crown sells macau japan legalizes casinos stock Japan’s parliament passed taiwan James Packer will step down a bill legalizing casinos workers as deputy chairman, giving yesterday, paving the way to get 2 full control of Melco Crown to for billions of dollars of days off Lawrence Ho potential investment a week P6 P9 P10 LABOR

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WORLD BRIEFS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AP PHOTO Heavier penalties for CHINA Police have detained a prominent human rights campaigner for allegedly using ID that wasn’t his own to buy train drug trafficking, use tickets, his lawyer P5 said yesterday. Family and friends of Jiang Tianyong [pictured] last heard from him on Nov. 21 while he was in Changsha city in southern China visiting the wife of a rights lawyer detained in a broad crackdown that began last year.

CHINA appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, a U.S. security think tank says, upping the stakes in what many see as a potential Asian powder keg. More on p11

JAPAN-RUSSIA The leaders of Russia and Japan hold talks at a hot springs resort in western Japan on a territorial dispute that has divided their countries for 70 years. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the summit meeting in Nagato city marks his first official visit to a G-7 country since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. More on p12 AP PHOTO

SOUTH KOREA Liberal opposition politician Moon Jae-in (pictured), a possible presidential contender, says his MGM Cotai’s country should reconsider plans to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to cope exterior façade with North Korean threats, a move Washington is likely to see as disruptive. nears completion P2-3 MDT REPORT More on backpage INSIDE 16.12.2016 fri

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GM Cotai’s cons- truction is at a new stage as the MGM Cotai’s exterior façade nears completion exterior façade Mapproaches final completion. Hunter Clayton, executive vice president of MGM Re- sorts Development, reveals

that the podium façade cla- BARBOSA PAULO dding will be completed “wi- thin the next several weeks.” Clayton joined MGM Resor- ts in 2011 where he had been responsible for all aspects of design and construction ma- nagement for gaming resort projects, including MGM Na- tional Harbor, Maryland and MGM Springfield (both in the U.S.) and MGM Cotai. In an exclusive interview with the Times, he gave the final update on this stage of construction: “We’ve wra- pped up the remaining en- closures, all the lighting of the mullions, so we are 100 percent complete enclosing all the boxes. We have been working on this with our cla- dding contractor, easily over the past eighteen months, and it has been a very long and kind of meticulous pro- cess because of the way that the panels are articulated. Basically every single glass module has a triangular pro- truding mullion that has an integrated LED light built wi- Hunter Clayton thin it,” the executive said. “Not only are we installing building from outside it’s an integrated resort, Clayton cau, so we gained inspiration the glass on the structure, but indirect light or a glow from said that MGM Cotai “is a from this architecture [MGM we are having to install the the LED onto the face of the MGM Cotai combination of interior and Macau, where the interview LED fixtures and all the elec- mullion, so it gives a much exterior intricate detailing.” took place], but MGM Cotai trical and the data wires back softer and elegant feel to it.” really wanted “In the works that I have really wanted to celebrate a into the building, so that the With the exterior of the bui- done around the world wi- uniqueness of its own and entire façade can be lit.” lding, also advancing quickly, to celebrate thin MGM, our approach is stand out amongst its nei- One of the special featu- the remaining work to com- a uniqueness always to develop architec- ghbors,” he describes. res of the façade will be the plete the integrated resort is ture that is not necessarily Hunter Clayton views MGM lighting system, characteri- mainly inside the building. of its own themed, but is iconic archi- Macau and MGM Cotai as zed by Clayton as different “It’s final finish, installation, tecture that complements its “properties within the same from most: “We developed furniture, materials on the and stand out community. Within Macau family,” given a similar color it so that the integrated ligh- walls, stone on the floors and it’s such a diverse palate of scheme and other aspects. ts within the fin don’t shine so forth,” the company’s exe- amongst its architecture and such a diffe- But the new integrated resort outward. They actually shine cutive vice president said. neighbors. rent mix of hospitality-inte- will be “much larger” and di- inward to the mullion face it- Asked to describe the main grated resort type of product fferent. “We think that the self, so when you look at the architectonic features of the HUNTER CLAYTON that MGM needed to deliver product that we are offering something that really was there in terms of the interior unique. Obviously we have design (the detailing of it), a sister property within Ma- the jewel box concept that NUNO ASSIS

instrumental contractor THE EXECUTIVE vice president structural steel, the podium steel of MGM Resorts Development and The Spectacle roof itself. They praises the work of the project’s are still our partners today. We general contractor, China State walk every single day on the site Construction. “They have been between our team and theirs, and very instrumental at helping us they are one of the cornerstones deliver the project. […] Their sub- of our team to deliver the project,” sidiary, China Steel, did all the Clayton told the Times.

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and it settled into place. The NUNO ASSIS movement on that structu- MGM Cotai’s exterior façade nears completion re once we took all the su- pports away, was less than three millimeters. So it’s a very precise, very strong self- supporting structure. Every

NUNO ASSIS load within the structure is actually carried by itself. […] From an engineering and construction viewpoint, it is quite unique.” The re- sult of this engineering feat, designed to extend over the nearby restaurants and re- tail outlets, will be “a ceiling structure that forms a subtle wave in the sky,” according to MGM’s press release. MGM Cotai is a property owned by MGM China Hol- dings Ltd, a venture between Pansy Ho and MGM Resorts International. MGM China The exterior façade of the building announced earlier that the resort will open during the you get from the exterior… structure as long as a soccer second quarter of 2017. The Spectacle roof exterior There are a number of diffe- The remaining field, where the form of the rent special events or expe- works to roof has peaks and valleys riences that you will interact that allow it to support its standing out on the skyline [with] throughout the inte- complete the own weight.” During a con- rior of the building.” versation with the Times this “FROM THE outset we wanted to striking both in daylight and at One of those experiences integrated week, Clayton praised the design a structure that would really night, with lots of dramatic spatial stand out on the skyline,” said John experiences within. The two differ- will be The Spectacle, which construction process of the Bushell, design principal at Kohn ent hotels and an exclusive Mansion MGM describes in a press re- resort are digitally-engineered struc- Pedersen Fox (KPF), the New York all form part of a single distinctive lease issued yesterday as a “a ture: “Once we created all mainly inside and London based firm appointed unified composition,” he added, as meticulously engineered co- the nodes and connected it for MGM Cotai. “The outside is cited in a press release by MGM. lumn-free long-span diagrid the building around its perimeter beam,

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EDUCATION Taiwan to ease visa regulations for HK, USJ offers first four Macau residents

associate degrees in town HE National Im- Hong Kong and Macau Tmigration Agency residents have been Julie Zhu (NIA) has announced, using increasingly di- it would ease visa regu- verse forms of transport HE University of Saint Joseph lations for Hong Kong to enter Taiwan over T(USJ) is launching four two- and Macau residen- the past few years, in- year Associate Degree programs in ts starting from next cluding package tours 2017/2018, becoming the first uni- year. that incorporate travel versity in the region to offer associate Residents of the two by airplane and cruise degrees, as announced by USJ during SAR arriving in Taiwan ships. a press conference held this week. on cruise ships would Visitors might arrive Peter Stilwell, rector of USJ, drew be able to apply for dou- in Taiwan by boat or attention to the fact that, in recent ble visas, granting two plane and then take a years, associate degree programmes From left: Álvaro Barbosa, Peter Stilwell and Alan Baxter entries in one online cruise to a third desti- (better known in the UK as founda- application. nation before returning tional degrees) have become a trend ter graduation. to pursue bachelor degrees. Reports from Taiwan to Taiwan and then tra- in many English-speaking countries. The same research also shows that Álvaro Barbosa, Dean of the Faculty stated that according veling elsewhere, said Stilwell also remarked that in Ma- the English medium in which most of Creative Industry, when introdu- to NIA deputy direc- Yang. cau’s neighbouring Hong Kong, as- of USJ’s programmes are delivered cing three programmes that will be tor-general Jeff Yang, Current visa regula- sociate degree programs are popular is considered by its alumni to be an included in his department, informed 140,000 people arrived tions for the two SAR choices for vocational training and important asset in their professional that native speakers of Chinese cur- in Taiwan aboard crui- allow its residents to professional development. lives. rently active in the Macau workforce se ships this year with apply to enter Taiwan Since no associate degrees are being Stilwell claims that “we are positi- are the target audience for the degree 20,000 hailing from once within three mon- offered at the moment in Macau, USJ ve that they [the graduates] will find in Architectural Technology, Media Hong Kong or Macau. ths of the issuance of obtained the support of Macau gover- places to work [after graduating].” Production and Product Design. Yang noted that crui- their visa. nment to open four of these programs The rector also noted that gra- People who are 25 years old or older, se ship operators sug- The Ministry of the in areas where it has expertise; Portu- duates of these four programmes or have completed secondary educa- gested the measure to Interior said the new guese-Chinese Translation, Architec- are not only able to study for two tion are eligible for application. boost incoming visitor measure for Hong Kong tural Technology, Media Production more years at USJ in order to ob- The programs will start on Septem- numbers to Taiwan and Macau residents and Product Design. tain a Bachelor degree in relevant ber 20 next year. Classes will run in from the two regions, would help Taiwan be- The rector noted that recent resear- majors after they complete the the evening, and day-time classes stating that, “there is come a key port of call ch shows that 98 to 99 percent of USJ Associate Degree, but may also be may be run for selected programs, de- room for growth.” for international cruise students obtain a job within a year af- accepted by European universities pending on demand. According to Yang, operators. ad fri 16.12.2016

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Taiwan to ease visa AL PLENARY on the lawmakers’ agenda regulations for HK, POLITICAL REFORM Ng Kuok Cheong has re- Macau residents Drug dealers and users to minded the assembly that in the past he delivered a survey to local government face heavier punishments showing that 60 percent of the interviewees supported Macau having universal suffrage to elect the Chief Julie Zhu Executive (CE), and that two thirds of the suppor- N amendment to Macau’s prohibi- ters believed that such a tion of illicit pro- goal should be achieved duction, trafficking by 2019. He criticized the andA consumption of narcotic current government for, drugs and psychotropic subs- in fact, preventing Macau tances was passed yesterday. from achieving political re- The new laws increase the form. Ng urged the current minimum jail term for drug chief executive to organize dealers from three years to a public consultation on five years, while the maximum the topic in consideration remains 15 years. In turn, the of and respect for public minimum jail term for drug will, which he said was users also increased from for electing the CE under three months to one year. universal suffrage. Such a The bill also rules that when move would make it easier a drug user is found in pos- for the region to change session of a specific quantity To date, the authorities had sers to be “too heavy,” as “the Macau’s CE electoral law, of narcotics, he or she will no criteria by which to obtain world trend is all moving and to implement political be regarded as a drug dealer enough evidence to prove towards treating drug abu- The world reforms in 2019. instead of a user. drug dealing. sers as victims, reducing the This new amendment, ac- The amendment also autho- punishment upon them, and trend is all TOP OFFICIAL’S MO- rizes the police authority to helping them to return to so- RALITY Pereira Coutinho obtain urine samples in situ, ciety.” moving Police are under certain conditions, The committee suggested questioned the morals of upon inspection of people the government apply hea- towards the region’s top govern- authorized suspect of using drugs. vier penalties in cross-border treating drug mental officials. He said Cheang Chi Keong, in his drug dealing cases. It also su- that since the Macau SAR to obtain introduction of the bill, men- ggested authorities recognize abusers was established, cases of tioned that the Third Stan- the dumping of used syringes senior governmental offi- immediate ding Committee of the AL as a crime, and urged them as victims, cials showing a lack of mo- urine samples shifted the deadline for deli- not to establish a compulsory rals have been frequently berating the amendment five detention system in order to reducing the exposed. “They have been of suspects times, “because of its great help the abusers return to punishment corrupt, cheating, […] complexity and impact on normal life. [they] don’t have any mo- society.” Cheang said that the com- upon them. rality,” accused Coutinho, cording to the government, Cheang said that the com- mittee is “strongly looking further saying that the avoids wrongfully identifying mittee had considered the forward to the government CHEANG CHI KEONG key question is that, until drug dealers as drug users. punishment for drug abu- taking the committee’s sug- today, no department has gestion into consideration.” will stop happening, or will responded to the corrup- Lei Cheng I asked the Secre- be easy to control,” com- tion evident in Macau. tary for Administration and mented Tong, who pointed The lawmaker noted that AL to discuss the Justice, Sonia Chan, whether out that capital punishment many public departments, the government will consider exists in many places around including the Commission cross-border drug dealing establishing of indecent the world, but still “have the- Against Corruption, are ac- occurrences as aggravated se crimes [related to the pu- ting passively towards the crimes. nishment] seen a reduction assault offence as crime existence of corruption. Sonia Chan explained that in their numbers?” this suggestion will make it Vong Hin Fai and José Pe- HE Legislative Assem- to address these issues. confusing for the police and reira Coutinho questioned GOVERNMENT Tbly (AL) revealed that Vong Hin Fai, however, de- judiciary authority to con- Sonia Chan on “under what TRANSPARENCY Leong the government had alrea- fended the authority and criti- duct investigations, as crimi- certain conditions” can the Veng Chai urged the go- dy delivered a proposal to cized the proposal for its ambi- nal groups involved in cros- authority request urine sam- vernment to immediately AL to amend Macau’s laws guity and contradictions. s-border drug dealing crimes ples from drug users at the establish a disciplinary regarding sexual offences. Many lawmakers admitted are already included in other scene?” Vong demanded the investigation body in order Ng Kuok Cheong and Au though that they support laws, which apply heavier pu- government representatives to probe governmental high Kam San put forward a bill the well-intended purpose nishments for these crimes. to provide examples. officials who reportedly which suggests the city re- behind the proposal. She said that if cross-border The Judiciary Police (PJ) hired relatives to work in gard indecency as a crime, Ng Kuok Cheong, in reply drug dealing is to be regarded director Chau Wai Kuong the government. Leong but the bill was rejected. to his supporters, said “I am as an aggravated crime, then said that when the police addressed the assembly Lam Heong Sang first re- positive because there is a the jail term could potentially conduct sudden investigati- stating that top officials vealed the coincidence that great chance that turning be increased from eight to 20 ve operations, they could not should avoid allowing indi- the government delivered a indecency into a crime will years, which would be inordi- simply arrest everybody at viduals to unfairly benefit document to AL to be dis- become reality.” nately heavy within Macau’s the scene because some indi- from decisions they make. cussed soon, and that the Ma Chi Cheong, in his sta- overall legal system. viduals might have not been He further noted that ma- content is similar to Ng and tement after the vote, said Lawmaker Gabriel Tong using drugs. jor officials should avoid Au’s proposal. Lam pointed that the amendment shou- voiced his opinion on the Chau explained that the becoming involved in con- out that the government’s ld be written with “caution, amendment. “Recently, I new law will allow the poli- troversial situations, which proposal, however, is clea- rigorous methodology, and have noticed that many bills ce to first take urine samples would be helpful in pro- rer and more conclusive. systematic consideration,” [in Macau] follow a trend, and only afterwards arrest tecting the government’s In the proposal, Ng and as he considered the cur- [which] make it look like if certain people. This policy is reputation for impartiality Au say that the government rent proposal to have been we enhance the punishment, also believed to help the poli- and independence. has not done enough work poorly drafted. then crimes and bad things ce trace drug dealers. 16.12.2016 fri

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Crown seeks up to USD686m opinion Views on Gaming selling Melco stock in Macau exit David Fickling, Bloomberg

co International’s chairman and neasy lies rown as chief executive officer. U C The sales comes as Ho, the billio- lights go down on its casino BLOOMBERG naire son of gaming tycoon Stanley empire Ho, has ambitious plans to enlarge the company’s international foo- All of a sudden, the world’s best casino credit tprint, with casinos and hotels in is looking a bit short of cash. the Asia region and beyond. Mel- Crown Resorts Ltd., the only gambling com- co International’s stake in Melco pany judged investment grade by all three Crown after the sale will rise to 51 major ratings companies, is selling about half percent from 38 percent, according its 27.4 percent holding in Macau’s Melco to a company statement. The Ma- Crown Entertainment Ltd. to raise A$1.6 billion cau casino operator will also cease (USD1.2 billion) in cash, canceling a spinoff to have the right to use “Crown” in of its international business and halting a Las the corporate name six months af- Vegas casino on which it hoped to lavish as ter the sale closes, it said. much as $500 million. The transaction is positive and That may not be the end of the matter: Crown shows “strong commitment” from Resorts is also “exploring potential options to monetize part of its residual shareholding” in Ho, wrote Vitaly Umansky, an Melco Crown, according to a separate state- analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & ment. People familiar with the matter told Brett Co., in a note yesterday. “The read Foley of Bloomberg News that this may inclu- through should not be that Crown de a $1.2 billion block sale of the remaining 14 is bailing on Macau,” he wrote. percent holding, clearing Crown out of Melco “Instead, the sell-down is related to Crown’s share register altogether. James Packer Crown’s own internal restructuring One reason for the changes crops up on the and change in strategy.” last page of Thursday’s announcement: The About half the proceeds from the volume of high-roller VIP bets placed at its Brett Foley, Angus Whitley and Daniela Wei to isolate Crown’s Australian casi- sale to Melco International will be Australian resorts during the first 23 weeks of no business from its Melco Crown used to reduce Crown’s net debt, the fiscal year fell by 45 percent from a year ILLIONAIRE James Packer investment, which was affected by with the rest returned to sharehol- earlier, pushing total revenue down 12 per- Bis moving quickly to offer part a two-year gambling downturn in ders, Crown said. The sale needs cent. of Crown Resorts Ltd.’s remaining Macau. The merits of creating such regulatory approval from Macau That’s a savage drop. VIP wagers in the pre- stake in its Macau casino venture to a separate business were undermi- authorities and is expected to be vious half year amounted to A$35.7 billion, and institutional investors, after scra- ned by a nascent gaming recovery completed in the first quarter of Crown reckons it wins about A$1.35 for every pping plans for a gambling empire in Macau. 2017. Earlier this year, Crown sold A$100 wagered. If the decline plays out over spanning the world’s largest ga- Crown will sell a 13.4 percent stake an $800 million stake to Melco the full first-half, Crown will have lost in the ming markets. in the Macau casino operator to Crown, reducing its holdings in the vicinity of A$220 million from a top line that Melbourne-based Crown is offe- Melco International Development, company to 27 percent. analysts had forecast at A$1.68 billion. ring American depositary receipts it said earlier yesterday, reducing Melco Crown listed in 2006 in Crown’s problem is that it’s bet heavily on in casino operator Melco Crown its holding to 14 percent from 27.4 New York as a joint venture be- VIPs, particularly mainland Chinese players who’ve turned Macau into the world’s big- Entertainment Ltd. worth as much percent. tween Ho and Packer and raised gest gambling hub. Alongside the company’s as USD86 million through a so- A Crown subsidiary is also offe- more than originally planned at $19 investment in Melco Crown, it’s also spen- called block trade Thursday, ac- ring 40.97 million ADRs of Mel- per share. The stock price peaked ding more than A$1.4 billion on a casino in cording to a term sheet obtained co Crown at a range of $16.30 to in 2014, rising to $45.16 that Mar- Sydney catering exclusively to high-rollers, by Bloomberg. On the same day, $16.75 each in a block trade before ch and has since tumbled to below which is scheduled to open some time after Crown abandoned a proposed spi- trading opened in New York yester- its debut price. Melco Crown sha- 2019. noff of international assets as it day, according to the term sheet. res closed 0.1 percent lower in New Crown’s wager first took a hit in 2014 when announced it would sell half of its The price represents a 3.2 percent York Wednesday to $17.31. Beijing launched a Macau crackdown, and stake in Melco Crown to partner Crown shares were halted for then suffered a more dramatic leg down in Oc- Melco International Development yesterday’s statement. The shares, tober when Chinese authorities detained 18 of Ltd. for A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion). Packer will step which have fallen 9 percent this its employees in connection with an investiga- “This is all about risk management,” year, haven’t posted a positive year tion into illegal casino marketing. said Theo Maas, who helps oversee down as deputy since 2013. At the same time, sha- Crown and its controlling shareholder Ja- about A$3 billion in assets inclu- chairman, giving res in Sydney-based rival Star En- mes Packer must hope the trouble will blow ding Crown shares at Sydney-based tertainment Group Ltd. which runs over, but any responsible manager needs Arnhem Investment Management. full control of the city’s only licensed casino, are to reckon with the risk they get locked out “You’re now looking at a much more on course for a third straight year of China, Asia’s richest source of VIP cash, predictable business with a much Melco Crown to of gains. entirely. stronger balance sheet.’’ Cutting debt is “clearly positive for While Crown’s credit metrics are admirably Even so, Packer’s retreat back to Lawrence Ho the group,” said John Likos, Mor- conservative, analysts’ estimates of net debt- Australia is not without danger. ningstar Inc.’s Sydney-based head to-Ebitda start looking distinctly high as spen- More than a third of Crown’s reve- to 5.8 percent discount to Wednes- of credit research for Australia. ding on Crown Sydney ramps up in 2018 and 2019. They’d be even tighter if you took Chi- nue at its Melbourne and Perth re- day’s closing price. Crown can now “redeploy capital nese VIP bets out of the equation. sorts comes from international visi- The deal comprises 13.64 million to fund high-quality growth projec- How would Crown fund its development tors, predominantly mainland Chi- ADRs being sold in an underwritten ts,” Chairman Robert Rankin said plans in that situation? One option would be nese, and they will be the mainstay offering, plus 27.33 million being in the statement. “Crown Resorts to cash its Macau chips at a time when the of the planned Sydney resort. The sold via cash-settled swap transac- has a strong portfolio of future pro- value of that business is looking pretty healthy, roundup of 18 Crown staff in China tions with the underwriters, the jects, anchored by Crown Sydney, and store up some capital to ensure Crown in October for alleged gambling cri- term sheet shows. Deutsche Bank and including our online and wage- Sydney could be financed with as little debt mes has raised questions about the AG, UBS Group AG and Morgan ring platforms.” as possible. company’s ability to draw in Chine- Stanley are arranging the sale. Crown continues to prepare for a Backing away from Macau seems insane, se high rollers. Crown also said it’s considering proposed initial public offering of 49 but with the detention of Crown’s employees Amid the detentions in China, tur- selling an undeveloped plot in Las percent of a property trust that wou- in China that battle may already have been nover from Crown’s program for Vegas and will now focus on its ca- ld hold some of its Australian hotels. lost - and Packer lived to fight another day high-wagering, top-priority custo- sinos in Australia, led by a propo- The entity Crown planned to spin after previously losing out in the bidding for mers at its Australian resorts slum- sed A$2 billion high-stakes, luxury off was also set to house Crown’s one of Singapore’s two casino licenses. With ped 45 percent from a year earlier resort in Sydney. development site in Las Vegas, a 20 Japan opening a potential $40 billion market in the most recent 23-week period, Packer will step down as depu- percent stake in Japanese restau- at about the time Crown Sydney is set to Crown said yesterday. ty chairman, giving full control of rant Nobu and half of U.K. casino open, Macau won’t always be the only game The overseas spinoff was designed Melco Crown to Lawrence Ho, Mel- operator Aspers Group. Bloomberg in town. fri 16.12.2016 th Anniversary

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REAL ESTATE MATTERS Rising Real Estate Prices…Can Prices Be Controlled ?

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Like most products and servi- has increased by 40,000 over rent control measures, but any ces, rental prices are influenced the last twelve years, in 2004 measure introduced to artifi- by basic and inescapable econo- the number of residential units cially control rents is unfair on mic factors such as supply and was just 177,000. one of the parties involved. Both demand. This ‘ebb and flow’ of The statistics do not tell the a landlord and tenant are de- supply meeting demand is of whole story of course, but they pendent on each other to reach a course one of the cornerstones are a good starting point for dis- mutually agreeable level for the of economics. cussion. rental price. At it’s simplest level, an excess The average apartment in Ma- How would you feel as a tenant in the number of homes avai- cau has 3 people living in it, if the government made you pay lable and a shortage of people which doesn’t seem to be an un- an artificially high price to rent looking for somewhere to live reasonable number at all. an apartment ? This of course is should of course lead to com- However, this does not take into how an owner might feel when petition amongst the supply, account the number of apart- being told that he cannot rent an ultimately contributing to lower ments that are uninhabitable, apartment for the market price, prices or higher quality offerin- derelict, vacant and just simply and must rent at a discount. gs. forgotten about. It’s not to say that landlords As we witness in Macau, there is If we use the 80/20 rule as a should be able to increase ren- of course a minimal amount of measure, Macau may well have ts at the expense of tenants, land and therefore a limited su- more than 40,000 such apart- but rather that the government pply of apartments that can be ments, and the number of ac- should seek ways to influen- constructed. tual apartments available drops ce the pricing of properties by The population of Macau has down to just 175,000. using market forces. almost doubled since 1990 from In this case, the number of occu- Trying to use artificial measures just under 340,000 to almost pants per apartments shoots up and interfere with the market 650,000 by the end of this year. to more than 3.7 per apartment nearly always leads to uninten- However, thanks to land recla- before we even start to consider ded consequences, the biggest of mation, the physical size of Ma- the difference between low, me- which is the fear is that owners cau has increased by 75% in the dium and high end properties. will simply deem the measures same period, going from 17.4 sq When we look at these figures ‘too troublesome’ and refuse km to the current 30.4 sq km. and start projecting forwards, to rent out properties, further The number of residential units it’s not hard to see that there is a decreasing an already limited available for occupancy in the huge potential problem looming supply. middle of this year was slightly if Macau and its population con- There are some potential solu- more than 217,000. tinues to grow at the same rate. tions though, and that’s what we Records show that this number The government are discussing will look at next week. fri 16.12.2016

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Lawmakers stand to approve a law on “integrated resorts” at the parliament’s lower house in Tokyo

AMING operators got until 2021 or beyond, after Gthe green light they’ve the Tokyo 2020 Olympic been waiting for after Ja- Games. The new legislation pan’s parliament approved authorizes drafting of regu- yesterday an “integrated re- lations dictating the number sorts” law that is a first step and location of casinos, en- toward allowing casino gam- try restrictions for Japanese bling. and tax rates. That process is Passage of the new law left expected to take up to a year. its opponents in tears, but The new legislation got big players said they were final approval in the wee keen to get started. hours yesterday, after a fai- “Today’s announcement led attempt by opposition allows us to advance our lawmakers to pass a no-con- relationships with key fidence motion against its stakeholders and together top supporter, Prime Mi- create a coalition of Japa- nister Shinzo Abe. Abe has nese business partners who sought passage of the long- will collectively define a vi- delayed legislation for years, sion for a uniquely Japane- over objections from some se, world-class integrated in his own ruling Liberal De- resort,” MGM Resorts Inter- mocratic Party. national said in a statement. Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama It said it had a full-time and a city on the northern is- development team in Tokyo land of Hokkaido are said to working on potential projec- be planning bids for casino ts. licenses. “The reason why everyone’s “This is a landmark occa- spending the time on this sion and should be a shot in is that the potential is ab- the arm as it relates to inves- solutely enormous,” James tor sentiment in all gaming Murren, chairman of Las Ve- names that could be players gas-based MGM Resorts In- in Japan,” Grant Govertsen, ternational, said in a recent a Macau-based analyst at conference call with analysts. investment firm Union Ga- Wynn Resorts said it was ming, said in a commentary. “extremely pleased” by the Japan’s existing forms of law’s passage. gambling include lotteries, Casino operators view Ja- pachinko — a kind of pin pan as a lucrative “final fron- -ball machine — and wage- tier.” In a report this month, ring on horse, auto, bicycle analysts at investment bank and power boat racing. It CLSA estimated the poten- could become the world’s tial market at $30 billion a second largest gambling year in gross revenue. Su- market behind No. 1 Macau, pporters of the casino plan Govertsen said. say it will create jobs and “Quite simply, it represen- make Japan a more alluring ts the next and perhaps only tourism destination. other large opportunity to Many in Japan fear an ex- develop large-scale integra- pansion of legalized gaming ted resorts in Asia for a lot will fuel organized crime and of these companies,” he said. encourage gambling addic- “Some of these companies, tion. Surveys have shown a their revenues and cash flow majority of Japanese oppose are so large today that it the plan. would take an opportunity Casinos are unlikely to like Japan to move the nee- start operating in Japan dle for them.” AP 16.12.2016 fri

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Nomaan Merchant, Beijing group of anti-smoking vo- Smokers chased in Beijing as Alunteers in blue vests mar- ched through an office building on a recent morning in China’s capital, trailed by two police of- gov’t considers national law ficers and the building’s mana- gement. As people peered out of the doorways, the volunteers especially in rural areas where turned several corners and As China tobacco employs much of the stopped in front of a stairwell AP PHOTO local population. China Tobac- door. One of them pushed it considers a co did not respond to questions open. nationwide ban submitted by fax. There stood an office worker, Wu and others hope they can pressing a cellphone to one ear on smoking in eventually build off the pro- and holding a lit cigarette in his gress they’ve made in indivi- other hand. Someone had tur- public places, dual cities like Beijing. Anyone ned him in. caught smoking inside a res- A stern lecture followed from the fight is taurant, office building, public the group’s leader, a stocky, well underway bus or train can be ticketed and 32-year-old fine arts teacher fined up to 200 yuan ($32). No named Liu Li. in Beijing, -smoking signs have popped all “Today, we won’t punish you, over the sprawling city of 20 but we will criticize and educa- which banned million people. te you,” Liu said in a carrying A network of volunteers has smoking in been trained by the govern- voice, as the worker bowed and An office worker (center) caught smoking in a stairwell in Beijing. apologized repeatedly. “Don’t indoors areas ment-funded Beijing Tobacco throw cigarette butts around. Control Association to monitor You must not act like this next But tobacco extracts a huge campaign backed by the force of 18 months ago complaints and catch smokers. time.” cost as well. About 1 million Chinese President Xi Jinping, After a recent training session, As China considers a na- deaths a year in China can be considered the country’s stron- the conference, and other cities participants got a bag that in- tionwide ban on smoking in attributed to cigarettes, a fi- gest ruler in decades. have also followed suit. cluded lapel pins declaring public places, the fight is well gure that could triple by 2050 Shortly after becoming head But anti-tobacco advocates them to be a “smoking control underway in Beijing, which without greater action to curb of the ruling Communist Party remain concerned that the volunteer,” and a wide red sash banned smoking in restauran- the habit. China has more than in 2012, Xi admonished Com- national law currently under with yellow lettering urging ts and other indoor areas 18 300 million smokers and near- munist Party officials not to consideration might do more people not to smoke that they months ago. Zealous volun- ly half of China’s adult males smoke in public, and his swee- harm than good. China’s go- could wear at work and on the teers and anti-smoking advo- smoke regularly, according to ping anti-corruption probe vernment considers and passes street. cates have made some headway the World Bank. has targeted the acceptance of laws behind closed doors and In a meeting with Associated against millions of occasionally For all of the attention given expensive gifts like fancy ciga- has not made its draft legis- Press journalists, association intransigent smokers and the to China’s notorious air pollu- rettes. Xi, who was once pho- lation available to the public. director Zhang Jianshu showed state-run cigarette monopoly, a tion, it’s smoking that’s often tographed in the 1980s hol- Advocates have heard that the off an interactive map of Beijing large and powerful force in Chi- far more damaging and far ding a cigarette at his desk as law might allow airports and on a flat-screen television in na’s government and economy. easier to correct, said Dr. Ber- a party cadre, has reportedly restaurants to establish indoor his office that was dotted with Cigarettes are a cultural nhard Schwartlander, who has quit smoking himself. His wife, smoking rooms, or only requi- small blue sirens marking the symbol in China, where na- worked for several years in Chi- the singer and actress Peng re offices to keep public areas spot of a complaint submitted tional leaders dating back to na as the World Health Organi- Liyuan, has appeared in an- smoke-free, but not private by a tipster. Mao Zedong were well-known zation’s local representative. ti-smoking advertisements in rooms or an office belonging to Volunteers must pledge never smokers, and where cigarettes “When the air is bad outside, addition to her role as an ad- one person. to have smoked before, said Liu are still handed out commonly everybody gets upset and talks vocate for HIV-positive people “Top officials must take the Li, the volunteer who led the at weddings, banquets and ho- about it,” Schwartlander said. under the WHO. lead,” said Wu Yiqun, vice di- pursuit of smokers in stairwells. liday celebrations. The tobacco However, “just a few smokers At a health conference last rector of the ThinkTank Re- Anyone caught smoking is ex- industry employs more than in a room in an average restau- month in Shanghai, an official search Center for Health Deve- pelled from the group. 300,000 people and remains a rant can cause air pollution in- with China’s national health lopment. “How could smoking Just 2,700 people have been key source of revenue in the na- side that is worse than the very commission said it was consi- be allowed in the offices of the fined since the law went into tional budget. The State Tobac- worst days we see in Beijing,” dering a nationwide ban targe- top officials?” effect, an average of fewer than co Monopoly Administration he said. ting smoking in public places, Many provincial and lower five a day, according to state generated more than USD150 At the behest of WHO and possibly as soon as the end of -level officials are smokers media. But residents of Beijing billion in tax revenues just last other advocates, China has lau- this year. Shanghai issued an themselves and remain stead- almost uniformly agree the cam- year alone. nched a national anti-smoking indoor smoking ban just before fast defenders of the industry, paign has made an impact. AP

TAIWAN Weekends at last: workers to get 2 days off a week

INCE Taiwan indus- companies to limit work said. But he added, “When Taiwanese worked 48- Strialized in the 1960s, its to 40 hours a week and we work overtime, it’s true hour weeks until 2000, AP PHOTO workers have strived to do give full-time workers at that we are sacrificing our when the standard chan- whatever their employers least two of every seven family time, or that we even ged to 84 hours every two asked, including putting in days off. Hourly overtime neglect the fact that we feel weeks, often spread over six free overtime, out of fear of pay will ratchet higher as unwell.” days with no overtime pay. being replaced. extra hours accrue. “So I wish working hours That limited many workers But many in this manu- After 15 years of long were shorter,” he said. to just one day off. The 84- facturing powerhouse and hours, Chou Hsun-Rong, The changes in Taiwan’s hour scheme was scrapped democratically ruled island a 43-year-old worker at a onerous labor regimen in January, with workweeks off the coast of China would bonding material factory in come at a time when, unlike capped at 40 hours that like a better work-life balan- suburban Taipei will be glad in many western countries, could still be spread over ce to match their society’s to spend more time with his workers here been gaining more than five days. growing affluence. young children. leverage, with the unem- President Tsai Ing-wen Now they’re getting a “We wanted to contribute ployment rate at under 4 promised to push for two- break. Earlier this mon- to our company, and in re- percent and nearly twice as day weekends while cam- th lawmakers approved turn, we want the company many job openings as there paigning for office. She has Taiwanese people enjoy their weekend at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial changes in the Labor to respond in positive ways are job seekers, according to pledged to sign the bill be- Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Standards Act requiring to our contributions,” Chou the Labor Ministry. fore the year’s end. AP fri 16.12.2016

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Trump has called for a recon- REPORT sideration of its commitments to its Asian allies, including Japan and South Korea, whi- le simultaneously criticizing Beijing adds weapons to Chinese trade policy toward the U.S. along with its new territorial assertiveness. He also referred to China’s man South China Sea islands -made islands in a tweet ear- lier this month, saying Beijing didn’t ask the U.S. if it was OK Christopher Bodeen, Beijing to “build a massive military complex in the South China AP PHOTO Sea.” HINA appears to “The timing is significant in have installed an- that these first clear images ti-aircraft and anti- come amid Trump’s challen- missile weapons on ging comments about China Cits man-made islands in the and its South China Sea for- strategically vital South Chi- tresses,” said Alexander Neill, na Sea, a U.S. security think a senior fellow for Asia-Pacific tank says, upping the stakes in security for the International what many see as a potential Institute for Strategic Studies Asian powder keg. based in Singapore. The Center for Strategic and Chinese President Xi Jinping International Studies said in said on a visit to the U.S. last a report that the anti-aircra- year that “China does not in- ft guns and close-in weapons tend to pursue militarization” systems designed to guard of the area, prompting some against missile attack have foreign experts to accuse Chi- been placed on all seven of na of going back on its word China’s newly created is- with its new deployments. lands. Despite that, China considers The outposts were built in it vital to equip the islands recent years over objections with defensive means given by the U.S. and rival claiman- their distance — 1,600 kilo- ts by piling sand on top of meters (1,000 miles) — from coral reefs, followed by the the Chinese mainland, toge- construction of military grade ther with the nearby presence 3,000-meter airstrips, bar- of forces from rival claiman- racks, lighthouses, radar sta- ts such as Vietnam, said Yue tions and other infrastructure. Gang, a retired colonel and CSIS based its conclusions military analyst. on satellite images taken in “As the matter of fact, these mid-to-late November and occupied islands have been published on the website of its armed and fortified for a long Asia Maritime Transparency time,” Yue said. “No country Initiative. in the world would only com- In a statement, China’s De- mit to providing civil services fense Ministry repeated that without considering its own development on the islands security safety.” was mainly for civilian purpo- Looking forward, the nature ses, but added that defensive of China’s new military de- measures were “appropriate ployments will likely be cali- and legal.” brated in response to moves “For example, were someone taken by the U.S., said the Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea to be threatening you with ar- IISS’s Neill. med force outside your front “China will argue that they door, would you not get ready artificial islands in case of an na has strongly criticized such duced by incoming president are entitled to place whatever even a slingshot?” the minis- armed contingency in the Sou- missions, known as freedom Donald Trump, who broke they want there in reaction try statement said. th China Sea,” CSIS experts of navigation operations. long-established diploma- to U.S. actions,” Neill said. Foreign Ministry spokesman wrote in the report. The U.S. has committed to tic protocol by talking on the “The big question is whether Geng Shuang told reporters at “Among other things, they beefing up its military presen- phone earlier this month with Trump will embark on a more a daily briefing that he had no would be the last line of de- ce in the area, although new the president of China’s long- strident or discordant policy information about the repor- fense against cruise missiles uncertainty has been intro- time rival Taiwan. in the South China Sea.” AP ted weaponry, but said such launched by the United States deployments were China’s so- or others against these soon- vereign right. to-be-operational air bases,” The Philippines, which has the report said. troops and villagers stationed Beijing says the islands are in- Global Times advocates ‘the use of force on some reefs and islands near tended to boost maritime safety China’s new artificial islands, in the region while downplaying as main option’ to deal with Taiwan expressed concern despite their military utility. They also recently improving relations mark China’s claim to owner- with China. ship of practically the entire In an escalating war of words between Chi- serious deterrence to Taiwan independence,” “If true, it is a big concern for South China Sea. na and the U.S. concerning the one-China the Beijing’s mouth piece added using a kind us and the international com- Taiwan, Vietnam, the Phili- policy, the Global Times said in an editorial of aggressive rhetoric, which wasn’t seen for munity who uses the South ppines, Malaysia and Brunei that “It might be time for the Chinese main- decades. China Sea lanes for trade,” De- also claim territory in the wa- land to reformulate its Taiwan policy, make The future of Taiwan “must not be shaped fense Secretary Delfin Loren- terway through which an esti- the use of force as a main option and care- by the DPP and Washington, but by the Chi- zana said. “It would mean that mated USD5 trillion in global fully prepare for it.” nese mainland. It is hoped that peace in the the Chinese are militarizing trade passes each year, while “Once Taiwan independence forces violate Taiwan Straits won’t be disrupted. But the the area, which is not good.” the U.S. Navy insists on its ri- the Anti-Secession Law, the Chinese main- Chinese mainland should display its resolu- China’s new island arma- ght to operate throughout the land can in no time punish them militarily. tion to recover Taiwan by force. Peace does ments “show that Beijing is area, including in waters close Moreover, getting ready to achieve reuni- not belong to cowards,” the Global Times serious about defense of its to China’s new outposts. Chi- fication through the use of force can pose a concluded. PC 16.12.2016 fri

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famous for relieving fatigue. Disagreement over four sou- “I can guarantee you that the thern Kuril islands, which Japan hot springs here would fully re- calls the Northern Territories, Putin, Abe hold talks move fatigue from our summit have kept the countries from talks,” he said. signing a peace treaty formally Putin replied, “Better not to ending their World War II hos- on Japan-Russia get too tired.” He also credited tilities. Abe’s efforts for “a certain mo- Japan says the Soviet Union vement in the development of took the islands illegally at the Russian-Japanese ties.” end of World War II, expelling territorial dispute James Brown, a Japan-Russia 17,000 Japanese to nearby expert at Temple University’s Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan campus in Tokyo, said Japan’s four main islands. Rus- the meeting was “an extraordi- sia governs the islands and the nary development. I think Pri- Russians who now live there. me Minister Abe is being really “I hope to negotiate thoroughly quite bold in announcing this in a quiet atmosphere, in the si- new approach to relations with lence of the night,” Abe told re- Russia, especially coming at porters ahead of his departure such a difficult time in relations for Nagato. “I head into negotia- between Russia and the West.” tions keeping close to my heart The meeting started after the long-cherished desire of the 6 p.m, more than two hours former islanders” to resolve the behind schedule, because Pu- dispute. tin’s plane landed late. Putin Putin told Japanese journalists has a reputation for late arrivals. earlier this week that progress He kept Pope Francis waiting hinges on Japan’s flexibility to at the Vatican for one hour and compromise, and that he doesn’t 20 minutes in 2015. Earlier this mind the status quo. “We think Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin month, Japanese Foreign Mi- that we have no territorial pro- nister Fumio Kishida waited for blems. It’s Japan that thinks that Emily Wang & Mari Yamaguchi, mir Putin, the summit meeting today. two hours when he visited the is has a territorial problem with Nagato in Nagato city marks his first of- Abe hopes to make progress on Kremlin. Russia,” he said. ficial visit to a G-7 country since the territorial dispute and bolster Abe, who flew from Tokyo to But Russia wants to attract Ja- The leaders of Russia and Japan Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. ties through joint economic pro- Nagato in the morning, used the panese investment, particularly held talks at a hot springs resort Japanese Prime Minister Shin- jects. A major breakthrough is time to visit the grave of his fa- to its far east. Japan hopes that in western Japan yesterday on a zo Abe invited Putin even though seen as unlikely. ther, Shintaro Abe. As foreign stronger ties through joint eco- territorial dispute that has divi- the G-7 nations, including Japan, In brief remarks before the minister, the elder Abe strove for nomic projects will help resolve ded their countries for 70 years. still have sanctions on Russia. meeting, Abe told Putin that the a resolution of the territorial dis- the thorny territorial issue over For Russian President Vladi- The meetings will move to Tokyo hot spring waters of Nagato are pute in the 1980s. time. AP

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USA the construction business, met the son in his 20s, and “I wasn’t impressed.” “I hope he is far better than I The electoral voters speak, and think he is,” Skaggs said. Even so, “I fully intend to vote for Donald Trump,” he said. “I think it’s a duty.” they’re not out for a revolt State law and practices vary for electors, but even in states where electors don’t take an Calvin Woodward & Rachel La oath to vote a certain way or Corte, Washington don’t face legal ramifications AP PHOTO for stepping out of line, the heavy expectation is for them OUNDED to aban- to ratify the results. As much as don Donald Trump, they don’t want Trump in office, Republican electors some Democrats are as reluc- appear to be in no tant as Republicans to go rogue. Hmood for an insurrection in “We lost the election,” said the presidential campaign’s John Padilla of Albuquerque, last voting ritual. This most New Mexico, a Democratic untraditional of elections is on ward chairman. “That’s how course to produce a traditional elections are and you shake outcome Monday — an Electo- hands with your opponent and ral College ticket to the White you get on with what you have House for the president-elect. to do and support your candi- Whether they like Trump or date.” not, and some surely don’t, sco- Yet Democratic electors, res of the Republicans chosen stung by losing an election to to cast votes in the state-capital a Republican who trails Clin- meetings told AP they feel bou- ton by more than 2.6 million nd by history, duty, party loyal- votes nationwide, spoke stron- ty or the law to rubber-stamp gly in the interviews in favor of their state’s results and make overhauling or throwing out the him president. Appeals num- electoral system. Republican bering in the tens of thousands electors generally supported — drowning inboxes, ringing it, reasoning that it provides a cell phones, stuffing home and counterweight to political do- office mailboxes with actual minance by coastal states with handwritten letters — have not huge (and largely Democratic) swayed them. populations, like California and The Associated Press tried to New York. reach all 538 electors and inter- Chiafalo is a co-founder of the viewed more than 330 of them, Hamilton Electors, a group for- finding widespread Democratic med to steer other electors from aggravation with the electoral both parties to a third candida- process but little expectation te. “We’ve stated from Day 1 that the hustle of anti-Trump this is a long shot, this is a Hail maneuvering can derail him. Mary,” he said. For that to happen, Republi- But if the effort fails, it won’t can-appointed electors would be from lack of trying. Most of have to stage an unprecedented the pleas to reject Trump are defection and Democrats would coordinated, automated, pro- need to buck tradition, too, by fessionally generated and, for peeling away from Hillary Clin- those reasons, none too persua- ton and swinging behind a con- has taken the time to conso- the republic’s founders would sive. sensus candidate in sufficient le one correspondent, a single want him to make. “I believe Trump won “We got a stack of letters from numbers. mother and Air Force veteran that Donald Trump is a unique idiots,” said Republican elector Still, people going to the typi- who is beside herself with wor- danger to our country and the enough states Edward Robson, 86, a Phoenix, cally ho-hum electoral gathe- ry about what a Trump presi- Founding Fathers put the Elec- Arizona, homebuilder. rings have been drawn into the dency will mean. toral College in place to, among to total 306 Fellow elector Carole Joyce, rough and tumble of campaign- “Everything’s going to be OK,” other things, stop that from 72, a state committeewoman season politics. Republicans are he said he told her. “I know happening,” said Chiafalo, 38, electoral votes. in Phoenix and retired public being beseeched to revolt in a you’re scared, but don’t worry. an Xbox network engineer who He would need health nurse, was more chari- torrent of lobbying, centered on Everything’s going to be OK. backed Bernie Sanders in the table. the argument that Clinton won And I know that it will be.” Democratic primaries. to see three “They’ve caused me great dis- the popular vote and Trump Maldonado, a Mexican immi- It takes 270 electoral votes to tress on my computer, that’s is unsuited to the presidency. grant and medical-equipment make a president. Despite lo- dozen fall away for sure,” she said. “I average Most of it is falling on deaf ears, seller in Sullivan, backed Ted sing the national popular vote, for him to lose anywhere from a thousand to but it has also led to some ac- Cruz in the primaries but will Trump won enough states to 3,000 emails a day. And I’m quaintances being made across cast his vote for Trump with total 306 electoral votes. He his majority getting inundated in my regular the great political divide. conviction. “I took an oath would need to see three dozen mailbox out front — anywhere “Let me give you the total as once to become a U.S. citizen,” fall away for him to lose his for Trump in blunt terms. “Hell from 17 to 35 letters a day co- of right now: 48,324 emails he said, “and on Aug. 14, 1995, majority. Only one Republican will freeze and we will be ska- ming from Washington state, about my role as an elector,” that was the first oath that I’ve elector told AP he won’t vote for ting on the lava before I chan- Oregon, all around the country. said Brian Westrate, a small taken to support the U.S. Cons- Trump. ge,” he said. “He won the state Hand-written, some of them -business owner and GOP dis- titution. A year later I took the Over the sweep of history, so- and I’ve pledged and gave my five or six pages long, quoting trict chairman in Fall Creek, oath again, to support the du- called faithless electors — tho- word that that’s what I would me the Federalist Papers, the Wisconsin. “I have a Twitter ties of being an officer in the se who vote for someone other do. And I won’t break it.” Constitution, asking me again debate with a former porn star U.S. Army. This was the third than their state’s popular-vote Nor will Jim Skaggs, 78, a de- out of desperation not to vote from California asking me to oath that I’ve taken to execute winner — have been exceptio- veloper from Bowling Green, for Donald Trump. change my vote. It’s been fas- what I promised to do.” nally rare. Kentucky, despite deep concern “And that’s their right,” she cinating.” Even a leader of the anti- Nashville attorney Tom about Trump. “His personality said. “I’ve had nothing threa- Similarly deluged, Republican Trump effort, Bret Chiafalo of Lawless, who chose Marco Ru- worries me,” Skaggs said. “He tening, I’m happy to say. The elector Hector Maldonado, a Everett, Washington, calls it a bio in the primaries, described is not open-minded.” Skaggs election is over, they need to Missouri National Guardsman, “losing bet” — but one he says his vow to cast his electoral vote knew Trump’s father through move on.” AP 16.12.2016 fri

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Language: English (Cantonese) Duration: 133min The service will be the cheapest and fastest ser- vice into London with a single journey costing 80 pence. acau ower This is compared to £1 for the airport bus service M T into the capital, or the £5.50 required plus tip for Offbeat 15 Dec - 28 Dec a taxi service. Plans to extend the line to the airport have been new york, new york! city in the offing for more than 30 years. But with congestion on roads around the airport booked usd629 hotel rooms expected to rise, particularly if plans for a fourth for homeless people terminal at Heathrow get the go ahead, the exten- sion could not have come at a better time. A report says New York City paid a rate of USD629 a night to house homeless people at a hotel on two days in Sep- Courtesy BBC News tember. The report was issued this week by Comptroller Scott Stringer. It says the city booked 30 Manhattan hotel rooms at that rate on Sept. 19 and 20. The mayor’s office says Manhattan hotel costs rose on In context those days because of United Nations meetings. The report says over a year there were 815 bookings at two A fourth terminal was built on the south side of the airport, about ROUGE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 15 minutes from the main buildings. Manhattan hotels for $400 a night or more. It says the aver- (3D)room 3 age daily rate paid by the city is around $194. The Piccadilly line was extended in 1986 into a loop to take people 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm to and from this terminal. A spokesman for the Department of Homeless Services Director: Gareth Edwards Now there are plans to extend the line to reach the new terminal says its average cost for a hotel room per night is about Starring: Filicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, five building due for completion in 2011. $174 for a family. Donnie Yen The Piccadilly line covers 71km and serves 52 stations between A mayoral spokeswoman says the city works to contain Language: English (Cantonese) Cockfosters and Heathrow or Uxbridge, with 76 trains used to oper- costs. Duration: 133min ate the morning and evening peak period service. fri 16.12.2016 th Anniversary

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FOOTBALL Real Madrid advances to Club World Cup final

Jim Armstrong, Yokohama hard,” Real Madrid coach the defense until Benzema’s Zinedine Zidane said. “But late goal. EAL Madrid beat we created more opportuni- Ronaldo, who earned his Mexican side Club ties in the second half and I fourth Ballon d’Or on Mon- America 2-0 to rea- was very happy to see Cris- day, sent a header off the ch the Club World tiano score.” post in the 26th, and had RCup final yesterday and ex- There was a bit of confu- an open net in the 67th but tend its unbeaten run to 36 sion at the end of the game headed the ball back across games. as referee Enrique Caceres the face of the goal. initially appeared to gesture Madrid has a shot at beco- Karim Benzema and Cris- Cristiano Ronaldo kicks the ball past Club America's goalkeeper Moises Munoz tiano Ronaldo each scored for the video referee, but ul- ming the first team to win to help the European cham- timately the goal was awar- the Champions League, Spa- pions reach the final on ded. nish league, Spain’s Copa Sunday, when they will face The video replay system del Rey, and the Club Wor- euro 2016 seen by 2 billion on tv; 600m Japanese champions Kashi- which allows referees to halt ld Cup in the same season. ma Antlers. games to review footage of It leads the Spanish league, tune in for final “game-changing decisions,” is through to the knockout Benzema took a pass from BOOSTED BY Cristiano Ron- viewers watched some of Portu- was used for the first time stage of the Champions Lea- Toni Kroos and beat Club aldo’s title run and Iceland’s feel- gal’s 1-0 extra-time win over host America goalkeeper Moises on Wednesday. Refs can gue, and is alive in the Copa good story, the 2016 European France in the final. Munoz with a superb shot also rely on information del Rey. Championship attracted 2 billion The 20 extra matches created by in first-half stoppage time. being fed by video assistant “We’re highly motivated to people to watch live on television. having eight more teams added 1.1 James Rodriguez set up Ro- referees watching broadcast win this tournament,” Zida- The total live audience for the billion viewers to the overall TV audi- naldo’s angled shot deep in feeds. ne said. “We travelled a long expanded 24-team, 51-match ence. The 2 billion individual viewers injury time. Madrid hasn’t lost in any way and have jet lag but we tournament grew to almost 5 bil- was an increase of 100 million on the “We couldn’t really find competition since April 6. are very well prepared in lion viewers, according to UEFA Euro 2012 figures, UEFA said. our rhythm in the first half It dominated the first half terms of being motivated to research published yesterday. Bigger audiences in Brazil and and the pitch was a bit but struggled to penetrate win the Club World Cup.” AP The research says 600 million China helped raise the totals.

ad THE US dollar surges on prospect Station16.12.2016Air quality fri BUZZ of more Fed rate hikes Roadside 50-70 Good The dollar surged to near-14 year highs against more rate hikes next year instead of two. That the euro yesterday after the Federal Reserve raised means potential returns on dollar holdings will be High interest rates for the first time in a year and indi- even higher. Density 65-95 cated that there could be another three next year. “What is more important, though, is that despi- Residental The U.S. currency has been rising across the te the Fed signaling a desire to raise interest rates Moderate board in the wake of the Fed’s statement, which at a faster pace, there was no panic in the marke- Area opinion saw the central bank raise its main interest rate by ts,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at a quarter percentage point to a range of 0.50 per- OANDA. “Rate hikes are finally seen as a positive Ambient 60-80 cent to 0.75 percent. once again rather than something that’s going to Moderate SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Kapok The advance came after the Fed indicated three kill any rallies.” Eric Sautedé WORLD BRIEFS Frustrating exhilaration MACAU Police say a Against all odds, the democratic fervour that has en- THAILAND rubber farmer has been gulfed Hong Kong in the past two years appears far shot dead in the southern from being abated—quite the contrary. Museum of Art to Thai province of Sonkhla, The clear cut victory of the pro-democracy camp in the latest attack in a in the geographic constituencies in September and region that has been in the advent of a young boisterous generation of self- exhibit flower vessels the grip of an ethnic Malay determination-leaning legislators served as a proof Muslim insurgency for over that the spirit of the 2014 Occupy Central with Love OINTLY organised by a decade. and Peace and the subsequent Umbrella Movement Jthe Macao Museum of had not waned but instead transformed into a fiery Art (MAM), the exhibition AUSTRALIA-JAPAN A force able to rock the boat of institutional politics from “Flower Vessels from the Japanese-Australian within. Palace Museum” would com- community leader says he has filed a racial Then came the so-called “oath-taking controversy” mence tomorrow, featuring triggered by legislators-elect Baggio Leung and Yau discrimination complaint 100 sets of vessels from the Wai-ching, that ultimately led to them being unseated against a Sydney church Palace Museum. by Hong Kong’s High Court on November 15. In the that he alleged intimidated meantime, the pro-establishment camp had ridiculed The exhibition marks the Japanese nationals by itself by engaging in self-depreciating bickering and 18th such cooperation be- erecting a memorial to absenteeism and the central authorities had been so- tween the MAM and the Pa- women forced to work mehow convinced that a heavy-handed intervention in lace Museum. as sex slaves by Japan’s World War II army. the form of a secretly sought interpretation of the Basic Original paintings that cor- Law would “scare the chickens by killing the monkeys”. respond to each of the vessels Up to 15 legislators could fall victim of the ruling, if will be exhibited, according

Wang Zhenmin, the legal advisor of the Hong Kong to a statement released by the AP PHOTO Liaison Office, was to be trusted. Ultimately, “only” four Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). others are being submitted to a new judicial review ins- These paintings demonstrate Qianlong Emperor’s portrait tigated by CY Leung and his Secretary for Justice on the usage, styles and sensibi- SYRIA A cease-fire deal December 2, including veteran activist “Long Hair” Leu- lities imbued in the vessels the “Ti He Dian” (Hall of Sta- jects, by modifying the shape between rebels and the ng Kwok-hung and Edward Yiu Chung-yim, the newly from the Palace and the tell te Harmony). of human, animals, plants government in the city elected assistant professor representing the Archi- of the elegance of flowers as The exhibition includes and others elements in order of Allepo foundered tectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape (ASPL) seen in the Qing Dynasty. complementary paintings, for them to function as prac- yesterday, threatening functional constituency. The upcoming exhibition drawings, and original images tical containers. plans to evacuate the Yet the whole process had but two consequences: remaining rebels and tens is divided into three sections which depict the strict codes According to IC, MAM will on the one hand, the pro-democracy camp has regrou- with six themes, such as of thousands of civilians under which imperial vessels organize a series of activities out of harm’s way in what ped and is now displaying a resolute unity in denoun- “Functions” which features were produced. Highlights including talks conducted by would effectively seal the cing the illegitimacy of Beijing’s ruling: by equating the “Offering Sacrifice with Fra- provocative independence drive of a few with the self- comprise the “Scroll of the specialists from the Palace enclave’s surrender. The grant Flowers” and “Leisure determination-leaning stance of the many, what was Life Scenes of Emperor Yong- Museum, a demonstration withdrawal was supposed Time Enjoyment” in which originally a discordant aggregate had been turned into zheng’s Imperial Concubines, and a workshop of literati to start at dawn but shelling a united bloc; on the other hand, the public is beco- flower pots used in Buddhist Standing in Front of the Mir- flower arrangements, guide resumed in the morning ming ever more wary of the situation, and the public ceremonies and ancestor ror Wearing Elegant Clothes” services, a mini Chinese mu- hours and buses meant for the evacuations. sentiment index released by Hong Kong University on worshiping are displayed. in which a glazed flowerpot, a sic concert and games with December 15 indicates a plunge of 7.1 points compa- The exhibition will showca- pot saucer and a hand-war- prizes, among others. President-elect red to November—Government Appraisal faring the se “The Great Emperor Qian- mer are portrayed to reveal The three talks are “Flower USA Donald Trump has worst—with a level that is becoming dangerously close long” and “The Elegant Em- the combination of flower Vessels from the Palace Mu- press Dowager Cixi,” in whi- pledged deep tax cuts and to the low tide of January 2016 when the disappearan- arrangement, incense and seum,” the “Wall vases from increased infrastructure ce of the Causeway Bay booksellers started to unravel. ch calligraphy and paintings makeup tools in the boudoir. the Qing Court and Others,” spending to restore No doubt that the announcement, on December 9, by Emperor Qianlong and In the form of lying catt- and “Craft potted plants in lost jobs, accelerate by CY Leung himself that he would not run—allegedly Empress Cixi are displayed. le, the “Shiwan Kiln Moon the Qing court.” the economy and bring for “family reasons”—for a second term in the coming These include poems in prai- -White-Glazed Flower Pot in The exhibition “Flower prosperity to more March Chief Executive election was intended as a ges- se of flower vessels made by the Shape of a Lying Cattle” Vessels from the Palace Mu- Americans. Janet Yellen ture of conciliation or even a disguised admission of imperial order and flower showcases how Shiwan kilns seum” will be open until has her doubts. The failure: the long-term dislike of and distrust in “689” (the vessels used in the “Da Ya incorporated decorative arts March 12 on the 4th floor of Federal Reserve chair number of votes he received in 2012) aka “the wolf” Zhai” (Elegant Studio) and with the functions of the ob- MAM. LV sought yesterday to make was yet again underscored on December 13, when a nuanced point: The another HKU survey revealed that Leung is now the moment for a deficit-fueled least appreciated Chief Executive since the handover, stimulus to improve job at only 35 points, beating even the dwindling approval times square by rodrigo creation has likely passed. rate of Tung Chee-hwa at the time of the combined Meanwhile, the Electoral SARS and Article 23 crisis! College convenes on But if there is one thing that the Hong Kong electo- Monday in the final act of rate has learnt from these troubling times it is that their a lengthy election. A vote voice will only be faithfully defended by a handful few, swing against Trump is very unlikely. More on p15 whatever the context and the venue, and even though these few cannot be the majority by institutional design they have to become more numerous: on December

11, the pro-democracy camp thus won more than a AP PHOTO quarter of the seats on the Election Committee that will designate the next Chief Executive in March 2017. 325 seats out of 1,200! In the election committee subsec- tors of Social Welfare, Information Technology, Health BOXING The Muhammad Services, Legal, Education and Higher Education, the Ali Center in Kentucky pro-democrats won all the seats and they won a majori- says it’s planning a four- ty in accountancy, ASPL, medical and engineering—all day celebration early next year to coincide with of these knowledge-based! what would have been Out of curiosity I checked if this could ever happened the boxing great’s 75th in Macao—thus allowing some form of competition— birthday. The community but unfortunately, even in the more spirited social or activities at the downtown education sectors, pro-establishment figures rule and center in Ali’s hometown of command the votes, including present-day Secretaries Louisville will start Jan. 14 and soon-to-be recipients of the Golden and Silver Lo- and continue through Ali’s tus(es). In Macao, nothing short of universal suffrage birthday on Jan. 17. Ali died can change the system. June 3 at the age of 74.