suspects charged trump effect benefits with murder ho’s china’s richest Appearing calm and solemn, defense 36 Chinese billionaires have two young women were makes gaffe increased their wealth by 13.2 accused of smearing VX nerve at court percent since Donald Trump was agent on Kim Jong Nam elected U.S. president P3 P5 P11

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hits two-year high P6 Brexit The government lead by Theresa May is expected to suffer a defeat in Parliament over the right of European Union paulo barbosa paulo citizens to stay in the U.K. after Brexit. The House of Lords is due to vote early today [Macau time] on an amendment that inserts a commitment to protecting EU nationals’ rights into to a bill authorizing the start of EU exit talks.

South China Sea Vietnam has slammed a fishing ban China has imposed in parts of the disputed South China Sea, saying it violates Vietnamese sovereignty and further complicates the tense situation in the troubled waters. China’s Ministry of Agriculture issued a seasonal fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea, including waters near the Paracel islands claimed by Vietnam but occupied by China.

China has staged a fresh display of military might in its western Xinjiang region, sending more than 10,000 armed police, columns of armored vehicles and helicopters rumbling through the regional capital. A government news website published reports and photos of the exercise in Urumqi, where the region’s Party secretary exhorted St Lawrence’s Church launches gift soldiers to “bury the corpses of terrorists” in a new people’s war. P3 MDT REPORT More on backpage shop to promote Catholicism 02.03.2017 thu

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Sports men category) will continue to play, as previously, in indepen- dent categories. From March 25 to May 25, Diplomats to appear in the organizers will arrange a training timetable and necessary facilities and equipment at the venue for local teams (May 27 to Dragon Boat races 29 for non-local teams). Prizes amounting to MUST celebrates USD10,000, USD5,000, and 17th anniversary Julie Zhu USD3,000 will be awarded, to the first, second and third place The Macau University of Science and o-organized by the respectively. Technology (MUST) commemorated its CSports Bureau (ID) and by Peter Tang Tak Seng, secre- 17th anniversary on February 28, with the Dragon Boat Association of tary general of the Internatio- many of its prestigious alumni present Macau, the 2017 Macau Inter- nal Dragon Boat Federation at the ceremony. Liu Liang, president national Dragon Boat Races will (IDBF), said that the defending of MUST, highlighted many of the take place on May 27, 28, and 30 champion Nanhai Jiujiang has accomplishments in 2016, including at Nam Van Lake Nautical Cen- confirmed attendance this year’s its newly established laboratories and ter. competition. research facilities. Liu then said that the Applicants can now register National teams of Singapo- school will continue to focus on developing for the competition, either at the re, Philippine, Indonesia, and its educational capacities and increasing association, which is located at Thailand are all confirmed to its international reach. Currently, there Nam Van Lake Nautical Center, compete in this edition’s race. are over 10,000 students enrolled in or online. Tang disclosed that teams from the University, including approximately The ID president, Pun Weng then compete among each other Bureau. Australia are also interested in 2,800 postgraduate students and 7,700 Kun, said on Tuesday that a new in small dragon boats. This new The distance featured in the participating. undergraduate students. event will be organized for this event has been added “to increa- competition are 200 and 500 Regarding the student cate- edition. According to Pun, the se sports and cultural communi- meters. The student races gory, teams from Singapore organizers will invite embassies cations between Macau and the from the universities, the Civil and Thailand will also attend CTT seeks in Macau and Hong Kong to or- foreign communities in Macau Servants Invitation races (12 the event. Tang said that Singa- ganize representative teams in and Hong Kong,” declared Pun. teams), and the International pore’s national team and Thai- compensation order to participate in the race. The embassy category will be Invitation races (36 teams in land’s women team will join for These diplomatic teams will organized by the Cultural Affairs open category, 18 teams in wo- the first time. The Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) is seeking a non-monetary compensation from CTM following a Commission of Audit (CA) report issued this week. The report heavily criticizes the F&B ‘Wifi Go’ hotspot service. The bureau’s director Derby Lau said yesterday that compensation should be made via the MGM’s two new dining concepts: North and South delivery of services by CTM rather than through payment of any monetary compensation. The CA report indicated that the ‘Wifi Go’ service had evident problems Renato Marques guided tour to the new ger scale and traditional during its planning, as well as problems in space that there are many Chinese vases to recreate service supervision, and access installation. orth” and “South” new things to experien- the atmosphere of Bei- by Square Eight are ce. Among these are the jing’s courtyard houses

N marques renato two new dining concepts ambience and décor that (siheyuans). presented by MGM Ma- resulted from a collabora- A team of chefs from di- Luso-China cau under the same roof. tion between two renow- fferent regions of China exhibition to The new dining spaces ned artists: Victor Marrei- work to prepare delica- were born after the re- ros and calligrapher Mok cies from both North and promote cultural ties conceptualization of the Wa-Kei. South in order to bring Square Eight restaurant, A series of 24 paintin- what Chef Louie Vong, A photography exhibition co-organized and bring two different gs from Marreiros are executive chef of Chi- by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and experiences for casual featured in both spaces, nese culinary at MGM, the Macau Scientific and Cultural Center dining. The dining spa- most prominently in the says are the authentic North South in Portugal will be held at the site of the ces offer a range of foods Southern-themed dining flavors of each region. latter in Lisbon on March 8. The exhibition, from both the Northern area (South), where lo- With a total of three open titled “Where the World Heritage Shines and Southern regions of cal styles and faces were kitchens, North and Sou- ture and constantly rota- and Guangdong, North – Photography Exhibition of the Historic China. portrayed. The paintings th by Square Eight dedi- ted 360 degrees in both mostly features delicacies Center of Macau”, draws on a cooperation A complete renova- give what Darroman des- cates one kitchen, located directions to achieve a from Sichuan, Beijing, protocol signed between Macau’s IC and tion worth USD7 million cribes as “a recreation of at the southern-themed perfect roast. Shandong, Shanghai, and the Macau Scientific and Cultural Center (about MOP56 million) an ‘al fresco’ dining, re- dining area solely to roas- In the center of the res- other regions, including in Portugal that aims to promote Luso- transformed the former sembling a terrace seating ted items where the roast taurant, a shared kitchen the Shaanxi flat noodle Chinese cultural exchange. Some 100 Square Eight restaurant area and a Chinese street goose and the barbecue photographs of Macau’s historic center will prepares food items for tossed with garlic, chili be showcased at the event. All of the photos into a new space, in whi- food market,” an ambien- pork with honey sauce both areas. At North, a and soya sauce and the were taken by local photographer Chan Hin ch two restaurants with ce also recreated by pillars (char siu) are kings. specially designed noodle braised sea cucumber Io, who attempts to explore “the beauty and different concepts and resembling stacked boxes This kitchen also featu- kitchen is the main attrac- with bamboo, minced vitality of Macau’s cultural heritage” and menus share the same and a ceiling crossed by res one of the restaurant’s tion, with fresh noodles pork and spicy sauce. “the charm of this small city,” according to dining space. bamboo sticks. highlights – a specially being prepared before Both restaurants are an IC statement. The exhibition, which was Anthony Darroman, Décor in the Northern- designed, Macau-only guests’ eyes. open seven days a week. held previously in Macau and Zhongshan, MGM’s executive direc- themed dining area (Nor- vertical roasting oven While South featu- South is open round-the- China during last year, will conclude in tor of Food and Beverage, th) is more refined, fea- where food items are kept res typical dishes from clock, while North opera- Portugal on May 31. explained during a recent turing art pieces on a lar- at a controlled tempera- Macau, Hong Kong tes from 11a.m. to 1a.m.

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Eileen Ng, Kuala Lumpur Kim Jong Nam ppearing calm and so- lemn, two young women accu- Suspects charged with murder in sedA of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, airport nerve agent attack were charged with murder yesterday. The women, who arrived fication is completed. in court under the protec- Kim Jong Nam is believed tion of masked special for- ap photo to have two sons and a dau- ces carrying machine guns, ghter with two women li- are at the center of a bizar- ving in Beijing and Macau. re killing at a busy Kuala The Pyongyang delega- Lumpur airport terminal. tion is also seeking the re- Many speculate the attack lease of a North Korean ar- was orchestrated by North rested in the case, 45-year- Korea, but Pyongyang de- old Ri Jong Chol. Malaysia nies any role. has not described his alle- “I understand but I am ged role in the killing, and not guilty,” Vietnamese it was not clear if or when suspect Doan Thi Huong he could be charged. told the court in English af- Vietnamese suspect Doan Thi Huong (center) Indonesian suspect Siti Aisyah (center) Authorities are seeking ter the murder charge was seven other North Korean read. She looked briefly at suspects, four of whom the public gallery as she women to be tried together. valent of USD90. between North Korea and ples and confirmation from fled the country the day of was led out and bowed her Each faces a mandatory The attack was caught on Malaysia. Speculation is next of kin. Kim’s death and are be- head. death sentence if convic- grainy airport surveillan- rampant that North Ko- Malaysian officials have lieved to be back in North The other suspect, Indo- ted. Both women were ce video; Huong was seen rea was behind the killing, confirmed that the victim Korea. Others sought in- nesian Siti Aisyah, nodded wearing bulletproof vests clearly in a T-shirt with particularly after Malaysia of the attack was Kim Jong clude the second secretary as her translator told her: as they were escorted from “LOL” emblazoned across said Friday that VX had Nam. North Korea, howe- of North Korea’s embassy “You are accused of murde- the court to Kajang Prison. the front. killed Kim. Experts say ver, has identified him only and an employee of North ring a North Korean man at Kim Jong Nam was atta- Gooi Soon Seng, Aisyah’s the oily poison was almost as a North Korean national Korea’s state-owned airli- the departure hall” of Kua- cked as he waited for his lawyer, spoke to his client certainly produced in a so- with a diplomatic passport ne, Air Koryo. la Lumpur International flight home to Macau on for the first time yesterday. phisticated state weapons bearing the name Kim Isolated North Korea has Airport. She was dressed in Feb. 13. He died shortly “Her eyes were red and she laboratory. Chol. a long history of ordering a red T-shirt and jeans. after two women went up says she’s innocent,” he said. On Tuesday, a high-level Health Minister Subra- killings of people it views The women did not enter behind him and wiped so- Also yesterday, the court North Korean delegation maniam Sathasivam said as threats to its regime. pleas because the magistra- mething onto his face. approved a gag order to arrived in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia will continue Kim Jong Nam was not te court where they appea- Both women have repor- prevent police and poten- seeking custody of the to insist that the body be known to be seeking politi- red has no jurisdiction over tedly said they thought tial witnesses from making body. North Korea oppo- identified by medical exa- cal power, but his position a murder case. Lead prose- they were part of a prank public statements about sed Malaysian officials miners through DNA or as eldest son of the family cutor Iskander Ahmad told TV show playing harmless the case. even conducting an au- other means before it can that has ruled North Korea the court he will ask for the tricks on unsuspecting pas- Meanwhile, Kim’s corp- topsy, while Malaysia has be released. He said the since it was founded could case to be transferred to a sengers. Aisyah told autho- se is at the center of a resisted giving up the body protocol is to release it to have made him appear to higher court and for both rities she was paid the equi- growing diplomatic battle without getting DNA sam- the next-of-kin once identi- be a danger. AP

St Lawrence’s Church launches souvenir store

South Lynzy Valles when the store would be fully stocked. small, discreet center at the As this year marks the 100th

Aback entrance of St Lawren- anniversary of Our Lady of Fa- barbosa paulo ce’s Church has turned into a tima, the priest noted that the souvenir store with an aim of church is planning to create cus- promoting Catholicism, making tomized souvenirs that have the it the first store to open in a chur- image of the saint. ch’s premise in Macau. Parish priest of St Lawrence’s Church, Fr Jojo Ancheril, explai- ned to the Times that the store is aimed at disseminating the Ca- Our idea is not tholic faith, culture and history. to make profit “Since it’s [St Lawrence] a tou- rist attraction and historical pla- so we don’t call ce, a lot of people come, [but] when they go out, they don’t get it a shop. anything from our own faith,” he Fr Jojo Ancheril cated to sell the items. other countries. sidents assisting the project are explained. In addition, according to him, “In other countries of course we mostly local parishioners. The discreet shop currently re- The items would also be availa- the items were presented at the have [gift shops]. In [my] coun- “Our idea is not to make profit tails rosaries, books, Virgin Mary ble for retail at the newly opened reception area only when a vo- try [India], most of the parishes so we don’t call it a shop,” he rei- statues and relevant key chains. store, though no dates were re- lunteer was available to take have their own souvenir shop. terated. According to the priest, they are vealed. charge. Overall this is usual, just [not] in “I would say it’s part of the pa- planning to order additional Fr Ancheril noted that St It is uncommon for the former Macau,” Fr Ancheril stressed. rish through which we promote items such as bibles and publica- Lawrence and St Joseph’s Semi- Portuguese enclave to launch a When asked whether the store our own faith. […] But with the tions related to Catholicism. nary used to sell souvenir items gift shop in a church’s premises, would stir up disapproval amon- help of volunteers, we will be or- “It will take some more time,” in the past but it was done spora- yet the parish priest clarified that gst the attending Catholics, the ganizing all these things in a bet- said the priest, contemplating dically as there was no area allo- similar stores could be found in parish priest remarked that re- ter way,” the priest added. 02.03.2017 thu

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arts and be sensitive to different cul- tures,” Carpenter remarked. He also observed, having re- cently performed Les Misérables Three Phantoms to perform in Manila, that Asian audiences react well to musicals. Asian premier at The Parisian Carpenter noted that the trio gets a “real sense of reaction” in Asia, which is unusual for them. “Brits are quite reserved. […] In Lynzy Valles England you’re kind of fighting for reaction,” he said by way of usical theater show comparison. MThree Phantoms is slated Echoing the sentiment, Shan- for its Asian premier at The Pa- non added, “It’s very similar to risian Theatre tomorrow night. the American audience. People Presenting songs from some of come to enjoy the whole expe- the best-known musicals, Three rience. […] It’s just a cultural Phantoms features three singers thing.” who have performed the male The trio will be joined on sta- Panda twins lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s From left: Earl Carpenter, David Shannon and Kieran Brown ge by West End and Broadway genre-defining musical, The performers including singers to meet public Phantom of the Opera. ted the concept though his com- The 90-minute show is set to Alistair Barron, Olivia Brereton, Kieran Brown, David Shannon, pany, Ginger Boys Productions. give audience visual diversity as Marisa McIntrye and Lisa-Anne on Sundays and Early Carpenter will colla- Despite the trio’s performances in female singers and dancers will Wood, headed by musical direc- borate together on this show for renowned shows such as Les Mi- also be featured. tor and conductor Mark Aspinal. The Civic and Municipal the first time. sérables, the group prefer to work Since the show’s conception in The show includes more than Affairs Bureau issued In an exclusive media preview on Three Phantoms for the variety 2008, Carpenter noted that they 20 songs from some of the best- a statement yesterday on Tuesday, the trio told the it offers them as performers. have already performed to some loved musicals, including “Tra- informing the public that the press that the duration of the up- “Because you get such a platter 100,000 audiences. gedy” (Saturday Night Fever), giant panda twins Jian Jian coming show was reduced from of music and different types of Commenting on the region’s “Bui Doi” (Miss Saigon), “An- and Kang Kang are in good two hours to 90 minutes. health. The public is able music, you’re brought from one musical scene, the group noted them” (Chess), “Bohemian to meet the pandas at their “We kind of do a show within a extreme from another. It’s also that Macau acquires a “variety of Rhapsody” (We Will Rock You), specially-built pavilion at the show. We don’t just sing Andrew very different doing this show styles.” “The Music of the Night” (The Seac Pai Van garden from Lloyd Webber’s version,” said because you’re not wearing the Brown, who has performed in Phantom of the Opera), “For 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m, every Carpenter. “There are some 57 make-up and masks,” Shannon, Wicked, said, “This is my first Good” (Wicked) and “Defying Sunday. Jian Jian and Kang different renditions of the Phan- who recently toured the U.S. time ever in Asia. […] We had Gravity” (Wicked). Kang will not be regularly on tom of the Opera [so] what we do with Irish duo Fïr, told the press. the chance to explore a little bit Three Phantoms will be staged display to the public in the is we introduce the audience to Carpenter added, “It’s allowing [and] went to the other part of at The Parisian Theater until activity area at other times new music based on Phantom of us to enjoy different genres of Macau. It was wonderful.” March 26. The group will then so as to meet their growth the Opera.” music as we’re doing the Phan- “It’s also great for westerners head to Singapore to perform requirements. Carpenter devised and direc- tom of the Opera.” to experience different cultures several shows. ad thu 02.03.2017

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Courts Indeed, the prosecution revea- FM gave MOP60m led calculations that showed do- zens of invoices, quotations, and in prizes Ho’s defense ‘gives a little proposals which proved their point that the rate added to the In 2016, the Macao Foundation (FM) prices given by the subcontrac- handed out nearly MOP60 million in prizes push’ to prosecution tors to do the actual job was ge- to local students, according to a notice nerally over 34 percent higher published by the foundation earlier this than the industry standard, and week. According to the report, the prizes Renato Marques knowing Ho, stating that all their in some cases almost doubled. provided financial support to more than operations, from the request for The prosecution also displayed 10,000 local students. During an award n another session of the trial quotes to work scheduling and documents from the MP, which ceremony that took place on Tuesday night, of the former Prosecutor Ge- payments, were either conducted stated that such subcontractors 55 students were recognized for receiving I special scholarships for the academic year neral Ho Chio Meng yesterday, with Wong Kuok Wai or, in some were actually “partners” of the of 2016/2017 as part of the 2016 program over a dozen witnesses identified cases, with the knowledge or su- companies to which the works that recognized talented people in Macau. by the prosecution were called to pport of Rock Chan (MP staff). had been originally assigned. The foundation will collaborate with the testify. Most of the witnesses denied The witnesses denied having ever local government to set up a “One Belt, One But the moment that marked colluding with Wong Kuok Wai’s seen such documents, and accu- Road” scholarship for assist students who the day was in fact a “gaffe” by companies, as their relationship sed Wong of drawing them up pursue their studies in specified cities within the defense lawyer during his was simply that of a service pro- without their consent. the “One Belt, One Road.” cross-questioning of one of the Ho Chio Meng’s lawyer, Leong Weng Pun vider to a client. Leong Weng Pun apeared to managers and owners of the The prosecution also tried to hint that Wong’s companies companies that provided services the theory which the prosecution prove that the profits made by would give a single invoice to the Student arrested for to the Public Prosecutions Office seeks to prove: that such arrange- Wong’s companies, which were MP, containing the bills for seve- (MP) as subcontractors for the ments made between Wong and acting as “general contractors”, ral different types of work, while harassing children companies owned by Wong Kuok the subcontractors were conduc- were in most or all the cases also suggesting that the price in- Wai (allegedly shell companies). ted prior to the results of the ten- much higher than the 10 to 20 crement was a normal procedure The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 17-year-old male high school student after A contract signed in mid-De- ders being finalized and as such, percent that is generally conside- from a “middle-company” that he allegedly harassed an 11-year-old girl. cember 2008 was produced by all associated companies collabo- red to be the market rate. “obviously has to make money.” The incident took place last Friday and the defense which suggested that rated with Wong’s companies. was reported to the PJ earlier this week. there were prior arrangements As previously mentioned, chao siu fu s first apperance in court The suspect is a local student enrolled in a made between a company ow- during the day, mostly owners of ’ school in the northern area of the Macau ned by Wong and a supplier of these service companies testified. Peninsula. The two students did not fire prevention and fight equi- The services provided included THE WIFE of the former Prosecu- started approximately two weeks ago, know each other. According to the police, pment when the tender results maintenance of power genera- tor General, Chao Siu Fu, who is co- justifying this absence with her need the victim met the accused upon exiting were supposed to be finalized in tors, electricity, telephone and accused in relation to allegations in- to provide support to one of her chil- an elevator, when he asked her whether 2009. This suggests Wong was communications, fire preven- volving her husband, Ho Chio Meng, dren who was receiving medical care there was a tutoring centre on that floor. somehow certain that a particu- tion, flight as well as travel agen- appeared yesterday for the first time in hospital. Although present at the She attempted to help him find the place, lar company would win it. cy services, computer hardware at the First Instance Court where she court session yesterday, Chao chose ending up being pushed to the stairs, where The “gaffe” gave way to further and software supply. is being trialed. Until now, Chao had not to provide any testimony, remain- she was harassed for approximately three questioning and gave strength to All witnesses denied personally failed to attend the trial sessions that ing silent for the entire session. minutes.

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Anim’Arte sites 17.8 percent growth open for tender Six commercial spaces at Anim’Arte Gaming revenue hits two-year high Nam Van have been released for public tender according to a statement from the Macau Daniel Beitler The rate of growth beats cement yesterday. Galaxy Government Tourism Office not just analysts’ expecta- Entertainment, Wynn Ma- (MGTO). Of these six spaces, four

ross gaming reve- tions for February, but also cau, Sands China and MGM bloomberg have been designated to become Gnue (GGR) last mon- discredits speculation that China recorded 4.3 percent, cultural and creative shops, while th reached MOP23 billion the gaming rebound in the 3.5 percent, 3.4 percent and the other two will be catering (USD2.9 billion), marking city was coming to an end 2.9 percent growth in their outlets. Anim’Arte Nam Van, a two-year high since Fe- – a hypothesis based on share price respectively. located in Nam Van Lake Square, bruary 2015, when some slowing year-on-year grow- The results come just days has been officially open to the public since June 2016. It offers MOP19.5 billion was recor- th registered in the previous after Bloomberg reported a café, pedal boats, cultural and ded. In terms of year-on- three months of November that Kwok Chi Chung, pre- creative shops, a weekend craft year growth, last month’s (+14.4 percent), December sident of the Association of market, as well as exhibitions and GGR posted the strongest (+8 percent) and January Gaming and Entertainment performances. MGTO claims that gain in exactly three years, (+3.1 percent). Promoters of Macau, clai- the area has hosted more than rising 17.8 percent year-on- February’s growth might med some junkets in the 180 cultural and creative entities year, according to figures be partly attributed to the city had seen their quarterly and individuals since its inception, posted on the Macau Ga- timing of the Chinese Lunar revenue grow by one-fifth and has contributed to attracting ming and Inspection Bu- New Year, which fell in Ja- compared to last year. “While it is hard to call the ch was unlikely to follow suit tourists to the area. Tenders can be reau’s website. nuary in 2016, but was split Other analysts point to the last week’s results a trend, and could observe “a slowing submitted from today until April The seventh consecutive between the first two mon- opening of new resorts in the industry has showed VIP environment”. 13. According to the statement, an month of incline is the latest ths of 2017. That might also the territory during the se- clear signs of stabilization,” VIP revenue is reported to introductory session evaluating for sign of market stabilization go some way to explaining cond half of last year as the analyst Richard Huang told constitute around 55 percent tenders has been planned for March in Macau’s gaming sector the 3.1 percent growth last source. The claim the resor- Reuters. of total gaming receipts in 9 at the Education and Youth Affairs after a two and a half year month. ts, The Parisian Macao and Another analyst, Vitaly the territory, however some Bureau. recession that saw gross ga- Shares in Macau’s gaming Wynn Palace, have been Umansky of Bernstein, told analysts challenge this esti- ming revenues halved from operators reacted positively successful in attracting both the media agency that al- mate, claiming that the true their height in February to the results, posting strong casual gamblers and high though February had seen figure is perhaps as low as 45 Consumer report 2014. gains following the announ- -rollers. a significant increase, Mar- percent. studies fibre broadband do Istmo, in Cotai, near the Seac Pai The Consumer Council has Nursing school construction to start before July Van Reservoir. published its latest consumer GDI has set four bid evaluation report, focusing on a comparison criteria by which it will choose the between the monthly plans for fiber Julie Zhu re meters and consist of 16 floors. with construction of the superstruc- construction company. Project cost, broadband services in the territory. In addition, three new undergrou- ture. construction period, working plan, It also contains a report on the and construction quality will cor- number of cases received by the esterday morning, the nd floors will also be constructed, According to Leong, the maxi- respond to 50, 10, 18, and 22 per- council during 2016 and an analysis YInfrastructure Development which will primarily be used for mum expected construction period of the cases. The council says it has Office (GDI) began accepting bids parking lots. On the other 16 floors, is 850 working days, of which a cent, respectively, of the selection issued a “consumer alert” to raise for public tenders for the cons- facilities will be created for teaching, maximum of 380 days will be allo- process. consumers’ awareness, though did truction of the city’s future nursing offices, dormitories for lecturers cated for constructing the basement Two years ago, the Health Bureau not expand on this point. Moreover, school which will form part of the and students, along with an activity areas. stated that completion of the hospi- the report includes the details of Macau’s Island Medical Complex. center. A maximum of 200 workings days tal complex might be delayed as the meetings with the Zhuhai Hengqin GDI received a total of 11 bids from According to Kinic Leong Kam is allowed for building procedures initial designs for the project have New Area Consumers’ Association companies including China State Long, a civil engineer at GDI, the from the ground to the top floor. been altered in order to add more and the Consumers Association Construction Engineering Corp fundamental construction of the Leong noted that construction on beds and increase the number of of Singapore, which covered and Companhia de Construção & building was completed last year. the project is expected to commen- operating theaters. The project is topics such as case transfer and Engenharia Shing Lung, Limitada. Remaining construction work ce within the first half of this year. likely to face delays due to the com- information exchange. A statement The nursing school will occupy an mainly involves excavation to de- The nursing school will be located plexity of the new design and plan- from the Consumer Council notes area of approximately 3,000 squa- velop underground facilities, along on reclaimed land east of Estrada ned infrastructure. that the Macau entity recommended the adoption of a system akin to Macau’s “certified shops” mechanism, and discussed a “case trust” mechanism. The report has are in a good shape. The been made available free of charge. Economy Music firm estimates that the accumulated surpluses Fitch hold Macau grew to 137 percent of London Symphony New DSAJ GDP at the end of last deputy director rating at AA- year, equivalent to more thrills local audience than five times the pro- appointed redit rating Despite the recession, ject budget expenditure Cagency Fitch Ratin- the budget surplus re- for 2017. HE Macau Cultu- followed by Sergei Ra- Cheong Ham has been appointed gs published a report on mains strong. Fitch es- “Key assumptions” in Tral Centre (CCM), chmaninov’s Second the new deputy director of the Legal Monday affirming their timates it to have been the report clarify that presented a concert by Symphony. Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), according assessment of the Macau around 6.2 percent of Fitch’s outlook depends the London Symphony Founded in 1904, the to a notice signed by Sonia Chan SAR at AA-, or “Stable GDP last year, signifi- on China avoiding an Orchestra (LSO), which LSO has built a longs- that was published in the Official Outlook”, with the terri- cantly higher than the economic “hard landing is ranked fourth best in tanding reputation of Gazette. Cheong’s appointment tory’s rating ceiling hol- government’s original or banking sector crisis” the world according to excellence both at home will last for one year. Previously, ding constant at AA+. estimate of 1 percent, and on Macau main- Gramophone magazi- and abroad, attracting Cheong was acting deputy director taining the high degree ne. CCM issued a press brilliant musicians of di- at DSAJ (a role he has held since The rating has held high and estimates that this June 2016), having started work as a due to what Fitch descri- may hold strong at 5 per- of autonomy granted by release stating that yes- verse nationalities. The civil servant in 2007. Cheong holds bes as Macau’s “credible cent in 2017. the Basic Law provisions. terday’s concert was orchestra performs about an economics law bachelor degree policy framework” and Moreover, due to the Fitch added that “the attended by a full-house 140 concerts each year from Fudan University, a Chinese- prudent public and ex- accumulation of large main factor that could audience. domestically and abroad, Portuguese Translation bachelor ternal finances, which fiscal reserves during the lead to a positive rating Led by principal guest often leaving its home degree from the Macao Polytechnic “continue to strengthen gaming boom and the [upgrade] is diversifica- conductor Daniel Har- base at London’s Barbi- Institute, and an economics law despite three consecu- fact that the MSAR is res- tion of the economy into ding, the LSO first pre- can Centre to tour at in- masters degree from the Sun Yet- tive years of economic ponsible for zero govern- sectors less reliant on ga- sented Jean Sibelius’ ternational leading con- Sen University. contraction.” ment debt, state finances ming and China.” DB Seventh Symphony, cert halls and festivals. thu 02.03.2017 th Anniversary

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baud Asia Ltd., said scrapping the midday break hasn’t helped volu- me in Singapore. Michelin-star chef cheers A consultation on whether to bring the break back is “possibly a sign that the experiment by the exchange hasn’t worked,” he said. Singapore traders lunching again The daily average value of shares traded on SGX this year has ri- sen to USD831 million in the first Andrea Tan just behind.” two months from $760 million in Forlino isn’t the only one excited 2016, according to data compiled ingapore’s stock tra- by the prospect of about 3,400 tra- by Bloomberg. But that’s still down ders lost their lunch break ders with more time to eat away from $1.12 billion a day in 2013 - weeks after Osvaldo For- from their desks. Next door at the year of a penny-stock crash lino opened a restaurant Cheek by Jowl, which opened in that has been blamed for shaking Sin the heart of the city’s business February 2016, Denise Khan Tan confidence in the city’s markets - district in 2011. As the Michelin- is thinking of ways to reach out to and $1.18 billion in 2010, before starred chef readies a new cafe, the trading community. the intermission was abolished. he’s looking forward to welcoming “If these traders haven’t had a Jimmy Ho, president of the So- the dealers, who may once again proper lunch break for six years, ciety of Remisiers, which repre- get a midday intermission. how do you get them to know sents Singapore’s commission-ba- “This is good news,” Forlino said about us and choose us?” said sed brokers, said the move shows in his No Menu restaurant, a fi- Tan, a spokeswoman at the Unlis- that the exchange is paying more ve-minute walk from the office of ted Collection Group, which runs attention to brokers and is open to Singapore Exchange Ltd. “Traders Cheek by Jowl. their feedback. will feel the buzz. We have lots of The exchange is expected to have ch 2011, it abolished the 12:30 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing “Most of us take turns to have business people talking business a public consultation on bringing p.m. to 2 p.m. daily halt in a bid to Ltd. trim their lunch hours. lunch but it’s very pressurizing,” during lunch here, or they can go back a midday break, Bloomberg boost trading. That year also saw Andrew Clarke, Hong Kong-ba- Ho said. “We can’t have our lunch to No Menu bar which we’ll open News reported on Friday. In Mar- the Tokyo Stock Exchange and sed director of trading at Mira- in peace.” Bloomberg

Elisabeth Behrmann Innovation in automotive history. To produce a single vehicle, car- he co-founder of Nove- makers must bring together Tto Systems Ltd. had five Mercedes forced outside the box and assemble some 30,000 minutes to impress some components. 1,000 auto executives, ven- Tel Aviv-based Noveto ture capitalists and fellow in search for next big thing worked with Daimler exe- entrepreneurs with his star- cutives and engineers for tup’s novel audio system. At to point B. program were chosen from six months before the brief stake, a potential supply deal Investments in auto-focu- some 300 applicants. presentation in Stuttgart with Mercedes-Benz. sed startups ballooned to For carmakers, identifying last month by Shani, who After a tentative be- bloomberg USD16.3 billion in the first promising ideas is only the co-founded the firm in 2011 ginning, Tomer Shani asked half of last year from $16.1 first step. The tougher part with university friend Noam the crowd in Stuttgart, Ger- billion in all of 2015, accor- is turning them into pro- Babayoff. Daimler even pro- many, to “imagine a world ding to Oliver Wyman, a ducts that can meet indus- vided a test car for Noveto’s without headphones and wi- consulting firm. In a sign of try standards and withstand use, free of charge. res,” where speakers beam the rising stakes for startups, the rigors of the real world: In the car at the confe- sound directly to a listener’s General Motors Co. last year rough daily handling, rutted rence, the demonstration ears, imperceptible to others Tomer Shani, co-founder and chief executive officer of Noveto snapped up Cruise Automa- roads, desert heat and Arc- went without a hitch. The close by. He then invited Systems Ltd., poses for a photograph in a sound proof laboratory tion, a 40-person autono- tic cold. system, which relies on 3D everyone to test it first-hand mous driving software firm, Because failure can lead sensors and proprietary in a Mercedes S-Class sedan tomakers - long viewed as duals with innovative ideas.” for $1 billion, including per- to lost lives and enormous software, pinpointed an in- in a corner of the exhibition slow-moving giants -- have As cars fill up with gadge- formance incentives. fines, cars go through more dividual’s ears even when hall. begun to adjust as techno- ts - from gesture-controlled Daimler co-founded Star- testing than almost any they were hidden beneath The gathering, sponso- logy disrupts their industry. radios to 3D windshield dis- tup Autobahn in Stuttgart other consumer product. In hair. At a hand gesture the red by Mercedes parent “We have to talk about a plays - carmakers are scram- last year with U.S. accele- recent years, defective floor- sound, initially audible to Daimler AG, featured pre- new structure of partners bling to find a technological rator and investor Plug and mats in Toyotas that caused everyone, was beamed di- sentations from each of the and suppliers,” said Sajjad edge. They’re also confron- Play and Stuttgart Univer- unintended acceleration rectly to the targeted liste- 13 firms that emerged from Khan, vice president for di- ting challenges from U.S. sity. The plan is to form a were allegedly involved in ner. The goal is to let indivi- an innovation hub the car- gital vehicle & mobility at firms like Google parent Al- center for innovation in the 16 deaths and led to about duals listen to music without maker helped set up last Daimler. “Nowadays, we phabet Inc. and Uber Tech- region to explore ideas rela- $3 billion in legal claims and distracting the driver or year. Beyond showcasing have to handle agile star- nologies Inc. that are chan- ted to mobility and factory penalties, while faulty air other passengers or interfe- cutting-edge electronics, the tups, small software-driven ging the way people think automation. The startups bags made by Takata Corp. ring with navigation instruc- event underscored how au- companies or even indivi- about getting from point A in the three- to six-month triggered the biggest recall tions. Bloomberg corporate bits mgm receives outstanding social with the expansion of MGM’s the venetian to hold ‘back in time caring organization award footprint in Macau, the com- concert’ pany sees this as an opportu- MGM Macau has garnered nity to lead the way in promo- Taiwanese musical rockers Lin will showcase his renditions of the “Outstanding Social Ca- ting stronger corporate social Power Station, pop-rock band “Color of Your Eyes” and “Lies.” ring Organization Award” at responsibility locally, as cited F.I.R., and contemporary artist With a repertoire of fast-pa- the 5th Social Caring Pledge in a statement issued by the Yoga Lin, will take part in the ced rock ballads and electrifying Scheme organized by the So- gaming operator. “Back in Time Concert” at the Co- anthems, Power Station’s 2001 cial Enterprise Research Ins- The Outstanding Social tai Arena at The Venetian Macao song “Walking along Jhonghsiao titute (SERI) of Hong Kong. Caring Organization Award on April 1. East Street Nine Times” won the Apart from being the only uses numerous criteria to se- According to a release issued by Silver Award for Best Mandarin integrated resort in Macau to lect outstanding corporations the Sands China, the concert will Song at the 24th RTHK Top Ten have received this award, it across various industries in feature a number of hits from the Golden Song Awards. also marks the second time Asia, taking into considera- three Taiwanese musical talents. For one night only, “Back in that the integrated resort has tion candidates’ social res- Power Station will perform their Time Concert” will offer both been awarded the accolade. ponsibility in the categories of songs “Walking Along Jhonghsiao Taiwanese blasts from the past Grant Bowie, CEO and exe- environmental protection, la- East Street Nine Times” and “The and new hits. Tickets are avai- cutive director of MGM China bor standards, human rights, Day After Tomorrow”, F.I.R. will lable at all Cotai Ticketing box Holdings Ltd, remarked that and anti-corruption practices. play “Fly Away” and “Lydia”, and offices. 02.03.2017 thu

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na’s foreign ministry, said at a briefing Tuesday when asked Colombia protests execution about Arciniegas’ execution. “China always attaches im- portance to the protection of human rights and the right of of 72-year-old drug mule life. The legitimate right and interest of the individual in- volved in the case has been guaranteed.” Joshua Goodman, Bogota gas’ death dominated social Colombia is the world’s lar- media in Colombia on Tues- gest producer of cocaine, a retired journalist who ap photo day an online survey by Blu of phenomenon that since the A joined the criminal un- almost 5,000 people showed days of Pablo Escobar has ge- derworld while researching 52 percent in agreement with nerated eye-popping fortunes a book on South America’s the harsh punishment. but also afflicted countless drug cartels became the first China is the world’s top exe- numbers of poor families Colombian, and possibly the cutioner, although it’s unclear drawn to the drug trade with first Latin American, to be how many foreigners have the promise of easy money. executed in China for drug of- been sentenced to death in More than 8,500 Colombians fenses. China for drugs or other of- are being held in jails around The execution Monday night fenses. A Chinese state media the world for drug trafficking, of Ismael Arciniegas occurred report said in 2015 that a do- including 146 in China, autho- amid a last-ditch diplomatic zen foreign people had been rities said. effort by Colombia’s govern- sentenced to death after being Herrera said his family was ment to save the 72-year-old’s convicted of drug dealing. especially cursed. life. Arciniegas was arres- Most were from Japan, South His father was imprisoned ted in 2010 arriving by plane Korea and Southeast Asia, the for drug offenses when he was to the southern port city of report said. born, his mother died of an Guangzhou trying to smuggle overdose when he was 2 years almost 4 kilograms of cocaine old and a brother was killed in exchange for USD5,000. China is the a few years ago by unknown But his downfall came de- assassins in Cali, one of the cades earlier, in the 1980s, world’s top cities that is most-ravaged by when he began researching executioner, drug trafficking. His uncle, a book on drug cartels in his Arciniegas’ brother, was also native Cali, according to his although arrested trying to sneak dru- son, Juan Jose Herrera, who gs into China and died in jail described to local media the it’s unclear there of a stroke in 2013. heart-breaking, 20-minute Herrera said his father’s phone conversation he and how many bookish background — he family members had with his foreigners spoke several foreign langua- father shortly before he was ges and was an obsessive wri- taken to a room to be killed by have been ter — made him an attractive lethal injection. drug mule to criminals he met “God has opened his gates sentenced in the 1980s while researching for me,” a calm Arciniegas a never-published book, to be said in the tear-filled conver- to death for called “Satanic War,” about sation, an excerpt of which drugs or other the damage caused Colombia was broadcast by Blu Radio. by the drug war. Shortly after, “Remember me warmly, with offenses he amassed a small fortune love. I’m going very tranquil, Juan Jose Herrera shows a tattoo depicting his father Ismael Enrique Arciniegas but later saw his riches and very relaxed. Nothing worries who was executed in China for drug offenses Chinese law states that contact with his family all but me.” anyone convicted of smug- disappear when he was jailed Colombia’s government ex- gling, selling, transporting or in Colombia. pressed its condolences to “We fought until the last partners because, according producing more than 1 kilo- When he traveled to China in Arciniegas’ family and reite- minute to save his life,” the to Colombian officials, there gram of opium, or 50 grams 2010, he had fallen on hard ti- rated its objection to China’s foreign ministry said in a sta- are 15 more people from the of methamphetamine or he- mes and was trying to rebuild. use of capital punishment. tement, adding that it was South American country on roin, or a large amount of “They filled him with greed Since November, China has making arrangements to re- death row in China and an other drugs, could face the and led him to make a mis- repatriated two convicted Co- patriate Arciniegas’ ashes to equal number sentenced to death penalty. take that cost him his life,” lombian drug traffickers for his family in Cali. life imprisonment. Both pu- “Chinese judicial authorities Herrera, who has a tattoo of humanitarian reasons so they The execution threatens to nishments are illegal in Co- have been cracking down in his father’s face on his chest, could complete their senten- strain relations between the lombia. accordance with law,” Geng told Blu. “He was only a pawn ces back home. two important commercial But while news of Arcinie- Shuang, a spokesman for Chi- in the game.” AP

Latest-generation Chinese combat drone makes maiden flight

hina’s latest-genera- each wing, according to The drone’s successful following the success of the Ction combat drone has information viewed yester- test flight “allows China original Wing Loong that made its maiden flight in day on the Aviation Indus- to follow the U.S. in pro- has been sold to a number what its developer says is try Corporation of China’s ducing a new generation of countries, including se- rocket launchers. While AVIC didn’t provi- a sign that the country is microblog. of integrated surveillance veral in the Middle East. While both the Wing de the cost of a Wing Loong catching up with industry The drone has a wingspan and combat unmanned ae- Along with inexpensive fi- Loong II’s advertised II, its predecessor, with a leader the United States. of 20.5 meters, can stay air- rial vehicles,” the company ghter jets and navy patrol payload and cruising altitu- payload of only about 100 The Wing Loong II that borne up to 20 hours and said in the microblog pos- boats, drones are a high- de fall well short compared kilograms (220 pounds), flew for the first time this fly at a maximum altitude ting. tech standout item among with the MQ-9 Reaper in reportedly sold for about week can carry up to 480 of 9,000 meters, according State media say the dro- China’s substantial exports service with the U.S. mili- USD1 million each, a frac- kilograms of bombs and to the company known as ne should become a lea- of more workaday weapon- tary, it is expected to be hi- tion of the Reaper’s $14.75 missiles, tucking six under AVIC. ding export item for China ry such as assault rifles and ghly competitive on price. million price tag. AP thu 02.03.2017

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cent rise for 126 other Americans on the ranking. The post-election rally reversed the declines the fi- nance billionaires had prior to the vote and picked up steam af- ter Trump said in January he was going to do a “big number” on the Dodd-Frank law that governs fi- nancial institutions. Technology tycoons also gained, with the 25 U.S. tech billionaires on the index rising 6.8 percent, despite concerns that Trump po- licies could harm the industry and resistance to his immigration stan- ce, which they fear will limit access to foreign talent. Trump campaigned on a popu- list platform and has entrusted its execution to a team of wealthy su- pporters and advisers. His cabinet -level appointees have a combined net worth of $6.1 billion, while 24 other billionaires with a collecti- ve net worth of $210 billion are ac- tive supporters. Neither group has outperformed the major U.S. in- dexes since the election. The wealth of the Trump su- pporters — which includes special advisers to the administration, campaign donors and members of inaugural and transition teams — has risen 4.5 percent compa- China’s richest win, Mexican red with a 4.8 percent rise for the rest of the U.S. billionaires on the index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 13.5 percent in the billionaires lose with Trump effect same period, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has risen 10.5 Brendan Coffey and Jack Witzig southern neighbor have ham- their combined wealth to $256 tory and have a combined net wor- percent and the Nasdaq Composi- mered the peso and reversed the billion on the back of rallies for th of $4.6 trillion, according to the te Index 12.2 percent. ot even Donald double-digit gains its richest had commodities and the ruble amid Bloomberg index, a daily ranking The 171 U.S. billionaires have ad- Trump can put the in the 11 months prior to the elec- speculation that relations between of the 500 wealthiest people on ded $85 billion since the election brakes on China’s weal- tion. Since Nov. 8, the fortunes of the countries will improve. the planet. and have a combined net worth th-creation machine. the eight billionaires have fallen In all, the world’s richest have The fortunes of the 45 U.S. fi- of $1.9 trillion. The 329 non-A- NThe 36 Chinese billionaires on 5.1 percent, a drop softened by the become $207 billion richer sin- nance industry billionaires on the merican billionaires have added the Bloomberg Billionaires Index central bank’s announcement in ce Trump was elected as the first index rose 6.7 percent to $403 $122 billion and have $2.7 trillion. have increased their wealth by 13.2 February that it plans to support billionaire president in U.S. his- billion, compared with a 4.2 per- Bloomberg percent since the real estate mo- the currency and a Feb. 23 visit gul was elected U.S. president on from Secretary of State Rex Tiller- Nov. 8, a USD39.2 billion increase son and Homeland Security Secre- that’s pushed their combined net tary John Kelly. beijing rejects trump claim it took jobs away from usa worth to $336 billion. The gains Carlos Slim, the richest person in top those seen by billionaires in Latin America with $50.7 billion, CHINA SAYS its participation in the World Trade China sees its economic ties with the U.S. as being mu- any other country outside the U.S., had the biggest decline, $4.2 Organization has not only benefited Beijing but global tually beneficial and said China is “willing to get along economic growth as well, implicitly rejecting President with the U.S. to jointly expand and deepen bilateral even as Trump has called China a billion. Donald Trump’s claim that it took factories away from trade.” currency manipulator whose tra- Russia’s billionaires, meanwhile, the U.S. U.S., European and other foreign companies complain de policies have led to the loss of are finding it pays to have a friend Trump, in his speech to Congress, said the U.S. has “lost of unfair competition in China, where they are barred American jobs. in the White House. The 28 Rus- 60,000 factories” since China joined the multilateral from or sharply restricted in telecoms, information tech- For Mexico’s wealthiest, returns sians on the index have added trading system. nology, finance and other promising industries in viola- have headed in the other direc- $24.4 billion to their fortunes. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says tion of Beijing’s free-trading pledges. (See p14-15) tion. Trump’s attack on America’s 10.5 percent increase has lifted

hina’s factory Cactivity picked up pace last month, sur- Factory activity picks up steam, surveys show veys released yesterday showed, adding to re- month. over the past year in an showed a improvement cent evidence that a key The latest reading is upbeat sign for the wi- as it expanded for the sector of the world’s No. a notch lower than No- der economy, which saw sixth straight month. It ap photo 2 economy is stabilizing. vember’s two-year high growth cool to a three- rose to 51.7 last month The private and of- of 51.7. decade low of 6.7 per- from 51.0 in January, ficial purchasing ma- The report said grow- cent in 2016. near the four-year high nagers’ indexes, which th in new export orders However, analysts of 51.9 posted at the end are widely watched for outpaced the expansion warn the recovery mi- of 2016. insights into Chinese in total new orders, su- ght not be sustained. Both indexes are based manufacturing, rose in ggesting that global Regulators are moving on a 100-point scale on February and were close instead of domestic de- to tighten up lending which numbers above to multiyear highs set in mand was the main fac- controls and tamp down 50 indicate expansion. recent months. tor behind the strong what they consider to The official survey is til- medium private com- ring PMI , which is a be- The official Chinese performance. be a dangerously quick ted more toward larger, panies. tter indicator of domes- Federation of Logistics China’s vital manufac- rise in debt and surging state-run enterprises Meanwhile, China’s tic demand, fell to 54.2 and Purchasing’s PMI turing sector, which em- housing costs. while the survey by fi- service industries seem from 54.6 the previous rose to 51.6 in February ploys many millions of The separate priva- nancial magazine Caixin to be weakening. The month, led by a drop in from 51.3 the previous workers, has improved te PMI by Caixin also is focused on small and official non-manufactu- construction activity. AP 02.03.2017 thu

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Dake Kang, Bangkok Thailand he 49-story Bangkok hi- Tgh-rise was supposed to feature luxury condos for hun- ‘Ghost Tower’ haunts Bangkok dreds of newly affluent Thai families, but it was abandoned unfinished when the Asian fi- nancial crisis struck in 1997. 20 years after financial crisis Now called the “Ghost Tower,” it’s a monument to mistakes made and an object of curiosity tage went viral, drawing thrill- a loincloth. Another grabbed to a steady stream of visitors. seekers and urban explorers. and levitated his body once “Sathorn Unique,” named ap photo For Rangsan’s son Pansit, when he was sick. after the up-and-coming nei- who now is in charge of the bui- A Thai-Taiwanese couple ghborhood next to the Chao lding, that was the last straw. stopped by to take selfies in an Phraya river it towers over, He locked up the stairwells. elevator shaft, and found other draws dozens of foreigners dai- “I only feel worry,” he said. faces in the photos, Suwaschai ly who come to gawk at the de- “This is not a complete cons- said, pointing insistently to crepit, stained concrete edifice. truction, and it’s very dange- shadowy figures in a picture’s It’s a home not to Thai yuppies, rous to let people to go up the- background. “This is a true but to bats, birds, weeds, trees re.” story, I’m not making stuff up.” and a black-and-white spotted A few years ago, a 30-year- A famous cinema was razed to cat, seen prowling one after- old Swedish man, Stig Johan make way for Rangsan’s folly, noon on a seventh floor bal- Kristian Hammarsten, han- but rumors that it was built on cony. ged himself on the 43rd floor. an ancient cemetery have ad- “The only way is up,” reads His rotting corpse was disco- ded to its mystique. graffiti scrawled in chalk on vered weeks later, cementing The property has been mired the fifth floor landing, an iro- the building’s reputation as a in a complex lawsuit for years nic reminder of the building’s “ghost tower.” and it looks unlikely anyone aspirational past. “Pray to the spirits,” pulsates will demolish it anytime soon. Weeds grow on the balcony of the Sathorn Unique building in Bangkok Near the building’s entrance in neon orange spray paint, in Inspectors say the reinforced sits a ramshackle homemade Thai, on the 43rd floor. concrete structure is still fun- spirit shrine. A yellowing pos- in Thailand when the over-le- and bags of cement to stage damentally sound despite wea- ter of Thailand’s late king, clad veraged government unexpec- photo and YouTube shoots and thering decades of storms. in royal regalia, is plastered tedly devalued the baht. Inves- hold boozy parties on the roof- Suwaschai, For now it serves as a support above ashes of spent incense tors rushed to pull their money top. the guard, said for two, 18-story billboards: and opened bottles of fruity out as quickly as they could, “The photos look so dope,” one advertising Pepsi and the Red Fanta — the ghosts’ favo- setting off a regional financial said Sorcha O’Malley, a tou- he pays his other the iPhone 7. rite drink, according to wat- crisis. rist from Ireland spotted one For Thais, the tower is a re- chman Suwaschai Dadaelor. About 500 big construction afternoon snapping pictures respects daily minder of lessons learned. In the booming 90s, Ban- projects — from shopping malls from a side alley. She looks up. On one recent February af- gkok’s skyline was surging to elevated railways — came to “I really want a photo up there, to appease the ternoon, a crowd gathered on skyward and studded with a screeching halt. Some later you know?” ghosts that the Ghost Tower’s ground floor construction cranes. resumed, but not this one. “Even when I walking here for a seminar. The topic: The Architect and property deve- At 185 meters (607 feet), the my heart was kind of pum- haunt him at tower, the financial crisis and loper Rangsan Torsuwan was structure is among the tallest ping already,” German visitor the 20 years since. flush with cash from selling abandoned skyscrapers in the Annikha Mahnke chimes in. night “This building is important ornate, high-rise condos along world, after North Korea’s “It’s such a big adventure to go because it is a symbol,” said the beach in Pattaya. He drew 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, up there.” Suwaschai, the guard, said Rames Promyen, director at up blueprints, cleared the land which has been under cons- In April 2015, two 20-some- he pays his respects daily to the National Discovery Mu- and made millions of dollars truction since 1987. thing parkour runners posted appease the ghosts that haunt seum Institute. pre-selling the condos. In the Ghost Tower’s heyday, videos of themselves on You- him at night. One peered at “It serves as a reminder to Then came what Thais call hundreds of tourists flocked Tube ducking and weaving him from behind a column, he ourselves — a reminder of how the “Tom Yum Goong” crash daily to the urban ruin, paying through the building, somer- says, a shadowy, powerfully to better prepare for future cri- — referring to the famous local a 200-baht (USD6) bribe to saulting off columns and dan- built laborer with slick bla- ses, and how to strengthen ou- sour and spicy soup. It started stumble over piles of bricks gling off balconies. Their foo- ck hair wearing nothing but rselves.” AP

Cambodia Man confesses to killing activist but family doubts it

Cambodian man yes- deny any involvement her being invited. She cal- the suspect. terday confessed in in his killing. Kem Ley’s led it a “political theater.” Kem Ley appeared cons-

A ap photo court to killing an outs- relatives believe the sus- “I know that the accu- tantly as a political analyst poken government critic pect isn’t telling the whole sed person is not the real on the country’s few re- over an unpaid loan, but truth and that the gover- killer,” she said. “That’s maining independent the victim’s family said nment may have master- why I’m not interested in radio stations and news- he’s a scapegoat in a poli- minded the killing. this trial.” papers, a thorn in his go- tical assassination. “I killed Kem Ley becau- Interviews after the vernment’s side. He’s the Migrant worker Oeut se he cheated me,” said the killing cast doubt on Ouet most prominent critic kil- Ang said he fired shots suspect, who identified Ang’s confession. After his led since trade union lea- that killed Kem Ley last himself by his nickname arrest, his wife said they der Chea Vichea in 2004. July because he was up- “Chuob Samlab,” transla- “lived from hand to mou- Tens of thousands wept set over the USD3,000 he ting loosely as “meet and th” and that her husband across the country at his was owed. Shortly before kill.” couldn’t have lent Kem funeral two weeks af- his death, Kem Ley spoke “Nobody else ordered me Ley the money, a huge ter the killing. The huge on radio on a report about to kill him,” he said. sum by Cambodian stan- crowds were also a re- Cambodian Prime Minis- Kem Ley’s 78-year-old dards. Kem Ley’s relatives flection of anger against ter Hun Sen’s allegedly mother, Phork Se, was said that the doctor-tur- a government that’s been Prominent political analyst Kem Ley smiles as he celebrated the 67th embezzled wealth. shocked to hear that the ned-commentator lived jailing and intimidating anniversary to commemorate the Kampuchea Krom territory’s return Cambodian authorities trial has started without simply and had never met political opponents. AP to Vietnam in June 2016 thu 02.03.2017

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Niniek Karmini, Bogor outside of Jakarta, where tens first stop in Malaysia, oil giant of thousands of people, many Saudi Aramco signed a USD7 he first Saudi mo- of them schoolchildren, lined billion deal to take a 50 per- narch to visit Indo- the route despite torrential cent stake in a Malaysian oil nesia in nearly half a rain. refinery. Salman will also visit century arrived yes- Brunei, Japan, China and the Tterday to an elaborate official Maldives, the official Saudi welcome and crowds of thou- King Salman Press Agency has reported. sands. The government of Indo- King Salman exited his pla- will also visit nesia, the world’s most po- ne at Halim airport in Jakarta Brunei, Japan, pulous Muslim nation, has Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman at using a gold-colored escalator said Salman’s entourage and the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, yesterday sent from Saudi Arabia for the China and the related delegations number visit, with a portable lift car- about 1,500 people. They rying him the final meter or so Maldives have booked out four hotels in cation and science. Indonesia to at least maintain its annual to the ground. a posh Jakarta neighborhood has said it hopes the visit will quota of citizens who can en- He was met by President Local media reported that for the week. result in $25 billion of new in- ter Saudi Arabia to participa- Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and statues of naked men and wo- Salman will spend six of his vestment. te in the hajj to Islam’s holiest the minority Christian gover- men at the palace would be nine days in Indonesia vaca- Indonesia practices a mo- city. nor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” covered out of courtesy to the tioning on the resort island of derate form of Islam and has Aside from a common faith, Tjahaja Purnama, who is fi- Saudi visitors. The same step Bali, a predominantly Hindu a democratic secular gover- Saudi Arabia employs hun- ghting a tough election battle was taken when Japanese Pri- part of the Indonesian archi- nment, but Saudi-funded dreds of thousands of Indo- after being charged with blas- me Minister Shinzo Abe visi- pelago. institutes in the country are nesians despite a government pheming the Quran. ted Indonesia in January. Saudi Arabia and Indonesia known to spread a highly doc- ban on sending domestic The king was whisked off in Salman is on a tour of Asian are expected to sign 10 agree- trinaire interpretation of the workers there following the a heavily secured convoy to a countries to drum up busi- ments during Salman’s visit Quran. They are tolerated in execution of an Indonesian presidential palace in Bogor, ness and improve ties. On his in areas from religion to edu- part because Indonesia wants maid in 2011. AP

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resident Donald Trump ap photo Pgave Republican congressional leaders a rallying cry and even a roadmap as they try to push throu- gh a sweeping and divisive agenda on health care, taxes and more. In his first address to a joint session of Congress, Trump said largely what GOP leaders were hoping to hear, staying on-messa- ge and talking in optimistic tones, even weighing in at one point to settle a brewing dispute over how to repeal and replace the Afforda- ble Care Act. House Speaker Paul Ryan decla- red the speech a “home run,” poin- ting to Trump’s embrace for the first time of tax credits — a central element in the Republican plan to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law. USA Those tax credits have sparked a fierce conservative backlash in recent days, imperiling GOP ef- forts to make good on the party’s President gives GOP leaders long-stated promise to get rid of “Obamacare” and put something better in its place. Ahead of the speech congressional Republicans rallying cry, roadmap for change had been unsure how far Trump would go in backing their plan, with some pleading openly with repeal Obamacare and replace it twin pillars of the Republican-run a wrong impression of how he has deficit hawks, and also renewed him to do so, and many were ela- with patient-centered, market- Congress’ legislative platform this comported himself as president af- his call for money for a border wall, ted at what they heard. driven policy. We share his vision,” year and GOP lawmakers have ter five weeks in office. which could provoke a spending fi- “We should help Americans pur- the group said. been eager for guidance from the “President Trump’s speech had ght with Democrats and even the chase their own coverage, through Trump also addressed taxes, president on both counts. an air of unreality because what he threat of a government shutdown. the use of tax credits and expan- another major issue that is divi- House Ways and Means Chair- said tonight was so different than And underscoring the distance ded health savings Accounts — but ding Congress. After weeks of sen- man Kevin Brady of Texas welco- how he has governed in the first 40 that still remains between Trump it must be the plan they want, not ding mixed signals, he provided med Trump’s remarks on taxes, days,” said Senate Minority Leader and congressional Republicans, the plan forced on them by the go- hope to House Republican leaders and said “It was also great to hear Chuck Schumer of New York. the speech made no mention of vernment,” Trump said, as Repu- pushing a tax overhaul that would the president’s strong support for Trump planned to continue his overhauling the financially-shaky blicans cheered and Democrats sat tax imports but not exports. But he our efforts to repeal Obamacare.” legislative push today, meeting Medicare or Social Security, the silently in their seats. stopped short of explicitly endor- House leaders hope to meet an with House and Senate leaders for expensive, enormous entitlement It remains to be seen whether sing the proposal. ambitious goal of passing health lunch at the White House before programs that Republicans have Trump’s endorsement of refun- “Currently, when we ship pro- legislation through the House and leading a legislative affairs strate- long attacked. Trump’s budget dable tax credits will be enough to ducts out of America, many other maybe even the Senate before mid- gy session in the afternoon. Senate leaves those programs untouched tame rebellious conservatives in countries make us pay very high April. That was looking in dou- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Ryan has recently declined the House and Senate who have tariffs and taxes — but when fo- bt as divisions surfaced ahead of also summoned senators to a clo- to say that dealing with them re- criticized them as a costly new reign companies ship their pro- Trump’s speech, and it remains to sed-door afternoon meeting on mains a priority. entitlement. The initial response ducts into America, we charge be seen whether the deadline will health care to hash out divisions On health care, far from his from one key conservative group, them almost nothing or almost be met. on the issue in that chamber. blanket statement in January that the Freedom Caucus in the Hou- nothing,” Trump said. Democrats, accustomed to jee- But Republicans’ enthusiastic his plan would ensure “coverage se, was full of praise for Trump’s Without providing specifics, ring at Trump as he veers off reception to Trump’s speech cou- for everybody,” Trump on Tuesday speech without mentioning the Trump said he will propose to message, advances false claims or ld belie tough fights ahead. Trump embraced an overhaul that would divisions over tax credits. change that. resorts to personal insults, argued called on Congress to approve a $1 “increase access,” the phrase Hou- “We were pleased the President Rewriting health care and that in delivering a speech that did trillion infrastructure bill, some- se Republicans have used to des- reaffirmed his commitment to fully overhauling the tax code are the none of those things, Trump gave thing likely to set up a clash with cribe their more modest goal. AP

resident Donald Trump vs facts PTrump boasted yester- day [Macau time] about corporate job expansion AP: President takes undeserved credit and military cost-savings that actually took root un- der his predecessor and gave a one-sided account not exactly what that nomic and fiscal contri- vation and entrepreneu- significant price reduc- additional cost savings of the costs and benefits report says. It says im- butors in the population.” rial activity were taken tions in the contract for as a result of Trump’s ac- to the economy from im- migrants “contribute to This second generation into account.” the Lockheed F-35 fighter tions. migration — ignoring the government finances by contributed more in taxes jet Dec. 19 — after Trump upside. paying taxes and add ex- on a per capita basis, for TRUMP: “We’ve sa- had tweeted about the TRUMP: “Since my A look at some of his penditures by consuming example, than did non- ved taxpayers hundreds cost but weeks before he election, Ford, Fiat- claims in his prime-time public services.” immigrants in the period of millions of dollars by met the company’s CEO Chrysler, General Mo- speech to Congress: The report found that studied, 1994-2013. bringing down the price” about it. tors, Sprint, Softbank, while first-generation The report found that of the F-35 jet fighter. Pentagon managers took Lockheed, Intel, Wal- TRUMP: “According immigrants are more ex- the “long-run fiscal im- THE FACTS: The cost action even before the mart and many others to the National Academy pensive to governments pact” of immigrants and savings he persists in bra- election to save money have announced that of Sciences, our current than their native-born their children would pro- gging about were secured on the contract. Richard they will invest billions of immigration system costs counterparts, primarily at bably be seen as more po- in full or large part before Aboulafia, an analyst with dollars in the United Sta- America’s taxpayers many the state and local level, sitive “if their role in sus- he became president. the aerospace consulting tes and will create tens of billions of dollars a year.” immigrants’ children “are taining labor force growth The head of the Air For- firm Teal Group, said the- thousands of new Ameri- THE FACTS: That’s among the strongest eco- and contributing to inno- ce program announced re is no evidence of any can jobs.” thu 02.03.2017

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THE FACTS: It’s un- That 94 million figure the calls to violence and Travel ban likely Trump is the sole or includes everyone aged mayhem of the Islamic even primary reason for 16 and older who doesn’t State group. The Justice the expected hiring he ci- have a job and isn’t Department has prose- tes. Many of the announ- looking for one. So it in- cuted scores of IS-rela- cements reflect corporate cludes retirees, parents ted cases since 2014, and Trump to remove decisions that predate his who are staying home to many of the defendants election. raise children, and high are U.S. citizens. In the case of Intel, cons- school and college stu- truction of the Chandler, dents who are studying TRUMP: “Obamacare Iraq from list Arizona, factory referred rather than working. is collapsing ... imploding to by Trump actually be- They are unlikely to Obamacare disaster.” gan during Barack Oba- work regardless of the sta- THE FACTS: There are ma’s presidency. The pro- te of the economy. With problems with the 2010 ap photo ject was delayed by insuf- the huge baby boomer health care law, but whe- ficient demand for Intel’s generation reaching reti- ther it’s collapsing is hotly high-powered computer rement age and many of disputed. chips, but the company them retiring, the popu- One of the two major now expects to finish the lation of those out of the components of the Affor- factory within four years labor force is increasing dable Care Act has seen because it anticipates bu- and will continue to do so, a spike in premiums and siness growth. most economists forecast. a drop in participation More important, even as It’s true that some of from insurers. But the some companies create those out of the workfor- other component, equally jobs, others are laying off ce are of working age and important, seems to be workers. The best measu- have given up looking for working fairly well, even re of whether more jobs work. But that number is if its costs are a concern. are actually being created probably a small fraction Trump and congressio- is the monthly employ- of the 94 million Trump nal Republicans want to ment report issued by the cited. repeal the whole thing, Labor Department, which which risks leaving nets out those gains and TRUMP: “According millions of people unin- losses. The department to data provided by the sured if the replacement will issue its report for Fe- Department of Justice, plan has shortcomings. bruary, the first full mon- the vast majority of indi- Some critics say GOP rhe- th of Trump’s term, on viduals convicted for ter- toric itself is making thin- March 10. rorism-related offenses gs worse by creating un- since 9/11 came here from certainty about the future. TRUMP: His budget outside of our country. The health law offers plan will offer “one of the We have seen the attacks subsidized private heal- largest increases in natio- at home — from Boston th insurance along with nal defense spending in to San Bernardino to the a state option to expand American history.” Pentagon and yes, even Medicaid for low-income THE FACTS: Three ti- the World Trade Center.” people. Together, the two mes in recent years, Con- THE FACTS: It’s un- arms of the program co- gress raised defense bud- clear what Justice Depart- ver more than 20 million gets by larger percentages ment data he’s citing, but people. resident Donald Trump’s order in late January. It sparked im- than the USD54 billion, the most recent gover- Republican governors new immigration order will mediate confusion, panic and outra- or 10 percent, increase nment information that whose states have expan- remove Iraq from the list of ge as some travelers were detained in that Trump proposes. The has come out doesn’t back ded Medicaid are trying countries whose citizens face U.S. airports before being sent back base defense budget grew up his claim. Just over to find a way to persuade Pa temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. offi- overseas and others were barred from by $41 billion, or 14.3 half the people Trump Congress and the admi- cials say, citing the latest draft in cir- boarding flights at foreign airports. percent, in 2002; by $37 talks about were actually nistration to keep the ex- culation. Trump is expected to sign the The federal government initially blo- billion, or 11.3 percent, in born in the United States, pansion, and maybe even executive order in the coming days. cked U.S. green card holders before 2003, and by $47 billion, according to Homeland build on it, while impo- Four officials told The Associated offering those legal residents special or 10.9 percent, in 2008, Security Department re- sing limits on the long- Press that the decision followed pres- permission to come into the country. according to Defense De- search revealed last week. term costs of Medicaid. sure from the Pentagon and State De- It finally decided the order didn’t apply partment figures. That report said of 82 While the Medicaid partment, which had urged the White to them. people the government expansion seems to be House to reconsider Iraq’s inclusion on The State Department provisionally TRUMP: “We will pro- determined were inspi- working, the markets for the list given its key role in fighting the revoked roughly 60,000 valid visas in vide massive tax relief for red by a foreign terrorist subsidized private health Islamic State group. all, before a federal judge in Washing- the middle class.” group to attempt or carry insurance are stressed in Citizens of six other predominantly ton state blocked the government from THE FACTS: Trump out an attack in the U.S., many states. Also affected Muslim countries — Iran, Libya, So- carrying out the ban. The 9th U.S. Cir- has provided little detail just over half were native- are millions of people who malia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — will cuit Court of Appeals upheld that de- on how this would ha- born citizens. buy individual policies remain on the travel ban list, said the cision. ppen. Independent analy- Even the attacks Trump outside the government officials, who spoke on condition of Under the revised order, officials said, ses of his campaign’s tax singled out weren’t en- markets, and face the anonymity because they weren’t au- all existing visas will be honored. proposals found that most tirely the work of foreig- same high premiums with thorized to discuss the order before it In his first address to a joint session of of the benefits would flow ners. Syed Rizwan Fa- no financial help from the is signed. Those bans are effective for Congress, Trump defended his effort. to the wealthiest families. rook, who along with his health law. 90 days. “We will shortly take new steps to The richest 1 percent wou- Pakistani wife killed 14 Larry Levitt of the The new order includes other chan- keep our nation safe and to keep out ld see an average tax cut people in the deadly 2015 nonpartisan Kaiser Fa- ges as well. The officials said the 12- those who would do us harm,” he said. of nearly $215,000 a year, attack in San Bernardino, mily Foundation says page document no longer singles out After Trump signed the original order, while the middle one-fifth California, was born in “implosion” is too strong Syrian refugees for an indefinite ban Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of the population would Chicago. a term. An AP count fou- and instead includes them as part of refuted the ban and said he would con- get a cut of just $1,010, ac- It’s true that in the im- nd that 12.2 million peo- a general, 120-day suspension of new sider reciprocal measures. Many Iraqi cording to the Tax Policy mediate aftermath of ple signed up for this refugee admissions. lawmakers urged the government to Center, a joint project by Sept. 11, the FBI’s primary year, despite the Trump The officials also said the order won’t ban Americans from Iraq in response, the Brookings Institution concern was with terroris- administration’s threats include any explicit exemption for despite the potential effects that might and Urban Institute. ts from overseas feared to to repeal the law. religious minorities in the countries have on the anti-IS fight. be plotting attacks in the But a health care blogger targeted by the travel ban. Critics had Al-Abadi then met with Defense Se- TRUMP: “Ninety-four United States. But that’s and industry consultant, accused the administration of adding cretary Jim Mattis in Baghdad this million Americans are out no longer the case. Robert Laszewski, agrees such language to help Christians get month and underscored the U.S.-Iraqi of the labor force.” The FBI and the Justice with Trump, saying too into the United States while excluding partnership. And Mattis walked back THE FACTS: That’s Department have been few young, healthy people Muslims. comments made by Trump sugges- true, but for the vast ma- preoccupied with violent have signed up to guaran- The White House did not respond to ting that Americans could get another jority of them, it’s because extremists from inside the tee the stability of the in- a request for comment. chance to seize Iraqi oil as compensa- they choose to be. U.S. who are inspired by surance markets. AP Trump signed his original executive tion for its military efforts there. AP 02.03.2017 thu

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what’s ON ... TV canal macau this day in history Artistic Craftsmanship of Our Ancestors 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) - Exhibition of Archaeological Relics of 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Taipa and Coloane 14:50 RTPi Live Time: 10am-6am daily (Last admission at 5:30pm, 17:40 Criminal Minds S.8 closed on Mondays) 18:20 Labirint (Repeated) Address: Rua Correia da Silva, Taipa Admission: Free 19:10 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 19:40 Soap Opera 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Transience: Daredevils and Towering 21:00 TDM Talk Show Webs 21:30 Castle S6 Time: 12pm-8pm (Closed on Mondays) Until: March 31, 2017 22:10 Labirint Venue: Taipa Village Art Space,10 Rua dos 23:00 TDM News Clerigos, Taipa 23:30 Miscellaneous dmission A : Free 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Enquiries: (853) 2857 6118 00:50 RTPi Live The Stamp Festival Time: 9am-5:30pm (no admission after 5:00 pm), closed on public holidays Until: April 7, 2017 Venue: Communication Museum of Macau / Estrada D. Maria II, No. 7 cinema Admission: MOP10 cineteatro Enquiries: (853) 2871 8063 / 2871 8570 02 Mar - 08 Mar oncorde flies for Photographs of Old Temples in Macau 1969 C Time: 10am-7pm (Last admission at 6:30pm, the first time closed on Mondays) Until: July 16, 2017 The supersonic airliner, Concorde, has made a “faultless” Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, maiden flight. s/n, NAPE The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in Museum Admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays the air for just 27 minutes before the pilot made the decision and public holidays) to land. The first pilot, Andre Turcat, said on his return to the airport: Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 The girl with all the gifts “Finally the big bird flies, and I can say now that it flies pretty well.” he oice of esign orks xhibition by room 1 T V D – W E 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm The test flight reached 10,000ft (3,000m), but Concorde’s Students and Teachers of the Bachelor Director: Colm McCarthy speed never rose above 300mph (480kph). The plane will even- of Arts in Design of Macau Polytechnic Starring: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua tually fly at a speed of 1,300mph (2,080kph). Institute Language: English (Chinese) Mr Turcat, his co-pilot and two engineers taxied to the end of Time: 11am-10pm Duration: 111min the runway at about 1530GMT. Strong winds meant the test flight was in doubt for much of the day. ntil U : April 15, 2017 John Wick: Chapter Two Two previous test flights had to be abandoned because of Venue: IFT Café, Anim’Arte NAM VAN room 2 poor weather conditions. Admission: Free 2:30, 9:30pm Concorde sped down the runway and there was a sponta- Director: Chad Stahelski neous burst of applause from watching reporters and camera- Between Gaze and Hallucination - Black Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose men as the wheels lifted off the ground. Language: English (Chinese) and White Photography by João Miguel The noise from the four Olympus 593 engines, built jointly Barros by the Bristol division of Rolls Royce and the French Snecma LA LA Land organisation, drowned out any noise from the crowd. ime room 2 T : 2pm-7pm (Closed on Sundays) Less than half-an-hour later, the aircraft was brought back 4:45, 7:15pm Until: March 25, 2017 down to earth using a braking parachute and reverse thrust. enue Director: Damien Chazelle V : Creative Macau, G Floor, Macao Cultural Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone The crew emerged at the top of the steps, led by Mr Turcat, Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Language: English who gave the thumbs up signal with each hand. Admission: Free Duration: 128min The first British test pilot, Brian Trubshaw, who watched to- Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 day’s flight from the news stand, said, “I was terribly impressed A cURE for wellness by the way the whole flight was conducted. It was most pro- room 3 fessional and I would like to congratulate Andre on the way he 2:30, 9:00pm handled this performance.” Director: Gore Verbinski The British government has so far invested £155m in the Starring: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth project. It is hoped Concorde will begin flying commercially in Language: English (Chinese) 1973, when it will cut the flying time between London and New Duration: 146min York from seven hours 40 minutes to three hours 25 minutes.

KanColle the movie Courtesy BBC News Offbeat room 3 5:15, 7:15pm Director: Keizô Kusakawa Austria: Nigerian women forced Language: Japanese (Chinese) into sex trade through voodoo Duration: 91min In context Austrian police say they have arrested two Nigerian Macau Tower On 9 April 1969, Brian Trubshaw made his first flight in the British-built nationals on suspicion of forcing young women into 02 Mar - 15 Mar prototype. The 22 minute flight left from a test runway at Filton near prostitution, in part through voodoo rites. Bristol and landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Police spokesman Johann Baumschlager says the Concorde completed its first supersonic flight on 1 October 1969. There were serious doubts at government level about the commercial vi- man and woman are accused of being part of a crimi- ability of the Concorde project. Cabinet papers released under the 30 year nal organization, human trafficking and engaging in rule warned the project would be a disaster, costing the UK £900m. the international prostitution trade. The first commercial flights took place on 21 January 1976 when British He says they forced at least 10 young Nigerian wom- Airways flew from London Heathrow to Bahrain and Air France from en into the sex trade in part by engaging “a voodoo Paris to Rio. priest, who made them submissive through certain Concorde was launched at the height of the fuel crisis and a combination rites.” of its heavy fuel consumption and small tanks, which meant it could not Baumschlager said Tuesday the victims were repeat- enter the lucrative trans-Pacific market, made it uneconomic. edly threatened with new voodoo spells and told they Concorde’s image was further dented with the crash near Paris on 25 July 2000 in which 113 people died. each owed 50,000 euros (USD53,000) for their trans- Logan £17m was spent on safety improvements and the aircraft went back into port to Europe. 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm commercial service in November 2001. He says the male suspect is cooperating with police Director: James Mangold In April 2003 British Airways and Air France announced the plane would but the woman denies the accusations. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen be retired due to falling passenger revenue and rising maintenance costs. Neither is being named in keeping with Austrian pri- Language: English (Chinese) Concorde’s final commercial flight was on 23 October 2003. vacy laws. Duration: 137min thu 02.03.2017 th Anniversary

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or a second successive winter transfer window, the Chinese Super League Another Chinese transfer window has upset the established Fworld soccer order with the spen- ding power and ambition of its bi- ggest clubs. shuts, to the relief of some It started in December as Shan- ghai SIPG agreed to pay USD60 million to Chelsea for Brazil’s Os- turned down Italian giant Juven- clubs in League One [China’s se- car in a move that prompted An- tus to join former Brazilian and AC cond tier] are losing talent to clubs tonio Conte, coach of the Premier Milan striker Alexandre Pato at ap photo in the third tier with the financial League club, to warn about the the Chinese club. capability to offer increased sala- challenge from the east. “It was a very difficult decision ries.” “The Chinese market is a danger because on one hand there was a The government may be happier for all,” Conte said. “Not only for great team and a top club like Ju- to see large sums paid to other Chelsea, but all the teams in the ventus,” Witsel said in January. Chinese clubs rather than foreign world. But I think we must con- teams. In January, a spokesperson centrate on our work, not think Tianjin has for China’s General Administra- that in China there is a lot of mo- tion of Sport said that the depart- ney and they can arrive to take the been one of ment would “regulate and restrain players there.” high-priced signings and make It continued in January with the most active reasonable restrictions on players’ Shanghai Shenhua reportedly clubs in the high salaries.” making Argentina’s Carlos Tevez It remains to be seen what effect the highest-paid player in the wor- transfer market this has. ld, and it finally closed on Feb. 28, Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney “There will be influence on future three days before the start of the and linked transfer actions,”said Gu Xin, edi- 2017 Chinese Super League sea- any one league game, the teams match rosters of 18 — becoming tor of Yutang Sports, a Beijing-ba- son. with moves for that compete at the top are now complacent because of to the sed sports consultancy. “The pre- FC Cologne Sporting Director Diego Costa, chasing the best Chinese talent — rewards available earlier in their sident of [Shanghai] SIPG Chen Jorg Schamdtke expressed some and that is driving up prices do- careers. Xuyuan said that they will not do relief, telling the Bild newspaper: Rooney mestically. Inflation has worked its way the same large-scale transfers in “The madness will be over soon.” According to Hong Kong-ba- down to the lower leagues, too. 2018. It might be because their The German club turned down ‘But on the other there was a cru- sed agent Chris Atkins of RWMG “Salaries for local players have roster is strong enough, but it may big money offers for star striker cial offer for my family that I coul- Sports, the success of two-time rocketed right down the spec- also be impacted by the govern- Anthony Modeste from Tianjin dn’t turn down.” Asian Champions League winner trum,” Atkins said. “In some cases ment concerns.” AP Quanjian. “We’ve said ‘no’ once Juventus lost Brazilian striker Guangzhou Evergrande in clai- and we did not want to give becau- Hernanes to Hebei. Coached by ming the last six Chinese Super se of a next offer.” former Real Madrid and Man- League titles is down at least as ac milan announces shareholders’ Tianjin, newly-promoted to the chester City coach Manuel Pelle- much to the team’s strong spine of Chinese top tier, has been one of grini, Hebei spent just over $100 local talent as to its contingent of meeting ahead of sale the most active clubs in the trans- million in the transfer window. foreign stars. fer market and linked with moves Much of that went on local “It is imperative for any side ho- AC MILAN has announced a ni owns 99.93 percent of the club, for Chelsea’s Diego Costa, Wayne players. Its most expensive ac- ping to win the league that they shareholders’ meeting for Friday to which he purchased 30 years ago. Rooney of Manchester United and quisition was the reported $22 have depth and quality of local complete the sale of the club. Clos- The deal with the Chinese group, Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre- million spent on Zheng Cheng- players,” Atkins told The Associa- ing the sale to a group of Chinese which includes the participation of investors has been scheduled for a Chinese state investment fund, Emerick Aubameyang. dong from Beijing Guoan. Hebei ted Press. tomorrow since a postponement values the club at 740 million eu- Under coach Fabio Cannavaro, signed three other Chinese players Atkins warns of the dangers of was agreed at the end of last year ros (around USD800 million), and Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning for more than $10 million. bigger clubs stockpiling Chinese by Silvio Berlusconi’s holding com- requires the investors to spend 350 captain, Tianjin spent more than With new rules introduced in Ja- talent with young players — in pany and Sino-Europe Sports. The million euros over three years on $20 million on Belgian interna- nuary that restrict clubs to using more demand as clubs must now meeting is a formality as Berlusco- improvements. tional midfielder Axel Witsel, who just three foreign players during include two local under-23s in

pening batsman Cricket needed for his century OMartin Guptill re- — he reached that miles- turned from injury to tone with a flourish, score an unbeaten 180 Guptill leads NZ to 7-wicket win over South Africa striking a towering six and lead New Zealand to off Chris Morris. On his a seven-wicket win over described his innings as Guptill raced to 50 way he passed Brendon South Africa in the four- “unbelievable,” saying it from only 38 balls with McCullum to place him- th ODI yesterday, tying ap photo was “probably the best six fours and three sixes. self third behind Stephen the five-match series at one-day innings I’ve ever His century contained 12 Fleming and Nathan Ast- 2-2. seen on a wicket that fours and four sixes and le on New Zealand’s all- Guptill has been side- wasn’t that easy.” his 150, from 123 balls, time list of run-scorers in lined for the past month Guptill, more subdued, had 14 fours and nine si- one-day internationals. with hamstring injuries said he was simply glad xes. His total of 180 was Many of Guptill’s sco- and was making his first to be in the middle again the highest percentage of ring shots were memo- ODI appearance since after a long battle with a winning total for New rable and included two Jan. 30 when he scored hamstring injuries. Zealand in the second sixes off Morris, one over 61 against Australia in “It was one of those innings of a one-day ma- mid-wicket and another Auckland. He shrugged New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill (right) watches as he hits the innings where it all went tch. over the bowler’s head, off that enforced layoff, ball for six runs during their one day cricket international match to plan and Ross and I Taylor was very much which flew almost out of dashing to his 12th ODI against South Africa were able to take it deep,” the junior partner in the ground. century from 82 balls on Guptill said. “That part- the stand, struggling Through his Taylor’s ef- a tricky pitch at Seddon unbroken partnership 280-3, surpassing South nership set it up really for much of his innings forts the series remains Park. with Ross Taylor (66) Africa’s 279-8 with five nicely. to find his timing and alive and will be decided Guptill’s 180 from 138 was the highest for all overs to spare. “I had a couple of good willing for that reason to in the final match in Au- balls contained 15 fours wickets for New Zealand South Africa captain nets the last couple of defer to Guptill, who was ckland on Saturday, in and 11 sixes and was the against the Proteas. A.B. de Villiers called days but it’s always nice so clearly in the zone. which New Zealand has highest score by a New In partnership, the pair Guptill “unstoppable” to go out to the middle But while he took 83 the chance to extend its Zealand batsman against guided New Zealand to and New Zealand cap- and hit a few out of the balls to reach his 50 — winning streak in ODI South Africa, and his their winning total of tain Kane Williamson screws.” one more than Guptill series at home to nine. AP THE Minister: China to cut 500,000 Station02.03.2017Air quality thu BUZZ heavy industry jobs Roadside 70-100 Moderate China will cut another 500,000 steel and and glass in which production exceeds de- coal jobs this year to reduce excess produc- mand. The government will provide support High tion capacity, the labor minister said, amid for the laid-off workers to find other jobs, Density 70-100 complaints the industries are flooding global start companies or retire, Yin Weimin said at Residental markets and depressing prices. a news conference. Moderate Beijing is in the midst of a multiyear effort “This year, to reduce excess capacity, we Area opinion launched last year to shrink bloated indus- need to make accommodation for 500,000 tries including steel, coal, cement, aluminum workers,” Yin said. Ambient 70-100 Moderate Girl About Globe dsmg source: Linda Kennedy WORLD BRIEFS Toilet Paper Tiger Tibet women’s football

Trump is round the bend, and it’s nothing to do ap photo with his odd behavior. Let’s imagine a perfectly team denied US travel visas feasible conversation in the White House. Sean Spicer: ‘Mr President, we need to talk about China. Companies there are still determi- Tibet women’s football ned to use your trademark.’ Ateam has been denied Mr Trump: ‘What kind of companies? Are we U.S. visas to participate in a suing?” tournament in Dallas. Indonesia Saudi Arabia ‘Yes. Sewage.’ Cassie Childers, a coach pledged USD1 billion in development finance for ‘That’s not the plural of suing, Sean.’ and executive director for ‘Toilets companies, sir. You are being linked Indonesia and expanded with u-bends.’ Tibet Women’s Football, tibetwomenssoccer.org cooperation in other ‘U-boats?’ said that 16 members of areas, deepening ties ‘U-bends, sir.’ the team were told at the with Southeast Asia’s ‘Are they alt-right too?’ U.S. Embassy in New De- biggest economy as “No, Mr President. Let’s start again. A Chinese lhi, India, that they “have the King Salman and a toilet company is using your name.’ no good reason to visit the huge entourage arrived ‘Is Wikileaks involved?” U.S.,” during their visit on yesterday for a rare ‘No, sir.’ Feb. 24. They were seeking nine-day visit of a Saudi The company in question is Trump toilets in travel visas to participate in monarch. More on p13 Shenzhen. They first adopted the name becau- the Dallas Cup football tour- se the ‘u’ in Trump apparently makes a great A nament scheduled to take North KOREA logo as a both toilet seat and U bend. The com- Canadian pastor serving pany manufactures high-tech bowls used, it’s place April 9-16 a life sentence in North boasted, by party cadres in China’s leadership Childers, who is from New Korea has been allowed compound at Zhongnanhai. It’s effectively Chi- Jersey, said in an email from to meet with the Swedish na’s White House, HQ for the Communist Party. India that embassy officials country in that way sickens ce parted with the Tibetan ambassador in Pyongyang Mr Xi may have wiped the floor with Mr Trump did not glance at the docu- them,” Childers said. “This National Sports Association and telephone his family. on their diplomatic stand-off over Taiwan, but Mr ments nor provide any other is not an anonymous soccer and runs Tibet Women’s Trump is dominating other wiping in the seat of reasons or explanations. team that no one would no- Football as a registered power. All but two of the 16 who tice if they never came back.” charity in New Jersey. The ap photo The trademark issue has bedeviled Trump in visited the embassy hold A State Department offi- latest visa situation may be China, until a recent ruling which looks like it Indian Identity Certificates, cial said they do not discuss related to confusion over will mean he has rights to his own name here. We could mention the timing of this decision but which are issued by the In- the details of individual visa sanctioning. let’s hold that in. Despite the ruling, Trump toile- dian government for Tibetan cases. The records are confi- “Cassie Childers’ team is ts is defiant. The company has been reported refugees. They function as dential under the Immigra- neither recognized by the THAILAND The 49-story as saying it will continue to defend its display passports even though they tion and Nationality Act. TNSA nor by the Tibetan Bangkok high-rise was of the word Trump, asserting the choice is to do do not represent citizenship The official did say that the government-in-exile. Even supposed to feature luxury with its logo-worthiness and nothing to do with to India. The other two, whi- U.S. Government’s position though the players in her condos for hundreds of the US president. ch includes the head coach, on Tibet has not changed team are Tibetan, the team newly affluent Thai families, So what might happen if President Trump put hold Indian passports. under the Trump adminis- does not officially represent but it was abandoned on Weibo a version of his famous tweet? Four players, who live in tration and that they recog- Tibet,” TNSA executive se- unfinished when the Asian SEE YOU IN COURT Nepal and have Nepal pass- nize Tibet to be part of the cretary Kelsang Dhondup financial crisis struck in If this went from social media to court, it could 1997. Now called the ports, had interviews in Ka- People’s Republic of China. said in a telephone inter- have knock-on effects – like a new nickname, “Ghost Tower,” it’s a that would annoy him. He’s already known as a thmandu on Feb. 4. Childers Tibet is not one of the seven view. “TNSA is the only monument to mistakes Paper Tiger, after backing down on the One-Chi- said those cases were put countries affected by the ad- sports authority recognized made and an object of na policy, a diplomatic deal-breaker for Beijing in under administrative pro- ministration’s travel ban on by the Tibetan government curiosity to a steady stream which any country wanting diplomatic relations cessing and they have not Muslim-majority nations. and all invitations to our of visitors. More on p12 with China has no official ties with Taiwan. By heard a final decision. The team from Tibet par- official teams are processed specifically challenging a lavatorial company, “There is no opportunity ticipated in a tournament in through the relevant TNSA Trump risks becoming a Toilet Paper Tiger. for them to defect, and the Germany two years ago wi- and government authorities. Or, could this all lead to more yet significant thought of shaming them- thout any issues obtaining We did not know about the ap photo events? Trump condemned the US’s Ninth Cir- selves, their team, and their visas. But Childers has sin- invitation from Dallas.” AP cuit Court of Appeals, where his controversial travel ban encountered a few difficulties - but if he saw China’s legal system, he might realize the Ninth back home is not so bad. New respect for US justice? France Conservative Or, if he were to love the murky Chinese legal The candidate Francois Fillon system, to admire the lack of order and transpa- Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai is refusing to quit the rency, what then? If he moved to China - after decisive moment presidential race despite an unlucky four years at the helm of the USA or receiving a summons sooner - a warm welcome would surely await yesterday to face charges him among Chinese leaders. ‘He’s one of us! of faking parliamentary jobs He wants to silence the press, and condemns for his family. Calling the dissenters! Hey, get the fancy toilet guy a pass- investigation a “political port!’ assassination,” Fillon Beyond the circles of power in Beijing, Trump called on his supporters to is also a natural cultural fit. China is finally ge- “resist” and said he would tting rid of Chinglish - bad English by someone leave it up to voters to who neither speaks nor writes the language well decide his fate in the April- but is too proud to admit it. May two-round election. Cue Trumplish. Bad English by someone who neither speaks nor writes the language well but Slovenia Slovenian is too proud to admit it. China could at least have winemakers warned the freedom of bad speech. He might even persua- European Union that de the Chinese government to allow Twitter in Croatia has presented China. Good! “partly forged” documents If Trump toilets, u-bends and all, survive any while getting permission further legal challenge, who knows where they to use the Teran red wine will be installed. brand in the 28-nation bloc. The ladies and gents of Western media orga- Neighboring EU members nisations might well be interested in a job lot. Or British relics. Visitors at an exhibition which displays 100 cultural relics from the British Museum at the Slovenia and Croatia have maybe we shouldn’t go there. National Museum of China in Beijing yesterday. long been at odds over the use of the Teran name.