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China’s foreign ministry urged Canada to free an executive of telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies held for more than a year as she P2 awaits an extradition trial. HIS ‘DIFFICULT’ CHOICES Canada arrested Huawei’s

chief financial officer, JULIE ZHU Meng Wanzhou, on Dec. 1 last year at Vancouver’s airport at the request of the U.S., which is seeking her extradition on fraud charges. AP PHOTO

Philippines Luzon is under a tropical cyclone warning for a typhoon forecast to hit early today. Local governments told thousands of people to evacuate vulnerable areas such as coastal communities. The worst conditions are forecast for southeastern provinces on Luzon, the most populous island in the archipelago. Officials said Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport would close from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today. AP PHOTO

India At least 25 people have died in recent monsoon rains that inundated low-lying areas in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and hundreds more have been evacuated to relief camps, the state government said yesterday. Heavy rain toppled a wall in the city of Coimbatore, killing 17 people, and eight others have died in various other rain-related incidents since The 4th International Nov. 29. Film Festival & Awards Bobo’s establishes Macau as India Hundreds of people a hub for new film- gathered in New Delhi, specimen makers in Asia. Local Ahmedabad, Mumbai audiences will be and other Indian cities to be yesterday to demand drawn by a colorful and justice in the case of a displayed exciting program, while veterinarian who was gang- international guests will raped and killed last week. by second not only get to taste the The protesters demanded excitement of Macau as a fast-track investigation of quarter a destination but meet the case and stringent laws the Chinese and Asian for the safety of women in India. More on p13 of 2020 industries, exploring the best of new films. More on backpage P4 INSIDE page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 03.12.2019 tue

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THE NEW GOVERNMENT Ho Iat Seng hints at difficulties in selecting unexpected secretary duo

JULIE ZHU dia’s questions concerning the se- As previously stated, Ho has to review the practical experience actively engage with stakeholders cretaries-designate. put administrative reform on the of Macau’s gaming industry. with different opinions and strive HE Chief Executive- Talking about the appointment top of his agenda. Ho pledged Ho Veng On, the head of the to build a consensus in society in Telect, Ho Iat Seng, indicated of the two, Ho explained that Ao that the change of government Commission of Audit, said that addition to actively responding that it was difficult for him to Ieong has done an excellent job in will not pose a negative impact his department will not specifi- to society’s demands and needs. make the decisions to appoint the Identification Department. on relevant departments’ work. cally audit any department. He She agreed with the importance Lei Wai Nong as the Secretary for “The Secretariat for Culture He also claimed that his team will claimed that his commission has of protecting Macau’s cultural he- Economy and Finance and Ao and Social Affairs is the most de- fully listen to the public’s opinions been fair in its previous audit ritage. Ieong U as the Secretary for So- manding secretariat for a service and is willing to accept them. work. When questioned by the me- cial Affairs and Culture. mindset. The secretariat needs Questioned by the media, Ho Ho, who has already served dia, Ho Iat Seng revealed that he Yesterday, Ho led his team out to face the public no matter if it’s said that he endorsed the ins- two terms, hopes that any audited had “persuaded a lot” to ensure to meet the media at an event medical care, social welfare, cul- tallation of CCTV surveillance departments will pay attention to that Secretary for Transport and held at the Government Head- ture, sports or other topics,” re- cameras in Macau, although he the content of the commission’s Public Works, Raimundo do Ro- quarters. There are three new marked Ho. declined to remark in any depth audit report. sário, continues working as a se- appointments to the team of Talking about Lei, Ho said that about the unrest in neighboring Ho’s background means that cretary in Ho’s government. Ho five policy secretaries, including Lei had heard many opinions Hong Kong. he is entitled to retire within two explained that Rosário, during the Secretary for Administration from members of the public “We will not think about Hong years. However, he suggested his two terms, solved many pro- and Justice André Cheong Weng when he was working at the Mu- Kong. ‘Love the Country’ and that his retirement should be left blems left by the previous two se- Chun, the Secretary for Economy nicipal Affairs Department. Lei’s ‘Love Macau’ have always been for discussion later in the future, cretaries of the position, and that and Finance Lei Wai Nong, and advantage, according to Ho, lies the foundation of Macau, the fou- and that he will fulfill his current Rosário “is very clean.” He deems the Secretary for Social Affairs in the fact that he understands ndation of Macau’s security and work’s mission with full force. the public work and transport and Culture Ao Ieong U. the problems surrounding SMEs. Macau’s stability,” he said. Newly-appointed Secretary for sector a “very sensitive” sector During yesterday’s meeting, During yesterday’s press con- After Ho, the secretaries took Administration and Justice André which requires a clean govern- Ho hinted at difficulties he faced ference, Ho once again highligh- turns to answer the media’s ques- Cheong, who is the current chief ment official. in making the decision to appoint ted that the most important cri- tions. of the Commission Against Cor- Rosário thanked his team, whi- the unexpected duo of Lei and Ao teria for secretaries are loving the Lei acknowledged that the ga- ruption (CCAC), said that Macau’s ch consists of more than 3,300 ci- Ieong to such senior positions. country and loving Macau, being ming industry involves various public administration and legal vil servants, singling out the five “We repeatedly made compa- clean, having strong executive interests, but he will put the needs system are not running at the directors under his leadership. risons. These two were not seen abilities, and listening to the pu- of Macau people first when it co- same pace as society’s develop- Chan Tsz King, who will suc- in public that much, nor does the blic’s opinion. mes to the gaming sector. Lei ex- ment and residents’ demands. He ceed André Cheong as Commis- public know much about them. “The nomination procedure pects that problems will occur in proposed that Macau promote sioner of the CCAC, pledged that However, many civil servants in was smooth, and it was highly en- the next gaming concession, but public administration reform and he will continue to reform the Macau are working discreetly,” dorsed by the State Council,” said said he will not delay the handling improve the legal system. CCAC, building a transparent go- said Ho when answering the me- the Chief Executive-elect. of the case. Lei’s first task will be Ao Ieong U said that she will vernment atmosphere.

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Hotel sector employees grow 4%, average Lionel Leong offers advice to earnings trail The number of people employed in the hotel sector grew by 4% successor: put the people first year-on-year during the third quarter of 2019 to reach 60,600 inside the government, having DANIEL BEITLER persons, according to the latest joined the public service in 1992. survey on manpower needs UTGOING Secretary His designation yesterday as eco- and wages conducted by the for Economy and Fi- nomy chief, the second-most DANIEL BEITLER DANIEL Statistics and Census Service. nance Lionel Leong senior among the five principal Meanwhile, the average earnings said yesterday that if secretaries, was taken by many (excluding bonuses) of full-time Ohis successor puts the needs of as a surprise. employees in the sector rose the people first then “everything Speaking on the sidelines of 3% year-on-year in September will be on the right track.” a cocktail reception to celebra- to MOP18,590. According to “I have a lot of confidence in te the sixth anniversary of the the same survey, the number of the newly-appointed govern- establishment of the Macau Eu- restaurant employees in Macau ment,” said Secretary Leong. “I ropean Chamber of Commerce, increased 3% year-on-year, while am sure they will secure the best Leong said that he had no regrets their earnings rose by just 0.4% for the sake of Macau and the in- from his time as a policy secre- to MOP9,830. At the end of the terests of the country.” tary. third quarter, job vacancies in When asked by the Times “I am always looking forward,” the hotel sector dropped 1,041 what advice he would offer to said Leong. “I only look back to to number 1,395, while those in his successor as Secretary for see if I must readjust myself to do the restaurant sector fell 475 Economy and Finance, Lei Wai things better in the future. But I to 1,844. Approximately 70% Nong, Leong said, “as long as don’t call these regrets; I call it the and 50% of the vacancies in the they know their job; as long as learning path.” hotel sector required knowledge they understand the needs of In looking to the future, Leong of Mandarin and English respectively. Macau; as long as they unders- was also asked about his plans Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong tand the needs of the people, after he steps down in December. everything will be on the right The outgoing secretary said MICE participation track. But it needs to be people- that, according to the law, he will in retreat in -based.” need to acquire permission from third quarter The advice echoed commen- the next Chief Executive befo- MECC celebrates six years ts made by Lei earlier yesterday, re taking up post-government THE Macau European Chamber of our achievements and look forward Participation in MICE events who promised at a special press work within next two years. But Commerce (MECC) celebrated its to the opportunities that lie ahead,” was in retreat during the third conference that “serving the pu- he hinted that there were other sixth anniversary last night at a cock- said ambassador Carmen Cano, quarter, falling 16.3% year-on- blic interest” would be the cor- interests that might keep him oc- tail reception held at MGM Macau, Head of the EU Office to Hong Kong year, according to the latest data nerstone of his approach to the cupied. inviting distinguished guests from and Macau, according to prepared released by the government. A gaming license retender process, “Right now, I don’t have any Macau’s European and Europhile statements, promising that although total of 583,000 people were community. Since its establishment, “our European companies are especially since the sector invol- plans [for the future],” admitted registered in attendance at 320 the Chamber has facilitated relations already very active in a wide range ves the interests of many people. meetings and conferences, 17 Leong. “I have been studying for between Macau and the European of sectors of the economy, we can Unlike Secretary Leong, who my PhD physics degree, which I exhibitions and four incentives, Union, counting on the participation bring additional European know- which constituted the MICE was predominantly a busines- haven’t finished yet. I hope I can of several national chambers of how, business ideas and economic sector in the third quarter. sman before entering politics, settle down and think about the commerce. “Tonight we celebrate strategies to Macau.” Nevertheless, the official data Lei has spent most of his career content of my thesis.” showed that the number of MICE events rose by 37 year-on-year. For the first three quarters of the year, a total of 1,075 MICE events were held, 109 more than in the equivalent period a year earlier.

DANIEL BEITLER DANIEL Meanwhile, the total number of participants and attendees decreased by 8.3% to 1.26 million.

Macau streets home to slightly more motor vehicles

There were more licensed motor vehicles in Macau this ment to the role extended October - but not many more. for another year starting That is according to official data Sunday. released this week showing Ambrose So uncertain what new that the number of vehicles So also played down the contraction in gaming grew 0.4% year-on-year to revenue this year, adding 239,600 as of the end of the economy chief means for gaming month. The growth was led by that he understands most a 2.3% increase in the number SJM’s Ambrose So appointment “is yet to be the way to continue.” analysts and trading DANIEL BEITLER of heavy motorcycles, while made the comments last seen,” So told the Times. The six gaming con- houses expect moderate light motorcycles dropped 8.5% HE Chief Executive growth to return in 2020. night on the sidelines “We will wait until the cessions of the Macau year-on-year. Light automobiles TOfficer of SJM Holdin- of an anniversary event next government takes SAR are scheduled to ex- Gross gaming reve- edged up by 1.2% over the same gs said yesterday that it for the Macau European office and see what po- pire in June 2022, but little nue reached almost 270 period. As for the registration was too early to tell what Chamber of Commerce. licy it decides to roll out. information has been re- billion patacas over the of new motor vehicles, October the Sunday appointment Speaking to the Times, So One thing that the Chief leased about the process. first 11 months of this saw an aggregate decline of of Lei Wai Nong as Se- said that the casino ope- Executive-designate [Ho On this matter, Lei will year, down 2.4% from 3.8%. The number of newly- cretary for Economy and rator was waiting to learn Iat Seng] has already said be advised by Paulo Mar- the same period in 2018. registered heavy motorcycles Finance-designate wou- the policy direction of the is that everything will be tins Chan, the director of Full-year revenue in 2017 reduced by 17.9%, while the ld mean for the future of incoming government. laid out in very clear legal the city’s gaming regula- amounted to 265 billion number of newly-registered light Macau gaming. The effect of Lei’s terms, and I think that is tor, who saw his appoint- patacas. automobiles rose by 13.8%. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 03.12.2019 tue

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HE Macao Animal Specimen TExhibition Hall is in the pro- cess of concluding its interior de- Bobo’s specimen to be displayed corations project and is slated to open next year, featuring the spe- cimen of Bobo the black bear. by second quarter of 2020 Despite the public outcry last year about the controversial plan to preserve the Asiatic black bear’s body through taxidermy for it to NEWS MACAU be made into a specimen for pu- blic display, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has informed the Times that the taxidermy process has concluded. “At present, the bear Bobo taxi- dermy has been completed,” the bureau told the Times. Following the death of Bobo on November 20 last year, a total of seven animal protection groups held a memorial service in De- cember at Flora Garden, the for- mer home of the beloved black bear. Local association Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau petitioned for a sus- pension of the taxidermy process as the decision went against the values of some residents. Meanwhile, the IAM clarified that the specimen will be going on display by the second half of next year. animal specimens stored by the building that will be restored. respectful. footprint and impact to live on. “The Macao Animal Specimen Institute will be displayed in the Since residents have expres- The official said that taxidermy According to the official gover- Exhibition Hall is currently under- museum to show the public the sed their disappointment at the was instead a way to show respect nment account, Bobo was res- going interior decoration projects appearance of animal species and decision of the government to to Bobo as it would record the cued by a Leal Senado staff mem- and is scheduled to open to the ecological conditions,” it added. preserve Bobo’s body, Tavares process and history of how the ber (the municipal authority of public in the second quarter of The President of the IAM, José previously expressed the hope black bear was raised in Macau. the time) in the summer of 1984. 2020,” said the IAM. Tavares, said last year that the new that broader society could un- The move was also aimed at However, reports by TDM and Va “By that time, the Asian black museum space is located along derstand that the preservation helping to popularize science edu- Kio Daily on the baby bear appea- bear Bobo specimen and other the seaside in Coloane village in a of Bobo was not meant to be dis- cation and allow Bobo’s historical red earlier in 1986. LV

feature a stronger line-up this year. Int’l film festival to close with Hong Kong film Seven entries are pitted against each other: Bet- HE 4th International in a 24-hour fast food res- Miriam Yeung. rected by nine directors acclaimed classics: The ter Days, Dwelling in the TFilm Festival & Awards taurant all the time. The- The film has recently in the non-competition 400 Blows (1959), Tokyo Fuchun Mountains, Lu- Macau - slated to com- re, he encounters fellows been screened in the Tokyo section. Story (1953) and Blowup cky Grandma, To Live to mence in two days – has with whom he can share International Film Festival The Organizing Com- (1966). The latter was Sing, Wet Season, Wisdom announced that it will clo- mutual support and walk and featured as the closing mittee hopes to showcase directed by Italian film Tooth and Over the Sea. se the festival with Hong together out of the dark film in the London East the dynamic of the cultu- director and modernist Five accolades will be pre- Kong film, I’m Livin It. valley of life. Asia Film Festival. ral and creative industries master, Michelangelo An- sented to winners of this The film revolves arou- The film was produced To celebrate the 20th in Macau and pay tribute tonioni. section, including Best nd social issues in Hong by Cheang Pou Soi and di- anniversary of the SAR, to the city’s filmmakers. Also, launched last year, Film, Best Director, Best Kong. The main character, rected by rising film direc- the “20th Anniversary Ma- Among other catego- New Chinese Cinema will Screenplay, Best Actor and Bowen, once a member of tor Danny Wong Hing Fan, cao Special Presentations” ries, this year’s Director’s bring more Chinese films Best Actress. the banking elite, sleeps starring Aaron Kwok and will screen local films di- Choice recommends three to the stage of IFFAM and (More in IFFAM supplement) ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 tue 03.12.2019 廣告 ADVERTISEMENT

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Customs officer caught drunk driving Police applaud cross-border

A 50-year-old male officer of the Macao Customs crime collaboration was caught drunk driving during his off-duty period. On December 1, the Public Security Police Force caught the officer during a regular LAM ANTHONY road inspection in the early hours of the morning. When the officer’s car was stopped, police officers smelled alcohol in the car. Preliminary alcohol tests showed the driver had a blood alcohol level of 1.24 grams per liter. The suspect confessed that he consumed alcohol the night before. Since he felt ill, he was on his way to the hospital when he was caught. Customs has already launched an internal investigation against the suspect.

Qingmao port ready by the end of 2020

The construction company behind the Qingmao port project is confident that the port will be completed by the end of next year. Yesterday, ANTHONY LAM tion of the cross-border commu- veiled two other similar cases. purposes. a ceremony was held at nication mechanism. In the first case, the local On October 23, the man told the Qingmao port Macau ESTERDAY, the Judiciary Po- At 3:38 a.m. on October 2, a victim, a worker in the beauty the victim that he would meet Immigration building. The Ylice (PJ) applauded the cross- robbery in the staircase of a con- industry in her 30s, was with her in Macau. However, he project’s manager, Peng Jun, border communication mecha- do building in Toi San was repor- her father when the case was said his online banking system who is also the Chairman of nism following the closing of ted to the PJ. reported to the PJ on Decem- would not work. He then asked the Board of Namyue Group, two cases thanks to the help of The victim is a female tourist ber 1. the victim to try opening the the project concessionaire, law enforcement bodies on the from the mainland in her 30s, On October 22, the victim website for him. said that the main structure mainland. who is believed to be staying at began speaking with a per- The victim was asked to lo- of the Qingmao port has One of the cases involves a her relative’s place. son claiming to be a man over gin for the alleged scammer already been completed. corpse. At 5:45 p.m. on Decem- She took the staircase alo- e-messenger. She soon fell with details he provided. After Peng claims that the project ber 1, the PJ received a report ne on her way back to the con- in love with him. He subse- login, the page showed that is being implemented that a human body was spotted do at about 1:30 a.m. when she quently asked her to download he had a fund of more than smoothly and expressed in the sea off the coast from the was attacked by a man who was a mobile app into which he re- 4 million British pounds. He confidence that rushing the Ocean Gardens residential com- following her, sustaining injuries quested she deposit 1,000 yuan asked the victim to lend him construction progress will plex in Taipa. to her head. Her handbag con- for games, promising that any MOP25,000 due to his frozen affect the building’s structure. An initial post-mortem exa- taining HKD70,000 in cash was winnings she made she could account so he could buy tickets During the upcoming period, mination found no suspicious taken. later withdraw as cash. to Macau. the project will undergo wounds on the body. In the po- She struggled back to her re- She won several rounds and Afterwards, the man claimed internal refurbishment and electromechanical installation. ckets of the body’s clothing was lative’s condo where the police withdrew the cash, giving her that his employer would not a wallet with the identification were notified. She was sent to the confidence to take a further allow him to leave the coun- document of the deceased that the Conde S. Januário Hospital 80,000 yuan from her father’s try unless he managed to send SARs’ standard identified him as a 40-year-old and was diagnosed with a se- bank account and deposit it certain equipment to China. farm products male mainland resident surna- rious condition. into the mobile platform under He said he could not pay the project launched med Zhou. The PJ examined surveillan- instructions from her suppose courier with a frozen fund, so in mainland The PJ immediately contacted ce camera footage and spotted paramour. asked the victim to lend him the mainland police and shared a suspect who had left Macau After several rounds of ga- another MOP33,000. The Greater Bay Area this information. The PJ’s main- through the Cotai border che- mes, she won 250,000 yuan The man later told the victim Vegetable Basket project land counterpart replied with ckpoint. The PJ then notified the worth of virtual money but was that he needed MOP334,000 officially started operations information about a bust on Zhuhai Police Force, which suc- not allowed to cash it. The man for a medical operation which yesterday. The Vegetable an illegal border-crossing case cessfully caught the suspect at told her that the withdrawal she also supplied, all while he Basket project, which was that took place at 10:50pm on around noon of the same day. service had frozen her account reiterated that he was planning launched in May, aims to build November 30 off the coast from For the time being, the PJ is and asked her to put in 108,000 to come to Macau. a platform in mainland China Hengqin. still investigating the suspect’s yuan in order to reactivate it. Finally, the man claimed he for farm products that meet During the mainland police’s motives and the whereabouts of She still could not cash the wanted to return the fund, but the quality requirements operation, the boat carrying the the money. fund after making the subse- needed extra funds to reacti- of Macau and Hong Kong. suspects capsized, dropping six The PJ expressed its appre- quent deposit, so she opted to vate his “frozen” account. She Products included in this people into the sea. The main- ciation for the immediate action tell her father everything. Her transferred MOP280,000 to the platform will serve all land police managed to save and assistance from its mainland father, who has lost 188,000 man who later asked her for customers in mainland China and in both SARs. From two, while the other four went counterparts. It also stressed the yuan in total, believed she had another MOP491,000 as an “ex- yesterday, a total of 682 missing. effectiveness of the cross-border been scammed and made her tra late surcharge”. After that, facilities in mainland China Both law enforcement bodies communication and assistance report the incident. the victim sent MOP25,000 are selling these high-quality believe Zhou was among the mechanism. In the other case, the female more to the man. farm products. In 58 cities passengers of the boat that went victim got in touch with an in- In the end, her parents in mainland China, a total of missing while the mainland po- SCAM FOR LOVE, dividual claiming to be a male spotted several large transac- 517 production basements lice are still investigating the ille- LOVE FOR SCAM British citizen online on Oc- tions from her bank passbook are accredited. Additionally, gal border-crossing case. Following last week’s bust of tober 19. The man claimed to and uncovered the case. The there are 44 products process There was also a recent ro- syndicate running online ro- be from London but currently 29-year-old casino-worker has enterprises. bbery which required the activa- mantic scams, the PJ has un- in Saudi Arabia for research lost MOP1.19 million in total. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 tue 03.12.2019 澳門 MACAU

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COURTS reason for Ho to file an appeal. charges, leading to a total of four “Until the final decision of the years and eight months in prison. Court of Final Appeal, [Ho] will The case involves more than remain out of prison,” explained 2,000 people and began in 2015, the lawyer. when the Judiciary Police held an Alan Ho to get eight years Apart from Ho, there are five operation to sweep the ground other people involved in the case, level, colloquially known as “the surnamed Wong, Lun, Mak, Qiao Turd”, of the Lisboa Hotel. Several and Pun. All of them were found then-executives of the hotel were over prostitution ring guilty of organized prostitution arrested and charged with various and were sentenced to between crimes. ANTHONY LAM The Court of Second Instance, sentence, which is stated in Arti- five and 29 months by the Court “The Turd” used to be the area however, altered the judgment at cle 399 of the Criminal Procedural of First Instance. The Court of Se- believed to be where sex workers LAN Ho, nephew of the end of last month. The Court Code,” the lawyer said. cond Instance has also overtur- attracted business. The practice casino tycoon Stanley found Ho guilty of founding and This is to avoid reformatio in ned these rulings. started in the 1970s, according to Ho and former exe- leading a criminal cartel, which peius, the lawyer elaborated, whi- Wong is now sentenced to a the report by local Chinese news- cutive director of the has a jail term of six total of six years in paper Exmoo. HotelA Lisboa, had his sentence years’ imprisonment. Lawyer Paulo de Sousa prison for partici- Born in 1947, Alan Ho com- extended by the Court of Second Ho was then found pating in a criminal pleted a business administration Instance to eight years’ imprison- guilty of 58 charges of believes Ho ‘has nothing cartel, which equa- degree in the United States in ment, after the prosecutor filed organized prostitu- tes to four years in the early 1970s and taught at the an appeal. tion. The Court sen- to lose by filing an appeal’ prison, and 58 char- Hong Kong Chinese University In his first trial, the Court of tenced him to nine as the top court cannot ges of organized from 1979 to 1985. He then pur- First Instance issued a sentence of months’ imprison- prostitution. sued a PhD degree at Harvard 13 months’ imprisonment, which ment for each charge, legally convict him with a Lun, Mak and University and worked at a law Ho had served as detainment. issuing a total of eight Qiao have all been firm before officially joining the Two charges were pressed years of imprison- tougher sentence sentenced to five Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões against Ho by the public prose- ment for both crimes. years in prison for de Macau (STDM) in 1991. cution: founding and leading a Paulo de Sousa, a local lawyer, ch assigns a more severe senten- the same type and number of char- Ho was the administrative criminal cartel, and organized believes Ho “has nothing to lose ce if the person is found guilty on ges. Pun is sentenced to four years director and manager of Hotel prostitution. The Court of First by filing an appeal” as “the [Court appeal. The phrase literally means in prison for participating in a cri- Lisboa. He was involved in the Instance found him guilty only of of Final Appeal] cannot legally “change for the worse” in English. minal cartel, as well as 15 months management of several hotels in the latter charge. convict him with a more severe There is one more compelling for three organized prostitution Macau, as well as that of SJM.

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Three remain missing in Guangzhou ground collapse accident Chinese yuan planned to

Three people who were trapped in a sudden ground collapse accident in Guangzhou remain flow freely in GBA by 2022 missing, according to local authorities. The cave-in occurred on Sunday at a construction JULIE ZHU Greater Bay Area develo- the scale and scope of the capital funds. site of the Metro Line 11 in the city, sinking pment. According to this cross-boundary use of the Hong Kong should also a cleaning vehicle and an electric scooter. HE Chinese yuan is plan, China hopes to expand renminbi. develop more offshore ren- Rescue efforts were hampered by multiple Tplanned to flow freely in the scale of the Chinese Banking institutions in minbi, commodity and other collapses occurring at the scene, which the entire Greater Bay Area yuan’s acceptance in more the Greater Bay Area may risk management tools. widened the range of surface subsidence, said by 2022, according to Carol markets, also upgrading the launch, in accordance with Talking about the deve- the Guangzhou Metro company at a press Lao, deputy director of the Chinese yuan’s international relevant regulations, cross- lopment of Macau’s special conference held by the information office financial department of the status. boundary renminbi inter- financial services, Lao said of the municipal government. Construction Monetary Authority of Ma- The specific means of bank lending, renminbi that the specialty of Macau’s workers in the subway tunnel have been cau. achieving the policy inclu- foreign exchange spot and system means that a special evacuated. Partial backfilling and side slope On Friday, the Financial des banks in the Greater Bay forward businesses, related service or a product, such reinforcement are being conducted to avoid Services Bureau (DSF) held Area, which can carry out renminbi derivative produc- as financial-leasing, has the further sinking, with surrounding water and gas a seminar on the opportuni- lending in the currency. It is ts and cross distribution of potential to exist in several pipelines being shut down and nearby roads ties and challenges of Macau not entirely clear what this wealth management pro- sectors. and buildings closely monitored. The search special finance. During her will mean for currency con- ducts. “We want to find Macau’s and rescue are underway, and the cause of the presentation, Lao remarked trols currently in force on Enterprises in the Greater special financial service and accident is under investigation. that by 2022, the Chinese the mainland. Bay Area may issue cross- products,” said Lao, adding yuan should be accepted by The Outline Development -boundary renminbi bonds that there were multiple op- International circus the entire Greater Bay Area Plan for the Greater Bay in accordance with relevant tions on the table. festival draws global market, including Hong Area supports consolidating regulations. Lao used Luxembourg as performing talents Kong and Macau. and enhancing Hong Kong’s Hong Kong’s institutional an example. She said that Currently in Macau, the status as an international investors can raise renmin- Luxembourg decided to Over 200 performers from 22 countries Chinese yuan, Hong Kong financial center, strengthe- bi funds in accordance with transform the country from and regions participated in the 6th China dollar and Macau pataca ning its status as a global the relevant regulations in an industrial country into a International Circus Festival last month in are accepted in most tran- offshore renminbi business the Greater Bay Area for financial country by issuing Macau’s neighboring city of Zhuhai. A total of 24 sactions. In Hong Kong, the hub. investment in the capital bonds. Luxembourg attracts circus troupes presented performances ranging Chinese yuan is also widely According to the Greater markets of Hong Kong, and issuers to list bonds to make from extreme sports, aerial acrobatics, clowns accepted. Bay Area plan, the govern- in participating in the in- profits and profits from the to magic shows and dancing during the festival. Lao’s information was ments of the three regions vestment of domestic priva- development of other indus- The Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival, included in the plan of the will progressively expand te equity funds and venture tries’ development. known as one of the world’s top circus venues, has also presented shows to the festival. First held in 2013, the festival is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the provincial government of Guangdong. sent Macau’s largest-ever fi- Macau-Zhuhai joint fireworks reworks show. Guangdong exports up Meanwhile, Director of the 1.2% in first 10 months show promises tech innovation Administrative Committee HE Macau SAR govern- mittee of Hengqin New Area, and numeral patterns inclu- of Hengqin New Area, Yang Guangdong Province exported goods worth Tment and the Zhuhai Mu- some 160,000 fireworks shells ding “Macau and Zhuhai uni- Chuan, remarked that the fi- 3.5 trillion yuan ($497.7 billion) from January nicipal People’s Government will be skyrocketed from four ted as one family” (in Chinese reworks show, although just to October this year, up 1.2% year-on-year, will stage their first joint fi- barges and 16 special-effect characters) and the number a cultural event, represents according to official data. The province’s foreign reworks show together above launching platforms in the “20”, as well as the images of deep collaboration of subs- trade volume reached 5.76 trillion yuan during the sea area in front of Macau 30-minute show. the Ruins of St. Paul’s and the tantial significance. He hopes the same period. Its imports, however, dropped Tower and Zhuhai Hengqin On the night of the show, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau that this collaborative project by 6.6% to 2.26 trillion yuan in the first 10 Financial Island on 22 De- will create a bridge for frien- months, with its trade surplus widening 19.3% fireworks launching locations Bridge. dly exchange between the year on year. The province saw trade with the cember in celebration of the will be set on both sides of Sai The organizers said the European Union rise 10.9% year-on-year to 20th anniversary of the estab- Van Bridge. Two barges and show will “symbolize uni- peoples of both places. 722 billion yuan in the period, and that with the lishment of the Macau Special eight special-effect launching ty and celebration, bliss and Foreseeing that more Association of Southeast Asian Nations rise Administrative Region. platforms will be stationed on prosperity.” opportunities for wider and 3.8% to 804 billion yuan. Private enterprises According to a joint state- each of the two locations. At a press conference held deeper cooperation will arise were the biggest driver. In the first 10 months ment from the two organizing For the first time, 56 yesterday, MGTO director in the future, Yang also exhor- of this year, the foreign trade volume of private entities, the Macau Govern- unmanned boats and 600 Helena de Senna Fernandes ted both sides to join hands companies in Guangdong reached 2.94 trillion ment Tourism Office (MGTO) drones will be harnessed to said that the collaborative in building a Greater Bay Area yuan, up 2.7% in annual terms. and the Administrative Com- form a range of characters debut with Zhuhai would pre- that celebrates culture. DB ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 tue 03.12.2019 大灣區 GREATER BAY

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Hong Kong HK awaits ‘enormous’ retail hit Airlines given one week to as chaos cripples economy save its license ONG Kong Airlines Ltd., the city’s ERIC LAM, JINSHAN HONG Honly other competitor to Cathay & NATALIE LUNG Pacific Airways Ltd., is fighting for sur- vival just as the busy Christmas season

ONG Kong is coun- AIRAM DATO-ON approaches. ting the economic The Air Transport Licensing Authority cost of almost six told the carrier that its finances had de- months of political teriorated so much that it needs to raise Hunrest, with the city expected more cash or risk losing its license. The to post its first budget deficit regulator will make a decision by Satur- since the early 2000s. day, it said. Financial Secretary Paul For Hong Kong Airlines, the ultimatum Chan made the announce- escalates a crisis that already forced the ment to lawmakers Monday, company to delay salary payments and explaining that the ongoing cut flights to places such as Vancouver. turmoil has hurt economic More broadly, the move is the latest in- growth by some 2 percentage dication of how months of anti-Beijing points this year. protests in Hong Kong have roiled the ci- There’s more bad news ty’s carriers — Cathay shares are trading coming: Retail sales data for near the lowest in a decade — as people October are expected to show avoid flying in and out of the Asian finan- a “very enormous” decline, cial hub. Chan said. Arrivals from Chi- Visitor numbers in Hong Kong have na plunged 45.9% from a year plunged since the protests flared in June. earlier in October, the big- Though Hong Kong Airlines, backed by gest decline on record, mea- Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co., ning that the annual “Golden doesn’t disclose its financials because it Week” holiday in mainland isn’t listed, the company has acknowle- China failed to translate into dged it’s facing difficulties. On Friday, it a tourist bump for local retai- said that protests have “severely affec- lers. Overall, visitors to Hong “Make or break is the cor- Group Ltd. will look to cut cos- Alain Lam, finance director ted” its business. The airline was already Kong fell almost 44% in the rect description for most cate- ts by seeking bigger rent dis- with Oriental Watch Holdin- under strain as economic growth took a month. ring businesses in Hong Kong counts, reducing advertising gs Ltd. “At the end of the year, hit from the U.S.-China trade war, and For retail businesses, that as some of them have conti- and reviewing store networks suppliers will ask for payment facing scrutiny from authorities, who’ve raises the stakes for coming nued in the business just be- in Hong Kong and Macau, the and employees will demand a been requesting updates and improve- months. Many proprietors cause their rental agreement company said in a webcast af- one-month bonus -- this may ments on its financial situation this year. will have to make hard choi- has yet to be due,” Pang said. ter reporting that first-half net cut off the cash flow of some ATLA said yesterday it found the situa- ces: whether to continue the “It is very likely that many ca- income sank 21%. The com- companies.” tion “extremely worrying” after meeting fight into next year or give up tering businesses will close pany has leases at more than Oriental Watch Holdings with Hong Kong Airlines’ senior manage- as leases come up for renewal their business if their revenue 40 stores in Hong Kong and has managed to negotiate 8% ment and requesting them to explain the and employee bonuses must doesn’t make a comeback Macau expiring in the next fis- to 10% discounts in rent from company’s finances. The Civil Aviation be paid. during this holiday.” cal year. some landlords and will at- Department and Transport and Housing Iris Pang, an economist Cosmetics retailer Sa Sa Hong Kong has been one tempt to arrange better deals Bureau have also both demanded the with ING Bank NV in Hong International Holdings Ltd. of the world’s largest centers as leases come up, Lam said. company worked to improve its finances. Kong, sees a 70% chance of a may close about 30 stores in for sales of luxury watches, But there’s no guarantee the “HKA’s financial position has deterio- wave of store closures among the coming year depending but it has taken a hammering company will retain its signi- rated rapidly,” ATLA said in its statement, retailers if spending continues on how the market shakes this year. Swiss watch exports ficant presence in Hong Kong, which laid out two new licensing con- to be weak. The situation is es- out and “the results of discus- to mainland China surpassed as it has healthier operations ditions: ensure a cash injection is made pecially dire for catering com- sions with the owners on rent those to Hong Kong for the elsewhere. and that the company maintains levels of panies, who typically enjoy reduction,” the company said first time in October. “If the numbers don’t work cash and equivalents determined by the brisk business at the holidays in an emailed statement. Sa “If the situation persists, out, we will close stores,” he regulator. It said if Hong Kong Airlines though face the prospect of Sa shares have tumbled more by the end of the year many said. “We are shifting our stra- fails to improve its financial situation it cancellations during periods than 40% this year. watch companies will have tegic focus to mainland China, could revoke or suspend the carrier’s li- of unrest. Chow Tai Fook Jewellery to shut down business,” said aggressively.” BLOOMBERG cense. MDT/BLOOMBERG

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reality of the situation,” said Jane Da Mosto, executive director of a Tourists ruined Venice. Now non-profit organization trying to reverse the community’s decline by controlling tourism, including floods are making it uninhabitable a ban on cruise ships. “Venice is WO weeks after high tides and close to falling off the precipice. Tfierce winds produced the There’s no control room.” worst flooding in Venice in more About 1,000 residents leave than half a century, sirens sound BLOOMBERG every year, and about 50,000 peo- about 6:30 a.m. to warn the fragile ple now call the lagoon home. lagoon city’s weary residents that The former city-state has been “acqua alta” is arriving again. governed together with its larger Less than two hours later, tem- mainland neighbor Mestre since porary wooden platforms are in they were linked in 1926 by Fascist place to allow pedestrians to move leader Benito Mussolini. through ancient cobble-stone Activists like Da Mosto say the streets. Vendors hawking cheap city’s issues are so unique that it water-proof boots appear out of needs to be separate. On Sunday, nowhere to cater to ill-prepared Venetians will vote on a referen- tourists. dum to give the community its Sergio Boldrin, one of Venice’s own administrative structure, but most renowned mask makers, is it’s non-binding and opposed by used to the ritual. But the floods the mayor, who has called the ef- aren’t the only sign of decay. The fort “folly” because it risks creating feeling in the city is that climate bureaucratic bottlenecks and dis- change is hastening a downfall couraging investment. that started with mass tourism. That puts more focus on the “The city has become ugly. It’s fraught MOSE anti-flooding pro- lost its soul,” said Boldrin, as thrif- ject. Embroiled in several corrup- ty day trippers stream by to gawk tion probes, the system of water at but not buy his masks, which gates is way over budget at 5.5 can cost as much as 1,000 euros billion euros and counting, and ($1,100). “These people just don’t won’t be ready until 2022—more recognize its real beauty.” than two decades after construc- The son of a gondolier, Boldrin tion began. is a living embodiment of Vene- And it will likely be useless in tian tradition. From the stool of his stopping rising tides, according to tiny atelier Bottega dei Mascareri Nelli-Elena Vanzan Marchini, an near the famous Rialto Bridge, the Italian historian who has written 62-year-old sees a string of small several books on Venice. canvas-covered stands selling Global warming has raised sea cheap trinkets, including low-gra- levels about 8 inches since 1880, de plastic and ceramic knockoffs according to Climate Central, of his masks for as little as 10 eu- tion. Skilled craftspeople in the Europe, China and India, says the Like many others, Mayor Luigi an independent organization of ros. city’s historical area have dropped 54-year-old, who runs the family’s Brugnaro blamed climate change. scientists and journalists. The rate The city—improbably spread by half since the 1970s to about company and heads a consortium “I love my town, we’ve raised is accelerating and a recent report across more than 100 small islands 1,100 in 2018. of business that promotes Murano four children here, but the city by the group predicted that high- in the Venetian lagoon—attracted “A lot of it is generational chan- glass. has changed for the worse in the -tide lines could permanently rise an estimated 30 million visitors ge,” said Enrico Vettore of Confar- The floods, which have become last five years,” said Giovanni Giol, above land occupied by around this year. The crowds strain re- tigianato Venezia. “Often there’s more frequent, disrupt the city’s president of the Benedetto Marce- 150 million people by 2050, inclu- sources but provide little value for no one in a family who can take rhythm, suspending Vaporetto llo music conservatory. ding 30 million Chinese. the local economy. Three-quarters over the business,” but there’s also boat lines that connect stops on Housed in a palace built in That’s a bleak outlook for re- of the tourists stay for just a few the lack of demand as day trippers the Grand Canal to outlying sites the early 1600s, manuscripts and sidents like Boldrin. Along with hours and spend an average 13 “don’t buy real artisan products.” like Murano, Burano and the bar- books in the library were soaked creating masks, the artist paints euros on souvenirs, according to On the nearby island of Mura- rier island of Lido. in this month’s historic flood. The images that evoke the “Death of research by Confartigianato Vene- no, Luciano Gambaro is waging Just before midnight on Nov. worst affected items were sent to Venice” theme—dark, solitary fi- zia, an association of local trade a battle to preserve centuries of 12, Venice’s “acqua alta” reached a restoration facility in Bologna, gures crushed by the weight of the businesses. local glass-making traditions. The 184 centimeters (6 feet) above sea while others were carried to hi- city’s decline. Artisans are struggling to com- number of people working to pro- level. It was generated by a combi- gher levels of the building and are “Many of us Venetians are tired,” pete with the influx of cheaper duce the colorful, hand-blown nation of rising tides and powerful drying out on floors of the mu- he said in the studio he founded products made abroad, and many vases and figurines has also hal- winds of more than 75 miles per seum alongside 17th century mu- with his brother in 1984 and hopes can’t afford rents that have been ved, partly due to the impact of hour. City officials estimated the sical instruments. to pass on to his daughter. “Venice driven up by real-estate specula- counterfeit products from eastern damage at about 1 billion euros. “The storm brought home the is suffocating.” BLOOMBERG

CORPORATE BITS Sands China launches pop-up store for disadvantaged groups Melco to host in-house nursery to support working parents Sands China launched its “This event reinforces our four local non-governmental Melco Resorts & Enter- in a statement. March 2002, where pre- Macao Creative Pop-Up commitment to bolster Ma- organisations: Macau IC2 tainment announced that Lawrence Ho, chairman school education is provi- Store – a platform for local cau’s cultural and creative Association, Fuhong Socie- it will have an in-house nur- and CEO of Melco, said, “A ded in both Chinese and non-governmental orga- industries, and to support ty of Macau, Macau Special sery at one of its properties most important pillar for Portuguese. nizations and designers to some of the local organi- Olympics, and Macau Han- to support the company’s our Corporate Social Res- “We are enthusiastic display and sell their arts and sations that provide such dicraft and Creative People working parent employees ponsibility (CSR) is women about operating the first craft products to guests and important services to the Association to display and – the first of its kind in the and families. […] Encou- in-house nursery in Macau visitors at The Venetian Ma- Macau community,” said sell their arts and craft pro- city. raging taking care of the as part of our aim to pro- cao. Wilfred Wong, president of ducts until December 20. Subject to relevant licen- primary priority of children vide a range of regular so- The initiative provides an Sands China Ltd, as cited in The store features more ses being obtained, The while working, the Melco in- cial service facilities to the opportunity for disadvan- a press released by the ga- than 100 types of items, in- Macau Holy House of Mercy -house nursery will facilitate community of Macau,” said taged groups in Macau to ming operator. cluding umbrellas, t-shirts, will be the nursery’s mana- the wellbeing of families.” António José de Freitas, showcase their talents and The Macao Creative Pop- shopping bags, scarves, key gement operator, the ga- The Creche of Santa president of The Holy Hou- products. -Up Store has been built for chains, magnets. ming operator announced Casa was established in se of Mercy. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 tue 03.12.2019 中國 CHINA

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non-governmental organizations, and is particularly concerned about those involved in humani- Beijing to suspend US Navy visits tarian causes, gender equality, the environment or minority rights. In Hong Kong, several hundred people who work in advertising started a five-day strike yesterday to Hong Kong over new law to show support for the anti-go- KEN MORITSUGU, vernment protests. They said they HONG KONG would not go to work, respond to

AP PHOTO work emails or take part in confe- HINA said yesterday it rence calls. will suspend U.S. mi- Some held up signs with pro- litary ship and aircraft test slogans at an early afternoon visits to Hong Kong and rally to launch the strike in Cha- Csanction several American pro-de- ter Garden, a public square in the mocracy and human rights groups central business district. in retaliation for the signing into Antony Yiu, an entrepreneur in law of legislation supporting anti- advertising and one of the orga- -government protests in the semi- nizers, said they want other busi- -autonomous territory. ness sectors to join them. While the nature of the sanc- “The government seems to tions remained unclear, the move be still ignoring the sound of the followed Chinese warnings that majority of the people,” he said. the U.S. would bear the costs if the The advertising industry wants Hong Kong Human Rights and “to take the first step to encourage Democracy Act was approved. other businesses to participate in The steps are “in response to the strike to give more pressure.” America’s unreasonable beha- More than 10,000 people mar- vior,” foreign ministry spokeswo- ched on Sunday to try to pressu- man Hua Chunying said in Bei- re the government to address the jing, adding that the legislation Hong Kong has been living fere in Hong Kong and China’s mocracy receives funding directly demands after pro-democracy seriously interfered in China’s in- with almost nonstop protests for internal affairs,” she said, adding from Congress, while others ge- candidates won a landslide vic- ternal affairs. six months. The movement’s de- that China could take “further nerally draw their running costs tory in district council elections The law, signed last week by mands include democratic elec- necessary actions” depending on from a mixture of private and pu- one week earlier. President Donald Trump, man- tions and an investigation into the how matters develop. blic grants. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dates sanctions on Chinese and police response. More fundamen- Hua accused the groups of ins- Derek Mitchell, the president has said she’ll accelerate dialogue Hong Kong officials who carry out tally, the protesters and others in tigating protesters to engage in of the National Democratic Insti- but hasn’t offered any conces- human rights abuses and requires Hong Kong fear that China is ero- “radical violent crimes and inci- tute, said in Hong Kong last week sions since the elections. an annual review of the favora- ding the rights and freedoms they ting separatist activities.” that accusations it was colluding The protests are blamed for ble trade status that Washington have under a “one country, two “These organizations deserve with protesters were “patently fal- driving the economy into reces- grants Hong Kong. systems” framework. to be sanctioned and must pay a se.” sion. Tourism, airline and retail The legislation was backed by Hua said China would sanc- price,” Hua said. The institute has no role in the sectors have been hit particularly U.S. lawmakers who are sympa- tion organizations including the China has long accused foreign current protests, and “to suggest hard, with retail sales down about thetic to the protesters and have National Endowment for Demo- groups and governments of fo- otherwise spreads misinforma- 20%. criticized Hong Kong police for cracy, the National Democratic menting the demonstrations in tion and fails to recognize the mo- “The willingness of tourists cracking down on the pro-demo- Institute for International Affairs, Hong Kong, singling out the U.S., vement stems from genuine grie- coming to Hong Kong has been cracy movement. Human Rights Watch, the Inter- former colonial overlord Britain, vances,” he said. significantly affected,” the city’s fi- Police say their use of tear gas, national Republican Institute, and democratic, self-governing While China has in the past nancial secretary, Paul Chan, said. rubber bullets and other force is a Freedom House and others that Taiwan, which China claims as suspended U.S. military visits, the He said the government will necessary response to escalating she said had “performed badly” in its own territory to be annexed by sanctions on the various groups run a budget deficit for the first violence by the protesters, who the Hong Kong unrest. force if necessary. could bring conditions for civil time in 15 years because of falling have blocked major roads and “China urges the United States Among the groups to be sub- society in Hong Kong one step tax revenues and greater spen- thrown gasoline bombs back at to correct its mistakes and stop ject to the unspecified sanctions, closer to those in mainland China. ding to try to offset the economic officers in riot gear. any words and deeds that inter- the National Endowment for De- Beijing imposes restrictions on slowdown. AP

HINA and Russia lau- Cnched yesterday a gas pipeline that is more than China, Russia launch massive joint gas pipeline 6,000 kilometers long, an outcome of their long- -China energy cooperation Russian side of the pipeli- in the winter. -planned energy partner- to a whole new level and ne, which runs from new The Power of Siberia pi- ship. brings us closer to achie- Siberian gas fields to the peline is a “project of sym- AP PHOTO As its relationships with ving the goal set together Chinese border. bolic importance for Chi- Europe and the United with Chinese President Xi Russia began seeking na-Russia cooperation,” States have grown more Jinping of extending bila- alternative economic part- said Xi, who expressed volatile, Russia is looking teral trade turnover to $200 nerships after the U.S. and hope that the pipeline will to bring its vast natural billion in 2024,” Putin said. European Union imposed become a driving force for gas resources to the east. The pipeline bolsters sanctions over its annexa- economic and social deve- China is the world’s lar- the nations’ ties while Chi- tion of the Crimean Penin- lopment in the regions it gest energy consumer and na is embroiled in a trade sula in March 2014. traverses. needs new supply sources dispute with the U.S. It The Chinese side of the “Over the past more to meet domestic demand. stems from a $400 billion line starts in northern Hei- than five years, the two Chinese President Xi deal signed in 2014 by longjiang province, rea- countries’ participating Jinping and Russian Presi- Russian state energy giant ching southward to Shan- companies worked toge- dent Vladimir Putin inau- Gazprom, which agreed to ghai. Demand for natural ther closely, and nume- gurated the pipeline — du- deliver 38 billion cubic me- gas has risen in northern rous builders tread on ice bbed the “Power of Siberia” ters of natural gas annually China as the government and laid in snow, braving — through a joint video to China National Petro- seeks to control smog by the elements to complete Vladimir Putin (right) and other Russian officials attend a joint video conference with Xi Jinping during inaugurating the Power of Siberia conference. leum Corp for the next 30 moving households away their construction tasks,” pipeline in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, yesterday “This step takes Russia- years. Gazprom built the from burning coal for heat he said. AP page 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo CHINA 中國 03.12.2019 tue

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research organization. The go- China plans new coal plants, vernment slashed subsidies for solar energy. Last week in Beijing, China’s trims support for clean energy vice minister of ecology and en- S world leaders gather in vironment told reporters that ASpain to discuss how to slow non-fossil-fuel sources already the warming of the planet, a AP PHOTO account for 14.3% of the country’s spotlight falls on China — the top energy mix. He did not indicate emitter of greenhouse gases. that China would embrace more China burns about half the coal stringent targets soon. used globally each year. Between “We are still faced with challen- 2000 and 2018, its annual carbon ges of developing our economy, emissions nearly tripled, and it improving people’s livelihood,” now accounts for about 30% of Zhao Yingmin said. the world’s total. Yet it’s also the As a fast-growing economy, it leading market for solar panels, was always inevitable that Chi- wind turbines and electric vehi- na’s energy demands would climb cles, and it manufactures about steeply. The only question was two-thirds of solar cells installed whether the country could power worldwide. a sufficiently large portion of its “We are witnessing many con- economy with renewables to curb tradictions in China’s energy de- emissions growth. velopment,” said Kevin Tu, a Bei- Many observers took hope jing-based fellow with the Center Steel manufacturing in Hejin in Shanxi Province from a brief dip in China’s car- on Global Energy Policy at Co- bon emissions between 2014 lumbia University. “It’s the largest energy system and economy. At China had previously commi- building or planning to complete and 2016. Today the country’s re- coal market and the largest clean the same time, the country is re- tted to shifting its energy mix to new coal power plants with total newed focus on coal comes as a energy market in the world.” ducing subsidies for renewable 20% renewables, including nu- capacity of 148 gigawatts — nearly disappointment. That apparent paradox is pos- energy. clear and hydroelectric energy. equal to the entire coal-power ca- “Now there’s a sense that rather sible because of the sheer scale of At the annual United Nations Climate experts generally agree pacity of the European Union wi- than being a leader, China is the China’s energy demands. climate summit, this year in Ma- that the initial targets pledged in thin the next few years, according one that is out of step,” said Lau- But as China’s economy slows drid, government representati- Paris will not be enough to reach to an analysis by Global Energy ri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the to the lowest level in a quarter ves will put the finishing touches the goal, and next year nations are Monitor, a San Francisco-based Centre for Research on Energy century — around 6% growth, on implementing the 2015 Paris required to articulate more ambi- nonprofit. and Clean Air in Helsinki. He no- according to government sta- Agreement, which set a goal to tious targets. Meanwhile, investment in Chi- tes that several developed coun- tistics — policymakers are dou- limit future warming to 1.5 to 2 Hopes that China would offer na’s renewable energy dropped tries — including Germany, South bling down on support for coal degrees Celsius above pre-indus- to do much more are fading. almost 40 percent in the first half Korea and the United States — are and other heavy industries, the trial levels. Nations may decide for Recent media reports and sate- of 2019 compared with the same rapidly reducing their reliance on traditional backbones of China’s themselves how to achieve it. llite images suggest that China is period last year, according to coal power. AP ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13 tue 03.12.2019 亞太 ASIA PACIFIC

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Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce to disrupt and deter anyone attempting to undermine Australia says China’s treatment Australia’s national interests. Morrison said he shared Pay- ne’s concern for Yang. “We would like to see the is- of writer is ‘unacceptable’ sues about access to lawyers, about getting a clear enuncia- ROD MCGUIRK, CANBERRA tion of what the matter is that have been brought against the

USTRALIA’S foreign AP PHOTO Australian citizen at the center of minister yesterday this case, and ... that his access to described as “unaccep- family and treatment that would table” the daily inter- meet, you know, world standards rogationA of a shackled Chinese is being provided to him,” Morri- Australian writer detained in Bei- son told reporters. jing since January on suspicion of “The most recent consular espionage. access was a matter of great con- Yang Hengjun was taken into cern to me and the foreign minis- custody upon arriving in sou- ter and we will continue to make thern China’s Guangzhou from those representations on behalf New York in January with his wife, of an Australian citizen,” he ad- Yuan Xiaoliang, and his 14-year- ded. -old stepdaughter. China says it doesn’t threaten Foreign Minister Marise Payne or torture criminal suspects, but said she was “very concerned” by both practices are routinely alle- reports from Australian officials ged by those who produce con- following their latest monthly fessions that they later retract. consular visit to Yang, who re- China has been angry over the mains in criminal detention. Her allegations that it is interfering in office did not immediately say Australian politics and manipu- when the visit took place. lating members of the Chinese “His circumstances of deten- expatriate population there, in- tion include increased isolation cluding university students. Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne attends a press conference in Sydney yesterday from the outside world, with res- On Friday, Hua called the ac- trictions on his communications cusations, strongly backed by with family and friends and the “As far as I know, the person norms, including access to his The Chinese Embassy in Aus- witness testimony, “nothing but resumption of daily interroga- you mentioned is now in good lawyers and to his family, both of tralia did not immediately res- ridiculous farces, like some shod- tion, including while shackled,” condition. There’s no so-called which continue to be denied to pond to a request for comment. dy soap operas.” Payne said in a statement. “This is integration or torture,” Hua said. him,” Payne said. “This has not Some analysts suspect Yang Alleged Chinese spy Wang Li- unacceptable.” Australia has made repeated led to any substantive changes in has been detained because of qiang told overseas media last At a daily briefing in Bei- requests to Chinese authorities his treatment.” Chinese anger over Australian month that he had been embed- jing, Chinese foreign ministry for an explanation of the charges “We will continue to express legislation passed by Parliament ded in a Hong Kong-listed com- spokeswoman Hua Chunying against the 54-year-old spy nove- our expectations in clear terms to last year that outlaws covert fo- pany to extend Beijing’s influence said an unidentified Chinese na- list, Payne said. the Chinese authorities — both reign interference in Australian in the territory, as well as in Aus- tional security body would han- “We have also made repeated in Beijing and in Canberra — in- politics and institutions. tralia and Taiwan. dle Yang’s case “in accordance requests for him to be afforded cluding that Dr. Yang be released Prime Minister Scott Morri- China has attempted to discre- with law and fully guarantee the basic standards of justice, proce- and that, while his detention con- son yesterday announced an 88 dit Wang, saying he is a convicted various rights of the person invol- dural fairness and humane treat- tinues, he be treated fairly and million Australian dollar ($60 fraudster wanted by Shanghai ved.” ment, in line with international humanely,” she added. million) investment in a new police. AP

INDIA People demand justice after woman gang raped and killed UNDREDS of people stricter laws against rape. crimes against women are Hgathered in New Delhi, The attack spurred qui- pending in city courts. Ahmedabad, Mumbai and AP PHOTO ck action on legislation Last week’s incident was other Indian cities yester- that doubled prison ter- also discussed in Parlia- day to demand justice in ms for rapists to 20 years ment. the case of a veterinarian and criminalized voyeu- Defense Minister Rajna- who was gang-raped and rism, stalking and the tra- th Singh said the attack had killed last week. fficking of women. Indian “brought shame to the enti- The protesters deman- lawmakers also voted to re country.” ded a fast-track investiga- lower to 16 from 18 the age “It has hurt everyone. tion of the case and strin- at which a person can be The accused must be given gent laws for the safety of tried as an adult for heinous the most stringent punish- women in India. crimes. ment for their crime,” Singh “We are not safe anymo- According to the most said. re in India. We are scared to recent available official cri- Activists in India say move out of our homes,” me records, police registe- the government has failed said Sejal Kumar, a college red 33,658 cases of rape in to control rising crimes student from New Delhi. India in 2017 - an average of against women. The burned body of the People shout slogans condemning rising cases of rape and violence against women during a protest in more than 90 every day. But Jyoti Badekar, a women’s 27-year-old woman was Ahmadabad, India, yesterday the real figure is believed to rights activist from Mum- found last week by a passer- be far higher as many wo- bai, said an inadequate -by in an underpass in the Police said four suspects women have been in the aboard a moving bus in men in India don’t report number of female police southern city of Hyderabad have been taken into custo- spotlight in India since New Delhi prompted hun- cases to police due to fear. staff is one of the factors after she went missing the dy. 2012, when the fatal gang dreds of thousands to take The data also show that contributing to the pro- previous night. Violent crimes against rape of a young woman to the streets to demand more than 90% of cases of blem. AP page 14 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ADVERTISEMENT 廣告 03.12.2019 tue

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like a great act of self-harm. NATO has no real wars to fight but its power, and Europe’s securi- NATO under friendly fire as ty, lies in the abilities of the allies to deter adversaries like Russia and potential ones such as China. That deterrence depends on a ba- leaders ready for London summit lanced mix of military posturing and shows of political resolve by LORNE COOK, BRUSSELS speaking with one voice. Since Russia annexed Ukrai-

ATO leaders will gather AP PHOTO ne’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, in London today as the NATO has deployed more than world’s biggest military 4,000 troops to Estonia, Latvia, Li- alliance, marking its thuania and Poland to discourage N70th birthday, battles with one of further military adventurism by the most confounding of adversa- Putin. The allies also ended their ries: Itself. post-Cold War budget cuts and As thousands of troops stand stepped up defense spending. ready along Europe’s eastern flank But it is the very public infigh- to deter Russia — the reason the ting among alliance heavyweights trans-Atlantic alliance was fou- that undermines NATO’s security nded in 1949 — or help keep the efforts. peace in places like Afghanistan “The leaders have a responsi- and Kosovo, the leaders of coun- bility for not undermining deter- tries with NATO’s largest armies rence,” said Tomas Valasek, senior are wildly taking pot shots at each fellow at the Carnegie Europe other. think-tank. Before the two-day summit, to “Deterrence is not just about include receptions at Buckingham having bombs, bullets, missi- Palace and Downing Street plus a NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg les, airplanes or these days cyber working session at a golf resort in geeks you can deploy against outer London, Karen Donfried, costly operation in terms of lives an opportunity for France to fill it to be part of an extremist group. the adversary. Deterrence is also president of the German Marshall and cash — only to call off talks and boost Europe’s security cre- “You should get checked whe- about communicating that we Fund think tank, said the 29 NATO with the Taliban. Now, it seems, dentials, has lamented the “brain ther you’re brain-dead,” Erdogan mean it when we say we’re an allies are approaching this mee- they are on again. All the while, death” of NATO and says the allies said Friday, in remarks directed alliance of 29 and we are ready to ting “with a sense of foreboding.” U.S. troop numbers are declining. need “a wake-up call.” at Macron. “Kicking Turkey out respond as 29 when something “Few anticipate a gathering Other allies are unsure what to Macron wants strategic talks of NATO or not, how is that up to bad happens,” Valasek said. that will both unify and stop the make of it. about where NATO is going, who you? Do you have the authority to “Our adversaries are constantly growing cracks in cohesion. Allian- Last month, he precipitous- its adversaries really are, how to make such a decision?” looking for chinks in our armor. ce leaders carry the responsibili- ly pulled troops out of northern tackle terrorism, what to do about Meanwhile, Erdogan plans For cracks or signs of division. God ty to articulate NATO’s common Syria. Turkey took that as a green an unpredictable ally like Turkey, to test a new air defense system, knows there have been plenty of purpose and ongoing relevance. light to launch an invasion that and how to improve relations with purchased from Russia, that its those,” he added. If they do not, Vladimir Putin will has alarmed its European NATO Russia, rather than a spend a third partners refuse to allow near any On its 70th birthday, NATO’s be raising a glass in Moscow to the partners, many already struggling summit in self-flagellation about NATO military equipment. summit declaration — should it fraught state of the alliance at 70,” with the political fallout sparked Trump’s favorite topic: military German Chancellor Angela survive the hail of friendly fire — she said, in reference to Russia’s by the arrival of tens of thousands spending. Merkel, in the final period of her will focus on the future; issues like president. of Syrian refugees via Turkey in In the latest act of political frien- reign, has played the go-between, new disarmament talks, the allian- In recent months, U.S. Presi- 2015. dly-fire, Turkey accused Macron of trying to keep the NATO leader- ce’s role in space, and its policy dent Donald Trump has declared French President Emmanuel supporting terrorism for agreeing ship train on the rails. toward China. Its main challenge that peace is nigh in Afghanis- Macron, complaining of a U.S. to hold talks with a Syrian Kurd From the outside, and quite today could be surviving its go-it- tan — NATO’s longest and most leadership vacuum and sensing politician whom Ankara considers possibly from the Kremlin, it looks -alone leaders. AP

CLIMATE SUMMIT men and the environment. Democratic members of Congress said earlier the Uni- Guterres disappointed by climate action so far ted States remains committed to the Paris climate accord HE head of the United with the United States, with naming any individuals or despite President Donald TNations said yesterday Russia in a way that will allow countries. Trump’s decision to withdraw AP PHOTO he’s “disappointed” with pled- all to understand that this In a speech at the opening from the 2015 agreement. ges made so far by the world’s must be a collective effort and of a two-week climate sum- House Speaker Nancy Pe- bigger greenhouse gas emit- that they all will have to cor- mit in Madrid, Pedro Sánchez losi told an audience yester- ters to reduce their contribu- rect their policies in order to said “alternative facts” must day at this the meeting in Ma- tion to the planet’s rising tem- be able to drastically reduce be fought back with actions. drid that “we’re still in it.” peratures. the emissions,” Guterres said. The leader of Spain’s Socia- Pelosi, who led a delega- But the European Union’s He also said that the “ad- lists, who is trying to assem- tion of more than a dozen initiative of a “green pact” diction to coal” in parts of ble enough parliamentary members of Congress to the could make the bloc of 28 Asia could undermine clima- support to remain in gover- Spanish capital, said climate countries a world champion te action. nment, offered to host the change poses a threat to pu- to push other big polluters in “Our strong recommenda- summit after Chile was ro- blic health, the economy and the same direction, United tion is for countries to think cked by a wave of anti-gover- national security. Nations Secretary General seriously before building new nment protests. The United States techni- António Guterres told The coal power plants and for “There is no wall that cally remains a member of the Associated Press on the first those that can do it to start will protect any country, as Paris accord until Nov. 4, 2020. of 12 days of talks in Madrid phasing out the old ones,” he powerful as it might be,” he Delegates from almost 200 aimed at increasing action said. said, calling for Europe to lead countries have begun a two- against climate change. Spain’s interim prime mi- the global efforts for de-car- -week international climate “I’m convinced that Euro- nister said “only a handful of bonization. conference in Madrid that pe will be in a position to ne- fanatics deny the evidence” Sánchez also said develo- seeks to step up efforts to stop gotiate with China, with India, of climate change — without pment should not ignore wo- global warming. MDT/AP page 16 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo INFOTAINMENT 資訊／娛樂 03.12.2019 tue

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Red December - Exhibition of Carlos 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) Marreiros 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) Time: 10am-9pm 15:00 Água de Mar Until: February 13, 2020 15:30 BING Venue: Tap Seac Gallery, Avenida Conselheiro 15:45 Os Ursos Boonie na Neve Ferreira de Almeida, No 95 16:00 História a História com Fernando Rosas Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 16:30 Quem Quer Ser Milionário 17:45 Império (Repetição) Retrospective Exhibition on the Past 18:35 Semana Internacional (Repetição) National Lotus Flower Exhibitions 19:10 Resumo Liga dos Campeões 2019/2020 Time: 9am-1pm & 2:30pm-5:30pm (Closed on 19:30 Ouro Verde Sr.1 Mondays) 20:30 Telejornal Until: December 31, 2019 Venue: Guia Hill Nature Information Station 21:10 Macau 20 Anos 21:25 TDM Talk Show (next to cable car station) 1984 Hundreds die in Admission: Free 21:55 Livros com João Guedes Enquiries: 2888 0087 22:05 Viagens Gastronómicas Bhopal chemical accident 22:30 Império Hundreds of people have died from the effects of toxic The 2nd Macau Ocean Culture Festival - 23:15 TDM News gases which leaked from a chemical factory near the central Creative design competition exhibition Indian city of Bhopal. 23:50 Justiça de Chicago - Fim Time: Open 24 hours The accident happened in the early hours of this morning Until: December 19, 2019 00:35 Telejornal (Repetição) at the American-owned Union Carbide Pesticide Plant three Venue: Sai Van Lake 01:20 No Ar miles (4.8 km) from Bhopal. Admission: Free Mr Y P Gokhale, managing director of Union Carbide in In- Facebook: porthistorymacau dia, said that methyl isocyanate gas (MIC) had escaped when The World as Will and Idea – Collective Exhibition of a valve in the plant’s underground storage tank broke under Emerging Artists from Mainland China cinema pressure. Time: 10am-7pm (No admittance after 6:30pm, This caused a deadly cloud of lethal gas to float from the closed on Mondays) cineteatro factory over Bhopal, which is home to more than 900,000 people - many of whom live in slums. Until: February 23, 2020 28 Nov - 05 Dec Venue: Macau Contemporary Art Centre - Navy Chaos and panic broke out in the city and surrounding areas Yard No.1, located at Rua de S. Tiago Da Barra as tens of thousands of people attempted to escape. Admission: Free More than 20,000 people have required hospital treatment for symptoms including swollen eyes, frothing at the mouth Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 and breathing difficulties. Thousands of dead cats, dogs, cows and birds litter the Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists streets and the city’s mortuaries are filling up fast. 2019 Bhopal resident, Ahmed Khan, said: “We were choking and ime: 10am-8pm (Closed on Mondays) T our eyes were burning. We could barely see the road through Until: February 23, 2020 the fog, and sirens were blaring. Venue: Old Court Building, Avenida da Praia “We didn’t know which way to run. Everybody was very con- Grande, nº.459, Macau FROZEN II fused. Admission: Free room 1 “Mothers didn’t know their children had died, children didn’t Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 2:15, 4:10, 6:00, 7:50pm know their mothers had died and men didn’t know their whole Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Starring: Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel families had died.” Language: Cantonese The Union Carbide factory was closed immediately after Duration: 103min the accident and three senior members of staff arrested. Medical and scientific experts have been dispatched to the Offbeat scene and the Indian government has ordered a judicial in- quiry. Cats to be put on leashes to It is understood the Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, will be flying to the area within the next few days. protect wildlife? EU says No Courtesy BBC News AP PHOTO

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OCIAL media star Oli- arrives in Bethlehem Svia Jade Giannulli (pic- tured, left) posted yesterday AP PHOTO tiny wooden relic that the Vatican was a spirit-lif- [Macau time] her first You- Asome Christians believe ting moment for the Pa- Tube video since the arrest to be part of Jesus’ manger lestinians, a small minority of her parents, actress Lori arrived last weekend in its of whom are Christian. It Loughlin and fashion de- permanent home in the coincides with Advent, a signer Mossimo Giannulli, biblical city of Bethlehem four-week period leading made her one of the most 1,400 years after it was sent up to Christmas. Troubled visible figures in the college to Rome as a gift to the pope. Bethlehem in the Israeli-oc- admissions scandal that ens- Cheerful crowds greeted cupied West Bank is prepa- nared dozens of wealthy pa- the ornately encased relic ring for the occasion, where rents and their children. with much fanfare before pilgrims from around the “Welcome back to my it entered the Franciscan world flock to the city. YouTube channel, obvious- Church of St. Catherine Young Palestinian scou- ly I’ve been gone for a really next to the Church of the ts played bagpipes and the long time,” Jade says in the Nativity, the West Bank holy crowd snapped pictures as two-minute video, titled site where tradition says Je- a clergyman held the sil- sus was born. ver reliquary and marched “hi again,” posted to her ters labeled as recruits to she stayed away from social to stay away. The return of the relic by toward the church. account that has nearly 2 the USC crew team so they media because she is legally “I actually really, really million subscribers. could gain admission to the prohibited from talking miss it,” she says. “I feel like She says she debated for school, even though neither about the scandal, and it see- a huge part of me is not the months whether to return to participated in the sport. med pointless to appear and same because this is some- AP PHOTO her channel, which focused Charged in federal court ignore it. thing that I’m really passio- on fashion, beauty and vi- in Massachusetts with cons- “If I can’t talk about it, is nate about and something I deo-diary entries about her piracy to commit fraud, there a point in coming back really like to do. ... I’m really life. bribery and money launde- and not being able to saying excited to start filming again “I’m terrified to make this ring, they have pleaded not anything?” Jade says. It’s and start uploading again.” video and come back,” Jade guilty and have refused to not clear what legal restric- Jade went silent on social says, “but I want to start reach plea agreements with tions would keep her from media after her parents’ taking smaller steps in the prosecutors as many other speaking or whether attor- March arrest and lost ad- right direction.” parents, including actress Fe- neys have simply advised her vertising deals that included Loughlin and Giannulli are licity Huffman, already have not to do so. cosmetics retailer Sephora accused of paying $500,000 done. Jade said the pull of so- and hair products company to have their two daugh- In her new video, Jade says cial media was too strong TRESemme. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 19 tue 03.12.2019 體育 SPORTS

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That took the 22-year-old FOOTBALL Martínez’s tally to eight in Serie A this season. Mattia Valoti pulled one back for Spal five minutes after the in- terval. Inter leapfrogs Juventus to “We’ve been working since day one to cause our opponents problems. We’re certainly doing top Serie A as Bianconeri draw a great job, but we’ve only played 14 games,” Inter coach Antonio DANIELLA MATAR, MILAN Conte said. “When a team like Juventus drops points, you need

teenage goalkeeper AP PHOTO to make sure that you make the restricted Juven- most of that. But we need to look tus to a 2-2 draw at at ourselves, we need to keep mo- home to Sassuolo ving down this path of growth. yesterdayA (Macau time) which “We have to give even more dropped the eight-time defen- and make the most of this posi- ding champion into second tive enthusiasm, and we have to place. manage games like today’s be- Juventus needed Cristiano tter. Just one unlucky moment Ronaldo’s penalty to secure a would have been enough to slip point against Sassuolo before to a draw in a match where we Inter Milan beat Spal 2-1 to deserved nothing but a win.” move a point above the Bian- coneri in the Serie A table. OTHER MATCHES Sassuolo’s first-choice Ciro Immobile remains at the goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo top of the goalscoring charts af- was recovering from surgery ter netting two in Lazio’s 3-0 win and reserve Andrea Consigli over Udinese. was also injured, so 18-year- The Italy forward has scored -old Stefano Turati was han- 17 league goals this season, se- ded his debut. ven more than Inter’s Romelu Turati’s youth was highli- Lukaku, who is second in the ghted by the appearance of standings. veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Lazio remained third, seven Buffon at the other end. points off top spot. The 41-year-old Buffon had Napoli’s winless run extended made 160 Serie A appearances to eight matches after it lost 2-1 before Turati was even born. at home to Bologna. “Buffon told me “very well Fernando Llorente had what done,” it was an honor to play would have been a stoppage-ti- against him, the idol of all me equalizer ruled out on video children. As a kid, I used to Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez scores his side’s first goal review for a very marginal offsi- watch him,” Turati said. de. “I don’t know what to say, Caputo’s assist and chipped it keep out Ronaldo’s free kick. LAUTARO AT THE DOUBLE Elsewhere, Theo Hernández there’s too many emotions, I over Buffon. He later called it his most dif- Lautaro Martínez scored his scored two minutes from time feel like I’m in a bubble ... I’m Caputo got on the sco- ficult save of the match. second brace of the week to to send AC Milan to a 1-0 win at going to call my mum now.” resheet two minutes into the The young goalkeeper was send Inter top of the table. Parma. Juventus took the lead in second half after a series of powerless to keep out Ronal- The Argentina forward had It was only Milan’s second win the 20th minute through a defensive errors from Juven- do’s penalty in the 69th after scored two in Wednesday’s in seven matches. long-range Leonardo Bonuc- tus. Filippo Romagna had fouled Champions League victory at Roma won 3-1 at Hellas Vero- ci snapshot but it lasted just That appeared to jolt Ju- Paulo Dybala. Slavia Prague and he added na to move fourth, three points three minutes before Jeremie ventus into action and Turati Turati did well to withstand another two in the first half above Cagliari, which hosts Sam- Boga rushed onto Francesco needed an impressive save to the late siege by the Bianconeri. yesterday. pdoria today. AP

GOLF Larrazabal stumbles, then rallies to win in South Africa ABLO Larrazábal won until his rousing finish came at the event where bogey. That set up the der 70 and plenty of help with a 4-under 67 for a Pthe European Tour’s to capture his first Euro- he started his professio- victory for Larrazabal, from Nanna Koerstz Ma- four-shot victory in the season-opening Alfred pean Tour victory in four nal career 12 years ago. who hit wedge to tap-in desen, who hit into wa- Japan LPGA Tour Cham- Dunhill Championship years. Charl Schwartzel (70) range for the closing bir- ter on the final hole and pionship Ricoh Cup, the after losing a three-shot “I woke up this mor- finished tied for third die. made double bogey to final event of the year overnight lead and then ning and I didn’t think I at 6 under on his return finish one shot behind. on the Japan LPGA. ... making three birdies on was going to play,” Larra- to tournament action OTHER TOURS Van Dam won for the fifth Barry Lane closed with a his last four holes for a zábal said. “I couldn’t put for the first time in ei- K.T. Kim closed with time on the Ladies Euro- 2-under 69 for a one-shot 3-over 75 and a one-s- my shoe on, I couldn’t ght months because of an 8-under 64 and rallied pean Tour. ... Josh Youn- victory on the MCB Tour troke victory yesterday walk to the buggy. I really a wrist injury. Branden from three shots behind ger won his first PGA Tour Championship-Mada- [Macau time]. struggled on the back Grace (73) and Wil Bes- to win the Casio World of Australasia title with gascar, his second victory The final birdie was on nine. I have a big blis- seling (74) also tied for Open on the Japan Golf a birdie on the second this year on Europe’s se- the par-5 18th to finish ter on my right toe and third. Tour. Kim, who once rea- playoff hole to beat Travis nior Staysure Tour. ... Ko- at 8-under 280, one shot I said to myself, ‘If Tiger Besseling led or held a ched as high as No. 20 in Smyth in the NSW Open. rean LPGA members won ahead of Sweden’s Joel can win a U.S. Open with share of the lead through the world, won for the Younger made double bo- seven singles matches for Sjöholm, who shot 69. a broken leg…’ and I just much of the final round, first time in three years. gey on the 17th hole for a a 15-9 victory over LPGA Larrazabal, who said fought hard.” but his approach on the ... Anne Van Dam won 1-under 71, getting into members from Korea in he struggled with blisters The 36-year-old Lar- 18th was too far and lan- the Andalucía Costa del the playoff when Smyth the Orange Life Cham- on his feet, had six bo- razábal’s victory at Leo- ded among rocks behind Sol Open for the second (71) finished bogey-par. pions Trophy Inbee Park geys and a double bogey pard Creek Country Club the green, leading to a straight year with a 2-un- ... Seon-woo Bae closed Invitational. AP Former governor of China’s the Xinjiang sentenced in bribery BUZZ The former governor of China’s tense northwestern re- showed pictures of him standing in the dock. gion of Xinjiang was sentenced to life in prison on charges A statement on the official microblog of the People’s Hi- of taking bribes, becoming one of the highest-profile ethnic ghest Court said Bekri had been sentenced by the Interme- minority politicians to fall in an ongoing anti-corruption diate People’s Court in the northeastern city of Shenyang campaign. and had stated he would not appeal. Nur Bekri had been among China’s most politically succes- It said Bekri had accepted 79.1 million yuan ($11.23 million) OPINION sful members of the Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, in bribes while serving in his various positions between 1998 more than one million of whom have been detained in poli- and 2018 in return for helping companies and individuals tical re-education camps in recent years. obtain government contracts, promoting their products or Our Desk State media reports said Bekri was sentenced yesterday and offering other illicit services. Lynzy Valles Is it Christmas yet?

The Philippine Consulate General held its Christmas party for the Filipino community on Sunday – a com- Belgian Carnival town AP PHOTO munity that has been the butt of jokes about it celebra- ting the festive season once the “ber” months kick off. renounces UNESCO In the Philippines, we usually start to play Christmas songs in the mall, supermarkets and streets once it hits UN The incoming head September – three months earlier than the actual ce- title over racism row of the U.N.’s atomic lebration. watchdog agency said Around this time, Christmas sales and other holiday he will take a “firm and promos start to appear in our e-mails, as well as great fair” approach toward price deals in supermarkets for food that we usually AP PHOTO inspections of Iran’s have on Christmas Eve, including ham and quezo de nuclear facilities, and bola. plans to visit Tehran in Social media users are also reminded that Septem- the near future. Argentine ber has started when memes of the country’s favorite diplomat Rafael Mariano Christmas songwriter Jose Mari Chan and even Ma- Grossi’s (pictured) comments came after riah Carey appear as one scrolls down their news feed. he was confirmed as the No one really knows when this kind of tradition star- new director general ted among Filipino households – but for sure, this is of the International the community’s favorite festive season back home. Atomic Energy Agency Christmas lights, decorations and hymns start to fill unanimously at a special up the street – particularly in big cities and districts. session. His four-year The yuletide season is largely celebrated across the term begins today. country. Data shows that 90% of Filipinos are Chris- More on p15 tians – the majority of whom are Catholics who consi- der their faith a significant part of their lives. That is why I reckon the consulate makes sure that it AP PHOTO does not fail to host its own Christmas party to accom- modate those who are far away from home. The community always finds ways to celebrate its traditional parties including preparing the traditional most famous Carnivals and ganizations, for whom it will festive food, playing a variety of games and of course, RAF CASERT, BRUSSELS Russia Russian scientists singing ballads on karaoke machines. it is a celebration of unbrid- never be enough.” yesterday showed off a It is also considered significant for families to be HE famed Belgian Car- led, no-holds-barred humor Hans Knoop of the Bel- prehistoric puppy, believed complete during this festive season. Tnival town of Aalst wan- and satire. Politicians, reli- gian Forum of Jewish Or- to be 18,000 years old, Many overseas Filipino workers go back home to the ts to renounce its place on gious leaders and the rich ganizations told The Asso- found in permafrost in Philippines in the middle of December as “many” of the U.N. cultural heritage and famous are relentlessly ciated Press that the mayor the country’s Far East. Discovered last year in their family members (“many” almost always includes list, saying it is sick of wides- ridiculed during the three- had not been cooperative in a lump of frozen mud the neighbors) wait at the airport with a homemade pread complaints that this -day festival ahead of Ro- discussing the issue. near the city of Yakutsk, spring’s edition contained welcome sign. man Catholic Lent. And Knoop warned that the puppy is unusually However, some remain in the city, as aside from not blatant anti-Semitism. Imposing limits on that renouncing the UNESCO well-preserved, with its being able to go home due to work schedules, the pri- Town officials say cultural heritage tag hair, teeth, whiskers and ce of plane tickets during this season is high. the float objected to, should not open the eyelashes still intact. Thus, during December, remittances from all across with stereotypical Aalst is one way for more similar the globe to the Philippines remain high. depictions of hook- displays at the festival US President Donald Trump accused Argentina Last year, personal remittances from overseas Filipi- -nosed Jews sitting on of Europe’s in late February. and Brazil of hurting nos registered a record high of 3.2 billion U.S. dollars piles of money, was “They are not at in December 2018, up 3.6% year-on-year – the highest most famous American farmers through trying to make a joke liberty to spew any currency manipulation annual level to date. and they contend Carnivals and it more anti-Semitic and said he’ll slap tariffs State bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas previously no one should try to dirt,” he said. “We will on their steel and noted that the growth was driven by remittance in- muzzle humor of any is a celebration keep a close eye on aluminum imports to flows from land-based overseas Filipinos with work kind during the three- Aalst.” retaliate. Trump also contracts of one year or more and remittances from of unbridled, no- called on America’s -day Carnival. He insisted there both sea-based and land-based OFs with work con- central bank to take action Aalst mayor Chris- are merry Carnivals tracts of less than one year. holds-barred to prevent other countries toph D’Haese said Also for Filipinos – particularly Catholics – it is sig- around the world wi- from devaluing their yesterday [Macau humor and satire nificant that they complete the nine days of Misa de thout a hint of racism currencies. Gallo – where believers attend church every night until time] that city offi- or anti-Semitism. Christmas Eve. cials “have had it a bit with would take away the essen- D’Haese said it would be the grotesque complaints ce of the town’s Carnival, “unavoidable” that there

There is also a folk belief suggesting that God will AP PHOTO grant the wish of anyone who hears all nine-dawn and Aalst will renounce its said D’Haese, who has seen would be Jewish ridicule at masses. UNESCO recognition.” revelers impersonating lea- the next edition. He has said In Macau, the Filipinos do not forget to attend their UNESCO, Jewish groups ders of his Flemish nationa- it was not for him to police churches for Missa de Gallo, their most important and the European Union list N-VA party leadership go humor. Christmas tradition. have condemned the float around in Nazi uniforms. “We are on a very dan- US A storm that snarled Introduced by the Spanish friars in the 18th century as anti-Semitic, with the EU For him, it is the be-all, gerous slippery slope when Thanksgiving travel across to the Filipino farmers, the tradition of Simbang Gabi saying it conjured up visions end-all of Aalst Carnival, in people will be able to decide much of the country brought a messy mixture has continuously evolved in the Philippines throu- of the 1930s. which a laugh trumps ethi- what can be laughed at,” he of rain, snow, sleet and gh centuries of practice, and now Macau has access UNESCO already was cal concerns. The parade of said. wind to the East, slowing to this part of Filipino culture through the migrant planning to consider at its floats draws some 100,000 A decision by UNESCO to yesterday’s commute, workers that live in the MSAR. Dec. 9-14 meeting in Bogota, visitors every year to the remove Aalst would be a first closing schools and As previously reported by the Times, with the su- Colombia, whether to kick city close to Brussels. Most since the 2003 convention offices, and canceling pport of the Filipino priests, three dawn masses have Aalst off the list of Intangible often it goes off without a that created the cultural he- or delaying hundreds been held prior to Christmas day. Cultural Heritage. hitch. ritage label. of flights. The storm With two weeks to go before the nine-day mass com- dumped one round of “It was clear that we had After the outrage in early The Aalst Carnival has mences, I’m pretty sure many Filipinos again will flock snow on parts of the to go, so we kept the honor March, D’Haese claimed city been on the list since 2010. to their churches every night with a glimpse of hope region over the weekend to ourselves,” D’Haese told elders reached out to Bel- Now, D’Haese said, “I that their wishes will be granted, and their faith will and could drop 10 to 20 VTM network. gium’s “anti-discrimination want to give Aalst Carnival be honored. inches total by today from Aalst is one of Europe’s center and several Jewish or- back to Aalst.” AP Pennsylvania to Maine.