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> L I F E C 7 banned Unwelcome guest Create your dream home Health headache from new Aquino cancels visit to China: Chic, stylish furniture Migraines can cause INVESTMENT TEAMS TO BE REINED IN Beijing says he was never and accessories for permanent brain damage projects invited in the first place discerning buyers and raise risk of strokes Commerce Ministry targets extravagance by delegations sent Foreign direct investment is a Previously, investment jun- key economic indicator used to kets were believed to be immune > LEA D ING T HE N EWS A 3 > 20-PAG E SPE CIA L REP O R T > WORLD A15 to and Macau to seek investment for their regions gauge officials’ performance, and from the campaign against offi- Beijing makes state ...... dozens of delegations from local cial extravagance. overstated the number of partici- His remarks followed the flag- governments flock to Hong Kong The The People’s Daily said busi- energy companies pay Daniel Ren pants and the value of deals ship newspaper’s harsh criticism every year to seek such invest- ness delegations stayed in five- [email protected] phenomenon the price for failing to signed during their promotional on Monday of investment dele- ments. star hotels and invited business- activities. gations travelling to Hong Kong. Yao admitted that the delega- reflects a severe men to expensive restaurants, meet pollution targets The Ministry of Commerce has “They were desperate to get This was the first time that a tions played a positive role in level of spending as much as 1,000 pledged to rein in extravagance abig number of foreign business- Communist Party mouthpiece spurring the nation’s economic (HK$1,260) per head for a break- ...... by local government delegations people attending the events and had fired a salvo at such invest- growth and creating jobs. fast meeting. artificiality and Eric Ng and Li Jing sent to Hong Kong and Macau to re-signed agreements which had ment-promotion practices. But he added: “As superficial- It is also an open secret that drum up investment, following a previously been sealed to shore People’s Daily also said anti- ity and lavish spending charac- extravagance government officials on these highly critical article about such up the total transaction value,” graft officials would investigate terised such investment promo- delegations snap up luxury items China’s largest oil and gas pro- MINISTRY SPOKESMAN YAO JIAN trips in People’s Daily. Yao said, according to a state- and punish those who outra- tion activities, it is necessary to for their own use during the trips. ducer, PetroChina, has been PUBLISHED SINCE 1903/VOLUME LXIX/NO 240 Friday, August 30, 2013/See live updates at www.scmp.com Yao Jian , a ministry ment on the ministry’s website. geously wasted money on trips, enhance oversight of the Yao said the ministry was barred from expanding its refin- SUBSCRIPTION COPY spokesman, told a press confer- “The phenomenon reflects a because their behaviour tainted practices.” drawing up guidelines governing ing and chemical production ONLY – NOT FOR SALE ence that Beijing was aware of the severe level of artificiality and the government’s image. The People’s Daily article and investment delegations that capacity. overblown nature of business extravagance.” Over the past three decades, the remarks by Yao were fresh would require local governments The Ministry of Environmen- CORRUPTION DIGEST delegations visiting Hong Kong He added that the ministry Beijing has encouraged local signs that the central leadership to focus on foreign-funded tal Protection said yesterday the and Macau, pointing out that would do its utmost to avoid governments to look outward to is stepping up efforts to cut down projects to ensure that funds energy giant had failed to meet its some local governments had wasting public funds. attract foreign investment. on extravagance. were used properly. target for cutting chemical oxy- gen demand (COD) – a measure Woman in gang rape of organic pollutants from waste claim accused of lying water in rivers and lakes. SYRIA The fresh blow came after it A woman who says she was Nanning emerged this week that three of raped by the son of PLA singers its senior officials were being in- was accused of lying to police in vestigated by Beijing authorities order to blackmail the youth. Li expo trip for alleged discipline violations. Guanfeng’s lawyer described the Another state energy giant, TARGET AT THE TOP alleged victim as “an unmarried China Petroleum & Chemical snub for woman with promiscuous (), missed its target for re- sexual relationships”. > CHINA A5 ducing nitrogen oxide emissions. Senior leaders ally of Aquino The ministry said it had halted all environmental impact ap- ICBC, Bank of China provals for construction of refin- facing inquiry endorse move ex-security tsar President urged to eries and chemical plants by the post higher profits two companies as well as over- visit China at more haul and expansion projects, Two of China’s four big banks conducive time; trade apart from those that would posted higher second-quarter upgrade fuel quality, conserve profits even as the economy minister to go instead energy and cut pollution. slows. Industrial and Xinhua, citing data from the Commercial Bank of China ...... ministry, reported that Petro- made a profit of 69.6 billion yuan China’s COD emissions fell 0.08 Raissa Robles in Manila (HK$88.2 billion), up 12.5 per per cent last year, short of its tar- Teddy Ng cent on last year. BOC said its get of a cut of 0.6 per cent, while net profit was 40.9 billion yuan, Sinopec’s nitrogen oxide dis- up 17 per cent. > BUSINESS B1 China has asked Philippine Presi- charges grew by 1.28 per cent, dent Benigno Aquino to post- against its goal of zero growth. pone a visit next week for the In a comment piece, the (Clockwise from left) Zhou Abe speaks out on opening of a trade fair, Manila Communist Party mouthpiece Yongkang visiting his alma said yesterday, an unprecedent- People’s Daily said some of mater, Suzhou Middle School, in Fukushima leak ed snub by Beijing as relations PetroChina and Sinopec’s oper- late April – believed to be his sour over territorial disputes in ating units were still implement- last public appearance; with Bo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo the South China Sea. ing emission standards from 17 Xilai at the NPC in March; and in Abe said problems at the “China’s request was for the years ago, and that some had uniform. Photos: SCMP Pictures crippled Fukushima plant could president to visit China at a more faked pollution data. not be left to the operator to conducive time,” Department of Sinopec and PetroChina said resolve and promised his Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul they would strive to meet pollu- ONLINE government would play a bigger Hernandez told the South China tion control requirements and scmp.com/zhouyongkang role in stopping leaks of highly Morning Post in reply to whether that the ban would not affect Chart the life and times radioactive water. > ASIA A11 Aquino had been specifically their operations in the short of Zhou Yongkang in an asked to drop his China visit. term. A PetroChina spokesman interactive timeline Hernandez said Chinese said projects already approved Maid injuries ‘probably Foreign Minister would be enough to meet de- ...... relayed the request to Foreign mand for the next few years. Hebei province. According mittee member – retired or sitting investigation into Zhou and his province, where Zhou was top managers at the company not self-inflicted’ Secretary Albert del Rosario on Yesterday’s release by the Staff Reporters to sources familiar with the – has been investigated for eco- family began circulating on the party boss from 1999 to 2002. have been named as being under Wednesday night, hours after ministry of last year’s pollution leadership’s thinking, President nomic crimes since the end of the internet even before he retired In June, former deputy Si- investigation in recent days. Injuries a maid says were caused President Aquino himself an- control records for 31 provinces Top Communist Party leaders and his admin- nearly 40 from his party position at the chuan governor It is understood the new by her employers were unlikely nounced his trip to Nanning and administrative regions and have agreed to open a corruption istration are determined to use years ago. party’s national congress in – a former secretary to probe will centre on Zhou’s time to have been self-inflicted, a to head the delegation to eight energy giants directly under investigation into former security the case to galvanise the anti- Sources said top leaders made November. Zhou – was detained. in and at CNPC. doctor told a court yesterday. the China-Asean Expo, where the the control of Beijing came at a tsar Zhou Yongkang , one graft campaign. the decision in view of the rising The speculation increased in Authorities also revealed this In particular, investigators And he said scars indicated she Philippines is this year’s “country sensitive time for PetroChina. of China’s most powerful politi- No Politburo Standing Com- anger inside the party at the scale December, when party graft week a probe into China National > CONTINUED ON A3 had been tied up. Earlier the of honour”. PetroChina said on Wednes- cians in the past decade. of the corruption problem and investigators began detaining Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), maid claimed she was bound to Trade Secretary Gregory day that three of its senior offi- The move against Zhou – a the vast fortune that Zhou’s fam- dozens of cadres and business- which Zhou joined as a senior > RETURN HARDER A6 a chair for five days while the Domingo will represent the pres- This “citizen journalist” image from Syria is said to show UN inspectors collecting samples during the third day of their investigation into chemical weapons attacks. Photo: EPA cials were being probed for retired member of the Politburo’s ily has amassed. Xi ordered offi- men in energy-rich Sichuan manager in the early 1990s. Four > DOWN – AND OUT? A17 family went on holiday. > CITY C3 ident at the September 3-6 event, alleged violations of discipline, all-powerful Standing Commit- cials in charge of the case to “get while another top-level manager tee – could send even bigger to the bottom of it”. at parent company China Na- political shockwaves through By investigating Zhou, who is tional Petroleum Corp was re- Beijing than the trial of Bo Xilai one rank higher than Bo in the WORLD Chinese flee Syria as Beijing urges restraint ported by Xinhua on Tuesday to , who was widely consid- 10 power structure, Xi would be be under investigation for “gross ered a key Zhou ally. seeking the biggest scalp in the violation of party discipline”. Current and retired top lead- Number of years Zhou party’s campaign against graft. Fewer than 20 people from China left in country; Black Sea Fleet and a large anti- have not made a decision,” only way out for the Syrian issue,” Lin Boqiang, director of the ers endorsed the decision earlier Yongkang controlled legal The investigation of Bo was Time for tax submarine ship from the North- Obama told PBS NewsHour. Foreign Minister Wang Yi China Centre for Energy Eco- this month during the secretive and law enforcement launched last year under Xi’s minister warns against the use of outside force ern Fleet would be deployed in Britain said it would still be said in a statement. “China calls nomics Research at Xiamen Uni- affairs from 2002 annual party meeting at the predecessor . dodgers to ...... the “coming days”. But a Russian permitted under international on all sides to exercise restraint versity, said major state-owned resort of Beidaihe in Speculation about a possible Russia is moving two war- navy official said it was part of a law to take military action against and remain calm. power generators had faced simi- Cary Huang and Agencies come clean Benigno Aquino announced his ships to the eastern Mediterra- “planned rotation”. Syria even if such a move was “Military interference from lar bans before. trip but found he wasn’t invited. nean, Interfax news agency said US President Barack Obama blocked by the UN Security the outside will conflict with the In 2007, Datang International With US warships poised to pun- yesterday, but Moscow denied said he had yet to sign off on a Council. United Nations charter and ex- Power Generation, China Guo- INVESTIGATIONS US-Swiss deal will worry ish Syria for allegedly using this meant it was beefing up its plan to strike Damascus even as British lawmakers were to acerbate turmoil in the Middle dian Group, China Huadian said Hernandez, who was among chemical weapons, the few Chi- naval force there. Britain sent six RAF Typhoon jets vote yesterday on how to respond East. Nobody should interfere Group and China Huaneng Americans with cash Asean foreign ministers in Beijing nese civilians and company em- A missile cruiser from the to its Akrotiri base in Cyprus. “I to such situations – but approval with or prejudge the investiga- Group were banned from work stashed abroad > PAGE A13 for a meeting with the Chinese ployees still in the country are for military action will require a tion into the alleged use of chem- on new projects after failing to foreign minister. fleeing and China’s foreign min- second vote. ical weapons in Syria.” close old plants and install pollu- Prosecutor ‘looking into’ China’s Foreign Ministry told ister and state media have UN chief Ban Ki-moon said In a signed commentary tion control gear. Reuters it had never invited warned against the use of force his investigating team would headlined, “Use of force against Li Bo, a senior consultant to Aquino in the first place. and called for a political solution. leave Syria by tomorrow and Syria – more serious conse- environmental advocacy group Barry Cheung graft case FOCUS In a statement to the Post, the “Currently there are only report to him immediately. He quences than Iraq war”, the over- Friends of Nature, said past expe- Foreign Ministry added: “The about 10 to 20 Chinese nationals appealed to international powers seas edition of People’s Daily said rience showed that the ministry’s Philippines should work with still in Syria, excluding diplomats to work together to head off mili- the true aim of the US was not re- bans on new industrial projects refuses to elaborate on his review claims and their dismissal by the WAS A DEAL China to remove difficulties and and journalists,” China Business tary action and said: “Diplomacy lated to chemical weapons. were sometimes ineffective, with ICAC, Zervos said: “I’m looking disturbances, and make concrete Newsquoted a Chinese diplomat should be given a chance ... peace Rather, it was “eagerly want- the penalties fizzling out and fail- of corruption claims against former Exco man into this case.” He refused to dis- STRUCK efforts for resuming the healthy as saying yesterday. [should] be given a chance.” ing to ‘smuggle contraband’ to ing to truly deter polluters...... close more details. and stable development of the The diplomat said “a few re- Zhong Manying ,head help the opposition, promote re- Li cited a ban imposed by the should be looked into. Political The ICAC said it had no com- Sino-Philippine relationship.” maining staff with one or two of the Ministry of Commerce’s gime change in Syria, and thus ministry in August 2011, following Stuart Lau manoeuvrings don’t detract from ment on Zervos’ remarks. BEFORE BO’S Hernandez said: “The presi- Chinese state-owned compa- Department of Western Asian establish international rules and aheavy-metal-pollution scandal, [email protected] the fact that the investigations are Meanwhile, Zervos said he felt dent has decided not to proceed nies” were expected to leave as and African Affairs, said trade and an international order that is ad- in Qujing , needed,” Zervos said. “upset” hearing “untrue” com- ‘OPEN’ TRIAL? to CAEXPO taking into consider- well. Xinhua quoted a trade offi- business co-operation between vantageous to them”. province, which was lifted eight Hong Kong’s top prosecutor is Making an empty political ments that the department made ation China’s request … On the cial as saying that Chinese oil China and Syria had suffered due Reuters, Agence France-Presse months later amid questions by “looking into” corruption allega- gesture, on the other hand, was political prosecutions against > PAGE A4 part of the Philippines, we will companies had also withdrawn Rebel fighters and civilians surround vehicles transporting UN to the escalating tension. local environmental groups tions against former executive not right, he added. social activists. On Occupy Cen- continue to abide by our princi- their staff. inspectors to the site of a suspected gas attack. Photo: AFP “A political resolution is the > MORE REPORTS A12 about how the waste was treated. councillor Barry Cheung Chun- The complaint about Cheung tral – the civil disobedience pled position that bilateral yuen – the same claims that were was made to the ICAC in May by movement set up by pro-democ- relations can advance despite controversially dismissed by the Democratic Party chief executive racy scholars that is planning ac- differences.” Independent Commission Lam Cheuk-ting, who is also a tion next summer to demand real The president announced his CONTINUED FROM A1 Against Corruption. former ICAC investigator. He universal suffrage – he disap- China trip at the start of a speech Kevin Zervos revealed he was later questioned the watchdog’s proved of those who “advocate a at his office in Malacanang examining the case as he met the decision to drop the probe with- breach of the law”. Palace. “I will leave at 5am, I will media ahead of his retirement as out contacting the whistle-blow- “When you decide to break return at 5pm [because] we don’t director of public prosecutions er behind the allegations, veteran the law, carry out an indefinite want to overstay our welcome Target at the top: Zhou faces probe on September 8. politician Allen Lee Peng-fei. demonstration, you are affecting there,” he said. After the ICAC said there was Cheung quit all his public others and might be hurting Du Jifeng , an expert in not enough evidence to pursue posts in May when his failed others,” he said. Southeast Asian affairs at the In- will examine whether Zhou and may not then be transferred to convicted Shanghai party boss funeral of a respected scientist. In claims that Cheung received Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange He cited Mahatma Gandhi stitute of Asia-Pacific Studies at his family benefited through the government for follow-up. – another July, state media publicised a visit HK$70 million in low-interest came under police investigation. and Martin Luther King as saying THE SPIRIT OF HK the Chinese Academy of Social numerous questionable oilfield Because of the scale and far- ally – when presented with con- by Zhou to his alma mater, loans from a developer, Chief When asked about Lee’s a civil disobedience movement Sciences, said it was rare for Bei- and property deals facilitated by reaching implications of the crete evidence against him. Zhou Suzhou Middle School in Zhou Yongkang (second left) stands next to Hu Jintao (left) as he is Executive Leung Chun-ying said should be based on “an unjust jing to reject visits by foreign lead- his son, Zhou Bin , and oth- Zhou case, the investigation may has been seen as an ally of former province. But the timing of named party leader for a second term in 2007. Photo: David Wong he deserved an apology. Leung law”, before noting: “Universal ers. “It indicates that Beijing is er allies, sources said. not be publicised before the key- party boss Bo, the publication – more than two also wanted an apology for for- suffrage is in the Basic Law.” The woman increasingly frustrated with They added it was too early to note meeting of the party elites in who is awaiting a verdict on months after the visit – only fed tween key suspects. Li Chun- businessman Wu Bing – who is mer Exco member Franklin Lam Zervos also repeated his call Manila,” Du said. say whether Zhou – who con- November. corruption charges. speculation about Zhou’s status. cheng , a former deputy widely believed to have financial Fan-keung, who was cleared for the Securities and Futures who’s a dog’s Professor Su Hao , of trolled legal and law enforcement The move against Zhou, how- Before Bo’s fall from grace last Before party leaders took the party secretary in Sichuan, connections to Zhou – after trac- after he was accused of profiting Commission to be stripped of its China Foreign Affairs University, affairs for 10 years from 2002 – ever, was deemed unlikely to trig- year, Zhou reportedly worked decision to probe Zhou, anti- became the first senior official ing him in Beijing. The report from insider information. power to prosecute because it best friend said: “Beijing gave a high recep- would face public prosecution or ger a factional war within the behind the scenes to have him graft investigators spent months targeted in Xi’s anti-graft drive. could not be verified, but Wu has While Zervos, 61, would not lacks sufficient internal regula- tion to Aquino two years ago, and just an internal party probe. party, sources said. installed as his successor. collecting evidence. He was placed under investi- not been seen in public since. comment on Leung’s stand, he tion and oversight. the two nations signed many Corruption investigations Former president Jiang Zhou has maintained a public Party investigators typically gation for breaching party disci- On Monday, Xinhua reported said what mattered was the sin- Asked about the rumour that SPCA volunteer has found deals. But Aquino put up tough involving senior officials must Zemin –a political patron profile since his retirement. As sweep up top aides and under- pline in December. that , a cerity of the complainants. he may become a rhetoric against China as soon as first be conducted by the party’s of Zhou’s – gave Xi’s decision his late as Wednesday, his name lings of primary targets first, Earlier this month, overseas CNPC deputy general manager, “If they are genuinely voicing Barry Cheung in the sights of the judge, Zervos only smiled and homes for hundreds of he was back home.” Central Commission for Disci- full backing, sources said. Jiang appeared among top state lead- weakening their political bases media reported that graft investi- was being investigated for “gross their concerns, [the allegations] prosecutor. Photo: Edward Wong said he had “many plans”. dumped pets > PAGE C2 Additional reporting by Reuters pline Inspection. The case may or similarly moved against the now- ers who sent wreaths to the and preventing collusion be- gators had detained Sichuan violation of party discipline”. Forces within Temple tribute Save the trees Sunday, September 1, 2013 3 Understanding Family and Monks in bid typhoons from followers chant to rescue LEADING THE NEWS inside the eye for the White forests from SYRIA FUNERAL of the storm Dragon King destruction Bo had Raring to go orders to > S CIE NCE PAG E 13 > PAG E 3 > POST M AG AZINE Looking ahead to an exciting SCEPTICS deal with new racing season > S UNDAY S POR T defection

DOUBT U.S. > CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 changed within minutes to make no mention of Bo receiving orders from above. STRIKE CAN The original version quoted prosecutors as saying that “Bo first approved a forged medical certificate for , before orders listing six points on how to deal with Wang arrived from a CURB ASSAD superior body in the hierarchy”. There is now speculation PUBLISHED SINCE 1903/VOLUME LXIX/NO 242 Sunday, September 1, 2013/See live updates at www.scmp.com/ HK$10 Obama considers ‘limited’ military action about who gave the orders from above of which Bo spoke. against Assad’s regime, but critics warn that The charge against Bo of likely casualties could make situation worse abuse of power centres on his COURTS removal of Wang as Chongqing 15 killed in Little fanfare ...... police chief without seeking prior former ambassador to Syria and approval from the Ministry of in Beirut Lebanon, who has also served in Public Security, which is under ammonia Iraq and Afghanistan. the central commission on law US President Barack Obama says The US strike could hit As- and order then headed by Zhou. leak at plant he is considering a “limited, nar- sad’s military without funda- Bo issued the order days after BO HAD row” military strike against Syria, mentally changing the dynamic Wang had told him his wife, Gu a move that many Middle East in a stalemated civil war. At the Kailai , had murdered in Shanghai experts fear could make things same time, few expect that a bar- British businessman and Bo fam- even worse. rage of cruise missiles would help ily associate in ...... Syria was bracing for a missile peace talks. November 2011. Gu received a attack as the departure of United Given that, the sceptics say it suspended death sentence for Stephen Chen ORDERS TO Nations weapons inspectors yes- may not be worth the risks. the crime last year. terday opened a window for a Diplomats familiar with As- Spirat Chitvisad, wife of “White Dragon King” Chau Yum-nam, and one of his daughters before his funeral in Pattaya. Photo: Felix Wong The official transcript also At least 15 people were killed and possible US-led strike. “We are sad say there is no way to know removed Bo’s mention of retired 25 injured yesterday when am- expecting an attack at any mo- how he would respond, and they state leaders. In one instance, Bo monia leaked from an industrial DEAL WITH ment,” a security official said. question what the US would do if explained to the court that, while refrigeration plant in Shanghai. Russian President Vladimir he chose to order a chemical he was minister of commerce, he The accident, in the city’s Putin broke his silence on the al- strike or other major retaliation Tributes for ‘White Dragon King’ had briefed then president Hu Baoshan district, is the worst of its leged chemical-weapons attack against civilians. That would Jintao aboard his state kind on public record. of August 21, urging Obama not leave the United States to choose aircraft on how he intended to Five of the injured were in crit- to rush into a decision, but to between a loss of credibility and a Chau Yum-nam, said to have had vision of spirit the White Dragon Temple in Pat- grant permission to ’s ical condition, the Shanghai gov- DEFECTION consider whether strikes would more expansive – and unpopular taya. Hong Kong followers in- company, Dalian Shide ernment said. – conflict, they said. of great white dragon, was beloved by followers cluding businessman Albert Group, to act as a private import- Authorities did not name the Removed trial transcript links him to Zhou “So he continues on in defi- ...... Yeung Sau-shing and actor Tim- er of crude oil and petroleum, the victims, but it appeared all were ance – maybe he even launches dent, so that he could become a my Hung Tin-ming sent wreaths sources said. Ada Lee in Pattaya employed at the facility, operated Yongkang on handling Chongqing police chief another chemical attack to put a portal to the supposed deity. and banners to the temple. Xu is the tycoon from Dalian and Vivienne Chow by Weng’s Cold Storage Industri- ...... stick in our eye – and then what?” Lum pointed to one of Chau’s Chau’s circle of celebrity ac- , where Bo was once mayor, al Company. At the time, Zhou was head of Our biggest Crocker said. sayings – “With a kind heart, suc- quaintances won him followers who was said to have bankrolled Staff Reporter One of the injured, Gu Qijue, the Communist Party’s Central problem is Iran’s and Syria’s defence He was known as the “White cess will come” – written in callig- all over Asia, and led the enter- the luxurious lifestyle of Bo’s wife who was being treated in the Da- Commission for Political and ministers have threatened to un- Dragon King” – a guru to Hong raphy and hanging in the VIP tainment press to sensationalise and their son, Bo Guagua chang Hospital in Baoshan, said: Performers demonstrate with tai chi fans at the opening than those at previous editions and held in daylight for the first Bo Xilai claimed at his Legal Affairs. The commission ignorance; we’re leash attacks on Israel if Assad Kong’s showbiz set, many of room at the Shun Tak Centre any event to which he could be . Xu is also facing corrup- “It smelled much worse than ceremony for the 12th National Games at the Olympic Sports time since 1987 to cut lighting costs. Some 9,770 athletes will trial last week that he received oversees the nation’s courts, were put in danger, while Hezb- whom claimed he was able to an- branch of Lan Fong Yuen, the connected, however tenuously. tion charges. smoke from a fire. I sprawled on Centre in , Liaoning yesterday. In keeping compete in 31events at the Games that run until September 12. orders from a law and order com- prosecutors and the police. pretty ignorant ollah, the Shiite militant group in ticipate the future and had led a much-loved Central dai pai dong Lum said he disliked the me- Other details omitted from the ground and could not speak. with Beijing’s austerity policy, the ceremony was less lavish Photo: Xinhua > GAMES COVERAGE SPORT 1& 2 mittee headed by China’s former Bo, who is awaiting a verdict about Syria Lebanon, could retaliate too. number of struggling actors to founded by his father in the 1950s dia froth around Chau, but that Bo’s final statement included a Then I felt faint.” top policeman, Zhou Yongkang on charges of bribery, embezzle- Opposition officials in Da- stardom. where “silk stocking” milk tea he had abilities beyond those of denial of any ambition to become Gu told Xinhua that she was in , on how to deal with the ment and abuse of power after RYAN CROCKER, FORMER AMBASSADOR mascus said the government had But to some of his followers, was invented and which Lum ordinary individuals. the country’s premier, according a dormitory on the fourth floor defection of the Chongqing his sensational five-day trial, is been moving troops, equipment the late Chau Yum-nam was sim- now manages. My memories of Michelle Wong, a 32-year-old to a written statement by a court when she smelled a strong odour. ARTS AND CRAFTS police chief, say people with widely seen as an ally of Zhou – be worth the civilian casualties and truckloads of paper files into ply a wise man who taught them Lum recalled that Chau accountant, followed family observer that was circulated after She was rescued by firefighters. knowledge of the proceedings. the first current or former mem- they would inevitably cause. civilian areas. “We assume that how to act morally. taught him to respect his parents, sifu [master] friends to see Chau in 2008. She the trial. Most of the workers are women Bo’s words to the court last ber of the party’s supreme deci- Putin also questioned wheth- Assad had been doing this to pro- “My memories of sifu [mas- to have a good heart and temper, said she didn’t get to speak to him from neighbouring provinces. week are the first direct evidence sion-making body, the Politburo er Syrian government troops tect his strategic assets from US ter] were not of a god, or anything to keep things tidy and orderly were not of a for the first two years, which was It was not known how much linking him to Zhou, himself now Standing Committee, to be inves- should be held responsible. cruise-missile strikes,” said Dan supernatural like what the media and to maintain good interper- god, or anything supposedly a good thing as he ammonia was released, but resi- End of an era for a master craft the subject of a party investiga- tigated for economic crimes. “In such conditions, to give a Layman of the Syrian Support describes,” said Lum Chun-yip, sonal relationships. only spoke to those who had dents 15 kilometres downwind in tion for corruption. Three separate sources who trump card to those who are call- Group, which backs the opposi- 48, who followed Chau for more “People often call him White supernatural problems. A prosecution statement either attended the trial or were ing for foreign military interven- tion to Assad. than 20 years. “What sifu taught Dragon King, but sifu is sifu,” The third year, Wong recalled, The man behind Chow Kee, offering traditional he wouldn’t take any measure- about the matter – first redacted, later briefed on proceedings said tion is foolish nonsense,” he said. Assad would probably exploit me was pretty much the same as Lum said. LUM CHUN-YIP, FOLLOWER (ABOVE) Chau spotted her from afar and ments beforehand. then removed from the official the prosecution and Bo spelled Obama’s administration civilian casualties from a strike. what my parents said, but one of- He added Chau played the asked her to come to the front of paper lanterns and decorations, calls it a day Other figures included the trial transcript – suggests Zhou out clearly in court that he got a claims its intelligence gives firm “That will completely empty any ten doesn’t like to listen to one’s role of White Dragon King only Tak-wah and Tony Leung Chiu- the gathering. He said to her: ...... Seven Sisters dummy set, illus- was at least in contact with Bo six-item order from the “Central evidence the regime launched a justification for this” in the eyes of parents.” when he was at the altar, and that wai, who all followed him for “You have done what you could shop. She had told her mother trating a melancholy Chinese about his handling of Wang Political and Legal Affairs Com- chemical onslaught that killed many, said a Western official who Chau, who died at home on he could channel what he decades. to appease your mother, but she Annemarie Evans she would take a couple of days fairy tale. Lijun’s defection to the mittee” when handling Wang’s 1,429 people, including at least observes Syria. August 17 at the age of 76, was re- claimed was a deity to give bless- Lam said Chau suggested still doesn’t treat you the way you Zhou Yongkang Bo Xilai off work to provide the items for The glory days of the trade 70 US consulate in defection in February last year. 426 children. But diplomats and Obama said he appreciated portedly born to Chinese parents ings to his followers and help changing the Chinese title of In- want. If she continues to hurt Chow Kee, the famous paper long-standing customers. were the 1950s and 1960s, when in February last year. An official transcript of the other experts worry about a range people’s scepticism, but “a lot of near the Thai seaside resort town those in need. Lum said Chau fernal Affairs from four charac- you, you should ask her if upset- craft shop on Elgin Street, Cen- “This area used to be very Chan’s handiwork would be used The number of years That incident brought down trial posted online on Monday of unintended consequences a people think something should of Pattaya and worked as an elec- never asked for money in return. ters to three. The film’s title was ting you would make her feel bet- One of the three sources who tral, is no longer. vibrant, with market stalls along for big advertisements for restau- Chow Kee provided paper Bo, then Chongqing party said only that Bo had received punitive strike might have, from a be done, but nobody wants to do trician and perhaps a bicycle Chau’s apparent desire to revised from Mo Gan Heng Tse to ter. If she says Yes, then let it be. talked to the Post said Bo Firemen head to the site of a Master of paper lanterns, gods the streets,” she said. “All our rants and shops during festivals. lanterns and other items secretary, and triggered China’s orders from a higher body. How- surge in anti-Americanism that it”, and the United States would salesman. He allegedly had a help people made him a favourite Mo Gan Doh and it became a You respect your mother by toler- appeared calm when making liquid ammonia leak. Photo: EPA and offerings Chan Kwei-chow, neighbours would come and He used to make paper decora- in Hong Kong biggest political scandal in ever, this version, too, was could help bolster Syrian Presi- send the wrong message to the vision of the spirit of a great white among showbiz types. Among smash hit. ating her.” what was probably his final 95, has retired to the mainland hang the bags of food that they tions for opera groups decades. > CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 dent Bashar al-Assad, to a wider world if it did nothing. dragon – the White Dragon King – his famous disciples were Infer- At a ceremony held yesterday “I burst into tears,” said Wong, speech in public. The source also with his wife, Chan Chiu Suk- had bought earlier in the day on and also firecrackers before they regional conflict. Additional reporting by Associated when he was 13. He built a temple nal Affairs movie investor and ahead of Chau’s funeral, his fam- who has been troubled by her said that the document, which Zhabei district, closer to the city hing, his advanced age and the hooks on our metal door and were banned. But by the end of “Our biggest problem is igno- Press, Agence France-Presse when he was 28, purportedly now tourism chief Peter Lam ily and followers – including An- poor relationship with her moth- was authenticated by two other centre, told the Sunday Morning prospect of another rent rise end- then carry on shopping and col- the 1990s, paper lanterns had rance; we’re pretty ignorant following the dragon’s orders, Kin-ngok, director Andrew Lau drew Lau and fellow film director er. “Now I just try my best to toler- sources, captured the essence of Post that they had smelled it. ing the career of a man who lect their bags in the evening. So been replaced in large measure about Syria,” said Ryan Crocker, a > FRENCH SUPPORT U.S. PAGE 12 after surviving a fatal car acci- Wai-keung, and stars Andy Lau Wong Jing – chanted for him at ate my mother.” Bo’s final statement. By yesterday afternoon, auth- insisted that his detailed items be we had a nice social network.” by plastic inflatables. “Some say I wanted to be the orities had still not released any kept traditional and handmade. Chan was famous for his big- “We came here for many premier,” Bo said, according to information on the cause. Chow Kee provided paper eyed goldfish lanterns made years to get our lanterns,” said the document. “That is com- Han Zheng , the city’s lanterns and other items in Hong from bamboo sticks and crêpe heritage activist Katty Law Ngar- TOURISM PROPERTY pletely untrue. As we all know, party secretary, urged work safety Kong for more than 70 years. paper, a humorous take on the ning, 46, the convenor of the Cen- the party had determined after officials to “complete their inves- Ahead of the Hungry Ghost traditional lanterns offered for tral and Western Concern Group. the 17th party congress that com- tigation and make public the re- Festival last week, Chan’s daugh- the Mid-Autumn Festival. “I would bring my young chil- rade should sults as soon as possible”. ter, Ada, stood with bags of can- Every year, he would craft the dren. It’s so sad to see that this become premier.” A fire safety expert in dles, incense sticks, paper god king or hellish king for the area is no longer accommodating Website targets Chinese “Some said I wanted to be , said an am- clothes, shoes and other offerings Hungry Ghost Festival, creating a these kinds of businesses.” [Vladimir] Putin in China, but monia leak should not have on the steps of the now-closed figure five metres tall, although Over the decades, Chan’s son that is also not true,” he added, in caused so many deaths if the haz- Edward wrote in a book about his tourists for Greek holidays reference to the Russian ard prevention measures and father’s craft. People would sug- president. evacuation routes were in order. gest Chan use machinery, but he ...... Li became premier in March, “When such an accident hap- insisted on using only basic tools fyllidis said. It was as simple as but had been tipped for the job Lana Lam pens, as with a fire, the ventilation so he could be involved in every having soy sauce at the buffet, he since the 2007 party congress. [email protected] DRAGON RATINGS system should be activated auto- detail of the process. added. Bo was widely seen as a chal- matically to suck out toxic gas, On Friday, as the local com- “The Chinese tourist will try lenger for a place in the party’s and workers should evacuate via munity marked the Hungry The quirks of mainland tourists One dragon: Translate hotel’s Greek food but he would like to leadership through his leftist a designated route,” he said. “It is Ghost Festival, Wong Kun-oi, are being celebrated rather than homepage; register on Feel Like have some soy sauce on the side political campaigns in Chong- likely that either the ventilation or chairman of the 30 House Yue ridiculed in a novel hotel-ranking Home because he’s familiar with that qing, which won him much sup- escape routes failed, if not both.” Lan Association, said he was sad system that aims to attract Chi- Two dragons: Chinese electrical taste,” he said. port among blue-collar workers It is the second fatal ammonia Chan would no longer be doing nese holidaymakers to debt-rid- adaptors in every room; The trio have spent more than New World’s sales event attracted many buyers, including Franky Li (right). Photos: K. Y. Cheng and the lower middle class. leak on the mainland this year. A his unique paper craftwork or den Greece. translate menu, brochures, ¤60,000 (HK$615,000) on build- Before Bo’s fall from grace last similar cold storage accident in creating the annual ghost king. The ranking on travel website front desk documents and signs; ing and marketing the site, in- year, Zhou reportedly worked Meishan , Sichuan , “I miss Mr Chan and his work. Feel Like Home uses dragons in- welcome letter in Chinese cluding running online cam- behind the scenes to have him killed four people and injured 24 Ada Chan, daughter of craftsman Chan Kwei-chow, with items for He had very good craftsmanship, stead of stars to score hotels on a Three dragons: One pair of paigns on Weibo, but uptake has Strong response to Yuen Long flat sales installed as a member of the in April. loyal customers after Chow Kee closed down. Photo: Edward Wong very detailed,” Wong said. niche set of criteria. slippers per guest; instant been slow. Politburo Standing Committee. noodles, chopsticks and tea sets Hotels get points for such “We’re struggling in market- ...... To address the concern of top things as offering congee at the with three types of Chinese tea ing towards the Chinese,” Trian- “I am attracted by the small larly [aggressive pricing] position leaders, Bo also told the court that Peggy Sito and Bien Perez breakfast buffet and Chinese- in every room; one Chinese TV tafyllidis admitted. lump-sum cost. That is my main would raise competition be- he had written a letter to the CHINA NEWSMAKER INSIDE language TV. To attain the high- channel. Hotels pay US$299 to register reason for buying,” Li said. tween developers.” party’s central leadership before est “five dragon” ranking, hotels Four dragons: Breakfast earlier and the homepages of their web- Flats at the biggest development The minimum HK$2.5 mil- Developers are set to put the official investigation of his must have Putonghua-speaking than 7am for city hotels and sites are translated into Chinese. to come to market since rules on lion price for a flat at Park Signa- more than 6,000 new flats on sale case. “I don’t have malicious Minister says ATV chief unfit for job staff, city maps in Chinese and before 8am for resorts; must Annual fees start from US$200 for their sale were toughened this ture is lower than that at two oth- in Yuen Long and Tseung Kwan thoughts against the party,” Bo It’s Swede Tony Abbott’s activities specifically tailored to have congee, hard boiled eggs, a 25-room establishment. year sold briskly yesterday. er new residential projects in O in the next two years. said. He also told the court he Commerce minister Greg So Kam-leung yesterday said ATV’s Chinese tourists. soy milk, white bread, “Hotels are sceptical about it, Aided by an aggressive pricing Yuen Long, Henderson Land De- Property transactions slowed wanted to keep his party dreams in ‘Thatcherite’ executive director James Shing Pan-yu was unfit for his role and must Feels Like Home was founded chopsticks and chopstick because it’s a matter of trusting strategy, New World Develop- velopment’s The Reach and New down after the government im- membership. quit. Shing was criticised for allowing investor Wong Ching to by three friends and about 100 holders, dim sum items, and us,” Triantafyllidis said. “We’re ment sold 82 per cent of the 238 World’s The Woodsville. plemented measures to curb Other testimony that might interfere with ATV’s day-to-day operations. > HONG KONG PAGE 6 hotels have joined the database Chinese tea, oyster, black bean, just three guys trying to persuade flats that were on offer at Park Sig- New World said most of the soaring prices of flats. The Resi- humanise Bo was also left out of Beijing store Oxford years since February. garlic, soy, and hoisin sauces, a whole market in Greece, but nature in Yuen Long yesterday. buyers yesterday purchased the dential Properties (First-hand the official account. Mother slams gang rape sentence Most of the hotels are in soybean paste and sesame oil. what we are trying to do is pro- The flats put on sale were a flats for their own use. Four buy- Sales) Ordinance, which took ef- “I want to say to my relatives Sleepy customers make Australian election hopeful Greece, as two of its co-founders Five dragons: At least one long their tourist season.” fraction of the 1,620 in the devel- ers needed to pay a 15 per cent fect in April, requires developers and siblings that I am not corrupt An Indian teenager was yesterday sentenced to three years in a are currently based in Europe, Chinese-speaking member of Yiannis Daktilidis, manager of opment. Adrian Cheng Chi- additional stamp duty, called to observe greater transparency and I have not ruined the family’s themselves at home in Ikea remembered as right-wing reform home for his part in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on while the other works in Beijing. staff; hotel’s online booking the five-star Petasos Beach kong, New World’s executive buyer’s stamp duty, which is lev- in their sales procedures. reputation,” said the 64-year-old bedroom section > PAGE 9 university activist > PAGE 15 a New Delhi bus. The victim’s mother denounced the sentence, The site also covers destinations system in Chinese; city maps Resort in Mykonos, said the director and joint general man- ied on property purchases by Louis Chan Wing-kit, the son of , a revolu- saying the youth should have faced the death penalty. > ASIA PAGE 11 such as Morocco, Austria, India, and guides in Chinese; offer resort had made a number of ad- ager, said a second batch of flats non-permanent-resident and managing director for residential tionary leader and one of the Malaysia and Indonesia. group activities specifically for justments to cater to Chinese cli- would be offered for sale last corporate buyers. sales at Centaline Property Agen- party’s “eight immortals”. Microsoft data battle heads for court Co-founder Nicholas Trianta- Chinese tourists. entele. night. The company did not say More than half the buyers cy, said developers might have to He added that he missed his FOCUS fyllidis, 36, has worked in hotel Lana Lam “Along with our Greek tea and how many flats the batch would were from the northwest New offer more discounts to draw sons. “I want to say to my two Microsoft says a fight to share more information with the public on management for 15 years and chamomile that we offer in our comprise. Territories. Three were from the buyers. “Developers will have to sons, Bo Wangzhi and Bo Gua- secret US government requests for internet user data will have to be said the idea was about cashing rooms, we have introduced a se- The first batch put on sale mainland. undercut secondary-market gua, that daddy misses you.” Bo HIGH ANXIETY resolved in court after failed talks. Microsoft and technology rival in on a lucrative market. always has Chinese visitors be- lection of jasmine, oolong and ranged from studios to four-bed- Thomas Lam, the head of re- prices to speed up sales,” he said. Wangzhi is usually referred as Li OF DIVING Google have stood united over the issue. > WORLD PAGE 12 “Hotels like the idea, as every- cause just like China, Greece has pu’er teas,” he said. “Our tourism room flats, with an average price search at property consultant Meanwhile, lawmaker Abra- Wangzhi , as he adopted one, in the back of their heads, a lot of history and culture, which season is fairly short – five to six of HK$8,336 per square foot of Knight Frank, said Park Signature ham Razack said he would table his mother’s surname after his WORLD’S Playboy sets up care home for elderly wants to attract the Chinese be- they are interested in.” months – so any chance of ex- saleable area. attracted many first-time buyers. amendments to the buyer’s parents’ divorce. cause they are big in numbers Previously, the clientele was panding that by a few months Franky Li, a senior marketing “The sales are not bad, mainly stamp duty when the Legislative Court observers said that after GOLDEN GIRL A former Beijing playboy made a life-changing decision – to open up and they are new,” he said. only wealthy mainlanders, but would be a success. We believe executive in his late 20s, said he because the lump-sum price is Council resumes sitting. his final statement, Bo’s relatives a nursing home for the elderly. Yan Shuai , 26, talks about the “Tourism is the number one “now we want to attract more of that could happen if we success- bought a 302 sq ft flat at Park Sig- low,” Lam said. “I believe new Additional reporting by Yvonne Liu present in the courtroom stood > PAGE 4 severe lack of care facilities in mainland cities. > CHINA PAGE 10 product in Greece and we’ve the rising middle class”, Trianta- fully attract Chinese tourists.” nature for about HK$2.7 million. large-scale projects with a simi- and Tanna Chong and applauded his remarks. Monday, October 21, 2013 A3 Hot shot LEADING THE NEWS in Macau CANADA Domestic strife Maldives on the brink A technological marvel Why forcing your maid Islands look like a banana The first walking, talking Scott Hend keeps Ernie Els TRAFFICKING WARNING ABOUT MAIDS to join you in Canada republic just five years after ‘bionic man’, built entirely at bay to land title could land you in jail introducing democracy out of synthetic body parts > S P O R T BACK PAG E Canada’s federal police say Hong Kong vacationers risk arrest if their the jury clearly did not believe all da on a tourist visa in 2008 with of Sarmiento’s testimony about the promise of higher wages, bet- > LEA D ING T HE N EWS A 3 > AS I A A 9 > WORLD A12 domestic workers are forced to join them when they are on holiday these issuesbut that these factors ter conditions and the prospect ...... did not need to be proven to sup- of permanent residency. Orr said that the length of time that recruitment experts suggested port the trafficking conviction. claimed that Sarmiento, who was Ian Young in Vancouver an employer and employee were last week that employers would Prominent prosecutor Peter paid C$500 (HK$3,800) a month [email protected] in Canada was not relevant to only be at risk if a maid’s Canadi- LaPrairie, who undertook the in line with her Hong Kong con- Clip from When was whether trafficking charges were an visa expired. Bindra said this case against Orr and secured the tract before getting a 40 per cent Young. Photo: SCMP Pictures Hong Kong holidaymakers risk filed. was not the case. first trafficking conviction under pay rise to C$700, knew all along arrest for human trafficking, an When presented with the sce- “Whether an individual is Canadian immigration law, said that she would be working illegal- offence with a potential life sen- nario of a Hong Kong boss who victimised for one day or one year that once the identity of an ac- Franco Orr, Leticia Sarmiento ly and was well aware of what her tence, if they force maids to join forced a maid to join a vacation to is irrelevant. If Canadian laws are cused and the timeframe of the work entailed. He claimed Sar- Animated them on Canadian vacations – re- Canada, under threat of dis- being broken, the RCMP would offence had been established, miento begged him to bring her gardless of whether the helper’s missal, Corporal Bindra said that take action,” Bindra said. two points needed to be proven would have to look at the facts of to Canada because she feared she visa has expired – Canada’s fed- all scenarios of potential human Bindra added that “the onus is in a trafficking case: that the ac- the case to determine if it appears would not be able to find another film shows PUBLISHED SINCE 1903/VOLUME LXIX/NO 292 Monday, October 21, 2013/See live updates at www.scmp.com/HK$9 eral police have warned. trafficking would be considered upon [the employer]” to ensure cused organised the victim’s a victim came to Canada by job in Hong Kong. The caution comes after Hong on a case-by-case basis. that the proper visas were se- coming to Canada and that “ab- means of coercion or fraud or de- Orr’s wife, Nicole Huen Oi- the human Kong emigrant Franco Orr Yiu- “If someone is forcing a per- cured for maids. duction, fraud, deception, the ception,” he said. ling, 36, was also accused in the kwan was jailed last week for 18 son to travel internationally In the Orr case, he was ac- threat or use of force or coercion” LaPrairie pointed out that case but was acquitted of all DIGEST BROADCASTING CORRUPTION months, convicted of human against their will and under cused of forcing Leticia Sarmien- was used in doing so. business-class exemptions to charges. side of Mao trafficking in a landmark case for threats of any kind, they will be to to work slave-like hours, deny- In the example of a maid visitor visas allow a maid to legal- Orr and Huen claimed that bringing his maid with his family investigated and potentially ing her access to her passport and threatened with dismissal from ly work in Canada for a visiting they tried repeatedly to get Sar- when they moved to Vancouver. prosecuted as this would consti- keeping her locked in the family her Hong Kong job unless she Hong Kong family for up to six miento to leave Canada after her Cartoon portrays late Activists’ trial a guide Jassy Bindra, human traffick- tute an offence in Canada,” she home, but Judge Richard Goepel joined a vacationing family, La- months. six-month tourist visa expired to official tolerance ing coordinator for the Royal Ca- stressed. said none of these aggravating Prairie said “what constitutes co- Sarmiento had claimed she and booked her flights out of the leader as a teenager nadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Bindra’s warning came after factors had been proven. He said ercion is a legal argument”. “We was tricked into coming to Cana- country, but she refused to go. growing up in Hunan Rights group says a trial of three TOP BEIJING activists arrested for pressing province hometown officials to disclose their assets will indicate to what extent the CEMETERIES ...... new government tolerates Special unit Keira Lu Huang dissent. A lawyer said the POLICEMAN [email protected] authorities were using the trio’s case to “test the waters” of will probe public reaction. > CHINA A6 When director Lei Junlin, 41, Zhou graft came up with the idea of produc- TO PROBE ing an animated film about Mao Filipino sultan is Zedong’s childhood, she scandal had plenty of doubts. To portray defiant to the end Communist Party leaders in China through cartoon had long A Philippine sultan whose > CONTINUED FROM A1 been taboo. armed followers invaded the ZHOU CASE But to her surprise, Lei re- Malaysian state of Sabah earlier team headed by a senior police- ceived approval from the party this year, sparking a crisis that Xi Jinping takes unusual step of forming special man would set a pattern. “Many central committee’s General Of- left dozens dead, has died of of the CCDI officials have been fice and her project attracted the organ failure. On his deathbed unit to investigate Zhou Yongkang graft scandal, transferred from other depart- involvement of the propaganda Jamalul Kiram III ordered family bypassing party’s internal disciplinary system ments and have very little experi- flagship Qiushi Journal in 2011. A and followers to keep alive the ence of investigations and crime- film production wing under > ASIA A8 territorial claims...... solving,” the source said. “Xi and Qiushi is now co-producing the for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) Wang agreed to use police to lead cartoon with two other official Staff Reporters and kept incommunicado in an the probes as they believe the po- filmmaking companies. Foreign authors accept extra-legal, internal system of de- lice are more professional.” The movie, When Mao Ze- President Xi Jinping has tention called for in- Another source, quoting dong Was Young, covers the lead- cuts to sell in China set up a special unit headed by a terrogation before being handed CCDI officials and police, said: er’s teenage years. It was selected senior policeman and deputy to police and prosecutors. “Xi entrusted Fu to co-ordinate as one of three films to celebrate Allowing mainland censors to minister of public security to in- But at least three separate the recent inquiries related to the 120th anniversary of Mao’s tinker with their work may be an vestigate the scandal surround- sources with knowledge of recent Zhou, while Wang is overseeing birth, in December. unpleasant but necessary ing retired leader Zhou Yongkang interrogations widely believed to the cases and anti-corruption op- Lei said the film departed bargain for Western authors. A , bypassing the Commu- be part of a larger corruption erations in general. Fu is leading a from the practice of treating Mao Harvard professor sold 30,000 Thousands pack the government’s headquarters to demand an explanation of the rejection of HKTV’s licence application.Photo: Dickson Lee nist Party’s internal disciplinary probe into Zhou’s affairs said po- small group of police, mostly as infallible and tried to show him copies of his biography of Deng apparatus, sources say. lice were taking the primary roles from the Beijing Police Bureau, to as more human. Xiaoping in the US, but Beijing police chief Fu Zheng- in these cases. probe cases such as those of Wu “Desanctifying Mao is a sig- 650,000 on the mainland. hua will report directly to It is believed that Xi and CCDI Bing and Guo Yongxiang nificant goal of the film. Just like > WORLD A10 Xi, according to police and graft head want- .” every other child, he was naughty Mass rally to ‘defend HK’s core values’ watchdog sources. Fu is the first ed police who are more experi- Wu, a Sichuan billion- and liked to play tricks. There person in the party’s history to enced with criminal investiga- aire widely believed to have close hasn’t been enough coverage of Wealthy splurge also hold the concurrent posts of tions to handle the investigation ties with associates of Zhou’s Mao’s childhood,” Lei said. HKTV chairman Ricky Wong says rule of law at rally with last year’s movement Exco to disclose secret papers head of Beijing’s armed police, rather than the CCDI, whose abil- family, was seized in Beijing in To ensure the portrayal was on luxury flats against plans for a national edu- about the recommendation. the Standing Committee mem- ities and methods have been early August. Guo, a former realistic, the production team stake as thousands protest over licence decision cation curriculum, which the The Commerce and Eco- ber of the party’s Beijing munici- questioned recently. deputy governor of Sichuan who sent 600 volunteers to Mao’s The latest 35 luxury flats were all ...... government eventually shelved. nomic Development Bureau re- pal committee and deputy minis- One of the sources said the rose through the ranks as Zhou hometown in Shaoshan in snapped up at the Cullinan show HKTV shows on large pro- HKTV staff and artistes made peated that no political consider- ter of public security. top leaders were not satisfied was promoted, was detained in Hunan province and other Staff Reporters project over Kowloon Station jectors every night at 8pm. tearful speeches asking why their ations or desire to protect existing The arrangement is unusual with the CCDI’s working style June for “serious disciplinary vio- Mariasusai Andrews poses with a photo of his dead wife, Nirmala, in his home at To Kwa Wan. He cannot find a columbarium for his wife’s remains. Photo: May Tse places to gather anecdotes about yesterday, and 600 interested Police said 36,000 people efforts to raise the TV industry to a market players were involved. and reflects not only the sensitiv- and were aware of frequent lations” – a party euphemism for him. One of the biggest chal- buyers registered for 185 flats at Tens of thousands of protesters joined the rally. HKTV suggested new level were denied without ity of Zhou’s case but also Xi’s abuses during inquiry processes. corruption. lenges they faced was how to bal- the Austin above Austin MTR in black T-shirts marched to the 80,000 may have taken part, but reasons. Members of the public > MY TAKE A2 personal interest in it. Corrupt of- But it remains unclear if the Fu, 58, was only promoted to ance the exaggerated expressions station. > BUSINESS B1 government headquarters in Ad- this was only an estimate as there accused the government of > HARRY’S VIEW A14 ficials are usually dealt with by new practice of having a special deputy minister post in August miralty yesterday claiming that had not been an official count. crushing the city’s core values. > MORE REPORTS C1 the party’s Central Commission > CONTINUED ON A3 after the retirement of Zhou, the Indian man can’t find burial place for wife the decision to deny Hong Kong The march was organised via “Under the Lion Rock, we be- former national security chief Television Networks (HKTV) a a Facebook page that has attrac- lieve if we endeavour, we suc- who ruled over the police and ...... free-to-air TV licence was a threat ted nearly 500,000 “likes”. ceed. But the government has other law enforcement agencies spot in the lucky draw allocation agement said by law the cemeter- said: “Even in death, ethnic mi- land leases and would have to CITY Jennifer Ngo to the city’s core values. Some protesters called on the made it a myth now,” said Jean for nearly a decade. Fu is also of government-run cemeteries in ies under the organisation only norities still don’t get equal abide to those. .Just like every [email protected] HKTV chairman Ricky Wong government and Executive Tsang, a housewife in her 50s. leading a controversial crack- June. The letter informing An- take ethnic Chinese applicants. rights.” “It wouldn’t be appropriate to other child, he Wai-kay, who did not take part in Council to explain the rationale Exco convenor Lam Woon- down on influential commenta- drews of lucky draw arrange- Andrews never expected to The chairman of the Equal apply the law to this case,” he It’s time to the rally, said the issue was no behind the issuing of licences as kwong and the president of the tors on the internet, a prominent Losing a loved one is painful, but ments was in Chinese, despite his encounter such discrimination Opportunities Commission, said. was naughty longer about giving viewers more documents leaked to the media Legislative Council, Jasper Tsang plank in Xi’s plan to “seize the for Mariasusai Andrews, the application being in English. and he said the whole experience York Chow Yat-ngok, said he had The shortage of niches and and liked to vote for your choice but whether the author- revealed there were no reasons Yok-sing, called on the govern- ground of new media”. death of his wife was made worse “It seemed like they were not had been humiliating. He was ex- written to the Food and Environ- columbariums affected the Chi- ities respected people’s needs not to issue three. When the gov- ment to explain its criteria in A forensics expert, Fu made when he was unable to secure a very earnest. They are not genu- tremely disappointed in the gov- mental Hygiene Department, nese population in Hong Kong as play tricks HK hero and whether Hong Kong was still ernment decided to open the TV granting free-to-air licences. his name with the high-profile niche for her ashes. ine and they are not respecting ernment and the Legislative which is in charge of government well, he said. governed by the rule of law. market in 1998 it said there would Tsang said the government could bust of Beijing’s Passion Night- Andrews’ wife Nirmala died [us],” he said. Council – where lawmakers were cemeteries, and said the family However, Li hoped the gov- DIRECTOR LEI JUNLIN About 100 HKTV staff formed be no cap on licence numbers. reveal “the assessment of the ap- club months after he was named quite suddenly in April aged 51, The family, being Christian, is supposed to speak for the Hong would get a second shot at the ernment would take away the ex- The Post has shortlisted 30 a “justice alliance” and said they lawmaker Claudia plicants’ competitiveness”. the city’s police chief in 2010. when cancer spread to her lungs not allowed to use the Hindu Kong people. new lucky draw. emption on cemeteries from the that cartoons use with the solem- would camp at the Tamar site Mo Man-ching compared the Lam and justice secretary The massive crackdown on undetected. But after a bewilder- cemetery where many Indians Bringing the ashes back to In- The department apologised anti-discrimination ordinance, nity required when dealing with inspiring people; now we until an explanation was given to Kwok-keung said several prostitution operations, ing six months, her urn of ashes are buried. dia is not a choice, considering for sending a Chinese letter to the and grant justice to ethnic minor- the founder of modern China, ac- must pick 11 winners > PAGE C2 the company, which lost out last procedural justice was upheld including the luxurious club, sur- still sits in a funeral home, unable While being part of a church, the family has called Hong Kong family to explain the situation. ities cording to Lei’s husband, Zeng week when the government ONLINE during the vetting process. prised the public as the club own- to find a final resting place, said the church is not part of the Chi- home for 30 years, said Andrews. Cemeteries and burial “I hope [the government] Xiangbao, who is the film’s gen- granted only two licences, to i- scmp.com/hktvprotest Labour Party lawmaker Cyd er was regarded as being well- her husband. The family’s Indian nese Church Alliance, which con- “Hong Kong is home. I find grounds are exempted from the would look at the suffering peo- eral producer. Cable’s Fantastic TV and PCCW’s Check our website to watch Ho Sau-lan wrote to Legco’s in- connected to military officials. ethnicity limits their burial op- trols Christian cemeteries in the living in India very difficult [now]. anti-discrimination ordinance, ple go through, due to an unequal While they hoped to offer a Hong Kong Television Entertain- video of yesterday’s march formation technology and Another source confirmed the tions. city. As for the children, it is virtually which means cemeteries can law,” she said. “These ethnic mi- new view of Mao, his mother FOCUS ment. The staff protesters will and protest rally broadcasting panel requesting shift to relying more on police “[The situation] is making it Andrews also approached the impossible [for them to settle refuse applications based on race norities seriously see Hong Kong Wen Qimei was treated with such than the CCDI in the Zhou case, hard to settle and to move on,” he Chinese Permanent Cemeteries back there].” or religion. as home and when they pass reverence they considered using adding: “Guo Yongxiang was ar- said. but was turned down. Annie Li Man from minority Chow said private cemeteries away, they’d like to be buried the term “Virgin Mary” in the rested in Chengdu by po- Andrews failed to secure a A spokeswoman for the man- rights advocacy group Unison were under different laws and here.” English subtitles to describe her. BANKING lice from Beijing.” “Mao’s mother had great influ- The source added that at a ence on him and she was a Bud- time when the leadership was dhist,” Lei said. calling for greater rule of law, it ENERGY The script took more than a JPMorgan close to US$13b settlement was important that a special unit year to vet, requiring approval VICTORIA PARK: investigated corruption cases to from various departments within ...... avoid the much-criticised the party and the government. mie Dimon discussed the deal ing inquiries by New York Attor- shuanggui system. Lei, who is also director of Bloomberg FROM OASIS TO with Holder after markets closed ney General Eric Schneiderman, Under party regulations, dis- Energy policy ‘to be transparent’ China’s longest-running cartoon in Washington and New York on Friday as the banker sought to the people said. cipline inspection units can hold series on popular science – 3,000 BUILDING SITE end probes that have beset his The settlement would suspects under shuanggui for up Questions from Bluecat – said she JPMorgan Chase’s record US$13 firm and resulted in its first quar- amount to more than half of to four months. But, in reality, de- Chief of largest power firm says consumers will mand to be met by nuclear fuel, Kong firm involved in developing was heartened that the only > PAGE A4 billion deal to end US probes of terly loss under his watch. The JPMorgan’s record US$21.3 bil- tention is indefinite and reports 40 per cent by gas and 10 per cent mainland nuclear stations. changes to the script were minor its mortgage-bond sales would agreement, which is not yet final, lion profit last year, or 1.5 times have emerged of party members be told implications of each mix of sources by coal by 2020. But it decided to “We have higher transparen- wordings. But authorities told her free America’s largest bank from includes US$4 billion in relief for what was set aside to pay em- being tortured or even beaten to ...... reconsider it last year after the cy, modern Hong Kong manage- not to use the name Shaoshan in mounting civil disputes with the unspecified consumers and ployees during the first nine death. Last week, Environment Sec- 2011Fukushima nuclear disaster. ment style, Hong Kong standards the movie title in order to avoid Cheung Chi-fai government while leaving a US$9 billion in payments and months of this year. The first source said a series of retary Wong Kam-sing said the The mix is now 54 per cent coal, of governance to apply for nu- giving too much emphasis to a lo- [email protected] criminal inquiry unresolved. fines, according to another per- The outline of the tentative “bold reforms” of CCDI was ex- consultation aimed to find out 23 per cent form nuclear and 23 clear power stations,” he said. cal place. The tentative pact with the son briefed on the terms. accord was reached during a pected to be announced after the the most acceptable energy mix per cent from natural gas. Christine Loh Kung-wai, the President Xi Jinping’s Department of Justice increased The payouts would cover a telephone call between Holder, party’s keynote meeting next Hong Kong’s energy future will in terms of the proportion of coal, Lancaster said to ensure sup- environment undersecretary “”, although not from an US$11 billion proposal US$4 billion accord with the Fed- Dimon, JPMorgan general coun- month. rely on an “open and transpar- gas, renewable and nuclear in ply diversity, he opposed closing who also attended the congress, mentioned explicitly, was one of last month and would be the eral Housing Finance Agency sel Stephen Cutler and Associate Authorities endorsed the ent” public consultation that will electricity generation by the all coal-fired plants. “Coal is said that while “some people” in the film’s themes, she said. The most paid by a financial firm in a over the bank’s sale of mortgage- US Attorney General Tony West. decision to probe Zhou at the se- tell people the implications of power firms. something we can reduce. But to society hated nuclear, she had campaign, which has been a per- settlement with the US. The deal backed securities, that person Holder told Dimon that a re- cretive annual party meeting their choices in favouring a par- Any decision on the future go to the extreme of closing down heard of no one who wanted to sonal project of Xi, seeks to pro- BUSINESS would not release the bank from said. The deal also resolves pend- lease from the criminal inquiry held in August at the Beidaihe ticular energy mix, says the chief mix will have significant bearing coal-fired plants, it would be a completely drop imports from mote the revitalisation of the potential criminal liability, at the would not be forthcoming, said resort in Hebei , the of the city’s largest power firm. not just on cost, but also the envi- bad thing for us,” he said. the Daya Bay nuclear station. nation. It would sit alongside the insistence of US Attorney Gen- the person familiar with their Post reported earlier. No Polit- Richard Lancaster, chief exec- ronment and reliability. Lancaster also wanted to di- “Instead of just telling us nu- expression in the film of Mao’s eral Eric Holder, according to talks. The accord will probably buro Standing Committee mem- utive officer of CLP Holdings, said While the mix was a matter for versify local gas supply by build- clear should not be allowed, there childhood dream for the nation, Small player terms described by a person require JPMorgan to co-operate ber – retired or sitting – has been all relevant information, from en- policymakers, Lancaster said it ing a liquefied natural gas termi- needs an objective discussion on and his ambition to leave familiar with the talks. in criminal investigations of indi- investigated for economic crimes ergy security and environmental should be “flexible” enough to nal in east Shenzhen which could how we look at coal and gas,” she Shaoshan in pursuit of it. takes on “To not get the waiver from viduals tied to wrongdoing asso- since the end of the Cultural Rev- performance to costs, would be meet challenges, including the bring in cheaper gas from around said. The movie is in the final stages criminal prosecution is not $ ciated with the bank’s mortgage olution in 1976. % made available. volatility of international fuel the world when international Loh, however, said it would be of production, and the team hope Li Ka-shing good,” said Nancy Bush, a bank 21.3b practices, they said. Several of Zhou’s former aides 54 “All implications should be prices. “It is important we don’t prices dropped. difficult for the government to tell a 3-D version can be made for analyst. “What we’re looking for JPMorgan’s push to settle the are now under shuanggui, in- made as open and transparent as lose our flexibility and close all On nuclear energy imports, the public exactly what future next year, Lei said. in a settlement of this size is cer- JPMorgan’s record profit, in mortgage probes and other cases cluding , ex- The percentage of HK’s power possible so that the community options,” he said. Lancaster acknowledged there prices would be for different fuel “We definitely want to screen Chun Wo Development tainty from things like the crimi- US dollars, last year required a US$7.2 billion charge chairman of the China National that comes from coal-fired has all the information needed to In 2010, the Environment Bu- were “genuine concerns” that mixes as even the most authorita- the film in Hong Kong. We want nal prosecution of a company. • It reported a $380m in the third quarter, causing the Petroleum Corporation, and power stations make a judgment,” he said at the reau consulted on a climate- needed to be addressed. But he tive agency in the United Nations to show that this kind of movie in a David vs Goliath The Street wants certainty.” loss last month bank to report a US$380 million Guo, who worked alongside World Energy Congress in Dae- change strategy that proposed a said one way of tackling these could only provide a loose range can break the rules and be differ- court wrangle > BACK PAGE JPMorgan chief executive Ja- loss on October 11. Zhou for 12 years until 2002. gu, South Korea, last week. plan for half of electricity de- concerns was to have a Hong of prices. ent,” she said.