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Myanmar- Bangladesh The two countries have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation cases adjourned P2-3 FULL REPORT, EDITORIAL of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday. More on p12

Indonesia Authorities are struggling to contain a months-long outbreak of measles in easternmost Papua province that has killed dozens of children. ap photo

Philippines Glowing-red lava spurted in a fountain and flowed down the Philippines’ most active volcano yesterday in a stunning display of its fury that has sent more than 34,000 villagers fleeing to safety and prompted police to set up checkpoints to stop tourists from getting too close.

Sri Lanka’s president has ordered the reinstatement of ban on women buying alcohol and being employed in places where the drinks are produced and sold. ap photo

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Pakistan A Pakistani health official says a special Analysts divided over anti-polio drive has been launched in the country’s eastern Punjab province. VIP performance this year P4 More on backpage 17.01.2018 wed

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editorial the first 120 days Paulo Coutinho SULU SOU was elected as one of Macau’s 33 legislators approximately ruling against ong resolution 120 days ago, but formally took up his seat in the Legislative Assembly A V just three months ago. In that time, the young democrat has developed judge at the Court of First court (see report on these pa- Yes we are and no we don’t. a reputation for breaking with tradition and unnerving the city’s politi- AInstance (TJB) decided ges). What came out of this first cal elite. Now he stands on the brink of expulsion from the legislature. to adjourn the trial of Sulu Indeed, as Jorge Menezes ar- hearing over an alleged offen- Here’s a look at his turbulent first 120 days: Sou (and Scott Chiang) sine gued, the cases are of a totally se of civil disobedience by the die pending a decision by different matter and it would two New Macau activists has the Court of Second Instance not be uncommon if all the ac- far larger political implications September 17 The night of the election. Dozens of young (TSI) over a request filed by tions run concurrently. that reaches Sou’s suspension activists gather at the New Macau Association the defendant with the TSI to Indeed, the cases are rela- and reverberates to Vong’s headquarters to await the results and find out suspend a deliberation made ted and therefore, as lawyer controversial draft resolution whether 26-year-old Sulu Sou has won a seat. by the Legislative Assembly Pedro Leal put it, it would be on parliamentary immunity. last month – namely, the ple- “a waste of time” if they conti- The debate and vote concer- September 18 It is officially confirmed that New Macau nary vote for the suspension of nue with the proceedings “and ning these topics was postpo- Progressives has won a seat in the Legislative the lawmaker’s mandate. even conclude the trial” of the ned for today by the AL. Assembly with a total of 9,212 votes. Sou says Interestingly enough, Judge criminal offense at the first The decision to adjourn by that he wants to see 100 percent of legislature Cheong Weng Tong of TJB instance if the second instance Judge Cheong implicitly says seats filled via direct elections and warns Chief Executive Chui Sai On not to “underesti- rejected the opinion of Sou’s rules in favor of the appeal. that the courts have the autho- mate the power of young people.” lawyer by stating loud and It is a conundrum, that the rity to scrutinize the legislative clear that the two cases are re- public prosecutor recognized branch actions and their com- October 16 The 33 elected lawmakers take their oaths at lated and therefore her court at the trial, “We are at a cros- pliance with the law. the government’s headquarters in the pres- cannot go ahead with the sroads here. We don’t know Judge Cheong just ruled out ence of the chief executive. The ceremony proceedings while an appeal what the decision of the TSI the Vong bill – in a first rea- passes without incident. stands at a higher instance will be.” ding. November 2 Sou irritates his fellow lawmakers by pledging to broadcast comments made in their closed- door meetings on social media. He follows through on this pledge on several occasions. Legislative assembly November 13 It emerges that Sou might have his man- date suspended via a vote in the Legislative Vote on ‘immunity resolution’ Assembly. The suspension will allow for his prosecutorial immunity to be lifted so that he may stand trial accused of “aggravated postponed for today disobedience” dating back to a 2016 demon- stration.

eliberations at the November 15 Sou calls on Chui to take more accountability DLegislative Assembly (AL) over the handling of Typhoon Hato during a on Vong Hin Fai’s ‘immuni- Legislative Assembly debate, in what becomes ty resolution’ and whether an embarrassing public episode for the chief lawmaker Sulu Sou’s suspen- marques renato executive. sion should be regarded as a December 4 political act or not have been Lawmakers resolve to suspend Sou’s mandate postponed to today. with a secret ballot vote; 28 in favor and four against. Legislator Pereira Coutinho points out Yesterday’s AL agenda was several procedural irregularities with the vote. piled up with five issues, inclu- ding the establishment of the January 4 Sou appeals to the Court of Second Instance laws of Macau’s sea manage- to determine whether the irregular procedures ment and administration, the leading to his suspension were lawful. amendment of the regulations of civil servants’ holidays, and January 9 Sou is expected to begin his trial on aggravat- the immunity resolution in re- ed disobedience at the Court of First Instance, gards to Sulu Sou’s December 4 Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho but asks for a postponement while his new suspension. lawyer, Jorge Menezes, studies the case doc- Several lawmakers managed ty resolution seeks to classify all [need to] not interfere, res- uments and has them translated into Portu- to pose their questions regar- these suspensions as “political trict or damage the courts and guese. The postponement is approved. ding the amendment of civil acts”, barring administrative judges’ work as well as Macau’s servants’ work regulations, courts from ruling on whether judiciary system.” January 11 Lawmakers Vong Hin Fai and Kou Hoi In however, after a first round they – or presumably the pro- The immunity resolution con- submit their ‘immunity resolution’, which of questions, government re- cedures leading up to the deci- tains just two articles. The first seeks to classify suspensions as “political presentatives did not have sions – are lawful. states that “deliberations of the acts”, barring administrative courts from rul- enough time to answer all the Before yesterday’s AL com- Legislative Assembly that lead ing on whether they are lawful. The proposal lawmakers’ questions. menced, Vong claimed that to the suspension or loss of a is widely criticized by lawyers, political ana- Under these conditions, and Macau’s judiciary operation lawmaker’s mandate are acts of lysts and other lawmakers. given the potential for deba- will not be affected by the re- a political nature that are exclu- te over Sou’s suspension, the sults of the vote. ded from administrative, fiscal January 16 The Court of First Instance says it cannot rule on the charges of aggravated disobedience un- vote scheduled last on the AL’s Lawmaker José Pereira Cou- or customs appeal.” til the Court of Second Instance has handled agenda was postponed. tinho said, in his speech before The second article establishes Sou’s appeal. Meanwhile, lawmakers post- The last item of the agenda the agenda, that “I hope that we that the measure would have pone a detailed discussion on the immunity also resolved to discuss Vong all understand the importan- retroactive effects dating back resolution until today. DB Hin Fai’s controversial immu- ce of the independence of the to December 1999, when the nity resolution. The immuni- courts and the judges, and we MSAR was created. JZ

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Renato Marques Court of first instance Prosecutor who said, “Since the appeal [for the TSI] of the he trial that puts decision involves an immediate lawmaker Sulu Sou effect - that is the [revoking of and former president the] suspension decision - that of the New Macau As- Judge adjourns Sou’s means that he can take back Tsociation (ANM) Scott Chiang his position immediately and if in the defendants’ seat finally this happens the criminal pro- started its first session yester- cess cannot continue.” day morning at the Court of trial pending appeal “We are at a crossroads here,” First Instance (TJB). he continued. “We don’t know Contrary to what was initially what the decision of the TSI planned, the session, which will be. It’s not that we cannot only lasted for 50 minutes, continue today [as Menezes did not serve as an opportuni- advocated] but we do take a se- ty to hear any of the accused rious risk and besides we need but instead, only to facilitate a to follow the principle of the discussion between the Judge, continuity of the process.” Cheong Weng Tong, and the His comments thus make it defense lawyer of Sou, Jorge clear that he was advocating Menezes. for the trial’s suspension. At the beginning, Judge The lawyer of the first de- Cheong requested explanations fendant, Leal, agreed with the from Menezes regarding the Public Prosecutor, noting that two appeals filed by the lawyer it was possible to continue if regarding the suspension of his the judge thought she could fi- client’s mandate as a lawmaker nish the trial before a senten- by the Legislative Assembly ce is reached by the TSI on the (AL), and the appeal filed to the appeal. Court of Second Instance (TSI) In the end, Menezes agreed calling for a suspension on that the position from the pro- the decision that removed Sou secutor was “very lucid” and from the status of lawmaker acknowledged that he had mis- so that he could be trialed. takenly not accounted for all According to the Judge, the TJB factors in the concurrent cases. was only informed yesterday Menezes said, “eventually I morning (just before the court Sulu Sou (center) is seen exiting the Court of First Instance ended up interfering with the session’s commencement) that work of this court [but] that an appeal was running in TSI, thought that both proceedings with his client. Chiang and his ge Cheong; the minutes for was actually the opposite of my an issue that Judge Cheong could take place simultaneou- newly appointed lawyer, Pedro the session do not record any intentions,” and he went on to said was due the fact that Me- sly without disrupting the hea- Leal, participated in this con- comment. Cheong decided to note that it is sometimes diffi- nezes had not informed the ring that was already scheduled versation. suspend the trial until the TSI cult to understand the correct TJB in advance that he had fi- in the TJB. Menezes, representing Sou, arrives at a final decision on the procedures “as the regulations led a request for an appeal. The Judge in charge of the then addressed the Court appeal submitted by Sou. of the AL do not have very clear Judge Cheong called on Me- criminal case disagreed and saying, “My client wishes to Menezes said that his client rules [and this] gives way to di- nezes to explain. noted that in the court’s opi- express that if, in order not to has decided to withdraw the fferent interpretations.” Menezes explained to the nion the cases are quite related delay this case [hearing], the appeal and that this should After these developments court that he had not informed and one could influence the court would accept a declara- allow for the main case to pro- the court sessions on the case the TJB “in to order to avoid procedures and outcomes of tion of his withdrawal [from ceed. have now been halted and ac- hassle and confusion between the other. the TSI appeal] he [would be] Judge Cheong’s decision cording to the Judge in charge cases,” as, in his opinion, the After the exchange of argu- willing to do that.” was followed by a call for the of the process, a new hearing two proceedings are unrelated. ments and opinions, Menezes The declaration did not eli- opinion of both defendants’ will only be scheduled after the He noted that at the time, he asked to have a quick word cit any comments from Jud- lawyers as well as the Public TSI’s decision on the appeal.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong… Activists will have to wait for prison appeal outcome

Kelvin Chan, Hong Kong tences after they were rent effect, but a balance convicted of taking part has to be held between a hree Hong Kong in or inciting an unlawful deterrent and stifling you- ap photo Tactivists will have to assembly by storming a ng idealistic people,” Law’s wait to learn the outco- courtyard at government lawyer, Robert Pang, told me of their final appeal to headquarters to kick-off the judges. overturn prison sentences the protests. Wong’s lawyer also ar- for their roles in sparking But the case sparked gued that under Hong 2014’s massive pro-de- controversy when the jus- Kong law, the 21-year-old mocracy protests in the tice secretary requested a shouldn’t have been sent semiautonomous Chinese sentencing review that re- to prison because he was a city. sulted in stiffer sentences, minor at the time. Judges at Hong Kong’s raising concerns about Speaking on the cour- top court said yesterday rule of law and fears that thouse steps before the they would issue their the city’s Beijing-backed hearing, Wong estimated decision at a later, unspe- government is tightening he had a 50-50 chance cified date following the up on dissent. of going back to prison. Pro-democracy young activists Joshua Wong (left), Nathan Law (center) and Alex Chow leave Hong appeal hearing for Joshua The trio’s lawyers said “However I still believe Kong’s Court of Final Appeal yesterday Wong, Nathan Law and the lower court overste- that when people are uni- Alex Chow against the sen- pped its boundaries and ted we will not be defea- le still a teenager. The after 11 weeks. won permission to appeal. tences of up to eight mon- put too much emphasis on ted.” protests, which brought The three were given re- Wong could end up back ths. Bail for the three was the need for deterrence in Wong made world hea- parts of the busy Asian fi- vised sentences ranging in prison as soon as today, extended. handing down the revised dlines and starred in a nancial hub to a halt over from six to eight months when he is due to be sen- The three were initially harsher sentence. Netflix documentary af- Beijing’s plan to restrict of prison time in last year’s tenced in a separate court let off with suspended or “Laying down a heavy ter leading the “Umbrella elections for top leader, ruling but were bailed par- case also related to the community service sen- sentence will have a deter- Movement” protests whi- ended without resolution tway through when they 2014 protests. AP 17.01.2018 wed

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In the meanwhile, and as proof that there was definitely something achieved by Macau bloomberg in complying with EU regu- lations, another group, whi- ch includes American Samoa, Bahrain, Guam, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, and Trinidad and Tobago, is set to remain on the blacklist. The proposal for the de-listing was made by the Code of Con- duct Group, which gathers tax experts from the 28 EU mem- ber states to constantly monitor the commitment of countries and regions to abide by EU standards on tax matters. The ‘blacklist’ was initially drawn in a bid to discourage the most aggressive tax dod- ging practices. It is expected that the strongest critics of the taxing policies that are conduc- ted in some of the jurisdictions may see this de-listing as a blow to their campaign against tax avoidance. Most notably, the shrinking of the blacklist is likely to be criticized by tax transparen- Macau to leave tax haven cy groups. In December, some activists denounced the lis- ting process as a whitewash and called for the inclusion in ‘blacklist’ after complying with EU the blacklist of even some EU countries accused of facilitating acau is soon to leave news agencies reported that jurisdictions initially conside- made to justify the removal. tax avoidance, such as Luxem- Mthe European Union’s problematic jurisdictions - in- red but then rejected from the Reuters also noted that the bourg, Malta, Ireland and the (EU) tax haven “blacklist.” cluding Panama, South Korea, group of territories recommen- proposal will be discussed at Netherlands. This change is part of a propo- the United Arab Emirates, Bar- ded for de-listing. a meeting of EU ambassadors In response, EU officials said sal on the part of EU officials bados, Grenada, Mongolia, Tu- Although there is no indica- today and that it is expected the purpose of the blacklist is which aims to remove eight out nisia and Macau - will be tenta- tion as to what the jurisdic- that EU finance ministers will to convince jurisdictions to be- of 17 jurisdictions from the list, tively delisted this month. tions improved or changed in adopt the resolutions when come more transparent. They which was most recently upda- Citing documents included in order to comply with the EU they meet next week in Brus- say that having fewer on the ted last month. the proposal, Reuters say that regulations, it is implied that sels for their regular monthly list means more countries have Under the proposal, several Bahrain was another of the a significant advance has been talk. committed to change. RM

Gaming few months of 2018 and for the slowdown Tourist Price Index to become more noti- Bernstein predicts VIP ceable as the year pro- increased 0.77 percent gresses. All in all, the analys- nformation from communications (+6.83 per- slowdown this year ts predict full-year Ithe Statistics and Census cent) and restaurant services VIP growth to slow Service indicated that the (+4.09 percent); meanwhile, rokerage firm and strong consumer/ The analysts also to around 8 percent, average Tourist Price In- the price index of clothing BSanford C Berns- business confidence warned that, “to some while mass-market dex (TPI) for 2017 rose by and footwear (-4.84 percent) tein is predicting a de- environment coupled extent”, the premium revenue may record 11 0.77 percent year-on-year to registered a decrease. celeration in Macau’s with a robust junket mass segment might percent growth as its 131.87; representing a fourth In comparison with the VIP gaming growth capital base with in- also be affected by the contribution to gross quarter year-on-year increa- previous quarter, TPI for the this year on the back of creasing credit issuan- politico-economic si- gaming revenue is on se of 5.59 percent. fourth quarter of 2017 in- a number of political ce to players,” the Ber- tuation in mainland the rise. Following two consecutive creased by 9.95 percent. The and economic factors nstein analysts noted. China. “While growth will years of decline, the increase price index of accommoda- in mainland China. “Although it is likely The VIP segment decelerate from 2017, can be primarily attributed tion surged by 40.84 percent A report by Berns- to continue to show grew approximately 2018 will still show to rising prices for hotel ac- due to higher hotel room ra- tein analysts Vitaly strength over the next 26 percent in 2017, respectable grow- commodation and restau- tes during the National Day Umansky, Zhen Gong few months (or even while total gross ga- th (driven more by rant services, as well as local holidays, the Macao Grand and Cathy Huang the next two quar- ming revenue in- mass),” the report Chinese food products. Prix and Christmas holiday. warned that there is ters in 2018), the VIP creased by 19.1 per- said. The price indexes of restau- Moreover, new arrivals of a “rising risk” to VIP model is likely to face cent year-on-year to Meanwhile, a con- rant services and accommo- winter clothing and the ele- gaming brought about structural headwinds MOP265 billion, the trary report was re- dation grew by 5.11 percent vated prices of airfares dro- by tighter capital con- […] from instituted highest posting sin- leased by Morgan and 4.97 percent respectively ve up the price indexes of trols, Xi Jinping’s on- cooling measures on ce 2014. This implies Stanley indicating year-on-year, whereas those clothing and footwear, and going anti-corruption Chinese real estate, that the VIP segment that the VIP segment of clothing and footwear and transport and communica- campaign and increa- a credit tightening in remained the driving might perform stron- transport and communica- tions; by 6.9 percent and sed local regulation of China, an increasing force behind last year’s ger than most analys- tions fell by 7.16 percent and 3.99 percent respectively Macau’s junket pro- regulatory environ- gaming recovery. ts are anticipating. 6.52 percent respectively. quarter-to-quarter. moters. ment in Macau and Though December The firm said that it Among the various sections The price indexes of mis- “VIP strength was continued Chinese 2017 registered a sli- expects VIP gaming of goods and services, the cellaneous goods as well as largely driven by government focus on ght weakening in the to grow 20 percent price index of accommoda- medicine and personal poods stronger than expec- capital outflows in segment, Bernstein in 2018 and mass- tion (+20.84 percent) recor- decreased by 0.67 percent ted macro environ- China,” their report expects VIP growth to market growth to trail ded notable growth, followed and 0.49 percent respecti- ment, robust liquidity, continued. hold steady in the first with a 12 percent rise. DB by indexes of transport and vely. wed 17.01.2018

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Housing JLL calls on government to implement ‘property ladder’ for home upgrading Lynzy Valles gage ratio tightening measures targeting non-first-time home- eal estate firm JLL buyers, which the government Macau is calling on the bloomberg implemented in the first half government to focus of 2017, have not proved suffi- on social housing, and ciently effective. Rto take economic housing as su- pplementary when formulating public housing policies rather Jeff Wong than imposing new restrictions says that public or measures. The firm urged the government perception to set up a ‘property ladder’ that provides opportunities for home of Macau’s upgrading – for example, mo- ving from the public housing seg- land shortage ment to private housing. is leading Managing director of the firm, Gregory Ku, suggested that the to soaring government should work on solving the region’s long-term property prices housing problems using sustai- rather than simply putting them The real estate and consultan- ces continue to surge is due to nable development principles up for sale to applicants. cy firm considered this timefra- the “rational expectations” of the Wong also mentioned the un- by re-examining the existing ra- “Once sold, you don’t have new me too long, adding that owners public. To evidence this claim, successful initiative proposed tio between social and economic supply [to replace it]. But if you should release their property he cited the public’s awareness by the government at the end of housing. lease it, once the occupants have back to the public housing pool of the land shortage, which cau- 2016; the government annou- “Given that Macau doesn’t have income and improved housing once they vacate their premises, ses property price growth in the nced it would put some sites land supply or good planning income, they can go out into the rather than sell it to the private future. up for sale by means of public for future land supply, the total private market to buy,” he added. market. The total residential sales tran- auction in 2017 but this did not supply for social housing or pu- JLL believes these measures Meanwhile Jeff Wong, head of saction volume in Macau conti- eventuate. blic housing, which is 49,000 would mean that housing is residential at JLL Macau reitera- nued to grow in the second half “To address the problem of - [should be] well planned,” Ku more adaptable, which is espe- ted the importance of addressing of 2017, while for the leasing housing shortage, perhaps the said, during a press conference cially important given the small the issue of housing shortage market, rental values for high- government can consider setting held by the firm. size of the region. through setting up regular land end and mass-to-medium resi- up regular land sales programs, The managing director propo- Under the current system, ow- sales programs in accordance dential properties grew by 8.4 promoting urban renewal and sed that these housing units the- ners of public houses must own with other measures. percent and 8.1 percent year-on- refining the procedures and ti- refore should be available as lea- the unit for 16 years before being The executive believes that one year respectively. meline requirements on cons- sing units in different categories able to sell it to the market. of the reasons why property pri- Wong recalled that the mort- truction work,” he said.

esterday, the Law Legislative Assembly Yof Employment Agen- cy Activity was passed with 30 votes in favor at Employment agency law approved amid the Legislative Assembly. The law comes in respon- se to the worries of many concerns over domestic helpers, tourists lawmakers over tourists independently seeking a job when they are trave- The Secretary for Eco- charging any fees to em- jobs when they are trave- ling in Macau. nomy and Finance, Lionel ployees. ling in Macau. Song suggested that the Leong, admitted that this Ip Sio Kai thinks that em- The law proposed that government should mer- law will not ensure all si- ployment agencies cannot an employment agency ge this law with other laws tuations can be prevented survive without charging should charge a maximum concerning non-local em- or solved. for blue card renewal ser- of 50 percent of the mon- ployees. “Problems cannot be vices. thly salary of a job seeker Chan Iek Lap proposed stopped thoroughly throu- Kou Hoi In believes that (later referred to as an that employment agen- gh this law, nor can they be currently, employers can employee) as a service fee. cies should charge fees solved entirely,” declared only hire employees by se- The service fee should be to workers earlier, not Leong. lecting them from online collected within 60 days 60 days after they start The Deputy Director of profiles. He further ques- from the date that the em- working as is currently the Labour Affairs Bureau tioned that if candidates ployee commences work. being done. (DSAL), Ng Wai Han, said cannot even afford to visit The law also bans em- Equally, Ho Ion Sang “[we] have considered the Macau, surely they would ployment agencies from thinks that the law “can- situation regarding touris- not be able to attend an in- providing services to tho- not solve the problem tho- ts who seek jobs in Macau terview. se who live in Macau but roughly.” In his opinion, but that is an issue that in- In light of Kou’s opinion, are not Macau residents, the law will only reduce volves the amendment of local employers are unable further proposing fines the number of possibilities non-local workers employ- to hire an employee under against agencies that en- for non-local employees ment laws, and it will only the aforementioned situa- pressing issues. nment will listen to the gage in illegal conduct. to change jobs; it will not be considered when such tion. Secretary Leong, when lawmakers’ opinions when Many lawmakers, inclu- diminish the recruitment an amendment is done.” Angela Leong and Mak replying to the lawmakers, it comes to law amend- ding Leong Sun Iok, Lei of non-locals. He also The law bans employ- Soi Kun raised questions reaffirmed that matters ments. Cheng I, and Song Pek Kei, wondered whether do- ment agencies from char- concerning domestic hel- related to the recruiting According to DSAL de- want the government to mestic helpers will be hi- ging customers for blue pers, with the former of non-local employees puty director Ng Wai Han, explain how it can prevent red through employment card renewals and also lawmaker deeming this are regulated by other Macau currently has 146 tourists from applying for agencies. bans these agencies from law unable to solve several laws, but that the gover- employment agencies. JZ 17.01.2018 wed

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he trial of former Escola Oficial Zheng Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) vice Guan Ying opens president Chan Cultural Affairs VP to TChak Seng will be reopened new campus and repeated as the Court of The Escola Oficial Zheng Guan Ying opened Second Instance (TSI) have its new campus this month at the Rua ruled in favor of an appeal. be retried, TSI orders Marginal Do Canal Das Hortas/ Terminal. The appeal was requested The expanded campus now occupies an by the Public Prosecutions area of 2,417 square meters. School director Office (MP) and is in rela- Wu Kit said the new campus will conduct tion to the previous deci- classes in Portuguese and Chinese, with sion of the Court of First 30 students selected for enrolment to date. Instance (TJB). TJB judged The director described the outcome of the Chan Chak Seng to be inno- opening as “satisfactory.” Established in July cent of the charges of abuse 2011, the Zheng Guan Ying school currently of power and breach of con- has 12 grades and 19 classes, with a total of fidentiality in the case that approximately 360 students. involved the public tender for maintenance services at Macau’s Central Library. UM proposes In the ruling of the TSI it is medical research, noted that the re-trial will be judged by a collective teaching cooperation court. The repetition of the trial is, as mentioned in the The University of Macau (UM), the University appeal by the MP, brought of Oxford’s Saint Anne’s College and Center on by “notorious mistakes” for Personalised Medicine, the Chinese in analyzing the case evi- The original trial University of Hong Kong and the Dr Stanley dence as well as errors in Ho Medical Development Foundation the interpretation of the involved errors in the recently held a seminar where representatives law. of the organizations discussed opportunities To recall, the case goes interpretation of the law for collaboration in teaching, research and the training of professionals. According to back to 2008 when Chan The IC headquarters at Tap Seac Square a statement from the UM, the university’s was accused of helping a council chair, Lam Kam Seng, shared the direct family member to institution’s educational philosophy with obtain a contract for seve- The case reached the him only on two charges In the statement from the participants. He said that information ral maintenance services in courts in 2016 but at that of false declarations of the TSI summarizing their technology and medical research were the public venue, making time the TJB ruled for his assets report in 2008 ruling, it was highlighted advancing rapidly and so it was important to use of his privileged posi- the acquittal of the de- and 2010. He was told to that the TJB “performed push Macau towards international standards tion to share classified in- fendant from most of the pay a fine amounting to mistakes” in their assess- in this area, as well as promote collaboration formation on the tender. accusations, convicting MOP420,000. ment. RM between different education institutions.

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the Tropical Breeze’s offshore casino, about a 45-minute ride into international waters. The- Casino company: Boat that re, passengers would play ga- mes such as black jack, which is illegal at non-Indian casinos in Florida, and roulette, which is caught fire had no past problems illegal statewide. The shuttle boat caught fire casino company said about 4 p.m. Sunday, quickly yesterday it never had engulfing the boat close to shore a problem with the ap photo near residential neighborhoods. shuttle boat that burst Officials said the boat was hea- intoA flames off Florida’s Gulf ded out to the casino ship at the Coast, leading to the death of a time. female passenger. Port Richey Police Chief Gerard Tropical Breeze Casino DeCanio said the shuttle boat ex- spokeswoman Beth Fifer said perienced engine problems after the company does not know leaving the dock at Port Richey, what caused Sunday’s huge bla- a suburban community about 35 ze, which gutted the 12-year-old miles (55 kilometers) northwest shuttle boat and forced about of Tampa. But as the vessel tur- 50 passengers to jump into ned back, flames kicked up and chilly waters off Port Richey. people began jumping over- “We are deeply saddened for board into shallow water, accor- the loss of our passenger, the ding to witness accounts. 14 injured and anyone else who Larry Santangelo, 57, said he was affected by this tragedy,” had just driven into his nei- Fifer said. ghborhood when he saw smoke Regional Medical Center and fire and thought a house — Bayonet Point spokesman Kurt possibly his own — was ablaze. Conover said that the passen- But then he realized it was the ger arrived at the hospital’s boat just about 90 meters of- emergency room at 10 p.m. fshore. Sunday and died shortly af- woman as Carrie Dempsey, 42, injuries were life-threatening. Helicopter video taken by He told the Tampa Bay Times terward. He said she had appa- of Lutz, Florida. Her cause of Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st WTSP-TV early Monday shows that he then saw people wan- rently gone home after the fire death has not been released. Class Michael De Nyse said in- the boat was burned down to its dering about confused, wet and but became ill. Conover said eight other pas- vestigators will determine the hull, with only an American flag cold, after they reached land. The Tampa Bay Times reports sengers were treated at the hos- cause of the fire and examine the on its bow uncharred. One woman collapsed upon that the Pinellas-Pasco Medical pital and released. history of the boat and Tropical The shuttle boat regularly car- reaching shore and vomited, he Examiner’s Office identified the Authorities originally said no Breeze Casino. ried people back and forth from said. AP

cerbating the surplus of Property higher- end properties on the market that wou- ld normally attract ex- Hong Kong way ahead patriates,” Lee Quane, a regional director for Asia of Singapore, topping with ECA, said yesterday in a release on Singapo- re’s cost decline. “This Asia expat rental List oversupply has reduced average rent levels in Sin- ong Kong retai- ECA International. September 2017 accom- gapore for the past three Hned its title as Asia’s Hong Kong sat atop the modation survey. Tokyo years.” most expensive rental list with an average price held onto the No. 2 spot. Rents in many cities in city for expatriates, whi- of USD10,461 per mon- Singapore slipped one China were on the rise. le Singapore fell further th for an unfurnished, spot to eighth. Shanghai was the most down the ranking due to three-bedroom apart- “This is due to a slowing expensive city in the a slower economy and ment in expatriate nei- of economic growth and country, and Asia’s third fewer relocations, accor- ghborhoods, according a net reduction in inbou- most-costly, according to ding to consultancy firm to results from ECA’s nd assignments, exa- ECA. Bloomberg Asia’s most expensive rentals

corporate bits sheraton announces cny festive menu with sea moss), “Perennial mercedes benz delivers 5,400 new vehicles Europe, Asia-Pacific and Joy” (Wok-fried prawns with - NAFTA – Mercedes-Benz Sichuan-style) and “Happi- in 2017 to hong kong, macau was the best-selling pre- ness” (Braised lamb shank mium brand in the automo- with bamboo shoots and bla- bile industry for the second ck mushroom). consecutive year. Meanwhile Feast will offer In Hong Kong, Mercedes- an array of dishes from fresh Benz delivered more than seafood and sushi to pizzas 5,400 new vehicles in Hong and a live waffle station. Kong and Macau. Between February 15 to 20, In its first full year, the new guests can celebrate Chinese E-Class became the best- New Year throughout the day selling model in its class with with Palms’ “Prosperous Af- more than 1,390 units sold. ternoon Tea Set.” SUV stayed strong in 2017. Sheraton Grand Macao Ho- This Lunar New Year, Xin The menu features all-ti- With more than 1,000 uni- tel, Cotai Central is presen- at Sheraton is adding a num- me favorites, such as Parma Mercedes-Benz recorded The car division’s growth ts sold, the new GLC has ting a variety of dining offers ber of hot dishes that can be ham rossettes, pear and gor- its most successful year in last year was driven in par- achieved more than 23 per- to celebrate the Year of the ordered as part of its tradi- gonzola chutney; hokkaido 2017, the company annou- ticular by the new E-Class cent increment in sales. Dog, where guests can take tional hot pot buffet, for both scallop, black pudding and nced in a statement, increa- Saloon and Estate and the To celebrate its 50th anni- their pick from traditional Chi- lunch and dinner. Highlights apple jam; and Mini Breton sing its unit sales by 9.9 per- SUVs. versary, AMG has completed nese New Year dishes to fa- include “Abundance,” (brai- tartlets with almond cream cent to almost 2.29 million As a result of its success its GT family with the GT C mily-style feasts. sed pig feet and lotus root and apricots. vehicles. in all three core regions – Roadster and GT R. 17.01.2018 wed

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Replicants Global market revenue for ser- vice robotics is forecast to grow from USD3.7 billion in 2015 to $15 billion in 2020, according to Lifelike robots made in Hong IHS Markit. That includes both professional and domestic ma- chines like warehouse automa- tons, smart vacuums and fuzzy Kong meant to win over humans companion robots. Hanson Robotics is privately owned and has a consumer- Kelvin Chan, Hong Kong oriented business that sells thousands of shoebox-sized avid Hanson envisions a ap photo $200 Professor Einstein edu- Dfuture in which AI-powered cational robots a year. Chief robots evolve to become “super- Marketing Officer Jeanne Lim intelligent genius machines” says the company is generating that might help solve some of revenue but won’t say whether mankind’s most challenging it’s profitable. problems. For now, artificial intelligence If only it were as simple as that. is best at doing specific tasks. The Texas-born former sculp- It’s another thing entirely for tor at Walt Disney Imagineering machines to learn a new ability, and his Hong Kong-based star- generalize that knowledge and tup Hanson Robotics are com- apply it in different contexts, bining artificial intelligence with partly because of the massive southern China’s expertise in amount of computing power toy design, electronics and ma- needed to process such infor- nufacturing to craft humanoid mation so quickly. “social robots” with faces desig- “We’re really very far from the ned to be lifelike and appealing kind of AI and robotics that you enough to win trust from hu- see in movies like ‘Blade Run- mans who interact with them. ner’,” said Pascale Fung, an Hanson, 49, is perhaps best engineering professor at Hong known as the creator of Sophia, Kong University of Science and a talk show-going robot partly Technology. “Sorry to disa- modeled on Audrey Hepburn ppoint you.” that he calls his “masterpiece.” David Hanson, the founder of Hanson Robotics, talks with his company’s flagship robot Sophia, a lifelike robot powered by Unlike toddlers, who use all artificial intelligence in Hong Kong Akin to an animated manne- five senses to learn quickly, ma- quin, she seems as much a pro- chines generally can handle only duct of his background in thea- pany, she’s now going mobile. of Artificial Intelligence. They Hunt and Mermaid Lagoon. He one type of input at a time, she trics as an example of advanced Shuffling slowly on boxy black variously leer, blink, smile and studied film, animation and vi- noted. technology. legs, Sophia made her walking even crack jokes. deo, eventually earning a doc- While Sophia’s repartee can be “You’re talking to me right debut in Las Vegas last week at Disney’s venture capital arm is torate in interactive arts and te- entertaining, she’s easily thrown now, which is very ‘Blade Run- the CES electronics trade show. an investor in Hanson, which is chnology from the University of off topic and her replies, based ner,’ no?” Sophia said during a Her skin is made of a nanotech building a robot based on one of Texas at Dallas. on open-source software, some- recent visit to Hanson Roboti- material that Hanson invented the entertainment giant’s cha- Hanson says he makes his ro- times miss the mark. cs’ headquarters in a suburban and dubbed “Frubber,” short for racters. bots as human-like as possible Hanson and other members of Hong Kong science park, its flesh-rubber, that has a flesh- to help alleviate fears about ro- his team like Chief Scientist Ben home since soon after Hanson like bouncy texture. Cameras in bots, artificial intelligence and Goertzel have set their sights on moved to the city in 2013. her eyes and a 3D sensor in her Hanson automation. a time when the computer chips, “Do you ever look around you chest help her to “see,” while That runs contrary to a tenden- processing capacity and other and think, ‘Wow I’m living in a the processor that serves as her Robotics has cy in the industry to use cute ro- technologies needed for artifi- real world science fiction no- brain combines facial and spee- made about a bo-pets or overtly machine-like cial general intelligence could vel?’” she asked. “Is it weird to ch recognition, natural langua- robots like Star Wars’ R2-D2 enable Sophia and other robots be talking to a robot right now?” ge processing, speech synthesis dozen copies to avoid the “uncanny valley” to fill a variety of uses, such as Hanson Robotics has made and a motion control system. problem with human likenesses helping with therapy for autistic about a dozen copies of Sophia, Sophia seems friendly and en- of Sophia, who such as wax models and robots children, caring for seniors, and who like any human is a work in gaging, despite the unnatural like any human that many people find a bit cree- providing customer services. progress. A multinational team pauses and cadence in her spee- py. As for tackling challenging of scientists and engineers are ch. Her predecessors include an is a work in Some experts see Sophia as world problems, that’s a ways fine tuning her appearance and Albert Einstein, complete with mainly a clever marketing gim- off, Hanson acknowledges. the algorithms that enable her bushy mustache and white tha- progress mick. “There’s a certain expression to smile, blink and refine her tch of hair, a robot named Alice “It’s a good advertising tool, of genius to be able to get up and understanding and communi- whose grimaces run a gamut of An artist and robotics scientist, whatever that company pro- cross the room and pour your- cation. emotions and one eerily resem- Hanson worked on animatronic duces as a business plan,” said self a cup of coffee, and robots Sophia has moving 3D-prin- bling the late sci-fi author Philip theme park shows, sculpting Roland Chin, chair professor of and AI have not achieved that ted arms and, with the help of K. Dick, which won an award props and characters for Disney computer science at Hong Kong level of intelligence reliably,” a South Korean robotics com- from the American Association attractions like Pooh’s Hunny Baptist University. Hanson said. AP wed 17.01.2018

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clear. The ship’s voice data re- corder was reportedly recovered ap photo Saturday, possibly helping reveal how the collision and resulting fire occurred. Authorities need to first assess the amount of condensate leaked and the size of the area conta- minated, said Paul Johnston, of Greenpeace International’s Science Unit at Britain’s Univer- sity of Exeter. “Surveillance and assessment by authorities is critical to un- derstand the extent of the poten- tial environmental impact and for deciding on the appropriate next steps in terms of salvage and recovery of the potential condensate spill,” Johnston wro- te in a Greenpeace news release. Because most of the conden- sate would have burned off or evaporated, the disaster will not result in the sort of thick, black oil slick typical of crude oil spills, Greenpeace said. However, it will be much more difficult to separate from water because the condensate is so li- ght, colorless and partially solub- le. “A major concern is that, now Oil spill from sunken tanker is that the tanker has sunk, any condensate which did not yet burn off could continue to leak expanding in East China Sea underwater, disperse and break down quite quickly, significantly everal oil slicks have ship were much larger than the site of the sinking and another gas condensate, which continued complicating clean-up opera- been found in waters previous day. The Sanchi sunk slick stretched 18 kilometers to to burn on the ocean surface. tions,” Greenpeace said. around a sunken Ira- on Sunday after burning for the east. The site is about 530 ki- Condensate is highly toxic but Authorities and environmen- nian tanker ship in the more than a week following a col- lometers from Shanghai and 310 readily evaporates or burns off talists have said it’s too early to SEast China Sea in a spill that is lision with a Hong Kong-registe- kilometers from Naha, Japan. in a fire. If trapped underwater, know the impact on fisheries, al- growing and whose potentially red tanker. All 32 members of its The administration said two however, it could seriously harm though Greenpeace said the area major impact on the marine en- crew — 30 Iranians and two Ban- ships and an aircraft were on the the marine environment. is spawning ground for bluefin vironment is still being assessed. gladeshis — are believed dead. scene monitoring developments, The cause of the Jan. 6 collision leatherjacket and swordtip squid The State Oceanic Administra- The State Oceanic Administra- but described no further action between the Sanchi and the Chi- and the winter habitat of blue tion said late Monday oil slicks tion said a 15-kilometer-long oil being taken at present. nese freighter CF Crystal, which crab, chub mackerel and yellow around the site of the sunken slick was found southwest of the The ship was carrying natural was carrying grain, remains un- croaker. AP

hinese automaker CGAC Motor will scrap Guangzhou automaker to scrap the brand name it uses in China when it enters the U.S. market next year be- Trump-sounding brand for US market cause it could be confused with President Donald in China, where the word the brand’s lowest-price Trump’s surname. means legend and good vehicle would be in the U.S. For the past eight years, fortune. GAC sold just over ap photo GAC has sold cars and GAC’s first vehicle in 500,000 automobiles in SUVs under the brand the U.S. will be the GS8, China last year, up 37 per- Trumpchi in its home a loaded-out full-size cent from 2016. market, but is now resear- SUV that will cost about The company says it is ching new names before USD35,000. Two more negotiating with partner the company’s expected vehicles are being resear- Fiat Chrysler about possi- U.S. debut in the fourth ched for U.S. sales, but ble distribution of vehicles. quarter of 2019. have not been selected yet. Wang said GAC is the top “We want to provide the The company showed se- -ranked domestic brand best service for American ven different of its models for initial quality in China customers, so we want to on a video and unveiled in J.D.Power and Associa- not be closely linked with two more at the Detroit tes surveys, and it ranks politics,” Wang Qiujing, show. One is a gull-wing fourth or fifth when joint president of GAC Enginee- compact electric SUV cal- ventures with foreign au- ring Institute China, said led the Enverge, which is tomakers are included. He GAC unveils the Enverge concept vehicle during the North American International Auto Show through an interpreter in still in the concept phase. says the company’s vehi- an interview at the Detroit The automaker says it will cle quality will be ready Consumer Reports’ direc- “There will be Chinese Los Angeles design center. auto show. “This is the rea- go over 370 miles on a sin- for U.S. buyers, and it will tor of auto testing. automakers at the top of Initially it will import vehi- son we want to rename the gle charge. Also unveiled work with U.S. partners Other Chinese com- the market and at the bo- cles from China but depen- brand.” was the GA4 midsize sedan to meet stricter U.S. safety panies showed vehicles at ttom of the market, and it ding on sales, plans to bui- GAC picked the Chinese that will go on sale in Chi- standards. the CES gadget show in will be very interesting to ld a factory in the U.S. name Trumpchi in 2010, na later this month. Chinese automakers are Las Vegas last week such see how they are received,” GAC, which stands for well before Trump was The GS8 would be com- advanced and have exper- as Byton, which unveiled he said. Guangzhou Automobile elected. The similarity to parable to a big luxury tise in mass production but an electric prototype that’s GAC already has a resear- Group Co., also plans to Trump is just a coinciden- SUV, many of which go for the American market may like a Tesla Model X SUV ch center in Silicon Valley enter other global marke- ce, Wang added. GAC will more than $60,000. Wang not be ready yet to accept but costs thousands less, and is working on another ts after the U.S., including continue to use Trumpchi said he didn’t know what GAC, said Jake Fisher, Fisher said. one in Detroit, as well as a Europe. AP 17.01.2018 wed

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Myanmar officials plan to start the repatriation process next Tuesday. Zaw Htay said at least Bangladesh, Myanmar aim to 500 Hindus and 500 Muslims will be in the first group to re- turn. finish Rohingya return in 2 years State-run media in Myanmar reported Monday that a camp is angladesh and being prepared that can accom- Myanmar have agreed that modate about 30,000 people in

B ap photo they will try to complete the re- 625 buildings, and that at least patriation of hundreds of thou- 100 buildings will be completed sands of Rohingya Muslim re- by the end of the month. It wou- fugees who fled from violence ld be the first camp built in the in Myanmar within two years, repatriation process. Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry The international community said yesterday. and rights groups have stressed The ministry said a joint that the Myanmar government working group from the two must guarantee the “safe and countries finalized an agree- voluntary” return of the refu- ment on Monday on the physical gees, and urged that internatio- arrangements for the repatria- nal organizations be allowed to tion of the ethnic Rohingya. It participate. said they agreed that the process However, the U.N. refugee “would be completed preferably agency said yesterday that it within two years from the com- has not been invited to take part mencement of repatriation.” or given full access to the areas Myanmar and Bangladesh where refugees are to return. signed an initial agreement in “UNCHR and our partners November to repatriate the need urgent, unhindered access Rohingya, and the 30-member in Rakhine state, in order to as- working group was set up last sess the situation and provide month to oversee the process. support to those in need,” UN- Many have questions whe- CHR spokesman Andrej Mahe- ther Rohingya would return to cic said in Geneva. Myanmar under the current U.S.-based Human Rights Wa- circumstances, and whether tch said the discussions between Myanmar would accept them Myanmar and Bangladesh failed and allow them to live freely. to include any understanding of Under the November agree- army described it as “clearance migrated illegally from Bangla- government spokesman Zaw what the Rohingya want. ment, Rohingya will need to operations” against terrorists, desh. Htay said. “Bangladesh autho- “Where are considerations provide evidence of their resi- but the United Nations and the Myanmar officials said the rities also need to proceed with for protection of the Rohingya dency in Myanmar in order to U.S. have called it “ethnic clean- length of the repatriation will the paperwork and documents from Myanmar security forces return — something many say sing.” depend on how quickly Bangla- for refugees and send it to us who months ago were raping they do not have. Despite having lived in predo- desh can provide documenta- fast.” and killing them?” said Phil More than 650,000 ethnic minantly Buddhist Myanmar for tion of refugees’ previous resi- Since the November agree- Robertson, deputy director of Rohingya have fled to Ban- generations, Rohingya Muslims dency and how fast applications ment, Myanmar’s civilian gover- the group’s Asia Division. “Why gladesh since August, when have been denied citizenship, are submitted. nment led by Aung San Suu Kyi are basic issues like citizenship, Myanmar’s military launched freedom of movement and ac- “Even though we are talking has pledged to take measures to freedom of movement, and li- a brutal crackdown in Rakhine cess to basic social rights. They about a two-year process, it to- halt the outflow of Rohingya to velihoods not discussed now state after a militant group at- are generally called “Bengalis,” a tally depends on how the two Bangladesh and restore normal- so refugees can make informed tacked police posts. Myanmar’s reference to the belief that they countries cooperate,” Myanmar cy in the Rakhine region. choices?” AP

North Korea scoffs at Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet Eric Talmadge, Tokyo office nearly a year ago. petence is questioned by Trump has more recently aides. Trump and other orth Korea’s sta- ap photo suggested he might be White House officials have Nte-run media say U.S. willing to meet with Kim, blasted it as inaccurate. President Donald Trump’s and reportedly told the The title of the book co- tweet about having a bi- Wall Street Journal the two mes from a Trump quote gger nuclear button than “probably have a very good about North Korea. leader Kim Jong Un’s is the relationship.” Last summer, Trump “spasm of a lunatic.” If so, however, the Nor- threatened North Korea Rodong Sinmun, the th’s propaganda machine with “fire and fury like the ruling party newspaper, doesn’t seem to have got- world has never seen” in lashed out at Trump in a ten the memo. an exchange of taunts with commentary yesterday Trump’s controversial the North, which claimed that took issue with the “nuclear button” tweet was it was examining plans to U.S. commander in chief’s in response to Kim’s New launch missiles toward Jan. 3 tweet that “I too Year’s Day warning that the American territory of have a Nuclear Button, but North Korea’s nuclear ar- Guam. it is a much bigger & more senal is a real threat and The book’s sales reflect powerful one than his, and that he has a nuclear laun- “rapidly surging anti- my Button works!” ch button on his desk at all Trump sentiments in the A summary of the com- times. international community,” mentary by North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun also re- the article said. “The anti- official news agency descri- ck the vigorous advance Republic of Korea. “He is But Trump’s willingness cently ran a story about the Trump book is sweeping all bed the tweet as “the spasm of the army and people of making a bluff only to be to respond in kind — he book “Fire and Fury: Inside over the world so Trump is of a lunatic.” the DPRK,” the Rodong diagnosed as a psychopa- has repeatedly called Kim the Trump White House,” being massively humiliated “The spasm of Trump in Sinmun commentary said, th.” “little rocket man” — is rare which casts the president worldwide.” the new year reflects the using the acronym for Nor- That tone is not uncom- for an American leader and as a leader who doesn’t The book’s popularity “fo- desperate mental state of th Korea’s formal name, mon for the North Korean has led to several fiery ver- understand the weight of retells Trump’s political de- a loser who failed to che- the Democratic People’s media. bal barrages since he took his office and whose com- mise,” it concluded. AP wed 17.01.2018 th Anniversary

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USA Wasser’s DNA studies on large seizures of ivory found shipmen- ts tended to come from a few poaching hotspots. Identification Seized ivory probed for clues of areas of Tanzania and Zambia as hotspots helped persuade a United Nations agency to deny requests from those countries to that could help save elephants sell their ivory stockpiles.

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cientists are using in- ap photo than a million, Sformation gleaned from both illegal ivory art and elephant the population dung to provide clues that could help save the lives of pachyder- of African ms that are being slaughtered for elephants fell their tusks in Africa. The wildlife detective work in- 30 percent volves cutting up seized artifacts including bangle bracelets and between 2007 statues of Chinese deities and and 2014, to subjecting them to carbon dating to determine when the elephants 350,000 were killed. DNA from the ivory art is then compared to a DNA The DNA and radioisotope database derived from elephant analysis can also help prosecu- dung to pinpoint where they li- te traffickers. In 2013, Wasser’s ved. lab helped convict an ivory traf- What scientists learn may not ficking kingpin in Togo by provi- put a particular poacher in jail, ding evidence that his ivory came but will tell the story of whe- from Cameroon and Gabon, two re and when an elephant died of the hardest hit countries in the on an African savannah so its elephant slaughter. Radioisotope tusk could be carved in Asia to troyed in a rock crusher in Cen- ned since 1990. Last year, the sity of Washington, who extrac- analysis by Lawrence Livermore make a goddess statue priced at tral Park last August. The chips U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ted DNA from elephant dung all National Laboratory in Califor- USD72,000 in a Manhattan an- will be analyzed by scientists at instituted a near-total ban on the over Africa in the 1990s to map nia showed the ivory came from tique shop. Columbia University and the domestic commercial ivory tra- elephant genetics across the con- elephants killed as recently as “It’s going to be really helpful University of Washington. de and barred sales across state tinent. Now he compares DNA 2010, not before the 1989 ban as not only for scientific purposes, Previous work by the resear- lines. from seized ivory to the map to the trafficker claimed. but also to be able to tell people chers has provided valuable in- Hapgood and colleague John determine where it came from. “The big study we did was on about the individual lives of ele- formation to focus poaching law Steward were in Albany recently Uno and colleagues published shipments leaving Africa,” Uno phants that ended up as artwork enforcement in Africa and prose- to saw samples from two massive a study in 2016 looking at 230 said. “Now we’re coming at it on our streets,” said Wendy Ha- cute ivory traffickers elsewhere. tusks that were spared the Cen- elephant tusks from 15 seizures from the retail side, so if they sei- pgood, director of the Wild To- Once numbered at more than tral Park crusher and locked in of shipping containers being ille- ze pieces from a shop, how much morrow Fund, which supports a million, the population of Afri- a state Department of Environ- gally transmitted out of Africa. of it is recent and how much is African wildlife preserves, an- can elephants fell 30 percent be- mental Conservation warehouse. The goal was to determine whe- old.” ti-poaching enforcement and tween 2007 and 2014, to about The chips will be sent to Colum- ther the ivory was from older sto- The ultimate goals are to help efforts to shut down the ivory 350,000, according to the Great bia University geochemist Kevin ckpiles held by African national law enforcement and policy- trade. Elephant Census funded by wil- Uno, whose radioisotope analy- governments or from elephants makers shut down the ivory The group cut chips from 21 dlife organizations. The decline, sis measures carbon-14 deposi- recently poached. market and raise public aware- statues, bracelets and moun- at a rate of 8 percent per year, is ted by atomic bomb tests to date “We found 90 percent of the ness of the plight of pachyderms. ted tusks that were among $4.5 attributed mainly to poaching for the ivory and determine when ivory was coming from elephan- “The extension of that is to million in illegal ivory artifacts ivory. the elephant died. ts that died within three years of slow the killing of elephants and seized from a Manhattan anti- The sale of ivory across interna- Samples were also sent to biolo- the seizure date,” Uno said. prevent their extinction,” Uno ques shop and dramatically des- tional boundaries has been ban- gist Sam Wasser, of the Univer- In a study published in 2015, said. AP

USA Parents of 13 locked-up kids held on hefty bail

he parents of 13 chil- shackled to their beds where her 12 brothers dren found locked up with chains and padlocks. and sisters were locked

T ap photo in a California home each Some were so malnou- up in filthy conditions, were being held on USD9 rished that officers at first with some of them mal- million bail and could face believed all were children nourished and chained to charges including torture even though seven are beds. and child endangerment. adults. Riverside County depu- It wasn’t immediately The siblings range in age ties arrested the parents known if they had attor- from 2 to 29. at the home in Perris east neys. State records show the of Los Angeles. Yesterday [Macau time], home has the same ad- Officials say the girl who authorities say a 17-year- dress as Sandcastle Day managed to escape and old girl called police af- School, where one of the call 911 was 17 but appea- ter escaping from her fa- suspects, David Turpin, is red to be about 10 becau- mily’s home where her 12 listed as principal. In the se of her poor condition. brothers and sisters were 2016-17 school year it had Deputies assumed the Suspects David Allen Turpin (above left) and Louise Anna Turpin being held captive. an enrollment of six. 12 other children were The Riverside Coun- Authorities say an ema- juveniles but seven were A press release says 57- se Anna Turpin could face It wasn’t immediately ty Sheriff’s Department ciated teenager led depu- actually adults, ranging year old David Allen Tur- charges including torture known if they have attor- says several children were ties to a California home from 18 to 29. pin and 49-year old Loui- and child endangerment. neys. MDT/AP wed 17.01.2018

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Chile Pope begs forgiveness for ‘irreparable harm’ from sex abuse

Peter Prengaman & Nicole Winfield in 2011 by the Vatican to a life- While the scandal rocked the time of “penance and prayer” church, many Chileans are still ope Francis begged for ap photo for sexually molesting minors. furious over Francis’ subsequent forgiveness yesterday for Nor did he refer to the fact that decision, in 2015, to appoint the “irreparable dama- the emeritus archbishop of San- a Karadima protege as bishop ge” done to children who tiago, a top papal adviser, has of the southern city of Osorno. Pwere raped and molested by acknowledged he knew of com- Bishop Juan Barros has denied priests, opening his visit to Chile plaints against Karadima but di- knowing about Karadima’s abu- by diving head-first into a scan- dn’t remove him from ministry. se but many Chileans don’t be- dal that has greatly hurt the Ca- lieve him, and his appointment tholic Church’s credibility here Overnight has badly split the diocese. and cast a cloud over his visit. “Sex abuse is Pope Francis’ Francis also faced controver- three more weakest spot in terms of his cre- sy on another front: Overnight dibility,” said Massimo Faggioli, three more Catholic churches Catholic a Vatican expert and theology were torched, two in the sou- professor at Villanova Universi- thern Araucania region where where St. John Paul celebrated said he felt “bound to express churches were ty in Philadelphia. “It is surpri- Francis will visit today [Macau Mass three decades ago. Before my pain and shame” that some torched sing that the pope and his entou- time] to meet with Chile’s indige- the service began, Francis took a of Chile’s pastors had sexually rage don’t understand that they nous peoples. While not causing long, looping ride in his popemo- abused children in their care. Karadima had been a politi- need to be more forthcoming on any injuries, the nine church fi- bile through the grounds to greet “I am one with my brother cally connected, charismatic this issue.” rebombings in the past few days well-wishers, some of whom had bishops, for it is right to ask for- and powerful priest who mi- The Karadima scandal and a have marked an unprecedented camped out overnight to secure giveness and make every effort nistered to a wealthy Santiago long cover-up has caused a cri- level of protest against history’s a spot. to support the victims, even as community and produced do- sis for the church in Chile, with first Latin American pope on his In his first event of the day, we commit ourselves to ensuring zens of priestly vocations and a recent Latinbarometro survey home turf. Francis met privately with Chi- that such things do not happen five bishops. Victims went public saying the case was responsi- In Santiago, though, tens of lean President Michelle Bachelet again,” he said. with their accusations in 2010, ble for a significant drop in the thousands of jubilant Chileans and addressed lawmakers, jud- Francis didn’t refer by name after complaining for years to number of Chileans who call turned out in droves for his first ges and other authorities at La to Chile’s most notorious pedo- church authorities that Karadi- themselves Catholic, as well as public Mass, a massive gathering Moneda palace. They interrup- phile priest, the Rev. Fernando ma would kiss and fondle them a fall in confidence in the church in the capital’s O’Higgins Park ted him with applause when he Karadima, who was sanctioned when they were teenagers. as an institution. AP

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cally amateurs under the then- current Olympic rules, was ef- fectively composed of full-time Despite doping scandals, Olympic pro players several years older than most of the Americans. “Going Vertical” plays up its Cold War rivalry, portraying fever grips Russian cinemas the U.S. team and fans as brash, overconfident rule-breakers, James Ellingworth, Moscow actually be this kind of colossal though ultimately courageous. success,” he told The Associa- The movie also takes some digs ussia’s going crazy ap photo ted Press. “It’s surprising when at the Soviet system’s rationed for the Olympics. The people send me videos, how healthcare and the cultural di- 1972 Olympics. at practically every screening vides between what would later Even as the Russian people are clapping, with some become independent countries. Rteam faces up to being barred kind of patriotism and spirit Edeshko says it’s a “just and from next month’s Winter Ga- awakening in people.” honest” view. mes for doping offenses, au- In Russia, the game has simi- Some family members of de- diences are flocking to see a lar significance to the U.S. “Mi- ceased players have objected movie about Soviet glory on the racle on Ice,” its defeat of the to the way it portrays the team. Olympic basketball court 46 Soviet hockey team at the 1980 Belov, who scored the winning years ago. Olympics. basket, spends much of the “Going Vertical” tells the story The U.S. remembers the 1972 movie balancing romance with of the Soviet Union team which basketball gold medal game news he’s terminally ill. Howe- won gold in 1972, becoming the very differently — as a robbery. ver, his widow told Russian me- first basketball team in history The last three seconds of the dia outlet Meduza that the real ever to beat the United States at final were replayed twice after Belov, who died of a rare cancer the Olympics. the Soviet team protested their in 1978 aged 26, was single and It’s a tale of Cold War rivalry, signal for a timeout had been healthy in 1972. inspiring speeches and some- ignored, and the U.S. players The upcoming soccer World thing very familiar to Russian twice celebrated victory befo- Cup in Russia provides more sports fans after recent scan- re being told to play again. On fodder for sports movies, with a dals — a gold medal decided by the third and final play, Soviet biography of Soviet goalkeeper officials. player Ivan Edeshko threw a Lev Yashin in the pipeline, as After pulling in crowds throu- full-court pass for Belov to sco- well as a fictionalized story of a ghout the holiday season, last re a last-second layup. modern-day coach. week “Going Vertical” became The result prompted days of For Saprykin, the actor, the highest-earning Russian wrangling between officials “Going Vertical” illuminates movie ever in domestic cine- from both nations and the in- Russia’s ongoing love and res- mas with 1.84 billion rubles ternational basketball federa- pect for Soviet sports stars. He (USD32.5 million) in takings, tion. That’s left out of the mo- says he and Edeshko are now according to a government-ba- vie, as is the U.S. players’ de- “like grandfather and grand- cked statistics service. Sunday, Sept. 10, 1972. The Soviet Union basketball team player, Alexander Belov cision to reject their silver me- son” after bonding on set — and At a screening in central Mos- scores the winning basket to push his team past the United States 51-50 during the dals, which still lie unclaimed a nagging feeling that modern summer Olympics in Munich, Germany cow on Thursday, audience with the International Olympic athletes don’t match up. members whooped and applau- Committee. Looking at photographs of ded as Alexander Belov sank said. To the millions of Rus- was sport.” The script also suggests the the 1972 team, “you get goo- the winning Soviet basket to sians who consider their coun- Actor Kuzma Saprykin used Soviets were facing top U.S. sebumps because you unders- beat the U.S. 51-50, and then try unfairly persecuted over his childhood basketball expe- pros, when in fact the U.S. fiel- tand that there’s three people cheered again when the original doping allegations, even the rience to play Ivan Edeshko, ded college players including left [who played in the 1972 1972 footage was played along- Cold War can seem a simpler who threw what Russians still future NBA stars like three-time final] and that’s it,” he said. side the credits. time. Audience member Yegor call the “golden pass” for the All Star Doug Collins, and Tom They’re leaving and there “I was crying tears of joy,” Druzhinin said: “Now politics Soviets’ winning basket. McMillen, later a congressman. aren’t any new legends. That’s cinemagoer Nina Parshikova plays more of a role. Then it “I didn’t think there would The Soviet team, while techni- the worst.” AP

Basketball NBA opens investigation into Rockets-Clippers events

he NBA is planning frontation, but were es- Paul was asked postga- to speak with players corted away by security me about what happened,

T ap photo from both the Houston before anything got phy- and dodged the question. Rockets and Los Angeles sical. “I don’t know,” Paul said. Clippers to determine the There were late-game “We took our loss. Tough specifics of late-game and incidents as well in Chris loss.” postgame events involving Paul’s first game in Los It seems almost inevita- the teams. Angeles since he was tra- ble that the NBA will have NBA spokesman Tim ded to the Rockets this to take some disciplinary Frank said yesterday that past summer. Clippers action against players. the league would look into star Blake Griffin appea- Paul is also the president the matter. Tempers boi- red to bump Houston of the National Basketball led over Monday night late coach Mike D’Antoni, and Players Association, which in the Clippers’ 113-102 they exchanged words. did not immediately res- victory , to the point whe- Griffin and Houston’s Tre- pond to a request for com- re several security guards vor Ariza were later ejec- ment Tuesday morning. were needed outside the ted after another incident. Both teams are off Tues- Houston locker room pos- Postgame, neither team day, which means the NBA tgame. offered specifics on what will have some time to sort Citing anonymous NBA happened, if anything, in out all the various messes. sources, ESPN reported the Clippers’ locker room. The Clippers next play We- several Rockets players “We were where we were dnesday against Denver, Clippers coach Doc Ri- not in their locker room,” vers joked, “We’re hono- headed toward the Cli- supposed to be,” Griffin and Houston is off until it vers also said his team was he said, referring to the ring Martin Luther King ppers’ locker room af- said. “We were in our lo- plays host to Minnesota on in its own locker room. Rockets. Walking into his Jr. Day, we’re non-vio- terward, seeking a con- cker room.” Thursday. “Their entire team was postgame interview, Ri- lent.” AP THE Japan public TV sends mistaken Station Air quality BUZZNorth Korean missile alert Roadside 65-95 Moderate Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly sent an people to take shelter. alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile The false alarm came two days after Hawaii’s High launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, emergency management department sent a mis- Density 50-70 then retracted it minutes later, days after a similar taken warning of a North Korean missile attack to Residental error in Hawaii. mobile phones across the state, triggering panic. Moderate NHK television issued the message yesterday on NHK deleted its tweet after several minutes, is- Area opinion its internet and mobile news sites as well as on Twi- sued a correction and apologized several times on tter, saying North Korea appeared to have fired a air. It said a mistake in using the alert system caused Ambient 60-80 missile at Japan. It said the government was telling the error. Moderate Macau Matters dsmg source: Richard Whitfield WORLD BRIEFS Academic assessment Kosovo Serb politician stupidities South Sudan Sixteen is gunned down; police people have been killed, Mostly for fun and to “keep my hand in” I teach a including three children, few undergraduate courses each year at a local uni- since South Sudan’s versity. I have recently been “asked” to use faculty cease-fire started less start manhunt than a month ago, say guidelines that say that ½ of my examination should be multiple choice questions to revise my proposed international monitors. examination for the current course I am teaching. I leading Serb politician find this incredibly stupid and insulting and so this in northern Kosovo was

A ap photo gunned down yesterday in article will be a bit of a rant on this general topic. ap photo Education, including university, is largely about broad daylight, an attack instilling knowledge, skills and attitudes. Histori- that raised ethnic tensions cally, the university emphasis has been on knowle- in the Balkans and promp- dge transmission – the typical image of a professor ted the suspension of EU- pouring book knowledge into the skulls of students mediated talks between Ko- Cyprus’ president and having them parrot it back in examinations. The sovo and Serbia. says the fight against Internet – Wikipedia and Google – have certainly Assailants opened fire on extremism necessitates made this view obsolete and is shifting the empha- Oliver Ivanovic, 64, close even closer cooperation with Greece and Jordan. sis much more towards university as a collaboration to the offices of his political Nicos Anastasiades was between staff and students to pass on skills and at- party in the Serb-controlled northern city of Mitrovica. speaking yesterday during titudes with knowledge being pervasively available. talks that were billed as He was taken to a hospital This new situation necessitates a fundamental re- the cornerstone of a new thinking of student assessment. The traditional exa- but doctors were unable to Oliver Ivanovic (center) leaving the prison in February 2017, in the Serb- partnership. mination to test a student’s recall about a subject has save him. dominated part of Mitrovica, Kosovo very little value – continuous monitoring of student The doctors said Ivano- Romania’s president work and feedback regarding their skills/competen- vic had received at least ted Ivanovic of war crimes slaying, the Serb delegation yesterday appointed cy and attitudes becomes primary. I see little value five gunshot wounds to his during the 1998-99 war. at the EU talks in Brussels the defense minister as in the typical recall based multiple choice question upper torso. The assailants That verdict was overturned immediately left to return to interim prime minister after Premier Mihai Tudose in the future of education, and not much value in tra- escaped in a car that was la- and a retrial was underway. Belgrade. unexpectedly resigned. ditional examinations. However, they certainly have ter found burned out. Koso- In Pristina, the Kosovo Delegation leader Marko a place where you need you need a lot of drill and vo police sealed off the area government strongly de- Djuric said “whoever is practice to develop skills, such as when learning a of the shooting and began a nounced the slaying, saying behind this attack [...] whe- manhunt for the attackers. it considers the attack a ther they are Serb, Albanian language – a totally different situation. ap photo Multiple choice, gap fill and similar test questions Ivanovic was one of the challenge to “the rule of law or any other criminals, they are also problematic because they are tedious key politicians in Serb-do- and efforts to establish the must be punished.” and difficult to properly design – great care must minated northern Kosovo, rule of law in the whole of European Union foreign be taken with the wording of the question and the a former Serbian province Kosovo territory.” policy chief Federica Mo- answers to eliminate bias and to ensure that com- where tensions still remain In Belgrade, Serbian Pre- gherini called the presiden- Kosovo Prime Minister mon misconceptions are included (as well as cor- high a decade after it decla- sident Aleksandar Vucic ts of Serbia and Kosovo to Ramush Haradinaj has called for a meeting of the rect and incorrect answers). Then they should be red independence in 2008. held a top security meeting express the EU’s condem- country’s National Security validation tested – shown to many students and Serbia does not recognize to discuss the shooting. Af- nation of the killing. She that independence. terward, he called the killing appealed for both sides “to Council following the checked to see that they actually work as expec- killing of Oliver Ivanovic, Ivanovic was considered a “a terrorist act” and said show calm and restraint.” ted. This is often not feasible and is too much ef- leader of an ethnic Serb fort for “once only” use in an examination. Even in moderate who maintained Serbia is demanding that The head of the OSCE political party, as he reusable formative assessment situations they are relations with NATO and international missions in Mission in Kosovo, Ambas- entered his party offices still problematic because a great deal of effort must EU officials even after Serbia Kosovo include Serbia in sador Jan Braathu, said he in the northern city of be put into preparing remedial information to correct lost the control of its former their investigation into the was “shocked and deeply Mitrovica. all possible misconceptions about topics. Mostly, it province following NATO’s slaying. saddened” and considered is just much easier to talk to students asking them 1999 bombing to stop a dea- “Serbia will take all neces- Ivanovic “among the most France President Emmanuel Macron questions and directly addressing their misconcep- dly Serb crackdown against sary steps so the killer or prominent Kosovo Serb re- traveled yesterday to tions and the gaps in their knowledge. ethnic Albanian separatists. killers are found,” he said. presentatives for almost two A Kosovo court convic- At the news of Ivanovic’s decades.” AP the epicenter of France’s In most countries, you need to be certified (and to migrant crisis, the northern have completed extensive university level studies) port of Calais, to lay to be a kindergarten, primary or secondary school out a new approach to teacher, but unfortunately this is rarely a require- The immigration: help for ment for being a university professor. From perso- those who want to stay, nal experience, I know that proficiency in a subject’s decisive moment AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia expulsion for those using content is very poor preparation for teaching it. After France as a transit point several initial disasters, I put a lot of man-hours and and sanctions for any effort into being taught how to teach; much more poor behavior by security forces. than most of my academic colleagues. Luckily, the universities where I initially taught recognized this problem and made considerable resources availa-

ble so that their academic staff could learn how to ap photo teach. Very unfortunately, universities in Macau do not seem to recognize this issue and provide mi- nimal support for their academic staff in this area. To me, the examination guidelines I just received clearly demonstrate an old-style “knowledge stuf- Chile Pope Francis fing” approach to university learning and teaching begged for forgiveness yesterday for the and a total lack of understanding of good student “irreparable damage” assessment. It is a band-aid to cover up the poor done to children who were teaching knowledge, skills and attitudes of the aca- raped and molested by demic staff. If local universities want to become priests, opening his visit to world class they must put a great deal of effort and Chile by diving head-first resources into teaching their academic staff how to into a scandal that has teach, and misguided advice on what should be in greatly hurt the Catholic examinations does not address this core issue. Church’s credibility here Wish they were here. A visitor admires an installation part of the Pink Floyd Exhibition: “Their Mortal Remains”, and cast a cloud over his in Rome, yesterday. The exhibition will run from the Jan. 19 to April 29. visit. More on p15