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UNITED NATIONS Portugal’s Antonio Guterres, who was formally approved yesterday to be the next U.N. secretary- general, said he faces “huge challenges” and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term. Guterres was approved by acclamation. The Security Council’s recommendation now goes to the U.N.’s 193-member General Assembly, which is expected to vote on Ban Ki-moon’s successor next week. More on p14 AP PHOTO

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JORGE MENEZES Q&A LAWYER ‘The bilateral treaties to which China is a party tend to apply to Macau’

AWYER Jorge Menezes tain standards of conduct be national laws, particularly the Lcomments on a case judged followed by each party regar- Vienna Convention on the Law by the Singapore International ding foreign investors from the of Treaties and the Vienna Con- JM - Yes. But the court Macau could bring internatio- Arbitration Center (SIAC) in- other party. vention on Succession of States, applied a rule of public inter- nal arbitrations against the Ma- volving a Macau-based Ameri- to conclude that, despite a cer- national law according to which cau government if they come to can company (see page 3). MDT - Bearing in mind tain level of autonomy granted the parties’ position after the believe that Macau did not fulfil that Singapore is not a to Macau by the 1987 PRC-Por- dispute has arisen is no longer obligations enshrined in trea- Macau Daily Times - You party to this bilateral trea- tugal Joint Declaration and the relevant. It is called the ‘critical ties entered by China with other have been a lawyer for ty, why was this decision Basic Law, the bilateral treaties date’ doctrine. This doctrine countries. Sanum. How relevant is taken by a Singaporean to which China is party also prevents the contracting party this decision for the dispu- court? tends to apply to Macau. The being sued from relying on evi- MDT - What treaties are te? JM - The parties to the dispu- court conveys that the default dence that was generated only we talking about, and what Jorge Menezes - Yes, but te chose Singapore as the seat position under international law after the dispute had arisen. do you think that should be I was not involved in this dis- of the arbitration. And accor- is that the Chinese treaties wou- Hence, it disregarded those le- done? pute in Singapore, nor the ding to the relevant laws, the ld automatically apply to Macau tters. JM -I don’t know as I haven’t Arbitration to which this Sin- seat of the arbitration determi- upon its reversion to China. The researched it. But I believe that gapore Judgment refers. This nes which courts have jurisdic- China-Laos BIT applies to Ma- MDT - How relevant is Macau should take this seriou- decision is relevant because it tion over the arbitration and its cau upon the handover unless this to Macau? sly. This is a very well-written reverts a decision from a Sin- award, as well as the law gover- the two parties did something to JM - This is overwhelmingly and grounded judgment from a gapore lower court which held ning such disputes. Although exclude the applicability of the relevant to Macau because it te- reputed court that seconded an that Sanum could not resolve arbitral awards are not nor- BIT to Macau. lls us that Macau may be under eminent international Arbitra- its disputes with the Laos Go- mally appealable, they can still Therefore, it is presumed that international obligations that tion Tribunal. We now have two vernment through internatio- be challenged in court if they the BIT would extend to Macau we had not envisaged. This in- influential voices advancing the nal arbitration. The Singapore did not meet certain standards from December 1999. The court fluential judgment is telling us same arguments and conclu- Court of Appeal Judgment de- of due process. tells us that the internal rules all that under public interna- sions. Macau needs to know to termines that the Arbitration of a country (including the Ba- tional law, the treaties to which the utmost detail what its in- can proceed. Therefore, Sanum MDT - Why is this deci- sic Law) do not override inter- China is a party do extend to ternational obligations are. Our will now continue prosecuting sion being deemed so rele- national law: internal laws of a Macau, unless China excluded legislators, our officials, our its arbitration action against vant by experts in the field? state cannot be invoked to jus- Macau through the appropriate companies and business peo- the Laos Government under JM - The law on international tify the non-performance of a international procedure. Ac- ple need to know. For instan- the Bilateral Investment Treaty arbitrations is similar throu- treaty. We should bear in mind cording to the doctrine cited by ce, we cannot legislate [while] between China and Laos. ghout the world, as countries that the treaty is between two the court, treaties to which Por- ignoring potentially applicable tend to follow a common model parties, China and Laos, and tugal was party ceased being treaties. Not knowing our in- MDT - What was decided law. More importantly, Singa- the internal position of one of applicable to Macau in Decem- ternational obligations may in the previous decision pore, where SIAC is located, is the parties should not suffice to ber 1999; and treaties to which place Macau in the position of from a Singapore High one of the three most relevant take a position that affects both. China was party would extend producing legislation and en- Court judge? arbitration centres in the wor- to Macau upon China resuming gaging in practices that breach JM - The High Court took the ld together with New York and MDT - But wasn’t it the sovereignty of this territory, such obligations. We need to view, contrary to a rather emi- London, and surely the most case that both China and unless steps had been taken to know. The Macau Government nent Arbitration Tribunal, that used and reputed one in Asia. Laos produced documents disapply the presumption de- should appoint an informal the Bilateral Investment Treaty There is a strong jurispruden- informing that their view, rived from international law in group of jurists and experts that (BIT) – which had been entered ce in Singapore on internatio- as contracting parties, was the context of state succession would list all Chinese treaties to into by China in 1993 – did not nal arbitrations, with very ex- that the treaty would not in relation to a particular treaty. which this doctrine may apply cover the Macau SAR. He was perienced and knowledgeable extend to Macau? In other words, there is a whole and extend to Macau, then see also of the view that the parti- judges. This, together with the set of public international law whether this doctrine applies to cular dispute in question was fact that there are many arbi- obligations and rights that, pur- each of them or not. not within the BIT scope. trations conducted in Singapo- suant to this judgment’s doctri- Finally, a political position re, presents this as of extreme ne, apply to Macau. It may be would have to be taken together MDT - The Court of Appeal relevance. Also, I believe this Macau may the case that Macau residents with China. We need to under- took a different view on is the first time that an Arbi- be under and local companies have righ- take a procedure that clarifies these matters… tration Tribunal and a Court ts over third countries that we which rules apply to Macau and JM - The Court of Appeal de- looked, from an international international didn’t know we had. which don’t. We can’t just pre- cided that the BIT actually co- law’s viewpoint, into the impact And the reverse is also true. tend that this didn’t happen. vers the Macau territory and, of Macau’s handover to China. obligations that Macau may be under inter- Transparency is one of the on the other hand, that the dis- national obligations towards most relevant principles of the pute fell within the BIT, which MDT - What view did the we had not foreign countries and foreign rule of law, and so is knowing aims at protecting the foreign Court of Appeal take on envisaged investors that the government in advance what our rights and investment in another party’s this matter? . had not thought to be bound by. obligations in the international territory, demanding that cer- JM - The court reviewed inter- JORGE MENEZES Actually, foreign investors in arena are.

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ANUM Investments, a Macau-based American Appeal won against Laos company, recently appea- led against the Laos go- Svernment in a case judged by the Singapore International Arbitra- government sets new tion Center (SIAC). The case re- sulted in a clarification of the ter- ms concerning the international legal status of the region, speci- standards for both SARs fically its relationship with inter- national agreements signed by the central government of China. ments mean that they are similar signed by the administrative na- The ruling of the SIAC late last in this particular legal aspect. tion. week, is clear and states that all The ruling of SIAC also highli- As previously reported by the bilateral (and multilateral) in- ghts that both regions are subject Times in May, Sanum Invest- vestment treaties signed by Chi- to Basic Law, which until now ments was seeking compensation na with other nations include was commonly considered as from the Laos government with Macau and Hong Kong. only valid regarding the special which the company had a joint International laws and treaties regions that are, in fact, also sub- venture that included gaming and specifically the Vienna Con- ject to other international rules and hospitality facilities. The vention allowed the Macau-ba- and the agreements previously two parties have been in a dispu- sed company to win its appeal te over this venture since 2012. and receive compensation for At the time, the topic made the losses caused by reportedly un- Sanum news as it was reported that fair treatment from the Laos go- another Macau company (Ma- vernment. The company sought sought justice cau Legend Development Limi- justice on the basis of a bilateral on the basis ted) had entered into a USD42 investment treaty (BIT) signed Savan Vegas Hotel and Entertainment Complex million (approximately HKD326 by Laos and China back in 1993. of a bilateral million) project development The decision of the SIAC rever- case was subject to the regular part of that State,” wrote Chief of agreement (PDA) with a com- ses a previous decision by the Moving Treaty Frontier (MTF) Justice Sundaresh Menon in the investment pany wholly owned by the Minis- Singapore High Court. Laotian rule. judgment summary. try of Finance of the Lao People’s and Chinese diplomats issued le- “Because a treaty is binding in Aside from the case of Sanum, treaty (BIT) Democratic Republic to purcha- tters attempting to convince the respect of the entire territory of the ruling of the SIAC opens a se the Savan Vegas Hotel and court that the treaty did not ex- a State, the MTF Rule presump- kind of “Pandora’s box” in terms signed by Laos Entertainment Complex, a full- tend to Macau. tively provides for the automatic of the international legal status and China back service casino, hotel and resort However the attempts were not extension of a treaty to a new of not only Macau but also Hong located in Laos’ Savannakhet successful as the court found the territory as and when it becomes Kong as both handover agree- in 1993 Province.

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WO-TIME World Golf Venetian Macao Open 2016, TChampionships winner Ian with defending Champion HE Macau economy is ex- Poulter will make an eagerly Scott Hend, 2016 Ryder Cup Tpected to contract 4.7 percent anticipated return following a GETTY IMAGES Captain Darren Clarke, wor- this year and return to positive four-month layoff with a foot ld number 14 Branden Grace, growth in 2017, with an increase injury when he tees up for the 2014 winner Anirban Lahiri, of 0.2 percent, according to the first time at The Venetian Ma- and Chinese golfing legends latest forecasts from the Interna- cao Open 2016 at the Macau Zhang Lian-wei and Liang tional Monetary Fund (IMF). Golf & Country Club from 13 Wen-chong all signed up for These new forecasts contai- to 16 October. the prestigious event. ned in the “World Economic One of the most flamboyant and Inaugurated in 1998, The Outlook” report, released this passionate golfers in the game, Venetian Macao became title week in Washington are similar the Englishman was sidelined by sponsor of the tournament in to those published by the Eco- an arthritic joint in his right foot, 2012 and since then, has seen nomist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which has kept him out of tourna- it develop into one of the most which in its latest document on ment action since June. prestigious professional golf Macau forecasts a real drop of Poulter is a 16-time winner tournaments in the region and 5.9% this year and a rise of 5.3 in his professional career with the highest purse at USD1.1 percent in 2017. two titles on the Asian Tour. million for a full-field Asian In its April report, the Interna- The 40-year-old has recorded Tour event this year. The tional Monetary Fund forecast a eight top-10 finishes in Ma- 144-player championship will real contraction of Macau’s eco- jor Championships and re- Ian Poulter continue to be jointly organi- nomy of 7.2 percent this year. presented Europe five times zed by Sports Bureau of Macao In the report issued on Tuesday as a player in the Ryder Cup, tied-third place at the Puerto commented: SAR Government (MSB) and the IMF also said inflation at the winning on four occasions. At Rico Open at Coco Beach. “It has a great field this year the Golf Association of Macau. end of the year will be 2.6 per- the 2016 edition of the pres- Poulter is no stranger to with Branden, Darren, Scott It is sanctioned by both the cent, rise 20 basis points to 2.8 tigious team event last week, playing in Asia, but 2016 will Hend all playing, and I look Asian Tour and the Golf Asso- percent in 2017 and the unem- Poulter assumed the role of mark his first foray into Ma- forward to reconnecting with ciation of Macau, and promo- ployment rate will remain fairly Vice Captain for the very first cao as he looks to regain some my fans there,” he said. ted by IMG. low, at 1.9 percent and 2 percent time. Prior to his injury, his form and momentum heading Poulter will be in good com- Macau Daily Times is the in 2016 and 2017, respectively. 2016 season highlight was a into the end of the season and pany at the 18th edition of The tournament’s official media partner. MDT/Macauhub

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Angela Leong says gaming revenue is ‘not bad’

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Julie Zhu program, she said, comes at a time of social and econo- FIA’s Circuit Championships director Frederic Bertrand, surrounded by journalists JM Holdings’ gaming mic change. Sbusiness is not as good The director said em- as it was before the national ployees typically requested holidays, said the company’s more days off when there executive director Angela were overlapping holidays, Leong on the sidelines of the and that since the company Rosenqvist’s unexpected company’s cocktail reception also had similar requiremen- held at the Macau Tower yes- ts, the system was approved terday, in celebration of the quickly and without difficul- 67th anniversary of the Peo- ty. return is the highlight of ple’s Republic of China. Earlier this year, the local With the Chinese holiday government requested the nearing its end, Leong ack- city’s greyhound racing track 63th edition of the GP nowledged that, “[the busi- to be relocated or closed wi- ness] is OK, [but] of course it thin two years, and gave a fi- lags in comparison [with be- nal closing date of July 2018. Renato Marques see the number of drivers that ner Michael Rutter, four-time fore]. But now, it is not bad.” Leong said that the govern- are coming back after already winner Stuart Easton, 2013 Besides the company’s bu- ment has given the company N an edition that is marked winning the race… They want winner Ian Hutchinson and the siness, the director said that several option regarding the by the 50th Anniversary of to be here again because of this 2001 champion and Isle of Man SJM Holdings is applying a issue. “There are no good the Macau’s Motorcycle World Cup title and we are ha- TT legend John McGuinness. new system which will grant results yet. [We are] still dis- Grand Prix, the biggest ving the number two, three, Like the 2015 edition, the re- the company’s employees cussing,” she said. Ihighlight goes to the return of four and five of the European gion will be represented through more days off on overlapping As to whether the company two-time Formula 3 Champion Championship, which means local CF Racing Team 32, whi- public holidays. The com- will close down the busi- Felix Rosenqvist. that the fight will be very hard,” ch will include South African pany initiated a new policy ness or continue operations, The Swedish will attempt to he continued. Allann-Jon Venter. on Wednesday that will give Leong affirmed the company be the first three-time winner Bertrand also reaffirmed that To mark the anniversary of its employees more days off hopes for the latter option. of the Guia Circuit F3 race and everything is being prepared the half-century old motorcycle when the holidays overlap “There are many ways to the first ever driver to lift the and that the people working GP, the organizing committee weekends. continue the business,” she FIA F3 World Cup trophy on on the field both from FIA and will hold a series of activities Leong told the media that stated, adding that the com- November 20. locally are well-trained and ca- that will include a Classic Mo- the system covers all em- pany has not yet chosen a Rosenqvist was called to re- pable. torcycle Show and a Classic ployees of SJM Holdings, new site for the track and is turn when his successor, Eu- Questioned on the topic of the Motorcycle Parade, to be held including front workers and now studying possible op- ropean champion Lance Stroll, change to Pirelli tyres, Bertrand on November 19. those behind the scenes. The tions. confirmed last weekend in Imo- said: “We are linked to a very According to the organi- la that he would not be compe- fair process of tender to choose zing committee, three old- ting in Macau. time stars were also invited Rosenqvist will partner to attend this year’s edition: Nick Cassidy and Maximi- Rosenqvist 1977 and 1984 winner Mick ONE SHOT NEWS lian Gunther at local flag Grant, 1996 winner Phillip team Theodore Racing. will attempt McCallen, and 2006 and Another unexpected return will 2007 winner Steve Plater. be of Daniel Juncadella (2011 to be the first A special series of t-shirts, ja- winner) replacing British-born COURTESY LUSA COURTESY ckets and gloves done in col- Ben Barnicoat. three-time laboration with local designer According to FIA’s Circuit winner of the house “Workers Playground” Championships director Frede- were also specially produced ric Bertrand, this year’s event F3 race and presented yesterday. meets all the criteria to be “at The racing program this year least as good or even better a supplier and Pirelli won the abandoned the concept of a than previous editions.” process.” “Yokohama’s bid was “Celebrity Cup Race”, which Bertrand was speaking on a little bit less interesting for has reduced the program to se- the sidelines of yesterday’s the drivers. We do everything ven races. press conference at the Macau to help the driver to come and Formula 3 and the GT World Fisherman’s Wharf, held by the that means that the tyres are for Cup will be the headliners, toge- organizing committee to pre- free,” he added. ther with the Macau Guia Race sent this year’s race program. As for the lists of entrants for 2.0T and the Motorcycle GP. The next Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, visiting Regarding the absence of Lan- the 50th edition of the Motor- There will also be three support China in 1998. In this Lusa photo, Guterres – then prime minister of Portugal ce Stroll, he said, “We regret cycle Grand Prix, no novelties races: the Macau Touring Car – toasts with Chongqing Mayor Pu Aiqing at an Economic Protocol signing that he is not here. I think he are expected besides the confir- Cup, the Road Sport Challenge ceremony in China’s Chongqing province. Former Portuguese Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Gama (2nd from left) and entrepreneur and CEO of Cesl Asia, has some other things to attend mation that this year’s field will and the Chinese Racing Cup. António Trindade (top right) are also pictured. Guterres played a pivotal and we hope [wish] him the include five previous winners, The Macau Grand Prix will role in the history of Macau, as he was the head of Lisbon’s government in best in future.” including defending champion take place between November December 1999 at the time of the sovereignty handover. (see p.14) “The entry list is great. If you Peter Hickman, eight-time win- 17 to 20. 07.10.2016 fri

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N a bid to reach out to the Isecond largest community in ‘Tagay Pinoy FM98’ brings the region, TDM Radio recently launched its newest radio show, “Tagay Pinoy” which offers ‘good vibes’ to Filipino listeners news and a variety of entertain- ment to the Filipino communi- ty. ‘Tagay Pinoy’ hosts Mia Villa- nueva, Karen Keith and Camille Bersola are confident that the show will be an effective plat- form for the Filipino commu- nity to exchange information whether it concerns health, work, or visa related issues; and to update their compatriots on the ongoing Filipino happenin- gs in the region. The Times visited one of TDM’s radio studios where the recording of the latest ‘Tagay Pinoy’ show was being held. Before the taping of the pro- gram, the hosts briefed the guest on the rundown of the show and made sure it was all ‘positive vibes’ that they would be giving out to the listeners. The latest show kicked off by The inaugural show was attended by Philippines’ Consul General in Macau, Lilybeth Deapera (right). Karen Keith (let), Camille Bersola and Mia Villanueva (2nd from right) acknowledging the messages are also pictured. and comments of the show’s lis- teners on their Facebook page the Filipino community,” she page, “Tagay Pinoy – TDM Ra- representatives from different tists in Macau that need to be and praised those who have explained. dio Macau.” Filipino associations. exposed and I think this is a contributed to the show’s logo According to them, the show “So far, they have really loved The hosts are also looking perfect tool to expose them, to and jingle. has received positive feedba- the show, they really loved the forward to inviting Filipino promote their talents because Before introducing their guest ck from the Filipino listeners effort that TDM actually initia- guests from all walks of life to we’re really proud of the Filipi- who had been living in the re- through the show’s Facebook ted for the Filipino communi- discuss topics that would inte- nos,” she added. gion for over 30 years, the hosts ty [and] it is actually the main rest the community. ‘Tagay Pinoy FM98’ will also played a song requested by one goal of TDM, to unite the [mi- Further, Keith also stressed play Filipino music to set an of their listeners. grant] group,” Keith, one of the that they are looking forward to ‘ambience of home’ for the lis- The latest program discussed hosts, said. promoting Filipino talents that teners. The show is on air every how some Filipinos, similar Our goal is to With over 25,000 Filipino are underrated in the region. Saturday, 8 p.m. on TDM’s Ra- to their guest, discovered job workers living in the peninsula, “We have a lot of talented ar- dio Macau. opportunities in Macau; and really bring Keith believes that the launch described the massive changes of the radio show is a ‘big bold the region has gone through. entertainment, step’ to unite the community in Commenting on the show, the region. providing public service Villanueva explained to the Ti- good vibes The program kicked off with mes that the idea is to produce and also to Philippine consul general in TDM’S PORTUGUESE news and program is festivity […] we want all a non-political program. Macau, Lilybeth Deapera as program controller, Joao Francisco Filipinos in Macau to take part, to “We’re excited because it will discuss matters guest, who updated listeners on Pinto, said that the show’s mission be with us, to enjoy and really to cel- be a very good chance for us to the most common enquiries the is to provide a public service and ebrate. We want this program to be discuss things. We have to be that concern she and her team are facing. offer diversity to the different com- like a fiesta for everybody,” he add- clear; this is a non-political and The hosts also hoped that the munities in the city. “This is the ed. Although the latest radio show is non-partisan kind of show. So the Filipino community’s problems and program that we have really wanted currently recorded, Pinto said there our goal is to really bring enter- queries would be easily addres- to make for a long time and finally are plans on airing the show live to community. we have done it,” said Pinto to TDM be more interactive with the Filipino tainment, good vibes and also sed through the show, as the on the first airing of the show. “This listeners. to discuss things that concern MIA VILLANUEVA show would continually invite

INDONESIAN RADIO SHOW allows the radio show in the Macau region to be ‘Kumbang Toh’ effective remedy for homesickness broadcast in Indonesia and according to him, the radio show based in Indo- SIDE from the Taga- four years now and he nesia invites guests, whi- Alog show, TDM Radio hopes that the Filipino ch he co-interviews. also reached out to the show will also be a portal “In that way, the Indo- Indonesian community to communicate with the nesian community are back in 2012 when it de- community. pretty much updated […] cided to launch a radio “Kumbang Toh” host, from time to time I always show in Bahasa. Beto Bebeto, said the ra- give updates on important The Indonesian radio dio show has helped the news like changes in laws, program, “Kumbang Indonesian community changes in Indonesian Toh,” started by airing for “when they’re missing regulations, especially in- an hour per week until it their hometown.” volving passports or any expanded to two hours. Speaking to the Times, other thing that they must It is currently aired from Bebeto said they have know,” he explained. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. every been in collaboration Bebeto also stressed Sunday. with a radio station in In- that the show avoids “se- According to TDM Por- donesia, and from time rious talks,” so as to pro- tuguese radio host, Jorge to time, they hold a joint vide more entertainment Vale, the Bahasa program broadcast. to the community that is has been successful for Beto Bebeto (left) The joint broadcast far away from home. LV fri 07.10.2016

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contribution and support of Asia Man dies after Times, MGM Macau and Galaxy Costa to speak at inaugural Entertainment Group. Turismo collapsing at de Portugal is offering the oppor- work Startup Macau Forum tunity for the awarded teams to be in Lisboa for the Web Summit, be- One of CEM’s staff member tween 7 and 12 November. passed away yesterday EXT week Macau will be- with our FastStart and FastGrow- This sort of educational and men- morning after “suddenly Ncome the center of a unique th methodologies, and we see this toring event for entrepreneurs is collapsing” while working entrepreneurial competition and event as a timely opportunity to also intended to serve as a catalyst at the electrical company’s conference that will draw parti- show the shortlisted 19 startups for establishing the Macau Star- power station in Coloane. cipants from Portugal, mainland just how the right help and su- tup and Innovation Center, which A statement issued by China and Macau SAR together. pport can shorten the distance will serve as an offshore base for the company stated that The prime minister of Portugal towards success.” Portuguese and Chinese startups. the man had collapsed at Antonio Costa will deliver the key- Additional incentives for the Scheduled to open next year, the Coloane Power Station note speech at the event and meet three winning teams will be in center will provide a platform to Unit 5 engine room around with young entrepreneurs. the form of a cash prize totaling gather regional efforts and foster 10:30 a.m. yesterday. His The two-day event is designed USD20,000 and tickets for Web dialogue, networking, education colleagues immediately to bring together investors and Summit Lisboa 2016, as well as and opportunities for emerging notified the company’s on- entrepreneurs alike and create cash allowances for transporta- entrepreneurs. site doctor, and the man was brought to the hospital by a marketplace of ideas that fos- tion and living costs. Cash prizes “Macau is a vibrant city with an ambulance. “The company’s ters innovation and new business were made possible through the exceptional workforce, progressi- Antonio Costa doctor [was] performing opportunities through workshops, ve and developing universities, a first aid before the arrival an exciting juried-panel competi- the governments of Portugal and high-standard of living, low taxes of the ambulance, but he tion for entrepreneurs, presenta- Macau both agreed to participate and a business-friendly environ- passed away in the hospital tions, and panel discussions with and sponsor the event in coopera- ment. And we are geographically [in] the end,” stated CEM, business leaders. tion with several entities. We see a well-positioned and culturally adding that the company The conference is being organi- “This event puts Macau on the mandate to linked between the world’s largest was “shocked and saddened zed by the Macau China Think- map as a place for new and exci- market – China –Europe and the at his sudden death.” The Tank for Fintech Industries, with ting business opportunities and diversify and Portuguese speaking Countries of man, surnamed Lei, was 64 the support of the Portuguese the platform of this competition the world,” said Antonio Trinda- years old and had worked at government, as well as the invest- demonstrates how China and Por- grow our de, president and CEO of CESL CEM Power Station for 35 ment and economic promotion tuguese-speaking countries are co- Asia - Investments & Services, years. agencies of the Portuguese and ming together in Macau, working economy, Limited and an organizer of the Macau governments. The con- side by side and producing inno- encouraging event. Zhuhai ference was conceptualized and vative business solutions,” said Mr Trindade added: “The go- led by CESL Asia - Investments & Eric Yeung, chairman of the Ma- young people vernments of Portugal, China and imposes new Services, Limited, a Macau-based cau China ThinkTank for Fintech Macau SAR are committed to this restrictions services company, Portugal-based Industries. to pursue their effort and we see a mandate to di- Fabrica de Startups and Tsinghua António Lucena de Faria, foun- versify and grow our economy, en- on house University. der and CEO of Fábrica de Star- entrepreneurial couraging young people to pursue purchases According to a press release is- tups said: “We have helped more goals. their entrepreneurial goals, and sued by the event’s organizers, than 1,500 startups leverage their making the most of what Macau The Zhuhai government from the early stages of planning products and services since 2011 ANTONIO TRINDADE can offer”. yesterday announced a change in its restriction on housing purchases. Those in possession of 20,000 expected at Lusofonia Festival the Zhuhai Hukou who own three or more houses The performances will kick off on Friday are now banned from PHOTO ARCHIVE PHOTO shows, booths and other arrangements, and purchasing additional MOP750,000 for posters at the event sites. at the Carmo amphitheater with Don Kikas houses that are smaller from Angola, Knananuk Timor from East Ti- The 19th Portuguese Speaking Communi- than 144 square meters. mor, and Latin Connection from Goa, Daman ties Cultural Festival will present a series of The ban was also extended music concerts, sports competitions, stage and Diu. to non-locals who own one performances, and gastronomy, among many Saturday’s show will feature the HMB from or more houses. Earlier other cultural and recreational activities. Portugal, Os Tubarões from Cape Verde, and this year, Zhuhai lifted all The typical cultural decorations and booths, Os Garimpeiros from Mozambique. restrictions on housing HIS year’s Lusofonia Festival will take organized and hosted by members of ten di- For the final evening, Margareth Menezes units for both residents Tplace from October 21 to 23 with a smaller fferent Portuguese-speaking communities, from Brazil, Tino Trimo from Guinea-Bissau, and non-residents. All budget. However, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will also be present; showcasing the cultural and Tonecas Prazeres from Sao Tome and individuals were allowed to (IC), which has taken over the event organi- attractions of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Principe will take to the stage. buy residences of less than zation from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Guinea-Bissau, Goa, Daman and Diu, East When questioned by the journalists, Mr 144 square meters without Bureau (IACM), expects that the party will be Timor, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, and Ieong mentioned that the IC expects the providing social security just as lively as those in previous years. São Tomé and Príncipe. number of visitors to be around 20,000, si- and tax records. Held at the Taipa Houses-Museum and Car- For the first time in the history of the event, milar to the last edition. mo Area in Taipa, the festival will feature folk local musical groups will perform at the Car- He added that the cultural authority is al- Money supply arts and culinary booths from ten Portuguese mo Square every night at 7:30 p.m., so the ready planning the outline of the next edi- -speaking countries. public can enjoy light music in a relaxed en- tion of the festival, which will mark the 20th continues to Ieong Chi Kin, chief of the IC’s Cultural Acti- vironment while tasting Portuguese-inspired anniversary of the event. He said that the IC grow vities Department, said at a press conference delicacies. might arrange a photo exhibition featuring yesterday that the event’s budget was downsi- The performers are Macau Artists, Francois snapshots of past festivals. Money supply continued to zed to MOP3 million, MOP300,000 less than & Rita, Fabrizio Croce, Fado & Portuguese The festival will run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. grow in August, according in 2015. Popular Music Group, 100% Band, and 80 & on Friday, 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and to statistics released The budget is MOP2.25 million for the Tal Band. 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. JZ yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macao. Currency in circulation Kong. He asked the officer if dropped 0.1 percent while demand deposits grew 4.2 he could ever return to Macau, HK activists denied entry to Macau percent. Resident deposits and was told that he had “be- increased 2.6 percent from ARLIER this week, three Lo posted a picture of the no- to visit Macau to attend a short tter come back on the 13th.” the preceding month to EHong Kongers – indepen- tice from the Immigration De- movie workshop hosted by his Lo’s refusal came slightly after MOP490.5 billion, and dent film director Lo Chun partment of the Public Security friend. He was taken to the po- Lam’s. non-resident deposits grew Yip; actor and former social Police Force, which declined lice station at the Macau Ferry Lam and Shaw both posted 1.2 percent to MOP279.0 activist Lam Fai Fred; and his entry on the grounds that Terminal after failing to pass their own notices on their Face- billion. Domestic loans to human rights activist Shaw he “poses a risk to internal se- through the e-channel. book pages. Lam had been invi- the private sector increased Kwok Wah – were denied en- curity.” Local police then escorted Lo ted by a local middle school to 1.6 percent from a month try to Macau. On Wednesday, Lo intended aboard the ferry back to Hong present a lecture on travelling. ago to MOP408.4 billion. 07.10.2016 fri

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REAL ESTATE MATTERS The Definitive Guide For Tenants Part 4 - First Week In Your 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.

www.JMLProperty.com Juliet Risdon [email protected]

The Definitive Guide For Te- different from how we remember it. you are not used to, or smells co- nants The previous tenants have moved ming from the building, drains or out and removed their “homely and other people’s cooking. The Yearly Guide For Renting A personal” touches which may have Home transformed the place in a rather Finalise the inventory & rea- This is the fourth part of the five sparse and cold shell. Without all dings -part article about the rental pro- of the personal objects to draw your During the first week you really get cess for tenants. Hopefully you will eye, you may notice more marks a chance to make sure the inventory have read last weeks article about and stains. you are signing is correct and report the process of ‘Moving In’. Another issue may be that you dis- anything for correction including What is so special about the first cover it is not as clean as you thou- such things as meter readings. week in the new apartment? ght it would be. During the move We suggest that you go through the We find that during this period out and vacancy period a lot of dust inventory on a ‘room by room’ basis there are four specific phases that may have accumulated and it may as soon as you can after moving in tenants go through not have been cleaned as thorou- ghly as you would have liked. Snagging 1. Matching the reality with If you notice marks and defects you your expectations Becoming aware of things have to report them straight away 2. Becoming aware of things your wouldn’t spot during a to the landlord or the owners repre- you wouldn’t spot during a visit sentative. visit When you viewed your apartment, This is important so that you are 3. Confirm the inventory did you inspect some of the hidden not blamed for the damage. For 4. Snagging things, those things that are not so example, if the vacuum cleaner is obvious? not working, you may not know Matching reality and your ex- For example did you check the ma- about the problem until you move pectations. ttresses, look closely at the tiles in in and try to use it. Is the vision that we hold in our the shower to see if they are clean If there are items missing such as mind’s eye of the apartment when and free from mould, or try to flush cutlery, this should also be repor- we last saw it consistent with your the toilet to see how well it worked? ted as missing immediately. new home ? Most people do not ‘check’ these We hope you will join us next week The excitement of moving in can small items as they don’t wish to be to read the final part of this five sometimes have the shine taken impolite. part series on the process of renting off the moment we open the door You may also become aware of noi- for tenants – “On-going Living and to our new place, because it looks se from other apartments which Termination”. fri 07.10.2016

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Starbucks expands in Cambodia to tap one UN agreement reached of fastest economies on aircraft climate

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overwhelmingly ra- AP PHOTO mate change accord, which tified an agreement goes into effect next month. Daniela Wei Tyesterday to control global That accord commits rich warming emissions from and poor countries to take TARBUCKS Corp. is expanding in Cambodia, international airline flights, action to curb the rise in Sone of the world’s fastest economies, as the com- the first international clima- global temperatures that is pany taps Asia for growth amid a mixed outlook in te-change pact to set limits melting glaciers, raising sea the Americas. on a single industry. levels and shifting rainfall The Seattle-based coffee chain will open a two-floor, The agreement, adopted at patterns. Governments must 650 square-meter store in the capital, Phnom Penh, the International Civil Avia- present national plans to re- today to take advantage of a 10 percent annual increa- tion Organization’s assem- duce emissions to limit glo- se in coffee consumption in the Southeast Asian na- bly meeting in Montreal, bal temperature rise to well tion, according to Asia-Pacific President Mark Ring. sets airlines’ carbon emis- below 2 degrees Celsius. “In the long term, we’re positive about Asia,” Ring sions in the year 2020 as the Airlines that fly internatio- said in an interview yesterday. “We’ll continue to look upper limit of what carriers with a landmark climate- aviation conference, which nally were left out of the Pa- for opportunities over time.” are allowed to discharge wi- change accord reached in includes 44 nations, has ris accord because they pro- The share of Asian revenue at the world’s largest thout penalty. Airlines that Paris last December. also indicated it intends to tested that it would mean coffee-shop chain has more than doubled in the past exceed that limit in future The first phase of the participate. However, Rus- dealing with a patchwork of two years to 15 percent, putting overseas potential in years, as most are expec- agreement, which is volun- sia doesn’t currently plan to country-by-country regula- focus as the U.S. market matures. The company en- ted to do, will have to offset tary, covers 2021 to 2027. participate in the voluntary tions. tered Cambodia in December and with the new store their emissions growth by Participation becomes man- phase, and India expressed The last minute change will have three outlets in an economy the Internatio- buying carbon credits from datory from 2028 through reservations with portions to the aviation emissions nal Monetary Fund estimates will expand almost 7 other industries. 2035. Some countries were of the pact. agreement stripped out lan- percent this year. The agreement is “a ba- still trying to decide whether The agreement has the guage that would have alig- Ring said Starbucks is aiming to appeal to a broad lanced, pragmatic, and very to participate in the volun- backing of the airline in- ned the agreement with the base in Cambodia, from tourists to young professio- positive development,” said tary phase. dustry even though it could goal of keeping global war- nals, and will customize aspects such as the food ser- ICAO Director General Liu The 15-year agreement is cost airlines an estimated ming below a 2 degree rise. vice to suit local tastes. Fang, adding that it will expected to reduce carbon USD5.3 billion annually in “This deal was the world’s The Cambodian footprint remains a fraction of Star- “serve as an important new that would otherwise be the early years and as much first opportunity to test whe- bucks’ more than 6,200 stores in China and the Asia- tool to complement the emitted by 2.5 billion tons, as $23.9 billion a year by ther the new Paris Agree- Pacific region. Cambodia has a population of about 16 emissions reduction pro- according to an Environ- 2035. Airlines spent $181 ment would change the way million people and gross domestic product per capita gress already being achie- mental Defense Fund calcu- billion on fuel last year. we do business and rally the of USD1,235, compared with $8,240 in China, accor- ved” by airlines through lation. That’s roughly equi- Airlines that keep their world toward its new goals. ding to IMF data. The Southeast Asian nation’s esti- technological innovations, valent to taking 35 million emissions down through Yet just hours after celebra- mated GDP growth is among the top 10 in the world, modernized operations and cars off the road every year more fuel efficient planes ting the Paris Agreement’s the figures also show. growing use of alternative for the life of the agreement, and aircraft operations will early entry into force, coun- Starbucks’ stock has declined 11 percent so far in fuels. she said. spend less on carbon cre- tries at ICAO are sending 2016, compared with an increase of almost 6 percent Countries must still act on Among the countries with dits. But since aviation is mixed signals about their in the S&P 500 index. The shares are up 38 percent in their own to put the agree- significant international growing rapidly, emissions ambition to reduce emis- the past three years, exceeding the 28 percent climb ment’s limits into effect. En- air traffic that have indica- growth is expected to far ou- sions by weakening the link in the S&P 500. vironmentalists complained ted they will participate in tstrip increased efficiencies. between the aviation me- Revenue in the quarter ended June 26 missed the agreement was weake- the voluntary phase are the The deal applies only to chanism and the long term analysts’ estimates after same-store sales climbed 4 ned by a last minute change United States, the United international flights, which goals set in Paris,” said Lou percent in the Americas, decelerating from a 7 per- that removed language that Arab Emirates, and Singa- account for about 60 per- Leonard, vice president of cent increase in the prior quarter. Bloomberg would have aligned its aims pore. The European Union’s cent of aviation. Emissions the World Wildlife Fund. AP

corporate bits jin akanishi to perform at the venetian achieved 14 consecutive num- altira macau to present nordic gourmet experience ber one hits on the Oricon charts. He has released three Renowned Swedish chef studio albums as a solo artist: Björn Frantzén, with an epony- “Japonicana”, “#JustJin” and mous restaurant that has been most recently “Audio Fashion”, awarded two Michelin stars for which he composed the and was listed in “The World’s music and lyrics. 50 Best Restaurants”, will craft In addition to his music two menus of modern Scandi- career, Jin has appeared in navian dishes with subtle Ja- films including “Bandage”, panese influences for up to 12 and Hollywood action movie guests per night. “47 Ronin”, and guest star- Frantzén Group’s head mi- red in several popular Ja- xologist Oskar Johansson, panese school dramas such who also manages cocktail as “Gokusen 2” and “Yukan bar Corner Club in the Old Club”, as well as the popular Town of Stockholm, will also Chinese show “Midnight Taxi create a variety of Nordic-style 2”. cocktails for guests at the bar In April he was awarded the of the Aurora restaurant for the Singer-songwriter, actor and 5 at Cotai Arena at The Vene- title of “Asia’s Most Popular duration of the event. television personality Jin Aka- tian Macao. Japanese Artist” at the 20th The two-month event will nishi will perform his smashing Jin began his career as lead China Music Awards, which Altira Macau will present rated Yi Pavilion from now until transform Yi Pavilion into a “Jin Akanishi Live Tour 2016 vocalist in the popular J-pop took place at The Venetian Nordic cuisine and panoramic December 17, available every distinctive version of Restau- Audio Fashion” on November boy-band “Kat-Tun,” which Macao. views of Macau at its redeco- Thursday to Saturday. rant Frantzén. 07.10.2016 fri

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INE days had pas- sed since Jeff Gillis, Husband fights for evidence to at home in Houston, Texas, had last heard Nfrom his wife. During that pho- ne call, she told Gillis she was help US wife accused in China extending her business trip in China, but he grew anxious. He filed a missing person’s re- China’s interests,” said Fu Hua- port with U.S. consular officials ling, a law professor at the Uni- whose response left him fla- AP PHOTO versity of Hong Kong. bbergasted: His wife, a business “If they think there’s a viola- consultant, had been detained tion of Chinese criminal law and by Chinese state security agents the impact is felt within China almost two weeks earlier. they are willing to pursue that Now, 18 months later, Phan and they think that they proba- Phan-Gillis is still detained, bly have the capacity to do that charged with spying and awai- now,” he said. “Imagine: The ting trial in China, consigned case happened in the ‘90s. It’s to an unknown fate in a highly not like it happened recently.” opaque and impenetrable legal Phan-Gillis’ lawyer, Shang system in which even the char- Baojun, said the American is ges brought against her remain charged with spying, but that he cloudy. Gillis says that his wife could not provide details becau- appears to have been accused se the case involves state secre- of spying against China two de- ts. The maximum sentence for cades ago, although even her spying is the death penalty. Chinese lawyer says he has been The court in Nanning, a city in barred by Chinese law from pro- southern China near the Viet- viding details. namese border, also refused to Despite the scant information, release specifics about the case. Gillis has set about trying to “It is a closed trial because it prove his 56-year-old wife’s in- involves state secrets, so it is nocence. He hopes documents Jeff Gillis sits in front of a computer displaying a website supporting his wife’s release in Houston inappropriate for us to relea- he has uncovered will help free se information ... including the Phan-Gillis, known as Sandy to date. pursue those accused of crimes out within the United States. date of the trial,” said Tang Xin- friends. Her lawyer says her trial The case speaks to both rising occurring outside its borders. “China probably is now more gzhong, administrative head at has been postponed indefinitely suspicion between Beijing and Gillis says part of the charge re- aggressive in pursuing anyone the Nanning Intermediate Peo- from its original Sept. 19 court Washington and China’s drive to lates to alleged spying carried who can be regarded as harming ple’s Court. Calls to the prose- ad fri 07.10.2016

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cutor in charge of the case rang media campaign,” Gillis said by show she couldn’t have been unanswered. phone from Houston. But she present for the offenses he says Jeff Gillis, 54, said the charge AP PHOTO was also allowed to tell him that she is accused of committing. relates to “beyond ridiculous” “the case involved some people “I have the passport that shows allegations that Phan-Gillis went who she had known from Guan- that she didn’t even have a visa on a spy mission to Nanning in gxi over 20 years ago.” in ‘96, no entries or exits. I have 1996, then returned to the U.S. Soon, he was digging through her pay stubs that show that she and recruited Chinese citizens to his wife’s old files, sorting them was not off on extended leave.” work for a foreign spy organiza- by year. When he learned more He has found old receipts and tion within the United States in about the accusations he went a newspaper article with a pho- 1997 and 1998. He says the fo- straight to the boxes labeled tograph of Phan-Gillis attending reign spy organization is alleged “1996,” ‘’1997” and “1998.” a horse event in Houston when to be the FBI. The bureau’s press “The house still looks like a wa- she is alleged to have been in office declined to comment. rehouse. I have boxes stacked China. He has submitted the Nanning is the capital of Guan- everywhere,” he said. documents to his wife’s lawyers, gxi, a poor farming region nei- Gillis is thankful for his wi- and has pressed politicians to ghboring Guangdong province, fe’s tendency to hoard, because write letters on her behalf. where Phan-Gillis’ family has its she left behind documents that U.S. consular officials are roots. Ethnically Chinese, Phan- Phan “Sandy” Phan-Gillis allowed to visit Phan-Gillis once Gillis was born in Vietnam and a month. Gillis said she told left that country as a teenager af- quest to free her. Her legal team is not allowed to them that threats and relentless ter the end of the Vietnam War, Phan-Gillis was detained in photocopy or take photos of the interrogation sessions caused ending up via a harrowing boat March 2015; that September, hundreds of pages. China probably her to suffer a heart attack. journey in a refugee camp in Gillis quit his job as a U.S. pro- “We can only copy it by hand,” is now more “Hearing how they had treated Malaysia. She became an Ame- duction services manager for an Shang said. her, it made me cry,” he said. rican citizen, met Gillis in 2001 oilfield services company to fo- Gillis knew virtually nothing aggressive He said that, together with the and married him a year later. cus full time on freeing her. He about why his wife was in cus- knowledge that Chinese autho- Gillis said his wife, a consultant remains in Houston; lawyers tody before he received an une- in pursuing rities have charged his wife with who matched investors with told him he should not come to xpected phone call about a year spying, and “with allegations projects, traveled to China nu- China for the trial. ago. At the time, Chinese Presi- anyone that were easily provable to be merous times on business and Gillis started reading up on dent Xi Jinping was in the U.S. who can be false,” is why he has decided to as a volunteer to promote cultu- how Chinese cases work, and meeting President Barack Oba- publicly discuss her case. ral and business exchanges and knew that he and the lawyers ma, and Gillis had just started regarded U.S. State Department spokes- better health care. Most of her would only have a short window a media campaign to coincide man John Kirby said that China trips have been to the southern to prepare a defense once char- with Xi’s visit. as harming “continues to withhold many business centers of Shenzhen ges were filed and revealed to It was his wife. She frantically details of the case.” and Guangzhou. Gillis said he them. asked him to stop. [Chinese] “We remain deeply concerned had never heard his wife men- Lawyer Shang said they could “She was pretty much begging interests. about Ms. Phan-Gillis’ welfa- tion Guangxi until she brought read Phan-Gillis’ case file only me to tell the people who were re and continue to monitor her it up in a phone call during her in early September — more than on the phone in the room with FU HUALING case closely,” he said in a state- detention — his first clue in his six weeks after she was indicted. her that I was going to stop the UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ment. AP

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UDDHIST monks, survivors, mourners and activists gathered Buddhist monks lead yesterday to mark the B40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Thailand’s his- tory, when police killed scores commemoration of 1976 massacre of university students at a pea- ceful protest, and vigilantes de- filed the dead. Students at Bangkok’s Tham- masat University had been pro- AP PHOTO The first testing the return from exile of a hated former dictator in 1976 necessary when they were trapped by a right-wing mob and heavily ar- condition for med paramilitary police, who democracy fired guns and grenades at the defenseless crowd of several in Thailand thousand. After the students were sub- is ‘Mexit’; dued, thugs rushed in and gra- bbed as many as a dozen. They meaning to were then taken to a nearby pu- take the military blic field, beaten to death, han- ged and abused, with the bodies out of politics. tossed onto a makeshift funeral pyre. The official death toll was SURACHART BAMRUNGSUK 46, though credible independent estimates put it at more than 100. tion still strives to learn about The disorder was used as an it,” he said in a speech at the excuse for the army to seize university. power later that day, undoing a The Thammasat massacre has student-led democratic revolu- always been a sensitive issue, tion three years earlier. both because the images of lyn- The anniversary comes as chings speak to a dark side of Thailand is again under mili- the Thai character and becau- tary rule since a 2014 coup, a se the assault on the university situation referred to by some showed how the state can carry speakers at the anniversary ce- out human rights abuses with remony. Thai activists lay down the candle at 6 Oct Memorium at Thammasat University in Bangkok impunity. No perpetrators were “I think we all have heard the ever punished. term ‘Brexit’ used to describe at the Thammasat tragedy and has drawn broader interest first time in marking the anni- An increasing awareness of the process of Britain leaving then was held in prison for two than usual because an invited versary. human rights since 1976 has the EU. I would like to propose years on trumped-up charges. speaker, teenage Hong Kong The rector of Thammasat, led to much questioning of the that the first necessary condi- “If we can’t take the military democracy activist Joshua Somkit Lertpaithoon, said the use of state violence, especially tion for democracy in Thailand out of politics, then don’t even Wong, was not allowed into university teaches its students because of a sometimes-violent is ‘Mexit’; meaning the first ne- think about democracy,” said the country by Thai authorities, about the violence and even has struggle for political power that cessary condition is to take the Surachart, now a professor of making headlines worldwide. survivors on its staff. has troubled Thailand for the military out of politics,” said Su- political science at Chulalon- Wong was supposed to speak “Even though the events of past decade, including bloo- rachart Bamrungsuk, a former gkorn University in Bangkok. at Chulalongkorn, which this Oct. 6 may not be documented dy street battles in Bangkok in student leader who was present This year’s commemoration year joined Thammasat for the in Thai history, the new genera- 2010. AP

MALAYSIA Court lets off ‘Budgie 9’ who partied in swimsuits

INE Australians who dullah said the court ac- trivial offense and under no fine and the boys apo- Nspent four nights in cepted his argument that extenuating circumstances logized. They recognized police detention after stri- AP PHOTO it was a trivial offense and because they misunders- what they did was unac- pping down to skimpy that the nine, mostly dres- tood the local culture. They ceptable but they have been swimsuits printed with the sed in suits in the court, have been admonished by completely cleared and are Malaysian flag at that na- were ignorant of the local the court and released wi- free to travel and resume tion’s Formula One Grand culture and remorseful. He thout conviction,” he ad- their lives,” he said. Prix walked free yesterday said one of them read out ded. Ricciardo, the driver without a conviction after an apology to the court, He said one of the men whose success inspired the pleading guilty to causing admitting to an “error of fainted in court briefly due Australians’ beer-fueled a public nuisance and apo- judgment.” to dehydration. revelry, described the inci- logizing. Australian men celebrate in Budgy Smuggler-brand swimsuits decorated with the Malaysian flag at the conclusion of the Malaysian Shafee said their actions The nine, mostly Syd- dent as “pretty harmless.” The nine were detained Formula One Grand Prix were not illegal in most ney University graduates “I respect the laws of Ma- since Sunday after they countries, including Aus- in their 20s, left the court laysia, but beyond that I partied in their swimwear budgerigar is an Austra- cking in 2005 who became tralia. without speaking to re- don’t think they deserve and drank beer from shoes lian parrot that is a popu- known as the Bali Nine. “We are sensitive about porters. The men included any further punishment,” in full view of thousands of lar household pet and the Their Australian fami- it, but they didn’t know. Jack Walker, an adviser to Ricciardo told Sydney’s spectators at the Sepang Australians’ swimwear is lies flew to Malaysia as the They sincerely thought it Australian Defense Indus- The Daily Telegraph news- track after Australian dri- colloquially known as bud- police warned the friends was a respect and a cele- try Minister Chris Pyne. paper. ver Daniel Ricciardo won gie smugglers. faced potential two-year bration with Malaysians,” His father John Walker “In Australia, it’s a bit di- the race. The name plays on nine prison sentences. Shafee said. said they were very thank- fferent, but I’m very sure Australian media dubbed Australians arrested in Defense lawyer “The court accepted my ful. they didn’t intend to of- them the Budgie Nine. A Indonesia for heroin traffi- Muhammad Shafee Ab- mitigation that this was a “There’s no charge, there’s fend anyone,” he said. AP fri 07.10.2016 th Anniversary

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ANTÓNIO GUTERRES the annual state budget. dren’s summer camps and His detractors in Portugal assist flood victims. accused him of failing to un- Volunteering wasn’t enough, dertake tough and potentially however, and he once said he vote-losing reforms, inclu- turned to politics in search of Next UN chief widely ding an overhaul of the coun- a more effective way of figh- try’s inefficient health service ting poverty and misery. and snail-pace legal system. “I also found out that politi- His critics also complai- cs has its limits,” he said. seen as modernizer ned that he lacked steel. One Nevertheless, as the U.N. newspaper described Gu- refugee chief Guterres stood terres’ time in power as “a at the heart of international permanent balancing act” of emergencies that were far

AP PHOTO trying not to upset anyone. more politically complex than Guterres was minded, for the domestic aggravations he example, to accept scientific turned his back on. research that argued the al- Guterres was in the thick cohol limit permitted for dri- of the Syrian refugee crisis ving should be lowered to en- in recent years. He appea- sure road safety. But after an red in the spotlight alongside outcry from the wine-growing actress Angelina Jolie as the country’s drinks industry, UNHCR special envoy issued which said the measure wou- pleas for help for the refugees ld cost jobs, he backed down. while he aimed sharp rebukes After seven years, the short, at the EU’s lack of tolerance jowly politician had had enou- and generosity. gh of the political tension. His two terms in office Guterres unexpectedly resig- brought wide praise, inclu- ned as prime minister after ding from Ban, the outgoing the Socialists lost heavily in U.N. secretary-general, who municipal elections in 2001. described him as “one of the In his resignation speech he U.N.’s great leaders.” gave a mysterious explana- Guterres has seen the U.N. tion for his decision, and he from the inside, and he has has never clarified what he plans to change it: he wants meant: “I am doing it to avoid more funding for the institu- the country falling into a poli- tion and wants to work with tical swamp,” he said. the World Bank, non-gover- Antonio Guterres is surrounded by Somali refugees He then turned his back on nmental organizations and Portuguese politics, choosing private companies to ensure a career far from home as the it. Barry Hatton, Lisbon Under Guterres’ leadership, cally lax and wouldn’t make U.N. High Commissioner for He also wants more reliab- the Socialists jettisoned their the grade. Refugees, a post he held for le contributions from donor OON after he was extreme leftist policies and His minority government 10 years up to 2015. countries that sometimes are elected leader of Por- became a moderate party oc- engaged in some tough poli- That post was as much a reluctant to write checks. In tugal’s center-left So- cupying the political center tical horse-trading to get its calling as a job. Even while return, he can show he’s no cialist Party in 1992, ground. policies approved by parlia- he was at Lisbon’s prestigious extravagant spender: he re- SAntonio Guterres added a red Guterres — fluent in En- ment. Famously, Guterres Technical University, where duced staff at UNHCR’s Ge- rose motif to the clenched, glish, French, Portuguese and had to promise an opposition he was an outstanding stu- neva headquarters by over 20 raised fist which was the par- Spanish, and with a keen in- lawmaker government funds dent, Guterres found time to per cent and made the orga- ty’s traditional symbol. terest in medieval history, for a cheese factory in his dis- help out people in poor nei- nization’s cost effectiveness a It was a political re-bran- cinema and opera — appea- trict to ensure the passage of ghborhoods, organize chil- priority. AP ding that also captured the led to Portugal’s new middle- softer, kinder image of Guter- class, which had emerged on res. And it paid dividends: af- the back of a surge in wealth ter a decade out of power, the following the country’s 1986 Socialists won a 1995 election membership in the European Guterres to select a woman as deputy and went into government Union. with Guterres as their prime Guterres, a staunch suppor- NTÓNIO Guterres will almost certainly minister. ter of Europe’s moves towards select a woman as deputy secretary-general A AP PHOTO Guterres, 67, has now been closer political and economic and he said in the interview that one of the thin- tapped to succeed Ban Ki- integration, called for EU gs that is “crucial” at the male-dominated United moon as the next U.N. secre- member nations to surrender Nations is “to have gender parity.” tary-general. The U.N. Se- more power to centralized He said that his 10 years as the U.N. high com- curity Council met yesterday institutions. missioner for refugees, which ended in Decem- to formally approve Guterres As prime minister, he adop- ber, were “excellent preparation” for a secretary- and recommend his candi- ted business-friendly policies general who needs to be an honest broker and dacy to the 193-member Ge- and pursued extensive priva- be seen by countries as independent in order to neral Assembly, which must tizations of state companies, promote consensus and overcome crises. give final approval. while pouring money into “I think we are living in a world where we see Guterres made his name social issues such as public a multiplication of new conflicts, and you see an U.N. refugee chief, Antonio Guterres, second left, along in the 1990s as one of a new education and health care. enormous difficulty in solving the conflicts,” Gu- with UNHCR special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, second European generation of mo- He passed a law establishing terres said. “There is a clear lack of capacity in right, visit Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border dernizing Socialists that in- a minimum income for fa- the international community to prevent and to cluded British Prime Minister milies, with the government solve conflicts.” “I think that one in life receives a lot of gifts, and Tony Blair. providing funds for the poo- What’s needed, he said, is a new “diplomacy one has the responsibility to pay back, no? And Guterres was admired for rest so they could meet that for peace” which requires discreet diplomatic to multiply the gifts that were received,” he said. being eloquent, smart and threshold. contacts and shuttling among key players in Guterres received a very good education and moderate. But over eight Perhaps Guterres’ greatest conflicts and disputes. The secretary-general said he dreamed of being a researcher in physi- years as Portuguese leader, feat in Portugal was pushing should also engage as much as possible and “act cs, and became an assistant physics professor. he also became known as a through the financial reforms with humility to try to create the conditions for But he also got involved with a group of students politician who shied away and insisting on the govern- member states that are the crucial actors in any and volunteered in the slums of Lisbon and saw from unpopular decisions and ment spending limits requi- process to be able to come together and overco- tremendous social problems in the last years of sometimes found it hard to red to qualify the country for me their differences,” he said. Antonio Salazar’s four-decade dictatorship in say no. He resigned halfway membership in the euro, Eu- Guterres said the simple answer to why he wants Portugal, which ended in 1974. through his second term, rope’s shared currency, when to be secretary-general can be found in “The Pa- “That made me rethink my life,” Guterres said. when his party’s popularity many observers had predic- rable of The Talents” from the New Testament, “Now, again, because of ‘The Parable of The Ta- began to fade. ted the country was too fis- which has been the central thing in his life. lents,’ where can I pay back better?” fri 07.10.2016 th Anniversary

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Language: English (Cantonese) 21:00 Documentary The Naples-based ship was commandeered this Duration: 107min afternoon shortly after leaving the port of Alexandria Secrets of China 22:00 in Egypt on its way to Port Said. 23:00 TDM News DEEP WATER HORIZON_ Most of the passengers disembarked in Alexandria 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News room 3 to go on a sight-seeing tour and were planning to 23:45 Miscellaneous 2.45, 9.30 pm rejoin the cruise further up the Egyptian coast. 00:30 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Highlights Director: Peter Berg The Achille Lauro’s present position and intended Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, destination is unknown, but the Italian Navy is sen- Kate Hudson ding ships and reconnaissance aircraft in an attempt Language: English (Cantonese) Duration: 107min to establish its location. offbeat Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi is understood STORKS_ to be holding an emergency meeting to discuss op- olice in taly find fugitive mob room 3 tions with his foreign and defence ministers. P I (2D) 4.05, 5.45, 7.30 pm Marine hijackings are uncommon. In 1961 the pas- boss hiding in home bunker Director: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland senger liner Santa Maria was taken over by oppo- nents of the Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar, One of Italy’s most-wanted fugi- Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) Duration: 87min but it ended peacefully. tive mob bosses was arrested af- Notable sea hijacks have also occurred off Singa- ter five years on the lam this week pore, Greece and Cambodia in the 1970s. when police found him hiding in macau tower Experts say a forced boarding of the Achille Lauro a home bunker built between the could result in heavy hostage casualties. bathroom and his son’s bedroom. 06 Oct - 19 Oct Antonio Pelle, 54, crawled out of Courtesy BBC News his hiding place on his stomach to SNOWDEN_ the top of an armoire that had shielded the bunker at his home 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm in southern Reggio Calabria. Video of his surrender showed Director: Oliver Stone at least two dozen police surrounding the wardrobe waiting Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, for him to emerge. Melissa Leo In context Language: English (Cantonese) Pelle, known as “Mamma,” was serving a 20-year prison Duration: 134min The hijackers were from the Palestinian Liberation Front, a splin- sentence for mafia association, arms and drug trafficking ter group of Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organisation. when he slipped out of a hospital in the town of Locri in Sep- They shot dead a disabled American tourist, 69 year-old Leon tember 2011. He had been taken to the hospital to be treated Klinghoffer and had his body thrown overboard with his wheel- for anorexia, Italian news reports said. chair. Pelle, who was on the Interior Ministry’s list of most dange- The crisis ended on 10 October. Egypt gave free passage to the hi- rous mob fugitives, is considered the boss of the Pelle-Romeo jackers in exchange for the rest of the hostages. clan of San Luca, in Italy’s southern Calabria region. The clan’s But US Navy jets intercepted a chartered Egypt Air 737 carrying the gunmen and forced it to land in Italy. long-running feud with the rival Nirta-Strangio family erupted Four of them were tried in Italy and sentenced to long prison terms. in a bloody vendetta in Germany in 2007, when a gangland Abu Abbas, the alleged mastermind escaped jail and stands con- massacre at an Italian restaurant left six people dead. victed in absentia. The carnage drew international attention to the reach of He was arrested by US special forces in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Calabria’s ‘ndrangheta mob, which is today considered more in April 2003 and died in custody in March 2004. 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YOUR STARS THE BORN LOSER by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 You need to avoid the friction that You need to avoid the appearance of is going down today — otherwise, arrogance — or any kind of egotism, you may find that your energy is really. It’s not that you’ve got a wasted on small-scale conflict. You problem, just that those around you feel too good to get drawn into silly are especially sensitive to those who struggles. seem full of themselves. Gemini Cancer

May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 Your opinions are hard to suppress Your social energy is pushing you today — but why would you want to do to try something new and sassy that anyway? Just let them flow and — and may involve showing off see if anyone rises to the challenge. quite a bit! There’s no shame in You may find a new sparring partner it, so indulge yourself and see that keeps your mind active. where it all goes from here. SUDOKU WEATHER Leo Virgo MIN MAX CONDITION Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 CHINA Your amazing energy gives you Though you may not be at the top Easy Easy+ the confidence you definitely of the charts right now, you’ve got need to make it through today’s a confidence and sense of purpose Beijing 13 28 cloudy/drizzle challenges. The best part is that as that should help you get there. The Harbin clear you blow past all this, you make a world loves an underdog, so make 0 24 really great impression. sure that they know your name. Tianjin 15 27 cloudy/overcast Urumqi cloudy/clear Libra Scorpio 2 25 Xi’an 14 34 drizzle Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 8 23 overcast/cloudy Your deepest, fondest hopes are You’re having a problem that Chengdu 18 29 drizzle possible — as long as you’re open doesn’t seem to go away, so it’s about them with yourself and your best to just wait it out — unless, of Chongqing 20 32 clear/cloudy people. Now is the time to ask big course, you like battering your head Kunming 13 22 cloudy questions and see what could come against brick walls, in which case, up next. go ahead and try to fix it today. Nanjing 20 34 cloudy Shanghai 22 35 cloudy/drizzle Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 19 33 clear/cloudy Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 22 35 overcast/shower You need some travel in your life. It’s a hard time to be in business Taipei 25 32 drizzle/moderate rain If you can sneak away for a quick — everyone seems to be acting like Guangzhou clear road trip, go for it. If not, plan for a shark. Just step back for the day 25 31 something big and extravagant and let them eat each other. You’re Hong Kong 27 29 cloudy and see when you can break away only a target if they can see you for a good long time. coming!

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Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Feb.19-Mar. 20 Moscow 13 11 drizzle Your independence is never in Your boss or teacher may be in a foul Frankfurt 14 20 cloudy/drizzle question — but today, you may find mood — or there could be another that someone tries to rein you in. reason that they’re saying no to your Paris 12 21 clear/cloudy Show them what you think about latest plan. There’s not much to be London 14 18 clear/cloudy that and try not to let them push done but get back to the drawing you too far. board. New York 20 28 clear

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FOOTBALL RUGBY Son Heung-min gives South Korea a comeback win over Smith drama biggest Qatar challenge for All AP PHOTO Blacks in some time

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ITH no other AP PHOTO rugby team co- ming close to Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-Min unsettling New Zealand,W the drama and dis- OTTENHAM forward Son le Qatar is last with no points after traction of scrumhalf Aaron THeung-min scored the winner three losses. Smith’s suspension appears as South Korea rallied for a 3-2 co- The top two teams in Groups A to be the biggest obstacle be- meback victory over Qatar in Asian and B will qualify automatically for tween the All Blacks and ano- qualifying for the World Cup. the World Cup, with the two third ther supremely dominant sea- Son curled in a shot in the 58th -place teams playing off for a spot son. minute for his sixth goal in six ga- in an intercontinental qualifier. Even then, it’s unlikely that mes. the incident and Smith’s ab- Swansea midfielder Ki Seung CHINA 0, SYRIA 1 sence for the world cham- -yeung had put South Korea ahead China’s hopes of qualification pion’s final test of the Rugby in the 11th minute yesterday, but for the first time since 2002 had Championship in South Africa Qatar got goals from Hasan Al a major setback with a 1-0 defeat — when the All Blacks could Haydos and Sebastian Soria to against Syria in Xian. Mahmoud equal the record for consecu- lead 2-1 at halftime. Al Mawas scored the only goal of tive wins — will derail one of Ji Dong-won equalized in the the game after 54 minutes. the most impressive teams in 56th, two minutes before Son sco- China has just one point from the world sport and its 16-game red the winner. first three games in Group A. Syria streak. South Korea has seven points moves up to fourth spot with four On the field, T.J. Perenara from three games in Group A, whi- points. AP provides such a strong backup at No. 9 that New Zealand won’t be any weaker without BOXING Smith. And off the field, an unshakeable team culture that 36 Olympic judges, referees has created a consistent level of excellence since the first of Kieran Read, captain of New Zealand’s All Blacks celebrates holds up the trophy after barred from future events back-to-back World Cup wins winning the rugby championship in Buenos Aires in 2011 means it’s hard to see any dip in focus. The All Blacks put so much guard after he was refused en- HREE dozen boxing referees Former South Africa coach trust in their team ethic, an try to a closed bar. Tand judges who officiated Heyneke Meyer, whose team ethic now under scrutiny be- The Smith controversy broke at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics AP PHOTO lost to New Zealand in last cause of Smith, that a group of as New Zealand’s squad ar- have been barred from working year’s World Cup semifinals, senior players were part of the rived in South Africa after a at further world-level events un- told South African media this decision to suspend him for member of the public com- til an investigation is completed. week that it was what went tomorrow’s game against the plained belatedly about the The international boxing as- on behind the scenes with the Springboks in Durban. airport incident, and Smi- sociation said yesterday the 36 All Blacks that made them the “The leadership group met th asked to be allowed to go referees and judges should be best. and were unanimous in the home. He’ll face a misconduct ineligible to officiate at events it “What people don’t unders- fact that behavior was not ac- hearing, and a media storm, organizes. AIBA’s youth world tand,” Meyer said, “is that ceptable,” said Steve Hansen, back in New Zealand. championships will be held next whatever happens off the field the thick-set, straight-talking In Durban, the challenge for month in St. Petersburg, Russia, translates directly into what head coach who has been the rest of the All Blacks is to but the association has no senior happens on it. This is where with the All Blacks’ staff for 12 charge through the distraction world championships scheduled member federations to its disci- the All Blacks are ahead of the years. and on to a record-equaling in the next year. plinary commission. No details rest.” Smith’s actions also prompted 17th test win in top-tier ru- The integrity of AIBA, its offi- were given of how many referees Meyer described how the recollections in New Zealand of gby, and give the game’s most cials and scoring system were and judges were affected, or a ti- stars of the All Blacks, rugby’s the last and only other time an celebrated team a chance at questioned in Rio. During the metable for possible sanctions. most famous team, weren’t All Black left a tour for discipli- another accomplishment, games, AIBA president C.K. Wu Yesterday, AIBA said it was above cleaning the dressing nary reasons: Keith Murdoch the outright world record, at responded to the criticism by looking to disband its system of room. was sent home from Wales in home against Australia in two reassigning his executive direc- certifying referees and judges for “They’ve got an unbelievab- 1972 for punching a security weeks. AP tor to other duties. top championships. le team culture where senior AIBA has not detailed how In a further proposed change, players sweep the dressing many Olympic officials were sent AIBA will look to “instill greater room. It’s all about the team home over “less than a handful” transparency” by picking refe- and there are no prima don- lineups of unsatisfactory fight decisions. rees and judges for bouts in an nas,” Meyer said. Disputed bouts included figh- automated draw instead of se- That made Smith’s indiscre- SOUTH AFRICA: Pat Lambie, Francois Hougaard, Juan de Jongh, ters from Ireland, Kazakhstan lection by a three-member draw tion last month — entering a Damian de Allende, Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Faf de Klerk, War- and the United States losing commission. disabled toilet with a woman ren Whiteley, Oupa Mohoje, Francois Louw, Pieter-Steph du Toit, to opponents from Russia and Current AIBA rules have five while he was traveling with Eben Etzebeth, Vincent Koch, Adriaan Strauss (captain), Tendai Uzbekistan. judges scoring each fight, but a the team — shocking to New Mtawarira. However, some judges at those computer randomly throws out Zealanders. It’s such a big deal NEW ZEALAND: Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Anton Lienert-Brown, bouts continued to work in Rio. two of the scores. An open and that Prime Minister John Key Ryan Crotty, Waisake Naholo, Beauden Barrett, T.J. Perenara, Kier- After the Olympics, AIBA said transparent five-judge system is weighed in, saying Smith had an Read (captain), Matt Todd, Jerome Kaino, Sam Whitelock, Brodie it sent cases of some officials and now being considered. AP let himself and the team down. Retallick, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody. THE UKIP lawmaker hospitalized Station07.10.2016 fri BUZZ after altercation with colleagues Roadside 50-70 Moderate A European Parliament member from Bri- sed and was taken to hospital. His condition tain’s right-wing U.K. Independence Party is serious.” High — the front-runner to be UKIP’s next lea- The party said it was awaiting an update on Density 75-105 der — was in serious condition in a hospital Woolfe’s condition. According to media re- Residental Bad after an “altercation” yesterday with collea- ports, Woolfe was punched yesterday, hit his Area gues. head and collapsed some time later. opinion Party leader Nigel Farage said “following European Parliament spokeswoman confir- Ambient 75-105 an altercation that took place at a meeting of med that emergency services were called af- Bad

UKIP MEPs” at the parliament in Strasbourg, ter Woolfe had a medical incident in front of DSMG SOURCE: Bizcuits France, “Steven Woolfe subsequently collap- the European parliament chamber. Leanda Lee WORLD BRIEFS How much do you trust? I am periodically reminded that there is no THAILAND Buddhist such thing as a coincidence. Although I’m yet monks, survivors, mourners to determine an alternative name for the phe- Utah man charged 40 and activists mark the 40th nomenon, it’s only in Macau that I’m presented anniversary of one of the with coincidences in abundance. I’m convin- darkest days in Thailand’s ced that it’s not just the absurd connectivity history, when police between us all here (“Macau’s so small!”) and dollars for ‘skin-to-skin’ killed scores of university the dynamism of social life, there’s something students at a peaceful eerie, almost spiritual, even kismet about the protest, and vigilantes coincidental synchronisation of apparently un- contact with newborn defiled the dead. More on p12 related events and people. Prompted to contemplate trust this week, I realised that almost exactly four years ago to Provo, Utah. the day, I published a column here on trust AP PHOTO and betrayal – a discussion on psychological “There is never a charge contracts in the work place. Unbeknown to me AP PHOTO for a patient to hold their at the time I wrote it, it foretold of a profound baby,” Frank said. PHILIPPINES An personal lesson I was to learn: we cannot truly Grassley said that he control when someone loses trust in us. independent poll shows that Separate from deliberately destroying it or wasn’t mad about the bill more than three-quarters of consciously, mindfully building it, there is the or seeking reimbursement Filipinos are satisfied with other person, their interpretations, their stories, but thought posting it wou- President Rodrigo Duterte, their world view, their will: one word can under- ld make people laugh. He’s even though he is under fire mine trust whether in jest, anger or simply in also hopeful the attention internationally for his deadly crackdown on suspected the wrong time or place. That word may add the bill attracted might another piece to the sometimes warped and drug dealers and users. certainly incomplete schemas that people hold lead hospitals to be more about us (and we of them) and the situations precise about their billing that connect us – thus meaning is created. Little charges. can be done to control these moments. We are He said he and his wife AP PHOTO left to build again from there, if it matters. were pleased with the doc- So, trust: the importance and strength of it tors and nurses who hand- hit home, and periodically continues to do so. MYANMAR A court Thankfully, when established, it has a forgiving led the Sept. 4 birth of their sentences a Dutch citizen and resilient nature, even if those involved do not. second child, a boy named to three months in prison for Lidia Grassley and her son Samuel at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo At the time, I wrote of managers’ and an or- Samuel. interfering with a religious ganisations’ roles in developing trust and the A GoFundMe account observance by unplugging importance of understanding that employees’ Brady McCombs, many sharing their own Grasley set up to pay the an amplifier blasting a late- perceptions can be distorted. Organisational Salt Lake City stories of what they said bill brought in $60 by yes- night Buddhist sermon near policies and practices, managers’ behaviours his hotel. and organisational policy statements all send were bizarre or ridiculous terday and he has a plan for YAN Grassley discove- messages and create meaning (often uninten- medical charges. the surplus. INDIA-US Indian police ded), just as points of contact in our personal Rred a perplexing charge “A lot of people like to be “Any money donated arrest 70 people and relationships do. If you want people to perform on a hospital bill for the re- shocked and outraged by over the $39.35 will be put question hundreds more in their roles, even distorted perceptions are le- cent birth of his son: Near- things,” Grassley said in an toward a vasectomy becau- after uncovering a massive gitimate, not to be ignored or invalidated. scam to cheat thousands The rise of Trump and the Brexit vote should ly USD40 for “skin to skin” interview this week. “To- se I never want to go throu- contact after his wife gave gh these sleepless new baby of Americans out of millions have highlighted to leaders of all persuasions day, It happened to be my of dollars by posing as in liberal societies the perils of failing to engage birth via cesarean section. hospital bill.” nights again,” Grassley U.S. tax authorities and with peoples’ concerns regardless of the value Amused by the bill, he The fee technically wasn’t wrote on GoFundMe. demanding unpaid taxes. judgements of those concerns or the people posted a picture of it on for Grassley to hold his He sent Frank an email having them. Lessons are to be learnt from Reddit this week and com- on Tuesday apologizing for A bomb even the lesser educated, the less experien- baby, but to have an ad- TURKEY mented: “I had to pay ditional nurse present in ruining her day as media placed on a motorcycle ced, the less knowledgeable, less virtuous, less exploded yesterday near [fill in the blank]. Failing to legitimise and deal $39.35 to hold my baby af- the hospital recovery room attention about the bill in- ter he was born.” tensified. a police station in Istanbul, with those concerns merely perpetuates the for C-section patients to wounding at least 10 distortion and a vicious cycle of distrust. The post set off a flurry of ensure the mother and “Maybe it should have civilians. Vasip Sahin, the Trust in leadership, and in democracy per se, outrage and consternation baby were safe, said Janet said, ‘Sorry for your rui- governor for Istanbul, told has been put firmly on the global political agen- on Reddit. Nearly 12,000 ning your week,’” Grassley reporters at the scene in da but ebbs and flows in business and mana- Frank, spokeswoman for the Yenibosna district that gement dialogue. Articles on trust are scattered people commented, with Utah Valley Hospital in said. AP through business magazines – Forbes, Fortu- none of the injured was in ne, Harvard Business Review, etc. – telling us serious condition. There that trust is a necessary precursor to any busi- was no immediate claim of ness transaction. We generally take for granted responsibility for the blast, that institutions are developed to ensure this. times square by rodrigo which could be heard from Betrayal is managed by exception in the courts, the city’s nearby Ataturk by consumers taking their money elsewhere, Airport. labour unrest and investor disinterest. Inside organisations, inconsistencies between GERMANY A court what managers say and what they do, under- has convicted four men delivering on promises, management spin, lack who procured tens of of care and communication, and insufficient thousands of euros (dollars) knowledge sharing can all lead to employees worth of supplies for the mistrusting. Status-conscious managers who ultraconservative Ahrar resolutely refuse to justify their actions may as al-Sham group in Syria well resign themselves to constantly putting out of supporting a terrorist fires and dealing with HR problems “yet again”. organization. Unlike power, trust is not commanded, it, like respect, is earned. Macau – the World Centre of Tourism as- HOLIDAY TIMES pirant – is in the people business more than ever. Where people interact and work together Macau Daily Times will not trust is crucial. It determines the quality of rela- be published on Monday. tionships upon which job performance and ser- The Times will be back vice provision depend but we forget that trust on the stands on Tues- can be fragile. We under-estimate the power of day, October 11. Howe- our words, the ready distortion of perceptions ver the MDT website will and over-estimate the resilience of our friends, be updated with breaking our colleagues, our customers and those re- news during the recess lationships. It’s the virtuous cycle of trust - the period. We wish our rea- trust-credit in the bank - that buffers those mo- ments. It lessens the impact of the bad and the ders, advertisers and ugly and positively (re)interprets what we see. friends the best of times.