crown sees 20pct ng against vacant ghosn accused of share plunge public buildings financial misconduct The devaluation of Crown Lawmaker Ng Kuok Nissan Motor’s chairman Carlos Resorts shares has wiped Cheong has questioned the Ghosn has been arrested and more than USD824m from government on the status of will be dismissed for alleged James Packer’s wealth three vacant public facilities under-reporting of his income P2 gaming P7 P13

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28 fires Gaming triggered by cigarette butts Crown sees shares plunge 20pct As of yesterday, the city had recorded 28 fire alarms triggered by cigarette butts, on weak VIP sentiment according to a statement by the Judiciary Police (PJ). n almost 20 percent plunge locations more compelling op- Six of these cases were Ain the value of Crown Resor- tions. reported within 20 days ts shares has wiped more than However, this latest round of after October 24, 2018, at bloomberg USD824 million from the wealth weakening gaming sentiment is which point the PJ issued an of casino mogul James Packer rooted in long-term economic official warning. The large number of fire incidents since mid-August, as reported in trends, meaning Australia’s ca- in recent weeks exposes a the Australian Financial Review. sino operators are feeling the lack of public awareness Packer, who owns a 46 percent brunt as much as their Macau or attention regarding the stake in Australian casino group competitors. dangers of littering with Crown Resorts, saw the value Gaming analysts are cautious cigarette butts, the PJ of his shares fall to $3.7 billion. on Crown Resorts’ stock and on noted. They have urged the The price rout reflects investor the VIP segment in general. public to handle flammable fears that high-rolling Chinese Recent financial reports from materials more carefully. gamblers are being increasingly James Packer the Australian operator missed deterred from playing casino analyst expectations, with VIP tables, amid a slowing Chinese The company is not the only downturn of 2014, operators turnover falling below half of Upcoming economy and the looming spec- one hit by the gaming stock sell- abroad benefited from Chine- some estimates. Crown currently ter of an all-out U.S. trade war. off. Local rival Star Entertain- se high-rollers looking to juris- generates almost a quarter of its hikes for local Crown Resorts owns casinos in ment has come down 21 percent dictions other than Macau. The revenue from the VIP segment. water prices Melbourne and Perth and was since September 9 and Macau 2014 recession was caused by VIP turnover across Australia formerly a partner of Melco Re- operators such as Wynn Macau Chinese President Xi Jinping’s and New Zealand for the 2018 The Maritime and Water sorts & Entertainment, opera- have also seen their share price anti-corruption campaign, whi- fiscal year amounted to $124 Bureau is considering ting several integrated resorts in plummet in the last quarter. ch scared high-rollers away from billion, a slight drop from the increasing local water Macau. In the last Macau gaming Macau and made far-off gaming $126 billion recorded in 2016. prices in the near future, according to director Susana Wong, who revealed the plans during Education a TDM radio program yesterday. Details of the Sou questions gov’t proposed increase and UM holds 16th Portuguese implementation date have yet to be decided. This on status of youth Speech Contest new development reflects the rising prices of water public housing from mainland suppliers, which has resulted in higher costs for local water awmaker Sulu supply and treatment. LSou has asked the The smallest increase will government whether it target ordinary residential can complete its resear- households, while the ch on an apartment pro- larger hikes will be for ject for local youth. commercial users. “Over the years, the youth’s restlessness has Paulo Cunha Alves, consul general of Portugal in Macau and HK, presents increased because of the the first prize New window difficulties in affording a safety house. The Chief Execu- he Department of Por- lected the top six candidates tive has repeatedly ack- Ttuguese of the University according to the contestants’ regulations nowledged that proper- of Macau (UM) Faculty of overall performance for indi- ty prices in the private Arts and Humanities (FAH) vidual interviews, from whi- next year market are too high,” he last week held its 16th Portu- ch they then selected four wrote. guese Speech Contest. winners. Starting next year, the “However, the gover- Students from four local Organized by UM’s De- Land, Public Works nment remains in the tertiary institutions – Ma- partment of Portuguese, the and Transport Bureau research stage regarding cao Polytechnic Institute annual contest aims to pro- will implement safety the introduction of a (IPM), the Macau University mote Portuguese language regulations for window be able to complete po- “People aged between of Science and Technology studies and encourage local maintenance in buildings. new type of public hou- (MUST), the University of college students to showcase The first draft was released sing policies for the you- licy research on youth 18 and 24 years old re- at the end of 2017 after th, newly wedded, and apartments and other present only five out of Saint Joseph (USJ), and UM their Portuguese language a public consultation. middle class. In parti- types of public houses every 10,000 successful – participated in the contest. skills. Since Typhoon Hato, the cular, the government within its term?” candidates [for affor- The contest was divided This year, the top three Macau Foundation has is still just talking about Sou also criticized the dable housing],” wrote into two parts. In the first prizes went to UM studen- received more than 5,000 providing the youth with new affordable housing Sou, who asked that the part, each participant delive- ts Huang Rui (first prize), applications for domestic apartments through the bill, which has increased government withdraw red a speech on the topic “A Gong Wencheng (second repair subsidies, most ‘rent before purchase’ the eligible age of appli- its articles to raise the journey of a thousand miles prize) and Hu Tianran (third of which were related to mode,” he continued. cants to at least 25 years minimum age for hou- begins with a single step.” prize). Ge Yichang from the window damages. “Will this government old. sing applicants. The panel of judges then se- IPM placed fourth.

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Macau GP plained that the driver’s medical condition required immediate attention and to transport her elsewhere before her injuries are Flörsch shows signs of motion stabilized would be a difficult and dangerous task. Besides Flörsch, four other peo- ple remain hospitalized due to improvement after long surgery injuries contracted during the GP weekend. Doctors said yesterday Paulo Barbosa fered by Flörsch caused a major that none of them have serious compression of the spinal cord injuries. The race marshal who ocal doctors are hopeful and surgeons were not able to was hit by debris from Flörsch’s Lthat teenage driver Sophia perform artificial spinal cord re- car suffered face laceration and Flörsch will be able to recover placement techniques. went through plastic surgery, re- from her injuries, although it is Questioned over how long the maining hospitalized “in good too soon to know if she will be driver is expected to remain in condition,” and will be dischar- AP via A pple Daily ony Wong/ able to resume her racing career. T Macau, Lau said that it would ged from hospital this week. Flörsch suffered spinal frac- depend on her condition and the The photographer from main- tures during Sunday’s Macau will of the family. “We assume land China who was at the Grand Prix F3 race, after her she will be able to move her extre- bunker suffered a liver laceration mono-seat collided at high speed mities in a short period of time,” and is expected to remain hospi- with Japanese driver Sho Tsu- he said. Local doctors are expec- talized and under observation for boi’s car, going through a catch ted to monitor the racing driver one week. fence at the Lisboa bend. The car for around two weeks. A British rider who suffered a then hit a photographers’ bunker Clinical director of CHCSJ Lei more serious head injury during on the perimeter and dropped to Flörsch goes over Japanese driver Sho Tsuboi’s car Wai Seng revealed that doctors the motorcycle GP was subject the ground with race marshals talked with Flörsch’s family and to a seven-hour surgery and is immediately on the scene. Because of her young age [17] team (the Netherlands-based now stable and conscious, with The driver underwent a seven- we hope she will get well.” Chan Van Amersfoort Racing) befo- no brain injury detected. Another hour long surgery yesterday at We are explained that the surgery was re it was decided to perform the rider also remains at the CHCSJ, the Conde de São Januário Hos- “minimally invasive” and added surgery in Macau. Other options but his condition is not conside- pital Centre (CHCSJ). The ope- confident she that doctors are convinced she were considered, but doctors ex- red serious. ration lasted all afternoon and a will regain the ability to walk after press conference was held during can recover physical therapy, despite the fact the evening, with doctors invol- that “the injury to her nerve was fia investigating incident ved in the proceedings revealing and perhaps very serious.” that Flörsch had shown signs of race again. “She received surgery in due The incident involving So- sport’s organizing body was “mo- motion improvement at the last course and we are confident she Chan Hon Mou phia Flörsch prompted an immedi- bilized to help those involved and can recover and perhaps race stages of the surgery. Surgeon ate red flag and a delay of around analyze what happened. “All my However, surgeon of ortho- again,” he said. an hour before the race was restart- thoughts are with you @SophiaFlo- pedics and traumatology Chan the German driver are likely to According to Lau Wai Lit, chief ed. FIA president Jean Todt posted ersch and the others injured. I wish Hon Mou cautioned that injuries lead to limited motion. “We are of the orthopedics department a statement on Twitter saying the you all a safe recovery.” similar to the ones suffered by very concerned about this case. of the hospital, the fracture suf-

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‘Boa Vida Weekend bloomberg Market’ next month rand Lapa Macau Gand the Macau Flea Market Culture Associa- tion will hold the Boa Vida Weekend Market on De- cember 8 and 9, featuring “boa vida” activities. The Portuguese term “Boa Vida” translates to “good life, good living”. In keeping with the theme, the market will showcase “good living” in booths and stands throughout the re- sort’s grounds; showcasing arts and crafts, entertain- ment and storytelling, vin- tage clothing and accesso- The hotel will also hold Area VP – Macau Opera- ries, sustainable workshops events such as International tions, Artyzen Hospitality for kids, pre-loved books Yoga Day, Music and Poetry Group. and knick-knacks, traditio- Jam Sessions, Portuguese Meanwhile, the Boa Vida nal local snacks, live music Chef’s table, wine tastings Weekend Market is recrui- and a picnic area on the and cooking classes. ting special “Little Green lawn. “Boa Vida living is not Ambassadors”, encoura- Visitor spending The event is the first in only about oneself, it’s also ging kids from four to 14 Grand Lapa’s series of “Boa associated with one’s nei- years old to share their crea- Vida activities”, which will ghborhood and community. tive thinking on “one thing be held over the coming It can become a way of living you can do to make Macau rises 15 percent months as the hotel cele- that has the power to positi- greener.” The youngsters brates its 35th anniversary vely affect the environment behind the most innovative isitor spending Province (MOP1,668) dation (24.2 percent) in 2019. The activities range and the people within,” said submissions will be the ho- Vin the third quar- increasing 1.3 percent and food and beverage from culture to gastronomy, Rutger Verschuren, general tel’s ambassadors for green ter of 2018 amounted while the per capita (18.2 percent) in the to wellness and art. manager of Grand Lapa and living. to MOP18.35 billion, spending of Guangdong third quarter. according to the latest Province (MOP1,753) Regarding visitors’ data from the Statistics dropped 6.6 percent. comments during the and Census Service, up Meanwhile, per ca- third quarter, the pro- ONE SHOT NEWS by 15.2 percent year-on- pita spending of vi- portion of visitors who year and 11.2 percent sitors from Singapo- were satisfied with the quarter-to-quarter. re (MOP2,230) and services of public trans- Total spending of over- Taiwan (MOP1,709) port (71.3 percent) ed- night visitors reached grew 6 percent and 2.2 ged down by 0.3 percen- MOP15.24 billion and percent respectively, tage points quarter-to- that of same-day visitors whereas spending of quarter. Kam Ka Xinhua/Cheong amounted to MOP3.11 visitors from Malaysia The proportions of vi- billion, up by 17.3 per- (MOP1,665) dropped sitors who were satis- cent and 5.9 percent res- 8.4 percent. Per capita fied with the services of pectively year-on-year. spending of visitors from hotels (89.7 percent), During the third quar- Australia, the United environmental hygiene ter, per capita spen- Kingdom and the Uni- (84.9 percent), servi- ding of visitors was ted States amounted to ces of retail shops (82.2 MOP2,039, represen- MOP1,750, MOP1,304 percent) and public faci- ting growth of 5.9 per- and MOP1,248 respec- lities (81.1 percent) went cent year-on-year. Per tively. up by 1.9 percentage capita spending of vi- Analyzed by type of points, 0.2 percentage sitors from mainland spending, visitors were points, 2.2 percentage China rose by 5 percent primarily interested in points and 0.6 percen- to MOP2,306, with that shopping (50.3 percent tage points respectively of visitors from Fujian of the total), accommo- quarter-to-quarter. Actors of Cuba perform yesterday during the 5th China International Circus Festival in Macau. ad tue 20.11.2018

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Local tour guides complain of sharp Prioritizing drop in business MELCO employee x inhua s part of Melco Resorts & En- tertainment (Melco)’s com- work safety mitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace for it’s 21,000-strongA workforce, significant efforts have been invested over the last 10 years for the company to attain the highest standards of Occupational Sa- fety and Health (OSH). Melco announced that in August, the company became Macau’s first gaming operator to be awarded the ISO 45001 Occupational Safety and Health Ma- nagement System Certificate across its entire portfolio of properties; including City of Dreams, Studio City, Altira Ma- acau’s local tour guides a drop of 80 to 90 percent com- cau, Mocha Clubs and Melco’s Macau Melco receives Certificate of Melco ISO 45001, becoming the Mare complaining of a sharp pared to previous years when and Hong Kong corporate headquarter first gaming operator in Macau to be awarded the globally- drop in work following a rise in they would usually host 25 to 30 offices, in recognition of its dedication recognized standard in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) illegal tour groups operated by mainland tour groups during the to managing OSH risks and providing mainland guides. same period. a safe and healthy workplace for em- Unregistered mainland guides The Macau Tour Guide Pro- ployees. often arrange for their own tour motion Association accused Director of Labor Affairs Bureau groups to take casino shuttles or mainland travel agencies of (DSAL) Mr. Wong Chi Hong and Di- public buses in Macau – a clear charging between MOP1,000 rector-General of Macau Productivity & violation of government regu- and MOP1,200 per person. Most Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) lations which state that all tour package tours are allegedly from Dr. Suen Ka Hung were among the spe- guides operating in Macau must around the Pearl River Delta re- cial guests invited to a recent event at be locally registered. gion, while a small number hail Studio City to witness Melco receive the The Hong Kong tour guide in- from Shanghai and Jilin. official certification of the ISO 45001 dustry recently reported simi- The local tour guide industry Standard. “Melco strives to be a respon- sible entertainment and gaming indus- Melco hosts the first on-site Hotel and Catering Industry Safety lar issues, with clashes between has petitioned the Macau Gover- Card Course in collaboration with DSAL try leader, and that starts from within groups of Hong Kong residents nment Tourism Office (MGTO) – by providing our employees a safe and mainland visitors following to intervene on more than one working environment”, said Ms. Akiko the opening of the Hong Kong- occasion, but has received no Takahashi, Executive Vice President, Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB). response from MGTO beyond a Chief Officer of Human Resources and The Macau Tour Guide Pro- statement that the bureau is mo- Corporate Social Responsibility. motion Association said that the nitoring the situation. The event further celebrated the achie- situation had been brought to The association believes that vements of 25 Melco employees who the attention of local authorities the police force, tourism board successfully attained ISO 45001 SMS even before the opening of the and labor affairs authorities Training Certificates. Among them was bridge. should work together to combat Mr. Steve Yeung, Manager of Occupa- The local tour guide industry these violations, and that the lo- tional Safety, who said “becoming the has recorded a decline in main- cal government should report its first of Macau’s gaming operators to Monthly OSH Committee meetings attended by senior management including property presidents ensure employees land tour groups this month. findings to the Guangdong tou- attain the ISO 45001 Certification not of all levels actively manage related issues Each guide only received an ave- rism department and the central only highlights the joint efforts of all rage of five tour groups per day, tourism authorities. Melco colleagues but is a testament of the company’s efforts to comply with legal requirements, prevent injuries and illness, and continuously monitor and improve OSH standards. In the long run, it will help improve work effi- 32 domestic violence cases ciency and contribute to the sustainable development of the company.” reported in first half of 2018 Mr. Low Chee Ching, Executive Sous Actors of Cuba perform yesterday during the 5th China International Circus Festival in Macau. Chef, who also participated in ISO hysical abuse was a key 5 of 2016. 45001 SMS training, expressed that the Pfactor in domestic violen- In 2017, there were 96 confir- food and beverage environment is hi- ce cases this year, according to med cases out of 2,278 reports gh-risk and complex, and it is therefore statistics released by the Social on domestic violence. Seventy- especially important to promote OSH Affairs Bureau (IAS). three cases involved spouses, awareness for team members’ practi- Melco employees awarded ISO 45001 SMS Training Certificates In the first half of 2018, there 20 involved children, one invol- cal implementation, “when colleagues were 32 cases of domestic vio- ved seniors and two cases invol- are aware of potential dangers, they are re- Further OSH initiatives supported by Melco lence reported across Macau: 19 ved other family members. minded to stay alert and all times to protect include educating employees, suppliers and involving spouses, ten involving Recently, IAS held a training themselves and others. As soon as manage- subcontractors in order to prevent work-re- children and three involving course on handling domestic ment observe potential OSH risks, immediate lated incidents. Earlier this summer, Mel- other family members. violence, which drew approxi- steps are taken to show safety demonstrations co became the first local gaming operator to and enhance supervision to ensure employees As described in the IAS report mately 400 attendees from go- launch an on-site Hotel and Catering Safe- adhere to safety guidelines”. ty Card Training Program in collaboration on the central registry system vernment departments and so- Melco’s OSH Policy was established in 2008 with DSAL, where topics covered included for domestic violence cases, 22 cial service organizations. and endorsed by Mr. Lawrence Ho, Chairman workplace accident prevention, manual han- cases (68.8 percent) of the cases The IAS expressed its hopes and CEO, demonstrating the company’s com- dling, kitchen safety, electricity, fire and heat involved physical abuse. that such courses could help mitment to workplace safety stems from se- prevention and emergency response. Regular There were five cases of psy- different types of professionals nior management to all levels of the company. roadshows promote workplace safety, and chological abuse (15.6 percent), in social services – such as edu- Monthly OSH Committee meetings attended OSH awards are presented every quarter to two cases (5.3 percent) of sexual cators, social workers and psy- by senior management such as property pre- those colleagues nominated for outstanding assault and three cases (9.4 per- chological counselors, among sidents ensure employees of all levels actively demonstration of OSH awareness and imple- cent) of multiple kinds of vio- others – to improve their basic manage related issues. mentation. lence. knowledge and skills in recogni- The region’s domestic violence zing, assessing and intervening This article is sponsored by Melco Resorts & Entertainment law came into effect on October in domestic violence cases. 20.11.2018 tue

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CRIME Syndicate arrested Woman accused of aggravated following HKD4m assault against housemate scams Renato Marques Hong Kong fraud syndicate 49-year-old woman was arrested last week after has been accused of A renato marques renato scamming victims out of HKD4 aggravated assault million over almost two years. causing bodily harm The 11 fraudsters spun a story toA another woman, a 20-so- of “money men” from mainland mething-year-old who shared China and Macau looking to the same house with the sus- channel funds into Hong Kong, pect, the Judiciary Police (PJ) the South China Morning Post spokesperson informed during reported. yesterday’s joint police press Hong Kong police underwent a conference held at the Public month-long operation called “Je- Security Police Force (PSP) fa- tblast,” seizing HKD1.4 million cilities. worth of items ranging from cars The case occurred on Novem- and phones to luxury clothes and ber 15 at around 11 p.m. and was handbags. initially reported to the Taipa “We have successfully dissol- Police station, which was infor- ved an online investment fraud med that two Filipino nationals syndicate. […] Police arrested had had an argument and one of tim and the other residents of The police said that the room incident. four ringleaders including two them had injured the other with the house were socializing. had a wooden partition instal- After concluding the prelimi- involved in romance scams, two a knife in an apartment located The suspect claimed that she led that separated the beds and nary investigation, the next day in charge of investment fraud, on Rua de Nam Keng. understood that the victim was so the suspect could not reach the PJ searched for the suspect two bank account holders and Deployed to the location, the gossiping about her and she be- the victim. The suspect then in the house during the after- others,” said acting chief inspec- officers found out that the two came angry about it. She then made use of the fact that the noon. Upon finding her, the tor Billy Ho Yiu-chung of the New women, both non-resident slapped the victim. partition did not go all the way suspect was taken into custody Territories North Region squad. workers, and five other women Then the argument intensified to the ceiling to throw the knife under the accusation of aggra- The syndicate’s scams typi- also at the venue when the inci- and, as the victim rushed to her to the other side, hitting the vic- vated assault with a forbidden cally targeted men by creating dent occurred shared the apart- room to hide from the suspect, tim in the head. weapon, with intent to cause fake social media accounts fea- ment. the suspect went to the kitchen According to the medical re- bodily harm. turing pictures of attractive At about 10 p.m. that evening, and picked up a knife with a port of the hospital where the The case was then transfer- women to lure their victims. the suspect arrived home and 27-centimeter blade, following victim was taken, she sustai- red to the Public Prosecutions “The scammers will use social went to her room where the vic- the victim into her room. ned a cut in the head from the Office. media platforms or apps and open new accounts using seducti- ve photographs as profile pictures to draw in male victims,” Ho said. “Once they build up rapport Ng questions usage of and are able to establish trust, they will recommend an ‘invest- vacant public buildings marques renato ment expert’ to them.” The so-called ‘financial experts’ awmaker Ng the buildings, and asked Food Area of the Iao committee office site would then persuade the victims LKuok Cheong has for an explanation. Hon Market. was slated to be used to transfer their savings or take questioned the gover- The facilities in ques- The government had for a public housing out loans to put into high-return nment on the status of tion are the old Infor- previously said that the project. investment products. three vacant public fa- mation Bureau building former Information Bu- The Civic and Muni- In Hong Kong, there have alrea- cilities. at Largo do São Do- reau building would be cipal Affairs Bureau dy been 463 such cases of online In a written inquiry, mingos; the Old Area used to exhibit Macau- is also responsible for financial fraud this year, with Ng said “the public is Renovation Advisory branded recreational converting the Iao Hon losses valued at HKD400 million very disappointed” in Committee Office at the and cultural products, Market area into a foo- during the first three quarters – the lack of governmen- Iao Hon community; as well as policy service tball field and leisure significantly higher than that of tal action to repurpose and the former Cooked facilities. The advisory space. Ng Kuok Cheong last year.

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Indonesia Postal hell? Delivering e-commerce to 18,000 far-flung islands Rieka Rahadiana, logistics consumes 23 percent munications ministry, whi- Tassia Sipahutar of the country’s gross domes- ch hasn’t raised tariffs since tic product, according to go- 2009 — even as the economy bloomberg ou may have heard vernment figures. It’s also clocked an average annual the U.S. Postal Ser- why more than half of the growth rate of about 5.5 per- vice has problems. post office’s 4,800 branches cent. Well, try delivering are in commercially nonviab- “Far from sufficient,” Setijo- theY mail in Indonesia, a far- le locations, Setijono says. no said. “We have an obliga- flung archipelago with so tion to operate in nonviable many islands the government areas. Whether it’s moun- literally doesn’t know how The country’s taintops, or remote islands, many there are. far-flung we have to operate where our Post offices everywhere have citizens are.” to contend with the fact that geography Rudiantara, the minister of people send so few letters communications (like many these days. In Indonesia, makes online Indonesians, he goes by one though, an online shopping name), says he’s sympathetic, boom that should be helping shopping a but rates can’t be changed wi- the postal service is actually godsend for thout a thorough assessment hurting because regulators of the post office’s costs, whi- have set parcel delivery pri- consumers, ch will take time. ces so low, according to Gilar- “We cannot just amend the si Wahyu Setijono, a former but it’s hard on tariffs,” he said in an inter- Merrill Lynch investment view. “It has to be part of our banker who became post offi- the people who logistics strategy.” ce president in 2015. have to deliver Strictly speaking, rates are “The tariffs are below our only fixed for personal de- commercial costs,” Setijono the packages liveries. The idea is to make said in a recent interview in sure that regular people can Jakarta. “I’ve asked for ad- Consider a two-kilogram afford to send packages to fa- justment many times.” package sent from bustling mily and friends. In practice, Indonesia’s far-flung geo- and paying less than it shou- turing. He’s spinning off a Jakarta to Waropen, a spar- however, online merchants graphy makes online sho- ld for shipping, but the par- logistics unit, building a new sely populated territory often take advantage of the pping a godsend for consu- cel business is actually a bri- business to handle digital 3,300 kilometers away on government’s largess. mers, but it’s hard on the peo- ght spot for the post office. payments, and planning the the isolated coast of Papua, Berliana, a 37-year-old West ple who have to deliver the Its losses — $656 million in company’s first-ever bond where roads wind through Java woman who sells clothes packages, often over water the second quarter alone — sale, a 1 trillion rupiah is- forested mountains and are on Facebook and Instagram, and mountains. By 2022 the stem from falling letter volu- suance ($60 million). often impassable in monsoon admits as much. She says country’s e-commerce market mes and higher costs for heal- One thing nobody can chan- season. Government manda- she’s been in business for will grow to USD65 billion th and retirement benefits. ge is Indonesia’s geography. tes set the post office rate at four or five years, sending her from last year’s $8 billion, ac- For Indonesia’s post office The country has so many is- about 268,000 rupiah ($16). merchandise via the post offi- cording to McKinsey. And the – the state-owned PT Pos In- lands that the government For the same delivery, private ce’s personal rates whenever post office will do much of donesia – the finances aren’t last year embarked on a cen- shipper JNE Express charges possible. “Small post offices the heavy lifting, shipping 4.4 so bad now, but Setijono said sus to come up with an official 430,000 rupiah, according to don’t ask many questions,” million online-shopping par- the burden of shipping pa- count. At last tally, there were its online rate calculator. she said. cels each day, six times what ckages will make things wor- more than 18,000 spread That kind of discrepancy For Setijono, the dilemma it does today. se with every passing quarter. over a chain that would stre- rankled Setijono from the remains. “The more we im- In the U.S., President Do- Profit fell 18 percent last year. tch from New York to Alaska. moment he took the top job prove our performance, the nald Trump attacks Amazon. To put the 272-year-old That — along with poor at the post office three years more volumes rise,” he said. com for treating the Postal postal service on more solid roads and bridges — is why ago. He wants rates set by the “The higher the volume, the Service as a “delivery boy” footing, Setijono is restruc- shipping and other kinds of market, and not by the com- more I bleed.” Bloomberg

Benjamin Robertson, Hong Kong Kana Nishizawa or the second time Activist’s jab at bourse starts USD228m fall Fin five weeks, a cau- tionary report by David minority shareholders. the fall in share prices,” closed down more than Webb sent stocks in Hong HKEX plans to suspend Banny Lam, head of re- 5 percent. Webb named Kong falling. trading in companies search at CEB Interna- businesses that had a bloomberg Some HKD1.8 billion that receive a disclaimer tional Investment Corp., disclaimed audit opinion (USD228 million) of or adverse opinion from said by phone. “The in the latest financial market value was wiped their auditors about their market follows his perfor- year. The average decline from 41 firms yesterday accounts. The move, the mance and think he gives among the 41 stocks was after Webb said they were subject of a public con- a good take, plus market 5.9 percent. in danger of falling foul of sultation ending Nov. 30, sentiment is very negative Webb sent stocks falling a proposed rule change would enhance corporate at the moment.” in October after pub- by Hong Kong Exchan- governance and encoura- Among the 41 com- lishing a list of 26 firms ges & Clearing Ltd. The ge firms to resolve audit panies named by Webb “not to own” due to links shareholder activist’s goal issues promptly, the ex- were China Brilliant Glo- with China Huarong As- was not to highlight the change operator’s Head bal Ltd. and Asia Ener- set Management Co., the companies but draw at- of Listing, David Graham, gy Logistics Group Ltd., bad-debt management tention to what he called said in September. which both plunged more firm whose former chair- an “ill-conceived” regula- “There is a link between than 20 percent yester- man who has since been tion that would victimize the Webb report and day, while 18 other firms arrested. Bloomberg 20.11.2018 tue

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Taiwan in their 55th year, were chaired by Academy Award-winning Taiwa- nese director Ang Lee, whose films include “Crouching Tiger, President Tsai defends pro- Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain.” Lee appeared to anticipate the backlash to Fu’s speech, telling independence film award winner reporters after the ceremony, “I hope that no one will come to in- Yanan Wang, Beijing that are censored on the internet.” terfere [with the awards]. I hope China’s government cut ties that the Golden Horse Awards aiwan’s president expres- ap photo with Tsai’s administration after will remain very pure.” Tsed her support for the pres- her 2016 inauguration and has “Please everyone respect the fil- tigious Golden Horse film awards repeatedly denounced her for re- mmakers,” he urged, according to after a pro-Taiwan independence fusing its demand that Taiwan is Taiwan’s Central News Agency. director’s speech ignited contro- a part of China. Entertainment industry figu- versy in mainland China. “Our Youth in Taiwan” follows res in Taiwan and Hong Kong “We have never accepted the a young Taiwanese man and a have routinely been blacklisted term ‘Chinese Taiwan,’” Tsai Ing- young mainland Chinese woman and had their work banned from wen said in a Facebook post. who are at the center of student mainland China after they ex- “Taiwan is just Taiwan.” movements in Taiwan. pressed pro-independence or Director Fu Yue said during her The Golden Horse Awards, now pro-democracy views. AP acceptance speech Saturday in Taiwanese director Fu Yue (left) delivers a speech next to producer Hong Ting Yi Taipei that her biggest hope was after she won Best Documentary at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei for “our country” to be regarded fan bingbing resurfaces with pro china as an “independent entity.” Her sovereign nation. book page, which they littered - film “Our Youth in Taiwan” won Chinese lambasted Fu on the with derogatory posts. Facebook post on weibo best documentary at the awards, Twitter-like Weibo platform is blocked in mainland China which are akin to a Chinese-lan- following her win, sharing pos- and can only be accessed through Chinese actress Fan Bing- on the Twitter-like Weibo, Fan had guage Oscars. ts under the hashtag “Not one software that circumvents gover- bing updated her Weibo timeline by vanished between June and October Taiwan split from mainland speck of China can go missing” nment filters known as the Great re-tweeting a pro-China post from from the press and on social media China amid civil war in 1949, but and a map of China that includes Firewall. a state account, making her first amid allegations she evaded taxes. Beijing considers the self-ruled is- Taiwan and territories it claims in Tsai said in her post that the mark on the social network since she Last month, Fan and companies she’s land part of its territory. the South China Sea. Golden Horse Awards, presented published a letter of apology for tax affiliated with were ordered to pay In recent years, the ruling Com- The hashtag was used by hi- annually in Taipei, highlight the evasion in early October. Fan shared about 884 million yuan (USD127 mil- the post over the weekend that was lion) in back taxes and fines, which is munist Party has ratcheted up gh-profile actress Fan Bingbing, freedoms that set Taiwan apart first published by The Communist almost three times her 2017 income pressure on other countries to cut who disappeared from public life from China. Youth League of China, saying “China as estimated by Forbes magazine. diplomatic ties with Taiwan — a for months this year before being “Here [in Taiwan] there aren’t cannot miss out on any inch,” togeth- Fan’s Weibo history shows more than prerequisite for establishing for- convicted on tax evasion charges people who will disappear or be er with a map of China that includes 1,800 posts, though only the apology mal relations with China. Only 17 in October. silenced for expressing differing Taiwan and the South China Sea. letter and retweet are currently visi- mainly small, developing coun- Outraged online commenters viewpoints,” she wrote, “and we With more than 60 million followers ble to the public. Bloomberg tries still recognize Taiwan as a also took to Fu’s personal Face- also don’t have sensitive terms ad tue 20.11.2018

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Claremont McKenna College in California. “China and the U.S will try very hard in the next few Pence’s sharp China attacks fuel years to charm the countries in the region.” While in Asia, Pence said the U.S. provides “ a better option’’ fears of Cold War dividing Asia for nations in the region and announced a plan along with ince the Soviet Union key Pacific allies to build a $1.7 fell in the early 1990s, billion electricity grid in Papua Southeast Asia has sou- New Guinea. The U.S. also joi- bloomberg ght to avoid getting cau- ned with Australia to redevelop Sght in a fight between major a naval base, and held a meeting powers. The Trump administra- of “ the Quad” - a grouping that tion is making that position look also includes India and Japan - increasingly untenable. in a bid to balance China’s rising Vice President Mike Pence economic and military strength. sharpened U.S. attacks on China during a week of summits that SEEKING FRIENDS ended Sunday, most notably Pence also had stinging re- with a call for nations to avoid marks for Xi’s Belt-and-Road loans that would leave them in- Initiative, which Morgan Stan- debted to Beijing. He said the ley says may total $1.3 trillion U.S. wasn’t in a rush to end the by 2027 - dwarfing the funds the trade war and would “not chan- U.S. and allies have mobilized. ge course until China changes The vice president said the U.S. its ways” - a worrying prospect doesn’t “drown our partners in a for a region heavily reliant on sea of debt” or “offer a constric- exports. ting belt or a one-way road.” “The language we heard from Compared with Pence, Xi had Pence is quite concerning becau- a softer message for Asia this se it shows we’re moving toward week. He voiced support for a zero-sum game geopolitics in the multilateral trading system, the Asia-Pacific,” said Jonathan called for greater cooperation, Pryke, a researcher specializing week in lackluster fashion after solve strategic differences. That an Asia Society event hosted by and said that implementing in the Pacific at the Lowy Insti- the discord, and the Australian could lead both sides to deny Bloomberg in Sydney earlier tariffs and breaking up supply tute, a Sydney-based research and New Zealand dollars fell each other technology, capital this month. “They don’t want chains was “doomed to failure.” group. “The great hope of con- from near multi-month highs. and investment, reversing deca- to make one big single binary He also defended his signature vergence between China and the Financial markets have swer- des of gains from globalization. choice between Washington and Belt-and-Road Initiative, which U.S. is becoming less and less of ved in recent weeks as investors Beijing. What they want is to dwarfs any infrastructure fun- a likely reality.” gauge whether an end to the tra- SINGAPORE WARNING find the space to stay in the mi- ding backed by the U.S., saying The meetings in Singapore and de war is near. Singapore Prime Minister Lee ddle and to prosecute their own it’s “not a trap as some people Papua New Guinea produced li- Smaller economies in the Hsien Loong echoed those fears interests.” have labeled it.” ttle to suggest U.S. President Do- Asia-Pacific have long sought last week, saying tensions be- “As the tension with U.S. has nald Trump and Chinese coun- to balance ties, reaping the be- tween the U.S. and China are ri- ‘DESPERATE risen, China’s approach to its terpart Xi Jinping would reach nefits of trade with China’s fast- sing to a point where Southeast FENCE SITTERS’ neighboring countries has chan- a deal when they meet in a few growing economy while relying Asia may one day have to “ choo- While the U.S. can depend on ged,” said Shi Yinhong, an in- weeks at the Group of 20 sum- on American firepower to rein se one or the other.” allies like Japan, Australia and ternational relations professor mit in Argentina. The Asia-Paci- in Beijing’s assertiveness over For the moment, that day still Taiwan, nations such as South at Renmin University in Bei- fic Economic Cooperation sum- disputed territory. Yet the trade looks a ways off. Papua New Korea and the Philippines that jing. “China would like to gain mit ended in disarray on Sunday war has raised the prospect that Guinea, an economy smaller have defense arrangements with as many friends as it can at the after leaders failed to agree on a nations will now need to pick si- than all 50 U.S. states that hos- the U.S. would try to hedge, ac- moment.” joint statement, reflecting ten- des, particularly as higher U.S. ted the APEC summit, signed cording to Minxin Pei, a China After APEC, Xi is due to visit sions after Trump threatened to tariffs threaten to alter long-es- deals in excess of $1 billion with scholar and specialist in U.S.-A- Brunei and the Philippines, a add to tariffs already in place on tablished supply chains. both China and a U.S.-led bloc. sia relations. U.S. ally that has moved closer USD250 billion worth of Chine- Earlier this month, former U.S. “Smaller and middle powers Southeast Asian countries to China under Rodrigo Duter- se goods. Xi has retaliated with Treasury Secretary Hank Paul- lean to one side or to the other,” were “desperate fence sitters” te. Xi also recently hosted Shin- duties on $110 billion in U.S. son warned of an “ Economic Richard Maude, a senior advi- who don’t want to make Chi- zo Abe in the first bilateral visit imports. Iron Curtain” dividing the world ser at Australia’s Department of na an enemy, said Pei, who is by a Japanese leader to Beijing Stocks in Asia kicked off the if the U.S. and China fail to re- Foreign Affairs and Trade, told a professor of government at in seven years. Bloomberg

Hong Kong Occupy trial starts for nine accused in 2014 protests hree protest leaders mit a public disturbance faced mounting pressu- out encampments on ma- and six others went on and incitement to commit re from Beijing to hand jor thoroughfares in the

T ap photo trial yesterday for their public nuisance. down heavier sentences to financial district. Several involvement in the “Oc- The other defendan- deter future protests. hundred were arrested. cupy Central” demonstra- ts — two current and one Some in the semi-auto- Ranging in age from 30 tion that paralyzed Hong former lawmaker, two nomous Chinese city fear to 74 years old, the nine Kong’s financial district student leaders and a that central government defendants span genera- for more than two months political activist — face meddling will erode ju- tions of Hong Kong citi- in 2014. charges of incitement to diciary independence, a zens who have been agita- Fanned by more than commit a public nuisance. bedrock value that under- ting for full democracy as 100 supporters, some hol- Each charge carries a ma- girds the city’s standing as the former British colony ding the yellow umbrellas ximum penalty of seven a global business capital. transitions to Chinese so- Occupy Central leaders (from right) Chan Kin Man, Benny Tai and that came to symbolize Chu Yiu Ming shout slogans before entering a court in Hong Kong years. The protesters, in what vereignty under a “one the movement, the nine yesterday Three university studen- was also known as the country, two systems” ar- defendants pumped their ts prosecuted in 2016 for umbrella movement, laid rangement that is suppo- fists in the air and chanted thouse. campaign to press for free their leadership role in siege to government head- sed to preserve the city’s “Shame to political prose- Two university profes- elections of Hong Kong’s the protests received com- quarters for 79 days but civil liberties. cution!” before entering sors and a pastor, who top leader, are charged munity service. But Hong failed to win any conces- The trial is expected to the West Kowloon cour- together spearheaded the with conspiracy to com- Kong judges have since sions. Thousands staked last 20 days. AP 20.11.2018 tue

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Afghanistan conflict Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar Kathy Gannon, Islamabad to sell a peace deal to insurgen- ts fighting on the front lines. he Taliban have held three ap photo President Donald Trump har- Tdays of talks with U.S. en- shly criticized the 2014 priso- voy Zalmay Khalilzad in the ner exchange, and in a speech Gulf state of Qatar, where the last August pledged to send in Afghan insurgent group has a additional U.S. forces and re- political office, a Taliban offi- double efforts to defeat the Ta- cial and another individual clo- liban. But that strategy has had se to the group said yesterday little if any impact on the grou- [Macau time]. nd, with the Taliban keeping Without referring explicitly up a steady tempo of attacks to the talks in Qatar, Khalil- and an Islamic State affiliate zad told a news conference in carrying out massive bombin- the Afghan capital Kabul “I am gs targeting minority Shiites. talking to all interested parties, all Afghan groups... and I think there is an opportunity for re- conciliation and peace.” “The Afghan government I am talking to wants peace,” he said. “The Taliban are saying they do not all interested believe they can succeed mili- parties, tarily, that they would like to see the problems that remain, all Afghan resolved by peaceful means, by political negotiations.” groups... and I Peace efforts have accelerated since Khalilzad’s appointment think there is an as Washington’s peace envoy US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad opportunity for to Afghanistan aimed at even- tually winding down America’s a U.S.-directed move aimed at conflict to consider next year’s The individual, who also reconciliation, longest war. Seventeen years encouraging the Taliban to par- presidential elections, schedu- spoke on condition of anony- after the U.S.-led invasion that ticipate in talks. led for April 20, as the deadline mity because of the sensitivi- peace. ended Taliban rule, the militan- Khalilzad said he was “cau- for peace. ty of the talks, said Khalilzad Zalmay Khalilzad ts control nearly half of Afgha- tiously optimistic,” a peace se- The Taliban, who spoke about wants to reach a settlement nistan and carry out near-daily ttlement, which he preferred the talks in Qatar said Khai- within six months, a times- In a lengthy statement is- attacks on local security forces to call a “roadmap to Afghanis- rullah Khairkhwah, the former cale the Taliban said was too sued earlier this month, the and government officials. tan’s future,” could be hamme- Taliban governor of Herat, and short. Khalilzad also propo- Taliban had demanded the The U.S. administration now red out among rival Afghans. Mohammed Fazl, a former sed a cease-fire, which the Ta- lifting of sanctions against the appears focused on reaching What that roadmap will look Taliban military chief, atten- liban rejected, the individual group’s leaders, the release of a political settlement with the like and what rights and gua- ded the marathon talks. The said, adding that there was no prisoners and the recognition Taliban, and has given in to a rantees it will enshrine, inclu- Taliban spoke on condition of agreement on the release of of their office in Qatar. The number of the group’s longs- ding women’s rights and rule anonymity because they were prisoners, opening the Taliban Afghan government is deeply tanding demands, beginning of law, will be a decision for Af- not authorized to discuss the office or lifting a Taliban travel opposed to any recognition of with the holding of direct talks. ghans to make, said Khalilzad. sensitive negotiations. ban. the Qatar office, which the Ta- The Taliban have long refused The United States has spoken A third individual with know- Khairkhwah and Fazl were liban in the past have billed as U.S. demands to negotiate with “loudly and proudly” for equal ledge of the discussions said the among five senior Taliban a government in exile. the Western-backed govern- rights for men and women, said Taliban pressed for a postpone- members released from the Khalilzad has been touring ment in Kabul, which the insur- Khalilzad, but how - or even if ment of next year’s presidential U.S. prison at Guantanamo the region in recent days. In gents view as a puppet regime. - those rights are woven into elections and the establish- Bay in 2014 in exchange for meetings in Kabul, Khalilzad is Pakistan has meanwhile re- Afghanistan’s “roadmap for the ment of an interim government U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who expected to press Afghan Pre- leased a number of high-level future,” will be decided by Af- under a neutral leadership. Ab- was captured by the Taliban sident Ashraf Ghani to cobble Taliban prisoners, including ghans. Saying he would like to dul Sattar Sirat, an ethnic Tajik after walking off his base in Af- together his own negotiating the movement’s co-founder, see a settlement “sooner rather and Islamic scholar, was sug- ghanistan in 2009. The five are team, which could prove dif- Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. than later,” he urged both si- gested as a candidate to lead an now based in Qatar, and are ficult given the deep divisions The releases are widely seen as des in Afghanistan’s protracted interim administration. seen as having enough stature within the government. AP Vietnam and Russia aim to triple bilateral trade by 2020 he prime ministers and we wish that coope- weapons supplier. of Vietnam and Russia ration will continue to be Phuc said the two coun-

T ap photo agreed yesterday to nearly consolidated,” Medvedev tries will be able to coo- triple their countries’ two- said through a translator. perate more effectively way trade to USD10 billion Russia currently invests through the Russian-led by 2020 from $3.55 billion in over a hundred projec- Eurasian Economic Union last year. ts in Vietnam worth $990 trade deal which took Speaking to reporters after million, many in oil and effect in 2016, and will talks in Hanoi, Russian Pri- gas exploration and exploi- boost bilateral trade to $10 me Minister Dmitry Med- tation, according to Viet- billion by 2020. vedev said the countries will nam’s Foreign Ministry. Medvedev was schedu- expand their cooperation Vietnamese Prime Mi- led to meet with Vietna- in the oil and gas industries nister Nguyen Xuan Phuc mese President Nguyen and transportation. said cooperation in defen- Phu Trong and National “We emphasized that se and security and other Assembly Chairwoman energy companies from areas has seen positive re- Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan yes- Russia and Vietnam have sults. terday before concluding Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, wave to had successful cooperation Russia is Vietnam’s main his visit. AP school children in Hanoi yesterday tue 20.11.2018

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Japan A spokesman for the Fran- ce’s finance ministry declined to comment on the report. The country owns about 15 percent of Nissan’s Ghosn arrested after Renault and supported Ghosn’s renewal at the helm of the Fren- ch automaker. Among the best paid executi- probe for financial violations ves in both Japan and France for several years, Ghosn’s compen- Ma Jie don’t comment on individual ca- sation has regularly drawn criti- ses. cism. Ghosn receives numerous issan Motor Co. A spokesman for Renault decli- paychecks in his multiple roles bloomberg Chairman Carlos ned to comment. Shares of the as chairman of the Renault-Nis- Ghosn has been ar- French carmaker fell as much as san-Mitsubishi alliance, CEO of rested over suspected 15 percent in Paris, while Nissan Renault, and chairman of both Nfinancial violations, the NHK global depository receipts sank Nissan and Mitsubishi. reported, and the carmaker said more than 11 percent. At Nissan, he was paid about it will seek a removal of the in- 1.1 billion yen (USD10 million) dustry icon as its chairman after for 2016 and about $6.5 million an investigation into his alleged Nissan has in the most recent fiscal year. He misconduct. took home about $8.5 million Ghosn, among the most pro- been providing at Renault and about $2 million minent auto-industry leaders from Mitsubishi in the latest pe- globally and also the Chief Exe- information to riod. At Renault, his package for cutive Officer of Renault SA, was 2017 was narrowly passed by detained over a suspected breach the prosecutors Renault shareholders, but only of Japanese financial law, NHK and is after he agreed a 20 percent re- said. Based on a whistleblower duction. tip, Nissan has been doing an in- cooperating Ghosn has been contempla- ternal investigation over the past ting his career moves as the several months into suspected report that were less than the ac- Nissan said it has been provi- fully with their companies plan to change the financial misconduct involving tual amount, in order to reduce ding information to the Japanese pact’s structure, possibly throu- Ghosn and director Greg Kelly, the disclosed amount of Carlos prosecutors and is cooperating investigation gh a merger. Ghosn gave up his the company said yesterday. Nis- Ghosn’s compensation,” Nissan fully with their investigation. role as CEO of Nissan last year san seeks to remove both Ghosn said. “Also, in regards to Ghosn, Ghosn voluntarily went with Ghosn, 64, built the three-way and has said that he may step and Kelly. numerous other significant acts Tokyo prosecutors, Asahi repor- union of Renault, Nissan and Mi- down as CEO of Renault befo- “The investigation showed that of misconduct have been unco- ted. tsubishi Motors Corp. He said in re his four-year term ends in over many years both Ghosn vered, such as personal use of The company is set to hold a September that he will continue 2022, fueling speculation the and Kelly have been reporting company assets, and Kelly’s deep press conference at 9 p.m. in to pare back his roles at the three alliance could lose its architect compensation amounts in the involvement has also been con- Tokyo. A representative for the individual companies, while con- and main leader for the past Tokyo Stock Exchange securities firmed.” Tokyo prosecutors said they tinuing to head their alliance. two decades. Bloomberg

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srael avoided early elec- Itions after a key coalition part- ner in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoids early elections Netanyahu’s government said yesterday that he would not wi- thdraw his party, keeping the coalition intact despite a crisis as coalition is kept intact triggered by a violent flare-up with Gaza militants. Education Minister Nafta- ap photo li Bennett said his hard-line, pro-settler Jewish Home party would give Netanyahu another chance to address the security challenges facing Israel, listing off threats from Gaza and Le- banon, among others, which he wanted dealt with more firmly. “I tell the prime minister here: we are withdrawing right now all of our political demands and will stand to help you in this great mission of getting Israel to win again,” he said. “If the government would really start leading toward the right path, acting like a real ri- ght-wing government, it’s worth trying,” he added. “The ball is in the prime minister’s court.” Bennett had earlier threate- ned to resign and his about-face eased the most serious coali- tion crisis Israel’s government has faced since it was formed in 2015. He acknowledged that the turnaround could hurt him Benjamin Netanyahu (center) arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem politically, but said he felt it was in the country’s interests to give response to the massive wave of Sunday announcing his new role heartened by the lack of any real corners, including a potential Netanyahu one last chance. rocket fire, resigned in protest as defense minister, Netanyahu challenger to his leadership. corruption indictment that cou- While the move put off early of a cease-fire that ended the fi- sought to brandish his security Most opinion polls, including ld knock him out of contention. elections for now, it keeps the ghting. Bennett threatened to credentials in the face of the cri- those after the crisis began, show Police have recommended he governing coalition on shaky bolt the government if he wasn’t ticism while pinning blame on Netanyahu easily securing re-e- be indicted on bribery and brea- ground with only a slim 61-seat named defense minister, a post his coalition partners for trying lection, which would grant him ch of trust charges in two cases majority in Israel’s 120-seat par- Netanyahu said Sunday he was to force early elections during a a place in Israeli history as the and have questioned him at len- liament. taking over himself. sensitive time for Israel’s securi- country’s longest serving leader. gth on another. The country has The sudden coalition crisis was Netanyahu has come under ty. According to polls, the politi- been eagerly awaiting the attor- triggered by a botched underco- heavy criticism for agreeing to He repeated the claim yester- cal map would not change much ney general’s decision on whe- ver Israeli raid in Gaza last week the cease-fire, especially from day, saying it would be “irres- from the current one, where one ther to press charges. that led to the most violent figh- within his own political base and ponsible” to dissolve the gover- of Israel’s most hard-line go- Netanyahu has angrily dismis- ting between Israel and Gaza mi- in the working-class, rocket-ba- nment and call early elections vernments faces a fragmented sed the accusations against him, litants since a 2014 war. ttered towns in southern Israel amid a tense security situation. opposition unable to pose a se- characterizing them as part of a Israel’s hard-line Defense Mi- that are typically strongholds of Netanyahu would have ente- rious challenge. media-orchestrated witch-hunt nister Avigdor Lieberman, who his Likud Party. red any campaign weakened But Netanyahu may find a that is obsessed with removing had demanded a far stronger But in an impassioned speech by the recent Gaza flare-up but challenge to his rule from other him from office.AP

honor of the Iraqi presi- sanctions against Iran. Saudi Arabia dent with ministers and Iraq is Iran’s second-lar- high-level princes in at- gest market after China, tendance. buying everything from Iraq’s president meets King The state-run Saudi food and machinery to Press Agency released few electricity and natural gas. Salman after visiting rival Iran details about Salih’s talks But Saudi Arabia has with the monarch. been steadily courting Iraq audi Arabia’s King On Saturday, Salih was in recent years, following Salman received Iraq’s in Tehran where he pled- a quarter-century estran-

ap photo S president in Riyadh yes- ged to improve trade ties gement brought about by terday [Macau time], a less than two weeks after Iraq’s 1990 invasion of day after the Iraqi official the U.S restored oil sanc- Kuwait. visited the kingdom’s ri- tions that had been lifted Earlier this month, Sau- val, Iran. under the 2015 nuclear di Arabia’s oil minister Barham Salih’s ba- accord. was in Baghdad to discuss ck-to-back visits to Iran Iran has had major in- stabilizing oil prices in and Saudi Arabia reflect fluence over Iraq since the the wake of the latest U.S. the delicate balance Iraq 2003 U.S.-led invasion sanctions against Iran. seeks to maintain in a re- toppled Saddam Hussein, A flurry of meetings be- gion where its two power- and is a key supplier of tween Saudi officials and ful neighbors are battling electricity, gas and goods the new Iraqi government for supremacy. to Iraqi markets. The two of Prime Minister Adel Salih was received at the countries on Saturday Abdul-Mahdi Riyadh in airport in Riyadh by the vowed to expand trade recent weeks suggest the province’s governor and to USD20 billion a year, Gulf kingdom is aiming to other Saudi officials. King from $8.5 billion in 2018, counter Iran’s economic Saudi King Salman (right) meets with with Iraqi President Barham Salih in Riyadh Salman held a lunch in despite the punishing U.S. footprint in Iraq. AP tue 20.11.2018

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UK May on collision course with party rebels over Brexit

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ritish Prime Minister Theresa May was aiming to seal business Bsupport for her Brexit deal with the European Union yesterday, but re- mained on a collision course with a group of lawmakers seeking to un- seat her. The draft agreement has triggered an avalanche of criticism in Britain and left May fighting to keep her job. She planned to say in a speech to business lobby group the Confederation of British Industry that the deal “fulfils the wishes of the British people” to leave the EU, by taking back control of the U.K.’s laws, money and borders. May’s Downing St. office said she would confirm the government’s plan to end the automatic right of EU citizens to live and work in the U.K., saying Britain’s future immigra- tion policy will be based that the captain is driving Raab, say May should stay ad on skills, rather than na- the ship at the rocks,” he in post but try to renego- tionality. said. tiate the deal — something “It will no longer be the Even if May sees off a May and other EU leaders case that EU nationals, leadership challenge, she insist is impossible. regardless of the skills or still has to get the deal Dutch Foreign Minis- experience they have to approved by Parliament. ter Stef Blok said Mon- offer, can jump the queue Her Conservatives don’t day that “the withdrawal ahead of engineers from have a parliamentary ma- treaty is as good as it will Sydney or software deve- jority, and it’s not clear get,” while Luxembourg lopers from Delhi,” May whether she can persua- Foreign Minister Jean As- plans to say. de enough lawmakers to selborn also said there is The deal sealed last back her agreement. “no better” Brexit deal for week between Britain and Britain. the EU after a year and a “We must make it un- half of tense negotiations Britain’s derstood today that this has infuriated pro-Brexit deal which is now on the lawmakers in May’s future table is the best one possi- Conservative Party and immigration ble. There is no better one sparked a leadership cri- for this crazy Brexit,” As- sis. The Brexiteers want a policy will selborn said as EU foreign clean break with the bloc ministers met in Brussels and argue that the close be based ahead of a leaders’ sum- trade ties called for in the mit on Sunday at which agreement will leave Bri- on skills, the bloc intends to sign off tain a vassal state, bound rather than on the deal. to EU rules it has no say in While the 585-page, le- making. nationality gally binding withdrawal Two Cabinet ministers, agreement is complete, including Brexit Secretary May argues that aban- Britain and the EU hope Dominic Raab, resigned doning the plan, with this week to flesh out their in protest, and rebels are Britain’s withdrawal just far less detailed seven-pa- trying to gather the sig- over four months away on ge declaration on future natures of 48 lawmakers March 29, could lead to a relations. needed to trigger a no- disorderly and economi- “A painful week in Euro- confidence vote. cally damaging “no deal” pean politics is starting,” One of the rebels, Simon Brexit — or to a situation said Austria’s minister for Clarke, yesterday urged in which Britain’s exit Europe, Gernot Bluemel. wavering colleagues to from the EU is postponed “We have the divorce pa- help trigger a leadership indefinitely. pers on the table; 45 years challenge. Some Conservative of difficult marriage are “It is quite clear to me Brexiteers, including coming to an end.” AP 20.11.2018 tue

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what’s ON ... TV canal macau this day in history Assemblage of Treasures - Exhibition of the 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Macau Museum Collection for Celebration 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast of the 20th Anniversary 15:00 Portuguese Soap Opera Time: 10am-6pm (ticket booth closes at 5:30pm; 15:50 Cartoons closed on Mondays) 16:15 Portuguese Comedy Until: February 24, 2019 19:00 Portugal Fashion Venue: Macau Museum 19:35 Portuguese Serie Admission: MOP15 (free admission on Tuesdays 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report and on the 15th of every month) 21:15 You, Me & Apocalypse Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 22:00 Funny Things To Know 22:25 Portuguese Serie - Liberty 21 “Style-Encounter Moment” 23:15 TDM News Time: 10am – 8pm 23:50 Documentary Until: December 30, 2018 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Venue: Macau Fashion Gallery Admission: Free 01:30 RTPi Live Enquiries: (853) 2835 3341 1951 British families leave Sparkling Garden – Guan Huai Bin Works Egypt’s Canal Zone Time: 10am-7pm (last admission 6:30pm; closed on Mondays) More than 1,000 families of British servicemen have Until: February 24, 2019 begun moving out of the Suez Canal Zone town of cinema Ismailia. Venue : Macau Museum of Art cineteatro The move was ordered yesterday following the Admission: Free shooting two days ago which cost the lives of at least 15 - 21 Nov Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 five British soldiers. Nine Egyptians were killed. The women and children are being sent back to Bri- tain because there is not enough room for them in Discover Macau: Museum of Taipa and guarded Army compounds. Coloane History There was tight security in the centre of Ismailia Time: 10am-6pm daily (last admission at 5:30pm; today as families were herded into lorries which were then given army escorts to the emergeny camps whi- closed on Mondays) ch will be their homes until they can be flown back Address: Rua Correia da Silva, Taipa to Britain. Admission: Free Tensions between the British and Egyptians have been running high since the government in Cairo ste- nquiries E : (853) 8988 4000 pped up its demands for the complete withdrawal of British troops. La Parisienne Cabaret Francais Egypt has pulled out of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Fantastic Beasts: the crimes of gindelwald ime Treaty - which included plans for a gradual with- T : 8pm (except on Mondays) room 1 drawal - and has since been trying to undermine Bri- 5pm (Sundays) 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45pm tain’s presence with a campaign of civil resistance. ntil Director: David Yates Protesters have disrupted the operation of the Ca- U : November 30, 2018 Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Johny Depp, Jude Law Venue: The Parisian Theatre nal ports, beaten up and intimidated people working Language: English for the British services and attempted to block fresh Duration: 130min Admission: MOP188, MOP388, MOP488 food supplies. Cotai Ticketing: (853) 2882 8818 The trouble came to a head on Saturday, when, ac- Kong Seng Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 cording to British reports, Egyptian police opened fire indiscriminately on a British jeep and the shoo- ting quickly spread to other parts of Ismailia. Shooting broke out again the following day and took several hours to bring under control. In a desperate attempt to calm the situation, Lieu- Offbeat tenant General Sir George Erskine, commander of the British troops in Egypt and Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Giant wooden troll removed in Ghazali Bey, Governor of the Canal Zone agreed yes- terday that police would not be allowed to carry arms Colorado could get new home for the time being. The Cured The operation to move families - and all their fur- room 2 niture - to the army compounds is expected to take 2:30, 4:30, 7:30 9:30pm

ap photo up to six days. Director: David Freyne Once all British families have left Ismailia, the town Starring: Sam Keeley, Ellen Page,, Tom Vaughan-Lawlo will become out of bounds to troops in the hope of Language: English preventing any further bloodshed. Duration: 130min Britain is still hopeful of negotiating a new fou- r-power organisation for the defence of the Middle East. In the meantime, it does not want to lose its army base in Egypt.

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In context Most British families were moved out of Ismailia in less than four days. A huge wooden troll that proved to be too popular in a Colo- However, the anti-British campaign continued with complaints about rado ski resort town is gone, but it’s possible the artwork could British behaviour to the International Labour Office and even to the World find another home. Code blue Health Organisation. Workers in Breckenridge used a chainsaw and backhoe to After a military coup in 1952, the period of constitutional monarchy ended room 3 remove the 15-foot (4.5 meter) sculpture known as Isak Hear- 2:15, 7:00 pm in 1953 and Arab nationalist Abdel Nasser came to power in 1954. tstone last week. Two years later he astonished the British and French by nationalising the Director: Masaki Nishiura Suez Canal, provoking an invasion by Israeli and Anglo-French forces. The Summit Daily News reports that most of the work created Starring: Yamashita Tomohisa, Aragaki Yui, Toda Erika by Danish artist Thomas Dambo was discarded or recycled but However, the invasion was unpopular with large sections of the British Language: Japanese (Chinese, English) and French public and also drew international condemnation, led by the that some pieces were saved and put in storage in hopes of Duration: 112min United States. installing the sculpture somewhere else. The Anglo-French forces quickly agreed to a ceasefire and withdrew. Town manager Rick Holman said officials are talking to Dam- My hero academia The Suez crisis confirmed Britain and France’s lack of superpower status bo and considering some possibilities but said nothing was room 3 and led to the resignation of Prime Minister Anthony Eden and accelerat- imminent. 4:45, 9:30 p.m. ed the collapse of the Fourth Republic in France. The work was installed on a hiking trail for a summer arts fes- Director: Kenji Nagasaki President Nasser increased his appeal in the Arab world as the leader who tival. Since then, throngs of troll-seekers have caused problems Language: Japanese (Chinese, English) had successfully overcome Britain, France and Israel. for nearby homeowners. Duration: 112min tue 20.11.2018

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op-ranked Bel- Football gium fell to a stunning 5-2 loss against Swit- zerland yesterday [Ma- Tcau time], with Haris Seferovic’s hat trick lifting his team into the Swiss stun Belgium 5-2 to UEFA Nations League finals. Belgium led 2-0 after 17 mi- nutes thanks to Thorgan Ha- make semis in Nations League zard’s two goals and was cruising toward the inaugural Final Four mini-tournament to be hosted by Portugal in June. ap photo Only defeat by a two-goal mar- gin could stop Belgium winning the group — and a Swiss team inspired by Xherdan Shaqiri hit back with five unanswered strikes, including three by half- time. “We all disappeared from the match suddenly,” Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said. “It leaves us with a lousy feeling.” The shock was on in the 62nd minute when defender Nico El- vedi made up for a bad early error to put Switzerland 4-2 up with a glancing header. Seferovic sealed the victory by getting his third with a header in the 84th after Shaqiri’s trickery set up Kevin Mbabu for a cross. Switzerland’s Haris Seferovic (right) scores past Belgium’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois Switzerland won Group 2 in League A on the head-to-head A wild match played out in a captain Eden Hazard’s brother diving Sommer, his teammates Seferovic then swept in a cur- record because both teams had noisy, intimate 16,000-capacity Thorgan seized on a bad mistake. at Borussia Moenchengladbach. ling shot with his weaker right nine points from four games, and stadium in Lucerne gave Swiss Thorgan Hazard had been offsi- Switzerland now had to sco- foot. He now has 17 goals for Belgium beat the Swiss by just fans what they looked for after de when a forward pass went di- re at least four goals to edge the Switzerland one year after he 2-1 in Brussels last month. Ice- an infuriating World Cup exit in rectly to Elvedi, but the defender tiebreaker — and had three by was booed off the field by home land placed last and is relegated. July, in a lackluster 1-0 Round of misplayed the ball behind him halftime. fans in a World Cup playoff des- The tiebreaker option seemed 16 loss to Sweden. into space. Thorgan Hazard, now A penalty by Ricardo Rodriguez pite the team advancing. moot when Thorgan Hazard sco- The game also recalled Bel- onside because of the opponent’s in the 26th was awarded for Na- Belgium’s capitulation had red after 66 seconds and again in gium’s stunning 3-2 comeback pass, pounced to flick the ball cer Chadli’s foul on right-back echoes of a 3-1 loss to Wales in the 17th minute. win over Japan in its World Cup over goalkeeper Yann Sommer. Mbabu. Minutes later Rodriguez the Euro 2016 quarterfinals. It But Switzerland struck three ti- round of 16 — only this time it In the 17th, Thorgan Hazard crossed for Shaqiri to guide a leaves this team still seeking a mes in an 18-minute spell before was the Red Devils wasting a was allowed to move into the header across the goalmouth for trophy to justify the “Golden halftime, and kept up the pressu- two-goal lead. Swiss penalty area and fired an Seferovic to tap in as Courtois Generation” label that is often a re in the second half. Belgium quickly led when angled shot past Elvedi and the scrambled in vain. curse in world soccer. AP

Francesco Molinari Golf tied for 26th to take the ap photo Race to Dubai prize. The British Open champion Thompson, Howell close secured the title when Tommy Fleetwood failed year with victories to win the tournament. England’s Matt Wallace exi Thompson was The world No. 1 already Augusta, Georgia, in April (68) and American Pa- Lthe best this week, and had wrapped up player of to play in the Masters for trick Reed (70) tied for Ariya Jutanugarn was the the year honors, and fi- the first time since 2012. second. best all season. Neither nished 2018 with a 69.415 After Rodgers sent a left any doubt about that scoring average to edge birdie attempt of 21 feet PGA TOUR OF Sunday. Minjee Lee (69.747) for past the cup on the se- AUSTRALASIA Thompson shot a 2-un- the top spot there. cond extra hole, Howell’s Mexico’s Abraham der 70 to finish at 18-un- Jutanugarn shot a 66 putt died in the cup and Ancer won the Austra- der 270 and win the on Sunday, finishing capped a comeback in lian Open, closing with LPGA’s season-ending the week tied for fifth at which he went bogey-dou- a 3-under 69 for a fi- CME Group Tour Cham- 12-under 276. ble bogey on his first two ve-stroke victory at The pionship by four strokes Korda closed with a 71. holes to lose the lead he Lexi Thompson Lakes. over Nelly Korda. The win had held through the first Playing for the first makes this the sixth con- PGA TOUR three rounds. nds of 122 set the 2009 time since the 2007 at time in Australia, Ancer secutive year that Thomp- Charles Howell III made Howell closed with a Frys.com Championship. Riviera. He also won in finished at 16-under 272. son has won at least once, a 15-foot birdie putt on the 3-under 67, birdieing Howell had a 22-foot 2002 at Kingsmill. He earned a spot in the extending the longest such second hole of a playoff Nos. 15-17, to match Ro- birdie attempt on the fi- British Open at Royal active streak on the LPGA with Patrick Rodgers in dgers at 19-under 263 nal hole to win in regula- EUROPEAN TOUR Portrush by finishing Tour. the RSM Classic to end an in the final PGA Tour tion, but the ball turned Danny Willett won the among the top three Jutanugarn took the 11-year victory drought. event of the year. After away from the cup in- European Tour’s season players who weren’t al- other two big prizes up for The 39-year-old Howell making the 36-hole cut ches from the edge. Both -ending DP World Tour ready exempt. grabs, clinching the year- dropped to his knees on the 2-under number, players had birdie looks Championship by two Australia’s Dimitrios long Race to the CME Glo- and buried his head in Rodgers shot 61-62 on on the first playoff hole, shots for his first victory Papadatos was second af- be prize — and the USD1 his hands, then tearfully the weekend. Rodgers’ with Rodgers missing since the 2016 Masters. ter a 67, and countryman million bonus that comes embraced his wife and 17-under 123 weekend from 27 feet and Howell The 31-year-old En- Jake McLeod was ano- with that — as well as the two children. He earned was one shot off Troy from 14 feet off the front glishman closed with a ther shot back after a 66. Vare Trophy for winning $1,152,000 and a return Matteson’s PGA Tour re- fringe. 4-under 68 to finish at They also earned spots at the season’s scoring title. trip to his hometown of cord for consecutive rou- Howell won for the first 18-under 270. Royal Portrush. AP THE Vatican hosts Russian art, icons Station Air quality BUZZ from Tretyakov Gallery Roadside 70-100 Moderate The Vatican is hosting an unprecedented Organizers said yesterday that the exchange exhibition of Russian fine art, bringing trea- was discussed when President Vladimir Putin High sures from Moscow’s famed Tretyakov Gallery met in 2013 with Pope Francis. The Vatican Density 55-75 to Rome following a sold-out exhibit of Vati- Museums have proposed similar cultural ex- Residental can works at the state museum two years ago. changes with China, part of the soft diplomacy Moderate The Tretyakov is loaning some of its most the Holy See encourages in places where Ca- Area opinion important paintings and religious icons for tholics are a minority. “Pilgrimage of Russian Art: From Dionysius The free exhibit runs from tomorrow throu- c e: d smg Ambient 70-100 to Malevich.” Many of them are leaving the gh Feb. 16 at the Braccio di Carlo Magno Moderate sour World Views gallery for the first time. gallery, off St. Peter’s Square. Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS Germany doesn’t really want an EU army Best-picture Oscars up Iraq Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received Iraq’s For all the recent transatlantic debate about creating president in Riyadh, a a joint European army, Germany has little interest in se- for sale in rare auction day after the Iraqi official tting up any kind of supranational force under the EU’s visited the kingdom’s rival, command. This reluctance is key to understanding the wo Academy Awards Iran. Barham Salih’s back- ineffectiveness of all the bloc’s existing military projects. Tfor best picture are to-back visits to Iran and In a recent op-ed for the Frankfurter Allgemeine going up for sale in a rare ap photo Saudi Arabia reflect the Zeitung, German Defense Minister Ursula von der auction of Oscars. delicate balance Iraq seeks Leyen laid out her vision of “an army of the Europeans” to maintain in a region Auction house Profiles in — note the change of accent from “European army.” where its two powerful Von der Leyen sees it as “armed forces under national History announced yester- neighbors are battling for responsibility, closely interlinked, uniformly equipped, day that an Oscar awarded supremacy. More on p14 trained for joint operations and ready for action, such to “Mutiny on the Bounty” as the Franco-German Brigade and the German-Dutch in 1936 and another given Corps.” The key words here are “under national res- to “Gentleman’s Agree- ponsibility.” This means keeping in place the existing ap photo procedures for deploying troops — a decision that, in ment” in 1948 will go up for Europe, lies with each member state. auction in Los Angeles star- “I consider smart the German institution of parliamen- ting Dec. 11. tary scrutiny,” von der Leyen wrote. “Our troops need The “Mutiny on the Boun- the broad support of the population for difficult and dan- ty” best-picture statuette Yemen A senior leader gerous missions.” of Yemen’s Shiite rebels is expected to go for be- said yesterday that the Of course, parliamentary procedures are slow, es- tween USD200,000 and pecially given the fractiousness of today’s European group will halt rocket fire politics. Von der Leyen wants to speed things up by 300,000. Frank Capra pre- into Saudi Arabia for the getting domestic legislators specializing in defense to sented the award to Irving sake of peace efforts, work with European colleagues in a special grouping Thalberg at the Biltmore answering a key Saudi that would draw up guidelines for the sake of natio- Hotel in Los Angeles when demand in the first public nal decision-makers. But I’d be hard pushed to recall the Academy Awards were sign of hope for the a situation in which an EU committee has ever made less than 10 years old. The latest push to stop the something faster rather than slower. award is being put up for bloodshed and civilian The need to decide everything by committee has sale for the first time by suffering in the Arab already de-fanged the closest thing the EU has to a world’s poorest country. common army — the two EU Battlegroups, each com- the family of Thalberg, an prised of as many as 2,000 soldiers. Since 2007, one essential figure in the early Syria Government forces of these multinational rapid response forces has been history of Hollywood. captured a southern on permanent standby. They’ve never been deployed Oscar awarded to “Mutiny on the Bounty” in 1936 (left) and another The best-picture Oscar region from the Islamic because EU members have never reached unanimous given to “Gentleman’s Agreement” in 1948 for “Gentleman’s Agree- State group yesterday agreement to do so. The closest they came was in 2013, when an intervention in the Central African Re- ment,” the 1947 film star- after weeks of fighting that public was discussed, but France ended up leading a ring Gregory Peck that took Auctions of Oscar statue- for large sums of money. left scores dead on both mission there that didn’t involve the Battlegroups. on anti-Semitism and won ttes are very uncommon The late Michael Jackson sides, a government-linked The EU has an endless capacity for setting up lots three Academy Awards, is because winners from 1951 acquired David O. Selzni- media outlet reported. of experimental mechanisms without completely dum- expected to fetch between onward have had to agree ck’s “Gone With the Wind” ping old, failed or unproven projects. This makes for an $150,000 and $200,000. that they or their heirs Oscar for a record $1.5 exceedingly complex defense cooperation landscape, Its seller wants to remain must offer to sell it back million in 1999. ap photo in which much joint training and low-level coordination goes on, but no overarching structure is ever built. New anonymous. to the Academy of Motion Orson Welles’ “Citizen proposals, such as French President Emmanuel Ma- Hans Dreier’s art-direc- Picture Arts and Sciences Kane” statuette sold for cron’s European Intervention Initiative, or EI2, merely tion Oscar for 1950’s “Sun- for $1 before selling it to $861,542 in 2011. add to the jumble of acronyms. set Boulevard” and Gloria anyone else. The Academy And in 2014, James Cag- Israel avoided early France, with the biggest military in the EU, has a sim- Swanson’s Golden Globe has said it firmly believes ney’s best-actor Oscar for elections after a key ple system of making deployment decisions: The pre- for best actress in a drama Oscars should be won, not 1942’s “Yankee Doodle coalition partner in sident has the last word. It’s also relatively easy in Italy, for the film are also on of- sold. Dandy” failed to sell when Prime Minister Benjamin where the government decides, and in Poland, where Netanyahu’s government it’s up to the president — but, for example, in the Ne- fer in the December auction Still, occasionally Oscars no one would meet the along with other historic beyond the reach of the ru- minimum bid demand of said yesterday that he therlands, Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic would not withdraw his the prior parliamentary authorization is necessary, as movie awards. les go up for sale and sell $800,000. AP party, keeping the coalition in Germany. A European army would require these di- intact despite a crisis fferent procedures to be harmonized. That looks next to impossible. triggered by a violent flare- Von der Leyen and other European politicians un- The up with Gaza militants. More on p14 derstand this perfectly well. Their comments are lar- AP Photo/Claude Paris gely aimed at American ears. They are a response to decisive moment U.S. demands for increased military spending, which Britain Prime Minister President Donald Trump frames as contributions to the Theresa May sought to North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Europe’s militarily seal business support for strongest nations are keen to show Washington they her Brexit deal with the are investing in their own defense rather than, as Trump European Union yesterday, has put it crudely, paying the U.S. to defend them. but remained on a collision The U.S. focuses on demanding more military spen- course with a group of ding from European countries, especially on equip- lawmakers seeking to ment, while disregarding the inefficiency of the mem- unseat her. More on p15 ber states’ procurement systems, something NATO has tolerated for decades. It bears a share of the blame for the unnecessary variety of military equipment in the EU countries. They use 178 weapon systems compared ap photo with 30 for the U.S., 17 main battle tanks compared with just one, and 20 types of fighter planes compared with six. More spending isn’t the answer. Instead, Europeans realize they need more cooperation in procurement to Haiti Six people were bring down costs and introduce more uniformity. If that’s killed and at least five not what NATO, or essentially the U.S., wants from others were wounded them, they will attempt to do it outside NATO’s exis- during demonstrations ting Defense Planning Process. So the coordination of across Haiti protesting budgeting through a relatively new process, called the allegations of Common Annual Review on Defense, is probably the embezzlement from a most important part of Europe’s plans for an army. Le Monaco. Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene thank the crowd as they attend the Venezuelan program that [Abridged] ceremonies marking the National Day in Monaco, yesterday. provided the country with subsidized oil, police said.