‘shrek the musical’ more than 54,000 belgian cast visits macau refugees trapped products The cast and crew of “Shrek More than 54,000 refugees and promoted the Musical” anticipate the migrants have been trapped in in macau show’s debut set for the Greece since countries further north coming July 22 shut their land borders P4 P5 MDT REPORT P13 MIGRANT CRISIS

WED.25 May 2016

T. 25º/ 31º C H. 65/ 90%

Blackberry email service powered by CTM

MOP 7.50

N.º 2564 HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho

“ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” ad Stanley Ho buys prime Singapore hotel plot P7 BLOOMBERG

WORLD BRIEFS AP PHOTO

HIROSHIMA By visiting Hiroshima, Barack Obama parachutes himself into a seemingly endless dispute among key U.S. allies and trading partners over World War II. More on p10,11 AP PHOTO

CHINA-US Improved relations between the U.S. and Vietnam must not lead to greater pressure on China or threats to its interests, an official Chinese newspaper says. More on p12 AP PHOTO

AUSTRALIA Right-wing firebrand politician Event producer ‘stunned’ Pauline Hanson, who opposes Muslim immigration, has a realistic chance of returning to Australia’s over amount Macau paid Parliament in July elections, experts say. for giant duck P3 INTERVIEW More on page 18 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

2 MACAU 澳聞 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

CE meets with Hong Kong court glimpsed Athe private letters exchan- President of Portugal’s ged between billionaire Eric Lovers’ feud disclosed in Supreme Court Hotung and businesswoman Winnie Ho Yuen during a legal battle over shares in a local ca- casino legal battle sino operation. The letters, which were sigh- trust and that she had paid Ho’s profits. According to Hotung’s coun- ted on Monday, centered on back about HKD1.6 million, SCMP stated that Ho refused sel, Hylas Chung, the first letter the HKD2 million that Hotung the High Court heard that Ho to accept flowers that Hotung revealed the philanthropist’s had allegedly handed to Ho, was supposed to invest the mo- sent her due to remarks he no- intention to invest in STDM his secret lover, on trust deca- ney in her brother Stanley Ho ’s ted to the press, details of whi- when he first gave the money des ago. Sociedade de Turismo e Diver- ch were not revealed in court. to Ho, who then used it to set South China Morning Post soes de Macau (STDM) and “Your defamatory remarks up Moon Valley Inc. (SCMP) reported that the phi- Shun Tak Shipping Company, have caused me a great deal of The billionaire is now asking lanthropist claimed much of shortly after he was granted a pain and I now realize that you the court to declare that Ho Chief Executive Chui Sai On met the the money was spent on pro- gaming license in 1961. have never loved me,” she wrote. held his property on trust and President of the Supreme Court of perty overseas, including hou- Hotung said he aimed to di- Ho added that she had always to order her to return the mo- Portugal, António Gaspar, this week at ses in Portugal, London and the Santa Sancha Palace. During the vide the earnings from the in- been a shareholder in STDM in ney, along with any profits Los Angeles. meeting, Mr Gaspar mentioned that vestment equally among his her own right, and asked the derived from both the original “strengthening the cooperation with While Ho appealed that the heirs, and demanded that the billionaire to stay away from HKD2 million and the STDM Macau would bring mutual benefits and sum was not given to her on money be returned along with Moon Valley. shares. would help to maintain Macau’s special judicial system within China’s judicial system.” According to a government TOURISM statement, the CE stressed that “judicial independence has been and will continue to be the cornerstone for the MGTO director made voting city’s development,” adding that the “government respects the spirit of the member of travel group board rule of law and the independence of the judiciary institutions, as stated in the ARIA Helena de Senna Fernan- Asia-Pacific region,” she said, accor- Basic Law.” Mdes, the director of the Macau ding to a statement from the MGTO. Government Tourism Office (MGTO), The PATA Executive Board determi- Word ‘national’ was elected on Saturday to serve as nes the industry policies and positions a voting member of the Pacific Asia of the organization, serving as its go- Senna Fernandes, PATA CEO Mario Hardy (center) avoided when naming Travel Association (PATA) Executive verning body. It is also responsible for and outgoing chairman Kevin Murphy (2nd right) Taiwan universities Board during the 2016 PATA Annual governing the corporate affairs and with Macau delegates Summit in Guam. operations of the travel association. Taiwanese universities whose names Senna Fernandes, who previous- Hosted by the Guam Visitors Bu- Continent” and a half-day “Ministerial include the word “National” are seeing ly served on the board as an invited reau, the PATA Annual Summit 2016 Debate on Pacific Island Tourism,” the word being deleted or replaced with non-voting representative, now joins saw around 640 participants from 33 which was jointly run by PATA and the “Taiwan” by the Macau government, as one of the 12 voting members for a countries and territories attend the United Nations World Trade Organi- related associations, and some media two-year term. conference last week on the Pacific is- zation. outlets, according to a report by “My new responsibilities in PATA are land of Guam. Founded in 1951, PATA is a non-pro- Macau Concealers. The report says a great honor for Macau tourism and According to a statement from the fit membership association dedicated that the Tertiary Education Services also an endorsement [of] our efforts MGTO, Senna Fernandes attended se- to building responsible tourism de- Office has avoided using the word throughout the years to support the veral association meetings last week, velopment in the Asia-Pacific region. for many years, and that it resorts to association’s endeavor to foster sus- including a one-day conference tit- Macau has been a member of the orga- names such as Taiwan University and tainable tourism development in the led “Exploring the Secrets of the Blue nization since 1958. Chengchi University as opposed to the institutions’ full names, National Taiwan University, and National HEALTH Chengchi University. According to a Jornal Cheng Pou report published this Hospital rejects accusations of delay from patient’s family week, similar changes can be found in several local media sources, including Macao Daily News and TDM. HE Health Bureau (SSM) the decision of sending pa- calling for the patient to un- no signs of a relapse, the pa- Thas responded to an ac- tients for medical treatment dergo a surgical procedure tient’s next surgery would cusation from a patient’s fa- abroad is always “dependent in Hong Kong, instead of the be carried out by the CHCSJ So admits treatment mily that the Hospital Conde on the professional decision planned surgery today in the Plastic Surgery Service, mea- of greyhounds can S Januario did not provide of specialist physicians, in Public Hospital. ning that the patient would timely treatment. compliance with the needs The SSM said that since not need to go abroad for her improve “The clinical condition of and status of the patient and childhood, the patient has procedure this time. this patient has been properly in accordance with the strict suffered from a tumor in the “The plan was communica- Ambrose So, the Chairman of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), said that the monitored by CHCSJ and the- standards set by law.” soft tissues of her leg, and ted to the family of the pa- Canidrome’s existence is still justifiable re was no delay in her treat- The bureau added that it that several medical proce- tient. However, the family as the space “promotes economic ment,” the bureau replied in a “understands the impatien- dures had been carried out continued to request for diversification in the gaming area.” statement this week. ce of the patient and family, previously, including a num- the procedure to be done in Speaking to Radio Macau on the sidelines This statement from the acknowledging also that the ber of surgeries in mainland Hong Kong and have not res- of this week’s elections for the board health authorities came in patient possesses the right China. ponded to the booking of the of the Clube Militar, So commented on response to comments from to choose which medical ins- Aside from her treatments surgery in the CHCSJ,” SSM the campaigns to close the facility and the family of a female patient, titution should perform the in mainland China, the pa- claimed, adding that the hos- admitted the need to improve its treatment who had used an electronic surgery.” tient has reportedly been in pital is hopeful that the fa- of animals, saying, “I think that there is platform to accuse the hospi- In the statement, the bu- the care of the CHCSJ Onco- mily will still contact the ins- room for the Canidrome to improve [in] tal of delaying her treatment. reau added that the patient’s logy Service, which recently titution for proper treatment this aspect.” The SSM also stated that family members have been decided that since there were of the patient. RM

www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_ SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, Irene Sam, Jacky I.F. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. Comercial Rodrigues, 12 Floor C, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Juliet Risdon, Renato Marques, Richard Whitfield, Rodrigo de Matos (cartoonist), Ruan MACAU SAR Telephones: +853 287 160 81/2 Fax: +853 287 160 84 Du Toit Bester, Sandra Norte (designer), Viviana Seguí | ASSOCIATE CONTRIBUTORS_JML Property, MacauHR, MdME Advertisement [email protected] Thank You! Lawyers, PokerStars | NEWS AGENCIES_ Associated Press, Bloomberg, Lusa News Agency, MacauHub, MacauNews, For subscription and general issues: [email protected] | Printed at Welfare Printing Ltd +6,200 like us on facebook.com/mdtimes Xinhua | SECRETARY_Yang Dongxiao [email protected] send newsworthy information and press releases to: [email protected] website: www.macaudailytimes.com.mo wed 25.05.2016 18,056,589 page views in 2016

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 澳聞 MACAU 3

CRAIG SAMBORSKI Lovers’ feud disclosed in Q&A PRESIDENT OF DRAW EVENTS casino legal battle Event producer ‘stunned’ over amount Macau paid for giant duck

Daniel Beitler writing from us and has failed to produce any documentation RAIG Samborski is the or even to respond to our let- CPresident of event produc- ters. tion company Draw Events, and has produced concerts and MDT – There were dou- festivals in the U.S. and Canada bts over whether the since 1992. duck was really worth Last year, Samborski held an the alleged USD20,000 exhibit in Philadelphia of the (MOP160,000) for its visit giant duck – the one currently to Pittsburgh. Can you dis- cruising near the Science Cen- close how much you paid ter - about a year after it was for the exhibit? shown in a separate Los An- CS - Another matter of frus- geles event, also organized by tration for me. At about the Samborski. same time that I was disco- The event producer came un- vering what Hofman’s actual der fire from Dutch artist Flo- drawings were, we found out rentijn Hofman, who to this day how much Pittsburgh paid him. claims that Samborski is not I had heard USD25,000 for the authorized to show the duck licensing fee, but USD20,000 without his permission and that could be right. Then, from he had stolen the construction me, Hofman was asking for plans for the artwork. 100,000 euros [MOP895,000]. As per the artist’s demand, Yet another slap in the face the duck must be constructed from Hofman, [as I discovered locally prior to exhibition. In that] they were the same plans other words, Hofman does not he had sent Pittsburgh: plans provide the artwork for exhibi- for a 12-meter duck. Keep in tion. mind, this is just the cost for his Samborski, who objects to plans, you still have to pay to these accusations, explained in build the duck, which I can say an email interview what it was is more than six figures. like to work with Hofman. Ultimately, we abandoned Ho- fman and his plans and got this Macau Daily Times (MDT) duck built. However, when he - You have an interesting received the 50,000 euros from story about negotiating us, he expected another 50,000 with Hofman about brin- euros [as well as] 60 percent of ging the inflatable duck to the sales from the little rubber your first show in Los An- Craig Samborski ducks we sold as souvenirs, for geles. What happened? which we paid and procured. Craig Samborski (CS) - In neering drawings that would chnical plans for the [contrac- tional licensing fee; I believe I am guessing that the vast Los Angeles, where we debuted conform to safety and structu- ted] 18-meter duck and not the he was seeking 50,000 euros majority of the amount that was our duck the year before our ral standards. By the time of the 12-meter duck, Hofman asked [about MOP447,000] for each paid in Macau went to Hofman. Philadelphia exhibit, a former Philadelphia show, I was alrea- for an additional 7,500 euros re-display. colleague did most of the nego- dy done with Hofman. [MOP67,000]. However, once we realized MDT - According to the tiations with Hofman and his [Instead of paying this sum] that the plans were not really organizers of the exhibit in wife, Kim, did most of the com- MDT – You previously each of the companies working plans, and [given that he was Macau, it did. Do you think munication on his behalf. described what Hofman on the duck were contracted to now] seeking additional sums it was worth the money? Dealing with Hofman and his sent you as a “sketch,” but create their own plans to con- from us, I moved forward on CS - Paying Hofman for the wife was confusing and frustra- what had he promised you? form with the size we needed, my own and considered the plans was not worth it. It was ting, perhaps partially because CS - He promised us technical and both the duck and pontoon agreement with him breached the most disheartening expe- of the language barrier. It beca- were built to engineering safety due to lack of performance. He rience I have had professio- me very evident after we recei- standards. has spoken out in the media a nally. I am very happy about ved the “plans” from him that Once we realized that we had couple of times about this, but the project as a whole. The something was wrong. to come up with our own plan, behind the scenes, he refused to duck is a great attraction and He was contracted to produ- There is it took about six weeks to get provide any sort of legal copyri- truly brings happiness to many, ce “technical plans” to build an the duck built. In reality, once ght documents. many people, which makes me 18-meter tall duck, but he sent a serious we realized Hofman would be very happy. us plans for a 12-meter duck. of no assistance and we moved MDT - What do you think I was stunned when I did the When confronted with this, he question about on without him, the project be- of the copyright claim that currency conversion to see how told us to have the companies what Hofman is came much easier. Hoffman has put forward? much Macau paid for the duck. building the duck and pontoon Is the claim justified? All in all, my duck cost less than to simply do the math on the paid for. MDT - What happened CS - He has never actually one-third of that amount. Based pieces [in order] to scale it up when you wanted to re- asserted a copyright claim le- on the fee difference between to 18 meters. CRAIG SAMBORSKI exhibit the duck and how gally as far as I know, just in Pittsburgh, myself and what That might sound simple, but did Hofman respond? the media and via threats. My Macau paid, there is a serious it was far from it. Both com- CS - Hofman claimed that he intellectual property attorney question about what Hofman panies refused to build from plans, which we were led to be- had a copyright over the duck has researched this and there is paid for. Had I known Macau his plans because they were not lieve would include the comple- and that there was an agree- is no copyright or trademark was interested in the duck, I really technical plans to build te instructions for building the ment with us to never show the owned by Hofman, at least in would have happily brought my the duck, but more like clues. duck. But they did not. duck again [after Los Angeles] the United States. Hofman was duck there for just a fraction of The companies wanted engi- When asked to provide te- without paying him an addi- confronted about this twice in what Macau had to pay. 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

4 MACAU 澳聞 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

previously quite low-key in Hong Kong and Macau.” Final version of “We are also here to su- Belgian products pport the country of Belgium Animal Protection [by showcasing] Belgian quality and craftsmanship Law gathers promoted in Macau in chocolate and other ingre- dients,” added Ken. “Macau is […] the ideal pla- support Daniel Beitler tform to introduce Belgian products to local customers N event showcasing Bel- Belgian and tourists from China and HE final version of the draft for the Ani- Agian food and beverage the rest of Asia,” said IPIM Tmal Protection Law was debated yester- products took place Monday products executive director Ung, ad- day by the First Standing Committee of the night in the Macau Universi- dressing event attendees. Legislative Assembly (AL). At the end of ty of Science and Technolo- such as “In the first quarter of 2016, the meeting, the president of the Commit- gy’s (MUST) training restau- Gloria Batalha (left) and Michèle the bilateral trade between tee Kwan Tsui Hang said that the proposal Deneffe rant, The Seasons. chocolate, the two [Belgium and Macau] “didn’t receive criticism from the five [ani- Nine suppliers exhibited the context of the European beers and increased to USD4.3 million mal rights] associations heard,” as cited by products in areas ranging Union, Belgium has always from USD3 million in the Radio Macau. from chocolate and desserts been a strong supporter of waffles are same period of 2014, covering Representatives of the Civic and Munici- to beers and potato proces- the deepening of the EU re- both goods and services.” pal Affairs Bureau (IACM) presented the sing products. The event, lationship with Macau,” said already well- “In the future, we look final draft of the law which, according to “A Taste of Belgium,” was the Consul. forward to expanding our José Tavares, president of IACM, should co-organized by the Macau “In the field of trade and known in bilateral collaboration in not have significant changes before it re- Trade and Investment Pro- economy, some Belgian Macau. trade, retail and the service turns to the AL plenary for the final vote. motion Institute (IPIM) and products such as chocolate, sectors,” she added. The President of IACM assured debate the Consulate General of beers and waffles are already MICHÈLE DENEFFE Some of the exhibiting com- participants that the bill will provide ad- Belgium in Hong Kong and well-known in Macau,” said BELGIAN CONSUL panies were business-to- ded powers to the government: “After the Macau, with the main aim of Deneffe. business providers seeking approval of this law we will be able to have driving local interest in the “However we think that panies on Monday night was to market their Belgian access to all venues, including yards, buil- supplies. more could be done in the Puratos, a supplier of bakery products to local restauran- ding sites and all places to which we have Michèle Deneffe, the Con- context of the current di- and confectionery ingredien- ts and distributors, while had no access before.” sul General of Belgium in versification process of the ts, which has expanded to others targeted consumers. Antonieta Manhão, the representative of Hong Kong and Macau, and Macau economy, which will 100 different countries since According to Consul Gene- the Abandoned Animals Protection Asso- Gloria Batalha Ung, execu- provide new opportunities its establishment in 1919. ral Deneffe, there are around ciation of Macau (APAM) said the current tive director of IPIM, both […] namely in the booming Ken Man, sales manager 25 Belgians in Macau who draft is “acceptable.” attended the event. hospitality industry and for the company’s Hong are active in various sectors; “The most important thing at this moment “The bilateral relations food and beverages sector,” Kong arm, explained to the namely hotels and restauran- is to continue with the legislative process between Belgium and Ma- she added. Times: “We want to build ts, food and beverage, water so that the law comes into force later this cau are excellent and, in One of the exhibiting com- our brand because we were sanitation, and education. year,” she added. ad wed 25.05.2016 4,069,668 page views in April

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 澳聞 MACAU 5

advertorial ENTERTAINMENT ‘Shrek the Musical’ cast visits Macau before show kicks off in July

Kyle Timson, who plays the role of Shrek (left) and Christian Marriner, Justin Scholl who plays the role of Lord Farquaad

Renato Marques the famous movie, Scholl ex- plained: “We picked up the HE cast and crew of 90-minute movie and exten- T“Shrek the Musical” were ded it to…two hours and 30 part of a media event held minutes. That gives us time yesterday anticipating the and space to explore deeper show’s debut set for the co- details and connections of ming July 22. the story and namely where A “sneak peek” of the show Shrek and Fiona came from. was presented during the It’s a little more investment event at The Venetian Macao. in the characters.” Tour manager Justin Scholl, Christian Marriner, who Kyle Timson (Shrek) and plays Lord Farquaad, fa- Christian Marriner (Lord Far- ces the added challenge of quaad) were some of the gues- being four feet tall on stage ts that attended the event. (approx. 1.22m) while being Tour manager Justin Scholl six feet tall (1.83m) in real – visiting the territory for the life. For the “stunt”, he acts second time after his role in on his knees with the help of the musical “Beauty and the special rigging gear. Beast” – disclosed part of The performer says the the story of the production, most fun part of playing Far- which started back in 2008 quaad is “the interaction with on Broadway and is now tou- the audience”, as he gets the ring the world. The show is chance to improvise in some passing through Macau after parts and speak “local lan- Jakarta, Indonesia. Scholl is guages in the dialogues.” pleased with the reception Both Marriner and Timson from the Asian audience. emphasize that “this is not “We are really hoping that the usual fairytale” and that the Macau audience will con- the story carries a very im- tinue that great energy that portant message that “it is we have started off [in Jakar- OK to be different and in fact, ta],” Scholl said. that is [normal].” In terms of the most challen- Timson, who plays Shrek, ging part of putting such a states that the story is really tour together, Scholl cited the about “acceptance”, adding need to “create a home away “what the show is trying to from home for everybody,” bring across is that even thin- adding that “experiencing gs that look evil or monstrous all the different cultures and at the first sight have good countries” compensates for and bad feelings in them. It’s the long hours of travelling. a metaphor for the real wor- Another aspect of the show ld, where the ogre represents that he highlighted is the lo- just the fact of being different calization of the tour to the or acting differently, and that place where it is being pre- people should look for deeper sented, featuring a few “local feelings in the people they inputs” in words, expressions cross [paths] with”. or even local artists and/or The stage production by celebrities. This reminds the Broadway Entertainment cast and crew that each local Group FZ LLC and NETworks leg of the tour is backed by Presentations, LLC., will play about 200 people that help to at the The Venetian Macao “put on the show every day.” this summer from July 22 to Comparing the musical and August 7. 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

6 MACAU 澳聞 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

Inflation up 4 percent year-on-year

cent compared with March, led categories. by an increase in the price in- Meanwhile the average Com- dex for Clothing and Footwear posite CPI for the first four (+2.18 percent) and Transport months of 2016 increased by (+0.58 percent), but mitigated 3.5 percent year-on-year, with by Housing and Fuels (-0.47 the price index of Alcoholic percent), Recreation and Cul- Beverages and Tobacco, Edu- ture (-0.29 percent) and Food cation, and Transport rising by and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 38.2 percent, 8.94 percent and (-0.22 percent), among other 6.95 percent respectively.

A customer browses apples at a store in Macau

HE Composite Consumer the previous 12-month period. of motor vehicles in driving up TPrice Index (CPI), a key Composite CPI reflects the im- the price index of Alcoholic Be- measure of inflation, increa- pact of price changes on general verages and Tobacco, Educa- sed last month by 3.02 percent households. tion, and Transport, which in- year-on-year to 108.03, down A statement from DSEC ac- creased by 37.15 percent, 8.98 by 0.29 percentage points from credited the year-on-year in- percent and 7.6 percent respec- the 3.31 percent year-on-year crement to higher rentals for tively. growth observed in March, ac- parking spaces, rising charges Meanwhile the price index of Mainland Chinese have toned down their spending, shelling out 1,762 patacas cording to new information for eating out and dearer prices Clothing and Footwear, and (USD220) per person in the first quarter on non-gambling purchases, down almost released by the Statistics and of motor vehicles and tobacco, Communication declined by a third from 2014. That’s bad news for casino operators as they shift focus to Census Service (DSEC). as in the previous month. 3.48 percent and 0.93 percent casual gamblers and tourists to lift revenue from hotels, retail and conventions amid a two-year gambling slump. Chinese still make up about two-thirds of For the 12 months ended April In particular DSEC made refe- respectively. Macau’s visitors, even as their numbers last year fell for the first time since 2009 2016, the average Composite CPI rence to the growth in tobacco Month-to-month, the CPI in and eased a further 1 percent in the first four months of this year, according to increased by 4.09 percent from tax, tuition fees, and the prices April edged up by 0.03 per- data released Monday. ad wed 25.05.2016

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 分析 BUSINESS 7

New-Home sales Stanley Ho buys prime in U.S. surge Singapore hotel plot Michelle Jamrisko

URCHASES of new homes BLOOMBERG Pooja Thakur Pin the U.S. surged in April to the highest level since the start of AMING tycoon Stanley BLOOMBERG 2008, pointing to a robust spring GHo has bought prime land selling season for builders. site off Singapore’s famed Or- Sales jumped 16.6 percent chard Road shopping belt, in to a 619,000 annualized pace, the first transaction of a rede- and purchases in the first three velopment site for a hotel in months of the year were revised this location in more than a higher, Commerce Department Chester, Pennsylvania, said be- decade. data showed yesterday. The fore the report. “I think it’ll add Shun Tak Real Estate (Sin- rate exceeded the most opti- more to growth this year than it gapore) Pte, a subsidiary mistic forecast in a Bloomberg has in the past several.” of Hong-Kong-listed Shun survey. The median sales price The gain in demand last month Tak Holdings Ltd., bought climbed to a record, reflecting was paced by the South, where the plot for SGD145 million Shun Tak’s headquarters in Hong Kong a pickup in signed contracts for sales climbed 15.8 percent. Pur- (USD105 million), according more expensive properties. chases rebounded in the West to a statement from Jones Stanley Ho is the founder chard Road. The rebound in purchases sig- and climbed in the Northeast. Lang LaSalle Inc., which of Shun Tak, a property and The property, with a land nals housing was returning to The supply of homes fell to brokered the deal through transportation conglomerate area of 2,391 square meters, more stable footing, helped by 4.7 months from 5.5 months a public tender. The sellers, he set up in 1972. is zoned for a hotel develop- healthy employment gains and in March. The median sales who were not identified in the The price works out to about ment, but the Urban Redeve- cheap borrowing costs. The num- price of a new house increased statement, were expecting of- SGD2,145 per square foot per lopment Authority has said it ber of homes sold and not yet 9.7 percent from April 2015 to fers in the region of SGD160 plot ratio, after factoring in is also prepared to consider under construction climbed to a record $321,100. Purchases million to SGD170 million, an additional SGD87 million a proposal for a residential the highest level since May 2007, climbed for dwellings priced at the broker had said in April that would be needed to de- project, according to the sta- indicating homebuilding will help $300,000 or more. when it put the site up for velop the hotel. The site is tement. add to economic growth. New-home sales, which ac- tender. The valuation report flanked by The St. Regis Sin- The plot was sold by the “The spring selling season count for about 10 percent of the pegged the value at SGD131 gapore and Four Seasons trustees of the estate of the is off to a decent start,” Ryan residential market, are tabula- million, according to a Shun Hotel, and is located within late owner, who purchased Sweet, a senior economist at ted when contracts are signed. Tak filing to the Hong Kong a prestigious enclave about it in the 1950s, Jones Lang Moody’s Analytics Inc. in West Bloomberg stock exchange on Monday. 200 meters (656 feet) off Or- said. Bloomberg

ad 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

8 BUSINESS 分析 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

TECHNOLOGY Sony’s profit forecast Google tries to better connect physical to misses estimates digital with new ads

Pavel Alpeyev and Takashi Amano Jack Clark

ONY Corp. forecast annual OOGLE is releasing new advertising products profit that fell short of esti- BLOOMBERG Gand services to take advantage of the way people mates, hurt by costs to repair use their smartphones to search for items, then often a factory that was damaged buy in nearby stores rather than online. Sin the Kyushu earthquake, lost sa- Google said it now handles trillions of searches a les and slowing demand for smar- year, with more than half coming from mobile de- tphone components. vices. About one-third of its searches on mobile are Net income will probably decli- location-specific. The new products, which include ne 46 percent to 80 billion yen more detailed text advertisements, additions to Goo- (USD732 million) in the 12 mon- gle Maps, and new ways to buy ads, were announced ths ending March 2017, the Tokyo- Tuesday by the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary at the Google based company said in a state- Performance Summit in San Francisco. ment yesterday. That compares “It’s very clear to all the advertisers we speak with, with the 196 billion yen average that mobile is here, it’s really the mainstream,” said of analysts’ projections compiled Sridhar Ramaswamy, senior vice president, Google by Bloomberg. The shares fell 1.2 ads and commerce. percent in German trading. Some advertisers are paying more for Google’s The earthquake erased Sony’s mobile ads than for its desktop ones, as the empha- previous prediction for its most has strengthened considerably,” Sony forecast a 40 billion yen loss sis of the company’s USD40 billion-a-year business profitable year in almost two de- Yoshida told reporters at a news for its device business, which inclu- shifts to mobile devices, he said. Google wants to cades, as Chief Executive Officer conference. “We are also seeing de chips that convert light into digi- be able to better show how ads on its search engine Kazuo Hirai sought to shift away the impact of recurring busines- tal signals in smartphone cameras. translate into in-store sales. “This year, around 90 from consumer electronics. The ses, such as the profit growth from The company booked a 59.6 billion percent of all global sales will happen in stores as slowdown in demand for image PlayStation Network services.” yen impairment charge for the unit opposed to online,” said Jerry Dischler, vice presi- sensors that power cameras in The smartphone business will last fiscal year, citing “a decrease in dent of product management for Google’s ad busi- smartphones - including Apple report a profit of 5 billion yen in projected future demand.” ness. Inc.’s iPhone - will test Sony’s the year to March 2017, compared Last week, Sony resumed ope- New ad products include enhanced listings on ability to generate more of its ear- with a loss the previous year, Sony rations at its Kumamoto facility, Google Maps, ads that re-shape themselves accor- nings from PlayStation 4 gaming said. The industry is facing its first which was shut down after the ding to the website they’re seen on and expanded consoles, streaming services for slowdown since Apple introduced factory, clean rooms and equip- business descriptions in sponsored links. Along its 65 million online users as well the iPhone in 2007. While much ment were damaged during the with that, Google said it can measure, with more as movies and music. of the drop in demand is seen in April 16 earthquake on the sou- than 99 percent confidence, whether an online ad- Operating profit will probably mature markets and China, where thern island of Kyushu. The im- vertisement yielded an in-store purchase. The U.K. rise to 300 billion yen this fiscal Sony no longer develops phones, pact from the seismic event, in- subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. saw that 6 percent year, short of the 400 billion yen the broader slowdown has impli- cluding repairs and lost sales, will of clicks on mobile ads resulted in someone visiting predicted by analysts. That fo- cations for the image-sensor busi- be about 60 billion yen, it said. a dealership, yielding a 25 to 1 return on invest- recast reflects a negative impact ness, which supplies camera com- Profit at Sony’s games and ne- ment, Google said. of 115 billion yen from the earth- ponents to other handset makers. twork services business will rise to Google will also let advertisers change how much quake, including the loss of po- “You have the uncertainty over 135 billion yen, on anticipated sa- they pay depending on whether they use mobile, com- tential sales, Sony said. Revenue future earnings from CMOS sen- les of PS4 consoles this year. The puters or tablets, letting them tweak campaigns ac- is on on track to decline 3.8 per- sors as smartphone market dece- company is looking to cement its cording to the device. cent to 7.8 trillion yen, compared lerates,” said Hiroyasu Nishikawa, lead over Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox “It’s useful because every device has different in- with the average estimate for 7.94 an analyst at Iwai Cosmo Securi- One and Nintendo Co.’s Wii U con- tents, different conversion rates,” said Frederick trillion yen. ties Co. “On the other hand, finan- soles by launching a virtual-reality Vallaeys, the chief executive officer of Optmyzr, whi- Chief Financial Officer Kenichi- cial services remain a steady sour- headset in 2016. The PlayStation ch provides tools for advertisers and marketers, and ro Yoshida said Sony’s underlying ce of profit, as well as automotive VR will be available to the more a former Google employee. “In the past tablets could business remains strong, despite sensors, and they are also over the than 36 million people who alrea- have been a money pit. You had to buy it as part of the the impact from the earthquake. hump when it comes to restructu- dy own a PS4 when it goes on sale desktop traffic. Or it could have been doing really well “The company’s earning power ring TV and handset businesses.” in October for $399. Bloomberg and it was a missed opportunity.” Bloomberg

corporate bits wynn volunteers organize twitter tweaks 140-character policy yahoo says core business sale underway outing for seniors Twitter is making some big cisco company to make its Yahoo! Inc.’s strategic review changes, at least in the con- messaging service easier to to sell its core business is “well text of 140 characters or less. use, and to attract new users. along the way,” Chief Financial The social media service Twitter did not, as many had Officer Ken Goldman said, wi- said yesterday that in coming speculated in recent months, thout giving any specifics. months, photos, videos and abolish its character limit. “It’s going, I think, very, very other media will not count A person’s Twitter handle, well,” Goldman said during a toward Twitter’s 140-charac- which starts with the “@” sym- presentation hosted by JPMor- ter limit. That means more bol, will also not count against gan Chase & Co. in Boston The Wynn Employee (WE) among the visitors, most of wordy tweets are on the way. character limits. And people yesterday. “We are continuing Volunteer Team organized an whom had not visited the pavi- The change is yet another will be able to retweet and to work tirelessly to get to the outing to the Macau Giant Pan- lion before. attempt by the San Fran- quote their own tweets. right place.” da Pavilion for nearly 200 senior The WE volunteer team ac- Yahoo - under the leadership citizens from the Elderly Activity companied the elderly citizens of Chief Executive Officer Ma- Center of Tung Sin Tong. on their outing and accom- rissa Mayer - started a review According to Wynn’s state- panied them back to Wynn Ma- of the company’s options in and Vista Equity Partners LLC, ment, the two-day outing “ena- cau to enjoy lunch and an af- February after pressure from people familiar with the matter bled seniors to enjoy a day in ternoon filled with educational investors and a failed turna- have said. the great outdoors, surrounded games and camaraderie. round. Bidders have included While Goldman said the pro- by nature.” Wynn Macau supports diffe- TPG, Verizon Communications cess is robust, he declined to The press release added that rent charitable activities in the Inc., YP give details on what “inning” the two pandas, Hoi Hoi and city, with the aim of bettering Holdings LLC, and a con- the effort is in during the pre- Sam Sam, caused excitement people’s lives. sortium led by Bain Capital LP sentation. wed 25.05.2016 th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 廣告 ADVERTISEMENT 9 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

10 CHINA 中國 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

summit in Seoul in November,

AP PHOTO and Seoul and Tokyo forged an important, but much criticized and still not implemented, deal late last year to compensate Ko- rean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military. These relatively positive fee- lings, a rarity in Northeast Asia, could fade if Japan is seen as trying to use Obama’s visit to minimize its wartime aggres- sion — or if South Koreans and Chinese think Obama is being indifferent to their painful ex- periences. “Obama will say all the ri- ght words, but the image of him being there will still upset many [in the U.S., as well as in Asia],” Ralph Cossa, presi- dent of the Pacific Forum CSIS think tank, said in an email. “At this point, it’s a lose-lose for Obama.”

WALKING A FINE LINE Obama will try to focus on his South Korean President Park Geun-hye (center), poses with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left), and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as they meet to hold a trilateral vision of a world without nu- summit at the presidential house in Seoul clear weapons while avoiding anything that portrays Japan WWII exclusively as a victim. There’s some debate, howe- ver, about how, or if, he’ll tackle the past. Hiroshima trip parachutes The visit “will entirely be framed in a futuristic discou- rse, for example about the fu- Obama into history disputes, ture nuclear-zero-goal,” said Victor Cha, an Asia expert at Georgetown University. “The- re is, I think, a desire by Oba- from Seoul to Beijing ma to heal the past, but I don’t think he will make any direct reference to it.” Others disa- Foster Klug WHO’S THE VICTIM? tracts from Tokyo’s current ex- WHAT’S AT STAKE? gree. It’s complicated: Many in pansion of its military and the The White House wants the In order to try to satisfy audien- Y visiting Hiroshima, Bara- Northeast Asia claim the role. hawkish Abe’s efforts to distan- visit to look forward, not back. ces in the United States, Japan Bck Obama parachutes him- Japan’s sense of victimhood ce Japan from its wartime past. “My purpose is not to simply and the rest of East Asia, Oba- self into a seemingly endless stems from the more than Some also worry that it signals revisit the past, but to affirm ma will criticize Japan’s pre- dispute among key U.S. allies 200,000 dead in Hiroshima a preference by Washington for that innocent people die in a A-bomb wartime actions and and trading partners over World and Nagasaki, and from the Tokyo over Seoul. war, on all sides, that we shou- call for a world free of nuclear War II. In Tokyo’s decades-long huge numbers of civilians killed “The United States and Japan ld do everything we can to try weapons, but he won’t criticize tug-of-war over history with its in U.S. air raids on major cities ignore our country a bit,” said to promote peace and dialogue American use of the bomb, ac- neighbors China and South Ko- in 1945; 100,000 were killed in Park Jeong-mi, 50, from Seoul. around the world, that we shou- cording to Charles Armstrong, rea, it’s the American president the Tokyo firebombing alone. “I am dissatisfied with the fact ld continue to strive for a wor- an Asia expert at Columbia who could end up losing. Yet not only did Japan instigate that the U.S. president will visit ld without nuclear weapons,” University. Many in China and South Ko- the Pacific war with its 1941 at- Japan and also go to the specific Obama told Japanese public This balancing act might not rea feel that Japan got what tack on Pearl Harbor, decades area, Hiroshima, when Japan broadcaster NHK in an inter- be enough. it deserved when U.S. atomic of colonial and wartime aggres- has not made an official apology view aired Sunday. “He will be criticized by Ame- bombs detonated in Hiroshima sion before that claimed hun- to our country yet” for its warti- Japan and its neighbors, ricans, Koreans and Chinese for on Aug. 6, 1945, and in Naga- dreds of thousands of victims in me atrocities. however, could end up inter- being too soft on Japan,” Arms- saki three days later. They re- China and South Korea. Japanese leaders have apolo- preting the trip differently. trong said, “and by Japanese sent what they see as Japan’s Those killed by the atomic gized repeatedly in the past, but That holds risks for burgeoning for being too critical.” focus on the bombs’ victims bombs include an estimated in recent years, Abe has been cooperation among China, Ja- Some observers hope Obama’s instead of the millions of civi- 20,000 Koreans, many brought viewed by South Korea, Chi- pan and South Korea. visit could lead to something lians killed, raped and enslaved to Japan for slave labor. na and others as attempting to History disputes have rarely that they say has proven extre- by Japanese troops. They worry “We [South Koreans] think we backpedal those apologies and hurt economic and cultural ties mely difficult for Japan: An ho- that the first-ever U.S. presi- were the real victims. For China, previous acknowledgements of among the three neighbors, but nest accounting of its wartime dential visit to Hiroshima will their pride was hurt a lot becau- wartime atrocities. they have upset regional securi- record. They want reciprocal allow Japanese conservatives, se they think they were in char- Chinese Foreign Ministry ty efforts. Seoul, for instance, visits by Abe to Nanjing, China, including Prime Minister Shin- ge before being badly battered spokesman Hong Lei said re- has been reticent to directly for instance, to honor those kil- zo Abe, to further distance the by Japan,” Lee Myon-woo, an cently that Japan, when it invi- share North Korea-related inte- led in the 1937 massacre there, country from its wartime sins. analyst at South Korea’s Sejong tes leaders to Hiroshima, should lligence with Tokyo because of or to Pearl Harbor, which was Despite this anxiety, however, Institute, said. “The Japanese reflect that it “will never tread on fear about a domestic backlash attacked 75 years ago this De- there’s also a growing desire to think they also suffered a lot be- the path of militarism again, as it to cooperation with Japan’s mi- cember. work with Japan, the world’s cause of the West. Each country once brought unspeakable suffe- litary. “The powerful image of an No. 3 economy, on diplomacy, has a victim mentality [...] and ring to its people and [the] people Both Beijing and Seoul have American president ready to security, tourism, culture and it’s not something that we can of Asia and around the world.” sometimes been accused of finally confront the brutal and trade. This is especially true in easily overcome.” Yukio Okamoto, a former Ja- using anti-Japan sentiments to morally questionable acts of South Korea, a fellow democra- The White House says Obama panese diplomat, said the Japa- stir up nationalist grievances in the war can only be truly suc- cy and U.S. ally. isn’t going to Hiroshima to apo- nese people simply want Oba- order to push domestic agendas cessful if he can use it to press Here, then, is a look at some of logize, but just being there will ma to honor the dead. He said or distract attention from go- for similar actions on the part the issues that will roil beneath be seen that way by many. it will “be seen by the Japanese verning failures. of the Japanese toward their the surface as South Korea and Assigning too much impor- people as the United States fa- Regional ties have recently Asian neighbors,” Asia exper- China closely watch Obama’s tance to the bomb, critics in cing for the first time the inci- improved. South Korea, Japan ts Gi-Wook Shin and Daniel visit: Japan’s neighbors argue, dis- dent eye-to-eye.” and China held a three-way Sneider recently argued. AP wed 25.05.2016

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 亞太版 ASIA-PACIFIC 11

Mari Yamaguchi & Julie Watson, JAPAN | WWII Tokyo

WO very different vi- sions of the hell that is war are seared into the Hiroshima visit stirs differing minds of World War II Tsurvivors on opposite sides of the Pacific. Michiko Kodama saw a flash views across Pacific in the sky from her elementary school classroom on Aug. 6, 1945, before the ceiling fell and “In particular right now when shards of glass from blown-out Japan has a government that is windows slashed her. Now 78, AP PHOTO [...] backpedaling in terms of she has never forgotten the li- apologizing for the war, if now ving hell she saw from the back the U.S. apologized, that also of her father, who dug her out would be, I think, a weird sig- after a U.S. military plane dro- nal in this current situation,” pped an atomic bomb on the Saaler said. city of Hiroshima, Japan. Tenney, one of only three re- People were walking like zom- maining POWs from the Bataan bies, with their flesh scraped Death March, wants Obama in and severely burned, asking Hiroshima to remember all for help, for water. A little girl those who suffered in the war, looked up, straight into Mi- not just the atomic bomb vic- chiko’s eyes, and collapsed. tims. Lester Tenney saw Japanese “From my point of view, the soldiers killing fellow Ameri- fact that the war ended when can captives on the infamous it did and the way it did, it sa- Bataan Death March in the Phi- ved my life and it saved the life lippines in 1942. “If you didn’t of those Americans and other walk fast enough, you were kil- allied POWs that were in Japan led. If you didn’t say the right at the time,” he said at his home words you were killed, and if in in Carlsbad, California. “I you were killed, you were either was in Japan, shoveling coal in shot to death, bayonetted, or a coal mine. No one ever apolo- decapitated,” the 95-year-old gized for that. [...] I end up with veteran said. He still has the black lung disease because they bamboo stick Japanese soldiers didn’t take care of me in the used to beat him across the face. Arthur Ishimoto, 93, a Japanese-American and U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service veteran, poses with archival photographs coal mine, and yet there is no Different experiences, dif- of himself as he is interviewed in Honolulu apology, no words of wisdom, ferent memories are handed no nothing.” down, spread by the media and the bombs were unjustified, “It would have been terrible,” ple’s blood in their family,” she Obama’s visit is firmly su- taught in school. Collectively, and only 14 percent said they he said. “There is going to be married into a more understan- pported by Earl Wineck, who they shape the differing reac- were. controversy about apologizing. ding one. scanned the skies over Alaska tions in the United States and Terumi Tanaka, an 84-year- I don’t think there should be The younger of her two dau- for Japanese warplanes during Japan to Barack Obama’s deci- old survivor of the Nagasaki any apology. [...] We helped ghters died of cancer in 2011. World War II. sion to become the first sitting bombing, said of Obama: “I that country. We helped them Some say she shouldn’t have “He’s not going there like some American president to visit hope he will give an apology out of the pits all the way back given birth, even though multi- of them might, and keep remin- the memorial to atomic bomb to the atomic bomb survivors, to one of the most economically generational radiation effects ding them of all their transgres- victims in Hiroshima later this not necessarily to the general advanced. There’s no apology have not been proven. sions,” the 88-year-old veteran week. public. There are many who Obama doesn’t have to apolo- of the Alaska Territorial Guard The U.S. dropped a second are still suffering. I would like gize, Kodama said, but he shou- said. “That should have ended atomic bomb on Nagasaki three him to meet them and tell them ld take concrete actions to keep after the war, and I think a lot days after Hiroshima, and Ja- that he is sorry about the past his promise to seek a nuclear- of it did, but of course, there’s pan surrendered six days later, action, and that he will do the I hope he free world. always people who feel resent- bringing to an end a bloody best for them.” “For me, the war is not over ment.” conflict that the U.S. was drawn The White House has clear- will give an until the day I see a world wi- Japan occupied two Alaskan into after Japan’s surprise atta- ly ruled out an apology, which thout nuclear weapons.” she islands during the war. The ba- ck on Pearl Harbor in Decem- would inflame many U.S. vete- apology to the said. “Mr. Obama’s Hiroshima ttle to retake one of them, Attu ber 1941. rans and others, and said that atomic bomb visit is only a step in the pro- Island, cost about 3,000 lives Japan identifies mostly as “a Obama would not revisit the cess.” on both sides. victim rather than a victimizer,” decision to drop the bombs. survivors, not Nagasaki survivor Tanaka “We hated them,” Wineck Stephen Nagy, an international “A lot of these people are te- views the atomic bombings as a said “But things change, people relations professor at the In- lling us we shouldn’t have dro- necessarily crime against humanity. A pro- change, and I think people in ternational Christian Universi- pped the bomb — hey, what to the general mise by Obama to survivors to the world should be closer to- ty in Tokyo, said. “I think that they talking about?” said Ar- do all he can for nuclear disar- gether.” represents Japan’s regional thur Ishimoto, a veteran of the public. mament “would mean an apo- How so? role and its regional identity, Military Intelligence Service, logy to us,” he said. One Tokyo high school stu- whereas the United States has a a U.S. Army unit made up of TERUMI TANAKA He added that his own gover- dent has a suggestion. Mayu global identity, a global agenda mostly Japanese-Americans SURVIVOR, 84 nment also should take some of Uchida, who said she cried and global presence. So when it who interrogated prisoners, the blame for the suffering of when she heard survivors re- views the bombing of Hiroshi- translated intercepted messa- required.” atomic bomb victims. “It was count their memories on a ma, Nagasaki, it’s in the terms ges and went behind enemy li- Beyond the deaths — the ato- the Japanese government that school trip to Hiroshima, wants of a global narrative, a global nes to gather intelligence. mic bombs killed 140,000 peo- started the war to begin with, Obama to bring home what he conflict the United States was Now 93, he said it’s good for ple in Hiroshima and 73,000 and delayed the surrender,” he learns and tell any supporters fighting for freedom or to li- Obama to visit Hiroshima to in Nagasaki by the end of 1945 said, adding that Japan has not of nuclear weapons how horri- berate countries from fascism “bury the hatchet,” but there’s — the effects of radiation have fully faced up to its role in the fying they are. or imperialism. To make these nothing to apologize for. Ishi- lingered with survivors, both war. “He could also suggest, pro- ends meet is very difficult.” moto, who was born in Honolu- physically and mentally. Japan did issue apologies in moting opportunities for more A poll last year by the Pew lu and rose to be an Air Force Kodama, the Hiroshima various forms in the 1980s and Americans to visit Hiroshima, or Research Center found that 56 major general and commander schoolgirl, faced discrimination 1990s, but some conservative to hear the story of Hiroshima,” percent of Americans believe of the Hawaii National Guard, in employment and marriage. politicians in recent years have the 18-year-old said. “It will be the use of nuclear weapons was believes he would have been After her first love failed becau- raised questions about them, even better if those opportuni- justified, while 34 percent do killed in an invasion of Japan if se her boyfriend’s family said said Sven Saaler, a historian at ties are available for younger ge- not. In Japan, 79 percent said Japan had not surrendered. they didn’t want “radiated peo- Sophia University in Tokyo. nerations like us.” AP 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

12 ASIA-PACIFIC 亞太版 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

Foster Klug, Nancy Benac, Hanoi VIETNAM RESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday pres- sed Vietnam to allow greater freedoms for its Obama pushes for better Pcitizens, arguing that better hu- man rights would improve the communist country’s economy, stability and regional power. rights after arms deal On his second full day in the southeast Asian nation, Oba- ma also met with activists and se outside the main temple to entrepreneurs as part of a push announce to the heavens their for closer ties with the fast- AP PHOTO arrival. growing, strategically crucial As Obama paused before one country. The visit included the statue, a guide explained that lifting of one of the last vestiges if he wanted to have a son, he of Vietnam War-era antago- should pray to her. nism: a five-decades-old arms “I like daughters,” Obama re- sale embargo. plied. In a speech at the National Shifting from the historical Convention Center, Obama to the modern, Obama also sought to balance a desire for stopped by the Dreamplex bu- a stronger relationship with siness complex in downtown Vietnam with efforts to hold its Ho Chi Minh City, a space for leadership to account over what activists call an abysmal treat- ment of government critics. ‘Big nations Nations are more successful when people can freely express should not bully themselves, assemble without Secretary of State John Kerry stands in the front of the auditorium after attending U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech at the harassment and access the in- National Convention Center in Hanoi smaller ones,’ ternet and social media, Obama Obama said said. tes does [...] But there are these abuse” when they are allowed Obama also traced the trans- “Upholding these rights is not basic principles that I think we to operate free of government formation of the U.S.-Vietna- in an allusion a threat to stability but actually all have to try to work on and interference or intimidation, mese relationship, from war- reinforces stability and is the improve.” he added. And, stability is en- time enemies to cooperation. to China’s foundation of progress,” Oba- Freedom of expression is whe- couraged when voters get to He said the governments are attempt to ma told the audience of more re new ideas happen, Obama choose their leaders in free and working more closely together than 2,000, including gover- said. “That’s how a Facebook fair elections “because citizens than ever before on a range of push its rivals nment officials and students starts. That’s how some of our know that their voices count issues. from five universities across the greatest companies began.” and that peaceful change is pos- “Now we can say something out of disputed Hanoi area. “Vietnam will do it Journalists and bloggers can sible. And it brings new people that was once unimaginable: differently than the United Sta- “shine a light on injustice or into the system,” Obama said. Today, Vietnam and the Unites territory States are partners,” he said, adding that their experience startup entrepreneurs that fits was teaching the world that with Obama’s message about “hearts can change.” the potential benefits of closer China says better US-Vietnam ties Earlier yesterday, Obama met ties to Vietnam’s growing eco- with six activists, including a nomy and its burgeoning mid- must not threaten Beijing pastor and advocates for the dle class. disabled and sexual minorities. Obama visited with several He said several others were pre- entrepreneurs at the modern the situation in the South China Sea, and risk vented from coming. “Vietnam Dreamplex, learning about a turning the region into a tinderbox of conflic- has made remarkable strides in virtual game that helps people

AP PHOTO ts,” the newspaper said. many ways,” Obama said, but recover from nerve injuries and China on Monday formally welcomed “there are still areas of signifi- a smart phone that can serve as Washington’s decision to fully lift a five-de- cant concern.” a laser cutter. But Obama cau- cade arms embargo on Vietnam during a visit Obama also referred in the tioned that you have to “be ca- by President Barack Obama, saying it is happy speech to China’s growing ag- reful where you point it.” to see Vietnam develop “normal and friendly gression in the region, some- The meeting gave him ano- cooperative relationships with all other coun- thing that worries many in ther chance to promote the tries, including the United States.” Vietnam, which has territorial benefits of what he says will be China has looked on warily as the U.S. and disputes in the South China Sea enhanced trade under a 12-na- U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Vietnamese Vietnam have steadily strengthened their re- with Beijing. tion trade deal that is stalled Communist party secretary general Nguyen Phu Trong at the Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi lationship in recent years, in line with growing Obama got a round of applau- in Congress and opposed by Vietnamese concern over Chinese moves to se when he declared that “big the leading U.S. presidential MPROVED relations between the U.S. and assert its maritime claims. nations should not bully smaller candidates. He said the pact, IVietnam must not lead to greater pressure Despite being fraternal Communist nei- ones,” an allusion to China’s at- if approved, will accelerate on China or threats to its interests, an official ghbors, China and Vietnam fought a border tempt to push its rivals out of economic reforms in Vietnam, Chinese newspaper said yesterday. war in 1979, and clashes in 1988 over their disputed territory. Obama said boost its economic competiti- While China applauds the spirit of reconci- conflicting claims in the South China Sea kil- the United States will continue veness, open up new markets liation between Hanoi and Washington, “wha- led dozens of people. The tensions reared again to freely navigate the region and improve labor and envi- tever common interests the two countries in 2014, when China parked an oil rig off Viet- and support the right of other ronmental standards. pursue, they should never compromise Chi- nam’s central coast, sparking confrontations at countries to do the same. During his address, he said na’s national interests and threaten regional sea and deadly anti-China riots in Vietnam. After Hanoi, Obama flew to the agreement would give Viet- security,” the English-language China Daily While the China Daily noted Obama’s asser- Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Sai- namese workers the right to said in an editorial. tion that lifting the arms embargo had nothing gon. He visited the Jade Empe- form labor unions and would The comments point to Beijing’s underlying to do with China, the outspoken nationalist ta- ror Pagoda, considered one of prohibit forced and child labor. concerns about closer ties between its chief bloid Global Times dismissed that notion ou- the most beautiful pagodas in He also predicted it would lead regional rival and its southern neighbor, with tright, calling it a “very poor lie which reveals southern Vietnam and a reposi- to greater regional cooperation. which it is in dispute over ownership of is- the truth — exacerbating the strategic antago- tory of religious documents that “Vietnam will be less depen- lands in the South China Sea. nism between Washington and Beijing.” includes more than 300 statues dent on any one trading part- Any attempt to enlist Vietnam in an effort The U.S. is “taking advantage of Vietnam to and other relics. A strong smell ner and enjoy broader ties with to contain China “bodes ill for regional peace stir up more troubles in the South China Sea,” of incense hung in the air as more partners, including the and stability, as it would further complicate the newspaper said. AP visitors frequently burn incen- United States,” Obama said. AP wed 25.05.2016

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 分析 WORLD 13

FRANCE Police raid AP PHOTO Google over ‘aggravated tax fraud’ allegations

RENCH police have raided Google’s FParis offices as part of an investi- gation into “aggravated tax fraud” and money laundering, authorities said. The raid is the latest regulatory headache for the American search engine-and-email company, which like other Silicon Valley firms faces increasing questions about its complex tax arrangements. France’s financial prosecutor’s office said the raids were carried out with the assistance of the police anti-corruption Refugees and migrants wait to embark into the buses during a police operation at a makeshift refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border unit and 25 information technology ex- perts. French daily Le Parisien, which Costas Kantouris, Idomeni MIGRANT CRISIS first reported the news, said the raid took place at dawn and involved some 100 in- REEK authorities be- vestigators. An Associated Press reporter Ggan the gradual evacua- at the scene saw officers still at the scene tion of the country’s largest Greek police evacuate yesterday [Macau time]. informal refugee camp yes- “These searches are the result of a preli- terday, persuading more minary investigation opened on June 16, than 1,500 people to leave 2015 relative to aggravated tax fraud and the Idomeni site for other hundreds from organized money laundering following organized facilities in nor- a complaint from French fiscal autho- thern Greece. rities,” the prosecutor’s office said in a An estimated 700 police statement. “The investigation is aimed at were participating in the ope- Idomeni refugee camp finding out whether Google Ireland Ltd. ration, but there were no re- is permanently established in France and ports of violence or protests. if, by not declaring some of its activity on Greece’s left-led govern- of people from Idomeni utensils to falafel and bread. port companies, said that French soil, it has failed to meet its fiscal ment has pledged that no for- is [...] voluntary in nature More than 54,000 refugees the 66-day closure has cost obligations, in particular with regard to ce will be used, and says the [and] that we’re not seeing and migrants have been tra- transporters about 6 million corporation tax and value added tax.” operation is expected to last use of force, then we don’t pped in financially strug- euros (USD6.7 million). Google Inc. and other American tech- between a week and 10 days. have particular concerns gling Greece since countries Giorgos Kyritsis, a govern- nology companies typically base their Journalists were blocked about that,” he said. further north shut their land ment spokesman on immi- European subsidiaries in Ireland or from entering the camp. “It often does help to move borders to a massive flow gration, said the line should other low-tax jurisdictions such as Lu- By late afternoon, 32 bu- people into more organized of people escaping war and open “in coming days.” xembourg, allowing them to do business ses carrying a total of 1,529 sites, when they’re willing poverty at home. Nearly a The government has been with customers across the continent people had left Idomeni on to move to those places,” he million people have passed trying for months to persua- while minimizing their fiscal obligations the country’s border with added. through Greece, the vast de people to leave Idomeni — a technique known as profit-shifting. Macedonia, police said, whi- In Idomeni, most have majority arriving on islands and go to organized camps. European regulators have increasingly le earth-moving machinery from the nearby Turkish This week it said its cam- pressed the firms to pay taxes in the ju- was used to clear abando- coast. paign of voluntary evacua- risdictions in which they do business. ned tents. More In March, the European tions was already working, Google is under pressure elsewhere. Vicky Markolefa, a repre- Union reached an agree- with police reporting that Earlier this year the company agreed to sentative of the Doctors Wi- than 54,000 ment with Turkey meant to eight buses carrying about pay about 130 million pounds (USD140 thout Borders charity, said refugees and stem the flow and reduce 400 people left Idomeni million) in back taxes to the British go- the operation was procee- the number of people un- Sunday. Others took taxis vernment, a deal which drew the atten- ding “very smoothly” and migrants have dertaking the perilous sea heading to Thessaloniki or tion of European investigators. Google’s without incident. “We hope crossing to Greece, where the nearby town of Polycas- rivals have faced similar pressures: in it will continue like that,” been trapped many have died when their tro. December Apple agreed to pay Italy 318 she said. overcrowded, unseaworthy On the eve of the evacua- million euros (about $350 million) in ta- The camp, which sprang in financially boats sank. Under the deal, tion operation, few at the xes for several past years. up at an informal pedestrian struggling anyone arriving clandesti- camp appeared to welcome Google declined to go into detail when border crossing for refugees nely on Greek islands from the news. reached for comment. and migrants heading nor- Greece the Turkish coast after Mar- “It’s not good [...] becau- “We comply with French law and are th to wealthier European ch 18 faces deportation to se we’ve already been here cooperating fully with the authorities to nations, was home to an Turkey unless they succes- for three months and we’ll answer their questions,” the company estimated 8,400 people — been living in small cam- sfully apply for asylum in have to spend at least ano- said in statement. AP including hundreds of chil- ping tents pitched in fields Greece. ther six in the camps be- dren — mostly from Syria, and along railroad tracks, But few want to request fore relocation,” Hind Al Afghanistan and Iraq. while aid agencies have asylum in the country, whi- Mkawi, a 38-year-old re- At its peak, when Macedo- set up large marquee-style ch has been struggling with fugee from Damascus, told AP PHOTO nia shut its border in March, tents to help house people. a deep, six-year financial The Associated Press on the camp housed more than Greek authorities have sent crisis that has left unem- Monday. 14,000, but numbers have in cleaning crews regularly ployment hovering at arou- Abdo Rajab, a 22-year-old declined as people began ac- and have provided portable nd 24 percent. refugee from Raqqa in Syria, cepting authorities’ offers of toilets, but conditions have Greek authorities are also has spent the past three alternative places to stay. been precarious at best, with eager to reopen a railway months in Idomeni, and is In Geneva, UNHCR heavy rain creating muddy line — the country’s main considering paying smug- spokesman Adrian Edwards ponds. freight train line to the glers to be sneaked into Ger- said the evacuation appea- Recently the camp had Balkans — that runs throu- many. red to be taking place “cal- begun taking on an image gh the camp and has been “We hear that tomorrow mly,” and the U.N. refugee of semi-permanence, with blocked by protesting camp we will all go to camps,” he Google vice president Mario Queiroz holds up agency was sending more refugees setting up small residents since March 20. said. “I don’t mind, but my the new Google Home device during the keynote staffers to Idomeni. makeshift shops selling Anastassios Saxpelidis, a aim is not reach the camps address of the Google I/O conference “As long as the movement everything from cooking spokesman for Greek trans- but to go Germany.” AP 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

14 INFOTAINMENT 資訊／娛樂 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo

what’s ON ... TV canal macau this day in history

13:00 TDM News (Repeated) he nchanting ed oat T E R B 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 10am-6pm (no admission after 5:30 pm; 15:00 RTPi Live closed on Mondays; open on public holidays; free to public on 15th of every month) 18:15 Helena’s Shadow (Repeated) Until: October 9, 2016 19:05 TDM Entreview (Repeated) Admission: MOP15 19:35 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Venue: Praceta do Museu de Macau 112 19:50 Soap Opera Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Blue Room in the Sky 21:00 Montra do Lilau – Exhibition by Blue Chan 21:30 Criminal Minds Sr.9 Time: 10:30am-6:30pm 22:10 Helena’s Shadow (Closed on Mondays and public holidays) 23:00 TDM News Until: June 26, 2016 Admission: Free 23:30 Drama Venue: 10, Calcada da Igreja de S.Lazaro, Macao 00:25 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 01:00 RTPi Live

Macau Arts Window 2016 Encounter – Printmaking by Catherine, Cheong Cheng Wa Time: cinema 10am-7pm cineteatro (No admittance after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) ay ay ozens killed as rgentines Until: June 5, 2016 19 M - 25 M 1982 D A Venue: Macau Museum of Art, hit British ships Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Dozens of men are feared dead in the seas around dmission A : MOP5 the Falkland Islands after the container ship Atlantic (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Conveyor and the destroyer HMS Coventry were hit Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 by Argentine missiles. HMS Coventry managed to destroy two Argenti- FAM: Macau Annual Visual Arts Exhibition ne Skyhawk planes with Sea Dart missiles. Another 2016 – Western Media Category wave of Skyhawks hit her four times with 1,000 bom- Time: bs. She capsized, losing 21 of her crew. 10am-8pm (Closed on Mondays) An explosion and a fireball swept through the ope- ntil U : August 7, 2016 rations room. The ship listed to port and the crew and Venue: Old Court Building X-MEN: APOCALYPSE_ wounded made their way to the upper decks from Admission: Free room 1 where they were rescued. Organizer: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (2D) 2.00, 4.40, 9.50 pm It is thought the Atlantic Conveyor, owned by Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 (3D) 7.15 pm Cunard, was mistaken for the aircraft carrier HMS Director: Bryan Singer Hermes. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, th acau esign iennial She was attacked by two Super Etendards which 10 M D B Jennifer Lawrence fired French-built Exocets like the ones that sunk the Time: 10am-7pm Language: English (Cantonese) Coventry’s sister ship HMS Sheffield on 4 May. (Closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) Duration: 144min One of the eight men still unaccounted for on the Until: June 26, 2016 container ship is her master, Captain Ian North. MONEY MONSTER_ Venue: Macau Museum of Art Bill Slater, Managing Director of Cunard, said he room 2 was a “remarkable man... very well known in the in- Admission: Adult MOP5, free for Children under 12 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm dustry generally and this is typified by the messages years old, elderly over 65 years old Director: Jodie Foster Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, of sympathy we’ve received from all over the world”. (Admission is free on Sundays and public holidays) Two Exocets were fired at the Atlantic Conveyor. Enquiries: (853) 2836 7588 Jack O’Connell Language: English (Cantonese) Only one struck home but it was enough to damage Duration: 98min the ship seriously. Abstract Paintings The Defence Ministry hopes some of the supplies from the MAM Collection carried by the Atlantic Conveyor can be salvaged. Time: 10am-7pm All the Harrier jump jets aboard have been flown off and some of the helicopters and other supplies (no admittance after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) could be saved because the vessel is still afloat and Until: December 31, 2016 upright. Venue: Macau Museum of Art, There are now 43 British merchant ships serving Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE with the task force. Cargo vessels and tankers for fuel Admission: MOP5 and water form a conveyor belt of supplies between (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Britain and the South Atlantic. Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 Three passenger ships have also been taken over as hospital and troop ships. TERRA FORMARS_ The operation is costing the government around room 3 £5m a week, employing 2,000 members of the Mer- 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm chant Navy. Director: Takashi Miike Starring: Hideaki Ito, Tomohisa Yamashita, Shun Oguri Offbeat Courtesy BBC News Language: Japonese (Cantonese/English) Duration: 109min In sync: Over 31,000 in China set world dance record CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR_ n context room 3 I 6.45 pm The Atlantic Conveyor eventually went down with the loss of China’s dancing grannies have taken their moves to the Director: Anthony and Joe Russo 12 men, including its commander Captain Ian North. He was record books. Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Guinness World Records says more than 31,000 Chinese Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan The vessel’s troop-carrying Chinook helicopters, key equip- participants have set a record for mass plaza dancing in Language: English (Cantonese) ment necessary to re-capture the islands, sank with the ship. multiple locations. Duration: 147min Without them, the British troops were forced to march to take Some 31,697 people in Beijing, Shanghai and four other their first major objective - Goose Green. cities set the new mark on Saturday by performing choreo- After a bloody land battle, Argentine forces surrendered to the graphed dance moves together for more than five minutes, macau tower British and peace was declared on 20 June. More than 900 people died in the three-week war - 655 Argen- Guinness said on its website. 19 May - 1 Jun tines, 255 British troops and three Falkland islanders. Participants in Beijing posed with Guinness representati- The Falklands War gave a huge boost to Margaret Thatcher’s ves in front of the city’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE_ popularity. She won the general election the following year Generally middle-aged and elderly women, such dancers 1.15, 4.00, 6.45, 9.30 pm with a massive majority and remained in power until 1990. are a common site in parks, plazas and other public spa- Director: Bryan Singer Although the two nations have made peace and relations are ces in Chinese cities. While considered a healthy way to Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, harmonious, Argentina still retains its historic claims to the exercise and socialize, the performances have sometimes Jennifer Lawrence “Malvinas” and Britain maintains an expensive and large gar- drawn criticism from those living nearby over the loud mu- Language: English (Cantonese) rison there. sic accompanying the moves. Duration: 144min wed 25.05.2016 th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT 15

YOUR STARS THE BORN LOSER by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 You’re totally blind to all you have in You’re coming up with quite a few common with those around you. You’re good ideas. Unfortunately, the so busy being independent-minded nuggets are hidden by just as many that you isolate yourself from others. If duds. As long as your subconscious money really is your personal ball and is willing to spit them out, you are chain, it’s around more than one neck. willing to sift through the glitter.

Gemini Cancer

May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 If losing everything doesn’t get the Taking care of yourself is message through to some people, actually taking care of others. then your preaching certainly won’t. You’re not worth much in your You’re tempted to teach a lesson or current state, and coworkers will two but don’t bother getting up on thank you for restoring your flow your soapbox. of energy. SUDOKU WEATHER Leo Virgo MIN MAX CONDITION Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 CHINA Looking on the bright side is vital, and Going with the flow will never make Easy Easy+ it’s not as hard as you’re making it out you leader. You know what they say to be. There’s a lot to be said about about the view from in front versus the Beijing 17 30 shower/cloudy your current financial state. Each and view from behind. The same is true if Harbin drizzle/shower every day is an adventure, for one. you’re simply floating downriver in an 12 22 That should get your list going. inner tube. It’s time to start paddling. Tianjin 17 29 shower/cloudy Urumqi 21 clear Libra Scorpio 10 Xi’an 16 25 overcast Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 9 21 cloudy/overcast It’s okay to feel selfish every now and No one respects a charlatan, no Chengdu 19 23 drizzle/moderate rain then and you definitely deserve to matter how much money they have. reward yourself. Just don’t forget that a You may feel like an imposter more Chongqing 20 26 cloudy/overcast reward now feels like punishment later than a con artist, but whatever the Kunming 14 23 shower if you use your credit card. Be kind to source of your nagging doubt, others yourself both ways. can feel it. Nanjing 17 28 cloudy Shanghai 19 27 cloudy Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 18 27 overcast/drizzle Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 17 29 cloudy/overcast A phone call from a long lost friend, Retirement seems like a distant dream. Taipei 26 28 drizzle/overcast the unexpected drop-in visit of a It may seem impossible that you’ll ever Guangzhou cloudy neighbor – these are things that get that far, but you will, and faster than 24 33 would brighten your day. You’ll you think. You won’t have time to make Hong Kong 26 31 cloudy get something of the sort but in the up for your lack of foresight, either, so financial arena. make your future a priority.

Aquarius Pisces WORLD

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Feb.19-Mar. 20 Moscow 11 22 drizzle As much as you’d love to splurge, Walking on eggshells at work is Frankfurt 4 12 drizzle/clear your over-all plan doesn’t allow getting tiresome. Start looking into it. Hang around with people with the job market just to see what’s out Paris 8 17 drizzle/clear your kind of budget today, to there. The piece of mind you get from London 5 16 drizzle make sure you’re not tempted to knowing you have options makes overspend. staying that much more palatable. New York 15 20 moderate rain/clear

CROSSWORDS ACROSS: 1- Opposed; 5- Wand; 10- Word form for “ten”; 14- Mindy of “The USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Facts of Life”; 15- The end of ___; 16- LAX guesstimates; 17- Gillette product; 18- First-stringers; 19- Tombstone name; 20- Temporary stop; 22- Spire; 24- Joy Adamson’s lioness; 27- ___ kleine Nachtmusik; 28- Sweet wine; 32- Principle; Emergency calls 999 Taxi 28 939 939 / 2828 3283 35- They appear before U; 36- ___ I can help it!; 38- Actress Taylor; 40- Eliel Saarinen’s son; 42- Pays to play; 44- Costly; 45- Garbage; 47- Pianist Claudio; Fire department 28 572 222 Water Supply – Report 1990 992 49- Colo. clock setting; 50- Bridges; 52- Worker; 54- Surf sound; 56- “_____ She Lovely?”; 57- Sparkle; 60- Ready to hit; 64- James of “The Godfather”; 65- Gives PJ (Open line) 993 Telephone – Report 1000 a 9.8, say; 68- Red Muppet; 69- Actress Merrill; 70- This is only ___; 71- Muddy up; 72- Lodge members; 73- Dated; 74- Great quantity; PJ (Picket) 28 557 775 Electricity – Report 28 339 922 DOWN: 1- Put ___ on (limit); 2- ___ chance!; 3- Drive-___; 4- Momentarily; 5- Bleat PSP 28 573 333 Macau Daily Times 28 716 081 of a sheep; 6- Hill insect; 7- Summer shirts; 8- Use a soapbox; 9- Carte blanche offer; 10- Intensified; 11- List-ending Customs 28 559 944 abbr.; 12- Feel concern; 13- Egyptian Yesterday’s solution cobra; 21- Joie de vivre; 23- Cabinet S. J. Hospital 28 313 731 dept.; 25- Greek portico; 26- MetLife competitor; 28- TV horse; 29- Consumers; 30- Throat problem; 31- Brit’s bottle Crossword puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com Kiang Wu Hospital 28 371 333 measure; 33- Foe; 34- Fluff, as bangs; 37- Physicist Enrico; 39- Harper’s Bazaar Commission Against illustrator; 41- Musical instruments; 43- Drains; 46- Nautical speed unit; 48- It Corruption (CCAC) 28326 300 parallels a radius; 51- Subordinate ruler; 53- Furry swimmers; 55- Gaucho’s rope; IACM 28 387 333 57- Olympian Devers; 58- Slender; 59- Hwys.; 61- Voting group; 62- What ___ Tourism 28 333 000 mind reader?; 63- Tattled; 64- Alphabet trio; 66- Curvy letter; 67- Fr. holy woman Airport 59 888 88

ad 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

16 ADVERTISEMENT 廣告 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo wed 25.05.2016

th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 體育 SPORTS 17

Chris Lines, Bangkok MUAY THAI F all the various fi- ghting styles that combine to create the burgeoning sport of MMA comes to heartland OMixed Martial Arts, it is Thai kickboxing which is at the core of the new discipline. Yet it of Thai kickboxing has taken until this week for Thailand to host its first major MMA event. Initially, there was concern UFC is the powerful promo- and resistance among the guar- tional group for MMA in Nor- dians of Thai kickboxing — or AP PHOTO th America, and moved to the Muay Thai as it is known locally verge of Asia with an event in — who feared the culturally im- Australia last year. Chatri belie- portant martial art would be ves UFC and One can co-exist subsumed by the brash newco- without infringing too much on mer, draining away fan interest each other's territory. and fighters. "UFC has a 90 percent market Partly, also, the delay was be- share in North America, we cause of the lack of a promota- have a 90 percent share in ble local hero in MMA ranks, Asia," Chatri said. "It's Apple and partly because of the diffi- vs. Samsung, GM vs. Toyota, culty many outside companies Amazon vs. Alibaba, it's no di- face in navigating the regula- fferent. Do I believe that UFC is tory and commercial landscape going to succeed in Asia, yeah I of Thailand in order to stage an believe so. But do I think they event. can take our spot? No." It took a serendipitous mee- For all the business sense ting between two childhood behind the company's expan- friends late last year to provide sion, the trip to Thailand is an the key to unlocking these pro- One Championship Strawweight champion Dejdamrong Amnuaysirichoke attends a press conference for his upcoming Mixed emotional homecoming for blems. Martial Arts, (MMA), match in Bangkok Chatri, who is of mixed Thai When Chatri Sidyodtong, fou- and Japanese heritage. nder of Asia's principal MMA champion Dejdamrong Am- practitioners of Muay Thai have the development of local heroes His family lost its money in the promotional company One nuaysirichoke in the main event, been the lower class, it hasn't and the possibilities of a sports Asian currency crisis of 1997, Championship, met up with a straw-weight fight against Ja- really hit the middle class and media market which is heavily and his father left the family. entertainment entrepreneur pan's Yoshitake Naito. upper class, but One Cham- reliant on foreign products. Chatri, after studying in the Kamol "Sukie" Sukosol, the Chatri began Muay Thai as a pionship is going to give a big "Asia is the home of martial U.S., worked his way up throu- first outlines were drawn for an child under the famed tutor Yo- boost in popularity from the arts for the last 5,000 years," gh the financial world, running event that will come to fruition dtong Senanan — Chatri took middle and upper class to su- Chatri said. "Bruce Lee, Jet a hedge fund before deciding to this Friday: the 'Kingdom of his ring name and now surna- pport the sport. Even though Li and Jackie Chan are movie channel his energies into mar- Champions' event in Bangkok. me from his trainer — and has Muay Thai is a national trea- heroes who are billion dollar tial arts. As Thais, they knew how to a reverence for the sport that sure, who really practices it? I products themselves, but no- "My family got thrust into unlock the regulatory and com- precludes any desire to eclipse want to make it mainstream." body has ever tried to present poverty, and I didn't know if I mercial backing to make an it. Instead, he sees a symbio- Thailand is one of the last re- the beauty of true martial arts was ever going to come back to MMA event work here, and had tic relationship between Muay gional frontiers for One Cham- to the mainstream in a com- Thailand," Chatri said. "I left the complementary expertise in Thai and MMA. pionship, which has staged mercial manner on a pan-Asian Thailand on a very down note, sports and entertainment. "I've been a Muay Thai prac- events in most parts of Asia basis. but I've always kept Thailand in The lingering concerns of the titioner for 30 years, as a stu- and has established itself as "There are 4.1 billion people my heart. I am very emotional traditional Muay Thai aficiona- dent, fighter, teacher and coa- the dominant regional player in in Asia. It's the largest media about this particular event be- dos should be ameliorated both ch. I love Muay Thai, it will MMA. market in the world, so there cause I'm coming back home. by Chatri's long and respected always be my first love," Chatri The ambitions for the com- is no reason why One Cham- "I do feel a sense that I was history in Muay Thai, and the told The Associated Press. pany are high, reckoning on the pionship cannot be the largest somehow maybe destined for presence of former Muay Thai "In Thailand, historically, the martial arts heritage of Asia, media property in Asia by far." this." AP

FOOTBALL Man United fires Van Gaal, AP PHOTO expected to appoint Mourinho soon

EPLACING Alex ggest club. ve even greater success." the FA Cup will give the RFerguson is proving It was beyond David United, the record 20- club a platform to build harder than Manchester Moyes, who lasted 10 time English champion, upon next season to res- United could ever have months as Ferguson's said its "decision on a tore the success that this imagined. hand-picked successor, successor as manager passionate set of fans United is looking for and now Van Gaal has will be announced soon" desire," Van Gaal said. its third manager since departed after two un- while giving no names. The 64-year-old Van Ferguson's trophy-laden derwhelming years when Delivering United's Gaal could now be hea- Jose Mourinho 26-year dynasty ended he oversaw more than first trophy — an FA Cup ding into retirement. He in 2013 after firing Lou- USD350 million of spen- on Saturday — since Fer- has also coached Ajax, by playing a defensive, Portuguese coach is a is van Gaal yesterday ding on new players. guson's retirement was Barcelona, Bayern Mu- risk-averse style. serial winner, guiding [Macau time] following "I am very disappointed not enough to save Van nich and the Nether- Mourinho has been Chelsea to three Pre- months of uncertainty to be unable to complete Gaal. He paid the pri- lands in a stellar coa- heavily linked with the mier League titles in his around his position. our intended three-year ce for failing to qualify ching career. But Van United job for months two spells, but his foo- Jose Mourinho is set plan," Van Gaal said. "I United for next season's Gaal's turbulent tenure and told The Associated tballing philosophy and to take over at Old Tra- believe that the founda- Champions League, with at United has been mar- Press last week that he confrontational style has fford as the latest coach tions are firmly in pla- the team finishing fifth red by accusations from would sign a contract long been regarded as at attempting to revive the ce to enable the club to in the Premier League. critics that he betrayed with a new team by the odds with United tradi- fortunes of England's bi- move forward and achie- "I hope that winning the Red Devil's heritage end of next month. The tions. AP THE North Korea’s UK ambassador Station Air quality BUZZ rejects Trump’s offer Roadside 60-80 Moderate North Korea’s ambassador to Britain said yester- isn’t serious. day that his country has no interest in presumptive Hyon said that “we see it as the dramatics of a High Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s popular actor,” adding that U.S. presidential can- Density 105-135 offer to open nuclear talks with North Korean lea- didates say a lot of things during a campaign but Residental der Kim Jong Un. once they assume power they always adopt a hos- Bad Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong said that Pyon- tile stance toward North Korea. The timing is not Area opinion gyang views Trump’s offer as an electoral ploy that right for talks, he said. Ambient 105-135 Bad Made in Macao DSMG SOURCE: Jenny Lao-Phillips BYE-BYE KIM WORLD BRIEFS No Art in Saying ‘No’ South Korea:

According to different books and arti- AP PHOTO cles about Asian culture, especially those Overseas North Korean about doing business in China, saying ‘no’ seems to be one of the hardest things for the Chinese to do. But what exactly makes restaurant workers flee INDONESIA A human it so hard for us to say no to an offer or a rights group urges request? That has often kept me wonde- Indonesia to involve ring. We are not born incapable of practi- some other North Korean forensic experts in cing refusal or rejection, so it must be our exhuming mass graves upbringing. Can we blame it on the Confu- restaurant workers abroad linked to massacres AP PHOTO cian tradition and our collectivist culture? fled, but didn’t elaborate. Of- a half-century ago to And is it really just a Chinese problem? ficials at the unification and ensure the preservation It has been observed that as children foreign ministries refused to of crucial evidence we were often taught by parents not to provide further details about and allow for the reject: “You can’t say no to Grandpa!” or the North Koreans and their identification of bodies. “When Uncle Important asks if you like escapes, citing worries about his present, say YES!” or “When Auntie their safety and potential Big asks you to do something, ALWAYS diplomatic problems with AP PHOTO SAY YES!” Well, that has much to do concerned countries. It was with our tradition of respect for seniority and filial piety. However, this observation unclear when they would ar- does not just come from Chinese fami- North Korean performers entertain customers at the Okryugwan rive in Seoul. lies. I have heard it from Western families restaurant in Beijing New Focus, a Seoul-based INDIA India has too, so respect for seniority may be be- online news outlet run by a successfully tested coming a more universal tradition. That Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul -run restaurant in the eas- North Korean defector, was its first small space is probably one of the reasons why we tern Chinese city of Ningbo among the first to break the shuttle as part of its grew up with an invisible chip in our head N unspecified num- defected to South Korea. news Monday. It said the efforts to make low-cost that makes us say “yes”. For people from Aber of North Koreans The latest escapes will group comprised three wo- reusable spacecraft. The my generation, Gen X, in particular, we working at a Pyongyang-run likely enrage Pyongyang, men in their 20s who had Indian Space Research did not have much education in the way restaurant overseas have es- which typically accuses worked at a North Korean-run Organization said the of saying “no” or giving any negative re- shuttle lifted off on a ply in general. This has often resulted in caped their workplace and Seoul of trying to abduct or restaurant near Shanghai. rocket from a launch pad people with overloaded plates of food we will come to South Korea, entice North Korean citizens The defector head of New in southern India this don’t even like. I mean this metaphori- South Korean officials said to defect. South Korea has Focus, who uses the pseu- week and completed a cally and, more than often, quite literally. yesterday. denied the accusation. donym Jang Jin-sung in in- successful 13-minute test We can’t say “no” directly because many The announcement by After the 13 workers — a terviews because of worries flight. of us have been brought up to think that Seoul’s Unification Ministry male manager and 12 wai- about the safety of relatives saying “no” to someone more senior than came after South Korean tresses — arrived in Seoul left behind in the North, said INDIA British actor Ian ourselves is rude and disrespectful. On McKellen has criticized media reported that two or in April, Pyongyang clai- yesterday that the informa- India’s use of a British the other hand, saying “no” to someone three female employees at med they were kidnapped tion came from people who junior is being unhelpful. colonial law to crack a North Korean-run restau- by South Korean spies and guided the North Koreans down on homosexuals, While some people want to be helpful rant in China fled and went repeatedly demanded their after they escaped from their saying in an interview and show respect to everyone, some with a Mumbai worry about what others might think if to an unidentified Southeast return. South Korea said the restaurant. He refused to Asian country earlier this workers chose to resettle in identify the guides. newspaper that “India one only says “yes” to superiors but “no” needs to grow up.” to subordinates. How about those who month. the South on their own. It South Korea’s Yonhap are at the same level of seniority as ou- It’s the second known was the largest group defec- news agency reported yes- rselves, our friends and acquaintances? group escape by North Ko- tion by North Koreans to the terday that the North Ko-

Well, saying “no” may cause us to lose rean restaurant workers South since North Korean reans had worked at a res- AP PHOTO one of those. So in the end, we end up dispatched abroad in recent leader Kim Jong Un took taurant in the central Chi- either saying “yes” all the time or we just weeks. In April, a group of power in 2011. nese city of Xian and that keep beating around the bush until the 13 North Koreans who had A brief Unification Minis- they may have traveled to other person withdraws their invitation or worked at a North Korean try statement confirmed that Thailand. AP ‘gets the hint’. However, I must argue that this is really SYRIA The Russian not just a Chinese thing. Though Western military says it has culture is more direct, and business peo- called for a 72-hour ple are less roundabout or vague in their cease-fire in Syria answers, saying “no” is also difficult for THE between government and opposition forces in Westerners. Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi On the internet, we see more and more DECISIVE MOMENT two Damascus suburbs. In a statement, Lt. Gen. websites teaching people to reject re- Sergei Kuralenko says quests for our precious time, and the im- this would allow Russian portance of work-life-balance. Isn’t that war planes to carry out a clue that Western culture is also suf- airstrikes against the fering from the difficulty of saying “no”? Nusra Front, the Syrian Moreover, when learning about making branch of al-Qaida. requests and offers in English classes, we were taught never to just answer “no.” The polite way is to say “I’d love to, but…” Just Google the phrase “Art of Saying AP PHOTO No” and you get a list of sites, articles and books teaching you how to say “no” polite- ly. It usually entails excuses and white lies, of course, that may be better than being TENNIS Rafael Nadal vague, but why can’t we just say “no”? is back doing what he Okay, for the many reasons raised about does best: Demolishing the virtues of respect and politeness – but opponents on the red isn’t honesty a virtue too? Perhaps, just clay of Roland Garros. for a change, next time I get an invitation The nine-time champion’s for a drink on a day I don’t feel like going 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory against Sam Groth of out, I will try being honest and saying, “No, Australia added another I don’t want to.” But this may be just a bit notch to the Spanish too big a step. First, I’ll practice saying no The musical fountain at the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. As one of player’s stunning record to that second serving of pasta, or choco- the highlights of the West Lake, the fountain will erupt twice a day from Monday to Thursday after an in Paris, now at 71 wins, late and cakes before dinner. upgrading project. with just two losses. wed 25.05.2016 th Anniversary

macau’s leading newspaper 廣告 ADVERTISEMENT 19 25.05.2016 wed

th Anniversary

20 ADVERTISEMENT 廣告 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo