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SJM RECORDS 74.4% FALL IN HOT SEATS: JUDGE, LAWYERS THE TEDXSENADOSQUARE FIRST HALF GAMING REVENUE PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENT WILL BE WITH VIP SEGMENT DROPPING HOPING FOR IPIM CASE HELD IN MACAU IN 2020 FOR THE FASTER THAN MASS RULINGS BY AUGUST SECOND TIME P3 P2 P5 AP PHOTO AP PHOTO PANDEMIC South Korea said yesterday it has won U.S. consent to use solid fuel for space launch vehicles, a move that is expected to enable Seoul to launch its first surveillance satellites and acquire technology HUNGER to build more powerful Virus-linked hunger is leading to the missiles. Solid fuel offers deaths of 10,000 more children a month, greater mobility for missiles and rockets, and according to an urgent call to action from reduces launch preparation P6-7 time. But Washington the United Nations had imposed strict restrictions on Seoul’s use of solid propellant. More on macaudailytimes.com AP PHOTO

China New coronavirus cases continue to rise in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, with 57 reported yesterday. Beijing also reported its first case of domestic transmission in more than two weeks, while the northeastern province of Liaoning added another six cases in its local outbreak. Another four cases were found among Chinese travelers arriving from outside the country, bringing the daily total over the past 24 hours to 68. AP PHOTO

Vietnam yesterday locked down its third-largest city for two weeks after 22 cases of COVID-19 were AP PHOTO Is the found linked to a hospital. Three baby Public transport into and entente in out of the central city of Da Nang was suspended. China-Vatic an abandonments Over the weekend, relations thousands of mostly in four years Vietnamese tourists during cut short their summer Macau has recorded three cases of infant vacations in the popular pandemic beach destination. here to stay? abandonment referred by hospitals from 2016 until June 2020 More on backpage P4 P2 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 29.07.2020 wed

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ted to the development of Star- Tower in Hengqin. The witness said that, in partnership with Ng and ano- RENATO MARQUES RENATO ther business partner, he had acquired one whole tower of the project, accounting for some 100 housing units. This acquisition should have cost about 200 million yuan in total. The witness also said that the price of the whole tower was fixed at 21,000 yuan per square meter, and that that pri- ce should be the minimum sale price of the development, al- though he admits to having no awareness of any sales below this amount. According to the witness, the units were sold for an average of 22,000 yuan to 24,000 yuan per square meter. In some ca- ses, he was told by Ng to sell COURTS although he wanted to keep them to sell at a later stage with an added profit margin. Judge, lawyers hoping for The witness also said that in all cases, the sales were sub- ject to individual contracts and IPIM case rulings this August that all payments related to such contracts had to be done RENATO MARQUES not present any relevant facts activities are interrupted for The prosecutors also predic- via bank transfer to his bank or clarifications about matters the summer holidays. ted that their final allegations account, remarking that wi- HE high-profile court case in dispute, the Judge took some The defense lawyers also ex- would take at least two hours to thout exception, no payment Tinvolving corruption alle- time to organize the court work pressed their wish to finalize be delivered, with Judge Leong in cash or without the signing gations against the Macao Tra- for the upcoming weeks. the trial as soon as possible, suggesting that the court wou- of a formal contract had been de and Investment Promotion Judge Leong called on both and agreed that ideally, a de- ld need to book at least two full allowed. Institute is drawing to a close, the prosecution and the de- cision should be made before days for the final statements At the court, he also said that with the final statements from fense lawyers to confirm the the end of the judiciary year. proceedings. he did not know Miguel Ian and the prosecution and defense number and identity of witnes- Of note to the defense lawyers In light of this, it seems likely that he had never sold him any tentatively scheduled for next ses they considered essential was the case of the former pre- that a final decision on the trial unit on such a project. month. to call to the stand and which sident of IPIM, Jackson Chang, will be only known by Septem- Such facts do not credit the This imminent closure to the witnesses they might consider who is undergoing trial while ber when the judiciary activity theory proposed by the prose- case was acknowledged yester- waiving the hearing in court imprisoned. resumes. cution that Ian, a former Resi- day by presiding Judge, Leong for, where their testimony mi- With less than two weeks un- dency Application and Legal Fong Meng, while organizing ght be less important. til the end of the judiciary year, NO CONCEALED SALES AT Affairs Division chief, had been the upcoming court work and Judge Leong wanted to start that timeline seemed to be al- STARTOWER given benefits in the acqui- rescheduling witnesses to the with the final allegations as most abandoned given that the During yesterday’s court ses- sition of the several housing case. soon as possible, and ideally many defense lawyers would sion, one of the witnesses cal- units on the tower as compen- After an uneventful court before August 11, being the need to prepare their final sta- led to testify on the case was a sation for his help with the re- session in which the majori- date that the judiciary year clo- tements to court within that ti- former business partner of Ng sidency application processes ty of those called to testify did ses. After this date, the courts’ meframe. Kuok Sao on the business rela- at IPIM.

IAS knows of three baby abandonments in 4 years LYNZY VALLES donment, explaining that to various family situations ral for inpatient services in centers, the monthly total upon receiving an applica- within the four year period, (including suspected aban- children’s and youth insti- income of the child’s family tion. ACAU has recorded there were no incidents re- doned infant cases referred tutions, IAS will assess and if it is a two-member hou- Once validated by the Mthree cases of suspec- corded in 2018 or in the first by hospitals) through nine determine the needs of the sehold should not be over court, the adoptive rela- ted infant abandonment half of 2020. homes for children and minors to be admitted to 19,425 patacas, 26,775 pata- tionship will become irre- referred by hospitals from There are no adoption youths,” the IAS explained. the children’s and youth cas for three-member hou- vocable, to safeguard the 2016 until June 2020, accor- centers in Macau, and These children include institutions, allocate suita- seholds, and 32,550 patacas best interests of the adopted ding to data provided by the adoption in the SAR is a those who are from single- ble institutions for them, for a four-member family. child. Social Welfare Bureau (IAS). challenging procedure. The -parent families, families and coordinate physical IAS is the only legitima- “The law requires a rigo- However, the IAS noted city has a total of nine ho- with disabled family mem- examinations and check- te agency to offer adoption rous adoption procedure: that there is “no obvious mes for children and youth. bers and families with pa- -in procedures,” the bureau services in the region. application, assessment, trend in the data” regarding “Macau provides resi- tients of chronic illness and added. According to the bureau, matching, observation pe- an increase or decrease in dential care services for mi- diseases. To be transferred to the- it can complete an adoption riod for adoption, and court frequency of baby aban- nors who are in crisis due “After receiving a refer- se government-subsidized assessment in three months validation,” IAS stated.

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Tourism board to include Hengqin in local tours HR association calls on unemployed Visits to other Greater Bay cities will form part of the Macao Ready Go! Local Tour campaign, the city’s tourism to improve their career skills chief, Maria Helena de Senna NEMPLOYED and group of underemployed resi- Fernandes, has said. The next unveiling of new itineraries, underemployed resi- dents should not be forgotten. will include tours that cover

dents should take this BLOOMBERG Underemployment refers to the Hengqin, if travel conditions time to improve their proportion of the labor force allow. Whether the tours go Uprofessional skills while they wait which is being underutilized in ahead will depend on the city’s for the job market to recover, the job market because of their capacity to conduct Covid-19 Choi Chin Man, director-general skills, experience or education, nucleic acid tests. The head of the Macau Human Resources or because they are working part- of the tourism authority does Association, has said. time roles when they could be in not want to fill up quotas with Currently, the government full-time roles. tourism needs. Given that this is offering subsidized training According to the director-ge- year’s Macau Grand Prix has programs through the Labour neral, many underemployed re- received the green light for the Affairs Bureau (DSAL). It caters sidents are earning half or even time being, the tourism board to unemployed Macau residen- one-third of their original sala- will roll out advertisements in ts or those in specific industries, ries. other places, with mainland including taxi drivers, tour gui- “They still need to pay their China as the main focus. Hong des, tour bus drivers and workers bills – house mortgage, car loan, Kong and other surrounding from the conferencing and exhi- handout for this year has been preferable policy. raise their children,” Choi stres- places will be also form part bitions sector. brought forward, as well as two The training policy, in Choi’s sed. of the marketing strategy, but Participants will get a ma- rounds of the consumer e-vou- opinion, can equip people with The DSAL has also initiated advertisements will be generic ximum subsidy of MOP6,656 cher which provides MOP8,000 new or upgraded knowledge, a scheme with the Higher Edu- in nature, given the pandemic. during the training and will be re- in total to all registered Macau ID making them more versatile and cation Bureau to arrange inter- ferred to employers by the DSAL holders. adaptive. nship opportunities for gradua- CDC defends upon completing the training. With many residents wan- “The subsidized training pro- ting or soon-to-graduate uni- Covid-19 tests for The training scheme is part of the ting additional cash handouts gram is a very good [policy] di- versity students. The authorities casino entrants government’s economic revival and an increase in the spending rection,” the director-general are working with entities in both effort in response to the global hit value of the consumption card, said. “Receiving training means Macau and mainland China to If infections occur within caused by Covid-19. Choi stated that his association that they will have polished skills. offer these students internships casinos, the consequence will In addition, the government considers expanding the subsidi- In future difficult times, they for six to eight weeks. When they be serious, Dr Leong Iek Hou, coordinator at the Center for is offering a salary subsidy of zed training program for unem- have the skills to choose to chan- conclude their internships, the Disease Control and Prevention MOP15,000 in cash to each eli- ployed and underemployed resi- ge profession or career path.” DSAL will pair them with hiring has said in defense of the strict gible Macau resident. The cash dents to be a more suitable and However, he stressed the employers. AL measures currently taking place at casino doors. For the time being, the government requires all entrants to possess CRIME a nucleic acid test result from within the preceding seven days and a Green Health Code PJ arrests six in illegal border entry scheme in order to enter any casino. Backing the requirement, RENATO MARQUES Saturday in the surroun- trying to illegally enter The group was detai- At the same time, the Leong reiterated that the global dings of Ka-Ho Port in Co- Macau. ned after the facilitators Zhuhai authorities detai- situation remains changing and HE Judiciary Police (PJ) loane, detaining two peo- According to the same managed to smuggle into ned another five people uncertain, and the government Tarrested six people sus- ple from the mainland and source, the group’s opera- the territory the clients that the mainland autho- cannot guarantee that cases pected of being involved in one Macau resident. tions were organized and who arrived at Ka-Ho on rities believe to be also will not emerge in the city. She a scheme facilitating illegal According to the infor- those operating locally had Saturday. connected to such a group, reminded that asymptomatic entry to the territory for mation from the PJ, the established a system to The PJ said that three of including the suspected cases have been found in many mainland gamblers who 31-year-old local man is a provide accommodation the four people caught ad- ringleader. countries. wanted to play at local ca- casino worker, while tho- in an illegal hostel located mitted to having used the To the PJ, the detainees sinos, a PJ spokesperson se from the mainland in- in Taipa. scheme to avoid the Co- also disclosed that to rea- Gov’t outlines informed during the joint clude a 34-year-old male The PJ conducted the vid-19 prevention measu- ch Macau using the abo- priorities for press conference on Mon- who was found to be operation after receiving res adopted on both sides ve method would require youth education day. overstaying his entry visa intelligence from Zhuhai of the border, saying that payment of a fee that ran- strategy The police made the and four others whom authorities on the suspec- they did so in order to gam- ged between 22,000 and arrests in an operation last the police believe were ted activities of the group. ble in local casinos. 30,000 yuan. The main focus of youth policies between 2021 and 2023 will be nurturing talented young people with a focus on career planning, SJM records 74.4% fall in first half gaming revenue in addition to enhancing their understanding of local ET gaming revenue the first half of the year. EBITDA Margin decrea- specific consequences of cash, bank balances and and national development. Nat Sociedade de Jogos During the same period, sed to negative 22.5% Covid-19 that have cri- pledged bank deposits of The government will also de Macau (SJM) fell 74.4% slot machine gross reve- from 12.2% in the first half ppled gaming revenues. more than HKD7.5 billion focus on improving young in the first half of 2020, ac- nue fell 59.2%. of 2019. “SJM’s first half results as of June 30, 2020. people’s competitiveness and cording to financial results In the first half of the The casino operator reflect the severe contrac- “In this environment, fostering their multifaceted disclosed yesterday by the year, gross gaming reve- cited the Covid-19 pan- tion in travel and tourism we strive to control our development. The cross- firm, with the VIP segment nue across all six Macau demic as the chief cause caused by the Covid-19 running costs at a prudent departmental working group falling faster than mass. operators fell 77.4% in behind the sudden collap- pandemic,” said Ambro- level. […] We are confi- responsible for youth policy will According to the selec- year-on-year terms to se in gaming revenue. se So, Vice-Chairman and dent that when the region also improve knowledge among ted financial results, mass just MOP33.7 billion, with It pointed to the 15-day Chief Executive Officer of emerges from the pan- young people in relation to the market gaming revenue about two-thirds of the re- closure of casinos in Fe- SJM Holdings Limited, in demic, SJM will be at the master plan of the country as of the company decrea- venue earned in January bruary, as well as ongoing prepared comments. forefront of Macau’s re- well as its regional development sed 73.5% and VIP gross alone. restrictions on entry from Even so, SJM maintains sumed development into strategy. The policies, however, gaming revenue showed a Meanwhile, SJM said the mainland, Hong Kong a strong financial position, a world centre of tourism will undergo public consultation decrease of 81.6% during that the Group’s Adjusted and other locations as the company said, with and leisure.” DB before they are implemented. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 29.07.2020 wed

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INTERVIEW Diocese concerned with global issues affecting Catholic Church: expert the agreement as the first step towards the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and China,” said the expert. “The truth is that many have considered that in the near fu- ture, all new bishops in China will be appointed after consul- ting with both parties, which is not written anywhere in the do- cument,” Encarnação added. Therefore, Encarnação does not consider the agreement a step forward for the Holy See in China. “Much more important than the agreement is the good re- lationship that exists between Pope Francis and President Xi Jinping, and the countless mes- sages that Pope Francis sends to Chinese Catholics on the most important dates of the Liturgi- cal Calendar,” said the expert. “Now, in 2020, Pope Francis addresses Catholics in China, and no criticism is heard from the Blue Room of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” When questioned on the José Miguel Encarnação, an expert on China-Vatican relations role that the Macau Diocese plays in fostering the nego- tiation of the agreement, the LYNZY VALLES Many Christians in China plained Encarnação. when President Xi Jinping and expert noted that the local have joined underground chur- “It is yet another mystery to Pope Francis started to exchan- Diocese is “certainly wary of T remains unclear whether ches as the country continually unravel in the already complex ge frequent correspondence everything that is happening IChina will meet its pledge to tightens its control on churches. relationship between China and following their elections, both on this side of the world in re- recognize underground clergy These underground chur- the Holy See,” he noted. in March 2013. lation to the Catholic Church.” and clandestine diocese. ches, also called loyal churches, Meanwhile, China has been Encarnação noted that after He compared the situation in According to José Miguel En- came into existence in the 1950s urging the Vatican to cut ties the signing of the provisional Macau to the Diocese of Hong carnação, an expert on China- right after the severing of ties with Taiwan. Initially, Beijing agreement for the appointment Kong in that the Diocese of -Vatican relations, the central between Chinese Catholics and wanted the Vatican to cease its of bishops was made public, se- Macau also has the status of a government has kept religion the Holy See. relations with Taiwan before it veral misinterpretations of the missionary diocese. Its bishops within the exclusive sphere of However, for Encarnação, was willing to open dialogue. document followed. are elected by the prefect of the the state, despite opening up in it was significant to note that Encarnação hinted that since According to him, what was Congregation for the Evangeli- its economic and social aspects. during the mandatory quaran- the Holy See recognizes Taiwan written in the agreement was zation of Peoples and report di- “By this, I mean that any ac- tine in China, as a consequence as the legitimate government of explicit: the recognition by the rectly to the Pope. tion taken by China in relation of Covid-19, there were more China, necessary conditions for Holy See of nine bishops, one of Previously, Fr. Cyril Jerome to the Catholic Church must than 60 million people in Hubei the Holy See’s ability to move them “posthumously, previou- Law, Jr noted that the city has always fit within the diplomatic province alone who attended the Apostolic Nunciature from sly nominated by the Patriotic a transparent relationship with framework that exists today be- masses, bible readings, prayers, Taipei to Beijing remains un- Association.” the Vatican, citing the visit of tween China and the Holy See, religious news and videos onli- clear. “The document adds almost Cardinal Fernando Filoni, whi- that is, between the representa- ne. “In diplomacy, pressure is nothing else. I do not know whe- ch he also considered as a sign tives of the Pope as the Vatican’s These residents even wat- not exerted by just one party. ther it is because of the desire of of the Holy See’s care and the head of state and China’s man- ched the Holy Week celebrated Note that Taiwan today is only the world’s Catholic communi- confirmation of their work in dated entity for this purpose,” by Pope Francis in the Vatican. recognized by around fifteen ty or the media’s desire to see the SAR. Encarnação explained in a re- The online broadcasts were states, the majority of which are cent interview with the Macau made not only by officials from micro-states with no influence Daily Times. Catholic dioceses as large as globally,” said the expert. XINHUA The expert and editor of O those in Beijing and Shanghai, “For how much longer does Clarim, the Macau Diocese’s but also from the dioceses of the Holy See want to be inclu- mouthpiece, said that the is- Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the ded in this list, especially when sue remains outstanding as the Philippines and Malaysia. China asserts itself as the wor- Patriotic Association has been “At this moment, the expla- ld’s second superpower?” he losing autonomy, as it is increa- nation for the Chinese autho- questioned. singly being controlled by the rities not blocking internet ac- Reports state that by the end State Council, which limits its cess to such religious content is of July, Vatican and Chinese de- negotiating power. unknown, especially when not legations will meet in Rome to “Only through a unilateral many years ago, more restrictive review and consider the possi- decision taken by the Central laws were passed in relation to ble renewal of the provisional Government could China recog- any manifestation of religious agreement on the nominations nize the clergy and clandestine worship, notably the law that of bishops, which was initially dioceses, and one of the condi- prohibits citizens under eigh- signed on September 22, 2018. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) meets with the Vatican’s Secretary for tions is its integration into the teen years of age from partici- The agreement was made af- Relations with States Paul Gallagher in Munich, Germany Patriotic Association,” he said. pating in religious classes,” ex- ter the relationship established www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 wed 29.07.2020 澳門 MACAU

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advertorial TEDxSenadoSquare follows event trend moving online ANTHONY LAM

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event returns for its BEITLER DANIEL second edition this year, but this time Monline. Due to the widespread Co- vid-19 across the globe, this year’s TEDxSenadoSquare was moved online in order to avoid complications about social dis- tancing and travel quarantines. It’s a new exercise not only for Macau but also for the team to move the event online. But this is not the sole challenge facing Venus Loi, one of the organizers of the event. Loi admitted that they are not particularly experienced in hos- ting online events, but they con- sider it a valuable opportunity to Venus Loi, one of the organizers of TEDxSenadoSquare learn how to do so. A bigger problem is curating members should have a mixed puter arithmetic or algorithms,” an event that attracts the interest mindset and embrace various she said. “This may be what they of the public. disciplines. do every day.” “I think the audience base is Because of the nature of TEDx But for lay people, it may be a real challenging factor,” Loi talks, the organizer thinks it pos- too incomprehensible and cau- said, referring not to the size of sible to gather a fully localized se them to lose interest. “That’s the population which would be speaker lineup. The fame of the why we need to work with the attracted to a TEDx talk, but the speakers is not part and parcel to speakers to determine a suitable particular interests and demo- receiving an invitation. angle or topic,” she explained. graphics of the audience. “Speakers don’t necessarily The organizer further ex- In contrast to a TED talk, whi- have to be the owners of a lar- plained she needs to remind ch generally focuses on larger ge enterprise or a high-ranking speakers to focus on a topic topics, a TEDx talk is more locali- government official,” Loi explai- that is appealing to Macau au- zed and has a more independent ned. “Fame doesn’t [predict whe- diences, in addition to meeting approach, said Loi. ther an invitation is extended] the 18-minute TEDx talk time “It’s not like a technology se- but content does.” allowance. minar that focuses on a sole “At other TEDx events, even “In addition, some speakers topic,” Loi explained. “A TEDx students can take the floor,” Loi are knowledgeable in several event can have all [different] added. “That’s why I believe it’s areas, so we need to discuss with topics in one event.” possible to make an event with a them so that they will focus on a She said the open-minded- full local speaker lineup. We can single area,” Loi explained. “We ness of the audience is the key even do it now.” will also work on their pacing to making the event meaningful. In her opinion, the key is what from scratch.” “For example, the audience may a speaker is capable of presen- TEDxSenadoSquare will be be presented with a complete- ting, as much as how they do so. held on Sunday, August 9, be- ly unfamiliar topic within the “It may be completely normal tween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. More rundown,” she said. “Their lo- for some speakers to present information can be found on the sing focus is something we try to professional, technical or com- organizer’s website and social avoid.” In her opinion, audience plicated concepts, such as com- media pages.

venue reaches the ma- ximum limit, spectators HUSH closing concert will be requested to wait in line for admission. In conjunction with moved to Tap Seac Square the epidemic prevention works, this year’s festi- HE closing concert of of August 2, from 4 p.m. the artistic activities.” val hosted various types Tthe “HUSH!! Full Mu- to 9 p.m., the IC said in The closing concert is of music activities and sic 2020” summer festival a statement issued yes- dedicated to pop music workshops in different event will be transferred terday. and will feature perfor- districts of the city be- from its original venue The cultural authority mances by local bands, tween June and August. in Senado Square to Tap did not advance a reason including Avidya, Chap- Last weekend, a Seac Square, according for the venue change, ter 2, Free Yoga Mats, “Rooftop Sunset” con- to its organizer, the Cul- however it did mention Scamper, Ariclan and cert was held at the tural Affairs Bureau. the need to follow the LAVY. Ponte 9 Rooftop, with The concert, titled anti-pandemic “guide- As the number of peo- several musical groups “Hot Wave in the City”, lines of the health au- ple allowed in the venue performing through the will still be held at its thorities and deploy the is limited, if the number late afternoon and early original date and time appropriate measures in of spectators inside the evening. DB page 6 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo PANDEMIC 疫病大流行 29.07.2020 wed

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HE lean season is co- ming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the har- Tvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever known. That hunger is already stalking Haboue Solange Boue, an infant Osmery Vargas, who is malnourished, cries in a hammock as she waits who has lost half her former body for her mother to return from begging in the street for money and food in A medic checks a malnourished newborn baby inside an incubator at weight of 2.5 kilograms in the last Maracaibo, Venezuela Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen month. With the markets closed because of coronavirus restric- tions, her family sold fewer vege- tables. Her mother is too malnou- rished to nurse her. “My child,” Danssanin Lanizou whispers, choking back tears as she unwraps a blanket to reveal her baby’s protruding ribs. The in- fant whimpers soundlessly. All around the world, the co- ronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry commu- nities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets and isolating villages from food and medical aid. Virus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000 more children a month over the first year of the pandemic, accor- Mothers hold their babies suffering from malnutrition as they wait at a UNICEF clinic in Jabal Saraj, north of Kabul, Afghanistan ding to an urgent call to action Fatima Li (right) holds her two-year-old son, Hama Sow, as he is treated with a feeding tube for malnourishment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from the United Nations shared with The Associated Press ahead of its publication in the Lancet EXCLUSIVE medical journal. Further, more than 550,000 additional children each month are being struck by what is called wasting, according to the U.N. Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month — malnutrition that manifests terday [Macau time] found about are the children of migrants who “refeeding syndrome,” where UNICEF’s nutrition program. in spindly limbs and distended 128,000 more young children will are still abroad and have not been food can result in metabolic ab- “By having schools closed, by bellies. Over a year, that’s up 6.7 die over the first 12 months of the able to send back money for more normalities. Eight days later, he having primary health care servi- million from last year’s total of 47 virus. food. died. ces disrupted, by having nutritio- million. Wasting and stunting can In April, World Food Program “Every day we receive a mal- Nieto said aid groups have pro- nal programs dysfunctional, we permanently damage children head David Beasley warned that nourished child,” said Dr. Fran- vided some relief, but their work are also creating harm,” Aguayo physically and mentally, transfor- the coronavirus economy would cisco Nieto, who works in a hos- has been limited by COVID-19 said. He cited as an example the ming individual tragedies into a cause global famines “of biblical pital in the border state of Tachi- quarantines. A home set up in near-global suspension of Vita- generational catastrophe. proportions” this year. There are ra. He added that they look “like Tachira to receive malnourished min A supplements, which are a “The food security effects of different stages of what is known children we haven’t seen in a long children after they are released crucial way to bolster developing the COVID crisis are going to re- as food insecurity; famine is offi- time in Venezuela,” alluding to from the hospital is no longer in immune systems. flect many years from now,” said cially declared when, along with those in famines in parts of Africa. operation. So now children are In Afghanistan, restrictions on Dr. Francesco Branca, the World other measures, 30% of the popu- In May, Nieto recalled, after sent directly back to their fami- movement prevent many families Health Organization head of nu- lation suffers from wasting. two months of quarantine in Ve- lies, many of whom are still unab- from bringing their malnourished trition. “There is going to be a so- The agency estima- le to feed them properly. children to hospitals for food and cietal effect.” ted in February that “It’s very frustrating,” Nieto aid just when they need it most. In Burkina Faso, for example, one in every three Some of the worst said. “The children get lost.” The Indira Gandhi hospital in the one in five young children is chro- people in Venezue- hunger still occurs in capital, Kabul, has seen only three nically malnourished. Food pri- la was already going PROGRESS REVERSED or four malnourished children, ces have spiked, and 12 million of hungry, as inflation sub-Saharan Africa. The rise in child deaths said specialist Nematullah Amiri. the country’s 20 million residents rendered many sala- worldwide would reverse glo- “Transportation between don’t get enough to eat. ries nearly worthless In Sudan, 9.6 million bal progress for the first time Kabul and the provinces was not Lanizou’s husband, Yakoua- and forced millions to people are living in in decades. Deaths of children allowed regularly and also people ran Boue, used to sell onions to flee abroad. Then the younger than 5 had declined were afraid of coronavirus,” Amiri buy seeds and fertilizer, but then virus arrived. acute food insecurity steadily since 1980, to 5.3 explained. Last year, 10 times as the markets closed. Even now, a “The parents of the million around the world in many malnourished children fil- 50-kilogram bag of onions sells children are without 2018, according to a UNICEF led the ward. The same is true of for a dollar less, which means less work,” said Annelise Mirabal, nezuela, 18-month-old twins ar- report. About 45 percent of the hospital beds in multiple coun- seed to plant for next year. who works with a foundation that rived at his hospital with bodies deaths were due to undernutri- tries, according to Médecins Sans “I’m worried that this year we helps malnourished children in bloated from malnutrition. The tion. Frontières. won’t have enough food to feed Maracaibo, the city in Venezuela children’s mother was jobless and The leaders of four internatio- Afghanistan is now in a red her,” he said, staring down at his thus far hardest hit by the pande- living with her own mother. She nal agencies — the World Health zone of hunger, with severe chil- daughter over his wife’s shoulder. mic. “How are they going to feed told the doctor she had only been Organization, UNICEF, the World dhood malnutrition spiking from “I’m afraid she’s going to die.” their kids?” able to feed them a simple drink Food Program and the Food and 690,000 in January to 780,000 — a These days, many new patients made with boiled bananas. Agriculture Organization — have 13% increase, according to UNI- GLOBAL FAMINES are the children of migrants who “Not even a cracker? Some chi- called for at least $2.4 billion im- CEF. Food prices have risen by From Latin America to South are making long journeys back to cken?” he asked. mediately to address hunger. Even more than 15%, and a recent stu- Asia to sub-Saharan Africa, more Venezuela from Peru, Ecuador or “Nothing,” the children’s more than the money, restrictions dy by Johns Hopkins University families than ever are staring Colombia, where their families grandmother responded. on movement need to be eased so indicated an additional 13,000 down a future without enough became jobless and unable to buy When doctors tried to treat that families can seek treatment, Afghans younger than 5 could die. food. The analysis published yes- food during the pandemic. Others them, one of the boys developed said Victor Aguayo, the head of Four in 10 Afghan children www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 wed 29.07.2020 疫病大流行 PANDEMIC

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“I don’t have the basics I need the disease we don’t have any- to survive,” said Zakaria Yehia Ab- thing also.” dullah, 67, a farmer in the Krin- Burkina Faso was already fa- ding camp in West Darfur, who cing a growing food crisis, with hasn’t worked the fields since rising violence linked to militants authorities imposed a partial lo- cutting families off from their far- ckdown in April and local militias ms. With the advent of the coro- escalated attacks. “That means navirus, the government closed Fatima Li (right) holds her two-year-old son, Hama Sow, as he is treated with a feeding tube for malnourishment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso the 10 people counting on me markets, restricted movement can’t survive either.” and shut down public transport, Before the pandemic and lock- making it much harder for traders EXCLUSIVE down, his family ate three meals to buy and sell food. a day, sometimes with bread, or While malnutrition deaths they’d add butter to porridge. Now routinely rise during the four- they are down to just one meal, in -month wait for the next harvest the morning, of “millet porrid- in October, this year is worse than Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month ge” — water mixed with grain. He anyone can remember, according are already stunted. Stunting ha- ney to feed themselves or their displaced people in war-ravaged said the hunger is showing “in my to physicians and aid workers. On ppens when families live on a children. She lives on one meal south Darfur. children’s faces.” the World Food Program’s hunger cheap diet of grains or potatoes, a day. Ibrahim Nasser, the father, Long before the pandemic hit, Adam Haroun, a Krinding map, nearly all of Burkina Faso is with supply chains in disarray lost his only source of income, Sudan’s economy had plumme- camp official, recorded nine a red zone of need. and money scarce. Most stunted fishing, after roads to the sea were ted, especially after the oil-rich deaths linked with malnutrition, Even though the Tuy province children never catch up, dam- closed because of the coronavi- south seceded in 2011. Decades otherwise a rare occurrence, produces the most corn in the pening the productivity of poor rus. of economic mismanagement over the past two months — five country, food there is not rea- countries, according to a report The mother’s milk dried up, under Omar al-Bashir led to a sur- newborns and four older adults, ching those who need it most. In released this month by the Cha- and the baby lived on formula. ge in food prices, and the transi- he said. Tuy between March and April, the tham House think tank. But doctors say families tend to tional government now in power To mitigate the crisis, the go- number of underweight newbor- In Yemen, restrictions on mo- use less milk powder to save mo- vernment, with support ns increased by 40%, signifying vement have also blocked the ney, and babies don’t usually get from the World Bank, is that the mothers were most likely distribution of aid, along with the enough nutrition. rolling out a $1.9 billion malnourished during pregnancy, stalling of salaries and price hikes. “It’s God’s will,” the mother ”The food cash transfer program to said Joseph Ouattara, chief doctor The Arab world’s poorest coun- said. “We can say nothing.” security effects Sudan’s neediest families. at the hospital in the small town try is suffering further from a fall But many residents of Su- of Hounde. in remittances and a huge drop LIVING FROM ONE MEAL TO of the COVID dan’s long-neglected re- Child deaths due to malnutri- in funding from humanitarian THE NEXT gions remain skeptical that tion are also escalating. In a nor- agencies. Some of the worst hunger still crisis are going authorities can alleviate mal year, an average of 19 children Yemen is now on the brink of occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. In to reflect many their suffering. die from malnutrition in Tuy. But famine, according to the Famine Sudan, 9.6 million people are li- “The hunger here is not in the first five and a half months Early Warning Systems Network, ving from one meal to the next years from now. any normal hunger,” said of this year alone, the number of which uses surveys, satellite data in acute food insecurity — a 65% Adam Gomaa, a local activist children dying from what appears DR FRANCESCO BRANCA and weather mapping to pinpoint increase from the same time last WHO in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, to be malnutrition is already up the places most in need. A UNI- year. who helps run displacement to 20 just at the province’s central CEF report predicted that the Lockdowns across Sudanese camps in the area. hospital in the main town of Hou- number of malnourished chil- provinces, as around the world, has struggled to stop the tailspin. Back in Burkina Faso, CO- nde. dren could reach 2.4 million by have dried up work and incomes Natural disasters are making VID-19 restrictions are also hit- Ernestine Belembongo, a the end of the year, a 20% increa- for millions. The global economic the situation even worse. The ting hard, keeping families like 37-year-old trader with a stand se. downturn has brought supply country’s production of grain has that of 14-year-old Nafissetou at the Hounde market, was una- Days after 7-month-old baby chains to a standstill, and restric- dropped by 57% compared to last Niampa from the market. Niampa ble to buy or sell food for weeks, Issa Ibrahim left a medical cen- tions on public transport have year, largely due to pests and sea- lay face down on a bed at the Yal- so there has been no fish or meat ter in the impoverished northern disrupted agricultural produc- sonal floods. And swarms of de- gado Ouedraogo University Hos- for her five children since March. district of Hajjah, he succumbed tion. With inflation hitting 136%, sert locusts have already infested pital in the capital, Ouagadougou, Her 3-year-old daughter is swiftly to severe acute malnutrition. His prices for basic goods have more three Sudanese provinces, threa- fanned by her mother. The tee- losing weight, and even though mother found the body on July 7, than tripled. tening more losses to farmers. nager has a heart condition that most of the COVID-19 restrictions lifeless and cold. “It has never been easy but Internally displaced people in affects her breathing and now is have been lifted, Belembongo still Fatma Nasser, a 34-year-old now we are starving, eating grass, the restive provinces of Darfur, Kas- shedding weight as well. serves her family only grain. mother of seven, is among three weeds, just plants from the ear- sala and Kordofan have been hit “Before the disease we didn’t “I’m worried about the lean million displaced people in Ye- th,” said Ibrahim Youssef, director hardest, and the poorest say they have anything,” said Aminata season,” she said. “I have many men who don’t have enough mo- of the Kalma camp for internally can barely afford one meal a day. Mande, her mother. “Now with kids and no money.” AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo CHINA 中國 29.07.2020 wed

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COVID-19 this day in history Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine DAKE KANG, BEIJING science and to public heal- th.” HE head of the AP PHOTO Even as China is among Chinese Center for the leaders in the global Disease Control race for a vaccine, it is also and Prevention striving to overcome years Tsays he has been injected of drug scandals — the la- with an experimental co- test coming in 2018 when ronavirus vaccine in an at- authorities recalled a ra- tempt to persuade the pu- bies vaccine and later an- blic to follow suit when one nounced that batches of harles and iana marry is approved. children’s DPT vaccines, for 1981 C D “I’m going to reveal so- diphtheria, pertussis and Crowds of 600,000 people filled the streets of London to mething undercover: I am tetanus, were ineffective. catch a glimpse of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer injected with one of the Gao himself had also on their wedding day. vaccines,” Gao Fu said in been under heavy scrutiny The couple were married at St Paul’s Cathedral before an a webinar Sunday hosted for the China CDC’s initial invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated global TV by Alibaba Health, an arm Gao Fu, the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and handling of the coronavirus audience of 750 million - making it the most popular pro- of the Chinese e-commer- Prevention (China CDC) outbreak, both at home and gramme ever broadcast. ce giant, and Cell Press, abroad. He largely vanished Britons enjoyed a national holiday to mark the occasion. an American publisher of dozen potential vaccines study is not usable evidence from public view for mon- Lady Diana, 20, arrived almost on time for the 1120 BST ceremony after making the journey from Clarence House scientific journals. “I hope it in various stages of human of safety or effectiveness. ths, resurfacing again in an in the Glass Coach with her father, Earl Spencer. will work.” testing worldwide are from Chinese state media interview with state media She made the three-and-a-half minute walk up the re- The Associated Press re- China, the most of any have also reported that in late April. d-carpeted aisle with the sumptuous 25 ft (7.62 m) train ported earlier this month country. employees of state-owned Recently, Gao has been of her Emmanuel designed, ivory taffeta and antique lace that a state-owned Chine- Gao declined to say whi- companies going abroad involved in research on the gown flowing behind her. se company injected em- ch of the vaccines he was in- are being offered injections coronavirus. Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Robert Runcie led the tra- ployees with experimental jected with, saying he didn’t of the vaccine. As vaccine research ditional Church of England service, but he was assisted by shots in March, even before want to be seen as “doing Gao said he took the in- continues, China’s CDC is clergymen from many denominations. the government-approved some kind of propaganda” jection to instill public con- now looking into potential The bride’s nerves showed briefly when she mixed up the testing in people — a move for a particular company. fidence in vaccines, espe- immunization programs, Prince’s names - calling him Philip Charles Arthur George, that raised ethical concerns Last month, Gao was a cially amid a tide of rising trying to figure out whether rather than Charles Philip. among some experts. coauthor on a paper intro- mistrust that has fueled to prioritize children, the el- Charles, 32, in the full dress uniform of a naval comman- Gao did not say when ducing one candidate, an conspiracy theories and at- derly or healthcare workers, der, slightly muddled his vows too, referring to “thy goods” or how he took the vaccine “inactivated” vaccine made tacks on scientists. he said. rather than “my worldly goods”. candidate, leaving it un- by growing the whole virus “Everybody has suspi- Gao’s revelations come After a brief private signing ceremony the Prince and clear whether he was injec- in a lab and then killing it. cions about the new coro- at a time of heightened Princess of Wales walked back down the aisle to the refrain ted as part of a governmen- That candidate is being navirus vaccine,” Gao said. geopolitical tensions fueled of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance. t-approved human trial. He developed by an affiliate of “As a scientist, you’ve got to by the outbreak. The newlyweds took the open-topped state landau to did not respond to requests state-owned SinoPharm. be brave. … If even we di- Gao said repeatedly in Buckingham Palace where they emerged on the balcony for comment. The company previously dn’t do it, how can we per- his lecture that he wanted at 1310 BST to give the crowds the kiss they had been lon- The claim underscores said in an online post that suade the whole world — all more cooperation between ging to see. the enormous stakes as Chi- 30 employees, including the people, the public — to the U.S. and China, plea- Afterwards Charles and Diana retired from the public na competes with U.S. and top executives, helped “pre- be vaccinated?” ding for unity even as rela- gaze to enjoy toasts and a wedding breakfast with 120 fa- British companies to be the -test” its vaccine in Mar- Andrew Rennekamp, an tions between Beijing and mily guests. A “just married” sign attached to the landau by Princes first with a vaccine to help ch, before it was approved editor at Cell and one of the Washington plummet to Andrew and Edward raised smiles as the married couple end the pandemic — a feat for its initial human study. moderators of Gao’s webi- new lows. were driven over Westminster Bridge to get the train to that would be both a scien- Scientists vehemently de- nar, said, “This is a brave “We don’t want to have Romsey in Hampshire to begin their honeymoon. tific and political triumph. bate such self-experimen- thing to do, and it shows China and the U.S. separa- China has positioned it- tation, because what ha- his faith in what he believes ted scientifically,” Gao said. Courtesy BBC News self to be a strong conten- ppens to one or a few peo- is the safety of the vaccine “We’ve got to work toge- der. Eight of the nearly two ple outside a well-designed and his commitment to the ther.” AP

USTRALIAN police have revealed CRIME Athat Chinese students based in In context Sydney are being forced to stage pho- tos and video of themselves bound Chinese in Sydney fall victim In less than a year the couple produced their first child, and blindfolded in an extortion scam William, on 21 June 1982. to ‘virtual kidnapping’ scam A second son, Prince Harry, was born on 15 September described as virtual kidnapping. 1984. Eight students this year have fallen milies pay a ransom. call your university or educational fa- By that time Prince Charles’ long-running relationship victim to the scams, which have ne- The students send images of them- cility to get some advice and counse- with Camilla Parker-Bowles was putting strain on his tted criminal syndicates 3.2 million selves bound and gagged, move into ling,” Bennett said. marriage. Australian dollars ($2.3 million), New hotels and cut off all communica- New South Wales Assistant Po- Princess Diana’s relationship with the rest of the Royal Family deteriorated and she developed bulimia. South Wales state Police Detective tions. lice Commissioner Peter Thurtell The couple separated in 1993. Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett “Our message today to everyone said Chinese authorities had assu- Diana spoke publicly about her problems and her own said. is that, if you receive a telephone call red Australian police that under no and her husband’s infidelities in a Panorama documen- The students are typically telepho- that encourages you to deposit mo- circumstances would a government tary in November 1995. ned by a Mandarin speaker who pur- ney into a bank account by a person agency contact a student overseas to The marriage formally ended with a decree absolute in August 1996. ports to be someone holding authori- who’s pretending to be from a posi- demand money. Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997. ty in China such as an embassy, police tion of authority in China or another The scam is becoming increasingly Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles married on 9 or tax official. They are told they risk location, don’t pay any money, either common as Australia-China relations April 2005. deportation or arrest unless their fa- hang the phone up, call the police, or continue to sour. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 wed 29.07.2020 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Bankers leaving Hong Kong face grim job markets, high taxes FTER several years weighing years ago and I don’t have any Athe pros and cons of leaving corporate contacts there so it’d be Hong Kong, Ms Lee is taking the hard for me to stay in investment BLOOMBERG plunge and moving to Canada. banking,” said Sam, who didn’t Though she has no job lined up, want his last name published. “Ta- faces higher taxes and will have to xes are so much higher in Australia endure harsh winters for the first so I don’t think I will be able to earn time, she’s willing to risk it. as much.” “Am I worried about my job A mid-level mergers and acqui- prospects in Canada? Of course sitions banker named Leung is also I’m worried,” said the compliance considering a move -- to London. officer at a major global financial Leung, 38, worked there for five firm who asked that her first name years before coming back to Hong not be used. “The economy isn’t Kong a decade ago. Like Sam, he’s great and firms are freezing head- looking for a better place to rai- count. I can say this is probably the se his three-year-old son. Leung worst time to migrate.” doesn’t hold U.K. citizenship but As China strengthens its hold has a British National Overseas on Hong Kong with a new securi- passport granted to Hong Kong re- ty law, residents considering an sidents before the colony was han- escape are coming to grips with ded back to China in 1997. the sacrifices they’ll face. With ($130,000) a year. Lee, in her 30s, they just don’t feel that Hong Kong be easy. The senior investment Leung has no job lined up in the global economy enmeshed and her husband first applied for for them is long-term the best op- banker at a global firm is moving London, where bankers typically in the worst recession in almost a a visa in 2014 as a back-up plan in tion from a career and earnings with his wife and two kids to Aus- earn about 15% more than in century, jobs are hard to find and case things got worse. In her view perspective,” Mullally said. tralia in three months. Hong Kong, but also pay triple the countries are tightening borders. it has, with the security law beco- While Hong Kong doesn’t pub- Sam spent his teens in Austra- taxes. While housing in Hong Kong Hard-earned skills, languages and ming the last straw. lish immigration statistics, appli- lia, but has been in Hong Kong is among the most expensive in contacts that helped them thrive “We have lost any optimism cations for good citizenship cards - for 20 years, developing contacts the world, London isn’t far behind. in the Asian finance hub won’t all toward the Hong Kong govern- which certify a person doesn’t have that launched his banking career. “I don’t mind giving up what we travel. And preferred destinations ment,” she said, convinced that a criminal record - serve as a proxy He declined to reveal his salary, have in Hong Kong to trade for a like Canada, Australia and the the finance hub will become though investment bankers better future for my son,” said Leu- U.K. impose taxes that are three just another Chinese city Some are convinced in Hong Kong are typically ng, adding the hardest part will be times higher. with curbs on free speech awarded bonuses that are leaving his parents behind. “I don’t “Just because you were succes- and censored television. that the finance hub 50% higher than in Sydney, mind starting all over again.” sful in Hong Kong doing a certain “We don’t want to stay here Mullally said. Lee meanwhile, is getting ready job doesn’t mean that there’s going any longer.” will become just Senior private bankers to head to Toronto in a few weeks, to be an appetite for your skill set Even with the risks that another Chinese meanwhile earn about 30% after winning a bidding war to buy or experience in another country,” come with relocation - es- more in Hong Kong than in a house in the city’s west end. Many said John Mullally, regional direc- pecially in the middle of a city with curbs on Australia, said Rick Chung, a friends may follow suit she says, tor at Robert Walters Plc, who han- global pandemic - recruiters Hong Kong-based recruiter while another colleague at her firm dles financial sector recruitment are seeing an uptick in de- free speech for banking and finance at just quit to decamp to the U.K. for Southern China and Hong mand. Two years ago, about Randstad NV who is seeing Edward Zhang, an agent with Kong. “It’s probably one of the 80% of job hunters who came to because they’re often needed to about 10 to 15 finance people a Dracco Pacific Realty in Vancou- worst times in our living history see Mullally were looking for work apply for foreign visas. The mon- week looking for jobs abroad. ver, which markets high-end ho- to be rocking up in a new country in Hong Kong. Now about half of thly number of applications ave- Sam, 43, will have to start from mes, said a friend just referred six and expecting to land a job.” them are seeking work abroad, dri- raged 2,935 from June 2019 to April scratch in Australia, and may have friends from Hong Kong seeking The challenges aren’t deterring ven by the security measures along 2020, a 50% jump versus 2018. to switch careers. With the top properties in the Canadian city. people like Lee. She’s already bou- with dwindling job prospects in a Yet with unemployment rate in marginal income tax rate of about “So many around me are ght a house in Toronto and plans city embroiled in a deep recession Canada at double digits and Aus- 45% - versus 15% in Hong Kong - plotting to leave Hong Kong,” to move in October, forgoing a job of its own. tralia close to that, emigres like he’ll also have less money to spend. Lee said. “Honestly, who paying more than HKD1 million “The message they gave me is Sam recognize the job search won’t “I left Australia many, many isn’t?” MDT/BLOOMBERG

CORPORATE BITS Sands China opens online registration ty by offering the best deals to Macau residents and tourists GEG Launches U-LEAD Graduate Internship Program for Sands Shopping Carnival in order to stimulate domestic institutions. consumption and help boost During the open day, partici- the economy. pants explored GEG’s career Sands China is implementing opportunities through the a series of strict sanitization company’s introduction of its and safety measures to safe- latest development projects, guard public health. In order to executive speeches, and the help monitor crowd size, carni- sharing of success stories by val-goers are highly encoura- current employees. ged to register their attendan- GEG has been working clo- ce ahead of time on the event’s sely with the local universities official registration platform. To support the internship tanding of integrated resort and institutions on supporting Online registration is now the pandemic period, while Besides the online registra- program that was recently or- operations, further develop local talent development and open for the three-day Sands creating a new weekend des- tion platform and headcounts ganized by the Macau Labor their professional skills, and helping local talents discover Shopping Carnival, being held tination for local residents and at venue entrances to monitor Affairs Bureau, Galaxy Enter- obtain the work experiences their career paths. Since the between August 7 and 9 at tourists. crowd size, other safety mea- tainment Group has launched needed for planning their fu- launch of the GEG Internship The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Featuring over 500 booths, sures include temperature a U-LEAD Graduate Internship ture career pathways. Program in 2008, GEG has pro- Expo. The carnival is the lar- free parking, and free admis- checks upon entry, mandatory Program (U-LEAD Program) Recently, GEG held open vided comprehensive training gest shopping event of its kind sion, the carnival provides an wearing of face masks and di- that offers a three-month in- days for the U-LEAD Program and integrated resort inter- in Macau, and provides a free ideal shopping and leisure sinfectants and hand sanitizers ternship to fresh graduates at Galaxy Macau, which at- nship experiences to more business platform for local destination for families. It aims at all booths and at all carnival referred by DSAL so that they tracted fresh graduates from than 650 tertiary education- SMEs and Sands retailers amid to give back to the communi- entry and exit points. can obtain a deeper unders- various local universities and -level students. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 wed 29.07.2020 體育 SPORTS

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AJAH Caruth liked MOTORSPORTS the animated autos of “Cars” as a kid, got hooked on the race Rscene after a trip to the tra- ck and sharpened his driving NASCAR banks on minority drivers skills as a teen via online ra- cing. Caruth might one day earn his shot at inspiring the next to broaden sport’s exposure generation of drivers. The 18-year-old Caruth is the lone Black team owner in to when they’re ready to race a NASCAR prospect, a young NASCAR. at the ARCA level,” Hamilton Black driver and one of a hal- AP PHOTO The task of turning the pro- said. “They can then showcase f-dozen youngsters participa- gram into more of a driver fac- their talents and use that to get ting in the Drive for Diversity tory is on the agenda of Drive themselves beyond the touring program tasked with finding for Diversity director Jusan Ha- level and up through the ranks and developing drivers for a milton. of Truck, Xfinity and Cup.” sport lean on women and mi- The 30-year-old Hamilton, The challenges of securing norities behind the wheel. the first Black to serve as race a major ride -- support resour- “Ideally, I’d want to be in director for a Cup Series race, ces, critical sponsorship mo- the Cup Series in the next de- is a former dirt track driver ney and connections -- are di- cade,” Caruth said. “Hopefully, who applied to an early ver- fficult for any young driver but by then.” sion of the program only to be seem greater for minorities. The program has developed told he needed more experien- Aside from pushing for more few drivers for the elite Cup ce. As his D4D role expanded, diversity inside the race car, Series over nearly two decades Hamilton helped change the D4D is also looking at ways in existence -- Bubba Wallace goals to targeting prospects as to increase diversity among Driver Bubba Wallace and Daniel Suarez are among young as 12 and established a sponsorship, ownership and the former members and the coordinated developmental support roles. only ones currently with ri- which wobbled for years be- program graduates are scar- system. “It’s an uphill battle and des -- but a renewed push at tween a public relations exer- ce, though. Kyle Larson, who Drivers are tutored by older that’s one of the biggest things scouting younger drivers and cise and a meaningful avenue is half Japanese, was the most members or other mentors, re- the program sets out to offset promoting them has NASCAR toward a Cup Series career. successful alumnus until he ceive marketing training and at the youth level,” Hamilton optimistic more recent classes There are 56 graduates of used a racial slur during a live- there is an emphasis on physi- said. “The program is now set will reverse the trend. the Drive for Diversity pit -streamed virtual race and was cal fitness. up to be able to give them a be- Wallace’s extraordinary sea- crew program actively working fired by Chip Ganassi. “We can control the full tter opportunity to make those son and his emergence as a across the three national se- “There needs to be more re- process and develop the dri- connections and to unders- social activist, in fact, have put ries, including 27 at the Cup sources available for that pro- vers, help them grow within tand those resources to get to a bright light on the program, Series level. Cup rides for gram,” said Brad Daugherty, the system from beginning up the next level.” AP

ad Malaysian ex-PM Najib given the 12 years in jail in 1MDB scandal BUZZ A Malaysian court sentenced former Prime Minister Najib Razak to of power, 10 years each for three counts of criminal breach of trust, serve 12 years in prison yesterday after finding him guilty in the first and 10 years each for three counts of money laundering, as well as of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a fine of 210 million ringgit ($49.4 million). But he ordered the sen- the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government tences to run concurrently, meaning that Najib will face only up to 12 two years ago. years in jail. Najib was calm and stone-faced as he became the first Malaysian The judge allowed a stay of the jail sentence and fine pending Najib’s leader to be convicted. He took an oath in brief remarks in the dock planned appeal. But he raised the bail amount and ordered Najib to OPINION that he was innocent. report to the police twice a month. World Views The judge sentenced Najib to 12 years in jail on one count of abuse (More on macaudailytimes.com) Andrea Felsted, Bloomberg

Australia Victoria state Working from home UN REPORT is restricting non-urgent is terrible news for surgeries so that hospital nurses can be transferred to landlords everywhere North Korean elderly care homes, where most COVID-19 deaths are Early on in the pandemic, reports of the death of the occurring, Victoria Premier office appeared greatly exaggerated. But as Covid-19 officials abused Daniel Andrews said. Victoria lingers, and second infection spikes dot the global reported 384 new infections map, something is changing in how employees and and six deaths yesterday, employers view the workplace: It’s being seen as an repatriated women down from a record 532 option rather than a necessity for many white-collar cases on Monday. workers. Once we get the pandemic under control, this shift HE U.N. human rights will be welcomed by cost-cutting companies and staff Toffice reported yester- AP PHOTO

who dread the daily commute. But for the owners of day that scores of North AP PHOTO commercial property — already reeling from the move Korean women who had away from brick-and-mortar retail — the consequen- traveled abroad in a despe- ces may be severe. The market values of commercial rate search for work were real-estate companies, such as Land Securities Group abused by security officials Plc and British Land Co. Plc, have plummeted. British Prime Minister and police through beatin- This isn’t just a question of tech workers at Alphabet Boris Johnson says it is Inc., Twitter Inc. or Facebook Inc. taking the relatively gs, detention in unsanitary the government’s “duty” straightforward step of doing their stuff from home. conditions, undernourish- to protect the U.K. from a All kinds of companies are making the same calcula- ment and invasive body second coronavirus spike as tion. Alan Jope, boss of consumer goods giant Unile- searches after being sent he defended the decision ver, doesn’t see workers ever returning to offices 100%. back home. to recommend against all Swiss bank UBS Group AG says a third of its employees The United Nations Offi- but essential travel to Spain. could keep operating from home. He says the government ce of the High Commissio- With property being a big business cost, employers Women visit the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung must “take swift and decisive would love to cut their space. Burberry Group Plc, a ner for Human Rights pre- and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang to lay flowers Monday, on the occasion action” where it thinks risks British luxury company, is exploring whether it can sented the findings in a new of the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War are “starting to bubble up save money on its offices outside the U.K. report that alleges “multiple again.” Analysts at UBS assume that, on average, working and serious human rights read these stories of wo- respect the principle of one or two days a week at home could become the violations by state securi- men who fled their coun- “non-refoulement,” or not German authorities are norm. That would have big implications for office va- ty and police officials” in try looking to make ends returning people to coun- advising against tourist trips cancy rates, which have a close correlation to rents. In to Catalonia and two other North Korea, based on 100 meet, but who ended up tries where they could face London’s West End commercial district, for example, Spanish regions in light of more home working — together with an impending accounts from women who being punished,” High a real risk of human rights rising coronavirus infections. recession — could mean the vacancy rate rising from were detained in the secre- Commissioner Michelle violations. A note posted by the foreign 3.3% in the first quarter of 2020 to just over 10% at tive country from 2009 to Bachelet said in a state- “These accounts show ministry yesterday advises the end of the year, according to UBS. It might still be 2019 after being forcibly re- ment accompanying the once again the systemic na- against “nonessential tourist 11.5% in 2022, the bank said. turned home. report. She said the wo- ture of human rights viola- travel” to Catalonia, its The real crunch won’t come immediately. Susan The women spoke to men “should be taken care tions in the DPRK, and the western neighbor, Aragón, Munden, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, notes and Navarra in northern U.N. human rights officials of, not detained and sub- need to keep seeking pa- that commercial tenants are tied into leases, and there Spain. It cites a rise in are heavy costs in exiting rental agreements early. At after eventually fleeing jected to further human thways to proper accoun- infection figures and “local the biggest European real-estate firms, average leases North Korea following their rights violations.” tability for such crimes,” closures.” are four to eight years. detention. “These women have a Bachelet said, using the Better news for the property industry is that it will Testimonies suggest the right to justice, truth and acronym for North Korea’s be able to reuse commercial space as residential de- women, who often fell into reparation,” she added. official name, the Demo-

velopments assuming people still want to live in ci- AP PHOTO ties once the pandemic ebbs. By cutting supply in this the custody of human tra- North Korea’s diplomatic cratic People’s Republic of way, UBS estimates that the West End office vacancy ffickers, faced bonded la- mission in Geneva did not Korea. rate could stabilize at 5.1% by 2025. bor or sexual exploitation immediately respond to a The report only focused And the office won’t disappear altogether. While in other countries — then request for comment. on women who had fled Zoom does well enough for the more transactional were deemed traitors or The U.N. rights office abroad, not the many peo- South Africa The elements of work, there’s no substitute for face-to-face punished for contacting also called on foreign coun- ple held in political prisons International Monetary Fund interaction when collaborating on a creative project, Christian groups abroad af- tries where the women in North Korea which are has approved a $4.3 billion building trust with clients or mentoring staff. ter their return. fled — at times including believed to also be a site of emergency loan to South Yet landlords will have to work harder. Tenants al- Africa as it reels under the “It is heartbreaking to neighboring China — to human rights violations. ready wanted modern, environmentally friendly AP coronavirus pandemic. The buildings with good quality air, outside terraces and country has the world’s facilities such as bicycle storage. Covid will accelerate fifth largest virus caseload, this trend. and confirmed cases are Real-estate providers like Derwent London Plc — Newsis, Yonhap via AP approaching half a million. known for stylish buildings including the White Collar THE DECISIVE MOMENT The fact that Africa’s most Factory in Shoreditch, which boasts a rooftop running developed country for the track — may be better placed. British Land has taken first time approached the IMF note of the change, refurbishing parts of the flagship for a loan is the latest sign of Broadgate estate it manages in London. Gecina SA, a pain. Paris property specialist whose mission is to “design, build and manage living spaces to enrich the expe- United Nations The U.N.’s rience of our customers,” saw its net-asset value rise humanitarian aid coordinator in the first half of this year. has unlocked another $100 Even as offices lose staff to home-working, they may million from its emergency need to retain space to make sure desks can be kept fund to help 10 under- the right distance apart. Given more stringent hygie- resourced countries in ne requirements, hot-desking might be less desirable. Africa, the Middle East and Meanwhile, if the office is used for more collaborati- the Americas meet pressing ve work, more room might be set aside for meeting needs made worse by the areas. British Land is already seeing demand from pandemic. The injection companies seeking short-term overspill space. from the Office for the Tenants’ greater desire for flexibility — whether that’s Coordination of Humanitarian through shorter leases or monthly rent payments — Affairs brings the total to $225 will nevertheless be a challenge for landlords, who million released to help 20 need some certainty to service their own extensive Stache off. The U.S. ambassador to South Korea has shaved his controversial mustache due countries this year, a record to the “summer heat,” he says. Harry Harris’ facial hair had drawn criticism from the media borrowings. In the Covid era, such long-term guaran- allocation from its Central tees are in short supply. and online commentators, who compared his mustache to those worn by colonial Japanese governors from 1910 to 1945. More on macaudailytimes.com Emergency Response Fund (see p6-7).