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LOW EXECUTION RATE CROWN PULLS STAFF VETERANS Lawmakers criticized OUT OF CHINA ’ the low execution rates Crown and other Australian casino PROTESTS of many projects included firms pulled staff out of China POSE in the annual government following several detentions made TEST FOR budget by Chinese authorities LEADERS P5 P7 P10 CHINA TUE.18 Oct 2016 T. 22º/ 26º C H. 80/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2665 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BACK TO WORK AP PHOTO ‘Bilingual talents’ are top UAE The Philippines ambassador to the United Arab Emirates says a wanted man P5 named by President Rodrigo Duterte as a concern after Li’s visit major drug kingpin has been arrested in the Arab country’s capital. Ambassador Constancio Vingno Jr. told yesterday that Rolando “Kerwin” BLOOMBERG Espinosa Jr. was arrested Sunday night in an apartment in Abu Dhabi. AP PHOTO PHILIPPINES-CHINA The new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country. It’s a high-stakes gamble for brash Duterte. More on p12 AP PHOTO THAILAND A Thai woman accused of insulting the country’s late king is forced to kneel before his portrait at a police station on the tourist island of Samui as several hundred people bay for an apology. More on p13 KOREAS North Korea says it wants Britain to pull out of upcoming military exercises in South Korea, calling the drills a “hostile act.” Britain has announced that it will send fighter jets and support planes to Asia, and that it will take part in exercises in South Korea together with South Korean and Lobbyists against growing U.S. forces in early November. More on backpage Chinese influence in Hollywood P9 18.10.2016 tue th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO CRIME STATISTICS Direct Woman lied to police to avoid investment paying loans to creditor flows plunge NWARD direct invest- Iment flows declined by Julie Zhu bing her of MOP7,500 as well next to her, she went out of the tober 16 when the suspect was 66.7 percent year-on-year as of her mainland identity casino and noticed a police of- taken to the police station for to MOP9.1 billion in 2015, 35-year-old female non-re- card. During a short investiga- ficer nearby. Taking the oppor- investigation. The Hong Kong according to information A sident worker, who is from tion while in the presence of the tunity, she faked the robbery resident, while being investi- released yesterday by the Guangdong province, faked a lady, the officer began to doubt story. Mo thought that by re- gated, shouted in the police Statistics and Census Ser- story about having been robbed, the story because some of the porting to the police, she would station and cursed the officer vice (DSEC). The plunge which she told to the police for- details provided did not match not need to pay the money back. who was conducting the inves- was mainly due to a nega- ce in order to avoid payments with the crime scene. Noticing The police are still investigating tigation. tive inward flow (- MOP6 to her creditors, the Judiciary that the woman looked relati- the man who allegedly lent the The suspect reportedly pun- billion) in the gaming sec- Police (PJ) disclosed yesterday vely panicked, the officer asked money to Mo. ched the police officer, which tor, as profits dropped and during a press conference. for further details. Separately, the police also dis- caused injury to the officer’s the amount of dividends According to the police re- The suspect then confessed to closed a case of a Hong Kong left eye. He was then taken paid exceeded the profits port, the suspect, who was the police that she had faked man in his twenties charged into custody. During his time made in the year. a cashier at a local super- the robbery story. According to with the crime of aggravated behind bars, the suspect con- On the other hand, in- market, reported her fake the PJ statement, the suspect assault for attacking a police tinuously kicked the door flows of direct investment story to the Public Security had lost all her money while officer. of his room until it became were recorded in banks Police Force (PSP) October gambling in a middle-sized ca- The incident took place Oc- damaged. and securities (MOP7.8 11 and was later taken into sino located at ZAPE prior to billion), wholesale and re- custody after the police found the reporting time. tail (MOP3.9 billion) and When she was walking out out she was lying. MAINLAND SIBLINGS CAUGHT STEALING TOGETHER construction (MOP2.4 The suspect, surnamed Mo, of the casino, a man approa- billion). originally reported to the PSP ched her offering to loan her TWO MAINLAND siblings ing pedestrians and then throwing Analyzed by country/ter- that, on the night of October 11, money. Mo then borrowed were caught by police while steal- handbags into a trash bin. The ritory of usual residence of she had been robbed by a male MOP100,000 from the man ing together, the Public Security police officers followed the duo to direct investors, inward di- stranger close to the Outer Har- and went inside to gamble Police Force (PSP) revealed. The another street and noticed them rect investment flows came bor. A PSP officer happened again. The man did not lea- duo, surnamed Yang, consists of a throwing more bags into bins mainly from mainland Chi- to pass by the scene, where he ve the woman’s side while she female and her younger brother, again. The police approached the na (MOP7.4 billion), Hong immediately asked the woman gambled. Mo lost all of the bor- aged 52 and 49 years old, respec- siblings to question them, upon Kong (MOP3.2 billion) and about the incident. rowed money. tively. They were caught last Sun- which they confessed to having the British Virgin Islands She told the officer that a man After losing the money, and day at Largo da Sé. The police no- stolen the aforementioned bags a (MOP2.8 billion), however had just taken her wallet, rob- knowing that the loaner was ticed the duo consistently observ- few days prior. the Cayman Islands regis- tered a negative inflow (- MOP6.5 billion). TOURISM According to DSEC, in 2015 inward direct invest- ment income dropped by CDG sets example of 39.8 percent year-on-year to MOP 51.5 billion. In- come earned by gaming promoting culture at airports enterprises (MOP30.1 billion) and wholesale and retail (MOP6.4 billion) n one of the sessions of the Global Tou- and chief customer officer of Groupe ADP decreased by 47.5 percent Irism Economy Forum, which ended on Paris, recalled that CDG as the second and 30 percent respecti- sunday, a representative from Charles de largest airport in Europe hosts some 60 vely, while that in banks Gaulle (CDG) Airport highlighted the im- million passengers heading to more than and securities (MOP10.8 portance of showcasing the region’s cultu- 300 destinations globally. billion) rose by 17.8 per- re in its airport, as it is both the first and Thus, Baume highlighted that all airports cent. last impression of the visitors. in France aim to offer passengers a con- At the end of 2015, stock of Laure Baume, executive vice president densed version of the ‘Parisian feel’ in ter- inward direct investment of ms of arts, culture and shopping. Macau reached MOP231.8 According to her, the very best of Paris billion, up by five percent 33 MILLION TOURISTS BY 2025 Charles de Gaulle airport is showcased through partnerships with year-on-year. Analyzed by As part of the Parisian identity and cul- MGTO AIMS to reach its goal of at least 33 Parisian museums to disclose pieces of industry, inward direct in- million tourists visiting Macau by 2025, with French heritage and by inviting the young ture, Baume said that all French fashion vestment stock in gaming 15 percent of them traveling from abroad. French generation of artists to showcase brands are located in all the terminals of decreased by 4.8 percent Thus, to move forward and achieve this goal, their creativeness in all terminals. the largest airport in Paris, adding that to MOP123.3 billion, with the region is looking at other tourist destina- CDG Airport currently has a museum in they have also opened restaurants, run by 49.5 percent coming from tions for suggestions. Helena de Senna Fer- terminal two, with free entry for passen- Michelin-starred chefs, for passengers to the Cayman Islands. Banks nandes, head of MGTO said: “In the future gers. have a taste of French cuisine. and securities had MOP we have to draw on the successful experi- “In this museum, you have new exhibi- “We wanted to be a place where passen- 46.5 billion (+22.9 per- ences of other foreign tourist destinations. tions every six months […] while waiting gers can really experience the taste of Pa- cent), of which capital from This kind of forum [GTEF] will bring Macau for your plane you can enjoy the very best risian culture through exhibition, fashion mainland China accounted more opportunities.” of French culture,” she remarked.
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