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Cambodia Police said they have arrested two South Korean citizens who were found carrying USD2.2 million into the country without proper authorization. HO IAT SENG TO FIGHT FOR

AP PHOTO ENTIRE ELECTORATE BACKING The Chief Executive candidate says he welcomes competition, but will campaign for every one of the 400 electors to back him in the race. His rivals need a minimum of 66 to qualify as candidates P2

South Korea The president said yesterday the country is committed to finding a diplomatic solution to a bitter dispute over tightened Japanese control of exports of high-tech materials used by South Korean companies to produce semiconductors and displays. More on p9 AP PHOTO

India A speeding bus smashed through the boundary wall of an expressway bridge and plunged into a drain in northern India early yesterday, killing at least 29 people on board, an official said. AP PHOTO

New research from MUST UK The British sheds light on government was The story hunting yesterday for a little-known the source of a leak of of China’s episode in diplomatic cables from Britain’s ambassador Macau’s history in Washington that first misremembered branded President on both sides Donald Trump’s cement administration of the Pearl “dysfunctional” and factory River Delta for “inept.” More on p15 30,000 workers to benefit from decades minor lift to minimum wage More on backpage P5 P4 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 09.07.2019 tue

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Property prices edge up, led by Macau Peninsula

The overall residential property price index for the three-month period of March to May 2019 increased 0.9% from the previous period (February to April) to 268.3, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census Service. The indexes for the Macau Peninsula (270.9) and Taipa & Coloane (257.5) rose by 1.1% and 0.2% respectively. Meanwhile, the index for existing residential units HO IAT SENG (288.7) went up by 0.9%, with the index for those in the Macau Peninsula (284.0) rising by 1.3% while the index for those in Taipa & Coloane (308.8) CE candidate promises to dropping by 0.4%. Analyzed by year of building completion, the indexes for appeal to all 400 electors residential units completed between 6 and 10 years ago and for those built STAFF REPORTER Steven Siu, the former head of plans and vision while he is eager during the election period can we between 11 and 20 years ago grew by an electrical engineering firm to hear from them too. announce our manifestos,” he 2.7% and 1.6% respectively, whereas HIEF Executive election Chan Weng Fu, and Lei Oi Chi, When asked if he had already told reporters yesterday. the index for those completed in five candidate Ho Iat Seng told who claims to have formerly been started discussions with electors, “At the current stage, we should years or less edged down by 0.1%. C the media that he would not a spy. Ho said, “as the nomination pe- listen to our electors regarding re- During the period, the index for pre- stop at the 66-nomination ben- However, in order to be accep- riod started today [yesterday], I quests from the public. I can thus sale residential units (277.7) increased chmark, pledging to work dili- ted as an election candidate, each have already talked on the phone make a manifesto,” Ho added. by 0.5%. gently to collect as many nomi- contender must obtain a mini- with several electors.” However, he also noted that he nations as possible. mum of 66 nominations from “All of them are supporting was aware of the existing pro- Drainage interception The candidate, who resigned the 400-member Chief Executi- me,” he added. blems facing the general public, to start operation in from his post as president of the ve Election Committee. Besides Ho, there are currently including those related to hou- August Legislative Assembly on Friday, Most analysts expect that only five other potential candidates. sing, transport and general live- obtained nomination forms at frontrunner Ho Iat Seng will ob- When Ho was asked if he wou- lihood matters. A drainage filtration project is the Electoral Information Center tain the necessary backing from ld leave some nominations for Meanwhile, also on the starting expected to be put into operation at the Public Administration Bui- the Committee to stand in the the other contenders, he said the day of the Chief Executive elec- at Areia Preta in August in order to lding yesterday. election. other six should “collect nomi- tion nomination period, Chan improve the region’s water quality, The commencement of the of- Nevertheless, Ho said that he nations individually.” He refused Weng Fu, one of the announced according to Tam Vai Man, Director ficial nomination period began is going to make full use of the to comment further on the other potential candidates, obtained his of the Environmental Protection yesterday. coming two weeks to obtain as contenders, but noted he believed copy of the nomination form. Bureau (DSPA). The DSPA head There are now seven conten- many nominations as possible. it would make a better election to The 68-year-old was spotted by claimed that the bureau has already ders in the race. They are former “Stopping once I reach 66 nomi- have more people running. Chinese online media “All About completed research on Areia Preta’s Legislative Assembly President nations is not part of my election Some of Ho’s competitors have Macau” at the Public Admi- coastal water environment pollution. According to Tam, the sewer system Ho Iat Seng, local businessman [plan],” said Ho. already announced their mani- nistration Building. He told the in Areia Preta was not correctly Leong Kuok Chao, infamous He said he will contact each of festos, but Ho claims it was too outlet that he had yet to unders- synchronized, resulting in sewage protester Hoi Weng Chong, self- the 400 members of the Election early to do so, as well as illegal. tand as to how the electors could going directly into five to six rainwater described ‘grassroots’ candidate Committee to hear their com- “I think announcing a manifes- be contacted, but he believes that drainage channels, and consequently Choi Teng Teng, the honorary ments and suggestions. He said to at this stage is a violation of the after he releases his manifesto the affecting the water quality. The consul of Papua New Guinea the electors were eager to hear his law, because it is stated that only electors will support him. drainage interception project was completed in June and is currently being tested before it commences operation.

DSSOPT drafts bill on Macau passport drops on list of most powerful safe use of electrical HE Macau SAR destinations. passport power and glo- Germany, with citizens Pakistan now offers an appliances Tpassport ranked In December 2018, a bal mobility which is ba- of all three countries able ETA (Electronic Travel number 36 in the most Canada-based global fi- sed on a data from the In- to access 187 destinations Authority) to citizens of The Land, Public Works and Transport powerful passport index nancial advisory firm, ternational Air Transport around the world without 50 countries, including (DSSOPT) is drafting a law on the safe use of electrical appliances, according analyzed by Henley & Arton Capital, ranked Association marks the cul- a prior visa. Finland, Japan, Malta, to a report by Macao Daily News. Partners, six places down Macau number 30 in the mination of an 18-month With a visa-free/visa- Spain, Switzerland, and DSSOPT Director Li Canfeng said from the previous report world, with passport hol- long winning streak for on-arrival score of 183, the United Arab Emira- that the existing law clearly stipulates in the last quarter of 2018. ders able to travel to 129 both countries after they the U.K. and the U.S. tes. that owners should carry out regular Currently, Macau SAR countries visa-free. unseated Germany from now share sixth place – The weakest passports in maintenance, repair and improvement passports allow their bea- Moving into the third its long-held first position the lowest position either Q3 of 2019 were Soma- works on buildings, including shared rers to travel to 139 coun- quarter of 2019, Japan at the beginning of 2018. country has held since lia, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq electrical facilities in the buildings tries and regions with a and Singapore hold the Falling from the first pla- 2010, and a significant and Afghanistan, ranked to ensure that the buildings are visa-free/visa-on-arrival joint top spot on the Hen- ce, a spot it shared with drop from their first-place from 105 to 109 respec- maintained in good condition. After entry condition. ley Passport Index with a Japan and Singapore last spot in 2014. tively. Afghani citizens the bureau has completed the drafting The index includes visa-free/visa-on-arrival quarter, South Korea now In the hope of attrac- are only able to access 25 of the law, it will continue to consult 199 different passports score of 189. ranks second on the index ting tourists and boosting destinations worldwide the local community. and 227 different travel This latest ranking of along with Finland and its struggling economy, without a prior visa. LV

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RENATO MARQUES

TERNAL World Tele- vision Network (EWTN) EWTN will start on Macau Cable will start to broadcast in Macau through the Ma- Ecau Cable Television Company Limited (MCTV) on channel 28 channel 28 from August 15 from August 15. The date marks the 38th anniversary of the chan- nel’s founding in Alabama, the United States.

At an event held yesterday at the MARQUES RENATO MCTV headquarters where the EWTN and the MCTV formally signed the agreement, the Inter- national Marketing Manager of EWTV for Asia-pacific, Edwin Lopez, said that the company had already reached an audience of around 300 million television hou- seholds. In reply to the Times, Lopez ex- plained that the idea of coming to Macau comes from an old wish of the founder, Mother Mary An- gelica, a Saint Clare nun who ex- pressed the desire to visit China in 2001. “The idea [to start in Macau] came from José Miguel Encarna- çāo,” who will be the local coor- dinator of the project, said Lopez. “Today, we are here to sign this agreement and hope to be able to Catholic faith.” also in Portuguese. rage with an initial budget of just also remarked that most of the bring the Catholic faith to as many EWTN is considered the largest English would still be the main USD200 (about MOP1,600). current offerings in pay-per-view countries as possible,” Lopez said. religious media network in the wor- language, the EWTN Media Coo- Questioned on a separate issue, channels would be maintained. Questioned also by the Times on ld, broadcasting in 145 countries perator for Macau said, adding, the Chief Commercial Officer of As for the possibility of including how many viewers he expects to and territories in multiple languages “the content in Portuguese should Macau Cable TV, John Chiang, on the MCTV portfolio live strea- have in Macau, the TV executive with 24-hour-a-day programming. have subtitles in English and there said that following the renewal of ming content over the Internet, said, “we don’t know, we are solely For the Macau operations, En- is also the idea of subtitling some the concession of the Macau Cab- commonly known as “Over the relying on divine providence.” carnaçāo told the Times that the of the English content in Chinese.” le TV which was recently granted Top,” Chiang said that such a pos- “We hope through the Macau channel will be initially broadcas- At the initial remarks, Lopez also by the government for a further sibility is being considered by the Cable TV platform we can reach ting content in English but in the noted the importance of a channel five years, the company will soon company. a fair number of Catholics who near future it was looking to the that is now a worldwide broadcast offer “new Japanese channels and “It is in our plans,” said Chiang. wish to be nourished with the possibility of including content service but that was born in a ga- even some from Turkey.” Chiang “Let’s see.”

ACAU’S Secre- Alexis Tam leads Mtary for Social Af- Macau roller hockey fairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, recently led a de- delegation to legation from the local UNESCO session team beats China 14-0 government to attend RENATO MARQUES the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heri- HE Macau national roller tage Committee, where Thockey team inflicted a more than 30 applica- painful defeat on the Chinese tions for inclusion on National team when they met the World Heritage List on Sunday at the World Roller were reviewed. Games 2019, which is currently The applications cove- being held in the Spanish city red cultural landscapes, of Barcelona. archaeological ruins, an The teams for the senior men industrial mine, an an- section of the Challenger’s cient tomb, an ancient championship, met for a group city, and examples of match in La Maurina, a nei- 20th century architectu- ghborhood part of the city of re. Alexis Tam (right) and Liu Yuzhu Terrassa in the suburbs of Bar- Secretary Tam and celona. the delegation took the The Macau players, led by opportunity of the mee- the Secretary for Social Administration of Cul- coach Alberto Lisboa, showed ting to exchange views Affairs and Culture, Liu tural Heritage. He also their quality by scoring 14 goals on cultural heritage pro- acknowledged the work said that the government unanswered by their opponen- in the championship groups’ ch is running in the Spanish tection with the delega- of the Macau govern- is accelerating the draf- ts. The match highlight was phase where it is included in city until July 14 and that also tion from the People’s ment in the field of he- ting of the “Plan for the Macau’s Helder Ricardo who Pool B with teams such as the includes several other com- Republic of China, led ritage protection. Safeguarding and Ma- scored nine goals alone. Netherlands, United States, In- petitions such as the World by the Director of State Tam affirmed that the nagement of the Histo- The other five goals were sco- dia, and China. Championship (for men and Administration of Cul- work to conserve the ric Center of Macao” red by captain Augusto Fernan- Tomorrow at 4 a.m. local women’s senior category sec- tural Heritage, Liu Yu- world heritage of Ma- and preparations for the des, Dinisio da Luz (2), Bruno time, the Macau team will tions) as well as under-19s for zhu. cau continues to be car- creation of a dedicated Pereira and Sergio Costa. face India for the second ma- men, and the Intercontinental According to a state- ried out under the super- center to monitor the ci- This was Macau’s first match tch of the championship whi- Championship. ment from the Office of vision of China’s State ty’s heritage sites. DB page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 09.07.2019 tue

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER New MUST research sheds light on historic cement factory in Ilha Verde

JULIE ZHU ment company was transferred to an English business operator. Ori- HE story of Tong King-sing, ginally, the factory was located in Ta Chinese interpreter and bu- the former St. Joseph’s Seminary sinessman in the 19th century and and Church. the Ilha Verde Cement Company, According to MUST’s research, the first cement company in Ma- the cement produced by the fac- cau, has recently been unearthed tory was of excellent quality and and presented by the Research was comparable to the famous Office of Tong King-sing at the British cement. That might be one Macau University of Science and reason that it was for a long time Technology (MUST). thought that the cement company The new research sheds light on had been created by British busi- the factory, long considered a pro- nessmen. ject of British businessmen, but in UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MACAU COURTESY The cement was used frequently fact first launched by a Chinese bu- in big-scale projects in Macau, and sinessman in Macau. was exported to several places in- It was the Chinese interpreter cluding mainland China and the and businessman Tong, key to Portuguese colony in Timor. the modernization of the country, Kaiping cement factory, 1889 Tong King-sing In the 1920s, the Guangdong go- who, after a visit to Macau to test vernment restricted the export of the quality of the cement, returned stone from Zhaoqing, Yingde and to the mainland to set up the main- other places into Macau, resulting land’s first such factory in what is in a shortage of raw materials ne- today Hebei Province. cessary for the operation of the Ilha Verde cement factory. A DEEP CONNECTION But it was only in 1936 that the TO MACAU Macau cement company went Born in Zhuhai in 1832 and bankrupt and relocated to Hong passing away in 1892, Tong had Kong. a deep connection with Macau. During the late Qing Dynasty, During his tenure at Kaiping Mi- China’s military and civilian indus- ning Bureau of the Qing Dynasty, tries developed rapidly, resulting in Tong communicated regularly with a sharp increase in the demand for Macau’s first cement company, the cement. Ilha Verde Cement Company Li- mited, in order to open another A SATISFACTORY VISIT factory on the mainland. In 1887, Tong paid a visit to Tong’s father, who was then the the Ilha Verde Cement Com- a worker in Macau, seized the pany factory. The cement, based opportunity to send Tong and his on the combination of two mate- brothers to the Morrison School in rials sourced from the mainland, Macau, where Tong studied for six Ilha Verde Cement Company, 1890 satisfied Tong, who immediately years and learned English. reported the results to the Qing After finishing his studies at the government, proposing to open Morrison School, Tong worked as Steam Navigation Company and Verde Cement Company Limited Macau by a Chinese businessman a similar cement factory in main- an interpreter in Hong Kong and the Chinese Engineering and Mi- in Macau. in either 1882 or 1883. It was the land China. Shanghai. In his later life, Tong ning Company. first cement company in Macau In 1889, the first mainland ce- worked as a comprador at Jardine During his tenure as the head QUALITY COMPARABLE and also the first cement company ment factory was opened in Tang Matheson, and was put into an im- of the Chinese Engineering and TO BRITISH CEMENT in all of China. Shan, a city in what is today known portant position by Li Hongzhang, Mining Company, and in order According to documents provi- In 1886, Ilha Verde Cement as Hebei province. However, high who was a Chinese politician and to build a cement factory in main- ded by the Municipal Affairs Bu- Company was sold to American costs and a lack of industrial inno- diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty land China, Tong was in regular reau (IAM), the Ilha Verde Cement company Russell & Co. Then in vation eventually led to its closure and served in the China Merchant communication with the Ilha Limited was initially launched in 1891, ownership of the Macau ce- in 1893. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 tue 09.07.2019 澳聞 MACAU

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Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong (center right) addresses the Legislative Assembly plenary yesterday

about the low quality of Macau’s service industry, but when you re- sort to such a price to hire people, Minimum wage bill passes how good do you expect their ser- vices to be?” Mak Soi Kun also expressed his clear stance that domestic helpers even with lawmakers divided should be included in the policy. “Domestic helpers are even more JULIE ZHU establishing a special regime for “It seems that there are only thou- Iok applauded the minimum important. It is not their business if domestic helpers’ payment in or- sands of people earning below the wage while Leong voiced anger the employers are making a profit HE minimum wage der to increase equality and balan- minimum wage. Will the Secre- towards lawmakers who were or not hiring a domestic helper, be- bill amendment to the ce between the interests of both tary explain whether it is a [good] unhappy with the minimum wage cause they [domestic helpers] need city’s labor laws was employers and employees. solution to, in view of such small increase. to earn money for themselves. passed yesterday at the Ip Sio Kai, speaking for both number of people, to amend the “If the government proposes to They also contribute their labor, TLegislative Assembly (AL), amid himself and the commercial and laws and create inflation and affect increase the salary for civil servan- their youth, and their time. Shou- lawmakers’ concerns for em- industrial sectors, said that the mi- other people’s lives? Will SMEs be ts, who among you will come out ld they also enjoy the economic ployees with disabilities and for nimum wage policy will result in waived from the minimum wage?” to oppose? When the salary of civil achievement of Macau?” Mak domestic helpers, who are both ex- inflation and in other negative ef- Ip asked. servants increases, you don’t oppo- asked the plenary. cluded from the provision. fects, such as bankruptcy of small Song Pek Kei also worried about se, but when the workers’ salary The Secretary for Economy and Once the law takes effect, the mi- and medium-sized businesses the survival of SMEs following the increases, you come out to com- Finance Lionel Leong responded nimum wage will be increased to (SMEs). Ip said that his sector fou- minimum wage increase as she plain. What kind of stance is that?” to the lawmakers by saying the MOP32 per hour, MOP6,656 per nd that there is no urgent need for fears the increase will bring a nega- Leong questioned the lawmakers. government will discuss with the month, MOP1,536 per week, or Macau to implement a minimum tive effect upon Macau. “You don’t question why it is as li- lawmakers further details during the MOP256 per day. wage policy. Fong Ka Chio and Leong Sun ttle as MOP32. [People complain] AL’s standing committee meetings. Domestic helpers and workers with disabilities are, once again, notably excluded from the mini- mum wage policy. Ella Lei and Agnes Lam propo- Domestic helpers Labor rights sed that the minimum wage policy should be applicable to employees instructive wage law amendment with disabilities. In Lei’s opinion, the Macau SAR government increases to MOP3,000 refused should also subsidize employers who hire people with disabilities so PPROXIMATELY 30,000 workers to make adjustments to the salaries before HE Legislative Assembly rejected that they are not excluded from the Awill benefit from the minimum wage July 31. TSulu Sou’s proposal to amend Ma- bill. However, the two lawmakers increase. There are 55,400 people in Ma- If the employers fail to make the adjust- cau’s employment policy and labor rights did not express concerns for the cau, including non-locals, who are earning ment before the deadline, their employment law. exclusion of domestic helpers. less than the newly proposed minimum contract with a domestic helper will not be Yesterday, Sou proposed to add articles Previously, the Labour Affairs wage. Of them, about 25,400 are domestic automatically renewed. to the bill which would allow workers to Bureau (DSAL) explained that helpers. According to DSAL, in the last week the strike and to join trade unions in order to the decision to exclude domestic The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) is re- bureau received approximately 1,000 adjust- protect their rights. helpers from the minimum wage quiring local employers of domestic helpers ment applications made by domestic helper Eight lawmakers voted in favor, while 17 policy was because their employ- to increase the salary of their helpers to employers. voted against. ment did not involve profitable MOP3,000 by the end of this month. The MOP3,000 does not correspond to Wong Kit Cheng, one of those who operations. Considering local families’ financial capa- the actual salary of a domestic helper but ins- voted against, explained that the Basic Sulu Sou expressed his concern bility and Macau’s overall labor market si- tead the minimum amount that an employer Law protects Macau residents’ freedom for domestic helpers’ wage con- tuation, last year, DSAL decided to adjust the should declare to DSAL when applying for a to strike. She hopes that the SAR gover- ditions despite his opposition to minimum requirement for salary of domes- domestic helper. nment can propose a trade union law to including domestic helpers in the tic helpers from MOP2,800 to MOP3,000. According to statistics provided by the local respond to the society’s needs. minimum wage policy. Sou hopes Starting from this year, DSAL has been government, the average salary of Macau’s Ho Ion Sang and Song Pek Kei voiced that the government can learn sending mail to the employers of approxi- domestic helper is MOP4,100, excluding a similar sentiment in calling the govern- from Hong Kong and Taiwan in mately 6,000 domestic helpers, asking them subsidies for accommodation. JZ ment to draft a trade union law. JZ www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 tue 09.07.2019 大灣區 GREATER BAY

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Riot police walk under an illuminated sign for a massage parlor as they stand off against demonstrators during a protest in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong

for us to continue our strike,” he said. Lau said earlier in the day that Hong Kong police arrest five as barricades placed at the West Kowloon station could make it difficult for marchers to clear the streets at the end. “If any danger latest protest march turns tense appears, it will be the full responsi- bility of the police,” Lau said. ANNIE LEE, NATALIE LUNG Sunday’s march follows weeks of The end point was intentionally protests have reflected anxiety that Last week, Hong Kong police & ALFRED LIU demonstrations against the propo- chosen to reach out to mainland mainlanders are overwhelming began arresting suspects on char- sed extradition legislation. While travelers using the rail link, ac- the city - and driving up the pri- ges related to the July 1 break-in ONG Kong police Chief Executive Carrie Lam sus- cording to postings and leaflets ces of goods for its residents. In of the Legislative Council, where arrested five people pended the bill on June 2015, demonstrators protesters smashed glass windows while dispersing a 15, protesters have conti- in Tuen Men and Tsim and defaced walls, portraits of go- protest in one of the nued pushing for its com- Further protests are Sha Tsui scuffled with vernment officials and the Hong Hfinancial hub’s busiest tourist dis- plete withdrawal, Lam’s being planned across police as they rallied Kong emblem. tricts, the latest demonstration resignation and other de- against traders who A 53-year-old part-time art tea- triggered by a proposed law that mands. the city by civilians come to the city and cher who goes by the name Perry would allow extraditions of cri- Further protests are purchase products to Dino was painting an image of minals to mainland China for the now being planned in organizing themselves sell across the border. the protest on his canvas outside first time. neighborhoods across the online Prominent activist West Kowloon station on Sunday Thousands of marchers walked city by civilian demonstra- Joshua Wong joined as people marched. through the pedestrian-heavy tors organizing themselves the demonstrators and The government “used a lot of Tsim Sha Tsui area on a rainy online who vow to keep spreading distributed by organizers. Some said they hoped to impress on money to build this station, but Sunday toward the city’s new hi- the word to every district of the fi- protesters waved flags that flew mainland visitors the importance few people and only the mainland gh-speed rail station to China. nancial hub until Lam responds to when Hong Kong was a British of freedom and human rights. Chinese tourists use it,” he said. By evening they had reached the their requests. colony, while others carried yellow “Even with the Great Firewall “Today may be the first day that main entrance, which had been That includes using their che- umbrellas, the symbol of the city’s censorship, it’s still a must for them a large amount of people came closed off by authorities, and be- ckbooks: some are calling for peo- pro-democracy Occupy Central to realize it’s time to let Hong to this station. I wanted to come gan surrounding the building. ple who hold accounts with the protests in 2014. Kong people enjoy certain degree here and support the protesters.” The crowd had largely dispersed local unit of Bank of China Ltd. It’s not the first time Hong Kong of autonomy, and that’s the reason BLOOMBERG by 9 p.m., but some people - wea- to pull out thousands of dollars in ring the black shirts that have be- cash and deposit it into non-main- come the protest movement’s uno- land banks if there’s no response fficial uniform - occupied Nathan from authorities by Friday night. Singer-protester faces China Road in the commercial Mong Ventus Lau, a protest organizer, Kok district, where they were con- said more than 230,000 people at UN rights body fronted by lines of riot police. had joined Sunday’s rally. Police Five people were arrested for as- - whose turnout estimates are ge- ONG Kong pop singer Denise Ho has taken vene an urgent session to protect people in Hong saulting and obstructing a police nerally lower - said 56,000 people Ha message of defiance against China to the Kong amid rising protests. officer when action was taken to had come out at the march’s peak, U.N.’s top human rights body, denouncing “deceitful Chinese diplomat Dai Demao interrupted to com- disperse protesters, police said in according to Hong Kong broad- promises” by authorities and prompting a Chinese plain, but the chair let Ho continue. statement yesterday. Police made caster TVB. diplomat to interrupt her twice. Ho, hosted by advocacy group UN Watch, critici- repeated warnings to the protes- The size of the protest “shows The “Cantopop” star asked the Human Rights zed “years of deceitful promises” that fanned the an- ters that they were taking part Hongkongers are very determined Council yesterday whether it would suspend China ger of Hong Kong demonstrators who have taken to in unlawful assembly and urged to fight until the very end,” Lau as one of its 47 member states because of “abuses” the streets since early June to protest extradition bills, them to leave, it said. said. by Beijing, and whether the rights body would con- among other things. AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo GREATER BAY 大灣區 09.07.2019 tue

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Shenzhen One dead, three injured after construction Guangdong formalizes GBA collapse

One worker died and three were injured after plans in new documents a construction at a sports center collapsed STAFF REPORTER in the southern Chinese municipality of Shenzhen, local authorities said yesterday. HE Guangdong provin- The construction in the Shenzhen Sports Tcial government has re- Center that was being dismantled collapsed cently released two documen- at about 11:40 a.m, trapping four workers, ts on the direction of future according to the government of Shenzhen’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) de- Futian district. At about 12:30 p.m., two velopment, which outline the workers were rescued and sent to a hospital, major objectives of the project but one died from injuries despite emergency and offer specific plans for its treatment. At about 4:50 p.m., the two remaining trapped workers were rescued implementation over the next and rushed to a hospital. Investigations are three years. underway. According to the documents, the foundation of the Greater Guangzhou Bay Area should be basically established by the end of next Literary Union founded to year. Then, by 2022, the dai- In order to secure the reali- cities of the GBA, are conside- rative development strategy. promote integration ly routine aspects of the GBA zation of these visions, the en- red the engine of the area. The Financial services and pro- should already be working. suring measures were set out to four cities will be further con- ducts will be upgraded to The Greater Bay Area Literary Union has By 2035, the Greater Bay guarantee a favorable environ- nected to push forward scien- transform the area into a hub been established in Guangzhou, in a bid to ment is built, including project tific, creative and innovative for such products and services. promote literary integration and development should have become a leading in the area. Representatives from writers bay area in global terms. coordination, policy making, development across the entire Work will also be done to associations of Guangdong, Hong Kong Nine major objectives were and risk management and con- Greater Bay Area. enhance the quality of life for and Macau signed an agreement, pledging outlined in the documents. trol, among others. Cooperation of law enforce- residents within the GBA. For to cooperate in supporting the creation of From innovative systems to In the mean time, the “ac- ment bodies in the GBA will example, Macau residents will bay area themed works, literary exchanges, environmental protection, the tion plan” consists of 100 fo- further deepen. A mechanism continue to benefit from cer- and talent training. The literary union will Greater Bay is imagined as the cused initiatives in nine areas. for exchange will be set up for tain taxation privileges. contribute to the integrated development of center for new technologies They help coordinate the mi- such bodies in all 11 cities, whi- Plans to development second- the greater bay area, as well as enhance its and a modernized infrastructu- d-term development of the le a connected action mecha- tier districts in Guangzhou, cultural soft power and core competitiveness, re system encompassing com- GBA, and quantify the targets nism has also been proposed. Zhuhai and Shenzhen are also said Zhang Peizhong with the Guangdong munications, energy and water. at each stage. Infrastructure will also be up- stated in the documents, even Provincial Writers Association. As part of the The innovations will benefit For example, Macau, Guan- graded. Train networks will con- as they stress the importance of first Greater Bay Area cultural and arts festival, the three regions of Macau, gzhou, Shenzhen and Hong tinue to expand, while airports conserving the natural environ- a literature week was launched last Saturday. Guangdong and Hong Kong. Kong, being the four central will join together under a coope- ment. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 tue 09.07.2019 分析 BUSINESS

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Singapore says it’s South Korean Instagrammers well-placed to ride out global demand Japan boycott slowdown NGERED by RADE-RELIANT Singapore is in a good Japan’s move to Tposition to ride out the global economy’s slow-

restrict exports of BLOOMBERG down, with the government on track to meet its fo- vital manufactu- reign investment targets this year despite mounting Aring materials to the country, risks, Minister for Trade & Industry Chan Chun Sing South Koreans have taken said. to Instagram and other so- Officials are “watching businesses’ investment deci- cial-media platforms to show sions very closely,” Chan said in a prepared speech their support for boycotts of in Parliament yesterday, with the government expec- Japanese travel and consu- ted to revise its 2019 growth forecast range of 1.5%- mer products. 2.5% in August. More than 2,400 public “While there are clouds looming, we believe we are posts with hashtag #Boycot- well-placed to weather the storm,” he said. “Our eco- tJapan have been shared on nomic fundamentals are sound, we are in a strong Instagram since the measu- fiscal position, and we are making good progress in res were imposed Thursday, restructuring our economy.” with some including a pic- The Economic Development Board is still on tra- ture using Japan’s red rising ck to achieve its foreign investment targets for 2019, sun icon as “O” in the word he said. Some of the advantages Singapore has in “No.” attracting businesses include its stable political envi- While support for any ronment, rule of law, connectivity and infrastructure, boycott so far appears limi- and skilled workforce, he said. ted, the push highlights the Chan said while there are “pockets of strength” growing risk of open econo- in the economy, including a robust information and mic warfare between the two the spat has fanned natio- Missha’s beauty products “This is something that communications sector and a rebound in construc- U.S. allies. Last week, Japa- nalistic sentiments in both instead those by Shiseido should be resolved politically, tion, global challenges such as the U.S.-China trade nese Prime Minister Shinzo countries. Co., as well as beer from not have a damaging impact dispute and Brexit will weigh on growth. Export de- Abe’s government announ- In recent days, South Ko- Hite Jinro Co. but not Asahi on the industry,” Je said. mand has weakened in some critical sectors, inclu- ced the restrictions on sales rean internet users have been Group Holdings Ltd. Meanwhile, an umbrella ding electronics, precision engineering and wholesale to South Korea of materials sharing cancellation confir- Fast Retailing gets about association of South Korean trade, he said. necessary to produce vital mations for flights to Tokyo, 6.7% of its sales from South mom-and-pop stores annou- Despite a restart in U.S.-China trade talks, Singapo- components in high-tech Osaka and other popular Korea, while a South Ko- nced has announced its par- re is concerned that the two nations have fundamen- manufacturing. South Korea travel destinations. South rean joint venture between ticipation in the boycott. tal disagreements that will put ongoing pressure on is Japan’s third-largest export Koreans make up 13% of Asahi and Lotte Chilsung The Korean Supermarkets business and consumer confidence. market, worth 5.79 trillion spending by foreign tourists Beverage Co. earned less Alliance, an organization re- The minister also highlighted initiatives that will yen (USD53.5 billion) in tra- in Japan, according to the than 1% of its revenue there, presenting more than 23,000 help Singapore’s economy remain attractive: de last year. Japan Tourism Agency, or according to data compiled stores, said it would tempo- They include the development of “additive” ma- The latest flare-up amid de- 584.2 billion yen in 2018. by Bloomberg. rarily halt sales of Japanese nufacturing and advanced materials, including to cades of ill-will over Japan’s They’ve also circulated lis- Je Hyun-jung, director of products, including beers support the electric vehicles industry, as well as the past aggression came when ts of “Korean alternative” the Center for Trade Studies by Asahi and Kirin Holdin- recruitment of biotech firms from abroad to help de- South Korean courts seized products to replace Japanese & Cooperation at Korea In- gs Co., and Japan Tobacco velop precision medicine. assets belonging to Japanese goods. Koreans are being en- ternational Trade Associa- Inc.’s Mild Seven cigarettes. The government also wants to explore a tourism companies they held liab- couraged to shop at SPAO, tion, said that while there’s “We will fight Japan’s attitu- site at Jurong Lake District and developing Mandai le for cases of forced labor Samsung C&T Corp.’s 8 Se- no ban that would impact de toward its wartime history and the Greater Southern Waterfront, and use a new during the 1910-1945 period conds or Top 10, instead of most consumer products, the and retaliatory measures,” “innovation park” in Sungei Kadut to explore agri- of colonization. Although Fast Retailing Co.’s Uniqlo. uncertainty could disrupt su- association President Lim tech ambitions, including through indoor plant fac- Abe has denied that the ex- They’re also urging people pply chains and increase the Won-bae said in a statement. tories, insect farms, animal feed production facilities. port controls are retaliation, to consider Able C&C Co.’s costs of doing business. BLOOMBERG MDT/BLOOMBERG

CORPORATE BITS Wynn again volunteers at Macau pport for the SCMM Welfare Sands China, SKH educate on financial management Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop Shop Project. The check presenting ce- – Financial Ability 2.0: Finan- remony was officiated by Ms. cial Management, was led by Linda Chen, Vice Chairman Hong Kong Certified Financial and Executive Director of Planner May Wong and two Wynn Macau, Limited and Mr. Certified Financial Social Work António José de Freitas, Pre- Counsellors from Sheng Kung sident of the Board of Trus- Hui. tees of SCMM, in addition to During the workshop, team other guests of honor. members learned about the Wynn brought together 48 concepts of financial manage- enthusiastic members from ment, including personal finan- the Wynn Employees Volun- cial risk assessment, savings, teer Team to help prepare and investment, and discussed food hampers containing responsible gaming in the con- basic food and daily neces- text of the financial risks asso- On July 6, Wynn Macau Ltd. for its Welfare Shop Project sities and distribute them to A group of 50 Sands Chi- cao’s Adelson Advanced Edu- ciated with gambling. visited and carried out volun- of Macau Holy House of the beneficiary families, hel- na team members, including cation Centre. They learned to recognize tary work at the Holy House Mercy (SCMM) and distri- ping ease their day-to-day some of the company’s Res- Co-organized by Sands credit card payment types and of Mercy’s Welfare Shop lo- buted food hampers to 365 cost of living. In addition, ponsible Gaming Ambassa- China Ltd. and the Sheng interest rates, and were intro- cated in Fai Chi Kei. underprivileged families. Wynn also gave out super- dors, learned about finan- Kung Hui Social Services duced to some of the financial The company also donated This marked Wynn’s seven- market vouchers to each cial planning on June 26 at a Coordination Office, the Res- management service resour- MOP300,000 to the charity th consecutive year of su- household. workshop at The Venetian Ma- ponsible Gaming Workshop ces available to them. page 10 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo CHINA 中國 09.07.2019 tue

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byterian Xinan Church in Taipei. Government officials in China AP PHOTO did not immediately respond to requests for comment. China’s government requires that Protestants worship only in churches recognized and regu- lated by the officially sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement, although many more are part of independent congregations. More than 100 members of Early Rain were taken into cus- tody from the church or their ho- mes on Dec. 9 and 10, according to Human Rights Watch. Those detained included Wang, the pas- tor. His wife, Jiang Rong, was re- leased on bail last month. Liao said the police tried to for- ce him to sign a statement renou- ncing his church, but he refused. “If our elders decided to break up the church, then I can accept it,” he said. “But it’s not up to you to say it’s evil or illegal.” Liao and his family hope to stay TAIWAN lengths it has gone — to eradicate in Taiwan while they seek asylum a congregation that has long been in the United States, but with a a thorn in its side. 15-day tourist visa, their future is Early Rain’s pastor, Wang Yi, unclear. Christian family details who remains detained, has been “I’m not sure whether they can critical of Xi and the party. He stay beyond the visa, unless the has made a point of holding a Taiwanese government is willing crackdown on church prayer service on June 4 each to make it a humanitarian case year to commemorate the 1989 on the basis of religious persecu- MICHELLE YUN, TAIPEI ties detained them and dozens of ligions must “Sinicize” to ensu- bloody crackdown on democracy tion,” said Chiu Ling-yao, secre- other members of their promi- re they are loyal to the officially protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen tary-general of the Taiwan Asso- HE Sunday service this week nent but not government-sanctio- atheistic party. Square, an anniversary that Chi- ciation for China Human Rights, Tat an unassuming church in ned church in December. In contrast, Taiwan’s democra- na’s government has sought to which is trying to help the family Taiwan was especially moving China’s ruling Communist Par- tically elected government has wipe from memory. find a solution. for one man. It was the first time ty has carried out a widespread long taken a hands-off approach Ren told The Associated Press The spokeswoman for the Ame- Liao Qiang had worshipped pu- crackdown on all religious insti- to religion on the island, where that she had to report her whe- rican Institute in Taiwan — the blicly since authorities shut down tutions in recent years, including most follow Buddhism and tradi- reabouts to police using social de facto U.S. embassy — could his church in China seven months bulldozing churches and mos- tional Chinese beliefs, but where media whenever she went out. not be reached for comment. ago. ques, barring Tibetan children Christianity and other religions She was told her safety couldn’t Ren hopes that one day she can The 49-year-old arrived in from Buddhist religious studies also thrive. be guaranteed if she disobeyed. return to her home. Taiwan last week after fleeing and incarcerating more than Liao and Ren’s account is the “That’s when I knew it was no “One day when China opens China with five family members. a million members of Islamic first detailing what has happened longer safe for us here, and that up, we’ll go back,” she said. He and his 23-year-old daughter, ethnic minorities in what are since the detentions began at the my children were most in dan- “Whether it’s five years, or even Ren Ruiting, described living un- termed “re-education centers.” Early Rain Covenant Church. It ger,” Liao said after Sunday’s ser- 10 years, we’ll eventually make der constant surveillance for the President and party leader Xi shows the determination of the vice, attended by about 30 peo- our way back to where God wan- past seven months after authori- Jinping has ordered that all re- Chinese government — and the ple, at the small Reformed Pres- ts us to serve.” AP

Lawyer says Beijing prevents Australian resident from leaving

ROD MCGUIRK, Australian lawyer Rob Stary tives in China since he was and we have said that if ck success in getting North sion. Australia’s Depart- CANBERRA said. detained. he is being detained purely Korea to release Australian ment of Foreign Affairs of “There’s an exit ban on Foreign Minister Marise for his political views, then Alek Sigley released last Trade’s refusal to offer her detained Chinese-Aus- her leaving. She was escor- Payne yesterday released a he should be released,” she week after Sigley was accu- the same level of help as it Atralian writer’s wife has ted to a hotel and interro- statement on Yang’s case, said. sed of spying while in Pyon- would an Australian citizen been refused permission to gated for a couple of hours but did not comment on his Stary said Australia should gyang. was a “great disappoint- leave China six months after but is not formally in deten- wife’s plight. be doing more to get Yuan Australia had abrogated ment,” Feng said. her husband was taken into tion,” Stary said. “The Australian govern- and her child out of China, its responsibility to an Aus- “She’s a brave woman, but custody, their lawyer said “We don’t know what the ment has raised Dr. Yang’s despite them being Chinese tralian resident by failing to six months living with this yesterday. nature of the interrogation case regularly with China at and not Australian citizens. persuade China to let Yuan kind of fear it’s horrible,” Yang Hengjun, a 53-year- was; we assume it’s in rela- senior levels,” Payne said. Yang’s six-month deten- leave after six months, Stary Feng said. old visiting scholar at Co- tion to her husband, who “We have requested his tion order expires on July said. Yuan told Australian Broa- lumbia University in New has been described as a de- case be treated fairly, trans- 27. He could then be char- Yang’s friend, University dcasting Corp. in April whi- York and a former Chinese mocracy activist and jour- parently, and expeditiously,” ged, which could “make her of Technology Sydney aca- le she was living with her diplomat, has been detained nalist,” Stary added. she added. capacity to travel even more demic Feng Chongyi, said parents in Shanghai that since Jan. 19, when he arri- China in January said Australia continued to restrictive,” Stary said. he was disappointed that she had no idea whether ved at China’s Guangzhou Yang had been detained have consular access and “She’s completely the in- the Australian government her husband “is well or even Airport with his wife, Xiao- for allegedly “endangering had asked that Yang be nocent party. Her move- had not publicly called for if he is alive or not.” liang Yuan, and his 14-year- China’s national security,” a granted immediate access ments have been curtailed Yuan’s release from China. “It gets harder as time pas- old stepdaughter. vague charge frequently le- to his Chinese lawyers, Pay- really because of her rela- Feng, who was detained ses, mainly because I can’t Yuan, an Australian resi- veled at critics of the ruling ne said. tionship with her husband,” for two weeks in 2017 whi- see him. I would have felt dent, had been prevented Communist Party. “Australia has asked for Stary said. le visiting China to research better if the lawyers could from flying to Australia from Yuan and her daughter clarification regarding the Stary described as human rights lawyers, said see him and verify that he is Beijing airport on Thursday, have been living with rela- reasons for his detention “curious” Australia’s qui- Yuan was suffering depres- all right,” Yuan said. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 tue 09.07.2019 中國 CHINA

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ISIS ALMEIDA & MARIO PARKER HE world’s top agri- In the pig plague, it pays to be cultural-commodity traders have for mon- ths stuck to the mantra Tthey’ll benefit from a deadly pig a crop giant in the right place disease roiling global markets. Just how much they’ll profit depends on the location of their assets. Success will hinge on whether the firms have plants that process soybeans into meal for pig feed in nations where meat-export de- mand is set to rise. That’s as Chi- na seeks more protein from over- seas, with African swine fever ex- pected to wipe out a third of its hog herd. The trade war between Washington and Beijing will also play a role, hampering U.S. meat shipments to the benefit of South America and Europe. That’s good news for crop giant Bunge Ltd., which has the ma- jority of its soy-processing assets in South America. Rival Archer- -Daniels-Midland Co. may for now be hobbled by the Chicago- -based company’s stake in a major soybean crusher in China, where demand for the oilseed is forecast to drop for the first time in 15 years as the pig disease spreads. “It comes down to who the favo- red trade partners are, and Brazil is best placed to supply all meats and then the EU for pork,” Will Sawyer, an animal protein eco- nomist at the $138 billion rural lender CoBank ACB, said, refer- ring to the areas that could export meat to China. “So in the short- -term, South American soybean crush assets are favorable.” Bunge has 33% of its oilseed nese food company Cofco Corp. market left by other nations that ferring to a potential trade deal beef producer, can also benefit crushing capacity in South Ame- for the spot of the Asian nation’s are exporting to China, said Joe between Washington and Beijing. from its animal protein business. rica, 26% in Europe and 27% in largest soybean processor. Sanderson, chief executive offi- Minneapolis-based Cargill said Getting rid of the disease and re- North America. That will help Singapore-based Wilmar flag- cer of Sanderson Farms Inc., the it’s well-positioned to benefit. The building the herd in a nation that the White Plains, New York-ba- ged negative margins and weak U.S.’s third-largest chicken produ- company has five plants in China, consumes half the world’s pork is sed trader meet rising demand for results from its crushing business cer. accounting for about 20% of its expected to take three to five years animal feed in countries such as in the quarter to March 31 due to Still, as China steps up meat im- total soybean crushing capacity, as the structure of China’s hog in- Brazil, where shares of top meat African swine fever. Cargill Inc., ports in the months and years to according to a person familiar dustry, with many small backyard company JBS SA have almost the U.S.’s largest privately held come, it will need to turn to the with the matter, who asked not operations, makes it almost im- doubled this year. firm, said earnings from animal U.S. South America alone won’t to be identified because the infor- possible to contain the spread of “We like the fact that only 15% nutrition and Chinese oilseed be able to fill the Asian nation’s mation is private. A spokeswoman the virus. But longer-term, a con- of our crushing is in China to- crushing were hit by the virus in shortfall and capacity in Europe for the company declined to com- solidation of the pork sector will day,” Bunge Chief Executive Of- the period ended Feb. 28. isn’t as big. That will be a boost ment on its soybean processing end up benefiting crushers in the ficer Greg Heckman said at the While the U.S. would normally for companies like ADM, who- capacity. country. BMO conference in New York in be one of the most competiti- se filings show that a majority of “We’ve got a very well-develo- “These big companies are going May. “There will be fewer beans ve meat suppliers, the trade war its oilseeds crushing capacity is in ped asset footprint and trade flows to be raising pigs or chicken or going to China. There will be between the administrations of North America. that are designed to respond to whatever -- they are a little bit more beans to crush in the rest of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping “As China steps up their meat rapid shifts in global trade,” said more sophisticated and they will the world.” is hurting American competiti- imports, North American assets John Fering, managing director feed technical rations, having ADM, meanwhile, may take an veness as Chinese tariffs on pork will also benefit,” said CoBank’s for Cargill’s premix and nutrition more soybean meal,” Juan Lu- initial hit from the disease, accor- are still in place, CoBank’s Sawyer Sawyer. “And should there be an business in China. “We’ve only ciano, ADM’s chief executive ding to Patrick Yau, an analyst at said. There’s also a long-standing arrangement with China, the dy- seen a kind of mid-single digits officer, told the BMO conference Citigroup Inc. That’s due to its ban on poultry shipments. namics for U.S. meat producers decline in demand in China for in May. “We see the benefit into 25% stake in Wilmar Internatio- That means America can proba- and therefore soy meal suppliers soybean meal until now.” The rationalization of the industry.” nal Ltd., which vies with top Chi- bly only fill the gap in the global would be very good,” he said, re- company, the U.S.’s third-largest BLOOMBERG

Beijing blames US for Iran crisis HINA has expressed administration, which wi- ment as the only realistic and vel than is allowed under the U.S. was the “root cause” of tic solution, saying “it has Cregret over Iran’s brea- thdrew from the accord last effective way to resolve the 2015 agreement with world the crisis. Since withdrawing been proven that unilateral ching of the 2015 nuclear year, is behind the crisis. Iranian nuclear issue and powers. from the accord, the U.S. has bullying has become a worse- deal and blamed the United Foreign Ministry spokes- ease tensions. Geng said at a daily news imposed heavy economic ning ‘tumor’ and is creating States, saying “maximum man Geng Shuang described Tehran says it is now enri- briefing that “maximum sanctions on Iran. more problems and greater pressure” from the Trump the comprehensive agree- ching uranium at a higher le- pressure” imposed by the Geng called for a diploma- crises on a global scale.” page 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ASIA PACIFIC 亞太版 09.07.2019 tue

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Before his 1986 defection to Nor- th Korea, the senior Choe had li- AP PHOTO ved in the United States for about a decade and was a vocal critic of Park, who ruled South Korea with an iron fist from 1961 to 1979. He was previously Park’s foreign minister and ambassador in West Germany. In North Korea, he was made vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, which deals with relations with South Korea, and chairman of the Central Commit- tee of the Chondoist Chongu Par- ty, a political group affiliated with a Korean native religion called “Chondo.” He once headed the Chodo church in South Korea. His wife, Ryu Mi Yong, also took a series of high-profile jobs, inclu- ding membership in the presidium of the North’s rubber-stamp par- liament and chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Chon- doist Chongu Party. When she died at the age of 95 in 2016, a public funeral was organized and Son of prominent South Korean her body was buried along with her husband’s at Pyongyang’s Pa- triotic Martyrs’ Cemetery. defector moves to North Korea According to South Korea’s Uni- HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL Korea, according to a written sta- Korea without special permission secretly visit North Korea can face fication Ministry, Choe In-guk was tement published on the website. from the Seoul government to vi- up to 10 years in prison. allowed to make 12 authorized HE son of the highest-profi- Choe is the son of former Sou- sit the North. Ministry spokesman Since the end of the 1950-53 Ko- trips to North Korea since 2001 Tle South Korean to defect to th Korean Foreign Minister Choe Lee Sang-min told reporters yes- rean War, more than 30,000 North for events such as visiting his pa- North Korea has arrived in the Dok-shin, who defected to Nor- terday that authorities were trying Koreans have fled to South Korea rents’ cemetery and attending a North to permanently resettle, th Korea with his wife in to avoid political repres- death anniversary for his mother. North Korean state media said. If 1986, years after he was sion and economic pover- It wasn’t immediately known confirmed, it would be an unusual reportedly embroiled in Some analysts say ty. South Koreans have how he went to North Korea, but case of a South Korean defecting a corruption scandal and occasionally defected to South Korean media speculated to the impoverished, authoritarian political disputes with then- North Korea accepted North Korea in the past, he flew from Beijing with a North North. -South Korean President Choe In-guk so it but it has become a rarity Korean government-issued visa. The state-run Uriminzokkiri we- Park Chung-hee. He died in recent years, especially Choe was a member of the bsite reported that Choe In-guk, in 1989. could use him as a since the North suffered a Chondo church in South Korea about 72, arrived in Pyongyang, Some analysts say North crippling famine in the mi- and worked for a church-affiliated North Korea’s capital, on Satur- Korea accepted Choe In- propaganda tool d-1990s that is estimated organization focusing on inter- day to dedicate the rest of his life -guk so it could use him as to have killed hundreds of -Korean engagement, according to Korean unification at the gui- a propaganda tool to tell thousands of people. to church official Na Han Yub, dance of leader Kim Jong Un. its citizens its system is superior to determine details about Choe’s A small number of South Ko- who said met Choe once or twice The website published photos and to South Korea’s. North Korea is travel to North Korea. reans suffering economic hardship a year. a video showing a bespectacled struggling to revive its moribund The two Koreas, split along the at home have gone to North Ko- Na said Choe rarely talked about Choe in a beret reading his arrival economy and improve people’s li- world’s most heavily fortified bor- rea to live in past years, but North his personal life and didn’t parti- statement at Pyongyang’s airport. velihoods, since the United States der for about 70 years, bar their Korea is known to have repatria- cipate much in church activities. Choe said he decided to live in has not agreed on major sanctions citizens from visiting each other’s ted such people. The Unification Na said he didn’t know what moti- North Korea for good because it relief until it takes significant steps territory and exchanging phone Ministry said North Korea retur- vated Choe to go to North Korea was his parents’ “dying wishes” for toward nuclear disarmament. calls, letters or emails without spe- ned two South Koreans who en- but could confirm that he is the him to “follow” North Korea and South Korea’s Unification Minis- cial permission. Under a South tered North Korea last year, but it person shown in North Korean work for its unification with South try said Choe In-guk was in North Korean security law, people who didn’t elaborate. state media photos. AP

Parts of southern India facing acute water shortage ASHOK SHARMA, rain in the state this week panies have asked employees NEW DELHI and people are pinning their to work from home, and that

hopes on that. It rained for a some restaurants are closing AP PHOTO ITH the government while in the state two weeks early. Wable to meet only ago, but not enough to re- Apart from people hiring 40% of the water require- plenish water bodies. private water tank trucks, ment, millions of people in Gauri Shankar, a hotel ge- the state government has the southern Indian state of neral manager, said he was deployed 900 water trucks in Tamil Nadu are depending running his hotel in Chen- Chennai to distribute water on water tank trucks because nai, the state capital, by hi- free to the poorest, Raghvan of an acute shortage caused ring two tank trucks to bring said. Those who can afford by drying lakes and depleted water every day at a cost of it can also buy water from groundwater. 4,000 rupees (USD57) each. the tankers. Sekhar Raghvan, a water “There has been no im- Television images showed expert, said yesterday that provement in the situation people lining up for water taps were running dry, but in the past month,” Shankar cans in Chennai and other that meteorologists expect said, adding that some com- cities and towns in the state. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13 tue 09.07.2019 亞太版 ASIA PACIFIC

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PHILIPPINES consistent with patterns of pre- vious extrajudicial executions,” the group said. Slain suspects who struggled to earn a living were accused of Amnesty seeks international being “big-time” drug dealers, Amnesty said, citing interviews with families of suspects. Police of- ficers always justified the deaths by probe to end killings claiming that suspects fought back JIM GOMEZ, MANILA Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty’s during so-called “buy-bust” ope- regional director for East and Sou- rations, where undercover agents MNESTY Internatio- AP PHOTO theast Asia, said Duterte’s cam- posed as drug buyers, but Amnesty nal urgently called for paign “continues to be nothing but said it doubted the police reports, international pressure a large-scale murdering enterprise saying they did not “meet the fee- and an immediate U.N. for which the poor continue to pay blest standards of credibility.” Ainvestigation to help end what it the highest price.” Some suspects who police clai- says are possible crimes against hu- Philippine National Police chief med fired back were too poor to manity in the Philippine president’s Oscar Albayalde said such claims buy a gun. Others died after po- bloody anti-drug crackdown. were “allegations that have never lice forcibly broke into homes and The London-based rights wa- been proven.” All police actions, opened fire then later claimed the tchdog said in a study released he said, have been done within the suspects fought back after sensing yesterday that extrajudicial killin- bounds of the law and the consti- they were being entrapped in po- gs in President Rodrigo Duterte’s tution, which guarantees the pro- lice “buy-bust” transactions, Am- 3-year-old campaign remain ram- tection of human rights. nesty said, citing accounts by sus- pant and the scale of abuses has Amnesty said it investigated 20 pects’ relatives and witnesses. reached “the threshold of crimes drug-related incidents in which 27 Amnesty also questioned the legi- against humanity.” people were killed across Bulacan timacy and accuracy of drug “wa- About 6,600 people, most of from May 2018 to last April by tch lists,” which it said contain the them accused of petty drug crimes, nied any authorization of extra- north of the capital has become “the interviewing witnesses, families of names of drug suspects targeted in have been killed in the crackdown judicial killings. Duterte, however, country’s bloodiest killing field” after the dead, local officials and rights police raids. Duterte launched as his center- has repeatedly threatened drug some officers involved in the crack- activists. The group called on the U.N. Hu- piece project when he took office suspects with death in televised down were transferred there from Amnesty concluded that half of man Rights Council to immediate- in mid-2016. But nongovernment speeches and encouraged law en- the Manila metropolis, which used the incidents “appear to have been ly initiate an investigation into the groups claim a much higher death forcers to shoot suspects who fight to be the “epicenter of killings.” extrajudicial executions” based on killings. It asked an International toll, including many suspects kil- back. He has warned that the cra- “The reliance on violent and re- witnesses’ accounts and other in- Criminal Court prosecutor to has- led by motorcycle-riding gunmen ckdown will be more dangerous for pressive policies continues to per- formation. The others were murky ten the examination of complaints human rights groups suspect were suspects in the final three years of petuate human rights violations due to difficulty in obtaining in- sparked by the massive deaths for financed by police officers. his six-year term. and abuses in the country,” Am- formation about the killings “al- The Hague-based tribunal to open Duterte and the police have de- Amnesty said Bulacan province nesty said in its study. though their broad outlines were a separate investigation. AP

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DIPLOMACY Sudanese say US pressure was key to reaching transition deal SAMY MAGDY, CAIRO “The meeting was the corners- clined to comment on U.S. ef- The two Arab nations were who are represented by a coali- tone of Friday’s deal.” forts to broker the deal, saying seen as having major influence tion known as the Forces for HE power-sharing The two sides agreed on a only that Washington welcomes over Gen. Mohamed Hamdan the Declaration of Freedom agreement reached jointly run sovereign council the agreement and commends Dagalo, who has sent Suda- and Change. The activists say between Sudan’s mi- that will rule for a little over the AU and Ethiopia for their nese forces to aid their war in the U.S. and Arab countries litary and pro-demo- three years while elections are mediation efforts. Yemen. Dagalo, known by the reached out to individual fac- Tcracy protesters last week came organized. A military leader The Arab officials said the nickname “Hemedti,” is seen tions, which then threatened after the United States and will head the council for the U.S. not only ramped up pres- by many as the most powerful to negotiate separately with the its Arab allies applied intense first 21 months followed by a sure on the military, but also on figure on the military council, military. Protest leaders gave in pressure on both sides amid civilian leader for the next 18. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab and his paramilitary Rapid Su- when it appeared the coalition fears a prolonged crisis could They also agreed on an in- Emirates and Egypt, which pport Forces led last month’s was at risk of fracturing. tip the country into civil war, dependent Sudanese investiga- supported the military’s over- violent dispersal of the protes- The efforts culminated in a activists and officials said. tion into security forces’ deadly throw of al-Bashir and sided ters’ main sit-in. secret meeting on July 29 at the The agreement, which raised crackdown on the protests last with the generals when the pro- The Sudanese military official home of a Sudanese business- hopes of a democratic tran- month — though it’s unclear testers remained in the streets. says the generals received the man that was attended by pro- sition following the military if anyone will be held accoun- Two Egyptian officials with same message. test leaders as well as Burhan overthrow of long-ruling auto- table. The military also agreed direct knowledge of Booth’s “The Americans demanded a and Dagalo. crat Omar al-Bashir in April, to restore the internet after a meetings in Cairo last month deal as soon as possible. Their Officials from the U.S., Bri- was announced days after the weekslong blackout. said the U.S. urged President message was clear: power-sha- tain, Saudi Arabia and the protesters held mass marches Much could still go wrong, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to back ring in return for guarantees United Arab Emirates also at- through Khartoum and other and last month’s violence erup- the AU and Ethiopian proposal that nobody from the council tended, in a show of unity that areas. ted at a similarly hopeful mo- and “pressure” Gen. Abdel-Fa- will be tried,” he said, refer- pushed the two sides together. But those familiar with the ne- ment. But for now the deal ttah Burhan, the head of the ring to the June 3 crackdown. By the end of the over three- gotiations say the main break- appears to be on track, with the ruling military council, to res- Protesters say security forces -hour-long meeting, the two si- through happened at a secret two sides expected to formally pond positively. killed at least 128 people, whi- des had agreed to thrash out an meeting the day before the pro- sign it this week. “We received a direct message le authorities put the death toll agreement within days. tests, when diplomats from the Two leading activists, a Suda- from the White House: Facili- at 61, including some security Protest leaders went ahead U.S., Britain, Saudi Arabia and nese military official and two tate a deal between the military personnel. with the rallies the following day, the United Arab Emirates pres- Egyptian officials described in- and the protesters,” one of the The crackdown left protesters saying they needed time to pre- sed the two sides to accept pro- tense U.S. efforts to force a deal officials said. in a precarious position, and pare people for the agreement, posals from the African Union after veteran diplomat Donald They said the same message raised fears that Sudan could and tens of thousands took to and Ethiopia. Booth was appointed special was conveyed to Saudi Arabia share the fate of Syria, Yemen the streets in another show of “It was a tense but crucial envoy in mid-June. They spoke and the United Arab Emirates, and Libya, which spiraled into popular support for a transition meeting. It melted the ice,” a on condition of anonymity be- close U.S. allies that had ple- civil war after their own popu- to civilian rule. Five days later, leading activist said on condi- cause they were not authorized dged billions of dollars in aid lar uprisings. on July 5, the two sides annou- tion of anonymity to discuss to discuss the talks. to the military after al-Bashir’s The U.S. and its allies also nced that they had reached a the back-room negotiations. State Department officials de- overthrow. put pressure on the protesters, power-sharing deal. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 15 tue 09.07.2019 分析 WORLD

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fficult for Darroch, who is accused by some Brexit-backing U.K. poli- ticians of a lack of enthusiasm for UK hunts mole behind leak of Britain’s departure from the Euro- pean Union. The journalist who reported the leak, Isabel Oakeshott, is a strong envoy’s frank Trump missives supporter of Brexit and ally of JILL LAWLESS, LONDON Brexit Party leader Nigel Fara- ge, Britain’s leading champion of

HE British government AP PHOTO Trump. was hunting yester- Trump said in 2016 that Farage day for the source of a would “do a great job” as ambassa- leak of diplomatic ca- dor to Washington. Tbles from Britain’s ambassador in Farage brushed off that idea yes- Washington that branded Presi- terday, saying “I’m not a diplomat, dent Donald Trump’s administra- and I think that’s quite an unders- tion “dysfunctional” and “inept.” tatement.” British officials are embarrassed But Farage said Darroch’s com- by the publication of Kim Dar- ments were “pretty irresponsible.” roch’s unflattering assessment — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy but more alarmed that sensitive Hunt said that the ability to com- confidential information has been municate frankly was “fundamen- leaked, possibly for political ends. tal” to diplomacy. The leaked cables were intended International Trade Secretary for senior U.K. ministers and civil charged with breaching the Official In the leaked cables — published missive said. Liam Fox, who is meeting U.S. offi- servants, and officials believe the Secrets Act, which bars the unau- in the Mail on Sunday newspaper The cables cover a period from cials in Washington, called the leak mole will be found among British thorized disclosure of classified — Darroch called the Trump ad- 2017 to recent weeks. Darroch has “malicious.” politicians or officials, rather than material. ministration’s policy toward Iran served as Britain’s envoy to Washin- “I think it is unconscionable that overseas. Slack said May had “full faith” in “incoherent,” said Trump might gton since 2016. any professional person in either “I’ve seen nothing to suggest Darroch, a long-serving diplomat, be indebted to “dodgy Russians” After the cables were published, politics of the civil service can hostile state actors were involved,” although she didn’t agree with his and raised doubts about whether Trump said the ambassador “has behave in this way,” he said. said Prime Minister Theresa May’s characterization of the Trump ad- the White House “will ever look not served the U.K. well, I can tell Fox, who is due to meet Trump’s spokesman, James Slack. ministration. competent.” you that.” daughter Ivanka, told the BBC The inquiry is being led by civil He said ambassadors were hired “We don’t really believe this ad- “We are not big fans of that that he would apologize for the servants in the Cabinet Office, and to provide “honest, unvarnished as- ministration is going to become man,” Trump said. fact that standards of “either our Slack said police would only be cal- sessments” of politics in the coun- substantially more normal; less The leak is an embarrassment civil service or elements of our po- led in “if evidence of criminality is tries where they served, which di- dysfunctional; less unpredictab- for outgoing prime minister May, litical class” had “lapsed in a most found.” dn’t necessarily reflect the views of le; less faction riven; less diplo- who has sometimes clashed with extraordinary and unacceptable It’s possible the leaker could be the British government. matically clumsy and inept,” one Trump, and could make things di- way.” AP

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Mandarin’s House 2001 Scientists discover why we Time: 10am-6pm daily (Last admission at 5:30pm; are here closed on Wednesdays, open on public holidays) A Californian University has thrown more light on Address: No. 10, Travessa de António da Silva why the Big Bang works after nearly 40 years of Admission: Free world-wide research. Enquiries: (853) 2896 8820 Most scientists accept that the universe began cinema with the Big Bang and the existence - in equal amounts - of matter and anti-matter. cineteatro The theory has been complicated by the fact that 04 - 10Jul if matter and anti-matter were present in equal Offbeat amounts they would cancel each other out and there would not be a universe. New Mexico ghost town saloon uses Experiments by Stanford University’s interna- tional team of physicists have provided the most civility to draw crowd substantial proof yet that matter and anti-matter decay at different rates and this explains the con- tinued predominance of matter. AP PHOTO This process is called charge-parity (CP) violation and derives from research in the 1950s and 1960s by theorists like Andrei Sakharov. The evidence for CP has rested solely on - increa- singly accurate - measurements of the different decay rates of the sub-atomic particle, neutral K meson and its anti-particle. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Now the team working at the Stanford Linear Ac- room 1 celerator Center (Slac) has observed CP violation 2:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45pm in a heavier particle/anti-particle pair related to B A saloon in a New Mexico ghost town attracts regulars Director: Jon Watts meson. Starring: Zendaya, Angourie Rice, Tom Holland with diverse backgrounds and opinions with a promise to They made their discovery using a 1,200 tonne “have dialogue.” Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 129min detector called Babar, designed, built and operated The No Scum Allowed Saloon in the White Oaks, New by 600 scientists and engineers, many from the UK. Mexico, pulls in people from around the state and some- UGLYDOLLS Babar forces particles to crash into each other times tourists from overseas because of its reputation room 2 and simulate the effects of the Big Bang deep un- and catchy name, the Albuquerque Journal recently re- 2:30pm der the Californian landscape. Director: Kelly Asbury ported. The findings of the Slac team will be published in Saloon owner Karen Haughness, one of the nine people Starring: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) the journal Physical Review Letters. who live in White Oaks, said the saloon’s regulars often Duration: 87min exceed the town’s population. She says the saloon culti- Courtesy BBC News vates civil discourse among visitors. TOY STORY 2 “We are different. We come from different places. We room 2 are different politically. 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THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 The idea of anti-matter has been around since 1928 when British physicist Paul Dirac suggested the existence of atoms People moved out as gold mining evaporated, with the room 3 with negatively charged anti-protons at the centre and posi- last mine closing in 1930. Today, the No Scum Allowed 2:30, 4:30, 7:30pm Director: Chris Renaud, Jonathan del Val tively charged electrons - positrons - orbiting them. Ordinary Saloon’s regulars make up to about three times the Starring: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford atoms consist of a positively charged nucleus surrounded by town’s single-digit population. Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) negatively charged electrons. Jackie Keller, 56, a former State Highway Department Duration: 86min It is very difficult to make anti-matter and requires powerful employee, lives just east of White Oaks. 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Brazil leader hit for Massive choir a place AP PHOTO cool reaction to for Estonians to find João Gilberto’s death identity, solace RESIDENT Jair Bol- to the family, OK?” Psonaro came under fire Brazilian singer Leoni yesterday [Macau time] for tweeted that Bolsonaro AP PHOTO a lukewarm response to the “doesn’t have a clue of the death of a Brazilian cultural importance of sophistica- icon, João Gilberto (pictu- tion of João Gilberto.” red, right, in a 1978 snap), Leftist lawmaker Marce- one of the fathers of bossa lo Freixo tweeted, “Today nova music, which gained we lost the true Brazilian Lithuanian couple worldwide popularity in the legend,” a snippy allusion 1960s. to the term Bolsonaro’s su- crowned ‘wife carrying’ Impassioned tributes to pporters use for the presi- world champions Gilberto rocketed around dent. Brazilian media, social and Bolsonaro has had a rocky Lithuanian man and Finland’s Taisto Miettinen conventional, following his relationship with Brazil’s Ahis wife have won the and his new partner Katja death on Saturday. Bolso- artistic community, and has ENS of thousands An estimated 90,000 world ‘wife carrying’ title, Kovanen. naro, meanwhile, told re- said he plans to drastically Tof Estonians joined people attended the main leaping over timber and “After the second obsta- porters that Gilberto was “a reduce the budget for arts in singing folk songs over concert that closed the fes- wading through waist-hi- cle I thought I wouldn’t known person. Condolences and culture grants. the weekend on the 150th tival, which had most of gh water to beat dozens of make, but it’s a great re- anniversary of a music fes- the choirs joining voices for other couples for a second sult” Kirkliauskas said, tival that inspired resistance songs with special meaning

year running. The prize is adding “my wife, she is the AP PHOTO to Soviet control and later for Estonians and their na- the wife’s weight in beer. best.” received recognition from tional identity. The festival Vytautas Kirkliauskas Couples from over a do- the U.N. cultural agency. theme this year was “My and his wife Neringa zen countries, including The Estonian Song and Fatherland is My Love.” Kirkliauskiene cleared a Australia, France and Dance Celebration attracted During Estonia’s nearly grueling 253.5 meter obs- Germany, took part in the 35,000 singers, more than 50 years of Soviet occu- tacle course in 1 minute annual race in the central 1,000 choirs and 700 dan- pation, some traditional 6.72 seconds this weekend. Finnish municipality of ce groups to the capital of anthems and songs were That was just a tenth of a Sonkajarvi, 480 kilome- Tallinn. The event, held every banned or had their lyrics second ahead of former ters north of Helsinki, the five years, started as a song-on- changed so singing them six-time world champion, capital. ly celebration in 1869. was an act of defiance. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 19 tue 09.07.2019 體育 SPORTS

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FOOTBALL US wins 4th World Cup title, 2nd in a row

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United States 2, Netherlands 0 AP PHOTO

FTER every goal celebration and all the confident postu- ring, the U.S. natio- Anal team backed up its swagger at the Women’s World Cup by winning it all. The Americans also took a swi- pe at gender inequity, too. The United States won its re- cord fourth Women’s World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 yesterday [Macau time] when Megan Rapinoe converted a tie- breaking penalty kick in the se- cond half. Rose Lavelle added a goal to seal it. Afterward, Rapinoe looked out on the sea of reporters and said, “I’ve got a party to get to, y’all.” Rapinoe scored in the 61st mi- nute after a video review deter- mined Stefanie van der Gragt had fouled Alex Morgan with a kick to the shoulder while com- peting for a deflected pass in the penalty area. Two days past her 34th bir- thday, Rapinoe slotted the ball past Sari van Veenendaal for her sixth goal of the tournament. She became the oldest player to score in a Women’s World Cup United States’ Megan Rapinoe celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot final, and earned the Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer and the Golden Ball as she would refuse to visit the the first coach to lead a team to Mia Hamm and Brandi Chas- She was given a standing ova- the top player. White House. Trump called two Women’s World Cup titles, tain were among the former tion when she was substituted in Her preferred goal celebration out Rapinoe on Twitter, saying and the U.S. joined Germany in American players who joined the 79th minute. The crowd of in France, with her outstretched she should never “disrespect 2003 and 2007 as the only re- the current generation for the 57,900 at Stade de Lyon for Le arms in victory, was already on our Country, the White House, peat champions. While the U.S. postgame celebration. Grand Finale included France T-shirts. or our Flag, especially since so has four titles, Germany is the Alyssa Naeher, the 31-year-old President Emmanuel Macron. “I feel like it’s kind of iconic much has been done for her & only other nation with even two. who succeeded Hope Solo in Rebounding from a loss to of everything that we have gone the team.” He said he would in- “Getting to play at the highest goal, faced repeated questions Sweden on penalty kicks in the through and we continue to go vite the team win or lose. level of the World Cup with the entering the tournament but quarterfinals of the 2016 Olym- through, and yet we put this But shortly after the title game, team we have is just ridiculous. allowed just three goals and fi- pics, the Americans opened the beautiful product out on the pit- Trump tweeted: “Congratula- But to be able to couple that nished with her fourth shutout, World Cup with a record 13-0 ch,” she said. tions to the U.S. Women’s Soc- with everything on the field and earning the Golden Glove for the rout of lowly Thailand, trigge- Lavelle, at 24 the team’s up-an- cer Team on winning the World to back up all of those words tournament’s best goalkeeper. ring debate over whether the ce- d-coming star, added her third Cup! Great and exciting play. with performances and to back The U.S. had scored within lebrations after each goal were goal of the tournament on an America is proud of you all!” up all of those performances the first 12 minutes of its pre- excessive. Carli Lloyd respon- 18-yard left-footed shot in the Always outs- vious six matches ded the next match by following 69th after a solo run from the poken, Rapinoe Megan Rapinoe, 34, became but the European a goal with a polite golf clap. center circle. also called out champions sat Then Morgan stirred it up The monthlong journey isn’t FIFA on the eve of the oldest player to score in back to keep their again when she scored against over quite yet for players who the championship, defensive shape England and celebrated as if captured the hearts of a nation. suggesting soc- a Women’s World Cup final, and kept the sco- sipping tea, pinkie outstretched. New York City Mayor Bill de cer’s governing and earned both the Golden re 0-0 through the Now, after all the memorable Blasio needed just a few seconds body was not first half. drama, they will have a four- after the match to invite the doing enough to Boot and the Golden Ball Rapinoe, who th star above the crest on the team to a ticker-tape parade up grow the women’s missed the semi- team’s jerseys and a higher plat- the Canyon of Heroes in Ma- game, pointing to unequal pri- with words, it’s just incredible,” final win over England with a form to advance their cause. nhattan on Wednesday. ze money and the scheduling of Rapinoe said. “I feel like this hamstring injury, became the “It’s something that we’ve Fans, many dressed in red, the final on the same day as the team is in the midst of changing first woman to score on a pe- worked so hard for. All of us, white and blue, chanted “Equal championships of the CONCA- the world around us as we live, nalty kick during a Women’s individually, have just faced so Pay!” at the final whistle , a re- CAF Gold Cup in Chicago and and it’s just an incredible fee- World Cup final, her 50th goal much adversity through this minder players sued the U.S. the Copa America final in Bra- ling.” in 158 international appearan- whole journey,” Morgan said. Soccer Federation in March zil. With confidence that some cal- ces. She ended the Netherlands’ “We’ve been tested individually claiming gender discrimination. The Americans never trailed at led arrogance, this American 317-minute scoreless streak and and collectively so much. So to The sides have agreed to media- the tournament and set records team established a standard that matched Morgan and England’s see, four years ago, us go from te the lawsuit. with 26 goals and a 12-game exceeded the U.S. champions of Ellen White for most goals in the two to three, and now three to Rapinoe drew the ire of Pre- World Cup winning streak da- 1991, 1999 and 2015, becoming tournament, winning the Gol- four, it’s really a dream come sident Donald Trump by saying ting to 2015. Jill Ellis became a goal for all others to match. den Ball based on fewer minutes. true.” AP Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings the added to World Heritage list BUZZ The work of famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was The group noted Wright’s use of “organic architecture,” inclu- recognized Sunday as eight of his buildings, including the Solomon ding an open plan, with blurred boundaries between exterior and R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Los Angeles’ Hollyho- interior, and the “unprecedented use” of steel and concrete. The ck House and the Unity Temple in suburban Chicago, were added Wright buildings are the 24th U.S. site on the list. to the UNESCO World Heritage list. The committee met Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, and also added “Each of these buildings offers innovative solutions to the needs to the list Italy’s hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, which is for housing, worship, work or leisure,” read a statement from the home to the world-famous sparkling wine Prosecco. OPINION World Heritage Committee. “Wright’s work from this period had More than 1,000 sites in 167 countries are recognized by the Uni- a strong impact on the development of modern architecture in Eu- ted Nations’ cultural organization. They can be examples of outs- Our Desk rope.” tanding natural beauty or man-made buildings. Renato Marques

The sudden ‘new

Before moon landing, AP PHOTO vitality’ of Ho

The former president of the Legislative astronauts learned Assembly (AL) Ho Iat Seng is widely consi- dered the most likely next Chief Executive geology in Arizona (CE). Mexico Police, soldiers The first to publicly acknowledge that he and National Guard are would be running, after much consideration, raiding hotels, buses and trains to round up

Ho seems to have changed his mind over the AP PHOTO last couple of months and presented a kind migrants, creating scenes of “new vitality” that I cannot explain. of weeping Central American mothers piled I say this because about three years ago into police vans along when he was 59, I had the chance to do a with their children and short interview with him on the sidelines of overflowing detention an AL event. In these comments, Ho replied centers with deplorable to me words to the effect of “I don’t think to conditions. run for any higher position anymore as I am getting too old and close to retirement age.” Well, that was three years ago, three years in which Ho not only reversed course on this AP PHOTO statement, but also seemed to have regained a vitality that makes of him the strongest candidate for the post of the new CE. If the tradition still holds, he would take such post for the two consecutive mandates allowed Greece Conservative by law, which means that he would hold the party leader Kyriakos post for the next 10 years. Mitsotakis was sworn in I am not trying to say that he is too old as Greece’s new prime for such a position, in fact, he is one of the minister yesterday, a This undated photo shows Apollo 15 astronauts driving a lunar rover prototype “younger” candidates among the seven that day after his resounding have already publicly revealed an interest win over left-wing Alexis in running. But why this sudden change of Tsipras, who led the country through the attitude? EFORE Neil Arms- Scientists used early cesuit on jagged limestone tumultuous final years of Recently, I remember Ho, in his role as Btrong and Buzz Aldrin photos of the moon taken rocks that are part of the its international bailouts. president of the AL, skipping a series of knew they would be the from orbit and re-created aptly named “tear-pants legislative sessions late last year in which first to walk on the moon, the Sea of Tranquility formation,” forcing a re- Germany The radical important discussions were occurring, in- they took crash courses with “remarkable accu- design, head tour guide and painful restructuring cluding some related to the government’s in geology at the Grand racy” before Apollo 11 Jeff Beal said. of Germany’s Deutsche policy address for this year. At the time the Canyon and a nearby landed there in 1969, the Armstrong and Aldrin Bank, which is cutting media was told by the AL staff, “the presi- impact crater that is the Geological Survey said. also hiked the Grand 18,000 jobs, is the end of a long, failed attempt to dent was sick.” most well-preser- Canyon. A histo- Of course everyone is entitled to be sick rical photo shows compete with the global ved on Earth. investment banking giants and to recover properly and illness is totally Northern Arizona Arizona has deep Armstrong carrying that left it overextended. independent of age, but still, for several has had deep ties a rock hammer, a weeks last year and this year the president to the Apollo mis- ties to the Apollo hand lens and a missed multiple plenary meetings due to sions: Every moon- backpack for rock

missions: every AP PHOTO being sick. -walking astronaut samples. An outsider would look at this series of trained here, and a moon-walking Lauren Edgar, a events as though he is almost being forced crater on the moon research geologist to run for CE without really wanting to do was even named in astronaut trained at the Astrogeolo- so. It is almost like someone is pushing Ho honor of the city gy Science Center, against his will. That is where I think we mi- of Flagstaff. here is working with the ght have a problem as Macau cannot afford USA Eleven years after “It’s a really inte- 2017 class of as- letting Jeffrey Epstein to have someone as a CE, who is in the post resting and unique tronaut candidates off lightly with a once- against his will, for 10, or even five, years. part of our history, and Astronauts studied moon who will be in Flagsta- secret plea bargain, Some people say that to run for such a posi- it’s really cool to think mapping at Lowell Obser- ff later this year for field federal prosecutors took tion, first you need to have a “passion” for it. that this relatively small vatory in Flagstaff where training. another run at putting the The Japanese have a word to define this “rea- town in northern Arizona Pluto was discovered and “It will be pretty inspi- billionaire financier behind son of being”: “Ikigai.” It is a complex con- played such a big role in peered at their eventual ring for them. It’s inspi- bars on sex charges, cept that can be translated roughly as “what the Apollo missions,” said destination through teles- ring for us being invol- accusing him yesterday you live for” or in a more simplistic way, Benjamin Carver, a public copes at various northern ved in this, but knowing of abusing dozens of “what pulls you out of bed in the morning.” Arizona sites. you’re walking in the boot underage girls as young lands historian at Nor- as 14. According to Japanese beliefs, each person’s thern Arizona University. The region’s role in steps of these previous “Ikigai” is unique and applies to their lives, Today, astronaut can- moon missions is credi- astronauts here in Flags- values and beliefs by reflecting the inner self didates still train in and ted to former Geologi- taff and, hopefully, some

of a person, creating a mental state in which around Flagstaff, which cal Survey scientist Gene day on another body,” she AP PHOTO the person feels at ease with whatever they is among many cities ce- Shoemaker, who moved said. are doing. lebrating the 50th anni- the agency’s astrogeolo- Flagstaff is celebrating I am not sure about what Ho’s Ikigai is but versary of the first moon gy branch to Flagstaff in the 50th anniversary of I know that the example of his reactions as landing on July 20, 1969. 1963. It wasn’t long be- the first moon landing president of AL such as showing difficulties They walk in the same fore Shoemaker guided with tours, exhibits, talks to manage his anger on several occasions volcanic cinder fields Armstrong and Aldrin on and moon-themed food USA Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of in addition to making some “paternalistic” where the U.S. Geological hikes at Meteor Crater and art. Visitors can walk remarks, namely to lawmaker Sulu Sou. I the biggest earthquakes Survey intentionally blas- as he pushed to ensure through gaps in a barbed- to rattle California in would say that at the very least, the oft-cri- ted hundreds of craters NASA would include geo- -wire fence and feel their decades as scientists ticized “too smooth” style of Chui Sai On is from the ground to re- logy in lunar exploration. feet sink into the volcanic warn that both should about to change. plicate the lunar surface, A story passed down by cinders, although not as serve as a wake-up call to testing rovers and geology geologists at the crater deep as the astronauts’ feet be ready when the long- tools. says Aldrin ripped his spa- on the moon. MDT/AP dreaded “Big One” strikes.