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THE GOVERNMENT DEFENDED A NOW- SEPARATION OF POWERS HAS NO A LARGE EXPLOSION IN ZHUHAI ABANDONED PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL PLACE IN ’S POLITICAL THAT ROCKED A HOTEL AND LIBRARY PROJECT, SAYING IT WAS THE NEARBY BUILDING HAS LEFT THREE RIGHT DECISION AT THAT TIME SYSTEM, SAYS ANDRÉ CHEONG INJURED AND NO FATALITIES P6 P3 P2 AP PHOTO

India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall Responding to Covid-19 demands, the is dropping tally to 4.75 million. The A NEW FORMULA Health Ministry yesterday P5 also reported 1,114 deaths its F3 race in favor of the Chinese Formula 4 series in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 78,586. Even as infections are growing faster in India than anywhere else in the world, the number of people recovering from the virus has also risen sharply. The SPORTS BUREAU COURTESY country’s recovery rate stands at 77%. AP PHOTO

Philippines A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported yesterday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines. AP PHOTO

Iran State TV on Saturday reported that the country’s authorities executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man, after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man’s life to be spared. State TV BLOOMBERG quoted the chief justice of Fars province, Kazem Threat to Mousavi, as saying: “The retaliation sentence against Navid Afkari, the world peace killer of Hassan Torkaman, was carried out this Beijing blasts back at a US report critical morning in Adelabad prison in Shiraz.” of China’s military saying Washington Nepal A landslide triggered poses the bigger threat P7 by overnight rainfall swept through three Nepalese villages yesterday, killing at least six people while 26 were reported missing and believed to be buried by debris, officials said. Rescuers managed to pull out the six bodies from underneath houses and were searching for the others, government administrator Baburam Khanal said.

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56-year-old woman falls CRIME for romance scam A 56-year-old local woman lost nearly Man accused of assaulting HKD200,000 to a love scam. At this stage, no one has been arrested, but investigation is ongoing, the Judiciary and raping ex-girlfriend Police assured. In December 2018, the victim came across a male user on a JULIE ZHU social media platform. The user claimed that he worked in the chemical business. 27-year-old man is facing They got along well and communicated Acriminal charges for mul- continuously and later became a couple. tiple offenses he committed MARQUES RENATO In January 2019, the suspect claimed against his girlfriend, the Judi- that he needed money to go on a ciary Police (PJ) reported during business trip to Thailand and wanted Friday’s joint police press confe- to borrow HKD200,000 from her. She rence. eventually transferred HKD194,000 The suspect, surnamed Ng, is worth of Thai baht to the suspect. Later, an unemployed Macau resident. when she spoke with her son, she was He and his girlfriend have an told that she might have been scammed. 11-year-old daughter. The three of them live in an apartment in Couple investigated for the central district. fake marriages In July, the victim attempted to break up with the suspect and Hoping to receive money to repay requested Ng move out of their gambling debts, a local couple apartment. At that time, the sus- masterminded two fake marriages with pect refused. two mainland residents for remuneration Ng and the victim later enga- of more than 100,000 patacas, ged in a dispute in August, whi- according to the police. The police have ch led to the woman reporting three suspects in the case: Iong, who the incident to the Public Se- is in his 60s, and Chang and Zeng, both curity Police Force (PSP). After females in their 40s. Iong and Chang this incident, Ng stopped going the police department, however ment for help. The Judiciary Police charged are a couple. Five years ago, in order to to their apartment. the suspect seized the phone Shortly after, the PSP officers the man for rape and other cri- repay gambling debts, Chang married However, at 4 a.m. on Wed- and damaged it. intercepted Ng near his ex-girl- mes, and has handed him over Xie, a mainland resident, to help Xie and Xie’s son obtain Macau residency. nesday morning, when the vic- After that, the man preven- friend’s apartment. to the prosecution authority. The Identification Bureau suspected tim returned home, she found ted the woman from leaving the During the police interroga- In June, a 24-year-old local an abnormality and requested a police that Ng had snuck into the hou- apartment. tion, Ng claimed that he did not man was accused of crimes in- investigation. During the investigation, se and was hiding in the kitchen. Approximately 20 minutes sexually assault the woman and cluding aggravated assault, rape the police also unearthed that Iong was When he was spotted, he im- later, the victim convinced Ng that his only intention was to re- and unlawful detention of his in a fake marriage with Zeng, so that mediately attacked the victim, to let her out of the apartment pair their relationship. girlfriend who had decided to Zeng and her two children could get covered her mouth with tape to buy food. As she was walking However, judging from the break up with him. Macau residency. The trio have already and tied her hands up with rope. outside, the suspect followed superficial injuries on the vic- In May, a civil servant from received their Macau IDs. Then he allegedly raped her. her. However, the woman ma- tim’s body, the PJ believes there the Health Bureau was charged The victim fought Ng and naged to get to a friend’s house is strong evidence indicating with raping his wife and accused Man loses 13 million tried to reach a phone and call and called the police depart- that the man had raped her. of domestic violence. patacas in romance scam

The police have identified two suspects believed to be connected to a romance scam three years ago in which a local man claimed to lose 13 million patacas. Explosion at Zhuhai hotel The two suspects in the case were recently arrested in an Areia Preta apartment but refused to cooperate, injures three bystanders the Judiciary Police said. Three years large explosion at a Firefighters rescued mainland media reports. ago, a female suspect told the victim A Zhuhai hotel on Fri- nine people, three of Some of the bystan- over a mobile messaging app that she day injured three bystan- whom were spectators ders who were inter- was willing to offer paid sex. The victim ders, according to official who were standing near- viewed reported hearing accepted the offer and “prepaid” her 5 reports from the main- by observing the fire and four explosions on Friday million patacas in the form of gaming land press. the first few explosions. morning. vouchers. Later, a man who claimed to At about 9 a.m. on Two sustained mild inju- Video footage also be the “sex provider’s” manager, who Friday, a group of explo- ries while one sustained shows that multiple ex- This still made from video shows the scene after an explosion is believed to be the male suspect, asked the victim for 7 million patacas in sions occurred near and burns. plosions occurred. Se- Bitcoin. Later, the male suspect asked at Zhuhai OYO Teng Hu According to a report veral video clips spread pacted the ground and broke out on the ground the victim to give him HKD1.15 million in Grand Hotel, which is lo- by the People’s Daily, a on Weibo showed that first floors of two buildin- floor of a residential bui- cash, which the suspect intended to use cated in the Bai Teng Tou preliminary inspection crowds were witnessing gs. The first floor of one lding which accommo- to buy Bitcoin. Eventually, the suspect area of Doumen district. indicated that an explo- the aftermath of earlier of the buildings is mostly dates 10 residential units was unable to buy Bitcoin and decided It took six fire squads, ding LPG bottle caused explosions when sud- comprised of businesses, overlooking the scene of to leave the money at a police station, 19 fire trucks and 55 fire- the disaster. The official denly another one deto- including a children’s art the accident. Other fires from which the victim was instructed to fighters one hour to put account is that the disas- nated, causing bystan- center. were observed on the retrieve the money. That was when the out the fire, which cove- ter was caused by human ders to flee. Judging from the vi- hotel’s ground and first police were alerted to the case. red 150 square meters. accident, according to The blasts heavily im- deo footage, one fire floors. JZ

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Local businessman Liu Chak Wan given honorary Secretary says separation of doctorate Liu Chak Wan, a local businessman and chancellor powers not part of Macau’s system of the Macau University of Science and Technology, has ECRETARY for Adminis- recently been awarded an tration and Justice André honorary doctorate in business Cheong has stressed that administration by the Hong the political system in Kong Baptist University. At SMacau focuses on mutual coope- ARCHIVE PHOTO the conferment ceremony, ration rather than the traditional Professor Edward Snape, Dean separation of powers employed of the university’s School of in Western democracy. His com- Business, commended Liu ments come on the heel of con- for being an entrepreneur troversial remarks in neighboring filled with care and morality, an educational philanthropist , where the education full of generosity, and a authority has recently ordered community leader with heavy textbook publishers to remove responsibility. Liu is also references to the concept in their member of the Standing liberal studies textbooks. Committee of the 13th term of According to Cheong, Macau’s the Chinese People’s Political Basic Law stipulates that each of Consultative Conference and the branches of the executive, a recipient of the 2019 Golden legislature and judiciary has its Lotus Medal. own scope of authority. In the last 20 years since the establish- Wynn not ment of the SAR, the system has been operating in an effective stopping its Macau and efficient manner, said the Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong investment, says Secretary. company executive When asked how an indepen- Recently, the concept of “se- gislative and judicial powers Meanwhile, the Liaison Office dent judiciary can be guaranteed paration of powers” has been a enjoyed by the HKSAR are not of the Central People’s Gover- Linda Chen, Vice President in Macau, the secretary cited the topic of debate in Hong Kong. shared with, but are instead au- nment in the Hong Kong Spe- of the Board, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Basic Law and a series of other The debate was ignited when the thorized by central authorities, cial Administrative Region has Director of Wynn Macau laws to prove that the courts have city’s Secretary for Education, Ke- adding that the chief executive said that it supports Lam’s view, Ltd., has promised that the independent judicial powers and vin Yeung, announced that the is at the core of the executive-led saying that the city’s political sys- Covid-19 pandemic has not the Public Prosecutions Office Education Bureau in Hong Kong framework. tem does not enjoy a “separation slowed down the company’s had ordered textbook publishers The Hong Kong Basic Law, of powers.” has prosecution powers. As an investment in the city. She which is similar to Macau’s, stipu- The office’s spokesperson act of independent judiciary, the to delete references to the con- stressed that casino operation executive branch will respect and cept. lates that the SAR is an inalienab- pointed out that “separation of focuses on the long term. implement the judgment made In addition, publishers were le part of the People’s Republic of powers” is usually a term reser- Meanwhile, Crystal Pavilion, by the courts, said Cheong. asked to emphasize legal conse- China and a local administrative ved for sovereign states. a planned theater-dining- Cheong used recent land plot quences in the entry on “civil di- region that enjoys a high degree A SAR is not an independent exhibition project adjacent retrieval cases as an example. If sobedience.” Some saw these acts of autonomy. political entity in Chinese poli- to the Wynn Palace hotel there is a judicial appeal on the as political censorship, which the “[Hong Kong] is directly un- tical tradition, but a local admi- tower, will break the ground executive’s decision to reclaim education chief has denied. der the jurisdiction of the cen- nistrative region where all of its next year as planned, the land parcels, the court shall have Yeung explained that it is “a tral government,” Lam said. She power is derived from the central executive disclosed. Chen the discretion to make a final ju- statement of facts” and that the pointed out that a high degree of government. views the upcoming October 1 dgment, he pointed out. concept of the separation of autonomy is not a full autonomy. China says its two SARs have “Golden Week”, which usually Cheong’s explanation aligns powers has never existed in Hong The executive, legislative and not adopted a Western-style se- hosts an influx of mainland with the view of the national go- Kong. judicial powers enjoyed by the paration of powers. Instead, they Chinese tourists, as a “new vernment, as well as his counter- Chief Executive Carrie Lam HKSAR are granted by the central have an executive-led, cooperati- beginning” and foresees the parts in Hong Kong. later said that the executive, le- government. ve political system. AL/AGENCIES gaming recovery to be gradual. She is also confident that performance in the second half of the year will improve. She explained that members of the public Police install new should learn to get accus- kiosks for renewal Tourism board does not expect major tomed to the new mode of permit to remain of travel, including the re- quirement for a negative Starting today, the police visitor growth over Golden Week department will start operating Covid-19 test result and new service kiosks at five ANTHONY LAM a negative Covid-19 test the first two phases of en- dong, there are on avera- conversion of health co- result. dorsement resumption ge 15,000 visitor arrivals des. Immigration proce- locations for convenience of HE director of the Applications for tou- began. each day. During the pan- dures would take longer, students who need to renew their permits to remain. The five Macao Government rist endorsements have Although they are ex- demic, there were only she said. T locations are the Government Tourism Office (MGTO), resumed gradually on the pecting gradual growth 200 arrivals per day on Meanwhile, ferry servi- Service Buildings in Areia Helena Maria de Sen- mainland. Applications in visitor arrivals in the the quieter days. ces between Macau and Preta and Nova Park, Taipa; the na Fernandes, said that resumed for Zhuhai resi- months ahead, the MGTO Upon the announce- Shenzhen also resumed arrival hall at the Border Gate the tourism board is not dents on August 12 and head said it is difficult to ment of the resumption late last week. The ferry checkpoint; the sub-station expecting a bounce in for Guangdong residents make a precise forecast of mainland travel endor- services are now opera- of the Outer Harbor Police visitor arrival numbers on August 26. As per the for this Golden Week. sement to Macau, parts of ting on two routes, namely Station; and the sub-station of during the upcoming current timeline, appli- In her opinion, Macau the business sector and of Outer Harbor-Shekou the Coloane Police Station at October 1 week-long ho- cations for all mainland should not expect a huge the public were expecting and Taipa-Shekou. The the University of Macau. The liday, known as Golden residents will resume on influx of tourists from the an influx of visitors. Ci- government disclosed last two locations will operate Week. This is due to exis- September 23. mainland. ting special border-cros- that on the first two days 24 hours a day. Non-resident ting travel restrictions, However, visitor ar- Currently, with the sing measures, the MGTO of service resumption, students will be able to renew including the require- rivals have remained resumption of travel en- head said that this would there were about 200 pas- their permit to remain at their ment for visitors to show mostly unchanged since dorsement in Guang- not happen. sengers each day. convenience. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 14.09.2020 mon

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Rotary clubs organize drive for migrants with newborns HE “Wholehearted Ser- Tvices for Harmonious Macau, Rotary Donation to People in Need” project was organized by Caritas Macau, the Rotary Club of Macau and the Rotary Club of Penha, Macao to provide Sheils gains baby formula and diapers to 26 unemployed Vietnamese momentum in and Filipino migrant worker families with newborn ba- bies between a few days to 9 OADHOUSE Macau A maximum of 150 months old. RBMW rider Derek riders and just 300 spec- Due to the socio-econo- Sheils has been crowned tators were allowed to mic impact of the Covid-19 the King of Kirkistown participate in what will pandemic, 10,700 non-re- after winning the first be the only short circuit sident workers lost their race and then placing se- racing event planned in jobs between January and cond during the two-ra- Northern Ireland this August, according to official ce feature event in Bel- year. statistics. fast, Northern Ireland. Sheils was also in Some of them are still Sheils, a familiar face the spotlight during the unable to return to their from the local Macau Cookstown 100 road ra- countries of origin due to Grand Prix event, beat ces, which were held at the lack of flights and bor- Michael Dunlop and Ja- Ireland’s Orritor circuit der restrictions. They have son Lynn in the first race, this weekend. been left out of support needed for feeding their ba- identify struggling families Areas of Focus of the Rotary, with Lynn coming out The Roadhouse Ma- measures by the SAR gover- bies. Some have also shown and what items they needed. maternal and child health. on top ahead of Sheils cau rider won from the nment, which are aimed at symptoms of anxiety, mal- The rotary clubs collabora- “The aim of this donation and Dunlop in race two. pole position twice, res- residents. nutrition and miscarriage. ted with the NGO because is to protect the baby’s health The event was the first tarting the Open race Some of these pregnant As a result, the Rotary the beneficiaries of the pro- and wellbeing. By providing of this kind to be held in with a 2.1-second mar- women and new mothers Club of Macau and the Ro- jects were newborn babies baby formula and diapers, Northern Ireland this gin over Michael Swee- could not afford antenatal tary Club of Penha, Macau and their mothers. This be- we hope to ensure the baby’s year due to Covid-19, ney. He now has seven and postnatal care, or items contacted Caritas Macau to longs to one of the Seven healthy development during which has stopped al- wins from eight big bike the early stage of their lives,” most all events on the races and nine career said João Pinto, president of motorsports calendar. wins in total at the 2.1- ad the Rotary Club of Macau. The races, organized mile Orritor circuit. Earlier this month, the by the Belfast and Dis- The second schedu- new president called for as- trict Motor Club were led Superbike race of the sistance for one of the city’s operating under a series day, the feature event, most vulnerable groups, of strict protocols and was called off because unemployed female migrant guidelines established of deteriorating track workers who have recently by the authorities in conditions after heavy given birth. LV Northern Ireland. rain. RM

CESL Asia partners with Portuguese firm in bid for Efacec ACAU-based invest- period for the submission in Portugal, regulated by Mment and services of non-binding offers will the Portuguese Securities firm CESL Asia will partner begin. Market Commission. with Portuguese company The deadline for the- “If we want to give cre- Alpac Capital to enter the se submissions should be dibility to the proposal, we bid for the purchase of October. want to be regulated,” said energy equipment manu- The consortium of Al- Santos. facturer Efacec. pac Capital and CESL Asia One of the Alpac and Last week, Alpac Capital (which is entering through CESL Asia consortium’s delivered the letter of in- its Portuguese company main competitors is ex- tention to the investment Focus Platform Group) has pected to be Egyptian bank Haitong to enter the “the purpose of trying to group Elsewedy. In the first reprivatization of Efacec, keep the company here in attempt to reprivatize Efa- whose sale process was Portugal,” maintaining the cec, Elsewedy submitted launched in the first half of decision center in the na- the highest bid, worth €130 the year. tional market but expan- million, as Expresso repor- The bank is responsib- ding the range of markets ted in July. le for conducting the sale in which Efacec operates. Last year, CESL Asia ac- process. CESL Asia’s entry, with quired Portuguese farming The director-general of business in China and Ja- group Monte do Pasto, Alpac Capital, Luís San- pan, will be a way of rein- aiming to continue deve- tos, told Portuguese news forcing Efacec’s business in loping social and econo- outlet Expresso that after the Asian market. mic cooperation between Haitong has collected ex- The consortium will Portugal, China, Macau pressions of interest from take shape through an in- and Portuguese-speaking several candidates, the vestment fund to be set up countries in Africa. LV www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 mon 14.09.2020 澳門 MACAU

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host the first four rounds of the series on September 19 and 20. The cars and drivers will return Macau Grand Prix drops F3 race, to the track for another four rounds of the series on October 7 and 8. The season finale of the series will now occur during the Macau Chinese F4 to replace GP weekend, with the last four rounds to play out in the streets of RENATO MARQUES which clashed with the “inflexible of Macau Races.” The Junior Na- Similar regulations have been Macau’s Guia Circuit, presenting approach” of Macau authorities. tional series, which does not have applied to the engine units, whi- drivers and teams with a very im- HE Macau Grand Prix According to the teams, the a global championship, started ch cannot cost over 9,500 euros portant and different challenge. Organizing Committee event would be able to run if team in 2015 and mainly provides very (MOP90,000) and must present In the initial calendar, which (MGPOC) announced on members could present a va- young and inexperienced drivers durability of over 10,000 kilome- was presented by the series to dri- Friday that it would drop lid negative nucleic acid test for a chance to start racing in open- ters. vers and teams at the start of this Tthe main headline race of the Covid-19 and enter Macau. This -wheel formula cars. Currently, the Chinese F4 series month, the four final rounds were Grand Prix program, the Formula would be followed by a “travel Most of the series’ rules and uses very lightweight carbon fiber still unconfirmed but would take 3 race, from this year’s program. bubble” established between the regulations aim to keep the costs cars. These are designed and bui- place either in Macau or Ningbo, This will be the first time sin- circuit and the lodging facility, si- of participation as low as possi- lt by French racecar constructor Zhejiang province. ce 1983 that the local Grand Prix milarly to what happened during ble. The regulating body of au- and powered by a Chine- The Ningbo International Cir- will not have an F3 category race, the season in Europe, which came tomobile racing established that se-made 2.0 turbo Geely G-Power cuit is also known for being the which was seen in the past as the to an end yesterday with Aus- cars competing in this category JLD-4G20 engine, capable of deli- “home circuit” of car manufactu- ultimate test for young drivers tralian driver Oscar Piastri from cannot cost over 30,000 euros vering around 160 horsepower. rer Geely. proving their readiness to com- Prema Team winning the cham- (MOP284,000) and the cost of After several delays, the Chi- If Chinese F4 was to race at the pete in the Formula One World pionship title. a full race season in Formula 4 nese F4 championship is ready to Guia circuit, it would be the only Championship. The Chinese Formula 4 series also cannot exceed 100,000 euros start the season this weekend. The the street racing event for junior At the press conference held by is lining up to replace the “Queen (MOP946,000). Zhuhai International Circuit will single-seaters being held in 2020. the MGPOC, the president of the Automobile General Association Macao-China (AAMC) and Coor- dinator of the Sports Subcommi- ttee of MGPOC, Chong Coc Veng, 67th Macau GP program not final yet announced that it would be im- RENATO MARQUES & JULIE ZHU number of participants on the track, since the stopped due to the pandemic. possible to retain the FIA F3 Wor- only participants eligible will come from the As a result, the MGPOC has decided to invite ld Cup event due to the Covid-19 HE program for the 67th Macau Grand China GT and GT World Challenge Asia Cham- racers that were in last year’s competition. The pandemic. The only international TPrix, which was presented last Friday by pionships, or will be local drivers with an eligi- MGPOC is uncertain about many will be avai- event has now been cut from the the Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee ble sports license for the series. lable to join however, since contestants would program in the same way that the (MGPOC), may not be finalized yet. The racing The Macau Guia Race will be represented by have to undergo a 14-day mandatory quaranti- FIA GT World Cup and FIA World program will include “six to seven races,” the TCR Asia Series, as it has not been since 2017. ne on arrival. Touring Car Cup (WTCR) were president of the Automobile General Associa- As the Times announced early last month, For the remaining events, which mostly called off by organizers earlier in tion Macao-China (AAMC) and Coordinator of the FIA (WTCR) event rely on local and regional drivers, the races will the year, as the Times first repor- the Sports Subcommittee of MGPOC, Chong has been replaced by a round of the TCR Asia follow the same format as last year for the Ma- ted in late May. Coc Veng, said during his presentation of the Series for cars with the same specifications. cau Touring Car Cup and Greater Bay Area GT The Times has learned from competitions. In the press conference, Chong also indica- Cup. sources among the F3 teams that For the six events already confirmed, the ted that local drivers and drivers included in The organizers also announced that given the reason this year’s event was Grand Prix will include the Formula Macau other championships in the Asia-Pacific region the pandemic, several backup plans have been canceled was the mandatory 14- Grand Prix (F4), the Macau GT Cup, Macau for cars that meet TCR specifications, will be prepared in case these arrangements fail and day quarantine measures being Guia Race, Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, Ma- also eligible to participate in the event. changes need to be made to the program. enforced by the local government cau Touring Car Cup, and Greater Bay Area GT The 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix The Motorcycle GP seems most at risk, as for all non-Chinese nationals. Cup. seems to be a little more complicated, however. sources heard by the Times said that it is “not The sources, which requested The Macau GT Cup, which is being held to The event has been relying on European racers feasible” for most of teams and riders to come to remain anonymous, said “there replace the FIA GT World Cup, will feature two coming mostly from British Superbikes as well to Macau for a period of at least three consecu- was willingness for the majority different classes of race cars this year, the GT3 as the British and Irish Road Racing Cham- tive weeks to comply with quarantine rules as of the teams to come to Macau,” and GT4. This is part of a bid to increase the pionships, competitions which have mostly well as prepare for the racing weekend. page 6 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 14.09.2020 mon

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Culture secretary defends predecessor decision on Central Library JULIE ZHU ce of the project. It is expected troversy, Secretary Ao Ieong only to cost around 500 million pata- debunked the former IC’s claim ECRETARY for Social Affairs cas, approximately 45% less than by saying that the current cultu- Sand Culture Elsie Ao Ieong what the government had fore- ral authority had reviewed the U said that the former govern- cast as the cost of construction at public’s previous opinions. They ment did not make a mistake by the Old Court Building in central had especially considered whe- planning to build the Central Li- Macau. ther people supported the former brary at the site of the Old Court Former Secretary for Social Af- plan and noticed that the majori- Building. fairs and Culture Alexis Tam had ty of the people were mostly con- Last week, the Cultural Affairs insisted that the Old Court Buil- cerned about accessibility, cultu- Bureau announced that the new ding was the best location to bui- ral protection and other aspects. Central Library would be built on ld the library. According to Ao Ieong, pre- the land plot of the former Hotel Now that the earlier Old Court vious public opinions made the Estoril in Tap Seac Square, retur- Building proposal has been aban- government believe that Hotel ning to its original location cho- doned, lawmakers and members Estoril was a better location. Ao sen after a public consultation of the public have pushed for Ieong’s statement indicated that process held by the government high-ranking officials to be held the former government had made in 2009. accountable for wasting public mistakes in either understanding The announcement marks a money. or in following public opinions. reversal from the previous admi- In 2016, the then-IC leadership However, despite indirectly nistration, which had wanted to claimed that the selection of the admitting to the previous gover- transform the Old Court Building location for the new Central Li- nment’s mistakes, Ao Ieong still for this purpose. brary had been supported by the defended the former leadership According to the current ad- majority of the members of the team by saying, “Let me put it this ministration, the latest decision city’s advisory council and the way: at different moments, we takes into account the location’s Macau people. make different decisions. At this feasibility and accessibility, the Responding to the public’s moment, we feel that this deci- A rendering of the proposed Central Library project to be based in Tap Seac Square ease of construction and the pri- disapproval regarding the con- sion is right.”

Int’l Music Festival 40 children graduate organizers announce from lion dance

FREDERICK TUBIERMONT three special concerts training program HE organizers of the Ma- present Mahler’s Symphony

Tcao International Music No. 1 to promote artistic ex- XINHUA Festival (MIMF) will stage changes in the Greater Bay three special concerts in Oc- Area, while young violinist tober - “A Century of Chinese Huali Dang will perform Music”, “Mahler Symphony Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1” and “Bravo Macao!” No. 5. – as part of the new lineup The concert “Bravo Ma- adjusted because of the pan- cao!”, which offers a platform Table tennis demic situation. for young local musicians to On October 4, “A Century showcase their talents, will tournament to of Chinese Music” will fea- be staged at the Dom Pedro debut in November ture two acclaimed plucked- V Theatre on October 31, fea- -string virtuosos, the promi- turing percussionist Andrew ORLD Table Ten- into one of the greatest nent master of pipa, Zhang Chan and saxophonist Lee NTEGRATED resort ce Association Macau, Wnis (WTT) annou- sporting properties on Hongyan, and accomplished Chi Pok. Ioperator MGM China and supported by the nced on Friday that a the planet,” said WTT contemporary guzheng so- According to a statement held a graduation cere- Cultural Affairs Bureau, promotional showcase Council Chair Liu Guo- loist, Luo Jing, who will per- issued by the Cultural Affairs mony on Saturday for the Macao Government WTT Macao will be sta- liang, who also takes form the pieces “Blossoms Bureau (IC), the MIMF pro- 40 youth graduates from Tourism Office, the Spor- ged between November charge of the Chinese on a Moonlit River in Spring” gram has been designed this this year’s Junior Lion ts Bureau and the Edu- 25 and 29, 2020, the first Table Tennis Association and “Song of the Homebou- year “to inspire people with Dance Training Program. cation and Youth Affairs tournament that is held (CTTA), according to a nd Fishermen”, respectively. music during the epidemic.” The 40 graduates put Bureau. since the organization’s report by Xinhua. In the concert “Mahler Tickets went on sale at the on performances at the The youth training foundation. “WTT Macao will be Symphony No. 1” to be held Macau Ticketing Network Grande Praça in MGM program aims to promo- WTT is responsible for a table tennis show like on October 10, the Macao starting yesterday, with early Macau on Saturday, te the lion dance as tra- all of the global commer- no other before it. After Orchestra and the Shenzhen bird and various discounts showing guests what ditional Lingnan herita- cial and event business, months of waiting to see Symphony Orchestra will available. DB they had learned in the ge and in this way stren- with the aim of elevating what this is all about, the past seven weeks of gthen the bond of young the sport to new heights. time has come to raise training. Guests of honor people with their culture Its first annual calendar the curtain for our first at the event presented and with the nation, ac- of events is scheduled to ever exhibition of World the children with certi- cording to organizers. kick off in 2021. Table Tennis,” said Steve ficates and words of en- Since its inception, “WTT Macao is our Dainton, WTT Director couragement. the program has trained opportunity to show the and ITTF CEO. Held since 2015, “Ju- around 380 lion dan- world just what an in- WTT Macao will fea- nior Lion Dance Training cers, of which about 80 credible transformation ture 16 of the world’s best Program” is tailor-made have continued their our sport will be going male and 16 of the wor- for children aged be- education with a more through in the World ld’s best female paddlers. tween five to eight years advanced course called Table Tennis era, and to Participants will be an- old. It is co-organized the “Junior Lion Dan- demonstrate how we are nounced in the coming The Macao Orchestra by MGM and Hong Wai ce Continuous Training elevating table tennis weeks. DB/XINHUA Dragon & Lion Dan- Program.” DB www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 mon 14.09.2020 中國 CHINA

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Relatives urge Beijing to return 12 detainees Chinese military calls US to Hong Kong Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities called Saturday for their family members biggest threat to world peace to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. At HINA’S Defense Mi- an emotional news conference, the group nistry yesterday blas- said their relatives should be allowed to ted a critical U.S. re- meet with lawyers they themselves have BLOOMBERG port on the country’s hired, not those appointed by Chinese Cmilitary ambitions, saying it is authorities. They also said they should the U.S. instead that poses the be provided with needed medications, biggest threat to the internatio- be allowed to call their families and nal order and world peace. eventually be allowed to return to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government The statement follows the has not provided any sort of concrete September 2 release of the assistance, leading the families to come annual Defense Department forward to urge authorities to help, said report to Congress on Chine- pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu, se military developments and who hosted the news conference. The goals that it said would have 12 were reportedly seeking to make it “serious implications for U.S. to the self-governing island of by national interests and the se- speedboat when they were caught by curity of the international rules- the Chinese coast guard and detained in -based order.” the southern city of Shenzhen on Aug. Defense Ministry spokes- 23. They have been held incommunicado man Col. Wu Qian called the since then. report a “wanton distortion” of China’s aims and the rela- China releases tionship between the People’s five missing Indian Liberation Army and China’s 1.4 billion people. nationals amid standoff “Many years of evidence In this August 2019 file photo, pedestrians walk past an advertisement for the People’s Liberation Army on a screen The Indian army said Saturday that China shows that it is the U.S. that is near the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong has released five Indian nationals who the fomenter of regional unrest, went missing earlier this month from the violator of the international to safeguard the healthy develo- towards, which, if achieved and world’s largest standing mili- the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh order and the destroyer of world pment of bilateral military rela- its accompanying military mo- tary, has overtaken the U.S., amid simmering tensions between the peace,” he said. tions.” dernization left unaddressed, including in the size of its navy, two countries along a disputed mountain U.S. actions in Iraq, Syria, Running to more than 150 will have serious implications now the world’s largest with frontier. The five men were hunters Libya and other countries over pages, the Defense Department for U.S. national interests and approximately 350 ships and and will be quarantined for 14 days as the past two decades have re- report examined the PLA’s te- the security of the international submarines compared to arou- a precaution against the coronavirus sulted in the deaths of more chnical capabilities, doctrines rules-based order.” nd 293 for the U.S. before being handed over to their than 800,000 people and displa- and the ultimate aims of Chi- Much of the report was devo- China has also built a consi- families, the army said in a statement. cement of millions, Qian said. na’s military buildup. It said it ted to analyzing China’s strategy derable arsenal of land-based China’s state-run Global Times “Rather than reflecting on it- includes becoming a “practical toward Taiwan, a U.S. ally whi- ballistic and cruise missiles and newspaper disputed India’s claims, and self, the U.S. issued a so-called instrument” of China’s statecra- ch China considers a part of its has one of the world’s largest said the released men were intelligence report that made false com- ft with an active role in advan- territory to be annexed by force forces of advanced long-range agents dressed as hunters. The five men ments about China’s normal cing Beijing’s foreign policy and if necessary. China’s military ca- surface-to-air systems, the re- went missing on September 2, adding to defense and military construc- “aims to revise aspects of the pabilities dwarf those of the is- port said. the already heightened tensions between tion,” he said in the statement. international order.” land of 23 million in numerical This year’s report comes as India and China. The two countries have “We call on the U.S. to view Chi- “Certainly, many factors will terms, although any invasion relations between Beijing and been locked in a bitter standoff for na’s national defense and mi- determine how this course un- of Taiwan would be complex Washington have hit their lowest months in the Ladakh region, where in litary construction objectively folds,” the report said. “What and would carry major political ebb in decades amid simmering June they had their deadliest clash in decades. and rationally, cease making is certain is that [the ruling risks, the report said. disputes over trade, technology, false statements and related re- Communist Party] has a strate- It also looked at areas where Taiwan, human rights and the ports, and take concrete actions gic end state that it is working the 2 million-member PLA, the South China Sea. AP Domestic air travel recovers in Wuhan, once virus epicenter China’s military-ba- cked space program has Domestic air travel in Wuhan, the developed rapidly since epicenter of the global coronavirus China says Mars probe stable, it became just the third outbreak, has returned to pre-pandemic country after Russia and levels, authorities say. The virus was first the U.S. to put a man in detected in Wuhan late last year and but no word on reusable spacecraft space in 2003. Last year, the city underwent a draconian 76-day lockdown as its hospitals struggled to deal HINA’S Mars pro- million miles) from Ear- Mars mission yet as it site last Sunday, calling China’s Chang’e-4 be- with a tidal wave of cases that required be Tianwen-1, whi- th when it arrives at Mars seeks to join the United the flight a breakthrough came the first spacecra- C the rapid construction of field hospitals ch blasted into space in around February, having States in successfully that will eventually provi- ft from any country to to handle the overflow. Since re-opening land on the far side of the July, is now more than 15 traveled 470 million kilo- landing a spacecraft on de convenient round-trip in early April, life has gradually returned million kilometers from meters in all to get there. the planet. It was blas- transport to space at a low moon. to normal and numbers of domestic Earth en route to the red The administration, ted into space aboard a cost. No other details on The program has also flights serving the city, as well as the planet, the National Spa- however, has yet to re- Long March-5 on July 23 the mission or the confi- suffered the occasional number of passengers, had both fully ce Administration said lease information about during a month when guration of the spacecraft setback. The northwes- recovered, according to the operator of Saturday. a mysterious reusable the United Arab Emira- have been released. tern satellite launch cen- Wuhan Tianhe International airport. It The administration experimental spacecraft tes and the U.S. also took That is also seen as an ter of Jiuquan reported said 64,700 passengers were transported said that Tianwen-1 was that returned to Earth a advantage of a shortened attempt to put China on that an optical satellite aboard 500 domestic flights on Friday. in stable condition, ha- week ago after a two-day distance between the the leading edge of spa- launched midday Satur- The airport is preparing to eventually ving completed its first flight. planets to launch similar ce flight. The U.S. has for day failed to enter its pre- resume international passenger flights mid-course orbital cor- The spacecraft consis- missions. years been operating the set orbit after abnormali- to destinations such as Seoul, Singapore, rection early last mon- ts of an orbiter, a lander China said the reusa- secretive X-37B space ties were observed during Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Qu Xiaoni, th. It will be about 195 and a rover, and marks ble spacecraft returned plane that remains in or- the flight of its carrier ro- an airport representative was quoted as million kilometers (118 China’s most ambitious to its designated landing bit for months. cket. AP saying by the official Xinhua News Agency. page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo WORLD 國際 14.09.2020 mon

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Former UK leaders this day in history unite to slam Boris Johnson on Brexit plan expels PAN PYLAS, LONDON 1985 USSR 25 in tit-for-tat spy row

WO former British AP PHOTO Two days after the British Government ordered the expul- prime ministers sion of 25 alleged Soviet spies, the USSR has retaliated by who played crucial throwing out 25 British nationals. roles in bringing It follows the defection of Soviet double-agent and KGB Tpeace to Northern Ireland chief Oleg Gordievsky to the West. joined forces Sunday to He gave British security services an unprecedented amount urge lawmakers to reject of information about Soviet agents operating in the UK. In fact government plans to over- he had recently been appointed head of the KGB in London in ride the Brexit deal with the charge of the USSR’s whole spy operation in Britain. European Union, arguing He is the highest-ranking KGB espionage source to be iden- that it imperils that peace tified and his defection was described by Foreign Secretary and damages the U.K.’s re- Sir Geoffrey Howe as “a very substantial coup for our security putation. forces”. In an article in The Sun- The Foreign Office revealed that Mr Gordievsky had been a day Times, John Major and double agent since 1966. He was persuaded to work for the Tony Blair slammed the Danish intelligence service soon after the KGB posted him to current British government Copenhagen posing as a press attaché. for “shaming” the country Three Soviet diplomats were expelled from Denmark in with legislation that, in pla- 1977 thanks to information he gave to the Danes. ces, goes against the very In 1982 the KGB sent him to London as a “counsellor” for the Soviet Embassy when he began working for MI5. deal it signed to allow for Mr Gordievsky’s revelations are a severe blow to the KGB, the U.K.’s smooth departu- but MI5’s greatest asset is also gone. re from the EU earlier this It is believed he is behind the expulsion of several other So- year. viet diplomats in the last few years. Major, a Conservative He is now in the hands of British security, along with his wife, prime minister from 1990 to after requesting asylum some weeks ago. Precise details of 1997, and Blair, his Labour his defection remain unknown. successor for a decade, said The British Government had expected some kind of retalia- Former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair (left) and John Major Prime Minister Boris John- tion but was surprised by such a tough response as this is the son’s Internal Market Bill first time Moscow has sent out an equal number of foreigners “questions the very integri- going to get to that stage,” between the EU’s chief ne- ld be some kind of regula- in reprisal. ty” of the U.K. he said. gotiator, Michel Barnier, tory border between main- There was a flurry of activity in Whitehall when news broke of “This government’s ac- EU leaders have furious- and his U.K. counterpart, land Britain and Northern the Soviet tit-for-tat expulsions. tion is shaming itself and ly rejected Johnson’s charge David Frost, had made very Ireland. Sir Geoffrey held meetings with Foreign Office and security embarrassing our nation,” that the bloc is planning a little progress. Major and Blair, who service officials to discuss Britain’s next move and the impact they said. major disruption to normal One major element of both vociferously opposed on Anglo-Soviet relations. The planned legisla- trade between mainland the Brexit withdrawal agree- Brexit, said the planned President Mikhail Gorbachev and Prime Minister Margaret tion, which will be debated Britain and Northern Ire- ment is the section related legislation puts the 1998 Thatcher have developed a certain personal rapport that has by British lawmakers this land. to ensuring an open border Good Friday agreement boosted trade between the two countries. week, has led to a furious Irish Foreign Minister Si- on the island of Ireland to that ended decades of vio- But the current crisis could undermine Anglo-Soviet rela- outcry within the EU as it mon Coveney told the BBC protect the peace process in lence in Northern Ireland tions. would diminish the bloc’s that the “kind of inflamma- Northern Ireland. at risk. In a statement Sir Geoffrey said: “We utterly condemn this previously agreed oversi- tory language” Th pair said unjustified action directed against British businessmen and journalists, as well as embassy staff.” ght of trade between main- coming from the the bill “negates Although the embassy in Moscow has been hit hard - 18 of land Britain and Northern British government There are concerns the predictabili- their 43 diplomats have been told to pack their bags - only two Ireland if a U.K.-EU trade was “spin and not ty, political sta- that the talks on a of the 25 people expelled were businessmen. Analysts sug- agreement isn’t secured. the truth.” bility and legal gest this means President Gorbachev wants to maintain the The British government Still, with the future trade deal clarity that are trade links that bring in much-needed hard currency. has admitted that the le- British government between the UK and integral to the gislation would break in- showing no sign of delicate balan- Courtesy BBC News ternational law, but argues changing course, the EU could collapse ce between the that it’s an insurance policy there are real con- north and south for that potential ‘no-deal’ cerns that the talks within weeks of Ireland that is n context scenario. Johnson has said on a future trade at the core of the I the legislation is needed to deal between the U.K. and The issue proved thorny peace process.” Two days later the British government ordered the ex- end EU threats to impose a the EU could collapse wi- during the more than two It’s unclear whether the pulsion of a further six Soviet officials and lowered the “blockade” in the Irish Sea thin weeks. If that happens, years of discussions it took planned legislation will get ceiling on the number of officials allowed to work in the that the prime minister as- tariffs and other impedi- to get a Brexit deal done, as through the British Parlia- UK from 211 to 205. serted could “carve up our ments to trade will be im- the border between Nor- ment, with a number of On 18 September the USSR expelled six more Britons at which point UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher country.” posed by both sides at the thern Ireland and Ireland is Johnson’s fellow Conserva- announced a halt to the tit-for-tat expulsions. Britain’s Justice Secre- start of 2021. the only land link between tives uneasy at the prospect Some months later details of Mr Gordievsky’s dramatic tary Robert Buckland told The U.K. left the EU on the U.K. and the EU. of the government brea- defection emerged. the BBC yesterday that the Jan. 31, but it is in a transi- The EU wanted assuran- ching international law. His KGB bosses in Moscow had suspected him of be- legislation was a “break the tion period that effectively ces the border would not be Tobias Ellwood is one traying his country in May 1985 and summoned him back to Russia for interrogation. glass in emergency provi- sees it benefit from the used as a back route for un- lawmaker who has said he He then contacted his “handlers” who helped him get to sion,” if needed, and that he bloc’s tariff-free trade until licensed goods arriving in could not accept the legis- the British Embassy. From there he escaped to Finland in would resign if he believed the end of the year while a Ireland from the rest of the lation, arguing that the bill the back of a van. the rule of law was broken future relationship is ne- U.K. — England, Scotland diminishes “our role-model After the British secret service had interrogated him he in an “unacceptable” way. gotiated. Even before the and Wales. As a result, the status as defender of global was flown to the UK with his family. He has since written books detailing the operations of the KGB. “I don’t believe we’re latest standoff, discussions two sides agreed there wou- standards.” AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 mon 14.09.2020 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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government’s deadline for the sale of its TikTok U.S. operations. Presi- dent Donald Trump said Thursday BLOOMBERG he won’t extend his Sept. 15 deadli- ne for the deal. In India, TikTok is among more than a hundred Chinese-made consumer apps that are banned by the government on concerns about security. SoftBank Group Corp. is exploring gathering a group of bid- ders for TikTok’s India assets. The U.K. government will likely ban TikTok from moving local user data out of the country, Bloomberg News has reported. Singapore, in particular, offers ByteDance the opportunity to ex- plore an area it’s had relatively little exposure to. The company is lea- ding a consortium that has applied for a digital-bank license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Other members of that group in- cludes a private investment firm owned by a member of the Lee fa- mily that founded Oversea-Chine- TikTok owner to spend billions se Banking Corp. The regulator will award as many as five such permits to non- -banks by December. Ant Group in Singapore after US ban and Tencent-backed Sea Ltd. have CHANYAPORN CHANJAROEN ahead with plans to take its social fered no comment. ve users. ByteDance is said to have also applied. The city-state offers a & ZHEPING HUANG media services deeper into Asia Southeast Asia is rapidly evol- generated more than $3 billion of potential gateway to the rest of Sou- after setbacks in India and the U.K. ving into a critical location for Chi- net profit on more than $17 billion theast Asia, where the digital len- YTEDANCE Ltd., the as well as the U.S. The internet na’s largest tech corporations from of revenue in 2019. ding market may reach $110 billion Chinese owner of video- phenomenon controlled by billio- Alibaba to Tencent in the face of Asia is a growth area for the by 2025, according to a report by -sharing app TikTok, is naire Zhang Yiming has long eyed growing hostility from the U.S. and company, especially when it is in- Bain & Co., Google and Temasek planning to make Singa- Southeast Asia’s 650 million increa- other major developed markets. creasingly likely to miss the U.S. Holdings Pte. BLOOMBERG Bpore its beachhead for the rest of singly smartphone-savvy popula- Singapore is becoming a regional Asia as part of its global expansion, tion, a region where Alibaba Group base for both Western and Chinese according to people familiar with Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings companies because of its develo- the matter. Ltd. are also making inroads. ped financial and legal system, and Pressing forward with US sale The Beijing-based company The plans for Singapore include as Beijing tightens its grip on Hong TIKTOK is pressing forward with by U.S. President Donald Trump, said is looking to spend several billion establishment of a data center, the Kong. plans for a sale of its U.S. operations the person, who asked not to be dollars and add hundreds of jobs people said. Its operations there “Singapore is highly attractive to ahead of a mid-September deadline, identified discussing internal plans. It over the next three years in the ci- include TikTok and Lark, an enter- tech firms looking for a hub to ad- according to a person familiar with will then be up to the Trump admin- ty-state, where it has applied for a prise software business. dress the Southeast Asian markets the matter, even as signs emerge istration to approve a deal. Reuters license to operate a digital bank, ByteDance currently has more due to geographic proximity,” said that the video-sharing app is facing on Friday reported that the Chinese said the people, who asked not to than 200 job openings in Singapo- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst pressure to shut down rather than government has privately expressed be identified because of confiden- re, for positions in everything from Vey-Sern Ling. “The workforce is make a deal. The app, owned by that it would rather ByteDance close tiality. The investment would come payments to e-commerce and data highly educated, tech savvy and China’s ByteDance Ltd., is still TikTok in the U.S. than be forced considering bids from two possible to sell its U.S. assets. In response at a crucial time as the technology privacy, according to its job referral multilingual.” buyers - Oracle Corp. and Microsoft to the report, a TikTok spokesman firm is forced to sell TikTok opera- site. The company already has 400 In China, ByteDance also runs Corp., which has teamed up with said, “the government has never tions in the U.S. under pressure by employees working on technology, news aggregation app Toutiao, and Walmart Inc. TikTok intends to bring suggested to us that we should shut the Trump administration. sales and marketing in the city-sta- TikTok’s Chinese twin Douyin. Col- a proposal to the White House for down TikTok in the U.S. or any other ByteDance, the world’s most te, one of the people said. lectively its stable of products have approval before a deadline imposed market.” richly valued startup, is plowing A ByteDance representative of- more than 1.5 billion monthly acti-

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Greece’s prime minister Trump second term would welcomed the return of be a lot like the first China starts a Turkish survey ship to port yesterday from a disputed area of the eastern What would a second presidential term for Donald testing Covid-19 Mediterranean that has been Trump look like, anyway? at the heart of a summer Let’s suppose he wins in November, and let’s assume stand-off between Greece the election winds up a lot like 2016. This time, he’s even nasal spray vaccine and Turkey over energy farther behind in the polls before Election Day, but has a rights. Greek Prime Minister well-timed surge as Nov. 3 approaches. And while he falls Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he

well short in the popular vote, he once again squeezes AP PHOTO was ready to try to restart by in the electoral college, by a smaller margin than his long-stalled talks on the final 304-to-227 electoral-vote edge over Hillary Clinton volatile dispute over potential in 2016. I’ll further assume that his authoritarian bluster oil and gas reserves remains little more than noise. So he wins by a narrow margin, while presumably once

again calling it a landslide. Democrats retain their House AP PHOTO majority and gain in the Senate, but 50 or 51 Republican senators remain in the majority. What would a second term look like? A second-term Trump would almost certainly be like the Greece Authorities said first-term Trump, except more so. Having felt vindicated yesterday that some — again! — he’d be more convinced than ever that he is 12,000 migrants and correct about everything and that everyone else is wrong. asylum-seekers left without So in that sense, he would be a lot less constrained. shelter after fires gutted an overcrowded refugee camp What that means for governing the nation, however, isn’t on the island of Lesbos will be obvious. After all, Trump isn’t even pretending to have a moved to a new army-built policy agenda as he runs for office this time. He makes tent city “in the coming days.” lots of claims that things are going to be terrific as long as his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Bi- den, isn’t elected, but hardly any about what he would do. Trump can’t seem to recite a campaign promise without AP PHOTO claiming that he’s already achieved it. It’s possible that a second-term Trump would be the Trump who violently suppressed racial justice protests at HE newest Covid-19 experimental shot. In the wake of AstraZene- Jerusalem Thousands Lafayette Park and in other ways followed in the footsteps Tvaccine candidate The intranasal spray ca’s setback, China’s most of Israelis demonstrated of the authoritarian world leaders he admires. At the very to start human testing is contains weakened flu advanced vaccine develo- outside Prime Minister least, we should expect some ugliness targeted at those he the first where volunteers virus that carries the ge- pers, including CanSino Benjamin Netanyahu’s considers his enemies. won’t get a painful injec- netic segments of the co- Biologics Inc. and state- official residence in central I suspect, however, that what Trump would be most ea- tion. Instead, they’ll re- ronavirus’s spike protein. -owned China National Jerusalem late Saturday, ger to do after winning re-election would be: demanding he resign over his ceive a spray through the Administered through the Biotec Group Co., have Brag a lot about his historic victory; trial on corruption charges nose. nasal tract, it mimics the emphasized the safety of Play golf with his rich friends and celebrities and watch and what is widely seen China last week appro- natural infection of respi- even more cable television news; their own shots. as his mishandling of the ratory viruses to stimula- Tweet more insults and more opinions about more thin- ved phase I human tes- CNBG said the two coronavirus pandemic. gs; ting for the nasal spray te the body’s immune res- shots it is testing are ef- Bark out orders and hold more signing ceremonies with vaccine, which is co-de- ponse against the patho- fective in staving off veloped by researchers gen that cause Covid-19, infection. None of the even less concern about whether there’s any follow-up; AP PHOTO Be more aggressive and more overt about using the pre- at Xiamen University and according to Science and Chinese diplomats and sidency to enrich himself; Hong Kong University, as Technology Daily, a paper workers traveling to virus Get back to holding rallies so his fans can adore him. well as by vaccine maker affiliated with China’s Mi- hot spots overseas has re- In other words, he’d be even less focused on doing the Beijing Wantai Biological nistry of Science and Te- ported infections several UK Oxford University actual job than he was during his first term, and even less Pharmacy Enterprise Co. chnology. months after receiving announced Saturday it able to influence events when he tried. His administration Intranasal spray has Some scientists hope a the vaccines, Zhou Song, was resuming a trial for would be even more a maze of personal fiefdoms, with previously been develo- vaccine that gets sprayed CNBG’s general counsel, a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with those who stay in their jobs and know how to work the ped as a vaccine for the through the nose may said in a article published pharmaceutical company bureaucracy able to get more done without presiden- flu and is recommended have a better chance of in Science and Technolo- AstraZeneca, a move that tial interference. Coherent responses to urgent policy for use among children stopping the spread of the gy Daily. comes days after the study challenges would be less likely, which is saying some- and adults who want to insidious virus through CanSino, which em- was suspended following thing. A White House that can’t return a phone call to a avoid the more common respiratory tracts. A nee- ploys a vaccine-making a reported side-effect in a governor when her state is on fire within two months of needle injection. While it dle injection can arouse technique similar to that U.K. patient. an election is going to be even less concerned about such is not the most frequent a systematic immune res- of AstraZeneca, said its things when the president no longer has to worry about choice for delivery, scien- ponse to prevent severe military-backed shot is voters at all.

tists around the world are illness, but may not be safe and hasn’t caused AP PHOTO Since all of that was a formula for unpopularity in his working to develop sprays strong enough to ward off any severe side effects in first term, he would probably be at least as unpopular in as an alternative to mus- infection. testing. his second — especially given that he’d be even less likely cle jabs for all sorts of vac- Preclinical studies to believe any polls. That would almost certainly lead to Zhu Tao, CanSino’s co- have shown the nasal vac- Vatican The head of the another midterm electoral debacle for Republican sena- cines. -founder and chief scien- The intranasal vacci- cine can significantly re- tific officer, defended the Vatican’s liturgy office, tors, representatives and governors. It could also lead to Cardinal Robert Sarah, said ne is the 10th candidate duce lung damage among vaccine against criticism a second impeachment — and an impeachment with a Saturday it was “necessary mice and hamsters when Democratic majority in the Senate could be a long, brutal from China to proceed to that it appears to trigger and urgent” to return affair. the crucial stage of hu- challenged with the coro- fewer antibodies compa- to in-person Masses as Remember, presidential weakness is dangerous. Under man testing. The coun- navirus, Science and Te- red to those generated by soon as anti-coronavirus this scenario, Trump would be even weaker than he is try is building its lead in chnology Daily reported. rivals including AstraZe- measures permit. The now, and that can be a threat to democracy even without a vaccine development af- The nasal spray joins neca and Moderna Inc. Cardinal said in a letter to president who seems to have such admiration for Russian ter western front-runner about 35 other candidates The variation in antibo- bishops conferences that virtual liturgies, while useful, President Vladimir Putin. AstraZeneca Plc had to currently in human tes- dy readings is a result of were no replacement What’s a lot harder to imagine is that he’d behave more ting, as the global race to pause its late-stage hu- using different measuring for the real thing. He said like a normal president in a second term. No, I can’t see man trial to investigate be first with an effective methods, Zhu said in a physical presence by the that in the cards at all. [Abridged] a spinal cord illness in a vaccine against the dea- presentation to investors faithful in churches was “vital, person who received its dly pathogen intensifies. this week. BLOOMBERG indispensable, irreplaceable.”