- from the party’s prescribed li- who shared the experiences of Idris queasy. these centers, which are descri- ter understand villagers’ needs, festyle can be viewed by autho- their family members in Xin- “I wanted to throw up,” said bed as political indoctrination according to Gu: “Because we’re rities as a sign of potential ex- jiang who have had to host Han the 49-year-old petroleum en- camps by former detainees, always sitting in our offices, we tremism. Chinese civil servants. These ac- gineer, shaking his head in dis- looms large in their relatives’ don’t know what they really Under Chinese President Xi counts are based on prior com- gust. minds when they are forced to need. Only through penetrating Jinping, the Uighur homeland munications with their family “The moment I saw the old wo- welcome party members into the masses can we truly serve has been blanketed with stifling members, the majority of whom man, I thought, ‘Ugh, this per- their homes. them.” AP Snooker players handed big bans for fixing matches wo Chinese snooker the Far East. tting on snooker when more than 15,000 pounds Association, which an- Yu won two of the five Tplayers were handed Yu, ranked No. 52, was banned from doing so. ($19,800). nounced the bans, said matches he agreed to fix, long bans on Saturday handed a suspension of Cao, ranked No. 44, was They are the longest sus- Yu took “the initiative in having arranged for the for fixing matches in one 10 years and nine mon- banned for six years — pensions for fixing since offering match-fixing ser- correct score to be 4-3 in of the sport’s biggest cor- ths, and ordered to pay with 3½ years of that ban English player Stephen vices” and, in one match, frames to either player. ruption scandals. costs of 20,000 pounds suspended — for fixing Lee was banned for 12 “the stakes placed on the Cao lost all three of the Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng (USD25,000). He was the outcome of three of years in 2013. Yu would result were 65,000 pou- matches he agreed to fix. admitted to manipulating involved in fixing five his matches in 2016, in- have received a ban of the nds and would have ge- “It is very sad,” WPBSA the scores of matches they matches across five tour- cluding one at the presti- same length had he not nerated a profit of 86,000 chairman Jason Fergu- played in certain ranking naments over a period of gious UK Championship. decided late in the inves- pounds.” son said, “when talented tournaments from 2015- 2½ years to earn money His suspension was re- tigation to plead guilty. “The misconduct of Mr. players are attracted to 17, following an investiga- for himself and friends, duced from six years be- The disciplinary panel Delu represents a scourge the opportunity to make tion resulting from suspi- and also admitted to lying cause he showed remor- of the World Professio- to the game of snooker,” money from fixing mat- cious betting patterns in to investigators and be- se. 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Development last week down- graded their outlook for global ap photo economic growth next year to 3.5 percent from a previous 3.7 percent. In doing so, they cited the trade conflict as well as poli- tical uncertainty. The U.S. and China also made progress on the regulation of fentanyl, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin. U.S. offi- cials for years have been pres- sing the Chinese government to take a tougher stance against fentanyl, and most U.S. supply of the drug is manufactured in China. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said China’s de- cision to label the drug as a con- trolled substance means that “people selling Fentanyl to the United States will be subject to China’s maximum penalty un- der the law.” The White House also said that China’s government is “open to approving” the purchase of Dut- ch semiconductor manufacturer NXP by American chipmaker Qualcomm.

What I’ll be doing is holding back on tariffs.

Donald Trump with Xi Jinping and members of their official delegations during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit China will be opening up, China will be getting rid of US, China put brakes on tariffs. Donald Trump trade dispute with cease-fire China nixed the proposed takeover earlier this year, citing he United States and is holding back on tariffs. China from confrontation toward en- the other $200 billion. Trump antitrust concerns, after U.S. China reached a 90-day will be opening up, China will gagement. This changes the had planned to raise the tariffs and European regulators appro- cease-fire in a trade dis- be getting rid of tariffs. ... China tone and direction of the bilate- on the $200 billion to 25 percent ved the deal. China’s decision pute that has rattled fi- will be buying massive amounts ral conversation.” if he couldn’t get a deal with Xi. came amid a period of heighte- Tnancial markets and threatened of products from us.” The Trump-Xi meeting was the China has already slapped tari- ning tensions between the U.S. world economic growth. The In a long-sought concession marquee event of Trump’s whir- ffs on $110 billion in U.S. goods. and China over trade and intel- breakthrough came after a din- to the U.S., China agreed to la- lwind two-day trip to Argentina Under the agreement reached lectual property issues. ner meeting between President bel fentanyl, the deadly synthe- for the G-20 summit after the in Buenos Aires, the two coun- Qualcomm announced it was Donald Trump and Chinese lea- tic opioid responsible for tens president canceled a sit-down tries have 90 days to resolve dropping plans to proceed with der Xi Jinping at the Group of of thousands of American drug with Russian President Vladimir their differences over Beijing’s the deal after it failed to receive 20 summit in Buenos Aires. deaths annually, as a controlled Putin over mounting tensions tech policies. If they can’t, the Chinese government approval. Trump agreed to hold off on substance. And Beijing agreed between Russia and Ukraine. higher U.S. tariffs will go into ef- It is unclear whether the tran- plans to raise tariffs Jan. 1 on to reconsider a takeover by U.S. Trump also canceled a Saturday fect on the $200 billion in Chi- saction could be revived even USD200 billion in Chinese chipmaker Qualcomm that it news conference, citing respect nese imports. with China’s acquiescence. goods. The Chinese agreed to had previously blocked. for the Bush family following the U.S. officials insist that the In other developments, Trump buy a “not yet agreed upon, but The White House announce- death of former President Geor- American economy is more resi- announced aboard Air Force very substantial amount of agri- ment framed a victory for Trump ge H.W. Bush. lient to the tumult than China’s, One on his return to Washing- cultural, energy, industrial” and and his unflinching negotiating Trump said Bush’s death put a but they remain anxious of the ton from Buenos Aires that his other products from the United tactics, securing a commitment “damper” on what he described economic effects of a prolon- next meeting with North Ko- States to reduce America’s huge from China to engage in talks as a “very important meeting” ged showdown — as Trump has rea’s Kim Jong Un would likely trade deficit with China, the on key U.S. economic priorities, with Xi. made economic growth the ben- happen in January or February. White House said. with little obvious concession The United States and Chi- chmark by which he wants his He said there were three sites The truce, reached after a by the U.S. Notably, however, na are locked in a dispute over administration judged. under consideration, but he de- dinner of more than two hou- the White House appears to be their trade imbalance and Bei- A full-blown resolution was clined to name them. rs Saturday, buys time for the reversing course on its previous jing’s tech policies. Washington not expected to be reached in Trump also said he would two countries to work out their threats to tie trade discussions accuses China of deploying pre- Buenos Aires; the issues that di- shortly be providing formal differences in a dispute over to security concerns, like China’s datory tactics in its tech drive, vide them are just too difficult. notice to Congress that he will Beijing’s aggressive drive to su- attempted territorial expansion including stealing trade secrets Growing concerns that the terminate the North American pplant U.S. technological domi- in the South China Sea. and forcing American firms to trade war will increasingly hurt Free Trade Agreement, giving nance. “It’s great the two sides took hand over technology in ex- corporate earnings and the U.S. lawmakers six months to appro- “It’s an incredible deal,” Trump advantage of this opportunity change for access to the Chinese economy are a key reason why ve the replacement he signed told reporters aboard Air Force to call a truce,” said Andy Ro- market. U.S. stock prices have been Friday. He said lawmakers can One, adding, “if it happens it thman, investment strategist Trump has imposed import ta- sinking this fall. choose between the replace- goes down as one of the largest at Matthews Asia. “The two si- xes on $250 billion in Chinese Joining other forecasters, eco- ment, the United States-Mexi- deals ever made.” des appear to have had a major products — 25 percent on $50 nomists at the Organization for co-Canada Agreement, or no- Trump said: “What I’ll be doing change of heart to move away billion worth and 10 percent on Economic Co-operation and thing. AP 03.12.2018 mon

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Vietnam Indonesia West Papuans Two ex-police generals jailed demand independence for role in gambling ring at rally court in northern cutors quoted Duong as te- Vietnam on Friday lling police investigators that jailed two former ap photo he bribed Vinh with $2.8 police generals for million, a $7,000 Rolex watch protectingA a multimillion- and gave Hoa $936,000, state dollar online gambling ring as media reported. the Communist government The verdict, however, said steps up its crackdown on gra- there has been no evidence to ft. prove the two former police Former national police chief generals were involved in bri- Phan Van Vinh and former bery. head of hi-tech crimes police The foreign media were not department Nguyen Thanh allowed to cover the trial. bout 300 West Papuan de- Hoa were sentenced to nine Vietnam’s unprecedented monstrators calling for indepen- and 10 years respectively af- Former police generals Nguyen Thanh Hoa (center front row), and Phan Van crackdown on graft had pre- A Vinh (right second row) are escorted by police dence for the restive Indonesian re- ter being convicted of abuse of viously focused on corruption gion faced off with counterprotesters power at the end of the three- at the state energy giant Pe- Saturday in the country’s second-lar- week trial by the People’s made $200 million in illegal of Police under the Ministry troVietnam and the banking gest city. Court in Phu Tho province. profits, according to the go- of Public Security until his re- sector but appears to be The demonstrators in Surabaya Two gambling ring leaders, vernment. tirement two years ago, was spreading to the police force. chanted “Freedom Papua” and held Nguyen Van Duong, former They were among 92 defen- arrested in July while Hoa Scores of PetroVietnam se- banners demanding a referendum for chairman of the private com- dants involved in the case. was arrested a month earlier. nior officials and bankers have independence to mark Dec. 1, whi- pany CNC, and Phan San “Vinh’s acts have caused Following their arrests, the been brought to trial, the most ch many West Papuans consider the Nam, former chairman of discontent among the public, ministry stripped both men of high-ranking of them being anniversary of what they say should VTC Online joint stock com- reduced the reputation of their ranks. Dinh La Thang, a former Po- have been their independence. pany, were sentenced to 10 the police force and people’s The two allowed CNC com- litburo member who was sen- “We are demanding the truth of our and five years respectively for trust,” state-run Tuoi Tre pany to rent an office from the tenced to a total of 31 years in history,” a speaker shouted at the organizing gambling and mo- newspaper quoted the verdict General Department of Police, prison for mismanagement in crowd at the rally, which was organi- ney laundering. as saying. “Vinh had intentio- which indirectly facilitated the two separate cases earlier this zed by the Papua Students Alliance. The ring had operated from nally covered up the crimes crimes and hindered their sta- year dating to his time leading “Referendum for independence is the April 2015 until it was broken committed by Duong and his ff and other agencies in inves- PetroVietnam. right solution for the people of Papua.” up in August last year with accomplices.” tigating the gambling ring, the He was the first Politburo The crowd, including many wearing some USD425 million having Vinh, who was general direc- verdict said. member to be jailed in deca- headbands with the morning star flag been gambled online. The ring tor of the General Department During the hearing, prose- des. AP as a separatist group symbol, was blo- cked from marching to the city center by scores of counterprotesters from se- tion of illicit flows. Ac- veral youth organizations in Surabaya, cording to the report, the capital of East Java province. Some Singapore urged to plug talent one bank reported a 50 confronted the pro-independence pro- percent to 60 percent testers with sharpened bamboos. reduction in so-called “You may rally to voice your aspi- gap in money laundering fight false positives in a test ration, but don’t bring the separatist that used AI. issue,” said a speaker from the rival Chanyaporn Chanjaroen be grown significantly sophisticated cross- dents voiced worries “Any option that im- group. “Papua is a part of Indonesia to meet this demand,” border fund trans- that an influx of foreign proves detection yield forever, and we are willing to die to ingapore, whi- the report said. “This fers, underscoring the workers in the past de- from the current si- defend the unitary state of Indonesia.” Sch is increasingly can be achieved throu- challenge for banks cade had strained ser- tuation – where often, Members of the two camps pushed using technology to gh the importing of and regulators dealing vices, driven up com- nine out of 10 cases is a each other, but several hundred anti- combat money laun- talent from outside with thousands of du- petition for real estate false positive – should riot police prevented the two groups dering and terrorism Singapore as well as bious transactions each and threatened jobs. be explored,” said Lam from clashing, said East Java police financing, faces a shor- through the ‘upskilling’ year. The Monetary Au- Chee Kin, DBS’s head spokesman Frans Barung Mangera. tage of skilled data of Singapore’s existing The Singapore gover- thority of Singapore of legal, compliance The protest ended after about two analysts who can help workforce.” nment has recently sig- “strongly encourages and secretariat. “Whi- hours. No one was detained by police, banks track down illicit Singapore is stepping naled that it’s willing to the use of data analyti- le we are in early days Mangera said. cash flows. up efforts to tackle ease some restrictions cs” in anti-money laun- and making marginal The Free Papua Movement, a sepa- The skills gap could white-collar crime as on importing labor for dering and countering improvements, there ratist group in Indonesia’s restive Pa- be addressed by im- it seeks to build on its the financial-technolo- the financing of ter- is promise,” said Lam, pua province, declared independence porting foreign talent status as one of Asia’s gy industry and other rorism, said Ho Hern who also heads the from Dutch rule on Dec. 1, 1961. That and training locals, biggest financial cen- sectors where it’s fa- Shin, assistant mana- data analytics working was rejected by the Dutch and later by according to a report ters. High-profile ca- cing talent shortages. ging director, banking group that wrote the Indonesia. released last week by a ses such as the 1MDB The city-state tighte- and insurance, at MAS. report. Papua, a former Dutch colony in the partnership of banks, embezzlement scandal ned its immigration It “has the potential for The working group western part of New Guinea, was in- the financial regulator are increasingly invol- policy following 2011 bringing about trans- was set up by a govern- corporated into Indonesia in 1969 after and police. Lenders in ving large networks of elections, when resi- formative change in ment-industry partner- a U.N.-sponsored ballot that was seen Singapore have been our approach to com- ship aimed at fighting as a sham by many. A small, poorly ar- looking at using data bating financial crime,” money laundering and med separatist group has been battling analytics to detect sus- she said. terrorism financing. for independence since then. picious transactions Singapore’s three ma- Formed last year, the For years, a low-level insurgency has because current sys- On a national level, the jor banks – DBS Group partnership includes plagued the mineral-rich region, whi- tems yield too many Holdings Ltd., Over- banks and is co-chai- ch is ethnically and culturally distinct false alerts and manual relevant talent pool in sea-Chinese Banking red by the Monetary from much of Indonesia. processes are vulnera- Corp. and United Authority of Singapore Indonesia’s government, which for ble to human error, it Singapore needs to be Overseas Bank Ltd. – and the Commercial decades had a policy of sending Java- found. grown significantly to have started using ar- Affairs Department, nese and other Indonesians to settle “On a national level, tificial intelligence and the white-collar crime in Papua, is now also trying to spur the relevant talent pool meet this demand. data analytics to help unit of the nation’s po- economic development to dampen the in Singapore needs to Report enhance their detec- lice force. 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US Bush mourned as a great statesman, a man of uncommon decency Darlene Superville, John Rogers tions and China, head of the CIA and chairman of the Republi- ormer President George ap photo can National Committee before FH.W. Bush is returning to being elected to two terms as Washington as a revered politi- Ronald Reagan’s vice president. cal statesman, hailed by leaders Soon after he reached the ze- across the political spectrum nith of his political populari- and around the world as a man ty following the liberation of not only of greatness but also of Kuwait, the U.S. economy began uncommon decency and kind- to sour, however, and voters be- ness. gan to believe that Bush, never Bush, who died late Friday at a great orator, was out of touch his Houston home at age 94, is with ordinary people. to be honored with a state fune- He lost his bid for re-election ral at National Cathedral in the to then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clin- nation’s capital on Wednesday, ton, who would later become a followed by burial Thursday on close friend. The pair worked the grounds of his presidential together to raise tens of millions library at Texas A&M. Before of dollars for victims of a 2004 that, his body will lie in state in Indian Ocean tsunami and Hur- the Capitol Rotunda for a pu- Premier Mikhail Gorbachev as more that unites us than divides ries before graduating Phi Beta ricane Katrina, which swamped blic viewing from his arrival in playing a key role. us.” Kappa after just 2 ½ years. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Washington Monday until Wed- “It was a time of great change, At the G-20 summit in Argen- After moving to Texas to work in 2005. nesday morning. demanding great responsibility tina, German Chancellor Angela in the oil business, Bush tur- “Who would have thought that Bush’s crowning achievement from everyone,” Gorbachev told Merkel, who was raised in then- ned his attention to politics in I would be working with Bill as president was assembling the the Interfrax news agency. “The divided East Germany, told re- the 1960s, being elected to his Clinton of all people?” he joked international military coalition result was the end of the Cold porters she likely would never first of two terms in Congress in in 2005. Clinton said he wou- that liberated the tiny, oil-rich War and nuclear arms race.” have become her country’s lea- 1967. He would go on to serve as ld be “forever grateful” for that nation of Kuwait from invading During that time and after, der had Bush not pressed for the ambassador to the United Na- friendship. AP neighbor Iraq in 1991 in a war Gorbachev said, he always nation’s reunification in 1990. that lasted just 100 hours. He appreciated the kindness Bush A humble hero of World War also presided over the end of and his family showed him. II, Bush was just 20 when trumps to attend state funeral the Cold War between the Uni- In Washington, the former Re- he survived being shot down ted States and the former Soviet publican president won praise during a bombing run over Ja- PRESIDENT DONALD Trump insurgent presidential campaign, Union. from leaders of both parties. pan. He had enlisted in the U.S. and first lady Melania Trump on has had a fractious relationship “We didn’t agree much on Republican House Speaker Navy on his 18th birthday. Saturday mourned the passing with the Bush family over the years. domestic policy, but when it Paul Ryan lauded him for lea- Shortly before leaving the ser- of former President George H.W. He ran against one of Bush’s sons, came to the international side ding the nation with “decency vice, he married his 19-year-old Bush, remembering him as a man Jeb Bush, in the GOP presidential of things, he was a very wise and and integrity,” while Democratic sweetheart, Barbara Pierce, a of “sound judgment, common sense primaries in 2016, and he was thoughtful man,” former Massa- House Leader Nancy Pelosi said union that lasted until her death and unflappable leadership.” In a sharply critical of the presidency of chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, it was a “privilege to work with earlier this year. statement issued hours after Bush’s another son, George W. Bush. The a Democrat who lost the pre- him.” After military service, Bush en- death on Friday night, the Trumps White House announced Saturday sidency to Bush in 1988, told Republican Sen. Bob Corker of rolled in Yale University, where said that Bush had “inspired gen- morning that the Trumps would erations of his fellow Americans to attend a state funeral for the former The Associated Press on Satur- Tennessee said Bush “befrien- he would become a scholar-a- public service.” Trump, who upend- president at Washington’s National day. He credited Bush’s ability ded political foes, reminding thlete, captaining the baseball ed the GOP establishment with his Cathedral. to negotiate with former Soviet Americans that there is always team to two College World Se-

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aris police said yes- pular tourist areas of the the Arc de Triomphe. One test, people who came “to Pterday that 133 people French capital. Activists read: “Yellow jackets will loot, break and hit police had been injured and 412 wearing yellow jackets tor- triumph” — a reference to forces.” He was questioned had been arrested as pro- ched cars, smashed win- the fluorescent yellow vests why thousands of French testers trashed the streets of dows, looted stores, threw that protesters are wearing police couldn’t prevent the the capital during France’s rocks at police and tagged to demand relief for Fran- damage, especially to the worst urban riot in years. the Arc de Triomphe with ce’s beleaguered workers. nation’s Arc de Triomphe French President Emma- multi-colored graffiti. Poli- Some of Paris’ major monument. “Yesterday we France on Saturday that gan Nov. 17 with motorists nuel Macron was holding ce responded with tear gas avenues near the Arc de made a choice [...] to pro- were mostly peaceful. upset over a fuel tax hike, an emergency meeting on and water cannon, closing Triomphe and streets arou- tect people before material “It’s difficult to reach the but now involve a broad security later Sunday with down dozens of streets and nd the famed Champs-Ely- goods,” Griveaux told Fren- end of the month. People range of demands related his prime minister and Metro stations as they tried sees Avenue and the Tui- ch broadcaster BFM TV. work and pay a lot of taxes to France’s high cost of li- interior minister. He has to contain the riot. leries garden were littered It was the third straight and we are fed up,” said ving. vowed that those responsi- Police said 23 police offi- with piles of debris and weekend of clashes in Paris Rabah Mendez, a protester “[Violence] has nothing ble for the violence and the cers were among the inju- burned cars. Graffiti was involving activists dressed who came to march peace- to do with the peaceful ex- damages will pay for their red and 378 of the arrested also sprayed on many sto- in the yellow vests of a new fully in Paris. pression of a legitimate actions. have been put in police cus- refronts and buildings. protest movement and the The demonstrators say anger” and “no cause justi- A protest against rising tody. Government spokesman worst urban violence since Macron’s government does fies” attacks on police or pi- taxes and the high cost of By yesterday morning, Benjamin Griveaux said Sa- at least 2005. The scene in not care about the pro- llaging stores and burning living turned into a riot Paris city employees were turday’s violence was due to Paris contrasted sharply blems of ordinary people. buildings, Macron said in Saturday in the most po- cleaning up the graffiti on those who hijacked the pro- with protests elsewhere in The grassroots protests be- Buenos Aires. AP mon 03.12.2018

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“He is a successful bu- sinessman with a good reputation ... he is not so- Dramatic downfall of Carlos meone you would expect to be a cheat,” said Rouba Rabah, who owns an art gallery opposite Ghosn’s Ghosn reverberates in Lebanon property. Another neighbor who Zeina Karam, Beirut declined to give his name said he was stunned by e may have ap photo the news like every other fallen from gra- Lebanese would be, re- ce internatio- calling how he would see nally as one of Ghosn personally over- Hthe auto industry’s most seeing the renovation powerful leaders, but work four years ago. Carlos Ghosn can count Lebanese businessmen, on continued support in many of them personal at least one corner of the friends of Ghosn, have globe. rallied around him, even Lebanon has long held after he was stripped of his hopes that Ghosn, whose title as chairman at Nissan grandparents were Leba- and at Japanese partner nese and who holds exten- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. sive development projects A group of Lebanese in the country, would play lawyers is now conside- a bigger role in politics ring forming a team for one day, or help rescue its his defense, and Justice increasingly sluggish eco- Minister Salim Jreissa- nomy. ti told Lebanon’s daily But Ghosn, ex-chairman An-Nahar that the go- of Nissan Motor Co., was vernment is considering detained last month on asking Japan to extradite allegations of underre- Ghosn to face trial on Le- porting his income, and banese soil. on Friday, a Japanese Lawyer Amal Had- court approved extending dad told The Associated his detention for 10 more Press that she and the days. current head of the Le- Now, politicians across in the auto industry, first sectarian-based system of cell in the Japanese capi- panese media, but uncon- banese Lawyers’ Syndica- the board are mobilizing with Renault and then by government. tal — providing him with firmed, suggest he spent te, Andree Chidiac, were in his defense, with some bringing Nissan in Tokyo Although the extent of a mattress and food in the Nissan funds on fancy considering the options. suggesting his detention back from the brink of his businesses in Leba- form of salmon, according homes in Paris, Beirut, “That’s all I can say until may be part of a political bankruptcy, Ghosn kept non is not known exactly, to one report on a local TV Rio de Janeiro and Ams- we are formally assigned or business-motivated in touch with old friends. Ghosn has spoken in in- channel. terdam, and on family the case,” Haddad said. conspiracy, and the go- He married twice, first to terviews about various Ghosn’s dramatic down- vacations and other per- In Ghosn’s downfall, vernment even conside- a Lebanese woman who real estate projects in the fall has sparked various sonal expenses. Ghosn many here see a lost ring extraditing him from resides in Beirut and country and sits on the conspiracy theories, with has denied the allegations opportunity. The coun- Tokyo to face trial here. again in 2016 to Carole board of several universi- some claiming that his against him, saying he try’s economy is strug- “To Carlos Ghosn in his Nahas, also of Lebanese ties, hospitals and chari- arrest was a U.S. ploy to had no intention of un- gling, with experts war- predicament I say, a Le- heritage. ties. In 2012, he became punish him for resisting derreporting his income, ning it is dangerously banese phoenix will not a partner in the Lebane- sanctions on Iran and the reports say. close to collapse after de- be scorched by the Japa- se winery IXSIR, and is a others speculating it was Ghosn’s three-story pro- cades of mismanagement, nese sun,” Interior Minis- The board member of family- an internal coup enginee- perty in one of Beirut’s corruption and nepotism. ter Nohad Machnouk said owned Saradar Bank. red by Nissan executives. most prized real estate Cabinet Minister Mouin at a security conference in Lebanese In 2017, the government Melhem Riachi, the in- districts stands out for its Merhebi said that Ghosn’s Beirut this week. honored him with a spe- formation minister, urged pink walls and blue shut- arrest is regrettable. “He Lebanon, a tiny country took special cial postage stamp — a officials to intervene with tered windows. The tradi- is an important personali- of 4.5 million, takes ex- show of respect to a man the government of Japan, tional old Lebanese house ty, an economic persona- cessive pride in its huge pride in the considered a model of Le- tweeting: “An investiga- was acquired and renova- lity we had hoped would emigrant community and auto industry banese entrepreneurial tion is extremely impor- ted in 2014, according to one day play a role in Le- successful businessmen spirit. tant. Something stinks.” neighbors who said they banese political life, a role and celebrities of Lebane- icon, who So when news broke on Allegations against occasionally saw him vi- to salvage Lebanon,” he se heritage. They include Nov. 19 that Ghosn, 64, Ghosn reported in the Ja- siting. told the AP. AP Mexican business magna- holds a had been detained on te Carlos Slim, Columbian allegations he underre- singer Shakira, Mexican- Lebanese ported millions of dollars ad American actress Salma passport, in income, and that Nis- Hayek, Lebanese-British san is accusing him of barrister Amal Clooney speaks using company money and fashion designers Elie for personal gain, people Saab and Reem Accra. fluent Arabic in Lebanon were stunned The Lebanese took spe- — and many were uncon- cial pride in the auto in- and visits vinced. dustry icon, who holds regularly Lebanese Foreign Minis- a Lebanese passport, ter Gibran Bassil promptly speaks fluent Arabic and As a Maronite Chris- issued a statement saying visits regularly, including tian, Ghosn’s name oc- Lebanon would stand by a last visit right before he casionally popped up as Ghosn, adding he had was detained in Tokyo. a possible candidate for asked the Lebanese am- Born in Brazil, where his the presidency, but he bassador to Tokyo to look Lebanese grandfather had repeatedly dismissed su- out for “the model of Le- sought his fortune, Ghosn ggestions he would run banese success abroad.” grew up in Beirut, where for office, saying he is not The ambassador has sin- he spent part of his chil- a politician. 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TV canal macau this day in history Chapas Sínicas - Stories of Macau in Torre 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) do Tombo 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 10am-6pm (closed on Mondays and public 15:00 Portuguese Soap Opera holidays) 15:50 Cartoons Until: December 7, 2018 16:15 Portuguese Comedy Venue: Archives of Macau 19:00 Portugal Fashion Admission: Free 19:35 Portuguese Serie Enquiries: (853) 2859 2919 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:15 You, Me & Apocalypse Treasure of Sacred Art of St. Joseph’s 22:00 Funny Things To Know eminary S 22:25 Portuguese Serie - Liberty 21 Time: 10am-5pm daily (closed on Wednesdays, 23:15 TDM News alta summit open on public holidays) 1989 M 23:50 Documentary Venue: St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Rua do ends Cold War 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Seminário 01:30 RTPi Live The leaders of the two world superpowers, the USA Admission: Free and the USSR, have declared an end to the Cold War Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 after two days of storm-lashed talks at the Malta sum- mit. At a joint news conference held on board the Soviet andarin s ouse M ’ H cruise ship, Maxim Gorky, the two men announced they Time: 10am-6pm daily (last admission at 5:30pm; had set the stage for big reductions in troops and wea- closed on Wednesdays, open on public holidays) pons in Europe. The Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, also said: “I as- Address: No. 10, Travessa de António da Silva cinema sured the President of the United States that I will never Admission: Free start a hot war against the USA.” Enquiries: (853) 2896 8820 cineteatro For his part, US President George Bush said: “We can 29 Nov - 5 realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West re- lationship to one of enduring co-operation. That is the Macau Science Centre future that Chairman Gorbachev and I began right here Time: 10am-6pm daily (Except on Thursdays; open in Malta.” on public holidays) The Malta summit is being hailed as the most impor- tant since 1945 when Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt enue V : Macau Science Center agreed a post-war plan for Europe at Yalta. Admission: MOP25 (Exhibition Centre) The two men have met face-to-face for the first time MOP60 (Planetarium 2D dome or 2D against a backdrop of fast-moving change in Eastern Europe. sky shows) In the past few weeks Hungary has opened its borders MOP80 (Planetarium 3D dome or 3D with the West, the Berlin Wall has fallen, followed by sky shows) the government of Czechoslovakia. Only yesterday the Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 fledgling East German government of only seven weeks was also forced to resign. Both leaders spoke hopefully of the changes swee- the nutcracker and the four realms ping Eastern Europe - but they also spoke of the need for caution, particularly with regard to the future of Ger- Offbeat room 1 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm many and the prospect of reunification. Mr Bush said: “It is not for the United States to dictate clerk stalls marriage over Director: Lasse Hallstrom & Joe Johnston DC Starring: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Morgan Freeman the pace of change in Germany or anywhere else.” ‘foreign’ New Mexico ID card Language: English Mr Gorbachev said: “The world is leaving one epoch Duration: 99min and entering another. We are at the beginning of a long road to a lasting, peaceful era. “The threat of force, mistrust, psychological and ideo- ap photo logical struggle should all be things of the past.” The summit was not all plain sailing. High winds and heavy seas yesterday left the American president stran- ded aboard his cruiser in Marsaxlokk Bay. An afternoon session of talks had to be abandoned while the Russians waited in vain for Mr Bush to arrive on their ship, the Maxim Gorky, which was moored in a calmer position. A joint dinner was also cancelled as the president re- mained marooned. Gavin Clarkson A final eight-hour round of talks was held today aboard the Maxim Gorky, during which differences emerged A District of Columbia clerk and a supervisor refused to ac- over policy on Central America and cuts in naval forces. cept a New Mexico man’s state driver’s license as he sought a Mr Bush is due to brief NATO leaders in Brussels, marriage license because she and her supervisor believed New robin hood where he will fly tonight. Mr Gorbachev will address Mexico was a foreign country. room 2 members of the Warsaw Pact tomorrow. Gavin Clarkson told the Las Cruces Sun-News it happened 2:30, 4:45, 7:15 9:30pm The two men have agreed to hold another summit in Nov. 20 at the District of Columbia Courts Marriage Bureau as Director: Otto Bathurst June next year. he tried to apply for a marriage license. Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Menderlsohn After approaching the clerk for a license and showing his New Language: English Courtesy BBC News Mexico ID, Clarkson said the clerk told him he needed an inter- Duration: 130min national passport to get the marriage license. Clarkson said he protested to a supervisor, who also told him that he needed a foreign passport. The clerk finally concluded New Mexico was a state after Clarkson objected three times. The clerk granted the license to In context Clarkson and his fiancée. The Malta summit is regarded by many as the official end of the “She thought New Mexico was a foreign country,” Clarkson Cold War, although little of substance was actually agreed. said of the clerk. “All the couples behind us waiting in line were The summit followed a series of arms-reduction treaties between laughing.” the two superpowers, including Salt II in 1979 and the Intermedi- Clarkson, who is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, ate-range Nuclear Forces treaty in 1987. said if he’d had his tribal identification card he might have had Presidents Bush and Gorbachev went on to sign a treaty on Con- an easier time than showing his New Mexico driver’s license. ventional Forces in Europe in November 1990, establishing parity In a statement, the D.C. courts system acknowledged the sta- between East and West, and the first of the Strategic Arms Reduc- ff error to the Sun-News. tion Treaties (Start) in December 1991. The collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe continued with the “We understand that a clerk in our Marriage Bureau made a More than blue fall of the Romanian government and the reunification of Germany mistake regarding New Mexico’s 106-year history as a state,” room 3 in 1990. Leah H. Gurowitz, spokeswoman for D.C. Courts, said in an 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30 pm Although Mikhail Gorbachev was seen as a hero by the outside email. “We very much regret the error and the slight delay it Director: Gavin Lin world, within the Soviet Union the slow progress of reform and caused a New Mexico resident in applying for a D.C. marriage Starring: Jasper Liu, Ivy Chen declining economic conditions eventually led to the break-up of the license.” Language: Putonghua (Chinese & English) union and his resignation in December 1991. New Mexico became a U.S. state in 1912 Duration: 105min mon 03.12.2018

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T ap photo tball championship was less competitive. drid. The timetable is ti- out, he said Conmebol will thrown into disarray again The Copa Libertadores ght, partly because of this need to make a decision. when Argentina’s River match with Buenos Ai- weekend’s G-20 summit in “My personal opinion is Plate refused to play the res rival Boca Juniors was the Argentine capital and that the game always needs rearranged final in Spain. canceled after River fans partly because the draw for to be played,” Infantino River doesn’t want to attacked a bus carrying the first round of the 2019 told journalists. “Football play the match in Madrid’s the opposition team. It championship is due to can’t stop, the ball can’t Santiago Bernabeu sta- was rescheduled for the take place later this month. stop - we’ll see how we dium because it will hurt following day on Nov. 25, FIFA President Gianni make it happen.” fans who originally paid to then scrapped by the regu- Infantino said he wasn’t The two teams tied the watch the Nov. 24 game latory body for South Ame- aware of the club’s deci- first game of their two-ma- at River’s El Monumental rican football. sion. Speaking on Saturday tch final 2-2 at Boca Ju- stadium, the club said in a Conmebol eventually on the sidelines of the G-20 niors’ stadium. Bloomberg ad mon 03.12.2018 th Anniversary

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I’m aware there are other great authors in China, etflix Inc. has an bloomberg such as Beijing-based Yan Lianke and Sheng Keyi. Oscar contender on its N ap photo Certainly, there are other good writers who haven’t hands with “Roma,” a dra- been translated or remain unpublished. They tend ma about a Mexico City fa- to stay low-profile (few interviews or public interven- mily from Academy Award- tions, no criticism of governmental policies) and are winning director Alfonso almost invisible. Considering that China has a popu- Cuaron. lation of around 1.4 billion persons, the fact that there The company thought enou- Romania Despite aren’t thousands of relevant writers is a clear sign that gh of the film to break with clear that Netflix isn’t prepa- Holdings Inc. typically don’t something is wrong. freezing temperatures, red to operate like a typical show films unless they abide It seems that some of the best Chinese artists and one of its foremost traditions: tens of thousands of writers are in exile or simply remain silent. Like Ma Netflix released “Roma” in Hollywood studio. The com- by the two- or three-month Romanians turned Jian (who recently faced trouble speaking in Hong theaters last week ahead of its pany also doesn’t share figu- exclusive theatrical window out to celebrate 100 Kong) those believe that “free speech is the foun- online debut - anathema for res on how many people view the industry has set.) years since their nation dation of civilization.” Some others publish heavily the world’s biggest paid video- its films online, forcing the in- Netflix has put out ads became a modern-day censored novels or craftily became experts in self- streaming service. But sin- dustry into a guessing game. promoting the movie’s run, state, with some noting censorship. The others risk being arrested for crimes ce then, the company hasn’t Netflix’s secrecy haven’t which began on Nov. 21 in concerns now about the against the state or are accused of some dubious followed the typical playbook stopped industry watchers Los Angeles, New York and rule of law and the state of democracy in the misdemeanor (Ai Weiwei comes to mind). for promoting a likely Oscar from trying to gauge the thea- Mexico. “Roma” also opened Balkan nation. In the essay “The Prevention of Literature”, George winner. trical success of “Roma.” Over in London this week, and it’s Orwell explained how in 1946 “the idea of intellectual The film’s run in a handful the Thanksgiving weekend, it set to expand further in early liberty” was under attack from all directions. With the Malta Eleven migrants benefit of hindsight, I say some things don’t change. of theaters went largely unre- was estimated to have grossed December. It then will land rescued by a trawler “From a totalitarian point of view, history is some- marked in the past week, and USD200,000, or $66,600 on Netflix’s digital service on last week have been thing to be created rather than learned. A totalitarian that was intentional. Netflix per screen, trade publication Dec. 14. Over the weekend handed over to the state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in asked Comscore Inc. - the Deadline estimated. weekend, Netflix said the Maltese coast guard order to keep its position, has to be thought of as in- main company that gathers According to online ticket theater count is 18 in the U.S., and will soon reach port fallible. But since, in practice, no one is infallible, it box-office data - not to mo- seller Atom Tickets, last one in Canada, one in the in Malta, a Spanish aid is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in nitor its impact. Comscore week’s “Roma” shows were U.K. and 14 in Mexico. group said yesterday. order to show that this or that mistake was not made, collects raw sales data directly nearly sold out. New York was Cuaron, who is a favorite Brazil’s or that this or that imaginary triumph actually happe- the best performing market to win an Oscar for directing Brazil from theaters, which is then president-elect said ned,” Orwell wrote, going on to argue that literature confirmed and distributed to for the film, followed by San “Roma,” said he’s thrilled has sometimes flourished in despotic regimes, but Friday that under his Francisco and Los Angeles. with Netflix’s distribution never in those with an efficient “repressive appara- studios and the press. Net- government the military tus.” Such rule “can never afford to become either flix specifically asked for that “Roma” was never expec- plan. Nabbing such a presti- will not be in charge tolerant or intellectually stable. It can never permit data not to be harvested with ted to be a U.S. blockbuster: gious filmmaker was a coup of security forces in either the truthful recording of facts, or the emotional “Roma.” It’s a black-and-white drama for Netflix’s film ambitions. Rio de Janeiro state. sincerity, that literary creation demands.” Giving “Roma” a theatrical that draws on the childhood The question now is whe- Jair Bolsonaro told When freedom of speech is stifled, “the mere pre- run is expected to help im- experiences of Cuaron, who ther the “Roma” experience reporters he will not valence of certain ideas can spread a kind of poison prove its Oscar chances, sin- won an Oscar for “Gravity.” will draw more directors to extend the military that makes one subject after another impossible for ce the Academy of Motion The movie is showing in in- the fold - or put up fresh di- intervention that began in February amid a literary purposes.” If the inventiveness of the poet can Picture Arts and Sciences dependent theaters, such as visions between Netflix and spike in violence. perhaps survive, the prose writer may have no choice doesn’t usually consider films Landmark and IFC. (Major Hollywood traditionalists. between silence and death, the British author argued. exhibitors like Cinemark MDT/Bloomberg Here and elsewhere, an intolerant mindset is that debuted online. But it’s gaining weight. Using the Orwellian expression, in ap photo societies where groups of people have adopted the totalitarian outlook, a “newspeak” takes hold: Words can mean exactly their opposite, meaning can chan- The ge according to convenience. Laws can be twisted AP Photo/Vincent Yu and reinterpreted by sneaky prosecutors. Hollow slo- decisive moment gans fade to be replaced by others. If only free and fair societies can lead, a contradic- Mexico Leftist tion arises: How to expect people to be creative if they politician Andres are not allowed to think and are taught to reproduce Manuel Lopez and obey? Innovation can only thrive if there’s tole- Obrador assumed rance for views that are not ours and there is a free Mexico’s presidency flow of ideas. with a promise — to Recent history shows that there’s an equation be- profoundly transform tween the level of totalitarianism of a society and the Latin America’s second- probability of its decay, or even destruction. The Nazi biggest economy and to foolishness lead to the annihilation of the Germany; lead a government free decades of purging the “enemies of the people” doo- of corruption. med the Soviet Union. In China, only the reforms spearheaded by Deng Xiaoping avoided such fate. Canada The Supreme In his famous “Gulag Archipelago”, which remained Court of Canada has underground in the Soviet Union for almost 30 years, ruled a Vice Media Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about the psychologi- reporter must give cal effects of thought control in the Iron Curtain: “By Canada’s national now, we are even unsure whether we have the right police force material to talk about the events of our own lives.” he gathered for stories But times change. In 2009, the Russian Education about an accused Ministry decided that excerpts of the book that expo- terrorist in a case sed the Gulag system should be included in the school that pitted press curriculum as mandatory reading. This is an example An installation for the Hong Kong Pulse Light Festival is lit up against the Victoria Habour Saturday. A similar freedoms against the where truth and decency has prevailed after all. event kicked off yesterday in Macau. investigative powers of police.