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Indonesia A High Court yesterday upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia after complaining about the volume of a mosque’s loudspeakers. ap photo

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Chui to deliver 2019 Policy Law professor indicates ambiguity Address on November 15 in gaming concession regulation

The Chief Executive, Chui Julie Zhu ghout the process, then why the Sai On, will deliver the Policy evaluation?” Address for the Fiscal Year esterday, the Univer- Another speaker, Ricardo Siu, 2019 on November 15 at the Ysity of Macau held the 11th associate professor from the Ins- Legislative Assembly. The International Conference on the titute for the Study of Commer- session will be held at 3 p.m. Legal Reforms of Macau in the cial Gaming of the University of and will be followed by a press Global Context. Macau, believes that “the gover- conference at the Government Headquarters at 5 p.m., when During the morning, two ses- nment is very clear about future Chui will answer questions from sions took place: one on the Ma- gaming concessions having to the media. The following day, cau model of operation of games comply with Macau’s develop- from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the CE will of chance in casinos, and ano- ment as a world tourism and lei- attend a plenary meeting of the ther on the Portugal and Macau sure center, and it will consider Legislative Assembly to explain models of operation of games of But this openness that the law the principle of law,” said João Macau’s competencies. Compa- the government’s policy program chance in casinos. allows increases my doubts for Pacheco. “However, I feel that red to 2004, the government is and to answer questions from João Pacheco Amorim, assis- the regulation. Why should you [this specific regulation] does now paying more attention to lawmakers. tant professor from the Faculty have a regulation and be able to [go against the principle of law].” the improvement of laws and re- of Law of the University of Por- change it midway?” asked João “The negotiations of the entities gulations.” to, gave a talk on the Legal Fra- Pacheco, whose talk was simul- of the tenders are not limited Furthermore, Siu also believes Hengqin waived mework for the Concessions and taneously interpreted from Por- [according to the regulation]. that it is better for the local go- Sub Concessions of the Opera- tuguese to English by a transla- We can have negotiation at any vernment to extend the conces- MOP15m in tion of Games of Chance in the tor. time; the regulation seems very sions of the concerned gaming taxes of local Macau Legal System. “There is a principle of not vague. The principles of fair operators until 2022 to allow all The Portuguese law professor changing the regulation pre- competition are questionable,” gaming operators to bid for the companies had doubts about a specific re- sented initially, of course. […] the law professor pointed out. concessions at the same time. gulation written in Macau’s ga- Even if the law does not mention “The negotiation is [related] The professor believes that Macau enterprises operating ming concession law. [what kind of change it should to public interests, and it is the Macau government will in the Hengqin free trade zone “There is a possibility left open be], [the change] is a very grey very important. But at the same consider, during the next ga- have had MOP15 million in taxes by article 32 that the rules pre- area. The regulation can’t go time, we are questioning the ming concession, the ratio be- waived since 2017, according sented by the government can be against the main principle, [and principles,” said João Pacheco, tween foreign and local gaming to Guangdong province’s tax changed for public necessities. the regulations] can’t go against “if allowing negotiation throu- operators. authority. In the last three years, Hengqin attracted a total of 2,434 Hong Kong and Macau enterprises, 1,258 of which were from Macau. Also according to New president of Hard Hengqin’s tax authority, Hengqin Junket workers to be will continue implementing tax Rock Japan announced benefits for Macau and Hong barred from casinos Kong people who operate in the area, and will promote the dward Tracy, CEO the Trump Administra- same quality of services for all. when off-duty Eof Hard Rock Asia, tion. Additionally, he also These campaigns are said to be this week announced the held positions with Gold- particularly aimed at pushing n a new addition to the bill cur- appointment of Ado Ma- man Sachs & Co., both in forward the diversification of Irently under discussion during the chida as the new president New York and Tokyo. Macau’s economy. Legislative Assembly (AL) first stan- of Hard Rock Japan. Jim Allen, chairman and ding committee meeting, the workers bloomberg Machida comes to Hard CEO of Hard Rock Inter- from gaming promoters (junkets) Rock Japan from Na- national said in a press Gambling addict have been added to the list of people vigators Global LLC, a release that Machida “will mother left baby whose access to the region’s gaming management consulting play a key role in leading rooms will be restricted. organization specializing Hard Rock Japan’s expan- alone in hotel The information came from a state- in strategic government sion efforts in developing ment from the president of the com- relations, crisis manage- a new luxurious Japanese room mittee, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, after ment, and business deve- Integrated Resort focused the latest meeting held this week, lopment. As both the prin- on offering the best ove- A mother has been arrested and where he mentioned that legisla- cipal and director of issues rall entertainment and charged after leaving her one- tors have decided to include junket and policy management, amenities for family and year-old daughter alone inside workers in the restricted list with the he advised Japanese and friends to experience.” a hotel room while she went out purpose of preventing problematic US manufacturers, finan- “With Machida’s Japa- to gamble. The baby was asleep gambling among gaming industry such as security and cleaning staff cial services, and high-te- nese fluency, his unders- the moment the mother left, but ch firms looking to expand tanding of the Japanese later, when the baby woke up, employees. It has been acknowledged and even some food and beverage in both scientific studies and criminal workers (working directly in the ga- across the Pacific. culture and legal knowled- the woman was still absent. The Prior to his appointment ge, along with his passion mother gambled for more than case studies that gaming employees ming floors) who will see their access are amongst those most severely to the area restricted to their working at Navigators Global, Ma- and experience in building 12 hours while her child was chida was director of poli- bilateral business partner- alone inside the hotel room. The affected with gambling addictions, hours only, except during Chinese cy implementation for the ships that focus on sustai- 40-year-old mother is currently including those guilty of commit- New Year (three days). This exemp- Trump Transition effort, nable success, Ado has the unemployed and entered ting crimes to repay gambling debts. tion already applies to the civil ser- Macau with a Hong Kong travel The proposal now includes junkets vants and other public officials. where he was responsible leadership skill set that document. The baby is now in the staff who join the dealers, cage staff The bill will be once again be discus- for managing more than brings a key component care of the Macau Social Welfare and other gaming-related employees, sed in the first standing committee on 200 people to develop the to our team,” said Edward Bureau’s shelters. as well as non-gaming positions Monday. strategic action plans for Tracy.

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Report pression is that these personal, one-on-one meetings are more likely to yield diplomatic break- throughs than communication Chinese spies tapping phones through government channels. The silver lining, according to the NYT sources, is that Trump’s natural paranoia about to influence Trump via friends technology and surveillance mi- ght led him to be more reserved hinese spies mi- interest to Chinese intelligence in disclosing information on his ght be listening in on officials too. insecure personal cellphones. U.S. President Donald ap photo One U.S. official told the NYT They told the newspaper that Trump’s personal pho- that Chinese officials were Trump rarely shows an interest Cne calls, assessing how much pushing for sit-down meetings in intelligence briefs and is the- influence his friends wield over between Trump and Xi as often refore unlikely to be relaying the head of state. as possible, adding that their im- that information to anyone. According to a New York Ti- mes source who interviewed several current and former U.S. officials (who asked to remain President calls report on anonymous), Trump is still using several personal cellpho- phone spying ‘soooo wrong’ nes even after security advisors have pressured him to use his .S. President Donald seldom used government cell more secure White House lan- UTrump disputed the ac- phone. Story is soooo wrong!” dline. curacy of the New York Times The president’s commen- The U.S. President reporte- dent Xi Jinping. President. They are examining report that the China’s spies ts follow Chinese Ministry of dly uses his cellphones to call The NYT says that White Hou- who wields considerable in- eavesdrop on calls he makes Foreign Affairs spokeswoman friends including former casi- se security officials have repeate- fluence over Trump and on what on unsecured iPhones after Hua Chunying’s comment no magnate Steve Wynn and dly warned Trump that his cell- issues. Beijing dismissed the story as earlier yesterday that “cer- Stephen A. Schwarzman, who phones’ calls are not secure and Then they may pressure these “fake news.” “The so-called tain people in the U.S. are heads the Blackstone Group. that Chinese and even Russian individuals to pass information experts on Trump over at the sparing no efforts to win the Both men are or were highly in- spies may be listening. But, as a or feed arguments – sometimes New York Times wrote a long best screenplay award for the volved in China; the former used matter of convenience, Trump without them even knowing – to and boring article on my cell- Oscars.” Hua didn’t directly to own casinos in Macau and the refuses to stop using them. Trump in the hope of influen- phone usage that is so incor- address allegations the Times latter has endowed a master’s The officials suggested that cing his policies. Reportedly, rect I do not have time here to reported - that Trump had dis- program at Beijing’s prestigious Chinese spies are using the limiting the scope of the Sino- correct it,” Trump said yester- regarded warnings from his Tsinghua University, whose information gathered from U.S. trade war is at the top of day morning in a Twitter pos- aides that China and Russia alumni includes several political Trump’s phone calls to ascertain the list, though there are a host ting. “I only use Government were monitoring his conversa- leaders in China such as Presi- the best ways to influence the of other issues that will be of Phones, and have only one tions.

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64 illegal workers Boracay reopens to tourists, caught in September no-casinos status remains The Public Security Police he Philippines’ island of Bo- Force has identified racay will reopen to tourists 64 people suspected of T today and continue to hold the undertaking illegal work bloomberg in September, in a joint status of a casino-free location, operation between the PSP, as announced by the president of the Labor Affairs Bureau the country, Rodrigo Duterte. and other governmental As the island is preparing to departments. In a statement reopen to tourism, an order from issued on Wednesday, the the president has been issued to police authority revealed the Boracay Inter-Agency Task that 298 locations were Force, calling on the state-owned inspected last month with Philippine Amusement and Ga- the purpose of combating ming Corp. (Pagcor) to cancel all instances of illegal workers. licenses to operate casinos in the The locations targeted by Island, several local media sour- the inspection consisted ces reported. of construction sites, According to the Manila Times, private residences, and citing a briefing held in Mala- re are existing casinos that have Last March, Pagcor had gran- is now in an uncertain situa- commercial and industrial cañan Palace, the Environment already submitted the certifica- ted the provisional license to tion. establishments. Undersecretary Jonas Leones tion that they will not operate, Galaxy Entertainment Group Galaxy executives, including confirmed that the task force but we’re still waiting for the (GEG) for a Boracay casino GEG Chairman Lui Che Woo, chairman, environment secre- [tourism department’s] report with construction scheduled to paid a courtesy visit to the pre- Skincare tary Roy Cimatu and the two [on other casinos],” Leones said, take place in 2019. sident on December 6, four product vice chairmen had sent a letter to adding, “the stand of the intera- The integrated casino resort months before the announce- Pagcor chief, Andrea Domingo, gency task force to ban casinos is was initially planned to be built ment of the closure of the Island contains asking the state gaming regula- consistent with the pronounce- on a 23-hectare property in Ba- for rehabilitation, when Duterte tor to void the licenses of all ca- ment of the president that there rangay Manoc-Manoc in coope- stated that there were no plans excessive sinos in Boracay. will be no casinos on Boracay ration with local partner, Leisu- to build another casino in Bora- bacteria “The latest update is that the- Island.” re and Resorts World Corp, but cay. [See more in Extra] RM

The Health Bureau (SSM) detected excessive levels of bacteria in the Synocare Theraderma Cream, and is now calling for the CESL Asia to host immediate recall of this product. So far, SSM has Sports Fun Day not received any reports concerning adverse reactions caused by the use of this product. However, SSM suggests residents who have this product stop using it and return it to any of the participating pharmacies. The product’s importers and retailers are arranging for a Retail new batch of product to be transported to Macau soon. Watchmaker Roger Dubuis Coloane celebrates partnership with proposed Lamborghini to increase António Trindade uxury watchmaker Roger and Lamborghini Squadra Corse height of LDubuis held a promotional for a series of watches designed event in Macau this week to cele- using inspiration from the classic breakwaters ESL Asia will host the bers of society, eliminating brate the company’s latest partner- shape of the sports cars. CSport Fun Day 2018 at barriers and promoting the ship with Lamborghini Squadra Taiwanese singer-songwriter Will The latest plan for the the Macau Workers Stadium inclusion of the challenged or Corse and showcase a series of li- Pan, who is also an entrepreneur in flooding prevention project this Sunday with the aim of underprivileged,” CESL Asia mited edition watches. the fashion industry, was present in the Coloane area has promoting an “integrated and noted. Over a dozen intricate watches at the event as an ambassador of proposed increasing the caring society.” According to the company, were displayed at the event, inclu- the company. He provided a testi- height of breakwaters. On The funds raised from the the key mission is to raise ding several based on the legend of mony of his own experience at the Wednesday, the Land, Public event will be donated to the awareness for the integration Excalibur, such as the iconic, but company, commending both the Works and Transport Bureau Macau Special Olympics of all people. now refreshed, Excalibur Knights product he wore on his wrist and introduced two plans to the (MSO) to support the develo- “We invest our efforts and of the Round Table, the Excalibur the client experience. Urban Planning Committee. pment of Disabled Sports Pro- our resources to promote so- Spider Automatic Skeleton and the “Roger Dubuis is about collec- The bureau proposed to grams in Macau. cial inclusion through invest- Excalibur Quatuor Carbon, which tions, materials, creativity and increase the height of the Encouraged by the positi- ment in sports, training, edu- is designed with what the company madness – but it’s also about what breakwaters at R. dos ve response and recognition cation and creation of jobs for calls “disruptive multi-layered car- we can offer to our clients in terms Navegantes and Avenida de Cinco de Outubro to from the first Sport Fun Day those who are less fortunate,” bon.” of service and experience,” said 5.4 meters (during Hato, last year, the event will be said António Trindade, CEO In legend, Excalibur was the my- a company representative at the a 3.7 meter high flood was continued this year with the of CESL Asia. thical sword of King Arthur, who event. recorded). The 5.4 meter Football and Bocce Tourna- Last year, the firm raised led the defense of Britain against Roger Dubuis was founded in height is said to be enough ments, and the Kids Corner some MOP80,000, yet noted Saxon invaders in the 5th and 6th Geneva, Switzerland in 1995. To- to prevent severe flooding. and Charity Sale will also be that it focuses more on raising centuries. day it has expanded to cover a In addition, the government held. awareness on the importance The event was also used as an modest 28 boutiques in the wor- expects to transform the area “The event is going to foster of “developing a city without opportunity to celebrate the col- ld, including several in Macau and into a leisure harbor space. the interaction between mem- leaving anyone [behind].” laboration between Roger Dubuis Hong Kong. DB fri 26.10.2018

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CE discusses new models of tourism Government Headquarters with UNWTO chief

The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, has said open to public this weekend that developing new models of tourism, such as sport-related tourism, would help he Government advance Macau’s status as a world center Headquarters will of tourism and leisure. Chui discussed be open to the public the topic this week during a meeting in during this weekend. Macau with the Secretary-General of the TThe event will feature thema- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tic flower displays, a photo- Zurab Pololikashvili, prior to the opening graphy exhibition, live music ceremony of the Global Tourism Economy Forum. Pololikashvili said that Macau was a and dance performances. fascinating tourism destination, and noted On both days, between 9 that day’s launch of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- a.m. and 6 p.m., members Macau Bridge, which is expected to promote of the public will have the further development of the local tourism opportunity to visit the Pro- industry. tocol Palace and part of its garden. The theme of this year’s flo- Leong wants to limit ral exhibition is “The Wizard of Oz”. Through the art of students’ mobile time floristry and horticulture, the exhibition will be set up ac- Lawmaker Leong Sun Iok has called on cording to the scenarios ins- the local government to conduct a survey pired by the fairy tale, paired on mobile addiction among primary and secondary school students. The lawmaker with a vast variety of colorful While visiting the govern- band and the dance team near the Nam Van Lake, to recommended that the survey include an floral arrangements. ment headquarters, members of the Public Security Poli- sell Macau philatelic products evaluation of all the types of problems that There will also be guided of the public are welcome to ce Force; the Macao Youth and provide a commemorati- mobile addiction can cause for students. The tours to introduce the public express their thoughts for Choir; the School of Music ve postmark service for such lawmaker further suggested that Macau should to the indoor furniture and the Policy Address for 2019 and the School of Dance – products. limit internet surfing time for students, in displayed items on the upper on the wishing tree set up the institutions both based at the The public can enter the order to prevent them from becoming addicted floor of the Protocol Palace. Entrance Hall of the palace. Macao Conservatory. government headquarters to the internet through mobile devices. The There will also be a display During the annual event, In conjunction with the by the entrance on Travessa government has also been asked whether in the multi-purpose room there will be live musical Open Day sessions, the Ma- do Paiva. It is located on the or not it will work with telecommunication of the Protocol Palace, titled performances and live dance cau Post and Telecommu- right-hand side of the Proto- service providers to launch mobile applications “Nostalgia of the Macau Old performances at the Head- nications Bureau will set up col Palace as visitors face the to limit function for parents who need these Industries”. quarters, respectively, by the a temporary postal counter front of the main building. applications. ad 26.10.2018 fri

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Neto Valente Gaming formalizes candidacy to AAM Galaxy reports growth On Wednesday, the current president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), Jorge Neto Valente, formalized despite ‘adverse effects’ his candidacy to the leadership of the Association for another mandate. alaxy Entertainment Group According to a report from TDM Radio, G(GEG) yesterday reported its Neto Valente’s list was presented with a total of around 200 signatories, unaudited financial data for the a figure that accounts roughly for half of the lawyers that are entitled to third quarter of 2018, ending Sep- vote in the elections. The list of continuity does not feature major changes tember 30, which showed a 6 per- when compared with last election, presenting Philip Xavier for chairman cent year-on-year increase in net of the General Assembly and Rui Cunha to the Auditing Board. The list revenue and a 10 percent increase of Neto Valente is the first to formalize the candidacy to the elections. in adjusted earnings before interest, Earlier, Sérgio de Almeida Correia had expressed his intention to run tax, depreciation and amortization for presidency of the AAM, but has not yet formalized his candidacy. The second candidate has until the end of this month to formalize his (EBITDA). candidacy in order to run in the elections During the third quarter, GEG’s net revenue rose 6 percent year-on- financial statement that Galaxy ting its “ongoing treasury yield ma- year to HKD13 billion, but dipped Macau “continued [its] solid per- nagement initiative.” UM, HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge 7 percent on a quarterly basis. formance, despite playing unlucky” Accordingly, on October 26, 2018, Meanwhile, its adjusted EBITDA and that StarWorld Macau perfor- the company will pay a special divi- Authority sign agreement rose 10 percent yearly and fell 10 med well driven by mass. The two dend of HKD0.50 per share. percent quarterly to HKD3.9 billion, properties each saw their revenue Also in yesterday’s statement, The University of Macau (UM) and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau on account of luck, according to the grow by 7 percent year-on-year to GEG informed as to the progress Bridge Authority signed a strategic collaboration agreement on company, which suppressed EBI- reach HKD9.3 billion and HKD2.9 of its future casino development promoting technological innovation. According to the agreement, TDA by approximately HKD332 billion respectively. projects. In Cotai, Phases 3 and 4 UM will participate in collaborative projects that mainly involve the million. During the third quarter, Broa- continue to move forward with “a operation and maintenance of large-scale transport infrastructure Galaxy Chairman, Lui Che Woo, dway Macau saw its net revenue strong focus on non-gaming” at- projects, smart transport systems based on the Internet of Things, public said that the company had perfor- security surveillance, and disaster prevention and management. Both soar 38 percent year-on-year to tractions, primarily in the fields of parties will jointly promote technology transfer for related research med well in the third quarter des- HKD145 million, up 11 percent meetings, incentives, conferences results in mainland China and will share experiment data, methods, pite increased competition and the quarter-to-quarter. and exhibitions (MICE), entertain- and results for research and teaching purposes. They also plan to jointly “adverse effects” felt in previous As of September 30, GEG’s cash ment and family facilities. There establish a research center for engineering technology. According to a months, such as the football Wor- and liquid investments totaled are also plans to move forward with statement issued by the UM, “the collaboration will allow both parties ld Cup in July and Typhoon Man- HKD43.3 billion and net cash stood a “low-density integrated resort” in to combine their strengths to create a win-win situation in the operation gkhut in September. at HKD34.7 billion. The company Hengqin as well as the continuation and maintenance of the bridge as well as in advancing transport Analyzed by Macau property, had debt amounting to a total of of interest in overseas markets, in- technology.” the company wrote in yesterday’s HKD8.6 billion, primarily reflec- cluding Japan.

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Gaming ‘Road Safety Carnival’ Venetian leads Sands China to be held revenue growth in Q3 this Sunday n its quarterly finan- at Tap Seac cial statement released yesterday, Sands China Square bloomberg reported that its Macau Iproperty portfolio delivered adjusted EBITDA (earnings be- fore interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) of USD754 million (HKD5.9 billion), re- presenting an increase of 15.8 percent when compared to the same quarter in the previous year. The rise was led by a big- ger take at the gaming tables of The Venetian Macao, but dampened by the performance at The Parisian Macao. In the financial statement, the com- rganized by the Trans- pany wrote that “the strong Oport Bureau (DSAT), the an- financial performance of The nual “Road Safety Carnival” will Venetian Macao contributes to Visitors cross a bridge in the Grand Canal Shoppes inside the Venetian Macao resort and casino take place once more at the Tap our unwavering confidence in Seac Square at 2.30 p.m. this the future of Macau.” Sunday. Analyzed by major Macau pro- casino revenues of $321 million to $454 million, compared to Vegas Sands, according to the Participants of the event will perties, The Venetian Macao and $146 million respectively. $403 million in the third quar- financial report. “We remain have the opportunity to try saw its casino revenue expand Meanwhile, total net reve- ter of last year. supremely confident in the fu- booths with games, family 22.2 percent on annual basis to nues for Sands China increa- “We are pleased to have deli- ture opportunity in Macau, and workshops and driving simula- reach $689 million, while The sed 13 percent to $2.15 billion vered strong financial results have therefore elected to mea- tors for children, among other Parisian Macao contracted 5.9 (HKD16.8 billion) in the third in the quarter, led by conti- ningfully increase the scale of activities related to road and tra- percent to $321 million. Sands quarter, compared to $1.9 nued growth in every market our investments.” ffic safety. As part of the event, Cotai Central and Sands Macao billion in the third quarter of segment in Macau,” said Shel- Las Vegas Sands owns appro- a group of side activities will grew by 5.9 percent and 12.3 2017. Net income for the com- don Adelson, chairman and ximately 70 percent of the issued also occur, including musical percent respectively to reach pany also increased 12 percent chief executive officer of Las share capital of Sands China. performances. This year, the activities promo- ted by DSAT in cooperation with the Public Security Police Force (PSP), the Legal Affairs Bureau Jeju Air to add 11 new routes this year and the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, will run under udget carrier Jeju Air Da Nang, as well as the Macau sia, starting in mid-December. and Hong Kong are also due to the motto “Road Safety: It is not BCo. is planning to add SAR. The Macau and Japan A daily service operated out be launched before the end of enough to know, it is necessary to 11 new international routes routes may start operating as of the airline’s hub at Incheon the year. do,” aiming to raise awareness of linking South Korea to various early as this weekend, while the International Airport will soon According to Maeil Business the importance of paying atten- destinations across East Asia Vietnamese air links are sche- fly daily to Chiang Mai in Thai- Newspaper, the new interna- tion to road safety by respecting before the end of this year, the duled to commence in Decem- land, the company said. tional routes are expected to traffic rules in their daily life. company said yesterday. ber. Meanwhile, the airline’s servi- help Jeju Air pull ahead of its In addition to the program, Among the new routes to Additional international ser- ces from South Korea’s second rival low-cost carriers in the re- the DSAT also informed that the Daegu, a municipal city in the vices will commence from most-populous city, Busan, gion. The company said that its Bureau and PSP Traffic Depart- southeast of Korea, will be Muan International Airport in to the Chinese mainland will latest expansion will also bene- ment would organize activities Tokyo and Kagoshima in Ja- South Jeolla Province connec- be expanded to include a new fit the balanced development of and workshops at a number of pan, the Vietnamese coastal ting Cebu in the Philippines Busan-Yantai route from next the airline sector in South Ko- private schools and community destinations of Nha Trang and and Kota Kinabalu in Malay- week. Other routes to Taipei rea. centers. corporate bits sands concludes fashion week Transfer Center, highlighted other melco holds workshop for smes local designers, with ten Macao fashion brands presenting exciting new collections. Eight local desig- ners also showcased outfits as part of an exhibition which took place at The Parisian Macao’s Rotunda throu- ghout SMFW18. Other fashion events and offers included a Your BAZAAR Statement Tee vending machine, Cosmopoli- tan Fashion-Style Reverse House photo booth, Versace Chain Reac- tion pop-up, Versus Versace promo- tion campaign and Victoria’s Secret Dream Angels collection pop-up. Melco Resorts & Entertainment 50 SME representatives from various David Sylvester, executive vice pre- Limited held a workshop introducing industries and sectors attended. sident of Global Retail, Las Vegas local SMEs to the Green Key Awards, The workshop concluded with a Sands Resorts Macao concluded fashion designers. Sands Corp., said: “After last year’s ISO14001 certification, the latest business networking session, where the Sands Macao Fashion Week As part of Sands China Ltd.’s on- successful inaugural event, the in- trends on procurement sustainability SME representatives had a platform (SMFW18) on Wednesday after going campaign to support local dustry demanded that Sands Macao and Melco’s green initiatives. to introduce their products and servi- showcasing many retail brands cultural and creative industries, the Fashion Week become a permanent Held yesterday at Studio City with ces directly to Melco’s Supply Chain available at Sands Shoppes Macao closing show, hosted by the Ma- fixture on the international calendar,” the support of the Macau Productivity Department, the gaming operator and supporting local up-and-coming cau Productivity and Technology as cited in a press release. and Technology Transfer Center, over said in a statement. 26.10.2018 fri

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Real Estate Matters Xiaomi aims its priciest Preventing termite infestations Sam Lee is a marketing manager and property consultant at JML Phone at Huawei and Apple Property. JML was established in 1994 and offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties for iaomi Corp. really wants to shed its down owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable -market image. China’s No. 2 smartphone homes for tenants. X maker is counting on its most expensive device www.JMLProperty.com yet to face off against Huawei Technologies Co. [email protected] Sam Lee and Apple Inc. at home while carving out a big- ger footprint in Europe. Although apartments in sation or dampness seeping dows shut to keep the little The Chinese smartphone maker yesterday Macau are not as suscepti- through to the interior of buggers out of your home. unveiled the MIX 3, the fourth generation of a ble to vicious termite infes- the home can be all it takes tations as homes made of to draw a thirsty termite co- Cut down on wood series introduced in 2016. Xiaomi’s latest effort wood, it is a phenomenon lony into your house. It’s no secret that termites to acquire a premium gloss features a bezel-less that can occur. Termite Don’t underestimate the in- are hungry for all the wood 6.4-inch screen, Qualcomm Inc. processors and attacks can damage your trepid nature of the humble in your home. So, it makes slick ceramic body. It now sports front-facing ca- home and furniture and termite – they’ll travel far sense to try and cut down meras on a sliding structure nestled behind the cause economic harm as and wide for sustenance, on your home’s wooden well as a health hazard. no matter how inconse- furniture, structures or screen, doing away with the notch popularized quential you may think it panelling as much as pos- by the iPhone. So what can you do to pro- is. Make sure to clean your sible if you really want to The device will go on sale from November star- India and elsewhere. tect your home against ter- gutters to prevent any wa- close your termite buffet for ting at 3,299 yuan (USD475) and going all the The MIX 3 will sport the usual AI-powered mites? Prevention is better ter seepage from above good. way up to 4,999 yuan for a “Forbidden City” spe- bells and whistles, such as auto-background blur than cure, and here are a getting into your walls and Where you might previou- few preventative options: attic space and seal up any sly have bought wooden cial edition. It marks Chairman Lei Jun’s effort for selfies. Xiaomi’s marquee device also sports leaking pipes (even if it’s tables, why not try some- to make greater headway into a more profitable an AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 845 chipset Eliminate moisture just a drip every so often). thing metallic or plastic for premium market dominated by Apple, Sam- and 24-megapixel front-facing dual camera. But The definitive first step in You’ll also want to make example? Now, this isn’t to sung, and - to an increasing extent - Chinese rival it may have a ways to go to wrest interest from preventing termite activity sure the offshoot air from say you have to upset your (or a great number of other your air conditioning unit interior decorating and turn Huawei. That’s where customers have deeper po- Apple’s and Huawei’s latest models - Lei yester- pest/insects) is to eradicate is funnelled away from the it into some futuristic sterile ckets to pay for services such as music and games day mostly pitted the MIX 3 against the older any unnecessary moisture house and if you live in a space station devoid of any that Xiaomi deems the future of its business. iPhone X and Huawei’s P20. wherever possible. Like all humid climate, consider ge- wooden furnishing – but Beijing-based Xiaomi is trying to steal market Regardless, Xiaomi needs the MIX 3 to be a living things, termites need tting a dehumidifier to keep it’s worth thinking about share from Huawei, the leader in China - espe- hit. The smartphone vendor wrapped up a $5.4 water and food to survive room climates balanced. how much exposed wood is and given that they’re about sitting around your home. cially in the 3,000 yuan-plus market thanks to its billion initial public offering in July, only to find the size of your fingernail Keep the windows shut If you still have lots of wood P and Mate series gadgets. It also wants to build itself under intense scrutiny from investors over on average, they don’t need At certain times of the year, around the house, then a bigger presence in Europe, a stepping stone to valuations comparable to higher-growth inter- a whole lot to get by. winged termites hit the you’d better make sure that the U.S. Both are vital to sustaining its pace of net giants such as Facebook Inc. Pressured fur- Something as simple as wa- streets to reproduce. This it’s been chemically trea- revenue growth. Xiaomi disclosed yesterday that ther by the uncertainty surrounding U.S.-Chine- ter collecting underneath normally lasts one or two ted, rather than left to the your bathtub on a regular days, and during this period whims of any local termites phone shipments for the year had surpassed 100 se tensions, Xiaomi has lost roughly $13 billion basis, leaky pipes, conden- it is best to keep your win- that might happen by. million units - overtaking 2017’s total - but much or about a quarter of its market value since its of that would have come from cheaper models in debut. Bloomberg ad fri 26.10.2018

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baby clothes and sweaters wou- ld be among items that would be hard to shift production or sour- US shoppers may pay high price ce elsewhere, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association. Manufacturers of children’s for America’s China addiction products like cribs and swin- gs have also weighed in, with .S. companies are pply chains elsewhere. But fin- Mattel Inc. saying they made scrambling to line up ding other locations to establish investments in China to ensu- factories and suppliers production of items that have re suppliers comply with safety outside of China as the been so dominated by Chinese standards required to get their Utrade war hikes the cost of im- manufacturers is difficult, accor- products into the U.S. market. porting everything from furni- ding to Helfenbein. Large retailers including J.C. ture to toilet paper. But for some Penney Co. and Dollar Tree Inc. products, it’s not that easy. warned before the September BBQ grills, luggage and mat- BBQ grills, tariff hit that companies lack tresses are among a long list of feasible alternatives to China-ba- consumer items that China has a luggage and sed suppliers. Re-routing deca- near stranglehold on when it co- des-old supply chains could take mes to supplying the U.S. While mattresses are years, they argued. President Donald Trump’s tariffs Smaller businesses also lobbied are a potential boon for manu- among a long the Trump administration, ac- facturing rivals from Southeast list of consumer cording to comments submitted Asia to Mexico, the reality is that to the U.S. Trade Representati- shifting what can often be hi- items that ve before the September tariffs ghly-specialized production and were enacted. BH Cosmetics training new workers cost time China has Inc., which imports 70 percent of and money. its products from China said that “People are moving out of Chi- a near “the cost of moving all produc- na because they are panicked,” stranglehold on tion activity out of China would Rick Helfenbein, president of the take a minimum of 18 months American Apparel & Footwear when it comes and cause a major, if not catas- Association, said in an interview percent price increase even be- pability, to produce what is made trophic, disruption to the busi- in Hong Kong on Tuesday. But fore the September tariff annou- in China today.” to supplying the ness.” Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., “certain things are really, really ncement. The company has said There are some products whe- which sells strollers and playards hard to move.” it will likely pass tariff costs to re China is even more dominant. United States commented that “alternative That has retailers from Wal- consumers. China makes more The U.S. imported $353 million sources for the items most nee- mart Inc. to Target Corp. an- than 70 percent of the travel of bikes with 25-inch-or-less Some companies can’t move ded to protect babies are simply xious about tariffs announced and sports bags sold in the U.S., wheels last year, with 92 percent because of the challenge in fin- not available from domestic or last month on USD200 billion of making it one of the sectors most of those coming from China, ac- ding manufacturers outside other reasonable-cost sources.” Chinese exports, which Trump dependent on the Asian nation cording to the U.S. ITC. Some China willing to put up with the While the 10 percent tariff may has said will be increased from for supply, according to data 90 percent of the world’s LED narrow margins and stringent be manageable for many com- 10 percent to 25 percent in 2019. from the U.S. International Tra- lighting comes from China, ac- requirements involved in produ- panies - even those operating on The Retail Industry Leaders As- de Commission, a federal agency cording to Morgan Stanley, and cing them, he said. thin profit margins - the increa- sociation, which counts Apple in Washington. 85 percent of American imports “You have to think of it from the se next year will see companies Inc. and Home Depot Inc. as There is “no way” American of frozen tilapia fillets come from factory perspective: You want to lose the flexibility to shield con- members, is seeking exemptions importers and sellers of travel Chinese fish farms. do what’s easiest, you don’t want sumers from higher costs, said to the levies on a raft of products goods can avoid the new tariff, Trump says U.S. companies to do what’s hardest,” said Hel- Kenneth Jarrett, president of the as companies warn that without said Michele Marini Pittenger, worried about the tariffs shou- fenbein. “The only reason these American Chamber of Commer- a reprieve, they’re almost certain president of the Travel Goods ld move their production home, businesses have hung around is ce in Shanghai. to pass on costs to U.S. shoppers. Association, which puts the in- while a number - from power people who have been in them “Once you get the 25 percent That hike is already being felt dustry’s total reliance on China converter maker Vicor Corp. to for years are specialists.” tariff, that will be well beyond in the market for luggage, with at 84 percent. “Product is not climate-control systems com- If Trump extends the tariff hit their profit margin,” Jarrett said. Samsonite International SA no- easily moved, as other countries pany Lennox International Inc. to cover a further $267 billion in “They will have no choice but to tifying wholesale buyers of a 10 don’t have the capacity, or the ca- - are looking at shifting their su- Chinese goods, children’s shoes, pass those costs on.” Bloomberg

Millions of passengers hit in worst ever airline data hack Kyunghee Park evidence any information of hundreds of thousands annual losses. ted immediately to con- ned our IT security sys- and Jinshan Hong has been misused, it said, of customers illegally ac- “I’m truly sorry for the tain the event and to tho- tems too.” without revealing details cessed. concern this may have roughly investigate,” Hogg Shares of Cathay Pacific athay Pacific of the origin of the attack. “At this point, we belie- caused you,” Hogg said, said. “We engaged one of tumbled 3.8 percent in CAirways Ltd. said a “This is quite shocking,” ve it is uncertain if Cathay addressing customers in the world’s leading cyber- Hong Kong yesterday, the hacker accessed personal said Shukor Yusof, foun- Pacific would be liable to a video posted to the car- security firms to assist us, biggest loss since January information of 9.4 million der of aviation consulting any fines imposed by go- rier’s website. and we further strengthe- 2017. Bloomberg customers, becoming the firm Endau Analytics in vernment authorities for For the majority of peo- target of the world’s big- Malaysia. “It’s probably such a breach,” Geoffrey ple affected, the hackers gest airline data breach. the biggest breach of in- Cheng, an analyst at Bo- accessed a combination The airline’s shares sank formation in the aviation com International Holdin- of passenger name, and what got exposed? the most in almost two sector.” gs Co., wrote in a research either phone number or years, shaving USD201 Affecting more people note yesterday. “However, email, Hogg said. No one’s NAMES, NATIONAL- numbers 245,000 Hong million off its market than the population of Ca- we expect the share price travel, Asia Miles or Marco ITIES, dates of birth, Kong IDs. Hong Kong’s value, after the Hong Kon- thay Pacific’s home base jitters to linger on for a Polo Club loyalty program telephone numbers, email, privacy commissioner g-based carrier disclosed of Hong Kong, the hack is while.” profiles were accessed in physical addresses, num- expressed serious concern the unauthorized access in another league to brea- The data breach at Ca- full, and no passwords bers for passports, identity over the leak and said the late Wednesday, seven ches reported by British thay - a partner of British were compromised, he cards and frequent-flier office will initiate a compli- months after discove- Airways Plc and Delta Air Airways in the Oneworld said. Cathay Pacific is noti- programs, and historical ance check with the airline. travel information. 403 ex- A dedicated website, infos- ring the violation. While Lines Inc. this year. Those airline alliance - adds to fying affected passengers, pired credit card numbers ecurity.cathaypacific.com, passports, addresses and carriers boosted spending the carrier’s woes, with and will provide free ID 27 credit numbers with provides information about emails were exposed, fli- on cybersecurity after ha- Chief Executive Officer monitoring to those who no CVV, or a security code the event and what affected ght safety wasn’t compro- cks, which saw personal Rupert Hogg trying to turn request it, he said. About 860,000 passport passengers should do next. mised and there was no and financial information it around after two straight “Upon discovery, we ac- 26.10.2018 fri

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unlike the majority of dinosaur fossils, which contain only bone. ap photo Since then, a flood of new di- nosaur bones unearthed in Chi- na has helped scientists rewrite their understanding of the tree of life in various ways. Xu has been at the forefront of research into how dinosaurs evolved feathers and flight. In 2000, he described a curious pigeon-sized dinosaur with four feathered limbs, apparently ear- ly wings that allowed the animal to either fly or glide. In 2012, he detailed a carnivorous tyranno- saur , which also had plumage — raising questions about fea- thers’ original purpose. Xu now believes that early dinosaur plumage may have played a role in insulation and in mating displays, even before fli- ght feathers evolved. He co-au- thored a 2010 paper that exa- mined fossilized melanosomes — pigment packets that give rise Paleontologist Xu Xing leads a dig site (foreground) next to new apartments being constructed in Yanji in September to color in modern bird feathers — to deduce the likely colors of dinosaur feathers. Some spe- Paleontology cies likely sported rings of white and brown tail feathers; others had bright red plumage on their heads. Building boom uncovers buried Embracing new technology, his team also uses CT scanners to study the interior of fossils and builds 3-D computer simu- dinosaurs, makes a star lations to make inferences about what range of motions a dino- Christina Larson, Yanji zhu, was visiting family in Yanji needles to study the exposed across China and resulted in a saur may have had. when he heard talk of fossils un- hillside, where geologic layers flurry of articles in top scientific One of the fossils Xu is now t the end of a street of covered at a construction site. A resemble a red and gray layer- journals. examining, found at a construc- Anewly built high-rises in the preliminary inspection yielded cake. Toru Sekiyu, a paleontologist tion site in Jiangxi province, will northern Chinese city of Yan- what appeared to be a dinosaur The site has yielded partial from the Fukui Prefectural Di- shed light on how modern birds’ ji stands an exposed cliff face, shoulder bone. skeletons of three ancient cro- nosaur Museum in Japan who reproductive systems evolved where paleontologists scrape Less than an hour’s drive from codiles and one sauropod, the assisted on the Yanji dig, called from dinosaurs, he says. away 100 million-year-old rock the North Korean border, the giant plant-eating dinosaurs his Chinese colleague “a supers- In addition to professional ac- in search of prehistoric bones. midsize city has been erecting that included some of the wor- tar paleontologist.” colades, Xu’s work has attracted Like many fossil excavation si- residential blocks quickly. Seen ld’s largest land animals. But Xu is quick to point out attention from schoolchildren tes in China, this one was disco- from a plane, Yanji looks like a “This is a major feature of pa- the role that good fortune has in multiple countries, who mail vered by accident. Legoland of new pink- and blue- leontology here in China — lots played in his career. him handwritten notes and China’s rapid city building has roofed buildings, but there’s one of construction really helps the “To publish papers and disco- crayon drawings of dinosaurs, churned up a motherlode of di- long empty lot of exposed rocky scientists to find new fossils,” ver new species, you need new several of which hang in his Bei- nosaur fossils. While bulldozers hillside — the excavation site. said Xu as he used a needle to data — you need new fossils,” jing office. have unearthed prehistoric sites remove debris from a partially he said, adding that finding new Xu replies to every letter, email in many countries, the scale and exposed crocodile skull. species isn’t something a scien- and text message with a ques- speed of China’s urbanization is While Born in 1969 in China’s wes- tist can plan. tion about dinosaurs. “I feel it unprecedented, according to the tern Xinjiang region, Xu did not “My experience tells me that would be weird or impolite not United Nations Development bulldozers choose to study dinosaurs. Like you really need luck, besides to,” he said. But in an era of Program. most university students of his your hard work. Then you can social media, Xu has refrained Perhaps no one has seized the have unearthed era, he was assigned a major. make some important discove- from signing up for WeChat, the scientific opportunity more than prehistoric His love for the field grew in ries.” dominant messaging platform Xu Xing, a diligent and unassu- graduate school in the 1990s, as With digs in Inner Mongolia, in China, because “I don’t think ming standard-bearer for Chi- sites in many feathered dinosaurs recovered Liaoning, Yunnan and other I could find time for all the new na’s new prominence in paleon- from ancient Chinese lakebeds Chinese provinces, Xu patiently messages.” tology. The energetic researcher countries, drew global attention. oversees excavations, someti- Back at the site in Yanji, a has named more dinosaur spe- the scale When Xu and Jin discovered mes chiseling for years before colleague brings him a large cies than any living paleontolo- fossils in Yanji in 2016, city au- he knows their ultimate signifi- rock with an exposed sauropod gist, racing between dig sites to and speed thorities halted construction on cance. vertebrae to examine. collect specimens and further adjacent high-rise buildings, in While his finds are wide-ran- The bone has a spongey textu- scientists’ understanding of how of China’s accordance with a national law. ging, much of his career has re, which Xu says is a result of birds evolved from dinosaurs. “The developer was really not focused on understanding how the animal’s respiratory system. Matthew Lamanna, a curator urbanization is happy with me,” said Xu, but dinosaurs evolved into modern Like modern birds, he believes at the Carnegie Museum of Na- unprecedented the local government has since birds. sauropods breathed using both tural History in Pittsburgh, said embraced its newfound claim to China is an ideal location for lungs and distributed air sacs, Xu is “widely regarded as one fame. that study. Two decades ago, which can leave an impression of the foremost, if not the fore- When Xu arrived at Yanji, he The city is now facilitating Xu’s rare dinosaur fossils that pre- in the bones. most, dinosaur paleontologist recognized the site could fill work, and even built an on-site served traces of feathers were Xu uses a brush to flick away working in China today.” gaps in the fossil record, noting police station to guard the fos- found in ancient lakebeds of dirt to inspect the fossil more “Xu Xing is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G,” the relative paucity of bones sils from theft. Once the exca- northeastern China. This disco- closely. Kristina Curry Rogers, a paleon- recovered from the late Creta- vation is complete, a museum very, which helped scientists de- “Basically we are reconstruc- tologist at Macalester College in ceous period, which was around is planned, to display recovered monstrate that birds descended ting the evolutionary tree of St. Paul, Minnesota, wrote in an 100 million years ago. An analy- fossils and photos of Xu’s team from dinosaurs, was possible life,” he said. “If you have more email. sis of the layers of volcanic ash at work. because the mixture of volcanic species to study, you have more Two years ago, Xu’s collea- revealed the site’s age. Xu is now It’s not the first museum to ash and fine-grained shale in the branches on that tree, more in- gue at the Chinese Academy of overseeing a team of scientis- commemorate Xu, whose pro- lakebeds had preserved bits of formation about the history of Sciences in Beijing, Jin Chang- ts using picks, chisels and steel digious fieldwork has taken him soft tissue, including feathers — life on Earth.” AP fri 26.10.2018

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Ken Moritsugu & Christopher Bodeen, Beijing t’s taken nearly seven Japan’s Abe in Beijing as two years, but a Japanese leader is finally returning to China on an official visit for bilate- Iral talks. nations try to mend ties Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ar- rived in Beijing yesterday as both countries try to repair ties that ap photo have been riven by disputes over territory, military expansion in the Pacific and World War II his- tory. Abe met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ahead of a summit to- day with China’s top leader, Pre- sident Xi Jinping. He is scheduled to return to Japan tomorrow. The last such visit was in late 2011. “We hope the two sides will work together and make efforts to maintain the stable and heal- thy development of China-Japan relations, and to make new pro- gress,” Li told Abe. A delegation of Japanese bu- siness leaders is accompanying Abe as Asia’s two largest econo- mies seek to deepen trade, in- vestment and cooperation on in- frastructure and other projects in third countries. China is Japan’s largest trade partner. Abe said he would stress the im- portance of strengthening a free and fair trading system. Japan shares U.S. concerns about Chi- nese trade practices, but favors Shake here: Abe (left) and Li meet in Beijing dialogue with Beijing over Presi- dent Donald Trump’s tariff stra- nese coast guard vessels continue Abe visited China in 2016 to at- other,” Abe told Li during their according to Chinese Defense tegy. Japan has been targeted by to make regular incursions into tend the Asia-Pacific Economic meeting. Ministry spokesman Col. Wu U.S. tariffs too, though much less Japanese waters around the is- Cooperation summit in Beijing, Ties have improved to the point Qian. so than China. lands. but this week’s visit is the first bi- that during Li’s visit the sides “In recent years, we have made The last Japanese prime mi- The territorial dispute is in part lateral one by a Japanese prime agreed to establish a defense some progress in defense exchan- nister to make a bilateral visit to a reflection of growing tension in minister since Noda’s. hotline aimed at preventing mi- ges between China and Japan,” China was Yoshihiko Noda in De- the Pacific as an expanding Chi- A recent improvement in rela- litary clashes stemming from Wu said at a briefing, referring cember 2011. nese navy sails into waters long tions was marked by a visit to Ja- their row over the uninhabited to junior officer exchanges and High-level exchanges were fro- dominated by the U.S. Navy. Ja- pan in May by Li, the ruling Com- East China Sea islands — called a visit to Japan by a delegation zen in 2012 after Japan natio- pan is a major U.S. ally and hosts munist Party’s second-ranking Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by from China’s National Defense nalized a small group of remote a major American naval base. Abe official. Xi is expected to visit Ja- China. University. islands in the East China Sea has steadily raised defense spen- pan next year. And despite China’s continuing “We would like to properly claimed by Beijing. That set off ding since taking office in late “I’d like to share with you the joy dispatch of ships and planes handle differences and make violent protests in China and sent 2012 in the face of growing con- of this memorable year in which to Japanese-controlled areas, contributions to the overall rela- Japanese investment in China cern about potential threats from we were able to realize the visit of the two nation’s militaries are tionship and regional peace and and tourism into a nosedive. Chi- both China and North Korea. both leaders to the country of the working on further cooperation, stability,” Wu said. AP

Warsaw Security Forum, a “So you’re going to see us two-day gathering of leaders continue to invest here in and military and political ex- Europe, continue to train, to Retired US general says war perts from central Europe. practice rotational forces, as “The United States does not well as permanently assign with China likely in 15 years have the capacity to do every- forces for the eventuality that thing it has to do in Europe in 10 or 15 years we’re going he former commander and in the Pacific to deal with to be having to fight in the of the U.S. Army in Euro- the Chinese threat,” Hodges Pacific,” Hodges said.

ap photo T pe warned yesterday [Macau said. Hodges told The Associated time] that it’s very likely the Hodges was U.S. Army Press that a recent near-miss United States will be at war commander in Europe from between a U.S. Navy des- with China in 15 years. 2014 until last year. He now troyer and a Chinese warship Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hod- is a strategic expert with the in the disputed South China ges said that European allies Center for European Policy Sea was only one of the signs will have to do more to ensu- Analysis, a Washington-ba- pointing to “an increasingly re their own defenses in face sed research institute. tense relationship and in- of a resurgent Russia becau- Despite shifting geopolitical creasing competition in all se America will need to focus priorities, Hodges said the the different domains.” more attention on defending U.S. commitment to NATO Others, he said, are China’s its interests in the Pacific. remains “unshakable.” He “constant stealing of tech- “The United States needs a said he is certain the Trump nology” and how China is very strong European pillar. administration views Euro- gaining control of infrastruc- I think in 15 years — it’s not pe’s security as a key U.S. in- ture by funding projects in inevitable — but it is a very terest even though President Africa and Europe. He said strong likelihood that we will Donald Trump has someti- that in Europe, China owns be at war with China,” Hod- mes questioned the Western more than 10 percent of the Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges ges told a packed room at the military alliance’s usefulness. ports. AP 26.10.2018 fri

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Koreas the final weeks of the Korean War. Pak has two surviving sisters and authorities will take their Rivals, UN finish removing DNA samples to find out if parts of the bones belong to him. During a media visit to the site, South Korean soldiers wra- firearms from border village pped a piece of bone in white paper and put it into a wooden Hyung-Jin Kim, Seoul box. They later wrapped the box with a national flag, placed it on he rival Koreas and the ap photo a small table and offered a shot TU.S.-led U.N. Command fi- of liquor before they paid a si- nished removing firearms and lent tribute. troops from a jointly controlled “Sgt. 1st Class Pak Je Kwon area at a border village yester- has come back to us. It’s been day, as part of agreements to re- 65 years since he died in battle. duce decades-long animosity on Now, we can offer up a shot of the Korean Peninsula. soju [Korean liquor]” to him, South Korea separately annou- South Korean President Moon nced that its troops found what Jae-in tweeted. it believes are Korean War re- The area, known as Arrowhead mains in another front-line area Hill, is where South Korean and where they have been clearing U.S.-led U.N. troops repelled a land mines with North Korean series of Chinese attacks to se- soldiers. The rival Koreas plan cure a strategically important their first-ever joint searches for hilltop position. South Korea war dead there after their demi- said the remains of an estima- ning work is done. ted 300 South Korean, French Disarming the Joint Securi- and U.S. soldiers are believed ty Area at the border village of to be in the area. The remains of Panmunjom and the joint sear- a large number of Chinese and ches are among a package of North Korean soldiers are also deals the Koreas’ defense mi- likely there. nisters struck on the sidelines of The Korean War left millions their leaders’ summit last mon- dead or missing, and Seoul of- th. Other steps include creating ficials believe the remains of buffer zones along their land about 10,000 South Korean sol- and sea boundaries and a no-fly rists freely move around there. The Koreas are split along Korea. diers alone are still inside the zone above the border, as well as The area symbolizes the Ko- the 248-kilometer-long, 4-ki- The Defense Ministry said DMZ. removing some of their front-li- reas’ seven decades of division. lometer-wide border called the earlier yesterday that its troops September’s agreements re- ne guard posts. It’s where an armistice was sig- Demilitarized Zone that was found what they believe are ceived strong criticism from The Koreas and the U.N. ned at the end of the 1950-53 originally created as a buffer. two sets of human remains at conservatives in South Korea Command completed a removal Korean War. Rival soldiers have But unlike its name, the DMZ another DMZ spot. It was the that Moon’s government made of weapons, ammunition and faced each other only meters is now the world’s most heavily first such discovery since South too many concessions that will soldiers manning guard posts apart in the zone, which has fortified border. An estimated 2 Korea began the joint demining eventually weaken the country’s at Panmunjom’s Joint Security been the scene of numerous in- million mines are peppered in- work with North Korea on Oct. military strength at a time when Area, Seoul’s Defense Ministry cidents of bloodshed and violen- side and near the DMZ, which 1 at a place where one of the North Korea’s nuclear threat said in a statement. The three ce. It is also a venue for talks and is also guarded by barbed wire heaviest Korean War battles remains unchanged. Moon, a sides earlier finished removing a popular tourist destination. fences, tank traps and combat took place. liberal who wants greater ties mines from the village. Soldiers and visitors were pre- troops on both sides. According to the ministry, a with North Korea, has facilita- The three sides will jointly ve- viously allowed to move freely Officially, the entire DMZ bayonet, bullets and a South ted a series of high-profile U.S.- rify their disarmament work on inside the area, but the 1976 ax area, including Panmunjom, is Korean army identification tag North Korean talks, including Friday and Saturday. Under the -killing of two American troops jointly overseen by North Korea with the name “Pak Je Kwon” a June summit between North September deals, the two Koreas by North Korea at Panmunjom and the U.N. Command. About were found along with the re- Korean leader Kim Jong Un are to let 35 “unarmed person- led to the creation of ankle-hi- 28,500 U.S. troops are de- mains. Military records show and President Donald Trump, nel” from each side guard the gh concrete slabs that mark the ployed in South Korea to deter Pak was a sergeant first class to address the standoff over Joint Security Area and let tou- border there. possible aggression from North who died in a battle in 1953 in Kim’s nuclear program. AP

Japan Reporter freed from captivity in Syria returns home Japanese journalist takya in southern Turkey “Day after day, I thought lib, where he sometimes returned to Tokyo to Istanbul. “But I’m a bit ‘Oh I can’t go home again,’ heard distant firebom-

A ap photo yesterday after being freed worried about what will and the thought took over bing. from more than three happen to me or what I my head and gradually “I was living in endless years of captivity in Syria. should do from now on.” made it difficult for me to fear that I may never get Jumpei Yasuda was re- Yasuda, 44, who was control myself,” he said. out of it or could even be leased earlier this week kidnapped in 2015 by al- Yasuda was kidnapped killed,” Yasuda told ano- and taken to neighboring Qaida’s branch in Syria, by a group known at the ther Japanese broadcas- Turkey. said he felt as if he’d fallen time as Nusra Front. A ter, TBS. He said he gra- Yasuda, wearing a bla- behind the rest of the wor- war monitoring group dually became pessimis- ck T-shirt, was escorted ld and was uncertain how said he was most recently tic about his fate because from his plane at Tokyo’s to catch up. held by a Syrian comman- his captors kept breaking airport by Japanese offi- He described his 40 der with the Turkistan Is- their promises to release cials and ushered into a months in captivity as lamic Party, which mostly him. black van. He left without Back home: Yasuda arrives at Narita International Airport “hell” both physically and comprises Chinese jihadis His release Tuesday talking to a large group of mentally. He said he was in Syria. came suddenly when his reporters who had waited Yasuda said he was happy catch up with a changed kept in a tiny cell and tor- Yasuda said he believes captors drove him to the for his arrival. to be going home after world. tured. There was a time he was moved several ti- border with Turkey and On an earlier flight from living in “hell” for more “I’m so happy to be free,” when he was not allowed mes during his captivity dropped him off and han- the southern Turkish town than three years, but was he told Japan’s NHK tele- to bathe for eight months, but stayed in Syria’s nor- ded him over to Turkish of Antakya to Istanbul, worried about how he will vision on a flight from An- he said. thwestern province of Id- authorities, he said. AP fri 26.10.2018

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Malaysia pite little work done. Separately, Hasanah Abdul Hami, the former chief of the foreign intelligence agency that is now defunct, pleaded not gui- Former PM, treasury, spy lty to misappropriating $12.1 million weeks before the May 9 general election that ousted Na- jib’s coalition. chiefs charged with graft Hasanah’s lawyer, Shaharud- ormer Malaysian din Ali, told reporters that her Prime Minister Najib case is not related to the 1MDB Razak and his ex-trea- ap photo scandal. He said the utilization sury chief were jointly of the money for intelligence Fcharged yesterday with criminal purposes was a state secret and breach of trust involving 6.64 mustn’t be made public in an billion ringgit (USD1.6 billion), open court. while his ex-spy agency head All three have been released on was charged with misappropria- bail. Each of the charges against ting $12.1 million. them carries a jail term of up to The six new charges against 20 years and a fine. Najib come on top of 32 earlier Prime Minister Mahathir counts of corruption, breach Mohamad, who is in Bangkok of trust and money laundering for a state visit, warned that that he face linked to the mul- “many more” former officials tibillion-dollar looting of the could be hauled to court but rei- 1MDB state investment fund. terated that all prosecution is Malaysia’s new government done in accordance with the law. has stepped up prosecution of “What we are seeing today, of Najib and other former officials Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday course, are charges being made over the 1MDB scandal and against several people, but there other alleged graft cases since cember 2017. The charge sheets for 1MDB as well as for a Chine- many, many, many times. It is are many more. We can’t bring its stunning electoral victory in said part of the money involved se-backed rail link and two gas being done even today,” he told everyone to court in one go. We May that led to the country’s a subsidy for the poor and an pipeline projects. reporters, adding that he belie- have to take [them] one by one, first change of power since inde- airport management budget but Shafee said the two men had ved the charges were “very poli- and the more serious one is the pendence from Britain in 1957. gave no further details. made “executive decisions” to tical” in nature. former prime minister,” Maha- Both Najib and former trea- Najib’s lawyer, Shafee Ab- reallocate the funds to avoid The new government has said thir was quoted as saying at a sury secretary-general Moha- dullah, slammed the charges as debt defaults that could cause it would cancel the Chinese-ba- forum in Bangkok by The Star mad Irwan Serigar Abdullah “foolish,” saying the fund was dire financial consequences. cked projects and is probing online. pleaded not guilty to misappro- merely being diverted for more “It’s just a question of making why Najib’s administration paid The 1MDB fund, set up by Najib, priating government funds be- urgent needs which were to priority, which one you pay an unusually large sum of mo- is being investigated in the U.S. tween December 2016 and De- meet payment datelines mainly first...this [has been] done ney to Chinese contractors des- and several other countries. AP

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USA dressed to Hillary Clinton at the Chappaqua, New York, home she shares with former Presi- dent Bill Clinton, and another Package to DeNiro recovered, that was sent to Obama at his home in Washington. A police bomb squad removed still another from CNN’s New Trump tweets against media York office, which was evacua- ted. The CNN package was ad- Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker dressed to former CIA Director & Colleen Long, Washington John Brennan, who has publicly ap photo clashed with Trump and is a re- ipe bombs packed with gular television contributor. Pshards of glass were inter- Speaking at an event in Austin, cepted en route to several pro- Texas, Brennan called the spate minent Democrats, including of pipe bombs “a very unfortu- former President Barack Oba- nate turn of events,” particularly ma and Hillary Clinton, in an if he and others are being targe- unnerving wave that deepened ted for their public comments. political tensions and fears two “Unfortunately, I think Donald weeks before national midterm Trump, too often, has helped to elections. incite some of these feelings of Yesterday, a New York City anger, if not violence, when he police bomb squad recovered a points to acts of violence or also suspicious package addressed talks about swinging at somebo- to actor Robert DeNiro, who has dy from the press, the media,” been critical of President Do- Brennan said. nald Trump. Investigators told The package sent to CNN con- The Associated Press that it con- tained a live explosive, with tains a similar device, according wires and a black pipe, and an to an X-ray, as those sent to De- envelope with white powder, mocratic figures and CNN. officials said. The powder was None of the seven bombs de- tested and determined to have tonated and no one was hurt been harmless, according to a as authorities in New York, law enforcement official who Washington, D.C., Florida and spoke on condition of anonymi- California seized the suspicious ty to discuss an ongoing inves- packages. tigation. The targets of the bombs were New York City Police Commis- some of the figures most fre- sioner James O’Neill says inves- quently criticized Trump, who tigators are reviewing security still assails Clinton at rallies video to see if they can identify while supporters chant “lock her New York City Police Dept. officers arrive outside the Time Warner Center, in New York a courier believed to have deli- up” — two years after he defea- vered the pipe bomb package to ted her. Trump also often singles must clean up its act, FAST!” are bound to add to fears that ted States,” Trump said. “This CNN’s office. O’Neill said in an out cable news network CNN Hours earlier, he took a softer overheated rhetoric could lead egregious conduct is abhor- appearance on CNN that he was and other news media whose re- tone at a rally in Wisconsin We- to deadly violence as the parties rent.” “pretty sure those images will porting he does not like, terming dnesday night. engage in bitter fights over im- Other Republican leaders said be caught on video, and we’ll be them “fake news.” “Let’s get along,” he said. “By migration, the Supreme Court the same. But Democratic Se- able to find out where that per- Yesterday, without directly re- the way, do you see how nice and the treatment of women. nate and House leaders Chuck son came from before they ente- ferencing the explosive devices, I’m behaving tonight? Have you The bombs, each with a small Schumer of New York and Nan- red the building and where they Trump again blamed the media ever seen this?” battery, were about six inches cy Pelosi of California said such went to after.” for the “anger” in society. The attacks overtook other long and packed with powder words “ring hollow” when co- Waters, whom the president “A very big part of the Anger news in an already-tense poli- and broken glass, said a law en- ming from Trump. They noted has denigrated as a “low-IQ in- we see today in our society is tical season that could reshape forcement official who viewed the president’s recent praise of dividual,” reported earlier that caused by the purposely false Congress and serve as a refe- X-ray images and spoke on con- a GOP congressman who bo- she was the target of a suspi- and inaccurate reporting of the rendum on the first two years dition of anonymity to discuss dy-slammed a reporter, among cious package. Though the FBI Mainstream Media that I refer of Trump’s presidency. The ac- an ongoing investigation. other Trump statements. did not initially include her on to as Fake News,” he said in a tions, which caused panicked The official said the devices Law enforcement officials said a list of targeted individuals, the morning Tweet. “It has gotten so building evacuations and re- were made from PVC pipe and all the packages were similar: bureau later said two packages bad and hateful that it is beyond ports of additional explosives covered with black tape. manila envelopes with bub- addressed to her and similar to description. Mainstream Media that later proved unfounded, The first crude bomb to be ble-wrap interior bearing six the five others had been found. discovered had been delivered stamps and the return address One was intercepted at a Los Monday to the suburban New of Florida Rep. Debbie Wasser- Angeles mail facility. York compound of George So- man Schultz. She is the former White House press secretary ap photo ros, a liberal billionaire and ma- chairwoman of the Democratic Sarah Sanders said in a state- jor contributor to Democratic National Committee who was ment, “These terrorizing acts causes. accused by Clinton rivals of se- are despicable, and anyone res- The FBI said an additional pa- cretly helping the party’s even- ponsible will be held accounta- ckage was intended for former tual presidential nominee. ble to the fullest extent of the Attorney General Eric Holder, The package intended for Hol- law.” but that one ended up at a Flori- der had the wrong address and But while stopping short of da office of Democratic Rep. De- was forwarded to Wasserman blaming Trump’s rhetoric for bbie Wasserman Schultz, whose Schultz. inspiring the attacks, Jeff Zu- return address was on it. The devices all were sent to an cker, the president of CNN Later yesterday [Macau time], FBI lab in Virginia to be studied. Worldwide, contended there the FBI said two additional pa- Officials provided no details on a was a “total and complete lack ckages addressed for Rep. Maxi- possible suspect or motive. of understanding at the White ne Waters had been intercepted “Suffice it to say, it appears an House about the seriousness of that were similar in appearance individual or individuals sent their continued attacks on the to five others. out multiple, similar packages,” media.” The White House condemned said John Miller, the New York “The president, and especially the attacks aimed at Democrats Police Department’s head of in- the White House press secre- and other perceived foes of the telligence and counterterrorism, tary, should understand their administration. who briefed reporters. words matter. Thus far, they “Acts or threats of political vio- The U.S. Secret Service inter- have shown no comprehension lence have no place in the Uni- cepted the bomb that was ad- of that,” he said. AP fri 26.10.2018

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Saudi Arabia Changing story again, prosecutors say killing was planned audi prosecutors say “There is a crime here, but the- to Yeni Safak, a pro-government the killing of journalist re is also a humanitarian situa- Turkish newspaper. But Sabah, Jamal Khashoggi was ap photo tion. The family wants to know another pro-government news- planned, state-run me- and they want to perform their paper that has published leaks Sdia reported yesterday, reflec- last duty,” Cavusoglu said, re- about the case from Turkish of- ting yet another change in the ferring to hopes for the writer’s ficials, said Saudi Arabia has yet shifting Saudi Arabian account burial. to give Turkish authorities per- of what happened to the writer Turkish authorities briefed vi- mission for a search. who was killed by Saudi officials siting CIA chief Gina Haspel on Turkish media have also pu- in their Istanbul consulate. the investigation into the killing blished a security camera ima- Saudi Attorney General Saud and the evidence they have, a ge allegedly showing a vehicle al-Mojeb said investigators Turkish security official who belonging to the Saudi Consu- concluded that Khashoggi’s was not authorized to speak to late “scouting” a forest in the killing was a premeditated cri- the media said on condition of outskirts of Istanbul before me after reviewing evidence anonymity. The official could Khashoggi was killed. The ima- presented by Turkish officials not confirm whether Haspel ge, obtained by state television as part of a joint investigation, had listened to an alleged audio TRT and other media on Wed- according to a statement on the In this file image taken from CCTV video obtained by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet recording of the killing. Pro- nesday, shows a black car with shows Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 state-run Saudi Press Agency. government media in Turkey a diplomatic license plate at an Saudi Arabia initially insis- reported officials have such a entrance to Belgrade Forest. ted Khashoggi had walked out cy. Turkey has been turning up explained are suspicions that recording, but its existence has Turkish President Recep of the consulate after visiting the pressure on Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince or- not been confirmed. Tayyip Erdogan has said Saudi the building on Oct. 2. It later a regional rival, to reveal more dered the killing — even though Yesterday, conflicting reports officials made “reconnaissan- dropped that account for a new about the crime. he publicly condemned it — and surfaced about whether investi- ce” trips to the forest as well as one, saying it had detained 18 The seemingly clumsy cover- the whereabouts of the Washin- gators had searched a well in the the city of Yalova a day before people for what it said was an up of the killing has been expo- gton Post columnist’s body. garden of Saudi Arabia’s consu- Khashoggi was killed. Turkish accidental killing during a “fis- sed to the world with Turkish “Jamal Khashoggi’s body still late as part of their probe. officials have told The Associa- tfight.” leaks of information, security hasn’t been found. Where is it?” Investigators emptied the well ted Press that investigators were Many countries responded to camera footage and, eventually, Turkey’s foreign minister, Me- and are awaiting the results of looking into the possibility that the version of a brawl invol- Saudi acknowledgements that vlut Cavusoglu, said at a news an analysis of the water to de- the journalist’s remains may ving Khashoggi with skepticism Khashoggi died in the consu- conference with his Palestinian termine whether body parts have been hidden at those two and demands for transparen- late. Key mysteries yet to be counterpart. were dumped there, according locations. AP

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) 11 - 18 Oct 15:55 Os Craques do Pingue-Pongue 16:20 A Cidade na Ponta dos Dedos 16:40 Quem Quer Ser Milionário 17:35 Destinos.pt Sr.1 18:00 Depois do Adeus 19:35 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 20:30 Telejornal 21:15 Missão: 100% Português 22:25 Dentro 23:15 TDM News 23:50 A Canção de Lisboa 02:25 RTPi Directo

Saturday 11:40 Endereço Desconhecido 12:30 Gostos e Sabores 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) 14:30 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 - Compacto 16:45 Janela Indiscreta com Mário Augusto 1979 South Korean 17:15 Hora dos Portugueses Hunter killer President killed 18:15 Lusa Music Box room 1 18:50 Animais Anónimos 2:30, 4:45, 7:15 9:30pm 19:35 1986 Director: Donovan Marsh The President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, has 20:30 Telejornal Starring: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman been “accidentally” shot dead by the chief of his in- 21:15 Mata o Mensageiro Language: English telligence service, Kim Jea Kyu. Duration: 112min 23:15 TDM News Five other people, including the president’s body- 00:10 Telejornal (Repetição) guard, were also killed. The incident took place at the Korean Central Inte- 00:55 RTPi Directo lligence Agency’s headquarters during a dinner being held by Kim in honour of the president. Sunday A government statement revealed that an argument 12:00 Visita Guiada Sr.1 broke out between Kim Jae Kyu and Park’s chief 12:30 Cozinha em Forma bodyguard, Cha Chi Chul, during which a shot was 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) fired by Kim which hit the president as he tried to 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) intervene. 15:35 Triângulo Jota The President was taken from the scene to a nearby 16:25 Música Maestro army hospital where he later died. 17:10 Brainstorm There had been a long-standing dispute between the president and Kim Jae Kyu over whether to adopt 17:55 Got Talent Portugal Sr.4 a tough or moderate policy towards political oppo- 19:40 Bem-Vindos a Beirais Sr.3 nents. 20:30 Telejornal An emergency meeting of the Cabinet has named 21:15 Contraponto Prime Minister Choi Kyu-Hua as acting president. 22:15 Birmânia por Simon Reeve Martial law has also been proclaimed throughout the 23:15 TDM News country. 00:10 Magazine Liga Europa 2018/2019 General Chung, the army chief of staff, has been 01:50 RTPi Directo appointed commander of martial law. His first act was to order a nightly curfew and to ban all demons- Halloween trations throughout the country. room 2 The US Government reacted immediately saying 2:30, 4:30, 7:30 9:30pm that it would deal strongly with any attempt by North Director: David Gordon Green Korea to exploit the situation. Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Will Patton The US Defense Department ordered American Language: English troops based in South Korea to be on “alert status” Offbeat Duration: 130min as a warning. Park Chung Hee became President in 1961. He was Cafe funiculi funicula known for his firm rule which he said was justified Scientists find tiny baby octopus room 2 by the constant threat of invasion from North Korea. floating on awaii trash 2:30, 9:15pm He had already survived one assassination attempt. H Director: Ayuko Tsukahara In August 1974 a series of shots were fired at him Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro, Haru, Hiroko Yakushimaru as he gave a speech. All shots missed him but one Language: Japanese (Chinese, english) killed his wife. Duration: 130min Courtesy BBC News

In context When the president’s body was moved from Government House to the national cemetery more than two million Koreans lined the streets. In a re-enactment of the incident, required by Korean law, Kim Jae Kyu showed how he first shot the president’s bodyguard and then the presi- dent himself whom he shot twice. The incident was seen as an attempted coup with intelligence agents ad- mitting to shooting four of the president’s other body guards after being told of the plan by Kim Jae Kyu. Kim Jae Kyu and four KCIA agents were tried and sentenced to death for the murder of President Park Chung Hee and his bodyguards. Hawaii scientists found two tiny baby octopuses floating on plastic trash they were cleaning up as they monitored coral reefs. Marine ecologist Sallie Beavers of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park said Wednesday that the octopuses were the size I was there of green peas. She believes they were likely either day octopus or night octopus, I was stationed in country at the time with an air defense unit and they did both species commonly found off Hawaii. They can grow to 5.4 ki- more than put us on alert. lograms as adults, with arm spans of 1 meter. We were deployed into the field between Dong Du Chon and the DMZ Venom with ammo and missiles loaded. We were out there about 10 days. Scientists found them months ago, but the U.S. Interior Depart- room 3 The North Koreans were jamming our radar and things were pretty tense. ment highlighted them this week when it posted a photo of one on 4:45, 9:30pm While we were out there I didn’t see much of the civilian population, but social media. Director: Ruben Fleischer from what I was hearing on Armed Forces Radio the civilian population Octopus babies hide under logs and other floating debris until Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed remained reasonably calm. they’re a few months old. Beavers says one squirted a tiny bit of ink Language: English (Chinese) Jim Sears, USA when they released it in the ocean. Duration: 112min fri 26.10.2018

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Cycling seven races, often controlling them in the mountains by easily repelling attacks. This has given the team an aura of invincibility 2019 Tour de France celebrates and the race a predictable tone. With closer racing needed, the two time trials combine for a relatively low 54 kilometers century of yellow jerseys (34 miles), meaning specialists such as Froome have less chan- ext year’s Tour de lies. (A total of) 266 champions ce to gain significant time ad- France will celebrate have had the honor of wearing vantages. the 100th anniver- it.” The race begins with a flat sta- sary of the showcase British rider Chris Froome ge for sprinters around the city Nrace’s iconic yellow jersey. will try to win his fifth title next of Brussels and stays there the With France emerging from year, but will have to depose his next day for the 27-kilometer the carnage of World War I, the Team Sky teammate Geraint (17-mile) team time trial. Tour offered its beacon of hope Thomas over the 3,460-kilome- After leaving Belgium, the to the war-ravaged nation. In ter (2,145-mile) race. It features Tour snakes through the Cham- 1919, the race leader’s yellow seven flat stages for sprinters, pagne and Lorraine regions. jersey — which has become cy- five hilly ones for all-arounders, Stage 4 for sprinters starts in cling’s most iconic symbol — seven mountain stages — five Reims — the Champagne-pro- was introduced. of with summit finishes — one ducing city where 25 French “It came straight out of the team time trial and one indivi- kings were crowned in its ca- trenches, born from the rubble dual time trial. thedral. of a wounded France,” Tour race The big climbs start in the With the race leaving the Alsa- director Christian Prudhomme Pyrenees before hitting the ce region, Stage 7 is the longest said yesterday, unveiling the Alps. at 230 kilometers (143 miles) route for the July 6-28 race. “A The Tour has less of the Hors and made for sprinters. The light was needed, a color whi- Categorie (Beyond Classifica- next day’s stage is a hilly one, ch can be seen better than any tion) climbs than before. Those with several short but sharp other, in the dust, in the night. HC climbs are the most grue- climbs from Macon to Saint-E- A beacon was needed to guide ling. Instead, the race has more tienne. France toward resurgence.” of the Category Two climbs — The first rest day is July 16 Joining Prudhomme on sta- which are noticeably less diffi- in Albi in southern France, ge were five-time Tour winners cult and favor attacking strate- followed by a sprint stage be- Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault gies. fore the Tour enters the high and Miguel Indurain. cques Anquetil, have won five jersey has left its mark. It’s ex- “Our ambition is not to make Pyrenees. Stage 14 on July 20 “It’s the most important jersey Tours. Lance Armstrong was perienced everything, the big- it more difficult but to make it features finishes with a climb you can wear,” the 73-year-old stripped of his seven titles for gest exploits, the biggest cham- more varied,” Prudhomme said. up the Tourmalet pass, one of Merckx said. doping. pions,” Prudhomme said. “It “[More] Incentive to attack.” the most famed in Tour his- Only four riders, including Ja- “Over the century, the yellow also has also experienced the Sky has won six of the past tory. AP

ad THE Ruling: Italy violated Mafia boss Station Air quality BUZZProvenzano’s human rights Roadside 70-100 Moderate The European court of human rights in Provenzano, who reputedly led the Mafia’s Strasbourg has ruled that Italy violated the powerful Corleone clan, died in June 2016 at High rights of the late Mafia “boss of bosses” Ber- 83 after a decade in jail, the last three years Density 55-75 nardo Provenzano by maintaining strict anti- bedridden by illness. Provenzano’s lawyers Residental Mafia prison conditions in his last few months argued unsuccessfully to have his conditions Moderate alive. eased due to their client’s frail health. Area opinion The court ruled yesterday that Italy was not The decision Thursday brought an immedia- justified in extending the strict prison condi- te rebuke from Italian Deputy Premier Luigi Ambient 70-100 tions just months before Provenzano’s death Di Maio, who said “the inhumane behaviors Moderate source: dsmg source: Bizcuits due to his “critical cognitive decline.” were those of Provenzano.” Leanda Lee WORLD BRIEFS A bridge devoid of humanity Winner of USD1.6b lottery This week the Bridge opens and the head of the ap photo Macau Liaison Office dies: the first was to fanfare – long awaited and yet abruptly – and the other accom- can stay anonymous panied by astonishing reticence, even silence. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge was inaugu- rated by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday 23rd and thanks to state’s law opened to traffic on Wednesday 24th. Originally ex- pected to be in the officiating party, Zheng Xiaosong Saudi Arabia A was dead. ap photo defiant message The region celebrated the building of a bridge which delivered by Saudi “should strengthen the Greater Bay Area and promo- Arabia’s crown prince ted economic development”. This is a bridge to which to investors gathered 20 workers had been sacrificed in workplace fatali- in Riyadh may not be ties and 500 left with injuries. This is a bridge which enough to repair the damage inflicted to disturbed the habitat of a singular species of life, the his global standing as Chinese White Dolphin, colloquially known as the pink he faces continued dolphin, which dropped in numbers from 80 to 67 in 6 international pressure years during the construction. over the killing of In the same week, a man holding a position often Saudi journalist Jamal described as more powerful than the Chief Executive, Khashoggi. More on p15 dies with hardly a fitting eulogy. He was a man raised to a role of responsibility, essential to the local political NATO-Russia NATO’s machinery, a man in a lauded position who, we have biggest military been told, could not bear his own existence. And this, maneuvers since the ike the location of in Lexington County in year. Anyone who wins a not a week out from the opening of a structure com- Cold War kicked off Jimmy Hoffa’s body, September 2013. jackpot of $250,000 or yesterday in Norway in pletely symbolic of the entire rational for his position L the secret formula for Coca- Delaware, Georgia, Kan- more can opt to be anony- a hypothetical scenario – the liaison office is an integral part of the economic, Cola and whether there are sas, Maryland, North Dako- mous. Henson said he took that involves restoring political and cultural unification of China, Hong Kong aliens in outer space, the ta, Ohio, South Carolina the step after a constituent the Scandinavian and Macau. identity of the winner of the and Texas all allow anony- — who hadn’t won any- country’s sovereignty A man of such discipline to have climbed the tortuous second-biggest lottery in mity to Mega Millions win- thing but was preparing for after an attack by a rungs of the officialdom ladder, shown determination American history may re- ners. In Arizona, people the future — worried he’d “fictitious aggressor.” to achieve qualifications from Oslo (in Norwegian for main hidden forever — be- who win more than $600 have to move or disappear goodness sake!) and Oxford (in international diplo- cause of where the person can keep their names se- if he won the lottery. So far macy) was said – according to Beijing’s Hong Kong bought the ticket. cret for 90 days after clai- 74 people in the state have ap photo and Macau Affairs Office – to have committed suicide. South Carolina, where so- ming prizes, but after that won $250,000 or more and The implication was that it was his depressive state meone recently purchased names are public record. all have requested anony- that lead him there, although no-one in contact with the ticket at a convenience In Michigan, winners are mity, Henson said. Zheng recently noted anything which would indicate store, is one of a handful anonymous unless they win “I have not met one per- that diagnosis. of states that play Mega Mega Millions or Powerball son who didn’t think it was According to an organisation founded by a previous Millions and allow winners prizes. a good idea. Especially with Premier of the State of Victoria to raise awareness to be anonymous. Lottery those large winnings on the Bosnia-Herzegovina and remove the stigma of depression, no-one is im- Police say three officers jackpots are often synony- table,” he said. “They were mune from the ravages of the Black Dog. However, and three migrants have mous with dazed winners grateful they could keep it is also true that the more meaningful one’s role in been hurt in skirmishes holding an oversized check, their name confidential.” life, the less devastating the effects of some types of Why do on the border with but officials and lawmakers In Texas, legislators last depression. Surely this man was reaching the pinna- Croatia, where dozens say anonymity can protect year changed the law to of people have been cle of his career. Surely his position as pivotal to the you want a winners from being targe- allow winners of jackpots trying to cross into the integration of Macau back to the bosom of the mo- ted by criminals and uns- player who $1 million or more to re- European Union country. therland was a profound one. Surely, if he exhibited crupulous people coming main anonymous. signs of depression, the “mother” failed in her duty of out of the woodwork asking is a winner Arizona has a slightly mo- Belgium A dead fin care, even as she re-attaches the umbilical cord (as for money. dified approach. Arizona whale has been pulled the bridge was described by Hong Kong’s democratic and now he “Everything we do we try legislator John Kavanagh ashore on Belgium’s politician, Claudia Mo). Were the shadows of earlier North Sea coast, to create a winner, whether tried in 2013 to get a law goings-on in the liaison office or the pressures applied becomes drawing onlookers it is education, whether it passed letting winners re- by Macau’s omnipresent plutocracy too great to bear? undaunted by the putrid is a retailer, whether it is a loser main anonymous but it I do not see this as a joyous week worthy of cele- smell. It has been a player. Why do you want wasn’t until 2015 that a two decades since a bration: not for the engineering feat; not for the project a player who is a winner because his compromise passed that similar whale has hit the management; not for the promise of forging economic and now he becomes a lo- allows winners 90 days be- Belgian beaches. links between the three regions with political overto- name is out ser because his name is out fore their name is subject nes. I see this inauguration in juxtaposition against the there?” said South Carolina there? to a public records request. Brazil’s biggest almost-headline case of a man (and the 20 other men newspaper said that it Education Lottery Chief Tony Cooper He pushed for the changes and ecologies) who died an ignominious death – by has asked federal police Operating Officer Tony SC Education Lottery CEO after a resident in his town whatever forces brought him down – whilst in the ser- to investigate threats Cooper in explaining the won a jackpot. vice of his country. A death brushed under the carpet, against a journalist board’s policy of allowing Some states have had this “I remember saying to a life and professional history left uncelebrated, a hu- whose story alleged winners to claim prizes policy since their programs myself ‘That’s fantastic but man story not told. backers of the front- anonymously. started, and generally I’d be worried about my Zheng Xiaosong was another cog in the machine, running presidential If someone thinks it’s best they apply the anonymity children being kidnapped candidate bankrolled a another rivet in that over-reach of a bridge that was for their safety or sanity to rule not just to the Mega or people hitting me up fake news campaign. presented as a demonstration of “the successful im- not be named publicly, Coo- Millions but other games as for loans,’” he said. “It’s plementation of the ‘one country, two systems’ prin- per says the agency would well. just gossipy, unnecessary US Residents of the ciple”. respect that decision. And Georgia is one of the most knowledge for the public Commonwealth of In this celebration of technical achievement for futu- they have in the past. Coo- recent states to let jackpot to have. It’s nobody’s busi- the Northern Mariana re economic gain we saw a disregard for the enormity per said the agency succes- winners pass on letting ness.” Islands braced of human experience, where development, innovation Thursday for months sfully fought off a Freedom their names be publicized. Proponents of publicizing and success were distilled to but one arbitrary realm without electricity or of Information Act request State Senate Minority Lea- the winners’ names gene- of human existence, the economic. Wherefore ecolo- running water after the for identifying information der Steve Henson, a Demo- rally say it maintains the gical, spiritual, social, or cultural endeavours? Whe- islands were slammed of winners including the crat from Stone Mountain, integrity of the games and with the strongest storm refore our humanity in the search for “development”? winner of a nearly USD400 proposed the change and it’s a matter of government to hit any part of the million Powerball jackpot it was signed into law this transparency. AP U.S. this year.