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INDONESIA Two women tourists, from Austria and Germany, were killed and The kickoff P2-3 about 20 other people injured in an explosion on a speedboat that was ferrying them from the island of Bali to neighboring Lombok. A manifest showed that passengers were from several countries including Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain. More on p13 AP PHOTO

MYANMAR economists and businessmen welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will lift economic sanctions and restore long- lost trade benefits to the Southeast Asian country as it emerges from half a century of oppressive military rule. AP PHOTO

CHINA-UK The British government yesterday approved the construction of the country’s first new nuclear power plant in more than two decades, a French and Chinese- backed project that had prompted high-level fears about national security. The government said that it had decided to proceed with the 18 billion-pound Hinkley Point plant in southwest England.

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KOREAS Secretary- P7 General Ban Ki-moon Square says he has never seen tensions on the Korean Peninsula as high as they are today and calls on the Security Council to take urgent action to prevent “provocative actions” by North Korea. More on backpage INSIDE 16.09.2016 fri

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HINA has charted a hopeful

plan to rise to the top of the XINHUA

C AP PHOTO world’s most played and most popular sport – football, and the plan starts right here in the nei- ghboring Guangzhou. Back in 2014, property tycoon Xu Jiayin decided that this was the time to open doors to what is considered to be the world’s lea- ding football academy. His mind was set and he ensured that everyone was on the same page to move towards his goal. Xu’s ambition was to prepare and train an all-new generation of young footballers who would be able to make China the next Supporters cheer for China Players on a team from Yanbian, China football superpower. With an estimated cost of arou- in addition to players’ transfers, nd MOP1.5 billion, the Guang- China’s top clubs are also betting zhou Evergrande Football School their money on youth football. (GZEFS) is a kind of Harry Pot- Plans to make China Some say that on the line ter’s Hogwarts focused on a sim- is not just the “love for the ple concept: training to be the game.” Rowan Simons is part best of the best. a football superpower of the community that has li- The candidates are certainly ved and played football in Chi- not lacking – currently the foo- na for over 20 years, and is tball academy has around 2,800 now a presenter on Beijing TV, young Chinese players. The large underway in Guangzhou an author and the owner of the majority are boys, but girls are media and production com- not excluded and for the time pany - Club Football; he thinks being they number about 200 in grande’s Tianhe Stadium. The large amounts of money that a good part of the money

the cohort of potential football The club, owned by Evergrande XINHUA invested into Chinese football coming in to China’s football talents. real estate group since 2010, was in the recent years are also a arena serves the purpose of As for the campus, it took only brought from the Guangzhou reminder that the plan is being “buying favors” with the presi- ten months and a significant Sports Bureau team and has taken very seriously. The Chi- dent Xi Jinping. amount of money for real estate become the Chinese National nese professional league has Following the publication of his company Evergrande (who also Super League winner five con- become increasingly more pro- book, “Bamboo Goalposts: One co-owns local club Guangzhou secutive times (2011 to 2015). fessional, with the signing by Man’s Quest to Teach the Peo- Evergrande Taobao Football At the main gates of the academy local teams of popular names ple’s Republic of China to Love Club) to transform the 67.5 hecta- lies a 12-meter tall replica of the in the world of football. Bra- Football,” Simons told CNN: “To res of formerly rural land in Qin- FIFA World Cup trophy as a re- zilian, Spanish, German and a Chinese billionaire, a few hun- gyuan, Guangdong province. The minder of the express wish of even Portuguese players and dred million dollars is a small new football school has a total of president Xi Jingping and the coaches are rushing in to su- price to pay,” he said, referring to 50 football pitches and a squad academy’s ultimate goal. pport both professional teams the way the game is being used to of Spanish coaches brought to Xi had previously stated that he and their training academies. “fulfill high officials’ wishes.” China through a partnership wanted to see China “qualify for, The country’s transfer record As for the young players, they with Spanish giant Real Madrid. host and win, the World Cup,” was broken four times in the Zhang Yuning heads the ball during the dream high – as one of the trai- The academy’s first aim was and at Qingyuan those words Russia 2018 World Cup Asian Qualifier space of a month during last off- nees at GZEFS also said to CNN to find new talent for the- lo are the short, mid and long-term match between China and Iran in season, and figures show that when questioned about his ex- cal club at Guangzhou Ever- goals. Shenyang Chinese Super League teams pectations as a football player. spent more over the so-called “I hope to make it into the natio- winter transfer window than nal football team and then make their English Premier League it into the Spanish clubs like It takes money to become a counterparts. Barcelona and Real Madrid,” he Brazilian midfielders Alex -Tei said, adding, “Or get into the na- ‘Chinese football star’ xeira and Ramires and the Co- tional team and fight for national lombian striker Jackson Marti- pride.” HOUGH there may be significant amoun- cher at the school told CNN. For Zhang and nez were just some of the names Spanish coach Sergio Zarco Tts of money pumped into the system, it other teachers common subjects should come highlighted by the press – howe- Diaz is one of the European coa- is unrealistic to think that the training pro- first. “Then we can train them to be a footballer ver they are not the only ones, as ches that embraced the challen- vided by the Guangzhou Evergrande Foo- and maybe eventually they can be a famous ge to move to China to teach tball School (GZEFS) will be inexpensive. football star.” football at GZEFS. About the GZEFS charges a tuition fee of RMB60,000/ As any school, the GZEFS has a principal; in The country’s Chinese youth he says, “technical year which creates a clear barrier, where ei- this case Liu Jiangnan is the man supervising transfer record standard is good but tactics need ther the young players are considered talented the school activities. to be worked on.” enough to apply for a scholarship or they will He is hopeful that China’s football status will was broken He is now on his fourth year need a guardian to cover the expense. rise in the next five years as, in his own words, working in China and in his opi- Although the school curriculum states that “China’s current ranking is incongruous with four times in nion, “standards have improved only one in each five classes is dedicated to China’s international standing as a world dramatically but they [Chinese football training, it is said that football is often power,” he told CNN. the space of a youth] have a long way to go,” he the topic in the common curriculum classes. “And of course, in about 20 or 30 years we month during mentioned, saying that “decision “When I first came here, I taught using key will set our sights on the top world rankings,” making process” is still a “big is- football terms,” Zhang Liya, an English tea- he added. last off-season sue” to be solved. RM

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Chief Executive Chui Sai On, on an official visit to Lisbon, to enhance competition has revealed that direct flights between Beijing and Lisbon will soon be added to Renato Marques airline flight lists, according to a report by Macao OSE Arlindo Filho (bet- Daily News. During Chui’s ter known as Josecler) a meeting with approximately Brazilian coach and for- 100 Portugese students, mer footballer based in the students informed Chui JMacau, who has been working that the biggest difficulty on the field for many years, has for them when traveling to Portugal stems from a strong opinion about the evo- the lack of a direct flight lution of the game in China. between Macau and Lisbon. When interviewed by the Ti- The Chinese Embassy in mes, Josecler commented that Portugal confirmed that “for sure China will have an Beijing and Lisbon have ambition to win a World Cup. already discussed having But this will only happen when direct flights between China finds a way to have a real both capitals, with the base work.” According to Jose- discussion having reached cler, this requires not only the a stage concerning the training of young people that practicalities. He hopes has been going on, but also that flights from Macau the creation of “competitive to Beijing and then from championships on the junior Beijing to Lisbon may be levels, that in China is lacking, organized within a short which leads to a low appearan- Gilberto Meireles Ferreira played in two of the top local clubs and now teaches in Zhuhai timeframe. ce of young players around 16 years old playing in the cham- top local clubs (Monte Carlo “It is very different from Brazil situation] is different, they CO2 leaks at pionships.” and Ka I) and embraced the or Portugal where the six and are very competitive with each “I believe that without that project of one of the Brazilian seven year-old kids they like other and that makes them UM lab base China can’t go anywhere. historical football clubs Grê- more to play and do not pay very focused. The evolution is We see many people opening mio Football Porto Alegrense so much attention to sporting very big in a short period,” he A CO2 leakage incident football schools in China but across the border. fundamentals. In China [the mentioned. reportedly took place at one of the laboratories of many of them are aiming for Partnered with the “Black To the question of what is the University of Macau just the financial side of this,” Panthers,” the Grêmio Foot- missing to give the final boost, early morning yesterday. he said. He however reaffirmed ball School in Zhuhai is Gil has no doubts in saying working in collaboration with that they are “missing more According to a report by that there are others “doing TDM, the leakage occurred the Zhuhai local government international players in the this and working with children I believe in the in a cell culture lab. The to achieve their goals because in a project that involves 12 championships. There is a res- school’s security stated they are passionate about the schools. next 10 to 15 triction of only four per team that the accident occured game.” “I believe in the next The coach admits some diffi- and that is not helping,” he when a pipe belonging to 10 to 15 years China will start culties in the beginning due to years China said, recalling that the “compe- one experimental machine, to be rewarded for that work the “communication problems titiveness that they have needs which supplies CO2, became due to this big investment in since the coaches can’t speak will start to some references to develop. If loose. The Fire Services coaches that brings an added the local language” but those be rewarded they don’t have someone in a Bureau reported that value [to the development of difficulties were tackled throu- higher level that serves as re- the room had low levels the sport],”Josecler said. gh shared experience of the for that work ference for them to follow and of oxygen, and that the The coach also remarked that game. try to be better than, the level machine was fixed. Nobody China is doing “what Japan In Gil’s opinion the game due to this big will continue to be low,” he sta- was injured. and [South] Korea did before” in China “is growing a lot” investment in ted. so we can expect a similar or and forcing the coach team Gil remarked that “football in Local products even better outcome due to the to change their plans because coaches. China needs to be more disse- large population of China and “the kids are learning a lot and minated… people have plenty ready for Tmall therefore the large number of learning fast,” he said adding: JOSECLER to work with and investment is also happening a lot, contrary Three local companies potential football players, sta- running food and beverage to other countries in Europe tistically speaking. businesses will start Josecler states that this po- and South America.” shipping Macau’s local tential lacks in Macau not only Further, there is a concrete and imported products because of the reduced number and explicit project “to take, in to mainland consumers of people but also (and mostly) 2030, China to a semi-final of through Tmall International, due to the lack of space and the World Cup,” he said, stating the largest online shopping difficulty of renting those pla- that this goal was clearly men- platform in China, through ces to play football. In Macau tioned to all people and “at this which people can order “you can’t book a pitch to play. pace I think that it’s perfectly items directly from You look across the border and possible as long as there is will overseas companies. The there are 56 pitches available,” from Chinese football decision- trio of companies will he compares. “Of course China makers to raise the bar brin- be categorized into the Macau center once their will develop because the go- ging more foreigners in,” he businesses begin on Tmall vernment is creating the con- concluded. Gil agrees with Josecler in International, according to ditions for it and investing [in a report by Jornal Va Kio. that there is a need to replicate football].” Vang Kei Hong, one of the what Japan did at the early sta- Despite the difficulties noted three companies, plans to in the region, he still reaffir- ges of the J-League as well as offer between 50 to 100 ms that “we are doing it and I the stages of the South Korean products produced locally or need to thank the people that K-League. imported from Portuguese are supporting us to continue.” “If that happens I think it is speaking countries, with 20 Based in China is Gilberto Mei- achievable, kids are very smart to 30 percent of them being reles Ferreira or Gil, the defen- and they learn very fast,” Gil wines, according to a report der who played in two of the concluded. by Jornal Va Kio. 16.09.2016 fri

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Fan In Kuan’s Health Bureau condemns reports sculpture exhibition opens about Macau’s medical service next week

sent to Hong Kong, according to the offi- cial data. SSM considers that this figure “indicates that patients’ referral percenta- ge is extremely low, and it is only a supple- RENATO MARQUES RENATO ment to local medical services.” The medical authority also claims that it is introducing a set of sophisticated medi- cal services: the Centro Hospitalar Conde de São Januário (CSCHJ) is set to provi- de endobronchial ultrasonic examinations from this year. Macau is also able to pro- Upon completing a degree in vide other highly sophisticated medical Taiwan and returning to Macau, treatment, such as kidney transplants and young local artist Fan In Kuan endovascular therapy, which have already will present her solo exhibition been performed or will be performed on “Flexible Depth – Works by Fan the patients. In Kuan” at AFA [Art for All SSM says “CHCSJ is the same with many Society]. A total of 13 sculptures Hong Kong governmental hospitals, it ob- will be featured in the exhibition, tains the accreditation from Australian mainly constructed of stone and Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS), metal, such as marble, granite, HE Health Bureau (SSM) has contes- which means the hospital’s service and stainless steel and copper. The Tted a South China Morning Post report management reaches international levels.” exhibition will be held at AFA’s that criticized the city’s medical service. Moreover, “local medical professionals gallery, located in 4th Floor, Art “Earlier, a report alluded that because of Ultimately the have the ability to diagnose and treat more Garden, Avenida Dr. Rodrigo the lack of infrastructure and professio- diseases” said the SSM. Rodrigues N. 265. The gallery is nals, Macau’s hospitals have been sending problem for Macau The SCMP report published on Monday open from Tuesdays to Sundays patients to Hong Kong for treatment. Such claimed that Macau residents often opt to (12 p.m. to 7 p.m.) and closed on report mislead people, and it needs to be is that it simply receive medical treatment in Hong Kong, Mondays and public holidays. clarified,” the statement read. does not have the even in minor cases. “Ultimately the pro- SSM has claimed that as Macau has a blem for Macau is that it simply does not Weather expected small population and has only a few spe- infrastructure to cater have the infrastructure to cater to the cial clinical cases, it in turn has no western spectrum of residents’ health care needs. to improve today medicine university. The bureau claims It has very few specialists and not a single to the spectrum of The Macau Meteorological that by sending the patients to Hong Kong training school for Western medicine,” the and Geophysical Bureau’s for treatment the inadequacies of Macau’s report reads. residents’ health care (SMG) weather prediction for medical services are compensated for. It also points out that the majority of doc- today is “fine apart from cloudy They added that it also ensures that they needs. tors working in Macau’s hospitals are gra- periods,” as indicated on the obtain timely treatment,. duates from medical schools in mainland SCMP REPORT SMG website. The temperature In 2015, 1.6 out of 1,000 patients were China. JZ index is marked in yellow, with temperatures ranging between 27 degrees Celsius and 33 degrees Celsius. There will be force 2 to Bus drivers demand more support facilities near bus stops 3 northerly winds. Yesterday, SMG continued showing typhoon sign number 1 (T1) in the early survey released by the Ma- ployees were interviewed, con- the most demanded facilities in morning, as the Typhoon Meranti Acao Federation of Trans- sisting of 207 drivers, 38 station comparison to others. struck mainland China. Meranti portation (AGERTM) indicated heads, and seven cleaning staff. “The drivers have to hold [un- was located about 550 kilometers that local bus drivers are in se- Out of the total interviewees, til they can find a bathroom], northeast of Macau yesterday rious need of an increase in the 249 are full-time workers and it is bad for their health if [this morning. SMG predicted that the infrastructure available to them 185 of them are aged 40 or un- happens] frequently,” said longer range weather forecast along their daily routes around der. Tong Chak Sam, chairman of would be mainly cloudy with a few showers as a result of the city, including more ba- 48 respondents, representing AGERTM. Tong also sugges- Meranti. throoms and air conditioners at 24 percent of the total number ted that the government should bus stations. of interviewees, requested more create more recognizable signs A total of 252 industrial em- bathrooms, which are among at some main bus terminals, Xue Xiaofeng such as at the Praça de Ferreira appointed Liaison do Amaral, where tourists con- sistently approach bus drivers bring meals from home, 62 Office vice-head and station heads asking about always eat out at restaurants, ONE SHOT NEWS these kinds of facilities. 53 had a mixture of the two, The State Council of the PRC “The government should es- and 21 went home. has appointed Xue Xiaofeng to tablish an information center The infrastructure in bus be the new deputy head of the in order to answer the tourists’ stations has been under dis- Central Government Liaison questions,” Tong added, saying cussion in the industry for Office in Macau, as announced that bus drivers answer various a long time, and had been in a statement released by the Council. Xue was born in 1961 in questions from the tourists, forwarded to the responsib- the Shanxi province, and has an such as where certain place are le departments a significant English major in addition to being or where to go. amount of time ago. Regarding the government a Masters of Journalism graduate. 44 employees informed about From 1981 to 1984, he worked in reaction towards these issues, the need for air conditioners, a middle school in Shanxi as an in the words of lawmaker Lei mainly at bus stations, followed English teacher. According to the by 33 interviewees asking for Cheong I, who is also the vice information made available, he facilities providing tap water. president of AGERTM, “the joined the Communist Party in 26 workers hope to see more government might have ne- 1991. Between 2002 and 2004, facilities allowing them to rest. glected the issues all of this he served as the director of the Ninety four percent of the time.” Guangzhou Daily. From 2011 interviewees (237) have been AGERTM says it will until September of this year, Xue Included in the International Fireworks Competition, Korean team’s forward the survey to the go- performance was attended by thousands of people yesterday close to the given only half an hour for a worked in the Zhongshan city as a Nam Van Lake and at Taipa’s waterfront meal break. 104 of the surveyed vernment for their reference. Communist Party secretary. 16.09.2016 fri

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Workers threaten Center to promote relations to jump from with Portuguese-speaking building under countries to be built construction N Wednesday morning, a group Oof approximately ten workers ACAU’S Chief Execu- reportedly attempted to jump from Mtive, Chui Sai On, said the Grand Lisboa Cotai construction in Lisbon that his govern- site in order to obtain their overdue ment is studying the crea- salaries, according to a report by tion of a complex in Macau Jornal Va Kio. which will incorporate the The group of males comprised of various initiatives that are mainland residents only, aged be- underway to promote Macau tween 24 to 51 years old. as a platform between China The workers were all sitting on a and Portuguese-speaking construction balance, around 60 me- countries. ters above ground level. Four of them According to a statement came down after communicating with from the Government In- negotiators, staff from the Labour Af- formation Bureau (GCS), fairs Bureau (DSAL), and representa- the center will be housed tives of their employers. The last man in a single building and descended at around 6 p.m. bring together interests in Afterwards, the group of workers economic and commercial Chui Sai On briefs reporters in Lisbon on his six-day visit to the Portuguese Republic were sent to the police, DSAL and to areas, offering services for other responsible parties. companies, organization of together senior officials from mission and met with the Economic and Trade Coo- Earlier in May, over 40 expatriate fairs, meetings and cultural China and from Angola, Bra- President of the Republic of peration between China and workers required help from a local exhibitions and professional zil, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Portuguese-Speaking Coun- association to get their salaries, whi- training. Guinea- Bissau, Mozam- Sousa and with Prime Mi- tries to boost dialogue and ch had been overdue for four mon- Chui Sai On gave no details bique, Portugal and Timor nister António Costa. cooperation in the economic ths. Only around 20 of them visited of the project, but its annou- -Leste (East Timor). According to the GCS during and trade area between China Macau in person to seek help from ncement comes less than a The Chief Executive, during the meetings held in Lisbon, and Portugal and use the ad- the authorities. The rest were unab- month before the 5th Macau his stay in Lisbon, led a de- Macau suggested the Portu- vantages offered by the Free le to cross the border as their com- Forum Ministerial Conferen- legation from Macau at the guese authorities should take Trade Zone policy within Chi- panies had canceled their visas to ce in Macau, which will bring Portugal-Macau Joint Com- advantage of the Forum for na. MDT/Macauhub Macau. ad fri 16.09.2016

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Pataca exchange Mermaids in Senado rate drops The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) announced yesterday that the preliminary Square to encourage estimate of MSAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP155.8 billion (USD19.50 billion) at the end of August. people to ‘care about fish’ The reserves increased by 0.4 percent from the revised value of MOP155.2 billion (USD19.43 billion) for the previous month. Renato Marques turning their heads and raising According to AMCM, “the trade- their eyebrows today but if we weighted effective exchange N an initiative from the make one person think about rate index for the pataca fell international organiza- veganism or even to start eating 0.84 points month-to-month tion, People for the Ethi- a little bit less meat in their diet and 0.17 points year-on-year to cal Treatment of Animals then we have achieved our goal 105.54 in August 2016, implying I(PETA), two activists dressed as today,” she said. that overall the exchange rate mermaids posed at the Senado “Today we had a lot of peo- of the pataca dropped against Square fountain yesterday. ple coming and taking photos the currencies of Macau’s major The event aimed to encoura- with us, both Macau residents trading partners.” ge people not to eat fish by hi- and tourists and we hope they ghlighting the suffering of the go home and think about this Macau and animals. The activists carried and learn more on our websi- message boards stating in both te about fish. We know that in Zhuhai consumer English and Chinese the sen- the Macau diet, both in Portu- councils tence “Fishing Hurts!” guese cuisine and Chinese cui- But why fish? - the Times sine there is a lot of fish used cooperate

asked one of the mermaid-acti- and we hope from today people Macau and Zhuhai consumer vists. “We are concerned about The activists pose for pictures with a passersby think more about fish not just as items on their plate but as councils worked together to all animals. We are here today test 20 samples of tissue papers paign is a “fun and provocative that most people never think living beings,” the activist re- speaking about fish because and 16 samples of food storage way” to draw attention to a very about or may not understand,” marked. She added that based they are one of these animals bags. Test results showed that and many people don’t think serious message. “If you care she added, asking for people to on previous events in the re- all items passed the testing about them unfortunately,” about fish and any other animal, “leave fish off their plates.” gion, people have shown good standards. The two councils held Ashley Fruno, senior campaig- go vegan!,” she said. “They are When questioned on the ef- receptivity and positive reac- a press conference in Zhuhai on ner for PETA Asia Pacific said. actually very intelligent animals fectiveness of such a campaign, tions and the same would be September 13 to announce the Fruno explained that the cam- with complex social structures, Fruno said that “people are expected in Macau. results of the testing.

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REAL ESTATE MATTERS The Definitive Guide For Tenants Part 1 - Finding a Property

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having been established in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

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The Yearly Guide For Renting A a taxi is a top priority. many other subjects. Home You might need to find an apart- Obviously you also have Internet In this ‘Guide For Tenants’ series ment that takes pets if you have a access and can conduct research over the next 5 weeks we will cover cat or a dog. In Macau and many on a certain building or apartment cities around the world, that one developments. requirement instantly eliminates Bear in mind that no matter how 1. Finding a home more than half of all apartments. respected or well managed some- 2. Securing the Apartment Deciding what is most important thing is, there are always negative 3. The Process of Moving in. can be very difficult for some of us, views and comments some people 4. The First Week in Your Pro- especially if there is more than one who just did not enjoy their expe- perty person involved and each has his rience. It may have as much to do 5. On Going Living and ‘Mo- or her own wants and needs. with the person as the property. ving Out’ As difficult as it is, prioritizing Making sure you have a master list what you want in your rental of priorities before you see the pro- Finding a place to rent and call apartment will make finding one perty will help you to avoid signing ‘home’ is a major headache for you’re satisfied with much easier. a contract and then end up regre- anyone, and it is especially difficult You are unlikely to find a place tting it a week later. A Tenancy for newcomers. There are so many that ticks every box, but of course Agreement is a legal contract, and different elements that contribute the more boxes you can tick, the it is not something to be entered to making a property ‘great’. better. into lightly. Everyone looking for a rental pro- One effective way of finding po- Of course we also suggest visiting perty has a different set of priori- tential properties is to ask friends the JML Property website to sear- ties, so the clearer you are on what and colleagues about the places ch for properties or contact one is important to you, the easier it will that they already live in. Be care- of the consultants, and they will be to find a great property to rent. ful with this though, we all tend to come up with a choice of proper- Priority one; before you go home exaggerate the good points in or- ties that are the closest match to hunting, make a list of what is and der to justify the decision we have your criteria. isn’t important to you in a home. made to live there. Make sure you have done your ho- For example, most people are ha- If you’re looking to rent an apart- mework, and hopefully you’ll find ppy to rent a furnished apartment ment in a new building, don’t be a great property to rent in no time rather than invest money in fur- afraid ask around to see if anyone nishings themselves. else knows the property. Next week; we look at how you Again, if you don’t plan to buy a The schools and parents are a secure the apartment you have car and prefer to rely on public good source of information for found, by talking about what re- transportation, being close to an this. Most people are very happy quired in fees, deposits and docu- area where you can catch a bus or to share their thoughts on this, and mentation. fri 16.09.2016

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Adega de Pegões tops ‘Muscats du Monde’ Singapore high-rise office The 16th international competition of the world’s best Muscat wines, “Muscats du Monde”, organized by rents decline 7 percent Forum Enologie, was held across June 29 and 30 in the city of Frontignan- Jack Sidders Frank data show. The city-s- la-Peyrade (France). The tate’s economy will shrink results of the 16th edition INGAPORE lan- 0.1 percent in the third quar- of the competition have BLOOMBERG been announced. The Top dlords are paying the ter, according to a survey of 10 ranking system honored penalty for a slowing 26 economists conducted by eight countries: South Africa, economy. Alone Bloomberg News in the week Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Samong the world’s major ci- through September 13. Spain, France, Italy and ties, the cost of renting an Demand for Shanghai of- Portugal. The sweet wines office with panoramic views fice space has been lifted by of Portugal and Australia is falling as supply outstrips the technology and creative occupied the first and second places. “Setubal Do Moscatel Roxo – Adega de demand. industries, Beardmore-Gray Pegões” was crowned the best Muscat. Annual rents on the upper said. The city has created floors of Singapore’s skyscra- 300,000 jobs in those sectors pers fell 7 percent to about since 2009 and is expected to HK stocks pare USD775 a square meter in the add 100,000 more by 2020, first six months, according to he said. weekly loss as casinos, a 23-city index compiled by Manhattan skyscraper rents insurers advance Knight Frank LLP. The big- increased 1.9 percent to $1,701 gest increase was in Shanghai, per square meter during the Hong Kong stocks ended a volatile week where rents climbed 7.6 per- first half, the second-highest on a brighter note as casino shares surged and Cheung Kong Property cent to $774. In Hong Kong, in the index, while those in Holdings Ltd. climbed after the most expensive market, Tokyo and the City of London buying land. The Hang Seng Index rose as rents rose by 5.9 percent to district were unchanged at much as 1.2 percent before sliding in the $2,996 a square meter, the $1,610 and $1,226 respecti- closing auction to finish with a 0.6 percent broker said. vely. gain. The benchmark gauge declined 3.2 percent for the week, its biggest loss in “There’s a classic imbalan- Singapore Four of the five cities with ce in the Singapore market,” the fastest rental growth were three months, after global central banks questioned the need for more stimulus. A said Will Beardmore-Gray, high supply and this has been Vacancy rates in Singapore in the Asia Pacific region, with gauge of Macau casino operators surged head of Knight Frank’s tenant exacerbated by a poor-perfor- were 9 percent in the second Toronto the only center outsi- the most since March before Premier Li representation and agency ming economy and over deve- quarter, compared with 3.3 de the region posting a com- Keqiang visits the city next month, while business. “They had relatively lopment.” percent in Shanghai, Knight parable increase. Bloomberg Cheung Kong climbed 1.4 percent

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Tesla has explored building a manufacturing plant in China, but under national regulations Tesla’s Autopilot system that would require it to partner with a domestic company. Both in China and the U.S., under scrutiny in fatal crash Tesla has faced scrutiny and criticism over its marketing of driver-assist features. Last work with our customer to in- month, the company revised vestigate the cause of the crash, language on its Chinese website AP PHOTO but he has not provided us with that it said would make clearer any additional information that to drivers that its Autopilot sys- would allow us to do so,” it said. tem was not self-driving. A spokeswoman for the com- The U.S. National Transpor- pany did not respond to ques- tation Safety Board and the Na- tions about what the car had tional Highway Traffic Safety reported before the crash. Administration are investiga- The nationally broadcast re- ting the May death of a 40-year port was a potential setback for -old Tesla driver in Florida. The Palo Alto, California-based Tes- Tesla driver-assist feature was la’s efforts to expand in China, engaged during the crash of the the world’s largest auto market. Tesla Model S sedan. AP

tesla says france fire caused by badly tightened connection Staff member cleans the hood of a Tesla Model S electric car near a display advertising Tesla’s self-driving features at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition TESLA SAYS that a fire in one of when it caught fire during a pro- its electric cars in France broke out motional tour last month in the ESLA faces new scrutiny in ded apparent dash cam footage court records. Officials at the because an electrical connection resort city of Biarritz. TChina about its vehicle Auto- of the car slamming into a slow- court did not answer the phone had not been tightened properly. Tesla said it was the only time pilot system after state television moving orange truck. yesterday, a Chinese holiday. The company said in a statement such an incident had occurred. It broadcast allegations that a man An official interviewed in the Tesla said in a statement that to The Associated Press yesterday did not elaborate on how the loose killed in a crash had activated the report said the car’s Autopilot the car was too damaged in the that “usually, these electrical con- connection sparked a fire. driver-assist feature of his car. feature was active at the time wreck to transmit data to com- nections are installed by a robot, The U.S. government investigated The state broadcaster CCTV of the crash. CCTV reported pany servers, and that Gao’s but for this car this connection Tesla in 2013 after two fires in aired a report about a January Gao’s family has sued Tesla in family had not cooperated with was installed manually.” Model S sedans, but closed the crash that killed 23-year-old a Beijing court, though the law- the company’s investigation. The three people aboard the investigation after Tesla made Gao Yaning. The report inclu- suit was not available in online “We have tried repeatedly to Model S sedan escaped unharmed changes to the cars. ad fri 16.09.2016

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OURNALISTS were at- WUKAN tacked and forced out of the fishing village where China has suppressed new Jprotests five years after the village received international attention China expels journalists from for demonstrations against land seizures. Wukan remains under siege two days after police arrested 13 pro- fishing village under siege testers on allegations that they incited violence and arrest. The ts over new allegations of land posts have shown police posted at Chinese government is now sta- seizures, authorities detained him street corners, and villagers con- ging a broad crackdown on infor- AP PHOTO the day before a scheduled protest tacted by The Associated Press mation about the village, refusing and later announced he had been have refused to be interviewed. to let journalists in and heavily charged with taking bribes from Yesterday, Chinese state media restricting discussion of Wukan developers. said that life in the village was on social media networks. Lin went on television to state back to normal. Reporters from two Hong Kong he had accepted bribes totaling The Global Times, a state-run newspapers, the South China 593,000 yuan. The government newspaper, posted a column hea- Morning Post and the Chine- often broadcasts confessions as dlined, “Foreign media fails to se-language Ming Pao, were as- a means of winning public con- trick Wukan villagers on rumor.” saulted Wednesday night while A police officer stands guard next to a picture of Wukan village’s leader Lin Zuluan during fidence in an ongoing anti-cor- The column accused journalists conducting interviews and later a demonstration outside the Chinese central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong ruption campaign, though such of trying to visit Wukan to “wait detained for several hours, both confessions are often derided by for conflicts.” newspapers reported. Two repor- to a police station and questioned of protests in 2011, when its villa- human-rights groups as coerced. “Even though some foreign me- ters from television station Hong for several hours, the newspapers gers marched against land seizu- His supporters staged more dia have been unscrupulously Kong 01 were also detained, ac- reported. According to Ming Pao, res and corruption. Facing an in- than 80 straight days of protests inciting, planning, and directing cording to the station. a government official asked the ternational spotlight, the Chinese following his detention, even af- chaos, local police have not resor- The South China Morning Post journalists to sign a pledge not to government responded by letting ter he was sentenced last week to ted to violence to solve the issue,” reported that a group of uniden- do any more reporting. villagers elect their local leader, a three years in jail. the column said. tified men stormed into a home Both newspapers and the tele- measure China’s ruling Commu- After issuing warnings against The Hong Kong Journalists and pushed the newspaper’s vision station said their reporters nist Party has sometimes used to further protests, the government Association said it “strongly con- journalist to the ground. Ming were eventually taken to the Hong quell local outcry, though natio- sent dozens of police vans into demns” violence against repor- Pao said some in the group were Kong border. nal and provincial government of- the village early Tuesday, arrested ters in Wukan and called on the wearing police uniforms, and that The BBC also reported that ficials are all chosen by the party. protest leaders in their homes, Hong Kong government to “take someone punched its two journa- its journalists in Wukan were The winner of Wukan’s election and fired rubber bullets at protes- effective measures to protect the lists even after they had followed stopped from entering the village. was Lin Zuluan, a former protes- ters. Social media postings depic- rights and safety of Hong Kong orders to squat on the ground. Wukan carries heightened sym- ter. But earlier this year as Lin was ted bloodied villagers with appa- journalists working in the main- The journalists were later taken bolic importance after the success set to lead a new round of protes- rent bullet wounds. Subsequent land.” AP

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former Filipino militiaman Atestified before the country’s Senate yesterday that President Witness says President Duterte Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquida- ordered killings of 1,000 tion squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style as- saults that left about 1,000 dead. Edgar Matobato, 57, told the Davao allegedly ranged from pet- out when no one was praying. nationally televised Senate com- ty criminals to a wealthy busines- Matobato said some of the mittee hearing that he heard Du- AP PHOTO sman from central Cebu provin- squad’s victims were shot and terte order some of the killings, ce who was killed in 2014 in his dumped on Davao streets or bu- and acknowledged that he him- office in Davao city, allegedly be- ried in three secret pits, while self carried out about 50 deadly cause of a feud with Paolo Duter- others were disposed of at sea assaults as an assassin, including te over a woman. The president’s with their stomachs cut open and a suspected kidnapper fed to a son said the allegations were wi- their bodies tied to concrete blo- crocodile in 2007 in southern thout proof and “are mere hear- cks. Davao del Sur province. say,” telling reporters he would “They were killed like chickens,” Rights groups have long ac- “not dignify the accusations of a said Matobato, who added he cused Duterte of involvement mad man.” that backed away from the killin- in death squads, claims he has Other victims were a suspected gs after feeling guilty and entered denied, even while engaging in foreign militant whom Matobato a government witness-protection tough talk in which he stated his said he strangled, then chopped program. approach to criminals was to “kill Philippine Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa (second from left), looks at former Filipino into pieces and buried in a quar- He left the protection program them all.” Matobato is the first militiaman Edgar Matobato during his testimony at the Philippine Senate in Pasay ry in 2002. Another was a radio when Duterte became president, person to admit any role in such commentator, Jun Pala, who was fearing he would be killed, and killings, and to directly implicate bush position,” Matobato told de like drug pushers, rapists, sna- critical of Duterte and was killed said he decided to surface now Duterte under oath in a public Lima. “It’s good that you left.” tchers. These are the kind we by motorcycle-riding gunmen “so the killings will stop.” hearing. The recent killings of suspec- killed every day,” Matobato said. while walking home in 2003. Matobato’s testimony set off a The Senate committee inquiry ted drug dealers have sparked But he said their targets were not After a 1993 bombing of a Ro- tense exchange between pro-Du- was led by Sen. Leila de Lima, concerns in the Philippines and only criminals but also opponen- man Catholic cathedral in Davao terte and opposition senators. a staunch critic of Duterte’s an- among U.N. and U.S. officials, ts of Duterte and one of his sons, city, Matobato said Duterte or- Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano accu- ti-drug campaign that has left including President Barack Oba- Paolo Duterte, who is now the dered him and his colleagues to sed Matobato of being part of a more than 3,000 suspected drug ma, who have urged Duterte’s vice mayor of Davao. launch attacks on mosques in an plot to unseat Duterte. “I’m tes- users and dealers dead since he government to take steps to ra- Presidential spokesman Mar- apparent retaliation. He testified ting to see if you were brought assumed the presidency in June. pidly stop the killings and ensure tin Andanar rejected the alle- he hurled a grenade at one mos- here to bring down this govern- Duterte has accused de Lima his anti-drug war complies with gations, saying government in- que but there were no casualties ment,” he said. of involvement in illegal drugs, human rights laws and the rule vestigations into Duterte’s time because the attacks were carried De Lima eventually declared alleging that she used to have a of law. as mayor of Davao had already Cayetano “out of order” and or- driver who took money from de- Duterte has rejected the criti- gone nowhere because of a lack dered Senate security personnel tained drug lords. She has denied cisms, questioning the right of of evidence and witnesses. Edgar to restrain him. the allegations. the U.N., the U.S. and Obama to Philippine human rights offi- Another senator, former natio- Matobato said Duterte had raise human rights issues, when cials and advocates have pre- Matobato said nal police chief Panfilo Lacson, once even issued an order to U.S. forces, for example, had viously said potential witnesses warned Matobato that his ad- kill de Lima, when she chaired massacred Muslims in the coun- refused to testify against Duterte under oath missions that he was involved in the Commission on Human Ri- try’s south in the early 1900s as when he was still mayor out of that the killings killings could land him in jail. ghts and was investigating the part of a pacification campaign. fear of being killed. “You can be jailed with your mayor’s possible role in extra- Matobato said under oath that There was no immediate reac- went on from revelations,” Lacson said. “You judicial killings in 2009 in Da- the killings went on from 1988, tion from Duterte. Another Du- have no immunity.” vao. He said he and others were when Duterte first became Da- terte spokesman, Ernesto Abella, 1988, when Duterte has immunity from waiting to ambush de Lima but vao city mayor, to 2013, when said at a news conference that Duterte first lawsuits as a president, but de she did not go to a part of a hilly Matobato said he expressed his while Matobato “may sound cre- Lima said that principle may area — a suspected mass grave — desire to leave the death squad. dible, it is imperative that each became Davao have to be revisited now. “What where they were waiting to open He said that prompted his collea- and every one of us properly wei- if a leader is elected and turns out fire. gues to implicate him criminally gh whatever he said and respond city mayor, to to be a mass murderer?” de Lima “If you went inside the upper in one killing to silence him. right.” asked in a news conference after portion, we were already in am- “Our job was to kill criminals Matobato said the victims in 2013 the tense Senate hearing. 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FLIGHT MH370 Wing flap found in Tanzania confirmed AP PHOTO to be part of missing Malaysian airliner

Kristen Gelineau, Sydney at the Australian Trans- The wing flap brings to the precise location of the port Safety Bureau, which five the number of pieces main underwater wrecka- wing flap that washed is heading up the search of debris the Australian ge. Aashore on an island off for the plane, subsequently Transport Safety Bureau The Australian Transport Tanzania has been identi- confirmed the part was in- has determined are almost Safety Bureau anticipates fied as belonging to mis- deed from the aircraft, the certainly, or are definitely, search crews will com- ble new search area throu- location of the aircraft. sing Malaysia Airlines Fli- agency said in a statement. from Flight 370. Another plete their sweep of the gh drift modeling. But a Earlier this week, relati- ght 370, Australian officials Several pieces of wrecka- piece of wing found a year 120,000-square kilometer new search would require a ves of some of the passen- said yesterday. ge suspected to have come ago on La Reunion Island, (46,000-square mile) sear- new funding commitment, gers on board the plane The flap was found in from the plane have washed near Madagascar, was po- ch zone in the Indian Ocean with Malaysia, Australia met with officials from the June by residents on Pem- ashore on coastlines arou- sitively identified by French off Australia’s west coast by and China agreeing in July transport bureau and asked ba Island off the coast of nd the Indian Ocean since officials. December. that the USD160 million that more potential debris Tanzania, and officials had the aircraft vanished with Search officials expect Meanwhile, oceanogra- hunt will be suspended found around the Indian previously said it was hi- 239 people on board during more wreckage to wash up phers have been analyzing once the current stretch of Ocean be examined. The ghly likely to have come a flight from Kuala Lum- in the months ahead. But the wing flaps from La Reu- ocean is exhausted unless families believe those items from the missing Boeing pur, Malaysia, to Beijing on so far, none of the debris nion and Tanzania in the new evidence emerges that may help provide clues to 777. An analysis by experts March 8, 2014. has helped narrow down hope of identifying a possi- would pinpoint a specific the plane’s location. AP fri 16.09.2016

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hit by boat debris that also cau- INDONESIA sed injuries to others,” Sudarso said. A manifest showed that pas- sengers were from several Two tourists killed in Bali boat countries including Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain. Bali became a byword for tra- explosion, many injured gedy in 2002 when bombings by Jemaah Islamiyah militants

WO foreign tourists were killed and about A manifest 20 other people were injured in an explosion showed that Tyesterday on a speedboat that was ferrying them from the In- passengers donesian tourist island of Bali were from to neighboring Lombok, police said. several Karangasem district police chief Sugeng Sudarso said the countries “Gili Cat 2” fast boat had about including 40 people including crew on board. He said all the passen- Britain, France, gers have been evacuated and the injured are being treated on Italy, Portugal, the island. He said the dead are an Aus- Ireland and trian woman and a woman of Spain European nationality who poli- ce initially said was German. Police investigators examine the Gili Cat 2 boat following an explosion while it was enroute to nearby island of Lombok Police have not yet determined killed 202 people, mostly fo- the cause of the explosion, but a Sudarso said the explosion boat services is often lax. “We are still questioning the reigners. member of the forensics team occurred after smoke was seen Sudarso said the explosion, boat captain while a forensic A sustained security crack- investigating the scene said ini- billowing from an engine. which occurred when the boat team is examining the scene to down since then has weakened tial indications are it was an ac- Ferry accidents are common was about 200 meters from the find the cause of the explosion,” JI but counter-terrorism offi- cident. The officer didn’t want in Indonesia, a sprawling archi- port of departure, shattered its he said. cials say there is still a threat of to be named because he is not pelago made up of thousands rear windows and upended sea- “One of the passengers died attacks from militants inspired an official police spokesman. of islands where regulation of ting. from bad injuries after being by the Islamic State group. AP

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Jill Lawless, London HINKLEY POINT HE British government yesterday approved the construction of the coun- try’s first new nuclear UK approves stalled Chinese Tpower plant in more than two de- cades, a French and Chinese-ba- cked project that had prompted high-level fears about national funded nuclear power plant deal security. The government said in a state- are scrutinized for the purposes of which they said could create up to ment that it had decided to pro- national security,” it said in a sta- 25,000 jobs. ceed with the 18 billion-pound AP PHOTO tement. Nuclear power supplies about (USD23 billion) Hinkley Point China’s CGN welcomed the 20 percent of Britain’s energy, but plant in southwest England, but Hinkley decision and said it was no new reactors have been built that future foreign-funded infras- now “able to move forward and since the 1990s. tructure projects will be subject to deliver” nuclear capacity at two Clark said the Hinkley Point tighter rules. more planned U.K. reactors, one project would “inaugurate a new The plant will be financed by of which is expected to be Chine- era of U.K. nuclear power” and Chinese nuclear power provider se-designed, as well as financed. help cut greenhouse gas emis- CGN and French energy group EDF chief executive Jean-Ber- sions, which must fall by 80 per- EDF. nard Levy said the decision cent on 1990 levels by 2050. China and France welcomed the Hinkley Point A Magnox nuclear power station in Hinkley Point Somerset “marks the relaunch of nuclear in Opposition politicians criticized approval, which came weeks after Europe.” the deal’s guarantee to operators Prime Minister Theresa May une- Prime Minister David Cameron the project before completion wi- The French government, ma- of a fixed above-market electricity xpectedly stalled the deal after showed for boosting ties with Bei- thout British approval. jority owner of EDF, said Hinkley price for 35 years. she took office in July, saying she jing, and voiced concerns about The British government also Point was a “major step in Fran- Labour Party lawmaker Ben wanted to review it. the security implications of China said it would impose “significant co-British energy and industrial Bradshaw said the government The delay threw into doubt the holding a major stake in such key new safeguards” on future foreign cooperation” and good news for had got an “absolutely dreadful” “golden era” of ties proclaimed infrastructure. investment in nuclear power and the French nuclear industry. deal. by Chinese President Xi Jinping Business and Energy Secretary other critical infrastructure, to France’s influential nuclear in- And environmental groups say during a visit to Britain last year. Greg Clark said the Hinkley Point “ensure that significant stakes dustry has been struggling in the plant is far too expensive, and China’s ambassador to Britain deal “will include a series of mea- cannot be sold without the gover- recent years as the industry has money would be better spent de- warned that it left relations be- sures to enhance security” and nment’s knowledge or consent.” leaned toward renewables and veloping wind and solar energy. tween the two countries at a cros- ensure it cannot change hands “There will be reforms to the go- away from costly nuclear plants, Greenpeace executive director sroads. without the government’s agree- vernment’s approach to the ow- notably in the wake of the 2011 John Sauven said Hinkley Point Some British politicians and ment. nership and control of critical in- Fukushima accident. was a white elephant that was diplomats are wary of the enthu- Under the deal, EDF won’t be frastructure to ensure that the full British trade unions and manu- approved because it “became too siasm the previous government of able to sell its controlling stake in implications of foreign ownership facturers also welcomed the deal, big to fail.” AP

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history cineteatro Friday 15 Sep - 21 Sep 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast S STORM 15:00 Monster University room 1 16:40 Europa League 2016/2017: Braga - Gent (Repeated) 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.45 pm 18:10 Miecallaneous Director: David Lam Starring: Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, vic Chou, Ada Choi 18:30 Precious Pearl (Repeated) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) 19:20 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) Duration: 97min 19:50 Soap Opera TRAIN TO BUSAN 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report room 1 21:15 Documentary Serie 7.30 pm 22:10 Precious Pearl Director: Yeon Sang-ho Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Tu-mi, ma Domng-Seok 23:00 TDM News Language: Korean (Cantonese/English) 23:30 Europa League Highlights Duration: 97min 23:45 Portuguese Movie Saturday 10:40 Comedy 11:10 Blaze Riders 11:30 Documentary Serie ost ffice backs 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 1968: P O 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast first class service 14:50 Soap Opera The first day of the new two-tier postal system has 17:25 Documentary Serie had a mixed reaction from the public, with some 18:25 Miscellaneous queuing to buy the new 5d first-class stamps and others complaining the new system makes sending SULLY_ 18:45 Contest letters more difficult. room 2 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 20:30 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.30 pm The Post Office is promising overnight delivery for 21:00 Drama Director: Clint Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart letters with a fivepence stamp on, while fourpence buys you a slower service. 22:00 Revenge S.3 Starring: Tom Hanks Language: English (Cantonese) It hopes to raise an extra £25 million from providing 22:45 Non-Daily Portuguese News Duration: 96min the new service, as well as levelling out the workload 23:00 TDM News for postmen. At one central London post office, there were long 23:30 Comey AT CAFE 6_ room 2 queues as counter clerks explained the new system 7.30 pm - to the dismay of some customers. Sunday Director: Neal Wu “I just don’t think it’s worth the increase,” said one 10:40 Young Children Starring: Zijian Dong, Cherry Ngan, lin Bohong, Ouyang man. “Not when you see all these queues here, a 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) Nini number of positions not manned and people stan- Language: Mandarin (Cantonese/ English) ding around. I just don’t think it’s worth it.” 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) Duration: 103min The biggest impact has been on businesses, which 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast account for about 75% of all mail. 14:40 Light Entertainment John Pegnall, the secretary of the National Cham- 16:30 Zig Zag ber of Trades, said most were angry at what he cal- led a “confidence trick” played on them by the Post- 17:45 Documentary Serie master General, John Stonehouse. 19:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News “He’s rather hidden the fantastic increase in char- 19:30 Comedy ges - 33.3% in that particular rate... in the pretence that there’s a fantastically good new service being 20:10 Publicity introduced, when there’s nothing of the kind,” he 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report NINE LIVES_ said. 21:00 Documentary room 3 At the National Provincial Bank, which sends out millions of letters each year and spends over 22:00 Secrets of China 2.15, 6.00, 7.45, 9.30 pm Director: Barry Sonnenfeld £500,000 on postal charges, there was concern over 23:00 TDM News Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Christopher the extra costs in addition to the expense of a first- 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News Walken class service. Language: English (Cantonese) “A decision has got to be taken for every letter for Duration: 96min which post it should go by, the envelope has to be offbeat marked, the postal clerk has to see this mark and TRAIN TO BUSAN stamp it accordingly, and so on,” said the bank’s room 3 deputy Chief General Manager, Marcus Young. Man accused of mailing dead 3.50 pm “So it stands to add to the complication of what is animals to school job winner Director: Yeon Sang-ho already a complicated operation.” Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Tu-mi, ma Domng-Seok Several businesses, including the BBC, Esso, Bri- A southern Indiana man passed over for a coaching and tea- Language: Korean (Cantonese/English) Duration: 97min tish Petroleum, and Gillette, have instructed staff ching position allegedly mailed four dead skunks and a dead rac- not to send letters by the 5d rate unless absolutely coon to the successful applicant, court documents say. necessary. Travis Tarrants, 40, of West Baden Springs was charged ear- lier this week in Jackson Circuit Court with two counts each of But after the first day, the Post Office said it was- en stalking, intimidation and criminal mischief. He was being held macau tower couraged by the take-up for the new rate of postage. without bond. Tarrants began harassing the successful applicant because he 15 Sep - 28 Sep Courtesy BBC News was chosen over Tarrants for a basketball coaching position and fourth-grade teaching job at the Springs Valley School Corp. in SULLY_ French Lick, WISH-TV reported (bit.ly/2cYmu0p). 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm One of the packages intercepted at a post office contained a Director: Clint Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart n context dead raccoon and a message that said, “Resign! It Will Not Stop,” Starring: Tom Hanks I documents said. Language: English (Cantonese) Just over a quarter of all letters posted on the first day were posted Investigators also believe that Tarrants placed four phone calls Duration: 96min at the first-class 5d rate - well short of the Post Office target of 40- to the Indiana Department of Child Services, making claims that 45%. the teacher/coach was having sex with an underage student and The initial take-up of the first-class rate has stayed roughly the was sexually abusing the daughter of an acquaintance. same: in 2003 about 30% of mail handled by the Post Office was Letters alleging a sexual relationship with an underage student being delivered by first-class post. also were sent to both teacher/coach and his fiancee at their jobs, However, since 1968 the number of letters the Post Office delivers documents said. One contained a picture of a man’s genitals and has almost tripled, from 30 million to 82 million each day. the teacher/coach’s telephone number. Meanwhile, the cost of sending a letter first class has risen in real Both victims also received voicemail messages threatening to terms by nearly a quarter, although the price of a second-class kill the man’s fiancee and her baby. Tarrants also is accused of stamp has stayed almost the same. spray painting “u will die” and an expletive on vehicles belonging But whereas in 1968 the Post Office aimed to get 95% of first-class to the victims. letters delivered by the next day, in 2002-2003 the target was down Tarrants’ girlfriend told investigators that he had trapped five to to 92.5% - and the Post Office failed to reach it by 0.7%. seven live skunks in late spring and kept them alive for several The Postmaster-General, John Stonehouse, later became notorious days. for faking his own death. 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THE PARISIAN Macao’s Avenue des Champs Ely- sees at Shoppes at Parisian was transformed into a glamorous runway on Wednesday night for an exclusive designer runway show, Front Row, to mark the start of three days of fashion events and promotions ce- lebrating the official launch of Shoppes at Parisian. The event was graced by over 200 invited guests. Ad- ding star factor on the runway was one of the world’s top models, Xiao Wen, the first Chinese fashion mo- del named as the face of Marc Jacobs, who has also walked for leading fashion designers Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Rochas and Thierry Mugler. Australian artist Kerrie Hess, who has been commis- sioned by Sands Shoppes to develop a series of ex- clusive illustrations for Shoppes at Parisian that perso- nify Parisian flair, also attended the event. Kerrie has created illustrations for international fashion houses such as Chanel, Cartier, Kate Spade New York and Louis Vuitton, and her illustrations have featured in luxury fashion magazines including Vogue, Tatler and Harper’s Bazaar worldwide. The event, which included a cocktail reception and af- ter party, showcased exclusive crystal looks from Swa- rovski. “Shoppes at Parisian is set to embrace creative luxury – a unique positioning among our Macau retail properties,” commented David Sylvester, executive vice president of Global Retail, Las Vegas Sands Corp, speaking on stage during the event. Sheldon and Mi- riam Adelson also attended the show. The celebrations will continue today, when shoppers will be able to see runway shows from selected retai- lers as part of the official launch events. A highlight of Shoppes at Parisian has added more than 170 stores to the existing 650 at the celebration will be a special consumer shopping Sands Shoppes Cotai Strip Macao after the opening of The Parisian Macao on experience that includes exclusive gifts and compli- September 13, 2016 Kerry Hess mentary samples at selected retailers. fri 16.09.2016

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Tales Azzoni, Madrid FOOTBALL RISTIANO Ronal- do hopes Real Madrid learned its lesson after Ronaldo hopes Madrid learns almost losing at home Cto Sporting Lisbon in its Cham- pions League opener. Madrid’s late comeback yes- lessons from Sporting scare terday gave the defending champions a winning start in the group stage, but the team’s dium,” said Ronaldo, who made The comeback came after Zi- disappointing performance at his 350th appearance with Ma- dane made some key changes, AP PHOTO the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium drid. adding substitutes Lucas Vaz- raised some concerns. The Portugal forward didn’t quez, Alvaro Morata and James Ronaldo grabbed an 89th- celebrate his goal except for pu- Rodriguez. The team improved minute equalizer and substi- tting his hands in the air. significantly, with the winner tute Alvaro Morata netted the “It was against the team where being scored by Morata after a winner four minutes into inju- I learned my trade, the club has cross by Rodriguez. It was the ry time to give Madrid the 2-1 a place in my heart,” Ronaldo first time this season Madrid win over the Portuguese side said of Sporting. “I have a lot played with the attacking trio where Ronaldo started his ca- of respect for them, that’s why of Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and reer. I couldn’t celebrate it.” Karim Benzema in the starting “This game serves as a war- Madrid is trying to become the lineup. ning that we can’t be starting first team to win back-to-ba- Zidane said the hard-fought games so poorly,” Ronaldo said. ck titles since the new Cham- victory should boost the team’s “Because teams will sweep the pions League format went into confidence going forward. floor with us and we don’t want effect in the 1992-93 season. “When you win a game in that. We want to finish top of After one game, it is tied with this manner it means a lot to the group and win.” Borussia Dortmund atop Group the squad,” the former Madrid The Spanish powerhouse stru- F with three points, but trails great said. “That’s what I take ggled from the start, failing on goal difference because away with me and I go home to create significant scoring Dortmund routed Legia War- with a smile on my face and fee- opportunities and unable to saw 6-0. ling very relaxed. We can’t win keep Sporting from threatening “We’ll analyze the aspects that all of our games 5-0. We had on counter-attacks. Madrid en- I didn’t like,” Madrid coach Zi- to dig in, but we got the three tered the game heavily favored nedine Zidane said. “What I do points.” to win but it was Sporting whi- know is that we can perform Madrid’s next Cham- ch was mostly in control at the better than we did. We came up pions League game is at Dort- Bernabeu. against a team that played their mund on Sept. 27. It plays at “We were a bit flat at the start, game and made it difficult for Espanyol on Sunday in the but such is football and such is us. This is the Champions Lea- Spanish league, a competition Real Madrid and the comeba- gue and nothing is easy in foo- it leads with three wins from cks are part of this mythical sta- Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo tball. There are no easy games.” three rounds. AP

F1 | PREVIEW Mercedes faces genuine challenge at Singapore GP

Chris Lines, Singapore circuit earlier this year, if there is pressure on us to Red Bull had Mercedes’ get it done this weekend, OR every grand prix measure and probably we will thrive on that.” AP PHOTO Fthis season, the only would have won if not His young teammate question before the race for its pit-stop farce. Da- Max Verstappen, who has been which of the two niel Ricciardo came in for took the only non-Mer- Mercedes drivers would fresh tires before the pit cedes victory this year win. crew was in position, so he in Spain, was cautiously At Sunday’s Singapore had to drive back out and optimistic, saying Fri- GP, there is a refreshing come in again next time day’s practice sessions prospect of a genuine around. will shed more light on challenge in the night And last year’s Singapore whether Mercedes is vul- race to the Lewis Hamil- race proved a difficult one nerable. ton and Nico Rosberg for Mercedes in qualifying “We know we have a very duopoly. on the third row of the good chance to score some Having won all but one grid and unable to mount good points here,” Versta- race this season — the any challenge. Ferrari’s ppen said. “It’s difficult Spanish GP where the Sebastian Vettel took a for me to say now that we two rivals collided on comfortable victory. will be the No. 1 team this Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain poses for a selfie with a fan as he arrives at the Marina Bay City Circuit the first lap — Mercedes Ricciardo was bullish weekend, because we ha- will start favorites again about Red Bull’s prospec- ven’t had a chance to race sful driver in Singapore, wrong here, and it would year. But if we do, we’ve this weekend, but not by ts this weekend, given the here yet.” winning half of the pre- be a surprise if it was as got the tools to correct it.” much. strong parallels with Mo- For Ferrari, this race re- vious eight editions. “This far off the pace in 2016 as Hamilton’s lead over The tight, twisty and naco. presents the best victory track was very good for us it was in 2015. Rosberg in the drivers’ bumpy nature of the Ma- “We look at it as a good chance of the season. Fail last year and we have im- “Last year we were blown championship has been rina Bay street circuit chance to get the victory to win here, and the Ita- proved the car since then, away by the fact that we cut to two points after largely cancels out Mer- I’ve been after this sea- lian team will be staring so it could be a reasonable somehow got it wrong,” back-to-back victories by cedes’ speed advantage son,” Ricciardo said yes- at the very real prospect of track for us again. Hamilton said to the local the German at the Belgian over chief rivals Red Bull terday. “I’m not going to another winless season to “Mercedes had an off press. “But a lot of work and Italian races. Rosberg and Ferrari, and recent put too much pressure on match 2014. year last year but you can’t went into understanding has never won in Singa- history indicates those F1 myself or them (the team) “I’m full of optimism, guarantee that will ha- that. pore, and his best race rivals should thrive this for this weekend but deep it should be a good place ppen again.” “I definitely think we’re performance dates back to weekend. down, we want to win. We for us,” said Vettel, who Mercedes has closely not going to have as many 2008 when he finished se- On the similar Monaco are a group of winners, so has been the most succes- investigated what went problems as we had last cond for Williams. AP THE Paul and Ringo back together for Station16.09.2016 fri BUZZ eatles film opening Roadside 25-45 B Good The surviving Beatles will get together for vern Club in Liverpool to their sold-out sta- the British premiere of director Ron Howard’s dium shows in the United States. High film that documents the band’s chaotic years Their last official gig was at Candlestick Park Density 20-40 on the road. in San Francisco in 1966. McCartney says the Residental Good Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be band knew it was time to stop touring, partly Area in London today [Macau time] for the ope- because fans screamed so loud the band coul- opinion ning of “Eight Days a Week — the Touring dn’t hear the music. Ambient 20-40 Years.” The film project has the backing of Yoko Good

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Political maturity XINHUA As Kenneth Chan, a former Civic Party legislator, puts it with a sarcastic bitter-sweet smile: advoca- ting “universal suffrage” and “greater democracy” AP PHOTO is not “sexy” anymore in Hong Kong, people want more, and they made their voice heard, loud and clear, via the ballot box, in what some dub an act of “resistance” to Beijing’s encroachment over glori- fied liberal values. The democratic camp has once again prevailed in the geographical constituencies FLIGHT MH370 A wing of the Legco election, and even comforted its pre- flap that washed ashore cious veto power over bills that require a two-third on an island off Tanzania majority to be made into law. has been identified as Should we be surprised? As also acknowledged belonging to missing by Mr Chan, what we used to call the pan-demo- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, crats had been talking about and pushing for uni- Australian officials say. versal suffrage for more than 20 years with very More on p12 limited results, quite the contrary. Beijing’s stiffe- ning position regarding the degree of openness it would tolerate for the 2017 Chief Executive election, the growing estrangement of CY Leung, AP PHOTO the present Chief Executive, from a politically sa- vvy middle class and the rise of a youth-led pro- test movement that culminated with the Autumn Cars are stranded on a waterlogged street in Quanzhou, Fujian province, yesterday 2014 Umbrella Movement were bound to have JAPAN-US Opponents consequences. The signs of change had alrea- of planned U.S. helipads dy become visible in the November 2015 district MERANTI on Japan’s southern councils election and again in the February 2016 island of Okinawa step up legislative by-election in the New Territories East 本土派 protests in Tokyo after the constituency: so-called localist groups central government used had made a strong showing, thus vindicating the Two dead after powerful military aircraft to transport umbrella movement heritage. equipment for the project. But then, a general election was something of a different scale and the context had been chan- ging fast: frustration and humiliation had triggered typhoon sweeps very adverse and boisterous reactions, but fear AP PHOTO was creeping in, even more so with the book- sellers disappearance of October 2015. through China, Taiwan The scope of data available regarding the elec- tion is still limited, but as pointed out by political Dressed in a white scientist Edmund Cheng, several observations JAPAN powerful typhoon swept widespread blackout in the ge until it fell in. pants suit, the new head can already be made. into southeastern Chi- coastal city of Xiamen. Another video posted on- As far as turnout is concerned — more than 58%; A of Japan’s main opposition the highest ever — there is obviously a close cor- na yesterday after hitting In Taiwan, the Central line shows a large, moon party stood out as she relation between street protests and high turnout: Taiwan, leaving a total of News Agency reported one -shaped balloon bouncing raised her hands on stage the previous record high was in 2004 in the wake two dead and dozens inju- person was killed and 44 between cars on a roadway. with three other dark- of the massive protests against article 23. red. were injured on the island The balloon was an appa- suited party leaders. Renho The support for the pro-democracy camp (55%) Murata, who generally goes Weather officials in both by the storm. It said Meranti rent decoration for Thurs- by only her first name, is and the pro-regime camp (around 40%) is steady, China and Taiwan said knocked out power in almost day’s start of the three-day and the great novelty thus lies in the fragmenta- one of three women who tion of and the reshuffling of personnel within the Meranti was the strongest 1 million homes and water in Mid-Autumn Festival in have assumed prominent pro-democracy camp, in favour of radicals, loca- storm of its kind this year. more than 700,000. both mainland China and political posts in recent lists and supporters of self-determination — with Chinese state media repor- More than 140 trains hea- Taiwan. weeks in a country more the latter concept being fuzzy enough to allow for ted one death and one per- ding into southeastern China Chinese meteorologists known for its male- many interpretations, including a more neutral dominated political and son missing, as high winds were canceled. An 800-year downgraded Meranti from business hierarchy. “community engagement”. and rain shattered windows -old bridge in Fujian provin- a super typhoon to a tropical Clearly, there is a convergence between street politics and electoral politics: only two veteran on tall buildings, knocked ce was one casualty of the depression yesterday after- PAKISTAN Police arrest pan-democrats who held their seats before 1997 down trees and disrupted storm; state media released noon and said they expect the father, husband and made it this time and as many as 6 “umbrella ge- water supplies in China’s video of a rapidly flowing ri- it to fade further as it moves brother of a woman who neration” activists were elected in geographical Fujian province, causing a ver pushing against the brid- north. AP was tortured and hanged constituencies. Is that enough to say with CY alongside her alleged Leung that “a large number of voters were dissa- boyfriend in a so-called tisfied with the performance of the pro-democra- honor killing in the village cy lawmakers in the past, and they didn’t formerly of Mian Channu, in eastern vote for the pro-establishment camp”? Punjab province. For Edmund Cheng, in order to explain why the times square by rodrigo pro self-determination camp has been able to be- come a catch-all party in just one stroke, one has to look into structural changes and conjectural AP PHOTO forms of mobilisation. There were indeed transformative effects of the umbrella movement, both regarding the high le- vel of turnout and the registration of new voters. WWI Britain’s Prince Then the political-identity claim overrode socio-e- Charles and other conomic issues, although one could argue that dignitaries honor the overall highest vote-getter, Eddie Chu Hoi-di- thousands of soldiers from ck, actually ran a campaign with a comprehensi- New Zealand and other ve perspective underpinned by social justice and Pacific islands killed 100 sustainability. And lastly, polarisation of the vote years ago in World War I. increased, with a generation gap translating into very differentiated voting reserves. SAMSUNG Samsung’s As far as context was concerned, the disquali- recall of 2.5 million Galaxy fication of pro-independence or localist candida- Note 7 phones after several tes over the summer paved the way for “strategic dozen caught fire and voting” to become significant — thus uniting the exploded may stem from “idealists” — and the influence of social media a subtle manufacturing has become a distinctive and potent feature of error, but it highlights the electoral politics in this part of the world. challenge electronics When and if rationality is concerned, vote allo- makers face in packing cation and strategic voting become crucial points, ever more battery power and social media can obviously compensate for the lack of resources. Points not to be forgotten into ever thinner phones, for our own legislative elections in 2017. while rushing for faster release dates.