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There were 1,357 cases of ille- Association gal appropriation, 532 cases launches Greater Slight increase in crime more than the same period in 2017 (825 cases). Bay Area projects Of those, in 717 cases, resi- The Greater Bay Area Development dents or tourists lost their be- longings inside taxis, which council of the Macau Chinese during first half of 2018 Enterprises Association has launched represents a remarkable 113.4 10 projects involving cross-region percent increase. financing, transportation facilities Regarding juvenile delin- and environmental protection. quency, 28 cases were repor- The list of projects includes: the ted, seven fewer than last year; Guangdong Macau development MARQUES RENATO 50 individuals involved were fund, which has already been minors, 28 more than last year. launched; the comprehensive In the first half of 2018, the treatment basement for junk vehicles police force recorded 2,209 in Guangdong province (the project taxi infractions. This is 982 ca- has been completed by Nam Yue ses more than last year, repre- Group); the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- senting a 42.2 percent growth. Macau Bridge’s shuttle bus project; The infractions include 2,058 the co-operation development fund; cases (62.2 percent) of over- e-pocket; the Zhuhai Macau trade charging and 757 cases (22.9 co-operation platform; the Greater percent) of taxi drivers refu- Bay Area’s construction industrial sing to accept passengers. basement; Greater Bay Area credit There were 494 infractions card (one from BOC, another from relating to other matters. ICBC); the Hong Wan logistics Compared to the same period garden; and the China mobile Greater Bay Area card. in 2017, the police force recor- Julie Zhu were listed in 2017, down 29.9 ment, representing a decrease ded 86 more cases involving percent year-on-year. Of tho- of 37.7 percent. unauthorized taxis. Shen Beili appointed HE Macau police force se, 336 were from mainland According to the authorities, In the first half of 2018, 86 Tfielded a total of 7,116 cri- China and 84 were from Viet- murder, kidnap and aggrava- cases involving fake marriage as new Chinese minal cases in the first half nam. ted assault continue to see low were registered. of 2018, 191 more compared Six hundred and fifty people numbers. The police authority also re- Commissioner to the same period of 2017 (a overstayed their Individual In the first quarter of this corded 17 cases of fraud con- Shen Beili has been appointed 2.8 percent increase), the Se- Visit permits in Macau, whi- year, 3,112 people were arres- cerning employment quota; the commissioner of the Ministry cretary for Security Wong Sio le 309 people overstayed on ted and forwarded to prosecu- there were 55 suspects invol- of Foreign Affairs of China in Chak reported at a press con- other mainland travel visas. tion, a decrease of 488 people, ved in this category of crime. Macau. The State Council issued a ference yesterday. The crime of usury registered or 13.3 percent, compared to In addition, the Judiciary Po- statement yesterday announcing the Some 298 violent crime cases a significant growth (261 cases the same period last year. lice filed 840 cases involving appointment. Shen Beili is the former were registered, a drop of 24.7 representing a 41.1 percent ex- There were 514 cases of de- the gaming industry, repre- Deputy Minister of the International percent (396 cases) from last pansion). ception in the first half of this senting a 3.3 percent decrease Department of the Central Committee year. Of the total, 144 cases were year, 83 more cases than the compared to the same period of the Communist Party of China Some 429 illegal immigrants related to illegal imprison- same period of 2017. in 2017 (869 cases). (CPC). She has been serving within the International Department of the Central Committee of CPC since 1985. She was also the former Deputy ambassador of China to UK. She graduated from the University of Logistics industry concerned about Sussex. CityU promotes HKZMB logistics arrangement HE Macau logis- frozen foods warehouse would be available 24 multilateral Ttics industry is for food exports and im- hours daily for the logis- skeptical about the be- ports. tics industry. cooperation in nefits the Hong Kong- “Trucks aren’t allowed In Lei’s opinion, both Guangdong Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to enter directly into the cross-border in- (HKZMB) will bring to Macau via the Hong dustrial zone and the The City University of Macau (CityU) their sector. Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Hengqin Port have di- is promoting communication between Earlier, the Customs Bridge. So the products sappointed the logistics China and the Portuguese-speaking Service announced that have to be driven further industry. countries, with such promotion taking the local government before reaching their fi- Regarding the HKZMB, place in Guangdong province. The would build big-scale nal destination. Nobody border delivery. How do we separate it has been joked by the Rector of CityU, Zhang Shuguang, said that the University is working logistics facilities on the wants their products to Victor Lei, managing this? Aren’t we going logistics industry to ei- with Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan artificial island of the be stuck in the center for director of International to get sidestepped? We ther be a Hong Kong- and other cities in Guangdong HKZMB linking to Ma- too long and they want Logistics and Forwar- don’t get any updates be- Zhuhai bridge or a Hong to promote communication. The cau. The project is still them to be transferred ding Association of Ma- cause they never release Kong-Macau bridge, sin- promotion is being done through the yet to go to public tender once they arrive to Ma- cau, said he does not any information after ce there is not a specific establishment of trade and cultural for its design and cons- cau. How do we ensure have any expectations holding the so called clo- Zhuhai-Macau logistics exchange platforms involving the truction. that?” he asked. Kou about the bridge’s logis- sed-door meetings.” channel. abovementioned countries. In addition, Kou Kun Pang, the also argued that it is of tics arrangement, nor In the past, the govern- Lei also believes that CityU is cooperating with these cities in chairman of the Char- crucial importance to does he know anything ment said that the cross- the bridge will not help transferring knowledge and innovation. tered Institute of Lo- set up a onestop service about it. border industrial zone to integrate Macau’s lo- Currently, around 10 CityU students are gistics and Transport, that speeds up customs “The handling of pro- would be an “unusual gistics industry into the enrolled in internships in the Greater told TDM that the new clearance, food safety ducts and passengers port”, and also claimed Greater Bay Area’s deve- Bay Area. facility should include a inspections and cross is mixed on the bridge. that the Hengqin port lopment.

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Hac Sa Beach Capital Airlines flight to experiences periodic loss of sand A component of the Hac Sa Beach swimming zone has been experiencing Macau diverted to Shenzhen a periodic loss of sand, according to the information released by the Marine and LIGHT JD5759, operated instead,” Capital Airlines said in a Water Bureau. Due to the continuous loss by Capital Airlines, which statement on its official Weibo ac- WEIBO of sand, some rocks have surfaced. The was en route from Beijing to count. marine authority is calling on residents Macau, was forced to divert “The Civil Aviation Authority and tourists to pay close attention when Fto and land in Shenzhen airport yes- (AACM) was informed by Airport near the beach. The marine authority also terday, where it landed at 11:58 a.m. Operations Department this mor- reported that the water quality monitoring According to Xinhua news agency, ning that at about 11:16 on 28 Au- at both Hac Sa and Cheoc Van beaches have five passengers were injured when gust in the Macau International indicated that the water quality is normal. the Chinese flight was forced to di- Airport (MIA), an aircraft of Beijing vert to the alternate airport due to Capital Airlines JD5759 from Bei- landing gear problems, authorities jing to Macau carrying 157 passen- Rickshaw drivers said yesterday. gers encountered technical issues at The Shenzhen airport closed down its final approach to land at Macau complain about a runway for three hours and war- International Airport resulting go hidden subsidies ned that there could be flight delays. -around,” Civil Aviation Authority Capital Airlines is one of the subsi- Two wheels were missing from the said in a statement. diaries of China’s HNA group. The Macao Pedicab Drivers Union has been jet after it landed. “Macau International Airport im- In July of 2017, Beijing Capital accused of hiding subsidies given to pedicab The aircraft was carrying 166 peo- mediately declared an emergency Airlines held an inauguration cere- drivers, which were granted by the SAR government. Yesterday, some of the city’s ple; 157 passengers and nine cabin and activated the airport emergency mony at MIA to launch its new rou- pedicab drivers put out banners in front crew. operations center, the Fire Servi- tes, Beijing-Macau-Lisbon and Lis- of the Lisboa casino, calling on the union ces arrived on spot to standby. The bon-Beijing-Macau. However, after “On August 28th, Capital Airlines to reveal the whereabouts of the subsidies. flight was finally diverted and lan- JD5759 Beijing-Macau flight took a period of operations which lasted According to the drivers, most of whom are off from Beijing Capital Airport at ded in Shenzhen International Air- a little over one year, Capital Airli- aged between 60 and 70 years old, starting 8:17 a.m. When it was trying to land port. Macau International Airport nes announced it would suspend the from 2011, the city’s Government Tourism at the Macau airport, it was suspec- has deactivated the emergency. The route. Office (MGTO) has been giving the Union ted that the aircraft encountered a cause of the incident is still under Earlier this month, Capital Airli- between MOP60,000 and MOP70,000 on wind shear. The crew then assessed investigation. The Civil Aviation Au- nes confirmed that the suspension a monthly basis, which was expected to possible damages in the landing thority (AACM) is investigating the of the aforementioned routes will be passed on to drivers as a subsidy. The gear, which immediately led the incident case with the Civil Aviation occur between October 15 and Mar- money consists of subsidies for pedicab crew to start emergency procedures Administration of China (CAAC),” ch of 2019, according to the Lusa drivers under a Pedicab promotion activity and land in the Shenzhen airport AACM said. Agency. between the union itself and the MGTO.

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IC Tang Mei Lin to undergo PJ to be enforcement agency disciplinary investigation

HE Cultural Affairs IC was unable to share the for cases of national security TBureau has announced “formally approved” guide- it will initiate disciplinary lines. actions against Tang Mei According to IC president HE National Security Law has Lin, head of the Public Mok Ian Ian, the Secretary Tbeen scheduled to go to the Le- Library Management De- for Social Affairs and Cul- gislative Assembly by the end of partment. ture, Alexis Tam, has alrea- this year, according to the Secre- Earlier in May, the Com- dy approved the initiation tary for Security Wong Sio Chak. mission of Audit (CA) of the disciplinary proce- “Currently, PJ is preparing for slammed the Cultural Af- dure, and is now appoin- the establishment of the anti-ter- fairs Bureau (IC) for its ting an examiner to carry rorism division. Regarding the law management of the acqui- out the disciplinary inves- enforcement agency for national sition of books and publi- tigation. security matters, [the security au- cations for public libraries. Once the appointment thority] is currently listening to During inspections be- is made, the investigation the opinions of the Legal Affairs tween March and Decem- will start and will be con- Bureau and the Public Adminis- ber of 2017, it was determi- cluded within 45 days. trative and Civil Service Bureau ned that there were around Mok claimed that the IC [SAFP],” said Wong. “I hope to 100,000 items registe- highly regards the CA’s re- push forward the legislation as red that were not filed or port, and that her bureau soon as possible.” made available to library had already conducted a “Members of [the] law enforce- users. According to the CA, simple follow-up on the re- ment agency for national security this had been the case for port. will be selected among those ex- most of the items for over However, the IC presi- perienced and well-performing five years, with some items dent admitted that there police officers,” said Wong. The being left in boxes for 17 is indeed lack of manage- security force is also establishing years. ment in local libraries. a cyber security alert center. Ac- Wong Sio Chak (center) In terms of the process Mok further claimed that cording to the Secretary, the PJ for buying new books, the the IC has been following will increase the number of police sector will form the region’s future department. PJ is the law enfor- CA noted that it took eight up on reports in an orderly officers in preparation of the esta- National Security Defense Com- cement agency.” Wong also said and a half years for the IC manner, and that the de- blishment of the center. mission. that the PJ’s restructure involving to establish and approve a partment has not delayed Earlier this week, the Chief Exe- Yesterday, Wong also made com- the national security department policy for the development any such procedures. cutive Council announced that ments regarding CDSE: “The com- “must be regulated through legal of the book collection. Mok believes that the re- the Chief Executive and a contin- mission is not the law enforcement methods, and must be discussed However, until the conclu- levant work can be comple- gent of leaders from the security agency, it is the decision-making by the Legislative Assembly.” JZ sion of the CA probe, the ted this year. ad wed 29.08.2018

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HK prepares two new HERITAGE immigration checkpoints From visitors to insiders, interns ONG Kong’s Security officers to be stationed at the HBureau is set to pre- terminal. dive deep into the Forbidden City sent preparatory work in “We tested each depart- conjunction with its law- ment’s system and opera- OLDING a small brush, Lam enforcement departments tions with drills of different HHoi Ting, an architecture stu- XINHUA for two new immigration scales. We also tested their dent from Hong Kong, carefully checkpoints created for a collective operations in drills sweeps away dust to restore an an- cross-border high-speed engaging multiple discipli- cient colored painting in a pavilion railway and a bridge linking ned services,” he said. “The at the Forbidden City (Palace Mu- Macau and the mainland city results were satisfying.” seum). of Zhuhai. Lee also made comments Working within the architectural Secretary for Security John regarding the rule change at heritage department at the almost Lee Ka-chiu is in Beijing with its airport, which now allows 600 year old palace, this is Lam’s 120 law-enforcement offi- the screening of passenger first internship since college. She cials for a meeting with their bags without their owners focused on surveying, mapping and mainland Chinese counter- present. virtual restoration of ancient archi- parts, the South China Mor- Previously, a debate was tecture. ning Post reported. held on the possibility of the This summer, the Forbidden City The delegation met Zhang government facing a legal invited Lam and 47 other youngs- The Forbidden City in Beijing Xiaoming, director of the challenge over the decision ters from Hong Kong and Macau to State Council’s Hong Kong to alter the baggage rule. intern at various departments for six frequent visitor to becoming an insi- and Macau Affairs Office, on According to him, the se- weeks. Taught by museum exper- The Forbidden der at the ancient palace. Sunday and the vice-premier curity practice was in line ts, students participate in antique “Every time I look at these beauti- Han Zheng at the Great Hall with international standards restoration, exhibition planning, City invited Lam ful cultural relics or pass by the won- of the People yesterday. set by the International Civil collection management, educatio- derful architecture, I am touched in Meanwhile, according to Aviation Organization. nal activities and publicity events. and 47 other every way and very proud,” said Li, him, officials have already He added that he is confi- Home to the royal court between youngsters from who works within the publicity and conducted tests and drills in- dent in Hong Kong’s avia- 1420 and 1912, the Forbidden City education department. side the West Kowloon sta- tion security. “Our existing houses more than 1.8 million items Hong Kong With the knowledge gained tion for the rail line, which is aviation security procedures in its collections of cultural relics. from the internship, students, set to commence operations are similar to those exer- As a lover of the Forbidden City, Li and Macau to especially those who come from on September 23. cised at international air- Cho Wing, an accounting graduate Hong Kong, hope to help with the Lee said that plans for daily ports in various countries, from Hong Kong, was among the 48 intern at various Hong Kong Palace Museum that operations and emergency and the implementation of interns. Gathering materials, sear- departments for is being built, which will display management had been ma- our security program has ching data and editing information, collections from the Palace Mu- pped out, with the mainland been smooth,” he said. Li is happy that she has turned from six weeks seum from Beijing. MDT/Xinhua

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Infrastructure growth can drive VALLES LYNZY gaming revenue, says consultant BLOOMBERG

See Lei speaking yesterday to the press

NFRASTRUCTURE cau,” he added. Igrowth in the SAR plays Although China’s presi- a pivotal role in the city’s dent Xi Jinping initiated Grand Prix fun run to gaming industry even if the anti-corruption initia- its revenue from the VIP tives in 2014, which sca- segment continues to be red off many high-rollers volatile, a leading corpo- from gambling in Macau, host 2,000 participants rate finance consultant Bonnet believes that the HE 65th Macau Grand MOP200 million. at Tap Seac Square on November in the field of gaming and campaign was designed Prix is set to be held from Lei also said that the applica- 3 to 4. hospitality has said. to eliminate inappropria- November 15 to 18, featu- tions for this year’s event are still Members of the public may en- David Bonnet, ma- te types of gaming from ring a series of activities open, with the finalized details to ter the short video competition naging partner of Del- government officials. Tfor residents prior to the official be announced in another press from September 3, with entries to ta State Holdings, has “That by and large has race. At a press conference held conference in October. be submitted to the organizers in told American television kind of been [weeded] yesterday, the Macau Grand Prix “We will then tell you which the requested format by October channel CNBC that he out and now you see a Organizing Committee informed team and riders will participate 3. The organizers will upload the remains optimistic about much [more] healthy, ro- that the “Guia Circuit Fun Run” in this year’s race. Currently, we entries that best illustrate the the growth opportunities bust market with a mass will be opened to 2,000 people on don’t have a list of the applican- themes of the event to the Ma- for the region’s gaming gaming [market] repre- November 11. ts,” she said. cau Grand Prix and Macao Spor- industry. senting much more of a According to the organizing When asked whether there is an ts Events websites. Across social “Infrastructure growth significant portion of its committee, the 6.2km run must allotted budget to ensure safety, platforms, the ten entries which in China and Macau is overall revenue compo- be finished within an hour and 15 recalling the tragic accident that garner the most “likes” or votes really going to be a game- nent,” said Bonnet. minutes. occurred last year, Lei replied, during the month of October will changer [in] the revenue Although the VIP market “We will not fully block the cir- “Currently, I can’t give you a ratio win paddock access passes and ti- growth in Macau, particu- is slightly more volatile, cuit, we will not use so many dri- regarding the safety budget. Safe- ckets to this year’s Grand Prix, as larly with the bridge ope- the analyst said that it ving lanes […] we have done our ty is an important part; it is a prio- well as other souvenirs. ning,” said the analyst. will continue to be a part research regarding how much rity when we organize the race.” The “65th Macau Grand Prix “Not to mention also the of the gaming industry’s time we need until to open the “This year, we don’t have any ra- Opening Ceremony and Auto ramp-up of the expanded revenue segment. road to the public,” said See Lei, ce[s] canceled,” Lei added. Show”, held from November Taipa Ferry Terminal, so “It has its ups and head of the Macao Grand Prix and Other activities include a creati- 10 to 11, will showcase the parti- all these things are just downs, but generally Major Sporting Events Depart- ve “65” racing-themed photo and cipating Macau GT Cup - FIA ​​GT good types of infrastruc- speaking, it’s been arou- ment. “Grand Prix;” a themed short vi- World Cup and Macau Motorcycle ture and [show a] good nd for a while now; its ro- Lei told the press that the bud- deo collection campaign; as well Grand Prix racing vehicles at the economic outlook for Ma- bust,” he said. get for this year’s event remains at as a “Grand Prix Family Carnival” Tap Seac Square. LV

HK Bar Association lecturers, chairman refused by Peking University HE Council of the rejection. ceremony for the cou- “But this year, we were THong Kong Bar As- As a result of the com- rse and decided to use told that the people sociation has suspen- munication breakdown the opportunity to con- who’ve been teaching ded a common law cou- between the Bar As- front Peking University the course previously rse it was running at sociation and Peking on the matter. for several years are no the prestigious Peking University, the former However, after re- longer acceptable.” University in the Chi- institution has decided questing a letter of in- Professor Jiang Shi- nese capital, after two to indefinitely suspend vitation from the uni- gong of Peking Univer- lawyers from the cou- the common law cour- versity in early May, sity, who coordinates rse and the Bar Asso- se, which had been tau- he told RTHK that “a the course on the main- ciation’s chairman were ght on a volunteer basis phone call from the land, contests Dykes’s advised by the institu- for years. university gave me the account. Jiang says that tion not to travel to the Dykes said that Peking message that I must not there was no closing ce- mainland. University had objected come” – again without remony this year and Citing a letter from the to the attendance of two an explanation. that although Dykes Bar Association, Hong barristers who planned “We’ve had over six was welcome to visit Kong public broadcas- to travel to Beijing to or seven years [… and] the institution, there ter Radio Television deliver lectures at the we’ve had many people was no need for him to Hong Kong (RTHK) re- institution. go up there doing cou- come at this time. The ported that Chairman The Bar Association rses on various topi- university professor Philip Dykes and two chairman had planned cs,” he said. “[This] has also said that the deci- barristers were not gi- to come to Beijing him- been a very popular sion was unrelated to ven any reasons for the self to attend a closing course.” Dykes’s political stance. Philip Dykes 29.08.2018 wed

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BLOOMBERG Conventional wisdom wrong on China economic slowdown, Lardy says

HE idea that China’s econo- wrote in a recent note. take, because “the conventional tric may overstate the case, and Tmic growth is slowing, leaving China’s economic growth slowed wisdom that fixed asset invest- doesn’t provide any meaningful Beijing little option but to cave in to 6.7 percent, the slowest pace ment in China is slowing drama- guidance, according to Lardy. on the trade war with the U.S. is The case since 2016, in the second quarter tically is based on faulty data, and On the consumption side, re- widespread - but it might well be for China’s as Beijing’s campaign to cut debt there is no sound empirical evi- tail sales, the most widely used wrong, according to a U.S. think began to bite. In July, major gau- dence that consumption in China gauge, are becoming less useful, tank. imminent ges showed that the world’s secon- is weakening.” as it fails to fully capture Chinese “The reality is that, as has been d-largest economy was losing mo- The National Bureau of Statisti- spending online, and on educa- the case for the last few years, the economic mentum as the trade spat with the cs is currently revising its method tion, health care, travel and other case for China’s imminent eco- U.S. lingered. The earliest indica- used to calculate fixed asset invest- services, he argued. Chinese con- nomic difficulties is overblown,” difficulties is tors signal that the pace of expan- ment, which had involved “consi- sumption is still solid, judging Nicholas Lardy, a China expert at overblown. sion continued to slow in August. derable double counting,” and the from a quarterly reading, which the Peterson Institute for Interna- But Lardy argued that the slow- authorities are acting to reduce it. is the best data to track, accor- tional Economics in Washington NICHOLAS LARDY down narrative might be a mis- The slowing growth of this me- ding to Lardy. Bloomberg Hong Kong intervenes again Ryanair seals historic first to defend currency peg labor deal with Italian pilots YANAIR Holdings ONG Kong intervened RPlc signed its first- to defend its curren- ever union contract, H BLOOMBERG cy peg for the fourth day granting Italian pilo- BLOOMBERG this month, as the local ts perks such as seve- dollar fell to the weak end rance pay in a deal the of its trading band with the airline hopes to repeat greenback. across its network to The Hong Kong Mo- contain a protracted netary Authority bought labor dispute. HKD2.79 billion (USD355 The deal commi- million) of local dollars ts Ryanair to making during New York trading driven by carry trade acti- ry trade as the Fed is set to contributions to na- with unions elsewhere “We welcome this hours on Monday, adding vities, as liquidity in Hong raise rates.” tional health care and in Europe, and limits first CLA with our Ita- to an earlier purchase of Kong remains ample after The city’s currency was at social-security funds the extent of any fu- lian pilots and hope HKD3.93 billion, accor- the previous interventions 7.8499 per U.S. dollar as as well as paternity ri- ture industrial action that it will be shortly ding to the de facto central this month,” said Carie Li, of 7:57 a.m. local time. The ghts, the Italian pilots that has already led followed by a simi- bank’s page on Bloomberg. Hong Kong-based econo- trading band is HKD7.75 union ANPAC said in to more than a thou- lar agreement cove- That took its purchases to mist at OCBC Wing Hang to HKD7.85 versus the a statement. A “wide sand cancellations this ring our Irish pilots,” HKD25.3 billion in Au- Bank Ltd. “Given Hong greenback. The Bloomberg majority” backed the summer. A similar so- Ryanair Chief People gust, the first month it has Kong’s strong fundamen- Dollar Spot index was little agreement after eight called Collective Labor Officer Eddie Wilson intervened since May. The tals, the market expects changed. One-week Hong months of negotia- Agreement will be put said in a separate sta- aggregate balance of the flush liquidity to sustain for Kong dollar interbank bor- tions, it said. to flight-deck crew in tement. “We have invi- city’s banking system will some time. Moving to Sep- rowing costs declined to Winning over Italian Ireland for approval ted our U.K., German drop to HKD84.2 billion tember, expectations for below 1 percent for the first pilots should bolster after a breakthrough and Spanish unions to today. a wider interest-rate gap time since Aug. 15 on Mon- Ryanair’s hopes ahead in negotiations last meet with us in the co- “The weakness is likely may further encourage car- day. Bloomberg of similar negotiations week. ming days.” Bloomberg wed 29.08.2018

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N Angolan delega- ANGOLA tion, led by the Secre- tary of State for Geo- logy and Mines, Jânio CorreiaA Victor will be present from 29 August at the “Africa New diamond policy announced Down Under” conference, whi- ch will take place in Perth, Aus- ting Policy, which ended a sche- lates the sale by producers to cus- tralia and will use the occasion me that had preferential custo- tomers with long-term contracts

to announce Angola’s new dia- mers buying Angolan precious authorized by the Government BLOOMBERG mond policy internationally. stones. and the cutters in Angola as well Accompanying Correia Victor, Diamond companies present in as the auction model for “special among other diamond sector Angola will now be able to freely stones.” officials, is the director for Stra- sell up to 60 percent of their total During the trip to Australia En- tegic Planning and Mining Ope- production. diama will meet with represen- rations of Angolan national state The new Diamond Marketing tatives of Australian company diamond company Endiama. Policy provides for the “restruc- Lucapa Diamond Mining, which Angola will also provide infor- turing of the former system of already operates in Angola in the mation on projects open to fo- preferential customers” – whi- Lulo Project in the northeastern reign investment in the diamond ch had the most advantageous province of Lunda Norte. sector and offer up information conditions in the acquisition of A statement from Endiama about the new Angola Mining Angolan rough diamonds – for said that the meeting will ad- Code. The Angolan head of state, “one more suited to the sales dress the possibility of estab- João Lourenço, announced last policy.” lishing new partnerships in the July the new Diamond Marke- The new legislation also stipu- sector. MDT/Macauhub

BRAZIL MOZAMBIQUE Companies from China to Maputo airport certified to receive flights from operate in the energy sector of any country Rio Grande do Sul HE Mozambican tries in the world that TAviation Institute the company is within RAZILIAN com- de São Paulo newspa- granted an operational the safety standards re-

Bpany Electrosul per. XINHUA certificate to Maputo quired to receive flights and Chinese com- The transmission fa- International Airport on coming from any part of panies Shanghai Elec- cilities to be built in Monday that guarantees the globe. tric and Zhejiang the State of Rio Gran- it upholds the interna- A team from the Ci- Energy on Monday in de do Sul include lines tional standards requi- vil Aviation Institute of Porto Alegre set up and substations in- red for it to receive fli- Mozambique has been a company that will tended to channel the ghts from any country or working at Maputo In- build and operate the production of future region. ternational Airport for power transmission wind farms in the re- The Minister of Trans- three years, during whi- lines in the Brazilian gion. SZE Transmisso- port and Communica- ch it audited accounts State of Rio Grande do ra de Energia Elétrica tions, Carlos Mesquita and renovated runways Sul. SA is expected to build said at the ceremony to and parking bays for do- Shanghai Electric around 2,000 kilome- award the certificate, it mestic and international owns 44 percent of tres of power trans- is important to boost the flights. The Civil Avia- the capital of the new mission lines in the do Sul by 4,800 me- tropolitan Region and aviation sector, making tion Institute of Mozam- company called SZE Brazilian state. gawatts. are expected to create it more competitive, bique now plans to cer- Transmissora de Ener- The work, which The lines will pass 11,000 jobs. taking into account tify the airports of Beira gia Elétrica S.A. while must be completed by through 59 municipa- This is an investment “Mozambique’s tourism and Nampula. Until last Zhejiang Energy will 2020, will increase lities and will benefit estimated at 4 billion potential and diversity.” year Mozambique was hold 28.5 percent and the power distribu- regions such as Cam- reais and will supply The certificate is a do- included in the Euro- Eletrosul 27.5 percent tion capacity of the panha, Centro-Oeste, wind power to 1.2 million cument that provides a pean aviation blacklist. according to the Folha State of Rio Grande Zona Sul and the Me- people. MDT/Macauhub guarantee to all coun- MDT/Macauhub

corporate bits morpheus named one of the world s on several key factors, including cesl asia hosts kids movie day pany said in a statement. ‘ ’ quality, originality, innovation, ‘ ’ These associations inclu- greatest places 2018’ by time magazine sustainability and influence. de the Fuhong Society of The result is a list as diverse as Macau, the Association of the world it reflects, with entries Mentally Disabled Families, spanning six continents and 48 the Mong Ha Children and countries. Youth Home, and Joy Inte- ‘We are thrilled to receive such grated Family Service Cen- a prestigious accolade from tre of Caritas Macau, toge- TIME magazine so soon after ther with children from the opening,’ said Lawrence Ho, firm’s CSI Team, to make up chairman and CEO at Melco Re- a total of 120 participants. sorts & Entertainment. ‘At Mel- The performance and in- co, we continually strive to pro- teractive game show of Ro- Just two months after its and locations that are breaking vide our guests with one-of-a- nald McDonald were highli- grand opening, Morpheus Hotel new ground. kind experiences that raise the ghts of the event. has been hailed as one of the To create the list, Time soli- bar in terms of luxury and de- The CSI Team then led ‘World’s Greatest Places 2018’ cits nominations across a va- sign and Morpheus is the per- participants to the Planeta- by Time magazine, making it riety of categories, including fect expression of that vision. rium at the Macao Science the only Macau entry on the museums, parks, bars, res- With Morpheus, we have soli- Center for an introduction of list. This sought-after accolade taurants, theme parks, cruises dified our position as a pioneer local company services whi- is part of a new annual list put and hotels, from TIME editors and innovator in premium travel, CESL Asia hosted its “Kids The company and its So- ch benefit the community, together from nominations by and correspondents around leisure and entertainment, and Movie Day” for the eighth cial Investment (CSI) Team where it was explained how Time editors and experts arou- the world, as well as dozens of we are proud to help drive Ma- consecutive year. It invited have involved over 15 lo- those services are connec- nd the world to recognize 100 industry experts. The magazi- cau’s reputation as the World four associations to join the cal institutions in the event ted with the children’s daily new and emerging destinations ne evaluates each one based Center of Tourism and Leisure.’ event. over the years, the com- lives. 29.08.2018 wed

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ROHINGYA REFUGEES BLOOMBERG Beijing says sanctions, criticism ANALYSIS won’t help settle Trump focus on Mexico issue HINA said yesterday it trade dashes hope for quick Cisn’t blocking action by the United Nations on the is- sue of Muslim Rohingya re- China progress fugees, but that it doesn’t be- lieve sanctions or criticism of Myanmar’s government will help resolve the crisis. Enda Curran litical flash points, from North Monday climb. tion, particularly if we sit back Foreign ministry spokeswo- Korea to Taiwan. “It could be because a dose of for a minute and look at some of man Hua Chunying’s com- HE Trump administration Negotiations between the U.S. reality is sinking in after the ini- the rhetoric coming out of this ments came a day after in- Tis putting trade negotiations and China have been stalled sin- tial euphoria,” said Mitul Kote- administration,” Celico said. vestigators working for the with China on the back burner ce May, when Trump put a stop cha, senior emerging-markets “The hawks are certainly in the U.N.’s top human rights while focusing first on resolving to a deal for China to buy more strategist in Singapore at TD ascendancy on China trade po- body said Myanmar military issues in the North American energy and agricultural goods Securities. “There is still some licy.” leaders should be prosecu- hemisphere, reaching a break- to narrow the trade deficit. After way to go before the deal is Meetings between Chinese and ted for genocide against the through agreement between the mid-level trade talks in Washin- concluded, including political U.S. officials in Washington last Rohingya. U.S. and Mexico. gton last week ended with no hurdles in both the the U.S. and week made little headway, set- China is a permanent mem- The White House believes agreement, a person familiar Mexico and the question of how ting the stage for the U.S. to push ber of the U.N. Security Cou- it’s important to resolve tra- with the discussions said that Canada will be added to a broa- ahead with the next round of ncil with veto power over de disputes in “our own nei- Chinese officials had raised the der deal.” tariffs on up to USD200 billion whether the issue will be ghborhood” quickly and favora- prospect of suspending talks un- The Mexico breakthrough will worth of Chinese goods. Beijing brought before the Interna- bly, U.S. Commerce Secretary til after U.S. congressional elec- embolden Trump’s trade hawks has said it would retaliate. tional Criminal Court. It has Wilbur Ross told Fox Business tions in November. to double down on demands for The two days of talks led by U.S. been reticent about condem- News yesterday. Ross said Pre- The U.S. and Mexico agreed to concessions from China, accor- Treasury Undersecretary for In- ning Myanmar’s government sident Donald Trump’s position replace the North American Free ding Rob Carnell and Prakash ternational Affairs David Mal- during the crisis. is that it’s currently not the best Trade Agreement and Trump Sakpal, economists at ING Bank pass and Vice Commerce Minis- Hua said China believes the time for negotiations with Chi- called on Canada to join the NV in Singapore. ter Wang Shouwen marked the Rohingya issue has a com- na, denting expectations of a fast deal soon or risk being left out. “So as far as China and Asia are first major interaction between plex historical, religious and resolution. While share prices for South Ko- concerned, this new Mexico deal the two sides since June. ethnic background and Chi- Speaking to reporters during rean and Japanese automakers solves nothing,” they wrote in Trump wants to shrink a $375 na wishes to play a “cons- his announcement of the new gained amid expectations of re- a note. “It strengthens the U.S. billion goods deficit with China tructive role” in finding a Mexico accord, Trump said he is duced tariff risk, Mexico’s peso position to play hard-ball with and Beijing to unwind indus- proper solution. rejecting overtures from China weakened 0.4 percent against China. This doesn’t look good trial subsidies and scale back its “You said China blocked the to negotiate as he tries to achieve the dollar in Asian trading yes- for the region.” “Made in China 2025” plan to relevant U.N. discussions or a less “one-sided” trade policy. terday, paring about half its Because the nature of the dis- lead the world in industries such actions; I cannot agree with “They want to talk,” Trump said. pute between China and the as artificial intelligence and ro- you,” Hua said in response But “it’s just not the right time to U.S. is more complex, officials botics. So far, there’s been little to a question at a daily mi- talk right now, to be honest.” in Beijing are likely of the view indication of compromise. nistry briefing. “We don’t Trump’s remarks are his latest It’s just not the that it be much tougher to re- Still, Trump did hold the door think unilateral sanctions or in recent weeks to suggest he solve, Amy Celico, Principal of open for an eventual resolution criticisms would help with doesn’t see a quick end to tra- right time to Albright Stonebridge Group and with China. settling the issue.” de tensions with China, stoking previously Senior Director for “It’s been too one-sided for More than 700,000 Rohin- concerns in Beijing that his ac- talk right now China Affairs at the Office of the too many years, for too many gya have fled into neighbo- tions are part of a wider plan to U.S. Trade Representative, told decades and so it’s not the ri- ring Bangladesh over the past contain the nation’s rise. Fears [with Beijing], Bloomberg Television. ght time to talk,” he says, “But year to escape a Myanmar are growing that the spat be- to be honest. “For U.S.-China trade, it is eventually I’m sure that we’ll government crackdown that tween the world’s biggest econo- going to be much more difficult be able to work out a deal with followed rebel attacks on se- mies may spill over into geopo- TRUMP to come to a short-term resolu- China.” Bloomberg curity and police posts. AP opinion

Can PRC afford to be the next superpower?

Marc Champion, afford to be the world’s next and, as soon as 2023, will USD10,000 and $15,000 don’t apply. China will be a military’s share of the gover- Bloomberg superpower? start to shrink. No super- per capita GDP — without great power, they argue, but nment’s overall budget. The average Chinese, af- power has developed in tho- liberalizing and developing one entirely unlike the U.S. Not even China knows yet Donald Trump has laun- ter all, is still poorer than the se circumstances before. a reliable rule of law. China, There’s evidence to suggest what kind of superpower it ched a trade war with China, average Mexican. China’s Nor has any big country es- under President Xi Jinping, China can afford to be wha- will be. The answer, though, worried that previous admi- greatest natural resource — caped the so-called middle is doing the opposite. tever it wants: Beijing increa- is likely to determine issues nistrations have unwittingly its 1.4 billion-strong popula- income trap — the theory that Xi’s supporters say their sed defense spending more of war, peace and global been helping Beijing to over- tion — has largely finished emerging economies tend country is different and Wes- than tenfold since 1990, economic growth for deca- take the U.S. But can China urbanizing, is already aging to get marooned between tern economic models just while actually reducing the des to come. wed 29.08.2018

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Russia to stage biggest military exercises since Cold War, with Beijing Henry Meyer & Ilya Arkhipov press release. Some 1,000 air- defense minister said. “This will bigger,” Shoigu said. diness for war. The situation is craft and both the Northern and all be tested under conditions as bad.” USSIA is to hold its Pacific fleets will be deployed. close as possible to war.” CHINA ROLE China, which has steadily ti- biggest military ma- Russia stoked alarm a year ago Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ghtened ties with Moscow in re- neuvers since the hei- when it staged major war games Peskov said the drills were nee- cent years, will contribute 3,200 ght of the Cold War Beijing, which on its western flank neighboring ded to ensure Russia’s military troops and 30 aircraft. Rnext month, mobilizing about Poland and the Baltic States that capabilities “in the current in- “This is a new step. It’s the first 300,000 troops and including has tightened ties NATO said involved 100,000 ternational situation, which is time Chinese forces have been the participation of thousands with Moscow in troops - far above the 13,000 often quite aggressive and un- allowed in internal maneuvers, of soldiers from China, Defense soldiers that Russian officials friendly to our country.” not joint ones,” said Kashin. Minister Sergei Shoigu said. recent years, will said took part. Next month’s mi- Vasily Kashin, a senior fellow “For the moment, there’s no The Vostok-2018 exercises litary exercises will be the most at the Institute of Far Eastern sign that Russia and China are in Russia’s eastern and central contribute 3,200 ambitious since the “Zapad-81” Studies of the Russian Academy preparing a full military allian- military districts - spanning drills in 1981 staged by the So- of Sciences, said that Kremlin is ce, but on the military level, from the Ural Mountains to the troops and 30 viet Union and its Warsaw Pact “preparing for possible conflict” that’s what’s happening.” Pacific coast - from Sept. 11-15 aircraft allies. Chinese and Mongolian amid the chilliest relations with Peskov, the Kremlin spokes- will involve almost a third of the forces will also participate. the U.S. for decades. Such large man, said the Chinese participa- country’s soldiers, making them “Imagine 36,000 tanks and “In some ways, these maneu- maneuvers are aimed “partly at tion is evidence of “the expan- the largest since 1981, Shoigu armored personnel carriers all vers repeat Zapad-81, but in showing our preparedness and sion of cooperation in all areas said, according to a ministry moving at the same time,” the others they’re probably even partly to increase our actual rea- between two allies.” Bloomberg

UN WARNS China’s African swine fever AP PHOTO outbreak could cross borders N outbreak of African The “diverse geographi- African swine fever poses head. The meat accounts Aswine fever in China cal spread of the outbreaks no direct threat to humans for more than 60 percent could jump the border to in China have raised fears but threatens to devastate of animal protein consu- neighboring countries in that the disease will move China’s crucial pork in- med in the country. Southeast Asia or the Ko- across borders to neighbo- dustry. There is no effec- China has culled more rean Peninsula, the U.N.’s ring countries of Southeast tive vaccine to protect pigs than 24,000 pigs and im- Food and Agriculture Or- Asia or the Korean Penin- from the virus. posed strict quarantine ganization warned yester- sula where trade and con- China is the world’s bi- and disinfection efforts in day. sumption of pork products ggest pork producer, ac- hopes of stamping out the Outbreaks of the highly is also high,” the Rome-ba- counting for about half the virus. contagious, viral disease sed FAO said in a news re- world’s population of swi- African swine fever ou- latest outbreak, the virus’ ned that a complete shu- that affects pigs and wild lease. ne at around 500 million tbreaks have also been re- spread through China was tdown of the movement boar have been reported ported in the Americas and likely due to the movement of pigs and pork products in four different Chinese in the European Union, of pig products rather could undermine those ef- provinces over the past Distances between each chiefly in the Baltics, Po- than live animals, it said, forts by encouraging illegal month. The FAO said the land and Romania. quoting chief veterinarian transportation methods. distances between each outbreak - up to 1,000 km The FAO said the strain Juan Lubroth. China’s agriculture mi- outbreak — up to 1,000 ki- detected in China was The FAO said it was nistry did not immediate- lometers — highlighted the - highlighted the danger of similar to one found in working closely with au- ly reply to faxed questions danger of the virus sprea- the virus spreading to other Russia last year. While in- thorities in China and nei- about the most recent de- ding to other Asian coun- vestigators have yet to de- ghboring countries to con- velopments involving the tries at any time. Asian countries at any time termine the source of the trol the outbreak, but war- outbreak. AP 29.08.2018 wed

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KOREAN CRISIS have significantly increased, and Japan is buying costly U.S. equipment as Trump tries to sell more weapons and Japan says North threat reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Japan is currently updating its national defense guidelines and the medium-term defense remains despite summit pledge program to reflect North Ko- rea’s threat, and to have “ne- cessary and sufficient defense Mari Yamaguchi , Tokyo capabilities qualitatively and quantitatively,” the paper APAN needs to bols- AP PHOTO said. ter its missile defenses It has also stepped up sur- and its alliance with veillance and patrolling in the United States, its regional seas to crack down Jgovernment stressed in an on offshore ship-to-ship oil annual defense review that transfers to North Korean ves- judged North Korea to still be sels in violation to U.N. sanc- a serious threat that has not tions. taken concrete steps to denu- Yesterday’s report comes clearize. days before Japan’s Defen- The defense paper, approved se Ministry is set to approve yesterday by the Cabinet, said its fiscal 2019 budget plan Japan must add to its missile that would include an initial defense capabilities to be fully acquisition cost for a land-to prepared while watching if -air missile defense system, North Korea keeps its promi- Aegis Ashore. Opposition to se. that purchase has risen since President Donald Trump Pyongyang suspended missile and North Korean leader Kim tests this year as it made di- Jong Un signed a vague joint plomatic overtures to its ally statement at their summit in China as well as the U.S. and June that included agreemen- South Korea. ts to denuclearize the Korean The defense paper also rai- Peninsula. Last week, Trump sed strong concerns about directed Secretary of State China’s military budget in- Mike Pompeo to postpone a creases, its modernization planned trip to the North, ci- and buildup of forces and ting insufficient progress. weaponry, and its continuing North Korea tested inter- assertive moves in the re- continental ballistic missiles gion’s airspace and seas. last year, including launching Japan and China have long some over Japan, and it de- disagreed over their history ploys several hundred shor- The PAC-3 surface to air interceptors at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in Fussa, on the outskirts of Tokyo and over a cluster of East ter-range Rodong missiles China Sea islands they both capable of hitting Japan. The versified its launch sites and the paper said. “There is no While the United States is claim, but their relations have defense paper also says Pyon- methods over the past few change in our basic recogni- primarily concerned about seemed to improve as China gyang likely has made minia- years. In addition to the three tion about the threat of North the ICBMs that can reach its tries to be a leader in Asia, a turized nuclear warheads it nuclear tests the North has Korea’s nuclear weapons and mainland, Japan is within better neighbor and a contrast can place atop ballistic mis- conducted since 2016, it also missiles.” range of North Korea’s smaller to Trump’s U.S.-first policy. siles, an advancement of its has carried out more than 40 It was “significant” that Kim missiles. Prime Minister Shin- The defense paper welcomed nuclear capability that Nor- missile tests in that time, ac- promised to pursue denuclea- zo Abe has pushed to raise China’s cooperation in star- th Korea has claimed to have cording to the paper. rization of the peninsula but Japan’s military participa- ting a mechanism for sea and achieved. “Its military actions have it is necessary to watch what tion and its missile defenses. air defense communications, North Korea has increased become an unprecedentedly North Korea does to scrap its Joint exercises with the U.S. an initiative meant to avoid the range, accuracy and ver- serious and imminent threat nuclear weapons and missiles, and other defense partners in- unanticipated events in dis- satility of its missiles and di- to Japan’s national security,” the report said. cluding Britain and Australia puted areas. AP

INDONESIA Four killed in forest fires; police arrest suspects

OLICE in the Indo- The national disaster imposed a moratorium on which has deployed 10 he- nesian part of Borneo agency says four people peatland development in licopters to help extinguish

P AP PHOTO island have arrested more have died in West Kaliman- 2016 but has made little the fires,” Manik said. About than a dozen people suspec- tan’s forest fires in the past progress with plans to res- 1,000 hectares of fires have ted of starting forest fires month, including two sus- tore such wetlands to their been extinguished across that have killed four people pects. original condition. the province, he said. in the past month. Millions of hectares bur- Officials said the recent Raffles Brotestes Panjai- West Kalimantan poli- ned in Indonesia during an- haze in West Kalimantan tan, director of investigation ce chief Didi Haryono said nual dry season fires in 2015 has diminished due to fire- and forest protection at the yesterday that two of the that spread a health-dama- fighting efforts. Ministry of Environment 27 people wanted by police ging haze across the region Sahat Irawan Manik, an and Forestry, said the num- died in blazes they started for weeks. official with a local fire unit, ber of “hotspots” in West to clear land for planting. The disaster, estimated by said Monday that condi- Kalimantan had dropped to He said 14 people have been the World Bank to have cau- tions had especially impro- 21 on Monday from 60 on arrested so far. sed losses of USD16 billion, ved in the provincial capital, Sunday. They could be prosecuted was exacerbated by the Pontianak, and around the Panjaitan said that so far under an environmental practice of draining swam- airport. this year, 71,959 hectares protection law that allows py peatland forests for in- “There are still some fires of land have burned in fo- a maximum 10-year prison dustrial plantations, making in five districts but there are rest fires compared with sentence for setting fires to them highly combustible. water bombing teams by the 165,464 hectares from Ja- clear land. Indonesia’s government Disaster Mitigation Agency, nuary to July last year. AP wed 29.08.2018

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Japanese man on way home after release from North Korean custody Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo flight, the news agency said. In his remarks yesterday, Ja- Japanese man relea- AP PHOTO pan’s foreign minister repeated sed by North Korea a government request for Japa- after being accused nese citizens to avoid traveling to of a crime was on his North Korea. wayA home after arriving in Bei- In December 1999, a Japane- jing from Pyongyang yester- se correspondent for the Nikkei day, officials and reports said. newspaper was detained in Nor- Tomoyuki Sugimoto had been th Korea for more than two years in North Korean custody for an on spying charges in Pyongyang. investigation into the unspeci- Separately, Japan and North fied crime, but the North’s offi- Korea have also disputed over cial Korean Central News Agen- abductions of Japanese citizens cy said Sunday that the country decades ago. decided to be lenient and expel North Korea has also arrested him for humanitarian reasons. other foreign nationals. Three Without mentioning Sugimo- Japanese tourist Tomoyuki Sugimoto gestures as he arrives at Beijing airport from Pyongyang yesterday Korean-Americans accused of to by name, Japanese Foreign anti-state activities and detained Minister Taro Kono confirmed and describing his health as “not a military facility, according to Sugimoto was escorted by for more than a year were relea- that a Japanese man held by bad.” earlier reports. Kyodo, quoting North Korean authorities and sed and returned home in May. North Korea had been in Beijing Reports said Sugimoto left Bei- an unidentified Japanese gover- showed up for his departing fli- American college student Otto and that officials planned to -in jing later on a flight to Tokyo. nment source, said Sugimoto ght, carrying a single bag, just Warmbier, accused of stealing a terview him about the incident. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary was on a North Korea tour ar- before the gate closed, Kyodo propaganda poster and senten- Kono declined to give details. Yoshihide Suga said he could not ranged by a China-based travel reported. He was seated in eco- ced to 15 years in prison in the Kyodo News said Sugimoto comment “because of the nature agent. nomy-class and an official of the North, died in June 2017 days confirmed his identity to its re- of the matter.” The Japanese government re- state-run Air Koryo sat in the after he was repatriated to the porters who were on the same Sugimoto, believed to be a vi- portedly had sought his release row behind him and watched U.S. with severe brain damage. Air Koryo flight out of Pyon- deographer, was arrested in through the North Korean Em- over him, Kyodo said. Their arrests had compounded gyang yesterday. NHK television the North’s western port city of bassy in Beijing. Japan does not He was silent during the trip the dire state of relations over quoted a Japanese diplomat as Nampo, where North Korea may have diplomatic relations with except for asking a Kyodo repor- North Korea’s nuclear weapons confirming the man’s identity have suspected him of filming North Korea. ter’s identity before boarding the program. AP

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HREE experts working for Tthe U.N.’s top human rights Experts: UAE, Saudis may have body say the governments of Ye- men, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia may have been committed war crimes in Yemen responsible for war crimes inclu- ding rape, torture, disappearances view what it says about the horrors se serious questions about the and “deprivation of the right to of the Houthis.” targeting process applied by the life” during 3½ years of escalated Saudi state media later said its AP PHOTO coalition.” They chastised some fighting against rebels in Yemen. coalition had received the U.N. re- in-the-field coalition combatants In their first report for the Hu- port and forwarded it onto its own for “routinely” failing to seek in- man Rights Council, the experts lawyers to review before it “will formation about targets on official also point to possible crimes by take the appropriate position.” “no-strike” lists that should have rebel Shiite militia in Yemen, who The Associated Press reported been avoided. have been fighting the Saudi-led last year that the UAE and its allied Even getting the experts up and coalition and Yemen’s government militias were running a network of running was an accomplishment in a civil war since March 2015. secret detention facilities, beyond for the U.N.-backed Human Ri- The experts have also chronicled the control of Yemeni government. ghts Council, which passed a reso- the damages from coalition airs- In June, the AP revealed that hun- lution creating the team last Sep- trikes, the single most lethal force dreds of detainees had been sub- tember. Largely due to the objec- in the fighting, over the last year. jected to sexual abuse and torture. tions of Saudi Arabia and its allies, They urged the international the council failed several times to community to “refrain from provi- The report Kamel Jendoubi, Chairperson of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen authorize a more intrusive inves- ding arms that could be used in the tigation into possible war crimes conflict”— an apparent reference says three- compiled a “confidential list” of humanitarian assistance. The in Yemen. The 47-member body to countries including the United people suspected of committing war has devastated the country’s only last fall reached a compromi- States and Britain that help arm fourths of international crimes, which was health system and provided the se to bring in the experts. the Saudi-led coalition, as well as being handed over to the office breeding grounds for the world’s Also on Monday, the U.N. refu- Iran, which the coalition has accu- the country’s of the U.N. human rights chief on largest cholera outbreak last year. gee agency said more than 450 ci- sed of arming the Houthis. population need Tuesday. His team refused to in- The experts cited some 6,475 vilians were killed in Yemen in the The experts visited some but not dicate how many or which people deaths from the conflict between first nine days of August, making it all parts of Yemen as they com- humanitarian or groups were on the list — whe- March 2015 and June this year, one of the deadliest periods since piled the report. “[We have] rea- ther on the government or rebel but said the “real figure is likely the start of the war. sonable grounds to believe that assistance sides. to be significantly higher.” Other William Spindler, UNHCR the governments of Yemen, the “Despite the gravity of the situa- groups have estimated that more spokesman, also called for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi The U.N. report accused the “de tion, we still note a total disdain for than 10,000 people have been kil- protection of thousands of fami- Arabia are responsible for human facto authorities” — an allusion the suffering of the Yemeni peo- led. lies displaced by the fighting in the rights violations,” the report said. to rebel leaders that control some ple,” Jendoubi told reporters in a They also sharply criticized work vital port city of Hodeida, the main It cited violations including unlaw- of the country’s most populated briefing on the report yesterday. by the coalition’s Joint Incidents entry point for food in a country ful “deprivation of the right to life,” western and northern areas — of “This crisis reached its peak with Assessment Team, which was set teetering on the brink of famine. arbitrary detention, rape, torture, crimes including arbitrary deten- light appearing at the end of the up as a bulwark against possible Since June, the Saudi-led coali- enforced disappearances and child tions, torture and child recruit- tunnel. This conflict has in effect rights violations. They questioned tion has waged an offensive to recruitment. ment. Human rights advocates fallen into the void.” the JIAT’s explanations for the clear the port city of Houthis and Saudi, Emirati and Yemen offi- have faulted the Houthis for laying Since March last year, the U.N.’s airstrikes that have killed civilians, restore government control. cials did not immediately respond land mines and targeting religious humanitarian aid agency has said and challenged its “independence Spindler said the offensive has to requests for comment Tuesday. minorities and imprisoned oppo- Yemen — already the Arab world’s and its ability to carry out impar- resulted in the displacement of On Twitter, Emirati Minister of nents. poorest country — is facing the tial investigations.” over 50,800 families, according State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Kamel Jendoubi, a Tunisian hu- world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The experts also said nearly a to the U.N. office for the coordi- Gargash wrote that the UAE “must man rights advocate who chaired The report says three-fourths of its dozen deadly airstrikes they in- nation of humanitarian affairs review it, answer its merits and re- the group of experts, said they population of over 29 million need vestigated over the last year “rai- (OCHA). AP

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Ben Fox, Miami was halted before trial as to torture. A Pentagon spokeswo- well as other major mili- “He has always been a man, Navy Cmdr. Sarah HE slow-moving Sept. tary cases, including the very patient judge,” said Higgins, said Pohl made AP PHOTO T11 war-crimes case at courts-martial resulting James Connell, the cour- a “personal decision” not Guantanamo has outlas- from the Abu Ghraib pri- t-appointed attorney for to seek an extension of his ted the judge. Army Col. soner abuse scandal in one of the defendants, service and it was not ex- James Pohl announced his Iraq. Ammar al-Baluchi. “He pected to cause a delay in retirement from the mili- The Guantanamo mili- always listened to both si- proceedings. The next rou- tary on Monday, ending tary commission is con- des and he often gave ru- nd of pre-trial hearings in a career that culminated sidered one of the most lings that both sides were the case are scheduled to with his presiding over complex criminal procee- unhappy with.” take place over five days at A Pentagon-approved sketch shows James Pohl as he halts the the military commission dings in U.S. history, set The other defendan- the base in September. Sept. 11 pretrial hearing at the Guantanamo Bay trial of five prisoners at the in a courtroom encased ts include Khalid Shaikh Pohl made one of his U.S. base in Cuba accused in sound-proof glass that Mohammad, who has por- more notable decisions why he chose to leave in tic of what he felt was an of planning and aiding the is designed to prevent trayed himself as the archi- earlier this month, ruling a memo to the military unfair military commis- terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, inadvertent disclosures of tect of the Sept. 11 attack that prosecutors could commissions in which he sion system, said it was 2001. classified evidence with a and other plots, and they not use statements the officially appointed his noteworthy that the judge Pohl has presided over 40-second delay of sound. could get the death penalty defendants made to FBI successor, Marine Corps decided to end his service the case since the May It has bogged down in if convicted, another factor interrogators after they Col. Keith Parrella, a for- so soon after a significant 2012 arraignment and the pre-trial hearings largely that has caused the pro- were transferred from CIA mer prosecutor. Pohl no- ruling and made the refe- ensuing years of pre-trial due to battles over what ceedings to be drawn out custody because of limi- ted the decision was “not rence to outside influence. hearings. No trial date has evidence can be used for years. The charges in- ts placed on the defense’s impacted by any outside “Maybe he was just ti- been set in the death-pe- against men held in clan- clude terrorism and nearly ability to investigate the influence.” red,” Ruiz said. “Another nalty case. destine CIA detention fa- 3,000 counts of murder treatment at the facilities Walter Ruiz, a lawyer possibility is that maybe He was also the judge in cilities and subjected to in violation of the laws of often referred to as “black for defendant Mustafa al he sees this system for the an earlier version of the intense interrogations and war for helping to plan and sites.” The prosecution has -Hawsawi who had several sham that it is and doesn’t commission under Presi- other treatment now wi- providing the logistical su- appealed that decision. courtroom clashes with want to be part of it any- dent George W. Bush that dely considered to amount pport to the plot. The judge did not say Pohl and was a sharp cri- more.” AP wed 29.08.2018

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OMMUNICATIONS USA were snarled and police, fire and medical respon- ders were overwhelmed Cby 911 calls, false reports and the number of victims during the Vegas shooting report: Radios, deadliest mass shooting in mo- dern U.S. history, according to a report released Monday by U.S. responders were overwhelmed and local authorities. The report by the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency, the It said fire dispatchers and fi- be told to immediately remove Clark County Fire Department refighters were not even aware the vests during an attack and and Las Vegas police provided of the country music festival that AP PHOTO that police should reconsider an overview of first responders’ 22,000 people were attending whether officers should wear actions on Oct. 1 and ways autho- as Stephen Paddock opened fire them if they’re not doing traffic rities can improve. from the windows on the 32nd- control. “It’s almost impossible to jump floor of the Mandalay Bay casino Cassell called the nearly hundreds of responders into an -resort into the outdoor concert 10-month review a first-of-its ongoing immediate event and below. He killed 58 people and -kind effort uniting FEMA and have it go smoothly, communica- injured more than 850 others be- local agencies after a large attack. tions wise,” Fire Chief Greg Cas- fore killing himself. Earlier this month, Las Vegas sell said in an interview. Police and an ambulance com- police issued a final investigati- Among more than 1,500 calls pany were at the Route 91 Har- ve report on the shooting, with that police and fire dispatchers vest Festival, but because the fire no motive found. An FBI final answered within the first two department was not part of the report is expected by the end of hours of the shooting were 16 on-scene event command post, the year. false calls. They include repor- “command and control were frac- The report released Monday ts of an unattended backpack tured,” the report said. multi-agency program created af- phones to a system that is ex- found that incident commanders at an emergency medical site, a Medical supplies and an aid ter the terrorist attacks in Mum- clusively for first responders. received constant updates about hotel fire, and active shooters at tent were “insufficient for a mass bai in 2008 allowed police, fire The report highlighted that the the number of officers ready to casinos and the nearby airport. casualty incident of this scale,” and emergency medical services overwhelming use of cell towers deploy from staging areas, and One report said 20 hostages were and there were “multiple alterca- to have a coordinated response in the area led to sporadic, and at that police effectively diverted being held at the New York-New tions” with panicked and intoxi- to the mass shooting on the Las times, non-existent service to the resources from other law enfor- York resort. cated concertgoers who wanted Vegas Strip. He said the depart- department’s mobile command cement agencies to hospitals and “Congested radio traffic made to help. The report said that for ment has moved to release the re- computers. hotels after reports of other acti- coordination difficult for respon- special events of the festival’s port faster than agencies in other The report also said reflective ve shooters. se agencies,” the report said. “The size, a “unified command post communities that have seen mass vests that off-duty Las Vegas of- “We learned that a lot of things calls caused a heightened sense of should be established among all shootings in an effort to share the ficers are required to wear while we’ve done since 2011 in opera- alert, and in some cases the fear agencies.” lessons learned. working at large events can make tional readiness and plans has of a multi-pronged, coordinated Cassell told reporters after the Cassell said the department them a target for a shooter. paid off,” Cassell said. “Hopefully attack near the initial shooting.” report was made public that a has begun switching some of its FEMA recommended officers there is no next time.” AP

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Exhibition of New Works in MAM 1965 Gemini V returns to Earth Collection Time: 10am-7pm (last admission 6:30pm; closed on Two American astronauts have splashed down sa- Mondays) fely in the Atlantic after setting a space endurance Until: record. October 26, 2018 Charles Conrad, 35, and Gordon Cooper, 38, spent Venue: Macau Museum of Art HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: A MONSTER VACATION just short of eight days orbiting the earth in their spa- Admission: Free room 1 ce ship Gemini V - three days longer than any pre- Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 2:30, 4:30, 7:30pm vious missions to space. Director: Genndy Tartakovsky The capsule dropped into the Atlantic south-west of Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez Bermuda at 1256 GMT, 80 miles (130 km) away from Language: Cantonese (Chinese) their recovery vessel, aircraft carrier Lake Champlain. Duration: 97min Gemini V returned to Earth slightly earlier than ex- pected because the Nasa control centre at Houston ALONG WITH THE GODS: feared a storm was developing in the landing area. THE LAST 49 DAYS The two men - who travelled 3,312,993 miles room 1 (5,331,745 km) and orbited the Earth 120 times - are 9:30pm reported to be in “excellent condition”. Director: Kim Yong-hwa Colonel Cooper radioed Lake Champlain shortly af- Starring: HA Jung-woo, JU Ji-hoon, KIM Hyang-gi ter their capsule hit the sea with the message: “We Offbeat Language: Korean (Chinese & English) are on the water and in good shape”. The two men were taken by helicopter to the carrier THOMAS & FRIENDS where doctors gave them a preliminary examination. tevie onder praises hilly BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES! THE MOVIE S W P A medical report said they were “perfectly happy gospel group on th birthday room 1 90 9:15pm with no need to sit down and rest.” Director: David Stoten It added: “There is absolutely nothing wrong with Starring: Dona Adwera, Peter Andre, Richie Campbell them - it is as though they had taken a short airplane Language: English (Chinese) flight.” Duration: 85min Chief Doctor Charles Berry said the astronauts’ heart rates had gone up to 180 beats a minute during DORAEMON THE MOVIE: the stressful re-entry stage, but that they had dro- NOBITA’S TREASURE ISLAND pped back to normal levels by the time they splashed room 2 down. 2:30pm Colonel Cooper and Commander Conrad now face Director: Kazuaki Imai another 11 days of tests before they are allowed Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu home. Language: Cantonese (Chinese) The voyage of Gemini V has not gone completely Duration: 109min to plan. Soon after launch the astronauts reported a serious THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME fall in oxygen pressure in their fuel cells and Nasa room 2 controllers considered ending the mission early. Stevie Wonder 2:30, 7:15, 9:30pm The reduced power meant the pair had to suffer low Director: Susanna Fogel temperatures and their capsule tumbling and rolling Starring: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux in its orbit when steering rockets failed. Stevie Wonder has helped celebrate the 90th anniversary of Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 117min a legendary Philadelphia gospel group. Courtesy BBC News Philly.com reports the African American Museum in Phila- delphia hosted a celebration for the Dixie Hummingbirds this L STORM wee. The group was formed in Greenville, South Carolina, and room 3 eventually moved to Philadelphia in 1942. 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm Wonder couldn’t attend the celebration but he called in to Director: David Lam In context Starring: Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Kevin Cheng praise the Dixie Hummingbirds for its contributions to modern Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) Nasa’s Gemini project was announced in December 1961. music. Duration: 90min The 10 missions in the programme were flown over 20 months in 1965 Current member Ira Tucker Jr. says he’s carrying on the le- and 1966. gacy of his father, Ira Tucker Sr., who died in 2008. Tucker THE DARKEST MINDS Their main objective was to train astronauts in manoeuvring spacecraft in orbit before the Apollo project attempted to land a man on the Moon. says his father and his groupmates were innovators in the room 3 The three men involved in the first lunar landing - Michael Collins, Neil ‘40s and ‘50s who helped usher in contemporary rhythm and 7:30pm blues music. Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin - all took part in Gemini missions. Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Charles Conrad aged 69 died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle The Dixie Hummingbirds have three concerts scheduled this Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Harris Dickinson accident in July 1999. Gordon Cooper died in October 2004, aged 77. month. Members plan on rereleasing their 2011 album “Gos- Language: English (Chinese) pel Praise Songs — Powered By Quartets” this fall. Duration: 104min wed 29.08.2018

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VERY host has a sig- nature event that defi- Christie wins host Indonesia’s nes the success of the games, at least in the Econtext of sport. Jonatan Chris- tie won that event for the 2018 signature gold at Asian Games Asian Games hosts with a 21-18, 20-22, 21-15 win over Taiwan’s Badminton is the national 13-21, 21-18, 24-22 in the men’s compete at the Asian Games, China won the men’s pursuit Chou Tien-chen to secure the sport in Indonesia, although it doubles. topped the technical and free and Sarah Lee Wai-sze defended badminton men’s singles gold hasn’t won the men’s singles title The Jiang twins from China routines to win with 186.5101 her title in the women’s keirin medal for Indonesia. at the Asian Games since Taufik created history by winning the points, more than four clear of for Hong Kong. The 21-year-old Christie, nick- Hidayat won back-to-back golds duet in artistic swimming, retur- Yukiko Inui and Megumu Yoshi- South Korea won three of the named Jojo, grabbed the natio- in 2002 and ‘06. China’s Lin Dan ning to the Asian Games after ex- da who took silver for Japan. four gold medals on offer in ar- nal attention with his shirt-she- won both in between. tended breaks to have children. Another set of twins, Yekaterina chery, and Malaysia ended Thai- dding celebration following his The hosts picked up another Both had baby daughters and and Alexandra Nemich, collec- land’s domination in the sepak- semifinal win, and intensified it badminton gold in the men’s spent two years away from the ted bronze for Kazakhstan. takraw with gold in the men’s with his pressure-packed win in doubles — it was an all-Indo- sport before deciding in 2016 to South Korea’s Na Ah-reum pi- regu. the final. nesian final — after top-ranked make a comeback. cked up her third gold medal of One of the most dominating Just like national hero Tan Joe Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan beat In- “This is a very significant medal the games when she joined Kim runs of the games continued at Hok did in 1962 when Indonesia dia’s Olympic and world cham- because it means so much to us You-ri, Kim Hyun-ji and Lee the field hockey, where defen- last hosted the games. pionship silver medalist and and our families,” Jiang Wenwen Ju-mi to win the women’s team ding champion India finished off Christie peeled off his shirt millionaire Pusarla Venkata Sin- said. “I think our performance pursuit at the track cycling ve- the group stage with a 20-0 win again to celebrate the gold, and dhu 21-13, 21-16 in 36 minutes demonstrated that mothers can lodrome in 4 minutes, 31.222 over Sri Lanka, improving its for twirled his pointer finger around for the women’s singles final. do anything in sport and this will seconds. -and-against record to 76-3 from for emphasis. He saluted when Top-ranked Marcus Fernal- be a very good example for our Na was the first cyclist to win four games. the Indonesian flag was raised di Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya children.” both the road race and the time Akashdeep Singh scored six above the podium. Sukamuljo had to save a match The 31-year-old siblings, gold trial at the same Asian Games goals and three other players had “This win is historic for Indo- point before beating Fajar Alfian medalists in 2006 and 2010 and when she took both titles last hat-tricks in the last warmup for nesian badminton,” he said. and Muhammad Rian Ardianto the oldest artistic swimmers to week. a semifinal against Malaysia. AP

EPL Worrying signs for Man United AP PHOTO as Mourinho loses cool

ITH his team trai- gue games for the first hole. He even predicted any defensive reinforce- Wling by three goals time at any of his clubs. this would happen in one ments (which he didn’t). and Old Trafford rapidly Mourinho would go on of his gloomy preseason There were some eye emptying around him, to praise his team after statements, when he said -opening comments after Manchester United ma- the 3-0 loss to Totte- “it will be a difficult sea- the loss to Tottenham, nager Jose Mourinho nham — “from a strate- son for us” if he didn’t get highlighting the iden- stood in his technical gic view, we didn’t lose,” tity crisis that might be area and stared blankly he said, “from a tactical enveloping United. And onto the field. view, we didn’t lose” — The team’s there’s also Mourinho’s There was an air of hel- and defend his own re- defense has despair about a defense plessness around one of cord as a manager in a that already has let in Jose Mourinho soccer’s most decorated stormy news conference let in seven seven goals in the first coaches who was facing in which he demanded three games — the most plays of his two marquee time assistant Rui Faria? the biggest home loss of “respect, respect, res- goals in the United has conceded in players, Paul Pogba and Is he sending out the ri- his career and the pros- pect.” first three 49 years. Alexis Sanchez. Then ght signals with his off- pect of losing two of the Yet, Mourinho surely Also of concern must there’s the manager him- field surliness and pessi- season’s first three lea- knows United is in a games be the inconsistent dis- self: Is he missing long- mism? AP THE Former Vietnamese jailer says he Station Air quality BUZZ respected late Sen. McCain Roadside 40-60 Moderate Sen. John McCain’s Vietnamese jailer said Former Col. Tran Trong Duyet, who ran the he respected his former inmate and felt sad prison at the time, said he met with McCain High about his death, as others in Vietnam paid many times while he was confined there. Density 40-60 their respects to the former U.S. Navy pilot “At that time I liked him personally for his Residental who became a prisoner of war and later was toughness and strong stance,” he told the Moderate instrumental in bringing the wartime foes to- newspaper Vietnam News, published by the Area opinion gether. official Vietnam News Agency. McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot “Later on when he became a U.S. senator, Ambient 40-60 down over Hanoi in 1967 and he was taken he and Sen. John Kerry greatly contributed to Moderate SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Our desk prisoner and held in the infamous “Hanoi promote Vietnam-U.S. relations so I was very Daniel Beitler Hilton” prison for more than five years. fond of him,” Duyet said. WORLD BRIEFS Breaking the monopoly Berlin offers police YEMEN Three experts working for the U.N.’s Monopolies, or sole providers of specific goods or ser- top human rights body vices, are generally regarded as undesirable because say the governments they reduce the incentive for innovation and price com- help after violent of Yemen, the United petition. Arab Emirates and Saudi Few would dispute that competition under a free-market Arabia may have been system tends to produce the best result for consumers. responsible for war The theory goes that the more competition a business far-right protest crimes including rape, has, the more incentive or pressure there is for it to de- torture, disappearances velop better products, lower prices and be accountable and “deprivation of the to its customers. right to life”. More on p14 AP PHOTO Though the six casino operators and their many affiliate properties exhibit a degree of internal competition within EGYPT A court has Macau, the special administrative region as a whole cou- sentenced six people to ld be considered a monopoly within the context of the death for their roles in a greater China region. 2016 militant attack on The tiny enclave of just 30 square kilometers is the only a security checkpoint place in the greater China region in which casinos are le- north of Cairo that killed gal and has hitherto been the most accessible jurisdiction a policeman. for the serious punters among China’s 1.38 billion people, representing 18 percent of the planet.

Gaming analysts in Macau are justifiably concerned AP PHOTO about the rise of casino gaming in Japan and possibly even in tropical Hainan, sometimes described as China’s Hawaii. Though both jurisdictions are years away from opening a casino, they may eventually threaten Macau’s tourism and gambling lifeblood. LITHUANIA’s president Part of the People’s Republic of China, Hainan does says that the European not have the same visitor visa requirements as Macau. Frank Jordans, Berlin Georgie said the police pre- Prosecutors said the killing Union can’t turn its And while chance-based games are still not technically sence in Chemnitz would be was preceded by a verbal back on Turkey, adding allowed on Hainan, this year the island was allowed to ERMANY’S top securi- stepped up in the coming confrontation that escalated. that “it’s necessary to operate so-called “entertainment bars” where winnings Gty official offered to send days, with more protests Saxony’s governor slam- search for solutions to can be redeemed in local shops, restaurants or hotels. federal assistance to the eas- planned. med far-right extremists for assist Turkey” to help Many analysts believe it is just a matter of time before tern state of Saxony yester- Green lawmaker Konstan- using the man’s death as a curb terror threats and migration to Europe. traditional casino-resorts start to make an appearance. day following violence during tin von Notz urged Seehofer political tool and for sprea- When that day comes, the analysts say, Macau had a far-right protest in the city to consider resigning, ac- ding false information online better be more than just baccarat. POLAND’s government of Chemnitz that left at least cusing him of fanning anti- about it. While the influx of Enter the government’s economic diversification plan unveiled yesterday 18 people injured. migrant sentiment over the migrants to Germany in re- and with it a heap of pressure on casino operators to details of a voluntary develop non-gaming attractions under threat of not recei- The protest late Monday, past year. Von Notz told the cent years has resulted in a pension program intended to encourage ving a new casino license after 2020 or 2022. sparked by the killing of a news portal t-online.de that rise in violent crime , experts many Poles to start Contrary to the prevailing opinion, rival casino centers 35-year-old German man in the violence in Chemnitz re- have noted that this is largely saving and to protect in Hainan and Japan might not spell the end of Macau’s an altercation with migrants called events elsewhere in due to demographic factors: over the weekend, erupted eastern Germany during the young men, who make up a low-earners from post- gambling dominance, but could be the answer to its re- retirement poverty. lative decline. into clashes between neo- early 1990s, when authorities large share of the migrant po- As the theory of competition goes, the more choice for Nazis and left-wing counter- failed to stop far-right mobs pulation, are generally more consumers, the harder producers must work to be better. protesters. Opposition par- from attacking migrants. likely to commit crimes,

Companies that fail to innovate eventually disappear. It is ties criticized police for fai- The state of Saxony has long whether they’re German or AP PHOTO survival of the fittest; adapt or die. ling to prevent the violence. been a hotbed of anti-mi- foreign-born. Enjoying a de facto monopoly, Macau’s casino opera- “The police in Saxony are grant sentiment, with some Governor Michael Kremts- tors have previously had no incentive to innovate or subs- in a difficult situation,” Inte- accusing police of turning a cher said authorities would tantially differentiate their services and products – aside rior Minister Horst Seehofer blind eye to sympathizersin swiftly and thoroughly inves- from picking between easing off or doubling down on the said. “Should it be requested, their own ranks . The far-ri- tigate the killing but will also FRANCE’s high-profile VIP segment. the federal government will ght Alternative for Germany come down hard on those environment minister And yet, local operators are best-positioned to draw on provide police support.” party received almost a quar- who had stoked violence in unexpectedly announced their more than a decade-long experience on what works He was backed by Chance- ter of the vote in Chemnitz its wake, including attacks on his resignation live on national radio for the Chinese customer and what doesn’t. They may llor Angela Merkel, who con- last year. migrants on the sidelines of have the edge in the near-term, until their Japanese and yesterday, lamenting the demned the violence. the protest. government’s lack of Hainanese rivals catch up. “Should Saxony need help “We will show that we have Innovation in the private sector works best when par- decisive action on green to maintain law and order, Some a strong state,” he told repor- ticipants can respond to free-market conditions. Ahead issues. and to uphold the law, the ters in Dresden, noting that of the casino license negotiations, now might be a good 600 officers time to signal a deregulation of the casino market and federal government stands pastfar-rightattacks in the GREAT BRITAIN Protesters demanded provide an incentive for the “producers” to react to chan- ready,” she said. struggled to state had demonstrated the Northern Ireland’s feuding ging times. Saxony’s police chief Juer- need for grassroots efforts to political parties get back The government could start by stripping away the arbi- gen Georgie acknowledged prevent 6,000 prevent extremism. authorities had underesti- Foreign Minister Heiko to governing, as the trary table cap policy. region matched a world mated the size of the protest. supporters of Maas expressed concern that Introduced in 2013 to stymie the annual growth in the record yesterday for the number of new casino tables, the policy was supposed to Initial estimates had forecas- the far-right Germany’s reputation could longest peacetime period encourage operators to invest in non-gaming attractions. ts about 1,000 far-right pro- suffer as a result of violent without a government. But that isn’t working, and the number of new-to-market testers and half that number from breaking far-right protests. tables awarded in the latest round of Cotai expansion of counter-protesters would “We have to keep in mind COLOMBIA will leave successively diminished with each property opening, descend on Chemnitz, he through that these are pictures that a South American bloc seemingly irrespective of the owners’ contribution to di- said. will be seen abroad,” Maas promoted by the late versification. In the end, some 600 of- police lines told reporters in Berlin. “But Venezuelan President Another possibility - already floated by influential people ficers struggled to prevent I don’t think that what was Hugo Chavez to counter in Macau who would love to get their hands on their own 6,000 supporters of the far- Chemnitz police said they seen there even comes clo- U.S. influence in the casino license – would be to open up the concessionaire right from breaking through have arrested a 22-year-old se to reflecting the reality in region. Colombia’s President Ivan Duque process to allow for a greater number of smaller opera- police lines. Footage showed Syrian and a 21-year-old Ira- Germany. I firmly believe tors. said in a televised demonstrators performing qi on suspicion of manslau- that the majority of people address that UNASUR The theory of competition suggests that innovation, if it Nazi salutes and chanting ghter in the stabbing death living in this country want is to come at all, will follow. is now “the greatest “the national resistance is of the German man after a an open and tolerant coun- accomplice of the marching here!” street festival early Sunday. try.” AP Venezuelan dictatorship.”