daiwa: gaming revenue cny tourist numbers up china reports first case expected to fall 4 percent of zika virus Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) China’s first case of the Zika virus has for the month of February will been found in a 34-year-old man who fall by 4 percent on a monthly recently traveled to Venezuela and is basis, Daiwa says now making a speedy recovery P2 P3 P11

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P10 P20 OPINION North Korea Kim Jong Un had his military charges after HK clash chief executed for corruption and other charges, a South Korean official said. If true, the execution of Ri Yong Gil, chief of the North Korean military’s general staff (pictured, right), would be the latest in a series of killings, purges and dismissals since Kim took power in late 2011. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats and Republicans unite behind tougher sanctions on North Korea for violating international law. More on p12 ap photo

India Authorities have detained dozens of Kashmiri activists and placed separatist leaders under house arrest to prevent them from holding anti-India protests to mark the anniversary of a top separatist leader’s hanging more than three decades ago. Shops and businesses remained shut yesterday and a curfew was in effect in some areas of Srinagar, after a strike was called by separatists.

Australia’s deputy prime minister announced his retirement yesterday, with the prime minister Cultural Affairs Bureau likely to announce a cabinet reshuffle before elections due this year. Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, Damage from who is also minister for regional development and infrastructure, told Parliament he will retire A-Ma Temple blaze at the next election. More on backpage not irreversible P6 INSIDE 12.02.2016 fri

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the opening of the Taipa Ferry Terminal in mid-2016, which Daiwa says will likely shift the Daiwa: GGR expected to fall market share in favor of the newer, Cotai-centric opera- tors. 4 percent on monthly basis According to AAStocks, Daiwa has rated Macau’s ga- ming sector as “Neutral” in nalysts at investment Office (MGTO) indicate that China’s macro environment. Abank and brokerage firm visitor arrivals from mainland Their top pick is Galaxy En- Daiwa Securities Group have China on Sunday and Monday tertainment, with a rating of bloomberg projected that Macau’s Gross (February 7 and 8) were up by “Buy”. Gaming Revenue (GGR) for 6.8 percent compared with the Macau’s casino revenue fell the month of February will same days of the Spring Festi- 21.4 percent in January amid fall by 4 percent on a monthly val last year. a lull before Chinese New Year, basis. Daiwa said that the figures which is traditionally a popular Taking into account table re- represent a healthy start to the period for Chinese gamblers to classification, VIP rolling run-­ Chinese New Year (CNY) pe- visit the region. Gross gaming rate is expected to increase by riod, bolstered by on-site che- revenue fell to MOP18.7 billion around one percent month-­ cks of advance hotel bookings (USD2.3 billion). This marks on-month to MOP7.3 billion, that indicate nearly full occu- a 20th consecutive month of though it will still be a 35 per- pancy rates among the major decline, according to data re- cent decrease year-on-year. hotels in the MSAR. leased by Macau’s Gaming Statistics released by the This promising beginning to Inspection and Coordination Macau Government Tourism the new year may be aided by Bureau. Staff reporter

Sands doubles down to kick judge Gov’t proposes off ex-Macau chief’s case inclusion of Zika

Edvard Pettersson a hearing this time so it on infectious can present evidence. as Vegas Sands Jacobs’s 2010 suit was diseases list bloomberg LCorp. renewed its tied up for five years effort to disqualify a Ne- during a fight over whe- he government has vada judge from over- ther a Las Vegas court Tproposed the inclu- xinhua seeing a case brought is the proper venue for sion of the Zika virus in by the casino operator’s his claims against Sands Macau’s official list of in- former chief executive China Ltd. fectious diseases, accor- officer in Macau, saying Gonzalez finally ruled ding to a statement pub- she has shown “outright last year that the case lished by the Government hostility” to the com- could proceed in Ne- Information Bureau. pany. Sheldon Adelson vada, following nume- The announcement co- mes after the Health Bu- Nevada District Judge rous conflicts over what A doctor holds a tube Elizabeth Gonzalez was buffed last month when personal bias in favor of evidence Sands had to reau in Macau was no- containing a larva of the Aedes assigned to the case the court’s chief jus- any party,” she said in a provide to Jacobs, sanc- tified on Tuesday by the aegypti mosquito, the carrier of when it was filed in 2010 tice, without conduc- written declaration. tions on the company National Health and Fa- the Zika virus by the ex-Macau execu- ting a hearing, denied Chief District Court for not providing the mily Planning Commis- tive, Steven Jacobs. He a request by Sands to Judge David Barker said evidence, and repeat sion of the first imported Authorities have also claims he was wrong- disqualify Gonzalez. in his Jan. 29 decision trips by Sands to the case of Zika on the main- suspended the acceptance fully fired after Sheldon According to the casi- that Sands was “unper- Nevada Supreme Court land [more on page 11]. of blood donations from Adelson, the company’s no operator, the judge suasive” in arguing that to challenge Gonzalez’s According to the state- persons who have visited chairman and con- had “interjected” herself Gonzalez’s conduct rai- rulings. ment, the government the affected territories in trolling shareholder, into the media coverage sed reasonable doubts Adelson has denied he is undertaking efforts to Latin America, unless the pressured him to use of Adelson’s acquisition about her impartiality. ordered Jacobs to in- closely monitor develop- persons in question have illegal means to gain le- of the local newspaper In its new request this vestigate the business ments relating to the Zika been back in Macau and verage over government by talking to a Review- week to have Gonza- and financial affairs virus. From March the symptom-free for more officials in the gambling Journal reporter and lez taken off the case, of Macau officials and government will launch than 28 days. The sus- enclave. The dispute is Time magazine about Sands accused her of a has accused Jacobs of a mosquito eradication pension came into effect heading toward a trial the unusual coverage of “complete absence of commissioning the in- campaign in a bid to com- on February 5. set for June. her courtroom. neutrality,” a pattern of vestigations on his own. bat the threat. Travellers intending to Gonzalez made the Gonzalez defended “disparate treatment of Sands has said Jacobs In addition the govern- visit the affected areas are news in December when herself in a Jan. 15 court the parties,” and “outri- was fired for working ment plans to strengthen recommended to wear the Las Vegas Review- filing. Her rulings “have ght hostility.” Sands also on unauthorized deals existing monitoring and light-colored and long- Journal, acquired last been the result of critical said a key hearing last and violating company detection measures for sleeved clothing, apply year by Adelson’s fa- legal and factual analy- year in the case amoun- policy. uncovering possible cases insect repellant and stay mily, revealed that its sis based upon extensi- ted to a “show trial” be- The case is Jacobs v. of the virus, and bolste- in air-conditioned places. reporters had been sent ve evidentiary procee- cause Gonzalez didn’t Las Vegas Sands Corp., ring international coo- If any symptoms are dis- to her courtroom to mo- dings, motion practice, allow the company to A-10-627691-B, Neva- peration with the World covered, such as a fever or nitor her as she handled and the written and oral present evidence or wit- da District Court, Clark Health Organization and a rash, travellers should non-newsworthy cases. comments of counsel, nesses. Sands is asking County (Las Vegas). mainland and Hong Kong seek medical advice im- The company was re- and not the result of the chief judge to hold Bloomberg authorities. mediately.

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ata from the Macau Gover- nment Tou- rism Office Preliminary data indicates CNY D(MGTO) indicates that 548,536 tourists arri- ved in Macau between February 7 and 10. This tourist numbers up 5.2 percent represents a a 5.2 per- cent increase from the previous Chinese New I have no plans to go to is the first time my dau- Year. Hong Kong because I ghter and I are visiting Mainland residents have other places to vi- Macau. We won’t go to continue to represent sit,” Ms Wu, a mainland Hong Kong this time, the majority of tourist resident, told the Times. marques renato but we will surely go arrivals, accounting for When asked, Wu decli- next time,” he told the 71 percent of the total ned to elaborate on her Times. number of visitors. As reasons for not visiting Hong Kong tourism as- in the previous year, Hong Kong. sociations had previou- measures to control the Others are still drawn sly estimated a 70 per- flow of pedestrians were to the neighboring SAR. cent drop in the number introduced by local au- Another mainlander, of tourists travelling thorities. Mr Lu, stated: “I am in organized groups Macau continues to going to Hong Kong re- during the Chinese New draw regional visitors, gardless. The customer Year, arguably the re- with many mainland service and the political gion’s most important tourists citing more in- issues are not problems holiday. terest in Macau than for me at all.” Unexpected riots late Hong Kong. Mr Yao, a visitor tra- on Monday night in “This is my second veling with his wife and Hong Kong, which left time coming to Macau, daughter, agreed. “This the city on alert, may have also discouraged visitors from spending macau, hk residents visit guangzhou time there. Staff reporters

several package Sunflower Garden said that tour groups from Hong visitors from Hong Kong Lower sales for retail industry Kong and Macau were and Macau accounted for seen at Guangzhou’s gar- 30 percent of total visitors, dens and tourist attrac- almost double that of last he majority of retailers overall volume of business was on-year drop, despite the rise in interviewed by local media half what it had been last year. visitors. Snack stores appeared tions during Chinese New year. Guangzhou Daily also T Year, Guangzhou Daily reported that tourists out- saw a drastic drop in business Clothing and cosmetics’ retailers to be the sole exception, with the reported. The management numbered local residents in from mainland visitors during were not spared from this decline. vice manager of a shop near the of Guangzhou’s Baiwan some of the gardens. the Chinese New Year. Mr Kuok, One cosmetics’ company repre- Ruins of St. Paul’s claiming that a fireworks trader, said that his sentative noted a 10 percent year- business was on par with last year.

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‘Art Fair CRIME @5 Outubro Street’ returns Four men assaulted police officer on CNY eve

Renato Marques In a separate reported case, a 26-year-old man was detained our local men assaulted a and accused of “abuse of person police officer on the night of unable to resist.”

F marques renato February 8 in the parking lot of The complaint was filed by the the Jardim das Artes. parents of a 16-year-old girl af- According to a statement by ter finding the man sleeping in the Public Security Police For- the alleged victim’s bed after a ce (PSP), an officer witnessed a night of entertainment in a ka- car speeding along Avenida da raoke bar in the NAPE area. This year’s second “Art Fair Amizade in reverse. The car was According to the information @5 Outubro Street” will be headed to the parking lot en- provided by the PJ, the girl was held tomorrow and Sunday trance, where the officer inter- drunk and the man (said to be a from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., at cepted the driver and deman- alcohol, Kuan kicked the po- The four men were brought friend of the victim) offered to the Hong Kung Temple ded his personal identification lice officer and then the police before the Macau Public Pro- take her home, only to be found Square. The event is jointly and driving license. The driver patrol car which had arrived secutors Office where they were at 8 a.m. on February 1 in her organized by the Cultural fled into the car park, where the to offer backup. Chan and the accused of several offenses in- bed, leading the parents to call Affairs Bureau and the officer followed him on foot. other two men continued to in- cluding criminal intimidation, the police. Civic and Municipal Affairs sult and use offensive language resisting arrest, aggravated as- Bureau. Thirty six booths While searching the car park The man was not taken into toward the police officers. sault causing bodily harm, vio- will be set up during the for the suspect, the officer was custody at the time but was sub- two-day fair, with original intercepted by two other men, The police officers managed lation of road traffic rules, drink sequently arrested on January handicrafts, creative food and was assaulted while calling to detain the four men, sending driving and aggravated disobe- 10 while attempting to cross the and beverages, and on-site for assistance. Chan and Kuan to the public dience to authority. border into the mainland. creative works. The fair A fourth man named Chan hospital for blood alcohol tests. This case was but one of seve- Although the suspect denies takes place at Hong Kung appeared and joined the driver While Chan’s blood alcohol ral cases involving either vio- the charges, the PJ stated that Temple Square on the Kuan and the two other men content was found to be under lence or anger directed towards “there is sufficient evidence [to second weekend of every named Tse and Hong at the the limit, Kuan’s reading rea- police officers to be reported by prosecute].” No further details month, excluding May and scene. ched 2.68 grams of alcohol per the PSP in the days before the about the case have been made November. Visibly under the effects of liter. Chinese New Year. available.

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corporate bits sands china welcomes year Floats and fireworks at of the monkey yesterday’s CNY parade

parade to celebra- te the Year of the Monkey was held yesterday. It com- prisedA a display of 14 floats alongside musical perfor- Sands China Ltd welcomed the Year of mances and a fireworks the Monkey on Tuesday with traditional ce- remonies and rituals at all of its properties, show. with Sands China and Starwood hotel exe- 1,338 performers from 37 cutives from around the world participating groups – 28 local and 9 in- in the annual tradition. ternational – were featured Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao and Sands Cotai Central held worship rituals in the event. The visiting per- and eye-dotting ceremonies, as well as tra- formers hailed from main- ditional lion and dragon dances, to attract land China, Hong Kong, Ko- good fortune and blessings on the second rea, Japan, Malaysia, Thai- day of the Lunar New Year. A pair of lions paraded through team land, Portugal, Spain and the dining areas to bless and distribute lucky United States. money to team members. According to a The floats and performers press release, company executives and paraded through Avenida team members will share in the festivities next week with special back-of-house even- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen until rea- ts at the three properties, including lucky ching their destination at Sai draws, games and festive treats. Van Lake Square in front of the Macau Tower. the stage performance upon until February 12, and at Tap in Rua Norte do Patane. The mgm celebrates cny Stage performances began arrival at Sai Van Lake Squa- Seac Square until February procession will march throu- at Sai Van Lake Square at re. Hong Kong singers Alex 13. gh Avenida do Conselheiro 8.45 p.m., featuring local sin- Fong and Stephy Tang hos- Another parade will be held Borja, Estrada do Arco, Rua gers Vivian Chan, Sean Pang, ted the finale. on the sixth day of the Chine- Quatro do Bairro da Areia Rico Long and Alan Tse. Part The 14 floats will be show- se New Year, starting with an Preta and end at Iao Hon of the procession also joined cased at Sai Van Lake Square opening ceremony at 8 p.m. Market Garden.

sands of jobs that the project will David Chow breaks ground on create” and added that “the country is MGM held the traditional “Lion Dance on the right track.” Blessing Ceremony” for Chinese New Year on Tuesday at the hotel’s main entrance. gaming resort in Cape Verde Chow expects that the MOP2.3 The ceremony kicked off with an eye-dot- billion integrated casino-resort will ting ritual performed by the management be completed within three years. Its team, followed by a firecracker blessing. avid Chow, the president of Ma- extensive facilities will include office Two renowned local lion dance troupes were invited to perform a battle dance. Dcau Legend Development, appea- buildings, a museum, a marina, and This year, eight vividly-costumed lions red this week at the groundbreaking a convention center, among others. marched into the MGM hotel for the eye- ceremony of his new gaming resort at A bridge will connect the islet to the dotting ritual as part of festive blessings. the islet of Santa Maria and Gamboa mainland. The “Lion Dance Blessing Ceremony” was officiated by Mr Grant Bowie, CEO and in the Cape Verde archipelago. With the ceremony held on the first Executive Director of MGM China Holdings “The project will represent a new day of Chinese New Year, Chow ful- Limited, with MGM’s management team. chapter in the Cape Verde tourism fills his earlier promise, as reported by MGM welcomes guests to experience the sector,” Chow announced, adding that the Times in July 2015, to start cons- festivities at Grand Praça Chinese New Year Market. Chinese calligraphy, Lantern it would also “serve as an example of truction on the project – then under Riddles and a Festive Stamps station can the abilities of the people of Macau in public consultation – in the beginning be found in Grand Praça, with both Chine- the business world.” of 2016. se treats and Western delights available at Also attending the ceremony was The project is founded upon Cape the stalls. The market will be open until Fe- bruary 21. Prime Minister José Maria Neves, Verde’s grant of a 25-year gaming who praised the resort for “the thou- David Chow concession to Macau Legend. RM

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Johnston tipped to tried to extinguish it himself. Only after failing to do so did become new consul- IC: Damage from A-Ma this person report the incident general to HK, Macau to the authorities, who reached Temple blaze not irreversible the scene almost immediately,” Former defense minister David Johnston Cheong added. has been tipped to become Australia’s The Secretary for Social Af- new consul-general to Hong Kong and fairs and Culture, Alexis Tam,

Macau. The Australian Broadcasting xinhua said on Wednesday that the Corporation (ABC) reported yesterday government would spare no that Senator Johnston “is the latest in a effort in conserving and, if pos- growing line of Coalition ministers and sible, restoring the damaged members to leave Parliament ahead relics. of the election, several of whom have Tam also pledged that the government appointments to ease them government would strengthen into retirement.” Johnston left the and promote safety measures government when former Prime-Minister in the city’s temples and herita- Tony Abbott reshuffled his Cabinet in ge attractions, in order to pre- December 2014. Firemen douse flames at the A-Ma Temple The damaged main hall of the temple vent similar incidents in future. This year’s government- Local artists place he president of the Cul- A-Ma – the item with the most The interior of the temple’s backed safety campaign star- second at Sapporo Ttural Affairs Bureau (IC), historical value in the pavilion main hall was severely dama- ted on January 28, as the Ung Vai Meng, and the head of – remains “in a state of inte- ged in a fire that broke out in city’s temples usually receive Snow Festival the Cultural Heritage Depart- grity.” An altar and some wall- the early hours of Wednesday an influx of visitors around the ment, Leong Wai Man, met mounted plaques were dama- morning. The fire is believed to Chinese New Year period. Ac- A local representatives of the A-Ma ged, as well as other wooden have been caused by malfunc- cording to a government state- team of Temple yesterday to discuss furnishings. tioning electrical equipment in ment, the Fire Services Bureau snow- fire safety measures and res- The IC estimates that resto- one of the temple’s pavilions. and the Cultural Affairs Bureau carving toration efforts for the temple, ration works will be completed The pavilion in question has inspected a total of 20 temples. artists won second which went up in flames on within two or three months, been closed until further notice. The A-Ma Temple has been prize at Wednesday morning. but that the wooden items may No individuals were harmed in designated as a World Herita- the 43rd International Sapporo Snow Together with representatives take longer to replace. It will be the fire. ge Site by the United Nations Festival for their giant sculpture of the of the Land, Public Works and at least a year before the enti- “The fire damaged one of the Educational, Scientific and Ruins of St. Paul’s. As the Times reported, Transport Bureau, the autho- re temple returns to its former temples inside the A-Ma com- Cultural Organization (UNES- this year marked the debut of MGTO rities conducted a preliminary glory. plex. Some plaques, altars, CO). According to local folklo- in the Japanese event. The Secretary inspection of the temple com- The IC will support the A-Ma and furniture were burned,” re, the temple was the source for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis plex, eventually concluding Temple Charity Association for Cheong Chi Van of the Fire of inspiration for the naming Tam, who attended the event in Japan, that the damage to the temple inventory inspections, as well Services Bureau told TDM. of Macau when the first Por- congratulated the Macau team on their was not serious or irreversible. as the removal and storage of “The fire was discovered by an tuguese sailors arrived in the successful debut. The statue of the Goddess damaged items. attendee of the temple and he 16th century. Staff reporter

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Real Estate Matters Rents have dropped. What happens when my contract expires? How do I approach my landlord?

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

www.JMLProperty.com Juliet Risdon [email protected]

Rents have certainly come down rate. This is not what people are member that a two year term over the past months. paying… it is what properties on is normal but not mandatory. The lowering of rents started the market right now are asking. You can change the length of the last year as One Oasis launched, You can expect to find a range of lease if you believe that will drop and suddenly an over-supply prices from unfurnished / un- further, or if they will rise. of housing had an effect on the renovated to recently renovated If you think prices will rise, you rental market. / newly furnished. can ask for a three year contract Later in the year, as positions Comparing ‘apples with apples’, instead of two. Likewise, if you were cut and projects delayed, you can find a property that believe prices will drop further enough people started leaving closely resembles your cur- or you are unsure about your Macau to tip the balance in the rent home and take note of the own future, you could ask for a tenants favour once again. asking price. Bear in mind that one-year agreement this time A question we are asked fre- the final rental price is likely to around. quently is ‘what happens when be 5 percent - 10 percent lower You may be in a position of un- my rental contract ends and I than the asking price. certainty, as many people are, want to drop my rent’? Can a Once you have established the with your current job. Its worth new contract be negotiated? market price range, you can in- noting that the current environ- Yes, of course. form the owner of the current ment and extra flexibility of lan- In preparation, an important prices and ask them what they dlords has led to the inclusion of factor in the equation is mutual would like to suggest for the new a ‘professional clause’ in some respect. rental agreement. contracts. We want to avoid creating an If the landlord replies with a pri- Namely, this means that should atmosphere of conflict. We ce, you can then start to evaluate you lose your job and have to have seen many landlords ‘clo- accordingly, remembering that leave Macau, you will be allowed se down’ during negotiations one element is price and another to give one months notice wi- simply because they have been is ‘terms’. thout penalty. put in a position where they may If the landlord asks for your of- Good luck in your negotiation, ‘lose face’, so it’s important to fer, then you can offer the cur- and if you would like further in- start the process with respect. rent market price. formation or advice, please feel The starting point for the ne- As you come to the end of the free to contact us by e mail or via gotiation is the current market negotiation, it does pay to re- the website below. FORUM

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advertorial Hong Kong stocks fall in worst start to CNY since 1994

Richard Frost & Kana Nishizawa

ong Kong stocks fell ap photo Hin their worst start to a lunar new year since 1994 as a global equity rout deepe- ned amid concern over the strength of the world eco- nomy. The Hang Seng Index slumped 3.9 percent at the close in Hong Kong as markets reopened following a three-day trading closure, Hong Kong’s stocks had their during which the MSCI All- biggest daily drop in six months Country World Index dro- pped 2.1 percent. The last $31.72 a barrel at the clo- time the gauge fell so much se on Feb. 4. Kyle Bass, the on the first day of the lunar hedge fund manager who new year, investors were successfully bet against mor- worried about the health of tgages during the subprime former Chinese leader Deng crisis, said China’s banking Xiaoping. Lenovo Group system may see losses of Ltd. led declines while ener- more than four times tho- gy companies dropped after se suffered by U.S. banks crude slumped 11 percent during the last crisis. during the holidays. Jeweler “The general tone of other Chow Sang Sang Holdings markets has been quite soft,” International Ltd. slid after said Tony Hann, who helps riots in the Mong Kok dis- oversee about $270 million trict. as head of equities at Bla- Hong Kong’s benchmark ckfriars Asset Management equity gauge tumbled 12 in London. “It’s difficult to percent this year through be optimistic” about Hong Friday amid concern that Kong, he said. capital outflows, a slumping The Hang Seng Index’s property market and Chi- price-to-book ratio fell be- na’s economic slowdown low one last month for the will hurt earnings. Tuesday’s first time since the Asian violence in the shopping dis- financial crisis roiled regio- trict of Mong Kok threatens nal markets and popped a to deter mainland visitors domestic property bubble and worsen a drop in retail in 1998. All but one stock on sales, according to UOB Kay the 50-member gauge are Hian (Hong Kong) Ltd. down this year. “You can’t avoid a drop be- Chow Sang Sang dropped cause everywhere has come 0.9 percent, while Luk Fook down so much during this Holdings (International) time and the same concerns Ltd., a jeweler that gets more are still there – oil price, glo- than half its revenue in the bal recession,” said Steven city, declined 4.7 percent. Leung, an executive direc- Police fired warning shots tor for institutional sales at in Mong Kok, the city’s most UOB Kay Hian. “The image densely populated area, ear- of Hong Kong as a metropo- ly Tuesday after an effort litan city has been hurt quite by officials to clear illegal seriously” by the rioting, he food stalls morphed into a said. riot. The clashes were more PetroChina Co. tumbled 5.1 violent than anything seen percent, while Cnooc Ltd., during the “Umbrella Move- China’s largest offshore oil ment” of 2014. company, dropped 5.3 per- “This time the situation cent. HSBC Holdings Plc slid was quite different from 5.4 percent to a six-year low. Occupy Central: there was The Hang Seng China En- no peace and a lot of peo- terprises Index retreated 4.9 ple were injured,” UOB Kay percent, its biggest loss since Hian’s Leung said. “Overall August. Mainland financial it shouldn’t have [a] very big markets remain closed for impact but, of course, it will holidays until Monday. weigh on related sectors like Plunges in crude and con- retail, tourism.” (See p10) cerns over the perceived cre- Still, weaker global growth ditworthiness of European may reduce the likelihood of banks has fueled uncertainty future interest-rate increa- over the strength of the wor- ses in the U.S., which raise ld economy this week. Oil borrowing costs in Hong fell below USD27 a barrel in Kong due to a currency peg, New York, compared with Leung said. Bloomberg 12.02.2016 fri

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A protestor throws a brick at police in Mong Kok district

Supporters try to prevent suspects from having their pictures taken as they leave court on bail in Hong Kong

everal dozen people Hong Kong Sappeared in a Hong Kong court yesterday to face rioting charges following a violent clash earlier this week between Activists face riot charges protesters and police sparked by a clampdown on holiday street food vendors. Hong Kong police and local after holiday protest media reports said 37 peo- ple were attending court in Kowloon, each facing one count concerns that Hong Kong’s lo- said another 10 are being held and bricks and other objects Hong Kong police said the pro- of taking part in a riot, a rarely cal culture is disappearing as for “for further enquiries.” thrown at police officers, in- testers had ignored their war- used charge that carries a ma- Beijing tightens its hold on the The scuffles underscore how cluding those already injured nings to get off the street and ximum sentence of 10 years in semiautonomous Chinese city. tensions remain unresolved and lying on the ground, Leung shoved officers, who responded prison. Protesters pelted police with more than a year after the end said. with batons and pepper spray. Defendants were given bail bricks and glass bottles and set of pro-democracy protests that “I believe the public can see Police said late Tuesday that and their cases adjourned un- fires on the street. Officers res- gripped the city. Mong Kok, a for themselves from TV news 61 people ranging in age from til April, the reports said. A ponded with batons and pepper popular and densely popula- reports the seriousness of the 15 to 70 were arrested on suspi- 15-year-old appeared separate- spray. One officer fired two war- ted shopping and entertain- situation. The (Hong Kong) go- cion of unlawful assembly, as- ly at a juvenile court to face the ning shots into the air, a highly ment district, was one of the vernment strongly condemns saulting police, resisting arrest, same charge, local channel Ca- unusual act in Hong Kong, whi- neighborhoods where activists such violent acts. The police will obstructing officers, possession ble TV reported. ch otherwise has a reputation occupied streets for about 11 apprehend the mobs and bring of offensive weapons and disor- Police arrested a total of 64 for being extremely safe. Nearly weeks in late 2014, capturing them to justice,” Leung said. derly conduct in a public place. people after the street battle, 90 officers and four reporters world headlines with their de- Officials said they were inves- Some were also suspected of which erupted late Monday in were injured. mands for greater electoral tigating whether the violence participating in a riot, a char- densely populated Mong Kok It was the worst violence freedom. had been organized in advance. ge that Police Commissioner and lasted until dawn Tuesday. in Hong Kong since late 2014, On Tuesday, Chief Executive At one point, a protester tried Lo Wai-Chung told reporters Activists were angered by when the city was rocked by Leung Chun-ying, told repor- to tackle a traffic police offi- earlier in the day has not been authorities’ attempts to crack pro-democracy protests that ters a mob had attacked police cer from behind before both employed since 1967 riots ex- down on food hawkers selling left a widening trust gap be- officers and journalists, and sides rushed in to the melee pressing support for China’s fishballs and other local delica- tween the public and the city’s said the perpetrators would be in the middle of a busy street, radical Cultural Revolution and cies for the Lunar New Year ho- Beijing-backed leader. prosecuted. More than 80 of- according to video shown by against British colonial rule. liday. The unlicensed vendors Police said 16 other people, ficers and four reporters were local news channel Cable TV. Two warning shots were fired are a local holiday tradition but including one as young as 14, hurt, he said. Moments later, another officer during the incident, Acting Dis- attempts this year by autho- were released on bail as they Police cars and public proper- appeared to fire two warning trict Commander Yau Siu-kei rities to remove them stoked continue to investigate. They ty were damaged, fires started shots into the air. said. AP

Hong Kong to send Chinese man back to US over teen deaths

Chinese man agreed gistrates’ court giving ve Shi killed them and 24, after he arrived in the agreement to sur- in a Hong Kong consent for his extra- then tried to flee to the semiautonomous render him to the Uni-

A ap photo court yesterday to be dition. China. They said he southern Chinese city ted States. sent back to the U.S., U.S. police last mon- assaulted his wife, who on a flight from Los A date for Shi’s re- where he is wanted by th found the boys, who is the sister of the dead Angeles. turn has not been set authorities in connec- were 15- and 16-years-­ teens’ father, the day Shi, looking at the because it still needs tion with the slayings of old, in their Arcadia, before, after learning floor, nodded when signed authorization his teenage nephews. California, home with she wanted a divorce. asked by Magistrate from Hong Kong’s top In this file photo, Chinese fugitive Shi Deyun (left) Shi Deyun signed a head trauma. Hong Kong police ar- Jason Wan if he had leader, Chief Executive escorted by a police officer in a police van, arrives document in a ma- Investigators belie- rested Shi, 44, on Jan. read and understood Leung Chun-ying. AP at a magistrate court in Hong Kong fri 12.02.2016

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Energy sizable volumes of oil products now.” China shipped a record amount of diesel, kerosene and gasoline abroad last year and China turns a glut of oil into a for the first time exported more products than it imported amid the slowest economic expansion in 25 years. Its crude purchases flood of diesel swamping Asia increased to a record in 2015 as the world’s second-biggest oil consumer sought to fill its strategic oil reserve and the go- c hive vernment allowed those teapots to buy foreign supplies. Refine-

hoto ar P hoto ries will increase oil processing by 5.3 percent, while net crude imports rise 7.3 percent to 357 million tons, according to CNPC. “As the Chinese economy is slowing down, there has been more diesel exports,” Lee Yun Hi, head of the corporate planning office at South Korea’s SK Innovation Corp., said on the company’s earnings call on Feb. 3. “It’s a situation we are closely monitoring.” The teapot refiners, clustered around the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, will ac- count for the bulk of the increa- se in oil processing this year as the country’s bigger state-­ owned processors decrease ou- tput, CNPC said in its report. “China’s fuel glut is in its worst shape,” Dai Jiaquan, director of CNPC’s oil market department, said last month. “This is mainly due to weak demand and fast growth of refining projects in recent years.” The country’s commerce mi- nistry has issued more than 1.8 Heesu Lee, Debjit Chakraborty “If China dumps more fuel into happened to crude prices due are expected to average $3 a million barrels a day of export & Winnie Zhu the market, international prices to the oversupply. If internatio- barrel during the first quarter quotas for the first quarter, will crash,” said B.K. Namdeo, nal prices of oil products come of this year, down 32 percent more than double in the same uel producers from director of refineries at India’s down, then it will hurt margins from the same period last year, period last year, analysts at India to South Korea state-run Hindustan Petroleum of all refiners.” it said in the note. Barclays Plc including Miswin are finding that rising Corp. “It will be similar to what A common measure of refining CNPC, as China’s biggest ener- Mahesh said in a report Feb. 5. refined products from profitability in Asia – the mar- gy company is known, predicts The bulk of the increase is co- FChina are cutting the profit gin from turning Middle East the country’s refineries will in- ming from diesel, which is up margins they’ve enjoyed from benchmark Dubai grade into crease output this year after the almost sixfold from the first cheap oil to the lowest in more fuels including diesel and gaso- government started giving li- three months of 2015, they said. than a year. Worse may be co- line in the regional trading hub censes to independent refiners - With the local market set to re- ming. If China dumps of Singapore – slid this week to those known as teapots - to ship main weak, there’s potential for China’s total net exports of the lowest level since October their products abroad. South exports increasing this year, ac- oil products – a measure that more fuel into 2014, adding to mounting evi- Korea’s biggest processor says cording to the bank. strips out imports – will rise 31 the market, dence that China’s exports are the flood will probably weaken “Chinese domestic incentives percent this year to 25 million weighing on Asian processors. margins and Taiwan’s Formosa to export refined fuel, if they metric tons, China National international Singapore Dubai cracking Petrochemical Corp. sees it as a run out of product inventory Petroleum Corp., the country’s margins have averaged “risk factor.” storage, could lead to discoun- biggest energy company, said in prices will USD1.92 a barrel so far this “The pressure on the regional ted products and would be com- its annual research report last year, down from $3.96 during market is getting stronger and petitive with refined product month. That comes after diesel crash. the last quarter of 2015, resear- stronger,” said Lin Keh-Yen, a exports from India and South exports jumped almost 75 per- B.K. Namdeo ch firm Energy Aspects Ltd. spokesman for Formosa Petro- Korea,” Mahesh said Wednes- cent last year. Hindustan Petroleum Corp. said in a Feb. 8 report. Profits chemical. “China is exporting day in an interview. Bloomberg

Health Beijing reports first case of imported Zika virus

hina’s first case ted in Venezuela on having the Zika virus on cold winter temperatures birth defect in which ba- South America. Cof the Zika virus has Jan. 28 before retur- Tuesday and was being and a lack of mosquito ac- bies are born with abnor- “Chinese health autho- been found in a 34-year-­ ning home on Feb. 5 treated at the Ganxian tivity, the primary avenue mally small heads. rities are well prepared to old man who recently tra- via Hong Kong and the People’s Hospital. His by which Zika is transmi- Bernhard Schwartlan- respond to this and any veled to Venezuela and southern Chinese city temperature is now nor- tted. der, the World Health Or- further imported cases,” is now making a speedy of Shenzhen, the Natio- mal and a skin rash is re- The Zika virus is sprea- ganization representative Schwartlander said in a recovery, the government nal Health and Family ceding, it said. ding rapidly through La- in Beijing, said imported statement issued by his said this week. Planning Commission The commission said tin America. Most people cases of Zika in China office. “The current risk The man from the said in a statement. the chances of the virus who contract it have either are to be expected given of a widespread outbreak southern city of Gan- The commission said he spreading in China were mild or no symptoms, but the frequency of travel of Zika virus in China is zhou had been trea- had been confirmed as “extremely low” due to it is suspected of causing a between the country and low.” AP 12.02.2016 fri

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South Korean cargo trucks head to the North Korean city of Kaesong as South Korean Army soldiers stand guard at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju Ahn Young-Joon, Paju ban reporters from the confirm the report. border crossing today. The North’s moves, an- orth Korea yes- Well after the deadline nounced by the North’s Nterday ordered a passed, workers at Kae- Committee for the Pea- military takeover of a song told The Associated ceful Reunification of Ko- factory park that was Press by phone that they rea, significantly raised the last major symbol of had been instructed to the stakes in a standoff cooperation with Sou- wait for further instruc- that began with Nor- th Korea, saying Seoul’s tions from South Korean th Korea’s nuclear test suspension of operations officials. last month, followed by a at the jointly run facility A manager at a South long-range rocket launch was a “dangerous decla- Korean apparel com- on Sunday that outsiders ration of war.” pany at the complex, see as a banned test of Pyongyang said it was who declined to give his ballistic missile techno- immediately deporting name, said he and one logy. South Korea’s res- the hundreds of South other South Korean at ponded by beginning Koreans who work at his company were wai- work to suspend opera- the complex just across ting in an office for word tions at the factory park, the world’s most heavily about when they could one of its harshest possi- armed border in the city leave. He said he did not ble punishment options. of Kaesong, pulling out see any North Korean of- North Korea called the tens of thousands of ficials and did not know the South’s shutdown a North Korean employees whether other South Ko- “dangerous declaration and freezing all South reans were there. of war” and a “declaration Korean assets. The Nor- “I was told not to bring of an end to the last life- th also said it was shu- anything but personal line of the North-South tting down two crucial goods, so I’ve got no- relations.” Such over- cross-border communi- thing but my clothes to the-top rhetoric is typi- cation hotlines. take back,” the man said. cal of the North’s propa- An immediate worry The South’s Unifica- ganda, but the country in Seoul was whether all tion Ministry, which is appeared to be backing South Korean workers responsible for ties with up its language with its would be allowed to lea- the North, said about strong response. ve; some analysts spe- 130 South Koreans had North Korea, in its sta- culated that Pyongyang planned to enter Kae- tement, also issued crude would hold onto some to song yesterday to begin insults against South Ko- get all the wages owed to shutdown work, and that rea’s President Park North Korean workers. nearly 70 South Koreans Geun-­hye, saying she Some South Korean who had been staying masterminded the shu- workers left Kaesong be- there would be leaving. tdown and calling her a fore the North’s announ- South Korea’s Yonhap “confrontational wicked cement, and a handful of news agency, citing an woman” who lives upon others were seen leaving unidentified military of- “the groin of her Ame- afterward, but South Ko- ficial, reported that Sou- rican boss.” Such sexist rean officials didn’t know th Korea bolstered its language is also typical what would happen to its military readiness and of North Korean propa- nationals who had not strength along the wes- ganda. departed by Pyongyang’s tern portion of the bor- Seoul said its decision 5:30 p.m. yesterday der in the event of a Nor- on Kaesong was an effort (Seoul time) expulsion th Korean provocation. to stop Pyongyang from deadline; they also didn’t The report didn’t elabo- using hard currency know how many remai- rate on what that meant, from the park to develop ned at the factories. Sou- and Seoul’s Defense its nuclear and missile th Korea said it would Ministry said it couldn’t programs. AP fri 12.02.2016

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epublican bu- USA Elections sinessman Donald Trump and Demo- cratic candidate Ber- Rnie Sanders forged ahead after decisive wins in the first-in- Republican candidates hope the-nation New Hampshire pri- mary, and the Republican field dwindled by two with announ- cements that Carly Fiorina and for survival in South Carolina Chris Christie would drop out of the race. All signs point to a drawn-out trasts with Trump as he told a tested convention seemed to battle in the state-by-state con- crowd of 500 in Myrtle Beach signal to mainstream Republi- tests following Trump’s resoun- ap photo that Texans and South Caroli- cans that the party would be ill- ding victory in New Hampshire. nians are more alike than not. served by allowing the Trump Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, un- “We love God, we’re gun ow- phenomenon to last much lon- der immense pressure to pro- ners, military veterans and ger. Republican officials have ve himself after a devastating we’re fed up with what’s happe- already had early discussions fifth-­place finish, was looking ning in Washington,” Cruz said. about such a July scenario, for a fight that could last for Far behind in New Hampshire which could be triggered if no months or even spill into the voting, former Hewlett-Packard candidate secures a majority of first contested Republican na- CEO Fiorina dropped out, and delegates by convention time. tional convention since 1976. a spokeswoman for New Jersey For Gov. John Kasich, whose “We very easily could be Gov. Christie said his race was second-place showing was New looking at May — or the con- over, too. But a sizeable field re- Hampshire’s primary stunner, vention,” Rubio campaign ma- mained. the task was to convert new- nager Terry Sullivan told The Almost all the Republi- found interest into support in a Associated Press. cans have spent months buil- state ideologically distant from If Trump had Republicans on ding complex campaigns and his native Ohio. With a minimal edge, Democrats were feeling blanketing airwaves in South South Carolina operation com- no less queasy. Rejected in New Carolina, which heralds the pared to his rivals, Kasich must Hampshire, Hillary Clinton start of the Republican cam- work quickly. sought redemption in Nevada, paign’s foray into the South. Heading into the final two-­ where a more diverse group After that primary on Feb. 20, week sprint, Trump was leading of voters awaited her and Ber- seven Southern states inclu- in South Carolina among all nie Sanders. Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, raised more than USD5 million in ding Georgia and Virginia will demographic groups, an NBC/ Sanders, a Vermont senator less than a day after his New Hampshire triumph anchor the Super Tuesday pri- Marist/Wall Street Journal poll and self-proclaimed democra- maries on March 1, with a large showed, with Cruz and Rubio tic socialist, raised more than African-Americans and His- talked about these issues for the number of delegates at stake. a distant second and third. Al- USD5 million in less than a day panics with less than two weeks last 40 days.” Rubio’s campaign has looked ready, more than $32 million after his New Hampshire trium- until the Democratic contests Sanders, meanwhile, met with forward to South Carolina. Yet has been spent on TV ads here, ph. The contributions came in Nevada and South Carolina. the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil ri- his path grew far trickier after a according to CMAG/Kantar Me- mostly in small-dollar amounts, Clinton’s campaign deployed ghts activist, at a Harlem res- fifth-place New Hampshire let- dia data — much of it by Right his campaign said, illustrating South Carolina state Rep. Todd taurant. down, which terminated talk of to Rise, the PAC backing former the resources he’ll have to fight Rutherford to vouch for her su- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the con- Republican leaders quickly uni- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Clinton to a bitter end. pport for minorities. servative firebrand and victor ting behind him as the stron- Though he placed fourth in Both Clinton and Sanders — “Secretary Clinton has been in the leadoff Iowa caucuses, gest alternative to “outsiders” New Hampshire, Bush was ho- the first Jew to win a presi- involved in South Carolina returned to the center of the Trump and Cruz. ping that Rubio’s slump would dential primary — worked to for the last 40 years,” Ruther- fracas after largely sitting out His campaign’s suggestion forestall his own ouster from undercut each other among ford said. “Bernie Sanders has New Hampshire. He drew con- that the race could veer a con- the race. AP

Cuba Church talks help make Havana ap photo ‘perfect place for negotiations’

he heads of the Ro- spring to celebrate the de- Western fighters from con- tour of Mexico. Tman Catholic and Rus- tente the two men declared flicts around the world. The meeting of the men in sian Orthodox churches at the end of 2014, ending “Cuba has been trans- Havana’s Jose Marti Inter- will hold a historic meeting a half-century of hostility. formed from a revolutio- national Airport is expected A bus drives through in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with an ad showing today in the threadbare And four years of talks in nary actor, isolated from to focus almost entirely on Pope Francis and saying “Juarez is Love. We are Ready” international airport of an Cuba between Colombia’s other states in the Western the issue of religious re- officially secular, commu- government and its main Hemisphere with the ex- conciliation. The two chur- year left in Obama’s presi- san, Raul as steadier, more nist-run tropical island. rebel group appear set to ception of Mexico and Ca- ches split during the Great dency, advocates of detente predictable and reliable, Odd as the location produce an accord ending nada,” said Arturo Lopez-­ Schism of 1054 and have are pushing hard for Cuba more reflective, hence a seems, Pope Francis’ and the Western Hemisphere’s Levy, a Cuban-trained pro- remained estranged over a and the U.S. to make their better negotiating part- Patriarch Kirill’s attempt longest-running conflict, fessor at the University of host of issues, including the reconciliation irreversible. ner or host,” said Richard to reconcile their churches perhaps as early as mid-­ Texas-Rio Grande Valley. primacy of the pope and The Obama administra- Feinberg, a former Clinton after centuries of estran- year. “The country has come Russian Orthodox accu- tion has cited Cuba’s role in Administration official and gement will set the tone If all goes as planned, to be seen as a country in sations that the Catholic Colombia’s peace talks as a professor of international for a year of peacemaking 2016 could cement Castro’s transformation, part of the Church is poaching conver- a reason for the U.S. to en- politics at the University of in Cuba, a nation trying to construction of a foreign modern-day international ts in former Soviet lands. gage with the island rather California, San Diego. shed its historic role as in- policy legacy markedly dif- system.” Today’s meeting will be than isolating it. Images of While Raul Castro is de- ternational socialist provo- ferent from that of his bro- Kirill is traveling through the first-ever meeting be- Raul Castro presiding over parting from his brother’s cateur. ther Fidel, who oversaw five Latin America, visiting na- tween the leaders of the another historic attempt foreign policy, Fidel Castro’s In addition to the mee- decades of tension with the tional leaders and the re- churches. It will put Raul at reconciliation can’t help international focus left his ting of the church leaders, United States, dispatching gion’s small Russian Ortho- Castro in a positive inter- but build his credentials as successor with some advan- Cuban President Raul Cas- Cuban troops and advisers dox communities. Francis national light at a critical a man the U.S. should be tages, including a larger and tro is expected to welcome to Africa, Asia and Central is stopping briefly in Cuba point in his normalization doing business with. better-trained diplomatic President Barack Obama and South America, and for the second time in less of relations with the Uni- “Fidel was widely percei- corps than those of many to Havana as early as this offering safe haven to anti-­ than a year on his way to a ted States. With less than a ved as volatile and parti- other countries its size. AP 12.02.2016 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 12 Feb - 18 Feb 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast alvin and the chipmunks: road chip_ 14:30 RTPi Live room 1 17:30 Castle S.5 2.00, 5.30, 7.30 pm Director: Walt Becker 18:10 Trail of Lies (Repeated) Starring: Jason Lee, Jesica Ahlberg, Josh Green 19:00 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) Duration: 92min 19:30 Soap Opera 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:15 Documentary Serie 21:45 Miscellaneous 22:10 Trail of Lies 23:00 TDM News 23:30 Portuguese Movie 01:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated)

Saturday 10:20 Boonie Bears - Sr.2 mermaid_ rt thieves 11:20 Young Adult 1994 A room 1 12:00 Miscellaneous 2.00, 5.30, 7.30 pm snatch Scream 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) Director: Stephen Chau Starring: Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yu Qi Thieves have stolen one of the world’s best-known paintin- 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) gs from a gallery in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. 14:30 Soap Opera Duration: 92min Two men took just 50 seconds to climb a ladder, smash through a window of the National Art Museum in Oslo and 18:25 Contest cut The Scream, by Edvard Munch, from the wall with wire 19:20 Miscellaneous cutters. 19:50 Documentary Serie The cutters were left behind along with a short ladder as the men fled with the painting. The entire incident was filmed 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report by security cameras. 21:00 Drama The director of the museum, Knut Berg, said, “It is impos- 22:00 Intelligence S.1 sible to estimate the value of the painting. 22:45 Documentary Series “But it is Norway’s most valuable, Munch’s most renow- ned, and it would be impossible to sell.” 23:00 TDM News The museum’s alarm went off at 0630 local time (0530 23:30 Brother’s and Sisters S5 GMT) and a security guard immediately alerted police, who 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) arrived within minutes. Police officers are searching for a Mercedes car thought to have been used as a getaway vehicle. Sunday The painting was in the gallery as the highlight of a Norwe- gian Culture Festival staged in connection with the Winter 10:30 Young Children Olympics which start today in Lillehammer. 11:00 Sunday Mass from vegas to macau III_ room 2 There is widespread speculation that the theft may have 12:00 Miscelllaneous 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm some connection with the Games, possibly as a publicity 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) Director: Andrew Lau, Wong Jing stunt by campaigners. Art experts believe the painting is so Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Nick Cheung, well-known that it is unsaleable. News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 13:30 Jacky Cheung The museum is facing strong criticism over its security after 14:30 Nos League: Nacional - Sporting (Repeated) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) it was revealed that the masterpiece had been moved from 16:10 Young Adult Duration: 112min the more secure first floor to the ground floor for the exhibi- tion. It is believed to have been uninsured. Miscellaneous 17:00 the good dinosaur_ The stolen painting is regarded as the most important of 18:15 Non-Daily Portuguese News room 3 the four versions Edvard Munch painted of The Scream, and 18:45 Documentary Serie 2.30, 4.30, 7.15 pm was created in 1893 as part of his Frieze of Life series in Director: Peter Sohn which sickness, death, anxiety and love are central themes. 19:40 Comedy Language: English (Cantonese) The haunting depiction of a skull-like face wide-mouthed in 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Duration: 93min agony and despair before a blood-red sunset has become 21:00 Contraponto an icon of human anguish across the world. 22:00 Simon Reeve´s Sacred Rivers - The Yangtze Several other Munch paintings have recently been stolen: six years ago, another well-known masterpiece, The Vam- 23:00 TDM News pire, was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, but was 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News later recovered, as was a lithograph, Madonna, which disa- 23:45 UEFA Europa League 2015/2016 Magazine Programme ppeared in 1990. Another painting, Portrait Study, was taken from the Natio- Main News, Financial & Weather Report 00:20 nal Art Museum last August and is still missing. offbeat Courtesy BBC News

Fries with that? Man accused of In context tossing gator at drive thru - Initially, a radical Norwegian anti-abortion group claimed respon- Alligators have been used as shoes, briefcases, university sibility for the theft, but police remained sceptical. mascots, lunch and now, authorities say, a deadly weapon. Then in March 1994, the gallery received a £700,000 ($1m) ransom Joshua James, 24, was arrested on Monday and charged demand for the painting. The gallery board refused to pay, unsure with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill after that the demand was genuine. the monkey king 2_ In May 1994, Norwegian and British police mounted an undercover Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials say he threw a room 3 sting which uncovered the painting, unharmed, in the seaside town 3.5-foot alligator through a Palm Beach County Wendy’s drive- 9.15, 11.30 pm outside Oslo where Edvard Munch painted many of his most fa- thru window in October. He’s also charged with illegally pos- Director: Pou-Soi Cheang mous paintings. sessing an alligator and petty theft. Jail records show he was Starring: Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng In January 1996, four men were convicted and sentenced in con- released on USD6,000 bail Tuesday. He was ordered to have Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) nection with the theft. no contact with animals. Duration: 120min One of the two thieves who carried out the raid, Paal Enger, is now Wildlife officer Nicholas Guerin said in his report that James a legitimate art buyer, acquiring his first Munch - an unsigned litho- drove his pickup truck to the window at about 1:20 a.m. Oct. graph - at auction in 2001. 11. After an employee handed James his drink, he threw the macau tower In August 2004, another version of The Scream was stolen in Oslo alligator through the window and drove off. No one was hurt. along with Munch’s The Madonna, this time from the Munch Mu- 04 Feb - 02 Mar seum. Three men were found guilty of charges relating to the theft Guerin captured the alligator and released it into the wild. Gue- of these two paintings by a court in Norway in May 2006. rin said James was tracked down through video surveillance the good dinosaur_ In August 2006, Oslo police recovered both the Scream and The and a purchase at a neighboring convenience store. 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm Madonna. They had minor marks and tears and were put back on Guerin wrote that James admitted throwing the alligator in a Director: Peter Sohn show in September 2006 at the Munch Museum - this time pro- December interview. He said James told him he had found the Language: English (Cantonese) tected in heavy glass boxes. alligator on the side of the road and put it in his truck. Duration: 93min fri 12.02.2016 th Anniversary

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YOUR STARS The Born Loser by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 You’re heading home in one way or Your transportation issues come to another. You may be on your way to a head today — and while it may be a reunion, or you may just be finding frustrating, it’s for the best. If your a place that is more comfortable and car breaks down, just remember that will work better for you in the long you do have other options. Make the run. most of them!

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May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 You are having a hard time coping You are so sure that you’ve got with the pace of change today — what it takes that you may find it but it’s not as bad as you think! easier to convince others. You’ve You just need to find one safe place got twice the energy of anyone else and stick to it for the day, as things in the room, so make the most of should settle down soon. it and shine! SUDOKU Weather Leo Virgo Min Max Condition Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 China You really just want people to get You need to help out today — Easy Easy+ along together — why does it have to someone really needs you, and your be so hard? You can hardly believe energy is just better spent on outside Beijing -1 10 foggy/drizzle the lengths people go to when they activities. You may want to volunteer, Harbin sleet want to keep fighting, but you can ring up an elderly neighbor or just -7 2 calm them down. clean house. Tianjin 2 6 cloudy/drizzle Urumqi -11 clear Libra Scorpio -17 Xi’an 3 7 drizzle/moderate rain Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa -3 13 clear You need to deal with today’s You need to travel — but even if Chengdu 8 18 cloudy situation with a little more flexibility you’re stuck at home for a while, than you may realize. Try not to you can still dream and make plans. Chongqing 10 16 overcast just fall back on your old standby Your great energy needs exposure Kunming 6 20 clear routines, or you could find yourself to new things and new people, and extremely confused! you can make it happen. Nanjing 11 21 cloudy/thundershower Shanghai 14 22 overcast/cloudy Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 12 19 moderate rain Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 12 24 cloudy You can’t quite come to terms with Your people are all freaking out over Taipei 17 25 drizzle that one person who’s almost always something that seems trivial to you, Guangzhou overcast/drizzle on your side — sometimes it’s just but you can tell that they are just 17 23 not a good match. That doesn’t mean enjoying a little drama — there’s no Hong Kong 18 22 cloudy it’s worth throwing out, though, so reason for you to join them. Just just move on for a bit. watch and wait.

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Dennis Passa, Brisbane past several days over the Zika virus, but none had indicated face Ireland he Australian team’s me- they would not travel to Brazil Tdical director says water in August. quality will be more of a threat “A few people have asked to the health of athletes and advice, and they’re generally ap photo officials at the Olympics in Rio happy just to receive up-to- de Janeiro than the mosquito- date information,” he said. borne Zika virus. “They’re grateful that this all Dr. David Hughes said cases came up six months out and of pregnancy aside, the Zika not two months out (from the virus usually results in a mild Games). It gives them adequa- infection, and 80 percent of te time to think about it [and] those infected often do not get make an informed decision.” serious symptoms. Australia’s 450 athletes and Zika, however, is suspec- about 300 officials will be is- ted of causing microcephaly, sued mosquito repellent - the a birth defect marked by an best known defense against abnormally small head, and Zika virus-carrying mosqui- pregnant women are urged to toes. They will also be urged avoid travel to affected areas. to keep their arms and legs co- In a telephone interview vered where possible and not with The Associated Press leave windows open in their yesterday, Hughes said the sleeping accommodation. polluted waters of Guanaba- Australian athletes and offi- ra Bay and aquatic venues cials will be vaccinated against for other Olympic events in Yellow Fever, which, along August were another matter with Dengue fever, is also pre- when it comes to the threat of valent in Brazil. illness. Hughes said he was un- “If someone gets a nasty likely to follow the United gastro infection, vomiting States Olympic Committee’s France’s rugby team head coach Guy Noves, watches player Maxime Medard during a training session at the National Rugby and diarrhea, it’s not ideal for lead in hiring two infectious Center in Marcoussis competing in an Olympic en- disease specialists to advise vironment,” Hughes said. potential Olympians worried Jerome Pugmire, Paris France will sorely miss the ex- nal reasons, and was not on the Testing of Guanabara Bay about the Zika outbreak. perience of Picamoles against bench for the match at Stade de conducted by the AP over the USOC chief executive Scott rance made six Ireland. He is likely to miss the France, giving Mermoz another last year shows disease-cau- Blackmun sent a letter Wed- changes from the side rest of the Six Nations after tea- chance to re-ignite his stop- sing viruses linked to human nesday to all potential Ame- that pipped Italy 23-21 ring his right hamstring shortly start international career. sewage at levels well above rican Olympians, acknowle- for the Six Nations mat- after left winger Virimi Vaka- A deceptive runner with good what would be considered dging the growing concern Fch against defending champion tawa’s early debut try against hands, Mermoz played in the alarming in the U.S. or Euro- over the virus. Ireland tomorrow. Italy. 2011 Rugby World Cup final pe. The tests include the ve- Hughes said he was recei- Four newcomers were in the “We will see if our back row loss to New Zealand, but was nue for sailing, but also Rio’s ving frequent updates from starting lineup against Italy, can match up to Ireland,” No- never an integral part of in- Olympic venues for rowing, the Atlanta-based United Sta- and squeezed out a win thanks ves said. “Yacouba is playing coming coach Philippe Saint- canoeing, open-water swim- tes Centers for Disease Con- to flyhalf Jules Plisson’s mam- only his second test. Is he up to Andre’s plans following that ming and triathlon. trol and Prevention, the Wor- moth late kick from 54 meters. the challenge? We’ll see.” tournament, and missed last “Rio poses a multitude of ld Health Organization and Knowing that Ireland will Bonneval got France’s other year’s World Cup. medical challenges when it British health officials on the pose a far greater threat in the try against Italy, but Noves The kicking duties could comes to keeping our athle- state of the Zika virus. scrum, France coach Guy Noves wants to take another look once again be shared between tes and officials safe,” Hughes “So at this stage (...) I feel changed his props yesterday — at Thomas — who grabbed a scrumhalf Sebastien Bezy and said. “We have had many we are getting enough current drafting in the less mobile but hat trick on debut against Fiji Plisson. teams go to Rio, we are aware information,” Hughes said. sturdier Uini Atonio for Rabah in November 2014, another Noves refused to rule out Bezy, of the water quality issues. We “It’s really important to reali- Slimani and Jefferson Poirot try against Australia in the despite him missing all three of have protocols in place to mi- ze that pregnancy aside, Zika for Eddy Ben Arous. following test, but then drifted his kicks against Italy. nimize the risk, but you can’t poses less risk to a person’s “Against Italy we did some off the scene. “It’s not because he missed make the risk zero.” health than mosquito-borne things well. But in other areas, “Teddy has a certain talent, kicks that he’s become bad; the Hughes said he had been illnesses like Dengue fever we were far away from the in- I’ve been watching him for the week before he kicked seven contacted by several Austra- or gastro from contaminated ternational level,” Noves said. past few months,” Noves said. out of seven for his club,” No- lia athletes and officials in the water. AP “We must improve in terms “He has the chance to make an ves said. “If Jules wants to carry of our defensive play, espe- impression in this young squad. on where he left off, he will. If cially with this Irish armada But this doesn’t call into ques- Seb feels up to it, then he will. coming.” tion Hugo’s talent, not at all.” It’s up to them and we’ll respect ap photo Yacouba Camara replaced No. Fickou was absent for perso- their decision.” AP 8 Louis Picamoles, and Alexan- dre Flanquart took the place of Paul Jedrasiak at lock. That meant Damien Chouly, a trys- france lineup corer against Italy, took the No. 8 jersey and Camara will play France: Maxime Medard, Teddy Thomas, Maxime Mermoz, Jona- flanker. than Danty, Virimi Vakatawa, Jules Plisson, Sebastien Bezy; Damien In the backs, Teddy Thomas Chouly, Yacouba Camara, Wenceslas Lauret, Yoann Maestri, Alexandre replaced Hugo Bonneval on the Flanquart, Uini Atonio, Guilhem Guirado (captain), Jefferson Poirot. right wing, and Maxime Mer- Reserves: Camille Chat, Rabah Slimani, Eddy Ben Arous, Paul Jedra- Workers hold a flag that reads in Portuguese “Out Zika” as part of a siak, Loann Goujon, Maxime Machenaud, Jean-Marc Doussain, Hugo moz stepped in for Gael Fickou campaign to warn people about the spread of the Zika virus during carnival Bonneval. celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro at outside center. THE Taiwan earthquake death toll Station12.02.2016Air quality fri th Anniversary BUZZ rises to 59; 76 still missing Roadside 50-70 20 Moderate The death toll from a weekend earthquake thern city of Tainan. in Taiwan rose to 59 yesterday, with 76 peo- Government prosecutors have detained High ple still missing and presumed trapped under three construction company executives on Density 50-70 the rubble of a collapsed residential building, suspicion of professional negligence resulting Residental the Ministry of Interior said. in death amid accusations that the structure, Moderate The 16-story Weiguan Golden Dragon com- built in 1989, was not properly reinforced. Area plex was the only building to collapse during A total of 327 people in the building survi- opinion Saturday’s magnitude-6.4 earthquake, which ved. Rescuers say the chances of finding more c e: dsmg Ambient 50-70 otherwise caused limited damage in the sou- survivors are now slim. 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Now, a #fishballrevolution? Australia Two female backpackers from Europe What just happened in Hong Kong should not were savagely attacked on leave us indifferent, and deserves better than a remote Australian beach short rehashes of the most police-friendly article by a traveling companion of the South China Morning Post or anxiety-con- they had met hours earlier, juring front-page pictures of rioters (no demons- police said. A 59-year-old trators there…) being “appropriately” contained Australian man was charged by duty-blissed (and heavily-equipped) consta- with a string of offenses bles. First, because even though it happened in including attempted the early hours of the second day of the fiery fire murder and unlawful sexual monkey year, “squabble day” (“Chek Hau”) ac- intercourse following the tually falls on the third day, so, clearly, the whole attack that left both women, episode marks more than the calendar! Second, aged in their 20s, in hospital. because even pro-Beijing legislator Regina Ip – the one who, as secretary for security, failed World War II veteran Norwood Thomas, 93, from the U.S. reunites with his wartime girlfriend Joyce Morris of to sell article 23 to Hong Kong people back in Australia, in Adelaide 2002-2003 – views it as somehow reflecting the inability of the Hong Kong government to tackle ap photo the deep-rooted issues affecting the SAR. And WWII Valentine’s finally, because these events hold a universal message that not even our neon-glowing out-of- this-world gaming paradise should ignore. US vet reunites with wartime Scenes of street-battle in Mong Kok at a time USA Republican of supposedly festive and rejuvenation mood businessman Donald Trump helped capture our imagination, and added to and Democratic candidate the sense of “disproportionate” incongruity be- girlfriend in Australia Bernie Sanders (pictured) tween the trigger - the expulsion of illegal street forge ahead after decisive hawkers by police-backed agents of the Food wins in the first-in-the- and Environmental Hygiene Department arou- 93-year-old Wor- nation New Hampshire nd Langham Place - and images of intense ld War II veteran from Morris was a 17-year-old primary, and the Republican A field dwindled by two with clashes between policemen and demonstra- the United States em- British girl and Thomas was announcements that Carly tors, possibly not seen since the 1960s. Soon braced his wartime gir- characterized as “riots”, as to delegitimize the Fiorina and Chris Christie whole affair (and probably frustrate some insu- lfriend in Australia in a 21-year-old paratrooper would drop out of the race. rance claims!), what had started as a “quarrel” their reunion this week after More on p15 between the hawkers and officials grew into fier- more than 70 years apart. when they first met in London ce opposition to state authority after a so-called Norwood Thomas and shortly before D-Day USA For the 15th time, “localist” group, Hong Kong Indigenous, en- 88-year-old Joyce Morris lau- officials deny parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin couraged people through social media to come ghed as they wrapped their and support the hawkers. Violence erupted: of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, cobblestones were dislodged from the pave- arms around each other af- when they first met in Lon- one of her sons to look after hearing from another ment and thrown at the police; chubby-orange ter Thomas flew from Virgi- don shortly before D-Day. for Thomas online, and they person who was shot that colored rubbish bins set on fire; windows and nia to the southern Austra- After the war, he returned to found his name featured in night and called for the surveillance cameras broken; police batons fell lian city of Adelaide to recon- the U.S. The pair wrote let- an article about D-Day that release of Sirhan. heavily on necks, backs and shoulders; warning nect with his long-lost love. ters to each other, and Tho- ran in The Virginian-Pilot shots were fired; blood was spilled and partici- “This is about the most mas asked Morris to come newspaper. pants as well as policemen injured; journalists wonderful thing that could to the U.S. to marry him.

Thomas and Morris re- ap photo were threatened by both sides and arrests were made - dozens of them. Yet, at the height of the have happened to me,” Tho- But somehow Morris mi- connected via Skype. Af- confrontation, no more than 300 people parti- mas said, in a reunion broa- sunderstood and thought ter their story went public, cipated! dcast on Channel 10’s “The he’d found someone else, so hundreds of people made All that sound and fury for a “fish ball revo- Project.” she stopped writing. donations to help fund Tho- lution” of 300? And if violence is to be utterly “Good,” Morris replied The two eventually mar- mas’ trip to Australia from condemned and responsibilities have yet to be with a laugh. “We’re going to ried other people. Thomas’ his hometown in Virgi- Syria Russia proposes a March 1 ceasefire in Syria, fully established what is this protest in aid of? wife died in 2001; Mor- In an enlightened op-ed, Jason Y. Ng makes a have a wonderful fortnight.” nia Beach. but the U.S. demands the direct connection between these events and the Morris was a 17-year-old ris divorced her husband The two are planning to fighting stop immediately, Jasmine Revolution - I immediately thought of the British girl and Thomas was after 30 years. spend Valentine’s Day toge- believing Moscow is 228 in Taiwan back in 1947 - with the warning that a 21-year-old paratrooper Last year, Morris asked ther. AP giving itself and the Syrian one should “never underestimate what the little government three weeks to guy can do.” For Ng, who equates the hawkers try to crush moderate rebel with Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia, such drama- groups. tic events can only happen because of short- as well as long-term dysfunctions of the Hong Kong times square by rodrigo Zika New details about government, with the little people - booksellers the possible effects of Zika included! - feeling more and more like helpless on the fetal brain emerge victims, in a wider context of broken promises - as U.S. health officials social, economic and political. Beyond the almost say mosquito eradication exclusive blame put on C.Y. Leung “dismantling here and abroad is key to the city bit by bit”, Ng’s final comments provide protect pregnant women a resounding warning: “Unless we find a way to until they can develop a cool the rising political temperature, it is perhaps vaccine. a matter of time before we have our very own Mohamed Bouazizi and protesters set more than Nigeria Two female suicide just garbage on fire.” bombers blow themselves A study released in mid-January by The Uni- up in a northeastern versity of Hong Kong actually showed that the Nigerian refugee camp, Public Sentiment Index had hit a 20-year low – killing at least 58 people, lower than in 2003 at the time of the combined officials said yesterday. SARS and Article 23 crises, or at the end of 2014 during the Umbrella Movement. This In- Cameroon Two suicide dex is meant to quantify Hong Kong people’s bombers have killed at least sentiments “in order to explain and predict the 10 people in an attack on a likelihood of collective behaviour”! northern village. Authorities What about Macao then? Is there a “localist” say the attackers are movement? Is civil society mature enough to es- suspected to have come cape the grip of traditional associations? Is the from Nigeria. 40 people, government perceived as doing the right job and including children, were is it fully trusted? One would be hard-pressed to seriously wounded after two find a hint of any scientifically grounded survey bombers attacked people on these issues… let alone anticipate them! gathering for a wake in Ngechewe village.