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Food & Beverage Jak’s Kitchen puts itself on par with top restaurants in integrated resorts

ith the aim of providing placed upon Small and Medium Wguests with competitively- A LLES Enterprises (SMEs) may reduce priced quality Western cuisine ou- the quality and service able to be tside of integrated resorts, two en- V LYNzY provided by local enterprises. trepreneurs opened Jak’s Kitchen Both Qu and Yen expressed that in One Oasis earlier this year. the government should give way Aside from offering set lunches on blue card issues and policies as and dinners to customers, the res- there is not enough to work for lo- taurant is also collaborating with cal SMEs. winemakers to provide patrons “I think the government should with a tailored menu which has [easily] allow SMEs to hire foreign wines paired with dinner items. people. Everybody knows there’s For the first time, Jak’s Kit- a lack of manpower. More locals chen has collaborated with New must be competitive [because] Zealand winemaker Kai Schubert the market will tell which people it to pair its dinners with selections needs,” Yen stated. from Schubert’s wine, including The co-owner added that no lo- its famed Schubert Block B Pinot cal enterprise would want to hire Noir 2014. employees who are not competiti- According to the winemaker, ve enough in the market, and thus the company boasts a lovely Pinot hoped that the government would Noir, which is a complex red wine From left to right: Jeff Yen, Sharon Yeo, Ron Kiat, Kai Schubert and Amy Qu encourage locals to strive for great that goes with a variety of dishes. service in the workplaces. In Europe, Schubert noted that Jeff Yen opened the restaurant in Jak’s Kitchen is looking to serve a dent in growing the number of its A source also told the Times that these wines are commonly served February, serving continental Eu- fresher Mediterranean European current customers. the government has put signifi- with mushrooms or chicken. ropean cuisine in a casual-yet-qua- style of food – dishes that are “sea- Yeo also noted that acquiring cant emphasis on supporting local “More often in Asia, there’s a lot lity dining environment. sonal, fresh and good quality.” goods from suppliers remains a SMEs, but it handballs its duty to of dishes you can see such as cur- The partners noted that it is dif- Ron Kiat, chef at the restaurant, challenge, as not all suppliers deli- support these enterprises to ga- ries, Peking duck, and such, which ficult to find high quality western assured that most of the ingre- ver in the peninsula, while others ming operators. work beautifully with Pinot Noir. restaurants outside casinos, no- dients used are imported from do not cater to small restaurants. To small restaurant owners, There are a lot of options and it’s ting that it can be frustrating for Australia and the U.S. Kiat noted “We’re only a small operator, un- obtaining approval for licensing quite adaptive in that sense,” said locals to visit a restaurant in the that the team has been instructed like in hotels where they order in applications is a core problem ra- Schubert. region’s integrated resorts during to serve the best quality of food at a big amount. […] Even when we or- ther than raising capital, as the During the weekend, the full- the weekend. reasonable price point. der up to MOP20,000 they won’t government currently offers up house restaurant presented a “Our opinion is that most of the “We have same quality as hotels deliver and say it’s out of their to MOP600,000 in interest-free six-course menu, starting with good western restaurants are lo- but at a reasonable price. Compa- area,” Yeo explained. loans to local entrepreneurs. Norweigan salmon carpaccio with cated inside the casinos and we red with hotels, you need to pay for Meanwhile, the owners admit “The free mortgage is only for caper berries and ending with gor- want to provide other experiences service and atmosphere. It’s the that acquiring a license to operate young people. We need support gonzola and figs. so that customers don’t have to go same here, it’s cozy and relaxed,” and meeting quotas to hire foreign from the government in the form The restaurant aims to hold to a casino to enjoy a good western Kiat said with confidence. talent remain the most challenging of faster processing of licenses and more wine paired dinners in restaurant,” explained Yen. Meanwhile, restaurant mana- aspect of opening the business. quotas,” Qu lamented. collaboration with foreign wine- As the restaurant is located in ger Sharon Yeo said that the res- Macau aims to be listed as one However, the two entrepreneu- makers, particularly those from One Oasis’ The Veranda, attracting taurant prioritizes building rela- of UNESCO’S ‘Gastronomic City’, rs remain confident that these is- Portugal, to establish a commu- customers to the venue has been a tionships with its guests, adding having submitted an application to sues will not impact the quality of nity in the peninsula, along with challenge. Currently, the entrepre- that the restaurant has already ac- the UNESCO Network of Creati- dishes they serve, but rather, they its loyal guests from Macau and neur says that some 70 percent of quired loyal guests in a short time ve Cities (UNCC) earlier this year. will aim to continually maximize Taipa. their weekend customers come since opening the business. However, the owners believe that the quality of food at ‘the best pri- Restaurant owners Amy Qu and from the other two peninsulas. Yeo said that the team is confi- the restrictions and limitations ce.’ LV

he British Consula- gration officer will check Tte-General in Hong that the applicants meet Kong has confirmed with MSAR passport holders can the relevant criteria and the Identification Servi- will grant them the RTS ces Bureau that Macau apply for UK e-passport service privilege if they do. SAR passport holders The UK airports with are now eligible to join RTS facilities are Birmin- the UK’s Registered Tra- complete a landing card. must be at least 18 years GBP (MOP735) to join Those who pass the pre- gham, East Midlands, veller Service (RTS), The relaxed regulations old and hold a Macau the program for the first liminary assessment will Edinburgh, Gatwick, permitting them to enter are expected to expedi- passport. They must also year and an additional 50 still need to use other Glasgow, Heathrow, and exit the UK using ei- te travelers’ clearance hold a valid UK visa or GBP to renew thereafter. passport lanes than those London, Luton, Man- ther the e-passport gates through British immi- have visited the UK at Applicants will be no- indicated, and complete chester and Stansted, as or the UK/EU entry lane. gration checks at certain least four times in the tified of the outcome of a landing card next time well as Eurostar termi- MSAR passport holders airports. last 24 months. their application within they travel to the UK. At nals in Brussels, Lille and will no longer need to Applicants for the RTS It currently costs 70 10 working days. that point, a UK immi- Paris.

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ong Kong financial regulators are Hseeking to introduce an identifica- tion program for investors trading sto- cks on the mainland, the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing an HKSAR legisla- tor. The proposed regulation will require investors to register their real name and identification card information when tra- ding, with the intention of preventing market manipulation through greater ac- countability. It comes as regulators on the mainland and in Hong Kong are becoming increa- singly concerned about market manipu- lation and have sought to rein in volatile National Day trading. Christopher Cheung, a Hong Kong lawmaker representing the city’s finan- cial services industry, told the FT that re- China’s holidays were gulators were likely to disclose the iden- tification program within the next few months. The rules could come into effect anything but golden as as early as next year, he said. “It takes time to improve the clearing and settlement system, the brokerages will need to install new software, and home sales plummet they will need to sign new contracts with their customers to make sure that they hina’s Golden Week Travel Group Co. led losses China Evergrande Group said Stephen Lau, president are aware of the new information collec- Cis leaving investors flat by tourism-related stocks slumped 3.5 percent, while of Power Macao Gaming tion,” he said. as figures from home sales on the mainland after retail Sunac China Holdings Ltd. Association, an organiza- Meanwhile, official entities responsible to Macau casino revenue sales and restaurant receip- slid 5.4 percent. New home tion that represents casino for operating the Hong Kong Stock Ex- disappoint. ts grew at a slower pace. sales in Beijing dropped to workers. “Gaming revenue change refused to comment. Chinese property deve- While casinos were busy 116 units during the Natio- for the holiday was flat Currently, investors in Hong Kong are lopers slumped in Hong during the holiday week, nal Day holiday, the lowest compared with last year, able to trade shares on the mainland Kong after the Economic visitors did not necessa- since 2009, the Economic or only grew slightly,” Lau through the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Information Daily said rily gamble, Stephen Lau, Information Daily repor- said. Connect, launched in 2014, and the sub- new home sales tumbled president of Power Macao ted, citing data from Cen- Hna-Caissa Travel and sequent Hong Kong-Shenzhen Connect. in Beijing and Shanghai Gaming Association, told taline Property. New home UTour Group Co. retreated The same programs enable mainland in- compared with a year ear- Singapore’s The Business sales in Shanghai plunged more than 5 percent. Retail vestors to trade on the Hong Kong Stock lier. Galaxy Entertainment Times. “Gaming revenue 78 percent to 178 units, ac- sales and restaurant receip- Exchange. Moreover, in June, the Central Group Ltd. sank as much as for the holiday was flat cording to the report, which ts rose 10.3 percent during Government signed an agreement with 3.5 percent, with the Power compared with last year, or also cited declining sales in the holiday period, down Hong Kong local authorities to promote Macao Gaming Association only grew slightly.” Nanjing. from 10.7 percent last year cross-border investment, making both saying revenue was at best According to figures relea- and 11 percent in 2015, ac- markets more accessible to investment slightly higher versus the sed yesterday by the immi- cording to the Ministry of from traders in the other. previous year. Hna-Caissa gration services, the total Investor Commerce. number of tourists in Ma- “Slower growth in retail cau between October 1 and optimism sales hurt sentiment and led October 8 stood at 920,631. to consumer-linked shares’ ad The Macau Tourism Offi- had been underperformance today,” ce had previously forecast high that said Ken Chen, Shanghai the number of tourists to based analyst with KGI Se- increase by as much as 5 the ‘Super curities Co. “Investors are percent from around 1.2 also selling down names million visitors in 2016. Golden that rallied before the holi- Investor optimism had day to lock in profits.” been high that the holiday, Week’ A gauge of consumer sta- dubbed “Super Golden would lead ples rallied the most since Week” because it lasted August. The index had risen eight days instead of the to bumper 21 percent this year throu- usual seven, would lead gh Friday, less than half to bumper earnings. The earnings the pace of the MSCI Chi- MSCI China Index, which na measure. Noodlemaker closed at a decade-high on Galaxy was the biggest lo- Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Friday, fell 0.6 percent at ser on Hong Kong’s Hang Holding Corp. jumped 8.1 4:49 p.m. in Hong Kong. Seng Index, while Sands percent yesterday, while Investors instead shifted China Ltd. dropped 2.7 hypermarket operator Sun into stocks that had lagged percent. Although casinos Art Retail Group Ltd. had behind this year, such as were crowded, visitors di- its best gain in two months. consumer staples. dn’t necessarily gamble, MDT/Bloomberg tue 10.10.2017

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Latin American culture promoted in Macau

he 2017 Latin American Cultural Festival kicked off during the weekend, Tfeaturing eight cultural acti- Local architects featured vities including exhibitions and film screenings, as well in Seoul exhibition as wine classes and tasting. Macau-based architects Carlotta Bruni and Rui This year, the festival’s slo- Leão, both partners at LBA Architecture & Planning, gan is “From Culture to Bu- were selected to be among the “100 Architects Of siness - a Crossover to bring The Year 2017” featured in an exhibition included Macau and Latin America in the recent UIA World Congress of Architects. The closer together!” event was held between September 5 and 8 in Seoul. Two photography exhibi- According to a statement issued yesterday by the tions, titled “Latin Ameri- local architects, “the exhibition is always seeking a can Architecture” and “Pe- new architectural paradigm through the selection ru’s Memory: 1890 – 1950”, of works of 100 architects and their philosophy for will be held throughout the contemporary architecture.” festival along with a “Latin The capital of Peru, Lima American Cultural Seminar Series”. The gourmet festival will added to the Gourmet Food cked off on Saturday with Ser- Press association Latin American chefs from take place in parts; from Oc- Festival. José Miguel Gonzá- rano, who prepared a four- Argentina, Chile and Ecua- tober 7 to 12 and October 27 lez Serrano, Consul General course dinner of trademark launches first website dor will also stage a cooking to November 5 at the Tromba of Chile and Sergio Manuel Chilean dishes paired with The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association Rija, and from October 13 to Avila, Consul General of Peru premium Chilean wines. demonstration. (AIPIM) yesterday announced that it had launched Organized by the Macau 22 at Café 360 of the Macau will be the guest chefs for the The next session will take its first ever website at the web address www. Association for the Promo- Tower. The festival will also demonstrations. place tomorrow at Tromba aipim.org.mo. The website contains news about the tion of Exchange between feature premium wines from MAPEAL said that the de- Rija and will be hosted by association and reports on the freedom of the press in Asia-Pacific and Latin Ame- Argentina and Chile. monstration aims to not only Avila. Avila will showcase the territory. The information is available in English rica (MAPEAL), this year’s With the support of the promote food cultures but traditional Peruvian dishes and Portuguese. AIPIM was established in July 2005, Latin American Gourmet Latin American Consuls Ge- also the products of their res- such as Aji de Gallina and the and has now grown to encompass a membership Food Festival embraces the neral, a new activity titled pective countries. famous Chilcano cocktail. of over 80 people, most of whom are journalists national cuisines of Argenti- “Cooking Demonstration by The “Cooking Demonstra- The festival will run until working for Macau-based Portuguese and English- na, Chile and Ecuador. Consul General” has been tion by Consul General” ki- November 5. language media outlets. ad 10.10.2017 tue

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Tam expects budget increase

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said yesterday that there will be an increase in the budget allocated for the areas he supervises in 2018. Questioned by reporters, Tam said that the budget this year was not increased because of the economic downturn faced by the Chan Kwok Ho (center) MSAR economy in 2016. However, he said that the economic situation has improved sufficiently and that there is now room to invest in the tion technology and communica- construction of medical facilities tion devices to the bureau. Some and the expansion of services for of those devices will not be recy- the elderly and children. Tam DSPA launches plan to cled. “Those who fit some criteria also said that the budget for and are more up-to-date can be initiatives to benefit students with repaired or refurbished and will special needs will be improved. be delivered to [charitable] insti- The proposals are now under recycle 50,000 electronic tutions,” Chan clarified. study and will be announced next As for the collection points whe- month during the Policy Address re the truck will pass, interested presentation. parties can check the DSPA web- devices in one year site for the complete schedule of all locations and times of the 12 lo- Building not cations in the peninsula and four Renato Marques up in being destroyed by an inci- subsidiary of the HK based Van- in Taipa. contaminated by nerator. nex International Limited), will During the trial period, the col- legionella he government, throu- The DSPA proposes to change receive an amount close to MO- lection vehicle will operate during gh the Environmen- this scenario, putting in place a P4Million in a contract directly Thursday and Saturday after- The Health Bureau (SSM) revealed tal Protection Bureau scheme that includes a series of awarded by the DSPA without the noons. that the building where a resident (DSPA), launched a trial collection points that include the need of a public tender. Adding to this and regarding diagnosed with legionella lives is Tplan that aims to collect at least headquarters of the DSPA, some Chan mentioned that this public entities, schools and non- currently not contaminated. On 50,000 electronic devices, inclu- fixed collection points located at amount can vary “according to the profitable organizations, these September 8, SSM said that a case ding computers, mobile phones, the current “green points,” as well quantity of products collected and organizations can request a cur- of legionella had been detected in sound systems and other com- as the inclusion of a program of treated.” bside collection every time they Macau. After an epidemiological munication devices. The annou- moving collection points using a Questioned on the topic, Chan have gathered a certain amount investigation, it was found that ncement was made yesterday by special vehicle prepared for this justified the choice by saying that of these products. The company the source of contamination was the chief of the Environmental In- purpose. the contract is for a one-year trial will send the collection vehicle at in the pipe system of the Hou frastructure Management Centre “After the collection the produc- plan only, noting that “according a scheduled time to collect them. Kong Building, where the patient of the DSPA, Chan Kwok Ho at a ts will be dismantled, separated to the results obtained the gover- Excluded from this trial plan lives. The SSM carried out a full press conference. and sent abroad for further treat- nment will evaluate the possibility were private companies. “We think cleaning and disinfection of the According to the same official, ment,” Chan explained, noting to continue with such plan and at that the private companies have a building’s water supply system the trial plan will be carried out that materials such as aluminum that time a public tender would be social responsibility that they need on September 22. Between over one year and will include the and plastic will be sent to main- considered.” to assume [on their own],” Chan September 25th and 26th, after total disinfection of the system, collection of the mentioned items land China and circuit boards will For the future, the DSPA de- explained, adding that not inclu- the SSM carried out tests on the from public entities, individual ci- be sent to be treated in Japan. partment chief said the govern- ding these companies has the pur- building’s water supply system. tizens and schools and education “We do not have capacity to treat ment has an interest in including pose to allow the current market Water was collected from the institutions as well as other priva- this kind of products locally,” he other products such as electrical operators [collection people] to patient’s residence, and also from te non-profit organizations. It will remarked. appliances, an extension that is continue to operate without ma- other flats. Following an analysis aim to properly treat all of this so- In charge of all this process of not possible for the time being, jor interference. Chan noted that by the Public Health Laboratory, lid waste that “has been growing” collecting, separating and forwar- “due to the lack of land resour- in the future all these factors will all samples were declared as due to the rapid “technological ding the materials for further ces” needed to establish a location be considered as the trial run of negative for the presence of evolution.” treatment will be a Hong Kong on where to process such a large the projects serves exactly, “to ga- legionella bacteria. Chan, when questioned by the based company. Chan has said number of items. ther experience that will allow the media, mentioned that at the cur- that this company has “wide expe- For now, citizens can dispose of launching of other possible plans, rent pace they have been collec- rience in this field and working to- their unused or obsolete informa- serving [this] as reference.” DSEJ wants to ting electronics is around 7,000 gether with several companies in tons/year of such products and HK.” The chosen company, Zhon- promote health that a good part of these products gxing Vannex (Macau) Limited (a education

The Education and Youth Affairs ato marqu es r en ato battery collect plan already reached 5,600kg Bureau (DSEJ) has organized a session to present its “Platform for Health Education.” During ADDRESSING A previous plan 5,600 kilograms of collected bat- Sunday’s session, DSEJ’s director, launched last year by the DSPA teries.”However, these batteries Leong Lai, noted that the platform that aimed to collect domestic still wait for a final destination was created this year in order use batteries, the chief of the and therefore remain untreated to support measures to improve Environmental Infrastructure since “there aren’t conditions the physical and mental health Management Centre of the to do so.” “We will soon to do a of students in the basic and DSPA, Chan Kwok Ho noted, “so pre-treatment [on those batter- secondary levels. far we have reached a total of ies collected],” Chan added. Collection truck 10.10.2017 tue

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Auto industry ning into a significant contri- butor to our performance while other automakers are just star- ting the journey.” Renault wants half its cars to Ghosn said Renault wou- ld retrain 13,000 people over the next five years to adapt to changing markets. be electric or hybrid in 2022 Renault is aiming to produ- ce 2 million cars per year ou- Jeffrey Schaeffer, Angela Charlton mass-market electric and dri- tside Europe compared with verless cars. 750,000 cars in 2016, with a

rench carmaker Re- ap photo “We are confident we can turn heavy push in Russia as its eco- Fnault said Friday that half upcoming [...] challenges into nomy picks up. of its models will be electric or significant business opportuni- Asked about challenges to Re- hybrid by 2022 and it’s inves- ties for Renault,” he said. nault’s activity in Iran amid the ting heavily in “robo-vehicles” The company pledged to of- possibility that the U.S. could with increasing degrees of au- fer eight purely electric vehicle reintroduce sanctions, Ghosn tonomy. models and 12 hybrid models said: “Obviously if it becomes A strategic plan released Fri- by 2022, compared with its 19 impossible to deal with Iran day aims to boost Renault an- diesel or gasoline models sold we will put a plan together for nual revenues to 70 billion eu- worldwide, Ghosn said. the suspension of our business ros (USD82.2 billion) by 2022 The world’s major carmakers there, but that’s not at all to say from 51 billion euros last year, are rethinking their strategies that we will leave Iran.” in part through an effort to to profit from pivotal changes Renault was active in Iran double sales outside its tradi- in the industry: autonomous before the West imposed sanc- tional markets in Europe — es- cars, connected cars that sha- tions over its nuclear program pecially Russia and China. re data, car-sharing where you and was among the first major The plans reflect the vision don’t own a vehicle but order companies to relaunch its Ira- laid out last month by the Re- one by app, and low-emissions nian business when the sanc- nault Nissan Mitsubishi allian- vehicles demanded by the Eu- tions were lifted after the 2015 ce, the world’s No. 1 carmaker ropean Union to fight climate accord to curb Iran’s nuclear by sales. Many of Renault’s new Renault Group CEO Carlos Ghosn change and by China, where activities. aims depend on saving money many cities are fighting ram- Ghosn insisted that Iran’s through sharing platforms and nually by 2022 from 3.2 million As regulators crack down on pant pollution. market has major potential. “If development with Nissan and last year. The plan relies in part emissions from combustion Investing in electric vehicles we can’t work there immedia- Mitsubishi. on boosting low-cost car pro- engines and as drivers seek has hurt profitability in the tely, then we will work there in CEO Carlos Ghosn said Re- duction in emerging markets, cars that can do more by them- past, but Ghosn says that shou- 1 year, 2 years, 3 years because nault is aiming to sell more notably with the Dacia Logan selves, Ghosn wants to position ld change as they grow in scale. I don’t think that this is a situa- than 5 million vehicles an- and Kwid mini-SUV. Renault as a major player in He said electric cars “are tur- tion that can last forever.” AP

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H ap photo yanair’s flight- se combative reign in Hollywood cancellation crisis made him an Academy Awards re- enters its fourth oomb e rg gular, was fired from The Weinstein b l week with no sign of Company on Sunday following an Rabating after the public furor expose that detailed decades of se- over 20,000 scrapped services xual harassment allegations made Harvey Weinstein claimed the first senior mana- against Weinstein by actresses and ger at the Irish discount carrier employees. Weinstein’s status has diminished and pilots stepped up moves In a statement, the company’s because of money shortages, disa- toward unionization. board of directors announced his fi- ppointing box-office returns and Chief Operating Officer Mi- ring Sunday night, capping the swift executive departures. chael Hickey is leaving at the downfall of one of Hollywood’s Weinstein on Thursday issued a end of this month after almost most powerful producers and expe- lengthy statement that acknowled- three decades at the airline, lling him from the company he co- ged causing “a lot of pain.” He also Ryanair said late Friday, wi- created. asked for “a second chance.” But thout naming a successor. Michael O’Leary (right), chief executive officer of Ryanair “In light of new information about Weinstein and his lawyers also cri- Calling him a “hard act to re- misconduct by Harvey Weinstein ticized The New York Times’ report place,” Hickey will remain in gaining. The Irish Indepen- der pay offers for staff at 60 of that has emerged in the past few in statements and interviews, and an advisory role while Ryanair dent reported that some pi- Ryanair’s bases before the car- days, the directors of The Weins- vowed an aggressive response. The searches for a suitable succes- lots are seeking to create an rier appoints a third party to tein Company — Robert Weinstein, New York Times said it was “confi- sor. unofficial union in the form handle disciplinary action and Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigs- dent in the accuracy of our repor- The botched response to a of a pan-European employee provides paid leave for people berg and Tarak Ben Ammar — have ting.” pilot shortage, the result of slo- representative committee - the engaged in representative ac- determined, and have informed The New York Times article chro- ppy vacation planning and de- name Ryanair uses for its own tivities. Harvey Weinstein, that his employ- nicled sexual harassment settle- fections to other carriers, has in-house negotiating councils. O’Leary has made a name for ment with The Weinstein Company ments Weinstein made with film engulfed Ryanair for several The newspaper cited a letter himself with his hard-charging is terminated, effective immediate- star Ashley Judd and former em- weeks and enraged customers, circulated over the weekend approach that long prioritized ly,” the company’s board said in a ployees at both The Weinstein Co. regulators and politicians which it said laid out an action cheap tickets and low costs. In statement on Sunday night. and Weinstein’s former company, alike. Michael O’Leary, the plan for establishing a central recent years, he’s worked to Weinstein had previously taken an Miramax. Weinstein made his hard-talking chief executive structured body, estimating redefine the public perception indefinite leave of absence following name with Miramax, the company officer, took the unusual step that the move has the backing of his airline by improving in- the revelation of at least eight alle- he founded with his brother Bob in of making a personal pledge of pilots from at least 15 Rya- flight service and the check-in gations of sexual harassment un- 1979. They sold it to Disney in 1993 to pilots last week, offering nair bases. That communica- experience to widen the appeal covered in an expose Thursday by for USD60 million. The company improved pay and career pros- tion also appeared on the Pilo- to business travelers as compe- The New York Times. The board on was a fixture of the 1990s indepen- pects to avert an open rebellion ts Unite website, which claims tition for low-cost travel inten- Friday endorsed that decision and dent film movement, launching among employees. to represent the carrier’s pilots, sifies. announced an investigation into the careers of filmmakers Quentin O’Leary, who said previously though no names for its ba- The cancellations, first an- the allegations, saying it would de- Tarantino, Kevin Smith and Ste- that “villainizing” him or so- ckers were given. nounced last month, have termine the co-chairman’s future ven Soderbergh, and winning best meone else down the company Ryanair has previously said it affected flights for about with the company. picture with “Shakespeare in Love” food chain wasn’t a priority, “will not respond or accede to” 700,000 customers and re- But the Weinstein Co. board, whi- and “The English Patient.” praised Hickey for his “enor- anonymous demands made duced the company’s growth ch includes Weinstein’s brother, The allegations triggered casca- mous contribution” to Ryanair, via unsigned communications, plans by 6 million passengers went further on Sunday, firing the ding chaos at the Weinstein Co. which has turned itself into Eu- cautioning that prior emails this year and next. In order to executive who has always been its Numerous members of its all-ma- rope’s largest discount carrier have been drafted by pilots focus all management atten- primary operator, public face and le board have stepped down since with its rock-bottom fares and and unions at rivals who are tion to the response, Ryanair studio chief. Under his leadership, Thursday. The prominent attorney fast aircraft turnarounds. pursuing “an industrial rela- also scrapped plans to bid for the Weinstein Co. has been a domi- Lisa Bloom, daughter of well-k- The exit of the executive and tions agenda at the expense” of insolvent carrier Alitalia SpA, nant force at the Oscars, including nown Los Angeles women’s rights the CEO’s direct appeal to fli- Ryanair. which would have given it ac- the rare feat of winning back-to-ba- attorney Gloria Allred, on Satur- ght crew appears not to have A separate note published on cess to long-distance routes, ck best picture Academy Awards day withdrew from representing headed off employee moves the Pilots Unite site yesterday among O’Leary’s long-term ex- with “The King’s Speech” and “The Weinstein, as did another adviser, toward seeking collective bar- said flight crew won’t consi- pansion aspirations. Bloomberg Artist.” In recent years, however, Lanny Davis. AP corporate bits macau and hk children cast for the sound of music at the venetian Eighteen children from Ma- ld and will run for a limited to begin to put them through ‘ ’ cau and Hong Kong have season at The Venetian their paces,” he added. been chosen to play the Theatre during Christmas “The Sound of Music” te- roles of the von Trapp chil- and New Year. The succes- lls the true story of a you- dren in “The Sound of Mu- sful 18 children will alterna- ng Austrian governess who sic” when it comes to The te through the performan- brings music and love into Venetian Theatre between ces of the two boys and four the lives of seven children December 20, 2017 and Ja- girls of the von Trapp family. and their widowed father nuary 7, 2018. Tomos Griffiths, executi- during the outbreak of the Children between 6 and 14 ve creative director of the Second World War. Its per- years old with singing, dan- Entertainment Department formances at The Venetian cing and acting talent were of Sands China Ltd. said, Theatre will be promoted by invited to the auditions. “it’s extremely exciting to Chessman Entertainment The children were then put be able to tap into the talent and The Venetian Macao. through an audition process pool here in Macau and in Its musical score inclu- at The Venetian Macao and Hong Kong and give these des some of the most me- Hong Kong Academy for children the opportunity to morable songs performed Performing Arts, according perform on stage with sea- on the stage, including “My to a statement issued by soned world-class profes- Favorite Things”, “Do-Re- Sands China. sionals and gain valuable Mi”, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain”, The musical, which has experiences from it.” “The Lonely Goatherd”, “Si- been shown at both Broa- “We have found some xteen Going on Seventeen”, dway and the West End, is wonderful young performers and the title song “The Sou- renowned around the wor- and can’t wait for rehearsals nd of Music.” 10.10.2017 tue

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Jim Gomez, Manila

he Philippine defense de- Tpartment has apologized to Philippines apologizes to China for the “grievous but purely unintentional mistake” of using Taiwan’s defense ministry logo China over wrong Taiwan logo during a ceremony where the Chinese ambassador turned over thousands of assault rifles to the It took a few days before officials Filipino defense chief and top mi- discovered the error. litary commanders. During the symbolic handover ap photo The Department of National De- ceremony of 3,000 rifles and 3 fense said yesterday that Secre- million rounds of ammunition tary Delfin Lorenzana issued an last week, “the Department of official apology to China through National Defense committed a Beijing’s ambassador over the “te- grievous but purely unintentional chnical lapse” in last week’s cere- mistake of using a different logo mony, which was covered by the on a banner to represent the Mi- media at military headquarters. nistry of Defense of the People’s The defense department did not Republic of China,” the Philippine say in its press statement which defense department said. country owned the defense logo it The defense department stres- displayed instead of the emblem sed that it and the military adhere of the China’s defense ministry. to the “One China policy,” whe- A Philippine official told The rein the Philippine government Associated Press it was Taiwan’s, recognizes only the People’s Re- adding that Chinese officials cal- public of China as the sole sove- A tarpaulin, showing the logo of the Philippine Defense Department (top left) and that of Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense (top led the attention of the Philippi- reign state. right) is hung from the canopy of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the turnover ceremony of nes about the faux pas. The wrong “It is our sincere hope that this hundreds of Chinese-made assault rifles by Beijing to Manila logo was printed on a huge ban- very unfortunate incident will ner that was hung prominently not affect the cooperative and President Rodrigo Duterte imme- Duterte has sidelined long-ra- ver, to take up with China at an above Chinese Ambassador Zhao friendly relations between our diately took steps to revive once- ging territorial disputes with unspecified time in the future Jianhua, who was sitting on a red two countries which has grown frosty relations with China while China in the South China Sea an international arbitration ru- carpet and planked by Lorenzana warmer over the past year,” the taking an antagonistic stance in an effort to attract Chinese ling that invalidated Beijing’s and the Philippine military chief department said. toward security policies of Mani- investment and infrastructure claims to most of the disputed of staff. After he took office last year, la’s treaty ally, the United States. funds. He has promised, howe- waters. AP

United Nations Some candidates are Hong Kong even meeting resistance at home. Six Egyptian American Chinese Qian Tang among top rights groups protested Khattab’s candidacy over the weekend, suggesting cancels flight candidates to lead UNESCO she was complicit in the Egyptian government’s after loading repressive policies. She oting by UNES- insists in her UNESCO equipment CO’s 58-member candidacy statement

V ap photo executive board starts that she will uphold free- catches fire today (Macau time) and doms enshrined in the continues through the agency’s values. week until a candida- Meanwhile the dispute n American Airlines fli- te wins a majority. The between Qatar and its Aght from Hong Kong to choice then goes to the neighbors over allege- Los Angeles was canceled yes- full UNESCO general as- dly sponsoring Islamic terday after a piece of loading sembly next month for extremism threatens to equipment caught fire while final approval. weigh on Qatar’s candi- it was preparing to put cargo Leading candidates date — along with media in the hold of the plane, the include Qian Tang of reports suggesting Qatar airline said. One person was China, former Egyptian is trying to buy support hurt. government minister among UNESCO mem- The container that was on Moushira Khattab and bers. the loading equipment also Qatar’s former Culture With the U.S. role in caught fire in the process, said Minister Hamad bin Ab- UNESCO under ques- Martha Thomas, a spokeswo- dulaziz Al-Kawari. tion, some are specula- man for the airline. A top priority for the ting that China is trying The cargo it contained was next director will be to take advantage of the “non-hazardous,” Thomas shoring up finances at vacuum to dominate said, without providing de- UNESCO, best known UNESCO and the U.N. tails. She added that the airli- for its World Heritage agencies more broadly. ne was looking into the cause program to protect cul- Chinese candidate Qian of the mechanical issue that tural sites and traditions contributor — and Is- Japan then withheld its for China in the director insists however that triggered the fire. around the world. The rael suspended UNESCO dues last year, saying race could further jeo- “China does not want to Boarding had not yet started agency also works to funding when its mem- it wanted to make sure pardize Japan’s financial replace the role of the and no passengers or crew on improve education for bers voted to make Pa- UNESCO properly fos- contribution. United States.” Flight 192 were injured, she girls in desperately poor lestine a member state in ters trust among mem- In interviews with The “I went to the State said. countries and in scien- 2011. Many saw the vote ber nations — a decision Associated Press, candi- Department and I had a The operator of the equip- tific fields, promote bet- as evidence of ingrained widely viewed as a res- dates insisted they wou- long discussion with offi- ment is being treated for “non- ter understanding of the anti-Israel bias within ponse to UNESCO’s lis- ld set aside national inte- cials there. I said ‘I really life-threatening” injuries, horrors of the Holocaust, the United Nations, whe- ting of Chinese Rape of rests and lead UNESCO don’t think you Ameri- Thomas said. and defend media free- re Israel and its allies Nanking documents as with neutrality. But votes cans should give up your The flight was scheduled dom, among other acti- are far outnumbered by a memory of the world. for the agency’s top job global responsibility es- to depart Hong Kong at 6:10 vities. Arab countries and their Japan disputes China’s are routinely oversha- pecially in UNESCO,” he p.m. local time and arrive at The U.S. — once UNES- supporters. historical views on the dowed by national and said. Los Angeles at 4:30 p.m. local CO’s biggest financial No. 2 UNESCO funder 1937 massacre, and a win regional divisions. “We need America.” AP time. AP tue 10.10.2017

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macau’s leading newspaper 中國 CHINA 11 oomb e rg Big pharma gets boost b l as Beijing speeds up new drug approvals or decades, Chinese the approval process. The patients have strug- China Food and Drug Admi- gled to gain access to oomb e rg nistration has been introdu- b l cutting-edge medi- cing bold reforms in recent Fcines thanks to bureaucratic years, and the latest policy Party congress delays that have hamstrung appears to have received the drug development. Now blessing of top-levels of the a sweeping government central government, said opens door overhaul of drug approvals is Zhang. poised to change that. More recently, the Chi- Beijing this week announ- na FDA has already been for other Asia ced new rules that will speed working to reduce the ba- up approvals of medicines cklog. That has already led dollar bond and medical devices, easing to speedier approvals for bottlenecks in introducing some treatments like Astra- new treatments. The move Zeneca’s lung cancer therapy sellers is also a growth opportunity called Tagrisso, estimated to for international and local become a global blockbuster hina’s Com- optimism about drugmakers in the world’s next year. Cmunist Party China’s economy second biggest pharmaceu- As more innovative drugs congress this mon- and the region as a tical market. It also parallels the 19th National Congress der. That said, Chinese rivals make an entrance, foreign th is expected to whole. the acceleration of approvals of the Communist Party, a might be bigger beneficiaries manufacturers will still have slow dollar bond The political noi- by the U.S. Food and Drug twice-in-a-decade shuffling over the long-term thanks to to manage rising price pres- issuance from the ses from China Administration. of China’s political decks. expertise in the local market sures in China. The govern- nation’s borrowers will start to kick Under China’s new rules, Shares of Chinese drug- and cheaper costs, he said. ment has sought to cut prices in the fourth quar- in after the middle data from overseas clinical makers researching new For now, most internatio- to manage costs in its public ter, which may be of October, which trials can be used for drug medicines jumped on expec- nal pharmaceutical com- health insurance system, good news for is- will shape market registrations in the country. tations they will also benefit. panies get only a small frac- putting foreign drugmakers suers elsewhere in sentiments in the That removes the need for Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine tion of their global sales from through more negotiations Asia as volumes are final quarter, said manufacturers to conduct Co. advanced 3.4 percent China. But they still count with hospitals and local go- already at unprece- Arthur Lau, head added tests in China after and Shanghai Fosun Phar- on the country to serve as a vernments and squeezing dented levels. of Asia ex-Japan fi- receiving overseas approvals maceutical Group Co. rose 2 growth driver given its vast margins. “China supply is xed income in Hong and will likely cut delays in percent in Shanghai yester- unmet medical needs and a The reforms announced expected to be sli- Kong at PineBridge the launch of new drugs by day. The Shanghai Composi- burgeoning middle class that last weekend include other ghtly slower in the Investments. In- several years. te Index gained 0.8 percent. can increasingly afford cut- measures to speed up appro- coming weeks,” vestors have alrea- Faster approvals could ting-edge treatments. vals for clinically needed with the up-coming dy turned slightly deliver a revenue boost in Local and multinational drugs and equipment, esta- Party Congress and cautious on the ab- coming years to Pfizer Inc., Under the drugmakers have for years blish a compulsory-licensing the limited issuan- solute yield level gi- AstraZeneca Plc, GlaxoSmi- new rules, struggled with delayed system and make it easier for ce quota from the ven the low yield on thKline Plc and other multi- approvals in China as a sur- research institutions to con- Chinese regula- treasuries, he said. nationals that are expanding data from ging number of applications duct clinical trials, according tor, said Chao Li, A tightening of there. China spent USD116.7 and a relatively small team to the document. head of Asia bond bond spreads in billion on medicine in 2016 overseas of government reviewers The government said it will syndicate at Stan- September may and the market is second resulted in a regulatory ba- also explore a new system dard Chartered Plc be partially due to only to the U.S. in size, ac- clinical trials cklog. The delays in access to linking drug approvals to pa- “It could represent fewer than expec- cording to researcher Quin- can be used life-saving therapies led Chi- tent status. This could poten- a good issuance ted new issues from tilesIMS. China is revamping nese patients to buy drugs tially delay the introduction window for non- better Chinese na- its drug regulatory system as for drug from grey markets over the of generics when there are Chinese issuers mes, according to demand for new therapies Internet or from bootleggers, legal challenges posed by the and some compa- Salman Niaz, exe- surges due to an aging popu- registrations putting them at risk of recei- patent holder. ratively weaker na- cutive director of lation and rising incidence of in China ving counterfeit drugs. China’s protection of inte- mes to access the emerging-market diseases such as cancer and Both Pfizer and AstraZene- llectual properties is still la- market.” debt at Goldman diabetes. ca said they welcome the new cking, “and this is also an im- China’s 19th na- Sachs Asset Ma- “For multinational and lea- Due to insufficient inno- rules. portant reason that restricts tional communist nagement. While ding local innovative drug- vation, the pharmaceutical “China is a key growth the development of our me- party congress, speculative-grade makers, the anticipated ac- and medical device products market for AstraZeneca and dical innovation industry,” which kicks off Asian issuers re- celeration of approval will marketed in China fall short we are working closely with said Wu Zhen, vice minister Oct. 18, may al- corded improved improve patients’ access to of international advanced authorities to ensure our me- of China FDA, at a press brie- ready be curtailing credit metrics in new medicine and increase standards, according to the dicines are accessible by the fing webcast yesterday. sales from the na- the first half, Gold- revenues for pharmaceuti- State Council policy state- many patients who can bene- Measures on patents were tion’s borrowers, man Sachs Group cal companies,” said Jialin ment. The reforms aim to fit from them,” the Cambrid- previously adopted by de- and Indonesia’s Inc. analysts re- Zhang, senior health-care promote restructuring and ge, England-based company veloped markets such as the Geo Energy Re- commend investors analyst at ICBC Internatio- innovation in order to meet said in a statement. U.S., Europe and Japan, and sources Ltd. cited look to better-rated nal Research Ltd. Foreign the public’s clinical needs, it The policies will “pave the their implementation hel- fewer issues in the names because of manufacturers control about said. way for China’s integration ped boost both innovative market when it de- high risks surrou- a quarter of the Chinese In the short term, foreign into the system for multire- companies and generic drug- buted a junk note nding low-quality pharma market, with the drugmakers might be the gional clinical trials that su- makers, Wu said. at the end of Sep- borrowers. rest held by local players, he prime beneficiaries becau- pports global drug develop- In the U.S., the FDA is taking tember. Spreads on S&P Global Ratin- estimates. se they’re already starting ment,” New York-based Pfi- advantage of policy groun- Asian investment- gs and HSBC Hol- The changes were announ- to see quicker approvals for zer said in its own statement. dwork laid in past years to grade dollar bonds dings Plc have war- ced by the State Council, Chi- their drugs and have deep The changes had already speed drug approvals. Thir- over Treasuries ned of the poten- na’s cabinet, just days before pipelines of medicines in de- been widely telegraphed by ty-four new drugs have been fell to a decade low tial for price cor- a key leadership gathering in velopment, Zhang said. Most the Chinese government, approved so far this year - on of 163 basis poin- rections in Asian Beijing next week. On Oct. local drug companies are still which earlier this year said it pace to nearly double from ts this month as bonds amid tight 18, delegates will gather for climbing the innovation lad- was considering overhauling last year. Bloomberg buyers expressed pricing. Bloomberg 10.10.2017 tue

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Eileen Ng & Stephen Wright, Malaysia Petaling Jaya

Malaysian airport security Avideo shows the poisoned Video shows Kim Jong Nam half brother of North Korea’s leader apparently unconscious on a gurney and being pum- ped with oxygen by medical motionless on gurney after attack attendants as they wait for an elevator to take him to an am- bulance. have a closer look at the eviden- The video reviewed by The As- ce, which included her finger- sociated Press yesterday shows ap photo nail clippings and a white jum- what may be Kim Jong Nam’s per emblazoned with “LOL,” final recorded moments of life the acronym for “laughing out after he fell perilously ill at the loud,” that she wore on the day international airport in Kuala of Kim’s death. Lumpur on Feb. 13. It emerged Raja also testified last week as the trial of two women accu- that VX was detected on Kim sed of killing Kim by smearing Jong Nam’s face, eyes, clothing, VX nerve agent on his face at and in his blood and urine sam- the behest of suspected North ples. That evidence was intro- Korean agents is underway at duced in court in sealed bags, Malaysia’s High Court. but the visit to the laboratory The scene in the video appears was arranged so the evidence almost casual, in contrast to the from the women could be taken dramatic story of Kim’s dea- out of the bags for viewing. th that topped news bulletins Prosecutors have also said around the world. they will present airport securi- After the gurney carrying ty videos this week that show Kim’s motionless body is brou- the two women carrying out the ght into an apparently authori- attack and indicate they knew In this image made from Feb. 13 video provided by Fuji TV, Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is zed personnel-only area of the stretchered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport they were handling poison. airport for transfer to an am- The two women pleaded not bulance, one of the five people guilty at the start of the trial with him summons the eleva- tendants in the elevator, appa- in virtual exile as an apparent the clothing may still be active. last week to charges of murder tor. It takes more than a mi- rently to call for assistance, but family outcast. North Korea ex- His testimony was the first that carry a mandatory death nute to arrive and during that walks back to the elevator again perts say he may have been kil- evidence linking VX to Aisyah sentence if they are convicted. time the attendants, dressed in for a brief discussion. led because he was perceived as and her co-defendant, Doan Thi Defense lawyers have said the green uniforms, appear to talk The video was first broadcast a threat to the nation’s current Huong of Vietnam. Selvi San- women were duped by suspec- while one squeezes a resuscita- late Sunday by Japan’s Fuji TV. leader, his younger sibling, Kim drasegaram, one of the lawyers ted North Korean agents into tion device strapped to Kim’s The network also broadcast Jong Un. for Aisyah, said Raja spent believing they were playing a face. another security video that it The trial itself was moved more than an hour showing harmless prank for a hidden After the elevator doors slide said shows one of the accused temporarily yesterday to a hi- VX-tainted evidence in a small camera TV show. open, the group still doesn’t women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah, gh-security laboratory to view room inside the laboratory at VX is banned by an internatio- leave for nearly another minu- meeting with a man believed to the nerve agent-tainted clothes the chemist department. nal treaty as a weapon of mass te. One of the attendants, who be a North Korean agent at an the suspects wore the day of the Selvi said she was in the room destruction but is believed to be doesn’t join the others in the airport cafe shortly before the attack. along with Huong and two po- part of North Korea’s chemical elevator, tries to leave the se- attack took place. The move was made after go- lice officers, while the others weapons arsenal. cure area through a door but Kim was the eldest son in the vernment chemist Raja Subra- watched through a glass screen Raja is to be cross-examined discovers it is locked. She is gi- current generation of North Ko- maniam testified last week that outside the room. She said by defense lawyers when the ven a cellphone by one of the at- rea’s dynastic rulers but lived the VX nerve agent he found on Huong wanted to go inside to trial resumes today. AP

North Korea At party meeting, leader’s sister gets promotion

im Jong Un has pro- Thousands of people, nuclear program has ge- He said it also indicates moted his younger mostly students, packed nerated. that the Ko Yong Hui

K ap photo sister to a new post wi- Kim Il Sung Square in Kim’s younger sister, line, when taken with thin North Korea’s ru- Pyongyang to dance and believed to be either 28 the killing of Kim’s half ling party. watch fireworks to mark or 30, was elected as an brother, Kim Jong Nam, The promotion of Kim the anniversary on Sun- alternate member of the has been “conclusively Yo Jong came at a mee- day night. Earlier in the political bureau of the established as the sole ting of senior party day, North Korean state party’s central commit- succeeding branch of the members as North Korea media announced that tee, according to a report Kim family.” marked the 20th anni- the country’s top leader- by the Korean Central Though attention has versary of Kim Jong Il’s ship had gathered the News Agency. She is be- been focused on Kim Yo acceptance of the title of day before, headed by lieved to be one of Kim Jong and North Korea’s general secretary of the current leader Kim Jong Jong Un’s closest con- nuclear weapons, Ma- ruling Worker’s Party of Un. fidants. They were born dden said the reshuffle Korea. Kim repeated Pyon- to the same mother, Ko displays a great deal of Kim Jong Un (right) and his sister Kim Yo Jong watch a military Kim Yo Jong was made gyang’s defiance of the Yong Hui. attention to the Nor- parade in Pyongyang in 2016 an alternate member U.S. and its determi- Michael Madden, foun- th’s economy, which of the decision-making nation to push forward der of the influential NK has been expanding but ments of officials he has -standing ties to China.” political bureau of the its nuclear program, Leadership Watch we- could be hit hard by new mentored and said the North Korea relies hea- party’s central commit- while bringing a “fresh bsite, said the appoint- and tougher sanctions seeming return of Thae vily on trade with China, tee. The late Kim Jong Il, upswing” in the coun- ment shows the sister’s the country is facing. Jong Su, a technocrat but Beijing has been in- North Korea’s “eternal try’s economy to show daily activities are more He said Prime Minister who held several key po- creasing its pressure on general secretary,” is the its strength despite the substantive and more Pak Pong Ju appears to sitions until last year, is Pyongyang to try to ease father of Kim Jong Un international trade sanc- important than some be exercising enormous of note because Thae has tensions with Washing- and Kim Yo Jong. tions and isolation the analysts had contended. influence in the appoint- “good relations and long ton. AP tue 10.10.2017

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Australia High Court to consider ap photo fate of seven lawmakers

Rod McGuirk, Canberra tion, having renounced his Kiwi Turnbull told reporters. citizenship. But with the govern- But several constitutional ustralia’s prime ment unpopular in opinion polls, lawyers are less confident that minister said yester- voters in his rural electoral divi- the government lawmakers will day that he was confi- sion could take the opportunity survive the court scrutiny. De- dent that government to throw both the deputy prime cisions made by illegally elected lawmakersA would win a court minister and his administration ministers could also face court challenge this week that threa- out of office. challenges, although laws pas- tens his administration’s slender Two of the six senators under a sed by the votes of ineligible majority. cloud are government ministers. lawmakers would not be chan- Seven High Court judges will Fiona Nash inherited British ci- ged. decide whether seven lawmakers tizenship from her father and “The courts have been pretty should be disqualified from Par- Matt Canavan became an Italian strict about this in the past and liament because of a constitutio- through an Australian-born mo- certainly haven’t been terribly nal ban on dual citizens being ther with Italian parents. Disqua- sympathetic to the ‘I didn’t know’ elected. The three-day hearing lified senators can be replaced by argument,” Sydney University Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is one of the seven lawmakers on trial begins today. members of the same party wi- constitutional lawyer Anne Two- The fate of Deputy Prime Mi- thout need for an election. mey said. nister Barnaby Joyce is most Prime Minister Malcolm Tur- “Given that they’re confronted Senate three times since 2007. Australians to change their cons- crucial to the government in an nbull has given no indication of with so many people who seem The other six lawmakers soon titution. Of the 44 referendums unprecedented political crisis. what his government would do if to have the problem, maybe discovered they were also dual Australia has held since 1901, If the court rules that he was the court rules against any of the they’ll think that they need to do nationals. only eight have been carried, and illegally elected in July last year three ministers. something about it, who knows?” Three parliamentary investiga- none since 1977. due to New Zealand citizenship “The government, based on she added. tions recommended in the 1980s George Williams, Dean of he unknowingly inherited from the legal advice we have from Public attention has focused and 1990s that the prohibition Law at the University of New his father, the ruling conserva- the solicitor-general, is con- on lawmakers’ eligibility since on dual citizens be removed from South Wales, said the dual ci- tive coalition could lose its sin- fident that the [deputy prime July 14, when Scott Ludlam, the the constitution through a natio- tizen ban effectively allowed gle-seat majority in the House of minister] and the other two se- then-deputy leader of the minor nal referendum. the citizenship laws of other Representatives, where govern- nators, Nash and Canavan, will Greens party, revealed he was But successive governments countries to determine who ments are formed. be found not to be disqualified still a Kiwi and had been unlaw- have failed to act, perhaps becau- could stand for the Australian Joyce could stand in a by-elec- from sitting in the Parliament,” fully elected to the Australian se of the difficulty in persuading Parliament. AP

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he Nobel economics prize Thas been awarded to Richard Nobel Prize Thaler of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioral economics. The 9-million-kronor prize was Richard Thaler wins award for awarded to the academic for his “understanding the psychology of economics,” Swedish Academy of work in behavioral economics Sciences secretary Goeran Hans- son said yesterday. The Nobel committee said as a are humans” and money decisions pioneer in behavioral economics, are not made strictly rationally. Thaler has built a bridge between Thaler told the news conferen- ap photo economics and psychology to show ce that he will likely use the prize a “more realistic analysis of how money in ways consistent with his people think and behave when research. making economic decisions.” “I will say that I will try to spend it It said his research has expanded as irrationally as possible,” he said. economic analysis by considering Outside of academia, Thaler has three psychological traits: Limited made a cameo in the movie “The rationality, perceptions about fair- Big Short” to discuss an economic ness and lack of self-control. phenomenon known as the “hot Speaking by phone to a news hand fallacy” — in which a per- conference immediately after he son’s success is seen as a sign he was announced as the prize win- would be successful in other fields ner, Thaler said the most impor- — with pop star Selena Gomez. tant impact of his work is “the Asked at the news conferen- recognition that economic agents ce if he thought this observation

for 2nd year, no women among nobel winners

FOR THE second consecutive prize that “I hope in five years, 10 year, there were no women among years, we’ll see a very different dis- Per Stromberg, Chairman of the Committee, (left), Goran K Hansson, (center) and Peter Gardenfors, announce Richard Thaler of the 2017 Nobel prize laureates. tribution.” Each of the six prizes is the University of Chicago, as the the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize winner in Stockholm The head of the Royal Swedish chosen by a different committee, Academy of Sciences says the com- three of which are currently head- applied to the U.S president, he and it honors a science that many ries of prestigious prizes that No- mittees that choose Nobel Prize ed by women. Three of the prize said: “As to President Trump, I doubt is a science at all. bel called for. winners will meet this winter to committees are within the sciences think he would do well to watch The Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Despite its provenance and care- discuss gender and ethnic diversi- academy. Hansson said he did not that movie.” National Bank) Prize in Econo- fully laborious name, it is broadly ty issues in the prestigious awards. believe there was systemic gender The economics prize is some- mic Sciences in Memory of Alfred considered an equal to the other Goran Hannsson said after the discrimination, but “we are con- thing of an outlier — Alfred Nobel’s Nobel was first awarded in 1969, Nobel and the winner attends the announcement of the economics cerned; we are taking measures.” will didn’t call for its establishment nearly seven decades after the se- famed presentation banquet. AP ad tue 10.10.2017

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A few cities have compromi- sed. Salt Lake City officials de- ap photo clared they would keep Colum- bus Day but celebrate Indige- nous Peoples Day on the same day. In Akron, a city with few Native Americans and a large Italian- American community, an at- tempt to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day on Sept. 11 split the all-Democrat city council along racial lines. Five black members voted to rename the holiday, and eight white members voted against it, following a debate that devol- ved into shouting. “The first voyage of Columbus to the Americas initiated the trans-Atlantic slave trade. It would lead to the kidnapping, deaths and slavery of tens of millions of African people,” said Councilman Russel Neal, who is black. But Councilman Jeff Fusco, who is Italian-American, said, “It’s a celebration of Italian he- ritage. It’s very similar to other days throughout the year that we celebrate for many other cultures.” States and municipalities aren’t legally bound to recogni- ze federal holidays, though most do. Columbus Day is already Participants in the Columbus Day Parade in 2015 one of the most inconsistently celebrated. Places that choose to replace it with Indigenous USA Peoples Day may give their own workers or schoolchildren a day off, teach in schools about Na- tive Americans instead of Co- Indigenous Peoples Day? lumbus, issue proclamations or mark it in other ways. There is no question that Co- lumbus’ arrival in the New Italians say stick with Columbus World under the sponsorship of Spain was bad for the indige- nous people of Hispaniola, the Deepti Hajela & Dake Kang, we are. And we’re entitled to do deadly violence in August at a stood over Columbus Circle for island he colonized that is now New York that just as they are entitled to rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. more than a century. split between Haiti and the Do- celebrate who they are.” In Akron, Ohio, a Septem- Many Italians who migrated minican Republic. s it time to say arrivederci It’s not about taking anything ber vote over whether to dump to the U.S. initially had a rough Many of the native people to Christopher Columbus? away from Italian-Americans, Columbus opened a racial rift time. In 1891, 11 Italians were of the island were forced into A movement to abolish said Cliff Matias, cultural di- on the city council that was so lynched in New Orleans by a servitude. Multitudes died of Columbus Day and replace rector of the Redhawk Native heated conflict mediators were mob that held them responsible disease. Spain repopulated the Iit with Indigenous Peoples Day American Arts Council, which is brought in to sooth tensions. for the death of a police official. workforce with African slaves. has gained momentum in some hosting a Re-Thinking Columbus In New York, where 35,000 At the end of the 1800s, Italians Columbus is celebrated in parts of the U.S., with Los An- Day event this week in New York. people are expected to march in began to link themselves more Latin America, too. A massive geles in August becoming the today’s Columbus Day parade, with Columbus. Italian-Ameri- monument to the explorer, the biggest city yet to decide to stop vandals last month doused the can businessman and newspa- Columbus Lighthouse, opened honoring the Italian explorer hands of a Christopher Colum- per owner Generoso Pope was in 1992 in Santo Domingo, in and instead recognize victims of bus statue in blood-red paint among those who worked to get the Dominican Republic. Puer- colonialism. Columbus Day and scrawled the words “hate Columbus Day recognized as a to Rico commemorates Disco- Austin, Texas, followed suit. It is a day that will not be tolerated.” Activists federal holiday in 1937. very Day on Nov. 19, marking joined cities including San Fran- calling for the city to change the “It was one of the things that the day Columbus landed there. cisco, Seattle and Denver, which we’ve chosen parade’s name also are expected would allow them to become Ralph Arellanes, chairman of had previously booted Colum- to hold a demonstration. Americans symbolically,” said the activist group Hispano Rou- bus in favor of Indigenous Peo- to celebrate On Sunday, three demonstra- Fred Gardaphe, a professor nd Table of New Mexico, said ples Day. tors briefly interrupted a wreath- of Italian-American studies at that as a Hispanic he supports But the gesture to recognize in- who we are. laying ceremony at the Colum- Queens College. Columbus Day. digenous people rather than the Basil Russo bus statue in Columbus Circle. Indigenous Peoples Day be- “It was the marriage of two man who opened the Americas Order Italian Sons and The protesters, two dressed in gan to gel as an idea before the peoples creating a new people, Daughters of America to European domination also fake chains and one wearing a 500th anniversary of Columbus’ in a new land,” he said. has prompted howls of outrage hooded white sheet, spoke out first voyage to the Americas. Though Columbus “wasn’t a from some Italian-Americans, “The conversation is Colum- before being escorted away. Po- South Dakota began celebra- saint,” he said, he believes An- who say eliminating their festi- bus,” he said. “If they’re going to lice said one person was arres- ting Native American Day on glo-Americans like President val of ethnic pride is culturally celebrate Columbus, we need to ted. the second Monday of October Andrew Jackson should be held insensitive, too. celebrate the fact that we survi- Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Demo- in 1990. Berkeley, California, more responsible than the Spa- “We had a very difficult time ved Columbus.” crat, appointed a committee to got rid of Columbus Day in fa- nish for the hardships Native in this country for well over a The debate over Columbus’ evaluate whether monuments to vor of Indigenous Peoples Day Americans faced. hundred years,” said Basil Rus- historical legacy is an old one, certain historical figures should in 1992. Arellanes also said he doesn’t so, president of the Order Italian but it became emotionally char- be removed, prompting a ba- Many places that have adopted understand why Italians claim Sons and Daughters of America. ged after a similar debate in the cklash from fellow Italian-A- Indigenous Peoples Day since Columbus for themselves “Columbus Day is a day that South over monuments to Con- mericans who vowed to defend then, including Alaska, have siza- when Columbus was sailing for we’ve chosen to celebrate who federate generals flared into the Columbus statue, which has ble Native American populations. Spain. AP 10.10.2017 tue

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Ceramics and Seals of 108 Heroes of Shui Hu Legend from the MAM Collection Time: 10am-7pm, last admission at 6:30pm cinema cineteatro (Closed on Mondays, open on public iz aylor and ichard holidays) 05 Oct - 11 Oct 1975 L T R urton remarry Until: November 19, 2017 B Venue: Macao Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, Actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have se- NAPE cretly remarried in Africa only 16 months after getting Admission: Free divorced. Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 The couple who split last year after nearly 10 years of marriage were reconciled in August and have been enjoying a second honeymoon in Chobe game park in Flow: Glass Art Exhibition by Sunny Wang Botswana. Time: 9am-9pm (Open on public holidays) The couple first met when they were starring in the Until: film, Cleopatra, in Rome, when their onscreen romance November 19, 2017 The mountain between us quickly turned into an offscreen love affair. Venue: Temporary Exhibition Gallery of IACM, No. room 1 They married in 1964. Richard Burton was her fifth 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30 pm husband, she was his second wife. 163, Av. Almeida Ribeiro Director: HanyAbu-Assad They arrived in Johannesburg in September ostensibly Admission: Free Starring: Kate Winslet, Idris Elba to attend a charity celebrity tennis tournament. Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 103 min They then flew by private jet to the Rhodesian border near Victoria Falls where they were met and driven to Expressionist drawings of Macau by the Chobe game lodge onsalo om The private wedding ceremony was conducted by Afri- G O can district commissioner Abrose Masalila and witnes- Gonsalo Oom sed by the manager of the game lodge where they were Time: 2pm-7pm staying, Fred Knoessen, and Brian Graham, who runs Until: tours from the lodge. October 27, 2017 Mr Masalila said: “The bride wore green, with lace frills Venue: Creative Macau (G/F Macau Cultural Centre and guinea fowl feathers.” Building) Burton was in a red shirt, white trousers and red socks. Admission: Free The simple service, which took just 20 minutes to per- form, was held at 1530 local time in Mr Masalila’s office Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 Blade Runner 2049 room 2 in the remote village of Kasane. 2:30, 6:15, 9:15 pm The couple exchanged rings and held hands and later Director: Denis Villeneuve they asked Mr Masalila to join them for a champagne Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto toast on the banks of the Chobe river. Language: English (Chinese) He said: “They looked very excited but composed. I Duration: 163min don’t think they had a party afterwards because I think they would have invited me if they had. They are very nice people.” Offbeat Courtesy BBC News

Facebook begins ‘human review’ of potentially sensitive ads In context Facebook says it will begin manually reviewing advertise- News of the couple’s wedding emerged five days later. ments that target certain groups and address politics, religion, Elizabeth Taylor said she had remarried Richard Burton after an ethnicity and social issues. x-ray revealed spots on her lungs which she feared were cancerous. The company has informed some advertisers about the new The lego ninjago movie She said the 12 hours of anxiety waiting for the prognosis, which turned out to be clear, convinced her to remarry. “human review” requirement, warning them that it might cause room 3 2:15, 4:30, 7:30 pm Another newspaper story which surfaced shortly after their second delays before their ads can appear on the social media plat- wedding said Liz Taylor had sold back a £500,000 honeymoon ring form. Director: Charlie Bean Starring: Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen to pay for a hospital in Botswana. Facebook has had to apologize amid recent revelations of However, their stormy relationship did not last. The couple began Language: Chinese rampant abuse of its automated advertising process to broa- rowing and separated in February 1976, reportedly when Richard Duration: 101 min dcast false news or promote divisive and hateful messages, Burton began drinking again. such as ads aimed at people who’ve expressed anti-Semitic Their marriage was dissolved. Burton married twice more but died fireworks, should we see it from in 1984 of a cerebral haemorrhage. Taylor also went on to marry views. the side or the bottom The company is also under increasing congressional scrutiny twice more - her last marriage to Larry Fortensky was dissolved in room 3 1995. after revealing that ads linked to a Russian internet agency were 7:45, 9:30 pm She was made a dame in 2000 and officially retired from acting in seen by an estimated 10 million people before and after the Director: Akiuki Shimbo 2003. Despite a number of health problems, she has continued to 2016 election. Starring: Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suga, Mamoru Miyano campaign for Aids research. Axios first reported on the written notice to advertisers. Face- Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) Liz Taylor died at the age of 79 in 2011. book confirmed it last weekend. Duration: 90min tue 10.10.2017 th Anniversary

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World Cup qualifiers Liberia Football Star, Ronaldo back in ex-warlord among lineup for Portugal hopefuls for president isappointed former warlord during ristiano Ronaldo is set Dby President Ellen the nation’s 14-year ci- Cto return to Portugal’s li- Johnson Sirleaf’s failure vil war. neup for the decisive World Cup ap photo to deliver on her pledge “I’m praying to God qualifier against Switzerland to make education free to help us elect a good early tomorrow [Macau time]. for all, Kumba Tamba president so that this Ronaldo did not start in the is pinning her hopes on country becomes sweet 2-0 win at Andorra last week be- the almighty as Liberia like before,” Tamba, cause he was not fully fit, but he votes for a new leader. a 34-year-old mother came off the bench in the second The West African na- of four said as she sat half to score the team’s first goal tion, founded for freed in front of her rickety and help set up the second by American slaves al- house in the West Point Andre Silva. most 200 years ago, is slum in Liberia’s capi- The Real Madrid forward holding presidential tal, Monrovia. “I voted practiced normally along with and legislative elec- for Ma Ellen in 2005 the rest of Portugal’s squad on tions today that mark and 2011, hoping that Monday ahead of the showdown the end of the 12-year we will get free educa- against the Swiss at the Stadium tenure of Johnson Sir- tion and low food pri- of Light. leaf, who’s known as ces. But that didn’t ha- Portugal coach Fernando San- Portugal is three points behind Portugal has won eight straight Ma Ellen and who- ppen.” tos kept Ronaldo on the bench Switzerland in Group B and since that loss. It has the tie- se 2005 victory made With 20 hopefuls in against Andorra because he di- needs a victory to secure first breaker advantage because of a her Africa’s first elec- the first round, the vote dn’t feel the forward was 100 place and the automatic spot for better goal difference entering ted female president. will probably go to a run percent fit when he reported next year’s World Cup in Russia. the final qualifier. Among the contenders -off in November. As to the national team’s training Both teams have already gua- Ronaldo has 15 goals in the Eu- to succeed her are the many as 986 candidates camp. He said he also didn’t ranteed at least a playoff berth. ropean qualification campaign, current vice president, are vying for 73 seats in want to risk an injury to the Switzerland has won all nine one less than Poland striker Ro- Joseph Boakai, ex-A.C. the House of Represen- team’s most important player of its qualifiers, including a 2-0 bert Lewandowski, who scored a Milan football star tatives. Johnson Sirleaf considering the match was victory against Portugal in the record-setting 16th goal on Sun- George Weah and Prin- is due to step down next played on artificial turf. teams’ opener last year in Basel. day. AP ce Yormie Johnson, a year. Bloomberg ad tue 10.10.2017

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fter an especially long, tortuous process, Paris 2024 Olympics triggers the International Olym- pic Committee is expec- tedA to award the 2024 Olympics to Paris on Wednesday with a vote in race for contracts worth billions Lima. Lone rival Los Angeles will get the 2028 games. ris “won’t be questioned” because opportunity to accelerate the use To celebrate the official selection it’s needed for the Olympics, said of new technologies,” he said in an as host, Paris is planning an open- oomb e rg Eiffage CEO Benoit de Ruffray. interview. b l air concert and live event near the Natixist analysts have said his Aeroports de Paris SA, operator Eiffel Tower. French companies company will be the top benefi- of the city’s main airports, will also are also feeling festive, eyeing ciary of the games because of its benefit from the planned express the estimated 6.6 billion-euro high relative exposure to the Fren- train connection between the (USD7.9 billion) the city expects ch market. Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the will be spent to prepare the world’s The budget doesn’t include the city center, according to Natixis. biggest sporting event. cost of security, which could be es- The city is planning a clean-up “It’s extremely positive,” said pecially important due to the risks for the Seine River for open-water Martin Bouygues, chief executive of terrorism. French authorities swimming and triathlon events at officer of Bouygues SA, the coun- will use 48,000 agents for off-site the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The try’s second-biggest builder and a security, while private contractors games could also provide a maker sponsor of the Paris bid. “The ga- will have 20,000 on the inside, of water-taxis called Seabubbles mes are an opportunity to upgrade said Christophe Delaye, the Paris with an opportunity to showcase existing infrastructure and deve- Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo police commissioner in charge of the vehicles and possibly find ope- lop new ones.” the games. That compares with rators to start services along the A total of USD3.2 billion will be Most of the sports and housing Other mayors and host cities a total of 90,000 security officers waterway, Hidalgo said. invested in new sites, with most installations already exist, she said. have tried - and failed. The sum- mobilized nationally for the Euro The mayor cited Sydney, London of the money coming from private Anything else could boost activity mer games have blown their bu- soccer tournament in 2016. and Barcelona as good examples, sponsors, the IOC and tickets sa- for local builders, including Bouy- dgets by an average 176 percent In addition, the Olympics could with the Spanish city refurbishing les. A study commissioned by the gues, Vinci SA, Eiffage SA and Cie. between 1968 and 2016, according also boost makers of cameras, dro- its waterfront before its games. city estimated the games could ge- de Saint-Gobain SA, a supplier of to researchers at the University nes and other surveillance equi- “Every euro will be useful. We’ll nerate up to 10.7 billion euros for materials like glass and drywall. of Oxford and the Said Business pment, such as French company demonstrate that the games aren’t the region and 247,000 jobs. School. The total projected price- Thales SA. “The games will be an just a cost,” she said. Bloomberg “The Olympic games is a project A total of tag of the next event, the 2020 ga- for all of society that pulls in all mes in Tokyo, has nearly doubled sectors,” said Paris Mayor Anne USD3.2b will from its initial bid to $12.6 billion, Hidalgo during an interview befo- despite a pledge for fiscal austerity. re the vote. “It will accelerate our be invested in The problem, said Alexandre De- move toward a greener, more in- laigue, an economist at Lille Uni- clusive economy.” new sites, with versity, is that would-be organizers Hidalgo brushed aside the spec- most of the tend to understate costs in order to ter of decaying stadiums and win their bid. Especially at risk for abandoned installations in former money coming cost overruns is the large public host cities from Athens to Rio de transit upgrade dubbed Grand Janeiro. Sitting in her vast, gilded from private Paris which is now on a more ag- office in the city’s historic town gressive timetable in order to for hall, she insisted France will crea- sponsors part of it to be ready for the games. te lasting benefits and will work She also pointed out that a plan- “Infrastructure that works for with companies to ensure the ga- ned swimming pool in the suburb Olympic athletes could also be mes stay within the budget, which of Saint-Denis will be open to the ill-adapted to the daily lives of citi- stands at less than half the cost of public after the games and accom- zens,” Delaigue said. Rio and includes a 1.5 billion-eu- modation for media and athletes President Emmanuel Macron ro contribution from the French will be converted into low-income had pledged to halt investment in state. housing. large infrastructure, but Grand Pa-

World Cup Qualifiers Salah sends Egypt to World ap photo Cup for first time since 1990

ohamed Salah matically delivered the at the city’s iconic Tahrir the scores in the 86th. Mscored from a pe- win it needed to make square. Egypt substitute Mah- nalty kick deep into in- sure of its place. Egypt was the second moud Hassan was brou- jury time on Sunday to It unleashed joy across African country to qua- ght down in the box two send Egypt to the Wor- a soccer-mad country of lify for the 2018 World minutes into injury time Mohamed Salah (center) celebrates after defeating Congo ld Cup and end a near nearly 100 million peo- Cup in Russia after Ni- and Salah, Egypt’s star 30-year wait for Africa’s ple used to bitter disa- geria clinched its place player, clinched victory most successful team. ppointment when trying on Saturday. The other from the spot. African champion failing gh. Egypt, an African Salah scored both to qualify for the world’s three African qualifiers The game was held in to qualify for three strai- giant and founding mem- Egypt’s goals in a 2-1 top soccer tournament. will be decided in the fi- front of a capacity crowd ght African Cups from ber of the Confederation home win over Republic The win sent hundreds nal qualifying games next of 30,000 at a military 2012-2015 before making of African Football, has of Congo in the penulti- of thousands of fans month. stadium in the Medi- a return this year. Argen- only played at two Wor- mate round of qualifiers across Egypt celebrating, Salah thought he had terranean port city of tine coach Hector Cuper ld Cups before — in 1934 in Africa. honking car horns and won it for Egypt with Alexandria, a reminder led Egypt to the African and 1990. Egypt qualified for the waving the country’s red, his first goal in the 63rd of the political turmoil Cup final in February on Egypt will now finish World Cup for the first white and black flags. In minute. But Egypt was Egypt has endured over that return, eventually top of Group E, making time since 1990 and Sa- Cairo, an army helicop- stunned by a ferocious the last six years. losing to Cameroon. sure of its place at the lah’s powerful left-footed ter dropped hundreds of volley by Republic of That turmoil affected The World Cup qualifi- World Cup with a game penalty in the fourth mi- Egyptian flags on thou- Congo substitute Arnold the soccer team, too, with cation was Cuper’s grea- to spare against Ghana nute of injury time dra- sands of fans gathered Bouka Moutou to level the record seven-time test achievement, thou- next month. AP THE NATO chief: ‘We don’t want a new Station Air quality BUZZCold War’ with Russia Roadside 30-50 Good NATO’s chief said the alliance does not want in September involving thousands of troops, a “new Cold War” with Russia, despite mem- tanks and aircraft held in Belarus, on NATO’s High bers’ concerns about the Russian military buil- eastern edge. The drills included maneuvers Density 30-50 dup close to NATO’s border. designed to hunt down and destroy armed Residental Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke at spies. Good the end of a four-day NATO parliamentary as- Still, Stoltenberg said: “Russia is our nei- Area opinion sembly in the Romanian capital. ghbor [...] we don’t want to isolate Russia. We “We are concerned by [...Russia’s] lack of don’t want a new Cold War.” Ambient 30-50 transparency when it comes to military exer- He said the 29-member alliance had increa- Good e : d s mg s ourc Our Desk cises,” he said. sed jets patrols in the Black Sea in “response to Renato Marques He mentioned a Russian-Belarus operation Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine.” WORLD BRIEFS A Golden ‘Weak’

National Day and the subsequent “Golden South Africa revives ap photo Week” that follows – one of the semi-annual 7-day national holidays, implemented in 2000 by China’s Central Government - is always one of the most groundbreaking awaited moments of the year for Macau’s econo- mic development; both government and private enterprises alike put big hopes on the outcomes apartheid-era musical from the week as there is usually a flooding of peo- Thailand An 85-year-old ple across the peninsula and outlying islands. Thai social critic faces up Now that the week is gone, it is time to evaluate to 15 years in prison for offending the monarchy the outcomes, particularly since this year’s expec- ap photo after questioning whether tations were incredibly high, even leading some a duel on elephant-back, analysts to claim that this was going to be “The fought more than 400 years Best Golden Week Ever” or “Macau’s Best Week ago by a Thai king against Holidays in Years.” a Burmese adversary, The hype around this holiday was set in the stan- ever took place. Police dard fashion. It is set in motion by a few gaming escorted Sulak Sivaraksa sector analysts and the comments of (very often to a Bangkok military court just one) high-ranked marketing official working for yesterday where he was the casinos. These grand expectations are usually officially charged with (and were again this year) rapidly repeated by go- insulting the monarchy. vernment officials. An I find it a quite complex task to analyze any of tho- Myanmar overcrowded boat carrying se statements as they are overstated and biased. Rohingya Muslims fleeing To what extent do these forecasts and figures re- Myanmar capsized in the flect reality and how much of it is speculation is the confluence of a river and question that always echoes in my mind as num- the Bay of Bengal and at bers seem to have been plucked from all over the least 12 people died, police place to support the claims. said yesterday. Five of the According to the Macau Government Tourism dead were children. Office (MGTO), the visitors to Macau (specifically the number of people entering the region) during Christopher Torchia, its victims. pean” heavyweight cham- Golden Week this year increased by 11.6 percent Johannesburg One theme in the musical pion. (Black and white bo- ap photo year-on-year when compared with last year. This is “the importance of un- xers were not allowed to year Macau received a total of 844,522 visitors. he rise and fall of derstanding and owning fight each other in those Going by those figures I would say that some- Tflamboyant, ferocious your power but also taking days.) An old photograph thing weird is happening in Macau as I remember Ezekiel Dlamini, a black responsibility for it,” said shows him bare-chested, hearing from both MGTO director Maria Helena de South African boxer known Nondumiso Tembe, a Los wearing chains that he don- Senna Fernandes and from police authorities that as “King Kong” who was Angeles-based South Afri- ned to show his humiliation Pakistan Gunmen an increase of (only) 5 percent was expected and, jailed for murder, inspired can actor playing the role of after losing a fight. ambushed a car with nevertheless, crowd control measures were being a 1959 musical whose bla- Joyce, a host at a bar called Eventually, he “became minority Shiite Muslims in the southwestern city of prepared to be put in place. ck cast performed for mul- Back o’ the Moon who be- involved with local gan- Although the increase in tourist numbers more Quetta, killing four of them ti-racial audiences, testing comes romantically entan- gsters and succumbed to and a passer-by, while a than doubled the authorities’ expectations, the in- the apartheid system of that gled with the boxer. Tem- bouts of drunkenness and Taliban attack on a military formation points were empty, the circulation of peo- era. Now the musical that be noted that the killing of with that came an increa- vehicle in northwestern ple through the streets was just like on any regular helped to propel the careers women “has sort of become singly violent and paranoid Pakistan left three soldiers Sunday and the crowd control barriers and special of singer Miriam Makeba an epidemic in our society lifestyle,” the musical’s pro- dead. information signage remained covered and stored, and trumpeter Hugh Ma- today.” gram says. He killed Miya their use not being necessary. sekela is back on the stage In a reminder of that after a quarrel, according Australia’s prime My question is, where were all these people? Is in South Africa. scourge, President Jacob to reports. Dlamini asked minister said yesterday there a new attraction in town that I’m not aware of “King Kong: Legend of a Zuma last week condemned to be put to death after he that he was confident that government that caught them all? Boxer” highlights the jazz the fatal shooting of eight was convicted, but was sen- The typical answer for these occasions is “at the lawmakers would win infused with indigenous women and girls, reporte- tenced to 12 years of hard a court challenge this casino”, but I dropped by most of them on several influences that flourished dly members of the same fa- labor. Soon after that, he week that threatens his days and the movement of people was not unu- in some black urban areas, mily, in a village in KwaZu- drowned in a prison reser- administration’s slender sually high at all. particularly Johannesburg’s lu-Natal province and said voir in what was believed to majority. More on p13 I’m guessing the only possible answer would be Sophiatown, in racially se- curbing violence against be a suicide. “in the VIP rooms” – activities held in VIP sections gregated South Africa in women is a priority for his A 1979 remake of “King seem to be much more complicated to scrutinize, the 1950s, as well as the un- government. Police are in- Kong” got bad reviews and even for the gaming inspection authorities, as was derworld of gangsters and vestigating whether the quickly collapsed. ap photo proven in several cases in the past. bars known as shebeens killings were the result of a In this year’s version, Dla- Either way, there might be many factors behind accompanying the creati- family feud or were linked mini is played by Andile such “invisible growth”- one likely factor may be ve ferment. The backdrop, to political rivalries that pe- Gumbi, who had the role of the recent decline on the number of tourists regis- while not explicitly addres- riodically turn violent in the Simba in “The Lion King” tered last month that MGTO rushed to blame on sed in the play, is the white region. on Broadway and elsewhe- Bosnia’s war crimes “Hato” - the typhoon that struck Macau on August minority rule that syste- Some South African com- re. Briton Jonathan Munby court yesterday acquitted 23. matically marginalized the mentary on “King Kong” directs. the wartime commander Again, the explanation of the authorities regar- country’s black majority. has recalled Oscar Pistorius, In the original show in of Srebrenica, who was ding that case are confusing and hard to believe The show, which ends a the South African double South Africa, Makeba accused of committing as the tour groups were only suspended for a brief run at the Joburg Theatre -amputee athlete who was played Joyce, Dlamini’s lo- atrocities against Serbs period right after the storm, resuming shortly after. on Sunday and returns to imprisoned for murdering ver, but was soon bound during the 1992-95 Balkan I’m not trying to say that the decisions from go- The Fugard Theatre in Cape girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp for bigger success in the conflict. vernment could or should be any different, I’m just Town on Dec. 12, is a cau- on Valentine’s Day in 2013. United States. She died in saying that when you hide behind the consequen- Venezuela A Venezuelan tionary tale. In 1957, Dlami- Dlamini was a gambler and 2008. Masekela, who was journalists association says ces of a decision you took it seems like in fact ni fatally stabbed girlfriend brawler from a rural village 19 when he performed in a court has released three you’re assuming that you could have “done bet- Maria Miya, an act that re- who flouted conformity and “King Kong,” said that he journalists who had been ter,” and that was a lesson I learned with former sonates in a country whose gained a big following in was canceling commitmen- detained while reporting on weather bureau chief Fong Soi Kun. high rate of violent crime Johannesburg, becoming ts in the near future because a prison. They include an counts many women among South Africa’s “non-Euro- of prostate cancer. AP Italian and a Swiss citizen.