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China A fire at a foot massage parlor in eastern China yesterday killed 18 people and injured Trump loses bid to two others, state media reported. Workers jumped out of windows to escape the blaze, which broke out at the Zuxintang parlor P15 at around 4 p.m., and firefighters rushed to the restart travel ban scene. No cause of the fire was given. bloomberg bloomberg

Singapore Asia’s expanding economies and growing middle class are a benefit to Singapore and may help offset the threat of a trade pullback from the U.S., according to Singapore’s Economic Development Board. Rising cross-border trade and deals “will provide that lift for countries in this part of the world,” Beh Swan Gin, chairman of the EDB, said in an interview.

Philippines The country’s president has warned that the military is ready to respond with airstrikes and new offensives if communist rebels launch attacks after both sides lifted separate cease-fires and he announced he was scrapping peace talks with the guerrillas. More on backpage

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Health New bird flu case confirmed

This is the second time in a total of 62 new cases of 2017 that Macau suspended bird flu were reported be- its live poultry trade becau- tween January 16 and 29. se of a bird flu report. On The provinces that repor- Taipa Ferry Terminal to January 26, Macau suspen- ted the larger number of oc- ded the live poultry trade for currences were Jiangsu (14 operate in 2nd quarter three days. cases), followed by Guan- Separately, the Health Bu- gzhou (Guangdong) with The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) is reau informed in a state- 10 new cases reported, and looking forward to officially open the Pac On ment that the condition of Zhejiang and Hunan with ei- Ferry Terminal in the second quarter of this the 72-year-old woman who ght cases each. year. An estimated MOP100 million will have was hospitalized in isolation The reports from Chinese been spent on basic operations, including at the Public Hospital (CH- health agencies also state security, insurance, and maintenance of the CSJ) for an infection of the that the majority of the in- terminal. The terminal’s commercial space virus H7N9 (avian influen- fected are men ranging in is currently calling for public tenders who za) has improved signifi- between 26 and 84 years old. intend to operate a business in the facility. IACM staff seals off the Macau Nam Yue Wholesale Market for complete cantly and she was moved From 62 cases, 12 were fatal According to DSAMA, tax-free shops and disinfection and the culling of live birds restaurants will be available at the terminal, last Friday to the general cases, while another 19 pa- which, after starting operations, will ward. tients were hospitalized and essentially provide all services that can be ive poultry trade was The bureau added that According to the same sta- in a critical condition. found at the temporary Taipa ferry terminal, Lsuspended for at least they have closed the market tement, the woman who was Since September 2016, in- including a tourism inquiries desk. Currently, three days after a chicken where the positive sample in quarantine since January fections of the avian influen- there are three ferry companies running sample tested positive for was found, and no infected 12 after the confirmation za virus have been registered operations at the temporary ferry terminal. the H7 strain of bird flu on birds have entered retail of infection has presented in several provinces, namely The seven lines managed by the trio will all be Friday, Macau civil affairs markets. Some 8,200 chi- a stable condition without Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, transferred to the new terminal. In order to and health authorities said. ckens and 2,100 pigeons in any fever for the past seve- Fujian, Shanghai, Guang- assure convenience to all passengers, the new Civic and Municipal Af- that market are expected to ral days. dong, Hunan, Hubei, Jian- ferry terminal will provide electric vehicles at fairs Bureau chief José Ta- be culled. In addition, the SSM men- gxi, Guizhou, Shandong, its facilities. vares told the press that the Macau’s Health Bureau tioned that the test of a wo- Liaoning and Henan. flu-positive sample was fou- said two drivers and two man suspected as having The Health Bureau has nd in the Chinese mainland loading workers from the bird flu came back negative. said that MSAR government ‘Frequent visitor’ and all poultry markets in Chinese mainland have been The SSM concluded that the has established a series of sentenced to 3 months Macau will undergo strict identified as close contacts. risk of the disease’s trans- contingency plans to tackle sterilization procedures. They have returned to the missibility is low. a possible outbreak of the A woman who allegedly used fake documents Tavares said all markets mainland, and the bureau Concurrently the SSM in- disease including stocking to travel between the mainland and Macau in Macau will suspend live already reported the situa- formed that according to a high number of antiviral has been caught and sentenced to three- poultry trade for at least tion to mainland authori- information from the health drugs and personal protec- months’ imprisonment. According to a report three days. ties. services of mainland China, tion materials. MDT/Xinhua by Shanghai Daily, the woman surnamed Xiao, a resident of Guangdong province, paid a Shanghai-based travel agency to apply for entry-exit permits to the MSAR claiming business reasons behind the trips. The ‘Cultural and Creative Map’ to launch woman was then granted unlimited access to Macau for a three-month period. She used this access to travel in and out of the territory ultural and Map should be open the CCM Map was over 180 locations in for a total of 202 times. The case was exposed creative entities to the public in the launched in 2014. It Hong Kong and Ma- last September when Fengxian district police C investigated the agency. that have not yet been long term and under covers Macau’s seven cau, including at bor- registered in the Cul- the operation and ad- parishes, introducing der checkpoints, mu- tural Affairs Bureau’s ministration of enti- the cultural and crea- seums, hotels, travel Lei Chi Vun dockyards (IC) Database for Cul- ties registered in the tive spaces with vivid agencies, cultural and tural and Creative In- database. illustration and text. creative entities. to be demolished dustries are welcome The bureau empha- The map also provi- Details and the re- to apply for inclusion sized that the entity des information about gistration form for The Director of the Marine and Water until February 22. should be in the field World Heritage Sites, the database can be Bureau, Wong Soi Man, announced earlier The IC is launching of selling cultural and museums, tour routes downloaded from IC’s that, starting from March, the government the 2017 edition of the creative products or specialized in cultu- or the Macau Cultural will demolish several dockyards in Lei Chi Macau Cultural and organizing related ac- re and creativity, and and Creative Indus- Vun. Two dockyards will be demolished in Creative Map (CCM tivities. bus routes. The map tries’ website. March, while the remaining nine will be Map) both on paper The selection will be is intended to give re- Interested parties demolished gradually over the course of time. The future usage of Lei Chi Vun will be and on a mobile app made after an evalua- sidents and tourists a should submit the considered by the city’s other governmental in which the IC will se- tion of factors such as better understanding completed form in departments. Lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong lect cultural and crea- the potential develop- of local cultural and print together with an called the city’s Chief Executive Chui Sai tive spaces from the ment of cultural and creative spaces. electronic copy of the Entities which have On to take responsibility for Lei Chi Vun database to be inclu- creative industries in The bureau noted form and attachment already registered in dockyards’ planning. Ng urged Chui to be ded in the CCM Map. the space, past events, that the CCM Map at the bureau’s buil- the Database do not the public face of the planning along with the According to the IC, product sales, brand has printed more ding or at the Depart- need to re-apply but Secretary for Transport and Public Works cultural and creative image and the opening than 700,000 copies ment for Promoting may submit any su- and the Secretary for Social Affairs and spaces eligible for in- hours of the space. since the first edition Cultural and Creative pplements or updates Culture. clusion in 2017’s CCM The first edition of and is distributed in Industries. to IC if necessary.

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Hong Kong number of Chinese tourists and in the performance of retail sales in the latter Sands’ chief financial half of last year. Retail sales see biggest Last year, retail sales fell in every mon- officer resigns th, however the year-on-year declines waned in the latter months, moving from contraction since 1998 a 5.5 percent year-on-year decrease in November to 2.9 percent in December. ormer Hong Kong MTR finance According to the Nikkei Asian Review, F director Stephen Law left his post the Hong Kong government attributed as Sands China’s chief financial offi- the narrowing decline to growing local cer (CFO) after just four months in the bloomberg consumption and an increasing volume role. He provided no explanation for of mainland visitors. his departure. “The near-term outlook for retail sales The former executive who joined business will still depend on whether the Sands China on September 29 last year recent improvement in inbound tourism is the latest in a series of senior execu- could gain more traction and the extent tives to depart Macau in the past few to which local consumer sentiment will months. be affected by various external uncer- Sands China, like Law, also declined tainties,” a Hong Kong government to comment on the impetus behind the spokesperson told the agency. resignation of the former CFO. he retail sector in Hong Kong re- HKD436.6 billion last year, a decrease The number of mainland visitors to “Sands China Ltd confirms that Ste- Tcorded the poorest annual sales in for the whole year of 8.1 percent from Hong Kong in December showed a re- phen Law resigned as the company’s nearly two decades last year, according 2015, marking the sharpest decline versal after months of decline. Led by chief executive officer in January to a report by the Nikkei Asian Review. since the Asian financial crisis in 1998 the Christmas holidays, the number of 2017,” a spokesperson told the SCMP, The HKSAR government partly attribu- when sales plummeted 17 percent year- visitors increased by 9 percent year-on- adding: “Sands China Ltd does not ted this to the declining number of Chi- on-year. year, outperforming the growth obser- comment on the movement of person- nese tourists visiting the territory. Nevertheless, analysts say that the- ved in Macau of a 7.8 percent year-on- nel.” Retail sales in Hong Kong recorded re are signs of gradual recovery in the year increase that month. The 53-year-old previously worked in Moreover, Macau’s “Business Climate a senior position at Hong Kong’s MTR Corp. From 2013 he played a key role luxury retailers say sales suffered Survey” in November last year, which seeks to measure the near-term outlook in the Express Rail Link project be- of retailers and restaurants in the terri- tween the cities of Hong Kong, Shen- LUXURY AND upmarket retailers, some declined 10 percent year-on-year in the tory, showed that less than one-quarter zhen and Guangzhou. of which operate in Macau and Hong final quarter of 2016. Rival firm, I.T, re- of retailers expected year-on-year growth He has also served as a council mem- Kong, note that their sales suffered last corded a slightly better 4.6 percent decline in the following month, December 2016. ber of the Hong Kong Institute of Cer- year. Jewelry group Chow Sang Sang is- in store sales in Hong Kong during the tified Public Accountants since 2010, sued a profit warning last month that its three-month period between September In line with expectations that the slow- full-year earnings for 2016 could drop as and November 2016. Many luxury retail- down in retail sales may be approaching an adjunct professor of the Hong Kong much as 40 percent. Meanwhile, fashion ers in Macau and Hong Kong depend on an end, the proportion of retailers that Polytechnic University more recently, retailer Bauhaus closed four shops across visitation from mainland China as their recorded a decline in sales in November and in 2014, was appointed as an ex- the two SARs, while the same store’s sales main source of revenue. decreased by five percentage points to pert consultant to China’s Ministry of 41 percent. DB Finance. ad mon 06.02.2017

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Gaming | Singapore Fitch predicts no growth in revenues

nternational cre- “Singapore will face added dit debt watcher Fitch competitive pressure from Ratings predicts that Macau and the Philippines,” bloomberg casino revenues in Sin- the Finch analysts predicted. Igapore will remain stable this The company also noted year, devoid of growth, at several risk to Singapore’s approximately USD4 billion gaming sector, including the (about MOP32 billion). ability of the state regulator “Gaming revenues conti- to issue new gambling licen- nued a downward trajectory ses: “We think the probabi- in 2016 largely due to a steep lity of the Singapore gover- contraction in the VIP seg- nment awarding additional ment, despite a 12.5 percent gaming licenses to be low.” gain in Chinese visitors (the Other risks include the pos- biggest source of VIP reve- sibility of higher gaming ta- nue) in first-half 2016,” the xes starting from 2022, signi- company noted in a state- ficant limitations to physical ment. “Most revenue comes expansion of resorts, greater from foreigners, as local re- restrictions for Singapore re- sidents are required to pay a sidents’ participation and a SGD100 [MOP567] entrance high reliance on a concentra- fee and marketing to locals is ted pool of high-rollers. heavily restricted.” Contrarily, Fitch Ratings Singapore’s two integrated pointed to the city-state’s resorts will continue to be competitive gaming tax, cen- plagued by an underperfor- tral location in Southeast Asia ming VIP segment, and may with well-developed transport also feel the heat from hei- links and a “duopoly structu- ghtened competition from re at least through 2017” as other gaming hubs in the positive attributes for Singa- Asia-Pacific region. pore revenues this year. The Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino (center right) stands near commercial buildings in Singapore’s central business district

Tourism ad MGTO extends parade to northern district

he “Parade for Cele- Market Garden. Macao Cultural Herita- Tbration of the Year of Residents and visitors ge Reinventing Studies the Rooster” was held on can observe the sight of Association have jointly Saturday in the region’s 14 illuminated floats at organized the “Chinese Northern District. It fea- Tap Seac Square until New Year Parade Float tured 14 floats, singing 6 p.m. February 12, ac- Snapshot” Competition and cultural performan- cording to a statement to encourage more locals ces. issued by the Macau Go- and visitors to upload The kick-off ceremony vernment Tourism Office and share pictures of the was held at Rua Norte (MGTO). parade on social media. do Patane at 8 p.m., and The floats are presented The concluding remarks marched through streets by entities such as China of an MGTO statement such as Avenida do Con- National Tourism Admi- noted that it is conti- selheiro Borja, Estrada nistration, MGTO, the nuing efforts to promote da Areia Preta, Rua Qua- Civic and Municipal Af- community tourism de- tro do Bairro da Areia fairs Bureau, (IACM) and velopment and develop Preta, through to the fi- the Sports Bureau (ID). a wider diversity of tou- nishing point at Iao Hon This year, MGTO and rism products. 06.02.2017 mon

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he number of offenses in public parking lots increased by 36 percent 2016 year-on-year, the Number of public parking TTransport Bureau (DSAT) infor- med in a statement yesterday. According to the bureau, the number, which totals to 270 offences surges 36 percent vehicles includes cars parked for over eight consecutive days, cars badly parked (occupying being considered abandoned and company, vehicles parked for more than one parking space or transferred to the Finance Servi- over eight consecutive days will outside the parking spaces) or in ces Bureau (DSF) to be sold in a be considered to constitute a inappropriate spots (reserved or public auction (19 cases). parking offense and will be han- private spots). These incidents The DSAT also informed that dled accordingly. have occurred across the 41 pu- in cooperation with the parking Vehicles found in situations blic carpark facilities under the lots’ management companies, that fail to comply with the stipu- responsibility of the DSAT. it will continue to send staff to lated rules will be blocked and, From the 270 vehicles found oversee the use of the parking after a three hour period, towed in violation of parking rules, the spaces and to fight illegal parking to the police depot. majority were private cars (257) in order to allow drivers to use DSAT will then send a notifica- and 13 were motorcycles or mo- the available parking spots in a tion to the owner or publish ad- torbikes. proper way. vertisements in the local press The sanctions given to these The bureau also reminded that in order to notify the owners. vehicles ranged from fines (170 unless the vehicle owners are in If the vehicles are not claimed cases), to the removal of the possession of a monthly pass or within 90 days after the notifi- vehicles from the parking faci- prior written agreement esta- cation date, they will be consi- lity (81 cases), or even vehicles blished with the management dered abandoned. RM

he average daily wage Leong Veng Chai questions Tof construction workers Wages of construction in Macau increased by 6.1 gov’t on taxi malpractices percent quarter-to-quarter workers increasing to MOP815 in the fourth quarter of 2016, according awmaker Leong to information from the LVeng Chai has ques- Statistics and Census Ser- tioned the government vice (DSEC). During the through a written enquiry period the average daily on taxi malpractice. marques renato wages of local construction The enquiry, dated last workers (MOP1,041) and December 19, addresses non-resident construction problems related to the workers (MOP721), rose by industry and the “bad 8.3 percent and 4.9 percent image” of the territory respectively, quarter-to- that some taxi drivers are quarter. giving to visitors. The average daily wage of According to Leong, some roles increased due the continuing abuses to the commencement of and unlawful activities interior finishing works of While the average daily percent quarter-to-quarter of some taxi drivers have including common issues gers to pay a higher fare. hotels and other large pro- wages of skilled and semi- in real terms, and that of been widely discussed such as overcharging, pri- The lawmaker calls on jects, noted DSEC in a state- skilled workers went up local construction workers across the web in main- ce negotiation and refusal the government to rein- ment. The average daily wa- by 6 percent quarter-to- (131.6) rose by 5.2 percent. land China with Internet to transport passengers, force inspection in the ges of bricklayers and plas- quarter to MOP819, that of Meanwhile, for the whole users deeming Macau as well as other issues industry to effectively terers (MOP691), plumbers unskilled workers rose by year of 2016, the average taxi drivers to be “secret such as vehicle altera- improve driver behavior, (MOP842), air-conditio- 1.2 percent to MOP408. wage index of construction [criminal] organization tions (tires and wheels) and requests information ning mechanics (MOP882) After discounting the ef- workers (101.9) went up by members.” in order to trick the meter on how the government and carpenters (MOP1,184) fect of inflation, the wage in- 1.6 percent year-on-year Leong raised several system into giving erro- plans to tackle the pro- increased by 6.1 percent, dex of construction workers in real terms, and that of problems related to mal- neous mileage informa- blems contained in the 4.6 percent, 3.9 percent and (103.8) for the fourth quar- local construction workers practice in the industry, tion, which forces passen- enquiry. 3.7 percent respectively. ter of 2016 increased by 3.8 (128.2) grew by 2.3 percent.

than market prices. MOP19m in subsidies used for IH announced that, star- ting from this year, the ONE SHOT NEWS last year’s housing maintenance bureau will issue building maintenance approvals fi- electric and sewage facilities. test elevators. MOP58,000 gures every quarter in order n 2016, the Housing Bu- Additionally, over MOP8 was offered to buildings in to increase its work transpa- Ireau (IH) granted MOP19 million in subsidies were need of repairs, including rency. million in subsidies for the approved for other building balconies and other struc- The bureau also annou- maintenance of Macau’s maintenance programs. tures. nced that forty-nine local buildings, according to a sta- Some 5o applications re- Sixteen applications were families saw their right to a tement released by IH last quested building manage- rejected, including four re- unit through Macau’s eco- week. ment funds, with the bureau garding building maintenan- nomical housing program Last year, IH received 313 granting MOP820,000 to ce programs. The main rea- annulled because they were applications for financial each applicant for the se- sons for rejection were due found in possession of resi- support for building main- lection of a management to applicant management dences in town. Prior to Ja- tenance. Over 10 million committee and to establish a committees lacking the right nuary 27, IH notified a total patacas were granted to 115 common sinking fund. to administrate areas invol- of 6,307 families to submit applicants seeking assistan- Around MOP80,000 ved in the application, appli- documents required by the The annual athletics event that is part of the celebrations of the Lunar New Year this year gathered 600 participants to run up ce for the repair of facilities was granted in subsidies to cants providing incomplete authority in order to issue 1,288 steps to the 61st floor of Macau Tower. Clocking 21:56 and at common areas of buildin- applicants for the repair of documents and applicants approval for them to obtain 25:46 minutes respectively, the winners this year were Wang Kun gs, including gates, water, fire control systems and to requesting amounts higher economical housing. (male race) and Hoi Long (female race). 06.02.2017 mon

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‘Chinese travel seasonality presents a challenge to sustainability,’ says CAPA

This is one of the conclusions of th, Chinese airlines have conti- while its annual growth should CAPA’s latest report, announced nued to shift to the international be only 4.3 percent. ap photo after the peak period for migra- market, and Air China has focu- At the same time, Tourism tion and traveling in China. sed more on international than & Transport Forum Australia According to the report, some on domestic markets. (TTF) forecasted on January 25 airlines take advantage of this In a brief overview of this year’s that the number of Chinese visi- period to raise prices in order to first results, CAPA provides Chi- tors arriving to the country wou- boost their revenue. na Southern Airlines as an exam- ld increase by 81,000 during the Despite the optimistic results ple, showing that the company Chinese New Year celebrations. expected for the period, the main flew over 250 million passengers The report also states that “the- question lies in what happens in a single day, with neighboring re are still too many factors” during the rest of the year, as the Guangzhou airport breaking tra- influencing industry growth, seasonal large scale travelling re- ffic records two days in a row. most of which are related to in- portedly presents huge challen- In this sense, it may be evalua- frastructure, airspace and state ges to both local and foreign air- ted that traffic for the New Year planning. The report further sta- lines, whose annual profitability is growing faster than the annual tes that “China continues to have often depends on the few weeks average. pent up demand and air travel is of travel during Chinese New It is estimated that China Eas- not as closely correlated to GDP Year, a brief summer peak, and tern will carry 14 percent more growth as other global examples the autumn Golden Week holi- passengers during the New Year suggest.” days. than in 2016, although their Still, the Center remarks that CAPA states that as internatio- yearly growth is also expected 2016 was definitely a good year he Center for Aviation past few years and concluded nal traffic has remained strong, to remain steady at 6.8 percent. and “an envy of most other (CAPA) has analyzed that “China’s concentrated and expanding by an estimated 9.3 Meanwhile, China Southern ex- markets,” noting that “smoother the results of China’s en masse travel periods present a million passengers in 2016 and pects to carry 12 percent more year-round demand would help Taviation trends over the challenge for sustainability.” representing 22 percent grow- passengers during the New Year aviation providers.” RM Apple set to begin making iPhones in India bloomberg

Saritha Rai executives met with him a long list of demands in first time last May as he in January and confirmed negotiations with India’s sought government appro- pple Inc. will begin the timeline, he said in an federal government, inclu- val for Apple to open its own Aassembling iPhones in interview. ding a 15-year tax holiday stores - a step the company India by the end of April, The start of iPhone as- to import components and deems critical to growing a regional minister says, sembly in India comes after equipment. the iPhone user base across heightening its focus on months of speculation on “Apple’s iPhones will be the country. Over the long the world’s fastest-growing Apple’s plan for the market, made in Bangalore and all run however, Apple needs Narendra Modi wants com- ever in terms of revenues major smartphone market which is led by rival Sam- devices will be targeted at to meet requirements that panies to make products in and sales, it only ranked as growth slows elsewhere. sung Electronics Co. It sig- the domestic market,” said single-brand retailers sour- the country as part of his 10th among vendors in The U.S. company has nals a renewed focus on the Kharge, IT minister for ce 30 percent of compo- “Make in India” policy, ai- the December quarter ac- tapped Taiwan’s Wistron country, where it just scra- Karnataka, of which Ban- nents from within India. med at reaping the benefits cording to Counterpoint Corp. to put together its pes into the top 10, as grow- galore is the capital. Manufacturing locally will that come from manufactu- Research. Apple accounts phones in the tech capital th begins to slow in China Chief Executive Officer help with that. ring facilities and jobs. for less than 2 percent of of Bangalore in Karna- and other more mature Tim Cook said on an ear- Making iPhones locally The company shipped shipments in India, where taka, said Priyank Kharge, markets. The Cupertino, nings call this week that In- could also score brownie 2.5 million iPhones into an estimated 750 million the state’s information te- California-based company dia is “the place to be.” He points with the national go- the country in 2016. Whi- smartphones will be sold chnology minister. Apple is said to have put forward visited the country for the vernment. Prime Minister le that was its best year by 2020. Bloomberg

corporate bits sands china donates mop300,000 to staple items like rice, noo- Longines introduced the longines launches limited edition watch holy house of mercy dles, biscuits, canned food, “Flagship Heritage – 60th cooking oil, toothpaste and Anniversary 1957-2017” to ce- shower gel. lebrate the 60th anniversary of Several thousand hou- its first Flagship collection. seholds from disadvantaged This timepiece was inspi- neighborhoods have re- red by a Flagship model kept ceived food and essentials in the Swiss watchmaker’s through the Welfare Shop’s headquarters, favored by monthly distribution since it Longines’ Ambassador of Ele- was launched in 2013 to help gance, Kate Winslet. provide relief against the ri- The brand sold its first Fla- sing cost of living. gship collection in 1957. As According to Sands China, such, the Swiss watchmaking the gaming operator has con- brand is celebrating 60 years tributed a total of MOP 1.4 of this iconic collection which million since 2013, enough is a symbol of quality, high pre- to provide nearly 1,500 food cision and distinction, by laun- A group of 40 Sands China The event marks the fifth hampers. ching the “Flagship Heritage – Care Ambassadors voluntee- consecutive year of Sands The Sands China Care Am- 60th Anniversary 1957-2017.” Exclusive timepieces, the yellow gold or rose gold co- red their time on Saturday at China’s support, which also bassador program aims to Available in steel, yellow gold, gold versions are limited to lors. Macau Holy House of Mer- included a donation of MOP provide its employees with or rose gold, the numbered ti- 60 watches while there are As with the original timepie- cy’s Welfare Shop, to help 300,000 to help needy fa- an opportunity to serve the mekeepers house an L609 only 1,957 steel versions. ces, the back of these com- distribute some 350 food milies facing financial hard- local community by organi- mechanical caliber in their 38.5 The brushed silver dial is memorative watches bears hampers to disadvantaged ships. zing community activities and mm case, according to a state- adorned with eight indexes a stamped caravel – the fla- families. The food hampers contain initiatives. ment issued by Longines. and four Arabic numerals in gship. 06.02.2017 mon

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wedding day is often called said. Athe happiest day of one's life. The high costs associated with The same cannot be said for the Marriage plunges rural marriage threatens to harm social parents of the groom in rural Chi- stability and the wider poverty na, where saving face and social alleviation campaign, according pressure often leave them in debt to Wang Zhongwu with Shan- for years. families into debt dong University. Wang Yueguo, from east China's Private lending disputes in rural Shandong Province, managed to in a red envelope, to the newly- China are often rooted in luxu-

scrape together enough money to xinhua weds. It is not unusual for poorer rious weddings. Moreover, cash- fund his son's marriage last mon- guests to borrow money so that strapped parents find themselves th. The wedding completely drai- they can give Fenzi and not loose penniless and unable to cover me- ned the family's savings account face. dical or elderly-care fees, Wang and left them with a debt that will “I earn about 15,000 yuan a said. take a decade to pay off. year, but I easily give out 10,000 "All-in-all, my son's marriage yuan a year in Fenzi at weddings has cost me more than 200,000 and funerals, but mostly weddin- It is expected yuan [about USD29,000], inclu- gs," said Tao Yuanfeng, 76, who ding around 100,000 yuan I bor- lives in a village administered by that the rowed from relatives and friends," Yucheng City in Shandong. said Wang, whose family earns As rural families now have more family of the about 30,000 yuan a year from disposable income, extravagance bridegroom farming. and over spending have become Wang is among many parents in a serious problem. The root of will buy a parts of China's rural areas that the problem, however, is in the feel pressured to splurge on their concept of "saving face," nobody house, pay for sons' weddings in order to secure wants to be labeled a miser becau- the wedding a daughter-in-law and avoid lo- se his wedding was plain. sing face. Sociologist Zhou Xiaozheng ceremony In China, it is expected that the said gender imbalance means family of the bridegroom will buy that the family of the bride is and provide a a house, pay for the wedding cere- 70,000 yuan, Wang is expected rural areas cost at least 200,000 more picky, and this is why ma- mony and provide a dowry, whi- to provide a dowry of more than yuan, equivalent to four to five rital costs in some rural areas dowry ch is usually paid in cash. In the 40,000 yuan, and a car worth years' net income of a local family have skyrocketed. By the end of countryside, where people earn over 150,000 yuan, of four. 2015, there were 33.66 million The 2016 Linyin survey sug- less but tend to maintain tradi- "Fortunately, the girl's family Some families struggling to more men than women in China, gested that although the majority tions more, families oftern spend did not ask for a city apartment, cope with the debt incurred by a making heating up competition of respondents disagree with the most of their hard-earned savin- otherwise, another 300,000 wedding have even been dragged for a bride. practice, they will still go into debt gs. won't be enough," he said. into poverty, the survey showed. Some rural parents see their to cover a wedding just to save In addition to paying for the According to an official survey Wedding banquets are not ac- daughters' marriage as a lucrati- face. And 80 percent of the res- wedding banquet, jewelry, and conducted last year in Linyi City, tually free to guests, as attendees ve deal. "It just reflects that some pondents said this was a custom home appliances worth over Shandong, weddings in the city's are expected to give "Fenzi," cash villagers are really poor," Zhou that should change. MDT/Xinhua

ad motivated to hear that,” Yao Rockets retiring Yao said. Reminiscing on his own Ming’s No. 11 jersey times as a player, Yao said his favorite moment was when he first walked into the Jordan Godwin, Houston Compaq Center, the former home of the Rockets. He said he first time Yao Ming ap photo he was taken aback when he Tever watched an NBA saw his jersey with his name game as a young boy in Chi- and number for the first time na, he wondered why there and realized it was the start were jerseys hanging in the Yao Ming of a special journey. rafters. Along with other former “The cameras randomly and was inducted into the Rockets standouts Ola- gave a shot of the retired Basketball Hall of Fame in juwon, Dikembe Mutom- jerseys,” Yao said. “I slowly September. bo and Shane Battier, Yao realized over time that’s the “It was really sad for me attended Thursday night’s highest honor a player can that his career was cut so game against Atlanta and achieve for themselves and short because I think if he received a standing ovation for the team. I will always had been able to stay on, we when he was introduced. ask myself, ‘What is the story would have been able to win Houston Mayor Sylvester behind it?’ I hope people see a couple of championships,” Turner declared Feb. 2 “Yao the jersey there and remem- Rockets owner Les Ale- Ming Day” and welcomed ber the story. Not just my- xander said. “He’s a great Yao as the city’s goodwill self, but my teammates, my human being and a great ambassador, an appoint- opponents, we put a story basketball player.” ment he received from for- together.” Yao will become the sixth mer Mayor Annise Parker in The Rockets are set to retire Rocket to have his number 2013. Yao’s No. 11 jersey in a half- retired, joining Hakeem NBA Commissioner Adam time ceremony Friday night Olajuwon (No. 34), Clyde Silver and other league offi- when they host the Chicago Drexler (No. 22), Moses Ma- cials were to attend the cere- Bulls. lone (No. 24), Calvin Mur- mony at the Toyota Center, A 7-foot-6 center from phy (No. 23) and Rudy Tom- which will be broadcast on Shanghai, Yao was the top janovich (No. 45). NBA TV and in China on overall draft pick in 2002 Yao recalled his first home Tencent and CCTV. and was an eight-time All-S- game in Houston in Novem- “Thinking back on the years tar, playing nine seasons in ber 2002 when the Rockets I spent here, I just think of Houston before retiring in retired Olajuwon’s jersey. the entire team, organization 2011 because of mounting “We were sitting in the lo- and the city as a big family,” issues with injuries. He ave- cker room and watching his Yao said. “I feel so welcome raged 19.0 points, 9.2 rebou- speech and hearing people here, and tonight is very spe- nds and 1.9 blocks a game cheer for him, we were very cial to me.” AP mon 06.02.2017

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Friday in South Korea that Trump’s administration is committed to carrying throu- Beijing criticizes Mattis’ remarks gh on a deal the Obama ad- ministration reached with the Seoul government last year to deploy a high-endU.S. missile on East China Sea island defense system to South Ko- rea this year. The Terminal High-Altitu- de Area Defense, or THAAD,

ap photo is meant to improve protec- tion of South Korea and Ja- pan — as well as U.S. troops stationed in both countries — against a North Korean mis- sile attack. Beijing objects to the system because its powerful radar would allow it to peer deep into northeastern China, pos- sibly allowing it to observe Chinese military movements. At a Friday news conferen- ce, Lu said China’s “resolute opposition to the deployment [...] remains unchanged and will not change.” The deployment “will jeo- pardize security and the stra- tegic interests of regional countries, including China, and undermine the strategic balance in the region,” Lu said. Chinese officials and scho- lars say they anticipate fur- ther turbulence in relations with the U.S. under Trump. The president sparked anger among Chinese following his election when he broke with decades of diplomatic proto- col by talking on the phone with the president of Taiwan, the self-governing island de- mocracy that Beijing consi- Jim Mattis (right) and Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (left) are escorted to inspect an honor guard at Defense Ministry in Tokyo ders its own territory. Trump has also raised con- cerns with criticism of Chi- Christopher Bodeen and Chinese as Diaoyu. explicitly stated in Tokyo that ding Japan’s continued ad- na’s military buildup in the The 1960 U.S.-Japan treaty the Trump administration ministration of the Senkaku South China Sea, accusations he U.S. is putting is “a product of the Cold War, will stick to the previous U.S. islands. of currency manipulation regional stability in which should not impair Chi- stance that the U.S.-Japan se- The islands that lie between and unfair trade policies and East Asia at risk, a na’s territorial sovereignty curity treaty applies to defen- Taiwan and Okinawa were allegations that Beijing was Chinese spokesman and legitimate rights,” Lu was under U.S. administration doing too little to pressure its Tsaid, following remarks by quoted as saying in a state- from the end of World War II communist neighbor North President Donald Trump’s ment posted on the ministry’s Chinese until their return to Japan in Korea. defense secretary that a U.S. website. 1972. China cites historical In a lighter moment, howe- commitment to defend Japa- “We urge the U.S. side to officials and records for its claim, and Ja- ver, Chinese media and inter- nese territory applies to an is- take a responsible attitude, scholars say pan’s move to nationalize se- net users praised an appea- land group that China claims. stop making wrong remarks veral of the islands in 2012 rance by Trump’s daughter Chinese Foreign Ministry on the issue involving the they anticipate set off anti-Japanese riots Ivanka and granddaughter spokesman Lu Kang on Sa- Diaoyu islands’ sovereignty, in China and prompted the Arabella Kushner’s visit to the turday called on the U.S. to and avoid making the issue further government to dispatch ships Chinese Embassy in Washing- avoid discussion of the issue more complicated and brin- and planes to the area around ton last week to attend Lunar and reasserted China’s claim ging instability to the regio- turbulence in them as a challenge to Japa- New Year festivities. A video of sovereignty over the tiny nal situation,” Lu said. relations with nese control. clip of Arabella singing a song uninhabited islands, known On his first trip to Asia as China also registered its dis- of holiday greetings also set in Japanese as the Senkaku secretary of defense, Mattis the U.S. pleasure with Mattis’ remarks alight China’s internet. AP

13-year-old girl ment with the park for suspend all the park’s A has died after their only child’s death large amusement facili- being flung out of a Girl, 13, dies after being amounting to 870,000 ties to “carry out checks fast-turning ride at an yuan (USD127,000). and eliminate hidden amusement park in thrown off ride at park The newspaper also dangers.” It also orde- southwest China. said the ride had passed red companies opera- China’s product safety a routine quality ins- ting the same “Travel regulator said in a sta- gh at the Chaohua Park flying out of the “Tra- was taken to a hospital, pection in December. Through Space” ride tement late Saturday in Fengdu county, whi- vel Through Space” ride where she died. The General Adminis- across the country to that an initial investi- ch comes under Chong- on Friday afternoon as The West China Me- tration of Quality Su- immediately suspend gation showed her sea- qing municipality. seats repeatedly spun tropolis Daily reported pervision, Inspection use of it and contact tbelt had broken and Cellphone footage round 360 degrees. Me- yesterday that the girl’s and Quarantine said its Chengdu city-based a passenger safety bar carried by state me- dia reports say she fell family had reached a that it had asked Chon- manufacturer for fur- did not fit tightly enou- dia showed the girl on to iron railings and compensation agree- gqing authorities to ther checks. AP 06.02.2017 mon

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t’s no surprise that satirical Iportraits of Donald Trump, Politics, migration dominate Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are the centerpiece of the India Art Fair, the annual feast visual art fair in India of visual arts where politics took center stage this year, in- For auto art enthusiasts, cluding groundbreaking pro- there is a BMW with colorful jects on migration and rapidly ap photo faces painted by Italian artist changing urban landscapes in Sandro Chia. He said in a sta- South Asia. tement that the painted auto- Titled “Peace Owners,” the mobile reflects the gaze of the work of Nepali artist Sunil people looking at it. Sigdel uses Buddhist motifs The cultural discourse at the on the faces of the three global fair is also looking at the role leaders. of digital technology in an “Artists are responding to the evolving art world. Many post- global political climate,” said internet artists are giving a Dina Bangdel, curator of Ne- virtual life to their physical art pal Art Council in New Delhi. as digital technology makes “We are also looking at agri- art more accessible and brin- culture and perhaps the disin- gs global attention to artistic tegration of the rural commu- talent than was previously nity with urbanization. Artists possible. Digitization allows are speaking in a Nepali voice presenting collections of re- but in the broader context of gional artists that cannot be South Asia.” physically displayed in remo- Bangdel said the work of her te places due to logistical and artists reflects both the “fragi- financial reasons. Even works lity and resilience” of a coun- of modern Indian masters like try still recovering from the Art by Sunil Sigdel is displayed as spectators photograph F N Souza and S H Raza are devastating 2015 earthquake. listed for online sales. The art fair brought hun- shared their work and memo- zor blades as a metaphor for gration laws, closed borders “The digital medium has ope- dreds of Indian and interna- ries. Their installation com- rapid industrialization. and prejudice face individuals ned up the global market and tional artists, exhibitors and prises a montage of photo- Sculptural installation seeking to transgress geogra- made it local,” said Bangdel. collectors from more than 20 graphs and video from border “Shimmering Mirage” by phic boundaries.” “The digital world opens the countries. Like the previous villages on both sides. Pakistani-American contem- One of the most popular borders — so in other words, editions of the fair that began “The idea was to explore porary artist Anila Quayyum displays is a rare collection we are really sort of traversing in 2008, South Asia remains what a fence could do to you, Agha has a single light bulb of archival photographs of both geography as also time the region in focus. how claustrophobic a fen- reflecting in a black square India’s independence leader and space.” A community-based public ce could be. And to walk into cube, laser-cut with delicate Mohandas K. Gandhi rhat has Videos and sound art, ani- art project “No Man’s Land,” Bangladesh or rather the ‘No geometrical patterns used in a been sourced from his gran- mations and interactive art supported by Britto Arts Trust Man’s Land’ without a visa sacred Islamic space. dnephew Kanu Gandhi. The forms that only exist online from Bangladesh and Shelter and passport. So it was a uni- “Woven Chronicle” by In- painstakingly restored photos can also provide an alternati- Promotion Council from In- que experience and it’s an on- dian artist Reena Saini Kallat offer an intimate glimpse into ve experience to those with no dia, explores the shared his- going work which we are con- represents her vision of wires Gandhi’s life and interactions access to galleries, said Sayan- tory, geography and culture of tinuing,” he said. as both conduits and barriers. with politicians and ordinary tan Maitra Boka, a curator the two neighbors in the con- Political and social themes Using electric wires, Kallat has people during the freedom from India. text of recurring border ten- including access, migration created a woven map tracing movement. “I just feel that maybe we sions and illegal migration. and integration are also ex- the routes of contract workers, “It comes from an unschoo- don’t have the proper techno- The cross-border collabora- plored in cutting-edge ins- asylum seekers, refugees and led photographer, looking at logy right now to transmit the tive project allowed Sayantan tallations in various art disci- other migrants across the pla- his own granduncle, capturing experience of art to the digital Maitra Boka , an art cura- plines. net. A statement from the ar- private moments of a very, life,” said Spanish gallery di- tor from India, to work with Experimental art on display tist says that the cartographic very public figure and that’s rector Sabrina Amrani. “But Bangladeshi artist Mahbubur using various media works work highlights the “inherent what makes this work stand we are building the bridges Rahman. The two met in Mar- includes “The Swing” by Ban- contradiction in celebrating out,” says Prashant Panjiar and we are crossing them — ch 2014 in the physical space gladeshi Tayeba Begum Lipi, an increasingly connected of the Photoink photography we just need maybe a new car of “No Man’s Land” as they made with stainless steel ra- world while stringent immi- gallery. for it.” AP

Bishop says US continues to process Nauru refugees

Emily Cadman would mean in practice. seekers held by Austra- other global leaders that Bishop told the Austra- lia off-shore in return for day, including Russian

ustralia’s Fo- lian Broadcasting Cor- Australia accepting refu- President Vladimir Putin, bloomberg Areign Minister Julie poration that vetting is gees from Central Ame- and “this was the worst Bishop says U.S. officials still taking place, adding rica. call by far,” the paper re- are continuing to inter- “we remain in contact This had been thrown ported, citing unidenti- view asylum seekers on with the Trump adminis- into doubt following the fied U.S. officials. the Pacific island of Nau- tration and our embas- election of President Do- Subsequently, White ru and she expects a deal sy in Washington is also nald Trump, who publi- House spokesman Sean with the U.S to resettle the working with U.S. officials cly branded the arran- Spicer said the U.S. in- refugees will be honored. and we expect that vetting gement a “dumb deal.” tended to “honor these Reuters earlier reported process would be as tou- The Washington Post commitments in some the interviews had been gh as Australia’s vetting reported Trump berated way,” although he cau- suspended due to uncer- process in terms of health Australian Prime Minis- tioned that the refugees, tainty about the status and security checks.” ter Malcolm Turnbull in mainly from nations like of the deal and precisely Under the deal agreed a Jan. 28 phone call when Iran and Iraq, would be what the new Trump ad- with the Obama adminis- discussing the deal. The subject to “a very, very ministration’s require- tration, the U.S. will take president told Turnbull extreme vetting pro- ment of “extreme vetting” more than 1,000 asylum he had spoken to four cess.” Bloomberg Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop mon 06.02.2017

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Protesters march with placards in front of the U.S. Embassy in Manila Indonesians, Filipinos protest Sam Chambers Trump’s immigration policy he capacity constraints that have dogged the domestic launch of T However, Indonesia is home to Protesters waved banners such as Japan Tobacco Inc.’s heated tobacco Niniek Karmini, Jakarta nearly 14,000 refugees seeking re- “I’m angry with Trump” and “No device will take a while yet to resol- ndonesian and Filipino settlement in third countries, and ban, no wall.” ve, according to a company executi- students on Saturday protes- Trump’s ban will significantly im- “Actually this is not only for Mus- ve, handing a further boost to Philip ted President Donald Trump’s pact their chances of going to the lims but this is war against huma- Morris International Inc. in the wor- immigration policy outside the U.S., said rights activist Veronica nity because the immigrants or re- ld’s most advanced market for next- IU.S. embassies in their capitals. Koman, who organized the protest. fugees around the world, not only generation tobacco products. In Jakarta, dozens of students and A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a from Muslim countries, don’t have Japan Tobacco underestimated the activists from several rights groups nationwide hold on Trump’s ban on to be treated like this,” said activist level of demand for its Ploom Tech called on the Indonesian govern- travelers and immigrants from Iran, Filza Inanuma. “Everybody should device since releasing the product in ment and the international com- Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya have rights to go everywhere they March in its home market, Yasuhiro munity to help stop Trump’s order and Yemen, siding with two states want for their protection, for their Nakajima, vice president of emerging that temporarily banned travelers that had challenged the executive life.” products, said in an interview. The from seven predominantly Muslim order that has launched legal battles A similar rally was held outside the cigarette maker is spending tens of countries. They do not include In- across the country. seaside U.S. Embassy in the Phili- billions of yen to relieve the capaci- donesia, the world’s most populous “We are here to protest Trump’s ppine capital, Manila, where protes- ty constraints that are preventing it Muslim nation, and the Philippines, xenophobic and Islamophobia poli- ters burned a portrait of Trump. No from selling Ploom Tech nationwide. a key U.S. ally. cies,” Koman said. violence was reported. AP “We are improving the Ploom Tech supply situation but to be honest it is taking some time,” Nakajima said by phone. “I cannot tell you that we can resolve the issue very quickly.” The misstep has left Japan Tobac- co a frustrated bystander as Philip Thailand claims progress in Morris has scooped up 5.5 percent of the country’s cigarette market with a combating human trafficking smoking alternative called iQOS sin- ce releasing it nationwide in April. British American Tobacco Plc’s de- Kawee Kaewjinda, Dake Kang governments that do not fully vice Glo is also set to provide fresh meet minimum standards competition. hailand’s military ap photo on human trafficking but are The number of Japanese smokers Tgovernment says it made making major efforts to do is on the decline, with only a fifth of progress in fighting human so. The move provoked wi- the adult population regularly ligh- trafficking in 2016, aiming for despread criticism from ri- ting up, according to health ministry a favorable review from the ghts groups, which said the data. That’s down from 26 percent in U.S. State Department in its country had not done enough 2005. The sale of e-cigarettes and al- annual report on modern-day to deter and prosecute traffi- ternative vapor devices is heavily re- slavery. cking. gulated in Japan, meaning the coun- The Foreign Ministry said Migrant workers unload frozen fish from a boat at a fish market in Samut But the groups now say the try has become the foremost global last week that 268 people Sakhon, west of Bangkok government is making stron- battleground for heated tobacco pro- were convicted of human ger efforts to improve, though ducts. trafficking during the year, abuses in Thailand’s fishing were arrested and charged in it’s unclear how effective they Ploom Tech is a pen-shaped, bat- the highest number since the industry. the 333 cases, it said. will be. tery- powered device that uses vapor government began instituting Officials said they have made Of those cases, 244 involved “Thailand is clearly trying to from heated liquid to deliver the taste tougher policies in 2014. efforts to enact new legisla- sex trafficking and 43 were do a lot to deal with the hu- of granulated tobacco leaves in a cap- “No matter which govern- tion, prosecute trafficking ca- related to exploitation in the man trafficking issue, and has sule. In March, Japan Tobacco began ment would like to inspect ses more stringently and pro- fishing industry, it said. The outshone its neighbors in the selling the device in about 900 con- us, if they look at our efforts vide more support for victims. remainder involved other la- efforts being made. No one venience stores and retail outlets in for the past three years, they “Even though there are still bor trafficking abuses. doubts their energy,” said Phil Fukuoka Prefecture as well as via an should have a good feeling,” a few remaining challenges The ministry said 268 peo- Robertson, deputy Asia direc- online store. E-commerce sales are Foreign Minister Don Pra- and some work to do, we have ple were convicted of human tor for Human Rights Watch. doing “pretty well,” Nakajima said. mudwinai said at a news con- made significant progress,” trafficking in 2016, up from “The issue is efficacy. Will the Japan Tobacco aims to lead the do- ference. said Songsak Saicheua, a Fo- 205 in 2015. It said penalties things they’re doing here pro- mestic vapor market in three to five Thailand has come under reign Ministry official over- increased, with 36.5 percent tect vulnerable migrants from years, Hideki Miyazaki, the executi- heavy scrutiny in recent years. seeing relations with the sentenced to jail terms of human trafficking?” ve deputy president, said in October. In 2014, the U.S. demoted Americas. more than 5 years, compared Thailand will submit a The company is scheduled to report Thailand to “Tier 3” status, The ministry said 824 vic- to 29.2 percent the previous summary of its progress to its full-year results on Feb. 6. the lowest category indicating tims of human trafficking year. Ten policemen were the State Department for its Since its December launch in the a failure to combat trafficking. were identified in 2016, down caught in two trafficking rin- annual Trafficking in Persons city of Sendai, Glo has grabbed 3.3 A March 2015 report by The from 982 in 2015. It said 333 gs, it said. Report, which assesses the ef- percent of the cigarette market in Associated Press and other cases of suspected trafficking Last June, the State Depart- forts of 188 countries. The re- the leading convenience-store chain. investigations have showed were investigated, up from 317 ment upgraded Thailand to port is expected to be released Bloomberg continued slavery and labor in 2015. A total of 600 people “Tier 2 Watch List,” signifying in June. AP 06.02.2017 mon

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Andra Timu and Roxana Zega omania’s government Romanian gov’t to repeal law Rmade a key concession to the protesters who swarmed into central Bucharest this week to oppose a new decree that they that goes easy on corruption say undermines the country’s fi- ght against corruption. The one-month-old cabinet “I am deeply concerned by the -officials and potentially halted was expected to meet to scrap decree of the Romanian gover- investigations of others. They in- the disputed changes to crimi- ap photo nment,” said U.S. Senator John clude an investigation into Liviu nal legislation that weaken the McCain, a Republican from Ari- Dragnea, the party leader who’s nation’s clampdown on graft, zona who is head of the Sena- seeking a retrial after receiving which sparked the largest pro- te’s Armed Services Committee. a suspended sentence for electo- tests in the country since the “With ever-increasing threats to ral fraud. He denies wrongdoing collapse of Communism. Still, democracy in Europe today from and late last week blamed the a large-scale protest was expec- Russia and its proxies, Romania protests on a misinformation ted in the capital this evening as cannot afford to retreat in the fi- campaign and encouragement some demonstrators have called ght against corruption.” from the president. for the government to resign, ci- The controversy in Romania ting a lack of trust in the admi- comes amid concern that other nistration. Some national governments are un- Some 330,000 people protes- 330,000 people dermining the rule of law. The ted around Romania on Satur- EU has reprimanded Poland and day for a fifth consecutive eve- protested Hungary for state encroachment ning, with more than 150,000 on the judiciary and the media. people gathering in front of Vic- around The government in Warsaw ba- toria Palace in Bucharest. Prime cked away from plans to tighten Minister Sorin Grindeanu called Romania on abortion rules after mass protes- an emergency government mee- Saturday ts. ting to undo the changes appro- Anti-graft prosecutors in Ro- ved on Jan. 31. for a fifth mania are working on more than “I’ve listened to my colleagues 2,000 abuse-of-office cases. in the party and in the opposi- consecutive In the past two years, they’ve tion and I heard the voice of the sent more than 1,000 people to street and I don’t want to split the evening trial, seeking to recover dama- country in two,” Grindeanu said. seeking to free others from pri- gside. “I’m here for their future ges in excess of 1 billion euros “I will start a debate shortly with son. The protesters back the an- and I will keep coming until so- The government had planned ($1.1 billion). The country of all the parties on ways to change ti-graft drive that’s ensnared top mething changes.” to decriminalize abuse-of-office 19 million people ranks fourth the criminal codes so that they officials in the European Union The turmoil sent the leu 1 per- offenses for sums of less than -worst for graft in the EU, accor- meet the most recent rulings of and NATO member nation, in- cent lower against the euro on 200,000 lei (USD48,000) and it ding to Berlin-based Transpa- the Constitutional Court.” cluding an ex-Social Democrat Wednesday, the steepest decline sent a draft law to parliament to rency International. The Social Democrats face premier. in more than two years and one pardon prisoners serving sen- “It’s an important step toward the largest backlash since the “I want to show my kids that that erased all of its 2017 gains. tences shorter than five years, normality,” Madalina Do- 1989 uprising that ousted dic- they have to stand up for their It recovered about half of the excluding rapists and repeat brovolschi, the president’s tator Nicolae Ceausescu. Ro- rights and their freedom and losses in the following two days. offenders. Grindeanu said new spokeswoman, said according to mania’s third government in never accept someone stealing While S&P Global Ratings said talks with parties may no lon- News.ro news service late on Sa- two years incurred the wrath of their country,” said Liana Pave- risks to Romania’s investment- ger refer to this threshold that turday. “The government made a the public and President Klaus lescu, a 33-year-old accountant, grade status are currently balan- sparked controversy. big mistake and is fully responsi- Iohannis by unexpectedly ea- who protested Saturday while ced, it warned that the turmoil While it said it sought to ease ble for solving the crisis it crea- sing punishments for officials holding a newborn in her arms could dent investor confidence prison overcrowding, its actions ted. The people’s requests are le- who abuse their positions and by and towing her 5-year-old alon- and harm growth. would have freed hundreds ex gitimate and correct.” Bloomberg

says more than 60,000 “I saw women [in refugees and migran- Idomeni] shivering in Charity turns old blankets ts remain stuck in the blankets and that was county following the bor- not a nice thing to see,” into winter coats for refugees der closures. It has stru- he said. “So we started ggled to shelter camp making clothes with the dwellers from freezing blankets.” Costas Kantouris May, leaving hundreds overnight temperatures. The charity doesn’t of tents and thousands Authorities on the island distribute the jackets di- t’s been a miserable ap photo of blankets behind. A of Lesbos are investiga- rectly but passes them Iwinter in Greece, espe- Greek-German charity ting three recent deaths on to other aid groups cially for the many thou- called Naomi collected at a refugee camp there, in return for donations, sands of refugees staying them by the vanload to possibly caused by fumes using any money raised in tents in old factories be washed and reused. from makeshift heaters. for skills-training pro- and warehouses. At a Project organizer Elke For Syrian refugee Ha- grams for refugees and tiny workshop in the Wollschlaeger helps san Al Kodsy, helping projects to take them out northern city of Thessa- make and even model out at the coat workshop of camps and place them loniki, they’re trying to the coats, which have the in Thessaloniki was a na- in apartments. It also make a little bit of a di- label “Remember Ido- tural fit. The 30-year-old sells the coats to walk- fference. meni” stitched inside. used to run a family tex- ins, like resident Kateri- Volunteers are working Hasan Mitwally Al Kodsy, 30, from Syria, holds a jacket made from a “We’re trying to keep it tile business in Damas- na Tsolakidou. long hours to try to keep blanket, at a tiny workshop charity called Naomi in people’s minds what cus that employed about “We really liked the the refugees warm, with happened in Idomeni 100 workers. His jour- idea of re-using the bursts of noise from dless supply: The blanke- As many as 14,000 last year, and what Eu- ney to Europe stopped blankets from Idomeni,” sewing machines re- ts — mostly army issue, people lived in tents rope did to refugees and at Idomeni but he’s still she said after picking up vealing their mission: To gray with red stitching — at the site last year af- the Greek people, just hoping to join his wife a coat. “It gives the refu- turn discarded blankets came from the sprawling ter European countries leaving the borders clo- and 2-year-old dau- gees something to do. So into jackets, overcoats refugee and migrant en- closed borders to refu- sed and thousands of ghter in Munich, Ger- instead of spending the and other winter weara- campment at Idomeni on gees streaming into the people stranded,” she many, through the Euro- money somewhere else, bles. the Macedonian border continent. Greek police said. pean Union’s slow-mo- it’ll be put to good use There’s an almost en- that is now closed. cleared the camp last Greece’s government ving relocation scheme. here.” AP mon 06.02.2017

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federal appeals court denied yesterday Court denies Trump request to the Justice Depart- ment’s request for anA immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’sban immediately restore travel ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees. The Trump administration “We’ll win,” Trump told repor- Monday. appealed a temporary order ters Saturday night. “For the sa- The Homeland Security De- restraining the ban nationwide, ap photo fety of the country, we’ll win.” partment no longer was directing saying late Saturday night that The State Department, after airlines to prevent visa-holders the federal judge in Seattle over- initially saying that as many as affected by Trump’s order from reached by “second-guessing” 60,000 foreigners from Iraq, boarding U.S.-bound planes. The the president on a matter of na- Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, So- agency said it had “suspended tional security. malia or Yemen had their visas any and all actions” related to The higher court’s denial of an canceled, reversed course on Sa- putting in place Trump’s order. immediate stay means people turday and said they could travel Hearings have also been held from seven countries affected to the U.S. if they had a valid visa. in court challenges nationwide. by Trump’s order will be allowed, Washington state and Minneso- for now, to enter the country ta argued that the temporary ban while the legal battles continue. The and the global suspension of the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of U.S. refugee program harmed re- Appeals in San Francisco asked government sidents and effectively mandated challengers of the ban respond discrimination. to the appeal, and for the Justice officially In his written order Friday, Department to file a counter-res- suspended Robart said it’s not the court’s ponse by Monday. job to “create policy or judge the Acting Solicitor General Noel the ban’s wisdom of any particular poli- Francisco forcefully argued Sa- cy promoted by the other two turday night that the president enforcement on branches,” but rather, to make alone has the power to decide sure that an action taken by the who can enter or stay in the Uni- A demonstrator chants during a rally protesting the immigration policies of Saturday government “comports with our ted States — an assertion that President Donald Trump, near the White House in Washington country’s laws.” appeared to invoke the wider The department on Saturday The Justice Department coun- battle to come over illegal immi- whose “ridiculous” ruling “will justify such decisions, it says. His advised refugee aid agencies tered that “judicial second-gues- gration. be overturned.” executive order said the ban is that refugees set to travel befo- sing of the President’s national “The power to expel or exclude “Because the ban was lifted by a necessary for “protecting against re Trump signed his order will security determination in itself aliens is a fundamental sovereign judge, many very bad and dange- terrorism,” and that “is sufficient now be allowed in. A State De- imposes substantial harm on the attribute, delegated by Congress rous people may be pouring into to end the matter.” partment official said in an email federal government and the na- to the executive branch of gover- our country. A terrible decision,” The Justice Department asked obtained by The Associated Press tion at large.” nment and largely immune from he tweeted. that the federal judge’s order be that the government was “focu- Robart’s order also imposes judicial control,” the brief says. Trump’s direct attack recalled stayed pending resolution of the sing on booking refugee travel” harm on U.S. citizens “by thwar- Earlier Saturday, the govern- his diatribes during the cam- appeal, so that the ban can “en- through Feb. 17 and working to ting the legal effect of the public’s ment officially suspended the paign against the federal ju- sure that those approved for ad- have arrivals resume as soon as chosen representative,” it says. AP ban’s enforcement in complian- dge of Mexican heritage who mission do not intend to harm ce with order of the order of U.S. oversaw lawsuits alleging fraud Americans and that they have no District Judge James Robart. It by Trump University, and may ties to terrorism.” marks an extraordinary setback prompt some tough questions as The order had caused unending iran lifts ban on american wrestling team for the new president, who only these challenges rise through the confusion for many foreigners a week ago acted to suspend courts. trying to reach the United Sta- IRANIAN MEDIA are saying was lifted after the “discrimina- America’s refugee program and But the government’s brief re- tes, prompted protests across the the country has lifted a ban on tive restrictions” on Iranian U.S. wrestlers, allowing them to nationals travelling to the U.S. halt immigration from seven peatedly asserts that presidential United States and led to multiple take part in the Freestyle World was suspended by a U.S. federal Muslim-majority countries the authority cannot be questioned court challenges. Demonstra- Cup later this month in the Ira- judge. The wrestlers were origi- government said raise terrorism by judges once the nation’s se- tions took place outside the Whi- nian city of Kermanshah. Yester- nally banned from the Feb. 16-17 concerns. curity is invoked. te House, in New York and near day’s report by the semi-official competition after President Don- Trump, meanwhile, mocked Congress “vests complete dis- his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Fars news agency quotes Foreign ald Trump temporarily suspended Robart, who was appointed cretion in the President” to im- where Trump was attending the Ministry spokesman Bahram travel from seven Muslim-majori- by President George W. Bush, pose conditions on alien entry, annual American Red Cross fun- Ghasemi as saying that the ban ty countries, including Iran. calling him a “so-called judge” so Trump isn’t legally required to draising gala.

helped Marine Le Pen - the from Dubai, Molins said. National Front’s anti-immi- Terrorism is the No. 1 con- Louvre attack keeps violence in grant, law-and-order can- cern for most French voters, didate - move into the lead according to an Elabe poll in polls for the first round published in November. spotlight in French campaign of the presidential election. About 46 percent of res- Still, those same surveys pondents cited the threat of suggest she’d lose heavily in further attacks as an impor- the run-off on May 7 no ma- tant issue, compared with Mark Deen an assailant who was armed tter whom she faces. 40 percent worried about with a machete and crying The attacker, who was unemployment and 35 per- ap photo n attack at Paris’s Lou- “Allah Akbar,” which means shot in the stomach area by cent focused on immigra- Avre museum Friday “God is great” in Arabic. soldiers he attacked with tion. ensured that terrorism and The attacker is alive and has machetes in both hands at The National Front “can security will remain front been taken into custody and Paris’s Louvre museum, is make the most hay” with and center of a roller coas- the incident appears to be a 29-year-old Egyptian unk- terrorist incidents “because ter presidential election that over without fatalities. nown to French intelligence it’s a law and order philo- has brought the populist The episode is a reminder services, Paris Prosecutor sophy that the party is pur- National Front closer than of the multiple deadly at- Francois Molins said in a suing,” Moritz Kraemer, ever to power in France. tacks that killed more than press conference in Paris. chief sovereign ratings of- A large section of central 200 people in France in just The attacker, currently in a ficer at Standard & Poor’s Paris was cordoned off after over two years and may feed life-threatening condition, said on Bloomberg Televi- French soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris a soldier fired five shots at a sense of insecurity that has arrived in Paris Jan. 26 sion. Bloomberg 06.02.2017 mon

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what’s ON ... TV canal macau this day in history Local Ginger – Cenozoic Graffiti Art 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) xhibition and mpression of acau rt E ” “I M – A 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Exhibition of ‘Andre Lui” Time:11am-10pm 14:50 RTPi Live Until: February 20, 2017 17:10 Happy Endings Sr.3 Venue: Lakeside Gallery in the Anim’Arte NAM 17:50 Precious Pearl (Repeated) VAN 18:40 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 19:40 Soap Opera 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report The Stamp Festival 21:00 TDM Sport Time: 9am-5:30pm (no admission after 5:00 pm), 22:10 Precious Pearl closed on public holidays Until: April 7, 2017 23:00 TDM News Venue: Communication Museum of Macao / 23:30 Documentary Serie Estrada D. Maria II, No. 7 00:05 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Admission: MOP10 Enquiries: (853) 2871 8063 / 2871 8570 00:40 RTPi Live

‘Lui Chun Kwong the Distant Line’ Exhibition Time: 10am-9pm Until: February 26, 2017 Venue: Tap Seac Gallery / Av. Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, No. 95, Macao cinema Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 cineteatro 6 Feb -8 Feb Former Home of Revolutionary Leader Ye Ting Resident Evil: Final Chapter ime room 1 T : 10am-6pm daily (Except Wednesdays, open 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm on public holidays) Director: Paul W. S. Anderson Venue: 76, Rua Almirante Costa Cabral Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Admission: Free Rose Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Language: English 1983 ‘Butcher of Lyon’ returns Duration: 103min to face trial Macau Grand Prix Museum & Wine Museum Resident Evil: Final Chapter ime T : 10am-8pm daily (Except Tuesdays) room 1 (3D) War criminal and former Gestapo commandant Klaus Bar- Venue: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, basement 7:30pm bie has arrived in France to stand trial for crimes committed (Tourism Activities Centre-CAT) Director: Paul W. S. Anderson 37 years ago. Admission: Free Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby The 69-year-old, known as the ‘Butcher of Lyon’, is believed Enquiries: (853) 8798 4108 / 2833 3000 Rose to be behind for the deaths of more than 4,000 Jews, many Language: English of them children, between 1942 and 1944 when he was Ges- Wildlife Photographer of the Year Duration: 103min tapo chief in Lyon. He fled France at the end of World War II and has been Exhibition pokemon: the movie 19 in exile in Bolivia for the past 26 years, from where he was Time: 10am-6pm daily, (Except Thursdays, open room 2 extradited yesterday. on public holidays) 2:15, 5:45pm ntil Director: Kunihiko Yuyama Barbie, who changed his name to Klaus Altmann when he U : February 21, 2017 arrived in South America, is also accused of sending more Venue: Macau Science Centre, Avenida Dr. Sun Starring: James Cathcart, Kiyotaka Furushima, Megumi Hayashibara than 7,500 people to their deaths during his time in Lyon. Yat-Sen Language: Cantonese (Chinese) On arrival in Lyon in 1942 Klaus Barbie was given two tasks Admission: Exhibition Centre MOP25; Planetarium - to dismantle the Resistance and rid the city of Jews. MOP60-80 The Lego Batman Movie His crimes include: Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 room 2 3:30pm - The killing of 22 hostages, including women and children, Director: Chris McKay in reprisal for an attack on two German policemen. Starring: Jenny Slate, Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes - The deportation of 55 Jews, including 52 children, from Offbeat Language: Cantonese (English) Izieu, east of Lyon. Duration: 104min - The liquidation of the Lyon Committee of the General Union of Jews of France and the subsequent deportation of Singapore teen seeking asylum LA LA Land 86 people on 9 February 1943. detained until hearing room 2 7:30, 10:00pm France has made several attempts to extradite Barbie from Director: Damien Chazelle Bolivia during the past 10 years since he was discovered li- Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone ving in La Paz by French Nazi hunter, Beate Klarsfeld. Language: English Duration: 128min Mme Klarsfeld’s husband, Serge Klarsfeld, is president of the Association of Sons and Daughters of Deported French Moana Jews. room 3 The French have already condemned Klaus Barbie to death 2:00, 4:05, 6:10, 8:15pm “in absentia”, on two occasions for war crimes - once in 1952 Director: Ron Clements, John Musker and once in 1954 - but those convictions have now lapsed. Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel The death penalty in France was abolished in 1981 so the House maximum sentence he now faces is life imprisonment. Language: Cantonese It has recently emerged that the Americans shielded Barbie Duration: 103min at the end of the war in return for information about the Sovie- ts. He was able to flee to South America with temporary travel The Lego Batman Movie documents provided by the CIA. room 3 One of the most prominent people Barbie is suspected of 10:15pm murdering is Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance A Singapore teen seeking asylum after blog posts mocking his Director: Chris McKay government landed him jail will remain in U.S. custody until a Movement during the war. Starring: Jenny Slate, Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes Courtesy BBC News Chicago immigration court hearing next month. Language: Cantonese (English) Amos Yee’s attorneys said Friday that immigration authorities Duration: 104min denied a request for his release. He’s been detained since Dec. 16 when he was taken into custody at O’Hare International Air- In context port. His hearing is March 7. Macau Tower Klaus Barbie was born on 25 October 1913 in Germany. Attorney Sandra Grossman submitted his asylum application In 1935 he joined a special branch of the SS and after serving the Ger- 28 Jan - 15 Feb this week, saying it was unclear whether he’d be released from man army in the Netherlands he was made chief of Gestapo Department IV in Lyon from 1942 to 1944. an Illinois jail during the proceedings. She says he’ll be impris- Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back oned longer in the U.S. than he was in Singapore. After his return to France in 1983 he was kept in St Joseph’s prison in 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm Lyon until his trial in May 1987. In Singapore, the 18-year-old was jailed twice on charges of Director: Hark Tsui hurting the religious feelings of Christians and Muslims. Gross- He was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of 341 Starring: Bei-Er Bao, Mengke Bateer, Kenny Lin separate crimes against humanity. man says he was persecuted based on laws restricting freedom Language: Cantonese He died in prison in Lyon on 25 September 1991. of expression. AP Duration: 109min mon 06.02.2017 th Anniversary

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using strength, aggression Football | EPL so darted in to meet the rebound Fand pace, Eden Hazard recei- with a header. The wing back had ved the ball inside Chelsea’s own caught the side of Hector Bellerin’s half and just kept on running, fen- head with his arm as he leapt over ding off every frail barrier of Arse- Mesmerizing Hazard solo the defender but he was not pena- nal’s resistance. lized. “To dribble like I did,” Hazard “One of the peculiarities of the said after his 10th goal in 23 league game today is that referees are games, “I try to do this every game sealed Chelsea victory much more severe with tackles on but it’s not like this every game.” the ground and let more go with The mesmerizing solo goal came elbows in the face,” Wenger said. between Marcos Alonso’s header “It’s more dangerous to hit the and Cesc Fabregas’ lob into an ap photo head.” empty net in Saturday’s 3-1 victory Following concussion protocols, for the runaway Premier League a dazed Bellerin was forced off, leaders over Arsenal. Owner Ro- with Wenger explaining, “He di- man Abramovich was in awe, high- dn’t know the score at the time.” fiving those around him in the exe- It wasn’t a score anyone from cutive seating. Manager Antonio Arsenal wanted to remember on a Conte flung himself into the crowd day little went the visitors’ way at behind the dugout, swarmed by Stamford Bridge. fans reveling in staying nine points There was, however, a lapse in clear at the summit. Chelsea’s concentration in stoppa- A goal of such exceptional quality ge time when substitute Olivier Gi- embodied Chelsea’s transforma- roud headed in a consolation. tion since a 3-0 loss in the reverse It came shortly after Chelsea re- fixture in September. That defeat verted from three to four at the saw an eight-point chasm open up back for the closing stages. The between Chelsea, then in eighth 3-4-3 formation has been the be- place, and front-runner Manches- drock of Chelsea’s revival since ter City. Now, Conte is well placed being introduced at halftime of the to end his first season as Chelsea Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (right) avoids a tackle by Arsenal’s Shkodran Mustafi during the English Premier League soccer match September game at Arsenal while manager by lifting the Premier between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge stadium trailing 3-0. It stemmed the flow of League trophy, with Tottenham goals that day and since then Chel- the closest challenge and Arsenal beaten in four of its last nine league unsettling day for a bedraggled Ar- to watch from upstairs because you sea has lost only once in the league 12 points adrift in third. games. senal and Wenger, who was forced sit in the middle of people, they call as it looks to regain the trophy from “It’s important to keep our anten- “We lost many balls in positions to watch from the stands as he con- on the phone and stand up.” Leicester. na very high,” Conte said, “because where you cannot afford to lose it tinued his four-match touchline It was a day when they had much “I felt like a bit of a mug after that in my career as a footballer I won a when you play against a team good ban for pushing a fourth official. to celebrate, starting with Alonso’s game [in September] but football lot but I lost a lot.” on counterattack,” Wenger said. “I cannot do my job like I want 13th-minute goal. gives you opportunities to put things It is Arsene Wenger losing a lot at Coming four days after a home to do it but I have to pay for what I Diego Costa initially nodded a right,” Chelsea defender Gary Cahill the moment, with his Arsenal side loss to Watford, this was another did,” Wenger said. “It is frustrating cross against the bar and Alon- said. “We did just that.” MDT/AP ad mon 06.02.2017

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Eddie Pells, Houston NFL | Super Bowl e may not have the precision of Joe Montana, the arm of Terry Bradshaw, the Even if the Patriots lose, most Hgrit of John Elway or the mind of Peyton Manning. What Tom Brady does have are the numbers. And, win or say Brady is the best ever lose in the Super Bowl this mor- ning [Macau time], he has built as strong a case as anyone that guy for 11 years,” said Reggie he is the greatest quarterback Wayne, one of Manning’s fa- ever. ap photo vorite targets in Indianapolis. A Patriots victory stood to give “But if Tom Brady wins this Brady his fifth Super Bowl ring, one, it’s kind of hard not to and put him one notch ahead say he’s the best quarterback of Montana and Bradshaw for of all time.” the most ever for a quarterba- ck. But the “Greatest” debate was, in many minds, resolved Brady has even before kickoff because of these two numbers: Seven Su- made mediocre per Bowl appearances and 22 rosters good, playoff wins, both records that will be difficult for anyone to good rosters catch. “In my mind, it’s already set,” great and Kurt Warner said earlier in the helped lift the week, before being elected to the Hall of Fame where Brady great rosters to will join him someday. “We all have different takes and diffe- championships rent things that say someone’s the greatest. At the end of the It seems like a foregone con- day, he’s going to have more clusion, in large part because of these [Super Bowls] than Brady is showing no signs of anyone else. The fact you play wanting to step down. He tur- in seven Super Bowls, it’s ridi- ns 40 in August and has talked culous.” about wanting to play until he’s The post season success not 45, or longer. He takes meti- only represents Brady’s abili- culous care of himself and, in ty to perform when the stakes many ways, finds that easier to are highest, it reflects his abi- do now than when he was you- lity to keep the Patriots in the nger. mix during their best years, and “It gets easier because you even the seasons that aren’t so New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady participates in a drill during practice for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game on Friday have priorities,” he said. “If one good. of my priorities is to be a great Since taking over the star- quarterback, everything else ting position in 2001, Brady’s Giants, including in 2008, 3-13 with, this man has taken to two most recent big games be- falls in line.” teams have missed the playoffs when New England was trying championships. You can’t igno- tween them — the 2014 and Willie McGinest, a teammate only once, in 2002 (they also to close out a perfect season. re that fact.” 2016 AFC title games — before of Brady’s when the quarter- missed in 2008, when Brady Mere quibbles in this discus- Brady’s 28 touchdowns and heading into retirement, Brady back took over the starting job was injured). Since then, they sion. two interceptions since he re- got the best of his main rival for Drew Bledsoe in 2001 — the have strung together double- “As much as I love John, it’s turned from his season-ope- throughout their long side-by- first Super Bowl season — said digit-win seasons and playoff hard to say Brady is not the ning four-game suspension for side careers. He won the overall Brady was prepared from Day appearances every year. Bra- greatest,” said former Broncos “Deflategate” set the record for series 11-6. Manning won five One. dy has made mediocre rosters running back Terrell Davis, best TD-interception ratio in a MVP awards to only two for “You see guys get injured and good, good rosters great and also a newly announced Hall season. He has 61,582 passing Brady, but in the Super Bowl, the guy who comes in doesn’t helped lift the great rosters to of Famer, who teamed with yards, which ranks him fourth Brady captured three of those do so well,” McGinest said. championships. Elway for two titles. “Let’s be all-time. He has never had a to one for Manning. Manning “It’s tough to do that and win Some say he should have six honest there. What we’ve seen completion percentage under closed his career with two titles; football games, let alone be the rings. Brady got outplayed in him do with rosters that other 60 in any season. Brady’s final total: TBD. best in the game from the time two Super Bowl losses to the teams would’ve gone 2-14 or Though Manning won the “I’m a little biased, I had a he took over until now.” AP

Cycling Australia’s Damien Howson wins Herald Sun Tour

ustralia’s Da- ron Gate, with Howson but was unable to make of helping his Colom- full team coming throu- at him on Sunday. Amien Howson held finishing close enough up any time despite lau- bian teammate Esteban gh the finish line I knew “I was probably ex- on to his overall lead to behind to retain his 38 nching a late challenge, Chaves win but Orica- as long as I had Esteban pecting them to light it win the Herald Sun cycle second overall lead. which Howson and his Scott changed tactics with me on that final up one lap earlier than tour yesterday, repelling “It’s a big sigh of relief Orica-Scott teammates and threw their support climb, that it was going they did, to really make the challenge of three-ti- now,” Howson said. “It’s covered. behind the Australian to be pretty simple to or break the race,” he me Tour de France win- been an amazing week Both riders crossed the when he took out Thurs- control. said. “But once again, ner Chris Froome. and to finish it off the line together in the same day’s opening road stage “Everyone just went my team had it covered Britain’s Ian Stannard way we did, I couldn’t be reduced peloton with at Falls Creek. further than they needed and it was pretty simple won yesterday’s fourth happier.” Froome finishing the “I definitely was ner- to and made my day as in the finish.” and final stage over 121 Froome, riding for Bri- Tour in sixth position vous [but] every lap that easy as possible.” Australia’s Jai Hindley kilometers, just north tain’s Team Sky, started overall. went by I became more Howson said he expec- finished second overall of Melbourne, outlas- the last stage more than Howson started the calm,” Howson said. ted Froome and Team with Frenchman Kenny ting New Zealand’s Aa- a minute behind Howson Tour with the intention “Every time we had the Sky to throw everything Elissonde third. AP THE Police detain over 420 people in Station06.02.2017Air quality mon BUZZ anti-IS operation Roadside 40-60 Good Turkey’s state-run agency says anti-terrorism poli- Syria. ce have detained over 420 people over alleged links The largest operation was in the southeast provin- High to the Islamic State group. ce of Sanliurfa, where police took into custody more Density 40-60 The Anadolu Agency says yesterday that 60 IS than 100 suspects from multiple addresses and fou- Residental suspects, the vast majority of them foreigners, were nd materials relating to Islamic State militants. Good taken into custody in the capital, Ankara. It says a Turkey, which endured a failed coup attempt and Area opinion total of 423 people were detained in simultaneous dozens of bloody attacks linked to IS or Kurdish mi- police operations that spanned several cities, inclu- litants in 2016, has been stepping up its anti-terro- Ambient 50-70 ding Istanbul and Gaziantep, near the border with rism efforts. Good Insight dsmg source: Paulo Barbosa WORLD BRIEFS Hong Kong’s independence ‘La La Land’ continues debacle

ap photo Those that much covet are with gain so fond, dance to the Oscars For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Fassbender described Scott Or, gaining more, the profit of excess as, “direct, generous, loyal, Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, ap photo competitive [...] and a bit of India It’s no surprise that That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain. a loner who prefers the com- satirical portraits of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin William Shakespeare pany of dogs to most people.” Beyond the self-congra- and Kim Jong Un are the centerpiece of the India Art It was almost unthinkable a few years ago to talk tulatory air typical of a Fair, the annual feast of about Hong Kong independence. The fact that such Hollywood awards season visual arts where politics an issue has become relevant shows that both sides event, many were compelled took center stage this year, of the argument – the Hong Kong pro-democrats tur- to address the refugee and including groundbreaking ned into “localists”, and Beijing – committed major immigration ban as it relates projects on migration and mistakes since the Occupy Central movement. to the entertainment indus- rapidly changing urban The arguments used in favor of Hong Kong’s inde- try and the art it creates. landscapes in South Asia. pendence (which is totally different to a higher de- More on p12 gree of autonomy) are poor and misguided. There Davis said he’s spoken to “a are several reasons for this. The most obvious is that lot of refugees who have said that this film has given them Kosovo A concrete wall 92 percent of Hong Kong’s population is Chinese ac- erected in the northern cording to the 2011 census. the courage to find their fa- Kosovo city of Mitrovica Besides, Beatrice Oi-yeung Lam a Hong King Uni- milies.” that has provoked versity sociology lecturer, rightly pointed out that the Damien Chazelle (left) celebrates his Feature Film Award win with Chazelle praised Iranian fil- tensions between Kosovo presenter Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu categories of “Hongkongese”, “Hong Kong Chine- mmaker Asghar Farhadi, an and neighboring Serbia se” and “Chinese” are created by identity surveys, Oscar-nominee for his film has been pulled down. meaning that they are artificial. A “Hongkonger” may Lindsey Bahr ght,” Kenneth Lonergan for “The Salesman” who said The move followed an feel that he has more knowledge about principles “Manchester by the Sea,” he will not attend this year’s agreement between the such as freedom of speech and rule of law than a a La Land” director Da- Garth Davis for “Lion,” and Academy Awards because government and the mainland China citizen who was brought up with the mien Chazelle waltzed of a travel ban imposed by country’s ethnic Serb one party rule. However, those political and legal fac- L Denis Villeneuve for “Arri- off with the top honor at the val.” All but Davis are also Trump. minority, facilitated by the tors are not sufficient to build a completely disparate European Union and the Directors Guild of America nominated for the Oscar. Farhadi, Chazelle said, identity. United States embassy. To make an analogy with my country, Portugal, if Awards, Saturday. It’s the la- Davis did win the first time “comes from a country my identities were built solely from political issues then test stop on the ebullient mu- director award for “Lion,” government tells me I shou- many of my relatives wouldn’t have considered sical’s journey to the Oscars, however. Starring Dev Pa- ldn’t be in dialogue with.” themselves Portuguese during the long dictatorship

but it wasn’t all song and tel and newcomer Sunny Chazelle said that the busi- bloomberg which ended in April 1974, two months before I was dance at the annual awards Pawar, “Lion” tells the true ness of excluding filmmakers born. However, regardless of their non-allegiance to ceremony in Beverly Hills. story of an Indian man who or voices is “inherently an- the regime, they were and felt like fully-fledged Por- The evening also took on a was lost as a 5-year-old and ti-art.” tuguese. The independence push in Hong Kong is not as more somber, urgent note as 25 years later used Google Alejandro Inarritu, the Me- Dubai agreed a USD3 sincere as it is sometimes perceived to be, with the many directors and presen- Earth to retrace his steps to xican director who won last ters also grappled with Pre- his hometown and his bir- year for “The Revenant,” cal- billion loan with banks exception of some young, deluded activists. I belie- to fund the expansion ve that most of the “localists” in Hong Kong are just sident Donald Trump’s refu- thmother, not knowing the led the current political story of Dubai World Central buying time. They hope that the SARs will extend gee and immigration ban. name of either. “a bad remake of one of the airport and logistics their autonomy by electing a Chief Executive un- “I wanted to celebrate the “I had the first half of the worst stories of the last cen- hub as it prepares to der democratic rules. They also yearn for mainland act of dreaming and what film relying on a 5-year-old tury.” host the World Expo in China to develop over time into a more open and art means. Art does connect child who did not speak En- “The only way we win is by 2020, people familiar transparent society. But most Hong Kong citizens are people and transcend bor- glish,” Davis said. “This mo- telling good, complex and with the matter said. The opposed to any secessionist plan. Most of the Oc- ders,” Chazelle said. “I want vie demanded that the whole truthful human stories,” emirate will pay interest cupy Central protesters were against a Communist to be part of that transnatio- cast and crew make this film Inarritu said. “No alternati- of 200 basis points, or 2 Party-vetted electoral reform package, not against percentage points, above the Chinese nation. nal dialogue of movies.” from their hearts.” ve facts or false statistics will At 32-years-old, Chazelle, Nate Parker was also nomi- defeat that.” the London Interbank Chief Executive contender Regina Ip very realis- Offered Rate on the a first-time nominee, is the nated for the first time fea- So prevalent were politics tically postulated on the futility of a revolt against seven-year facility, said Beijing. In a column published by a Hong Kong youngest ever recipient of ture award for “The Birth of throughout the evening that the people, asking not to newspaper she recently wrote: “Yet the powers that the DGA feature film award a Nation” — the only major even the absence of a politi- be identified because the China holds over Hong Kong, through the constitu- which all but guarantees an awards recognition for his cal statement required ack- talks are private. It will tional authority it wields in the Basic Law, through the eventual Oscar win on Feb. film. nowledgement. also pay a one-time fee historical fact that Hong Kong has always been part 26. The Directors Guild also re- Ridley Scott said, “I’m not of 85 basis on the loan of China and dependent on China for its livelihood, Rarely has the DGA winner cognizes excellence in direc- going to talk about politics value, they said. HSBC and through the silent endorsement of large num- not gone on to win the direc- ting in documentaries, live, because there have been a Holdings Plc is advising bers of locals who inwardly understand that there ting prize at the Academy scripted and reality televi- lot of references to politics the government on the is no better arrangement for Hong Kong than ‘one talks and an agreement country, two systems’, mean that such separatist at- Awards. “La La Land” re- sion and commercials. Ezra tonight and I’m best off not cently won the top honor at Edelman won the documen- talking about it.” is expected to be signed tempts are bound to fail. Democratization attempts within weeks, the people will fail if they are rearguard efforts to break away the Producers Guild Awards tary award for “O.J.: Made in But for the most part, direc- said. from China.” and is nominated for a re- America” which he called a tors were eager to condemn Even the loathed (in Beijing) last colonial governor cord-tying 14 Oscars. “labor of labor.” the ban. Falling in line with UAE The government of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, said that the pro-inde- Earlier in the evening “La Other winners included statements from the Aca- approved a new visa pendence antics were hindering the efforts to bring La Land” stars Emma Stone Steven Zaillian for “The Ni- demy of Motion Picture Arts system designed to more democracy to the HKSAR political system. He and Ryan Gosling presented ght Of,” Tina Mabry for “An and Sciences and the Wri- attract top talents in said that such an attitude was making “a mockery of Chazelle with the directing American Girl Story — Melo- ters Guild of America, DGA fields such as medicine, a serious political argument [support for democracy].” medallion. While singing his dy 1963: Love Has to Win,” President Paris Barclay said science and research to As the Legco lawmakers’ oath-taking fiasco clearly the country.“The United shows, to move the debate from democratization to accolades, like the fact that Miguel Sapochnik for “Game that “transcending borders is he shot the musical in 40 of Thrones” and Becky Mar- kind of what we live for.” The Arab Emirates is the independence is a grave mistake with many conse- land of opportunities,” days using 35mm film, 93 tin for “Veep.” DGA, he noted, was founded quences for Hong Kong and Macau. Prime Minister Sheikh Obviously people in both SARs have reasons to locations and 1600 extras, Sir Ridley Scott was also by immigrants and said that Mohammed bin Rashed Al be concerned with inefficient puppet administrations. Gosling also joked that Cha- given the 35th Directors even Billy Wilder was a refu- Maktoum said on Twitter They are right in expecting and demanding a fairer zelle “directed his own birth Guild Lifetime Achievement gee. after the cabinet meeting. system. But what we can see now is that each side in a single take.” Award, presented by Chris- “The DGA will always be a Attracting top talents will is becoming more extreme and basing its agenda on Chazelle was up against topher Nolan, Billy Crudup home for all directors,” Bar- “add to our economy and demonizing the other. Barry Jenkins for “Moonli- and Michael Fassbender. clay said. AP future,” he added.