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INDONESIA A strong earthquake has hit off the coast of western Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Alumni petition: USJ The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.0 quake hit Saturday at a depth of 30 kilometers. It was centered 88 kilometers (55 miles) southeast P5 of Sinabang, a town on the ‘betrayed its soul’ east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the west coast of Sumatra island. In 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. AP PHOTO

PHILIPPINES A strong typhoon was blowing over the Pacific Ocean in the northeastern Philippines and may induce heavy rains, but is too far off to hit land, officials said. Typhoon Neoguri was blowing with sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour and gusts of 220 kph late yesterday about 840 kilometers off Cagayan, a rice- and tobacco-producing province. The storm is expected to blow northwest and will be about 500 kilometers northeast of Batanes province in the Philippines’ northern tip today. It will then likely blow toward southern Japan later in the week.

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FRANCHISE EXPO Industry experts believe Macau needs global vision and services

João Pedro Lau XPERTS from the European franchising I have met a lot industry think that of very bright Macau has a great Eadvantage and offers many and young opportunities for businesses. However, the city needs a glo- professionals bal vision and more experien- ce, as well as services for both who have businesses and individuals.The studied abroad specialists participated in a se- minar included in the program and have a very of the Macao Franchise Expo (MFE), which concluded yes- open-minded terday at The Venetian. approach. Fabrizio Fiori, legal counsel of Assofranchising (The Italian What is needed Association of Franchising), su- ggested that Macau should seek is experience… opportunities beyond the big- ger European countries. not all avenues “What [Macau] is a bit lacking are explored [in] is a more global vision. I Fabrizio Fiori think that the local institute here for economic development is bright and young professio- Furthermore, Mr Fiori ar- and in aesthetics and beauty, FABRIZIO FIORI making a great work on this di- nals who have studied abroad gues that Macau is one of the are also lacking. rection. But what is really nee- and have a very open-minded least bureaucratic places in As for small and medium-si- ded is to look at other parts of approach. What is needed is ex- the world, which is beneficial zed enterprises (SMEs), he be- of different countries. For ins- Europe and the world and to perience… not all avenues are for businesses. But the govern- lieves that they are not “well tance, some countries only see have a global vision in Europe. explored here.” ment has to learn how to recei- serviced in the city” because the local partners of a franchise This is because I think that the- In terms of the advantages of ve businesses from other parts there are not many relevant as its distributors. As a result, re are plenty of companies from Macau, Fabrizio Fiori said that of Europe. “The population [in services provided to them. there may be a chance that the other parts of Europe that cou- Macau has a similar legal and Macau] is very friendly. The ad- When asked what types of franchise will have to bear the ld come here or be interested in tax system to continental Eu- ministration is very cooperati- business Europe will welcome indemnity of its partners. [doing so].” rope, which makes it easier for ve… Maybe they need a little bit from Asia, Mr Godinho said In addition, he advised fran- He also said that some Eu- European enterprises to start more experience because they that information technology is chises not to rush into a market. ropean countries, such as Po- businesses here. don’t have much chance to deal one of them. He believes that Instead, it is more beneficial land, have growing economies. He also believes that the city is with companies coming from Asia can contribute a lot to Eu- to first open a test shop. This Enterprises in other European a good testing site for products different parts of Europe. They rope and the world when it co- allows franchises to discover countries that have developed due to the number of visitors. probably have a lot of experien- mes to IT, such as bringing the potential problems and come very strong economies, inclu- “One of the key elements here is ce with Portuguese companies. concept of the Alibaba Group to up with solutions for their futu- ding Belgium and Germany, are the number of tourists coming But there are more in Europe.” non-Asian markets. re local partners. likely to be interested in coming [to the city]. This is a perfect Meanwhile, the vice president Fabrizio Fiori told the Times Both experts were commen- to Macau as well. place to test a brand or a pro- of Portuguese Franchise Asso- that if Chinese or Asian fran- ting on the sidelines of the Moreover, Fiori claimed that duct to see if there is a possibi- ciation and the Co-founder of chises want to expand their Forum on Chain and Franchi- Macau needs more experience lity to export the product.” He Onebiz Group, António Godi- business to Europe, they will se Business Opportunities of rather than the know-how. “I added that businesses and fran- nho, suggested that for enter- have to pay attention to the dif- International Brands of the don’t think there is a big need of chises can create a behavioral prises wanting to expand into ferences in the franchising laws MFE 2014. know-how [but] a need of expe- map of China by operating in the Asian and European marke- rience… I have met a lot of very Macau. ts, Macau is a good testing place because of its size and develop- ment. são paulo wants to expand franchise into mainland mfe registers nearly 14,000 visitors However, he commented that Macau needs services for resi- AS THE world’s eyes are fixed on a franchise project involving lo- dents. For example, Mr Godi- Brazil, host of the current FIFA cal investors and the Brazilian IN ITS sixth year, MFE has attracted nearly 14,000 visitors, according to the nho has mentioned an educa- World Cup finals, the 2014 MFE club. Part of the negotiations on organizers. A total of 167 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions participated has organized a football demon- the partnership took place dur- in the three-day event. A total of 1,304 networking opportunities were ar- tion brand operated by Onebiz stration with young players from ing last year’s MFE, with the deal ranged by the organizer. Fourteen exchange sessions took place, which were that focuses on young children. the football school in Macau of São highlighting the event’s role as a joined by 115 organizations. Six projects reached agreements on site, including He noted that Macau needs Paulo F.C. It gave them a chance business platform for Macau and franchises from the dining industry, branded product stores, cooperation be- “more kindergartens and small to show off their skills. The school Brazil, the biggest of the Portu- tween governments, and so on. The next MFE will be held in July 2015. schools for small children.” He stated that services in health, was established in April, and is guese-speaking countries.

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Attacked Grace Yu salesman HE New Macau Association New Macau leaders show suffers multiple T(ANM) elected their new council and board of super- injuries visors yesterday, but the new head of the association has yet divergences, president to A salesman working for a to be elected. tobacco shop was attacked by According to lawmaker Au an assailant with a knife last Kam San, member of the new be elected tomorrow Saturday night after work. The council, the meeting yesterday victim is in a stable condition was an assembly to select the after medical treatment. The 11-member council and three see that there is much conflict local resident Ho, 29 years old, members of the board of super- of interest or confusion about was attacked while walking visors. “The newly formed cou- their capacities. But I think that with his female friend near ncil will call on another internal the public now realize that peo- the border gate at around 7:30 election to decide who will be ple can speak in different capa- p.m. last Saturday. A man with the council’s president,” he told cities, and if you speak in that a cap suddenly emerged from the Times. capacity, you represent that behind and pushed the woman The new leadership will be ef- organization. I think it’s totally fective for two years. About fifty over. The suspect hit Ho with fine.” members cast votes yesterday. a stick, before attacking again Chao said yesterday that he Jason Chao, the outgoing pre- with a knife measuring some supports Sulu So to be the next sident, is not on the new coun- president. But he also stated 35 cm. Ho sustained injuries cil’s name list, but he said he is two weeks ago, when asked if to his back, shoulder, arm still a member of the associa- So is a suitable candidate, that and leg. The suspect then tion. He summarized his past So is “relatively new to the as- escaped toward Avenida de two years as the president of sociation” and “new to the po- Artur Tamagnini Barbosa. the association: litical democratic movement in The Judiciary Police (PJ) “In the past two years, serving Macau.” Chao explained yester- took the woman back to the as the president of the asso- day: “I am open to everything. bureau for questioning after ciation, I played in the role of Au Kam San previously com- as we share the same goal and (…) We should see people from collecting evidence. The police transforming the association. mented on the overlapping same views, we should not dis- a perspective of [acknowled- will look into the motivation In the past, the ANM would bet- roles of some ANM members criminate against members on ging] their capabilities rather and identity of the suspect. ter be described as a supportive who also participated in other the grounds of their capacity in than their years with the asso- The victim was in a critical association of the lawmakers. associations. Au said it might other organizations.” ciation. I believe that Sulu So condition when sent to Kiang Now the association plays a confuse the public. In respon- Neither did Chao agree that has the capability to exercise Wu Hospital. PJ announced more important role in social se, Chao said: “Macau residen- the overlapping roles of ANM the duty as the president.” yesterday morning that he is in activism and political enga- ts have freedom of association. members would confuse the pu- Sulu So has been elected as a stable condition. gement. I hope that the New (…) You can talk about conflic- blic about the association lea- a member of the new council. Macau Association can remain ts of interests or capacities in dership. He said Au and Ng are The election of NMA’s new pre- progressive in their works in the case of profit businesses. also leaders of another pro-de- sident will take place tomorrow Galaxy the two years ahead.” But for NGOs, I think as long mocracy organization. “I don’t evening. announces charitable foundation CE promises youth to tackle housing Lui Che Woo, chairman of Galaxy Entertainment demand and diversify industries Group (GEG), announced the establishment of “GEG fulfill the housing demand of residents. “I medicine, cultural and creative [indus- Charitable Foundation,” know that everybody is concerned about the tries], upgrades for traditional industries, hoping to reinforce GEG’s housing issue and we have to solve this pro- and even new technology,” said Chui. He commitment to promoting a blem. We will use the reclaimed lands that believes that the cultural and creative in- sustainable future for Macau were approved by the central government to dustries, as well as technology, are new through sharing its business fulfill the current housing demand, so that career trends for young people in Macau. success with the community. HE Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, has everybody can have a stable life,” said Chui. Chui also called on youths to develop cri- Lui Che Woo announced Tvowed to meet the housing needs of the Citing his 30 years of working experience tical thinking skills and to pay more atten- that the foundation has been younger generations and develop diversi- as an example, the CE called on students tion to social affairs. Mr. Chui said: “You established with HKD300 fied career opportunities. His remarks to equip themselves well and form career students will soon complete your non-ter- were made during a 90-minute talk with million, and said that another plans for the future. tiary education, and you should have de- students from Kiang Peng Middle School HKD1 billion would be Chui stated that one of the most impor- veloped critical thinking and being able to and Kiang Wu Nursing College. tant factors in the government’s policy of give constructive opinions.” committed to the foundation During the discussion, they talked about having a diversified economy is the provi- Mr Chui also encouraged students to later on. According to a press students’ future paths and social issues, such sion of diversified working opportunities. start their own businesses in the future, release issued by GEG, the as housing and education. Chui said the go- “Therefore, we are actively promoting but he said it was crucial to have working foundation “is committed vernment would use the reclaimed lands to business development in namely Chinese experience before taking that step. GY to giving back to the society through helping young people develop positive moral and life values, foster patriotism he urged tenants to leave the building. “I’ve told them (te- and ethnic identity, as well as Ceiling falls from old building, five trapped nants) not to live inside, since enhance their understanding the building is so old. But they of the country and Macau.” ART of the ceiling of an ling collapsed, leaving two ho- ned flats for MOP70 per month continue to live here.” It also aims to support young old building downtown fell les in the roof. for 70 years. Alleging that he The Fire Services Bureau said people in entrepreneurship P yesterday, trapping five peo- Most inhabitants of the buil- informed the property owner that the structure was not in and in attempting new ple. The accident occurred at ding are tenants. One of them, many times about the buil- immediate danger and infor- endeavors. Lui Che Woo a three-floor structure located Mr Ng, told TDM Chinese ding’s safety concerns, the te- med the Land, Public Works made the announcement on Rua Nova do Comércio near channel that the top floor of nant argued that the owner and Transport Bureau so that it during a gala dinner on July San Ma Lo (Avenida de Almei- the building was divided into told him that the building was might follow up. 4 to celebrate Galaxy’s tenth da Ribeiro). Fire services were several partitioned flats, each not repairable, but that he cou- The Social Welfare Bureau has year in operation, and the called to the rescue. Five people measuring some 50 square ld still live there if he wanted arranged for the six affected te- third anniversary of its Cotai were trapped in the building, feet. Another elderly tenant, to. However, the property ow- nants to move into the Center property, attended by Chui Sai but sustained no injuries. surnamed Tseng, said he had ner Mr Wong has another ver- for Victims of Disaster in Ilha On and Edmund Ho. More than one sixth of the cei- rented one of these partitio- sion of the events. He says that Verde. mon 07.07.2014

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HE sacking of Eric Sau- ERIC SAUTEDE tede continues to haunt the University of Saint Joseph (USJ). TAlumni of the university have USJ alumni demand handed a petition to the USJ ad- ministrators asking them not to turn the university into a tool to suppress dissident views, as well reinstatement of sacked scholar as solicit the reinstatement of the senior lecturer and political com- mentator. The Times has also learnt that was recently exposed by Ponto several prominent figures, in- Alumni Final. The Portuguese daily said cluding the head of the Ter- it is believed that while he was tiary Education Services Office members think organizing a public lecture with (GAES) Sou Chiu Fai and Bishop that their alma professor and published author D. José Lai may be among those Frank Dikötter, the university who have pressured the universi- mater has administration instructed him to ty to axe Eric Sautede. suspend the event. An instruction The petition submitted last violated the Mr Sautede refused to follow. Friday was undersigned by 143 Frank Dikötter is Chair Profes- people, 72 of them alumni and scholar’s rights sor in Humanities at the HKU 45 current students. It said that and the Basic the signatories are “shocked and angered” by the statement made Law, as well as by the USJ rector Peter Stilwell, We think that who claimed that the termina- damaging the not receive any request to inter- our newspaper on the condition tion of Eric Sautede’s contract vene in the case. of anonymity. the university was due to his political commen- public interest Our sources, who requested to According to its by-laws, read tary on current affairs. remain anonymous, claimed that by the Times journalists, the enti- [has betrayed The USJ’s alumni consider Bishop Lai is among those who ty that overseas higher education their alma mater to have violated factory than a well-built campus pressured the university into in Macau has no specific powers or sold] its soul the scholar’s rights and the Basic where people’s freedom of spee- making the decision. They also concerning the hiring and mana- ROCKY CHAN Law, as well as damaging the pu- ch is suppressed. hinted that the head of GAES, gement of human resources, as USJ ALUMNI ASSOCIATION blic interest. “In this case, we think that the Sou Chio Fai, as well as members GAES stressed in response to our Three requirements are also lis- university [has betrayed or sold] of the Catholic Foundation of Hi- queries regarding Sautede’s case: and has won several internatio- ted in the petition, namely for the its soul”, he remarked. gher Education “may have exer- “According to 11/91/M decree, nal book prizes. He is the author university to defend the freedom Rocky Chan then indicated that ted some pressure” on the rector higher education institutions in of “The Tragedy of Liberation: of speech, cease the suppression it is likely that they will write re- too. “Let us say that if not invol- Macau enjoy administrative and A History of the Chinese Revo- of dissident views, as well as garding the issue to the Catholic ved they were at least supportive financial autonomy, and the hi- lution, 1945-1957”, the second reinstate any staff members who University of Portugal, which of the sacking.” ring of teachers is an internal installment in the “People’s Tri- are sacked because of public in- co-awards USJ’s diplomas and They singled out the bishop’s matter of the institutions. MSAR logy”, a series of books that docu- tervention. certificates. He called on the Ma- nephew, Dr Eric Chan Sau San never intervenes in the operation ment the impact of communism Rocky Chan, a USJ alumnus, cau Diocese to comment on the 陳守信, a director at the Mo- of higher education institutions on the lives of ordinary people accused the university of vio- matter as well. netary Authority, who presides in Macau and has always respec- in China on the basis on new lating the labour rights of Eric Bishop José Lai of the Macau over the fiscal council of the Ca- ted academic freedom and the archival material. The first volu- Sautede. He also believes that Diocese, who is also the president tholic Foundation and “has clo- autonomy of educational institu- me, entitled “Mao’s Great Fami- it is reasonable for a scholar to of the Catholic Foundation of Hi- se links with Mr Lau Pun Lap, tions.” ne: The History of China’s Most comment on current affairs. “If a gher Education that runs the uni- Director of the Policy Research Eric Sautede was sacked on Devastating Catastrophe”, also scholar has lost his teaching po- versity, told the local bi-lingual Office.” June 4 by Rector Stilwell on poli- published by Bloomsbury, won sition due to [his commentary], it weekly newspaper, Plataforma, As for GAES, some scholars tical grounds, and this will be his the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize may create alarm within society. that while he recognized the free- hinted in the media that the go- last week working at the univer- for Non-Fiction, Britain’s most It is especially concerning in that dom of scholars to express their vernment bureau should inter- sity. prestigious book award for non- other academics or intellectuals opinions on political issues, the vene in these kinds of cases be- But the persecutory process fiction. may only express their opinions commenting, he claimed, has to cause academic standards are at started several months ago when It is worth mentioning that Frank in an atmosphere of fear in the be “done at the right time”. stake. “Autonomy doesn’t mean he was released from his duty as Dikötter had already visited USJ future.” José Lai also suggested that he giving a carte blanche [to the Research Coordinator, mana- twice in the past to talk and pre- A previous academic staff mem- respects the decision of the USJ universities]. Autonomy implies ging public academic events at sent his books during the tenure of ber of the university commented rector and promised that he did accountability,” a scholar told the Catholic-run university as it the previous rector. PC/JPL that Eric Sautede’s sacking is just one in a long line of terminations by the current management of staff with “inconvenient views or associations.” “It’s just that Bill Chou: UMAC contract yet to renew Sautede’s commentary and de- mise at this particular time were of interest to the general public. ROFESSOR Bill Chou of the Univer- The UMAC professor suggested that he nched the disciplinary action against him It’s a case of blatant betrayal of Psity of Macau (UMAC) said that he has has already referred his case to the CCAC because of his involvement in politics. academic and social principals taken the university’s disciplinary action and will give the Commission more infor- Moreover, Bill Chou revealed that UMAC that had a broader public signi- against him to the Commission Against mation regarding the lack of a channel of has yet to renew his contract. According ficance.” Corruption (CCAC) because of the lack of appeal to determine whether there is a to the relevant regulation, a new contract Rocky Chan pointed out that an appeal procedure available within the case of maladministration against UMAC. should be signed around three months be- academic freedom and the spirit university. The scholar also claimed that He also mentioned the recent commen- fore the old one expires. Nevertheless, the of critical thinking are essential the university has yet to sign a new con- ts on the Internet and in local media that scholar claimed that he and some of his for a university. However, throu- tract with him. asked him to disclose the documents rela- colleagues who are seen to be more vocal gh this incident involving the sa- The scholar claimed that the Chair of the ting to the procedure. Bill Chou said that are yet to receive their new contracts. cking of a scholar, Chan believes University Council, Dr Tse Chi Wai, has he is bound by university regulations and He refused to speculate on whether he is that USJ has trodden on these informed Prof Chou that he does not have has to keep the documents confidential as likely to have lost his position, only claiming principles. the authority to handle the appeal against long as he is a staff member of UMAC. that if he is no longer employed by the uni- The alumnus also mentioned the disciplinary procedure, which the Furthermore, Bill Chou has reiterated versity, he will seek opportunities elsewhere. the speculation that the incident scholar said means that there is no way to that the accusations against him, inclu- If he is to win in any future legal batt- is related to the construction of launch an appeal internally. ding his coercing of students to take part le against UMAC, Bill Chou stressed that USJ’s new campus. But he su- “Dr Tse Chi Wai has advised me to lau- in political activities and his discrimina- he will not change his way of conducting ggested that students and staff nch a legal action [against the disciplinary tion against students, are false and base- himself at the university because he deter- would rather stay in a place whe- procedure]. After communicating with my less. He claimed that the public will come mined that there are no complaints to be re facilities are not totally satis- lawyer, I decided to do this”, Bill Chou said. to their own conclusion that UMAC lau- found in his teaching methods. JPL 07.07.2014 mon

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France says boosting use Dubai to build world’s of euro is issue of ‘global biggest shopping center balance’ Adam Schreck, Hong Kong

Mark Deen and Caroline Connan HE shopping-loving AP PHOTO city that is home to one RENCH Finance Minister of the world's largest FMichel Sapin said euro area shopping malls wants to governments need to look at ways Tbuild one even bigger. Dubai ru- of bolstering the use of the euro ler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid in international transactions as a Al Maktoum has laid out plans matter of “global balance.” for a sprawling real-estate project The remarks come a week known as Mall of the World that after Paris-based bank BNP will include the 743,224 square Paribas SA was slapped with meter mall, a climate-controlled a USD8.97 billion fine by U.S. street network, a theme park co- authorities for transactions car- vered during the scorching sum- ried out in dollars in countries mer months and 100 hotels and facing American sanctions. The serviced apartments. fine spurred debate in France Other attractions planned for about the right of the U.S. in the site include a cultural and extending its regulatory reach theater district drawing inspira- beyond its borders. tion from New York's Broadway, “This is not a fight against shopping thoroughfares based dollar imperialism,” Sapin said on London's Oxford Street and in an interview with Bloomberg a "wellness district" meant to at- Television in Aix-en- Provence, tract medical tourists. UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, left, listens to Mohammed Abdullah Al France. “We sell ourselves air- "The growth in family and re- Gergawi, center, Chairman of Dubai Holding during the presentation of a sprawling real-estate project known as the Mall craft in dollars. Is that really ne- tail tourism underpins the need of the World that is planned to include an 8 million square foot (743,224 square meter) mall, a climate-controlled street cessary? I don’t think so.” to enhance Dubai's tourism in- network, a theme park covered during the scorching summer months and 100 hotels and serviced apartments Euro area finance ministers will discuss ways of increasing frastructure as soon as possible," Dubai Mall. That shopping ders on a debt pile that reached the use of the euro tomorrow in Dubai Sheik Mohammed said in a sta- center is currently the emira- into the billions of dollars. Brussels, Sapin said. The Fren- tement announcing the project te's largest and has attractions The emirate's economy has ch finance minister received su- Holding, a Saturday. "This project comple- including a dinosaur skeleton, rebounded strongly in the years pport from Christophe de Mar- conglomerate ments our plans to transform an indoor ice skating rink and since the crisis, driven by its tra- gerie, head of French oil com- Dubai into a cultural, tourist and a multistory aquarium. de, transportation and tourism- pany Total SA, who said that he controlled by economic hub for the 2 billion Dubai has long used high- dependent economy. sees no reason for oil purchases people living in the region arou- profile, big-ticket real esta- Dubai is racing to develop ad- to be made in dollars, adding the emirate’s nd us — and we are determined te projects to drive economic ditional infrastructure needed that it makes sense to expand to achieve our vision." growth and establish itself as an to accommodate a surge in visi- the use of other currencies in ruler, is Dubai Holding, a conglome- international tourist destina- tors expected when it becomes transactions outside the U.S. developing the rate controlled by the emirate's tion. Its ambitions were slowed the first Middle Eastern city to “Nothing prevents anyone from ruler, is developing the com- significantly with a crippling host the World Expo in 2020. paying for oil in euros,” de Marge- complex. It plex. It gave no details on the financial crisis that came to a Authorities expect the expo rie said in Aix-en-Provence. “The cost or the completion date. head in 2009, forcing the delay will generate USD23 billion be- price of a barrel of oil is quoted in gave no details The complex will be built or cancellation of some of the tween 2015 and 2021, and esti- dollars. A refinery can take that near the Mall of the Emirates, most outlandish projects. mate it will cost $8.4 billion to price and using the euro-dollar on the cost or which boasts an indoor ski Dubai Holding was not spa- organize. exchange rate on any given day, the completion slope, and a short drive from red from the financial turmoil, The new mall project alone is agree to make the payment in eu- the Burj Khalifa, the world's and some of its divisions sought expected to create an additional ros.” Bloomberg date tallest tower, and the adjacent new repayment terms from len- 20,000 hotel rooms. AP

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a new style of entertainment on saipan of the E-Gaming Law signed last To celebrate CEM’s popular cem power boy buddies design December 2013 on the Island of mascot Power Boy’s 5th birthday contest is now open Saipan. together with the Macau com- CLUB C Saipan’s owners enga- munity, CEM is organizing the ged an international management Power Boy Buddies Design Con- team from Macau, IGamiX Mana- test. Co-organizers include the gement & Consulting Ltd, headed Macau Polytechnic Institute and by Ben Lee, to operate the Club the Macau Animation & Comic to international standards and to Alliance. Submission ended on provide a first class tourism facili- 30 June and the response was ty. “We’ve invested USD4 million, overwhelming, with over 200 en- or $500 per square foot into this tries received. facility; we’ve provided 50 new The contest was divided into jobs to locals including retirees; three groups: Open Group, Mi- CLUB C Saipan, a gaming and stadium-style electronic and we’re getting ready to remit ddle School Student Group and and entertainment venue, lo- table games with a seating ca- our first wave of gaming taxes Primary School Student Group. cated in the 4-star 200+ room pacity of 200. It will also offer a to the government at 15% of our Each group offers prizes for one Kanoa Resort Saipan, opened fusion of live entertainment and gross revenue. That’s the second champion, one first runner-up its doors on Saipan, the capital a state of the art digital music highest rate in all of Asia after Ma- and one second runner-up res- gizing Tour” Facebook fan page number of “likes” from public vo- of the Northern Marianas. The selection. A stellar international cau’s 39.5% rate. We knew that pectively. (www.facebook.com/Energizing. ting will be awarded an iPad mini. facility is currently open from musical group from Macau will Saipan’s gaming tax was high as Public voting will be conducted Tour). The public can vote for In addition, all voters will automa- 11am to 3am daily, and features be headlining the opening of the compared to other Asian nations online. Ten final entries selected their favorite buddy by “liking” the tically enter the lucky draw and 8,000 square-feet of entertain- Club. The club’s opening comes but we pushed forward with con- by the judges from each group entries. The winner of “My Favo- three of them will win cash prizes ment space, gaming machines on the heels of the introduction fidence in the CNMI,” said Lee. will be uploaded on CEM’s “Ener- rite Buddy” who obtains the most of MOP1,000. 07.07.2014 mon

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ANGOLA European Union supports projects Public debt totals over over next seven USD33b at the end of 2012 years he European Union plans to provide HE Angolan state’s to- T funding of around 210 million euros Ttal net debt, at the end for development projects in Angola over of 2012, was USD33.314 the next seven years, according to infor- billion or 29 percent of the PAULO BARBOSA PAULO mation published by the EU delegation in country’s gross domestic Luanda. product (GDP), Angola’s The funding is part of the new EU funding Finance Minister, Arman- program in place until 2020 and essentially do Manuel said in Luanda. covers three main areas for projects in An- The figure was announ- gola, said a source contacted by Portuguese ced by the minister at the news agency Lusa. presentation of the Gene- Around half of this type of EU funding is ral State Account for 2012 earmarked for rural development and sus- at the country’s parlia- tainable agriculture projects carried out in ment. the country over the next seven years. According to informa- Around 65 million euros will be channeled tion published on the Fi- into water and sanitation projects as well as nance Ministry’s website to professional training and higher educa- state debt at the end of tion. 2012 “was the equiva- The funding for the 11th community aid lent of 29.15 percent of program, due to be signed by the European the GDP and rose by 5.6 Commission and the Angolan government percent year on year, re- by the end of the year, is practically identical flecting efforts made in Grey clouds hang over Luanda’s bay to the framework that is currently in its final the are of raising funds to phase of execution. finance the public invest- “net assets account” to- also told members of par- 2012 “are being given the In the last National Indicative Program ment program.” taled 4.528 billion kwan- liament that the recom- necessary treatment to for Angola, for approval of projects between At the presentation to zas (around de US$46.3 mendations issued by the prepare the General State 2008 and 2013, the EU provided Angola the Angolan parliament billion). Court of Auditors on Sta- Account for 2013.” with 214 million euros via the European De- the minister also said that The Finance Minister te Accounts for 2011 and MDT/Macauhub velopment Fund (EDF). MDT/Macauhub ad mon 07.07.2014

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Didi Tang, Beijing human rights violations and civil RELIGION rights violations. I think size does HE pastor of a Christian matter.” church in central Chi- In Nanle, phone calls to the na was sentenced to 12 county court rang unanswered years in prison in what Court jails Christian Friday. Yang, the lawyer, said Tsupporters say is a crackdown Zhang had told the court that he aimed at curbing fast-growing would appeal. religious activity, his lawyer said. pastor for 12 years Zhang was detained last year Zhang Shaojie of the Nanle after the land dispute, but the County Christian Church in He- lawyer said he was targeted due nan province was convicted of to his popularity in a region that fraud and of gathering crowds to has seen rapid growth in the disturb public order, according number of Christians. to lawyer Yang Xingquan. The increasing “In the eyes of the authorities, Zhang’s church is sanctioned Christianity is growing too fast by the Communist government, number of there, and Pastor Zhang was too which allows worship only in Christians, influential,” Yang said. state-monitored groups, but has Zhang was convicted of instiga- been involved in a dispute with perhaps, gives ting years-old disputes involving local authorities over land for a his congregation members, even new building. Christians more though the disputes with a den- By official estimates, China tist, an insurance business and a has 23 million Christians. The confidence to family planning office were long country also has a large number resist human dismissed, Yang said. of unsanctioned underground, tianity three decades after Beijing in the country, said Prof. Feng- The pastor also was accusing of or home, churches that have at- loosened social controls in pur- gang Yang, a sociologist and ex- rights violations swindling money, but prosecu- tracted millions of worshippers suit of economic development. pert on religion in China at Pur- tors failed to produce a key wit- and have been targeted in repea- In the eastern Zhejiang provin- due University. and civil rights ness to testify, Yang said. ted crackdowns. A report by the ce, where Christianity has been The churches might have beco- Bob Fu, president of the U.S. Washington, D.C.-based Pew particularly popular, local gover- me a target because Chinese Chris- violations -based Christian rights group Research Center said there were nments have been tearing down tians, perhaps emboldened by the PROF. FENGGANG YANG China Aid, said the verdict likely 67 million Christians in the crosses on Christian churches, growth in the number of followers PURDUE UNIVERSITY against Zhang was “totally unac- country in 2010, including 58 even if they have been officially around them, are more likely to as- ceptable.” million Protestants and 9 million sanctioned, on the grounds that sert their rights, Yang said. showing support for each other “This case shows the Chinese Catholics. they lack construction permits. “In China, Christianity or Pro- spiritually, but that could spill government continues to cover The ruling party is wary of reli- The crackdown on Christian testantism is different from other over into social action,” Yang said. up religious persecution with fa- gion as a possible rallying point churches could be an extension religions somehow. One is that “The increasing number of bricated criminal charges against to challenge its rule and uneasy of an ongoing campaign to su- they have local congregations, Christians, perhaps, gives Chris- an innocent church leader,” Fu about the rapid spread of Chris- ppress the growth of civil society they gather together regularly, tians more confidence to resist said in an emailed statement. AP

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of state funds and announced digit rates, he wrote in a July 2 plans to build railways since April. report. AP PHOTO Leaders in the world’s secon- Some of the government’s re- d-largest economy are trying to cent stimulus measures have prop up growth amid a weake- also been targeted at busines- ning property market that dra- ses in the new economy. The gged down home prices for two People’s Bank of China appro- straight months through June, ved reserve-requirement cuts the first declines in almost two last month for banks that lend years. to smaller companies, which “The government won’t be are prevalent in the technology willing to take in the short-term and consumer-services indus- pain, so they are following a two tries. The banking regulator also -step approach: buy time, and if changed the way loan-to-depo- the economy stabilizes, then they sit ratios are devised to allow will focus more on the reforms,” lenders to exclude loans to small Shen Minggao, Citigroup Inc.’s enterprises, giving them greater head of China research, said by capacity to extend credit. phone from Hong Kong on July 2. The E Fund ChiNext Price In- Shen, who preferred new eco- dex exchange-traded fund, which nomy shares last year, now fa- tracks the benchmark gauge of vors old economy stocks in part the nation’s small-capitalization because they’re cheaper and stocks, has delivered the highest the nation’s growth rate is sta- risk-adjusted return among 23 CHINA OVERNIGHT bilizing. China’s manufacturing Chinese ETFs during the past expanded in June at the fastest two years as an 86 percent return pace this year. compensated investors for bea- The CSI 300 Materials Index, ring the highest volatility. The 50 Xi new economy stocks whose biggest constituents inclu- smallest initial public offerings in de Anhui Conch Cement Co. and the four years through June sur- Zijin Mining Group Co., is valued ged 151 percent on average, versus selling off with the old at 15 times estimated earnings for a loss of 22 percent for the largest the next 12 months while the in- deals, according to data compiled dex of financial companies has a by Bloomberg. ratio of 5.5. Benchmark gauges of Recent declines in new economy AST year’s most-profitable While President Xi Jinping said technology and health care com- stocks signal investor skepticism Lbets on the Chinese economy in May the nation must adapt to panies have multiples of 23 and that the transformation will be have turned into money losers in a “new normal” pace of growth, 19, respectively. successful, according to Haitong 2014 as policy makers send mixed in which innovation plays an in- [Chinese The CSI 300 Index, which tracks Securities Co. signals on which industries will creasing role, the government has leaders] are China’s biggest mainland- listed The CSI 300 Healthcare Index lead the country’s expansion. also sped up state spending and companies, has dropped 6.5 per- has dropped 11 percent this year After surging at least 20 percent eased credit curbs as the weake- following a two- cent this year, while the Shanghai after a 23 percent rally in 2013, for the biggest gains in China’s ning property market puts its 7.5 Composite Index declined 2.7 while the technology gauge slum- stock market last year, gauges percent expansion target at risk. step approach: percent. The Bloomberg China ped 7 percent after surging 39 of technology, health- care and “The market is now pricing in the -US Equity percent last year. The CSI 300 consumer companies have all risk that China won’t make a suc- buy time, and Jonathan Garner, the chief Asia Consumer Discretionary Index lost more than 6 percent. The cessful transition,” Wang Zheng, if the economy and emerging market strategist at has lost 6.9 percent, versus an companies, tied to what analysts the Shanghai-based chief invest- Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, 8.7 percent rally in the equiva- have dubbed China’s “new eco- ment officer at Jingxi Investment stabilizes, then said by phone on July 2 that lent gauge for emerging marke- nomy,” are now falling in tandem Management Co., which oversees he still favors companies in the ts. While the ChiNext index has with “old economy” stocks in sta- about USD120 million, said by they will focus consumer, technology and heal- climbed 8.2 percent this year, it’s te sectors such as commodities phone on July 4. The shift “will be th-care industries while recom- still down 9.4 percent from this and finance that fueled growth in much more difficult.” more on the mending underweight positions year’s high in February. the last decade. All 10 industries New economy stocks had ad- reforms in materials and industrial com- “We need to see economic grow- in the CSI 300 Index sank in the vanced as China’s cabinet appro- panies. th accelerate, or the transforma- SHEN MINGGAO first half, the broadest losses in ved plans in 2012 to boost seven CITIGROUP INC Garner pointed to Chinese sa- tion of the economic structure four years. “strategic” industries, including les of the blockbuster “Transfor- succeed,” Chen Ruiming, a Shan- The declines suggest investors technology. The government in- mers: Age of Extinction,” which ghai-based strategist at Haitong may be doubting China’s commit- cluded in its five-year plan a tar- said in a speech in London that exceeded those from the U.S. in Securities who correctly predicted ment to fostering a shift toward get of lifting the proportion of the government is “adjusting its the film’s opening days, as the the Shanghai Composite’s slide technology and services, putting service industries in the economy economic operations to ensu- latest evidence that China’s new below 2,000 in 2012, said in a at risk returns on smaller com- to 47 percent by 2015 from 46.1 re the minimum growth rate is economy is still going strong. The July 3 phone interview. “But nei- panies that have been the best in percent in 2013. 7.5 percent.” Policy makers have nation’s e- commerce purchases, ther of the two will materialize in the past two years and the biggest Less than six weeks after Xi’s lowered reserve requirements for auto sales and airline passengers three to five years and that’ll be a among initial public offerings. comments, Premier Li Keqiang some lenders, sped up spending have all been growing at double- long process.” Bloomberg

17 coal miners trapped AP PHOTO underground in west China

ESCUERS yes- according to the Xinhua Xinhua said the pit is Rterday worked to News Agency. mined by Dahuangshan free 17 miners trapped It said three other peo- Yuxin Coal Mining Co. following a gas explo- ple working inside the Ltd., owned by the sixth sion at a coal mine in mine at the time had agricultural division of western China, the coun- been rescued. China has the Xinjiang Production try’s official news agency the world’s deadliest mi- and Construction Corps. reported. The blast at nes, although the safety It is a paramilitary orga- the mine 120 kilometers record has been impro- nization that was revived from Urumqi, the capi- ving in recent years as by the central govern- tal of the sprawling Xin- regulators have streng- ment in the 1980s to aid jiang region, happened thened enforcement of the region’s construction on Saturday evening, safety rules. and development. Miner Duan Xukang receives a treatment at a hospital in Fukang City mon 07.07.2014

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HE leaders of China and South Korea ex- Xi rebukes Japan for pressed concern about Japan’s recent reinter- Tpretation of its war-renouncing brutality in China, Koreas constitution and its re-exa- mination of a past apology for wartime atrocities, a South Ko- rean official said. ffering when (Japan) launched Japan colonized the Korean barbarous aggression on China Peninsula and occupied parts AP PHOTO and Korea and annexed and of China, often brutally, before occupied the Korean Peninsula and during World War II. Many in the first half of the 20th cen- people in China and South Ko- tury,” he said. rea still harbor a strong resent- He noted that in the late 16th ment against Japan, and there century a Chinese dynasty sent are concerns in both countries troops to help a Korean dynas- about growing nationalism in ty defeat invading Japanese Tokyo. troops. Visiting Chinese President Xi “Both countries’ nationals ... Jinping and his South Korean walked shoulder to shoulder President Park Geun-hye had to battle grounds together 400 “lots of discussions” about Ja- years ago,” Xi said, speaking pan, and shared worries about through an interpreter. its “revisionist attitude” and China assisted North Korea reinterpretation of its constitu- and fought against South Ko- tion to allow its military a larger rea during the 1950-53 Korean international role, senior South War, while American-led U.N. Korean presidential official Ju Chinese President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan troops fought alongside South Chul-ki told reporters. Korea. Both leaders also regretted Last month, a Japanese panel women from across Asia, many ly criticized for a practice they South Korea and China esta- Japan’s recent review of its confirmed the validity of a stu- of them Koreans, were forced to say is common in any country blished diplomatic relations in landmark 1993 apology for for- dy that led to the apology, but provide sex to Japan’s front-li- at war. 1992. The countries now have cing Asian women into wartime South Korea called the review ne soldiers. Japanese nationa- Earlier Friday, Xi highlighted booming trade ties and share prostitution because it was an unnecessary and said it inclu- lists contend that the so-called Japan’s past brutality against Chi- concerns about Japan’s mili- apparent attempt to “disparage” ded material that undermined “comfort women” were volun- na and Korea during a speech on tary ambitions and what critics the apology, Ju said, according the reliability of the apology. tary prostitutes, not sex slaves, the final day of his visit to Seoul. see as recent attempts by Tokyo to the presidential Blue House. Historians say up to 200,000 and that Japan has been unfair- “Our two countries had big su- to obscure its bloody past. AP

China gives rare Chinese patrol ships arrest glimpse at naval ships 6 Vietnamese fishermen

HINESE patrol ships arrested six Vietnamese fishermen in waters AP PHOTO C off China’s Hainan Island, officials AP PHOTO said, an incident likely to heighten tensions between the nations as they spar over a territorial dispute. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- man Hong Lei said the arrests occur- red Thursday 12 kilometers off the island, a location that would place the fisherman within China’s territorial waters. A Chinese coast guard vessel, right, fires water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel off the However, Nguyen Ky, an official in coast of Vietnam the district where the fishermen came from, said the arrests took place in dis- Hanoi protested the deployment and Reporters and visitors walk aboard the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy ship Haikou puted waters near the Gulf of Tonkin, sent coastal patrol ships to try to for- Marco Garcia, Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. About a dozen other which lies off Hainan. He said his in- ce away the rig, which is protected by Chinese naval nurse He countries, including Japan, formation came from fishermen in a a large flotilla of Chinese ships. The HINA gave Western Yun showed reporters New Zealand, the United second boat that was briefly detained Vietnamese ships have been unable to Cjournalists a rare look around the hospital ship States and Colombia also and reported the incident via radio. get close to the rig, and dozens have aboard two People’s Li- Ark Peace, with a trauma offered ship tours as part of Lei said Chinese authorities were been damaged in collisions with lar- beration Army vessels center, dental office and the 22-nation drills. handling the situation “according to ger, stronger Chinese vessels, accor- during the Rim of the facility where acupunctu- A Japanese naval official the law” and urged Vietnam to “stren- ding to Vietnamese officials. Pacific naval exercises re and other treatments on Saturday gave a Chi- gthen control over their fishermen .... China has increasingly sought to en- in Hawaii, showcasing a can be performed. Exami- nese counterpart a priva- and prevent similar incidents from force its claims to disputed territories hospital ship with com- nation rooms were spread te tour of its Japan Ma- happening again.” in the region as its military and econo- plex medical facilities and over several floors. ritime Self Defense ship, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Af- mic strength have grown. a destroyer flying U.S. The destroyer Haikou the JS Ise. The Ise was fairs didn’t immediately return calls The territorial disputes are also cau- and Chinese flags. featured multiple hat- docked at Pearl Harbor seeking comment. sing tensions with the Philippines and China is participating for ches on its deck, a large directly across the water Vietnamese fishermen have been de- Japan and prompting increased spen- the first time in the exer- cannon and a helicopter. from the USS Arizona tained by China before, but this is the ding on military hardware. cises, despite tensions Inside, where no pho- Memorial, the ship that first time since China deployed a large Vietnam’s government said Thurs- with the United States and tographs were allowed, still rests at the bottom oil rig in early May close to the dispu- day it plans to spend US$540 million other countries — inclu- glossy pictures of sailors’ of a lagoon after the 1941 ted Paracel Islands, causing a dange- on 32 new coast guard and fishery pa- ding territorial disputes family and children lined attack by Japan on Pearl rous spike in tensions between the two trol vessels to boost its maritime mus- with U.S. allies like Japan the walls. Harbor. AP nations. cle and surveillance capacities. AP 07.07.2014 mon

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INDONESIA | ELECTIONS Risks of Suharto dynasty rerun as son-in-law also rises

Sharon Chen and Jason Scott growing below average.” At a recent campaign debate, Indonesia’s oil production, Prabowo’s former wife Siti He-

IXTEEN years after the BLOOMBERG which began in the 1880s, led to diati Hariyadi, known as Titiek Soverthrow of the dictator another legacy of the dictatorship Soeharto, was in the front row of Suharto, Indonesia is turning days: subsidized fuel -- a popular the audience, fueling local media back toward that regime as his institution that this year may cost speculation that the two may get former son-in-law pulls level in the government 246.5 trillion ru- back together. the race to run the world’s third- piah ($20.7 billion). Prabowo’s father was an archi- largest democracy. “SBY’s leadership put the coun- tect of the economic programs in Prabowo Subianto, one of Suhar- try in a holding pattern,” said Da- the late 1960s after Suharto took to’s youngest generals, who was vid Hill, a professor of Southeast power. fired from his post in the army in Asian Studies at Perth’s Murdoch A Prabowo win could weaken 1998 for his role in the abduction University, referring to Yudhoyo- the currency on “concern that and torture of pro-democracy ac- no by his initials. A Prabowo vic- Prabowo may enforce nationa- tivists, has overtaken Jakarta Go- Indonesia presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto attend the tory could return Indonesia to a listic policies that may discoura- vernor Joko Widodo in opinion final debate before the election more closed society with a stron- ge foreign investment,” Morgan polls less than a week before the ger military while Jokowi may Stanley analysts including Geo- July 9 election. Widodo, known with a lot of Indonesians and he’s economy through major shifts in foster an inclusive and open style ffrey Kendrick and Kewei Yang as Jokowi, has squandered a lead able to get in front of them and the region’s trade patterns and of government, he said. wrote in a note on June 26. of more than 30 points with a di- spread the word,” said Tim Con- geopolitics. Chinese factories that Prabowo is “beating the econo- That’s been reflected in the sorganized campaign that raised don, Singapore- based head of drove Indonesia’s mining boom mic nationalist drum,” said John market as Prabowo closed the Prabowo’s appeal as a potential Asia research at ING Groep NV, are moving abroad, sparking a McCarthy, Australia’s ambassa- gap on his rival. The rupiah has strong leader. who worked for the World Bank race to gain a bigger slice of manu- dor to Indonesia from 1997 to slid 4.7 percent since March 31, “Prabowo Subianto represents, in Jakarta from 1992 to 1996. facturing. Territorial disputes are 2000. “The Indonesians are tired the worst performance among 24 at the very least, the turning of the Spreading that word means rea- brewing in the South China Sea. of foreign investors coming in and emerging-market currencies tra- tide and the beginning of what ching a population of about 250 And Indonesia’s rising population taking a lot of money out, particu- cked by Bloomberg. might be a serious authoritarian million people across a 5,200-ki- is straining the nation’s ability to larly in the mining sector.” Stocks and the rupiah declined reversal,” said Edward Aspinall, lometer-long archipelago of more provide enough education and Both candidates have pledged after Prabowo announced in May a professor of politics at the Aus- than 900 inhabited islands. Pra- jobs amid a weak global recovery. to boost growth and spend on that Golkar, the country’s second- tralian National University in bowo’s platform of a firm grip A victory for Prabowo would infrastructure. Jokowi said he’ll biggest party, would ally with his Canberra. “He emerged from the over the nation offers a throwba- make him the sixth leader linked improve regulations to attract Gerindra party. very heart of the old authoritarian ck to an era before political plura- to Suharto, or the previous dic- investment and cut red tape. Pra- Golkar kept Suharto in power system.” lism, when cartels, many run by tator he overthrew, Sukarno. Af- bowo wants to raise more money for 32 years, during which Indo- Bankrolled by his tycoon bro- Suharto relatives, dominated the ter student protests culminated from capital markets and tax, as nesia was often praised by the ther, and with the support of economy. in Suharto’s ouster in May 1998, well as spur economic expansion World Bank and other lenders allies including Suharto’s old the country was briefly run by by doubling the rate of borrowing. for rapid economic growth and party, Prabowo, 62, has made no B.J. Habibie, who served under “Jokowi’s proposed changes poverty eradication. The regime bones about his desire to roll back The winner the former dictator for 20 years. are not so much in terms of eco- was also regularly voted among democratization and reinstate the Then came a 21- month stint from nomic reform, but in bureaucra- the most corrupt in Asia, which supremacy of the president. After of the July 9 religious leader Abdurrahman tic reform and improved service enriched Suharto’s relatives and a decade of stagnation and wides- vote will need Wahid, a former Suharto ally, delivery,” said Jeffrey Neilson, cronies and muzzled the press. pread corruption, voters in the followed by Megawati Soekar- Indonesia coordinator at the Syd- Government officials may have world’s largest Muslim-majority to steer Asia’s noputri -- the daughter of Indo- ney Southeast Asia Centre at the helped themselves to 20 percent nation are listening. nesia’s founding father Sukarno. University of Sydney. “A Prabowo of the total World Bank loans Pollster Roy Morgan said on fifth-biggest Jokowi, 53, a former furniture victory would likely reinvigora- intended for the country from June 30 the election is now too salesman, has cultivated a public te the inner circles of power that 1967 to 1997, an internal report close to call after its latest survey economy image of his poor roots that is dis- held sway under Suharto, and showed. showed Jokowi’s lead has shrunk through major tinct from the nation’s previous that would not be good for the While Jokowi’s campaign has to 4 points, from 18 in May. leaders. As governor of Jakarta, economy.” pushed his image as a self-made Among the 17-30 age group, who shifts in the he built a reputation for attacking Prabowo was fostered throu- man, he has his own political ties mostly reached voting age after corruption, expanding free health ghout his military career by to the past. His party is that of Suharto’s overthrow, Prabowo is region’s trade care and tackling the city’s trans- Suharto, who ultimately appoin- Megawati. ahead, according to the poll. Late port problems. ted him head of the army’s cra- “There are big questions about last year, a survey put Jokowi’s patterns and The choice between a return to ck Strategic Reserve Command what role Megawati is playing in lead as high as 33 points. geopolitics authoritarianism or further de- in Jakarta, the garrison Suharto his rise,” said Jemma Purdey, a Outgoing President Susilo Bam- mocratization comes after a deca- himself commanded when he Melbourne-based research fellow bang Yudhoyono failed to meet de of uneven economic gains un- overthrew Sukarno. at Deakin University and author his target of 7 percent annual eco- Prabowo has made repeated re- der former general Yudhoyono, of “Anti- Chinese Violence in In- nomic growth during a 10-year ferences during his campaign to who is barred from running again donesia, 1996-1999.” “She’s clear- rule even as Chinese demand a return to the 1945 constitution, after his second term in office. ly the kingmaker and you can’t sparked a commodities boom for before post-Suharto reforms redu- Since 2004, the economy has imagine that her role would stop his resource-rich country. While ced the power of the president. In grown an average 5.8 percent a Prabowo once the election is over.” mining magnates piled up wealth, a debate on June 28 in the capital, year, state debt has declined, fo- Subianto Many of the country’s biggest a failure to build roads and ports he questioned whether the coun- reign investment has risen to a re- investors will be watching for or curb bureaucratic corruption try even needs direct elections. cord and the country has gained represents, at changes in the resources industry, stifled development elsewhere in “How do we turn back the clock an investment grade. which has attracted companies the economy. of history?” said Prabowo, like- Much of that achievement was the very least, such as BHP Billiton Ltd., Free- Prabowo has capitalized on the ning direct elections to someone due to a boom in commodities, port-McMoRan Copper & Gold sense of drift with a “get- things- addicted to cigarettes. “It’s been driven by Chinese demand. Re- the turning of Inc. and Newmont Mining Corp. done” message backed by better felt so good for so long, then sources such as oil, gas, gold and the tide and In the past three years, the go- funding. With about USD150 asking him to stop, the process coal make up 65 percent of the vernment has moved to decrease million in assets, Prabowo is al- will be very difficult.” country’s exports, according to the beginning foreign-owned stakes in some mi- most 60 times wealthier than his Jokowi said on July 3 that a re- Finance Minister Chatib Basri. nes and banned the export of ores rival, the Corruption Eradication turn to indirect elections would be “What we have achieved so far, of what might to encourage more refining in the Commission said on July 1. His a “setback.” On television station at least for the greater part, is country. brother, Hashim Djojohadiku- TVOne yesterday, Prabowo de- maybe by luck,” said Adrianus be a serious “Indonesia is at a pivot point sumo, has interests from mining nied that he wants to be a dictator Mooy, 78, a central bank gover- authoritarian here, a real crossroads,” said Mur- to paper and was worth $700 and said that, as a soldier, he had nor for five years during Suharto’s doch University’s Hill, author of million in November, Forbes es- taken an oath “to guard the cons- rule. “Indonesia is blessed with reversal “Journalism and Politics in Indo- timated. titution.” a lot of natural resources. But EDWARD ASPINALL nesia”. “Regardless of who wins, “He’s got powerful backing and The winner of the July 9 vote will manufacturing is not growing, PROFESSOR Indonesia will probably become a he’s got a message that resonates need to steer Asia’s fifth-biggest agriculture is not growing, or is AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY different country.” Bloomberg mon 07.07.2014

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Israeli President Shimon Peres SRAELI authorities yester- Iday announced the arrests of several Jewish suspects in Shinzo Abe says the shift is intended to protect the lives and security of the Japanese people the death of a Palestinian tee- nager who was abducted and JAPAN killed last week, marking a ma- jor breakthrough in a case that has sparked violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and Abe may use Australia speech northern Israel. In a joint statement, Israeli police and the Shin Bet security agency said the suspects were to outline defense program arrested early yesterday. They remained in custody and were being interrogated by the Shin Jim McDonald to shepherd laws enabling Ja- sened restrictions on defense Two media surveys before the Bet. pan’s Self-Defense Forces to exports. cabinet’s move found half or While the statement did not APANESE Prime Minister support allies, he said in an Mitsubishi Heavy Industries more of respondents opposed say how many suspects were JShinzo Abe may use an ad- interview with the Yomiuri Ltd. may win approval to ex- collective self-defense, even in custody, an official speaking dress to Australia’s parliament newspaper published yes- port to the U.S. sensors for as Abe repeatedly explained on condition of anonymity be- this week to outline plans for terday. The cabinet on July 1 use in missiles that would then the rationale for the change. cause the investigation was on- expanding his nation’s military approved a reinterpretation of be sold to Qatar, the Nikkei Support for the cabinet fell af- going said they numbered six role to collective self-defense, Japan’s pacifist constitution to newspaper reported yesterday. terward, according to a Kyodo in total. a shift that’s supported by the allow military action in concert During his Australia visit, Abe News survey, with a majori- The announcement shed new U.S. and opposed by China and with other nations when Ja- will sign trade and defense te- ty of respondents saying they light on a case that has gri- a majority of Japan’s people. pan’s security is at risk. chnology agreements that may opposed the reinterpretation. pped the country’s attention “Abe’s speech to the Austra- Since taking office in Decem- include the sale of Japanese U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck since Muhammed Abu Khdeir, lian parliament will be of much ber 2012 Abe has sought to submarine technology. Hagel called Japan’s openness 16, was abducted outside his broader significance than just bolster Japan’s security stance Even as China expands its to collective defense an impor- home in east Jerusalem ear- its part in Australia-Japan amid a territorial dispute with military presence in the region tant step that will make the se- ly Wednesday and his charred relations,” Greg Sheridan, fo- an increasingly assertive China and claims huge swathes of the curity alliance between the two remains were found in a Jeru- reign editor of The Australian and concerns about the stren- resources-rich East and South nations more effective. China salem forest shortly afterward. newspaper, wrote in an edi- gth of the country’s alliance China Seas as sovereign terri- expressed opposition, with its Palestinians immediately accu- torial yesterday. “The whole with the U.S. He increased the tory, Abe’s public remains con- Foreign Ministry spokesman sed Jewish extremists of killing world, or certainly the entire defense budget after 11 years of cerned that a wider military Hong Lei saying Japan’s gover- Abu Khdeir to avenge the ear- global strategic class, will be decline, passed an unpopular remit might drag Japan into a nment had been “fabricating” lier kidnapping and killings of watching.” law toughening penalties for conflict after almost 70 years a Chinese threat for domestic three Israeli teens. AP Abe will appoint a minister leaking state secrets, and loo- of peace. political purposes. Bloomberg ad mon 07.07.2014

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UKRAINE Gov’t claims victory in rebel stronghold

Dmitry Lovetsky, began late on Friday and lasted outside Kramatorsk, an AP re- Yuras Karmanau, Slovyansk into the night. On Saturday, fi- porter saw an abandoned che- ghting could still be heard on AP PHOTO ckpoint and several hundred KRAINIAN troops the northern outskirts of the rebels, armed and in uniform, forced pro-Russian city. driving in minibuses in the di- insurgents out of a Ukraine’s newly appointed rection of Donetsk. key stronghold in the Minister of Defense, Valery Some rebels played down the Ucountry’s embattled east on Heletey, was milling around significance of Ukraine’s advan- Saturday, a significant success with troops in the city center. ces. Pavel Gubarev, the self-des- that suggested the government He said that three planes with cribed governor of the Donetsk may finally be making gains in food and other supplies will People’s Republic, wrote online a months-long battle against a soon arrive in Slovyansk. that the rebels had staged a tac- spreading separatist insurgency. A spokesman for the National tical retreat. As rebels fled from Slovyansk, Security and Defense Council “Kutuzov also retreated, as vowing to regroup elsewhere said earlier that mopping-up that was the plan,” he wrote, and fight on, President Petro operations were continuing. referring to the 19th century Poroshenko hailed the recap- “Slovyansk is under siege. general Mikhail Kutuzov who ture of the city as “the start of Now an operation is going on to is credited with defeating Na- a turning point” in a battle that neutralize small groups hiding poleon’s forces in Russia. “In has claimed more than 400 li- in buildings where peaceful general, Russians only retreat ves since April. citizens are living,” Andriy Ly- before a decisively victorious After a night of heavy figh- senko told journalists in Kiev. battle.” ting that saw heavy artillery Andrei Purgin of the separa- An Ukrainian government army soldier stands in front of the government building Others in the rebels’ ranks fire from Ukraine’s troops, go- tist Donetsk People’s Republic with a Ukrainian flag on the roof in the city of Slovyansk pleaded publicly with Russia to vernment soldiers were in full told The Associated Press that assist the rebels in their cause. control of rebel headquarters rebels were evacuating, but other cities. war. And Russia isn’t in a hurry In a video posted online late in Slovyansk, a city of about claimed the army’s campaign In the city of Donetsk, streets to help.” on Friday, Igor Girkin, the self- 100,000 that has been a center had left the city “in ruins.” were deserted on Saturday as Alexei, a driver and local Slo- described “commander in chief of the fighting between Kiev’s The capture of Slovyansk re- local officials urged people to vyansk resident who would not of the Donetsk People’s Repu- troops and the pro-Russian in- presented the government’s stay at home. They said a battle give his last name for fear of re- blic,” said his men had “lost the surgents. biggest victory since it aban- was ongoing near the Donetsk prisal, told the AP by phone that will to fight.” Soldiers raised the Ukrainian doned a shaky cease-fire this city airport, but did not provide he heard bombing throughout “They want to live in Russia,” flag over the city council buil- week and launched an offensi- details. the night. When the bombing said Girkin, also known by his ding, while troops carried sto- ve against the separatists. Until “Militants from Slovyansk and stopped in the early morning, nom de guerre, Igor Strelkov. ckpiles of weapons out of the now, the Ukrainian army had Kramatorsk have arrived in Do- he left his house and saw that “But when they tried to assert city’s administrative and poli- often appeared feckless in the netsk,” said Maxim Rovinsky, all the rebel checkpoints were this right, Russia doesn’t want ce buildings, which have been months-long campaign against spokesman for the city council. abandoned. He said there was to help.” He said he believed the under rebel control since early the rebels. On Thursday Po- Purgin claimed 150 fighters some damage to buildings in troops had only “two or three April. roshenko shook up his defen- injured in Slovyansk were in the center of the city, but said weeks” before they were defea- “It’s not a total victory. But se team, appointing Ukraine’s Donetsk for treatment. much of the rest of the city had ted if Russia did not step in. the purging of Slovyansk of third defense minister since the “More than a hundred mili- been left untouched. The Russian Foreign Ministry these bands, made up of peo- former president was ousted in tiamen have been killed in the A rebel commander who wou- said it was bolstering efforts to ple armed to the teeth, has in- February. last three days,” said Viktor, a ld only give his nom de guerre deliver medical aid to those in credible symbolic importance,” It was not yet clear whether 35-year-old Slovyansk native as Pinochet told the AP that re- eastern Ukraine, but made no Poroshenko said in a statement the latest advance has per- who had a shrapnel wound in bels had relocated to the nearby mention of the rebels’ defeat in posted on his official website. manently crippled the rebels, his leg. “The mood is very bad. town of Kramatorsk, 20 kilo- Slovyansk or plans to provide Artillery fire on rebel forces many of whom are relocating to It seems that we’ve lost this meters south of Slovyansk. But military aid. AP

T least 50 alleged in- NIGERIA since the April 15 mass Asurgents were killed abduction, with over 229 during clashes with Nige- people killed during that rian soldiers as security Soldiers repel attack on military period. forces repelled an attack “Security and defense on a military base in the is mainly provided by northeastern state of Bor- base, 50 insurgents allegedly killed the local vigilante (who no, the Defense Ministry are ill-equipped) and the said yesterday. police while the soldiers Six soldiers, including that Boko Haram extre- international condem- in Chibok sit by and the commanding officer, mists burned several mi- nation for its April ab- watch villagers being

died in the assault on AP PHOTO litary vehicles during the duction of more than helplessly massacred in Friday on the base and a assault, including two 200 schoolgirls, and their homes, farms and nearby police station in tanks. He added that he the Nigerian military in places of worship,” the town of Damboa, a saw the corpses of at least and government have the association said in a statement from Defense 10 soldiers and five police been criticized for their statement. Ministry spokesman Maj. officers. failure to rescue the In 90 percent of cases, Gen. Chris Olukolade Security forces have re- girls taken from Chibok there had been advance said. cently come under fire town. warning of attacks, the The daring move appea- from some Nigerians who The Kibaku Area Deve- group added, and yet the red to be a reprisal attack accuse the government of lopment Association, a military has taken no ac- after a punishing air raid doing nothing to curb the local residents’ associa- tion. 24 hours earlier caused increase in violence. Pre- tion, on Friday called for More than 2,000 people Boko Haram Islamic ex- vious attacks on military the United Nations to have died so far this year tremists to suffer heavy bases in the northeast protect the people of Chi- in the 5-year-old Islamic casualties, according to not allowed to give infor- ber of a civilian defense have sent soldiers fleeing bok and the wider region, uprising, compared to an an officer who requested mation to reporters. group that fought along- for safety. where it says 19 villages estimated 3,600 in the anonymity because he is Modu Gwasha, mem- side the soldiers, alleged Boko Haram attracted have fallen under siege four previous years. AP 07.07.2014 mon

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13:00 TDM News Face of Light Art Exhibition – Stephen Bennett Portrait Painter 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 11am-8pm 14:30 RTPi Live Until: August 3, 2014 18:00 The Life We Lead (Repeated) Venue: Level 3, The Venetian Macau 19:20 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) (close to Venetian Ballroom) 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Admission: Free 21:00 TDM Sports Enquiries: (853) 2882 8888 22:10 The Life We Lead Macau Annual Visual Arts Exhibition 23:00 TDM News 2014 - Western Media Category 23:30 Sports Time: 10am-7pm 23:45 Non-Daily Portuguese News Until: August 17, 2014 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Venue: Old Court Building 00:45 RTPi Live Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866

Macau Science Centre Address: Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen cinema Admission: Exhibition Centre: MOP25 cineteatro Planetarium (Dome/Sky Shows): MOP50 03 Jul - 09 Jul Planetarium (3D Dome/3D Sky Shows): MOP65 Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION_ room 1 art hinois 2.30, 9.00 pm (2D) L’ C 6.00pm (3D) Time: 24 Hours Director: Michaek Bay Until: October 12, 2014 Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Venue: L2 Showcase, MGM Macau, Li Bingbing Language: English (Chinese) Av. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE Duration: 97min Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2836 6064

We Are Friends: Artwork Exchange Exhibition Time: 12 noon-7pm (closed on Tuesdays) Until: August 3, 2014 Venue: Ox Warehouse, corner of Avenida Do coronel Mesquita and Avenida Almirante Lacerda HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2_ Admission: Free room 2 2005 Bomb attacks on London Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 2.15, 4.00, 7.30 pm (2D) 5.45 pm (3D) Director: Dean DeBlois A series of bomb attacks on London’s transport Transformers 30th Anniversary Expo Language: Cantonese (Chinese) network has killed more than 30 people and injured Time: 11am-8pm Duration: 102min about 700 others. ntil October 5, 2014 Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead U : TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION_ Venue: Hall F, Cotai Expo and two died in a blast on a double decker bus. room 2 The first three bombs went off at 0850 on under- Admission: MOP100 9.15 pm (2D) ground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Ed- Enquiries: (853) 2882 8818 Director: Michaek Bay gware Road stations, and on another travelling be- Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, tween King’s Cross and Russell Square. Li Bingbing Language: English (Chinese) The final explosion was around an hour later on a Duration: 97min number 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, not far from King’s Cross Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the bombings Offbeat had “the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda-related attack”. Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the “most inten- Finnish couple wins quirky se police and security service action to make sure we bring those responsible to justice”. ‘wife carrying’ race Mr Blair, who flew back to London from the G8 sum- mit in Gleneagles, condemned the terrorists and paid A Finnish tribute to the stoicism and resilience of the people couple has of London.

AP PHOTO narrowly won “They are trying to use the slaughter of innocent the 19th Wor- people to cow us, to frighten us out of doing the ld Wife Car- SON OF GOOD_ things that we want to do,” he said in a televised rying Cham- room 3 statement from Downing Street. pionships — a 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm Director: Christopher Spencer quirky compe- Courtesy BBC News Starring: Diogo Morgado tition in which Language: English (Chinese) men race to Duration: 138min be the fastest In context while car- MALEFICENT_ rying a female room 3 In total 52 people lost their lives in the London bombings, teammate. 7.30 pm 700 people were injured. Ville Parviai- Director: Robert Stromberg The attacks were carried out by four suicide bombers. nen and Ja- Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley The presumed ringleader, Mohammed Siddique Khan, had nette Oksman Language: English (Chinese) recently visited Pakistan and was later found to have made a cleared the grueling 253.5 meter obstacle course in 63.75 Duration: 97min video message in which he claimed British foreign policy was seconds on Saturday, less than a second ahead of Britain’s oppressing Muslims. Rich Blake Smith and Anna Marguerite Smith. macau tower Al-Qaeda issued a videotaped statement in September claim- ing it was behind the London bombings. Thirty-six couples from a dozen countries including 03 Jul - 16 Jul On July 21 there were four more attempted bombings in Lon- Australia, Japan, and the United States took part in the don. None of the devices exploded. race, which was held in the central Finnish municipality of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION_ (3D) On 22 July 2005, police shot dead a man, Jean Charles de Sonkajarvi, north of the capital, Helsinki. 2.15, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm Menezes, they mistook for one of the bombers. The rules stipulate that the woman must be over 17 years Director: Michaek Bay Five men were later arrested and are due to face trial in Sep- of age and weigh at least 49 kilograms. Despite the event’s Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, tember 2006. name couples don’t have to be married, and organizers say Li Bingbing A decision is still awaited on whether any charges will be male contestants could “borrow a neighbor’s wife” if they Language: English (Chinese) brought over the de Menezes shooting. didn’t have a female companion. Duration: 97min mon 07.07.2014

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SING MY SONG Chinese music talent show opens concert tour at Cotai Arena

One of Sing My Song celebrity mentors Yang Kun (center) performs Tanya Chua performs as part of 2014 Sing My Song World Tour in Macau

One of Sing My Song celebrity mentors Wakin Chau performs at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena

CELEBRITY MENTORS and contestants from main- land China’s highly rated reality talent show, Sing My Song, took the stage at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena yesterday night for the opening concert of the Sing My Song World Tour. The three mentors of Sing My Song – Wakin Chau, Tanya Chua, and Yang Kun – performed their signature tunes for the delighted audience at the Cotai Arena. In doing this, they led a group of 10 singer-songwriters from the studio-based talent show in a performance of some of their original songs in various genres, as well as brand-new special cover ver- sions of some of the greatest songs of all time. Fans saw Chau, Chua and Tang perform their hit tunes on stage, including “Unfaithful,” “The Tamed Elephant,” and “The Abandoned City” respectively. The Sing My Song con- testants, including Wang Siyuan, Wang Jinlin, Hu Shasha and Zhou San, also performed “Love Dilemma,” “Love Song,” and “Time to Wake Up,” among many other songs. Xiang Yahong and Zhang Hexuan, contestants from another highly popular TV talent show, The Voice of China, also per- formed a duet for the audience. mon 07.07.2014

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John Leicester, ROUNDUP “Brutally hot,” said Ger- Rio de Janeiro man captain Philipp Lahm. At a World Cup where HE fireworks cele- substitutes have starred, brating victory had Neymar injury casts a pall scoring a tournament-re- barely subsided cord 29 goals so far, France when the disas- got no spark off its bench Ttrous news came through Germany made a big sta- for Brazil: Neymar is out. over Brazil cup win tement with a 4-0 humbling The star who lit up the Wor- of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Por- ld Cup with his skill and tugal in its opening game. sunny temperament fractu- were like having to eat one’s Since then it hasn’t really red a bone in his back. The greens. Neither match will wowed and its defense was only way for Brazil to win be remembered as a classic. AP PHOTO farcical against Algeria, a now will be without him. But they were instructive. problem it fixed against The home side muscled The enduring image will be France. past Colombia 2-1 into the that of Neymar being gin- Like Brazilians, German semifinals. But making the gerly rolled onto a stretcher players have said anything step from there to the July and carried away in pain. but victory in the final 13 final will be much harder Incredibly for teams that would amount to failu- for Brazil without its 22-year have won eight World Cups re. As well as the 2002 fi- -old goal scorer. between them, the Ger- nal, Germany also lost the Team doctor Rodrigo Las- many-Brazil semifinal next 2006 semifinal to Italy and mar said Neymar fractured Tuesday in Belo Horizonte the 2010 semifinal to Spain his third vertebra when he will be just the second time after playing dazzlingly in the nations have met at the was kneed in the back by Brazil’s Neymar screams out after being fouled earlier games. It also lost Colombia defender Juan showcase tournament. Bra- to Italy in the semifinals Camilo Zuniga. Brazil has zil won the first meeting: home one of the most exci- guez versus Neymar. also a cold bug that swept of the 2012 Euros and in shown grit under the inten- 2-0 in the World Cup final ting teams and its electric Mats Hummels headed through Germany’s team the 2008 final to Spain. se pressure of home expec- of 2002. young talent, James Rodri- in Germany’s winner in the after it beat Algeria 2-1 to In short, since it won Euro tation. But getting past its As well as Neymar, Brazil guez. 13th minute. Brazil’s center reach the quarterfinals 1996, Germany’s record at next opponent — Germany will also be missing Thiago On Rio’s Copacabana bea- -back pairing of Thiago Silva appeared to take its toll. major tournaments can be — will be a big task without Silva, its captain, after he ch, joyful fans jumped and and David Luiz got the goals Coach Joachim Loew earlier best described as close but the genius of Neymar. picked up his second yellow screamed. that meant they have still said one-third of his players no cigar. “He will not be in condi- card of the tournament for “It was so much suffering, yet to lose when coach Luiz complained of sore throats The way Loew’s players tion to play, he will need a fouling Colombia goalkee- but I’m very happy!” said Felipe Scolari has started and Hummels ran a fever. closed out the win against few weeks to be fit again,” per David Ospina. 61-year-old Vera Regina, them together. Luiz’s goal Sticky humidity and ear- France showed they have Lasmar said. “He is very, Before word of Neymar’s decked out in Brazil’s yellow, was the most spectacular of ly afternoon sun made the learned victory tastes better very sad.” injury filtered through from green and blue colors. “My the day — a free-kick Brazi- cauldron of the Maracana than playing beautifully. After swashbuckling, en- the coastal city of Fortaleza, heart is beating so fast!” lians call a “dry leaf,” becau- feel hotter than FIFA’s tem- “We’re playing the kind of d-to-end games in earlier there had been sighs of re- While Brazil’s match was a se it arched over Colombia’s perature reading of 26 de- football which will give us a stages of football’s show- lief across South America’s scratchy, high-octane affair, defense and back down past grees. Fans in a large section chance to win,” said Hum- case, Friday’s quarterfinals largest nation as Brazil sent Germany’s 1-0 victory over Ospina. Silva’s opener for not shaded by the overhan- mels. “You can’t always France at Rio’s Maracana Brazil came off his knee in ging doughnut-shaped roof score two more goals than Stadium was cagey and me- the seventh minute. were slow to return to their your opponent in a World brazil beat thodical. Germany is des- Rodriguez put Colombia seats for the second half. Cup.” AP perate for the trophy after on the score sheet and made THE SON of FIFA senior public attention. more than a decade of just the last 15 minutes uncom- vice president Julio Grondona Rescue workers recovered missing out on success. fortable for Brazil with a cal- results denied claims he illegally sold the body of a 25-year-old Defenders scored three of mly-taken penalty that took a World Cup ticket for profit. man crushed beneath tons of the four goals Friday. Fran- his tournament-leading Brazil 2 - 1 Colombia Brazilian police are investigat- concrete and steel of an unfin- ce’s forward line came up tally of goals to six. France 0 - 1 Germany ing a ticket scalping operation ished overpass that collapsed empty and Brazil-Colombia Germany lacked zip in Netherlands 0 - 0 Costa Rica 4 - 3 PS and have made 11 arrests this in Belo Horizonte, killing two didn’t quite live up to its beating a France team that Argentina 1 - 0 Belgium week, bringing the issue to people and injuring 22. billing as a battle of Rodri- lacked self-belief. Heat and

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Costa Rica. Captain van Per- The flood of goals from the sie wasted chances to break group stage slowed to a trickle AP PHOTO the 0-0 deadlock, and Sneijder in the knockout rounds, with smashed an 80th-minute free the four quarterfinals yielding kick into the post and a stoppa- just five goals. Brazil’s 2-1 win ge-time shot into the crossbar, over Colombia on Friday ni- setting the scene for replace- ght was relatively high-scoring ment goalkeeper Tim Krul to compared with the 1-0 results be the unlikely hero. by Germany against France Krul went on in the last minu- and Argentina against Bel- te of extra time — coach Lou- gium. is van Gaal considering him a The low-scoring quarterfi- better option in the shootout nals were slightly oversha- than No. 1 Jasper Cillessen — dowed anyway in the host na- and made two crucial saves. tion, where millions were still “We had a lot of chances but it coming to terms with the fact Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) and his teammates didn’t go in,” Krul said on Dutch that a back injury knocked star television. “Then I come in, stop striker Neymar out of the tour- John Pye first trip to the World Cup se- 4-3 on penalties to set up a se- two penalties and here we are.” nament. AP mifinals in 24 years. mifinal against Argentina. HE Argentines didn’t need The Netherlands could have The 2010 finalists lit up the Ta late winner from Lionel used a late goal from Robin tournament with 12 goals in semifinals macau time Messi this time, settling in to van Persie or Wesley Sneijder four matches but couldn’t find Wed Jul 9 04:00 Brazil V Germany Belo Horizonte the net in regulation or extra protect a 1-0 margin against or Arjen Robben but didn’t get Thu Jul 10 04:00 Netherlands V Argentina Sao Paulo Belgium that earned them a one, only edging Costa Rica time against rank underdog THE Students refuse to take UM’s Station Air quality BUZZ special offer Roadside 25-45 Good Two high school graduates from Jiangxi pro- tional offer to both of them earlier. However, vince in the mainland have been the focus of the two students turned down the offers and High public attention since they helped to subdue both chose universities in the mainland ins- Density 25-45 an attacker on a bus. Both failed to attend the tead. One of the students reasoned that he’s Residental National College Entrance Examination. The not doing well in English, and the daily costs Good Area opinion University of Macau (UM) made an excep- in Macau are too high for his family to bear. Ambient 25-45 Good Insight DSMG SOURCE: Paulo Barbosa US officials barred from WORLD BRIEFS

It’s every man for himself IRAQ A man purporting to American’s trial in China be the leader of the Sunni The law establishing a minimum wage for security extremist group that has guards and cleaners working for property management declared an Islamic state companies was approved in general terms by the AL se counterparts about the in territory it controls and will now be subject to a detailed analysis and new issue. straddling Iraq and Syria vote. “This is a positive step,” Secretary for Economy Reilly has been detained by has made what would be and Finance Francis Tam remarked during the parlia- his first official appearance, Chinese authorities on char- delivering a sermon at a mentary debate conclusion, when he argued for no ges he had GlaxoSmithKline mosque in Iraq’s second- need for further consultation (the usual argument used salespeople pay millions of largest city, according to by the local lawmakers when they want to stall a legis- dollars in bribes to doctors, an online video. The move lative process) and stated that the law is the first step comes as the group moves toward a universal minimum wage. hospital administrators and to consolidate its hold over Under the new legislation, a minimum wage of MOP30 others to encourage use of its drugs. Four Chinese em- the area of its self-declared per hour or a minimum monthly salary of MOP6,240 is caliphate. set. The amount is subject to annual review and can be ployees also have been detai- adjusted according to economic conditions. ned and a police official said NIGERIA Thirteen people As expected, lawmakers opposed to a minimum in May that dozens of people have been killed in overnight wage used many demagogical arguments during the were implicated, though he attacks by gunmen in two debate at the AL. Some of them raised inflationist fears gave no details. counties on the Kenyan and asked how the SMEs would cope if they were to .S. diplomats will be Humphrey, a former re- coast, where last month pay an increased wage. Others even claimed that the a secretly recorded video of barred from the trial in the firm’s general manager porter with the Reuters al-Qaida-linked militants legislation could cause “social conflict,” since not all U claimed responsibility for workers benefit. The champion of bad taste was Fong China of an American inves- in China, Mark Reilly, ha- news agency, and Yu ran the killing 65 people, the Kenya Chi Keong, who asked the government not to rely on tigator for GlaxoSmithKli- ving sex with his girlfriend. Shanghai-based corporate Red Cross says. More on studies made by universities. He used an old Chinese ne and her British husband The report said the com- intelligence and consulting Nigeria on p15 proverb to illustrate why: “Most of the scholars are liars,” who are charged with im- pany suspected a former firm ChinaWhys Ltd. he said. He went on to say that there are “different levels properly selling personal in- employee was behind the Last year, the Shanghai po- SWITZERLAND Olympic of people” in society and that some of them are satisfied formation, a spokesman for emails. lice department said several leaders meet today to by eating a loaf a day. the U.S. Embassy in Beijing U.S. Embassy spokesman dozen reports prepared by decide which cities make Fong Chi Keong is a lawmaker appointed by the Chief said. the cut in the race for Executive. In the previous legislature he was already Nolan Barkhouse expressed them for corporate clients The arrest of Yu Yingzeng the 2022 Winter Games. famous for his coarse remarks. In many parliaments concern diplomats would contained information that It should be an easy around the world, such statements would be taken for and husband Peter Hum- be barred from the August “seriously violated the legiti- choice. After a series what they are: classism, or discrimination on the basis phrey last year coincided trial. He gave no reason for mate rights of citizens.” of voter rejections and of a social class, perhaps even on the basis of a diffe- with a Chinese investigation the ban. That included home ad- city withdrawals, only rent race. of accusations British phar- Barkhouse said consular dresses and information on three contenders are left Mr Fong’s allusion to scholars sounds like an invitation maceutical company Gla- officials are permitted to family members, real esta- standing — and the future for ignorance and arbitrary decision-making. However, xoSmithKline paid bribes to attend such trials under a te and vehicles, police said. of one remains uncertain. the CE appointed him, hence I suppose that Chui Sai The International Olympic doctors and officials to use 1982 agreement between They were sold to clients On thought that the lawmaker could contribute to the Committee executive board its medications. political debate… China and the U.S. He said including manufacturers, is expected to keep all The resistance to introduction of a minimum wage Glaxo said it hired Yu and diplomats had been allowed law firms and financial ins- three remaining candidates: shows how local society is extremely conservative and Humphrey last year to in- to visit Yu as recently as We- titutions. Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; lacks community values. Many here think it’s every man vestigate a security breach dnesday. In August, Humphrey was and Oslo. Also on the for himself. involving a top manager. A British Embassy official shown handcuffed on Chi- agenda for the three-day The World Bank has just revealed that Macau has The Sunday Times repor- in Beijing declined to say nese state television apo- meeting in Lausanne is an overtaken Switzerland to become the world’s fourth ri- update on Rio de Janeiro’s ted that several top executi- whether its diplomats wou- logizing to the government delayed preparations for chest territory per person. The region recorded a per ves at the company received ld be allowed to attend the that they “obtained perso- capita gross domestic product of USD 91,376 in 2013, the 2016 Olympics and anonymous emails about the nal information, sometimes possible venue changes for behind Luxembourg, Norway and Qatar. I’m well aware trial but said British officials the 2020 Tokyo Games. that this is an average and most of the money stays in bribery allegations as well as were talking to their Chine- through illegal ways.” AP a few gaming hands, but when a society can afford to use prestige cars as utilitarian vehicles it also should be able to pay a reasonable minimum wage. AP PHOTO In Switzerland, where unemployment is almost none- xistent (like in Macau), the minimum wage is not written ‘Transformers’ could earn into law, but collective bargaining agreements between workers and employers cover almost the entire popula- tion, implying that the minimum salary of skilled workers record China box office ranges from 2,800 to 5,300 Swiss francs (MOP25,000 to 47,400), while that of unskilled workers is between biggest and second-biggest movie markets, 2,200 to 4,200 Swiss francs (MOP16,670 to 37,550.) In respectively, according to figures from box AP PHOTO a recent referendum, they discussed the establishment office tracking website Box Office Mojo. ENGLAND Lewis Hamilton of a unique minimum wage equivalent to MOP 36,000. Director Michael Bay’s film, which was won a crash-hit The proposal was rejected. It would have been the hi- released June 27 in both markets, heavily British Grand Prix to cut ghest minimum wage in the world. courted the Chinese audience by employing Mercedes team-mate I’m not saying that we could have a salary like this in Chinese stars, basing part of the action in ci- Nico Rosberg’s lead in Macau (you wish!) but we must give some thought to ties in China and showing Chinese products the drivers’ championship whether it is sustainable – human, even – to pay as little from 29 points to just such as liquor and milk. A reality TV show as MOP2,500 to domestic helpers who take care of our four after the German had families and perform an essential job, allowing many lo- to choose four people to play roles in the his first non-finish of the cals to keep the balance between home and work. The film helped to drum up publicity. season. Hamilton, the 2008 government can’t turn a blind eye to the issue by using Observers say “Transformers” is on course champion, started sixth on the simplistic reasoning that those low paid workers are to beat “Avatar” as the biggest earner at the the grid. The British driver legally speaking “non-residents.” fast-growing Chinese box office. “Avatar” leapt to fourth on the If the workers’ condition isn’t improved we are not so A child stands on a barricade fence looks at a opening lap before it was replica model of Transformers character Bumblebee earned $218 million in China in 2010. far from the black workers’ ordeal under the apartheid red-flagged, and suspended on display in front of Qianmen Gate More than half of China’s more than for an hour, following regime, as described in a book by Melanie Verwoerd, 20,000 screens showed the fourth in the an Afrikaner who turned against the system: “They [bla- a crash involving 2007 ck township workers] had no formal hours and had to be HE latest “Transformers” movie, whi- “Transformers” blockbuster franchise. champion Kimi Raikkonen on call 24 hours a day. Their average salary was less Tch features Chinese locations, actors Hou Tao, vice president of leading enter- of Ferrari and Felipe Massa than R200 per month, and if anything broke, it was de- and products, has so far earned almost tainment consultancy EntGroup, said Sun- of Williams. Hamilton then ducted from their pay. They rarely had leave. (…) They as much in China as in the United States, day that on average 55 percent of screens took the lead after 29 laps as Rosberg retired with had to send their baby away to their family in the rural driven by a record number of screenings were set aside for the movie at the start, gearbox failure. Hamilton areas – they rarely saw them afterwards – while they for a foreign movie. which had dropped to 46-48 percent in the came home 30 seconds were raising the white family’s children. I was appalled. “Transformers: Age of Extinction” has last few days. He said that it was a record for clear of Finn Valtteri Bottas It was the early 1990s, not the 1700s!” made an estimated USD149 million in the foreign movies, which would normally be of Williams, who started Rings a bell? U.S. and $134 million in China, the world’s lucky to be shown on 40 percent of screens. 14th.