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WYNN HALTS JAPAN EXPANSION THREE BEAUTY CENTER MANAGERS ZHENG YANXIONG: PROFILING PLANS, REMAINS OPTIMISTIC THE HARDLINER CHINA CHOSE ABOUT MACAU GAMING, SAYS ACCUSED OF BREACHING TO OVERSEE HONG KONG’S CEO MATT MADDOX PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION NATIONAL SECURITY LAW P4 P2 P6 AP PHOTO RUNNYREM

North Korea Torrential rains are lashing North Korea, prompting authorities to take steps to minimize damage, state media said. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that the heavy rain is expected to continue in most of the country until today. It said authorities handling ESCAPE economic and agricultural affairs are taking measures to prevent damage. FROM AP PHOTO QUARANTINE P3

Japan The atomic bomb that exploded over Two new cases of Hiroshima 75 years ago didn’t just kill and maim. The survivors have also lived residents breaching their for decades with lingering shame, anger and fear. Many in Japan believed radiation mandatory confinement sickness is infectious or hereditary. Some watched as loved ones died, one by one, because of radiation from the bombing, and wondered — Am I next? More on macaudailytimes.com

Japan A governor is drawing skeptical criticism after he touted a gargling product as effective against the coronavirus, an assertion that, despite its dubiousness, OVER 100 KILLED emptied some store shelves of the medicine. Shares of Shionogi & Co. and Meiji Holdings Co., which make Beirut Isojin, soared in Tokyo trading Tuesday after Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura made the comments. Yoshimura referred to a study carried under out by the Osaka regional government on a sample of just 41 people. debris P8 China reported 27 new virus cases on the mainland yesterday. Of those 22 were in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, whose capital Urumqi has been the center of China’s latest outbreak. Measures to contain the spread, including locking down some communities and limiting public transport, appear to have been effective and reported case numbers have gradually fallen. The remaining five cases were brought from overseas. More on backpage AP PHOTO page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 06.08.2020 thu

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800 new surveillance cameras enter into operation today Three beauty center

A batch of 800 surveillance cameras will enter into operation starting today, according to a managers accused of decree signed by the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak. Over 500 of the surveillance cameras are located in Macau while nearly 300 breaching data protection are in Taipa or Coloane. The Public Security to the phone operator, yet ordering them to comply According to the law, the Police Force (PSP) is the authority managing RENATO MARQUES these surveillance tools. The cameras will the calls did not cease. with the law. women, who were brought be in operation for two years and the term is HREE managers of four A preliminary investi- During the police inves- to the Public Prosecutions subject to renewal. However, the government Tbeauty centers were gation by the GPDP re- tigation, the PJ questioned Office, face up to one year will be required to do an evaluation should arrested by the Judiciary vealed that staff members a total of 19 people, all sta- of imprisonment or a fine there be grounds for continuing the service. Police (PJ) on suspicion of were making phone calls ff members from the two of up to 120 days. These cameras are one part of the security violating the provisions of on behalf of the two com- companies. Among them, In the past few years, authority’s city watch system, which consists of the personal data protec- panies and advertising the three women were identi- most complaints about un- four phases. Together with these 800 devices, tion act, a PJ spokesperson services of the four centers fied as the managers of the lawful telemarketing prac- the police force is operating 1,620 surveillance revealed during the police located in the Areia Preta, two companies. tices have been related cameras in town. The government has stated forces’ joint press confe- Nam Van, and to beauty centers that these cameras are installed in security rence yesterday. Taipa districts. and salons with the blind spots and desolate areas where crime is According to the PJ re- The Office The companies GPDP fining several concentrated and difficult to tackle. port, the police received also found that of these companies the case from the Office for the companies involved in the already. Sewage improvement works Personal Data Protection involved in the promotion of In the most pro- ongoing at Fai Chi Kei (GPDP) on July 9, stating promotion of minent case, re- that since the beginning of beauty services beauty services had vealed last month, The local government began sewage 2019, the Office has recei- had collected, a company named improvement works at Rua da Doca Seca ved complaints from many processed, and collected, processed, Hoi Sheung Socie- yesterday. The project also includes road citizens claiming to be shared citizens’ and shared citizens’ dade Unipessoal rehabilitation works. Initiated on May 4, this continuously disturbed by personal data Limitada was fined is the last stage of the sewage and road work phone calls from the two among the diffe- personal data 1.08 million patacas project, and will take a total of 100 working beauty centers advertising rent companies by the personal data days for construction. Currently, transportation services and promotions. without noti- watchdog for data at Rua de Fai Chi Kei has been stopped. The In the reports, the citi- fying the GPDP, which is Out of the three women, privacy breaches during carriage way at Rua do Cmte. Joao Beleo has zens stated that they had one of the requirements aged 39, 46, and 49 respec- its telemarketing activities. been converted into a two-way traffic lane. never had any previous clearly stated by the perso- tively, two are Hong Kong According to GPDP, the Of- The main construction includes repaving contact with the com- nal data protection act. residents, while the third is fice recorded a total of 26 the concrete on both carriageways and panies and had never au- The GPDP decided to a local resident. The PJ has law infractions committed the sidewalk, as well as the installation of a thorized the disclosure of forward the case to the PJ taken them into custody by the company which re- transport surveillance system. The project is their personal information after the centers ignored under the crime of brea- sulted in the hefty fine. expected to finish within this month. Once for such purposes. the letters sent by the Of- ching the provisions of Ar- At the time, the Office completed, both the sewage treatment The same people told fice. The letters requested ticle 37 of the Law 8/2005, also advised that this was capability and the physical appearance of the the GPDP that they did not area are predicted to be better. explanations, as well as or the “non-compliance not the only case as inves- want to receive such calls warning the companies with obligations relating to tigations are ongoing for and had clearly stated that of their malpractice and data protection.” several other companies. Communities urge resolution for hazard posed by old buildings

Local communities expect the Macau government to take care of dangerous and intercepted the sus- building problems. The Association of Mutual pect at the bus stop near Assistance of Moradores do Patane and the Two cases of stolen property Avenida da República on General Union of Neighborhood Association August 2. of Macau at the Central District hope the The suspect, surnamed local government can take care of defective reported to police Un, is a foreign worker in concrete problems and of buildings which his twenties. He admitted are at risk of collapsing. Representatives STAFF REPORTER closed-circuit television that it had been used to that he found the Macau of the two associations commented that footage in the area, the po- purchase goods or services Pass near the Ruins of St there are old buildings in many of Macau’s WO cases involving lice identified a man who on five occasions. The man Paul’s and used the pass to communities, which lack maintenance and illegal possession of lives in the same building informed the police that buy goods and services. pose risks of partial of even full collapse. These T lost property were reported as the victim as a suspect. he believed it was used by Both cases were forwar- situations are unsafe to the public. The two by the Public Security Poli- The man, surnamed Se, whoever had acquired the ded to the Public Prose- community representative groups proposed ce Force (PSP) on Monday. that temporary site instructors be assigned is unemployed and in his card. cutions Office, the police to remind passers-by of the dangers, or that A local woman realized 60s. The total amount spent said. temporary walkways be opened to avoid such that she had lost her mobi- The phone was even- using the Macau Pass was The police also called risks. In addition, they called on the concerned le phone worth MOP2,500 tually found in his apart- MOP513.80, and it was for the public not to use or building owners to repair the structures. after she left her parked car ment, but the police did mostly used for buying take possession of lost pro- Recently, a building on Rua da Ribeira do Patane on June 4. not find the victim’s sim items and bus fares. perty, and clarified that the recorded defective concrete. Luckily, no one The woman then made a card and phone case. The police managed to charge of illegal possession was injured. However, the community noticed lost property report to the In the second case, a track the location of the carries a maximum senten- that the situation had deteriorated and the police. man who had lost his Ma- Macau Pass card through ce of one-year or a 120-day pathway is now blocked. Upon checking the cau Pass card discovered the bus fares purchased, fine.

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Thousands of locals sign up for Zhuhai Two more people found to health insurance Over 5,000 Macau residents have signed up for Zhuhai’s public health insurance in the first half of this year. have broken quarantine According to Zhuhai’s Health Security Department, between January and ANTHONY LAM inspections in association with June, a total of 5,591 Macau and the Health Bureau and the Con- Hong Kong residents signed up for WO entrants with Hong sumer Council,” Lo said. their health insurance in Zhuhai’s

Kong ID cards are being BADU NAGESH The government’s centrali- public system, approximately 90% charged for violating zed mask supply has entered its of which are from Macau SAR. Macau quarantine re- 20th round. Lo disclosed that Since July 1, 2019, Zhuhai has been Tquirements. The case was repor- the government is now sourcing implementing a health insurance ted to the Public Prosecutions masks from more than 15 coun- policy for Macau residents living Office, the Novel Coronavirus tries, including mainland China, in Hengqin. The Zhuhai insurance Response and Coordination Vietnam, Indonesia, Peru, Aus- policy grants people from Macau Center announced at yesterday’s tralia, Canada, Switzerland, and and Hong Kong the same healthcare security as Zhuhai locals. The Macau press conference. Portugal. government is providing subsidies to Surnamed Fong and Lai, the From the start of the mask su- Macau residents who live in Hengqin two male suspects entered Ma- pply scheme, 1.17 million masks and sign up for this healthcare cau on July 23 and were sent to have been sold to Macau resi- system. The local government has a dents and non-resident workers, the Sheraton Grand Hotel for the budget of approximately MOP40,000 14-day quarantine the same ni- Lo added. per person for annual subsidies. ght. Lo also commented on the Fong and Lai who are cousins scientific progress that two uni- are aged 32 and 22, respectively. versities have achieved regar- Sunshade wanted Lei Tak Fai, head of the Public ding Covid-19. for children’s Relations Division of the Public The Macau University of playgrounds Security Police Force (PSP), re- Science and Technology (MUST) vealed at the press conference has made a leap in vaccination A member of the Islands District that the two were seen having a development in association Community Service Consultative chat in a hotel corridor at arou- with the Hong Kong Polytechnic Council, Lei Hoi Ha, wants the local government to provide sunshades nd 7 p.m. on August 2 by hotel University, and other mainland in some public areas on the islands. security guards, having appa- police officer added that failu- ractions occur with the wider institutions. Meanwhile, the The islands have approximately rently left their rooms. re to comply may cause serious community. University of Macau (UM) has 19 children’s playgrounds spread Under the Contagious Disea- consequences. He hopes that all Recently, mainland authori- employed Artificial Intelligence across parks and recreational zones. (AI) in helping to sort out poten- ses Prevention and Control Law, people will abide with the mea- ties discovered that nearly 30% Lei pointed out that the public only as well as supplementary mea- sure. of masks did not meet minimum tial Covid-19 patients. uses the facilities in the morning or sures built upon it, no person Refusal to follow quarantine quality standards. The Novel Co- On the two developments, Lo in the evening because the weather under quarantine is allowed to regulations is a criminal offence ronavirus Response and Coor- reiterated that the MUST resear- is unsuitable during other hours. step outside their room, except that authorities say will likely re- dination Center was questioned ch is at a very early stage. The Lei hopes the government will build for occasions such as obtaining sult in prosecution. about measures taken to ensure vaccine still requires three pha- sunshades in the proximity of these their meals. At the same press conference, the quality of such items sold in ses of testing before obtaining play areas. These sunshades can Lei pointed out that as the the Macao Government Tou- Macau. a green light from global health consist of a specific kind of umbrella, police have strong evidence that rism Office announced that the Dr Alvis Lo of the Novel Coro- authorities, let alone entering which opens automatically to protect both Fong and Lai have brea- Golden Treasure Hotel, situated navirus Response and Coordi- the market. the people from the rain or the sun. ched the law, the cousins are adjacent to the Golden Crown nation Center pointed out that On the UM progress, the me- However, when the umbrellas close, now being detained. If convic- China Hotel, another quaranti- under Macau law, both impor- dical doctor added that for the they will only occupy small spaces. ted, they may face a maximum ne hotel in use, was relisted as a ters and vendors “have the res- time being it is not as necessary Another alternative suggested by Lei penalty of six months in prison quarantine facility from yester- ponsibility to ensure quality and in Macau given the city’s rela- is for the government to plant more or a fine of up to 60 days. day. safety.” tively few cases. “It is best used trees. Lei reiterated that the qua- Meanwhile, the tourism On top of that, he said that in places with a large amount of rantine measure in effect is not board is also renting the Ole the Economic Bureau conducts cases as the AI technology can More AEDs required only in place to protect the indi- London Hotel to host cargo ship regular spot checks to review the help shortlist potential patients in public spaces, using their lung imaging dia- viduals being quarantined, but workers serving both Macau and quality of masks on the market. according to also the entire population. The Hong Kong, to ensure no inte- “Sometimes they conduct such grams,” Lo explained. Macau Red Cross

Macau Red Cross vice president Chou Kuok Hei is hoping to helping each other, the see more Automated External police believe that the- Defibrillators (AEDs) in public Noise report leads to discovery re is enough evidence spaces. Starting from April, the to prove that the three association has installed a total men, who are all of Filipi- of 50 AEDs in locations such as no nationality, had been the Macau International Airport, of illegal employment Outer Habour Ferry Terminal, the illegally employed by the Border Gate, the government’s RENATO MARQUES the police complaining The officer then re- mony, his wife had ren- shop tenant to work in public service center, and across of construction noise co- quested that the men ted the shop and he had the shop. more key infrastructure. The URING the joint ming from a shop located provide identification, contacted one of the men The PSP noted that Macao Foundation sponsored the press conference at the ground floor of a acknowledging that two for assistance to clean the none of the three men D installation. The association will work held at the Judiciary Po- building on Rua do Gam- of them held work permi- place and get rid of the were legally allowed to with other government departments lice headquarters yester- work since two of the boa. ts (non-resident worker unwanted contents so for another phase of installation, day, the Public Security Arriving at the scene, cards) and the third man that his wife could open men are blue-card hol- which will place additional AEDs Police Force (PSP) revea- the officers found three only had a valid passport the shop for operation. ders and employees from in other places. The organization led that four men accu- men inside an almost with a tourist visa. The man then contac- different companies, and believes that these AEDs will help sed of working illegally empty commercial store. After some time, a ted the other two, clai- the third man holds only build a safe environment for both in Macau, had been de- According to the report, fourth male arrived at the ming that they were his a tourist status in Macau. Macau residents and tourists, as tained. one man was holding a scene. He informed the friends, to help with the The four men have well as improve Macau’s emergency The case occurred hammer and the other police that he had asked task. been sent to the Public medical service as an international on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. two were using brooms to for help to clean the store. Although the four Prosecutions Office to be city. An AED is used to help those when a neighbor called sweep the place. According to his testi- men claim to be friends formally accused. experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 06.08.2020 thu

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Wynn confirms Japan Macau will still lead expansion plans halted global gaming recovery, JULIE ZHU pany remains interested “in the Japan market and IR [in- YNN Resorts has ceased tegrated resort] development says tourism expert Wits pursuit of a casino li- there.” cense in Japan, according to During the company’s se- DANIEL BEITLER the company’s Chief Executi- cond-quarter earnings calls ve Officer Matt Maddox, who this week, Ian Coughlan, pre- ACAU will still be the epi- confirmed the news on ear- sident of Wynn Macau, indi- center of the global ga-

M BEITLER DANIEL nings call this week. cated that the group remai- ming recovery, according to lo- Back in December, the ca- ned focused on the Macau cal tourism and gaming expert sino operator unveiled Wynn market. Glenn McCartney, even as other Resorts Development Japan, Coughlan believes that as jurisdictions are showing more an office located in Yokoha- long as one particular main- advanced signs of business nor- ma that would help the U.S.- land province - Guangdong malization. -based operator to pursue a in this case - resumes the is- The perspective comes as casino license in Japan. suing of tourist visas to Ma- casino jurisdictions such as Las The company has now cau, the company’s business Vegas, Singapore and Monaco confirmed the closure of in this city can be lifted “sig- are already welcoming back pa- Wynn Resorts Development nificantly.” trons. Meanwhile, Macau holds Japan amid the “unpreceden- “We really believe the its breath for China to resume ted negative impact on inte- power comes from Guang- issuing exit visas. grated resort development.” dong,” said Coughlan. “Macau will catch up,” Mc- The closure was actualized On Tuesday, Wynn Resorts Cartney, an associate professor four months ago, according reported the financial results of integrated resort and tourism to a report by Inside Asian for the second quarter. management at the University of Glenn McCartney, associate professor at the University of Macau Gaming. Operating revenues for Macau, told Macau Daily Times “We have been monitoring Wynn Resorts were $85.7 on the sidelines of a talk orga- that situation for years and million (683 million pata- nized by the British Chamber of ges to the business itself. nos in a way - but we are still tra- years. Back in March, we de- cas) in the second quarter Commerce in Macau. “Nevada “Some of the actions we do veling more than ever before and cided that until there is more of 2020, a decrease of 94.8% has its problems with Covid-19 inside the casino will change,” boarding more planes than ever clarity on what the business from $1.66 billion (13.2 breakouts and they are now ha- admitted McCartney, “but I don’t before,” said the tourism and ga- is going to look like, what the billion patacas) in the second ving to close down hospitality see this as disrupting the indus- ming expert. world is going to look like, quarter of 2019. Operating re- areas. [But] Macau has been try experience. There is a lot of McCartney said that Covid-19 and what the regulations venues for the company’s lo- very cautious with regards to its exchange between cards, dice will “not stop the growing num- really are over there, we’re cal arm, Wynn Macau, plum- opening, and that step-by-step and chips, and that’s part of the bers of people that want to come pretty much ceasing our ef- meted by 98.2% to just $20.6 approach will pay off in the me- casino experience. That won’t go to Macau to gamble.” forts,” said Maddox, accor- million (164 million patacas). dium- to long-term. It will take a away, but there will be a lot more How this will play out in reality ding to the same report. “In Macau, the authori- few more months, but eventually sanitizing and cleaning in casi- remains to be seen, said McCart- Talking about the com- ties have begun to gradually we will see the leaps and bounds nos.” ney, adding that enforcing the pany’s Japan interest, Maddox and thoughtfully ease some in revenue.” McCartney drew a compa- social distancing requirements said that Wynn Resorts was visitation restrictions, and Casino properties around the rison with air travel in the 21st when tourists return is going to “more monitoring as opposed we are confident the market world are undertaking dramatic century, noting that the aviation be a real challenge. to being really active.” will benefit from the return of operational changes as they pre- industry has thrived in the past “I don’t have the answers,” he Although Wynn Resorts the Chinese consumer as we pare to welcome back patrons, two decades even as there have said. “There has been nobody is no longer focused on the move through the back half of gradually at first and then en been dramatic changes to how here for months. So as people ar- Japan opportunity, the com- 2020,” said Maddox. masse. we fly. rive, we are going to learn how to According to McCartney, a “Sure, we have many more manage [our circumstances]. We new emphasis on health and sa- measures in place when we arri- are going to have to wait and see nitation inside Macau casinos is ve at the airport today - and the the reactions of patrons when not going to lead to radical chan- same is going to be true of casi- they return to the casino floor.” THAILAND Police officer, 3 others Study finds gambler behaviour shot dead in gambling den OUR people including a Wathaseth was not on duty Fpolice major were killed in Monday night and was appa- changing amid new casino measures a shootout at an illegal gam- rently taking part in the gam- bling den in Thailand’s capital, bling, Pakapong said at a news ANTHONY LAM These gamblers, the orga- developed the desire to meet an official said on Tuesday. conference Tuesday. nization pointed out, usually “higher targets.” This means Police who responded to An initial investigation fou- HE pandemic has given gambled several times per that they wanted to wager more a call about gunshots being nd that the other dead man Tsome gamblers a chance month, spending between when casinos were allowed to fired at the venue in the sou- had shot the police officer and to reexamine their addiction, a several hundred and several reopen. thern part of Bangkok found then turned and fired wildly survey by a local organization thousand patacas each time. In the first half of the year, the bodies of two women and at the crowd, killing the two has discovered. They are known as “social gam- the problematic gambling pre- two men, including police women. An unknown person Christian organization blers,” the Sheng Kung Hui said. vention and response team at Maj. Wathaseth Sumnian- then shot and killed the first Sheng Kung Hui conducted Not all gamblers in Macau Sheng Kung Hui handled 247 gprasert, according to Metro- gunman and fled before police an online survey involving 120 are reacting the same. When counseling cases, a similar politan Police Bureau com- could arrive from a nearby pre- respondents. It found that the the casinos were shut for 15 number to the first half of 2019. missioner Lt. Gen. Pakapong cinct, Pakapong siad. current requirement of pro- days in February, compulsive Over the last two years, the Pongpetra. Pakapong said it seemed viding a negative nucleic acid gamblers showed withdrawal organization has received 4,000 Gambling is generally illegal the gunman bore some grudge test result upon entering Ma- symptoms and developed a help-seeking inquiries each in Thailand, but small casinos against the policeman. cau casinos has offered regu- stronger desire to gamble. year through its counter-pro- with card games and gambling Police are seeking the man lar gamblers an opportunity to More seriously, the asso- blematic gambling hotline. activities are fairly common in who fled and also want to excuse themselves from their ciation pointed out that some About one-third of the callers Bangkok, where their existen- charge the owner of the site for addiction. problematic gamblers have are aged between 25 and 30. ce is generally an open secret. hosting illegal gambling. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 thu 06.08.2020 澳門 MACAU

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Laying off locals first BLOOMBERG suspected at workplaces ANTHONY LAM News also claimed that local em- sures which require those from ployees are being swapped out for Guangdong to undergo quaran- N his recent written inquiry, non-resident workers in certain tine before crossing the border. lawmaker Sulu Sou pointed workplaces. It reported that a ma- Currently, non-resident workers out that some companies are nager at a Cantonese restaurant from the mainland must possess a asking their Macau resident admitted to cutting work time for valid Covid-19 nucleic acid nega- Iemployees to take unpaid leave local workers to strike a “balance tive test result and must not have while continuing to employ non- between the local and non-resi- been out of mainland China in the -resident workers in the same po- dent workforce.” preceding 14 days in order to cross sitions. The owner of a retail shop told the border. stipulation and governance prin- ding that it takes a lot of courage The lawmaker said that this the newspaper that employers The practice is also reporte- ciple of “prioritizing local workers” to stand up and report employers’ practice has affected those in cutting the working hours of local dly affecting the income of local and “the supplementary nature of malpractice. frontline positions, such as sales- employees was “involuntary.” The workers. The hotel worker told the non-resident workforce”. The lawmaker is now asking people, security guards and wai- owner said that it is done in order newspaper that they receive only a Employers, however, think whether the government will ting staff. to preserve the employment of few thousand patacas per month otherwise. They fear that when consider amending the Labour The latest employment survey local workers, while retaining the now. Although local workers are the situation recovers, they will Relations Law to allow employees conducted by the government’s quotas of hiring foreign labor. understanding of the challenges not have a sufficient workforce to to terminate their contracts with Statistics and Census Service de- In addition, the Chinese news- facing their employers, the local maintain operations if they choo- compensation after certain days termined the city’s unemploy- paper interviewed one hotel em- workforce is growing increasingly se to dismiss non-resident workers of unpaid leave required by their ment rate to be 3.4%, amounting ployee, who said they were accu- disappointed with the practice of now. That is because of fears that employers. to a jobless population of 9,700 mulating increasing amounts of replacing local workers with non- the government will tighten the is- At present, employers do not people. unpaid leave after the complete -resident workers. suance of new working permits for need to give notice to the Labour Similarly, 10,600 people cancellation of quarantine requi- It is a legal stipulation that the non-local workers. Affairs Bureau when they require working in gambling, construc- rements for non-resident workers working opportunities of Macau Lawmaker Sou said it was their workers to take unpaid leave. tion and retail industries are facing from the mainland. residents are prioritized over fo- problematic to require local em- However, the labor authority must underemployment, meaning that In the early stages of the Co- reign labor. ployees to take unpaid leave for an be notified of pay deductions. Sou these workers are not being fully vid-19 outbreak in the city, the In his inquiry, Sou pointed out indefinite period. hopes the government can chan- utilized at their jobs. government barred non-resident that the practice of replacing local He stressed that employees are ge the law so that both practices Yesterday, a report by local workers from entering Macau, workers with non-resident ones in always disadvantaged when they require notification submitted to Chinese newspaper Macao Daily before slightly relaxing the mea- the same positions is against the are asked to take unpaid leave, ad- the labor authority.

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Shantou, Zheng is familiar with Cantonese, which is spoken in Hong Kong and much of Guang- dong province. He was accepted at 16 to study at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. He cycled through various political jobs, including a stint at the South China bureau of the Communist Party’s People’s Dai- ly newspaper. Along the way, he refined an interest in Chinese art and literature, publishing dozens of essays on calligraphy, painting and film, sometimes under the pen name Zheng Jingshan. Zheng had two portraits featu- red at a Guangzhou art exhibition in 2016: Zheng Zhengqiu, a fou- nding father of Chinese cinema; and Lu Xun, an early 20th century writer dubbed by late party pa- triarch Mao Zedong as “the saint of modern China.” Tian Feilong, an associate law professor at Beihang University in Beijing, said Zheng Yanxiong’s background could help him bui- ld a positive image of the office. Zheng Yanxiong (far right) at the plaque unveiling ceremony of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR on July 8 “There is a need to alleviate Hong Kong people’s fear for the office and for the national security law,” ZHENG YANXIONG Tian said.

WUKAN UPRISING This is the hardliner china chose Zheng’s proved himself to be a reliable hardliner after being appointed to lead the Shanwei to oversee Hong Kong security city party committee, which over- sees Wukan. There, he oversaw a RTIST. Propagandist. Urban some foreign media outlets were trajudicial detentions make it sensitive. The Hong Kong and crackdown on groups of locals Aplanning enthusiast. Tra- objective and could help bring much harder for any opposition Macau Affairs Office in Beijing di- who had organized themselves to ditional Chinese medicine stu- authorities’ attention to unknown to organize. Authorities have al- dn’t reply to request for an inter- fight the sale of village land. dent. Zheng Yanxiong doesn’t fit issues. ready moved to ban political ac- view with Zheng and calls to the Residents were detained, in- the usual mold of a top Commu- The law makes Zheng one of tivity in schools and gain a tighter office went unanswered. cluding one who later died in nist Party security agent. Hong Kong’s most important of- grip over what’s being taught to Attempts to contact Zheng custody, sparking a confrontation Zheng’s eclectic background ficials alongside Carrie Lam, the the next generation. at the Metropark Hotel in Hong between villagers and local police suggests someone who will bring city’s Beijing-appointed chief exe- “China’s model of social gover- Kong’s Tin Hau neighborhood that drew global media attention. a broad approach to running the cutive; and Luo Huining, the head nance and social management -- where his agency set up a tem- The provincial government then Office for Safeguarding National of China’s Liaison Office. Already has been very focused on preven- porary office overlooking the fre- intervened and allowed a land- Security in Hong Kong, the power- authorities have used its prohi- tion of conflict and unrest,” said quent protest gathering spot of mark election. ful and secretive agency China bitions against secessionism and Sheena Greitens, an associate Victoria Park -- were unsuccess- In a speech, Zheng said the created to implement a new se- collusion with foreign powers to professor and expert in authori- ful. Two armed immigration offi- protesters’ methods were “unrea- curity law in the former British co- bar a dozen democracy activists tarian politics at the University of cers refused to provide informa- sonable and the process was out lony. The office will “oversee and candidates from seeking office Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. John- tion on how to contact the office, of control,” even though he ack- provide guidance” to Hong Kong and arrest four students over in- son School of Public Affairs. “It’s and the four additional plainclo- nowledged that their demands authorities and be accountable to ternet posts allegedly calling for a likely that Beijing is hoping that thes security personnel doubled were “mostly reasonable.” He ac- Chinese President Xi Jinping’s go- “Republic of Hong Kong.” the office in Hong Kong will shift to eight when approached by a cused villagers of unnecessarily vernment. The decision to arrest activists officials there toward using some reporter. escalating the dispute and giving The law gives Zheng, 57, broad over internet posts -- rather than of the more preventive approa- “We will not encroach on any the foreign media “artillery” to at- authority to gather intelligence, waiting for them to act on their ches we’ve seen deployed in person or organization’s legal ri- tack China and the ruling party. select some “complex” cases for views -- points to a more preven- mainland China.” ghts,” Zheng pledged in a July 8 After the global attention on prosecution in mainland courts tative approach to identifying and Chinese officials acknowled- speech marking the office’s ope- Wukan faded, the village’s new and regulate foreign media outle- monitoring perceived trouble- ged their goal was to preempt acts ning. He vowed to strengthen elected leaders struggled to con- ts. That could become more im- makers and then using the law of subversion and secession after coordination with other main- vince more senior officials to portant as American journalists to pressure them. It’s the sort of handing down the legislation that land entities in Hong Kong inclu- return the land and were even- in Hong Kong become potential strategy Zheng mused about in a created Zheng’s office. “Once the ding the Liaison Office and the tually detained. Zheng, meanwhi- targets for retaliation and tensions 2014 book after studying urban offense is accomplished, the na- People’s Liberation Army, whose le, was promoted to run the between the U.S. and China esca- planning in Australia. tion is already split or the state local garrison is reported to have day-to-day operations of Guang- late. “What if we could manage is already subverted -- how can about 6,000 personnel. dong’s party committee, the most Zheng has played the role of the transparency?” Zheng wrote. you still apply the law?” Shen “This is a very prominent role, powerful body in the country’s enforcer on the global stage befo- “When specialized agencies are Chunyao, the head of the Natio- but at the same time it’s a role most-populous province. re, helping to quiet a famous 2011 equipped with the most advanced nal People’s Congress legislative where he will have to answer to “He is loyal and he does what uprising against local Communist technologies, and have a thorou- affairs commission, asked a news some very senior people,” said the top asked to be done without Party leaders in the fishing villa- gh grasp of online information conference last month. Dali Yang, professor of political hesitation and without mercy, ge of Wukan, 150 kilometers (90 and public opinions, as well as a science focusing on China at the which seems a very good quali- miles) up the coast. During that clear understanding of criminals’ SECRETIVE OFFICE University of Chicago. “He proved fication for the job,” said Steve episode, he demonstrated a dis- each and every move, will we still The details of Zheng’s strategy his tough side in Wukan, and he Tsang, director of SOAS University taste for the foreign media com- be so passive?” will likely remain a secret, with has many other characteristics of London’s China Institute. “The monly expressed by party officials. The law gives authorities the Lam telling reporters on July 7 such as his Cantonese and the intention is to make sure that the “If the foreign media could be power to proactively quash po- that a news release on the natio- party background which make people in Hong Kong would be so trusted, then sows could climb ckets of dissent similar to their nal security commission’s first him fit for the role.” sufficiently terrified that they’re trees,” Zheng said at the time, peers on the mainland, where meeting would be the last of its Raised in a poor village in the not going to even think about re- though he also pointed out that surveillance, censorship and ex- kind -- the meetings were too southeastern Chinese city of sisting.” BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 thu 06.08.2020 中國 CHINA

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in 2014. The U.S. health secretary ranks higher in the presidential line of succession than previous Highest-level US trip to Taiwan official visitors to the island. “Azar’s visit is a breakthrough not only because he is a high-level U.S. official, but it may pave the in decades to challenge Beijing way for Taiwan and U.S. to coope- rate further as Taiwan excels at vi- EALTH and Human rus containment,” said Doong Sy- Services Secretary Chi, vice president of the Taipei- Alex Azar will lead a -based Taiwan Thinktank. “That’s delegation to Taiwan BLOOMBERG an area where the U.S. can’t work Hin the highest-level visit by a U.S. together with China. It’s justified cabinet official since Washington for Taiwan and the U.S. to discuss cut ties with Taipei more than 40 virus containment and related years ago. topics, and both sides can push Azar is scheduled to arrive in back against China’s protest.” Taiwan “in the coming days” to Hailing Azar as a “friend of discuss the global response to the Taiwan,” the foreign ministry in Covid-19 pandemic, as well as Taipei said Wednesday he wou- supplies of medical equipment ld meet with Tsai during the trip. and technology, according to a The visit “proves that mutual trust statement yesterday from the De- between the two sides is on a so- partment of Health and Human lid footing and communication Services. Azar said he would un- is smooth,” according to a state- derscore “our shared belief that ment from the ministry. free and democratic societies are The trip comes comes after in- the best model for protecting and creasing criticism of Azar’s role in promoting health,” according to the U.S. response to the coronavi- the statement. Alex Azar, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services rus. Azar was replaced in March The announcement drew a re- by Vice President Mike Pence as buke from China, which said that works to contain the spread of leader of the government’s task it remained “firmly opposed” to #COVID19 & contribute to global The announcement drew force to combat the pandemic official interactions between the health.” a rebuke from China which after repeated questions about U.S. and Taiwan. Beijing had “lod- The visit is the latest signal of health agencies’ performance. ged stern representations” to U.S. U.S. support for Taiwan in the remains ‘firmly opposed’ to Azar and his delegation will officials, Foreign Ministry spokes- face of an increasingly assertive be under strict controls during man Wang Wenbin told a daily leadership in Beijing. Officials in official interactions between the visit to prevent them from briefing, calling Taiwan “the most Taipei have raised concerns that the US and Taiwan accidentally importing the virus, important and sensitive issue in China may attempt to accelera- according to Taiwan foreign mi- China-U.S. relations.” te its plans to gain control over panies in the past two years, Pre- its territory, a claim Taipei rejects. nistry spokeswoman Joanne Ou. “The ‘one-China’ principle is Taiwan after imposing a national sident Donald Trump’s adminis- President Xi Jinping’s government They will need to test negative for recognized by the international security law in Hong Kong that tration has indicated its support slapped sanctions on Lockheed Covid-19 before departure, and community,” Wang said in Bei- is being used to clamp down on for Taiwan. In recent months it’s Martin Corp. in July after the latest be tested again when arriving at jing, referring to the discussions democracy advocates. Taiwan’s approved a possible $620 million approval of weapons sales under Taiwan’s airport via a charter fli- that underpinned the U.S. move defense ministry reported a sharp deal to supply missile parts and Trump’s administration, which ght, she said. to establish relations with Beijing increase in the number of Chi- backed an ultimately unsucces- has included billions of dollars’ They will also undergo man- in 1979. “Attempts that disregard, nese military incursions into the sful bid to have the island parti- worth of F-16 fighter jets, tanks, datory daily temperature checks deny or challenge this principle island’s air defense identification cipate in this year’s World Health and Stinger missiles. in Taiwan, wear face masks at all will end up in failure.” zone in June. Assembly. Azar’s trip is the first cabinet-le- times and maintain social distan- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing- As tensions between the U.S. China opposes Taiwan’s invol- vel visit to Taiwan in six years, sin- cing, she said. They will take char- -wen said on Twitter she looked and China have heightened over vement in any organizations for ce then-Environmental Protec- tered vehicles when commuting forward to welcoming Azar and issues such as trade and the rise which statehood is a prerequisi- tion Agency Administrator Gina and avoid close contact with the “sharing how the #TaiwanModel of Chinese technology com- te as it views the island as part of McCarthy gave a speech in Taipei public. MDT/BLOOMBERG

Australian leader says US-China war no longer inconceivable USTRALIA’S Prime that what was previously in- Morrison said. bed new lows in part becau- AMinister Scott Morrison conceivable and not consi- “We have to take an op- se of Australian calls for an said yesterday his govern- AP PHOTO dered even possible or likely timistic attitude but not an independent investigation ment held a less dramatic in terms of those types of unrealistic or naïve attitude. into the origins of and res- view of U.S.-China strategic outcomes is not considered We’ve got to set out and wed ponses to the coronavirus. tensions than a predecessor in those contexts anymore,” ourselves to the objectives Morrison said he had not who warned of a potential he added. here and that is not the su- met Chinese President Xi “hot war” before U.S. presi- Morrison disagreed with ppression or containment of Jinping since the pair spoke dential elections in Novem- many in Washington that any one state, it’s about the on the sidelines of the G-20 ber. the United States was in a productive and strategic ba- summit in Japan in June last Former prime minister new Cold War with China. lance that can be achieved,” year. Australia has extended and China scholar Kevin Morrison said the “circums- he added. an open invitation for fur- Rudd wrote in the Foreign tances are quite different.” Australia and the Unites ther talks. Affairs journal this week that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison He had no answers for States share a bilateral securi- “I don’t get hung up on the risk of armed conflict be- how China’s push for power ty treaty as well as an alliance these things, to be honest,” tween the United States and he announced 270 billion certainly not as dramatically in the South China Sea, on with India and Japan through Morrison said. “What ma- China in the next three mon- Australian dollars ($190 as Kevin,” Morrison told the the Indian border and in the Quadrilateral Security tters is that the trading re- ths was “especially high.” billion) in new warfare ca- Aspen Security Forum in an Hong Kong should be han- Dialogue, which China views lationship, the economic Morrison said his admi- pability spending, including online address from the Aus- dled. with distrust. relationship is able to be nistration had expressed si- longer-range missiles. tralian capital Canberra. “I’m an optimist, Austra- Australia’s relations with pursued. That is occurring. It milar views in a defense po- “Our defense update ex- “But in our own defense lians are indefatigable op- China, its most important has its frustrations from time licy update last month when presses it differently and update, we’ve acknowledged timists about these things,” trading partner, has plum- to time.” AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo WORLD 國際 06.08.2020 thu

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OVER 100 KILLED this day in history

1945 US drops atomic bomb Lebanese confront devastation on Hiroshima The first atomic bomb has been dro- pped by a United after massive Beirut explosion States aircraft on BASSEM MROUE & the Japanese city of ZEINA KARAM, BEIRUT Hiroshima. AP PHOTO President Harry S ESIDENTS of Bei- Truman, announcing rut awoke to a sce- the news from the ne of utter devas- cruiser, USS Augus- tation yesterday, a ta, in the mid-Atlan- Rday after a massive explo- tic, said the device sion at the port sent shock was more than 2,000 waves across the Lebanese times more powerful than the largest bomb used to capital, killing at least 100 date. people and wounding thou- An accurate assessment of the damage caused has sands. so far been impossible due to a huge cloud of impene- Smoke was still rising trable dust covering the target. Hiroshima is one of the chief supply depots for the Japanese army. from the port, where huge The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 Su- mounds of grain gushed perfortress, known as Enola Gay, at 0815 local time. from hollowed-out silos. The plane’s crew say they saw a column of smoke rising Major downtown streets and intense fires springing up. were littered with debris and The President said the atomic bomb heralded the damaged vehicles, and bui- “harnessing of the basic power of the universe”. It also lding facades were blown marked a victory over the Germans in the race to be out. first to develop a weapon using atomic energy. An official with the Leba- of commission yesterday af- was directed to a port official bris and earth thrown up by President Truman went on to warn the Japanese the nese Red Cross said at least ter suffering major damage. who wrote down his details. the blast. Some 80% of Le- Allies would completely destroy their capacity to make 100 people were killed and A physician who identified In Beirut’s hard-hit banon’s wheat supply is im- war. more than 4,000 were wou- himself as Dr. Emile said Achrafieh district, civil de- ported, according to the U.S. The Potsdam declaration issued 10 days ago, which nded. The official, George 16 staff and patients, inclu- fense workers and soldiers Agriculture Department. called for the unconditional surrender of Japan, was a Kettaneh, said the toll could ding four nurses, died in the were working on locating Estimates suggest some last chance for the country to avoid utter destruction, rise further. blast. He declined to give missing people and clea- 85% of the country’s grain the President said. Scores of people were his last name out of privacy ring the rubble. At least one was stored at the now-des- “If they do not now accept our terms they may expect missing, with relatives plea- concerns. man was still pinned under troyed silos. a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never ding on social media for Interior Minister Moham- stones from an old building Lebanon’s state-run Na- been seen on Earth. Behind this air attack will follow by help locating loved ones. med Fahmi told a local TV that had collapsed. Volun- tional News Agency quo- sea and land forces in such number and power as they An Instagram page called station that it appeared the teers hooked him up to an ted the Raoul Nehme, the have not yet seen, but with fighting skill of which they “Locating Victims Beirut” blast was caused by the de- oxygen tank to help him minister of economy and are already aware.” sprang up with photos of tonation of more than 2,700 breathe while others tried to trade, as saying that all the The British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who has missing people, and radio tons of ammonium nitrate free his leg. wheat stored at the facility replaced Winston Churchill at Number 10, read out a statement prepared by his predecessor to MPs in the presenters read the names that had been stored in a The blast destroyed nu- had been “contaminated” Commons. of missing or wounded peo- warehouse at the dock ever merous apartment buildin- and couldn’t be used. Howe- It said the atomic project had such great potential the ple throughout the night. since it was confiscated gs, potentially leaving large ver, he insisted Lebanon had government felt it was right to pursue the research and Many residents moved in from a cargo ship in 2014. numbers of people home- enough wheat for its imme- to pool information with atomic scientists in the US. Ammonium nitrate is a less at a time when many diate needs and would im- with friends or relatives af- As Britain was considered within easy reach of Ger- port more. ter their apartments were common ingredient in fer- Lebanese have lost their many and its bombers, the decision was made to set damaged and treated their tilizer but can also be highly jobs and seen their savings Several countries have up the bomb-making plants in the US. own injuries because hospi- explosive. It was used in the evaporate because of a cur- pledged aid in the aftermath The statement continued: “By God’s mercy, Britain tals were overwhelmed. Oklahoma City bombing in rency crisis. The explosion of the blast, with even Israel and American science outpaced all German efforts. It was unclear what cau- 1995, when a truck bomb also raises concerns about offering humanitarian as- These were on a considerable scale, but far behind. sed the blast, which appea- containing 2,180 kilograms how Lebanon will continue sistance. The two countries The possession of these powers by the Germans at red to have been triggered (4,800 pounds) of fertilizer to import nearly all of its vi- have been in conflict for any time might have altered the result of the war.” by a fire and struck with the and fuel oil ripped through a tal goods with its main port decades, and Israel fought a Mr Churchill’s statement said considerable efforts force of an earthquake. It federal building, killing 168 devastated. 2006 war with the Hezbollah had been made to disrupt German progress - inclu- was the most powerful ex- people and wounding hun- Prime Minister Hassan militant group. ding attacks on plants making constituent parts of the plosion ever seen in the city, dreds more. Diab, in a short televised The tiny Mediterranean bomb. which was on the front lines There is no evidence the speech, appealed to all nation’s economic crisis is He ended: “We must indeed pray that these awful of the 1975-1990 civil war Beirut explosion was an at- countries and friends of Le- rooted in decades of syste- agencies will be made to conduce peace among the and has endured conflicts tack. banon to extend help to the mic corruption and poor nations and that instead of wreaking measureless with neighboring Israel and Videos showed what small nation, saying: “We governance by the political havoc upon the entire globe they become a perennial periodic bombings and ter- looked like a fire erupting are witnessing a real catas- class that has been in power fountain of world prosperity.” ror attacks. nearby just before, and local trophe.” He reiterated his since the end of the civil war. Courtesy BBC News Lebanon was already on TV stations reported that a pledge that those responsi- Lebanese have held mass the brink of collapse amid a fireworks warehouse was in- ble for the disaster will pay protests calling for swee- severe economic crisis that volved. The fire appeared to the price, without commen- ping political change since In context has ignited mass protests in spread to a nearby building, ting on the cause. last autumn but few of their recent months. Its hospitals triggering the explosion and There is also the issue of demands have been met as The Hiroshima bomb, known as “Little Boy” - a refer- ence to former President Roosevelt, contained the sending up a mushroom food security in Lebanon, a the economic situation has are confronting a surge in equivalent of between 12 and 15,000 tons of TNT and coronavirus cases, and the- cloud. tiny country already hosting steadily worsened. devastated an area of five square miles (13 square kilo- re were concerns the virus Security forces cordoned over 1 million Syrians amid Beirut’s port and the cus- metres). More than 60% of the buildings in the city were could spread further as peo- off the port area as a bull- that country’s yearslong war. toms authority are a noto- destroyed. ple flooded into hospitals. dozer entered to help clear Drone footage shot yes- riously corrupt. Like nearly Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians. But later estimates suggest the final away debris. A young man terday by The Associated all public institutions, they Saint George University toll was about 140,000, of Hiroshima’s 350,000 popu- Hospital, one of the major begged troops to allow him Press showed that the blast are controlled by Lebanon’s lation, including military personnel and those who died private hospitals in Beirut to enter and search for his fa- tore open a cluster of towe- political factions, inclu- later from radiation. Many have also suffered long-term which had been receiving ther, who has been missing ring grain silos, dumping ding the Hezbollah militant sickness and disability. COVID-19 patients, was out since the blast occurred. He their contents into the de- group. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 thu 06.08.2020 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Facebook’s Instagram The Art of Giving launches TikTok copycat Lurdes de Sousa * in political storm Modern philanthropy. SARAH FRIER TikTok, owned by China-based gress, Zuckerberg in 2012 became Covid-19: The great ByteDance Ltd., faces either a ban more interested in the practice leveler? ACEBOOK Inc.’s Instagram in the U.S. or a potential spinoff after observing Chinese compe- Fphoto-shareing app is laun- and sale to a U.S. owner, possibly titors move quickly to introduce “Tax us. Immediately. Substantially. Permanently.” ching its clone of TikTok in more Microsoft Corp. Trump and other new products with already-pro- than 50 countries, a week after officials say TikTok is a threat to ven uses. group of more than 80 of the world’s richest people, Chief Executive Officer Mark national security because the Reels videos will show up in A who call themselves the “Millionaires for Humani- Zuckerberg defended the com- Chinese government may have the Instagram Explore tab, whe- ty” and include Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and pany’s copycat strategies to U.S. access to data from Americans. re people can see content from Jerry’s ice cream, and Disney heir Abigail Disney, have lawmakers at an antitrust hea- TikTok has repeatedly denied the accounts they aren’t already addressed an open letter in which they call upon go- ring. allegations. following. The benefit of bui- vernments for taxation. “It is the right choice. It is the The product, called Reels, lets “The timing happens to be lding Reels within Instagram, only choice” they stress. They are the millionaires who people edit 15-second clips of coincidental in some ways,” Shah said, is the existing network actually want to pay more money to help pay for the videos together alongside music, Vishal Shah, the head of product of more than 1 billion users. It’s billions of people in new government programs made just like on TikTok. It will be em- at Instagram, said in an interview more difficult to get people to necessary by the Covid-19 pandemic. bedded into Instagram in the U.S. with reporters. Facebook has download a new app than use “No, we are not the ones caring for the sick in in- and elsewhere, the company said already released Reels in other one they already own, he said. tensive care wards. We are not driving the ambulances Wednesday in blog post. Reels is countries - including India, after Reels will also give Instagram that will bring the ill to hospitals. We are not restocking the second major Instagram fea- TikTok’s government ban there. users a new opportunity to get fa- grocery store shelves or delivering food door to door” ture that follows an almost iden- “We had the sense that the pro- mous, beyond the following they the millionaires for humanity write, but “we do have tical one popularized by a com- duct had a lot of potential and already have. money, lots of it. Money that is desperately needed now petitor. Instagram Stories, the we learned really quickly that “We have not historically been and will continue to be needed in the years ahead, as tool for posting videos and pho- that was resonating with people,” very good at helping new creators our world recovers from this crisis” they stress in their tos that disappear, was inspired Shah said. find an audience,” Shah said. open letter plea for greater and immediate wealth ta- by Snap Inc. The pressure from Trump has ByteDance has said Facebook’s xation. Reels isn’t Facebook’s first at- prompted some TikTok creators copying, as well as its claims that It is not the first time in this century that millionaire tempt at challenging TikTok. Fa- to redirect their audiences to Ins- Chinese-owned apps may not be philanthropists, in an organized and symbolic action, cebook’s Lasso, a separate appli- tagram, hoping for a more stable as committed to data security or have called for wealth distribution. Just 10 years ago, cation with similar features that future in case TikTok is banned. free speech, amount to “plagia- in 2010, the “Giving Pledge” concept launched to invi- was tested in limited markets, Facebook benefits from the un- rism and defamation.” But Byte- te the wealthiest people to publicly commit to give the was shut down last month after certainty even as regulators pro- dance also didn’t invent the short majority of their wealth to philanthropy. This set the it failed to win over an audience. be the company for possible vio- edited video format. It was popu- tone for 21st century philanthropy, but this time Co- Reels may have better luck: it’s lations of antitrust law -- parti- larized by Vine, the app owned by vid-19 has brought a new focus on the urgent necessity launching just as TikTok’s exis- cularly its practice of buying and Twitter Inc., which launched in to concentrate on the reduction of inequality divide. It tence in the U.S. is being challen- copying competitors. According 2013 and shut down before Tik- may be the opportunity of the century. It is a matter of ged by President Donald Trump. to documents released by Con- Tok’s rise. BLOOMBERG civilization. Historian Walter Scheidel, in his major contribution to the study of the history of inequality through the exhaustive research of the relationship between vio- lence and inequality, interestingly explains that, throu- ghout history, significant reductions in material inequa- lity have resulted from four different kinds of violent Singapore looks to broaden ruptures; wars, revolutions, state failures and pandemi- cs. In the absence of such violent ruptures, the historian claims that inequalities tend to rise. With the example of visitor range as tourism wanes the Black Death (1340’s) and using Malthusian econo- mics, Scheidel highlights how high mortality rates brou- INGAPORE is seeking tors or, for example, small The country’s borders a vaccine or effective the- ght labor scarcity which ultimately resulted in higher Sto open the door to a groups of tightly control- remain largely shut to rapies are needed to com- wages complemented by the fragmentation of proper- wider range of business led leisure visitors, all the- external arrivals. Visits in bat the “fear and anxiety” ty among the wealthy and chaos in the political system and leisure visitors to se are being considered June reached 2,200, down many people have, even that significantly led to the reduction of inequalities. boost its hard-hit tourism and are on the table,” said from 1.6 million in the about stepping onto an Violent historical happenings such as wars or pla- sector, with the return of Tan. He added the tou- same month last year. The airplane. gues have proven, from the stone age to the present mass travel still a long way rism board is discussing green lane travel arran- Worldwide, the indus- day, to be great levelers. Although we are told that it off amid the pandemic, with the government to gements currently only try is expected to lose $3.3 is not proven that a sudden infectious disease would according to the head expand green lane arran- allow for business and trillion if the collapse of reshuffle the distribution of wealth and income as it of the country’s tourism gements, now in place official travel, subject to global leisure travel per- has previously done in the agrarian era, what we must agency. with Malaysia and China, testing. sists until March, accor- hope for, be it inspired by the millionaires for huma- The industry expec- to a broader range of visi- The government has ding to the United Nations nity or other philanthropists’ movements, is that when ts more job losses in the tors. launched a domestic tra- Conference on Trade and historians pick up their pens to write the story of the coming months once Singapore’s travel-re- vel campaign to support Development last month. 21st century, they say it was our generation who rose by existing government su- lated sectors, which con- the industry, though local Virus resurgences lifting others. pport for rent, taxes and tribute about 4% of its demand won’t fill the hole across Asia in countries salaries starts tapering gross domestic product, left by the absence of in- like Vietnam and Japan off, Keith Tan, chief exe- is grappling with what ternational visitors, Tan have hurt hopes of an cutive officer of the Singa- could be the city-state’s said. These travelers con- early recovery of mass *President, Associação Internacional pore Tourism Board said worst recession wrought tributed to almost S$28 travel. Still, Singapore has de Filantropia (Macau) Tuesday in an interview by the coronavirus pan- billion ($20.4 billion) in affirmed plans to invest 國際博愛協會 (澳門) with Bloomberg Televi- demic. Retail sales plun- tourism receipts last year. in enhancing its tourism [email protected] sion’s Haslinda Amin. Job ged by more than 50% in “It will be a long while hub status, including a S$9 www.artofgiving.org.mo losses so far in the sector May from a year earlier, more before mass travel billion expansion of its two have been in the “very low with outlets trying to woo can resume and that ulti- integrated casino resorts Macau Daily Times is the official media partner of the Associação thousands,” he said. tourists in areas like the mately stems from consu- by Las Vegas Sands Corp. Internacional de Filantropia (Macau). “Whether it is a broa- Orchard Road shopping mer confidence,” said the and Genting Singapore der range of business visi- strip particularly hard-hit. tourism chief, who added Ltd. MDT/BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 thu 06.08.2020 生活方式 LIFE&STYLE

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DRIVE IN tTUNES Taylor Swift’s new album is Handsome, broken Aussies strikingly heroic

MESFIN FEKADU, its job by lifting the lyrics. connect in ‘Dirt Music’ AP MUSIC WRITER Swift is a grand storyte- ller, and “folklore” explores LINDSEY BAHR, AP FILM WRITER N the years since Taylor a lot. On some songs, she’s ISwift released her killer singing about life before VERYONE is sad in the Aus- AP PHOTO pop album “1989” in 2014, she moved to Nashville as tralian indie “ Dirt Music,” the singer has amped the a teen to embark on her a sprawling story about a production of her music, musical career. On other small fishing town, an affair adding sounds including tracks, she’s telling the sto- Eand the dark secrets that tie everyone electronica, synth pop, ries of others — doing it so together. But at least the Western Aus- R&B, dubstep, dance and well and vividly that you tralia setting is pretty, and the people even trap to her songs. Not can paint the picture as the are, too. everyone was ready for the tracks play. The film stars Kelly Macdonald rap style of “...Ready for It?” Frequent collaborator as Georgie, a former nurse who has though it worked. and one of contemporary taken up with a widower crayfish But while pop star music’s best producers, baron, Jim Buckridge (David We- Taylor, with all the bops Jack Antonoff, assists on nham) in White Point. But life in and beats, is enjoyable and most of the album, while their modern seaside mansion with entertaining, her new sin- The National’s Aaron Des- epic views and two well-behaved ger-songwriter album is a sner should be saluted for little boys doesn’t seem to be enou- Garrett Hedlund (left) and Kelly Macdonald in a scene from “Dirt Music” welcomed return. In a time his massive contributions gh. Georgie doesn’t fit in among the of madness, “folklore” feels to the project. And epic vo- townies, even with her partner being he can’t even be bothered to give his the town. But condensed into a featu- like a moment to escape. cals from Bon Iver match the local bigwig. She wakes before dog a name, play music or even lis- re film, all those side characters and Her eighth record has well with Swift’s soft tone sunrise to skinny dip in the water and ten to it anymore. His past is a mys- atmosphere and details either get un- a calmness and coolness on “exile.” day drinks white wine until she falls tery, but something tragic happened satisfactory nods or are brushed over reminiscent of the 2008 The 16 tracks weave into asleep on the couch. involving a little girl, his niece, that completely and it makes for a confu- masterpiece “Fearless” and each other nicely, blending But on one early morning swim he won’t quite let himself remember sing and jarring viewing experience. 2010’s charming “Speak to make this folk-pop- she spots a sad, handsome, bearded fully. And Georgie can’t resist him. Instead, Jordan opts for a kind of Now,” as poetic lines about -country-Americana-gui- man, Lu Fox (Garrett Hedlund), out in Unbeknownst to Georgie, Lu Fox minimalist, modern Western approa- life are brought to life tar rock-singer-songwriter the water poaching some of the cray- and Jim Buckridge have a history, so ch with two lost characters who have thanks to Swift’s sharp son- album work. Whatever the fish. They have a very brief chat, him when the affair is found out, things to go to the edge of the earth to find gwriting, with the light but genre, “folklore” is first- being in the middle of an illegal acti- go south very quickly and what star- themselves. piercing production doing -class. vity and her being naked in the water, ted as a sexy, sad Nicholas Sparks-ad- And while we can live without a but all it takes is one more run-in on jacent romance veers into outback deep understanding of the White the side of the road before they’re thriller territory before settling into a Point economy and Jim’s standing in

engulfed in a full-fledged affair. It spiritual walkabout. it (sometimes he’s drawn like a mob AP PHOTO happens so quickly, you might think “Dirt Music” is based on a popular boss, sometimes like the most be- you’ve missed something. Surely they 2001 novel by Tim Winton that people loved man in town), it is particular- know each other, you think. (They have been trying to adapt for years. At ly odd that the story’s protagonist, don’t. It really does happen that qui- one point, Phillip Noyce was going to Georgie, never feels like a fully drawn ckly.) direct, but gave up when the script character. Why is she so lost? Why is Weirdly, neither of the leads are never quite succeeded in capturing she with Jim in the first place? Why Australian and it’s hard not to wonder the “poetry of the novel.” It eventually does the monosyllabic Lu inspire her why they cast a Scotswoman and a landed in “Ned Kelly” director Gregor to blow up her life? Minnesotan when there are all those Jordan’s hands, working off a script by Answers are few in “Dirt Music” homegrown Hemsworths running Jack Thorne (“The Aeronauts”). and the big reveals aren’t exactly the around. But Hedlund and Macdo- The film falls into the trap of so most satisfying, but at least the lands- nald have enough natural chemistry many literary adaptations: It tries to capes are. to sort of pull it off despite the gratin- do too much. You can see how rich gly simplistic dialogue that strives for Winton’s novel probably is and yearn “Dirt Music,” a Samuel Goldwyn Films lyricism but often just ends up soun- for more information on Georgie, her release, has not been rated by the Motion ding silly. family (who have a very brief, fraught Picture Association of America. Running Taylor Swift, “folklore” (Republic Records) Lu is a broken man, so broken that and confusing introduction), Jim and time: 104 minutes.

ad Trump says generals feel Beirut blast the was likely an ‘attack’ BUZZ President Donald Trump said U.S. military generals have told great generals and they just seem to feel that it was. This was not a him that they “seem to feel” the massive explosion that rocked Bei- — some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of a event. ... They rut, killing at least 100 people, was a “terrible attack” likely caused seem to think it was a attack. It was a bomb of some kind, yes.” by a bomb. Trump offered condolences to the victims and said the United Trump was asked why he called it an attack and not an accident, States stood ready to assist Lebanon. “It looks like a terrible attack,” especially since Lebanese officials say they have not determined he said. the cause of the explosion. He told reporters at the White House: “It A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the matter yes- OPINION would seem like it based on the explosion. I met with some of our terday, referring questions back to the White House (see p8). World Views Alex Webb, Bloomberg

New Zealand’s Apple, Amazon and unemployment rate Google are all pretty Video suggests showed a surprising improvement to 4% bulletproof during the midst of the explosions in North nation’s virus lockdown, Europe has the motivation, but not the means, to although the headline break up Big Tech. For the U.S., the inverse is true. number doesn’t tell the That’s bad news for anyone hoping for a full regula- Korean city near China full story and joblessness tory reckoning with Silicon Valley’s and Seattle’s giants is likely to increase in the over their monopolistic tendencies. video obtained by months ahead. Still, the Washington lawmakers see their job as protecting The Associated Press figure was far better than A most people expected the consumer first and foremost, while Brussels shows plumes of black AP PHOTO wants to make sure other companies are allowed to and came as welcome smoke rising from a Nor- compete with the incumbents. Sadly for Europe, the news to the government th Korean city near the Americans have all the power but their approach is led by Prime Minister unlikely to produce radical change (as my Opinion border with China amid Jacinda Ardern ahead of colleague Tara Lachapelle wrote this week). reports that deadly explo- a general election next month. That isn’t to say the European Union is wasting its sions occurred there ear- time in leading the charge against Big Tech. Congress’s lier this week. grilling last week of the chief executives of Apple Inc., There has been no offi-

Amazon.com Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and cial word from North Ko- AP PHOTO Facebook Inc. showed that the “Brussels Effect” is in rea or China about what full force. The EU plays an outsized role when it co- happened in the North mes to regulation because other regions — even the Korean city of Hyesan on Americans — tend to follow its lead. Up to a point, at Monday. But South Ko- least. rean media and outside Australia’s State of As U.S. lawmakers made the case against the West Victoria announced a monitoring groups repor- Coast giants, time and again their arguments echoed record 725 COVID-19 efforts already well underway in Europe. When the ted that gas explosions in a cases and 15 deaths Democratic Representative David Cicilline tackled the residential area left dozens yesterday, while way Google displays news snippets in search results of people dead or injured. businesses in Melbourne without reimbursing the publishers, he evoked new The AP couldn’t indepen- city prepared to draw copyright laws proposed by the EU last year. dently confirm the repor- down their shutters For two years Brussels has been looking at whether ts. as new pandemic restrictions are Amazon uses its marketplace data to compete unfair- The video acquired by enforced. The 24-hour ly with the sellers on its website; that’s now a hot topic AP shows orange flames on Capitol Hill too. The market power of Apple’s App record was marginally and black smoke shooting Store and of virtual assistants such as Siri and Alexa, higher than the 723 into the sky from Hyesan both of which are the subject of new EU investiga- cases and 13 deaths reported last Thursday. tions, were also on Congress’s agenda. as loud explosion-like sou- Many non-essential Tackling companies with combined annual revenue nds are heard. A few peo- businesses in Melbourne of $782 billion, more than the gross domestic product ple can be seen watching will be closed for six the scene from the Chine- of Switzerland, is a huge challenge, meaning compe- weeks. tition authorities benefit from the work that’s already se side of the border. the same structures and earlier reported gasoline been done elsewhere. Even the British Competition The video was provided lights. Other videos of the stored at a house in Hye- India has reported and Markets Authority’s study of the digital-adverti- by Wang Bo, a travel agent reported explosions have san ignited and led to the more than 50,000 new sing market got a shout out from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who said he shot it from a been circulating on Chine- explosion of a nearby li- coronavirus cases for who cited the agency’s findings on Google’s dominant park in the Chinese border se and South Korean social quid petroleum gas cylin- an eighth straight day, market share. town of Changbai. media. der, and this caused chain taking the country’s The European Commission does have the legal au- number of confirmed “I just saw ex- explosions of gas thority to try to break companies up, but no one thinks cases since the it would ever try this on a U.S. company. The political plosions and the- The Seoul-based cylinders attached pandemic began past blowback would be too severe. The Americans could re were a lot of on- to other houses. 1.9 million. The Health themselves seek breakups, and would have the power lookers who were Daily NK yesterday Other South Ko- Ministry yesterday to do so, but their antitrust regime has different prio- looking in that di- rean media carried reported a spike of rities. While the problems — and the levels of exas- rection. We don’t cited unidentified similar reports. Ahn 52,509 new cases and peration at the cavalier behavior of the companies know the reason Kyung-su, a resear- 857 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The — might be the same, the types of punishment that why there were sources in North cher, said one of his ministry said India’s lawmakers have in mind are different, according to explosions,” Wang North Korean refu- Nicolas Petit, the joint chair in competition law at the Korea as saying recovery rate among said. gee sources in Sou- COVID-19 patients has European University Institute. Wang, who said that the explosions th Korea told him touched 66.31%. That’s because American antitrust law focuses on he has previous- that she heard from the interests of the consumer — primarily around left 15 people dead pricing — while Europe considers the broader market ly visited Hyesan, her relative in Hye- said the explo- san about the re- dynamics and effect on competition. While Vestager AP PHOTO probably wants to foster the creation of a company sions happened not far In Seoul, South Korea’s ported explosions during that could counterbalance Google and Facebook’s from the city’s orphanage spy agency and the Uni- a phone conversation on might in search and social media, her U.S. peers only and tourism office. fication Ministry, which Tuesday. worry if the impact of their dominance is detrimental Many Chinese border handles relations with Nor- North Korean state me- to consumers. towns are very close to th Korea, said they couldn’t dia, which rarely acknow- France As Lebanon That narrower American focus limits the likelihood North Korea, separated immediately confirm the ledge deadly accidents in reeled in shock a day of far-reaching action, says Tommaso Valletti, the head only by the river border. reported explosions. Uni- the country, haven’t com- after the massive blast in of Imperial College London’s Department of Econo- Beirut and counted the Wang said from Bin- fication Ministry spokes- mented on the reported mics and Public Policy, and a former chief competi- dead, nations around the jiang Park in Changbai man Yoh Sangkey still told explosions. tion economist at the European Commission. “The world promised it would reporters that he felt sorry U.S. has, de facto, abdicated any enforcement for 20 where he shot the video, But in 2017, state media not be alone. French years in this area,” he told me. “in summer, we can see for any possible casualties. reported six people died President Emmanuel In her submission to the House of Representatives’ North Koreans swim in the The Seoul-based Daily when the roof of a mine Macron announced he antitrust subcommittee, Vestager called for “common” river, and in winter, people NK, which specializes in collapsed. In 2014, state would fly to the shattered policy responses, according to a document obtained can walk on the frozen Yalu North Korea news, yes- media said government Lebanese capital, and two planeloads of by the website Euractiv. It’s an admirable goal and River.” terday cited unidentified officials had offered an French rescue workers should be the logical conclusion of investigations ta- The Associated Press sources in North Korea as apology for the collapse of and aid were expected ckling many of the same topics. It’s also a pipe dream. verified the location after saying that the explosions an apartment building un- to touch down early [Abridged] examining other tourist vi- left 15 people dead and der construction in Pyon- today [Macau time]. deos of the park that show the death toll could rise. It gyang, the capital. AP More on macaudailytimes.com