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WORLD BRIEFS Council for Economic Development Cambodia Six union leaders yesterday each received suspended 2 1/2-year prison terms in connection with labor protests about five years ago in which four Proposal to hire garment workers were killed and around 20 others hurt.

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Philippines For bloomberg over a century, the Bells of Balangiga have not rung in the Philippines, a silence that the president last year called “painful.” Yesterday, a giant U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft brought the Bells of Balangiga back to the Philippine capital in a poignant ceremony. More on p12

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Russia Kremlin officials and Russia’s opposition yesterday gathered to pay tribute to Russia’s most prominent human rights activist, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who died at age 91. A staunch and uncompromising rights advocate, Alexeyeva made a name for How Asia fell out of love with herself protesting the treatment of Soviet political prisoners. P11 More on backpage China’s Belt and Road Initiative 12.12.2018 wed

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mous dishes of iconic French chef Alain Ducasse. “It’s something amazing and Michelin Guide awards three incredible. After five months open, it’s a great opportunity for us to show what French cui- sine is here in Asia, and produ- stars to three restaurants ce from here and France,” said Pierre Marty, chef de cuisine at Lynzy Valles Alain Ducasse. “After five months, you can’t he Michelin Guide Hong expect anything but we [gave] TKong Macau 2019 saw lo- our best and we are very happy cal restaurant Jade Dragon and to get these two stars. We hope Hong Kong’s French restaurant [to] get three stars one day,” Caprice awarded the three-star the chef added. echelon. The 11th edition of Hong Kong Macau’s red guide also announ- The restaurant ced that, for the first time, four restaurants have earned two Alain Ducasse stars and six restaurants have debuted in the one-star cate- at Morpheus gory. A total of 63 and 19 restaurants received two received star recognition yester- stars, five day at City of Dreams. When commenting on the 2019 months after Hong Kong and Macau Guide, Gwendal Poullennec, interna- opening tional director of Michelin Gui- des, said, “Hong Kong and Ma- Representatives of the three star restaurants showcase the awards With this new addition, there cau are very special cities within are a total of five two-star res- the gastronomic world. They at- star in 2014 and has held on to dishes through creative and mo- With this new addition, Ma- taurants in Macau, including tract many tourists and business two stars since 2016, before ac- dern presentation, along with cau now has three three-star Feng Wei Ju, Golden Flower, people from around the world, quiring the third star this year. the ingredients. After today, I’ll establishments, including Ro- Mizumi and The Tasting Room. and as a result, these cities have Kelvin Au Yeung, executive sit with my team and see how we buchon au Dôme and The Eight One-star restaurants King, been blessed with gastronomic chef of Jade Dragon, told the can further enhance the current at the Grand Lisboa. Lai Heen 8 ½ Otto e Mez- influences that oscillate between press that the newly-awarded menu,” he said. Meanwhile, the restaurant zo – Bombana, Pearl Dragon traditional Cantonese and Ma- restaurant would continue to Chef Au Yeung has been the Alain Ducasse at Morpheus re- and Shinji by Kanesaka, The cau cuisine, combined with in- enhance its menu. sous chef since the restaurant ceived two stars, five months Golden Peacock, The Kitchen, ternational flavors.” “In Jade Dragon, we uphold opened and was recently pro- after opening. The restaurant Tim’s Kitchen, Wing Lei, Ying City of Dream’s Jade Dragon traditional Cantonese cooking moted to the position of execu- offers, in addition to original and Zi Yat Heen retained their entered the red guide with one techniques. We showcase the tive chef. creations, some of the most fa- status.

Wong also said that the unauthorized construc- owners reported the store tion works? How come Building owners complain about to the Land, Public Works the store can get water su- and Transport Bureau pply on top of unauthori- unauthorized construction (DSSOPT) in July. The zed construction works?” owners received confir- Wong questioned. He also Julie Zhu ners had several talks mation that the store’s asked the Health Bureau with Ng, asking him to construction was unau- and Fire Services Bureau he owners of Edifício demolish the store and thorized, and that the case to follow up on health and TLap Hing held a press the unauthorized cons- was classified as A Class safety issues created by conference urging the truction conducted at the (the most serious level of the store’s existence. government to demolish store. unauthorized construc- On the other hand, Ng’s unauthorized construc- However, Ng did not de- tion work). son told the media that tion works located at the molish the construction. The owners hoped that his father purchased the entrance of the building. Furthermore, on Decem- DSSOPT would demolish place from the main ow- Two of the building’s ber 6 Ng issued a legal let- the unauthorized cons- ner of Edifício Lap Hing. owners, surnamed Wong ter to the owners, warning truction quickly. They Ng said that he would and Lai, accused a person them that if there were also doubted the Civic cooperate with the ow- surnamed Ng of conduc- any damages to his store and Municipal Affairs Bu- ners on the sewage re- ting unauthorized cons- or his business was affec- reau’s role in issuing a bu- newal project, but he di- truction. ted by the sewage project siness operation license sagreed with the owners’ Edifício Lap Hing is lo- Ng would ask for compen- for the store. actions. cated at 5 Rua do Dr. Pe- sation. “If the store holds a Ng also added that he dro José Lobo on the left Wong informed the Ti- vendor operation licen- had not yet received any side of the car park next to One of the owners, surnamed Wong mes that Ng is not one of se, how come the store’s notification informing LusoBank. the owners of Edifício Lap license was not canceled him that the store had The convenience store According to Wong, the However, construction Hing, and that his store since its operation does carried out unauthorized which has carried out the building’s owners have machines could not enter has been operating at the not correspond to vendor construction work. He be- unauthorized construc- paid for a sewage renewal the building’s hall due to building for more than 40 operations? How come lieves that the store’s ope- tion work is at the entran- project at the entrance of Ng’s store. years. the store can get electri- ration should be decided ce hall of the building. the building. Wong reported the ow- Speaking to the media, city supply on top of the by the local government.

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for Economic De- ap photo velopment (CED) Sproposed that Macau import non-local dealers based on a maximum per- centage of the total. The proposal came out during the CED plenary meeting yesterday. The head of CED’s Hu- man Resources Policies Research section, Vong Kok Seng, reported the aforementioned informa- tion after the meeting. According to Vong, the proposal was made in con- sideration of solving hu- man resource issues. According to the propo- a reduction in employees, Secretary for Economy sal, non-local croupiers he mentioned. and Finance Lionel Leong, can be laid off first if the However, government did not comment on the gaming industry requires representatives, including proposal.

Lawmaker questions transgenic food products safety

awmaker Mak Soi Kun has asked the rele-

L ap photo vant authorities to explain how the government is en- suring Macau’s food safety, in particular for imported foods. “Recently, media reports said that Chinese scientists have announced that the world’s first gene-edited baby was born in mainland China, and it is a twin baby girl whose genetics have been modified to have na- tural resistance to AIDS. The occurrence of [the] formation on the food pro- that, currently, in Macau, gene-edited baby has cau- duct’s ingredients display, imported food does not sed heated talks on genes the government will con- even have any labels about within the scientific com- tinue to be in close contact transgenic food products,” munity and the society,” with relevant technologi- he added. the lawmaker wrote in his cal departments. It means “How can the government inquiry to the government. help the public to have pea- “Macau is a place which ce of mind and rest assured imports diverse kinds of when buying food?” Mak food. Even though the go- asked. vernment claims that the How can the “Some residents deem producers have [an] obli- gene a terrific word, but gation to recall food that is government ordinary residents do not transgenic […], what kind know about genes. In the of inspection technology help the absence of transgenic la- and what kind of standards public to bels, it is inevitable that is the government using to residents will worry about identify whether or not cur- have peace their health when they [do rently imported transgenic not know more about the food poses an impact on re- of mind and food],” said the lawmaker. sidents?” Mak asked. “Residents even worry that “The government’s reply rest assured genetic variations might oc- [to my previous inquiry] when buying cur. However, other coun- declared that in regards to tries and regions, such as whether there is a need to food? U.S. and Germany, regulate attach transgenic food in- Mak Soi Kun and label transgenic foods.” 12.12.2018 wed

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se days. The problem has Gaming operators not been solved, but rather consider merging aggravated.” Local cartoonist’s For Matos, the U.N. pro- more shuttle buses ject to combine cartoons with the articles of the Uni- The city’s six gaming operators have work selected by UN versal Declaration of Hu- hired a consultant company to study man Rights was “a smart the possibility of merging casino shuttle local cartoonist’s work move,” as the art form is buses. According to Wilfred Wong, A was selected by United able to effectively commu- executive director and president of Sands Nations to be included in nicate with different cultu- China Ltd., joint casino shuttle bus Monday’s 70th anniversary res and languages. operations in Taipa are working well. celebration of the signing of “I think the use of cartoons However, according to Wong it is difficult the Universal Declaration is a smart move as it is a for the shuttle buses to merge on the of Human Rights. Thirty language that is universal. Macau Peninsula side, as the results would “not be great” because all the casinos in cartoons were chosen for Without words, cartoons Macau have different routes, and the local the project – one for each have the ability to show lots streets are heavily occupied. article of the U.N. docu- of different ideas in a single ment. image,” he said. Rodrigo de Matos’s car- “I wish more institutions CE to visit Jiangsu toon, “Desemprego Pon- would do these sorts of pro- tual” (Punctual Unemploy- jects [involving cartoons],” province today ment), reflects on employ- he said, adding that the art ment stability in the modern form was “not as explored Chief Executive Chui Sai On will lead age. It accompanied Article as it should be.” a government delegation to Jiangsu 22 of the Declaration, whi- The 30 cartoons selected province today, to review the progress of ch begins, “Everyone, as a were nominated from hun- development plans for the Jiangsu-Macau member of society, has the dreds of submissions, and Cooperation Park. During his two-day right to social security.” paper Expresso in 2011, the the unemployment rate then voted on by the par- visit, Chui is expected to meet leading year that Portugal accepted soar to 17.5 percent in early officials in Jiangsu to discuss further “Desemprego Pontual” de- ticipating cartoonists. The cooperation initiatives between the two picts a man and his work a bail- out from the Euro- 2013. winning pieces are to be places, and to exchange views on the desk precariously balanced pean Union and the Inter- “The cartoon is about exhibited in Geneva, The overall planning and construction of the on a clock hand that forms national Monetary Fund some news related to tem- Hague, Dakar and São Pau- park. The government delegation will visit a steeper decline as the mi- to help the country recover porary work in Portugal at lo, simultaneously. Changzhou prefecture, Jiangsu, with the nute hand ticks onwards, from its financial crisis. the time, the type of volatile In addition to working aim of selecting a site for the construction threatening to send the man Portugal was one of four link between employers and with Expresso, Matos has of the Jiangsu-Macao Cooperation Park. hurtling into a trashcan be- European countries hit par- employees. It criticizes that also worked as a cartoonist During Chui’s absence, the Secretary for low. ticularly hard during the trend,” Matos told the Ti- for local media outlets Ma- Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, The cartoon was published 2007 financial crisis, taking mes in a phone interview. “I cau Daily Times and Ponto will be the Acting Chief Executive. in Portuguese weekly news- years to recover and seeing suppose it still goes on the- Final. DB ad wed 12.12.2018

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Sands China celebrates its suppliers for outstanding products, services

ands China Ltd. re- cently honoured se- veral of its outstan- ding suppliers at The SVenetian Macao, at the 2018 Sands Supplier Excellence Awards, and commended all of its suppliers whom it views as its strategic partners. A global initiative of Sands China’s parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., the an- nual event recognises the cooperation and services of some of the company’s most noteworthy suppliers worl- dwide. “The services of Sands China’s suppliers are essen- tial for our business, creating a partnership of mutual suc- cess,” said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd. “From micro-enterprises and SMEs to large corporations, each company plays a role in helping us deliver world-class experiences to guests and vi- sitors of our integrated re- sorts. Sands China is pleased to acknowledge outstanding examples of their excellen- ce through these awards each year.” Various Sands China busi- ness units and their employees nominated a total of 30 com- panies in this year’s awards. cess capability; and creative Fai, 60 percent of its busi- Category, Elecon Interna- generally in one month, whi- Nominees are chosen partnership opportunities. ness sales revenue is acquired tional Limited was awarded ch is a very big help for SMEs,” from a pool of thousands of The winner of 2018 Sands through Sands China. for having the best competi- the awardee explained. service providers and su- Supplier Excellence Awards in “We are thankful for this tiveness in local market with Sands China has taken up ppliers that do business with the SME category was Kin awards recognized by Sands efficient cost management some 60 to 70 percent of Sands China. Nam Hong Co. Ltd., a su- China, I feel that my efforts for high quality services. Elecon International Limited’s The range of year’s nomina- pplier of fresh and cut vege- have been recognized,” the The local micro-enterpri- total sales volume, and is con- ted companies includes indus- tables for Sands China since awardee said. se providing energy-savings sidering Sands China as its lar- tries such as food and bevera- 2004. “We supply 80 percent of ve- LED lighting and solutions, gest client. ge; marketing; construction; getables the company and we and has worked with Sands “In two to three years, our furniture, fixtures and equip- are continually trying our best China on sustainability ligh- sales revenue reached around ment; and operating supplies to cope with the standards of ting projects since 2010. MOP20 to MOP30 million,” and equipment, among others. Sands China’s development “We have a good relationship Tam expressed, noting that Winners include local SMEs The services and in providing good quality and cooperation with Sands the gaming operator has been – a testament to their growth products,” Lei added. China,” said Raymond Tam, supportive of its products that and to Sands China’s conti- of Sands China’s Lei expressed its gratitude to General Manager of Elecon. promote sustainability. nuous support to local enter- suppliers are the gaming operator as it has “They are very professional The 2018 Sands Supplier Ex- prises. provided them with opportu- in terms of technical specifi- cellence Awards has honoured Over 400 guests attended essential for nities to enlarge its business cations so we are trying our a total of seven distinguished that company’s annual awards capacity. best to cater to their needs,” suppliers in seven categories: ceremony, including nearly our business, “Cooperating with a very lar- he added. small and medium-sized enter- 300 representing about 150 ge scale company allows us to According to the awardee, prise (SME); innovation; qua- suppliers, mostly from Ma- creating a not only increase in product the micro-firm will also pro- lity management; project ma- cao, Hong Kong and mainland partnership of volumes but to enhance our vide their products to the in- nagement; corporate culture China. quality. The [sales] volume tegrated resort operator’s new and sustainability, service The event featured carnival- mutual success. grew from 100,000 to over 1 projects such as The Londoner excellence; and cost manage- themed entertainment and million per month,” Lei noted. and Four Season’s new tower. ment. an appreciation dinner, with Dr. Wilfred Wong Looking ahead, the gaming “Sands China has been very each guest receiving a gift operator is one of the most supportive to local SMEs. The This article was sponsored by of two eco-friendly stainless Following its partnership significant clients, and Lei payment from Sands China is Sands China Ltd. steel water bottles – provi- with Sands China, the local pledged that it would cope up ded by one of Sands China’s SME has grown from six em- with the demand in a bid to local SME suppliers. ployees to 32, and had acqui- also provide quality products winners testimonies Award winners are selected red an additional eight cold to residents and visitors in the ’ each year by a judging commi- trucks for delivery. city. “We are thankful for this awards recognized by Sands China, I feel that ttee composed of Sands China The local SME’s an- Kin Nam Hong Co. Ltd., was my efforts have been recognized.” -Lei Iong Fai executive management. nual spend with the company awarded for providing compe- Judges consider several cri- has increased a few dozen- titive pricing, prompt respon- “Sands China has been very supportive to local SMEs. The payment teria, including suppliers’ lea- fold since 2004. se and excellent delivery servi- from Sands China is generally in one month, which is a very big help dership, vision and strategy; According to the local SME’s ce, even during emergencies. for SMEs.” - Raymond Tam product consistency and pro- managing director, Lei Iong For the Cost Management 12.12.2018 wed

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As expected, a vote of this part AL Plenary of the bill passed not with the full unanimity of 28 votes in fa- vor, but with 27 in favor and one against from Sou. Police law approved without Sou also expressed concer- ns regarding the attribution of powers to law enforcement offi- cers to be valid around the clock changes, only Sou opposed and even when they are off duty. Sou recalled differences be- tween Judiciary Police (PJ) offi- cers and those of the PSP, whe- reby the law only grants such

renato marques renato powers to the former “during their activities and duties,” ad- ding that there is a clear diffe- rence in the powers afforded to PSP officers and PJ officers. The Secretary replied with an affirmation of the “need tofi- ght criminality” noting that an officer “even off duty has such power and responsibility” and claming once again that the topic had been discussed in the committee. When it came to the vote for this part of the bill, Sou opted to abstain, while all the other lawmakers voted in favor. After the bill was approved in full, two lawmakers expressed their feelings in vote declara- Wong Sio Chak (center) Sulu Sou tions. Agnes Lam justified her votes Renato Marques which he could not agree. opinion the word replacement and that the term ‘residents’ [in in favor with the need to renew Sou started by questioning ar- does not change the concept. the Basic Law] should be inter- the law currently in force, clai- he bill that aims to ticle 6 of the law, which defines “The effect is exactly the same. preted also in a larger sense.” ming that the new law does not establish the new com- the competences of the PSP. The And this is very wide concept. Wong concurred with the need enlarge the competences of the petences of the Public lawmaker was interested in un- It gives a huge discretionary for a “consistency in the law lan- force, but was rather a renewal Security Police Force derstanding why the word “ci- power to the PSP,” he decried, guage” noting that both defini- of the current law. T(PSP) was finally approved yes- tizen” used on the original ver- questioning its necessity when tions of “watch” and “observe” Sou, who disagreed with the terday at a plenary session of the sion of the law was replaced by other articles already cover the were discussed in the third stan- opinion, that said that the new Legislative Assembly (AL). “population” and why it did not duties of the police. ding committee of the AL where law establishes an extension The bill gathered consensus match with the word “resident” Before Secretary for Securi- the bill had been scrutinized, ad- of police competences in se- from lawmakers save for Sulu used in the Basic Law. ty Wong Sio Chak was able to ding that the replacement word veral fields such as ports and Sou, who stood alone in ques- Another of the word changes reply, lawmaker Vong Hin Fai had found “consensus within customs, the airport and on tioning several articles and re- flagged by Sou concerned arti- stepped in to answer that such the [standing] committee.” the surveillance of the general questing several times for sepa- cle 12 where the duty of “watch” changes had to do with a “con- On the topic Wong added: population. “We changed only rate votes of parts of the bill with was replaced by “observe.” In his sistency in the juridical terms “The pre-condition [for the for- the words but the content is the ce to act] is the possibility of an same and the definition of the illegal activity. The PSP has the ‘behaviors susceptible of distur- duty and competence to do this bing public order’ [as interpre- work as it contributes to law en- ted by the government] conti- LRT audit proposal shot down by Assembly forcement.” nues to lack clarity,” he argued.

he Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday vo- Tted against a proposal from lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San to have an audit sou publicly thanks work of bloomberg of the entire situation relating to the Light Rail al legal advisors Transit (LRT) project. In the proposal, the lawmakers wanted not only to have a debate session with the Secretary for Transport and Public Works and other respon- sible persons for the projects but called for a full audit with both the current and former officials marques renato since the project’s birth. The lawmakers argued that the audit was needed in order to understand what exactly happened to cause so much delay and budget slippage. Claiming that the many questions and spoken A similar position was expressed by several enquiries from AL lawmakers have not obtained others including Leong Sun Iok, Ella Lei and a satisfactory reply from the government, Ng and Song Pek Kei, who added that the current follow- Paulo Taipa (left) and Paulo Cardinal yesterday at the Legislative Assembly Au were proposing this time to establish a com- up committee can perform this task without the mission to audit the whole project as a way to as- need for an audit. IN THE period before the agen- of the legal advisers by quoting certaining the problems. Sulu Sou was in favor of the proposal of Ng da, lawmaker Sulu Sou opted to former lawmaker Leonel Alves: The proposal was met by the majority of the and Au and, replying to the opinion of Ma, said: use his time not to question the “The two advisors are and will legislators with a vote against. Several of the “We have been asking… But there were no con- government but instead highlight be indispensable elements for lawmakers justified their vote by saying that the crete replies. Maybe this audit will be the right and thank the work over the years maintaining the quality of the government has been replying to the many ques- method to know exactly what is going on. As of the two veteran legal advisers of legislative work of the Legislative tions on the topic. far as I know the audit method was never used the AL, Paulo Cardinal and Paulo Assembly. Nobody can understand One such lawmaker was Ma Chi Seng, who on the government. Maybe we should try.” Taipa, who were dismissed by the which [reason] of public interest noted that the Commission Against Corrup- Besides the three democrats, lawmaker Agnes board of the AL back in August of is so relevant that does not allow tion (CCAC) has already issued reports on the Lam was also in support of the proposal. In her this year. The dismissal becomes the renewal [of their contracts]. topic and even the Final Instance Court has vote declaration Lam explained that the topic was effective starting December 31. Discretionary power should not be pronounced on some particular cases, saying, of “public interest,” adding, “the budget doesn’t Sou highlighted the contributions confused with arbitrary power.” “I don’t think we need to insist more on this.” stop hiking and there are few explanations.” 12.12.2018 wed

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ad IFFAM Fitting for Suburban Birds to be screened in Macau he producer of 2018 Taward-winning film Suburban Birds said at a red carpet event at the In- ternational Film Festival and Awards Macao (IF- FAM) last night that it was fitting for the film to be screened in Macau. Suburban Birds tells two parallel stories with a connecting narrative that has some critics praising the film for its unusual presentation and others scolding it for blandness. One story follows several Qin Sheng (right) and Patrick Mao Hung (center) land surveyors discovering subsidence in a suburban “The movie came from of urban development. area. The other, linked via my growth experience. The Chinese director’s a child’s diary, follows a During my growth, my city debut feature-length film group of school children has dramatically changed; won the Best Narrative roaming those same stree- everything of the current Feature in Xining First In- ts. city seems to be different ternational Film Festival But as the protagonist from what it was in the and was nominated for two reads into the diary, he dis- past,” said Chinese director awards at Locarno Interna- covers that it might contain Qiu Sheng. tional Film Festival earlier prophecies about his own “This is my second time this year. life. in Macau,” the director ad- The director also said at A key theme of the movie ded, before the film’s pro- the red carpet event yester- is urban development and ducer Patrick Mao Huang day that he hopes to keep the filmmaking team finds complemented, “it’s very making feature-length similarities between the suitable for the film to be films, but acknowledged setting of Suburban Birds presented here in Macau the difficulty in navigating and the experience of Ma- because lots of things are “hundreds of daily options” cau in recent decades. happening here” in terms on set. DB

Liu Jie’s ‘Baby’ tackles child abandonment in China

hinese director Liu CJie attended the scree- ning of his movie “Baby” at the third International Film Festival Awards Macao. His movie, which is a part of the New Chinese Cinema category, tackles the distur- bing issue of how disabled children are frequently abandoned in China. The film tells the story of how a cleaner at a local Chinese director Liu Jie children’s hospital encoun- ters a baby born with the ple can see a place through The Chinese director has same congenital defects she a movie, and can see the received awards from dif- herself suffered from as a structure of a society. We ferent film festivals, inclu- child. Faced with a barra- included such an incident ding his movie “Courthou- ge of high-risk operations, in the movie and maybe se on Horseback,” which the father decides to refu- [we want to see] what won the Orrizonti Award at se treatment and take the everybody’s reaction is, the 63rd Venice Internatio- baby home with him, con- and how the government nal Film Festival. demning his daughter to is doing, and how hospital His second feature “Jud- certain death. operations [in mainland ge” was also selected in Ori- “It is a movie that is not China are],” the filmmaker zzonti at the 66th Venice too entertaining,” said Liu added. International Film Festival to the press during the red According to Liu, the film and won the Best Original carpet event this week at could be compared a docu- Screenplay Award at the the Macau Tower. mentary, due to its authen- 47th Golden Horse Film “I surely hope that peo- ticity. Festival. LV wed 12.12.2018

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Huawei clash shows deeper US-China battle for global influence

David Tweed, Enda Curran China insists it plays by the ru- les, and doesn’t challenge U.S. he Trump adminis- dominance. Even so, three areas bloomberg tration has insisted the in particular worry American arrest of a top Huawei strategic planners: Technology, executive has nothing the dollar and the ability to pro- Tto do with trade talks. In Beijing, ject military power overseas. it’s just the latest U.S. move to A year ago, the White House contain China’s rise as a global identified China’s growing te- power. chnological prowess as a threat Bail hearings proceeded this to U.S. economic and military week after Meng Wanzhou, the might. American companies chief financial officer of Huawei have long argued that China for- Technologies Co., was arrested ces them to transfer intellectual in Canada on Dec. 1 because of property and sometimes steals alleged violations of U.S. sanc- trade secrets - all of which Bei- tions against Iran. The case jing denies. threatens to derail a trade tru- ce struck the same day between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Even if the two leaders manage The fear is that wireless car- cial system, underpinning its China. “No one currency should to strike a broader deal, the ar- Both America riers may be forced to turn to superpower status. Yet Trump’s dominate the market,” he said. rest shows that the U.S.-China Huawei or other Chinese com- increased use of sanctions to as- “We are potentially at the be- conflict goes far beyond trade. and China see panies for 5G technology, po- sert its foreign-policy goals has ginning of a systemic shift that The world’s biggest economies tentially giving Beijing access prompted a wide range of na- may take some time to play out,” are now engaged in a battle for their future to critical communications. tions - from China to Russia to said Gregory Chin, associate global influence that will ultima- global power Those concerns have prompted the European Union - to look for professor at York University tely determine whether the U.S. the U.S. to ban Huawei’s pro- an alternative. in Toronto, and a political eco- remains the globe’s predomi- as coming from ducts for government procure- The Trump administration ad- nomy specialist. “The political nant superpower, or China rises ment, and Australia, Japan and ded nearly 1,000 entities and will is building and coalescing.” as a viable counterweight. the high-tech New Zealand have reportedly individuals to its sanctions list Last year, Xi called his Belt “The sentiment in Washington followed. in its first year, almost 30 per- and Road Initiative to finance now is not just a Trumpian mer- sector. China has fought back, with cent more than the Obama ad- infrastructure and development cantilism - the desire to bring Michael Shoebridge foreign ministry spokesman ministration’s last year in office, projects across the globe the back factory jobs to Wisconsin Australian Strategic Lu Kang saying this week that according to law firm Gibson “project of the century.” Morgan or wherever,” said Nick Bisley, Policy Institute Huawei doesn’t “force any en- Dunn. The complete list now Stanley says as much as $1.3 a professor of international re- terprise to install forced back- runs to more than 1,200 pages. trillion may be lent out under lations at La Trobe University In justifying tariffs, Trump’s doors.” Sanctions are a key tool for the the policy by 2027. in Melbourne who has written team has cited Beijing’s “ Made in “The competition is really fo- U.S. to subdue potential adver- Now, with a backlash growing books on great-power politics. China 2025” strategy to become cused in the areas where future saries like North Korea, but they across Asia from Malaysia to the “It is a desire to significantly cut a global leader in state-of-the- strategic and economic domi- also can affect friends and allies. Maldives [see more on page 11], ties with China because of that art technologies from aerospa- nance come from,” said Michael The EU, which objected to rei- Xi is playing defense: Last mon- larger perception it presents a ce to robotics. So far, China has Shoebridge, director of the de- mposing sanctions on Iran, this th he told the Asia-Pacific Eco- strategic risk.” resisted those demands, arguing fense and strategy program at month unveiled plans to mitiga- nomic Cooperation summit that A bipartisan consensus has that doing so would crush its the Australian Strategic Policy te the so-called “exorbitant pri- it was “not a trap as some people emerged in Washington that economic potential. Institute. “The Huawei arrest vilege” of the dollar. have labeled it.” China’s entry into the World Huawei in particular epitomizes is right in the middle of this be- During a visit to China last The U.S. has grown increasin- Trade Organization hollowed the threat. Earlier this year, Trump cause both America and China month, Russian Prime Minister gly concerned that poorer coun- out U.S. manufacturing and blocked Broadcom Inc.’s USD117 see their future global power as Dmitry Medvedev said the two tries may become economically allowed it to grow rich. That in- billion hostile takeover bid for coming from the high-tech sec- nations were looking at ways to dependent on China. The Penta- creased economic power is now Qualcomm Inc. over concerns that tor.” boost the use of their curren- gon warned earlier this year that at a point where it risks eroding Huawei would end up dominating The dominance of the dollar cies through allowing the use of China could use ports around key American military advanta- the market for computer chips and has allowed the U.S. to effecti- China’s UnionPay credit card in the globe to support naval de- ges around the globe. wireless technologies. vely control the world’s finan- Russia and Russia’s Mir card in ployments. Bloomberg

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meters, government data show. This will come as bad news to Hong Kong says no to nano home builders hoping to cash in on the short-lived tiny craze, where apartments the size of a Tesla Model X were last year flats as prices start to crater selling for around $500,000. Shawna Kwan

ould nano flats - billed bloomberg The rise and Cas one way of solving Hong Kong’s chronic housing shorta- popularity ge - be on the way out as quickly as they grabbed the public’s at- of nano flats tention? Two years ago, when the de- is largely veloper of a residential project centered around in the New Territories unveiled units smaller than a parking their relative space, an executive was quoted as saying: “Even the emperor li- affordability ving in a place as big as the For- bidden City still slept on a bed.” for buyers with Be that as it may, it seems limited budgets. ordinary residents are having second thoughts about super- Denis Ma tiny apartments. A sale over the lity for buyers with limited bu- A slide in home prices is al- History suggests small apart- Jones Lang LaSalle weekend at the project, where dgets,” said Denis Ma, head of ready underway in Hong Kong. ments tend to suffer more some dwellings measure just 12 research at Jones Lang LaSalle Property prices have declined 6.3 when there are price adjust- Jones Lang LaSalle predic- square meters, failed to attract Inc. “When housing prices start percent from their August peak, ments: The cost for units mea- ts that 3,300 new nano flats much interest, with only two of to sag, demand for these types Centaline data show, while Mi- suring less than 40 square me- measuring 19 square meters or the 73 units on offer selling. of properties usually plummets dland Realty said last month that ters dropped 12 percent during less will be completed between “The rise and popularity of as buyers turn their attention to new-home sales in November the 2015-2016 price correction 2018 and 2020, up by 35 per- nano flats is largely centered larger units at the same price were on track to be the lowest by versus a 9 percent dip for tho- cent from the previous three- around their relative affordabi- point.” volume since early 2016. se measuring 70 to 100 square year period. Bloomberg

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n the eve of Google OChief Executive Of- archive photo ficer Sundar Pichai’s tes- timony to Congress, a coalition of human rights groups and activists, in- cluding former National Court bans some Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, are de- iPhones over manding more details on the search giant’s potential plans to build out its China Qualcomm dispute business. Amnesty International, .S. chipmaker The dispute is over gy industry, San Die- Human Rights Watch and A banner supporting Edward Snowden is displayed in Hong Kong UQualcomm says two Qualcomm pa- go-based Qualcomm the Committee to Protect it’s won an order tents enabling con- is one of the world’s Journalists are among the sident for global affairs, cern about the company in a Chinese court sumers to format leading makers of organizations and indivi- Kent Walker, responding potentially working with banning some Apple photos and manage the processors that duals who signed the let- to an earlier set of protes- the Chinese government phones in China as phone apps using a power many smar- ter, which asks Google to ts and statements made by after pulling out of the part of a long-running touch screen. Apple tphones and other promise it won’t create a Amnesty International and country in 2010 precisely dispute over patents. called it a “desperate mobile devices. search engine for China others in October. because Chinese authori- Qualcomm said move” by Qualcomm Qualcomm also owns that contributes to censor- Walker references Goo- ties were pushing Google Monday that the Fu- and promised to fight patents on key pieces ship and political repres- gle’s goals of connecting to help them monitor their zhou Intermediate it in the courts. Apple of mobile technology sion in the country. people in emerging marke- citizens. People’s Court in Chi- said it filed a request that Apple and other “Facilitating Chinese au- ts to the internet and re- The conversation will na has granted pre- Monday for the court manufacturers use in thorities’ access to personal peats statements made by come to a head on Tues- liminary injunctions to reconsider its ru- their products. data, as described in media Pichai that project Dragon- day, when Pichai answers ordering four Chinese ling. Qualcomm’s case reports, would be particu- fly, as the search engine questions at a committee subsidiaries of Apple Qualcomm’s gene- against Apple is part larly reckless,” the letter’s was known internally, was of U.S. lawmakers. Some to stop selling and im- ral counsel, Don Ro- of a broader legal authors write. “There is a not close to being launched have already questioned porting iPhones. senberg, said in a sta- strategy it has waged real risk that Google would formally. He refrains from why Google is considering It’s not immediate- tement Monday that against the iPhone directly assist the Chinese making any commitments a China search engine whi- ly clear what the full if Apple doesn’t heed maker around the government in arresting or about censorship though, le backing away from some scope of the ruling the orders, it will seek world, with cases also imprisoning people simply instead saying the com- of its work with the U.S. is. While Qualcomm enforcement of them pending in the United for expressing their views pany will weigh all feedba- military. says the ban covers through tribunals States and Europe. online, making the com- ck carefully before making “We’re hoping that folks iPhones 6S throu- that are part of the The two companies pany complicit in human a final decision. on the hill will ask Google gh X, Apple says all Chinese court system. have also battled rights violations.” Dragonfly has caused an some hard questions,” said iPhone models re- Although its name over how much Apple The activists also released uproar inside and outside Cynthia Wong, a senior re- main available for isn’t widely known owes in licensing fees a letter they obtained from of Google, with many em- searcher at Human Rights customers in China. outside the technolo- to Qualcomm. AP Google’s senior vice pre- ployees expressing con- Watch. Bloomberg wed 12.12.2018

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n late August, Presi- dent Abdulla Yameen of How Asia fell out of love with the Maldives hailed the opening of a Chinese-built Ibridge connecting two islands in the archipelago as “the ga- the Belt and Road Initiative teway into tomorrow and the opportunities beyond.” bent candidates who have em- One month later, Yameen was braced BRI with open arms,” voted out and the new govern- said Broderick. He cited Jair ment of the palm-fringed na- Bolsonaro’s successful run for tion off the coast of India began the Brazilian presidency on an to uncover the mountain of debt anti-China platform, and said with which he’d saddled the Kenya, Zambia and Thailand country. A pro-China strong- could face similar debates. man who jailed opponents and Part of the concern comes judges, Yameen borrowed hea- from perceptions that, apart vily from Beijing to build a new from contributing to unsustai- runway for the main airport, nable debt levels, China’s loans housing developments and a serve Beijing’s strategic goals in hospital, as well as the 2.1 ki- the Indian Ocean region key to lometer-long “China-Maldives global shipping routes at a time Friendship Bridge.” when China is building islands On a recent trip to New De- in the South China Sea. lhi, Maldives officials opened In the Maldives, former up about their frustration over strongman Yameen’s increa- the scale of the debt to Chi- singly overt pro-China policies na—the equivalent of almost included ramming a free trade 20 percent of GDP—and the agreement with China through inexplicable preference given parliament and denying work to Chinese financing under the visas for professionals from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China’s rival India. The strong- In just one example, the pre- arm tactics ultimately backfi- vious government rejected a red: New Maldivian Finance $54 million hospital bid in fa- Minister Ibrahim Ameer has vor of an “inflated” Chinese of- asked for $200 million of In- fer of $140 million. “We have dian loans and pledged to pur- been burned,” said Economic sue an “India-first” foreign po- Development Minister Fayyaz licy, a sharp rebuke to Beijing. Ismail. The Trump administration The tourist paradise of the country other than China has gered by Chinese investment later cancelled three China-ba- meanwhile has honed its mes- Maldives isn’t the only Asian the appetite—or the ready re- in a remote area bombed and cked pipeline projects worth $3 sage against the Belt and Road. nation to discover that the pro- sources—to meet the demand attacked the Chinese consulate billion. Vice President Mike Pence told mise of Chinese President Xi for large-scale investments. Yet in Karachi last month, killing Indian officials have long ob- leaders at the recent Associa- Jinping’s signature infrastruc- the criticism in Asia comes at a seven people. jected to the Belt and Road tion of Southeast Asian Nations ture program was too good to sensitive time of growing inter- program because it funds $60 summit in Singapore that the be true. national skepticism of China’s billion worth of infrastructure U.S. doesn’t “offer a constric- After an unprecedented run of global intentions. While much In poorer in Pakistan, including in parts ting belt or a one-way road.” funding large-scale investmen- of the focus is on President of disputed Kashmir, which In- The U.S. has set up an agency ts in projects from railways to Donald Trump’s standoff with countries dia claims as its own. to lend as much as $60 billion highways in poorer countries Xi over trade, technology and And though New Delhi lacks for infrastructure, and last across Asia, governments are market access, governments across Asia, the cash to compete against month backed a plan to build adopting a far more cautious across Europe, in Australia and governments are Beijing, Indian diplomats insist a $1.7 billion electricity grid in approach to China’s grand in Japan are tightening up their countries have been lured into Papua New Guinea as part of a plans for what it regards as its vetting of Chinese investments, adopting a far debt traps and view the recent push to provide countries with backyard. From Malaysia to Sri particularly in critical infras- criticism as legitimizing their alternative lending schemes. Lanka, simmering voter anger tructure such as key ports and more cautious long-standing position. In- Still, that number pales in com- over deals perceived as unfair network systems. deed, a report this year by the parison to the Belt and Road, or corrupt are prompting close China has commissioned in- approach to Washington-based Center for which Morgan Stanley says examination, investigation and ternal reports that have highli- China’s grand Global Development identified may total $1.3 trillion by 2027. even suspension of projects un- ghted the backlash, with the eight nations at risk of debt dis- Asia clearly needs more in- til recently taken for granted. aim of continuing Xi’s outward plans for what tress from Chinese financing, frastructure: The Asian De- “The first phase of the Belt push at a time when the eco- among them Pakistan, the Mal- velopment Bank forecasts the and Road is effectively over,” nomy is struggling. Authori- it regards as its dives, Laos, Mongolia and Dji- region needs $26 trillion wor- said Andrew Small, a senior ties have stepped up scrutiny bouti, where China has its only th of highways, railroads and fellow with the German Mar- of BRI projects and investment backyard overseas military base. other infrastructure over the shall Fund’s Asia program. “A and are deliberating possible Vietnam’s clashes with Bei- next decade or so. In the absen- new model has not yet emer- regulations, the official said, In Sri Lanka, there is growing jing in the South China Sea ce of viable alternatives, Chi- ged, but it is clear that the old adding that China is ready to anger over China’s vast econo- meanwhile mean security fears na is likely to remain the first one, almost entirely focused on take measures to clamp down mic influence as a threat to the there risk overshadowing in- port of call. In any case, many speed and scale, is no longer on misconduct. country’s sovereignty, while a vestment projects. countries in Asia and Africa sustainable.” That translates into “more Myanmar government advi- Increasingly, bashing China still prefer Chinese loans that Chinese authorities have no- willingness to renegotiate ter- ser criticized as “absurd” the makes sound electoral sense in come with “no governance or ted the examples of miscon- ms, more focus on project qua- $7.5 billion price tag for its Chi- parts of Asia. Indonesia, where accountability commitments,” duct and are reassessing and lity, more efforts to cooperate nese-backed port, which was the campaign for an April ballot said Broderick. tweaking their global infras- with third-country partners agreed to under the previous could bring heightened scrutiny In the five years since Xi lau- tructure plans, said a senior such as Japan, and greater sen- military government. of Chinese projects, is an exam- nched Belt and Road, “China Chinese official who asked not sitivity to political and macro- In Malaysia, Mahathir Moha- ple of how China’s investments has been on a learning curve,” to be named discussing stra- economic risk,” said the Ger- mad was elected prime mi- are often pulled into emerging said Pang Zhongying, an in- tegy. They are well aware that man Marshall Fund’s Small. nister in May after questio- market elections, according to ternational relations profes- poorly executed projects can The shift in sentiment among ning Chinese investments on Kelsey Broderick, an Asia asso- sor from Macau University of hurt China’s reputation and are Asian governments is already the campaign trail. In office, he ciate at the Eurasia Group. Science and Technology. “It’s alert to the potential for resent- tangible, and has burst into slammed a “new version of co- “Candidates around the world the right thing to do for China ment to spread, the official said. the open in recent months. In lonialism,” as his government have used public concerns over to reassess its BRI projects and Asia is in desperate need of Pakistan, China’s all-weather moved to suspend a $20 billion Chinese debt as part of their put more emphasis on risk con- infrastructure upgrades and no ally for decades, militants an- Chinese railway project, and successful challenges to incum- trol.” Bloomberg 12.12.2018 wed

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Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said with the US returns three disputed bells resolution of the issue, “It’s time for healing, it is time for closure, it is time to look ahead as two nations should with a shared his- taken in 1901 to Philippines tory as allies.” Duterte has referred to violence by Americans in Balangiga and Jim Gomez, Manila gers, who killed 48 U.S. soldiers on southern Jolo island in the in the town of Balangiga on cen- early 1900s in public criticism hree church bells seized ap photo tral Samar island in 1901 in one of the U.S. government after it Tby American troops as war of the U.S. Army’s worst single- raised concerns about his brutal trophies more than a century ago battle losses of that era. crackdown on illegal drugs in were returned to the Philippines One of the bells had been sou- which thousands have died. yesterday in a move long deman- nded to signal the attack by the A breakthrough on the bells is- ded by Filipino leaders, including villagers, some of whom were sue came with an amendment to the current president, who is cri- disguised as women who hid in a U.S. law banning the return of tical of Washington and has mo- the church near an American war relics and memorials to fo- ved closer to China. garrison, historian Rolando Bor- reign countries. That allowed the U.S. defense officials and the rinaga said. homecoming of the Balanggiga American ambassador handed The Americans retaliated, re- bells, said Lorenzana, who saw back the Bells of Balangiga to portedly killing thousands of the bells last year in Wyoming, the Philippine defense chief in a villagers above the age of 10, and where he was notified by Mattis solemn ceremony at an air force a U.S. general, Jacob Smith, or- of the U.S. decision. base in the capital, closing a dark dered Samar to be turned into a Philippine officials led by Du- episode in the treaty allies’ love- “howling wilderness,” Borrinaga terte are to turn over the bells hate relationship. said. on Saturday to officials and the “It is my great honor to be here Philippine Air Force personnel unload three church bells seized by American troops President Rodrigo Duterte, who church in Balangiga, a small at this closing of a painful chapter as war trophies more than a century ago has had an antagonistic attitude coastal town where villagers in our history,” U.S. Ambassador toward the U.S. and has revitali- applauded while watching troops Sung Kim said. “Our relationship The bells are revered by Filipi- After being colonized by Spain zed ties with China and Russia, on TV screens pry open the woo- has withstood the tests of history nos as symbols of national pride, for more than three centuries, asked Washington in his state den crates containing the bells. and flourishes today.” and their arrival on a U.S. mili- the Philippines became a U.S. of the nation address last year to “The Bells of Balangiga will Defense Secretary James Mattis tary transport plane and the han- possession in 1898 in a new co- “return them to us, this is painful once again peal, it will still re- has said the handover is an im- dover ceremony were shown live lonial era that began with the for us.” mind the people of Balangiga portant gesture of friendship and on national TV. Two of the bells outbreak of the Philippine-Ame- “Give us back those Balangiga of what happened in the town is in the U.S. national security had been displayed for decades rican War. bells. [...] They are part of our na- square more than a century ago,” interest. Some U.S. veterans and at F.E. Warren Air Force Base American occupation troops tional heritage,” Duterte said in Lorenzana said. “But we wou- officials had opposed the return in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the took the bells from a Catholic the speech, attended by the U.S. ld also look at that history with of the bells, calling them memo- third was with the U.S. Army in church following an attack by ambassador and other diploma- more understanding and accep- rials to American war dead. South Korea. machete-wielding Filipino villa- ts. tance.” AP ad wed 12.12.2018

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Kyunghee Park, Jill Ward xinhua he investigation into the fatal crash of a Boeing jet from Asia’s second-largest Tbudget airline has turned the spotlight on the ballooning growth of low-cost carriers in the region and the training, staff and facilities needed to support them. Rising wealth is adding a million new Asian fliers a year, spurring entre- preneurs, full-service airlines and regional governments to try their hand in an industry notorious for price wars and outside forces that have doo- med dozens of ventures. Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways is the latest to join the market with its first flight due this month, feeding holidaymakers to the resorts of owner and property billionaire Trinh Van Quyet. AirAsia Group will follow with a joint venture in the same country in August. Japan Airlines Ltd. aims to get a medium- and long-haul budget unit up and running by 2020, while in South Korea, at least four new aspirants have applied for permits. New, longer-range and fuel- Rescue crew members carry parts of the crashed Lion Air airplane efficient planes are encou- raging more routes. But the loss of Lion Air Flight 610 last month in Indonesia, and a preliminary accident report Lion Air crash shows challenges that criticized the carrier’s sa- fety and maintenance regimes without identifying the cause of the crash, has highlighted of Asia’s budget airline boom some of the factors that make the commercial operation of the calculation wrong and an continental budget arena, the nation’s Civil Aviation Au- interests and subsidized go- no-frills airlines so precarious. LCC’s slender margins can ra- Norwegian Air, will end its thority, and most major hubs vernment-owned flag carriers Potential growth in Asia is pidly vanish. London-Singapore service in the region have either been make for a less even playing huge. LCCs accounted for clo- next month, starting instead a rebuilt or have added termi- field. se to 55 percent of all seats wi- 2. Fuel route from the U.K. capital to nals to cope with a surge in In India, where low-cost In- thin Southeast Asia so far this The biggest cost of all is fuel Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. traffic. digo has almost half the total year and more than 60 per- and low cost carriers have Yet most are barely keeping market share and budget car- cent in South Asia. Yet some been suffering. For the airline 3. Staff up with demand. riers compete fiercely for the of the biggest markets in the industry as a whole, fuel will More airlines means more Worse still, many airports growing ranks of Indians who region are just getting going. probably account for about demand for pilots and cabin in the region, especially tho- are taking to the skies, cri- China got its first no-frills air- 24 percent of costs this year, crew, but there is already a se in second-tier cities often ppling taxes, government res- line - Spring Airlines Co. - in according to IATA, but for bu- global shortage of trained pi- favored by budget carriers, trictions and devastating price 2005, and Japan and South dget airlines the proportion is lots and the boom in demand don’t have the body and lug- wars have taken their toll. Sin- Korea are also now embracing often much higher. in Asia is making the situation gage scanners, maintenance ce 2007, at least a dozen airli- the trend. Airlines have had some res- worse. Even with an increa- facilities or modern air traffic nes have vanished or merged, Here are five key factors pite recently as the price of se in the number of schools control systems that meet the including low cost carriers Asia’s low-cost carriers must benchmark Brent crude oil training pilots in countries security and safety require- such as Kingfisher Airlines navigate to succeed in luring tumbled 25 percent in the past such as Indonesia and the Phi- ments for large-scale traffic. Ltd. and Sahara Airlines Ltd. Asia’s growing army of fliers: two months, bringing the le- lippines, it takes years for a “The biggest challenge that A continual push by the As- vel back to where it was a year student to qualify as a co-pilot LCCs face in Asia is the lack of sociation of Southeast Asian 1. Money ago. That may not be enough on a commercial airliner and suitable airports,” said Jeffrey nations to open the region’s With the list price of a new to prevent more players from years more before they have Lowe, managing director of skies, together with a cor- 737 MAX starting at around failing after two European enough experience to take Hong Kong-based Asian Sky nucopia of holiday destina- USD100 million, strong fi- operators went to the wall this command. Group. “In Asia these small tions, has made the group of nancing and deep pockets are summer. Demand for new pilots wor- to medium size airports don’t 10 countries a hot-bed for a must for setting up an airli- For carriers pursuing the ex- ldwide is expected to be over exist yet so you are stuck using budget airlines. Since Malay- ne. Most budget carriers are panding business of long-haul 630,000 by 2036, with the the existing big, expensive in- sia-based AirAsia Group was either backed by the fortune budget flights, the fuel equa- Asia-Pacific region alone re- ternational gateway airports, turned into a low-cost carrier of an existing business, such tion is even more critical. quiring more than a quarter of which are already at capacity in 2002, it has become Asia’s as Trinh’s property empire, or “On long haul there are fewer a million, according to Boeing in most cases.” biggest by passengers flown are affiliates of a full-service possibilities for LCCs to redu- Co. and Southeast Asia now has carrier, like Singapore Airli- ce costs’’ said Joanna Lu, head 5. Governments more than 10 major no-frills nes Ltd.’s Scoot. of Consultancy Asia for Fligh- 4. Airports One area where Asian airli- airlines, taking about half of But buying or leasing planes tGlobal. “Passengers expect a A key constraint on Asia’s nes face bigger hurdles than the market share. is only the start. Budget car- bit more in terms of comfort aviation growth is the availa- their European counterparts Southeast Asian LCCs have riers compete by meticulous on longer flights and the full- bility of airport facilities, not is in the region’s fragmented a staggering 1,400 aircraft on attention to trimming costs, service carriers benefit from just landing slots, but quality regulations and restrictions. order, compared with fewer using computer algorithms to having high-yielding premium maintenance, security and air The European Union’s open than 400 for full-service car- maximize the number of pas- traffic to achieve profitability traffic control. China has been skies policies allow carriers riers, according to CAPA. In sengers and seat revenue whi- and, crucially, to offer compe- adding new civil airports at more freedom to locate, mer- South Asia the budget order le dispensing with all but the titive fares in economy class.’’ the rate of about 10 a year for ge and fly throughout the bloc, book is more than 700 aircra- most basic free amenities. Get One entrant into the trans- the past decade, according to while in most of Asia, national ft. Bloomberg 12.12.2018 wed

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Egypt led off by concrete blocks. Unfinished buildings are everywhere in the city, parts of which look deserted. Many Normalcy restored in Sinai of the date palms in the city look like they have received little care for years. Authorities are building a city, but danger lurks wall around the city’s airport after militants last December rocketed a helicopter used by the then defense and inte- rior ministers while parked on the tarmac. The ministers were unharmed, but one of- ap/google maps ficer was killed in the attack. Another wall with heavily fortified watch towers is being built on the southern reaches of the city to pre- vent militants from infiltra- ting through dense olive or- chards. The pervasive security, and the great lengths to which the military went to protect the journalists, suggest dan- ger may not be far away. The reporters traveled in armo- red cars with gunners in full combat gear perched atop, and a signal-jamming vehicle tagged along as a precaution against roadside bombs. The top officials in the convoy were protected by heavily ar- med policemen in black fati- gues and ski masks. In late October, militants twice attacked workers em- ployed by the company buil- ding the wall just south of el- Arish, killing at least six and wounding 16. Earlier in No- vember, security forces killed 12 militants hiding in unused El Arish in the Sinai Peninsula buildings in el-Arish. “Stay put in the vehicle and don’t come out and wander Hamza Hendawi, el Arish accompanying this story to bid to deny the militants a ges of food and fuel. The siege around,” an armed plain- Egypt’s military censor, whi- safe haven and stop its use as was eased in May, allowing clothes police officer sternly ohammed Amer ch did not say two weeks af- cover for tunnels. Elsewhere normalcy to gradually return warned reporters during one MShaaban stood over ter submission if or when the in northern Sinai, olive or- to the mostly desert region, stop. “It is not as safe as you trays of fresh fish at his tiny material would be released. chards have been bulldozed especially in el-Arish. might think,” he said, poin- store in the coastal Sinai Pe- The carefully scripted trip to deny the militants sanc- Barely a year ago, militants ting to the expanse of desert ninsula city of el-Arish, poin- included visits to an indoor tuary. in el-Arish killed suspected on one side of the road. ting to his right and left whi- arena packed with thousands informants in broad dayli- The magnitude of the coun- le recalling the tough days of screaming schoolchildren, ght, set up bogus checkpoin- terterrorism task becomes when Islamic State militants a new housing project, a No one is ts, shot Christians in their apparent during the near- operated with impunity. school and a factory. No one stores, snatched clerics and ly 200-kilometer journey “They killed a Christian is claiming the militants have claiming the members of the security for- through the desert from the who owns a knife shop there been defeated, but there have militants have ces to later dump their bodies east bank of the Suez Canal and an informant over there. been no major attacks for se- on the streets. Now traffic is to el-Arish. They also killed one of my veral months, save a recent been defeated, heavy, families are out in All along the road are mi- cousins,” he said. ambush of buses carrying public, stores are filled with litary positions. At some, “We have enjoyed some sta- Christian pilgrims to a remo- but there have goods, and school classes are tanks are buried in the sand bility and peace for the past te desert monastery south of packed with children. for protection with only their six or seven months,” added Cairo that left seven dead. been no major The military is eager to tout turrets showing. Soldiers on the 48-year-old father of five The fight against militan- attacks for the changes. watch towers in the middle of as some two dozen journa- ts in Sinai has gone on for “Terrorism will be complete- nowhere cut forlorn figures lists descended on el-Arish’s years, but the insurgency several months ly defeated in a matter of a few against a backdrop of desert. fish market as part of a rare, gathered steam after the months,” announced Moham- The checkpoints create long army-organized trip. 2013 ouster by the military A brutal militant attack on med Abdel-Fadeel Shoushah, lines of vehicles. Helicopters The trip was chiefly desig- of a freely elected but divi- a Sinai mosque that killed a retired general who serves occasionally hover above. ned to show off signs of nor- sive president, the Islamist more than 300 worshippers a as the governor of northern El-Arish resident Hassan malcy in el-Arish, northern Mohammed Morsi of the year ago — the deadliest such Sinai. “Now we are focusing Mahdi, a lawyer who came to Sinai’s largest city, as eviden- Muslim Brotherhood. Autho- attack in Egypt in living me- on development, which is the Sinai from a Nile Delta pro- ce that the military’s all-out rities have since shut down mory — prompted general- basis of security.” vince as a young boy nearly offensive against militants almost all underground tun- turned-president Abdel-Fat- For now, though, el-Arish 30 years ago, said the res- launched nearly 10 months nels that they suspected mi- tah el-Sissi to order a major shows enduring signs of con- tored security is a welcome ago has succeeded. litants used to smuggle figh- offensive. flict. change. But in the city and the sur- ters and weapons into Sinai The operation, with thou- A Pharaonic-style building “To be honest, life was very, rounding deserts, the signs from neighboring Gaza, ruled sands of troops backed by across the road from the go- very difficult here,” he said. of war are difficult to miss, by the Islamist Hamas group tanks, jet-fighters and war- vernor’s heavily guarded of- “Businesses were relocating particularly the enormous since 2007. ships, got underway in Fe- fice has almost every one of out of Sinai in search of se- security presence. The Asso- They also razed to the grou- bruary. Security forces almost its windows shattered. Some curity and many things were ciated Press was required to nd much of the town of Ra- completely sealed off nor- streets are blocked by sand in short supply. Not anymo- submit the photos and video fah on the Gaza border in a thern Sinai, causing shorta- berms, while others are sea- re.” AP wed 12.12.2018

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op European Union offi- cials yesterday ruled out any renegotiation of the May in the Netherlands as she divorce agreement with TBritain as Prime Minister There- sa May launched her fight to save her Brexit deal by lobbying lea- fights to save Brexit deal ders in Europe’s capitals. May began her quest over break- is the best deal possible. It is the tadt, noted that with the canceled fast with Dutch counterpart Mark only deal possible.” vote in London “we have spiraled Rutte, a day after she abandoned But he added that “if used inte- ap photo again into a new mess,” and he a vote in the U.K. Parliament to lligently, [there] is room enough supported Juncker’s message. secure support for the agreement to give further clarification and “Whatever the request may be thrashed out with the EU over further interpretations without we will never let down our Irish more than a year, sensing that it opening the withdrawal agree- friends. It is out of the question to would be rejected in London “by a ment.” renegotiate the backstop,” Verho- significant margin.” EU leaders have often supple- fstadt said. While May made no public com- mented agreements with politi- If the Brexit agreement is ac- ment as she met Rutte in The cal declarations that clarify their cepted by the U.K. Parliament, it Hague, European Commission interpretation of elements of an must still be endorsed by the Eu- President Jean-Claude Juncker accord or provide assurances ropean Parliament before March warned that the Brexit agreement about how parts of any deal mi- 29. cannot be re-opened for negotia- ght work. British Prime Minister Theresa May is greeted by Dutch Prime Minister Mark May is traveling to Berlin for tion at a summit of EU leaders In Brussels, Danish Foreign Rutte upon her arrival in The Hague yesterday talks with German Chancellor tomorrow, but he did say that Minister Anders Samuelsen also Angela Merkel and to Brussels for elements of the deal could still be said that EU countries might be between Northern Ireland in the though it was never meant to be meetings with Juncker and EU clarified. willing to clarify parts of the deal. U.K. and EU member country used. Council President Donald Tusk, “There is no room whatsoever “It is always a political option to Ireland, and May is sure to seek “We have a common determina- who will chair tomorrow’s sum- for renegotiation,” Juncker told clarify if that is needed, what is flexibility on this from her Euro- tion to do everything to be not in mit. EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, meant, what kind of underlining pean partners. the situation one day to use that A senior German official said France, as he briefed them on the is needed,” Samuelsen told repor- But Juncker said that the so-cal- backstop, but we have to prepa- May won’t get any pledge of new summit. ters. led “backstop” — an insurance ar- re,” he said, and underlined that negotiations while in Berlin. And Juncker, who is set to meet May One of the main sticking points rangement to ensure that no hard “Ireland will never be left alone.” he stressed that the chief negotia- on Tuesday evening, underlined since the Brexit talks began has border appears after Brexit on The European Parliament’s tors were in Brussels, not the Ger- that “the deal we have achieved been how to keep goods flowing March 29 — must remain, even Brexit point man, Guy Verhofs- man capital. AP

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Football | EPL Chelsea suspends four people amid Sterling racism investigation

Steve Douglas a statement on Monday, “and if there is evidence of ticket-hol- mid an outcry over ders taking part in any racist ap photo the treatment of behavior, the club will issue se- Raheem Sterling by vere sanctions, including bans. England’s media and We will also fully support any soccerA fans, Chelsea suspended criminal prosecutions.” four people from attending its Sterling, one of English soc- matches as police investigated cer’s best and most high-profi- whether the Manchester City le players, posted a message on winger was racially abused his Instagram account on Sun- during a Premier League match. day, touching only briefly on the Police are reviewing footage incident and instead focusing that circulated widely online on the portrayal of black foo- during Chelsea’s 2-0 win over tballers in British newspapers City on Saturday, showing a which he believes helps to “fuel man aggressively hurling abuse racism.” at Sterling as the player retrie- “Regarding what was said at ved the ball off the field. Others the Chelsea game,” Sterling near the man also appeared to wrote, “as you can see by my be goading the England inter- reaction I just had to laugh be- national. cause I don’t expect no better.” Chelsea said the club was fully The 24-year-old Sterling has supporting the police investiga- had an uneasy relationship with tion and will pass on any infor- the media, with critical coverage Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (left) runs with the ball followed by Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic mation it gathers. before the World Cup in Russia “Chelsea finds all forms of of his decision to get a tattoo of late father, who was shot dead by fans and in the media befo- much so that he decided to stop discriminatory behavior abhor- an assault rifle on his right leg. when Sterling was two. re, during, and after the Euro- going on social media. rent,” the London club said in He said it was a tribute to his He was also heavily criticized pean Championship in 2016, so Former Manchester United ad wed 12.12.2018

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defender Gary Neville was one “We all have a part to play in Football | La Liga of Sterling’s coaches at Euro tackling racism and discrimina- 2016, and was approached by tion and certain sectors of the the winger during the tourna- media must be held to account.” Spanish league scraps plan to ment. Sterling, felt, according Pound said the PFA was “in no to Neville, that the abuse toward doubt that the negative narrati- him was “vicious” and that he ve influences public opinion and play January match in US was being “targeted.” emboldens racist rhetoric.” “There was a tonal difference A week before the incident in- Tales Azzoni, Madrid Stadium. A court decision was Other stakeholders, including to the actual attacks that he was volving Sterling at Chelsea, a ba- expected as early as Thursday. UEFA and CONCACAF, also getting compared to others,” nana skin was thrown by fans at he Spanish League has gi- “La Liga will continue the needed to approve the mat- Neville said. “He was asking me Arsenal striker Pierre Emerick Tven up on its plan to play planned action so an official ch. The FIFA council recently why this was happening. The -Aubameyang as he celebrated a regular-season match in the league game can be played ou- opposed the idea, although its abuse that he received, parti- scoring against Tottenham in a United States next month be- tside of Spain,” the league said. permission for the match was cularly in the media, and the Premier League match. cause Barcelona backed down “La Liga is convinced that [the not mandatory. language that was used against “I am obviously not surpri- from its commitment. federation] is not acting in ac- Staging the game in the Uni- him, I have not seen it before. sed that things like this still The Catalan club said on Mon- cordance with the law.” ted States is seen as an impor- And I have lived closely with happen,” Liverpool manager day it did not intend to play the The league needs approval tant step for the Spanish league David Beckham and Wayne Juergen Klopp said on Monday, game against Girona near Mia- from the federation to be able to continue expanding interna- Rooney.” when asked about the abuse of mi because there was no con- to play abroad. The federation tionally and to close the gap on Neville said it was a “miracle” Sterling, “but I like the fact that sensus among all stakeholders. was yet to approve or deny the the powerful English Premier Sterling has been able to beco- we put the finger on it and say, The club’s board of direc- league’s request, having rai- League. The Spanish league has me such an integral player for ‘You cannot say what you want, tors said Barcelona remained sed concerns that the overseas a 15-year deal with sports and City and England. it is not possible.’ behind the idea of the game game would not comply with entertainment group Relevent “He has been carrying this for “As long as people are silly aboard, but the “project will not Spanish and international regu- to promote soccer and take ga- years,” Neville said. “This was enough to do this, they need to prosper until there is an agree- lations and TV broadcast con- mes to the United States. not just a Chelsea fan at the be punished for it. That is how it ment between all parties.” tracts. It also said the overseas “We regret to disappoint our weekend.” is. I am sure 95 percent of peo- “From the beginning we have match could harm the other 18 fans in the U.S. and will work English soccer’s players’ union ple or more are not like this so said that participation in the league clubs. to, in the shortest possible time, said Sterling was “often singled we should try to find the right game abroad is voluntary,” the Barcelona said in its statement stage an official La Liga game out and treated more harshly amount of attention for these league said in a statement. “If it “accepted that income from in the U.S., just like the major than his colleagues.” people. Yes, punish them but do FC Barcelona wishes not to at- the game would be shared” American leagues (NBA, NFL, “Raheem has made a stand not talk too much about them tend, the game scheduled in among all first-division and se- MLB, NHL) stage games outsi- by speaking out and we stand because they do not deserve that Miami can’t be staged on the cond-division clubs following de their borders.” shoulder to shoulder with him we talk about them.” agreed date.” the criteria for television rights The league last month laun- against the discrimination of The Football Association has The Spanish league last mon- money distribution. ched a campaign to showcase which he speaks,” said Simone said it will work with the clubs th took legal action against the The league offered several the public support from Ame- Pound, head of equality and di- and other authorities regarding country’s soccer federation in compensation plans for fans of rican fans, asking them to sign versity at the Professional Foo- the incident at Stamford Bridge an effort to get approval for the Girona, which would be relin- an online petition in favor of the tballers’ Association. involving Sterling. AP Jan. 26 match at Hard Rock quishing a home match. game. AP

ad THE four journalists and a newspaper Station Air quality BUZZ are Time’s Person of the Year Roadside 70-100 Moderate Time magazine named four jour- Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, nalists and a newspaper yesterday as who has been arrested; and Reu- High its 2018 Person of the Year for what ters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Density 55-75 it said was standing up for the truth Soe Oo, who have been detained in Residental in the face of persecution and violen- Myanmar for nearly a year. Moderate ce. “They are representative of a broa- Area opinion The group, which Time called “the der fight by countless others around guardians,” consists of slain Saudi the world — as of Dec. 10, at least 52 Ambient 70-100 journalist Jamal Khashoggi; the Ca- journalists have been murdered in Moderate source: dsmg source: Macau Matters pital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, 2018 — who risk all to tell the story Richard Whitfield where five people were shot to death of our time,” Editor-in-Chief Edward at the newspaper’s offices in June; Felsenthal wrote in an essay. WORLD BRIEFS Getting a Good Night’s Sleep New Zealand Lebanon’s president All round the world, including Macau I am sure, many said yesterday that people suffer from poor sleep quality/quantity, resul- Israel’s operation to ting in many health, economic and social issues. For Law makes medical destroy what it says is a series of cross-border example, a 2013 study showed that more than 65% of attack tunnels built by the US adult population regularly failed to get the 7-9 the militant Hezbollah hours of sleep recommended for each night. Studies marijuana widely group won’t endanger in other countries have found similar results and it is the calm along the estimated that half the people in the developed world frontier, adding that his will not get the sleep that they need this week. available country takes the issue This chronic lack of sleep is said to cost US com- seriously. panies about $2,000/worker/year because of redu- Nick Perry, Wellington A police ced productivity and poor quality decision-making – ap photo Turkey everybody knows that when you are tired you cannot ew Zealand’s govern- officer angered that his ment yesterday passed request for a transfer work hard, you cannot think creatively and you inevi- N was rejected fired shots tably make poor decisions! To counter this problem, a law that will make medi- at his superiors inside a progressive companies like Nike and Google include cal marijuana widely availa- ble for thousands of patien- police station in northern relaxation areas with “nap pods” in their work sites. Turkey yesterday, killing Similarly, researchers are beginning to suspect that ts over time. The legislation will also the local police chief the rising rates of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivi- and wounding two other ty Disorder) among school children may often be mis- allow terminally ill patients officers. diagnosed sleep deprivation. Biologically, adolescen- to begin smoking illegal pot ts naturally go to sleep very late and to get the 8 hours immediately without facing France Tax relief and of sleep that they need they should not start school the possibility of prosecu- other fiscal measures until after 9am. However, most schools start at 7:30 – tion. announced by French President Emmanuel 8:30am, so that many school children regularly do not The measures come ahead Macron to try to calm get enough sleep – chronic tiredness, irritability, lack of a planned national re- ferendum on recreational nationwide protests will of concentration, and so on are the result, which are cost 8-10 billion euros similar symptoms to ADHD. Progressive schools are marijuana use. The gover- nment has pledged to hold (MOP73-91 billion), beginning to recognize this problem and are delaying the government said the referendum some time their school starting times, with dramatic results. For yesterday. example, after school starting times were delayed un- over the next two years, but til 9am in Minnesota, student Math-SAT (Mathematics has not yet set a date or fi- nalized the wording. Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores rose by about 20%. ap photo The new law allows patien- Tips for getting better sleep include: ts much broader access to welcome as another option spokesman, Dr. Shane Reti, - Stick to a regular sleep schedule (sleeping and ri- medical marijuana, which for people who live with said the new law is “lazy sing times) and ensure you allow for a good 8 hours was previously highly res- chronic pain,” he said. and dangerous” because it tricted. But most patients He said the 25,000 people doesn’t provide details of of sleep every night Britain Top European - Exercise regularly but not in the evenings – exerci- will have to wait a year un- who are in palliative care the planned medical mari- til a new set of regulations, with terminal illnesses di- juana scheme, and would Union officials se raises your body temperature which makes falling yesterday ruled out dn’t have time to wait for also allow some people to asleep more difficult so avoid it for 2-3 hours before licensing rules and quality any renegotiation of your bedtime. standards are put in place. the new scheme, and so the start smoking pot in public. the divorce agreement - Avoid Caffeine and nicotine because they interfere The law will also allow me- law provided a legal defense “We support medicinal with Britain, as Prime with your body’s sleep signaling mechanisms. dical marijuana products to for them to use illegal ma- cannabis but strongly oppo- Minister Theresa May - Avoid sleeping pills and alcoholic nightcaps – be manufactured in New rijuana. se the smoking of loose-leaf fought to save her Brexit deal by lobbying leaders sleeping pills and alcohol are strong sedatives which Zealand for both domestic “People nearing the end of cannabis in public,” Reti in Europe’s capitals. can render you unconscious but only give you very and overseas markets. their lives should not have said. “Smoked loose-leaf is More on p15 poor quality sleep. They prevent the proper REM and Health Minister Dr. David to worry about being arres- not a medicine.” NREM sleep cycles, thus interfering with your me- Clark said in a statement ted or imprisoned for trying Reti said the new law the new law will help ease to manage their pain,” Clark amounted to decrimina- Spain’s central mory. government says it will said. lizing marijuana by steal- - Avoid large meals and beverages in the late eve- suffering. send in national police ning because they can lead to indigestion and nee- “This will be particularly But the opposition’s health th. 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