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Ines Lei Q&A Co-founder of Macau Root Planning Reclamation plan lacks ‘development concept for the long-term’

nes Lei, a community plan- blic’s imagination of our city’s when the Council was having a Iner and co-founder of Macau future. Because when urban meeting to talk about whether Root Planning, claims the go- planners plan, we always like [to] protect it [or not]. […] Our vernment is not focusing on the [to emphasize] “make no little organization had documents… city’s “development concept” in plan,” so it’s really hard to feel which consist[ed] of public pe- the long-term, stressing that the the passion. Something is mis- tition and also potential asses- “development spirit” in the city sing; the development spirit is sment of the cultural value of is missing. In an interview with missing. The philosophy of how the building complex. So we the Times, the urban planner we should grow the city is mis- kind of write up a technical do- also noted that several plots of sing; I think that’s really impor- cument and list all the reasons land in the city could have been tant. why we think they should start better put to use to pursue a MDT - Can you suggest the process. It’s an important “more sustainable concept.” another example of how the document, and they didn’t really government is not delive- hand [it] in to the council. This Macau Daily Times (MDT) -­ ring the “development con- is a critical mistake. They don’t What are the heritage is- cept” you’ve mentioned? have to agree with what we say sues Macau is currently fa- IL - It seems like nowadays but they don’t have the right to cing? it’s a hard topic, and a big trend, rip off the rights of the council to Ines Lei (IL) - The heritage that our city’s direction is in the know about this document. This protection list hasn’t been upda- creative and cultural industry. is against the procedural justice; ted for over 20 years. Although But when we talk about cultu- this is something really wrong. last year they [the Cultural He- Ines Lei re, we also need to think [about ritage Committee] had the first how] we are really pursuing the MDT - What difference [public consultation] round of ture, it seems to me that the the landscape because the chan- cultural development, where is would it make if the MSAR updating the heritage protection heritage value is mainly based ges [there] are really obvious. the source of culture? […] One updates the heritage pre- list, the progress is really going on the historical value. They of the examples is the bike lane. servation bill? slow. About modern architec- are really concerned [whether] MDT - What’s your take on It seems like the bike lane deve- IL - If they don’t update the it has a long history or someo- the six areas of the city that lopment is just used as a recrea- whole list […] maybe later on ne important lived there. But I are undergoing land recla- tional facility, and not as a mode there would be more buildings think social value is also a really mation? of commute for the citizen. If the that would be torn down, even important factor. IL - This is a huge topic but I city provides more bike lanes for though the public would want to In Macau, the think the [government’s] plan citizens, it would help the socie- preserve them. […] It’s better for MDT - Is Macau losing its for the six areas is…trying hard ty in pursuing a more sustaina- the government to study more opinions and identity due to the recent to use the reclaimed land to sol- ble concept and future develop- about the potential buildings comments of developments the city has ve [the problem] we are facing ment for the city. [that need protection], so there experienced? now. But it doesn’t provide a won’t be so much debate in the professional IL - I wouldn’t say that it’s lo- real ‘development concept’ in MDT - What can you say future. sing its identity because I think the long-term. That is my main about the Cultural Herita- urban planners Macau identity is never a fixed concern. It doesn’t have a con- ge Council’s decision to su- MDT - Is the government concept. It has been changing cept and a big vision about how pport the government’s ex- interested in accepting pro- and architects over hundreds of years, so it is we should build and change our clusion of the Hotel Estoril posals from urban plan- are not really hard to say if we’re really losing city in the long-term. It just fo- from the heritage protec- ners? the identity, because it is a chan- cuses on dealing with the pro- tion list? IL - In Macau, the opinions respected ging concept. […] Coloane wou- blem that we are facing now. IL - What really made me sho- and comments of professional ld be a really good example of And because of that, I think it ck[ed] about the voting is that urban planners and architects enough. how people are strongly oppo- will just somehow limit [future] the Cultural Affairs Bureau di- are not really respected enough, Ines Lei sed to the sweeping change of possibilities and limit the pu- dn’t hand in our documents like they deserve. Staff reporter

tional workshops will be CCM opens pre-registration for summer programs available for costume de- sign. A total of 35 intensive he Macau Cultural ment from CCM, artists complement local perfor- theatre, clowning, musi- theatre and dance per- workshops, over 200 ses- TCentre (CCM) will from across the world mance artists. cals, puppetry and dance formances suitable for all sions, will be held from host another edition of will be attending this Children’s activities on workshops on offer. ages. June through August. Pre- ARTmusing Summer this year’s program, inclu- offer this year include a Family workshops will This year’s Practitioner registration opens today year, to encourage parti- ding professionals from make-up workshop whe- bring adults and their Workshops will provide at CCM’s box office and cipants of all ages to de- Poland, the Netherlands, re children can create children together to parti- those interested in stage Macao Ticketing Network velop an interest in the the U.K., Russia and Aus- their favorite animal fa- cipate in games, clowning management and lighting outlets, and will continue performing arts. Pre-re- tralia. They will bring an ces and a pop-up book and video-making ses- the opportunity to come until Tuesday. Enrolment gistration opens today. array of creative activities workshop. There will sions over the summer. backstage and learn the will take place from May According to a state- and games with them to also be different types of There will also be music, practice. Similar voca- 27 to June 14.

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Gaming with 15 to 20 televisions streaming live sporting MSAR takes part in large events [from] all over the maritime rescue drill world, you already have a captive audience,” he said. Yesterday, the Marine and Water Bureau Sports book lounges participated in a national maritime The regulations in Macau have made it difficult for ca- search and rescue drill in the Pearl River estuary. The drill was organized by China’s sino operators to increase Ministry of Transport and the Guangdong beneficial to Macau the number of gaming tables, Government. Zhuo Li, vice-director of resulting in a large space on the Maritime Search and Rescue Center the casino floor that is not of China, reported that the drill had by ootballBet.com which concluded yesterday. bringing in revenue. Leppo far the largest number of participating Fchairman and CEO Da- The expert said that spor- suggested that a Las Vegas- official departments compared to other vid Leppo noted that sports ts betting will not only lure style sports and race book national maritime search and rescue drills. lounges would be beneficial certain clients but it will would immediately convert Approximately 4,000 ferries pass through to the gaming industry, as keep them in casinos longer the dead space into gross the Pearl River estuary on a daily basis, it maintains social interest by offering different types gaming revenue “instantly, culminating in roughly 400 maritime within casinos. Currently of activities that would cap- almost overnight.” emergency calls being made in the last three there are no sports betting ture their interest. Stressing that sports lou- years. lounges in local casinos. Leppo revealed that fur- nges are necessary elemen- With gaming operators ther innovations in sports ts for the “new Macau,” the trying to attract families betting could be made to CEO also added that Macau Sewage-waste leak and offering new shows, make it “convenient and is in a stage of growth and inside building Leppo said that the city’s easy” for its customers, es- has been forced to change its gaming industry should pecially for VIP high rollers. marketing strategies as well Sewage has been leaking inside Edifício Vai change its offerings and su- David Leppo “If you have a posh room as its offerings. Staff reporter Fung since the end of last month. According ggested that sports betting to a Macao Daily News report, residents lounges are a necessary living in the building have complained that the government has not helped solve the part of a well-rounded casi- problem. Flats on at least two stories have no product. eSports, the next big thing been affected by the sewage spill, which has “It’s not just the gambling leaked along the corridors of the ground that goes on inside the orislav Borisov, chief operating perience,” which both revitalizes existing floor. On top of this, mold has appeared. sports [lounge], it’s the ac- Bofficer of UltraPlay told the Times that customers and attracts new types of people, Residents claim to have reported the situation tual watching of the event, eSports - driven by broadcasting engines, he added. to several governmental departments, but a it keeps the interest of the live events and streaming - have attracted According to Borisov, eSports will be the response is yet to be received. An interviewed client and of the visitor for massive audiences, especially in China whi- “next big thing” as competitive gaming is resident explained: “This is obviously an average of two and a half ch accounts for 530 million eSports players. now the world’s fastest growing sport. Ac- more urgent than building the infectious to three hours per event,” “The soil is ripe for searching for revenue cording to predictions by games industry diseases building.” The report notes that Leppo said on the sidelines opportunities,” Borisov said. “There you go analysts SuperData, eSports’ revenues are approximately 600 buildings have similar of G2E Asia Conference, - virtual reality casino. Absolutely new ex- likely to reach nearly USD1.9 billion by 2018. problems.

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Tourism Statistics Int’l business in Visitor spending falls banking sector drops

he proportion of inter- major component of inter- 13.6 percent in Q1 Tnational business in the national assets, external in- local banking sector dropped ter-bank loans grew by 10.2 slightly in the first quarter of percent to MOP372.9 billion. otal spending of visitors an average of MOP1,437 and 2016, according to a state- Total international liabi- Tin the first quarter of 2016 MOP1,415, falling 7.5 percent ment released this week by lities decreased marginally amounted to MOP11.54 billion, and 4.8 percent respectively. the Monetary Authority of by 0.9 percent from three according to new information Also recording declines were Macau. months ago but advanced released yesterday by the Statis- marques renato the per capita spending ave- At the end of March, the 9.2 percent year-on-year to tics and Census Service (DSEC), rages of visitors from Sin- proportion of international MOP1,069 billion. Of this down by 13.6 percent from gapore (MOP1,635), Malay- assets in the total banking total, external liabilities MOP13.36 billion in the same sia (MOP1,619) and Taiwan assets category fell to 84.6 and local liabilities in fo- quarter last year. Meanwhile, (MOP1,579), which fell by 8.3 percent from 84.9 percent reign currencies grew year-­ the first quarter of 2016 repre- percent, 1.3 percent and 2.3 at end-2015, the previous on-year by 14.5 percent to sented a decline of 11.6 percent percent respectively. quarter. At the same time, MOP589.8 billion and 3.3 from the MOP13.05 billion re- On the other hand visitors the proportion of internatio- percent to MOP479.2 billion corded in the last quarter of from Japan (MOP1,692) and nal liability in total banking respectively. 2015. Hong Kong (MOP950) recor- liabilities declined from 80.5 Non-local currency con- For Q1 2016, total spending ded an increase of 12.5 percent percent to 80.2 percent. tinued to be the dominant of overnight visitors (MOP8.86 and 11.8 percent each. Total international asse- denomination group for in- billion) and same-day visitors Analyzed by consumption ts dropped slightly by 0.9 ternational banking transac- (MOP2.68 billion) decreased structure, visitors spent main- percent over the previous tions. At the end of March by 14.8 percent and 9.6 percent While those who came main- ly on shopping (43.7 percent), quarter, but have increa- 2016, the share of total inter- respectively. ly for vacation (MOP2,177) and accommodation (27.8 percent) sed by 8.9 percent from a national assets denomina- Per capita spending of visitors shopping (MOP2,074) dropped and food and beverage (20.4 year earlier, amounting to ted in HKD, USD and RMB was MOP1,547, down by 14.1 by 19.1 percent and 10.4 per- percent) in the first quarter of MOP1,128.3 billion. accounted for 41.7 percent, percent year-on-year. Visitors cent respectively, year-on-year. 2016. Per capita spending on Within this total, exter- 38.8 percent and 12.4 per- coming to Macau for Meetin- Per capita spending of visitors shopping decreased by 22.3 per- nal assets increased by 9.1 cent respectively. The pro- gs, Incentives, Conferences and from Mainland China tumbled cent year-on-year to MOP677, percent year-on-year to portion of total international Events (MICE) purposes had 18.1 percent year-on-year in the while the shopping spending MOP832.1 billion while lo- liabilities denominated in the highest per capita spending quarter to MOP1,762, with tho- per capita of Mainland Chinese cal assets in foreign curren- these three currencies rea- of any group, at MOP3,132, up se from Guangdong Province visitors fell at a slightly sharper cies went up by 8.4 percent ched 47.1 percent, 34.9 per- by 9.9 percent year-on-year. and Fujian Province spending rate (23 percent) to MOP923. to MOP296.2 billion. As a cent and 10.8 percent.

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Paulo Barbosa Doping he Sports Bu- reau (ID) told the Times yes- terday that the Sports Bureau decides not to TOrganizing Committee of the Macau International Marathon decided not to disqualify Flomena Chep- disqualify 2014 marathon winner chirchir, the winner of the 2014 race. At the time of the event, Chepchirchir four months, beginning with the Macau Marathon, was banned from racing December 19, 2014. The following the amendment by the International Asso- Macau Marathon was to the initial sanction ru- ciation of Athletics Federa- held December 7, 2014, led by CAS. “Therefore, the tions (IAAF). when Chepchirchir ran Organizing Committee has As the Times repor- the 42.195 kilometers in decided to follow the advi- ted first-hand on April 8, 2:33:24, beating Kenyan ce of IAAF and maintain Chepchirchir, the 35-year- team-mate Hellen Wan- the results and rankings as old athlete from Kenya, jiku Mugo. they stand,” the ID added. won in Macau during an Yesterday, in respon- However, the bureau did IAAF-decreed ban period, se to questioning by the not explain why the situa- after testing positive for a Times, the ID noted that tion was only clarified af- controlled substance at the the athlete’s period of ine- ter almost one-and-a-half Birell Prague Grand Prix ligibility did not coincide years. The ID’s reply to the Marathon, Czech Repu- Times last month men- blic, September 6, 2014. tions that the local mara- The ID revelaed last mon- thon organizers had been th that it had “discovered All of her “in touch with the repre- in January 2015 via news” senting agent of Ms. Chep- that the athlete may have results as chirchir to seek clarifica- run in Macau while serving tion of the situation, and a ban. In response, the ID from Sept. […] were advised that they claims to have correspon- agent, who suggested that to disqualify” the Kenyan mes report. 6 were were intending to appeal ded with IAAF, seeking the runner intended to athlete and “adjust the re- According to IAAF, the to IAAF against the ban.” confirmation and further appeal the IAAF’s ban. sults of the marathon ac- CAS ruling is dated July 3, disqualified. This implies that until last information. The bureau “Pending the outcome cordingly,” the ID said last 2015 and reduced Chep- Thomas Capdevielle month the ID was not awa- also said that it attempted of the case, retrospecti- month. chirchir’s sanction to a IAAF’s Anti-Doping Senior re of a CAS ruling dated to contact Chepchirchir’s ve action could be taken Meanwhile, the Times period of ineligibility of Manager July 2015. contacted the IAAF, head- quartered in Monaco, to discover if any clarification The steps of our had been provided to the ad local organizers. investigation Yesterday, the IAAF con- firmed that it had sent an e-mail on May 3 to the pre- sident of the General Asso- ciation of Athletics of Ma- cau (a co-organizer of the Macau Marathon, together with the ID) advising the organizers not to disqua- lify the athlete. The IAAF says that the decision was taken following legal con- Chepchirchir crosses the finishing line in Macau sultation and after careful review of the Court of Ar- he Times first became aware of the case of bitration for Sport’s (CAS) TFlomena Chepchirchir after following up on an ruling. Associated Press (AP) investigation into multiple Thomas Capdevielle, An- cases of so-called “second-tier” Kenyan athletes. ti-Doping Senior Manager These athletes are enrolling in small races in the at IAAF’s Medical & Anti- United States and in other countries and regions, Doping Department, con- despite being banned by the IAAF. One of those re- firmed to the Times that gions was reportedly Macau, which triggered our Flomena Chepchirchir attention. “initially received a period The AP found several cases of banned athletes of ineligibility of six mon- using the help of agents to compete for relatively ths between September 6, modest prizes, which are sent back as financial 2014 and March 5, 2015, support to their families. One of these agents is for a first-time anti-doping former-elite-Russian athlete Larisa Mikhaylova. rule violation under IAAF Her business model is simple. In exchange for a rules. All of her results as cut of the athletes’ prizes, she enters runners into from September 6, 2014 far-flung road races across the US, which are often were disqualified accor- so modest and amateur that they do not have suffi- dingly, including the re- cient funding for extensive drug-testing. sults achieved at the 2014 We reviewed the lists of banned athletes for do- edition of the Macau Ma- ping and compared them with the lists of entrants rathon.” for the local marathon. On April 8 the Times re- However, it appears that ported that Chepchirchir won the local marathon the notice of such disquali- while she was banned for doping. fication never reached Ma- The ID replied to our questions on April 14, sta- cau, since the athlete was ting that the case was still pending investigation not officially disqualified. and awaiting a conclusive reply from the IAAF. Apparently, the ID only That reply apparently arrived May 3, almost one considered taking action month after the Times first reported the case. PB after the release of the Ti- 20.05.2016 fri

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Gaming land, which currently features gaming facilities with 92 ta- bles and 493 slot machines; a Sanum expects Macau Legend and Laotian 476 room hotel and conven- tion center, restaurants, bars and other dining, recreational authorities to pay USD250m for casino and retail shopping facilities. The PDA indicates that Ma- cau Legend is to have an initial Renato Marques 2014 Settlement,” making this term of 50 years to operate the sale to Macau Legend illegal. casino, which may be extended e expect Macau Legend Questioned about how the for an additional period up to Wand the Laos government company is going to respond to another 49 years. to pay 100 percent of the pro- the sale, Sario mentioned that ceeds into the escrow [in Singa- “Sanum and Lao Holdings are pore] as agreed,” John Sario, a currently evaluating the op- casino involved in a Sanum Investments represen- tions,” but reaffirmed that the tative, told the Times, reacting companies have no intention to series of disputes to an announcement made by “stand quietly while Savan and Macau Legend Development the slot clubs are sold for a pri- In a May 5 statement, Lao this week. ce that is a fraction of the price Holdings N.V., the parent com- Macau Legend had sta- they are worth,” he concluded. pany of Sanum Investments ted that it had entered into a Sanum’s representative con- Limited, stated that it has filed USD42 million (approximately cluded by saying that “Sanum three legal suits against Lao- tian authorities for violating HKD326 million) project deve- Exterior of the Savan Vegas Hotel and Entertainment Complex invested in Laos in good faith, lopment agreement (PDA) with and continues to hope that Laos the 2014 settlement agreement reached by both parties, which a company wholly-owned by adding that “Sanum will only the agreement (80 percent to will honor the commitmen- had stipulated the sale of the the Ministry of Finance of the ts it has made to us and other support a sale that is for ma- Sanum and 20pct to the Laos Savan Vegas Hotel and Casino Lao People’s Democratic Re- foreign investors so that the ximum value, estimated to be government). and other assets to be at the country will continue to deve- public, to purchase the Savan USD250 Million.” Sario also clarified that Sanum maximum estimated value to lop,” underscoring that deve- Vegas Hotel and Entertainment According to Sario, “the Se- Investments was not consulted benefit all parties. “These ac- Complex, a full-service casino, ttlement Agreement between prior to the sale to Macau Le- lopment and progress can only tions have been taken in direct hotel and resort located in Laos’ Laos and Lao Holdings/Sanum gend, stating that “Sanum and be secured through true justice response to the expropriation Savannakhet Province. states that 100 percent of the Lao Holdings were excluded and the rule of law. and planned sale of Sanum’s John Sario told the Times that sales proceeds will be paid into from the sale process and have Located in Laos’ Savannakhet gaming and hotel complex lo- Sanum Investments is unhappy an escrow in Singapore,” which had no input to the decisions Province, the Savan Vegas Ho- cated in Savannkhet, Laos,” the with the sales agreement for Sa- will be subsequently distribu- taken,” adding that this deci- tel and Entertainment Com- statement read. van Vegas Casino and Resorts, ted in the proportions stated in sion is also a “violation of our plex occupies 50 hectares of

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Daniel Beitler her contorted eyebrows apparently hit a nerve sky-high and out of reach and frowning expression with social media users, for many young people. aybe you can tell the audience that she earning over 56,000 When compounded by Minform me if you thinks it is unlikely. views since it was uploa- high population densities have a flat [that is] a li- Featuring beautiful pa- ded last week. and traditional multige- ttle cheaper than that…” noramic scenes of Hong As reported in the Times nerational households, said 20-year-old apart- Kong’s city skyline, the last week, Hong Kong pro- excessive and out-of-rea- ment-hunter Jenny Wong new amateur series “Hong perty prices have declined ch property prices can during a call to an estate Konglicious” attempts to this year and sales are ho- lead to a feeling of en- agent in a new short film bring 20-somethings fa- vering near a 25-year low trapment and claustro- People look at the view from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong series addressing afforda- ce-to-face with their fears as the city grapples with phobia. This feeling is ble living spaces in Hong of finding affordable hou- a slowing mainland eco- increasingly articulated “If you’re not rich in old character Thomas Kong. sing in Hong Kong. nomy. Nevertheless, the by a disillusioned youth, Hong Kong, life can be a Koo in the preview clip, “a Wong makes the state- A sneak peek video cost of apartments in the and clearly portrayed in hell-hole you can never trap that keeps laughing ment optimistically, but uploaded to Facebook center of the city remains “HongKonglicious.” get out of,” says 27-year-­ at you.”

corporate bits sands holds benediction ceremonies for its dragon boat teams mgm organizes a blessing ceremony for participants

na will compete in this year’s MGM China Holdings held a in various kinds of cultural, spor- races – one team in each of blessing ceremony for its dra- ts and community activities,” the categories of male stan- gon boat team this week at Nam said Wendy Yu, Senior Vice dard dragon boat, male small Van Lake Nautical Center. The President of Human Resources dragon boat, female standard ceremony, led by a team of se- at MGM China. “It is through dragon boat, and female nior executives, extended best these experiences that we can small dragon boat. wishes to the company’s repre- build team-spirit, while streng- According to a press relea- sentatives who will take part in thening the mind and body. We se issued by Sands China, the Macau International Dragon would like to thank the dragon the event brings its team Boat Races 2016 on June 4, 5 boat team-members for their members together in a “spirit and 9. effort and contribution to the of camaraderie and friendly Consisting of more than 95 This was followed by the laun- races, and we look forward to competition.” percent of local Macau em- ch of confetti canons to signify reaching new heights together.” The ceremony also featured ployees from both gaming and good-luck to the team, shortly The team has dedicated their a dotting of the eyes of the dra- non-gaming departments, the before they began their practice spare time to intensive training gon boats – a gesture made to dragon boat team will be split session yesterday. over the past 12 months. The symbolically awaken the spirit up into two sub-teams and will Additionally, an MGM dragon team is striving to better their of the boats. Distinguished compete across four categories. boat cheerleading squad was achievement at last year’s guests also presented red pa- At the ceremony, senior exe- there to support the paddlers, event, when they won the First With Macau’s annual dra- its dragon boat teams yester- ckets to the dragon boat team cutives performed traditional providing a performance to on- Runner-Up prize in the fema- gon boat races coming up in day at Nam Van Lake Nauti- members for good luck in the rituals, such as offering incen- lookers. le category for the 500-meters June, Sands China Ltd held cal Centre. upcoming races, which begin se, carving a suckling pig and “MGM has always encoura- Macau Standard Dragon Boat benediction ceremonies for Four teams from Sands Chi- June 4 at Nam Van Lake. eye-dotting the dragon boats. ged [its members] to participate Race. fri 20.05.2016

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Tailor-made furniture Melco Crown launches SME raises complaints procurement program he Consumer Council Treleased a statement yesterday announcing elco Crown Entertain- bloomberg the results of a survey on Mment Limited (MCE) an- tailor-­made furniture, pu- nounced, in collaboration with blished also in the latest the Macao Chamber of Com- issue of the entity’s Consu- merce (MCC), its Macau SME mer Report (no. 271). (Small and Medium Enterpri- The Council states that it ses) Procurement Development has received 17 complaints Program, which will kick-off on regarding tailor-made fur- June 17th, same day as the SME niture last year, covering Open Day, where business mat- such issues as products not was additionally featured ching sessions will be arranged meeting customers’ expec- in the latest issue of the for the small entities, under the Vice President of Finance (Ma- that MCE’s designed construc- tations, late delivery and Consumer Report and only “Food & Beverage” and “Hotel cau), Janelle Campbell. tion area for non-gaming ele- unsatisfactory customer those companies that offer Operations” categories. According to Ted Chan, Chief ments corresponds to 93 percent service. tailor-made services were This program is supported Operating Officer of MCE, the of the property. According to the state- invited to participate in the by several public departmen- company “has been developing “We will see what else [in terms ment, the Council attribu- survey. Questions included ts. Its aim is to provide further long-term business relationships of non-gaming elements] we can tes many of these problems related to quotation, mea- business opportunities to local with local SMEs since 2003 [… add,” said Ho, adding: “We are to insufficient informa- suring and specific details SMEs, thus helping them to at- and] we hope to increase our very pleased with the mid-term tion provided by furniture of the purchase. tain higher levels of productivi- local purchases, as well as the report, and we will keep suppor- companies to consumers, The producer survey con- ty, as well as professionalism. number of [our] SME partners.” ting the government and the Se- including such details as cluded that consumers are Within the scope of the pro- Separately, on the sidelines cretary for Economy [and Finan- the dimensions of the pie- reminded to make relevant gram, MCE’s procurement po- of yesterday’s announcement ce] to continue developing it.” ces of furniture, not taking enquiries before agreeing licy states that if the products event, Lawrence Ho, CEO and Ho also said that he’s not very responsibility for late deli- to purchases, though it also supplied by different vendors Chairman of MCE, claimed that happy with Studio City’s finan- very and extra fees charged stated that best practice for are identical in terms of price MCE is continuously adding cial results. He listed among the for buildings with multiple producers might involve and quality, then priority will be non-gaming elements to their reasons for the poor performan- floors. the inclusion of the terms given to local SME vendors. The offerings. ce the fact that the Parisian Ma- Meanwhile, a separate and conditions of the order policy is a symbol of the com- Last week, the closely watched cao resort is currently blocking survey collected respon- on the invoice or contract, pany’s intention “to grow with report on the mid-term review the road to access Studio City ses from seven furniture in order to safeguard con- the SMEs and micro enterprises of the city’s gaming industry was and making it hard for custo- companies. The survey sumer rights. in Macau,” according to Senior released, where it was revealed mers to access it.

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M&A Recon Group owns the con- trolling interest in five publi- cly listed companies on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong English football club Aston Villa and China, according to Villa, as well as "many other private companies employing 35,000 sold to Chinese buyer people in 75 countries." [Buyer] ston Villa was sold yes- Aterday to a Chinese busi- Tony Xia is nessman after a decade under committed to the American ownership of wikipedia.org Randy Lerner. investing in The sale to Tony Jiantong Xia's Recon Group follows the the squad and central England club's relega- tion from the Premier League developing after place last in the 2015-16 season. the Villa Park No details of the deal were stadium available. The takeover is sub- ject to approval by English football authorities, Villa said, Villa's profile of Xia said including Xia being declared a he became a fan of the club "fit and proper" director. "many years ago." One of Xia's immediate prio- It is the latest investment rities is appointing a manager from China in global soccer. to lead the club's return to the A consortium of China Me- top flight, Villa said on its we- dia Capital Holdings and CI- bsite, with the new owner then TIC Capital invested USD400 targeting European qualifica- million to buy 13 percent of tion with a top-six finish. Premier League club Man- "Tony has built his career passionate about architecture, dium, which has a capacity of long-term second source of re- chester City last year. around infrastructure," Ler- site design and planning." more than 42,000. venue and therefore sustaina- In March, property and cine- ner said. "He is certainly a hu- Lerner said Xia is committed "I remain convinced that this bility for the club from which ma giant Wanda Group signed gely successful businessman to investing in the squad and is a crucial part of the club's squad-funding can potentially up with FIFA as a World Cup but importantly for me he is developing the Villa Park sta- future as it provides a critical, come," Lerner said. sponsor through 2030. AP

ad Real Estate Matters Why rental payments are the key to owner-tenant relationships

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The agreement between a the rent on time and don’t will proceed with the work landlord­ and a tenant is re- bother me with anything. The and withhold the amount of latively straightforward. The expectations of the tenant money from the next rental landlord invests time and mo- are usually pretty clear; Fix payment. ney in buying a property that everything that goes wrong in For clarification, many rents a tenant can live in without the property immediately and are due payable by the first the inconvenience or financial at your cost. day of the month. Once a rent commitment of buying some- Of course there is a middle is 9 days overdue, the lan- thing themselves. ground, although this may dlord has the right to charge At the next level, the lan- not be found without a few an additional 50 percent of dlord is duty bound to pro- heated discussions in the the rental amount, and if this vide an environment that is short term. reaches 30 days overdue the safe and has the basic func- So why are rental payments landlord is entitled to a figu- tions, whilst a tenant is duty so important? re equal to an additional 100 bound to pay the monthly In our experience, rental percent of the rental amount. rental amount in a timely payments are the focal point Receiving rent on time and fashion. of discussions between ow- responding to tenant reques- Each party needs the other, ners and tenants. ts on time are the cornersto- and in a good relationship When a tenant feels unfairly nes of a good relationship. there is the realization and treated, the conversation of- Once this starts to break mutual respect for this fact. ten starts with ‘I always pay down, the happiness and Whilst tenants may moan my rent on time.’ On the other peace of mind of both parties about ‘rich landlords’ and hand, when an owner faces a is in danger. owners complain of ‘trouble- situation with their tenant, a We collect rent for many some tenants,’ neither party late rental payment record is owners who live inside and could survive without the the first thing raised. outside Macau, and staying other. One suggestion to keep both on top of the collection is the So why do so many owner- parties satisfied is that the top priority for all the rea- tenant relationships turn tenant always pays their rent sons given above. Owners sour? on time in order to avoid often prefer someone to con- The answer, in our experien- any argument from the lan- duct the rental collection for ce, usually starts from two dlord to the contrary. At the them in order to keep the re- things; Expectations and same time, if the tenant must lationship professional and rental payments. conduct work in the apart- to ensure someone is paying The expectations of the owner ment, send a quote to the attention to the cornerstone are usually pretty clear; Pay landlord and state that you of the relationship. fri 20.05.2016

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Elaine Kurtenbach, Sendai Finance apan faces a challenge in bridging a widening di- vide over how to revitalize sluggish growth in lea- Divide over fiscal policies, Jding economies at a meeting of top financial officials that began yesterday with the group bashing in the lids of sake barrels. currencies at G-7 in Japan The finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven industrial na- odds with Germany's pro-aus- The financial leaders also are tions were engaging in a local terity stance. at odds over currency policy. tradition for kicking off festivi- ap photo As finance minister, Aso Japanese businesses, and Aso ties, but it was in keeping with must answer for Japan's public himself, have chafed at a re- what could be a fractious event. debt, which is twice the size cent rise in the value of the yen Japanese Finance Minister of its economy. Yesterday he against the U.S. dollar, hinting Taro Aso said the talks that downplayed speculation that at a possible need to interve- get underway in earnest today Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fa- ne in the markets as exporters' would focus on fiscal and mo- cing a parliamentary election profits plunge and shares sink, netary policy, the international this summer, will put off a hike undermining Abe's efforts to financial system, sustainable in the national sales tax. persuade businesses to raise development and issues such Baring a major financial cri- wages and help boost consumer as money laundering and tax sis or other calamity, such as demand. evasion. the devastating tsunami that The dollar has fallen to about The talks will culminate with a washed over Japan's northeas- 109 yen from a peak of about statement for G-7 leaders, who tern coast in March 2011, in- 125 yen as investors bought the are to meet in Ise, central Ja- cluding parts of Sendai, the tax Japanese currency, which tra- pan, next week. A group of people protest against climate change and coal investments, ahead hike will go ahead as planned, ditionally is considered a "safe "We, the G-7 countries, are of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting, in front of the Aso said. haven" in times of volatility and presently faced with many Ministry of Finance in Tokyo But Abe and others have also uncertainty. But the U.S. Trea- challenges that need to be ad- said they would reconsider if sury Department recently in- dressed on the global economic dollars into the economy throu- support faster growth. the increase to 10 percent from cluded Japan among five coun- front," said Bank of Japan Gov. gh central bank asset purcha- With monetary policies yiel- the current 8 percent risks cri- tries, along with China, Ger- Haruhiko Kuroda. ses. More recently, the Bank of ding only middling results, Ja- ppling the recovery. A severe many, South Korea and Taiwan, Over the past three years, Japan implemented a negative pan increasingly has favored downturn brought on by such on a monitoring list designed to Kuroda has sought to revive interest rate policy, hoping to more pro-active fiscal stimulus, a tax increase potentially could pressure governments to tackle Japan's own moribund growth spur more bank lending and joining France, Italy and Cana- do more harm to revenues than large trade imbalances with the by pumping tens of trillions of corporate investment to help da, which are increasingly at good, officials say. United States. AP

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Taiwan plomatically by preventing it from maintaining formal ties with most countries or mem- bership in international orga- Leader faces thornier ties nizations such as the United Nations. The timing of China's diplomatic move with Gambia sparked speculation that it with China, growth woes was possible retaliation over the election. In the past several weeks, Gillian Wong, Beijing China has pressured Kenya and Malaysia to deport Taiwa- hen Taiwan inaugura- ap photo nese fraud suspects to the Wtes Tsai Ing-wen as the mainland for prosecution, self-ruled island's first female moves that Taiwan's govern- president today, she'll con- ment has protested. Some saw front major challenges inclu- the deportations as China's ding navigating increasingly move to assert its claim to so- fractious relations with Bei- vereignty over the island, but jing and rejuvenating the fla- Beijing says they're necessary gging economy. in order to deal with criminal Beijing has responded to the suspects targeting its own ci- January election of Tsai and tizens. her pro-independence Demo- In the same vein, China cratic Progressive Party by in- has sought to marginalize tensifying pressure on Taiwan Taiwan's participation in in- with military exercises, diplo- ternational arenas. In April, matic moves and cross-border a meeting of the Organization deportations and prosecu- for Economic Cooperation tions. At home, Tsai faces an and Development's steel com- economy that has fallen into a mittee ejected a Taiwanese recession as exports have dro- delegation after China com- pped due to sluggish demand plained. from China and elsewhere. The most immediate indica- tion of China's approach to the Tsai administration will come Tsai’s days after her inauguration, when Taiwanese observers are inauguration due to attend the U.N. World Health Organization's annual speech today World Health Assembly in Ge- will be closely neva. China has said Taiwan's participation is dependent on watched for its recognition of the '92 con- sensus. remarks on "If Tsai fails to recognize the '92 consensus and one-Chi- relations with na principle, there will be no the mainland room left for Taiwan's diplo- macy," said Li Fei, deputy di- but is unlikely rector of the Taiwan Research Institute of China's Xiamen to deliver any University. surprises Relations with China also play into Tsai's challenges in revitalizing the Taiwane- "The challenges are enor- Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen speaks in Taipei se economy, which is heavily mous and I think that she does dependent on trade with the not underestimate them," said calls the "'92 Consensus." Tsai remains unmet. That could send relations back mainland. Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser has avoided doing so, but has "Since she won't say exactly to the tense situation that exis- Tsai is going to try to "main- for Asia at the Center for Stra- promised not to pursue chan- what Beijing wants to hear ted under the last DPP pre- tain a modicum of normal re- tegic and International Stu- ges to the current status of de about the 1992 consensus, sident, Chen Shui-bian, who lations with the other side and dies in Washington, D.C. With facto independence. a testy admonition from the was the target of relentless hope that she can convince the declining economic growth Tsai's inauguration speech Chinese leadership is sure to rhetorical attacks by Beijing. Chinese to limit the harm that and exports, "it is a difficult will be closely watched for re- follow," said Professor John "There will be no so-called they may inflict on Taiwan's time, and China is not making marks on relations with the Ciorciari, a University of Mi- cold peace, but will definitely economy," Glaser said. it any easier, of course," Gla- mainland. Analysts say she's chigan professor who follows be a fresh confrontation," Zhu By taking a hard line, the ser said. unlikely to deliver any surpri- Taiwan politics. said. "In that case, the domes- Chinese government risks Tsai's election served as a re- ses, neither deliberately an- Zhu Weidong, deputy direc- tic and international situation further alienating the Taiwa- sounding rejection by voters of tagonizing Beijing nor wholly tor of the Institute of Taiwan for Taiwan will only get more nese public, who already feel the China-friendly party that satisfying its demands. Studies of the Chinese Aca- and more difficult." bullied by China and deprived has led Taiwan for eight years. "China's got a wide range of demy of Social Sciences in Since Tsai's election in Ja- of their due place in interna- The polls, which also gave the retaliatory measures waiting Beijing, depicts the stakes for nuary, China has made moves tional society. DPP its first parliamentary for Taiwan," said Alexander Tsai more starkly: "It is im- seen by analysts as cranking Sean King, senior vice pre- majority, were also seen as Huang, a strategic studies ex- possible for the mainland to up the pressure. In March, sident with consulting firm an expression of concern that pert at Tamkang University get along with a party or a lea- China established formal di- Park Strategies in New York the island's economy is under in Taiwan. "I believe Dr. Tsai der that doesn't recognize the plomatic ties with the small and Taipei, said, "In some threat from the Chinese main- understands that and she will one-China policy or seeks to African nation of Gambia, ways, Beijing's hard line only land's economic juggernaut. not step on the tripwire and split the country." which had severed ties with reaffirms for many Taiwanese Beijing has warned that de- cause trouble." Zhu and some other analysts Taiwan in 2013, ending the their choice to have voted for licate relations between the Regardless, experts say, Bei- predict that Beijing could cut undeclared diplomatic truce Tsai. sides would be destabilized jing will continue asserting its existing exchanges and regu- between the sides that had en- "Taiwanese want to peace- unless Tsai explicitly endorses demand that Tsai's adminis- lar contacts between the sides dured for almost eight years. fully coexist with mainland Beijing's stance that the island tration endorse its "one-Chi- if it is dissatisfied with the The sides split amid civil war China, travel and do business and the mainland are part of a na" principle and may take new administration's policies in 1949 and China has long there, but don't see themsel- single Chinese nation, which it further action if the demand toward cross-strait relations. sought to isolate Taiwan di- ves as part of it," King said. AP fri 20.05.2016

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hina rejected U.S. claims that its fighter jets maneuvered un- ap photo safely when they in- Ctercepted an American Navy reconnaissance plane over the Beijing rejects US claim South China Sea, and deman- ded that the U.S. end such mis- sions close to Chinese territory. The Chinese jets monitored of unsafe aerial intercept the U.S. plane from an accep- table distance and operated in a safe and professional man- ner, Foreign Ministry spokes- man Hong Lei told journalists at a regularly scheduled news briefing. "According to the related Chinese authorities, the U.S. allegation is not true," Hong said. Frequent reconnaissance missions by U.S. Navy vessels' aircraft off the Chinese coast "jeopardizes China's sea and air safety," Hong said. "We urge the U.S. to immediately stop spying activities and pre- vent such events from happe- ning again," he said. The Pentagon said two Chi- nese J-11 fighters flew within about 15 meters of the U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft this week, forcing the U.S. pilot to des- cend sharply to avoid a colli- sion. It said the U.S. plane was conducting routine operations in international airspace. It characterized the incident as an unsafe intercept and In this Friday, April 15, 2016 file photo, an FA-18 jet fighter lands on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in the South China Sea while U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said it is being reviewed. visited the aircraft carrier during a trip to the region The U.S. has sought to pre- vent such confrontations However, such incidents may seas and airspace. China says vince of Hainan, which sits at a Chinese fighter jet and a through frequent communi- now be on the increase as the it is entitled to keep watch the northern end of the South U.S. surveillance plane in whi- cation and the signing of an U.S. challenges China's claims over such airspace and seas. China Sea and is home to a ch the Chinese pilot was killed agreement on handling unex- that its newly created artificial China has long been irked by number of highly sensitive na- and the American crew detai- pected encounters at sea and islands in the South China Sea U.S. reconnaissance missions val and air installations. ned on Hainan led to a crisis in the air. enjoy legal rights to territorial off the Chinese island pro- In 2001, a collision between in U.S.-China relations. AP

Hong Kong unseen on the mainland following its 1997 han- dover from Britain, is in Zhang Dejiang slams independence calls the city's best interests. Hong Kong authorities have ratcheted up se- curity for Zhang's visit, top Chinese official ting 'one country' and with as many as 8,000 visiting Hong Kong resisting the central go- police officers deployed

A ap photo warned against heeding vernment. They're even for the visit, the Sou- calls for independence flying the banner of th China Morning Post for the semiautonomous Hong Kong independen- newspaper reported, Chinese region. ce," Zhang said. "This is citing an unidentified Zhang Dejiang, who not a matter of localism, police source. Water-fil- is the Communist Par- but it's separatism under led plastic barriers and ty's No. 3 official and the name of localism." metal barricades ring responsible for Hong Zhang also warned the hotel and conferen- Kong affairs, made his people not to break the ce center where Zhang remarks at a dinner ban- law, but did refer to any is spending much of his quet attended by senior specific offenses. time. Paving stones have city government officials "No one can override been glued together to and business leaders. the law, and no offenders prevent protesters from Zhang is making a can evade legal jurisdic- throwing them, cons- three-day "inspection tion with any excuse," truction work has been visit" to the former Bri- he said. "Society should suspended, and some tish colony, where dis- severely condemn those shops and restaurants content is rising over actions which challenge have shut temporarily. Beijing's tightening grip the rule of law." Earlier in the day, a on the city. Tension re- Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (left) looks at Zhang Dejiang (right) chairman of China’s He said the "one coun- group of about 100 pro- mains high two years af- National People’s Congress, during a banquet try, two systems" fra- testers who tried to get ter Beijing said it would mework, under which close to the business not allow unrestricted mocracy street protests calist" groups have re- the specially administe- Beijing allows Hong conference where Zhang elections for the city's that brought parts of the cently started calling for red Chinese region. Kong a high degree of was delivering a speech top leader, a decision city to a standstill for 11 greater autonomy and "There are a very small control over its own af- were kept well away in a that sparked pro-de- weeks. Some radical "lo- even independence for number of people rejec- fairs and civil liberties designated protest zone. 20.05.2016 fri

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Philippines ap photo Pacquiao’s Senate victory brings him closer to presidency

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oxing great Manny Pacquiao was pro- Bclaimed yesterday as a winner of a Phili- ppine Senate seat, bringing him closer to a possible crack at the presidency. At the proclamation ceremony, an elections commissioner introduced Pacquiao as the "people's champion" and called out his name in the same slow style that he is introduced in his world-famous bouts, drawing cheers Workers fill a water tank on the Jaldoot water train at the Miraj railway station, 340 kilometers from Latur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra from the audience. The Filipino slugger garnered more than 16 million votes, landing 7th among 12 new India members of the Senate, a traditional sprin- gboard to the presidency. Earlier this year, he said that he planned to retire from boxing to become a full-time politician. Asked by The Associated Press if his next Train brings water to a target is the presidency, Pacquiao smiled, then said, "Nothing, nothing, nothing" as he rode into his black Cadillac SUV after his drought-hit central region proclamation. Considered a hero in the country, which grinds to a halt during his televised fights Manish Swarup & Muneeza Naqvi, Latur his home and died as he tried to fe- The city has so much water that to watch him box, Pacquiao has indicated in tch water for his family after their local residents can wash their cars the past he would consider a run for the pre- any trains pull into taps and the village well ran dry. and motorcycles, and surrounding sidency. But he has often tried to ditch the Latur's railroad sta- Sitting with her two young chil- villages are lush and green. topic, saying he was too young. tion, but none is as dren, she stares silently as older A medieval step well next to the The Philippine Constitution requires presi- eagerly awaited as the female relative explained her hus- Miraj train station serves as the dential candidates to be at least 40 years old. Mtrain that pulls into the parched band's death to visiting journalis- filling point for the water train. The 37-year-old boxer would be eligible to town in the dead of the night. ts. According to local legend, the well run in the next presidential election in 2022. That train — called "Jaldoot" or Latur's crisis is part natural ca- never runs dry, but for the purpose Pacquiao's Senate victory is the latest chap- the Messenger of Water — brin- lamity and part man-made. The of filling the wagons that transport ter in his stunning rags-to-riches story. He gs millions of liters (hundreds of landlocked area has historically water to Latur, kilometers (miles) came from an impoverished rural family and thousands of gallons) of the pre- been drought-prone, but decades of plastic pipes have been laid out had worked odd jobs before lacing up the cious liquid that the drought-pla- of environmental degradation and from the Krishna River. The water gloves at the age of 12. He rose steadily and gued central Indian district so des- the lack of a water management that gushes into the well is then became a champion in eight boxing divisions perately needs. plan have pushed the region to the pumped out through another grid to become one of the world's most celebra- Latur, with its ravaged farmland brink. Over the last few decades, of underground pipes to the rail ted and wealthiest athletes. and thirsty families, has beco- locals have extracted groundwater yard at Miraj. He has represented southern Sarangani me the unfortunate poster child relentlessly, severely depleting the The train, with its 50 shiny green province in the House of Representatives for the blistering drought that is water table. wagons, has been specially prepa- since May 2010, though he has been criti- hurting tens of millions of people As Marathwada's crisis worsened red for its task. The containers, cized for seldom showing up for legislative across 13 Indian states. It's the over the last two years the state go- which once carried petroleum pro- duties due to his preoccupation with boxing main city in Maharashtra state's vernment decided to start sending ducts or vegetable oil, were che- and is still regarded a political lightweight. Marathwada region, where three a water train. The city of Miraj, mically treated and steam-cleaned He told reporters he was still thinking whe- districts — Beed, Latur and Osma- about 340 kilometers (211 miles) before being freshly painted for ther to participate in the Olympics in Au- nabad — have been devastated by west of Latur, was chosen as the their new cargo at a railway yard gust because he might be criticized again for two consecutive droughts. place to source water for the thirs- in the western state of Rajasthan. being absent from the Senate. "I need to ask With the monsoon rains still ty Marathwada region. Located in It takes about eight hours for the if the Filipino people will allow me to parti- at least a month away, the water the basin of the Krishna River, Mi- train to be tanked up. Each wagon cipate in the Olympics," he said. train, which started running last raj is one of the few cities in the re- contains 53,000 liters (14,000 Pacquiao said he would support the propo- month, is a desperate measure to gion that has escaped the drought. gallons) of water. It pulls out of sal by the crime-busting president-elect, Ro- ease a desperate situation. Miraj station at 5 p.m. and pulls drigo Duterte, to re-impose the death penal- Tragic stories abound. Crops have into Latur just after midnight. ty. That comment from the newly religious failed, cattle are wasting away and Rubber pipes empty the train's Pacquiao differs from the opposition of the long, scorching walks in search of precious cargo into a water treat- country's dominant Roman Catholic church. drinking water have resulted in It’s an extremely ment plant. From there, tankers He added he would oppose any proposed di- dozens of deaths. transport the water across the city. vorce bill. "It's an extremely bad situation. bad situation. Vendors with handcarts piled with In a populist stance, he said the first bill he There's absolutely no water. The brightly colored plastic contai- would file would grant free elementary-to- water dried up in January," says There’s absolutely ners take water to the surrounding college education for children from poor fa- Ashok Balunke, a farmer in the re- villages. milies, a proposal that has not been realized gion. no water. The The Indian Meteorological De- in the past due to the extensive costs it would Nowhere is the tragedy more water dried up in partment has forecast an above-­ entail. More than a fourth of the more than heartbreaking than in the stoic average monsoon season this year. 100 million Filipinos are considered poor. silence of 30-year-old Ranjana January. But until the rains soak Latur's Pacquiao ran for the Senate under the ti- Umesh Jadav, whose husband fell Ashok Balunke parched land, the train is its only cket of losing presidential candidate Jejomar into a well several kilometers from Farmer hope. Binay, but also was endorsed by Duterte. AP fri 20.05.2016 th Anniversary

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EgyptAir Flight 804 Plane crashes in Mediterranean with 66 on board; terror attack possible

Maggie Michael, Elena Becatoros & Angela Charlton, Cairo Civil Aviation ap photo n EgyptAir flight from Minister [said] Paris to Cairo with 66 that indications passengers and crew on board crashed into suggest a theA Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete yesterday, terror attack as Egyptian and Greek officials said. Egypt's aviation minister a more likely said the crash was more likely cause of the caused by a terror attack than technical problems. crash Later in the day, an Egyptian search plane located two oran- de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 1. ge items believed to be from the The woman was sobbing, hol- EgyptAir flight, 230 miles sou- ding her face in a handkerchief. theast of Crete within the Egyp- The pair were led away by poli- tian area of Flight Information ce and airport staff and did not Region, a Greek military offi- speak to gathered journalists. cial said. One of the items was The Airbus A320 is a widely oblong, said the official, who used twin-engine, single-ais- spoke on condition of anony- An EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC on the tarmac at Cairo airport le plane that operates on short mity in accordance with regu- and medium-haul routes. Near- lations. an account from Konstantinos rized to speak to the media. Gilles Jaron told The Associa- ly 4,000 A320s are currently In Cairo, Civil Aviation Minis- Lintzerakos, director of Gree- In Paris, the city's prosecu- ted Press that the jet is joining in use around the world. The ter Sherif Fathi told a news con- ce's Civil Aviation Authority. tor's office has opened an inves- the Egypt-led search effort, ubiquity of the A320 means the ference that he did not want to The airline said the Egyptian tigation into the incident. "No and the French navy may send plane has been involved in se- prematurely draw conclusions, military had received an emer- hypothesis is favored or ruled another plane and a ship to the veral accidents over the years. but that indications suggest a gency signal from the aircraft, out at this stage," the prosecu- zone. The last deadly crash involving terror attack as a more likely an apparent reference to an tor's office said in a statement. Hollande spoke with Egyptian the plane was Germanwings cause of the crash. Emergency Locator Transmi- Egypt's chief prosecutor, Nabil president Abdel-Fattah el-Sis- Flight 9525, in which all 150 Answering a reporter's ques- tter, a battery powered device Sadeq, followed suit, ordering si on the phone and agreed to onboard died when one of the tion on whether a technical fai- designed to automatically give an "urgent" investigation into "closely cooperate to establish pilots intentionally crashed it in lure was behind the crash, Fathi out a signal in the event of a su- the crash. as soon as possible the circums- the French Alps. said: "On the contrary [...] if you dden loss of altitude or impact. The head of Greece's air traffic tances" surrounding the inci- Airbus said the aircraft was thoroughly analyze the situa- controllers association, Sera- dent, according to a statement delivered to EgyptAir in 2003 tion, the possibility of having a feim Petrou, told The Associated issued in Paris. and had logged 48,000 flight different action or a terror atta- Greek Press that everything was ope- In Cairo, el-Sissi convened hours before it "was lost" over ck, is higher than the possibility rating normally prior to the pla- an emergency meeting of the the Mediterranean. The Eu- of having a technical failure." Defense says ne's disappearance from radar. National Security Council, the ropean plane-maker said in a But he cautioned that the tru- Egyptian military aircraft and country's highest security body. statement yesterday that it had th would not be known before the flight made navy ships were taking part in The council includes the prime engines made by Swiss-based the investigation is concluded. abrupt turns, a search operation off Egypt's minister and the defense, fo- engine consortium IAE, and Earlier, Egyptian Prime Mi- Mediterranean coast to locate reign and interior ministers, in had the serial number 2088. nister Sherif Ismail also said a suddenly the debris of the plane, which addition to the chiefs of the in- An EgyptAir plane was hija- terror attack could not be ruled was carrying 56 passengers, telligence agencies. cked and diverted to Cyprus in out. "We cannot rule anything lost altitude including one child and two Those on board, according to March. A man who admitted to out," Ismail told reporters at babies, and 10 crew members. EgyptAir, included 15 French the hijacking and is described Cairo airport. just before The pilot had more than 6,000 passengers, 30 Egyptians, two by Cypriot authorities as "psy- Earlier, Greek defense mi- vanishing from flight hours. Iraqis, one Briton, one Kuwaiti, chologically unstable" is in cus- nister Panos Kammenos said Greece also joined the search one Saudi, one Sudanese, one tody in Cyprus. EgyptAir flight 804 made radar [over and rescue operation, officials Chadian, one Portuguese, one The incident renewed security abrupt turns and suddenly lost at the Hellenic National Defen- Belgian, one Algerian and one concerns at Egyptian airports altitude just before vanishing Cairo] se General Staff said. Canadian. Ayrault confirmed after a Russian passenger plane from radar at around 2.45 a.m. French Foreign Minister that 15 French citizens were on crashed in Sinai last October, Egyptian time. The Egyptian military denied Jean-­Marc Ayrault offered to board. killing all 224 people on board. Kammenos said the aircra- it had received a distress call send military planes and boats Around 15 relatives of pas- Moscow said it was brought ft was 10-15 miles inside the and Egypt's state-run daily Al-­ to join the Egyptian search for sengers on board the missing down by an explosive device, Egyptian FIR, Flight Informa- Ahram quoted an unidentified wreckage. flight arrived at Cairo airport and a local branch of the Isla- tion Region, and at an altitude airport official as saying the pi- "We are at the disposition of after hearing the news about mic State has claimed responsi- of 37,000 feet. "It turned 90 de- lot did not send one. the Egyptian authorities with the missing plane. Airport au- bility for planting it. grees left and then a 360 degree The absence of a distress call our military capacities, with our thorities brought doctors to the In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 turn toward the right, dropping suggests that whatever sent the planes, our boats to help in the scene after several distressed crashed into the Atlantic near from 38,000 to 15,000 feet and aircraft plummeting into the search for this plane," he said. family members collapsed. the Massachusetts island of then it was lost at about 10,000 Mediterranean was both sud- He spoke after French Presi- In Paris, relatives of passen- Nantucket, killing all 217 peo- feet," he said. den and brief. dent Francois Hollande held an gers on the EgyptAir flight star- ple aboard. U.S. investigators EgyptAir said the Airbus A320 Exploring the possibility of a emergency meeting at the Ely- ted arriving at Charles de Gaul- filed a final report that conclu- vanished 10 miles (16 kilome- terror attack, Egyptian security see Palace. le Airport outside the French ded its co-pilot switched off ters) after it entered Egyptian officials said they were running Later, the French military said capital. the autopilot and pointed the airspace, around 280 kilo- background checks on the pas- a Falcon surveillance jet moni- A man and a woman, identi- Boeing 767 downward. Egyp- meters (175 miles) off Egypt's sengers to see if any of them toring the Mediterranean for fied by airport staff as relatives tian officials rejected the notion coastline north of the Mediter- had links to extremists. They migrants had been diverted to of the flight's passengers, sat at of suicide altogether, insisting ranean port city of Alexandria. spoke on condition of anonymi- help search for the EgyptAir an information desk near the some mechanical reason cau- Their account fits closely with ty because they were not autho- plane. Military spokesman Col. EgyptAir counter at Charles sed the crash. AP 20.05.2016 fri

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Saturday 10:40 Young Children 11:00 Drama 11:30 Young Adult Documentary Series 12:00 x-men: apocalypse_ 12:30 Miecallaneous room 1 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) (2D) 2.00, 4.40, 9.50 pm (3D) 7.15 pm 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Director: Bryan Singer 15:00 Musical Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, 17:55 Documentary Series Jennifer Lawrence Language: English (Cantonese) 18:40 Contest Duration: 144min 19:30 Wild Life - Premiere Money monster_ 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report room 2 21:00 Drama 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm 22:00 Revenge S.3 Director: Jodie Foster Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, 22:45 Non-Daily Portuguese News Jack O’Connell 23:00 TDM News Language: English (Cantonese) 23:30 Brother’s & Sister’s S5 Duration: 98min

Sunday 10:30 Young Children 11:00 Sunday Mass 12:00 Miscelllaneous 1958 High Wycombe weighs 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) new mayor 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 14:30 Wild Life (Repeated) The mayor and corporation of High Wycombe were 15:25 Zig Zag weighed in today in full view of the public to see whether or not they have been getting fat at the tax- 16:40 Miscellaneous payers’ expense. 16:55 Miscellaneous The annual custom dates back to medieval times 17:20 Documentary Series and is unique to this Buckinghamshire market town. Weight is no longer an election issue, but for cus- 18:15 Non-Daily Portuguese News tom’s sake the new mayor, Councillor Lesley Brain, terra formars_ 19:10 Documentary Serie and 24 charter trustees and honorary burgesses obli- room 3 19:40 Comedy 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm ged by sitting on a specially erected scale to have 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Director: Takashi Miike their weights recorded and compared with last year’s. Starring: Hideaki Ito, Tomohisa Yamashita, Traditionally the “macebearer” dressed in tradional 21:00 Contraponto Shun Oguri costume rings a bell and calls out the weight. When 22:00 Documentary Language: Japonese (Cantonese/English) he adds the words “And no more!” the crowd cheers 23:00 TDM News Duration: 109min as a sign of their appreciation and gratitude for hard work done for the community. 23:30 UEFA Europa League 2015/2016 - Magazine Programme But if he shouts “And some more!”, it means the mayor has been indulging in too much good living at ratepayers’ expense and the crowd jeers and boos. In years gone by they would have also pelted the offending person with tomatoes and rotten fruit. offbeat Luckily for the new mayor, this year’s crowd was more restrained as the macebearer shouted: “Coun- inn idea n elsinki a cillor Brain - 13 stone 2lbs - and some more!” A F : I H , A rather corpulent Councillor RA Wood weighing in Burger King with a sauna at 20 stone received a loud “Boo!” as he slid off the scales. Finland’s Parliament has The weighing-in was preceded by the mayor-making one. Nokia has one. And ceremony which began at the Mayor’s Parlour in Vic- ap photo now a Burger King restau- captain america: civil war_ toria Road followed by a colourful procession to the rant in downtown Helsinki room 3 Guildhall. has its own sauna. 6.45 pm The new mayor signed several legal oaths to the Hanne-Mari Ahonen, Director: Anthony and Joe Russo monarch, the citizens of High Wycombe and to the Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., brand manager for Burger clerk of the market. Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan King in Finland, this week Language: English (Cantonese) Courtesy BBC News said the idea was to com- Duration: 147min bine local traditions with serving burgers. She says the restaurant had “lots of good feedback” since macau tower In context

they opened last year, with groups of 15 accounting for some 19 May - 01 Jun Two years later Cllr Wood entered the High Wycombe record 60 or more people attending every week. books weighing in at 20st 5lbs. Customers do not eat in the steam bath — that comes after captain america: civil war_ He was beaten in 2002 when outgoing mayor Cllr Nigel Vick- the big sweat. 1.15, 4.00, 6.45, 9.30 pm ery weighed in at 21 stone. Director: Bryan Singer In 1999 the new mayor Cllr Peter Cartwright revitalised the “No, no, the sauna is for sweating it out, and our hambur- Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, ceremonial procession to the Guildhall and on to the weigh- gers taste all the better for it afterward,” she said. Jennifer Lawrence ing-in ceremony in the High Street by re-introducing a drum- The sauna costs 250-300 euros (USD282-350) for a group, Language: English (Cantonese) mer drumming out the old mayor. depending on weekday or weekend. The meal costs extra. Duration: 144min fri 20.05.2016 th Anniversary

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Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Feb.19-Mar. 20 Moscow 8 18 drizzle/moderate rain Don’t play to lose, play to win. The office is becoming a daytime soap Frankfurt 8 17 overcast/clear Sudden changes can happen opera. If you want to bring it back to at any moment, especially if a professional level, then don’t pay Paris 10 17 drizzle someone else in the office is doing attention to your colleagues. You’ve London 11 17 drizzle the compromising. Be sure not to got too much going on of your own to gloat. get carried away in their dramas. New York 12 20 drizzle/clear

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Football Golf Sevilla stuns Liverpool with British Open host Muirfield 3-1 win in Europa League final votes ‘no’ to female members

pain did it again, Sevilla did it Sagain and Liverpool could do little uirfield tion to having female mem- to turn the tide as a Europa League tit- will no longer bers. le slipped away yesterday. be used as a ap photo A consultation exercise Sevilla's thrilling second-half come- host venue of with members was opened back in a 3-1 win ensured the club's Mthe British Open golf tour- as a result. third straight Europa League title, and nament after the Scottish Scottish newspaper The a fifth in 11 seasons. club voted against admit- Scotsman reported Wed- It also ensured Spain will sweep Eu- ting women as members. nesday that a group of mem- rope's club competitions for a third The Honourable Company bers at Muirfield — leading straight year, ahead of the Atletico Ma- of Edinburgh Golfers, whi- a "No" campaign against drid-Real Madrid final of the Cham- ch owns Muirfield, annou- women joining the club — pions League on May 28. nced its decision to retain had canvassed fellow mem- It was fitting that Spain's former King the club's male-only policy bers, saying "it is accepted Juan Carlos stood beside the Spanish yesterday following a pos- that we may have to change, soccer federation president, Angel Ma- tal vote of its 750 members. The clubhouse at Muirfield golf course in Muirfield but we should not do so now ria Villar, who presented the trophy as A two-thirds majority was on the basis suggested." UEFA's senior vice president to Sevilla required for a change to a venue that does not ad- ch hosts this year's British "A traditional resistance to captain and two-goal standout Coke. take place, but 36 percent mit women as members," Open, is the only other club change is one of the founda- "Maybe we are not the ones who of members voted against R&A chief executive Mar- on the rotation to still exclu- tions of our unique position should say it," Sevilla coach Unai allowing women. tin Slumbers said in a sta- de women. in golf and our reputation," Emery said when asked to explain The Royal and Ancient, tement. "If the policy at Muirfield has hosted the the members wrote in the Spanish dominance of European club which run the British Open, the club should change we British Open 16 times. On letter, according to The Sco- soccer. "Maybe others should analyze reacted to the decision by would reconsider Muirfield the last occasion in 2013 tsman. what we do." saying Muirfield would no as a venue for The Open in when Phil Mickelson lif- Troon has separate men's "I have my own theory," Emery ad- longer be considered for future." ted the claret jug, the R&A and women's clubs and is ded. "We really compete and we have hosting the championship. Muirfield is one of 10 cou- was heavily criticized for consulting members over been able to win against teams that "Going forward we will not rses on the British Open allowing Muirfield to stage whether to alter that arran- were better than us." stage the Championship at rotation. Royal Troon, whi- the event given its opposi- gement. AP

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ap photo Of mountains and molehills More than 150 scale My, my, my, so many things happening and ap photo so many documents being released, all at once: the five-year development plan is now being dis- Mount Everest after cussed, the “Interim review of gaming liberalisa- tion for games of fortune” (love the official cat- chy title!) is being scrutinised and of course the “Revision of the electoral law for the Legislative weather improves Many trains pull into Assembly” proposal is being opened to consul- INDIA tation — wide and large. Out of consideration for Latur’s railroad station, but the publisher of this newspaper, I’ll mainly focus none is as eagerly awaited on the latter, but let me just ponder for a line (or as the train that pulls into twenty) on the two other monuments of scientific the parched town in the policy-making at hand. dead of the night. That We have known about the 13th national five-­ train brings millions of year plan and roughly how it would translate for liters of the precious liquid Macao at least since last November. We heard that the drought-plagued again about this plan in March, right after Mr central Indian district so Chui’s return from attending the “two meetings” desperately needs. in Beijing. I even wrote a column about it, stres- sing that “inclusiveness” and “greening”, two of More on p12 the five key-concepts of the plan had been cast aside for no good reason. Now, I can see that INDIA’s ruling Hindu these core ideas have been re-introduced, and nationalist party makes yet the lack of specifics, the disrespect for pre dramatic gains in elections -existing and drawn-up schemes (most of them in the eastern state of with the year 2020 as their horizon), and the ab- Assam but trails in four sence of well-defined targets (with numbers!), other states. both intermediate and final, are simply beyond my understanding. Or wait!?! Could it be that Binaj Gurubacharya, and the weather was still nearly all of the climbers in the lessons from the total failure of the “Gene- ral Policy on Traffic and Land Transportation in Kathmandu favorable near the summit. 2014 abandoned their at- Macao (2010-2020)” are finally sinking in? Be- Climbers have been rea- tempts after the avalanche. ap photo tter not have specific target figures with a clear ore than 150 clim- ching the 8,850-meter The only team who reached schedule and intermediate stages, otherwise we Mbers scaled Mount (29,035-foot) summit al- the summit that year from will have to show the world (or at least our com- Everest as better weather most daily since May 11, the Nepal side was a Chi- munity) that in lieu of science we bring delays, conditions yesterday led to but high winds had forced nese woman and her five constant revisions and ultimately pointlessness a crowded day atop the wor- a break Tuesday and Wed- Sherpa guides. to the entire plan. Adding the imperative of buil- ding a “smart city” to the whole enterprise won’t ld’s highest peak, a Nepal of- nesday before climbing re- It was feared that the di- Japan faces a change a dime: in order to have what can be ficial at the base camp said. sumed yesterday. sasters would drive away G7 challenge in bridging called a city, you need a master urban plan, and A team of soldiers from It is not unusual for big climbers, but hundreds of for that city to be smart, you need innovative and United Arab Emirates and numbers of climbers to climbers and thousands of a widening divide over independent people to run the show freely from other teams from the In- reach the summit on a sin- foreign trekkers returned how to revitalize sluggish growth in leading vested interests. dian army were among the gle day because only two this spring to Nepal, whi- Now, looking at the interim review: well, let’s economies at a meeting climbers on the summit, or three windows of good ch has eight of the highest just say that the concessionnaires are credited of top financial officials for having by and large fulfilled all their contrac- Department of Mountai- weather in May enable mountains in the world. that began yesterday with tual and operational duties. The positive impact neering official Gyanendra climbing on the peak often Separately, a Nepalese the group bashing in the far outweighs the negative downsides, and sli- Shrestha said. He said it hit with extremely harsh Sherpa mountain guide sli- lids of sake barrels. The ghtly muscling the “regulatory effort” will unmis- was hard to say exactly the weather conditions. pped and fell to his death on finance ministers and takably allow for “a healthy and orderly develop- number of people who have This season has been a nearby Mount Lhotse while central bank governors ment of the industry.” Well, if it had not been for reached the summit or their good for climbers on Eve- fixing ropes to the summit Beijing’s new normal and sweeping fight against of the Group of Seven corruption, the deleterious explosion of junket nationalities but it was a rest after two years of di- for his Western clients. At- industrial nations were operations would have never been reined in. busy day on the summit. sasters. tempts were being made to engaging in a local In November 2015, the DICJ was still talking Many of them were retur- Last year’s climbing sea- retrieve his body, Shrestha tradition for kicking off of a simple “code of ethics” for gaming promo- ning safely to lower camps, son was scrubbed, and said. AP festivities, but it was in ters, just like for pharmacists, doctors, lawyers keeping with what could and journalists! Did not I read somewhere that be a fractious event. VIP rooms are the place where money-laun- More on p9 dering takes (took…) place? Nobody will deny the astounding changes the liberalised gaming times square by rodrigo industry has brought to Macao: its colossal suc- cess has somehow brought pride to the sleeping beauty of the East, but, was it achieved evenly ap photo and for the benefit of all? Just like Archimedes’ principle, adverse forces tend to equal favoura- ble ones, despite being different both in scope and nature — overpopulation, traffic congestion, domestic violence, family dysfunction, etc. And then, “tourism and recreation” were the chosen paths inscribed in article 118 of the Basic Law, not gambling, gambling and possibly gambling. Markets World stock Ultimately, making it straightforward and official, markets sink after the Fed right from the start, that this interim review will surprised investors by not count in the 2020/2022 concessionaires re- newal process might not be the best of ideas signaling that an interest while we are still contemplating the fragile early rate hike is in the cards if stages of a long overdue drive towards diversi- economic conditions keep fication! improving. “Markets have Blimey! No more space for Mrs Sonia Chan’s looked for government ambitious plan to reform the legislature’s elec- stimulus as a reason for toral law! To be honest? Never mind: just like for investing… therefore if the 2012 “+2+2+100” missed opportunity at real there’s less chance of political reform, the proposal is overly modest stimulus people are left and fails to address the core issues — a law on wondering what to do,” political parties could have been a start. Some people still think that the engine just needs a said Andrew Sullivan, paint-job: wait until it stops! sales trader at Haitong Securities.