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Chui calls for Municipal Affairs Bureau continued launched with new service economic he new Municipal Affairs progress in TBureau (IAM) was officially established on January 1, ac- final year companied by the launch of an online platform which allows n delivering his New Year the public to more quickly ex- message, Chief Executive press their opinions to the bu- I Chui Sai On this week called for reau regarding environment a concerted effort to advance and hygiene, garden and recrea- Macau’s overall competiveness, tional zones, facilities, and food as well as the development of safety. every economic sector. The inauguration ceremony of He also mentioned that Ma- the new leadership of IAM was cau had more to do in ter- conducted on Tuesday morning. ms of its integration into the The president of the previous country’s overall development Civic and Municipal Affairs Bu- and the implementation of the reau (IACM), José Tavares, and principle of ‘one country, two vice-president Lei Wai Nong, systems’. among others, took their oaths Recalling his speech last mon- to serve and support the new th on the anniversary of the bureau. Macau handover to China, Chui Also on Tuesday morning, the pledged to use his final year in bureau’s advisory council held a office to advance Macau’s in- meeting where it chose the pre- managed by more than ten IAM that the bureau will inform con- pledged to simplify the process volvement in the development sident and vice president of the employees, and that the plat- cerned residents of a deadline for residents that require a ser- of the Guangdong-Hong Kong- council itself. form itself is able to receive a to- if the bureau cannot solve their vice at the service centers under Macau Greater Bay Area and António José Dias Azedo and tal of 6,000 cases per hour. problems within seven working the administration of IAM. the Belt and Road Initiative. Chong Cok Veng were elected as After IAM collects the resi- days. Previously, these residents In addition, the government chairman and vice-chairman of dents’ opinions, the bureau will The platform is available in would have to visit different hopes to develop Macau’s stra- the council. reply to each resident within 24 Chinese, Portuguese, and En- counters at the IACM office for tegic roles as a world center of IAM provides residents with hours when the questions invol- glish languages. Users can ex- different services. tourism and leisure, and as a cultural and leisure services, as ve such topics as hygiene or food press their opinions and offer In order to provide convenien- commercial and trade coope- well as services related to envi- safety issues. suggestions in the form of text, ce and also to shorten service ration platform between Chi- ronment and hygiene. “Hopefully, we can use three audio messages or pictures. times for residents, all IAM ser- na and Portuguese-speaking Regarding the aforementioned to seven days to solve the pro- In addition to implementing vices can now be conducted at countries. online platform, IAM president blems [raised by the residents],” the above service, the mana- just one counter at IAM service Reviewing the achievements José Tavares said that it is being said José Tavares, who added gement of the new bureau also centers. of the government in 2018, Chui pointed out that the special ad- ministrative region had main- tained social stability, steady public finances, a high rate of Package tour visitors from Korea, employment, and enhanced social well-being. These thin- gs had collectively provided a Taiwan record increase strong foundation for the stabi- lity of the city’s economy, and isitors on pa- percent of total) visiting Kong (114,000) increa- helped maintain momentum in Vckage tours totaled mainland China. In the sed by 7.9 percent and relation to the goal of achieving 908,000 in November, first eleven months of 1.9 percent respectively. moderate economic growth.

up by 16.5 percent mon- barbosa paulo 2018, outbound resi- The number of gues- With the united effort of the th-to-month but down dents using services of ts from South Korea community over the past year, slightly by 0.9 percent travel agencies totaled (40,000) remained sta- the government had been able year-on-year. 1.43 million up by 13.6 ble, however the number to improve its work in relation Information from the percent year-on-year. of guests coming from to disaster prevention and mi- Statistics and Census Meanwhile, the num- Taiwan (34,000) de- tigation in the city. Such effort Service indicated that ber of guest rooms grew creased by 6.5 percent had helped Macau to minimize the number of package by 5.8 percent year-on- In the first eleven mon- the effects of Typhoon Man- tour visitors from main- year to 39,000, with the ths of 2018, guests of gkhut, a powerful storm that land China (721,000) number of 5-star hotel hotels and guesthouses struck the city in September. dropped by 4.1 percent rooms rising by 9.7 per- totaled 12.84 million up Chui outlined in his New Year year-on-year, whereas cent to 25,000. by 7.5 percent year-on- message that protecting the sa- those from South Korea There were 1.2 million year. The average oc- fety of Macau people and their (59,000) and Taiwan guests checking into cupancy rate of hotels property remained Govern- (63,000) surged by 24.3 8.19 million up by 6.1 percent year-on-year to hotels and guesthou- and guesthouses rose ment priorities. percent and 40.5 per- percent year-on-year. 139,000. ses, up by 6.1 percent by 4.1 percentage points Finally, on behalf of the gover- cent respectively. The number of ou- The number of re- year-on-year. The num- to 90.7 percent and the nment, the Chief Executive ex- In the first eleven mon- tbound residents using sidents travelling on ber of guests coming average length of stay of tended to the Macau public his ths of 2018, visitors on the services of travel package tours totaled from mainland China guests remained at 1.5 sincere good wishes for a pros- package tours totaled agencies grew by 11.8 46,000, with 35,000 (77 (828,000) and Hong nights. perous and healthy New Year.

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Gaming in the previous month. to reveal some information Accordingly, brokerage San- regarding the upcoming ca- ford C. Bernstein revised its sino licensing process, if not initial estimate of 8 to 10 beginning the process ou- 2018 finishes strong at 84 percent year-on-year growth tright. The first batch of the to the 12 to 15 percent ran- six concession agreements is ge. Meanwhile Japanese rival due to expire in 2020, while Nomura said it expected 10 to the others will last only until percent of pre-crash peak 15 percent, and monthly reve- 2022. nues to tally between MOP25 With all this in mind, analysts Daniel Beitler for 2018 stand at about 84 per- gust and the highest-earning billion and MOP26 billion. say they are cautious for 2019. cent of the MOP360.75 billion December since 2013. The 2018 posting is a sign Union Gaming Securities ross gaming revenue brought in at the 2013 peak. In The final month of the year that Macau’s economy is be- Asia warned that it expected a Gfinished stronger than comparison, the 2017 annual has historically been a poor coming more resilient to ma- “slow start” to the year, given expected in December, lea- take represented less than 74 performer. croeconomic changes on the the timing of the lucrative Chi- ding 2018 to conclude with a percent of the peak. Analysts this year initially Chinese mainland, including nese Lunar New Year in early full-year tally of MOP302.85 Macau experienced three forecasted a moderate increa- a slowing rate of economic ex- February. The firm said in a billion (USD37.57 billion), a consecutive years of annual de- se of about 11 percent for the pansion and the potential for note cited by GGR Asia that 14 percent year-on-year grow- cline prior to 2017 that wiped month, according to a Bloom- spillover from the China-U.S. it would “not be surprised if th over the MOP265.74 billion more than a third off annual berg aggregate survey, but that trade war. January was flattish and Fe- seen in 2017, according to offi- revenues at its lowest point. was revised two weeks ago due These factors will continue bruary was up in the mid/high cial data released by the Macau Gross gaming revenue for to mid-month indication of to weigh on Macau into next single digits.” Gaming Inspection and Coor- December rose 16.6 percent strong channel checks in the year, with an impact expec- Meanwhile Sanford C. Ber- dination Bureau. year-on-year to just under mass market segment. The ted on both the VIP and mass nstein is forecasting 2019 re- With this second consecutive MOP26.5 billion, making it the mid-month indicators showed market segments. venue to hold stable, either year of growth since the 2014 third-strongest monthly take that the VIP market was also At the same time, the local growing or declining by about recession, full-year earnings this year after October and Au- trending slightly higher than government will be expected 2 percent by year-end.

New subsidy programs to provide MOP11m to two projects

Julie Zhu ticipating in book exhibi- million will be given to a dies and MOP44 million tions, and selling books television and film pro- in interest-free loans. he Cultural Industry both online and in stores. duction company in order Five companies have not TFund (FCI) will laun- The maximum subsidy for it to explore a bigger paid back the loans yet ch two subsidy programs for the publication pla- market for Macau’s televi- but, according to the FCI, FCI’s Davina Chu (left), Leong Heng Teng and Wong Keng Chao in 2019, approving a ma- tform is MOP5 million, sion and film industry. these borrowers have pro- ximum of MOP11 million with only one applicant Both applications should mised the FCI a deadline. to two companies for two being granted the subsidy. be made before January These subsidized com- submitted by recreational The largest subsidies service platforms, the During the two years of 31. panies mainly come from companies and stores. 23 went to three companies FCI announced yesterday the project’s implementa- The FCI approved a total the fashion industry, were approved for recrea- for the promotion of Ma- during a press conference. tion, the service provider of MOP77 million in sub- brand design industry, tional industry subsidies. cau brands. The two platforms con- should publish at least 40 sidies during the whole music and dance indus- Eleven managing com- In total, the FCI pro- sist of a publication ser- Macau books and promo- year of 2018, as revealed try, software and fame panies will implement 21 vided approximately vice platform, and a tele- te the books in markets in the statistics in the FCI industry, as well as tele- approved projects, the MOP15 million to three vision and filming service other than Macau, in par- 2018 subsidy report. vision and film industry. owners of which accepted companies (24 applica- platform. ticular, on mainland plat- In total, 125 applications In total, these companies’ the FCI’s subsidy. tions were submitted to The publication plat- forms. were submitted to the FCI projects represent a total Regarding the recrea- the FCI in total) for them form should provide one- The subsidized party for different subsidies. of MOP277 million in in- tional subsidies, the FCI to promote Macau bran- station services to Ma- should lead Macau’s pu- Among all applications, vestment. granted MOP6 million to ded recreational products cau’s publications on art, blication industry by at- 59 were made by enter- The FCI also received 42 these 21 projects. All of in mainland China, more history and culture, inclu- tending two or more book prises, of which 24 were applications for commu- them are expected to be specifically in Chengdu, ding organizing new book fairs. approved, including nity recreational funds. completed within the first Guangzhou and Zhon- issuing ceremonies, par- A maximum of MOP6 MOP12 million in subsi- The applications were half of 2019. gshan. thu 03.01.2019

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Health Local man installs gym First day of inspections of equipment on new casino tobacco control Ilha Verde hill he implementation ordering illegal smokers to 62-year-old local retired man has of the region’s new immediately extinguish their Abeen found responsible for damage tobacco control law cigarettes. on the Ilha Verde hill, the Judiciary Po- began with the new bloomberg According to the regula- lice reported yesterday. Tyear. On Jan. 1, five people tion, a maximum fine of Earlier on Monday, the Cultural Affairs were ticketed for smoking in- MOP200,000 will be applied Bureau (IC) reported to the police about side casinos, the Health Bu- to casinos that provide deliberate damage to the Ilha Verde hill. reau (SSM) and the Gaming unapproved or unqualified “Recently [on Sunday], a group repor- Inspection and Coordination smoking lounges. ted [to the IC] that the Ilha Verde hill Bureau (DICJ) revealed in a According to SSM statistics, had been deliberately damaged. The joint statement. as of Sep. 28, 27 of the city’s 47 body of the Ilha Verde hill is a location According to the new regu- casinos had submitted appli- which has been assessed […] and is pro- lation, all indoor areas inside cations for the creation of a tected by the cultural heritage protec- casinos and the airport must total of 404 smoking lounges. tion law. According to the change that completely ban smoking, ex- Forty-nine of the aforemen- appeared on the mountain, the IC belie- cept within smoking lounges tioned smoking lounges have ves that the behavior could constitute a that are approved by the go- been approved already, with crime,” the bureau announced in a sta- vernment. cers and DICJ officers inspec- casino tobacco control. more than 200 of the 404 re- tement released on Monday. Starting from the early mor- ted a total of 13 casinos. Under the regulation of the maining applications requiring Yesterday, the PJ said that the police ning on the first day of 2019, During the inspection, five new tobacco control law, the supplementary documents. found the man on Ilha Verde on Sun- SSM’s tobacco control officers people were prosecuted, four smoking areas in all casinos of Regarding these more than day, after it received the IC’s report, and and DICJ officers inspected of whom were tourists, whi- Macau are now discontinued. 200 applications, the SSM that the man was working out on the local casinos located in all le the other one was a Macau Previously approved believes that the approvals hill. In addition to the man himself, the areas of the city. resident. All the prosecuted smoking areas should not con- cannot be issued before Jan. police seized a hoe and a sickle from the The two bureaus claimed people cooperated with the tinue their usage if the casinos 1, 2019. local resident. that the first day of opera- bureaus’ officers. did not apply for new smoking As of Nov. 14, the SSM had The man lives in a social housing esta- tions went smoothly with the In addition, between midni- lounges. received applications for a te close to the hill. He dug into the hill, support of all the concerned ght of Jan. 1 and 4 p.m. on the The SSM also noted that total of 437 smoking lounges built stairs and installed gym equipment parties. same day, the Tobacco Pre- the smoking lounges’ mana- (404 before Sep. 28). The 33 on the hill to allow himself to work out According to the SSM and vention and Control Office re- gers have the responsibility new applications submitted and hike on the mountain. the DICJ’s joint statement, ceived a total of four inquiries to comply with all tobacco after Sep. 28 were submitted The damage spans an area of 20 by 30 until 4 p.m. of Jan. 1, SSM offi- and complaints concerning control regulations, including by six casinos. meters.

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Environment Concerns over decrease in migratory birds due to construction ciety thinks otherwise. site. environmentalist and related Since the site is a wetland ha- “There was a strong odor groups before approving cons- bitat for migratory birds, the when I was bird watching truction projects in these habi- project is said to pose dangers or taking photos here. The tats. to the birds’ habitat, as the yellowish mudflat has also tur- Moreover, Liu said that the construction project near the ned into a blackish mudflat SAR had recorded 53 incoming shore has created a noisy and every time the water recedes,” black-faced spoonbills in No- dusty environment. he said. vember – an endangered spe- Some of the trees and plants As the construction project is cies listed by international or- beside the roads were also re- only set to end in March, the ganizations – and hoped that moved. group believed that the go- such figure would be maintai- “Because the mudflat by the vernment should first consult ned yearly. shore is shallower, birds will be foraging near the shore. However, the construction mi- ght affect the birds’ foraging ONE SHOT NEWS as they have a fear of human movement and noise,” said Liu Kam Keung, president of Ma- cau Aves Society, as cited in a report by TDM. “These migratory birds might then choose another location local bird watching group and Municipal Affairs Bureau such as Hengqin,” he added. A has expressed its concerns confirmed that, according to Lui also expressed the group’s regarding the ongoing cons- the Environmental Protection concern regarding the sewa- truction of the Lotus cycling Bureau, the construction pro- ge coming from the Coloane track, noting that the number ject would not affect the mi- Sewage Treatment Plant that of incoming migratory birds gratory birds and the ecologi- affects the natural ecosystem. has gone down by at least half. cal zone on the site. According to the president, a In August last year, the Civic However, the Macau Aves So- strong odor was present on the Singers perform during a countdown party to celebrate the New Year in Macau.

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Education Unemployment rate remains UM to launch five new stable bachelor’s degrees he general unemployment rate in TMacau from September to Novem- he University of Ma- to biomedical, pharmaceutical ber 2018 was 1.7 percent, down 0.1 per- cau in the 2019/2020 and biotechnological fields. centage points from the previous period academic year will According to the statement, from August to October, according to launch five new ba- the Bachelor of Science in Ma- data released by the Statistics and Cen- Tchelor’s degree programs in thematics (Statistics and Data sus Service (DSEC). The unemployment education, science, precision Science) aims to meet the de- rate of local residents remained unchan- medicine, big data and busi- mand for talent in the field of ged at 2.4 percent and the underem- ness intelligence. big data in smart cities, whi- ployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage According to a statement le the Bachelor of Science in points to 0.3 percent. issued by the university, the Applied Physics and Chemis- The total labor force was 392,900 and Bachelor of Science in Busi- try will provide students with the labor force participation rate was ness Intelligence and Data training in the foundations of 70.7 percent. Total employment was Analytics is suitable for secon- physics and chemistry, with 386,100, up by 100 from the previous dary school graduates from all a focus on interdisciplinary period and the number of employed re- streams including arts, scien- applications. sidents totaled 283,000, down by 400. ce and commerce with the aim The scope of study involves Analyzed by industry, employment in to be equipped with business various scientific and enginee- the transport, storage and communica- management, IT application ring disciplines as well as is- tions sector and the construction sector and data analytics. sues related to global challen- registered increases, while employment The Bachelor of Education ges such as energy production, in hotels and similar activities, and ga- in Integrated Science is struc- health and well-being, food ming and junket activities decreased. tured to provide training in safety, and the use of natural The number of unemployed residents science education by integra- resources. was 6,800, down by 100 from the pre- ting the areas of physics, che- The programs are now in the vious period. Fresh labor force entrants mistry, and biology. process of registration and searching for their first job accounted Its foundation is centered will be launched officially after for 14.1 percent of the total unemployed, on integrated science with Macau. statistics in order to help stu- they are published in the Offi- down 0.8 percentage points. specialization in physics, che- Meanwhile, the Bachelor of dents solve problems using cial Gazette of the SAR. In comparison with 2017, the unem- mistry or biology. The goal Science in Bioinformatics co- biological data. The UM’s undergraduate ployment and underemployment rates of the program is to nurture vers the research and analyti- The program encourages programs for entrance exa- decreased 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points qualified junior and senior cal tools of computer science, graduates to pursue a career mination applications open respectively, while the labor force parti- secondary school teachers in information technology and in the medical sector related today until Jan. 18. cipation rate rose 0.3 percentage points.

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bloomberg China tobacco colossus plans IPO for international business hina National Tobacco from the same period last CCorp., a state monopoly year, according to pre-listing that’s by far the biggest cigare- documents issued Wednes- tte maker in the world, plans day. It had a gross profit mar- to list its international unit on gin of 5.8 percent, down from the Hong Kong stock exchan- 6.5 percent a year earlier. ge even as pressure increases on the government to curb smoking. China is The unit, China Tobacco the largest International Inc., is prima- rily responsible for procuring tobacco overseas tobacco leaf from countries like Brazil and Ca- consuming nada for the cigarette giant, which churns out four of and every 10 sticks made in the manufacturing world. The parent company Singapore may clock more profit than country in the either HSBC Holdings Plc or Walmart Inc., according to a world rare glimpse of financial data Home prices post first in 2012. The unit derives revenue pri- The international unit ac- marily from a fixed markup counts for a tiny portion of of 6 percent it applies to the China Tobacco’s overall bu- overseas tobacco leaf supply drop in six quarters siness, which has a bigger when selling to domestic ci- market share than the next garette manufacturers. It also ingapore home gapore at Cushman & Wake- real estate firms, after last five global tobacco companies has full control of cigarette prices posted their first field Inc. “Also a dearth of new year’s resurgence prompted a combined. However, the lis- exports - sold primarily in du- decline in six quarters launches in the prime areas renewed clampdown. Home ting represents a rare opening ty-free locations overseas to as the government’s could have resulted in weaker sales are forecast to once again up of the state monopoly that’s Chinese tourists - and domes- Scooling measures imposed in prices.” lag behind 2017 levels. facing growing domestic con- tic-grown tobacco leaf from July started to bite. Authorities in Singapore Extra constraints since July cerns over China’s high rates provinces including Yunnan Private residential prices slid have kept the property market have included curbs on the of cancer and smoking-related and Sichuan. In May, it started 0.1 percent in the last three on a tight leash since the early number of “shoe-box” apart- disease. a business exporting Chinese months of the year, according 2010s in an attempt to avoid ments, limiting transactions at China is the largest tobac- -made heat-not-burn tobacco to preliminary data from the runaway prices like those the cheaper end of the market, co-consuming and -manufac- devices, the document said. Urban Redevelopment Autho- seen in Hong Kong. In July, and anti-money laundering turing country in the world, In 2016, the industry con- rity released yesterday. Lu- the government imposed hi- rules that imposed an additio- and critics contend the gover- tributed profit and tax of 1.1 xury was the segment hit the gher stamp duties and tougher nal administrative burden on nment isn’t doing enough to trillion yuan ($160 billion), hardest, with prices in prime loan-to-value rules to choke developers. The government prevent the spread of smoking according to China Tobac- areas dropping 1.5 percent af- off a sudden bout of exuberan- is slowing the release of land because of the tax revenue it co’s website. The monopoly ter climbing 1.3 percent in the ce. The earlier resurgence had for residential use in the first derives from the industry. Last otherwise doesn’t publish fi- previous quarter. Still, the in- been marked by aggressive half of 2019, citing a spike in year, lawmakers in China’s nancial data voluntarily. In dex posted a 7.9 percent gain land bids from developers and supply and cooling demand. National People’s Congress 2012, a bank that it was buying for 2018 as a whole, the best an explosion in en-bloc sales, Prices of prime-area apart- called for higher taxes on ciga- a stake in released figures that annual increase in eight years. where apartment owners band ments rose 6.2 percent in rettes to deter smoking among showed the cigarette giant “The cooling measures cou- together to sell entire buildin- 2018, while those in suburban the young. had sales of 770.4 billion yuan pled with the U.S.-China tra- gs. areas gained 9.5 percent, the The international business to and net income of 117.7 billion de war and volatility in stock This year, prices will rise a latest data show. The following be floated recorded revenue of yuan in 2010. markets have hit the high-end maximum of 3 percent - or table gives a breakdown of pri- HKD5.1 billion ($651 million) CICC and China Merchants homes segment,” said Christi- even stay flat or decline - ac ce moves in the most recent for the nine months ended in Securities are joint sponsors of ne Li, head of research for Sin- cording to estimates from four quarter. Bloomberg September, a 21 percent drop the proposed IPO. Bloomberg corporate bits nye parties held at the parisian the venetian from the UK, as well as DJs and mgm cotai hosted 22 hour live countdown MGM Cotai offered the very , dance acts throughout the night - first round-the-clock “Celebra- at The Venetian Macao’s outdoor ting with the World” New Year’s lagoon. Eve live-steaming countdown At The Parisian Macao, party- celebration at the Spectacle of goers joined in the fun at the new MGM Cotai to welcome in 2019. Le Jardin garden, which hosted As midnight drew near, the fes- singing performances by Jane tive note and digital flare of the Zhang, Hong Kong band Ru- world’s largest arrangement of bberband, local pop singer Teren- permanent indoor LED screens ce Siu Fay, and Sands Resorts ushered guests into 2019 with Macao’s house band Blue Note. a crescendo of cheers, the ga- Meanwhile at the Cotai Arena, ming operator noted in a state- the 2019 JSTV Countdown Con- ment. cert featured stars including sin- The 22-hour live countdown Sands Resorts Macao hos- JSTV music New Year concert gers Chris Lee, Zhang Jie, Jolin marathon, including nine time ted New Year’s Eve parties featu- in the Cotai Arena. 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opinion bloomberg Selling drugs is no longer a free lunch in China

Shuli Ren, Bloomberg

There may be such a thing as a free lunch in China’s pharmaceutical industry. It turns out it’s not an unlimited buffet, though. For years, the country’s largest drug- makers have happily sold low-cost generic medicines yielding gross margins of 80 per- cent to 90 percent without giving much thou- ght to consumer protection or innovation. It’s not uncommon for pharma companies to spend one-third of their revenue on sales and marketing, while shelling out peanuts on research and development of new drugs. The bonanza has been so lucrative that medical school graduates would be bet- ter off selling drugs than becoming doc- tors. Just five years ago, Chinese took 10 times the amount of antibiotics consumed by Americans, fanning the rise of super- bugs. Salespeople from pharmaceutical companies swarmed from hospital to hospi- tal pushing doctors to prescribe their medi- cations. Public hospitals were happy to obli- ge; they were allowed to charge a 15 percent markup on drug sales. But now, these cash cows are being forced to fast. Starting this year, governments of 11 cities will take over procurement of drugs for their hospitals. They will give at least 60 percent to 70 percent of orders for 31 specified, mostly generic, treatments to the lowest and best-stocked bidder. With a rapidly aging population and 4 million new cancer patien- ts each year, China is playing tough. The state’s basic medical insurance program is burdened with ballooning expenses and is estimated to run into deficit as early as 2020. A fierce price war has ensued. The avera- Analysis ge tender price in the 11 pilot cities was 55 percent lower than the previous auction, ac- cording to results announced Dec. 7. Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. slashed the price Hong Kong stocks have of its hepatitis treatment entecavir by more than 90 percent to beat out Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and two local competitors. The drug has accounted for 16 percent of Sino worst start since ‘95 as Biopharm’s sales in 2018. At this rate, China’s drugmakers can say goodbye to most of their profits. At 3SBio Inc., for example, more than 60 percent of mainland woes deepen its revenue comes from drugs that have at least five direct substitutes in the market, ac- Richard Frost cks rose on either Hang also be unmet, with senior Technical factors suggest cording to estimates by CLSA Ltd. Seng gauge, with Chinese People’s Bank of China of- further declines are due, After a bruising vaccine scandal in July, Beijing is starting to have second thoughts his year is looking no drugmakers, oil producers, ficials pushing back against both in Hong Kong and the about the quality of generic drugs produced Tkinder to China bulls property developers and interpretations of its recent mainland. The Hang Seng at home. China has more than 4,000 gene- than 2018. Hong Kong tech companies taking the moves as signaling signifi- China Enterprises Index rics that have yet to go through the govern- equities suffered their biggest drubbing. Cnooc cantly looser policy. broke out of the trading ment’s bio-equivalence tests. As of October, worst first day of trading Ltd., the country’s largest “There are a lot of uncer- range it’s been in since out of 289 drugs that the government deems since 1995, while Chinese offshore oil and gas explo- tainties lying ahead,” said June, losing the support of essential, only 7 percent passed. stock gauges fell below ma- rer, alone lost $4.5 billion Banny Lam, head of re- the 10,000 level. Authorities are also opening the door to jor support levels, sugges- in value as it fell the most search at CEB Internatio- For the Shanghai Compo- foreign pharma giants as they seek to pa- ting more losses are on the in almost three years. nal Investment Corp. “The site, 2,500 is seemingly no cify a rising middle class that demands the way. Of course, one day’s tra- markets will likely be stuck longer a line in the sand. best medicines. Under a guideline published ding doesn’t set the tone in a downtrend over the When in October it dropped in July, generic drugs that have passed bio Traders attributed the -equivalence studies overseas will be able to slump to Chinese manufac- for a year. The Hang Seng next few weeks.” below that level, a series of submit an abbreviated application in China. turing data, which signaled Index had its best start sin- There are specific domes- senior officials voiced su- In other words, they will be fast-tracked. a contraction, though yes- ce 2013 last year, only to la- tic issues plaguing different pport for the market, hel- Some Western drugs got swift appro- terday’s plunge just con- ter fall into a bear market, industries, from a new go- ping the gauge to rebound. val last year; in 2019, we may well see the tinued the recent bearish while it ended 23 percent vernment pricing system On Dec. 25, state-backed arrival of India’s generic drugmakers. trend. The Hang Seng Index higher in 1995 after be- squeezing drugmakers, to funds were seen buying lar- There’s nothing wrong with big profits. But slid 2.8 percent, extending ginning with a 4.2 percent concern wild swings in oil ge caps after the index fell pharma companies in developed markets 2018’s 14 percent retreat. rout. prices have wrongfooted to as low as 2,463, helping have plowed billions of dollars into research The Shanghai Composite Yet traders can’t find producers. Developers, the measure reclaim 2,500 and are avid buyers of cutting-edge techno- tumbled to a four-year low, much immediate cause for meanwhile, are facing ri- by the close of trade. logy to justify their margins. Of biotech firms that raised at least USD20 million in U.S. ini- while the Hang Seng China optimism, with the impact sing funding costs at a time Not so today; the Shan- tial offerings, a remarkable 30 percent were Enterprises Index fell be- of the trade war likely to be when the sector appears to ghai Composite ended near subsequently acquired. low the key 10,000 level to increasingly felt on China’s be heading for a prolonged its weakest point of the day, China’s big pharma firms have done little close at its lowest level sin- economy over the next few slowdown. Even the state at 2,465.91 -- the lowest more than milk China’s demographic divi- ce February 2017. months and the outcome sector doesn’t offer a ha- since November 2014, and dend. It’s time for them to sing for their su- There were few places to of talks with the U.S. unk- ven, with large-cap banks more than 50 percent be- pper. hide from the sell-off in nowable. Hopes of more and insurers also tumbling low its bubble peak in 2015. Hong Kong. Only two sto- stimulus from Beijing may on Wednesday. Bloomberg thu 03.01.2019

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Xi seeks talks to unify Taiwan with mainland, Tsai not interested hinese President relating to cross-strait relations versaries come amid increased Xi Jinping suggested must be undertaken with the au- tensions with the U.S., whose that mainland China ap photo thorization and supervision of moves to support Taiwan have and Taiwan enter into the people of Taiwan and must drawn China’s ire. C“in-depth democratic consulta- proceed across the strait under On Jan. 1, 1979, China stopped tions” and work toward unifica- the government-to-government decades of regular artillery tion, in the clearest sign yet that model,” Tsai said. “Under the- bombardment of Taiwan-con- he wants to settle the 70-year se principles, no individual or trolled islands off the mainland. dispute during his tenure. group has the right to represent In a historic overture, it issued “China must and will be uni- the people of Taiwan in political a public letter to the Taiwanese ted, which is an inevitable re- negotiations.” known as the “message to com- quirement for the historical “Any ‘democratic negotiation’ patriots in Taiwan,” calling for rejuvenation of the Chinese na- under the precondition of ‘One an end to military confrontation tion in the new era,” Xi told a China’ is a negotiation that aims across the Taiwan Strait and gathering in Beijing to mark the to divide Taiwan and termina- saying it would open commu- 40th anniversary of a landmark te our country’s sovereignty,” nication between the two sides. Beijing overture to Taipei after Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Cou- the U.S. and China established ncil said. “The practice of ‘One relations. The two sides have Country, Two Systems’ in Hong been ruled separately since Kong leads to a loss of freedom, […] As a Chiang Kai-shek moved his Na- rule of law and human rights,” tionalist government across the Xi Jinping (center) applauds during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary it said. There’s growing disillu- of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing democratic Taiwan Strait during the Chine- yesterday sionment in Hong Kong about se civil war. the state of the financial hub’s nation all Xi also sent a warning to political autonomy from Bei- Taiwan independence advoca- Taiwan toward unification. In jing. political tes, who include supporters of 2015, he held an unprecedented Taiwan’s benchmark Taiex in- negotiations Taiwanese President Tsai Ing- leader-to-leader meeting with It’s a legal dex declined yesterday, falling wen. then-Taiwanese President Ma as much as 1.9 percent, amid a relating to “It’s a legal fact that both sides Ying-jeou. After the island vo- fact that both broader slide across the region of the strait belong to one Chi- ted in 2016 to elect Tsai - of the driven by worsening manufac- cross-strait na, and cannot be changed by pro-independence Democratic sides of the turing data in China and Taiwan relations must anyone or any force,” Xi said. Progressive Party - he cut off as well as continued trade jit- While the president said “Chi- ties and launched an effort to strait belong ters. be undertaken nese don’t beat Chinese,” he no- isolate her government. to one China, 70TH ANNIVERSARY ted that the mainland was “not Yesterday, he suggested that Xi’s speech comes a day after with the committed to renouncing the “political parties and people and cannot be Tsai - who has refused to accept use of force.” from all walks of life on both the “one China” framework - authorization of The speech closely tied the sides of the strait elect repre- changed by used her New Year’s address to the people of Taiwan issue to Xi’s central sentatives” to engage in talks on anyone or any warn against continued threats pledge to make China a glo- the future of their relationship, from China. Her remarks signa- Taiwan. bal power by 2050. While he saying an agreement that both force. led that she would continue to Tsai Ing-wen sides belong to “one China” stopped short of issuing a firm Xi Jinping take a firm line toward Beijing deadline, his remarks went fur- must be upheld in negotiations. despite her recent election los- “I don’t think the speech was ther than his 2013 statement He cited the “one country, two TAIWAN RESPONSE ses to Taiwan’s more Beijing- negative,” said David Lu, vice saying the political impasse be- systems” arrangement that pre- Tsai rejected the overture, friendly Kuomintang, Chiang’s president of the equity depart- tween the two sides “cannot be serves Hong Kong’s liberal poli- saying that orderly exchanges former party. ment at Taishin Internatio- passed on from generation to tical and economic system after should be carried out between This October also marks the nal Bank in Taipei. “Tsai In- generation.” its return from the British as the the two governments and that 70th anniversary of the Com- g-wen took a hard stance and intended model. Taiwanese people opposed one munist Party’s takeover of Chi- Xi Jinping was quite soft, for CARROTS AND STICKS “The difference in systems is country, two systems. na, an occasion that Xi has been example saying Chinese won’t Since coming to power six not an obstacle to reunification “We are willing to sit down using to solidify his steward- hit Chinese and that the two si- years ago, Xi has employed both or an excuse for separation,” Xi and talk, but as a democratic ship after repealing presidential des should build a mechanism incentives and pressure to steer said. nation all political negotiations term limits last year. The anni- for economic exchanges.”

Taiwan Authorities seek Vietnam ‘tourists’ ap photo who left groups on arrival

aiwanese immi- it had ordered an investi- ty in Taiwan to ask those gration agency warned Tgration authorities gation of the case to pre- still at large to surrender that anyone who shelters have found 24 Vietnamese vent the use of a group to authorities, saying tho- violators can face up to and are searching for 124 tour policy to carry out se who do will be conside- two years in prison. others who left their tour human trafficking or em- red for lenient treatment In 2016, Taiwan allowed groups after arriving in ployment without proper and a quicker return to tourists from Southeast December on tourist visas. visas. their home country. Asia to apply for e-visas The National Immigra- Taiwan’s official Cen- People who enter Taiwan if they were members of tion Agency didn’t specify tral News Agency said the without proper permis- high-quality group tours. what the Vietnamese were 148 Vietnamese arrived sion are subject to up to Authorities have found doing but said they had in four groups on Dec. 21 three years in prison and that the policy is being “premeditated an illegal and Dec. 23. a fine of up to 90,000 abused to bring people act collectively.” Earlier, The agency appealed to New Taiwan dollars into Taiwan for purposes the Interior Ministry said the Vietnamese communi- (USD2,900). The immi- other than tourism. AP 03.01.2019 thu

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North Korea Kim sees nuclear weapons as a valuable deterrent to a U.S. mili- tary strike. Unless that threat is eliminated, he won’t give them Four ideas from Kim Jong Un’s up. He also believes his weapons put him in a position of streng- th from which he can make de- mands and extract concessions. New Year’s speech The North has been pretty clear about these points. But Eric Talmadge, Tokyo including the renovation and Kim spelled them out once reconnection of the North’s rai- again. ooking almost banker- ap photo lways to the South. He said he His message to Trump: Start Llike in a business suit and would support the reopening addressing his concerns about sitting in an upholstered leather of an industrial park that relies security and sanctions relief armchair, Kim Jong Un gave his on South Korean capital invest- soon or he will have no choice annual televised New Year’s ad- ments and a tourism zone on but to try a different, less frien- dress on Tuesday. the North’s Mount Kumgang, or dly approach. And he is warning The North Korean leader’s big Diamond Mountain. that he will be able to make a curtain-raiser for 2019 comes Such efforts can’t go very far case to China, Russia and possi- after a couple of very tumul- until sanctions are lifted. Seoul bly even Seoul that if things fall tuous years. In 2017, his rapid- is a lot more willing to forge Washington will be the one to fire missile tests brought him to ahead than Washington. blame. the brink with President Donald Pyongyang is also seeking an Trump and 2018 saw his sud- end to joint U.S.-South Ko- KIM WANTS TO BE den rise on the world stage with rea military exercises, while SEEN AS HIS OWN MAN hints of detente, summits with Washington is pushing the Sou- This year’s 30-minute speech China and South Korea and an th to pay more of the cost of kee- was an exercise in making Kim unprecedented meeting with ping its troops there. look worldly, firmly in charge Trump in Singapore. The growing Washington- and comfortable in his own skin What’s ahead in 2019? Here Seoul discord is an added bonus — as opposed to the caricatures are four big takeaways. for Kim. of him that are so popular in the Expect him to keep pushing West. IT’S STILL ABOUT those buttons. Though not a stirring public THE ECONOMY speaker, Kim confidently deli- About two-thirds of the entire THE NUKES AREN’T vered the pre-recorded address speech was devoted to the eco- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in North Korea GOING ANYWHERE in a study with dark-wood pane- nomy. In the most tantalizing senten- ling and the national and ruling Kim last year jettisoned his sig- ce of the speech, Kim hinted at party flags. nature slogan of “simultaneous He underscored that desire by Kim’s biggest moves in 2018 a possible cap on nuclear wea- He was flanked by big portraits tracks” — developing nuclear calling for an increased electri- were toward South Korea. pons production if the U.S. takes of his charismatic grandfather, weapons and the economy at the city supply and pointed to the Kim’s pitch has been that it is equivalent steps, whatever that national founder Kim Il Sung, same time — in favor of claiming possibility of developing nuclear high time Pyongyang and Seoul might mean. and his father, the late leader to focus everything on the eco- power, along with the need for were leaders in determining He also stood by his commit- Kim Jong Il, who was famously nomy, which is now the national modernization and innovation their own fate, which is also a ment to the denuclearization speech-averse and never spoke buzz phrase. across the board. shot at the role of the United of the Korean Peninsula, whi- like this on New Year’s. Kim hasn’t given up on his nu- Despite repeated mentions States on the peninsula. ch, contrary to some wishful That lineage is as important as clear weapons, he just says he during the speech of the North’s Kim’s speech was broadcast thinking in Washington and ever. has perfected the arsenal enou- cherished principle of “Juche,” simultaneously in South Korea. Seoul, does not mean the unila- But the images beamed to the gh to shift the focus of “socialist or self-reliance, Kim unders- Addressing both nations at teral denuclearization of North nation and to the world Tuesday construction” elsewhere. Kim tands his country’s economic once, he called on all Koreans to Korea. of Kim delivering the speech also didn’t commit to anything realities. He is openly seeking — in his decidedly North Korean Both areas need to be further were engineered to have a fresh- in the speech like the kind of ma- more foreign investment and manner — to “uphold the slogan clarified in negotiations. ness to them that is uniquely his jor, structural economic changes trade. “Let’s usher in a heyday of pea- Kim’s calculus has never been — and to leave the impression that might generate sustainable And he’s hoping to enlist ce, prosperity and reunification to throw away his nuclear arse- that Kim Jong Un is his own growth, but which could also un- Seoul’s help in that endeavor. of the Korean Peninsula by tho- nal and hope for the best from man, a modern, respectable lea- dermine his own power. roughly implementing the histo- a newly friendly and supportive der who belongs on the world Even so, he does appear to ge- KIM WANTS KOREAS ric North-South declarations!” administration in Washington. stage. nuinely want to boost the stan- TAKING THE LEAD Those declarations include a It has from the start been an ef- He may very well be sharing dard of living of his nation and Though the attention was on good deal of joint efforts to help fort to play the nuclear hand to that stage next with Trump, for to grow the country’s economy. his relationship with Trump, Kim with his economic goals, its greatest advantage. their second summit. 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Japan Emperor greets public in final New Year’s appearance apanese Emperor ved Japanese flags when on the tennis courts. Both as “Heisei,” with the first Akihito waved yester- Akihito appeared. of his sons have married character meaning “pea-

J ap photo day to throngs of well- Akihito succeeded his commoners. ce.” A senior politician in wishers eager to see his father, wartime Emperor His abdication is also a the ruling coalition said final New Year’s appea- Hirohito, in 1989, and will rarity. He announced his yesterday that a name for rance before abdicating in abdicate on April 30, with desire to step down in a the new era will be annou- several months. his elder son, Naruhito, video message, citing a nced on April 1. “I am truly happy to ascending to the Chrysan- worry about how well he Crown Prince Naruhito celebrate the New Year themum Throne. could perform his duties appeared on the balcony with all of you under Japan’s imperial family as his health declined. with his wife, Masako, such cloudless skies,” the is far more cloistered than Akihito appeared to who was smiling and wea- 85-year-old emperor told Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet well-wishers from the its Western counterpar- wobble during a palace ring a burgundy dress. She the crowd from a balcony bullet-proofed balcony during his New Year’s public appearance ts, and Hirohito was once event earlier this week to has missed some events at the Imperial Palace in with his family members at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo viewed as a god. Akihito greet foreign dignitaries. over the years due to what Tokyo. strove to become a more Michiko reached out wor- palace officials have des- Akihito has made annual members to wish peace people attended, a record accessible emperor. He riedly and held up his arm cribed as a stress-related New Year’s appearances for the nation. under Akihito’s reign. was the first in modern with hers. illness, which is widely with his wife, Empress Japanese media reported Many waited from early history to marry a com- Akihito’s three-decade attributed to the pressures Michiko, and other family that more than 150,000 in the morning and wa- moner, courting Michiko reign is known in Japan of palace life. AP thu 03.01.2019

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Tim Sullivan, Kuravilangad Exclusive BISHOP MULAKKAL The rapes, the nun says, he nuns talk of happened in a small con- Catholic priests vent in rural Kerala, whe- who pushed into re the sisters at the St. their bedrooms India’s hidden years of Francis Mission Home Tand of priests who pres- spend their days in prayer sured them to turn clo- or caring for the aged. se friendships into sex. The rapist, she says, was Across India, they talk nuns abused by priests the most powerful man in about being groped and this world: Bishop Franco kissed, of hands pressed Mulakkal.

against them by men they ap photo Mulakkal was the official were raised to believe patron of her commu- were representatives of nity, the Missionaries of Jesus Christ. Jesus, wielding immense At its most grim, nuns influence over its budgets speak of repeated rapes, and job assignments. and of a Catholic hierar- Every few months, the chy that did little to pro- nun says, Mulakkal wou- tect them. ld visit the convent. Then, The Vatican has long according to a letter she been aware of nuns se- wrote church officials, he xually abused by priests raped her. and bishops in Asia, Eu- Mulakkal angrily denies rope, South America and the accusations, accusing Africa, but it has done the sister of trying to bla- very little to stop it, The ckmail him to get a better Associated Press repor- job. ted last year. “I am going through Now, the AP has inves- painful agony,” said Mu- tigated the situation in lakkal, who was jailed for India and uncovered a three weeks and released decades-long history of on bail in October. nuns enduring sexual Many in Kerala see Mu- abuse from within the lakkal as a martyr, and a church. Nuns detailed string of supporters visi- the sexual pressure they ted him in jail. endured from priests; The sisters who now nearly two dozen nuns, cluster around the nun former nuns and priests, who leveled the accusa- and others said they had tions see things very diffe- direct knowledge of such rently. incidents. “Many times she was Still, the problem is telling him to stop. But cloaked by a powerful each time he was for- culture of silence. Many cing himself on her,” said nuns believe abuse is Villoonnickal, the nun, commonplace, insis- who moved back to Kerala ting most sisters can at DECADES OF ABUSE to church officials. The When she brought the She quietly told a senior to support “our survivor least tell of fending off a Some nuns’ accounts priest was re-assigned. priest his laundry, he gra- nun to not send other no- sister.” priest’s sexual advances. date back decades. But there were no public bbed her and began to vices to the priest’s room. Catholic authorities Some believe it is rare. Like the sister, barely reprimands, no warnings kiss her. But she made no official have said little about the Almost none talk about it out of her teens, teaching to other nuns. “The kissing was all co- complaint. case, with India’s Catho- readily, and most speak in a Catholic school in She was too afraid to ming here,” she said, ges- In the church, even some lic Bishops’ Conferen- only on the condition that the early 1990s. It was challenge him openly. turing at her chest. of those who doubt there ce saying in a statement they not be identified. exhausting work, and she “For me it was risking “He was from Goa. I am is widespread abuse of that it has no jurisdiction But this summer, one was looking forward to my own vocation,” she from Kerala. In my mind nuns say the silence can over individual bishops, nun forced the issue into time at a New Delhi re- said. I was trying to figure out: be enveloping. and the investigation and the open. treat center. ‘Is this the way that Goans Archbishop Kuriakose court case must run their When repeated com- The nun is a forceful THE SILENCE OF kiss?’” Bharanikulangara calls course. plaints to church officials woman who has spent THE LAMB She soon understood abuse “kind of sporadic. “Silence,” the conferen- brought no response, the years working with the Caught at this intersec- what was happening but Once here, once there.” ce said, “should in no way 44-year-old nun filed a poor. But when she talks tion of sexual taboo, Ca- couldn’t escape his grip. But “many people don’t be construed as siding police complaint against about the retreat her voice tholic hierarchy and lone- Eventually, she slipped want to talk,” he conti- with either of the two the bishop who oversees grows quiet. liness, sisters can be left out the door. nued. parties.” AP her order, accusing him One night, a priest in at the mercy of predatory ad of raping her 13 times his 60s who was suppo- priests. over two years. A group sed to be leading the nuns It can be particularly of nuns launched a public in reflection went to a hard for sisters from dee- protest to demand the neighborhood party. He ply conservative Kerala. bishop’s arrest. came back late and kno- “Once you grow up, once The protest divided In- cked at her room. She you get your first mens- dia’s Catholic communi- could smell the alcohol. truation, you are not en- ty. The accuser and the “You’re not stable. I’m couraged to speak nor- nuns who support her not ready to meet you,” mally to a boy,” said a nun are now pariahs, isolated she said. from Kerala, a cheerful from the other sisters, But the priest forced his woman with sparkly glass many of whom defend way in, tried to kiss her earrings. the bishop. and grabbed at her body. That naivety, she said, “Some people are accu- Weeping, she pushed can be costly. sing us of working against him back enough to slam Like the time she was the church,” said one su- the door. a novice nun, still in her pporter, Sister Josephine Afterward she quietly teens, and an older priest Villoonnickal. “They say, told her mother superior, came to the Catholic cen- ‘You are worshipping Sa- who let her avoid mee- ter where she worked. He tan.’ But we need to stand ting the priest again. She was from Goa, another up for the truth.” also wrote anonymously coastal state. 03.01.2019 thu

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USA Still, corralling a large House majority has never been easy, and Democrats are ushering in the largest class since the Wa- Tops on House Democrats’ tergate era. Republicans under retiring Speaker Paul Ryan all but gave up trying to the muscle to-do list: Try to end shutdown the conservative House Free- dom Caucus in line. It was the ouse Democrats are Freedom Caucus leaders who sweeping into power this urged Trump to fight for the

H ap photo week on a campaign promise border wall money and reject of improving government for legislation that would have pre- ordinary Americans. But first, vented the shutdown days befo- they’ll have to get government re Christmas. reopened from the partial shu- Pelosi is expected to regain tdown. the gavel today, securing the As the Congress gavels in for votes to become speaker even the 116th session the early vo- after some new and returning tes will be the usual ones — es- lawmakers signaled they wan- tablishing the House rules and ted new leadership. She would electing the House speaker, be the first woman to hold, then presumably California Demo- return, to the office. crat Nancy Pelosi. But the new But divisions remain, rearing majority will quickly pivot to- up even before the newly elected morrow [Macau time] to a pair members are sworn into office, of bills to fund the parts of the as many are eager for change government that have been shu- and ready to confront Trump. ttered in the dispute over money Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio- for President Donald Trump’s Cortez of New York has been border wall with Mexico. critical of the leader’s plans to It’s a cold opening for the new create a Select Committee on majority, setting up an early the Climate Crisis. She prefers a confrontation with the Repu- xpayer dollars on a medieval given that he may be willing to wear a head scarf. panel that focuses on renewable blican-led Senate and the Whi- border wall,” Democrats are to talk about the wall impasse By early next week, House De- energy investments and whose te House and testing the House drawing “a line in the stand” came Tuesday, when he twee- mocrats are expected to consi- members refuse campaign do- Democrats’ ability to make good against the spending they say ted, “Let’s make a deal?” He’s der a resolution to defend the nations from oil and other fossil on their campaign pledge to fo- won’t make the border any safer. invited Democratic and Repu- Affordable Care Act in legal pro- fuel industries. cus on kitchen-table issues in “The partisanship, rancor and blican congressional leaders to a ceedings after a Texas judge ru- “Our ultimate end goal isn’t the new era of divided govern- dysfunction of the Trump shut- White House meeting tomorrow led it largely unconstitutional in a Select Committee,” Ocasio- ment. down is exactly what voters re- on border security. a legal challenge brought by Re- Cortez tweeted as the panel was “Our first order of business will buked in November,” said Rep.- Democrats are eager to move publican attorneys general from being formed. “Our goal is to be to end the reckless Trump elect Joe Neguse of Colorado, forward in the House on multi- several states. treat Climate Change like the shutdown and reopen the gover- a new leader of the freshmen ple fronts. H.R. 1, the first bill of the new serious, existential threat it is by nment,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of class, in the Democrats’ weekly They’re set to approve a rules House majority, is a good-go- drafting an ambitious solution New York, the incoming caucus address. “And that is why on package today that sets a new vernment package that tackles on the scale necessary - aka a chairman, said in an interview. Jan. 3rd, when the new Demo- tone for governing. For exam- campaign finance reforms and Green New Deal - to get it done. Then, he said, “we will turn our cratic House majority arrives, ple, it requires that legislation other issues. It will begin making A weak committee misses the attention to bringing our demo- we will bring the hope, vision first be considered in commi- its way through the newly bols- point & endangers people.” cracy to life and returning our and goals of effective governan- ttees before bills are brought tered committee process. Trump and Republicans have government to the people.” ce back to the forefront.” to the floor for votes. It bans And they will continue their been eager to widen those di- So far, House Democrats But with Trump dug in over the lawmakers from serving on cor- oversight of the Trump adminis- visions, especially as the shut- appear largely unified in their USD5 billion he wants to build porate boards. And it recognizes tration and Russian interference down stretches into its second plan to vote to reopen govern- the wall, the shutdown could the diversity of the new fresh- in the 2016 election. week. ment without the money Trump drag on. Senate Republicans are men class by easing a century- Incoming Rules Committee Republican Rep. Kevin McCar- is demanding to build the bor- reluctant to consider the House old rule against wearing hats Chairman Rep. Jim McGovern, thy of California, the incoming der wall. bills unless they know the presi- on the chamber floor to allow D-Mass., insists the new majori- minority leader, panned the De- Jeffries said that while Trump dent is on board. Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, a Mus- ty can “walk and chew gum” at mocratic effort to reopen gover- wants to “waste millions in ta- The first signal Trump has lim-American from Minnesota, the same time. nment without wall money. AP

Cuomo vows New York will lead ap photo nation with progressive agenda

ounding like the the first 100 days of his on the Mexican border. That, my friends, is truly Spresidential candidate new term, he will propo- Cuomo said the country frightening.” he insists he is not, New se “the most progressive was facing a great “social He faulted the federal York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agenda this state has ever depression.” government, saying poli- unleashed an energetic seen, period.” “People’s frustration’s ticians had exploited the attack against President “We will make history, turning to fear and the fear and frustration that Donald Trump’s policies and New York will move fear’s turning to anger and many Americans feel to yesterday, pledging New forward, not by building the anger’s turning to di- deepen divisions “for their York will lead the nation a wall, my friends, but by vision. It is impossible to own political purpose.” He forward with the most building new bridges, and overstate how dangerous, said some of the nation’s progressive agenda in sta- building new airports and how malignant this con- leaders had demonized te history. creating new middle class dition is,” he said. “The diversity to “make our The Democrat began jobs and an economic futu- threat is when we see ou- differences our greatest 2019 and his third term re for the next generation rselves as black or white, weakness instead of our to immigration that re- supplied by the state. with the inaugural address and showing how good we foreign or native born, greatest strength.” mains open, along with “The federal government on Ellis Island, saying can be at all of this when instead of as Americans. He made clear that he the nearby Statue of Li- may shut itself down, but “America’s only threat is we are together,” he said, As Christians or Jews or chose to deliver the nearly berty, despite a partial it will never extinguish the from within.” apparently referencing the Muslims, gay or straight, 30-minute speech from a federal government shu- Statue of Liberty’s torch,” Cuomo said that within political fight over a wall instead of as Americans. famous landmark linked tdown because of money he said. AP thu 03.01.2019

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Brazil ting crime in a nation that has long led the world in annual ho- micides. More than 63,000 peo- ple were killed last year. He wants to tackle the pro- Bolsonaro assumes presidency, blems in part by shielding poli- ce who kill during an operation from criminal prosecution. “We are counting on Congress promises big changes to provide the judicial support Yesica Fisch, Mauricio Savarese so police can do their jobs,” & Peter Prengaman, Brasilia Bolsonaro said, signaling that ap photo he may soon submit legislation air Bolsonaro was that would allow police to be sworn in as Brazil’s pre- tried outside the criminal sys- sident yesterday [Macau tem. time], taking the reins of Human rights groups fear that JLatin America’s largest and most defense of police violence could populous nation with promises shield officers from investiga- to overhaul myriad aspects of tions of misconduct and lead to daily life and put an end to busi- more extrajudicial killings. ness-as-usual governing. The most notable foreign lea- For the far-right former army ders who attended were associa- captain, the New Year’s Day ted with far-right movements: inauguration was the culmina- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin tion of a journey from a margi- Netanyahu and Hungarian Pri- nalized and even ridiculed con- me Minister Viktor Orban. gressman to a leader who many Leftist Presidents Nicolas Ma- Brazilians hope can combat duro of Venezuela, Daniel Or- endemic corruption as well as tega of Nicaragua and Miguel violence that routinely gives the Díaz-Canel of Cuba, deemed nation the dubious distinction of dictators by Bolsonaro, were being world leader in total homi- uninvited by Bolsonaro’s team cides. after the foreign ministry sent A fan of U.S. President Donald them invitations. Leftist Pre- Trump, the 63-year-old longti- sident Evo Morales of Bolivia, me congressman rose to power however, was invited and war- on an anti-corruption and pro- mly embraced Bolsonaro after gun agenda that has energized the ceremony. The United Sta- conservatives and hard-right su- tes was represented by Secre- pporters after four consecutive Flanked by first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, President Jair Bolsonaro waves as he rides in an open car after his swearing-in tary of State Mike Pompeo. presidential election wins by the ceremony in Brasilia Seven of Bolsonaro’s 22 Ca- left-leaning Workers’ Party. binet ministers are former mi- Bolsonaro was the latest of litary personnel, more than in several far-right leaders arou- oath of office. Bolsonaro then sonaro’s middle name is Mes- The new president, who spent any administration during Bra- nd the globe who have come to read a short speech that inclu- sias, or Messiah in English, and nearly three decades in Con- zil’s 1964-1985 dictatorship. power by riding waves of anger ded many of the far-right posi- many supporters believe he was gress, has also drawn internatio- That has sparked fears among at the establishment and promi- tions he staked out during the chosen by God to lead Brazil, an nal criticism for his plans to roll his adversaries of a return to sing to ditch the status quo. campaign. assertion bolstered after Bolso- back regulations in the Amazon autocratic rule, but Bolsonaro “Congratulations to President He promised to combat the naro survived a stabbing during and his disinterest in social pro- insists he will respect the coun- @jairbolsonaro who just made “ideology of gender” teaching a campaign rally in September. grams in a country that is one of try’s constitution. a great inauguration speech,” in schools, “respect our Judeo- During his inauguration spee- the world’s most unequal in ter- Riordan Roett, a professor and Trump tweeted. “The U.S.A. is Christian tradition” and “prepa- ch, Bolsonaro stopped at one ms of income. director emeritus of Latin Ame- with you!” re children for the job market, point, pulled out a Brazilian flag rican Studies at Johns Hopkins Yesterday’s festivities in the not political militancy.” and wildly waved it, prompting University, noted that generals capital of Brasilia began with a “I call on all congressmen to roars from the crowd. During have administration skills that motorcade procession along the help me rescue Brazil from cor- “Our flag will never be red,” can be useful in government. main road leading to Congress ruption, criminality and ideolo- Bolsonaro said, a reference to his speech, “The danger is that as a former and other government buildings. gical submission,” he said. communism. “Our flag will only Bolsonaro low-ranking military officer, Bolsonaro and his wife, Michel- A short time later, Bolsonaro be red if blood is needed to keep [Bolsonaro] will be swayed by le, stood up in an open-top Rolls- spoke to thousands of suppor- it green and yellow.” stopped at one some of the generals to come Royce and waved to thousands ters outside, promising to “free Brasilia was under tight securi- down hard on criminality, drug of onlookers. Brazil” from socialism and poli- ty, with 3,000 police patrolling point, pulled dealers, etc., and that may cause They were surrounded by do- tical correctness. the event. Military tanks, figh- a backlash and many innocent zens of guards on horses and As he spoke, supporters began ter jets and even anti-aircraft out a Brazilian people could be caught in the plain-clothes bodyguards who to chant “Myth! Myth! Myth!”— missiles also were deployed. flag and wildly crossfire,” Roett said. ran beside the car. a nickname that began years ago Journalists were made to arrive Bolsonaro’s Liberal and Social Once inside Congress, Bolsona- with internet memes of Bolsona- at locations seven hours before waved it, Party will have 52 seats in Bra- ro and his vice president, retired ro and became more common festivities began, and many com- zil’s 513-member lower house, Gen. Hamilton Mourao, took the during last year’s campaign. Bol- plained on Twitter of officials prompting roars the second largest bloc behind confiscating food they had brou- the Workers’ Party. ght for the wait. from the crowd Gary Hufbauer of the Peter- The increased security came son Institute for International ap photo at Bolsonaro’s request. His in- On the economic front, where Economics, a Washington-ba- testine was pierced when a kni- Bolsonaro will ultimately lead sed think tank, said a central fe-wielding man stabbed and Latin America’s largest eco- challenge for Bolsonaro will be nearly killed him, and today Bol- nomy is unknown, as during curbing spending and entitle- sonaro wears a colostomy bag. the campaign he reversed cour- ments, no easy task given the His sons, politicians themselves, se from previous statist stances makeup of Congress and en- had insisted their father could be with pledges to lead market- trenched interests. targeted by radicals, but securi- friendly reforms. He also promi- “Bolsonaro needs some quick ty officials have not spoken of sed to overhaul Brazil’s pension successes to get off on the ri- threats. system and privatize several ght foot with the public and the Bolsonaro did little moderating state-owned companies, which political elites,” said Hufbauer, since being elected in October, gave him wide support among adding that a failure to do that with progressives and liberals financial players. would likely reduce Bolsonaro’s decrying stances that they say are On Tuesday, Bolsonaro reite- honeymoon period to six mon- homophobic, sexist and racist. rated his commitment to figh- ths. AP 03.01.2019 thu

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Offbeat 2000 Art theft was From duct-taped shoes to USD11m: ‘professional’ job Man leaves surprise donations Police have said the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year’s Eve was probably stolen to order.

ap photo The grinch The painting - Auvers-sur-Oise - was bought by the Ash- room 1 4:30, 9:30 pm molean in 1980 and is said to be worth £3m. Director: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier It was the museum’s only work by French impressionist Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Paul Cezanne and was integral to their collection of art Rashida Jones from that period, which included works by Monet, Van Language: Cantonese Gogh and Picasso. Duration: 86min Superintendent John Carr of Oxford Police said: “Whoe- ver has taken this painting has given some thought to how More than blue to steal it. The person has some reason for it and some room 1 outlet for it.” 2:30, 9:30 pm Thieves entered the gallery through the glass roof, via Director: Gavin Lin scaffolding around a new library extension being added Starring: Jasper Liu, Ivy Chen to the building. Language: Putonghua (Chinese & English) The Ashmolean, which is the oldest public museum in Duration: 105min the world, maintains that its security systems did not fail. Alan Naiman But the thieves used smoke canisters to set off fire alarms and cause enough confusion to escape with the prized Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered landscape. into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the Museum director Christopher Brown said: “Cezanne fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act that he had long played an absolutely key role in the representation of a key planned. period in 19th century painting and it really is a great blow The Washington state social worker died of cancer this year at to us and the way in which we can display that moment in age 63, leaving most of a surprising USD11 million estate to chil- Western painting.” dren’s charities that help the poor, sick, disabled and abandoned. Police are circulating details of the painting internatio- The amount baffled the beneficiaries and his best friends, who are nally in the hope that its whereabouts can be traced. They lauding Naiman as the anniversary of his death approaches in Ja- are also appealing for any New Year revellers that witnes- nuary. bumblebee sed anything suspicious on the night of the crime to come That’s because the Seattle man patched up his shoes with duct room 2 forward. tape, sought deals at the grocery store deli at closing time and took 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 pm The work is an oil on canvas depicting a group of small, his best friends out to lunch at fast-food joints. Director: Travis Knight white cottages in a lush, tree-filled valley. It was framed Naiman, who died unmarried and childless, loved kids but also Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Megyn Price and measured 18 by 22 inches. was intensely private, scrimping, investing and working extra jobs Language: English (Chinese) to stockpile money that he rarely spent on himself after seeing how Duration: 113min Courtesy BBC News unfair life could be for the most vulnerable children, his friends say. They believe a lifelong devotion to his older brother who had a de- velopmental disability influenced Naiman, though he rarely spoke of it. The brother died in 2013, the same year Naiman splurged on a sports car — a modestly priced Scion FR-S. n context “Growing up as a kid with an older, disabled brother kind of colo- I red the way he looked at things,” close friend Susan Madsen said. It later emerged that the painting was not insured against theft. This is a A former banker, Naiman worked the past two decades at the sta- common practice in all UK galleries because of the prohibitive cost of the te Department of Social and Health Services, handling after-hours premiums. calls. He earned $67,234 and also took on side gigs, sometimes The painting had been slashed from its frame, so there were fears that it working as many as three jobs. He saved and invested enough to would be damaged in transit and by the uncontrolled atmosphere outside the gallery. make several millions of dollars and also inherited millions more ralph breaks the internet: from his parents, said Shashi Karan, a friend from his banking days. Later in January the police thought that they had found the painting in a wreck-it ralph 2 West Midlands pub. Unfortunately it was a copy by the landlord and was Thrilled when he finally qualified for senior discounts, Naiman room 3 still wet when it was seized. bought his clothes from the grocery store. He loved cars, but for 7:15,pm In November 2005 Auvers-sur-Oise was named by the US Federal Bureau the most of his life, drove beat-up vehicles and seemed to enjoy the Director: Rich Moore, Phil Johnson of Investigation as what it called one of the top ten art crimes worldwide. It solitude and savings of solo road trips, friends say. Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot follows the decision to set up an FBI Art Crimes Team in 2004 to investi- After Naiman’s death, Karan realized how little he knew of the Language: English (Chinese) gate stolen works of art. other aspects of his longtime friend’s life. Duration: 122min thu 03.01.2019

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thanks to a tiny margin on a single game. Sports betting may seem PROPS There are also tons of other things to bet on, including so- called proposition or “prop” easy. It’s not. Here’s why bets on things that might ha- ppen during games. You cou- Wayne Parry, Atlantic City ld bet on whether Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick ap photo anna bet on Mahomes or New England Pa- sports? First, triots quarterback Tom Brady make sure you will have more passing yards know what you’re or touchdowns in a particu- doingW — and the odds against lar game or set of games. You you. can bet on whether a particu- Seven U.S. states now offer lar team will be leading after legal sports gambling, and as the first quarter or at halftime, many as 30 more will consider whether there will be a safety or jumping on board in 2019. So whether any field goals will be here are some of the basics — as missed. well as some more esoteric as- There are also futures bets, pects — of betting on sports. which are wagers on things that ves. That percentage varies, but the game. A bet on a team with of a 2-point favorite (getting 4 won’t happen for a while. You PONY UP usually is around 10 percent, so a money line of plus-410 would points instead of giving 2). Li- can bet on the winner of a par- The biggest difference between that a successful $25 bet would give you a $410 profit on a $100 nes can be adjusted upward or ticular sport’s championship placing a legal sports bet with a earn you a $22.50 profit. bet. downward, and they can invol- before the season starts or at casino or racetrack or their on- Another popular option is ve multiple games. In a single any point during the season line affiliates and placing one HOW TO BET the over/under, also known game, a bettor can lower or in- and predict whether a team will with an illegal bookmaker or One of the most popular ways as the total. Oddsmakers set a crease the point spread and the win more or less than a prede- “bookie” is that with legal bet- to bet on sports is through number for the total number under/over total on the same termined number of games. Si- ting, you have to put your own the point spread. If the Seatt- of points scored by both teams game. milarly, you can also gamble on money up first. Illegal bookies le Seahawks are favored by 4 combined, say 52 1/2 points be- The catch here is that ALL who will be voted most valuable will let you bet on credit, the points against the Minnesota tween the Chiefs and Raiders. bets in a teaser must win; if player in the NFL or Major Lea- most appealing aspect of their Vikings, Seattle must win by 5 Gamblers bet whether the com- even one does not, the entire gue Baseball. illicit business and one that is for a Seahawks bettor to win bined final score will exceed betting ticket is a loser. That’s expected to allow them to con- his or her wager. Minnesota ba- that number or fall short. why they call it a “teaser,” be- BOTTOM LINE tinue to operate, and perhaps ckers would win if the Vikings cause it can seem so simple to Sound easy? It isn’t. Sports still thrive, in the brave new win, or even if they lose as long TEASERS manipulate the odds to where books rarely lose money. world of sports betting. as it’s by 3 points or fewer. A Don’t like the number offered you want them, and yet there Almost no one expected the Say you want to bet $25 on a final margin of exactly 4 points by the point spread or the over/ is a decent chance of losing the Miami Dolphins to beat the Pa- football game legally. You have for Seattle is considered a push, under? Change it. Bookmakers whole thing. triots on Dec. 9, a game in whi- to hand the window clerk $25 meaning the bets are refunded. offer the opportunity to in- ch New England was favored and receive a ticket confirming You can also do a money line crease or lessen the odds, cal- PARLAYS by 7 1/2 points. But an impro- your bet. In most cases, if you bet that does not involve a point led “teasing” it, by a particular This is one of the places gam- visational pass and running se- win, you will get back your spread. Instead, simply choose number, usually about 6 poin- blers can get crazy. To boost the quence that saw Miami players original $25 stake plus your the team you think will win. ts, though other amounts are payoff on a bet, gamblers can toss the ball to one another en winnings, which won’t amount Oddsmakers set this money available. It must be applied string together a series of bets route to the goal line led to a exactly to another $25 because line ratio based on bets of $100, to combined wagers on two or on multiple games, or multi- game winning touchdown as of ... essentially telling gamblers more games, or at least two bets ple bets within the same game. time expired. It happens, folks, how much they would win by on the same game. For instan- This is called a parlay. It is a a lot more than one might THE VIG betting $100 on an underdog, ce, if the New York Giants are way to potentially win a lot of think. This is the vigorish, also or how much they’d need to put favored by 3 points over the money for a small bet. But these Big favorites inexplicably lose. known commonly as the “vig” or up to win $100 on a favorite. Washington Redskins, and the bets are frequently losers. They Underdogs with seemingly no the “juice” — the bookmaker’s For a heavily favored team, Los Angeles Chargers are favo- are among the highest earning shot rise up unexpectedly (the cut of the action. Oddsmakers say the Boston Red Sox putting red over the Baltimore Ravens bets for sports books, because, Buffalo Bills were 17-point un- try to set betting lines as pre- their best pitcher against a weak by 2 points, a gambler using a as is the case with teasers, every derdogs against the Minnesota cisely as possible to attract an opponent with a poor pitcher, 6-point teaser can lower the one of the bets in a parlay has Vikings on Sept. 23, yet won the equal amount wagered on each that could involve putting up line on the Giants game to have to win, or else the whole ticket game 27-6.) Games that appear team involved in a particular $350 of you own money to win the Giants as a 3-point under- is a loser. set for high-scoring shootou- game. They use money from lo- just $100, a wager that would dog instead of a 3-point favo- Hang around gamblers long ts end as low-scoring affairs. sing bets to pay off people who be listed in sports books as mi- rite (getting 3 points instead enough and you’ll inevitably A star quarterback or running make winning bets, while kee- nus-350. Big underdogs pay off of giving 3), and the Chargers hear a story about how someo- back gets injured early in a ping a percentage for themsel- well, but only if that team wins as a 4-point underdog instead ne missed a big parlay payout game and never returns. AP

Football Pulisic to join Chelsea as most expensive US player

hristian Pulisic have to pay Chelsea for the American origins, and so goalkeepers Tim Howard Pulisic, who can play on 110 percent commitment Cbecame the most ex- loan. it wasn’t possible for us to having previously played either wing or behind the to the team right until the pensive American soc- The fee is easily the big- extend his contract.” for Manchester United striker, has recently lost last ball is kicked this sea- cer player in history after gest paid for an American Pulisic’s contract with and Brad Friedel for Liver- his place in Dortmund’s son.” completing a transfer to player, surpassing the re- Dortmund was due to pool. team to English youngs- Dortmund leads the Ger- English club Chelsea from ported 20 million euros expire at the end of next Chelsea director Marina ter Jadon Sancho, signed man league by six points Borussia Dortmund yes- ($22.5 million) spent by season. “It is a privilege to Granovskaia said the club from Manchester City for heading into the second terday. German team Wolfsburg have signed for such a le- has signed “one of Eu- 8 million pounds ($10 half of the season and is Chelsea paid 64 million for John Brooks in 2017. gendary club,” Pulisic said rope’s most sought-after million) in the offseason of through to the last 16 of euros (USD73 million) for “It was always Christian’s of the London team that young players.” 2017. the Champions League, the 20-year-old United big dream to play in the has won five Premier Lea- “At just 20, we believe he In a message posted on where it plays Tottenham. States winger, who will be Premier League,” Dort- gue titles since 2005. has the potential to beco- his Twitter account, Puli- Chelsea is fourth in the loaned back to Dortmund mund sporting director It is the most high-profile me an important Chelsea sic urged Dortmund fans Premier League, 11 points for the rest of this season. Michael Zorc said. “That move secured by an Ame- player for many years to to “not doubt my passion, behind first-place Liver- The German club won’t certainly has to do with his rican outfield player, with come,” she said. determination and my pool after 20 games. AP THE UK’s Hunt says confident May Station Air quality BUZZ will seal deal for Brexit Roadside 45-65 Moderate Britain’s foreign secretary says he is confi- through Parliament and I know that is what dent Prime Minister Theresa May will obtain the British people would want,” he added. High the concessions needed to convince enough Last month, May postponed a parliamentary Density 45-65 lawmakers to back an unpopular Brexit deal. vote on a Brexit agreement with the European Residental Jeremy Hunt said in a lecture in Singapore Union that has been widely criticized by loya- Moderate yesterday that leaving the European Union lists and political opponents alike. Area opinion without a deal on March 29 would cause “des- The parliamentary vote is to be held during truction that could last some time.” the week of Jan. 14. Hunt is on a three-day visit Ambient 45-65 “I think that she will find a way to get this deal to Asia. Moderate Made in Macau dsmg source: Jenny Lao-Phillips WORLD BRIEFS Into the ‘Cold’ Cathay to honor

Sometimes keeping track of dates on the ca- premium tickets sold at ap photo lendar becomes quite confusing in this part of the world. Especially in January when we are celebrating the beginning of a new year, we are also approaching the end of the annual cycle steep discount in error according to the lunar calendar. This weekend we celebrate the “Minor Cold” 小寒 (Siu Hon) Kyunghee Park of the 24 Solar Terms, which marks the coun- Russia Search crews tdown to the new year. So, we are at the be- athay Pacific ap photo have pulled more bodies ginning of a new year, but at the same time, Airways Ltd. made a from a huge pile of C rubble at a collapsed coming to the end of a year. Technically, we mistake selling first- and Russian apartment can put our new year’s resolutions on a one- business-class tickets at a building, bringing the month trial period before setting them in stone. steep discount. Now, the known death toll to 21. After the “Winter Solstice” (Dongzhi), we lucky few who made the An 11-month-old boy gradually move from long night, short day to bookings will travel in style who was pulled alive having more daylight. But while daylight gets after all. from the wreckage longer, the weather also gets colder. Between The Hong Kong-based air- nearly 36 hours after the the “Winter Solstice” and the “Start of Spring” line said on its Twitter and building collapsed, was 立春 (Lap Chun) we are supposed to be in the Facebook pages yesterday in serious but stable coldest period of the year, like the darkness that it would still welcome condition in a children’s before dawn, a time to get ready for Spring and passengers that bought the hospital in Moscow. for a new year. So, what do we know about the business-class tickets from “Minor Cold”? Vietnam to Canada and

It is one of the lesser known or celebrated the U.S. at economy prices ap photo Terms amongst the 24, but do not be fooled earlier this week. The onli- by the implication of the term “Minor Cold.” It ne ticketing foul-up meant does not merely remind us that the weather is return fares of as low as on the heels of a sophistica- could cost less than $1,000, starting to get colder; it is mostly the coldest USD675 from Da Nang in ted hack on Cathay’s com- according to a post on One days of the year. In fact, there were very few Vietnam to New York at the puter systems last year that Mile at a Time. instances of the “Major Cold”, which usually front end of the plane, or a exposed private informa- Other airlines have made falls on January 20, that were colder than the small fraction of its original tion of 9.4 million passen- similar pricing errors. Sin- Denmark A passenger train apparently hit “Minor Cold.” price. gers in the world’s biggest gapore Airlines Ltd. in falling cargo from a Although not hugely celebrated like the “Win- “We do not want to go airline data breach. 2014 and Hong Kong Air- passing freight train ter Solstice” with sumptuous family dinners, back on our promise to our Gary Leff, a travel and lines Ltd. last year honored yesterday, an accident “Minor Cold” is more a day of doing small acts customers,” Cathay said on loyalty-program blogger on business-class tickets mis- that killed six people and with great love for the family. It is a time to be its Twitter account. “We View from the Wing, wrote takenly sold at economy injured 16 others as it reminded of the importance of taking care of made a mistake but we look on Dec. 31 that the Cathay fares. The carriers didn’t crossed a bridge linking the body. forward to welcoming you business-class round-trip disclose how many people the country’s islands, As the days of the “Minor Cold” are the coldest on board with your ticket from Da Nang to New York purchased the cheaper ti- authorities said. of the year, it is customary to make congee for issued.” started at $675 for travel ckets. the family to share; and not just normal con- While the passengers in August. Yesterday, the Cathay had sold tickets Germany A man has gee we see everywhere. We make the special were kept happy, the mis- same journey cost around to the U.S. and other des- been arrested after repeatedly driving into Laba congee 臘八粥 (Laap baat zuk) which in- take adds to the embarras- $16,000 for July and Sep- tinations from Vietnam in crowds of people, cludes various ingredients like glutinous rice, sments for the carrier that’s tember, according to the a promotional offer that injuring at least five, in black rice, peanuts, red dates, lotus seeds, struggling to turn its fortu- airline’s website. Prices we- ended Dec. 31, according what authorities said red beans, mung beans, and other beans that nes around while competi- ren’t available for August. to its website. Round trip appeared to have been I cannot name. All these ingredients, according tion intensifies from Chine- Travel from Hanoi to Van- business tickets to Los intentional attacks to Chinese medical practice, are good for the se and budget airlines. couver and back in a mix Angeles were sold from against foreigners. different parts of our body, and especially good The pricing gaffe comes of business and first class $2,940. Bloomberg for keeping internal heat. The reason for making the complicated Laba ap photo congee was, on one hand, because of its nutri- tional value during the coldest days of the year. The In fact, ancient Chinese considered congee the best food for health and for releasing internal decisive moment AP Photo/R S Iyer coldness. On the other hand, “Minor Cold” usually falls around the Buddhist Laba Festival. Obviously, Laba congee was not created for the Brazil Jair Bolsonaro “Minor Cold,” it was originally made for the Laba was sworn in as Brazil’s Festival, on the eighth day of the twelfth month, president, taking the and was for offering to the gods rather than for reins of Latin America’s human consumption. As time goes by, people largest and most started eating Laba congee to celebrate Laba populous nation with promises to overhaul Festival, and then as the Festival is around the myriad aspects of daily day of the “Minor Cold,” it became customary life and put an end for having Laba congee on the “Minor Cold.” to business-as-usual Aside from food, another important practice governing. More on p15 during the “Minor Cold” is sleep. Even in an- cient Chinese articles on the “Minor Cold,” it is Peru Thousands of specified that one should go to bed early and Peruvians marched get up late, and thou shalt not be up before the in protest decrying sun is risen. A couple of extra hours of sleep the attorney general’s were believed to re-balance the Yin and Yang dismissal of a team investigating the energy in our body, and of course for help main- sweeping Odebrecht taining internal heat on cold days. corruption case in a So, in honor of our tradition, sleep late and eat move that President congee this weekend. These are actually good Court rule. Two women of menstruating age entered the Sabarimala temple, one of the world’s largest Hindu Martin Vizcarra practices for every day.` pilgrimage sites, in Kerala, India, causing protest against a court ruling. decried as “profoundly damaging.”