more gaming related beijing tracks the elderly crimes housing The data amassed with each Police authorities filed 3,333 tops swipe of the multi-purpose criminal reports in total during lawmakers’ “Beijing Connect” old person’s this year’s first quarter, data agenda card goes into a massive database released yesterday indicates of the elderly in the capital P2 P3 AL PLENARY P10

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US-China China features growth may be on horizon prominently in the rhetoric of presumed Republican P7 presidential candidate Donald Trump, who accuses the country of stealing American jobs and cheating at global trade. In China though, he’s only just emerging as a public figure, despite notoriety elsewhere for his voluble utterances, high-profile businesses and reality TV shows. More on p11 ap photo

Hong Kong An activist whose beating by police was caught on video was sentenced yesterday to five weeks in prison on charges related to the confrontation, stirring outrage among pro-democracy supporters. More on p10 ap photo

JAPAN A 7-year-old boy is missing in a forest in northern Japan after his parents made him get out of their car as punishment for misbehaving. About 150 rescue workers searched yesterday in a wooded area on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The boy, identified as Yamato Tanooka, has been missing since late Saturday afternoon. ap photo

AUSTRALIA Scientists say mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and Protests on a daily basis central parts of the Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage. Some parts of the reef have lost Senado Square residents, shop workers, more than half of the coral to bleaching. More on p12 P5 MDT REPORT More on backpage complain about constant noise 31.05.2016 tue

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Arts Crime declines by Cultural Heritage Day heralds 7.1 percent during Q1 various activities

he latest crime sta- Ttistics released yes- o mark the 11th occasion of China’s Cultural He- terday show that the poli- Tritage Day on June 11, the Cultural Affairs Bureau ce authorities filed 3,333 (IC) will host a variety of activities to resonate with the criminal reports in total theme, “Let cultural heritage by a part of modern life.” during this year’s first A series of activities will be held at heritage sites, mu- quarter. The figure repre- seums, and libraries, aiming to encourage residents sents a decrease of 255 and tourists to visit the historic center of the city. cases (7.1 percent) com- Among these will be the exhibition, “Memories of pared to the same period Moments – Macau and Lusophone African and Asian last year. Regions in Photograph Postcards,” and the thematic The Secretary for Se- exhibition, “Exhibition of Pedro Nolasco da Silva’s curity Wong Sio Chak, Book Collection,” as well as lectures. said during a press con- In addition to promotion of activities in the historic ference that 626 crimes center, several heritage sites will offer free admission, were committed against according to a statement from the IC. individuals, representing Wong Sio Chak (center) presents the latest security report “Memories of Moments” is being organized by the a 2.8 percent increase. Macau Archives in response to China’s Cultural He- These incidents primarily “crimes against society,” cases) respectively. than last year; 28 of the ritage Day, and will be held between June 10 and consisted of cases com- a total of 186 cases were With regard to violent involved individuals were December 4. The exhibition will feature a selection monly known as ‘illegal reported indicating a de- crimes, there were 181 still minors. of illustrated postcards from the collection. They will imprisonment,’ a cate- crease of 27.9 percent, cases registered in total, According to the data provide a broader perspective of the urban-architec- gory which saw a signifi- wherein the largest de- and they were related to released, human smug- tural, historic, natural and socioeconomics aspects of cant increase by 89 cases, crease was of arson cases illegal imprisonment and gling and overstaying in Macau and other Lusophone territories. representing an increase by 80 percent. drug dealing. No mur- the city significantly dro- The exhibition will explore the different aspects of of 32.8 percent. Most of The number of forged ders happened in the first pped to a total of 7,431 Angola, Cape Verde, the former Portuguese India, these cases are gaming statements decreased by quarter, and only one people. With respect to Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, related. 28 from last year. There case was registered that mainland people, 328 and East Timor, and their relationships with Macau. Crimes against property were also 334 cases (0.9 resulted in a seriously were involved in smug- Meanwhile, between June 10 and 18, the Pedro No- decreased by 8.6 percent, percent decrease) rela- wounded person. gling operations and 944 lasco da Silva exhibition will be held at the Library of corresponding to a total ted to the employment of In the first quarter, 1,615 over stayed in Macau. the IACM Building as well as a lecture and guided tour. of 1,914 cases. Despite the illegal immigrants, illegal people were arrested and From other nationalities, Nolasco da Silva was an important Macanese official decrease in both robbery hosts, and illegal assis- sent to prosecution au- the numbers were 620 during the 19th century. His book collection according and theft, extortion and tance. thorities, an increase of and 67 respectively. to the IC, is representative of his dedication to the pro- usury have increased re- Moreover, cases that in- 221 people, and 15.9 per- The police force recor- motion of the Chinese and Portuguese cultures. markably by 73.3 percent volved drug dealing and cent, compared to last ded 1,277 cases related Additionally, the Jao Tsung-I Academy invites resi- and 55.9 percent respec- drug usage increased by year. Regarding juveni- to violation of transpor- dents to join a coloring activity and to experience the tively. 71.4 percent (to 48 cases) le delinquency, 16 cases tation regulations, a drop art of Chinese calligraphy and painting, using drawing Regarding the so-called and 38.9 percent (to 25 were reported, six more from 1,724 cases last year. paper with lotus paintings by Professor Jao Tsung-I. The activity, held between June 8 and 12, will provide participants an opportunity to enjoy Jao’s calligraphy and painting masterpieces while coloring the sheets in their own creative style. Electoral Law consultation calls Moreover, the Chinese Orchestra will present a con- cert on June 18, called “Chinese Rhapsody – Works by for greater representation Peng Xiuwen.” The Guia Lighthouse will also participate in the cul- esidents at Sunday’s pu- ted seats in the 33-member body. At remarked according to TDM. tural heritage activities, with special openings for the Rblic consultation on electoral present, just 14 of the 33 lawmakers Other residents present at the public between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on June 11 and 12. reform have demanded greater re- are chosen via popular vote, while public consultation criticized the presentation through an increase 12 are delegated by interest groups government’s lack of oversight re- in the number of directly-elected and seven are appointed by the chief garding online campaigning done lawmakers, as well as a better sys- executive. by candidates during the election tem to regulate online campaigning “The issue of insufficient directly-­ period. ahead of next year’s Legislative As- elected lawmakers has always bo- One idea would be to introduce a sembly (AL) elections. thered most of us residents,” said reward system for people who re- The government has launched a a female resident as cited by TDM. port election irregularities to autho- 30-day public consultation period “Decisions made by them or by the rities, similar to a scheme that is in to collect opinions regarding the appointed lawmakers are basically operation in Taiwan. AL’s Electoral Law revision the re- the same, since most of them are The director of the Public Admi- sults of which will be presented in from the business sector.” nistration and Civil Service Bureau, a summary report to the assembly “Aren’t elections all about [just- Kou Peng Kuan, informed atten- later this year. Thus far a total of six ness] and fairness? I think it’s a very dees that his organization will start public sessions have been held. reasonable request to ask for more to work on the report to detail the More than 200 residents atten- directly-elected lawmakers and to responses from the consultation pe- One of the postcards featured in “Memories of Moments – ded Sunday’s consultation, some of cut down on the number of appoin- riod, which he hopes to present to Macau and Lusophone African and Asian Regions in Photograph whom called for more directly-elec- ted lawmakers,” another resident the AL in July. DB Postcards”

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Renato Marques AL Plenary he topic of housing was once again the main issue addres- sed in the plenary Housing problems continue Tmeeting of the Legislative As- sembly (AL) yesterday. The plenary gathered to debate several spoken enquiries pre- to top lawmakers’ agenda sented lawmakers. Angela Leong questioned the government about the project launched a couple of years back, which aimed to revitali- ze industrial buildings that are vacant or partially deactivated. According to the lawmaker, “the project was a complete failure with only 13 requests, of which only two were appro- ved.” Leong said that the program had not been well-received be- cause of law restrictions whi- ch request that 100 percent of the owners be in agreement if a building’s purpose is to be changed from a commercial unit to another type, such as residential. The lawmaker urged the go- vernment to explain the unde- rachievement of the program and to clarify the govern- ment’s plans to correct that failure. Replying to the query, the Angela Leong Li Canfeng (left) and Raimundo do Rosário Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do “I think the government led that it is the the civil code to only solicit opinions from Rosário acknowledged the fai- should take note of what is ha- which states that a full con- construction experts and not what they said lure of the program and said ppening in Hong Kong, whe- sensus is required to change also from the public as due to “the government assumed re the law states that only 80 the purpose of a building. “We the fact that “this is a very te- Lau Veng Seng “We that program was not gathe- percent [of the owners] are are not able to change that,” chnical [area].” are currently promoting ring enough interest from the needed [to alter the purpose he said. The Director of DSSOPT the development of creative population and from building of a building],” added Angela ”If you ask me whether we said: “We are finalizing the industries and e-commerce, owners,” justifying the aban- Leong. [the government] are planning general regulation [in a new among others. But seems donment of its policy after Secretary Rosário then recal- another program for the same document]. In this document like the laws aren’t suitable some three years of imple- purpose, I would say no, we the Engineers will have to as- for supporting that purpo- mentation. are not,” said the secretary. sume responsibility over cons- se. Maybe you can use the On the government stand, Ella Lei questioned if public truction work,” adding that Urban Renewal Council to the director of the Land, Pu- buildings construction works “[another] document with ins- define a group of industries blic Works and Transport Bu- Generally are carried out correctly. The tructions for owners” is also in that are suitable [to be chan- reau (DSSOPT), Li Canfeng speaking, both lawmaker urged the govern- progress. ged from commercial to completed the explanation, ment to request an extension “We are going to propose 10 other uses].” adding: “Most of the requests residents and of the warranty period from years as a general construc- received were for the use of construction firms from five tion warranty [period] and Zheng Anting “This the ground floor areas only, tourists that to 10 years. five years for other work and programme failed! But what in order to transform them in “We place great importance renovations,” he concluded. is the government thinking shops. The remainder of the visit the MSAR on the quality of public cons- Raimundo do Rosário agreed to do next? We can’t just buildings would be unchanged are unhappy truction work. Aside from our that the majority of problems abandon the buildings. We [as per the requests].” inspection we have been hi- stemming from a “lack of qua- have limited resources and The government official also with the quality ring independent companies lity” are the contractors’ res- space. We need to take action explained that, only in very to perform additional inspec- ponsibility and recalled that because these [industrial] few cases, “were the necessary of the taxi tions,” assured Secretary Rai- the department he heads is buildings either need to be conditions [satisfied] in order mundo do Rosário. “doing the best we can with renewed or be demolished.” to change the purpose of the service. The secretary also justified only 80 people,” complaining units.” Raimundo do Rosário the government’s decision of limited human resources. Pereira Coutinho “The quality is bad but the inspections seem to fail to detect these problems. It New taxi regulation gathers suggestions seems as though the inspec- tors cannot perform their nother of the topics addressed Speaking for the government, the di- million on average do not serve as a good task.” Aat the plenary session yesterday was rector of the Transport Bureau (DSAT) incentive for the sector,” concluding that, the proposed taxi regulation. The topic Lam Hin San said that the government “I wish the government would dedica- Au Kam San “There was raised by the AL’s vice president, is paying attention to the issues raised, te more resources to incentivizing the are only two solutions [re- Lam Heong Sang. adding: “we have already created two ex- sector and not just on ‘the mouse hunt.’ garding the taxis]: streng- Secretary Raimundo do Rosário conce- perimental areas in the Avenida Horta e Measures to improve training would be then inspections and pu- ded the shared perception “that, gene- Costa,” to test new measures penned for better to elevate the image of the sector.” nishment of infringements; rally speaking, both residents and tou- implementation. The Secretary Raimundo do Rosário ex- or ease on the service costs. rists that visit the MSAR are unhappy “The key point is the taxi drivers. Every- cused himself from having to reply to all To use undercover officers with the quality of the taxi service,” ad- thing comes down to the taxi drivers. But of the ideas and suggestions raised. “The- doesn’t seem like a good ding that it is precisely with that in mind changes on the license system do not de- re are three services involved [DSAT, idea. Macau is so small that that authorities are keen on a major re- pend on them,” Lam Heong Sang stated. DSAJ and the police]. I’m going to take in less than a week all the view to regulations in order to improve He reminded the assembly that licen- [your suggestions] and pass them to tho- officers would be exposed the service. se bids that reach MOP900,000-MOP1 se involved.” and known.” 31.05.2016 tue

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Macau, Cambodia to Environmentalist raises cooperate on tourism red flags on nuclear plant ammie Lun, chairman of Green he maintains his opposition to the SEnvironment Protection Associa- plant simply because of the pollu- training and education tion of Macau, is concerned about tion risks that are known to come safety issues surrounding the upco- with all nuclear power plants. “Even ming Taishan nuclear power plant. if the nuclear power plant is clean, local delegation of 50 The plant, located approximately if problems arise, they will be catas- people is participating A 80 kilometers west of Macau, is cur- trophic, pollution will exist forever,” in the “Macau - Cambodia rently under construction and has said Lun. Investment & Tourism De- been surrounded by controversies. The environmentalist used exam- velopment Seminar” held The components of the nuclear ples of nuclear power accidents that in Phnom Penh. power plant include a pressure ves- took place in the past: “The Fukushi- Local business leaders sel that was reportedly made in Chi- ma nuclear accident had consequen- from tourism, banking, na. As the Times reported earlier, ces alongside the Pacific Ocean, and trade and other industries those components were previously the pollution still exists today. It exchanged and discussed believed to have been manufactured [pollution] lasts for hundreds of ideas with the Cambodian A memorandum of understanding was signed between Macau and Cambodia in France. Woo Chung-Ho, former years.” business community, with scientist of Atomic Energy of Cana- When referring to the pressure ves- the aim of laying the grou- while MGTO presented an Tam revealed that an in- da, shared his concerns about this sel reportedly made in China, Lun did nd for future investment outline on the works the tensive training program issue saying, as reported by Factwi- not consider it to be a problem but projects to grow, said the city has been doing to po- will be held in June at the re: “I did not know China was able to said, “I oppose it, regardless of the Secretary for Social Affairs sition itself as the “World Institute for Tourism Stu- produce a pressure vessel.” standards.” He then added: “A nu- and Culture, Alexis Tam in Center of Tourism and Lei- dies for a group of Cambo- Lun told the Times “I am perso- clear power plant is like a power keg, his speech yesterday. sure” destination. dian heritage tour guides nally totally against nuclear power it can explode at any time. Accidents The seminar featured The signing of a memo- and officials from the Au- plants.” Furthermore, he added that cannot be predicted,” Staff reporter presentations by the Ma- randum of understanding thority for the Protection of cau Trade and Investment between the MSAR’s secre- the Site and Management Promotion Institute (IPIM) tary for Social Affairs and of the Region of Angkor. gov t requests information as well as the Government Culture and the Ministry This will be the first cour- ’ Tourism Office (MGTO). of Tourism of the King- se to be delivered since the The government issued a state- also requested more information from IPIM discussed the role dom of Cambodia was also Global Centre for Tourism ment yesterday indicating that it has Guangdong’s Emergency Management that the MSAR is playing made during the seminar, Education and Training requested from the Guangdong Pro- Office. The statement mentions that the as the Service Platform for marking the beginning of was set up in the region in vincial Government more information MSAR has a set of emergency response Commerce and Trade be- cooperation in the area of collaboration with the Wor- regarding the Taishan nuclear power measures to cope with any possible nu- tween China and the Portu- tourism training and edu- ld Tourism Organization in plant. Macau’s security authorities have clear incident in neighboring areas. guese-speaking countries, cation. October last year.

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Zhuhai to Senado Square residents, open first shop workers, complain cultural park he neighboring city of TZhuhai is set to open its first creative park, LETS Cultural about constant noise District, this September at the former Daishan Industrial Park. It aims to foster creativity and ue to its central location, Sena- culture. do Square has become a hotbed Located in the Xiangzhou dis- of protests. People living and trict of Zhuhai, the park will working around the area have cover an area of 80,000 square Dbeen complaining of the constant noise. meters and will become “a dy- The Macau General Union of Nei- namic and lively place where ghborhood Association branch for Largo everyone can experience local de São Domingos and Rua dos Mercado- craftsmanship and culture,” ac- res has reportedly received a considera- cording to the general manager ble number of complaints about Macau of LETS Investment Manage- Federation Family Reunion’s (MFFR) ment, Xiaolei Zhou. constant demonstrations in Senado A Delta Bridges report states Square. that the park is divided into a The elderly group erected tents, and cific appeals are still being played throu- pal Bureau (IACM). Now, the group has functional business quarter with raised flags in order to support their ghout the day at the square. moved to the other side of the fountain, five different areas and a cultural loud appeals. Moreover, during the de- A clothes retail owner, working close further from the road. Lei, an employee quarter with 11 areas. monstrations, the group resorted to ban- to the square, became emotional when of a jewelry chain company, told the Ti- The business quarter will inclu- ging drums frequently, which reportedly asked by the Times about the ongoing si- mes that his company had complained to de an apartment complex which bothered retailers working nearby. tuation. “I have nothing else to say about the IACM a month ago. “They are indeed contains 160 apartments that Though the drumming has stopped in this, I am tired!” the woman said. Ano- a little bit further, the noise has decrea- can be booked for a short-term recent times, loud recordings of the spe- ther vendor, who is located next to her sed, but it is still possible to hear it,” he stay or be rented as a residential shop, told the Times that retailers have said. apartment. The cultural quarter been feeling annoyed for a while, con- Lei Lok Lan, president of the MFFR, will consist of a sports center, a sequently filing complaints on several earlier told the Times that the group has theatre and a live music house. I have nothing else occasions. However, the group has con- continuously been participating in de- The management is currently tinued to protest around the well-known monstrations at Senado Square for al- targeting companies to opera- to say about this, I tourist spot. most three months. te businesses out of the theme Previously, the group would gather at According to a sign left next to a speaker park that offer “creative goods, am tired! Senado Square alongside the fountain, yesterday, the demonstrations have been crafts, food services or indus- Clothes retailer which is closer to the Civic and Munici- ongoing for 89 days. Staff reporter trial art, children or trendsetter products.” “Various activities will happen Education Foreign Studies University, every day in several places. LETS the Shanghai University of Cultural District will be an ener- Finance and Economics, and getic and lively place where sto- UM takes 3rd prize in English debate China Foreign Affairs Univer- ries are created, where inspira- sity. tion can be found and where cra- he University of Macau’s and fourth place respectively After placing first in the ei- ftsmanship can be appreciated,” T(UM) English Debating amongst a total of 248 deba- ght rounds of preliminaries, says Zhou, as cited in the report. Team recently won third pri- ters in the competition. the UM team proceeded to The management is also expec- ze at the 19th Foreign Lan- According to a press release the octo-final level and even- ting Zhuhai to become an “eco- guage Teaching and Research by UM, the competition is the tually claimed third prize as a nomic power” due to its new pro- Press (FLTRP) Cup National largest and most influential team in the grand final. ximity to Hong Kong and Macau, English Debating Competi- debate contest in China. This Members of the UM team especially with the Hong Kong- tion, held at Beijing Foreign year’s event attracted 120 were Jenny Wong, Chao Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, stating Studies University. debating teams from around Kuang Piu and David Leong. that the proximity represents a Two debaters of the UM UM’s English Debating Team 500 universities in China, in- The team leader was Lam Pek benefit to businesses that opera- team, Jenny Wong and David members. From left: Wong Ka Kei, cluding Tsinghua University, Kei, a third-year student from te on national and international Leong, were ranked second Lam Pek Kei, and Leong Ka Wai Peking University, Beijing the Faculty of Social Sciences. levels.

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Economy GDP fall slows to 13pct, growth may be on horizon

Daniel Beitler Local economist José increase in the compensa- nment investment decrea- Sales Marques told the Ti- tion of employees (+3.1 sed by 5.5 percent year- acau’s economy mes that the slowdown in percent). on-year, of which public bloomberg Mcontracted by 13.3 the contraction is largely Meanwhile, the implicit construction investment percent year-on-year in driven by a stabilization, deflator of Gross Domes- fell by 6.5 percent whi- the first quarter of 2016, or ‘new normal,’ in the ga- tic Product (GDP), which le equipment investment according to new data re- ming sector. measures changes in pri- grew by 91.1 percent. leased by the Statistics and “It seems like gaming ces, rose by 1.9 percent Merchandise trade con- Census Service (DSEC), revenues are doing much year-on-year. tinued to deteriorate. A after accounting for the ef- better in May as per earlier Investment also regis- slowdown in investment, fects of inflation. reports,” he said. “The new tered a decline in the first as well as decline in private DSEC attributes the an- data confirms suggestions quarter. Gross fixed capital consumption and visitor nual decrease to a conti- from the beginning of the formation, the main indi- spending drove imports of nuous decline in the export year that the slowdown cator of investment levels, goods down by 19.9 per- of goods and services, whi- may be coming to an end contracted by 31.9 percent cent year-on-year, while ch fell by 24.6 percent and and that the economy mi- year-on-year due to the exports of goods plumme- 13.5 percent year-on-year ght pick up in the second substantial decline in pri- ted by 24.6 percent. respectively, while expor- half of the year [2016].” vate investment, according Furthermore, the service ts of gaming services dro- “Between Q3 and Q4 we ter of 2016. According to pite “the prevailing favo- to the bureau. trade remains weak. Ex- pped by 17.1 percent. may observe a 0 percent DSEC private consump- rable employment condi- Private investment in ports of services contracted The 13.3 percent decline is [year-on-year] contraction tion expenditure declined tions,” pay growth remai- construction and equip- by 13.7 percent year-on- lower than the final quarter or even some growth,” ad- by 2.3 percent, and the ned subdued which resul- ment diminished by 35 year, of which exports of of 2015, which registered a ded Sales. “It seems like investment and imports of ted in private consumption percent and 18.9 percent gaming services dropped fall of 14.4 percent year-on- we are on the road to reco- goods shrunk by 31.4 per- expenditure declining. respectively, bringing it the by 17.1 percent and tou- year, and the third quarter very.” cent and 19.9 percent res- Final Government con- figure down by a total of 33 rism services were down before that, which saw a 21 Domestic demand dro- pectively. sumption expenditure rose percent. by 11 percent due to a de- percent decline. pped during the first quar- According to DSEC, des- by 1.5 percent, driven by an On the other hand, gover- crease in visitor spending.

Statistics decreases in average earnings were recorded for the month of March in ONE SHOT NEWS the sectors of hotels (-0.5 percent), Key industries record growth manufacturing (-3.5 percent) and insurance (-2.1 percent). in employee numbers In the first quarter, the employee paulo barbosa paulo turnover rate, employee recruit- he Statistics and Census Ser- childcare (+9.6 percent) and elderly ment rate and job vacancy rate in Tvice (DSEC) has released the care (+3.1 percent) all registered a hotels fell by 0.3, 0.7 and 0.6 per- results of the Survey on Manpower year-on-year increase. centage points respectively year- Needs and Wages for the first quar- Meanwhile, the manufacturing sec- on-year.­ In restaurants, the job ter of 2016 which covers the sectors tor saw a decrease in the number of vacancy rate increased by 1.1 per- of manufacturing, hotels, restau- employees equal to approximately centage points year-on-year, while rants, insurance, financial activities, 3.5 percent, and the number of em- employee recruitment rate (6.5 per- electricity, water and gas supply, ployees in the electricity, water and cent) and the employee turnover child-care and elderly care. Most of gas supply sector remained stable. rate (5.5 percent) were similar to a these sectors recorded growth in the Average earnings in March were year earlier. number of employees. up year-on-year in the sectors of A total of 90,982 employee par- A section of the roof of Saint Augustine Church collapsed on The survey shows that by the end restaurants (+3.2 percent), financial ticipants from the surveyed indus- Sunday while a mass service was being held. No one is reported of the first quarter of 2016, the num- activities (+4.3 percent), electricity, tries attended training courses in to be injured, since the room the roof fell in was not being used at the time. The site was inspected yesterday by the Cultural Affairs ber of employees within sectors of water and gas supply (+1.6 percent), the first quarter. These include cou- Bureau president, Ung Vai Meng, and workers have started hotel (+8.3 percent), restaurant (+3 childcare (8.4 percent) and elderly rses organized by employment esta- to repair the roof. The area facing the church, which is one of percent), insurance (+4.7 percent), care (13.9 percent). blishments or in collaboration with UNESCO’s world heritage sites in Macau, has been sealed. financial activities (+5.6 percent), On the other hand, year-on-year other institutions.

corporate bits cotai water jet offers new promotions Macau, according to Cotai Sands China Ltd. organized sands organizes community event with Water Jet’s press release. a community event on Satur- philadelphia orchestra members Cotai Water Jet is laun- Cotai First or Cotai Class Moreover, until December day featuring some of The Phi- ching two new promotions tickets are entitled to re- 31, all passengers will be gi- ladelphia Orchestra members. for passengers including deem a return ticket of the ven a discounted round trip The event was supported by a “Macau Residents Buy- same class between June 1 ticket during their birthday the Cultural Affairs Bureau One-Get-One-Free Promo- and July 15. This promotion month. Travelers can enjoy (IC). tion” and a “Birthday Promo- applies to both City Route a Cotai Class round trip ti- Musicians from the orchestra tion.” and Airport Route tickets, cket for just HKD/MOP 238 held a master class series at Macau identity card hol- however the departure port just by showing a valid ID to the Conservatory School of ders who purchase full fare of the first trip must be in confirm their date of birth. Music, focusing on four instru- ments: violin, cello, oboe and trumpet. According to Sands Chi- na’s statement, elite students from the conservatory were selected to learn from the mu- sicians, who shared their mu- sical advice and experience re The Philadelphia Orchestra ch activities as “a way for the after listening to pieces perfor- performed over the weekend. company to give back to the med by the students. The statement said that the Macau community by provi- Sands China also invited stu- community event was an ini- ding opportunities for locals to dents from the conservatory to tiative of the Sands China interact with incredibly talen- the full orchestra experience Community Academy, which ted and accomplished indivi- at The Venetian Theatre, whe- organizes community outrea- duals.” 31.05.2016 tue

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From Apple to super-powers, everything’s against Taiwan’s dollar

Lilian Karunungan Taiwanese residents will seek to invest more in higher-yiel- Taiwan’s aught between Chi- ding assets abroad, said Scotia- bloomberg na on the one side and bank’s Gao. economy has the U.S. on the other, The island’s life insurers have contracted on Taiwan’s dollar is in increased overseas investmen- Cdanger of greater losses than ts to meet their liability costs. an annual basis any other emerging-market Overseas assets of Taiwanese currency in Asia. insurers rose to TWD11 trillion over the last Strategists see the central ($337 billion) as of March 31, three quarters, bank cutting interest rates to from TWD8.8 trillion a year the lowest in the region outsi- earlier, data from the Finan- the longest de Japan to combat a shrinking cial Supervisory Commission economy, just as the Federal show. Foreign funds pulled a slump since Reserve considers tightening net $2.7 billion from Taiwan’s monetary policy. Meanwhile, stock market in May, paring 2009 Taiwan’s new president has this year’s net purchases to $3 antagonized its neighbor - and billion, as of Friday in Taipei. a 15th straight month in April, biggest export market - by refu- “The market is underpricing the longest slump on record, sing to affirm the “One-China” the hike by the U.S.,” said Irene with electrical equipment and principle. And falling sales at Cheung, a foreign-exchange stra- machinery comprising half of Apple Inc. are threatening to tegist in Singapore at Australia all outbound shipments. hurt some of the island’s big- & New Zealand Banking Group The economy has contracted gest exporters. Ltd., which sees the Taiwan cur- on an annual basis over the To Scotiabank, the currency’s rency ending 2016 at TWD34. last three quarters, the longest most-accurate forecaster in the “Taiwan continues to be quite slump since 2009. Output fell latest Bloomberg rankings, this volatile in terms of the portfolio a revised 0.68 percent year-on-­ adds up to a 4 percent drop in flows. Economic numbers from year in the first quarter, the only the Taiwanese dollar by year-­ Taiwan dollar banknotes Taiwan remain very weak.” major economy in Asia that end to TWD34 per U.S. dollar. The island’s links to Apple started 2016 by shrinking. Pre- The median estimate of 23 stra- rability of an island which, des- ting, up from 26 percent a mon- may also weigh on the Taiwan sident Tsai, who took office on tegists is for a 2.5 percent slide pite having an economy bigger th ago, according to futures dollar after the U.S. company May 20, pledged to boost the is- to TWD33.5 - still more than than Malaysia’s or Hong Kong’s, prices. Goldman Sachs Asset reported its first quarterly sales land’s prospects through trade the declines anticipated for any is reliant on exports for two Management LP has increa- decline in 13 years. deals, upgrading industry and emerging-Asia peer. thirds of its output. Taiwan’s sed its short positions on some Local firms including Taiwan fostering innovation. “We are bearish on the Taiwan USD355 billion gross domes- Asian currencies, including the Semiconductor Manufacturing “Taiwan may soon be running dollar,” said Qi Gao, a strategist tic product shrank for the past Taiwan dollar, according to a Co. and Hon Hai Precision In- out of options to shore up the in Hong Kong at Scotiabank. three quarters, and concern is May 27 note. dustry Co. build iPhones, hel- economy and a weaker cur- “Downside risks are the Fed’s building that President Tsai Ing Seventeen of 22 analysts in ping explain the 0.7 monthly rency may ensue,” said Christy potential tightening, Taiwan’s -wen’s landslide election win in a Bloomberg survey expect at correlation between the island’s Tan, head of markets strategy rate cuts and uncertainty rela- January only worsens its pros- least a 12.5 basis-point reduc- dollar and Apple’s share price in Hong Kong at National Aus- tive to geopolitical issues across pects. tion in Taiwan’s discount rate in the past year, according to tralia Bank Ltd., whose forecast the strait.” The allure of Taiwanese as- by December after the ben- data compiled by Bloomberg. for the local dollar is in line with Taiwan’s currency has eked sets will be further dented if chmark was lowered for a third A reading of 1 would mean the the median in Bloomberg’s sur- out a 1.2 percent gain in 2016 to the local central bank cuts and consecutive quarter in March to two were moving in lockstep. vey. “Recent macro indicators TWD32.68 per dollar at the clo- the U.S. raises rates in coming a near record-low 1.5 percent. “This is something to watch,” have continued to show slug- se on Monday, following three months. There’s now an almost The Central Bank of the Re- said ANZ’s Cheung. “It’s quite a gish prospects and little boost straight years of declines. The 60 percent chance the Fed will public of China (Taiwan) next good tracking relationship.” impact from the rate cuts in the forecast losses show the vulne- tighten policy by its July mee- meets in late June. Taiwan’s exports shrank for past three quarters.” Bloomberg

HSBC tightens Hong Kong safe- ap photo deposit box rules to boost defenses

Alfred Liu ted not to deposit any plosive, inflammable or provide details on how property which could liquid items, illegal dru- the bank would police SBC Holdings Plc become “a nuisance” or gs, weapons, guns and the new rules, or any pe- His strengthening of an illegal or “offensi- stolen property. nalties for box holders its oversight of its safe- ve nature,” including ex- The statement didn’t who broke them. The deposit boxes in Hong South China Morning Kong as the U.K. bank Post reported the tighter moves to bolster its de- oversight earlier yester- our defenses against fi- ndering and tax evasion fenses against financial day, citing a letter sent nancial crime” and to around the world. The crimes. The nature of a safe- by the bank to clients enable HSBC to co-ope- bank’s total expenditure The London-based last month. rate with law-enforce- on regulatory programs lender has introduced deposit locker service “The nature of a safe- ment agencies when re- and compliance rose 19 “several clauses” to the means it has the potential deposit locker service quired, it said. percent in the first quar- conditions of lease for means it has the poten- Europe’s biggest bank ter to USD700 million, its safe-deposit lockers, for misuse for criminal tial for misuse for crimi- is among global finan- according to the earnin- HSBC said in an e-mai- nal purposes,” the bank cial firms that have been gs statement HSBC re- led statement yesterday. purposes. said. The new clauses grappling with investi- leased earlier this mon- Customers were reques- HSBC statement will “further strengthen gations into money lau- th. Bloomberg tue 31.05.2016 th Anniversary

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Health & Welfare 20 million people aged 60 and above who live in Beijing and the neighboring regions of He- bei and Tianjin city by the end Beijing tracks the elderly as of 2018. The card functions as ID and gives free access to public trans- port and public parks. The go- they take buses, go shopping vernment also tops up the card with 100 yuan (USD15) each month, and cardholders can ac- Louise Watt, Beijing their possession they need to tivate an additional function to integrate those, otherwise the enable them to use it as a bank hese days, when peo- ap photo value of the data is quite limi- card onto which money can be Tple over 80 in Beijing take a ted,” she added. transferred from an account. bus, see a doctor or spend mo- At the same time, China needs Zhao Fangjun, strolling along ney, their activities are digi- to deal with the needs of a rapi- in a park where a row of elder- tally tracked by the government, dly aging population, the result ly were sunning themselves one as part of an effort to impro- of rapid economic development, morning, said that in addition ve services for the country’s rapi- longer lifespans and a strict, to the government subsidy, his dly growing elderly population. 35-year-long family planning mother-in-law transfers 250 The data amassed with each policy that limited births, crea- yuan ($38) onto the card each swipe of the multi-purpose “Bei- ting a shrinking working-age month. He said the card can be jing Connect” old person’s card population. While the elderly used not just in selected shops goes into a massive database of were traditionally looked after and restaurants, but also to hire the elderly in the capital. City by their children, they are in- a cleaner and take out a newspa- authorities hope the informa- creasingly turning to oversubs- per subscription. tion will enable them to better cribed old people’s homes or Rogier Creemers, who resear- cope with their burgeoning po- fending for themselves at home, ches China’s governance of te- pulation of over-60s, which al- sometimes with the help of visi- chnology at the University of ready stands at 3 million. ting caregivers. Oxford, said China is a world Though geared toward the el- leader in the degree to which it derly, the program demonstra- An elderly woman looks at the steamed bread on sale at a supermarket in Beijing is integrating such functions. tes how China more broadly is Though “What allows China to do so- using big data to better direct parks or taking buses less, that integration of air and water mo- mething like this is the fact that the use of government resources will show up in the data. The go- nitoring information with pollu- geared toward behind everything you have a for the country’s 1.4 billion peo- vernment can then judge what tion forecasting, the creation of single unified network of power, ple. Beijing’s strategy is to use the disability rate will be in futu- electronic medical records and the elderly, the which is the Chinese Commu- new technology and its heavily re and prepare a budget plan in the sharing of information on nist Party,” Creemers said. censored Internet to innovate advance, Bai said. tourists traveling to scenic spots program shows Some cities, like Nanjing, have and propel China’s transfor- Cardholders interviewed said to better manage traffic. how China is social security cards with an mation to a services-based eco- they weren’t concerned about a The Guangdong plan also cal- e-payment function that can be nomy — a strategy that Premier loss of privacy and praised the led for the collection of popu- using big data used for public transport and Li Keqiang has said “will trigger program as far more convenient lation data on the elderly and medical treatment and are avai- a new Industrial Revolution.” than the coupons the govern- a “comprehensive analysis” of to better direct lable to all residents, not just the In a sophisticated example, ment used to give them for the their service needs, similar to elderly. Shanghai, China’s most Beijing municipal government same services. what Beijing is now offering. the use of populous city, has just intro- is collecting the disparate data “I’ve no worries. Elderly peo- While China is still behind resources for duced a card for people 65 and on the elderly in order to predict ple don’t have any secrets,” said countries such as the United over that distributes govern- what services will be needed in Liu Huizhen, 84, who was using States, Britain and Germany in the country’s ment subsidies, offers discounts the future. This is to make sure her card to buy steamed bread terms of the development of big in restaurants and free rides on it has the necessary budget and in a small supermarket. data infrastructure, it is unique 1.4b people public transport and can also be services in place, by taking into “It’s hard for elderly people to in its commitment to the pro- used as a bank card. This card account people’s decreasing count” coin-by-coin, Liu said. ject and the speed with which it Other regional authorities are doesn’t collect big data, howe- mobility, for example, said Bai “And when you take the bus you is progressing, said Zhang Yue, also using data-gathering to help ver, according to Shanghai go- Qiang, vice president of Beijing just swipe the card, it’s very sim- managing director of The Bos- the elderly, including in the nor- vernment’s social security office. Community Service Association, ple and convenient.” ton Consulting Group in China. theastern city of Shenyang. The Beijing’s database, set up last a city government agency. The State Council, China’s Ca- Although China’s national and city is trying to use the informa- year, aims to improve home-ba- “All of the data we are collec- binet, issued a plan to promote local governments, ministries tion on the 1.6 million older re- sed care. It includes informa- ting now, including visits to big data in August, calling for the and departments are the owners sidents in its database to better tion on the numbers of elderly parks, the use of public trans- accessing and sharing of govern- of a large quantity of financial, match them up with its more living alone, their incomes, and port and [numbers of] shopping ment data to improve governan- residential and other data, they than 160 old people’s homes. those requiring meal deliveries trips, will help us to predict whe- ce. In response, the southern have yet to share the information However, none of those efforts or simply someone to talk to. ther the elderly will become di- province of Guangdong on April among themselves, Zhang said. are as wide-ranging and integra- Elderly people applying for the sabled in the future,” Bai said. 25 announced a strategy pro- “The government has realized ted as Beijing’s own multi-pur- card fill out registration forms The thinking is that if an elder- moting the collection and use of that if they want to really take pose card, which is slated to be with government offices found ly man is paying fewer visits to big data in areas including the full advantage of [what is in] expanded to cover the nearly in every neighborhood. AP

HONG KONG protesting Beijing’s plans ppointed and sad about to restrict elections for the legal judgment, I still Hong Kong’s top leader respect the legal system in Activist beaten by police sentenced to prison were tangling with autho- Hong Kong,” said Tsang, rities during a pre-dawn who was freed on bail af- Hong Kong activist ting arrest stemming from clash for control of an ter he filed an appeal. whose beating by po- the October 2014 incident underpass next to city go- “We’re going to stand un-

A ap photo lice was caught on video at the height of street pro- vernment headquarters. til the last minute. We’re was sentenced yesterday tests that had gripped the Tsang, who prosecutors going to fight until the end. to five weeks in prison semiautonomous sou- said splashed an unk- We never give up,” Tsang on charges related to the thern Chinese city. nown liquid on officers told reporters. He was confrontation, stirring A TV station videotaped trying to clear demons- surrounded by supporters outrage among pro-de- police officers carrying trators from the under- carrying yellow umbrellas, mocracy supporters. Tsang away in handcuffs pass, was found guilty last which became a symbol of Local broadcaster RTHK and then punching and week. Seven officers are the protest movement that said Ken Tsang was sen- kicking him in a dark cor- to go on trial this week brought key sections of the tenced on charges of as- ner of a public park. At over the beating. Asian financial hub to a saulting police and resis- Hong Kong activist Ken Tsang (center) the time, demonstrators “Even though I’m disa- standstill for 79 days. AP tue 31.05.2016

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hina features pro- minently in the rhe- Though largely unknown, toric of presumed Re- publican presiden- Ctial candidate Donald Trump, who accuses the country of Trump finds fans in China stealing American jobs and cheating at global trade. In China though, he’s only just Washington’s “pivot” to Asia emerging as a public figure, that has been heavily criticized despite notoriety elsewhere ap photo by Beijing. for his voluble utterances, high Overall, Chinese public sen- -profile businesses and reali- timent toward Trump appears ty TV shows. mixed. Comparing him to a Although the government has figure from folklore known denounced Trump’s threats for sowing chaos, the official of economic retaliation, many Global Times newspaper pro- Chinese observers see a silver claimed him a symptom of an lining in his focus on economic “American disease.” issues instead of human rights “I don’t think many people and political freedoms. That knew him as a businessman could make him an attractive before the campaign,” said alternative to his likely rival, Shanghai IT engineer Kong Democrat Hillary Clinton. Kong, who was unimpressed Trump “could in fact be the with Trump’s vaunted political best president for China,” outsider status. Hong Kong Phoenix Television “Politics is not entertainment political commentator Wu Jun and simply being fresh may not said during a recent on-air dis- be a good thing,” Kong said. “A cussion. lack of political experience and “That’s because the Repu- an excess of personality may blican Party is more practical lead to an imbalance among and Trump is a businessman interest groups and an abuse of who puts his commercial in- Chinese fan websites for Donald Trump are displayed on a computer with the words “Donald J. Trump super fan nation, Full and authority, which are not good terests above everything else,” unconditional support for Donald J. Trump to be elected U.S. president” things for America.” Wu said. Clinton, on the other Zhong Heng, a Shanghai pa- hand, “might be the least frien- nown in China until his cam- know how to strike the right is also sweet music to the ears ralegal, said she regards much dly president toward China.” paign for the Republican no- balance,” Zhu said. of Chinese nationalists who of what Trump says as bluster. It’s not clear how familiar mination began gathering mo- Many Chinese may also be re- want China to be top dog in “He’s like an artificial perfor- Trump actually is with Chi- mentum last year. lieved that Trump is focused so Asia and challenge U.S. domi- mance-enhancing drug being na. While he’s claimed to Trump’s call for a 45 percent relentlessly on China’s role in nance in the rest of the world. fed to the American people,” have made “billions of dollars tariff on imports that would hit the U.S. economy, rather than His opposition to the Trans- Zhong said. dealing with China,” he has China hard has been lambas- on human rights and similar Pacific Partnership trade deal, Trump, though, does seem no known investments in the ted by Finance Minister Lou issues. which seeks to offset Chinese to have won some Chinese su- nation. Chinese, however, are Jiwei, who said enacting such Trump’s questioning of U.S. influence, also goes down well pporters, particularly online. customers for Trump’s hotel, a tariff would cost the U.S. its foreign military commitments in Beijing. There, chat groups such as golf course and real estate ven- global leadership. The Chinese public, meanwhi- “Donald Trump Super Fans tures, while Trump-branded Still, Chinese are used to le, seems unfazed by Trump’s Club” and “God Emperor clothing and accessories have American candidates making anti-immigration stance, with Trump” have popped up in re- been made in China. strong comments about their its overwhelming focus on Me- cent months. One posting in a Trump mentions the country country during elections, only Trump could in xico, and the candidate’s vow Weibo messaging service chat so often that a popular YouTu- to moderate their positions fact be the best to bar Muslims from entering group was unrestrained in its be compilation video [youtube. once in office, said Nanjing the U.S. enthusiasm. com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs] University foreign relations [US] president In contrast, many Chinese “The more I know about Do- exists in which he says the expert Zhu Feng. have qualms about Clinton, nald Trump,” it said, “the more word China more than 200 ti- “The most important thing is for China. who as a former secretary I feel that he’s not only saving mes in just over 3 minutes. that he or she be solid in their Wu Jun of state under Barack Oba- the U.S., but also the entire Still, Trump was largely unk- knowledge about China and HK Phoenix TV ma is closely associated with world.” AP

South China Sea Beijing lashes out at US defense secretary criticisms

hina yesterday additional military forces U.S. military officials. re Beijing has sought to lashed out at criticism to the Asia-Pacific region. However, China has no strengthen its claim to al-

ap photo C from U.S. Defense Secre- Carter’s remarks “laid fear of and will counter most the entire region by tary Ashton Carter, accu- bare the stereotypical any actions that threaten building new islands atop sing him of harboring a U.S. thinking and U.S. and undermine China’s coral outcroppings and Cold War mentality and hegemony,” Hua said at a sovereignty and security,” adding airstrips, harbors saying Beijing has no in- daily news briefing. Hua said. and military infrastruc- terest in “playing a role “Indeed, there are some In a commencement ture. in a Hollywood movie” of in the U.S. who live phy- speech Friday at the U.S. The United States is Washington’s design. sically in the 21st century, Naval Academy, Carter committed to upholding Foreign Ministry but whose minds are stu- said China wants and en- the freedom of navigation spokeswoman Hua ck in the in the Cold War joys the benefits of free and commerce, and pea- Chunying told reporters era,” she said. trade and a free internet, ceful resolution of dispu- Carter’s comment last “China has no inte- but sometimes chooses to tes, Carter said. week that China was crea- rest in any form of Cold restrict both. He said the “China’s actions [in the ting a “Great Wall of self-­ War, nor are we interes- U.S. also continues to be South China Sea] challen- An FA-18 jet fighter lands on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier isolation” was merely an ted in playing a role in a concerned about Beijing’s ge fundamental princi- in the South China Sea while U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter attempt to provide cover Hollywood movie written actions in the disputed ples, and we can’t look the visited the aircraft carrier during a trip to the region for U.S. plans to deploy and directed by certain South China Sea, whe- other way,” Carter said. AP 31.05.2016 tue

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Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Australia ass bleaching has kil- Mled more than a third of the coral in the northern Bleaching kills third of coral in and central parts of Austra- lia’s Great Barrier Reef, thou- gh corals to the south have escaped with little damage, Great Barrier Reef’s north scientists said yesterday. Researchers who conduc- ted months of aerial and cific Ocean that changes wea- enough to stop bleaching that underwater surveys of the ther worldwide. Hot water had just begun in the south. 2,300-kilometer reef off Aus- ap photo puts stress on coral, causing About 95 percent of the coral tralia’s east coast found that it to turn white and become in the southern portion of the around 35 percent of the coral vulnerable to disease. Other reef has survived. in the northern and central reefs have suffered even more Storms have previously pro- sections of the reef are dead severely from the recent blea- ven very helpful for heat-s- or dying, said Terry Hughes, ching; Some Pacific islands, tressed reefs, Eakin said. In director of the ARC Centre of for example, have reported 2005, for instance, the quick Excellence for Coral Reef Stu- coral death rates of more than succession of Hurricane Katri- dies at James Cook Universi- 80 percent, Eakin said. na and Hurricane Rita cooled ty in Queensland state. And This is the third and most ex- the waters below as they pas- some parts of the reef had lost treme mass bleaching event in sed over Florida, sparing the more than half of the coral to 18 years to strike the Great Bar- Florida Keys from a serious bleaching. rier Reef. In each case, the coral bleaching event affecting The extent of the damage, areas that suffered the worst the Caribbean. which has occurred in just the bleaching were the areas whe- Experimental approaches to past couple of months, has Mature stag-horn coral bleached at Lizard Island re the water was hottest for the the bleaching dilemma have serious implications, Hughes longest period of time, Hughes included attempts to lower said. Though bleached corals that rely on it for food and coral in some of these reefs — said. water temperatures by using that haven’t died can reco- shelter. that’s huge.” This time, the southern half shades to cover corals, Eakin ver if the water temperature “Is it surprising? Not anymo- The damage is part of a mas- of the reef was spared largely said. But such efforts require drops, older corals take lon- re. Is it significant? Absolute- sive bleaching event that has due to a lucky break that ar- massive amounts of prepara- ger to bounce back and likely ly,” said Mark Eakin, the co- been impacting reefs arou- rived in the form of a tropical tion and can only be done in won’t have a chance to reco- ral reef watch coordinator for nd the world for the past two cyclone. The remnants of the small areas, Eakin said. Other ver before the next bleaching the U.S. National Oceanic and years. Experts say the blea- storm which had lashed the solutions may lie in finding event occurs, he said. Coral Atmospheric Administration. ching has been triggered by South Pacific brought cloud ways to minimize additional that has died is gone for good, “We’re talking about losing 35 global warming and El Nino, cover and heavy rains to the stressors to the already fragile which affects other creatures percent of the population of a warming of parts of the Pa- region, cooling the ocean reef. AP

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Philippines and vice presidents are elected separately, and Duterte and Ro- bredo come from rival parties. Duterte won by more than 6 million votes over his closest Congress proclaims next rival, while Robredo finished only about 260,000 votes ahead of second-place candi- date Sen. Ferdinand Marcos president, vice president Jr. Marcos, son of late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has raised suspicions of election Jim Gomez, Manila, Philippines te, who they suspect instigated fraud and has sought an inves- extrajudicial killings of many tigation. he Philippine Con- ap photo crime suspects by motorcy- gress yesterday pro- cle-riding gunmen dubbed the claimed crime-busting Davao death squads. The sus- The Mayor Rodrigo Duter- picions have been bolstered by proclamation Tte as president-elect and Rep. Duterte’s public threats to kill Leni Robredo as vice president drug dealers and other crimi- cements -elect of a country that has been nals. posting high growth rates but Robredo, 52, is a former rights the stunning remains saddled with poverty, lawyer who helped defend the corruption and insurgencies. rural poor in her home provin- political rise Duterte did not attend the ce- ce of Camarines Sur southeast remony at the House of Repre- of Manila. A year after her hus- of Duterte, 71, sentatives, telling reporters ear- band, a popular reformist poli- who won on lier he shuns such ceremonial Congresswoman Leni Robredo is proclaimed Philippine Vice-president elect by tician, died in a plane crash in proclamations. He has stayed Senate President Franklin Drilon (left) and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte 2012, she was reluctantly thrust an audacious in southern Davao city, whe- into politics with a successful re ambassadors, well-wishers hound Davao city, where the 22 years. run for a seat in the House of promise to and potential Cabinet members president-elect has served as Human rights groups have Representatives. have met him, since the May 9 mayor on and off for more than expressed alarm over Duter- In the Philippines, presidents eradicate crime elections. and corruption Robredo’s three daughters joi- ned her on stage for the brief within 6 months ceremony. The House speaker Military says 54 Muslim rebels killed in south and Senate president raised her Duterte and Robredo have hands to proclaim her victory ntense fighting between Philippine employers negotiated with the captors. different styles. The president-­ as legislators applauded. Itroops and a little-known Muslim group Troops have not retrieved the militants’ elect says his working hours “There’s a tinge of nervous- apparently inspired by the Islamic State bodies, but based the count on intelligence may start at 1 p.m. and run late ness,” Robredo told reporters group has killed 54 militants and two sol- reports and on sightings of bodies being car- into the night, while his future earlier. “But maybe it’s more of diers, officials said yesterday. ried away by other militants, Tan added. vice president has been known excitement that I’m being given Regional military spokesman Maj. Filemon In February, the group attacked an army as early riser, visiting far-flung a rare chance to make a diffe- Tan said the operations against the Maute outpost in Butig, sparking days of fighting rural villages to check on resi- rence.” group began last Thursday in southern La- that killed 24 militants and six soldiers, one dents. Yesterday’s proclamation ce- nao del Sur province’s Butig town and were of whom was beheaded. They also differ on some key ments the stunning political still continuing. He said nine soldiers had Authorities said the group has used black issues, including a long-han- rise of Duterte, 71, who won on been wounded in addition to the two who clothing with the symbol of the Islamic State ging proposal to bury the elder an audacious promise to eradi- were killed. group in Syria and Iraq. Marcos in a heroes’ cemetery, cate crime and corruption wi- The military fired artillery and launched Several small militant factions in the sou- which Duterte says he will thin six months as president. air strikes “to get the criminals” behind the thern Philippines, the home of minority allow but Robredo opposes. The pledge resonated among beheading last month of two sawmill workers, Muslims in the largely Roman Catholic coun- “Even if I may disagree with many crime-weary Filipinos, al- Tan said. He said the workers were forced to try, have expressed support for the Islamic some of his views, I will always though police officials have said wear orange robes while being beheaded, State group in online videos, but the military assure him that he will have it is impossible to accomplish, like victims of the Islamic State group. Four says there is no evidence of any direct, active 100 percent of my support,” noting that crime continues to other sawmill workers were freed after their collaboration. AP Robredo said. AP

Cambodia opposition members. After a standoff of about an hour, during which Police reach deal with opposition on protest tensions were high but no clashes broke out, 23 vehi- cles carrying opposition officials were allowed to olice in Cambodia leader Kem Sokha of car- is widely seen as aimed at pass through. Police Col. blocked an opposition rying on an illicit love af- weakening the opposition Prum Channa said the

P ap photo protest march yesterday, fair. The tangled case, whi- by depriving it of strong, opposition supporters la- but avoided possible vio- ch began with recordings charismatic leadership. cked legal permission to lence by allowing a convoy of intimate phone calls Opposition leader Sam march and could harm pu- of opposition lawmakers posted anonymously on Rainsy is in exile to avoid blic order. A crowd of go- to drive through to present the internet, has resulted imprisonment over a sepa- vernment supporters was a petition complaining of in a series of charges and rate legal matter also seen also on the streets, but in a government intimidation counter-charges that could as politically motivated. different location. to the king. lead to Kem Sokha losing Police set up a roadblock Yesterday, opposition The compromise, which Riot police officers allow a vehicle of a Cambodia National Rescue Party his seat in Parliament, or yesterday about 500 me- lawmaker Eng Chhai kept a large group of gras- (CNRP) lawmaker through a blocked street near their party headquarters even being imprisoned. ters from the opposition Eang told a crowd of chee- sroots opposition suppor- Earlier yesterday, at a party headquarters, from ring party members in ters from marching to the his attacks on the opposi- People’s Party in the 2013 National Assembly ses- which more than 1,000 front of the group’s head- royal palace, came after tion Cambodia National general election, which it sion boycotted by the followers were planning quarters that the petition the two sides traded threa- Rescue Party to cripple it says it would have won if opposition, government to march to the royal pala- had been handed over to ts in reaction to intensi- ahead of the 2018 general the government had not lawmakers voted to endor- ce to present a petition to palace officials. He said fying government pressure election. The opposition committed alleged electo- se court orders allowing King Norodom Sihamoni the party would do its best on political opponents. mounted a surprisingly ral fraud. the arrest of Kem Sokha. to support their demand to protect the rule of law Critics say Prime Minis- strong challenge to Hun The government recently The government pressu- that the government stop from being abused by the ter Hun Sen is stepping up Sen’s ruling Cambodian accused deputy opposition re, which began last year, arresting and intimidating government. AP 31.05.2016 tue

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Sweden equality is so “deeply embedded” in Swedish society that compari- sons with China or India, where sex-selective abortions have re- sulted in unnatural surpluses of It’s raining men! Nordic state men, don’t tell you much. “The way in which masculinity works in different societies needs to be taken into account,” she sees historic gender balance shift said. In Sweden, there’s been little discussion about the surplus, Karl Ritter, Stockholm to 115-to-100 this year when perhaps because of the link to the impact of last year’s record immigration, a sensitive subject

amous for its effor- wikimedia number of asylum-seekers — in- in the Nordic country. ts to put women on an cluding more than 35,000 unac- Equality Minister Asa Regner, equal footing with men, companied minors — is reflected of the governing Social Demo- Sweden is experiencing in the population statistics. crats, twice turned down reques- Fa gender balance shift that has Valerie Hudson, director of a ts to be interviewed. The main caught the country by surprise: program on women, peace and opposition party, the center-ri- For the first time since record-­ security at Texas A&M Universi- ght Moderates, also declined to keeping began in 1749, it now ty, said this should make Swedes comment. has more men than women. concerned, because her research Elsewhere in Europe, the gen- Swedes don’t quite know what has linked skewed sex ratios in der balance is stable or tipping to make of this sudden male sur- China and India to more violence further in favor of women in plus, which is highly unusual in 100 girls, European women have Tomas Sobotka, of the Vienna against women and higher crime some countries, including Italy, the West, where women histori- historically outnumbered men Institute of Demography, said levels. Spain and Greece. But overall, cally have been in the majority in because they live longer. An As- in theory a male surplus could What’s happening in Sweden, the proportion of men in the almost every country. But it may sociated Press analysis of natio- increase the bargaining power of Hudson said, “is one of the most 28-nation European Union is in- be a sign of things to come in nal and European Union popu- women by allowing them to be dramatic alterations of demogra- creasing slowly, according to the Europe as changes in life expec- lation statistics suggests women choosier when picking a partner. phy over such a short period of bloc’s statistics agency, Eurostat. tancy and migration transform will remain in the majority in But they could also face an in- time that I’ve ever seen.” She cal- Last year there were 12 million demographics. most European countries for de- creased risk of harassment from led it ironic that a country consi- more women than men in the “This is a novel phenomenon cades to come. But the number of frustrated males struggling to dered a beacon of women’s rights EU, which has a population of for Europe,” said Francesco men per 100 women, known as find a mate. isn’t paying more attention to the just over 500 million people. Billari, a University of Oxford the sex ratio, is increasing, slowly Sweden’s rapid shift to a male issue. That gap is projected to narrow demographer who is president in Europe as a whole and quickly majority — which experts didn’t “Are people thinking about in coming decades “mainly be- of the European Association for in some northern and central Eu- see coming just 10 years ago whether this could undermine cause of the decreasing gap in Population Studies. “We as re- ropean countries. — has triggered debate among the gains that have been made by life expectancy,” said Eurostat searchers have not been on top Norway swung to a male sur- some feminists about the po- Swedish women over the last 150 spokeswoman Baiba Grando- of this.” plus in 2011, four years before tential impact on women in one years?” Hudson said. vska. The tipping point in Sweden Sweden, while Denmark and of the world’s most egalitarian Other feminist researchers di- Experts say men, particular- happened in March last year, Switzerland are nearing a sex ra- countries. sagree. ly in western Europe, are living when population statistics tio of 100. Germany, which had Statistics officials say Sweden’s “Hogwash,” said Jacqui True, a healthier lives than their fathers, showed 277 more men than wo- an unnatural deficit of men after demographic shift is mainly due professor of politics and interna- drinking and smoking less, and men. The gap has since grown to two world wars, has seen its sex to men catching up with women tional relations at Monash Uni- benefiting from better treat- beyond 12,000. While that’s still ratio jump from 87 in 1960 to 96 in terms of life expectancy. But versity in Australia. ment of heart disease. In wealthy small in a population of almost last year. Meanwhile, Britain’s the arrival in recent years of tens How many men there are in countries, men have moved away 10 million, it’s “not unreasona- sex ratio rose from 93 to 97 in the of thousands of unaccompanied a population matters less than from mining and other dange- ble” to suspect that Sweden will same period. British statistics of- teenage boys from Afghanistan, how much a society is shaped by rous occupations to safer white- have a big male surplus in the ficials project that men will be in Syria and North Africa is also ha- “hyper-masculine” gender cha- collar jobs. future, said Tomas Johansson, a the majority by 2050. ving a significant impact. racteristics such as aggression Eurostat projects the male-fe- population expert at the national Researchers don’t have a clear Sweden’s biggest male surplus and hierarchies where males are male gap will dip below 1 million statistics agency, SCB. idea of what happens to a socie- is in the 15-19 age group, where preferred, True said. in 2080. But such projections are Despite a natural birth rate of ty when the population becomes there are 108 boys for every 100 Annick Wibben, of the Univer- highly uncertain, as the Swedish about 105 boys born for every more masculine. girls. That imbalance could grow sity of San Francisco, said gender example shows. AP

Senegal Chad’s ex-dictator Habre found ap photo guilty, sentence to life for abuses

Carley Petesch, Dakar ts began in July last year. lived in Senegal’s capital, had been jailed by Habre’s It is the first trial in which Dakar, since fleeing Chad government and who have Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre raises his hand during court had’s former dicta- the courts of one country in 1990, has denounced campaigned for his pro- proceedings in Dakar Ctor Hissene Habre was are prosecuting the former his trial as being politically secution for more than 15 found guilty and senten- ruler of another for alleged motivated. He and his su- years. the way the charges were 12,000 victims of Chad’s ced to life imprisonment human rights crimes. More pporters have disrupted “This case was not star- framed, he said. detention network. for abuses during his time than 90 witnesses testified. proceedings several times ted by a prosecutor in the Habre was first indicted The extraordinary court in power, Judge Gberdao Habre was convicted of with shouting and sin- Hague, or by the Security by a Senegalese judge in was formed by Senegal Gustave Kam said yester- being responsible for thou- ging. He refused legal re- Council. The architects, 2000, but legal twists and and the African Union to day at the end of the trial sands of deaths and tortu- presentation but the court the visionaries of this case, turns over a decade saw try Habre for the crimes that began in July 2015. res in prisons during his appointed him Senegalese are the Chadian victims the case go to Belgium and that took place during his Cheers, whoops of joy and rule from 1982 to 1990. A lawyers. themselves and their su- then finally back to Senegal rule. tears greeted the judge’s ru- 1992 Chadian Truth Com- Chad’s government, led pporters,” said Reed Bro- after unwavering pursuit by A second set of hearings ling from scores of Habre’s mission accused Habre’s by President Idriss Deby, dy, counsel for Human Ri- the survivors. on damages for the more former prisoners who hug- government of systematic who served as Habre’s mili- ghts Watch who has been In 2001, the police force’s than 4,000 registered civil ged each other in the cour- torture, saying that 40,000 tary adviser before pushing working on the case since archives were discovered parties will take place in the troom. people died during his rule. him from power, supported 2000. The work by the on the floor of its headquar- coming days. The defense Habre’s trial by the Ex- It placed particular blame the trial. survivors to bring Habre ters in Chad, records which has about 15 days to appeal. traordinary African Cham- on his political police force. The trial of Habre was for- to justice influenced all as- went back to Habre’s rule If they do, an appeals court bers in the Senegalese cour- The ex-dictator, who has ged by many of those who pects of the trial including and mention more than must be set up. AP tue 31.05.2016

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Darlene Superville, Washington USA t’s hardly a dog’s life of just Ieating and sleeping for Pre- sident Barack Obama’s pets, Bo and Sunny. Obama’s pets Bo and Sunny The pair of Portuguese water dogs — Bo with his distinctive white chest and front paws, living the good life and the all-black Sunny — are canine ambassadors for the White House, very popular and White House, which happens sident Harry S. Truman fa- so in demand that they have to be a national park. mously advised: “If you want schedules, like the president. ap photo “He leaves every morning a friend in Washington, get a “Everybody wants to see and he goes down with Dale dog.” them and take pictures,” Mi- [...] and he’s with all the Na- President George H.W. Bush’s chelle Obama said. “I get a tional Park Service guys. And English Springer Spaniel, memo at the beginning of you’ll see him, and he’s like Millie, “wrote” the best-seller the month with a request for walking around with them “Millie’s Book.” their schedules, and I have to and looking at the plants,” President Bill Clinton’s cho- approve their appearances.” Mrs. Obama said. “I think he colate Labrador Retriever, The dogs have entertained thinks he has a job because he Buddy, helped Clinton wea- crowds at the annual Easter takes it very seriously. So if I ther the scandal over his affair Egg Roll, and Bo has been go out and see him, he kind of with White House intern Mo- at Mrs. Obama’s side when ignores me when he’s with his nica Lewinsky. she welcomes tourists on the worker crew people.” President George W. Bush’s anniversary of the president’s The dogs have a pretty nice Scottish Terrier, Barney, had inauguration. The dogs also life. “They can sit on my lap, an official web page and star- have cheered wounded ser- they sit on my chair, they red in “Barneycam” videos vice members, as well as the cuddle with me,” Mrs. Oba- that were filmed from a came- hospitalized children the first ma said. “I like to lay on the ra hung around his neck. Like lady visits each year just befo- Bo (right), and Sunny floor with them and blow in Mrs. Obama, first lady Laura re Christmas. In a sign of just their face. I like to make them Bush was involved with the how recognized Bo and Sunny gift from the late Sen. Edward that they could get a dog after run and chase each other. But video scripts and the taping are, authorities in January M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a key the election. they’re so cute, I just love to schedule. arrested a North Dakota man supporter of Obama’s 2008 Sunny, nearly 4, came along just cuddle them and massage President Lyndon B. John- who they say came to Washin- presidential campaign who in August 2013. them.” son angered animal lovers by gton to kidnap one of the pets. became close to the family. Bo Bo already had a job as a Presidential pets are always lifting his pet beagle, Him, by Bo, now 7, joined the Obama helped Obama keep a promise “helper” to Dale Haney, the popular and many presidents the ears in front of news pho- family in April 2009. He was a to daughters Malia and Sasha head groundskeeper at the kept dogs as companions. Pre- tographers. AP

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Paintings and Calligraphy Donated US playwright Arthur Miller has been convicted of con- tempt of Congress. by Jao Tsung-I cinema The conviction relates to an investigation last year by the Time: 10am-6pm Daily (No admission after 5:30 cineteatro House of Representatives’ Un-American Activities Com- pm; Except on Mondays, open on public holidays) 19 May- 02 Jun mittee (HUAC) into a Communist conspiracy to misuse American passports. enue V : Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de During the investigation 41-year-old Mr Miller, who is Almeida, No. 95 C-D, Macau married to Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe, refu- Admission: Free sed to reveal the names of alleged Communist writers Enquiries: with whom he had attended five or six meetings in New (853) 2852 2523 York in 1947. He was said to be co-operative in all other aspects of the Arts in The Mandarin’s House hearing but told the committee his conscience would not Time: 10am-6pm daily permit him to give the names of others and bring possible trouble to them. (No admission after 5:30 pm, closed on The guilty verdict was announced in a 15-page “opinion” Wednesdays, opens on public holidays) today by Federal Judge McLaughlin who presided over a Admission: free x-men: apocalypse_ six-day trial, which ended last week. During the trial Mr Miller’s counsel, Joseph Rauh, had Venue: Travessa de António da Silva, No. 10 room 1 (2D) 2.00, 4.40, 9.50 pm claimed that the questions his client had refused to (near Lilau Square) (3D) 7.15 pm answer had no reasonable connection with a passports Enquiries: (853) 2896 8820 Director: Bryan Singer inquiry. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, He argued that the committee had simply wanted to ex- Jennifer Lawrence pose the playwright and that “exposure for exposure’s Blue Room in the Sky Language: English (Cantonese) sake” was illegal. – Exhibition by Blue Chan Duration: 144min But Judge McLaughlin found that HUAC did have a valid Time: 10:30am-6:30pm legislative purpose in looking into the passport regula- tions and that Mr Miller had indeed experienced his own (Closed on Mondays and public holidays) difficulties in obtaining a passport from the State Depart- Until: June 26, 2016 ment. Admission: Free The trial was told by the government that Mr Miller had joined the Communist party in 1943 but this was denied enue V : 10, Calcada da Igreja de S.Lazaro, Macao by the defendant who said that to the best of his belief he Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 had never been a party member. He did, however say that “there were two short periods Macau Arts Window 2016 Encounter - one in 1940 and one in 1947 - when I was sufficiently close to Communist Party activities so that someone mi- – Printmaking by Catherine, ght honestly have thought that I had become a member”. Cheong Cheng Wa the jungle book_ Mr Miller was not in court when the guilty verdict was room 2 Time: 10am-7pm announced. The maximum punishment for contempt of (2D) 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm Congress is one year in jail, a fine of £357 or both. (no admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) (3D) 7.30 pm No date was fixed for sentencing but it is understood the Until: June 5, 2016 Director: Jon Favreau case will automatically go to appeal. Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley Venue: Macau Museum of Art, After the trial Mr Miller, who will remain on bail pending Language: Chinese (Cantonese) the next legal step, said through a spokesman: “I have no Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Duration: 106min comment to make, nor has my wife.” Admission: MOP5 The case is now bound to call into question the whole (Free on Sundays and public holidays) system of Congressional inquiries and their impingement on individual rights. Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 Courtesy BBC News

Offbeat In context The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was set up in 1938 to investigate fascists as well as communists within federal No likes for Utah apartment like for likes_ government. complex s acebook requirement room 3 In 1947 it turned its attention to the arts. A group of writers, direc- ’ F 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm tors and actors known as the Hollywood Ten were subsequently Director: Park Hyun-gene convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions Tenants at a Salt Lake City apartment complex are Starring: Lee Mi-yeon, Yoo Ah-in, Choi Ji-woo about their political beliefs not giving “likes” to a Facebook-centric condition to Language: Korean (Cantonese/English) They were blacklisted by Hollywood and over the course of the next their lease. Duration: 120min 10 years some 320 people were barred from work in the film studios KSL-TV reports (bit.ly/1XH25il) that tenants at City over their alleged membership of the Communist party. Park Apartments received a notice on their doors late macau tower A few weeks after the Miller case, John Watkins won an appeal in the Supreme Court quashing a similar conviction. last week about a contractual add-on involving Face- 19 May - 1 Jun book. On 7 August 1958, after a two-year legal battle to clear his name, Washington’s Court of Appeals quashed Miller’s conviction for According to the document, a new lease agreement x-men: apocalypse_ contempt of Congress. mandates that residents “friend” the complex on Fa- 1.15, 4.00, 6.45, 9.30 pm As more convictions of contempt were quashed by the courts of cebook within five days of signing or be found in vio- Director: Bryan Singer appeal, the committee’s influence declined and it was abolished in lation. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, 1975. The document also has a release that permits the Jennifer Lawrence Arthur Miller, the creator of The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, property to post pictures of tenants and their visitors Language: English (Cantonese) died in 2005 at the age of 89. on its Facebook page. Duration: 144min tue 31.05.2016 th Anniversary

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Steve Douglas, Manchester Football | Analysis anchester United needed a se- rial winner to resto- re the team’s status Serial winner Mourinho hired Mas a European powerhouse. Jose Mourinho craved an iconic sta- ge like Old Trafford to remind the world of his rare talent as a to revive fading Man United coach. It’s been inevitable for some time that England’s most pres- Mourinho undermined by accu- United backed Van Gaal with tigious club would come calling sing her of being “naive” for trea- more than $350 million in the for soccer’s most successful cur- ap photo ting an injured player on the field last two offseasons — money rent manager, and confirmation during a Premier League game. that was largely wasted by the arrived Friday. Carneiro is suing Mourinho in- Dutchman. Mourinho should get United announced the long-­ dividually while pursuing a cons- similar financial support to make awaited hiring of Mourinho on tructive dismissal case against additions to a squad that has a three-year deal, ushering in an Chelsea that is set to be heard by some obvious deficiencies. exciting era not just for a club a public tribunal in June. It could United needs a world-class that has slumped as a domestic be his first public appearance as striker to back up the raw talent force since Alex Ferguson’s reti- United manager. of Anthony Martial and Marcus rement in 2013 but for the soap Rashford. Sweden striker Zlatan opera that is the Premier League. Ibrahimovic is a likely marquee “Jose is quite simply the best Mourinho, signing. The team needs a crea- manager in the game today,” said tive playmaker, a fresh central United executive vice chairman with his win- midfield unit and Mourinho Ed Woodward, after enticing the also must decide what to do with Portuguese coach on a reported Jose Mourinho at-all-costs Wayne Rooney. United’s captain annual salary of 12 million pou- was once its stand-out striker but nds (USD17.5 million). ber when he was fired by Chel- may also be at odds with Uni- attitude, is the appears to have been reinvented The stats might just back it up: sea after a tainted second spell ted’s preference for free-flowing, perfect quick as a deep-lying midfielder. Mourinho is a two-time Cham- at Stamford Bridge that brought attacking play. Immediate suc- Mourinho’s arrival also puts pions League winner, with FC another Premier League trophy cess would change everything, fix for United the spotlight on Manchester Porto and Inter Milan. He has but ended with his departure though, and some of Mourinho’s next season. Across town, Pep won eight league titles since for “palpable discord” with his teams have been richly enter- “Mourinho is a really good coa- Guardiola will start a three-year 2002 across four countries (Por- players. That tenure unraveled taining for periods of seasons. ch, but that’s as far as I would go contract at Manchester City, en- tugal, England, Italy and Spain), in its third year, which is not un- Real Madrid’s league-winning really,” United great Bobby Charl- suring a renewal of a coaching three of them coming in the Pre- common for Mourinho. A dynas- team of 2011-12 under Mourinho ton, who is also a director and am- rivalry that started in Spain from mier League with Chelsea. ty builder he is not. scored 121 goals, for example, bassador at the club, said in 2012. 2010-12 when Mourinho was at For all his faults, he is as close Mourinho’s appointment likely blowing away the mighty Barce- The hiring of Mourinho could Real Madrid and Guardiola at as it gets in soccer to being a gua- will not be universally welco- lona that season. also spell the end for club great Barcelona. ranteed trophy winner. And, the- med by United fans. United has Away from the field, Mourinho Ryan Giggs after nearly 29 years Mourinho first came to global se days, that is all United wants. a long-held tradition of giving can be a spiky character, and at Old Trafford. Since retiring as prominence in 2004 when, as For a club of United’s global youngsters and academy gradua- his confrontational and abrasi- a player in 2014, Giggs has been Porto coach, he charged down standing, it has been a disa- tes a chance, but Mourinho has ve style with soccer authorities, United’s assistant coach but that the touchline at Old Trafford ppointing three years since Fer- established a reputation of only media and even his own players role is set to be given to Mouri- in celebration of a winning goal guson’s trophy-filled 26-year looking at the here and now. has courted controversy at times. nho’s long-time No. 2, Rui Faria. by his team against United in a tenure ended. David Moyes, His soccer philosophy — win, He is currently entangled in a There was no immediate news Champions League match. Twel- Ferguson’s hand-picked succes- whatever the style, even if that legal case with former Chelsea on the make-up of Mourinho’s ve years later, he returns to the sor, lasted 10 months and Louis involves “parking the bus” — team doctor Eva Carneiro, whom backroom staff. stadium as United’s manager. AP van Gaal was fired last week af- ter an underwhelming two years in charge. The 20-time English Guardiola said he was surprised by champions have finished seven- An Iberian duel in England Mourinho’s animosity toward him con- th, fourth and fifth in the Premier sidering they worked together for four League and won’t even be in the years at Barcelona, when Guardiola was a Champions League next season, he rivalry between Jose Mourinho player and Mourinho an assistant coach. the biggest factor behind the de- Tand Pep Guardiola is about to be re- “He knows me and I know him,” Guar- cision on Monday to terminate newed. ap photo diola said. “If he prefers to pay more at- Van Gaal’s contract early. After years of spats and high-profile tention to the point of view of the [Ma- Mourinho, with his win-at-all- games between the two rival coaches in drid-friendly] media and not to the re- costs attitude, is the perfect quick Spain, they are set to face off again — this lationship that we had, then he can do it. fix for United. time in England. It’s his decision and it’s his right.” “I prefer to forget [United’s] Guardiola, who used to thrive with Bar- Later in 2011, during a brawl in a Spa- past three years and focus on the celona, will begin his stint at Manches- nish Super Cup game between the rival giant club I have in my hands ter City next season. Jose Mourinho, teams, Mourinho was caught by televi- now,” Mourinho said. “I think who succeeded with Real Madrid, is on Pep Guardiola sion cameras poking the eye of Tito Vi- what the fans are expecting me to his way to Manchester United after his lanova, then an assistant to Guardiola at say is that I want to win. I think appointment on a three-year contract. cisions made by referees, not the wrong Barcelona. what the players need to [hear] There was plenty of controversy when ones.” Guardiola’s Barcelona won most of the is, I want to win [...] I think we the two met while coaching the Spanish Guardiola said he knew Mourinho well “clasicos” against Mourinho’s Madrid can really, yes.” powerhouses in the early 2010s, with in- and the Portuguese coach was only trying during the three seasons the Portuguese Mourinho said United has “a cidents on and off the field. to provoke him. He said such antics wou- coach was in Spain. mystique and a romance about it Barcelona was doing well under Guar- ld not work, and he would answer them In addition to winning the league in which no other club can match,” diola when Mourinho arrived at Real at an appropriate time. 2011-12, Mourinho also won the Copa and that he “always felt an affini- Madrid in 2010, and in the first game be- The response came before Barcelona del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup titles ty with Old Trafford.” tween the two, Barcelona thrashed Ma- and Real Madrid played in the semifinals before ending his stint with Madrid. “I think I am in the right mo- drid 5-0 at the Camp Nou. of the Champion League in 2011. He and the club parted ways after what ment of my career,” he added. In the Copa del Rey final later that year, “The teams will meet tomorrow on the Mourinho called his worst season ever in “United is one of these clubs you Real Madrid won the title and Mourinho pitch, but off the field he has already 2012-13. need to be prepared for it becau- took his first stab at Guardiola. won, he has won his own Champions off He was without a job since December se it is what I used to call a giant After the Barcelona coach lamented the field,” Guardiola said of Mourinho, after leaving Chelsea following a poor club and giant clubs must be for a close offside call that ruled out a goal using an expletive. “In this press confe- start to the season. the best managers.” by forward Pedro, Mourinho said that a rence room, he is the [big] boss, he is the Guardiola won nearly every title possib- The 53-year-old Mourinho has “new era in football was beginning, one one who knows it all. I don’t want to even le with Barcelona before leaving the club been out of work since Decem- in which coaches criticize the correct de- start competing against him here.” to join Bayern Munich in 2013. THE China: Climbers who found remains Station31.05.2016Air quality tue BUZZ of renowned mountaineer return Roadside 10-30 Good A Swiss climber who found the long-lost bo- on a glacier at a height of 5,900 meters dies of a renowned mountaineer and his came- (19,350 feet). High raman on one of the world’s tallest mountains It was only when they got back to base camp Density 25-45 said it took days for him and his climbing part- after their failed attempt that they thought the Residental ner to realize whom they had found. bodies may have been of Alex Lowe and David Good Mountaineer Ueli Steck said he and David Bridges, who were swept away by an avalanche Area opinion Goettler were attempting to climb China’s in 1999 and had been attempting to climb the Mount Shishapangma and saw the bodies world’s 14 highest mountains. Ambient 25-45 Good Our Desk dsmg source: Renato Marques Woman fails to save WORLD BRIEFS Philippines Officials Who cares… for Money? say days of intense friend in Australian military operations have For those who have brought up conver- sation topics about local issues, the ex- killed 54 Muslim militants from a largely unknown pression “Who cares?” is certainly not an crocodile attack group that authorities unfamiliar one… say have ties with Islamic The fact is, many do not care, or they extremists from Indonesia may avoid doing so. This happens often said. and have carried out regarding social and political issues, go- beheadings apparently vernment decisions and/or policies but But Warren Enstch, who influenced by the Islamic the exception seems to be when the topic ABC News represents the area in the State group. The military is about MONEY. Australian Parliament, said says the death count is And increasingly, money is such a great the beach was beside a creek based on intelligence reports. thing that it is (apparently) the only thing where tourism operators that cannot be defined as really bad. run crocodile-spotting tours. For instance, on that topic, the Mexican Enstch said the two tourists

Bishop Ramon Godinez Flores argued a had to have seen plentiful ap photo few years ago that, “Bad money shouldn’t crocodile warning signs in be burned. It should be transformed.” the region. The idea of the transformation of this “You can’t legislate against so-called “bad money” into a potentiality can be applied to all sectors of society human stupidity,” Entsch across the planet, and Macau is no ex- said. “If you go in swimming Cambodia Police are woman struggled in trace of the missing woman at 10 o’clock at night, you’re blocking opposition ception. In fact, I dare to say that is “quite activists from staging a good example.” Avain to drag her friend Sunday night, Parker said, going to get consumed.” a protest march, as At least for me, our major industry - Ga- from a crocodile’s jaws off a with the search resuming The attack occurred near both sides spar over ming - is exactly that: “a sort of money northeast Australian beach, yesterday with a helicopter, where a 5-year-old boy intensifying government making machine” or better to say, a “mo- police said yesterday. boat and land-based search was taken and killed by a pressure on its critics. ney transformation machine.” The pair were in shallow teams. 4.3-meter (14-foot) croco- More on p13 I wonder if all that money also has the water at Thornton Beach The missing woman is dile from a swamp in 2009 ability of transform societies, too? in the World Heritage-lis- from Lithgow in New South and a 43-year-old woman For the societies living in (not around) this “factory,” it is difficult not to care ted Daintree National Park Wales state. was killed by a 5-meter (16- ap photo about money and its transformations. in Queensland state when The survivor from Cair- foot) croc while swimming Recently, hundreds marched through the 46-year-old woman was ns, 93 kilometers south of in a creek in 1985. the streets of the territory once more, be- taken by the crocodile late Thornton Beach, was taken Darwin-based crocodile cause of “money.” In this particular case, Sunday, Police Senior Cons- to a hospital in Mossman su- expert Grahame Webb said in opposition to a donation of the MSAR’s table Russell Parker said. ffering from shock and a gra- while most crocodiles were Russia-Turkey Turkish of RMB100 million (around MOP123m) to “Her 47-year-old friend ze to her arm inflicted as the found in rivers, swamps and Deputy Prime Minister Jinan University. Numan Kurtulmus said tried to grab her and drag her crocodile brushed against other protected waterways, after a Cabinet meeting The high level of concern in the popu- to safety but she just wasn’t her, Queensland Ambulance open beaches in northern lation about the topic was due to the fact yesterday: “I am of the able to do that,” Parker told Service spokesman Neil No- Australia were not safe. opinion that there is no that they were asking not only for the wi- the Australian Broadcasting ble said. “There’ve been quite a lot problem that cannot be thdrawal the donation but also the imme- Corp. “The report that we have of attacks off beaches and off overcome. I hope that diate resignation of the chief executive. it will be possible for What was considered by many as a Police said the women were from the surviving woman is coral reefs where people are the countries to resolve “large-scale­ demonstration,” was only swimming in waist-deep that they felt a nudge and her snorkeling,” Webb said. the problem through surpassed by the protests which occur- water, while paramedics re- partner started to scream Crocodile numbers have dialogue.” red 2 years ago when thousands surrou- ported they were wading in and then was dragged into boomed across Australia’s nded the Legislative Assembly to protest knee-deep water when the the water,” Noble told ABC. northern tropics since they against the so-called “retirement packa- crocodile struck. The two women might became a protected species ap photo ge bill,” where the issue was… money! A rescue helicopter fitted not have been aware that under federal law in 1971, No other topic seems to gather so much with thermal imaging equi- the area was well known as and they pose an increasing support in a society that seems to be di- pment failed to find any a crocodile habitat, Parker threat to humans. AP vided (or just not care) about all the other things while being so united about mo- ney. Senegal Chad’s Meanwhile, another phenomenon arose former dictator Hissene during these times of unusual gathering Habre was found guilty and consensus on locals about a pro- The and sentenced to life blem, a phenomenon that I used to call imprisonment for abuses decisive moment AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein during his time in power, the “gwai lo syndrome.” Judge Gberdao Gustave As most of you are familiar with, the Kam said yesterday at the “gwai lo” is the Cantonese term used to end of the trial that began address “westerners.” Literally it means in July 2015 in Senegalese “ghost person” and although it is conside- courts. More on p14 red an improper way to address people, it is widely used as part of the Cantonese vocabulary. The “gwai lo syndrome,” is something I can relate to, as an extreme feeling of non-belonging and/or not relating to the problems of the society in which you are living. It is frequently expressed by the similar “who cares?” and often gets even Mexico International worse. Its most frequent habitat is social football player Alan Pulido media platforms and comes as an angry has been rescued in and frustrated criticism to the problem north-east Mexico hours that “others” related to, or cherished. after he was kidnapped, I do not always necessarily agree with officials say. Pulido, 25, appeared with a the ideas transmitted by the medieval bandaged hand and told quote “when in Rome, do as the Romans reporters he was “very do,” but I am pretty sure that to publicly well”. Officials said the repudiate the values that a society che- Wanda vs Disney. A security guard opens the entrance doors for the grand opening of the Wanda Mall rescue operation was rishes is most probably the fastest way to carried out yesterday in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. China’s largest private property developer, the Wanda Group, opened an reach the stage where nobody “cares”… night [Macau time], entertainment complex over the weekend that it’s positioning as a distinctly homegrown rival to Disney about you! without giving more and its USD5.5 billion Shanghai theme park opening next month. details.