luring vips back to patten: extradition law baccarat - in vietnam hengqin theme ‘worst thing’ since 1997 Suncity will open a resort in Vietnam park to star “People talk about China’s role in by year’s end, seeking growth hunger games, the 21st century, but the Chinese elsewhere as an exodus of VIPs from twilight have yet to prove that we can trust Macau shows no sign of abating them,” Chris Patten said P3 GAMING P6-7 P9 GREATER BAY

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WORLD BRIEFS HELENA S. FERNANDES AP PHOTO Art, culture will drive CHINA is stepping up pressure on Boeing Co. as its airlines demand compensation for the P2 G2E ASIA grounding of 737 Max jetliners after fatal crashes visitors to Macau in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

CHINA Beijing is cutting taxes on its fledgling software and integrated circuit industries as U.S. export controls threaten

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INDONESIA President Joko Widodo said authorities have the volatile situation in the country’s capital under control after six people died yesterday in riots by supporters of his losing rival in last month’s presidential election. More on p12

PHILIPPINES The president’s allies won a majority of the 12 Senate seats at stake in midterm elections, official results showed yesterday, while the opposition’s shutout heralds a stronger grip on power by a leader accused of massive human rights violations. AP PHOTO

NORTH KOREA has labeled Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ” and an “imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” AGNES LAM after the U.S. presidential hopeful called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a tyrant during a recent P4-5 AL PLENARY speech. More on p13 SAR’s soft on corruption

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G2E ASIA Tourism chief says art, culture will one day drive visitors to Macau Lynzy Valles

ACAU’S first large-scale Mart exhibition, Art Macao, VALLES LYNZY is set to kick off June 6, aiming to expand the city’s local art scene, Helena de Senna Fer- nandes announced yesterday. Fernandes, director of the Ma- cao Government Tourist Office (MGTO), made the announce- ment on the sidelines of an Ar- tBiz Asia Forum held alongside G2E Asia. Although no budget was an- nounced for the mega-event, which counts the participation of many of the city’s largest or- ganizations, the tourism chief said she understands “the acti- vities will not cost much.” “We are reaching the final sta- ge of preparations,” she said. Speaking on how art drives tourism growth, Fernandes said the city’s heritage and cultu- re remains part of why tourists in culture in various forms. ding gaming operators. A few The official said that the go- different parts of the city. come back to Macau, aside from “In the future development of gaming concessionaires have vernment and private sector are A series of musical and thea- gaming. Macau, tourism suitability and already kicked off their exhibi- paying more attention to what trical performances will also be Fernandes cited the region’s long-term development of Ma- tions under the Art Macao pro- could possibly be the “heart of presented from next month. annual art and cultural activi- cau, culture and art will be the gram. [Macau’s] entire tourism scene.” “There should be more choices ties, such as the Fringe Festival, important elements that drive MGTO aims to create a new aiming to create a series of plat- for people. […] We have to rea- Hush Festival and the Interna- our growth,” she said. brand of cultural tourism to form for local artists to express lize and admit that Macau is a tional Film Festival & Awards “We have a lot of festivals that enhance the artistic and cultural themselves as well. small destination,” she said. Macao, which she believes at- are being created and have also experience of the city through The international and cultural Meanwhile, Fernandes ple- tracts tourists. taken [their] roots in the culture the five-month art festival. event is set to feature visual art dged that the bureau would The tourism chief explained of Macau, encompassing a lot of “What we’re trying to create is works and art installations that also work on adding “a little that there has been a recogni- artists,” the official added. a new band of cultural tourism will be displayed in outdoor pu- life to the evenings of Coloane tion, particularly in China, of Fernandes described the pro- using different art forms [for blic spaces. Village,” after a participant of culture and tourism being inter- ject as an “ambitious” one, as it tourists] to come to Macau and Six outdoor art installations from the talk questioned whether it related, adding that the future would be held until October and appreciate Macau in a different Macau, Korea, Belgium, Hong would also be possible to inclu- growth of tourism will be rooted integrate several entities, inclu- way,” Fernandes said. Kong and Beijing will be placed in de this location in the bureau’s

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GAMING Junket king hatches plan to lure VIPs back to baccarat — in Vietnam Daniela Wei & Jinshan Hong by any other location, he was pessimistic on the territory’s ACAU’S biggest near-term outlook. The com- junket operator BLOOMBERG pany controls about half of the will open its own city’s market for junkets, which resort in Vietnam are operations that lend money, Mby year’s end, seeking growth collect debts and market casino elsewhere in Asia as an exodus trips to high-end gamblers. of big-spending VIPs from the world’s gaming epicenter shows STOCK PERFORMANCE no sign of abating. “Macau stocks have risen by Suncity Group, a middleman a lot in the first half of the year lender for Chinese high rollers, because the market is expecting is moving into casino operations a rebound in gaming revenue in with a USD4 billion Vietnam the second half,” he said. “But so project and is eyeing the Phili- far, I still haven’t seen any posi- ppines, Cambodia and Japan for tive signs.” its next investment. Suncity says A Bloomberg Intelligence gau- more than 30% of the group’s re- ge of Macau casino stocks has venue now comes from markets dropped 18% this month, after outside Macau, compared with climbing almost 30% this year 10% five years ago. through April. The overseas push comes as The company’s integrated re- Suncity expects that its betting sort is located in Hoi An, near volume will drop by 10% to 15% the emerging tourist destination in Macau in the second half of of Danang in central Vietnam. the year, as tensions from the The company plans a soft ope- U.S.-China trade war and stric- ning at the end of this year with ter industry regulations damp Andrew Lo, Executive Director of Suncity Group 140 gaming tables and 300 slot VIP sentiment. machines. About 70% of the ini- “Our betting volume in Macau is taking place in the gaming Overall casino revenue at the While it’s typical for high tial revenue is expected to come fell 20% in the last few months, hub and challenging its pros- world’s largest gaming hub rollers to try out regional resorts from VIP gamblers, but Suncity but the group’s total volume fell pects for growth. A sluggish slumped 8.3% in April, the most and eventually return to Macau, is confident Vietnam’s economy by only single digits,” said An- Chinese economy and stric- in almost three years, with the the analysts said “this time is di- is strong enough to bring in drew Lo, executive director of ter regulations, including a VIP segment sinking 23% from fferent.” The regional properties more mass gamblers. the group’s listed vehicle, Sunci- smoking ban in casinos, have a year earlier. have improved in quality, and So far, Suncity and its part- ty Group Holdings Ltd., in an in- been keeping high-end cus- “The threat is real,” wrote infrastructural expansion has ners have invested more than terview Tuesday. “Where is the tomers away from the bacca- Union Gaming analysts Grant made them easier to reach, they $1 billion in the Vietnam pro- business going? To the overseas rat tables. The emergence of Govertsen and John DeCree in a wrote, noting that junket opera- ject, which is expected to take 13 markets.” regional gaming spots across note Monday. “Clearly there is a tors are sending a steady stream years to complete. Lo said futu- Asia are offering an attrac- growing realization that Macau of Macau players to these loca- re expansion will follow China’s MAJOR SHIFT tive alternative to Chinese VIP play is bleeding to regional tions. “Belt and Road” route, as the Suncity’s urgency to diversi- high rollers, who increasingly markets, with Cambodia and While Suncity’s Lo said that key for VIP business is to follow fy beyond Macau is the latest feel more comfortable further Vietnam being the primary be- Macau’s scale and variety of ga- where Chinese money and hu- indication that a major shift away from Beijing. neficiaries.” ming options cannot be replaced man capital go. Bloomberg

had to sell it to acquire building the Encore Bos- the Boston-area resort, as ton Habor Casino, which MGM ends talks with Wynn companies aren’t allowed will now open late next to own more than one ca- month. about acquiring Boston casino sino in the state. “We have noted the an- The rapid about turn xiety raised by various came after the deal discus- stakeholders regarding a Christopher Palmeri sions sparked an outcry in transaction and this trou- the state, with both the bles us,” MGM said in a

BLOOMBERG GM Resorts Interna- governor and the mayor statement Tuesday. “We Mtional ended discus- of Everett, where Wynn’s think the best course of sions with Wynn Resorts $2.6 billion casino is lo- action is to discontinue Ltd. about buying that cated, expressing concern. discussions concerning company’s nearly finished Las Vegas-based Wynn this opportunity.” casino outside Boston, has only just emerged In a separate statement, saying it would focus on from an investigation by Wynn said it remains its existing Massachusetts the Massachusetts regu- committed to opening property in Springfield. lators into its handling of and operating the casino. MGM and Wynn said sexual-misconduct allega- “At times, world class as- last week that they’d been tions that felled co-foun- sets attract the attention holding discussions about der Steve Wynn. of others and our board a deal, news that came as The ultimate regulatory takes seriously its fidu- a shock to the casino in- decision not to revoke ciary duty to review such dustry and many in the Wynn’s license to do bu- interest,” the company Bay State. MGM ope- siness in the state was a said. “After careful consi- ned its USD960 million relief for the company, as deration we have agreed Springfield property only it would have dismantled to cease discussions with last year and would have an eight-year journey to MGM Resorts.” Bloomberg 23.05.2019 thu

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Moody’s maintains Staff reporter LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Macau’s ‘Aa3’ rating ONG Kong and Singa- Hpore are much tougher Moody’s Investors Service, an international credit on corruption than Macau, rating agency, announced yesterday that it has HK, Singapore tougher on corruption than Macau, says Agnes Lam said lawmaker Agnes Lam confirmed the Macau SAR’s long-term issuer ratings yesterday at the Legislative relatively mild. Also, these at “Aa3” with a “stable” rating outlook. It said the Assembly (AL), citing rela- provisions of “severity” are rating was in part based on the SAR government’s tively lenient punishments mainly applicable to civil strong fiscal and external positions and further in the MSAR for such crimes servants.

progress on economic diversification. Moody’s points MARQUES RENATO Meanwhile, Leong questio- out that the solid fiscal and external buffers will even though the three juris- continue to offer Macau the capacity to withstand dictions are similar in terms ned whether appraisers in potential market shocks. Meanwhile, the rating of prevention works. Several charge of internal discipli- agency expects Macau’s economy to grow moderately of Lam’s AL peers aligned nary procedure are well-pre- as the government’s economic diversification policies with her stance, believing pared for the responsibility. mature. “Aa3” is three notches lower than the highest more severe punishment He provided examples such rating. According to Moody’s rating definitions, will help restore public con- as the case of the former ratings in the “Aa” category are high investment grade fidence in the government. Meteorological and Geophy- and are subject to very low credit risk. As requested by lawmakers sical Bureau (SMG) head, Agnes Lam, Leong Sun Iok, Fong Soi Kun, which the go- and José Pereira Coutinho vernment suspended from Traditional Chinese respectively, a debate on obtaining retirement fund anti-corruption policy, mea- for a total of four years. Fong Medicine consultations sures, and effectiveness was had later filed an appeal to conducted at the Legislative the Court of Second Instan- held in Dubai Assembly (AL) yesterday af- ce, which revoked the go- vernment’s decision as the The 2019 Dubai-Macao TCM Exchange Program, co- ternoon. hosted by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science Lam’s enquiry focused on Court had found flaws in and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation the punishment for corrup- the disciplinary procedure between Guangdong and Macao (GMTCM Park) and tion and malpractice by ci- against Fong. the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), was held at the vil servants. The lawmaker Coutinho supported Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center of questioned whether heavier Leong, adding that certain the Dubai Healthcare City last Sunday. Traditional punishment would be more codes had not been reviewed Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts from Macau and effective in terms of preven- for the past 20 years. mainland China led young practitioners from Macau to tion. As the authority in relation exchange and discuss with more than 150 prominent She said that even though to this topic, Secretary for INEFFECTIVE Chan on the effectiveness local healthcare professionals in Dubai, focusing the Criminal Code has “se- Administration and Justice MECHANISM of the existing mechanism, on the application and development of the industry vere” provisions for some Sonia Chan presided over Lawmakers Ng Kuok especially on the fact that there. The program also provided Traditional Chinese conditions or crimes, for the session and answered Cheong and Sulu Sou both it seldom deters senior offi- Medicine health consultations for local citizens. others the punishments are questions from lawmakers. questioned Secretary Sonia cials from corrupt practices. ad thu 23.05.2019

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HK, Singapore tougher on corruption than Macau, says Agnes Lam Transfer Centre, and the Macau proposal to the government of se- body had correctly handled an Customs to exemplify his state- tting up an independent commis- administrative procedure con- ment that higher officials were sion against misconduct in public cerning the lawmaker’s motion. not held accountable. None of services. Secretary Chan replied Ho acknowledged that Cou- them were charged even as all that the government would take tinho had requested a separa- were mentioned in the CCAC re- these suggestions into account. te debate for his motion, but port released earlier this year. Several lawmakers questioned said that since this would cause Mak Soi Kun raised the issue of Chan about the government’s changes to the existing agenda inaction in government depart- standard in a disciplinary proce- and likely require extra meeting ments. “It is an invisible killer,” dure. For example, Ella Lei said sessions, a vote on the request he said. there was a case in which two of- was first required. Secretary Chan replied by rei- ficials were investigated for abuse Coutinho replied that he had terating that the accountability of power. Both later were found been notified of the date of the system is the core belief of the guilty, with one being suspended debate, but not his request for government. She also said that from work and the other not. the motion. His justification for inaction would not be tolerated. Secretary Chan replied that it is the separate debate session was at the individual bureau’s discre- because his motion was not clo- ‘NOT ENOUGH CASES’ tion regarding suspension from sely related to the recent CCAC In the course of replying to work. report. The president reminded Leong’s question, Chan revealed In reply to his colleagues’ com- Coutinho that the introduction that there are 400 cases of civil ments, Wu Chou Kit expressed of the motion had reference to service malpractice each year on his belief that Macau is fairly the CCAC report. average. With this, she thought strong in terms of administrati- Coutinho’s request for a sepa- “there weren’t enough cases to ve cleanliness, adding that to say rate debate was put to vote, su- support more severe punishmen- the city needs to “hold officials pported by only four lawmakers, ts.” accountable for each malpractice and ultimately rejected. Near the end of the debate, Ag- has no meaning.” Mak Soi Kun also complai- nes Lam disclosed that there are ned about the time needed for around 700 cases of malpracti- A HEATED EXCHANGE the government to respond to “The law is here, but the CCAC the law still useful?” ce per year on average in Hong Yesterday’s meeting kicked off lawmakers’ interpellations. [Commission Against Corrup- Ng brought up the cases invol- Kong’s team of 180,000 civil ser- with a degree of tension between “The legal timeframe is 30 days; tion] report shows all types of ving the Macao Trade and In- vants. Macau currently has arou- AL President Ho Iat Seng and but sometimes I had to wait for violations,” said Ng. “The highest vestment Promotion Institute, nd 40,000 civil servants. lawmaker Coutinho, who argued 100 days to get my reply,” he positions were never affected. Is the Productivity and Technology Many echoed Leong Sun Iok’s about whether the legislative said.

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Hengqin theme park to star ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’ OME of Lionsgate’s most popular film franchises from “Hunger Games” to “Twilight” will be brought to Slife when the studio opens what it calls the world’s first vertical theme park in Hengqin this summer. Lionsgate Entertainment World will offer several adventures inclu- ding a virtual reality motorcycle ride based on “Twilight,” a maxi- mum-security prison breakout like in “Escape Plan” and a replica of The Capitol lobby from “Hunger Games,” complete with shops whe- re guests can fashion themselves in the film’s distinctive couture. More than 25 rides and virtual reality experiences will pack a sleek, futuristic looking bean-shaped bui- lding that stands 10 stories high. The theme park, which will also include attractions based on films such as “Divergent,” ‘’Now You See Me” and “Gods of Egypt,” is sche- duled to open in July on Hengqin island located in Zhuhai. “We found a way to create this theme park experience inside of one box over multiple floors,” said immersive, that tell stories and are Brown said Lionsgate deci- of Egypt” are popular. She said considered the “Las Vegas of Jenefer Brown, senior vice presi- organic to the brands,” she said. ded to create its first theme the studio hopes to capitalize China.” She said the Chimelong dent of Global Live and Location “It’s a mix of all the cutting-edge park to expand their interna- off Zhuhai’s emerging status Ocean Kingdom theme park in Based Entertainment at Lionsgate. attractions that you’ll find in enter- tional brand into China where as a tourist destination and its Zhuhai has already drawn tens “We created experiences that are tainment right now.” films like “Twilight” and “Gods proximity to Macau, which is of millions of people.

SPORTS Macau GP confirms International Series cars will race

Renato Marques has been trying to keep the saying only that the chan- cau Grand Prix. budget unchanged and ges were imposed by the The announcement was S the Times repor- around MOP220 million. FIA and were concerned made by the ID president, Ated on March 4, This year will see it raised with adding safety featu- who also took the oppor- the Macau Grand Prix to MOP270 million, an in- res to all participants from tunity to thank the com- Organizing Commit- crease of almost 23%, whi- the several competitions. pany for supporting the tee (MGPOC) has now ch Pun justified with the event over the years. confirmed that the 66th increased prices of several SUNCITY GROUP After the press confe- Macau Grand Prix to be products and services, and RETAINS TITLE rence, an agreement sig- held this November will to the need to make some SPONSORSHIP ning ceremony was held. use the cars debuting changes to the circuit, One of the main annou- Senior Vice President of this year at the FIA For- following the indication ncements made at the Corporate and Commu- mula 3 Championship of the International Auto- start of yesterday’s press nity Relations Gina Lei (International Series). mobile Federation (FIA). conference was that the represented the company The announcement was Questioned as to what Suncity Group would and handed the MGPOC made during a press con- Regarding the entrants’ the Macau WTCR race changes would be made, continue to be the title a cheque in the amount of ference for the annual list, Chong expects most will not be the “Grand Pun did not reply clearly, sponsor of the 66th Ma- MOP25 million. sporting event yesterday of the teams and drivers Finale.” This year it is afternoon. currently participating in being held at Malaysia’s The confirmation came this championship “will Sepang Circuit from from the president of come to Macau to com- December 13 to 15, one Mysterious football match case the Automobile General pete in the FIA F3 World month after the Macau Association China-Ma- Cup.” Grand Prix. still unconfirmed cau and coordinator of This is the major novel- Sporting Subcommit- ty of this year’s race, whi- BUDGET PEAKING to the media on the si- Pun continued to say that “so far, the ID tee of the Macau Grand ch will otherwise run in INCREASES 23% Sdelines of the press conference of the has not received any requests for the use Prix, Chong Coc Veng, a very similar format to The 2019 Macau Grand 66th Macau Grand Prix, President of the of the facilities of Taipa’s Olympic Sta- who said, “this year, the last year, featuring a total Prix has a budget increa- Sports Bureau (ID) Pun Weng Kun said dium.” Formula 3 Macau Grand of six racing categories, se of 22.7%, informed the that, “so far we have nothing to add con- When asked about a possible deadline Prix – FIA F3 World Cup three of which are inter- president of the Sports cerning what we previously announced for the request in order to make the mat- plans to introduce the la- national-level competi- Bureau (ID) and coor- about the football match that has been ch possible, the president of ID answered, test FIA Formula 3 cars tions scrutinized by the dinator of the MGPOC, discussed in society.” “usually the requests are made at least one to Macau.” FIA (the FIA F3 World Pun Weng Kun, in reply According to Pun, the only confirmed or two months ahead of the event date.” “The new car[s] will be Cup, FIA GT World Cup, to media questions on match involves Southampton F.C. and However, he stressed that the ID was larger than the former and FIA World Touring the sidelines of a press Guangzhou R&F F.C. on July 23, and is not “closing the doors to the possibility models, while the hor- Car Race). conference held at the being organized as part of celebrations [that] such an event could take place in sepower performance is As the Times also repor- Macao Science Center. for the 20th anniversary of the MSAR. Macau,” merely that, “if the request arri- increased to 380 horse- ted in March, contrary to According to Pun, for the As for the July 27 match between Paris ves we need to analyze it and see if there power.” the last edition, this year past two races the MGPOC Saint-Germain (PSG) and Inter Milan, are the conditions for it to happen.” RM thu 23.05.2019

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This rendering released by Lionsgate shows the aerial view of Lionsgate Entertainment World, a virtual reality- Hengqin theme park to star ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’ heavy theme park set to open in July on Hengqin island the early side in terms of develo- pment on the island. It’s growing into this dedicated kind of enter- We would tainment tourist place and virtual complement containment vessel.” The theme park will be a part of Macau. The a large destination called Novo- town, a multi-phase project that idea is to have includes a hotel and office towers along with retail dining and en- Vegas and tertainment. Future phases inclu- Orlando right de plans for the National Geogra- phic Ultimate Explorer and Real next to each Madrid interactive experiences, as well as an international school other and will be built offering British-ba- tunity to venture around the lo- Twilight Saga: Midnight Ride SOARING WITH sed education. bby area of The Capitol where offers a chance for four to hop on THE ‘GODS OF EGYPT’ create this Here are some of the theme they can get their hair, makeup a motorcycle and take a virtual Gods of Egypt: Battle for Eternity super tourist park’s other features: and even nails done to look like ride with Jacob Black and a pack will be a virtual reality roller coas- a citizen of the “Hunger Games” of wolves on a dirt-bike adventure ter based on the 2016 film about destination. FLYING, AND FASHION, films, including the look of chape- through the moonlit woods while Egyptian deities. Riders on the JENEFER BROWN IN ‘HUNGER GAMES’ rone Effie Trinket. an evil creature roams the area high-speed amusement train ride GLOBAL LIVE AND LOCATION BASED Based on the four-part film se- Restaurants will feature a “Hun- looking for blood. will don headsets and soar through ENTERTAINMENT ries starring Jennifer Lawrence ger Games”-themed menu with Guests will control their bike’s ancient Egypt during an epic battle as Katniss Everdeen, park goers different dishes inspired by the speed, which path it takes and see between good and evil. The Santa Monica, California-ba- will journey through a motion si- film’s various districts. other riders during the excursion. sed company expects to have arou- mulator 3D ride experience called Twilight Saga: Bella’s Journey PLOTTING AN nd 1.5 million park goers this year. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay BIKING WITH WOLVES will be an indoor amusement ride ‘ESCAPE PLAN’ “We would complement Macau,” Flight Rebel Escape. It starts on IN ‘TWILIGHT’ that highlights key moments from About 20 people work together to Brown said. “The idea is to have the streets before riders board a Guests will have a chance to the films including Bella Swan’s break out of a maximum-security Vegas and Orlando right next to vehicle that gets picked up by a spend time in Forks, the town relationship with her vampire prison in Escape Plan: Prison Break. each other and create this super hovercraft that flies through The where author Stephenie Meyer husband Edward Cullen and en- The group faces a climbing challen- tourist destination. [...] People are Capitol. based her vampire novels before countering The Volturi, the most ge course and crawl through tunnels already coming here. But we’re on Guests will also have the oppor- they were turned into movies. powerful coven of vampires. to escape to freedom. MDT/AP

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Uproar over ad with gay couple shows HK lags in LGBT rights

Bruce Einhorn & Natalie Lung “not in infringement of the AA’s of growing acceptance of sa- court ruled foreign spouses of There are also two new established guidelines on adver- me-sex relationships in Hong gay expatriate workers were challenges to the ban on same- WO barefoot men dres- tisements.” MTR said in a se- Kong. Ocean Park, a theme entitled to the same residential sex marriage, according to Lisa Tsed conservatively in dark parate statement that it rejects park that is the biggest local visas as foreigners in heterose- Wong, a partner at Hong Kong- suits stroll hand-in-hand on a gender or sexual orientation dis- competitor to Hong Kong Dis- xual marriages. based law firm Boase Cohen & beach, in a print advertisement crimination. And the ad agency, neyland, in March published an “We were very encouraged” Collins. In one case, a Universi- that’s part of a new Cathay Pa- JCDecaux, said “the design can ad showing two men in boxer by the case, said Gigi Chao, vice ty of Hong Kong student refer- cific Airways Ltd. campaign. The be posted at MTR stations.’’ shorts and sleeveless white un- chairman of Hong Kong-ba- red to as TF and a 31-year-old tag line for the ad featuring the The initial decision to censor dershirts embracing, with one sed property developer Cheuk activist known as STK are ar- same-sex couple reads: “Move the ad is the latest example of closing his eyes as the other kis- Nang Holdings. Chao, a lesbian, guing the government’s refusal Beyond Labels.’’ the gap between Hong Kong and ses his neck. is a board member of advocacy to recognize same-sex marriage That seemingly tame request many other places when it co- The ad was an homage to the group BigLove Alliance, which violates the Basic Law, Hong set off a controversy in Hong mes to LGBT rights. While the 1997 film “Happy Together,’’ launched the social-media cam- Kong’s mini-constitution. Kong, where the city’s subway former British colony debates a same-sex romance starring paign against MTR. In another case a woman re- and airport operators initially whether it’s appropriate to show Leslie Cheung, a gay man who “The fight for equality will be ferred to as MK is calling on the declined to run the ad, according two men holding hands, Taiwan was one of the city’s biggest spearheaded by what happens government to allow her to en- to a May 20 report in the South on May 17 became the first pla- stars before his death in 2003. in the courtroom,’’ she said. ter into a civil partnership with China Morning Post. With cri- ce in Asia to legalize marriage Activists have launched mul- her same-sex partner. tics vowing social media action equality. tiple legal challenges to pro- LEGAL CHALLENGES “Attitudes are changing and as to shame subway operator MTR Same-sex marriage is also legal mote civil rights in the Chinese Among the plaintiffs pushing the LGBTQ+ rights movement Corp., the government-backed in New York, London, Sydney special administrative region, for more rights is a civil servant gains momentum worldwide, company and the airport autho- and other cities that, like Hong where there is more recogni- in the Immigration Department so the Hong Kong government rity both released statements Kong, are international financial tion of the importance of LGBT who has sued the government is facing increasingly frequent distancing themselves from the hubs. rights than in other parts of for refusing to give spousal be- legal challenges to its policies,’’ decision. China. The campaign is buil- nefits to his husband after the Wong wrote in an article pub- Hong Kong’s Airport Authority MORE ACCEPTANCE ding on last year’s landmark two wed in New Zealand, where lished on her law firm’s website said in a statement the ad was Still, there are some signs case in which a Hong Kong same-sex marriage is legal. last month. Bloomberg

Kyle Bass confident in bet against Hong Kong dollar

YLE Bass, founder Kong dollar that Bass re- weaker end of its band, even a conservative mi- “HKMA has sufficient by its linked exchange-ra- Kof Hayman Capital leased Monday is based amid lower interest rates nimum reserve require- reserves to defend the te system. Management, said he’s on a misunderstanding relative to the U.S. The ment is around USD495 peg,” said Wells Fargo Still, Bass said in the le- shorting the Hong Kong about the linked-exchan- Hong Kong Monetary billion. This is more than currency strategist Bren- tter that Hong Kong’s ac- dollar against the U.S. ge-rate system and ex- Authority intervened last the $436 billion reserve dan McKenna. “Kyle tual usable reserves are “a dollar to express his view change fund, a spokes- year for the first time sin- pile kept by the HKMA. Bass’s analysis did not in- meager 13% of reported that Hong Kong’s usable person from the city’s de ce 2005 at the weak side Bass’s analysis “ignored clude the Exchange Fund reserves” and “are woe- reserves for defending its facto central bank said in of the band, and has ta- the fact” that the Exchan- Ordinance, which is key fully inadequate.” currency peg are insuffi- an emailed response to pped its reserves this year ge Fund Ordinance states to how the exchange rate The Hayman foun- cient. questions from Bloom- as well to defend the peg. that the exchange fund moves.” der says the Hong Kong “We are very long berg. Hong Kong falls short may be used to main- The ratio of Hong dollar peg to the greenba- dollars and that means The Hong Kong dollar’s of basic International tain the peg, according Kong’s reserves - which ck will naturally expire in we are short Southeast peg is officially set at 7.80 Monetary Fund reser- to the HKMA spokesper- are underpinned by the 2047. He says the switch Asian currencies, and per dollar, but the cur- ve adequacy, according son. The HKMA also said exchange fund - to its mo- is inevitable and the de- we are focused on Hong rency is allowed to tra- to a letter to investors “many market participan- netary base now stands bate is when investors Kong,” Bass told Bloom- de 5 cents to either side. from Hayman Capital on ts” have pointed out the at more than two times, should begin discounting berg TV on Tuesday. The pair currently trades Monday. By Bass’s calcu- “various inaccuracies” in compared with the one- the timing of the expira- An analysis on the Hong at 7.8492, close to the lations, the net result of his calculations. -to-one match mandated tion. DB/Bloomberg thu 23.05.2019

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Hong Kong’s last governor calls extradition law ‘worst thing’ since 1997 Rosalind Mathieson

HRIS Patten said BLOOMBERG Hong Kong’s proposed extradition law wou- ld break China’s “one Ccountry, two systems” promise and risks undermining the ter- ritory’s rationale as an interna- tional trade hub. The proposed law would be the “worst thing” to happen in Hong Kong since its 1997 han- dover from the U.K. to China, said Patten, who was the last People colonial governor of the terri- tory. “It’s not surprising that talk about this has caused as much alarm China’s role as it has in Hong Kong,” Patten said in an interview on Tuesday in the 21st in London ahead of a speech for the Salzburg Global Seminar. century, but Hong Kong’s legislature is de- bating a controversial proposal the Chinese to allow extraditions to main- have yet to land China. The plan, which would also ease extraditions to prove that Taiwan and Macau, could open the door to Hong Kong citizens we can trust and foreign residents being them. prosecuted on the mainland. Critics say the plan will ero- CHRIS PATTEN de the autonomy guaranteed to Hong Kong before its return to China, and business groups have warned it could reduce the city’s appeal as a global fi- nancial hub. “If China starts to treat Hong Kong as though it was simply part of the mainland, as though it were Shenzhen or Shanghai, sooner or later the international community took to the streets to protest versary of the Tiananmen came after the man returned China’s foreign ministry has will be encouraged to think, against the bill in April, and Square crackdown could be to Hong Kong, which doesn’t said the bill is necessary to well, in that case that Hong the discussion in the legisla- another opportunity for pro- have an extradition agree- “uphold the rule of law” in Kong ceases to be special,” he ture descended into a brawl -democracy forces to show ment with Taiwan. Hong Kong. said. earlier this month in which their numbers. Lam yesterday called Chi- The situation in Hong Kong Patten said the law would lawmakers yelled, shoved and Hong Kong Chief Executive na’s support of the extradi- - in terms of free society and remove the firewall between climbed over each other. The Carrie Lam, whom pan-de- tion law a “natural thing.” the rule of law - has worsened Hong Kong and China. Hong Beijing-backed government mocratic lawmaker Claudia Beijing “certainly wants since 2012 under President Kong citizens risked being has proposed the resumption Mo this month described Hong Kong to implement the Xi Jinping, Patten said. subjected to the Chinese “rule of the second reading of the as “just a puppet,” has said ‘one country, two systems’ “Just as he’s tightened his by law” system with “no real bill on June 12. there’s been misunderstan- policy, to uphold the rule of grip in China, so he’s done the distinction between the cour- The debate comes against ding about the bill, which law and to collaborate with same in Hong Kong,” he said. ts, the security services and the broader backdrop of con- was spurred by a high-profile other places in the world in- “People talk about China’s what the party wants to ha- cern about the slow creep of 2018 murder case against a cluding the mainland, Macau role in the 21st century, but ppen,” he said, referring to Chinese influence in Hong Hong Kong resident who con- and Taiwan to crack down on the Chinese have yet to pro- China’s Communist Party. Kong. An event in June com- fessed to killing his girlfriend serious crimes,” she told the ve that we can trust them.” As many as 130,000 people memorating the 30th anni- in Taiwan. The confession city’s legislative council. Bloomberg

FORUM MDT/ Macauhub Portugal plans to issue public debt in China ORTUGAL plans online newspaper Eco. Portugal is paying his- “The purpose of the hedge the exchange rate the Chinese authorities Pto issue bonds deno- Ricardo Mourinho Fé- torically low amounts to [Chinese currency debt] risk. allows for further issues minated in Chinese cur- lix also said these “panda issue public debt (the 10- issue is to be involved in The amount put up for in the future. rency in the amount of 2 bonds,” due to be sold on year benchmark rate is a large and very liquid sale is limited because This operation also in- billion yuan or about 260 29 and 30 May, will have a currently at 1.033%), and market,” the secretary it is the first time Portu- volves the Bank of China million euros, the Portu- maturity of three years, and the Secretary of State said of state said, which will gal is issuing debt in the and HSBC, which will act guese Secretary of State the interest rate is likely to that the higher rate “will require the Treasury Chinese market but the as leaders, and Portu- for Finance announced in exceed that currently paid be the cost of entering a and Public Debt Mana- authorization that the gal’s CaixaBI will be the statements to Portuguese by Portugal for financing. new market.” gement Agency to make country was given from financial adviser. 23.05.2019 thu

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opinion BT drops new Huawei Kicked in the Teeth by the British phones from 5G rollout Alex Webb, Bloomberg

When it comes to 5G-enabled smar- tphones, Britain is a pretty decent bellwe- BLOOMBERG ther: It’s one of just five countries currently rolling out the new mobile standard. So the decision by BT Group Plc, the U.K.’s for- mer national carrier, not to offer 5G hand- sets made by Huawei Technologies Co. augurs badly for the beleaguered Chine- se telecoms firm’s consumer aspirations. The mobile operator Vodafone Group Plc followed suit. It’s telling too that of those five pionee- ring 5G countries – which include the U.S., China, Switzerland and South Ko- rea – Britain is the one you’d expect to be most neutral about whether or not to sell Huawei handsets. In the U.S., Huawei is already preven- ted from selling its phones, while China is Huawei’s home territory. Switzerland’s Swisscom AG has already started offering 5G phones from another Chinese com- pany, Oppo. And South Korea is domina- ted by Huawei’s rival Samsung Electroni- cs Co. Ltd., so isn’t much of a potential market for the Chinese company. That’s why Britain is an important indica- tor of what the next wave of 5G-implemen- ting countries might choose to do with the Chinese company’s handsets. The U.K. still hasn’t gone as far as to ban Huawei outright from its 5G networks, despite the best efforts of the Americans to persuade it to do so. Nevertheless, BT’s move is a direct consequence of the U.S. blacklisting of Huawei last week, which prohibits American companies from su- pplying the Chinese telecoms equipment group. Crucially, that ban extends to Alphabet Inc.’s Google, whose Android operating system runs Huawei’s phones. T Group Plc won’t offer Huawei access to the most cure new Huawei models. led devices from yesterday. That’s why BT doesn’t want to take the risk Bphones from Huawei Te- popular version of the mobile 5G promises to fix data bo- EE was the first U.K. ope- of offering handsets to its customers that chnologies Co. when it starts operating system. ttlenecks in busy areas and rator to offer 4G in 2012 and might end up not carrying fully functional Britain’s first 5G mobile ne- “We’ve put the Huawei devi- open up more sophisticated used Huawei gear to build the software. twork next week, joining a ces on pause until we’ve got a mobile applications such as core of that network. Growing Last week’s U.S. Android ban doesn’t seem to extend to Huawei’s already avai- growing list of wireless ope- bit more information on that,” augmented reality gaming pressure on U.S. allies to res- lable handsets, or those that have been rators ditching the Chinese the head of BT’s consumer di- and mapping. BT’s mobile di- trict Huawei has forced car- announced. But it has left mobile phone company’s handsets after the vision Marc Allera told repor- vision EE says the service will riers to review their ties to the operators like BT and Vodafone struggling U.S. blocked it from critical ters at a launch event. cost more than standard 4G company and devise back-up to work out whether the software on tho- suppliers. Asian wireless operators connections. Rival Vodafone plans in case of bans or supply se phones can be updated, and whether BT decided not to include also began to distance them- Group Plc has pledged to lau- disruptions. Huawei execu- other Alphabet services such as Google Huawei phones in its 5G laun- selves from Huawei on We- nch 5G services in seven cities tives have repeatedly denied Maps and the Google Play Store will con- ch because of uncertainty over dnesday, with NTT Docomo on July 3 at the same price as its systems are vulnerable to tinue to be supported on the handsets. whether they could use An- Inc., Japan’s largest telecom 4G. espionage. The last thing a carrier wants is a dis- droid software developed by operator, canceling pre-or- BT’s 5G service will be availa- While BT is set to remove gruntled consumer who returns in several months’ time and demands a refund be- U.S. tech giant Alphabet Inc., ders of its new P30 hand- ble across the U.K.’s six biggest Huawei from its 4G core - the cause their smartphone doesn’t work as a spokesman for the carrier set and KDDI Corp. saying cities from May 30 and will gateway that connects other advertised. said. it would indefinitely delay reach 16 urban areas by year- parts of the network - all four Of course, the damage from the U.S. It will still rely heavily on introduction of the phone. -end, Allera said. Customers of Britain’s wireless networks blacklisting is more immediately signifi- Huawei, the world’s largest Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa could buy 5G subscription have been using its systems in cant for Huawei’s lucrative plans to build provider of networking gear Telecom Co. said it won’t pro- plans and pre-order 5G-enab- 5G trials. Bloomberg 5G networks than it is for its smartphone and No. 2 smartphone vendor, ambitions – but the latter will become as it’s supplying much of the more important. Deloitte expects just 1 infrastructure for the new ne- million 5G-ready handsets to be sold by twork, alongside Finnish equi- all mobile phone makers in 2019, out of pment vendor Nokia Oyj. a projected 1.5 billion smartphone sales. Japan carriers delay sale of new That will rise to as much as 20 million units President Donald Trump’s next year, though that’s still just 1 percent move last week to put Huawei of the total. on an export blacklist threa- Huawei smartphones Nevertheless, it’s another opportunity tens to cut it off from the U.S. for rivals to steal market share from the software and semiconductors WO Japanese mobile carriers said yes- feel safe using our products.” Chinese company. That’s more likely to it needs to make its products. Tterday they are delaying the sale of new Other details were not available. It’s un- benefit second-tier handset rivals such as Phone companies around the smartphones from Huawei as they confirm clear if the sales will proceed. LG Electronics Co., where even small in- world are in turn grappling the safety of the Chinese products. The U.S. government has said Huawei, the creases in sales make a difference. with uncertainty over how Sales of the Huwaei P30 lite, set for May No. 2 smartphone brand, is a security risk Swisscom had planned to introduce they’ll access Huawei gear in 24, from SoftBank Corp.’s Y! Mobile servi- and restricted technology sales to it and Huawei’s 5G-enabled Mate X in the third quarter. One has to wonder whether it will the months and years to come. ce have been delayed, and advance orders other Chinese telecom gear suppliers. But push ahead with that plan. This is a real Huawei’s 5G-capable smar- were canceled, the company said. KDDI it has announced a 90-day grace period for kick in the teeth for Huawei as it tries to tphones are reliant on An- also indefinitely delayed its sales, initially telecom carriers to find other suppliers. become a consumer brand to rival Apple droid and under Trump’s set for late May. 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Iran and North Korea. Trump agreed to restore access af- AP PHOTO ter ZTE agreed to pay a USD1 Taiwan billion fine and replace its exe- cutive team. Also last year, the Trump ad- navy holds ministration imposed restric- tions on technology exports to a state-supported Chinese drill amid semiconductor maker, Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. The Commerce Department China said Jinhua was developing the ability, possibly with U.S. tensions technology, that threatens the viability of American vendors needed for military systems. AIWAN’S navy held a major li- One measure of how far Chi- Tve-fire exercise yesterday off the na needs to go to supply its own island’s east coast in an area increa- technology needs is industry singly threatened by Chinese ships analysts’ warnings about how and planes. TRADE many U.S. suppliers may be The drills are part of annual Han battered by the loss of Huawei Kuang exercises that simulate an at- Technologies Ltd. as a custo- tack by China, which claims Taiwan mer. They include industry as its own territory to be annexed by leaders Micron Technologies, force if necessary. Beijing cuts taxes to Navy craft fired cannons and mis- Qualcomm, Qorvo, Skyworks Solutions, Xilinx, Broadcom siles and released depth charges, and Texas Instruments. while fighter jets launched muni- The Trump administration’s tions and anti-submarine warfare spur chipmakers in order last week will reduce or aircraft released buoys. eliminate Huawei’s access to Submarines, along with a vast ar- American chips and Google, ray of ballistic missiles, are consi- which provides the Android dered among China’s most potent face of US pressure operating system and services weapons against Taiwan, which Joe McDonald, Beijing chips, are among technologies to promote the industry would for its smartphones. split from the mainland during a ci- China has targeted for state-led apply equally to foreign-finan- Vendors are required to ob- vil war in 1949. HINA is cutting taxes development in official plans ced and Chinese companies. tain government permission China has boosted its military on its fledgling sof- that helped to ignite Beijing’s Beijing has spent billions of for technology sales to Huawei. threat against Taiwan, with Presi- tware and integrated tariff battle with President Do- dollars over the past two deca- The Commerce Department dent Xi Jinping saying this year that circuit industries as nald Trump. des on research subsidies and said it granted a 90-day exemp- Beijing would not rule out using CU.S. export controls threaten The United States, Europe, importing technology, some- tion for some technology to force. That comes on top of growing to handicap Chinese tech com- Japan and other trading part- times using tactics that have minimize the impact on rural Chinese pressure to isolate Taiwan panies. ners say those plans violate angered Washington and other phone carriers that use Huawei in the international community and The Finance Ministry’s an- China’s market-opening obli- governments. equipment. inflict economic pain, largely to for- nouncement yesterday comes gations. Chinese officials have Trump vetoed the 2017 acqui- Huawei, China’s first global ce independence-leaning President amid a spiraling tariff war with offered to alter details but are sition of an Oregon tech com- tech competitor, has developed Tsai Ing-wen to agree to Beijing’s Washington over Chinese tech- unlikely to abandon a strategy pany, Lattice Semiconductor, its own chips for smartphones, contention that Taiwan is a part of nology ambitions. they consider a path to prospe- after it became clear the buyer servers and artificial intelligen- China. Most smartphones, tablet rity and global influence. was financed by the Chinese ce. But it needs American com- Stepped-up Chinese operations computers and other electroni- Under the new measure, sof- government. ponents for its top-line phones, have included sending ships to near- cs are assembled in China. But tware and integrated circuit Political analysts say the sen- network gear and other pro- by waters and warplanes to circle the its manufacturers usually use companies founded by the end se of urgency over reducing ducts. island on what Beijing calls training U.S., Japanese or Taiwanese of 2018 will owe no income tax reliance on foreign technology Huawei founder Ren Zheng- missions. While China would need to microchips and other compo- for two years and the rate will increased after another tele- fei said Tuesday the company send thousands of troops across the nents. Beijing is developing its be cut by half for three years com equipment maker, ZTE has “supply backups” if it lo- Taiwan Strait to effect an invasion, own suppliers to capture more after that, the Finance Ministry Corp., was nearly forced into ses access to American com- Beijing military planners are also of the industry’s profits and re- said. bankruptcy last year by U.S. ponents. He said Huawei was believed to be considering a form of duce what the ruling Commu- Its two-sentence statement export controls. talking to Google about possib- lightning strike that could quickly nist Party sees as a security risk gave no details. But the top Washington imposed a se- le “emergency relief measures” devastate the island’s ability to re- in relying on foreign vendors. economic official, Premier Li ven-year ban on technology for its smartphones but gave no sist and force it to capitulate before Integrated circuits, or micro- Keqiang, said May 8 policies sales to ZTE over its exports to details. AP its chief ally, the United States, could come to its aid. Taiwan’s lightly populated east coast is home to a key air base and other important military installa- ted push to keep tabs on The U.S. is delibera- tions. Surveillance tycoons lose billions his country’s 1.4 billion ting whether to add “We will conduct military exerci- people. Both companies Hikvision, Dahua and ses regularly at the location where from threat of US sanctions have also been accused several other surveillan- we think the war could be possibly by human rights groups ce firms to a blacklist happening,” navy Capt. Soong Shu- of facilitating the gover- that bars them from -kou told reporters. SCALATING both companies sank on ber 2017, is now worth nment’s suppression U.S. components or sof- “The waters off Taiwan’s eastern Etensions between speculation of potential about $6 billion after of Uighurs, a Muslim tware, people familiar coast are the important area where Washington and Beijing U.S. sanctions. The los- the stock fell as much ethnic group, in the with the matter said. we need to conduct military drills are wiping billions from ses deepened yesterday as 10% yesterday, ac- western region of Xin- Trump’s administra- often. Because this area could be a the net worth of China’s after reports that Do- cording to the Bloom- jiang. tion last week barred significant battle ground in the futu- richest surveillance ty- nald Trump’s adminis- berg Billionaires Index. As tensions between Huawei Technologies re,” he said. coons. tration is considering Dahua Chairman Fu China and the U.S. Co. from American te- Defense ministry spokesman Chen The billionaires behind blacklisting the sur- Liquan’s net worth has have escalated in re- chnology. Jung-ji said Taiwan was accelera- Hangzhou Hikvision veillance giants, in part dropped to $1.9 billion cent months over issues It’s unclear which ting the pace of training as a way of Digital Technology Co. because of their alleged from $4.3 billion in ranging from trade to other companies may deterring Chinese aggression. and Zhejiang Dahua role in human rights March 2018. corporate espionage join Huawei on the so- “We can only depend on ourselves Technology Co. have violations. Hikvision and Dahua and human rights, Hik- -called Entities List, to defend our own country. We will watched their combined Hikvision Vice Chair- have been among the vision and Dahua have which prohibits the sale conduct more training to streng- fortunes sink by more man Gong Hongjia, biggest beneficiaries of seen their share prices of U.S. technology wi- then our combat capabilities in the than USD8 billion since whose fortune peaked Chinese President Xi drop by more than 40% thout a special license. face of the ongoing military threats” March 2018 as shares of at $13 billion in Novem- Jinping’s unpreceden- from record highs. MDT/Bloomberg from China, Chen said. AP 23.05.2019 thu

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INDONESIA to prevent the spread of hoaxes and inflammatory content. He said messaging systems will still work for text and voice messa- Six dead in riots; Widodo ges but photos and videos will be blocked or slowed. National police chief Tito Karnavian said the people who says he won’t tolerate unrest died in the rioting were hit by gunshots or blunt devices. Au- Stephen Wright ted to former dictator Suharto, thorities are still investigating & Fadlan Syam, Jakarta also lost to Widodo in 2014. He the death causes and are not ru- AP PHOTO has made four unsuccessful bids ling out the involvement of third NDONESIA’S President for the presidency since Suharto parties acting as provocateurs. IJoko Widodo yesterday that was ousted in 1998. “There are attempts to create authorities have the volatile si- “The bottom line is the people martyrs, blaming security offi- tuation in the capital Jakarta who are protesting and rioting cials for building public anger,” under control after six people in the past 24 hours represent he said. died in riots by supporters of his a small minority of Indonesian The rioting in Jakarta was rival in last month’s presidential voters and a small minority of planned and not spontaneous, election. Indonesian Muslims,” said Ale- according to police. Officers The clashes began Tuesday xander Arifanto, an Indonesian found an ambulance filled with night when supporters of for- politics expert at the S. Raja- stones and some of the dozens mer general Prabowo Subianto ratnam School of International of people arrested had enve- tried to force their way into the Studies in Singapore. lopes of money, said national downtown offices of the election “The vast majority of both police spokesman Muhammad supervisory agency and have clearly accepted the election Iqbal. Many of those arrested continued unabated since then. results. By tacitly backing the and come from outside Jakarta, More than two dozen vehicles protesters, Prabowo has lost any he said. were burned as rioters took over remaining legitimacy he had left The government had de- neighborhoods in central Jakar- and clearly shows his true colors ployed some 50,000 police and ta, throwing rocks and Molotov as a narcissistic New Order-era soldiers in Jakarta in anticipa- cocktails at police who respon- who disrupts the security, de- Election Commission on Tues- relic,” Arifanto said, referring to tion of protests following the ded with tear gas, water cannon mocratic processes and unity of day said that Widodo, the first the Suharto era. . official election results. Many and rubber bullets. our beloved nation.” Indonesian president from ou- Rudiantara, the communica- residents have left the city and Flanked by the military chief Subianto, a volatile ultra-natio- tside the Jakarta elite, had won tions and information technolo- parts of the downtown are clo- and other top leaders, Widodo nalist politician, has refused to 55.5% of the vote, securing the gy minister, said features of so- sed to traffic with the election said: “I will work together with accept the official results of the moderate technocrat a second cial media including Facebook, supervisory agency and Elec- anyone to advance this country, April 17 election and instead de- term. Subianto, an elite figure Twitter and WhatsApp will be tion Commission barricaded but I will not tolerate anyone clared himself the winner. The from a wealthy family connec- restricted on a temporary basis with razor wire. AP ad thu 23.05.2019

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PHILIPPINES N. Korea calls Biden ‘fool of Duterte moves to forcibly send low IQ’ over Kim criticism garbage back to

Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul against U.S. and South Ko- Canada rean politicians to criticize ORTH Korea AP PHOTO what it sees as slanderous HILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has labeled Joe remarks toward its leader- Phas moved to have truckloads of garbage Biden a “fool of ship or hostile diploma- that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped low IQ” and an tic and military policies to the Philippines years ago be forcibly shipped N“imbecile bereft of elemen- against Pyongyang. The back to Canada, Duterte’s spokesman said yes- tary quality as a human insults have included ra- terday. being” after the U.S. presi- cist and sexist diatribes, Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo dential hopeful called Nor- including when the North held a news conference to announce that Du- th Korean leader Kim Jong called Obama “a monkey” terte has ordered officials to look for a private Un a tyrant during a recent and former South Korean shipping company to transport the garbage to speech. President Park Geun-hye, Canadian territory in an escalation of his in- Pyongyang’s official Ko- the country’s first female creasingly adversarial stance. The Philippines rean Central News Agency leader, a prostitute. will shoulder the cost of the garbage shipment, yesterday said the former sophism of an imbecile be- candidacy that he is not During tensions created Panelo said. American vice president reft of elementary quality worth pinning hope on, ba- by a provocative run in “If Canada will not accept their trash, we will had insulted the country’s as a human being, let alone cked by the jeer that he is a missile tests in 2017, Kim leave the same within its territorial waters or supreme leadership and a politician,” KCNA said. fool of low IQ,” KCNA said. called Trump a “mentally 12 nautical miles out to sea from the baseline committed an “intolerab- The piece, labeled a com- It mocked Biden’s belief deranged U.S. dotard” after of any of their country’s shores,” Panelo said. le and serious politically- mentary, said Biden had that he was “the most po- he said that the United Sta- “The president’s stance is as principled as it is motivated provocation” “gone reckless and sense- pular presidential candi- tes would “totally destroy uncompromising: The Philippines as an inde- against the North. less, seized by ambition for date.” ‘’This is enough to North Korea” if forced to pendent sovereign nation must not be treated Biden during a campaign power.” It went on to men- make a cat laugh,” the re- defend itself or its allies. as trash by other foreign nations.” launch in Philadelphia on tion apparent Biden gaffes, port said. The North’s description of The Philippine government recalled its am- Saturday accused Presi- such as once appearing to There was no immedia- Trump dramatically impro- bassador and consuls in Canada last week over dent Donald Trump of co- fall asleep during a speech te reaction from the Biden ved after Kim initiated di- Ottawa’s failure to comply with a May 15 dea- zying up to “dictators and by President Barack Oba- camp, possibly due to the plomacy with Washington dline to take back the garbage. Prime Minister tyrants” like Kim and Rus- ma. late hour in the United Sta- and Seoul in 2018 while at- Justin Trudeau said last week that Canada has sian President Vladimir “It is by no means acci- tes. tempting to leverage his nu- been working hard with Philippine officials and Putin. dental that here is nonstop North Korea has often clear arsenal for economic hopes to strike a resolution shortly but did not “What he uttered is just comment over his bid for unleashed crude insults and security benefits.AP specify a time frame. AP

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ORE Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment pro- Mceedings against President Do- nald Trump after his latest de- fiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying. A growing number of rank-and- file House Democrats, incen- sed by former counsel Don Mc- Gahn’s empty chair in the Judi- ciary Committee hearing room, are confronting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and pushing her and other leaders to act. Their impatience is running up against the speaker’s preference for a more methodical approa- ch , including already unfolding court battles. Pelosi summoned some of them — still a small fraction of the House Democratic caucus — to a meeting of investigators to Graham of South Carolina said of nothing,” Collins said, in the we’re following all the legal pro- battle over Trump’s financial assess strategy. wryly of Amash’s position, “I aftermath of Mueller’s report. cesses, everything we’ve been documents. Trump repeated his mantra don’t think it’s going to be a A lawyer for McGahn had said given, to truly make the best de- With a 235-197 Democratic about Democrats contributing trend-setting move.” he would follow the president’s cisions,” said Rep. Lucy McBath majority, Pelosi would likely to a “Witch Hunt” against him. As Democrats weigh their op- directive and skip the hearing, of Georgia, a freshman on the find support for starting im- “The Democrats are getting tions, Trump is almost taunting leaving the Democrats without Judiciary panel. peachment proceedings, but ZERO work done in Congress,” them by testing the bounds of yet another witness — and a Pelosi scheduled today’s [local it could be a tighter vote than he tweeted. executive power in ways few growing debate within the party time] meeting with lawmakers that margin suggests. Some Some Democratic leaders, whi- other administrations have. about how to respond. from the Judiciary and Over- lawmakers say voters back le backing Pelosi, signaled that a The White House contends that Nadler said the committee sight committees after some home are more interested in march to impeachment may be- even former employees like Mc- would vote to hold McGahn members confronted her during health care and the economy. come inevitable. Gahn do not have to abide by in contempt, though that’s a meeting among top Democra- Many come from more conser- “We are confronting what mi- subpoenas from Congress. not expected until June, after ts Monday evening. vative districts where they need ght be the largest, broadest co- A short time later House Ju- lawmakers return from the Me- to run for re-election in com- ver-up in American history,” diciary Chairman Jerrold Na- morial Day recess. munities where Trump also has Majority Leader Steny Hoyer dler issued subpoenas for more Democrats are encouraged by Some support. told reporters. If a House in- Trump administration officials an early success in the legal ba- For Pelosi, it’s a push-pull quiry “leads to other avenues — former White House commu- ttles , a Monday ruling by a fe- Democratic exercise as she tries to raise including impeachment,” the nications director Hope Hicks deral judge against Trump on in leaders, while awareness about Trump’s beha- Maryland Democrat said, “so be and Annie Donaldson, a former a financial records dispute with vior without moving toward it.” aide in the White House coun- Congress. Trump’s team filed backing Pelosi, impeachment unless she knows Reps. Joaquin Castro of Texas sel’s office — for documents and notice of appeal yesterday. the public is with Congress. and Diana DeGette of Colorado testimony. But Pelosi’s strategy hasn’t signaled that “We’ve been in this thing for added their voices to the impea- Trump’s former White House been swift enough for some almost five months and now chment inquiry chorus. counsel is the most-cited wit- lawmakers. In particular, se- a march to we’re getting some results,” “There is political risk in doing ness in Mueller’s Trump-Russia veral members of the Judiciary impeachment Pelosi told lawmakers Monday so, but there’s a greater risk to investigation report, recounting panel feel they must take the night. “We’ve always said one our country in doing nothing,” the president’s attempts to in- lead in at least launching im- may become thing will lead to another as we Castro said on Twitter. “This is a terfere with the probe. And that peachment proceedings. get information.” fight for our democracy.” makes his silence all the more They say a formal impeach- inevitable But other Democrats in the Tweeted DeGette: “The facts infuriating for Democrats. ment inquiry could give Demo- meeting, several of whom have laid out in the Mueller report, Nadler gaveled open yester- crats more standing in court, At that time, Rep. Jamie spoken publicly about a need to coupled with this administra- day’s [local time] hearing with a even if they stop short of a vote Raskin of Maryland led others be more aggressive with Trump, tion’s ongoing attempts to sto- stern warning that McGahn will to remove the president. in arguing that an impeachment are increasingly impatient. They newall Congress, leave us no be held in contempt for failing “I think that’s something a lot inquiry would consolidate the include Reps. David Cicilline of other choice.” to appear. of members of the committee — Trump investigations and allow Rhode Island, Ted Lieu of Cali- One Republican congressman, “Our subpoenas are not optio- and more and more members Democrats to keep more focus fornia and freshman Joe Neguse Justin Amash of Michigan, has nal,” Nadler said. “We will not of the caucus — think is neces- on their other legislative work, of Colorado. called for impeachment procee- allow the president to stop this sary,” said Rep. Steve Cohen of according to people familiar “We’re in a very grave mo- dings. He said he thinks other investigation.” Tennessee. “I think an inquiry, with the private conversation ment,” said Rep. Madeleine GOP lawmakers should join him However, Rep. Doug Collins, as the Senate Watergate hearin- who requested anonymity to Dean of Pennsylvania, and “pro- — but only after reading special the ranking Republican on the gs were, would lead the public discuss it. bably right now are left, with no- counsel Robert Mueller’s report committee, spoke scornfully of to see the misdeeds of this ad- Pelosi pushed back, saying that thing but that we must open an carefully. Nadler’s position, calling the ministration.” several committees are doing inquiry.” Republican House leader Ke- session a “circus” and saying Others, though, including investigations already and no- Tweeted Rep. Veronica Es- vin McCarthy dismissed Amash the chairman preferred a public some from more conservative ting that Rep. Elijah Cummings cobar of Texas: Congress has as out of step with House Re- “fight over fact-finding.” districts, said they prefer the of Maryland, the chairman of made “accommodation after ac- publicans and “out of step with Democrats are “trying despe- step-by-step approach. the Oversight Committee, al- commodation. I don’t think we America.” And Sen. Lindsey rately to make something out “We want to make sure that ready had won the early court should wait any longer.” AP 23.05.2019 thu

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AP PHOTO The referendum, held yesterday on both sides of the bor- der, returned a resounding “yes” vote with 71% of voters cinema from Northern Ireland and 94% of those in the Irish Republic cineteatro showing their support for the Good Friday peace agreement. “This is the result we have worked for and wanted,” said Mr 16 - 22 May Blair. “It’s another giant stride along the path to peace, hope and the future.” The agreement signed last Easter seeks to resolve rela- tionships within Northern Ireland - between Northern Ireland and the Republic and between both parts of Ireland and En- gland, Scotland and Wales - and pave the way for devolution from Westminster with a new all-inclusive Assembly. It was signed on 10 April - Good Friday - by all interested parties except Rev Dr Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose and Bob McCartney’s United Kingdom Unionist Party. They objected to the presence of the IRA’s political wing Sinn Fein in the multi-party talks leading up to the agreement. Ashes to ashes, guts to dirt. POKEMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU The Northern Ireland Secretary, Mo Mowlam, told reporters Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Wash- room 1 she was delighted with the two nations’ endorsement of the ington the first state to approve composting as an alterna- 2:30, 4:30,7:30pm Language: Cantonese agreement. tive to burying or cremating human remains. room 1 Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble said: “It is quite It allows licensed facilities to offer “natural organic reduc- 9:30pm clear that a majority of unionists - not as big a majority of tion,” which turns a body, mixed with substances such as Director: Rob Letterman unionists as I would have liked - but a clear majority - have wood chips and straw, into about two wheelbarrows’ worth Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton endorsed this agreement. We have taken an important step of soil in a span of several weeks. Language: English (Chinese) forward.” Loved ones are allowed to keep the soil to spread, just Duration: 104min John Hume, leader of the nationalist SDLP, said that for the as they might spread the ashes of someone who has been first time the people of both sides of the Irish border were cremated — or even use it to plant vegetables or a tree. ARCTIC speaking as one. “It gives meaning and use to what happens to our bodies room 2 Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said he was prepared to sit after death,” said Nora Menkin, executive director of the 2:30, 4:30, 9:045pm down with David Trimble in a new Northern Ireland assembly Seattle-based People’s Memorial Association, which helps Director: Joe Penna “now”. people plan for funerals. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said the overwhelming re- Supporters say the method is an environmentally friendly Language: English (Chinese) sult was the true “voice of the people”. alternative to cremation, which releases carbon dioxide and Duration: 98min The British Government will press ahead next month with particulates into the air, and conventional burial, in which elections for a Northern Ireland Assembly. people are drained of their blood, pumped full of formal- dehyde and other chemicals that can pollute groundwater, Courtesy BBC News and placed in a nearly indestructible coffin, taking up land. “That’s a serious weight on the earth and the environment as your final farewell,” said Sen. Jamie Pedersen, the Seat- tle Democrat who sponsored the measure. He said the legislation was inspired by his neighbor: Ka- trina Spade, who was an architecture graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, when she began researching the funeral industry. She came up with the idea AVENGERS: ENDGAME for human composting, modeling it on a practice farmers room 2 have long used to dispose of livestock. 6:30pm n context She tweaked the process and found that wood chips, al- Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo I falfa and straw created a mixture of nitrogen and carbon that Starring: Brie Larson, Scarlett Johansson, Karen Gillan After the euphoria of the positive vote for a peaceful solution to the prob- accelerates natural decomposition when a body is placed in Language: English (Chinese) lems of Northern Ireland came the reality. a temperature- and moisture-controlled vessel and rotated. Duration: 181min The first three years of the agreement’s implementation saw accusations A pilot project at Washington State University tested the and counter-accusation from both sides of the divide. idea last year on six bodies, all donors who Spade said FRIEND ZONE Unionists said the republicans had not complied with the spirit of the wanted to be part of the study. room 3 agreement’s requirement for the decommissioning of arms. In 2017, Spade founded Recompose, a company working 2:30, 4:45,9:30pm And Sinn Fein accused the British government of failing to demilitarise quickly enough. It added that it could not force anyone to give up arms to bring the concept to the public. It’s working on raising Director: Chayanop Boonprakob Starring: Nutthasit Kotimanuswanich, Pimchanok and that the agreement only stated that the parties should use all their nearly $7 million to establish a facility in Seattle and begin power to influence the process. to expand elsewhere, she said. Leuwisetpaiboon Language: Thai (Chinese & English) Disagreement over decommissioning and policing led to the suspension State law previously dictated that remains be disposed of the Northern Ireland Assembly twice in 18 months - in February-May Duration: 118min of by burial or cremation. The law, which takes effect in 2000 and in August 2001. The issue has remained the major stumbling block in talks between all May 2020, added composting as well as alkaline hydrol- THE HUSTLE ysis, a process already legal in 19 other states. The latter parties seeking to restore devolution since the Northern Ireland Assembly room 3 was suspended in October 2002 over alleged intelligence gathering by uses heat, pressure, water and chemicals like lye to reduce 7:30pm remains. republicans. Director: Chris Addison Direct rule finally ended in May 2007 when the Northern Ireland Assem- Composting could be a good option in cities where cem- Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Tim Blake Nelson bly met with the return of devolution and DUP leader Ian Paisley as first etery land is scarce, Pedersen said. Spade described it as Language: English (Chinese) minister. “the urban equivalent to natural burial.” AP Duration: 94min thu 23.05.2019 th Anniversary

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dream to be able to watch the growth that mental health has AP PHOTO taken, almost being at center stage.” To say this endeavor has been fulfilling is an understatement. “Through this, if I can save one life, two lives, five lives, a thousand, a million, to me that’s so much more important than winning a gold medal,” he said. The 33-year-old Phelps belie- ves his bout with depression is a story that many can share, in- cluding CEOs and other retired athletes. After accomplishing every goal he set for himself, what was left to do? “Probably my first real depres- sion spell was after 2004, then the next big one was after 2008,” he said. “When you set out to be an Olympian, your whole life is put on hold. All the eggs are in one basket. I would say 2004, 2008, 2012, partly after ‘16 (all Olympic years) I’ve dealt with pretty severe depression spells. I was kind of lost at that point.” The Baltimore native is in a far better frame of mind now. “To have my wife [Nicole John- son], who’s always by my side, two amazing little boys at home and a third one on the way, I’m extremely thankful of the su- pport I’ve had to get me through these times,” Phelps said. The Ruderman Award is given to individuals who are passiona- te about providing opportunities for others. Phelps certainly fits that description. Phelps honored for honesty on “Michael Phelps is a unique leader who has used his fame and status as the greatest swim- mer of all time to challenge our mental health, helping others society to remove stigma sur- rounding mental health,” said David Ginsburg, Baltimore “When I was in my room and something that’s so important,” portance of water safety and ad- Jay Ruderman, president of the not wanting to talk to anybody Phelps told The Associated vocating for the de-stigmatiza- Ruderman Family Foundation. HILE swimming for a number of days and not Press in an interview Tuesday. tion of mental health problems “For me, this award means to Olympic glory, wanting to be alive, I wanted to Because he is willing to share through the Michael Phelps everything because this is where Michael Phelps see what other roads I could take his story of depression and rai- Foundation. my passion is and the next chap- found comfort in to see if there was help,” Phelps se awareness of mental health “When I first really opened up ter of my life is really heading,” theW pool and quite a bit of angst recalled. issues, Phelps was given the fif- about the struggles that I had Phelps said. “We’re kind of scra- out of it. The treatment he received — th annual Morton E. Ruderman in ‘15, obviously I dreamed of tching the surface of what can be His bout with depression rea- and continues to receive — char- Award in Inclusion on Tuesday being able to get more publici- done, and I’m looking forward ched its nadir in 2014 after a ted his post-Olympic course. night in Boston. ty to this and to really share my to continuing this journey and second DUI arrest. That’s when “I know it’s something that After participating in four journey and have other people accomplishing some of the goals the most decorated Olympian of changed my life and saved my Olympic Games and collecting share their journeys with me as that I have — de-stigmatizing all time checked himself into a life and allowed me to be able to 28 medals, including 23 gold, well,” Phelps said. “Honestly, mental health and just getting rehabilitative center in a despe- be where I am today, enjoying Phelps has dedicated his time I never thought it would be as the point across that it’s OK to rate effort to make sense of it all. the platform of talking about and energy to promoting the im- big as this, but it’s been a true not be OK.” AP

and November 2011, CORRUPTION days before the vote. Pamodzi was founded by one of Diack’s sons, BeIN media group CEO charged in probe Papa Massata Diack. A former marketing con- HE chief executi- former IAAF president soccer club. He denies the allegations are com- world championships. sultant at the IAAF, he Tve officer of media Lamine Diack was han- any wrongdoing. pletely and categorically Qatar eventually lost has been banned for group beIN was handed ded preliminary charges “I voluntarily attended denied and will be vehe- to London but was later allegations of extorting preliminary charges of of “passive corruption” an appointed meeting as mently challenged using awarded the 2019 wor- hundreds of thousands corruption as part of an in the same case. The of- part of a preliminary in- the full force of the law.” lds. The championships of dollars from a Rus- investigation into the ficial spoke on condition vestigation,” Al-Obaidly In November 2016, Le will be held in Doha from sian marathon runner to bidding process for the of anonymity because the said in a statement. “The Monde newspaper obtai- Sept. 27-Oct. 6. avoid a doping ban be- 2019 track world cham- case is ongoing. allegations raised are ned documents showing The two payments fore the 2012 Olympics. pionships in Qatar, a ju- A close ally of Paris not only utterly baseless that a former IAAF of- from Oryx Qatar Sports According to Le Monde, dicial official said yester- Saint-Germain presi- and unsubstantiated, but ficial received two pay- Investments, an invest- Lamine Diack is suspec- day. dent and beIN chairman they have been - quite re- ments totaling about ment fund linked to the ted of favoring the Qatari The official said Yousel Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Al- markably - leaked to the USD3.5 million from Qa- Qatari government, were bid in exchange of money Al-Obaidly was indicted Obaidly is also a board media. For the avoidance tari investors before the made to Pamodzi Spor- transferred to his son’s on March 28 and also said member of the French of any doubt whatsoever, vote for the 2017 track ts Marketing in October company. MDT/AP THE With Brad and Leo, Tarantino Station Air quality BUZZ debuts a fairy tale in Cannes Roadside 70-100 Bad Twenty-five years after premiering “Pulp Fic- Hollywood glamour to the Cannes red carpet, tion” in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino returned to where throngs of onlookers swelled along the High the French film festival with neither great ven- Croisette. Density 40-60 geance nor furious anger but a gentler fairy tale DiCaprio plays a Westerns actor anxious that Residental about 1960s Los Angeles. his notoriety is slipping. Pitt plays his stunt Moderate “Once Upon a Time In ... Hollywood” made double, friend and, because of a drunk driving Area opinion its much-anticipated debut yesterday [Macau offense, his driver. time] in Cannes, giving the festival its most Though set against the backdrop of the Man- Ambient 70-100 concentrated splash of celebrity and frenzy. son Family murders, much of Tarantino’s film Bad SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Made in Macao The film’s two stars, Brad Pitt and Leonar- is invested in recapturing the radiance of a by- Jenny Lao-Phillips do DiCaprio, brought a fittingly old-school gone Hollywood. WORLD BRIEFS The complication of ‘thank you’ New California sea AP PHOTO Cantonese is one of the hardest langua- ges to learn because on top of the difficulty of reading Chinese characters, Cantonese dragon habitat is speakers have been inventing more collo- quial characters since the 17th century. We IRAN will “under no all know that unlike most languages with al- among world’s largest circumstances” enter phabets or forms that guide pronunciation, a war either directly or each Chinese character’s pronunciation has indirectly with the United no relation to how the character is formed. States, a prominent This is why it takes us Chinese all our lives reformist Iranian AP PHOTO to be able to recognize only around 5,000 to lawmaker said yesterday, 8,000 characters (approximately 10-15% of as both Washington all characters) on average, which is enough and Tehran try to ease to read and write a non-Chinese-scholarly heightened tensions in book. Even if one tries to learn Cantonese the region. with romanization, getting the pronunciation right without learning Chinese characters makes this one of the world’s most difficult AP PHOTO challenges. Cantonese consists of nine tones, so a li- ght difference in pronouncing a word could mean something totally different. This makes it not only difficult, but also dangerous to speak Cantonese without enough practice. KENYA One of Africa’s Especially when Cantonese speakers seem best-known authors to have been very creative with “swearing,” and gay rights activists, many words with a slightly different pronun- Binyavanga Wainaina, ciation can become bad words. For instance, has died at age 48, a A sea dragon swims at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of colleague and friend a slight mispronunciation of “I was transferred California San Diego said yesterday. (at work)” in Cantonese, can mean “I was f--- ed.” Merely counting from one to 10 in Canto- nese already includes a couple of bad words. Julie Watson, La Jolla ge themselves. “When peo- 2001. It also is trying to

To further complicate the language, we crea- ple see them move, you hear breed leafy sea dragons. AP PHOTO ted different ways of saying one thing with sli- T first glance, it looks them say, ‘What? That’s ali- The Birch Aquarium’s ght differences in meaning. I believe the first Alike a branch of kelp, but ve? Wow! That’s crazy.’” 18-foot-long (5.5-meter- challenge Cantonese learners may encounter then an eye moves among its Scientists like Matsushige long) tank has three leafy is merely saying “thank you.” leafy appendages, and rid- hope the creatures’ mag- sea dragons — two males “Thank you” is usually one of the first phra- ges of tiny, translucent fins netic power will prompt and one female — and 11 WEST BANK Palestinian ses we learn when we attempt to acquire a start to flutter, sending the people to read signs next to weedy sea dragons. The officials say they have new language. Obviously, most of my non- creature gliding through the the tanks that outline ways 5,300-gallon (20,062-liter) inaugurated their first -Chinese speaking friends have asked me water like something from a to protect them and what tank is a vast space, espe- solar panel plant as part how to say “thank you” in Cantonese. In most of a plan to reduce their cases, I highly recommend them to learn the fairy tale. can be done to make oceans cially for the smaller leafy A Southern California healthier, such as picking up sea dragon, which grows dependence on Israeli Mandarin, “Xie Xie”, which all Cantonese power sources. speakers understand. It is also a lot easier aquarium has built what trash and stopping pollu- to only about 14 inches (36 is believed to be one of the tants from going down the centimeters) in length. The to pronounce and remember, and needs less EU Fake news has explanation, because in Cantonese we have world’s largest habitats for drain. tank has grassy plants, a evolved beyond the two ways to say “thank you” and they cannot the surreal sea dragons, sandy bottom and rocks. playbook used by be used interchangeably. whose native populations off Scientists hope the large Russian trolls in the One term is “Do Ze,” which sounds more Australia are threatened by space will foster breeding. U.S. election. As the similar to the Mandarin term. However, this pollution, warming oceans They look like Sea dragons mirror each European Union gears “thank you” is only used in terms of gratitude. and the illegal pet and alter- other in a courtship dance, up for a crucial election, For example, when people give you a gift, pay native medicine trades. something spiraling upward before the it is mostly homegrown you a compliment, or do you a favor not of The Birch Aquarium at the female deposits her eggs groups rather than simple service like opening the door for you. Scripps Institution of Ocea- out of this onto a patch on the under- foreign powers that are When someone holds the door for you, we say taking to social media to nography at the University side of the male’s tail. Like “Ng Goi,” which is used when you receive a world. push false information service from someone. Like when someone of California San Diego ho- seahorses, the male carries and extremist messages, offers you a seat on the bus, pulls out your pes the exhibit, which ope- the young and gives birth. experts say. chair for you in a restaurant or serves you a ned this month, will lead Few aquariums have sea “We’re already seeing cup of coffee you say “Ng Goi.” to the leafy sea dragon, the dragons. There are only great courtship behaviors, We also need to be careful not to mix up “Do lesser-known cousin of the two types of sea dragons, and so we’re hopeful we can Ze” and “Ng Goi,” because if someone gives seahorse, being bred for the the leafy and the weedy, get some egg transfers really AP PHOTO you a bunch of roses and you say “Ng Goi” first time in captivity. each representing its own soon,” said Jenn Nero Mof- it makes it seem like it is a favor and they “It literally just looked like genus. Both are found only fatt, director of animal care are helping you buy the roses rather than you a piece of kelp,” said Steven in a small area of temperate at the Birch Aquarium. accepting it as a gift with gratitude. On the Kowal, 25, who was visiting waters off the southern and The exhibit is the latest ef- BRITISH and other hand, if someone serves you a cup of San Diego from Greens- western coasts of Australia. fort by the aquarium that is coffee, and you said “Do Ze”, they may mi- Japanese mobile boro, North Carolina, and Little is known about them a world leader in seahorse sunderstand that you assumed it is a gift and phone companies said you can take the cup away as a present. Well, took time to see the exhibit. because their populations propagation. yesterday they’re putting I was kidding with this last example, it will just “It was crazy to me that it are so small and in remote Sea dragons swim by on hold plans to sell new make the service providers feel weird. Of was, like, actually living and areas. spinning translucent fins devices from Huawei, course, Cantonese speakers understand that swimming around, so that’s So far, only the weedy sea while their tails act as rud- in the latest fallout from anyone who uses “Ng Goi” or “Do Ze” in the cool. I’ve never seen any- dragon, a bony fish that ders. They have no natural U.S. tech restrictions wrong scenario formally must be a non-nati- thing like that.” resembles seaweed when predators, in part because aimed at the Chinese ve speaker. Native Cantonese speakers also That’s a common reaction. floating, has been bred in their slender bodies are co- company. More on p10 purposely use the two terms interchangeably, “They look like something captivity, and only a handful vered by bony plates. Germany has but mostly as a joke. This could be an insi- out of this world,” said Les- of times. If both types of sea dra- GERMANY de joke that is hard to explain. So to prevent granted asylum to two lee Matsushige, the aqua- The Aquarium of the Pa- gons can be bred, scientists Hong Kong activists in a confusion, even in Macao as a Cantonese- rium’s associate curator, cific in Long Beach was the believe that could reduce sign of growing concern speaking city, it is always safer to say “Xie Xie.” who noted the sea dragons’ first in the world to breed the number being taken ille- over how dissent is dealt amazing ability to camoufla- the weedy sea dragons in gally from the wild. AP with in the territory.