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China’s central bank yesterday announced it will inject at least 600 billion yuan (USD91.46 billion) to provide liquidity for the impending Spring Festival holiday, the state-run agency Xinhua reported. The liquidity will be added through tools such as the standing lending facility (SLF), the medium-term lending facility (MLF) and pledged supplementary lending (PSL), the People’s Bank of China said in a statement on its website. The central bank vowed to ensure liquidity in the banking system is “reasonable and adequate” around the Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb 8. ap photo

Middle East Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit as part of a Mideast tour that will include stops in Egypt and Iran. The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Deputy Crown ocean absorption of man-made heat doubled Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeted the Chinese delegation upon their arrival yesterday. Xi will be meeting with King Salman, 2015 warmest year on as well as the chiefs of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the 57-nation Organization of Islamic record for Macau, world P6 Cooperation. More on p10

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Lionel Leong Secretary for Economy evokes ‘Macau spirit’ to overcome setbacks he Secretary for Economy dropped for 18 consecutive Tand Finance evoked the months, sending ripples across “Macau spirit” to bring peo- To revamp the whole economy. Worst ple together, overcome the di- hit has been the VIP sector, of Macau meet its development Considering all the external fficulties they face and use the the gambling wealthy people brought to Ma- target for becoming a world economic factors, in the short opportunity to improve the ci- cau by junkets. They used to ac- tourism and leisure centre. term, he cannot see many posi- ty’s economy. industry, count for more than 70 per cent Leong said that people in the tive factors. Lionel Leong Vai Tac said of casino income, rising to 80 city had reacted well to the di- He was asked if, after 18 mon- in a recent interview with Ex- Macau needs per cent at the peak, but have fficulties. Opportunities and ths of decline, gambling reve- moo News that, in meetings to improve now fallen to 53 per cent. challenges exist together. Fa- nue had reached their bottom. with friends, social groups and “On the other hand, the mass cing difficulties and challenges, “I have no crystal ball. I have no people in industry, he felt the the legal market has remained strong,” everyone has responded calmly way to predict.” “Macau spirit” had not chan- said Leong. “With hindsight, and is working hard to improve Leong is so busy that his only ged. “This year Macau people infrastructure the gambling industry in Macau the situation. days off come when the clea- are facing a year of economic depended too much on the bu- Leong said that now was the ners have to wash the carpets adjustment but most do not and supervision siness brought by junkets. The time both to restructure the and the air conditioners in the complain. On the contrary, they regulation of it was not strong economy and self-examina- office. His two sons and one have a positive attitude toward entrepreneurs and traditional enough. The healthy improve- tion. Macau’s gaming market is daughter are all studying over- the new economic situation. It shops developing e-commerce ment of the junkets can pro- changing; it must overcome two seas. The two sons have gone makes me feel deeply their spi- to open new markets. mote the healthy development large dependencies – one is on to university in the U.S., while rit of stability, being responsib- Since Leong took the post in of the six large casinos and will a single industry and the other his 15-year-old daughter is stu- le and going forward. December 2014, he has lived in the end bring benefits to the on a group of people in the in- dying in the UK. Leong added that, when the through a dramatic change in whole of Macao.” dustry. To revamp the gam- The only time he can see economy was growing fastest, gambling, the city’s main busi- This means improving the law bling industry, Macau needs to them is during long holidays. rents for offices and shops rose ness for 168 years. For over a and strengthening the moni- improve the legal infrastructure “Before, when I was a busines- rapidly and there were no con- decade, it grew rapidly, over- toring system, improving the and supervision. It has to chan- sman, I spent a lot of time with ditions to develop certain sec- taking Las Vegas to become the non-gambling elements and ge from ‘doing the biggest’ to them. Now they realize that tors. But, now that the economy world’s top gaming center. But, the mass market. In this way, ‘doing the best’. the role of daddy has changed. is slowing, it is an opportunity from the middle of 2014, reve- the leisure elements in the casi- He said that this restructuring They will support me well,” he for them to grow, such as young nues began to fall; they have nos will improve. Only then can was difficult in every aspect. said. MDT/Macauhub/Exmoo

t least RMB207 billion te Department’s Bureau Awas channeled out of of International Narcoti- Guangdong Province last cs and Law Enforcement China laundering hotspot year in illegal transfers, Affairs, responsible for with some if it transiting monitoring international through Hong Kong and money laundering, “China pushes 200bn yuan in transfers Macau. leads the world in illicit ca- According to media re- pital flows.” ports, a total of 83 cases Equally Macau has ear- gged to the USD respecti- Chinese banks were subse- were discovered by se- ned a reputation for being vely, and this has sheltered quently required to moni- curity officials from the Shenzhen a recipient of illegal trans- them somewhat from the tor the transactions of their mainland, involving sums fers. For high rollers, it is recent turbulence of the clients and to rate the risk that collectively exceeded and Zhuhai one way to bypass China’s RMB and the turmoil of the of such transactions being RMB207 billion. Many currency controls and cir- Chinese stock markets in used for criminal purposes. more incidents are belie- are hotspots cumvent the watchful eyes recent weeks. However, there remain ved to have occurred, mea- for illegal of Xi’s anti-corruption bu- Chinese efforts to tackle concerns about China’s ning that the total amount reaucrats. money laundering have willingness to cooperate laundered could be much money One case last year in- increased in recent years, in the prevention of cross- higher than official figures. volved a mainland offi- currency into the MSAR. partially in reaction to the border money laundering. Up to 231 suspects have transfers cial who had attempted This kind of illegal activi- mainland economy beco- For example, in June last been implicated in cur- to siphon around RMB12 ty has persisted for years in ming more globally con- year, Chinese authorities rent investigations. Some Within China, Guang- million into Macau to use China’s southern Guang- nected. refused to assist with an of these people have been dong has long been regar- for gambling purposes, the dong Province, but it may In 2013, the central go- Italian investigation that implicated for the launde- ded as a national hotspot SCMP reports. have intensified of late due vernment intensified its alleged that Bank of China ring of illegal funds, while for illegal money transfers In August last year, police to a weakening yuan, which enforcement of anti-money operations in the Mediter- others as those who solici- out of mainland jurisdic- in Macau arrested 17 people is creating strong demand laundering operations and ranean country had been ted such services. tion – especially in the after a crackdown on pawn for other currencies. promised that incidents complicit in money launde- According to a recent border cities of Shenzhen shops that were suspected The HKD and MOP are of non-compliance would ring and had profited from report from the U.S. Sta- and Zhuhai. of aiding the illicit flow of directly and indirectly pe- be taken more seriously. it. Staff reporter

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Health Seoul court fines baseball stars for Electronic cigarettes effects gambling in Macau seen as less harmful than cigars Seoul court has fined newly-signed ASt. Louis Cardinals reliever Seung Hwan Oh 10 million won (USD8,300) for lectronic cigaret- Dulay. “We’re fighting for breaking South Korean gambling laws by Etes (e-cigs), which use a new category of legisla- betting heavily at a Macau casino. nicotine derived from a tion specifically for e-cigs Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Lim Chan- tobacco plant and are de- – not too lenient and not g-yong, Oh’s ex-teammate with South Ko- signed to mimic smoking, too strict. What’s impor- rean club Samsung Lions, was also fined are currently facing a glo- tant is that consumers are the same amount, according to spokesman bal challenge. protected by a safety stan- Joon Young Maeng at the Seoul Central Late last year, the Heal- dard,” he said. District Court on Tuesday. th Bureau and the gover- Meanwhile in the U.S., The Korean Baseball Organization ear- nment proposed a ban on e-cigs were categorized as lier hit both players with half-season bans the trading of e-cigs in medicine in 2008. after prosecutors charged them for betting Macau to ensure public From May this year, e-cigs around 40 million won ($33,000) each at a health. and other nicotine vapor casino in Macau in 2014. However, a recent survey products will be regulated South Korea has strict gambling laws, by the regional consumer in the EU under the Tobac- and has only one domestic casino for locals advocacy group factasia. A man smokes an electronic cigarette co Products Directive, whi- while 16 others only admit foreigners. Sou- org (an organization that, ch Britain’s The Guardian th Koreans are banned from betting large according to its website, th than tobacco consump- has also proposed a ban on newspaper described as an sums of money at venues other than the “seeks to represent the ri- tion, Public Health En- e-cigs, with experts saying extremely costly route. designated local casino. ghts of adults in Asia who gland (PHE) has said that that a lot of vapers stron- Heneage Mitchell, ano- Oh, 33, signed with the Cardinals earlier choose to enjoy smoking they are “95 percent safer gly opposed the move, as ther Factasia.org co-fou- this month on a one-year contract with a or other related forms of than smoking.” In Hong it would force them to go nder, believes that endor- club option for a second year. In 498 career consumption of nicotine”) Kong, e-cigs have risen in back to tobacco cigarettes. sing e-cigs is a primary games in South Korea and Japan, Oh is 32- stated that most smokers popularity since 2012 and E-cigs are regulated as way for governments to 20 with a 1.81 ERA with 772 strikeouts in want to be able to switch to sales have been doubling a tobacco-medicinal pro- see positive results in na- 646 1-3 innings. He also was a member less harmful alternatives in the past two years, ac- duct in the Philippines, ac- tional public heath policy. of the Gold medal-winning South Korean to smoking, such as e-cigs. cording to the Asian Vape cording to the president of He argued that smokers Olympics team in 2008 and represented Recognizing that e-cigs Association. However, the the Philippine E-Cigarette shouldn’t be denied access the country in the World Baseball Classic are less damaging to heal- Hong Kong government Industry Association, Joey to nicotine. Staff reporter in 2006, 2009 and 2013. AP

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he Macau Millions Poker competition ended this week, awarding a prize pool Poker on the rise in Macau, Tof HKD3 million to its win- ners. Twenty-seven-year-old Chinese player Alvan Zheng walked away with the title and unaffected by gaming slump HKD911,000, followed by his two compatriots, Quan Zhou and Guancheng Wu. The poker tournament was Over 50 the largest ever event of its kind held in Macau, serving as percent a reminder that the card game of APPT’s is becoming increasingly po- pular among Chinese gamers. tournament The Times spoke with Danny McDonagh, the president of participants the organizing body of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), come from who claims that poker is on China, as the rise in Macau despite the gaming slump. opposed to just Macau’s most popular game has always been baccarat. Ac- 10 percent five cording to some estimates, years ago it accounts for more than 90 percent of the MSAR’s profi- ts. However, there are indica- tions that an interest in poker rison to total table numbers, it has been increasing in recent is pleasing to see actual num- years. bers have been on the increa- “Poker continues to gain po- Danny McDonagh, president of the APPT se these past 12 months,” said pularity in countries such as McDonagh. China, Japan and India,” said ving reached 2,343 players. players two years ago. While the top three winners He added that at least two ca- McDonagh, adding that they This means that this year’s This surge in popularity is in this year’s tournament were sinos have added poker tables had just set a new record for event broke the tournament’s being attributed by some to from China, a further three in in the last year while gross ga- the tournament this year, ha- previous record of 1,804 a heightened awareness of the top nine were from Hong ming revenue has been on the poker in the Chinese market, Kong, and a fourth came from decline, indicating that the while others claim that Ma- Taiwan. In fact, the only two of game has been relatively unaf- cau serves as a sensible poker the champions in the top nine fected by the slump. destination for players coming that were not from the Grea- After being asked if gaming from cultures that are already ter China region were Tatiana operators are interested in familiar with the game. Barausova of Russia (7th) and pursuing poker as an alter- McDonagh thinks it is proba- Boon Heng Siong of Singapore native gaming option, McDo- bly a bit of both. (9th). nagh replied: “With two new “I feel that [poker] is in some According to Cardschat, a poker rooms opening here in ways a diversification from ge- gaming news agency, Macau’s the last 12 months, yes.” neral gaming as it is a way to gaming slump has threate- “It is giving an opportunity attract people from countries ned to jeopardize poker ac- that not all casinos provi- where poker is popular [and tivity in Macau. Well-known de, something that sets them that have] traditionally only poker players Phil Ivey and apart from other venues, and produced very small tourist Tom Dwan have not made poker is a game that continues numbers to Macau,” the APPT public comments on whether to gain interest here in Asia,” president told the Times. or not they intend to conti- he added. But Chinese players are also nue playing in Macau, but While the vast majority of on the rise, with the organi- the agency has alluded to the the MSAR’s gaming tourists zation’s major events repor- fact that the continuation of (and indeed other tourists) ting that over 50 percent of the gaming downturn could come from Mainland China, their Asia-based tournament prompt high-level players to could a new focus on promo- players herald from China. look to other destinations. ting the image of poker help to This has “progressively in- “While the number of poker encourage visitors from fur- creased from around 10 per- tables [in Macau] remains ther away, potentially tapping cent five years ago.” very small in total in compa- into new markets? It would not do much to help diversify Macau’s economy prototypes share little in common with away from gaming activities, The origins of poker the game as it is known today. Modern but it could help relieve the versions of poker are thought to have de- MSAR’s dependence on high veloped sometime between the late 18th rollers from the mainland that here is little consensus over where and early 19th Century. are being squeezed by Xi’s anti- Tand when poker originated. Variants There exist accounts of the game being graft campaign. of the game can be traced back to China played extensively throughout the Mis- “We run the biggest poker bloomberg from over 1,000 years ago, though the sissippi region in the U.S. from the 1830s tournaments in Asia here in game was not played with cards, but with onwards, though with just 20 cards and Macau,” McDonagh claimed, painted dominoes. with players betting on which hand was “however, we are in the early Others accredit poker’s origins to an most valuable. stages of putting on an event Indian card game called “Ganjifa,” which On the other hand, the history of the which will compete with some was also a betting game but consisted of game in its modern form in Asia is relati- of the biggest events in the 96 painted cards. vely brief with its surge in popularity co- world and will attract many Mainstream historians usually source ming mostly in the last two decades. more players from Europe its origins to a French card game called Today, despite the game’s popularity and the Americas to compete “poque,” itself a variant of the German, paling in comparison to traditional Chi- against our large Asia-Pacific “pochen,” which means “to bluff” in nese games like baccarat, Macau remains following.” English. one of the largest poker destinations in “Poker is healthy here in Ma- However, they warn that these early the world. cau,” he added. 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2015 warmest year on record for Macau

ccording to the Ma- The El Niño effect generally Acau Meteorological and results in high air pressure in sars brace for Geophysical Bureau (SMG), the eastern Pacific. The con- bloomberg 2015 was the warmest year re- sequences of the increased air cold snap corded since the official estab- pressure results in higher-than-­ lishment of the organization in average temperatures in the Hong Kong and the sur- 1952. summer and autumn months, rounding areas are bracing for The average annual tempera- and a more humid and rainier a cold snap that is expected ture in the MSAR throughout winter. to strike on the weekend. The last year was 23.2 degrees Cel- “We predict that the intensity cold weather is the result of sius, 0.6 degrees higher than of this climactic phenomenon what is being described as an the annual average as measu- is going to endure during this “intense” polar vortex that red between 1980 and 2010. winter, gradually slowdown in authorities have warned could According to SMG, the num- the spring,” a representative of hit the New Territories. There is speculation that the cold ber of days in Macau with a mi- SMG told the Times. weather, which could last into nimum temperature below 12 Typhoon activities in the South next week, may bring frost, degrees Celsius numbered only China Sea were below normal, ice, sleet or even snow to the two. By comparison, the avera- the agency added. Meanwhile, territory. The SCMP reports ge number of days in a year be- the Hong Kong Observatory that the Hong Kong Observa- low 12 degrees is eight. announced that the HKSAR tory predicts urban areas may Perhaps most striking were also enjoyed its warmest year be spared from the winter Coloane’s Hac Sa beach the recorded temperatures for on record in 2015, with an ave- weather phenomenon. Mean- November, for which SMG no- rage yearly temperature of 24.2 while, internet-based weather ted an air temperature 2.0 de- se in 2015, the warmest year on for the incremental rise in tem- degrees Celsius, slightly higher forecasts for this weekend grees above the normal for the record. perature. than in Macau. show that temperatures in month. The Metrological Division “The reason for 2015 being the According to the World Me- Macau could drop to as low as The meteorological agency Chief, Tang Iu Man, said that warmest year is due to the unu- teorological Organization’s pre- 5 degrees Celsius on Sunday told the Times last week that the El Niño effect – the band of sual atmospheric circulation liminary assessment, 2015 may night, and may not recover to the temperatures in the first warm water that develops in the related to the El Niño event and have been the warmest year the month’s historical aver- two weeks of this year are very Pacific Ocean in some years - the global warming condition,” globally since records began in ages until January 27. similar when compared to tho- is partly behind the explanation Tang explained. 1850. Staff reporter

the surface from get- Study: Man-made heat put in ting even warmer from Specialists dispute the heat-trapping gases oceans has doubled since 1997 spewed by the burning which year warmest of coal, oil and gas, the scientists said. Seth Borenstein, decades when good The warmer the arious reports pro- fects of human-induced Washington data wasn’t available oceans get, the less heat duced in the media global warming, 2015 is

ap photo V and computer simula- they can absorb and the throughout 2015 sugges- also “witnessing a power- he amount of man- tions are involved, the more heat stays in the ted that the year might ful El Niño, which is still Tmade heat energy overall figures are rou- air and on land surface, have been the warmest on gaining in strength.” absorbed by the seas gh but still are reliab- the study’s co-author, record – or at least the war- “This is influencing wea- has doubled since 1997, le, the study’s authors Chris Forest at Pennsyl- mest year since the late- ther patterns in many parts a study released yester- said. Most of the added vania State University, 1800s when humankind of the world,” said Jarraud, day showed. heat has been trapped said. first began using what are “and [has] fueled an excep- Scientists have long in the upper 2,300 feet, “These finding have considered to be reliable tionally warm October.” known that more than but with every year the potentially serious con- measures of temperature. “The overall warming 90 percent of the heat This image provided by deeper oceans also are sequences for life in the In June, a report from impact of this El Niño is energy from man-made Lawrence Livermore National absorbing more energy, oceans as well as for NASA’s Goddard Institute expected to continue into Laboratory shows Pacific and global warming goes Atlantic meridional sections they said. patterns of ocean circu- for Space Studies indica- 2016,” he added. into the world’s oceans showing upper-ocean But the study’s authors lation, storm tracks and ted that the average tem- However, Forbes contri- instead of the ground. warming for the past six and outside experts say storm intensity,” said perature for the first five butor James Taylor lashed And they’ve seen ocean decades (1955-2011) it’s not the raw numbers Oregon State Universi- months of 2015 exceeded out at weather warning heat content rise in re- that bother them. It’s ty marine sciences pro- those of any other year on reports this week, stating cent years. But the new tive, if you exploded one how fast those numbers fessor Jane Lubchenco, record. The NOAA’s Na- that 2015 was “not even study, using ocean-­atomic bomb the size of are increasing. the former chief of the tional Climatic Data Cen- close to the hottest year on observing data that the one that dropped “After 2000 in particu- National Oceanic and ter in the U.S. noted that record.” goes back to the Bri- on Hiroshima every se- lar the rate of change is Atmospheric Adminis- the temperature of these Taylor points to a chart tish research ship cond for a year, the total really starting to ramp tration. five months exceeded tho- that shows 1998 to have Challenger in the 1870s energy released would up,” Durack said. One outside scientist, se of the same five months been the warmest year on and including high- be 2 zettajoules. So sin- This means the Kevin Trenberth, cli- as measured in 2010, by record. He further alleges tech modern underwa- ce 1997, Earth’s oceans amount of energy being mate analysis chief at 0.09 degrees Celsius. that global warming ac- ter monitors and com- have absorbed man- trapped in Earth’s cli- the National Center for Reports later in the year tivists and the media are puter models, tracked made heat energy equi- mate system as a who- Atmospheric Research, seemed to confirm that conspiring to present false how much man-made valent to a Hiroshima- le is accelerating, the also has been looking at 2015 was indeed the war- data. heat has been buried style bomb being explo- study’s lead author Pe- ocean heat content and mest year on record. The discrepancy between in the oceans in the ded every second for 75 ter Gleckler, a climate he said his ongoing work In November, the World the different reports may past 150 years. straight years. scientist at Lawrence shows the Gleckler team Meteorological Organiza- have less to do with media The world’s oceans “The changes we’re Livermore, said. “significantly underesti- tion (WMO) claimed that conspiracy and more to do absorbed approxima- talking about, they are Because the oceans are mates” how much heat the global average surface with variants in what is tely 150 zettajoules of really, really big num- so vast and cold, the ab- the ocean has absorbed. temperature in 2015 was actually being measured. energy from 1865 to bers,” said study co- sorbed heat raises tem- Jeff Severinghaus at likely to be the warmest, The data cited by Taylor 1997, and then absorbed author Paul Durack, an peratures by only a few the Scripps Institute while also reaching the measured temperatures about another 150 in the oceanographer at the tenths of a degree, but of Oceanography prai- symbolic milestone of 1 de- of the global lower atmos- next 18 years, according Lawrence Livermore the importance is the sed the study, saying it gree Celsius over the pre- phere, while reports from to a study published National Lab in Califor- energy balance, Gleckler “provides real, hard evi- industrial era (pre-1850). the WMO specified that Monday in the journal nia. “They are nonhu- and his colleagues said. dence that humans are WMO Secretary-General they had recorded global Nature Climate Change. man numbers.” When oceans absorb dramatically heating the Michel Jarraud warned average surface tempera- To put that in perspec- Because there are all that heat it keeps planet.” AP that, while feeling the ef- tures. wed 20.01.2016

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Polytechnic Institute expects to see new graduates employed in 3 months

Renato Marques the employment rate is 100 per- looking for candidates that have cent with most students finding a “a passion for the retail sector he Macau Polytechnic Ins- job three or four months before and love to work in a customer Ttitute (IPM) expects their they actually graduate.” service-oriented job and have graduates to be able to find jobs For Yili Ling, 21, a student a very good customer service in their areas of study in about from mainland China who ex- mindset.” three months’ time. This is the pects to be on the graduates list Although the company recei- belief – or at least the hope - this year, “to find job opportu- ves a lot of applications, she expressed by the institution’s nities in Macau is the goal.” The finds it difficult to hire the right Academic Affairs Department graduate hopes to find a job in people because the gaming in- Head, Vivian Lei. the marketing field. “Casinos dustry is often looking for the The scholar was speaking on are the strongest industry so I same kind of candidate. the sidelines of IPM’s Careers might get a job there, or even in Brenda Hoi sees the retail in- Day 2016 that was inaugurated another area. As I am not a resi- dustry as much more competitive yesterday at the tertiary insti- IPM’s department head Vivian Lei Student Yili Ling dent, I might have some quota- than the casino industry because tution. related issues,” Yili Ling said, “many people are not interested “In the past, it took about two job due to the programs’ suita- also currently in high demand. adding that although she is “not in working night shifts”. months’ time for the fresh gra- bility to the local market and to Graduates from these programs too optimistic about it, she looks The Careers Day is one of the duates to get a job but our last potential hirers. should therefore not expect to forward to receiving responses activities planned by the IPM survey from 2015 shows that the “We are very confident that encounter many obstacles when from some of the companies she “in order to put their students period extended slightly to an our graduates can find jobs very entering the job market. is contacting.” in contact with companies that average of about three months easily because our programs are “The students are looking for, Yili Ling was one of the studen- might be interested in recruiting after graduation. This is still a fully related to the Macau strate- firstly, something related to their ts visiting the Careers Day, which them” according to the deputy very good record when compa- gy and development, namely its study program, and secondly, featured 38 booths comprising head of the institution, Yin Lei, red to other regions and coun- role as a platform between Chi- jobs that offer a better salary,” of representatives from different in her opening speech. tries,” Lei said. na and the Portuguese speaking Lei stated, adding that only some companies and institutions. The Other activities will occur over She added that IPM expects countries,” Vivian Lei said. of the fresh graduates may be Times also spoke with Brenda a period of one month, inclu- 650 fresh graduates to emerge The department also mentioned affected by the downturn in Ma- Hoi, the Human Resources Busi- ding talks and seminars from from the different majors on that other study programs such cau’s economy. “It depends on ness Partner of a company dedi- several companies, as well as offer this year, explaining that as the ones related to the crea- the programs. For example, in cated to the sale of wristwatches. workshops about employment-­ they will have easy access to the tive industries and nursing are Chinese-Portuguese translation She told the Times that she is related topics.

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landing in the fourth quarter corporate bits of 2015, but they provide little Asian stocks rise after China reason to stop worrying about sands announces China’s drag on the global eco- feasts on nomy, either,” said Bill Adams, valentines day growth within expectations senior international econo- mist at PNC Financial Services sian stock markets quarter of 2015 as trade and Group. “Chinese domestic de- mostly eked out modest consumer spending weakened. mand remains weak, held back

A ap photo gains yesterday after China’s The quarterly growth figure by three persistent headwinds.” quarterly economic growth met was the weakest in six years and ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. expectations, calming some of 6.9 percent growth for the full crude was down 2 cents to the investor jitters in the region. year was the lowest in 25 years. $30.36 a barrel in electronic KEEPING SCORE: Chi- That was in line with market trading on the New York Mer- A sumptuous meal for lovers will na’s Shanghai Composite was expectations but some analys- cantile Exchange. Brent crude, be served at Sands Resorts Cotai up 1.6 percent at 2,961.58 and ts had forecast a much sharper a benchmark for international Strip and Sands Macao for Valenti- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gai- slowdown. Chinese leaders are oils, rose 40 cents to USD28.95 ne’s Day. The event is set to inclu- per barrel. de a buffet and several specially-­ ned 0.8 percent to 19,386.75. trying to reduce reliance on tra- created menus at a number of Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ad- 1,881.77. Markets in Southeast de and investment by nurturing CURRENCIES: The U.S. award-winning restaurants. ded 0.7 percent to 4,885. Ja- Asia were mixed. New Zealand slower, more self-sustaining dollar rose to 117.62 yen from According to a press release is- pan’s Nikkei 225 overcame gained. growth based on domestic con- 117.50 yen in the previous sued by Sands China, Portofino at early losses to rise 0.2 percent CHINA ECONOMY: Chi- sumption and services. trading day. The euro was li- The Venetian Macau promises a four-course meal that comprises to 16,989.31. South Korea’s na’s economic growth edged THE QUOTE: China’s “offi- ttle changed at $1.0886 from of a seafood platter. The feast is fi- Kospi advanced 0.2 percent to down to 6.8 percent in the final cial data do not point to a hard $1.0885. AP nished with a Portofino-style ama- retto crème brulée served with ber- ry compote and vanilla ice cream, ters for high-roller gamblers, to more priced at MOP688 per person. Gaming Conrad Macao offers an intimate than NZ$7 billion. The company was candle-lit dinner in a cabana over- also able to achieve savings at its Ade- looking its hotel’s pool and an af- SkyCity rises most in 15 months laide casino and reduce funding costs, ternoon tea set at the Lounge. The it said. outdoor dinner experience is priced on upbeat earnings forecast Normalized profit, which adjusts for at MOP2,688 per couple, which in- cludes course menus and a bottle volatility in the win rate for the inter- of rosé Champagne. kyCity Entertainment Group Ltd. ckland-based casino operator said yes- national business and one-time items, Copa Steakhouse is offering a Srose the most in 15 months after the terday, citing preliminary figures. The jumped as much as 29 percent in the five-course­ meal that consists of company said first-half earnings sur- stock advanced 5.9 percent, headed for first half, SkyCity said. Normalized ear- a fish course, soup, a main course ged as much as 30 percent. its best gain since Oct. 20, 2014. nings before interest, tax, depreciation and a dessert platter for two. The Valentine’s Day set menu is priced Net income jumped to as much as SkyCity said first-half earnings were and amortization gained as much as 17 at MOP788 per person. NZ$71 million (USD46 million) in boosted by growth in turnover in its percent to NZ$180 million. Final first-­ the six months ended Dec. 31, the Au- international business unit, which ca- half results are due Feb. 11. Bloomberg

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slow and painful.” Concern over stability in the region prompted China to help Xi asserts China’s Middle East broker the Iranian nuclear deal in July. China also supported a Security Council resolution con- role as Iran sanctions lifted demning the Islamic State in November, after the group laun- ched attacks in Paris and Beirut Ting Shi ternational Crisis Group. “The and announced the execution of timing of Xi’s visit in the wake a Chinese national. The gover- resident Xi Jinping will of lifting the sanctions seems nment in Beijing is particularly Pwade into the feud between designed to ensure that China’s concerned that Islamic extre- Iran and Saudi Arabia as he predominant position in the Ira- mism could spawn more unrest begins a Middle East tour that nian market is preserved.” in Xinjiang, which is home to shows a new willingness by Chi- In November, China Railway more than 10 million Uighur na to flex its diplomatic clout in Construction Corp., the national Muslims. one of the world’s most volatile train operator, floated a propo- The Chinese hope their lack of regions. sal for a 3,200-kilometer (2,000 “historical baggage” helps them Xi’s five-day swing through mile) high-spreed train to mediate in the region, Li said. In Riyadh, Cairo and Tehran re- Tehran from China’s western re- the run up to Xi’s trip, Commu- presents the president’s first gion of Xinjiang. Officials hope nist Party leaders have dispat- foray into the Middle East sin- to finalize a deal for the cons- ched envoys to Egypt, Iran and ce taking power three years ago truction of two Chinese-built Saudi Arabia. They’ve hosted and marks 60 years of relations nuclear power plants during Xi’s both the Syrian Foreign Minis- between Beijing and the Arab visit, Iran’s Tasnim news agency ter Walid al-Muallem and the League. He’s also seeking to reported Tuesday. country’s opposition leaders in protect Chinese influence that The Middle East trip is the la- Beijing. Last week, the govern- accumulated in Iran during the test illustration of Xi’s desire ment issued its first Arab policy country’s long isolation, with Xi to build geopolitical influence paper, in which it vowed to dee- becoming the first major world commensurate with China’s pen ties between the two sides. leader to visit since the U.S. and status as the world’s second-­ One question is how long European Union lifted sanctions ging director at the Washington Mecca built by China in 2015 for largest economy. Xi’s challen- China can maintain neutrality Saturday and cleared the way Institute for Near East Policy providing “convenient service to ge is to promote stability in the in the Middle East as its own for its reemergence in the global and a former regional adviser Muslim pilgrims from around region and expand business ties growing economic and military economy. to the National Security Coun- the globe.” without being dragged into the clout puts it into increased stra- The trip may show China cil. “Iran represents a strategic In Iran, Chinese interests pros- same bloody quagmires as the tegic competition with the U.S. playing a more hands-on peace- opportunity for China. As Bei- pered while sanctions over the U.S. China is now proposing a elsewhere in the world. making role as the Syrian conflict jing seeks to project power glo- country’s nuclear program blo- new role of “constructive enga- That rivalry favors closer ties exports violence around the wor- bally to secure its interests, Iran cked U.S. and European com- gement” and is urging Western with Iran - Washington’s long-­ ld, regional powers quarrel along will be its most important part- petitors from the market. China powers to follow its example, the time antagonist in the region - sectarian lines and U.S. influence ner in the Middle East.” buys 40 percent of Iran’s oil ex- official Xinhua News Agency re- than Saudi Arabia, said Timo- wanes. China doesn’t want more Chinese business interests in ports and has become the coun- ported. thy Heath, a senior international strife between Saudi Arabia - its the region have been expanding try’s top source of capital and “This leadership is taking a defense analyst with the RAND largest source of foreign oil - and for decades and the country is technology. Almost 100 Chine- much more proactive approach, Corporation. Besides providing a Iran, a potential strategic ally sit- the top trading partner with all se companies have a presence since maintaining stability in the chance to reduce China’s depen- ting at the crossroads of Xi’s Silk three nations on Xi’s tour. Sau- there. With the sanctions lifted, Middle East is crucial for China dence on Saudi oil, Tehran also Road plan to build railways, pi- di Arabia supplied China with China is counting on initiati- and any major regional conflict offers a potential partner in Xi’s pelines and other infrastructure 16 percent of its imported oil ves like the USD40 billion Silk will negatively impact China’s effort to challenge the Western- from Asia to Europe. He’ll be the in 2014, according to the U.S. Road fund to counter an influx energy security,” said Li Guofu, dominated international order. first top Chinese leader to visit Energy Information Adminis- of competition. who overseas Middle Eastern “China may quietly lean Iran since 2002. tration. Xi, in an article pub- “China will face rivals in a affairs at the government-run towards Iran,” Heath said. “Pu- “China has found itself increa- lished in the Alriyadh newspa- market that heretofore was un- China Institute of International blicly, however, China can be ex- singly enmeshed in the region’s per this week, praised robust der sanctions and uncontested,” Studies. “China is still rather pected to present an even-han- conflicts and diplomatic dispu- bilateral economic cooperation, said Ali Vaez, an Istanbul- based green in mediating Arab affairs, ded approach to bolster its ima- tes,” said Michael Singh, mana- highlighting a light railway in senior Iran analyst with the In- and the learning process can be ge as a peacemaker.” Bloomberg

re pro-democracy move- reform is a daunting task." Economic growth wanes to 25-year low in 2015 ment caused growth to Growth in investment plummet to 3.8 percent in factories, housing and in 1990. other fixed assets, a key Joe McDonald, Beijing munist Party tries to steer an engine of global growth. also rose. Investors were The October-December economic driver, weake- away from a worn-out mo- That has depressed inter- relieved that more pes- growth figure was the ned to 12 percent in 2015, hina's economy del based on investment national financial markets simistic forecasts about slowest quarterly ex- down 2.9 percentage Ccooled further in the and trade toward self- even as the United States fourth quarter growth pansion since the global points from the previous latest quarter, dragging sustaining growth driven and Europe show signs of were wrong and also ex- financial crisis, when year. Retail sales grow- 2015's full-year growth to by domestic consumption improvement. pect Beijing to continue growth slumped to 6.1 th cooled to 10.6 percent a quarter-century low and and services. "Official data do not rolling out stimulus mea- percent in the first quar- from 2014's 12 percent. deepening a slowdown But the unexpectedly point to a hard landing in sures to prevent a hard ter of 2009. December exports that has fueled anxiety sharp decline over the the fourth quarter of 2015, landing. Compared with the pre- shrank 1.4 percent from over its impact on the glo- past two years prompted but they provide little Beijing responded to eb- vious quarter, the measu- a year earlier, well below bal economy. fears of a politically dan- reason to stop worrying bing growth by cutting in- rement other major coun- the ruling party's target The world's second-­ gerous spike in job los- about China's drag on the terest rates six times sin- tries use, China's growth of 6 percent trade growth. largest economy grew 6.9 ses. The slowdown has global economy, either," ce November, 2014, and slowed to 1.6 percent in For the full year, exports percent in 2015, the go- rippled around the wor- said economist Bill Adams launched measures to the October-December were down 7.6 percent, vernment said yesterday, ld, crimping demand for of PNC Financial Services help exporters and other period from the previous a blow to industries that down from 7.3 percent South Korean electronics Group in a report. industries. But economis- quarter's 1.8 percent. employ millions of Chine- in the previous year. For and Australian iron ore Growth was in line with ts note China still relies "The international situa- se workers. the October-December as well as Middle East oil private sector forecasts on state-led construction tion remains complex," Forecasters see indi- quarter, growth inched and Brazilian soy. and the ruling Commu- spending and other in- said Wang Bao'an, com- cations retail sales and down to 6.8 percent, the The Chinese slowdown nist Party's official target vestment. missioner of the National other activity accelerated weakest quarterly expan- and a plunge in Shanghai of about 7 percent for the Full-year 2015 growth Bureau of Statistics, as a toward the end of 2015, sion in six years. stock prices have promp- year. was the lowest since sanc- news conference. "Res- suggesting Beijing's ef- China's growth has fallen ted concern about a fur- China's Shanghai Com- tions imposed on Beijing tructuring and upgrading forts to put a floor under steadily over the past five ther loss of support from posite jumped 3.2 percent following its crackdown is in an uphill stage. Com- the downturn are gaining years as the ruling Com- an economy once seen as and other Asian markets on the Tiananmen Squa- prehensively deepening traction. AP wed 20.01.2016

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ong Kong authori- ties say Chinese offi- Beijing confirms missing cials have confirmed the whereabouts of Hthe chief editor of a publisher specializing in books banned HK publisher in mainland in mainland China three weeks after he went missing and have requested a meeting with him. The disappearances of Lee Bo, a British citizen, and four ap photo other men linked to Hong Kong publishing company Mighty Current and its Causeway Bay Bookshop who went missing last year have intensified fears that Beijing is clamping down on the semi-autonomous Chi- nese city’s freedom of speech. Hong Kong police said late Monday that they received no- tice from Guangdong provin- ce’s public security department that it “understood that Lee Po is in the mainland,” using an al- ternate spelling. The circumstances of Lee’s case led many to suspect Chi- nese security agents crossed into Hong Kong to abduct him, in breach of the “one country, two systems” principle Beijing promised to uphold after taking control of the city from Britain in 1997. According to local news reports, he was last seen at his company’s warehouse and di- dn’t have his mainland travel permit, but days after he went missing he called his wife to A protester wearing a mask of missing bookseller Lee Bo sits in a cage during a protest against the disappearances of booksellers in Hong Kong say he was in Shenzhen, next to Hong Kong. quest a meeting with Lee and tarily” went to the mainland to and killed a female college stu- nhai used very similar language Mighty Current specialized in to “further understand the si- assist authorities with an uns- dent in 2003, was convicted of in their communications,” said racy but thinly sourced titles tuation of the incident.” They pecified investigation. drunk driving and given proba- William Nee, Amnesty Interna- on Chinese political intrigue said Guangdong officials also The news came a day after tion but fled the country. Gui, tional’s China researcher. He and scandals and other topi- forwarded to them a letter another of the five missing men, one of Mighty Current’s ow- noted that both men asked for cs Beijing deemed off limits from Lee to the Hong Kong Swedish national Gui Minhai, ners, was last seen in Thailand privacy, said they didn’t want for mainland Chinese pub- government, with handwri- was shown on state TV tearfully in mid-October. their cases hyped up and stres- lishers, making them popular ting that Lee’s wife confirmed confessing that he turned him- However, similarities between sed they were voluntarily coo- with mainland visitors to Hong was his. Police said the letter self in to mainland authorities the statements led some to be- perating with investigations. Kong. was similar to one Hong Kong over a hit and run accident that lieve they were coerced. “This seems to be a way for Police said in a brief sta- media reported on Monday, he was involved in more than a “We can’t rule out that it was the government to relieve itself tement that they wrote to which he purportedly wrote to decade ago. The official Xinhua made under duress, especially of its obligations to follow due Guangdong officials to re- his wife to tell her he “volun- news agency said Gui struck since both Lee Bo and Gui Mi- process,” Nee said. AP

China accuses Dalai Lama travels to US for medical checkup detained Swede of he Dalai Lama left lai Lama canceled a se- his home in India ries of appearances in

T ap photo endangering state yesterday to travel to the United States on the the United States for advice of his U.S. doc- security a medical checkup, al- tors. He was told to rest though the Tibetan spi- for several weeks after a ritual leader said he has medical checkup. hinese state me- was detained on Jan. 3 no specific health com- The Dalai Lama says Cdia say a Swedish on his way to Beijing’s plaints. he is likely to return to co-founder of a human main airport, where he He told reporters be- Dharmasala in March. rights group in China was to fly to Thailand. fore leaving the Hi- The Tibetan spiritual was detained because he His detention came malayan hill town of leader fled across the Hi- is suspected of funding amid a crackdown on Dharamsala that he has malayas to India after a activities that endanger rights lawyers who been going to the Mayo failed uprising in Tibet state security. have sought to hold the Clinic in Rochester, in 1959. He settled in The official Xinhua government accoun- Minnesota, for regular Dharamsala and set up a News Agency said yes- table and protect civic health checkups for the Tibetan government-in-­ terday that Peter Dahlin rights. past nine years. exile there. also collected negative Endangering state se- The 80-year-old Bud- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama points to his swollen right Beijing accuses him information and trained curity includes a num- dhist leader said he had eye as he talks to journalists before boarding his chartered flight of seeking to separate unlicensed lawyers to ber of offenses. The a minor swelling in his in Dharmsala Tibet from China. But stir up hostility toward maximum sentence for right eye. He then re- Tibetans and the Dalai the government. some is the death pe- moved his glasses and a “thorough medical problems, they can car- Lama say they simply Dahlin’s group, the nalty, although it also laughed, pointing at his checkup” at the Mayo ry out treatment,” he want a higher degree of China Urgent Action allows for foreigners to slightly swollen eye. Clinic. said. autonomy under Chine- Working Group, says he be deported. AP He said he would have “Then if they find any In September, the Da- se rule. AP 20.01.2016 wed

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young woman in a remote A northern region of Afghanis- tan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said yesterday. Fawzia Salimi, a hospital direc- tor in Maymana, capital of Faryab province, said 22-year-old Reza Gul was brought in early Monday having lost a great deal of blood. Indian students shout slogans and burn effigies of Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister while protesting the death of an Indian student Gul's husband, 25-year-old who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad, in New Delhi Mohammad Khan, has since fled their village. Salimi said the India Afghan-­Turk Hospital in Mayma- na was trying to arrange trans- port for Gul to Turkey for further treatment. Domestic violence is widespread Suicide of student triggers in Afghanistan, where women are often denied constitutional rights designed to protect them. Violence has also become so- protests in Hyderabad mewhat entrenched in Afghan society after 40 years of war, with Omer Farooq, Hyderabad caste hierarchy. outside the gate of the university since nearly non-existent mental heal- The demonstrations in Hyderabad their suspension on Dec. 21. th care and few options or outlets houting slogans and holding drew nationwide attention, with TV University officials had cleared the five for a traumatized population. placards, hundreds of students channels running updates throughout Dalit students in a preliminary inquiry Hafizullah Fetrat, the head of yesterday angrily protested the the morning. The students have boy- into the clash, but reversed that deci- Fayrab's provincial human rights death of an Indian student who, cotted their classes and were holding a sion in December and ordered that they commission, said violence in the Salong with four others, was barred from sit-in in the university. "We want jus- be suspended. area had risen by at least 30 per- using some facilities at his university in tice," they shouted as scores of police The protesting students say the uni- cent in the past year. the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. stood by. versity's decision to punish the five was "It's not just in Faryab, it is The protesters accused Hyderabad Police detained eight students overni- due to pressure from federal minister across the entire north of the University's vice chancellor and a fe- ght yesterday following day-long pro- Bandaru Dattatreya, who sent a letter country — poverty, high unem- deral minister of unfairly demanding tests on Monday. to the Human Resource Development ployment, ignorance about mar- punishment for the five lower-caste stu- Students in Mumbai university also Ministry demanding action against the riage," he said. dents after they clashed last year with a held protests yesterday and demanded Dalits. Faryab borders Turkmenistan group of students supporting the gover- the removal of the Hyderabad Universi- Although caste discrimination was and is among the poorest regions ning Hindu nationalist party. ty vice chancellor. outlawed soon after India's indepen- of Afghanistan, with many people Police are investigating whether ac- Rohith Vemula's body was found dence from Britain in 1947, it remains relying on government food han- tions by the officials contributed to the hanging in a hostel room, weeks after an influential force in Indian society. douts. Corruption is also rife, and 26-year-old doctoral student's death, university authorities barred the five The government has worked to reverse many residents complain that of- which they say was a suicide. He had students from staying in the students' the discrimination by setting quotas for ficials pilfer the aid. been a member of a group representing hostel or using the library or other faci- jobs and university spots for different Over the past year, the Taliban's Dalits, the lowest caste in India's Hindu lities. The five had been living in a tent castes. AP presence in the region has grown. The militant group has intensi- fied its campaign following the drawdown of the international Pakistan combat mission in 2014. The district where Gul's family lives is under Taliban control, said Suicide bomber targeting police kills 11 Rahmatullah Turkistani, a mem- ber of Fayab's provincial council. Salimi said Khan had returned suicide bomber riding vilians, including two chil- attack. He said the huge blast from Iran three months ago, and a motorcycle struck a dren and a local journalist, left vehicles in flames and since then had repeatedly beaten

A ap photo crowded police checkpoint on Mahboob Shah Afridi, who that he saw wounded people and tortured his wife. He had also the outskirts of the Pakistani was president of Tribal Union in pools of blood crying out taken another wife who is just se- city of Peshawar yesterday, of Journalists in the neighbo- for help. ven years old, she said. killing 11 people in an attack ring Khyber region. Militant violence has decli- Community elders and Taliban claimed by the Taliban. A local Pakistani Tali- ned since Pakistan launched representatives in their village Another 21 people were ban commander, Maqbool a wide-ranging military of- had tried mediating with the fa- wounded in the blast, which Dawar, claimed the attack, fensive in North Waziristan, mily to help sort out their pro- took place on a road leading which took place as a local a tribal region along the bor- blems, a traditional method of to neighboring Afghanistan, police chief arrived at the der with Afghanistan, in the dealing with marital issues, Sali- police official Iqbal Khan checkpoint. Dawar said it summer of 2014. mi said. said. Peshawar is on the edge was in response to the killing But the Taliban have still Khan had disappeared from the of Pakistan's volatile tribal of his comrades by security managed to carry out major village, and local security forces regions, a stronghold of the forces. attacks, including an assault including the intelligence agen- Taliban and other Islamic Nisar Khan, who was wai- on an army-run school in cy and police were searching for militants. ting to cross the road, said Peshawar in December 2014 him, said the provincial gover- Khan said the dead inclu- A police officer stands guard close the checkpoint was choked that killed over 150 people, nor's spokesman Ahmad Jawed to the site of a suicide attack, in de four police and seven ci- Peshawar, Pakistan with traffic at the time of the mostly children. AP Dedar. AP wed 20.01.2016

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Police shoot man Australia dead at Sydney Children of Australians abducted in police station Africa plea to captors olice shot dead a man armed with a Pknife in a Sydney police station yester- he family of an Austra- ters on Friday night that left day, an official said. lian doctor and his wife up to 32 people dead.

T ap photo The man was shot once by a police ser- abducted in Burkina Faso Following news of the ab- geant with 24 years of experience during urged the kidnappers yes- duction at the weekend, a brief confrontation in the foyer of the terday to release the couple Australia warned travelers Quakers Hill police station in northwest so that they can continue of “the serious threat of ki- Sydney, Assistant Police Commissioner their life-saving charity dnapping in Burkina Faso, Denis Clifford said. work in the West African particularly in the north.” Police had yet to identify the man, who country. The Australian govern- appeared to be aged in his 40s, or establish Surgeon Ken Elliott and ment, which has a policy a motive for the confrontation. his wife Jocelyn, aged in of refusing to pay ransoms “There is no indication that this is their 80s, disappeared to kidnappers, was dealing terrorist-related,­ but why the man came from their home on Friday with Burkina Faso authori- there and why the confrontation occurred, near the northern town of ties through Australian di- at this stage we just don’t know,” Clifford Djibo where they have run plomats in Ghana. told reporters. a medical center for four The family said the couple Police officers have been identified as tar- decades. began their hospital work gets of terror attacks inspired by the Isla- A statement on behalf of in Djibo in 1972. They ope- mic State group. their daughter and two sons Burkina Faso: Authorities do not know if the abductions are linked to the attack rate a surgical clinic with A 15-year-old boy was shot dead by police issued by Australia’s De- on the country’s capital Ouagadougou by al-Qaida-linked fighters on Friday 120 beds, where Ken Elliott soon after he fatally shot a civilian police partment of Foreign Affairs is the sole surgeon and is employee outside the state police head- and Trade said the children dren “are understandably need of their services.” supported by local staff. quarters in Parramatta in western Sydney had been heartened by an deeply dismayed by this The couple are thought A Facebook page suppor- in October. outpouring of support from incident and sincerely hope to have been abducted by ting the couple since their An 18-year-old man was shot dead after the Burkinabe people “who that their parents are being jihadis who may have taken abduction has attracted he stabbed two policemen outside a police clearly consider Ken and treated kindly wherever them across the border to numerous comments of station in the city of Melbourne in Septem- Jocelyn to be one of their they are.” Mali. Authorities do not support from around the ber 2014. Both attacks have been blamed own after all these years of The statement called on know if the abductions are world. on Islamic State followers. providing surgical services the couple to be released linked to the attack on the “I am hopeful that they A police statement said no police officer to the region.” “so that they may continue country’s capital Ouagadou- will come back to us heal- was injured in the latest incident. AP It said the couple’s chil- to assist those who are in gou by al-Qaida-linked figh- thy,” said one post. AP

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Jake Coyle, New York Hollywood mid calls for a boy- cott of the Academy Awards over its all -white acting nomi- Calls for boycott of Oscars grow neesA and Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both announcing they would sit out this year’s over diversity of nominees ceremony, the academy’s presi- dent said it was time for major changes — and soon. Academy of Motion Pictures it would. Ryan Coogler’s ac- Arts and Sciences President In a lengthy claimed Rocky sequel “Creed” Cheryl Boone Isaacs issued a ap photo Instagram scored only a nomination for statement promising more di- Sylvester Stallone. (Lee’s own versity, and quickly, after both post, Lee said movie, the Chicago gang violen- Lee and Pinkett spoke out yes- ce hip-hop musical “Chi-Raq” terday (Macau time). he ‘cannot — celebrated by some and scor- In a lengthy Instagram post, ned by others — also went un- Lee said he “cannot support” support’ the noticed.) the “lily white” Oscars. Noting ‘lily white’ The hashtag “OscarsSoWhite,” that he was writing on Martin created last year, was quickly Luther King Jr. Day, Lee — who Oscars resurrected online following in November was given an ho- the nominations. Rev. Al norary Oscar at the Governors Sharpton — who last year met Awards — said he was fed up: Isaacs has worked to diver- with former Sony head Amy “Forty white actors in two years sify membership for the aca- Pascal following leaked emails and no flava at all,” he wrote. demy, which a 2012 study by that some viewed as racist — on “We can’t act?!” the Los Angeles Times found is Friday lambasted the academy. In a video message on Face- overwhelming white and male. “Hollywood is like the Rocky book, Pinkett Smith also said But on Monday, Isaacs was Mountains, the higher up you she wouldn’t attend or watch more explicit and promised an get the whiter it gets and this the Oscars in February. Pinke- examination of the academy year’s Academy Awards will be tt Smith, whose husband Will and a more intense drive to di- yet another Rocky Mountain Smith wasn’t nominated for his versify. Oscar,” said Sharpton. performance in the NFL head “This is a difficult but impor- In his post, Lee made it clear trauma drama “Concussion,” tant conversation, and it’s time the Academy Awards is only said it was time for people of for big changes,” she said in part of the problem in an indus- color to disregard the Academy a statement released Monday try with deep-rooted diversity Awards. night. “The Academy is taking issues. In his Governors Awards “Begging for acknowledge- dramatic steps to alter the speech, Lee said “It’s easier to ment, or even asking, dimi- Spike Lee makeup of our membership. be the president of the United nishes dignity and diminishes In the coming days and weeks States as a black person than be power,” she said. “And we are and Pinkett Smith. Whether it turday, Rock, unveiling a new we will conduct a review of our the head of a studio.” a dignified people and we are had any impact or not, the au- promotion for the broadcast, membership recruitment in or- “The Academy Awards is not powerful.” dience for the broadcast, hos- called the ceremony “The White der to bring about much-nee- where the ‘real’ battle is,” wrote She added: “Let’s let the aca- ted by Neil Patrick Harris, was BET Awards.” ded diversity in our 2016 class Lee on Tuesday. “It’s in the exe- demy do them, with all grace down 16 percent from the year The academy didn’t respond and beyond.” cutive office of the Hollywood and love. And let’s do us diffe- prior, a six-year low. to messages left yesterday. Many awards handicappers studios and TV and cable ne- rently.” The video had amassed Isaacs has made a point of pre- When Oscar nominations expected nominations for Idris tworks. This is where the gate 4.5 million by mid-Monday af- senting a more inclusive show were announced Thursday, Elba of “Beasts of No Nation” keepers decide what gets made ternoon. this year. The Feb. 28 broa- Isaacs acknowledged she was and Benicio Del Toro for “Sica- and what gets jettisoned to ‘tur- Last year’s all-white acting dcast will be hosted by Chris “disappointed” that all 20 ac- rio.” The N.W.A. biopic “Strai- naround’ or scrap heap. This nominees also drew calls for a Rock and produced by “Django ting nominees were again whi- ght Outta Compton” also failed is what’s important. The gate boycott, though not from such Unchained” producer Reginald te and promised to “continue to earn a best picture nomina- keepers. Those with ‘the green prominent individuals as Lee Hudlin and David Hill. On Sa- the conversation” on diversity. tion, despite some predictions light’ vote.” AP

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resident Barack taking office last Septem- missions against Islamic tralia. “One of the thin- Obama is welcoming ber. Obama will welcome State targets in Iraq and gs when we speak to our

ap photo P his first foreign leader of him to the Oval Office be- Syria. It also has soldiers Australian partners is the new year, Australian fore continuing their talks in non-combat roles in there are very few things Prime Minister Malcolm over a working lunch. the Iraqi capital of Bagh- we disagree on,” he said Turnbull, for talks that Last week, as Tur- dad. in November. will cover the Islamic Sta- nbull prepared for the Obama and Turnbull Turnbull said in Manila te militant group and a trip, Australia said it held their first formal that Australia will conti- 12-nation Pacific Rim tra- was among 40 countries meeting since Turnbull’s nue “shoulder to shoul- de agreement that inclu- being pressed by the U.S. election on the sidelines der” with the U.S. in the des their countries. to boost their military of an economic summit mission against the Isla- Other global, regio- contributions in Iraq and in Manila in November. mic State group. nal and bilateral issues Syria against the Islamic Obama said after that Defense Secretary Ash are also on the agenda State after the deadly ter- meeting that they had dis- Carter and Turnbull met for meetings the White rorist attacks in Paris in cussed the fight against yesterday at the Pentagon. House says will cover the November. But Australia extremism, as well as the They reviewed recent de- “extraordinary breadth” told the U.S. that its com- need to increase interna- velopments in Iraq and of the U.S.-Australian mitment would remain tional pressure on the Is- Syria, and security issues alliance. largely unchanged. lamic State group. in the Asia-Pacific region, Turnbull is on his first Australia has six jet figh- Obama also praised the according to Pentagon Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull visit to the U.S. since ters based in Dubai flying U.S. alliance with Aus- spokesman Peter Cook. AP 20.01.2016 wed

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast “Print” – Art Project 14:30 RTPi Live Time: 12pm-7pm (Closed on Tuesdays, open on public holidays) 16:50 Criminal Minds S.7 Until: February 21, 2016 18:10 Trail of Lies (Repeated) Venue: No Cruzamento da Avenida do Coronel 19:00 TDM Entreview (Repeated) Mesquita com a Avenida Almirante Lacerda Macau 19:40 Soap Opera Admission: Free 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 21:00 Os Resistentes - Retratos de Macau GeGeGe Memories: Comic Exhibition 21:05 Montra do Lilau Time: 10:30 am to 6:30 pm 21:40 Documentary Serie 2002 Camp X-Ray (Closed on Mondays and public holidays) 22:10 Trail of Lies pictures spark outrage Until: January 31, 2016 23:00 TDM News The publication of photographs of prisoners being held Venue: Calçada da Igreja de S.Lázaro ,10, Macau 23:30 The Resistents - Macau Portraits at a US military camp in Cuba has led to concern that their Admission: free human rights are being abused. 23:35 Documentary series Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 The Pentagon has released the pictures showing the de- tainees kneeling and subjected to sensory deprivation on Ink Wash of the Forbidden City their arrival at Camp X-Ray, which is housed in a military base at Guantanamo Bay. – Paintings by Charles Chauderlot They are seen handcuffed, wearing goggles, ear muffs, Time: 10am-7pm surgical masks and heavy gloves. cinema A new group of 34 prisoners have arrived at Camp (No admittance after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) cineteatro Until: June 19, 2016 X-Ray, taking the total number being held there to 144. Venue: 14 Jan - 20 Jan US forces captured the men during military operations Macau Museum of Art, in Afghanistan on suspicion of links to the Taleban and Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE al-Qaeda. Admission: MOP5 Human rights activists have objected to the prisoners (Free on Sundays and public holidays) being shackled and kept in temporary eight-by-eight feet Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 cells made of wire mesh and corrugated metal roofs, lea- ving them subject to adverse weather. Amnesty International, the human rights group, says The Collection Exhibition conditions there fall below US standards for ordinary pri- of Tai Fung Tong Art House soners and the men are being degraded. Time: 2pm-6pm daily (Except Mondays) The director of the British-based Medical Foundation for Venue: Tai Fung Tong Art House, the Care of Victims of Torture, Helen Bamber, said: “They will probably have panic attacks, mood changes and ter- Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro 7 rible nightmares.” the 5h wave_ Admission: Free But Washington says the pictures show the men arriving Enquiries: room 1 (853) 2835 3537 / 2834 6626 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm at the camp and were not representative of daily life there. Director: J Blakeson It says they have been treated humanely and been given The Magnificent Palace – Imperial Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, adequate provisions. Architecture of the Forbidden City Maika Monroe The US military has stressed the prisoners are extremely dangerous and said it will press ahead with plans to ex- ime Language: English (Cantonese) T : 10am-7pm Duration: 112min pand Camp X-Ray so it can hold 320 prisoners. (No admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) Hundreds of detainees remain in custody in Afghanistan Until: March 13, 2016 awaiting transfer to the camp. Venue: Macau Museum of Art, A permanent prison which will hold up to 1,000 detai- nees is currently under construction at Guantanamo Bay. Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Last week, a team from the International Committee of Admission: MOP5 the Red Cross started evaluating conditions at the US (Free on Sundays and public holidays) military camp and interviewing detainees. Enquiries: (853) 2836 7588 Officials will report on whether the captives are being treated humanely in accordance with the Geneva Con- Macau Arts Window - Memories and ventions on prisoners of war. But the US insists the men are not PoWs but illegal com- Symbols – Multimedia by Kitty Leung batants, which means they can be interrogated without Time: 10am-7pm legal representation. (No admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) steve jobs_ Under the Geneva Conventions, prisoners would be tried for war crimes through courts martial or civilian cour- Until: February 14, 2016 room 2 ts, not by secretive military tribunals which could impose Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm Director: Danny Boyle the death penalty. Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Admission: MOP5 Seth Rogene Courtesy BBC News (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Language:English (Cantonese) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 Duration: 127min n context sherlock: the abominable bride_ I room 3 In 2001, following the 11 September terrorist attacks which killed 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm nearly 3,000 people, the US launched a military campaign in Af- Director: Douglas Mackinnon ghanistan. Offbeat Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, The objective was to remove the Taleban regime, which harboured Una Stubbs al-Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden who later admitted carry- Language:English (Cantonese) ing out the attacks. Star of dolphin-killing film Duration: 89min In April 2003, Camp Delta replaced Camp X-Ray and became the detained at Japan airport permanent facility to hold detainees, who were given cells with solid Ip man 3_ walls and proper facilities. room 3 At its peak in 2003, Guantanamo Bay held 680 prisoners from The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about dol- 7.30 pm around 40 countries - nine of them from Britain - and more than phin killings in Japan has been detained by immigra- Director: Wilson Yip Wai Shun 100 have been released. The majority have been held without charge. tion authorities at an airport near Tokyo. Starring: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Max Zhang Ric O’Barry is the former dolphin trainer for the “Fli- In 2004, hearings began so detainees could challenge the rules Language: Cantonese (English/Cantonese) under which they are being held and determine if their detention pper” TV series and star of “The Cove.” The film shows Duration: 110min is legal. the slaughter of dolphins herded into a cove in the Also, military tribunals, similar to criminal trials, began for some coastal fishing village of Taiji. He was barred entry ear- macau tower detainees who have been charged with war crimes and conspiring ly yesterday. to commit terrorism. 14 Jan - 10 Feb Immigration officials say it is their policy not to com- Allegations of abuse of prisoners have continued to surface from ment on individual cases. O’Barry’s lawyer Takashi the 5h wave_ previous detainees and human rights groups, which the White Takano says he has appealed the decision. House has said will be “fully investigated”. 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm United Nations investigators have called for the closure of the He said immigration officials at Narita airport say O’Bar- Director: J Blakeson ry is not a tourist, the visa he was using to enter Japan. prison which Amnesty International campaigners have compared to Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, a Soviet labour camp. O’Barry told Takano that the officials accused him Maika Monroe Even the UK, a strong American ally, has asked for the camp to of having close relations with anti-whaling group Sea Language: English (Cantonese) close, saying it fuels Islamic radicalism. Shepherd, which O’Barry denies. Duration: 112min wed 20.01.2016 th Anniversary

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Pacha Macau Opens at Studio City

DJ Sebastian Gamboa welcomes guests to Macau for Pacha DJ Erick Morillo’s electrifying act officially opens the doors of the Macau’s welcome party on the evening prior to the Grand (From left to right) Eddie Dean and Marta Planells Lucendo, celebrate the legendary night club in Macau to party goers and music fans in Asia Opening Special event on Friday 15 January Grand Opening Special event with a giant Pacha cherry cake

Guests enjoying celebrations throughout the night at Pacha Macau’s Grand Opening event Pacha Cherry dancers performing to guests (From left to right) Kim Dean, JD Clayton and Eddie Dean

Macau’s first cinema-themed in- tegrated entertainment facility, retail outlet and gaming resort has welco- med over 2,000 guests to the opening party of Pacha Macau. The Ibizan-styled club kick-started the weekend’s celebrations with a “Welcome to Macau” party, featuring a special perfor- mance by Ibiza veteran and Pacha resident, DJ Sebastian Gamboa. The club hosted an exclusive grand opening event which included a performance by the famous Colombian-American producer and record label owner DJ Erick Morillo. Pacha received a number of prominent guests from Hong Kong and Macau inclu- ding JD Clayton, Property President of Stu- dio City, along with special guests who flew from New York especially to welcome the opening of Pacha. Eddie Dean, Pacha NYC President & CEO and Managing Pacha’s first club in Greater China intends Director for Pacha Macau (Right), and Liam Dwyer, to make its mark as the first mega-club in Director Pacha Macau, welcome guests to the Grand the region, confirming its growing status as DJ Erick Morillo commands the dance floor Opening Special event on Saturday 16 January among the world’s largest global nightclub brand. With a capacity that can reach 3,000 partygoers, Pacha aims to raise the com- petitive stakes even higher in the dynamic Asian entertainment industry. Guests can expect state-of-the-art audio/ visual facilities including digital mapping and specialized lighting systems to boost the customer experience on the 1,000 sq. ft. dance floor, and in four private luxury KTV VIP suites and a spacious outdoor patio. Pacha’s NYC President & CEO and the Ma- naging Director for Pacha Macau, Eddie Dean, says that they are thrilled by the res- ponse and feedback from the grand ope- ning attendees. “[We aim] to offer the best nightlife experiences to party-goers in Asia (From left to right) Eddie Dean, Marta Planells Lucendo, Pacha Franchises Director, with that unique Pacha flair and spirit. This JD Clayton, Property President Studio City, Liam Dwyer, Tony Prats, Technical Director is just the beginning of many more incredib- Pacha Ibiza and Francisco Ferrer, Managing Director Pacha Ibiza celebrate the opening (From left to right) Francisco Ferrer, DJ Erick Morillo and le parties to come!” he noted. with a champagne toast Tony Prats enjoying the party vibe wed 20.01.2016

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John Pye, Melbourne Tennis afael Nadal lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the Australian Open, Verdasco sends Nadal out in Ran unprecedentedly early exit at Melbourne Park for the 14- time Grand Slam winner and a reversal of their epic, 5-hour, 1st round of Australian Open 14-minute semifinal here six years ago. and half of them playing at the Fernando Verdasco rallied Australian Open, had repeate- from a 2-1 deficit to win the last ap photo dly raised suspicion because of two sets, recovering a break in their results and had been flag- the fifth as well, claiming a 7-6 ged with tennis authorities, but (6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, only had not been sanctioned. No his third victory in 17 matches players were identified. against his fellow Spanish lef- The governing bodies for ten- thander. nis rejected the claims, and hi- Nadal won his only Austra- ghlighted the fact five players lian title in 2009 after beating and an official had received life Verdasco in the semifinals. His bans after investigations from only other first-round exit in the Tennis Integrity Unit which a major was at Wimbledon in was set up in 2008. 2013 when he lost in straight Murray, like Roger Federer sets to No. 135-ranked Steve and Novak Djokovic, thought Darcis of Belgium. authorities could be doing more “It’s a hard and painful loss,” to combat the potential for cor- the fifth-seeded Nadal said. ruption. Murray also said it was Verdasco went for everything “a little bit hypocritical” for on his ground strokes, ripping tournaments — including the 90 winners against only 37 for Australian Open — to be spon- Nadal as he worked to the ex- sored by betting firms. tremes to unsettle his former Murray has the reached the fi- No. 1-ranked rival. nal four times in Australia but “To win against Rafa here lost every time, including last coming from two sets down is year to Djokovic. Murray had unbelievable,” the 32-year-old, Amelie Mauresmo, a new mo- No. 45-ranked Verdasco said. ther, back in his coaching cor- “I think I played unbelievable — ner this week and was happy the fifth set from the break that not to get any mid-match news he made me, I just started hit- from home. He has said he’ll ting winners. I don’t know how, Rafael Nadal (left) of Spain congratulates compatriot Fernando Verdasco leave immediately if his wife, just, you know I was closing the Kim, goes into labor in London eyes and everything was co- Slam winner Venus Williams Williams lost 6-4, 6-2 to “I just think that it should be with their first child. ming in and I keep doing it and losing in the first round. Johanna Konta, her eighth tennis that does a better job of No. 13 Milos Raonic followed I was doing well.” Halep, the 2014 French Open first-­round loss at a major. explaining ... (players) shoul- up his win over Roger Federer A winning service return from finalist, lost 6-4, 6-3 to Zhang The upset results took some dn’t have to read it in the press,” in the final of the Brisbane In- Verdasco ended the match in 4 Shuai for her third first-round focus off the match-fixing alle- Murray said. “You have to be ternational tune-up event with hours, 41 minutes. loss at Melbourne Park in the gations that have oversha- proactive I think with things a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Lucas “Well I think 2009 was maybe past five years, but giving the dowed the first two days of the like this and go and speak to Pouille. the only day in my life that I No. 133-ranked Chinese qua- season’s first major. the players rather than them Joining him the second round hit 4, 5 hours,” Verdasco said, lifier her first win at a Grand No. 2-ranked Andy Murray reading about it in the newspa- will be No. 8 David Ferrer, No. looking at the clock beside the Slam after 14 losses. began his bid for a drought-­ pers or listening to it on the TV 10 John Isner and No. 18 Feli- court to compare it with their After the match, Zhang broke breaking title at the Australian or the radio.” ciano Lopez. semifinal meeting. “It was 35 into tears when asked about Open with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win The BBC and Buzzfeed News On the women’s side, No. 3 minutes shorter today — I di- breaking the drought. over Alexander Zverev, checked published reports Monday alle- Garbine Muguruza beat Ane- dn’t want to make it longer.” “I think in my life, it’s the to see there were no urgent calls ging match-fixing had gone un- tt Kontaveit 6-0, 6-4 and No. There were two upsets on the best tennis,” she said. “To win from home, and had to answer checked in tennis. The reports 7 Angelique Kerber had a 6-7 women’s side, with No. 2 Simo- against a top-two player, I’m so questions immediately about alleged 16 players, all ranked (4), 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over Mi- na Halep and seven-time Grand happy, so excited.” the reports. in the top 50 at some stage saki Doi. AP

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eal Madrid has trai- good spirits with Zidane.” the team hopes to reach attitude with Zidane’s ar- Rned hard under new Ronaldo, who scored the end of the Spanish rival,” said Ronaldo. “The coach Zinedine Zidane twice, says Zidane has “a and Champions leagues players feel a little more and recovered its enthu- different concept” of foo- feeling as positive, adding empathy for Zidane, do siasm following the de- tball and “sees the game “we are happy about how not ask me why because parture of Rafa Benitez differently” to previous things are going.” I couldn’t tell you, that’s according to star forward coach, Benitez. Under Zidane, Madrid football.” Cristiano Ronaldo Part of the change comes has had two five-goal lea- Ronaldo said it wasn’t Real Madrid’s newly appointed coach Zinedine Zidane (3rd right) Speaking after Sunday’s from Zidane’s insistence gue wins, with consecuti- that Benitez “was not stands next to Cristiano Ronaldo (2nd left)] 5-1 win over Sporting Gi- on “keeping possession of ve victories over Deporti- doing his job well, it’s just jon, Ronaldo said the re- the ball in the opponents’ vo La Coruna and Spor- things weren’t working drid’s squad was not fully season,” said Modric. sults of “a week of hard half,” Ronaldo says. ting Gijon. out.” physically fit during the “Flying from Australia work” are visible on the With half of the season “I honestly notice an im- Luka Modric said part of early part of the season. and China, we traveled pitch, with the squad “in still to go, Ronaldo says provement in the team’s the problem was that Ma- “We had a hectic pre- more than we trained.” AP THE The world’s oldest man, Station20.01.2016Air quality wed th Anniversary BUZZ a Japanese, dies at age 112 Roadside 50-70 20 Good The world’s oldest man, a Koide, who was born on Japanese, died yesterday at March 13, 1903, died two High the age of 112 after suffering months short of his 113th bir- Density 50-70 chronic heart problems, offi- thday. Koide worked as a tai- Residental cials said. lor when he was younger. He Good Yasutaro Koide had said his was recognized by Guinness Area opinion secret to a long life was not to World Records as the world’s smoke, drink or overdo it. oldest man last August. Ambient 50-70 Good Macau Matters dsmg source: Richard Whitfield Tennis stars ask why is WORLD BRIEFS Aquaponics Aquaponics is the combination of aqua- culture for growing fish and hydroponics for courtside gambling OK? ap photo growing plants that is often used in old factory buildings in cities. It is something to consider for Macau to use up old factory spaces and of the Australian Open’s help to diversify the economy. sponsor’s this year and ad- Iran has successfully When I was a postgraduate student in the ap photo vertise on the tournament’s transferred some of its 1980s I spent many hours in the library po- three main show courts. formerly frozen assets in ring through printed indices of journal articles, For the first time at Mel- order to ensure that financial then completing inter-library loan forms to get bourne Park, electronic ad- sanctions have been fully lifted in accordance with a copies of the articles I was interested in, and vertising boards at Rod La- historic nuclear deal, the waiting weeks for the copies to arrive. It was ver Arena, Margaret Court head of the central bank a very long winded process that is now to- Arena and Hisense Arena said yesterday. tally obsolete. Just do a simple google.com display the name “William or youtube.com search for aquaponics and Hill” during breaks in play. South Korea toughened you can find out more than you ever want to “I’m not really pro that,” its aviation security law know about this interesting technology in just Murray, a four-time finalist in the aftermath of the a few hours. The growth and evolution of the notorious nut rage incident in Melbourne said yester- involving a top airline Internet in the last 40 years has totally chan- Andy Murray of Britain day, after advancing to the executive. The transport ged learning. second round. ministry said the revised law I really like highly efficient sophisticated sys- Jocelyn Gecker, Melbourne the past decade. The re- “I think it’s a little bit went into effect yesterday, tems where the waste output from one pro- port said that half of those hypocritical,” Murray ad- more than a year after cess is transformed into the input for another, ndy Murray finds it players were at this year’s ded. “You know, because a Korean Airlines vice and aquaculture is a very good example of “hypocritical” that ten- Australian Open but did I don’t believe the players president’s tantrum over this in practice. It is a cycle which can start A macadamia nuts delayed a nis authorities are trying not name names. are allowed to be sponso- flight. anywhere, but let us start with the fish for con- to stamp out match-fixing The governing bodies for red by betting companies, venience. run by gambling syndicates tennis have presented a but the tournaments are. They are fed with meal made from ground but have partnered with a unified front in rejecting I don’t really understand

up vegetable and protein and once grown major gambling company the claims, and highligh- how it all works. I think it’s ap photo can be harvested for human consumption. that is now advertising on ted the fact that five players a bit strange.” The waste from the fish tanks consists of the Australian Open’s show and an official had received A day earlier, No. particulates and ammonia (in the water). The courts. life bans after investiga- 1-ranked Djokovic called it particulates (uneaten fish meal and faeces) The two issues are separa- tions from the Tennis Inte- “borderline.” is eliminated from the system, to be used as te but have collided at this grity Unit which was set up “It’s a fine line. Honestly, Myanmar Members of a good traditional garden fertiliser. By con- year’s Australian Open, in 2008. it’s on a borderline, I would the Kachin ethnic group trast, the ammoniated water is pumped to a where tennis was oversha- No. 2-ranked Murray and say,” Djokovic said. “Whe- have called for justice bio-filter where common bacteria and algae dowed for a second day other top players, inclu- ther you want to have be- for two young volunteer convert the ammonia to nitrites and nitrates, teachers who were raped yesterday by allegations ding Roger Federer and tting companies involved which are excellent plant foods. This nitrogen and murdered in a case they that match-fixing has gone Novak Djokovic, say autho- in the big tournaments in rich water is then used to grow plants without believe highlights sexual unchecked in tennis. rities could be doing more our sport or not, it’s hard to soil - most plants can be grown in inert pebb- violence by government The controversy ignited to combat the problem. say what’s right and what’s soldiers. A report on the le beds filled with flowing nitrogen rich water. this week when the BBC The players said they have wrong.” assault was released After being used by the plants, the water can Tennis officials defended yesterday as a memorial be returned to the fish tank for re-use. The and Buzzfeed News pub- known the issue existed but lished reports alleging that they doubt any top players the partnership with gam- service was held in Yangon fully grown plants can be harvested for human for Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin consumption. Finally, leftover vegetables can the sport’s highest authori- have been involved. bling sponsors and pro- and Maran Lu Ra, who were be composted with worms to be made into ties had ignored evidence Murray said the sport was vided an explanation that attacked a year ago. fish meal, thus starting the cycle again. of match-fixing involving sending mixed messages by one Australian paper, The Shouting slogans and If this kind of system is well designed and 16 players who had been allowing betting company Age, called “positive tops- India ranked in the top 50 over William Hill to become one pin.” AP holding placards, hundreds tuned very few (if any) additional chemicals of students yesterday angrily are needed so that aquaculture can be con- protested the death of an sidered a form of organic farming. Even the Indian student who, along water is used in a closed loop! with four others, was barred In Macau we have a lot of leftover food that from using some facilities at can be readily processed to make fish food The his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. (or conventional garden fertilizer). When used AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu More on p12 with an aquaponics “factory”, the fish meal can decisive moment be utilized to grow high quality fish and plants for human consumption. These aquaponics

factories can be set up in obsolete factory ap photo buildings in Macau. Natural sunlight is also not an issue because artificial lighting is often used in this kind of system. In this way the plants can be exposed to 20+ hours of “daylight” each day to speed up their growing cycle. Moreover, photovoltaic Some Twitter panels combined with batteries can be used Internet users had to do without to renewably generate the electrical power early yesterday after needed for the artificial lighting (and to run sporadic outages knocked the water pumping subsystems). the social media site Thus, the main inputs to the system are low offline in Europe. Reports quality disused factory space, low value lef- of malfunctions began to tover waste food and free sunlight and the appear in the US as well, outputs are high quality “organic” fish and but it was unclear how widespread the outages plants ready for eating and traditional garden were. Twitter Inc. which has fertilizer. Don’t you love this kind of efficiency? 320 million active users, And I am sure it would work in Macau, like tweeted that it is aware of it does in many cities in the developed world the issue and is trying to fix and in developing countries like Thailand, the Cold mountain. Migrants are reflected in a puddle of water as they walk from the Macedonian border into Serbia, it. Users said the service Philippines and China. yesterday, bracing cold temperatures on their journey further north towards Western Europe. was not accessible on desktop computers.