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Qatar Arab nations isolating Qatar extended a deadline yesterday for the energy rich country to respond to their for interference claim demands by another 48 hours, allowing its P6 top diplomat to carry a handwritten response to Kuwait’s ruler in an effort to end the diplomatic crisis. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, beitler Daniel Egypt and Bahrain already have plans to meet in Cairo to discuss their next moves.

Philippines Military officials said yesterday that militants aligned with the Islamic State group who seized parts of a southern city forced hostages to loot millions in cash, firearms, ammunition, gold and jewelry from houses and business establishments. More on p13 ap photo

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Group suggests CRIME free university education Tourist prosecuted over The Macao Citizens Federation suggested that the local government should extend its free education scheme to tertiary unauthorized drone flight education. A report by Cheng Pou, the president of the association, Renato Marques said that the government has a great revenue surplus which offers the possibility to invest tourist from the main-

land is being prosecuted barbosa paulo more resources into education. A The president also suggested that for an unlawful drone flight the government could offer free which occurred on the eve- university education for bachelor ning of July 2 in the Nam Van degree levels. The association Lake area, a Public Security believes that by doing so, the Police Force (PSP) spokes- competitiveness of local youth in person informed yesterday the labor market can be enhanced. during a press conference. Moreover, Cheng wrote that “this The man, of approximately 30 does not correspond to a big years, was chased by the police amount of money.” after an officer on duty at the Government’s Headquarters noticed an Unmanned Ae- Bus lane signs rial Vehicle (UAV) commonly known as a “drone” flying over removed from the area of the Nam Van Lake. San Ma Lou The police found the pre- sence of the drone during the evening and in an area very Electronic road signs indicating This photo unrelated to the criminal case shows a drone at the Nam Van Lake area exclusive bus lanes have been close to the government head- removed from the streets along quarters very suspicious, and the San Ma Lou area. Instead, the started a manhunt in all the The PSP informed that they The case started with a report A further investigation, Transport Bureau (DSAT) has area to find the operator of the have issued an official letter to to the police from a passer-by through the viewing of street placed permanent transportation equipment. He was located a the AACM which details their that stated a man was lying on video surveillance cameras, instruction signs along these roads. few minutes later in the leisu- findings, and the AACM will the street. identified a Filipino, around However, according to a report re area of the lake. now deal with the case. A patrol from the PSP was 20 years old, who resides in a by Macao Daily News, the change Questioned by the police, the In the case of unlawful use of sent to the location finding the nearby building. causes a considerable number man admitted to be the drone UAVs, the new regulations set man sleeping on a stone ben- Upon questioning by the po- of vehicles to enter the bus lanes operator, saying that he was a penalty fee that ranges from ch. When questioned by the lice, the suspect admitted to by mistake. DSAT said that the a tourist. The man said he MOP2,000 to MOP20,000 in police the man, who had been have taken the bag but denied exclusive bus lanes along San Ma was walking by the area and addition to other sanctions. drinking a lot and eventually that he had any of the posses- Lou had been implemented for he found it interesting. This In a separate case repor- had fallen asleep in that pla- sions mentioned by the owner. more than seven years, and that prompted him to use the UAV ted by the same police force, ce, said his bag that allegedly He told the police he dispo- transportation facilities are well to film the surrounding area, a 20-year-old non-resident contained cash, credit cards sed the bag in the rubbish bin equipped at these locations to from the Nam Van to the Ma- worker is being charged with and mobile phones worth a nearby after not finding any implement the exclusive bus lane cau Tower. stealing a bag from a man total of MOP22,000 had been valuable items inside. policy. The majority of the drivers According to the PSP, the are accustomed to this policy. The lying on the street. stolen. He is being charged for theft. exclusive bus lane is only enforced UAV weighed 743 grams, whi- on Sundays and public holidays. ch according to the law would require both an authorization to fly during nighttime and an Police officer identification tag with the ow- Two casino employees ner’s name and contact, in line suspended after with the new rules published charged for fraud and forgery by the Civil Aviation Authori- dog abuse ty (AACM) in late September wo local resident men, aged 24 and 25, to the police. last year. These laws require Thave been accused by their employer, a local The case started on June 30 at around 5 a.m., A male police officer who was all drones weighing over 250 casino company, of trying to commit fraud by when the suspect presented a complaint to the found to have beaten his own dog grams to be identified in addi- forging documents to grant a casino credit line PJ accusing another man (51) of having pushed in January has been suspended tion to establishing a security of HKD5 million to be used by a third party. The him to the ground, causing him injuries. from his position, the Secretariat zone around a list of govern- credit line aimed to facilitate gamblers’ access The event, which allegedly occurred in a casino for Security announced on its ment institutions and other to money without having to carry it into Macau, in Cotai, was investigated and a viewing of the official website. A notice was signed “sensitive” areas. Such rules the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed in press con- casino CCTV revealed a different story. The ac- by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak on June 26 regarding prevent UAVs from entering ference. cuser can be seen asking for tips from the other the officer’s suspension. The the airspace within 50 meters The complaint to the PJ was filed by the em- man who refused, after which point he grabbed secretariat’s official website also of the Government Headquar- ployer who told the police that the men had sub- him with both arms before falling on the grou- declares that the Judiciary Police ters, the Legislative Assembly mitted the aforementioned documents in order nd. has continuously required its building, and the Court of Fi- to acquire such credit from the company. Questioned by the police, the suspect infor- members to watch their personal nal Appeal building, as well as For the time being, the company has not re- med that the man threatened to file a complaint behaviors and to obey the law. The the official residences of the ported any loss, as the credit was not granted. against him if he did not forfeit HKD 500,000. secretariat revealed that it had Chief Executive and principal In a separate case, the police informed that a The first man was detained and presented to initiated an investigation into the officials of Macau and the Cen- 33-year-old from the mainland has been accu- the Public Prosecutions Office on the charges of police officer on January 28. tral People’s Government. sed of extortion and providing false declarations extortion and false declarations to the police.

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Int’l Documentary Film Festival Penny Lam (left) and Rita Wong Second edition pays Organizers’ pick enny Lam highlights Still Tomorrow (2017), Pa film by mainland Chinese director Fan Jian, as homage to Kawase one not to miss at the Macau International Docu- mentary Film Festival. The documentary recounts the surreal - yet true - Daniel Beitler tival’s theme. there is a sub-culture here and some story of a woman’s journey from being a farmer, “Critics said that her films are like people [within this sub-culture] take married against her will to an older man, to a ce- mbodying the theme a personal diary that she has [trans- the racing very seriously.” lebrated poet who earned the attention of several of “Time and Growth”, the formed] into a film,” said Lam, According to Lam, scooter racing prominent Chinese writers. With her newfound Macau International Docu- adopting a popular interpretation of is a decades-old tradition for the fame and money, the woman is able to secure her mentary Film Festival will Kawase’s artistic style. “Documenta- Macau youth. Even today, he said, freedom from her husband and start a new life. Ereturn for its second edition this ries, for a long time, have had the re- there are some people still racing “It is a very poetic and surreal story,” said Lam. month, once again inviting local do- putation of being [impersonal] with in Coloane in the early hours of the “This story is amazing and the cinematography is cumentary filmmaker Penny Lam to their responsibility to reflect socie- morning. impressive.” curate the festival. ty. But Kawase doesn’t care, [she] This year’s festival is larger in ter- The film won a prestigious award at its premiere at Some 26 documentaries, subtitled believes she can film whatever she ms of the selection of films on offer: the International Documentary Film Festival Ams- in both Chinese and English, will be wants.” 26 compared to 18 in its inaugural terdam, becoming one of the first Chinese films to screened over the course of the three edition. It has also been moved from be recognized at such a high level within the inter- -week festival held at Cinematheque spring last year to the summer, with national documentary-making community. Passion. the intention of drawing more tou- “We nearly didn’t get the chance to screen it here In accordance with the festival’s The Macau rists and students to the screenings. because the film is so new and it had not been pre- theme, the documentaries have Organizers say that although new miered in Asia yet,” said Lam. “All of a sudden, been partitioned according to the public generally film festivals are the trend in the ci- Shanghai Film Festival agreed to premiere it earlier four seasons, with spring, summer, ty’s cultural scene, perhaps only two this month, and so we were granted permission [by autumn and winter reflecting the prefer works can be strictly defined as “festivals the filmmaker] to screen it in July.” chronological stages of a person’s about documentaries.” life. of fiction [to “The Macau public generally prefer Still Tomorrow (2017), Fan Jian. Mandarin-lan- “In Chinese [culture], we see the documentaries] works of fiction [to documentaries] guage film with subtitles provided in Chinese and seasons as the four stages of life, because they are more accessible English. Screenings: July 16 at 9:30 p.m. and July with spring being the beginning – or because they are and more [prevalent] in the com- 30 at 4:30 p.m. childhood,” explained the returning mercial scene,” Rita Wong, the chief curator in an interview with the Ti- more accessible. operating officer of Cinematheque RITA WONG says she is very excited for one of mes. Rita Wong Passion, offered as an explanation. Kawase’s earliest documentary films to be brought Taking center stage at this year’s Cinematheque Passion COO “I think that this is starting to to the Passion Cinematheque screen. festival is “director in focus” Naomi change with the documentary fes- Forty minutes in length, Embracing (1992) is Kawase, an award-winning Japane- In one of her seven documenta- tivals [in the city],” she continued. about the Japanese director’s search for her father se filmmaker known for her docu- ries being screened at the festival, “People need to be introduced to do- who abandoned their family when she was a child. mentary-realism. Much of Kawase’s Kawase records the process of tra- cumentaries through these kinds of Adhering to her documentary-realism style, the work is semi-autobiographical and cking down her father, who aban- festivals, because the public are not film avoids Hollywood clichés associated with fictio- the filmmaker has a discernible fon- doned her when she was a child. In familiar with [this media form] and nal stories of sentimental family reunions. It even dness for using herself, her family another, she gives birth to her son may not know where to start with goes as far as denying the audience any more than and her friends as film subjects. on camera. them.” a passing insight into the eventual meeting of father “The oldest [Kawase] film [we are As is becoming a tradition with “A lot of the films that we selected and daughter. screening] is from 1992 and the la- the young festival, this edition will for the festival are very cinematic Now a famous director, Kawase launched her ca- test one is from 2015 and so the fil- also feature a Macau entry. Wong […] because of the reality of the Ma- reer with this documentary, which propelled her to mmaker has obviously changed a lot Kuan Chak’s The Last Ride (2017), a cau audience,” said Lam. “Not all fame within Japan. over that time,” said Lam. 15-minute short to be screened alon- documentaries are cinematic - and “My choice is one of Kawase’s earliest documen- “In the later films, which come gside several other documentary [this] is not a way of judging the me- taries, because it is very hard to find [this film] in from different stages in her career, shorts, takes a humorous look at the rit of documentaries,” he continued, cinemas,” said Wong. “It is a precious thing to wat- you can see how she changes as a city’s scooter racing sub-culture. adding that “the magic and power of ch Kawase’s early films in the cinema because she is person – first as a teenager and then The Last Ride is about a young man documentaries comes over time.” getting very famous and it is [usually] only possible as a mother.” who wants to quit scooter racing to The Macau International Docu- to find her later works.” By casting herself as a principal pursue a different passion. He deci- mentary Film Festival begins on subject in her work, Kawase’s films des to organize one last race before July 8 with screenings lasting until Embracing (1992), Naomi Kawase. Japanese-lan- chronicle her personal growth as he gives up the sport for good. July 30. Focus filmmaker Naomi guage with subtitles provided in Chinese and En- both an individual and a filmmaker, “In Macau, the teenagers used to Kawase will arrive in the city for the glish. Screenings: July 13 at 7 p.m. and July 23 at making the organizers’ choice of ‘di- race their scooters,” said Lam. “This festival’s concluding week, starting 8:30 p.m. followed by a “meet the director” session. rector in focus’ well suited to the fes- was never something serious, but from July 23. 04.07.2017 tue

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Transport Groups still upset over measures to curb vehicles Cotai Eco-Areas’ everal local drivers and sociation of Macau, lamented Sgarage workers have expres- that some vehicles met stan- Open day sed frustration over the govern- dards when they were initially bloomberg ment-imposed vehicle curbing on sale, but due to the imposed The registration period for the monthly measures, arguing that some measures, the vehicles had to activity “Open Day of the Cotai Ecological measures are not effective in be dumped. “It is so unfair to Areas” opens today. The activity will take place solving long-term transport their owners when they have to from July 8 to 22 (at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each problems. be dumped now under the new day) and lasts two hours (in Eco-Areas I and Following the implementa- rules,” Cheng argued. II). During the guided tour, participants can tion of the measures earlier In February this year, the En- enter areas which are normally restricted so this year, groups voiced their vironmental Protection Bureau that they can see fauna and flora specific to the area. Due to the limited number of entries concerns during a TDM Forum (DSPA) announced that the (100), the registration will end as soon as all held on Sunday. The forum scheme is the government’s the slots are filled. was not attended by any offi- plan to curb the number of cial from the Transport Bureau two-stroke engine vehicles in tructions without being offered more than 14,000 motor vehi- (DSAT). Macau, hoping to gain the at- time to digest them.” cles were canceled this year to AACM approves July- Some groups urged the go- tention of the owners of “about Another opposed resident no- date, a number that equaled vernment to focus on the im- 30 percent of the total number ted that the controversial mea- the total number of vehicle re- August extra flights provement of public transport, of vehicles.” The measure was sures are “simply the least desi- gistrations canceled in 2016. noting that there were methods aimed at removing a total of red and ineffective method.” The government initially The Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) has imposed that “fail to solve lon- 9,575 two-wheel vehicles that Due to the new measures, a planned to introduce the four- approved 142 extra and charter flights for July g-term problems” as some of run on two-stroke engines from hike in parking costs was impo- percent annual cap on vehicle and August so far. These flights are destined the regulations pertain to emis- the roads. sed, along with stricter vehicle growth in 2015. The Secre- for mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, the sions standards. Meanwhile during the Fo- inspections and heavy penalties tary for Transport and Public Republic of Korea and Japan. In accordance “The government should fo- rum, residents also condemned for illegal parking. Works, Raimundo do Rosário, with the application submitted by Air Macau cus on improving public trans- policy makers for failing to give Just last month, DSAT increa- recently said that the goal was this year, AACM has approved the airlines port in the long-run,” said drivers sufficient time to be in sed the fares of all parking me- to set vehicle increase at a four to operate a total of 142 extra and charter Leong Sai Kun, member of the line with the new measures. ters by as much as 200 percent percent annual rate, and would flights. The extra flights begin today and will Traffic Advisory Board, as cited A concerned resident even ar- for private cars and about 100 look at improving vehicle ins- continue until August 31. The added flights in a TDM report. “Without a gued, “it is unfair that the mea- percent for motorcycles and pection measures in a bid to include 57 flights to Taipei, 26 to Kaohsiung, proper system of public trans- sures were just the decision of heavy vehicles in certain areas. improve air quality. 30 to Bangkok, 17 to Jeju, eight to Ningbo and four to Okinawa, according to the bureau’s portation in place, residents a few people,” referring to go- DSAT is still planning to im- “We are looking at implemen- statement. AACM has also approved the won’t ditch their cars.” vernment officials. “In our eyes plement new fares in other ting a set of different measures, applications for a capacity increase submitted Cheng Chong Fai, president the measures are wrong. We areas of Macau in October. including giving priority to pu- by Air Macau and Tiger Taiwan for their of Public Utilities Concern As- were forced to follow these ins- Further, registrations for blic transport,” he noted. Taiyuan and Taiwan flights respectively. Licensing eased for CTM fined MOP104,000 for April’s cyber blackout employment agencies TM has been fined that the maximum fi- compensation. hope that similar inci- company’s CEO, Vandy MOP104,000 for nancial punishment is “If I am not remem- dents will not happen Poon, declared at the The Labor Affairs Bureau launched measures C the partial Internet bla- MOP500,000. bering it wrong, there again. time that CTM would that aim to ease regulations on the licensing of employment agencies yesterday, the bureau ckout that occurred in The director informed are two things [CTM In April, a blackout assume “full responsibi- informed in a statement. These measures April, announced by Lau that in this instance the was punished for]. One spread from CTM’s ins- lity” for the incident. include exemption for the presentation Vai Meng, director of the bureau deemed that is that CTM did not tallations. According to In addition, when in- of several documents such as company Macao Post and the Te- CTM did not conduct follow our instructions, the company, the sof- formed about the recent registration certificate, land registry certificate lecommunications Bu- operations according to and another is the [bla- tware problem involved cyber-attack which oc- and declaration of the commencement of reau, yesterday. the city’s legal instruc- ckout’s] affecting ran- two major internet ac- curred in other regions activity (M1) from the Financial Services Lau said that the pu- tion. ge and affecting time. cess servers. and countries, Lau said Bureau. 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MGTO awards photo AL election Jorge Neto Valente. Neto Valente, the son of the contest winners Macau lawyer of the same name, is running in the elec- The Macau Government Tourism Office Countinho apologizes tion as the third-place candi- (MGTO) held a prize-giving ceremony date on Melinda Chan’s list. yesterday for the winners of the photo, “I was very [disappointed] student drawing and trophy design categories to realize that [such a dinner] in the 28th Macau International Fireworks for interference claim was organized specifically in a Display Contest held at the Macau Tower. way that [only] one of the can- A total of 89 prizes were awarded. The first awmaker José Perei- didates to the election could prize winners for the photo contest went to Lra Coutinho has issued an address the community,” said Leong Ka I and Chan Kun Fai while Sam apology to the Liaison Office Coutinho last month. “When Hoi Kin, Chong Leong Hang and Cheang of the Central People’s Go- the Central Government pays

Chi Ian were awarded the first prizes for the marques renato vernment, after he accused for this, I consider that this is student drawing contest. Ng Lei Lai Ha won the organization last month a serious matter because we the first prize for the trophy design contest. see the infringement to the The list of all of the awardees is posted on of providing discriminatory MGTO’s website. The awarded artworks will treatment to certain Legisla- principle that elections must be exhibited at the lower ground level of the tive Assembly (AL) election be fair.” Macau Tower until July 9. candidates. Coutinho added that he sus- In the apology, printed in pected local representatives of Macau’s two largest Chine- Beijing were supporting “the- OM holds concerts for se newspapers, Macau Daily se kinds of events in exchange News and Va Kio Daily, Cou- for benefits when they leave its ‘devotion series’ tinho described his accusation [their posts].” as being inappropriate and Pereira Coutinho The Macanese legislator is The Macao Orchestra (OM) held a series of said that he had no evidence the head of the New Hope concerts last month titled “Love Music, Love for the charges he made. ndly inappropriate and that AL elections, the lawmaker political association as well as Devotion” at Hospital Conde S. Januario, “First of all, please let me ex- has had negative repercus- and candidate in the 2017 AL the Civil Servants Association. Sir Robert Ho Tung Library and the Coloane press my most sincere apolo- sions in the Liaison Office, for election accused the Liaison Despite having been directly Prison on June 14, June 29 and June 30 elected to the AL in every respectively. The orchestra performed gies related to the comments which I apologize.” Office of interference in the Mozart’s string quartets in a series of string I made regarding the incident “The Liaison Office has de- election. election since 2005 and the concerts, showcasing classical music which of the invitation of another monstrated its esteem for the Coutinho said that the Liai- fact that he will again stand attracted many listeners. The concert series Macanese group to the Liai- Macanese community. It has son Office had organized a first on the New Hope list this is an effort to contribute to the community son Office dinner,” it read. contributed to the harmony of special dinner and invited year, the lawmaker warned it through musical performances and to share “During the interview I the local society. Its efforts are members of the Macanese would be difficult to electeven classical music with the public. By organizing made statements which were recognized by the Macau peo- and Portuguese communi- a single lawmaker in Septem- these concerts, the OM aims to convey its not based on facts regarding ple, including the Macanese.” ties. He then accused officials ber. appreciation for music to the community by the invitation and the Liaison Speaking last month as he from the Office of encoura- “The lack of fairness is al- offering opportunities for all social groups to Office leaders. Besides that, formalized New Hope’s (Nova ging these attendees to vote ready affecting the [election] enrich their cultural exposure. the words I used were profou- Esperança) candidacy to the for rival Macanese candidate run,” he said at the time.

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Lam placed two benches at the entrance where people can sit, and sip a coffee or eat a snack. Inside they reproduced the ori- paulo barbosa paulo ginal paint scheme, and hung some of the original shutters on one wall, a feature popular with elderly residents. Why build a library and not a museum or another kind of pu- blic facility? To meet demand. According to Lo Chi Keong, chief of Division of Reader Ser- vices and Promotion of the IC’s Department of Public Library Management, the city’s 17 pu- blic libraries drew 2.5 million visitors last year. “Our aim is to have one within 5–10 minutes walking distance of every resident. In July 2012, we opened a small one nearby, the Red Market Library,” he says. A former branch of the Post Office, the 260 square me- ter facility has seating for 73, as well as eight computers and a collection of 7,100 books, main- ly on home economics. Althou- gh it is open 24 hours a day, the Heritage Red Market Library does not have library officials on duty af- ter 8 p.m.. “But the Red Market Library is too small. The area needed a lar- Patane Library: retain the old, ger one and the residents were asking for one. Each district needs a cultural center, and this one is a historic building that create the new in Macau deserves to be preserved. Each library needs its own special fea- Mark O´Neill* of Cultural Heritage. “But the- mainland, and where fishing Lam and his team repaired the tures. The Patane Library spe- re is nothing special about it. It vessels set out to sea. The street severely damaged areas, and cializes in drama and music,” Lo n a crowded street in has no story. This site is more bustled with people and clients reinforced the foundations. explains. the Inner Harbor dis- valuable than a new building,” for the timber. They built a new roof using glass The Patane Library consists of trict, residents have he adds. The exterior of the buildings and steel frames, and demo- three floors, covering an area of discovered a pleasant “We kept the elements from reflected a style common across lished the walls that separated 1,130 square meters, with 170 Osurprise – a row of seven di- the original buildings. The old southern China with a covering the seven buildings to create a seats for readers, as well as spa- lapidated buildings has been residents say that they remem- over the pavement that provi- single unit. Old wood windows ce to read the 79 newspapers transformed into a sparkling ber the old wood windows and ded protection for pedestrians and doors from each wall were and 643 magazines. The perio- new library. The Patane Library doors. They have a feeling for from both rain and the scor- retained, and a portion preser- dicals come from all over the opened on December 9 at a ce- this place and say that they used ching summer sun. Inside, each ved for visitors to see. world, including the mainland, remony presided over by Alexis to live here. For each person, building was comprised of a Taiwan, Singapore, Europe, and Tam, Secretary for Social Affairs each room has a story and they shop on the ground floor, stocks the United States. The collection and Culture, and Ung Vai Meng, remember it. The story goes on on the top floor, and living quar- also boasts 14,000 books and then president of the Cultural and, we hope, will be told from ters for the merchant and their We kept the 4,100 audiovisual materials. It Affairs Bureau (IC). Since then, one generation to the next,” ex- family on the first floor. has a multi-media zone to show it has attracted around 700 visi- plains Lam. Over time, the economy of Ma- elements from films and concerts, as well as a tors a day to enjoy its wide range cau changed. As the mainland room for meetings and school of free newspapers, magazines, developed its own shipyards, the the original projects. books, films, and music. Built in the city could no longer compete in buildings. The “Since it opened, we have at- Built in the 1930s, the buildin- 1930s, the terms of price of land and labor. tracted a wide range of people,” gs were used as shops, selling Production moved to port cities old residents says Lo. “In the morning, elderly timber to shipyards and piers buildings were in Guangdong. As their sales people queue up for the opening that were then the heart of the dwindled, the timber merchants say that they at 9.30 a.m. to read newspapers city. But as the economy chan- used as shops, were forced to shut down. Con- and magazines. During the lun- ged, the shops closed and the sumer traffic diminished as well remember ch break, we have white-collar buildings were converted into selling timber to with the emergence of Avenida the old wood people coming from their offi- overcrowded apartments for shipyards and de Almeida Ribeiro as the city’s ces. After the end of class, stu- the poor. The property fell into commercial center, full of new windows and dents come from the schools. such disrepair that in 2010, the piers that were shops, banks, hotels, and res- Parents come in with their chil- owner, a real estate company, taurants. doors. dren. We have activities for chil- wanted to demolish them. The then the heart The poor condition of the bui- Lam Kai Wun dren, as well as for adults. Pre- IC stepped in, proposing that ldings complicated the resto- Architect sentations from publishers and the buildings be restored and of the city ration process. “Our principle authors have been especially converted into a library. It took was to preserve the whole faça- To accommodate the collection popular. Readers can access six years and an investment of Built in the 1930s, the seven de,” says Lam. The first job was of books and audiovisual mate- both traditional and electronic MOP26 million to revitalize the buildings on Rua da Ribeira to clear out all the waste and rials, the team built a new struc- books, and order books from property, with an additional do Patane combined European additional structures put in by ture in three of the shops capab- other libraries.” monthly rent of MOP165,000, and Southeast Asian architec- the new residents. “We needed le of supporting such a massive Ten years ago, the derelict bui- 11 months a year paid to the real tural styles. They housed timber 25–30 rubbish trucks to remove weight. They also added a lift, ldings that now comprise the estate company over the next merchants who sold their goods everything. Only then could we to move books and people, and Patane Library were something five years. to the city’s booming shipyards see the original state of the bui- modern drainage and fire pre- to avoid. Now the IC has trans- “Building on empty land is located a short distance away in ldings.” vention systems. formed them into a social and the easiest and costs less”, says the Inner Harbor. It was the bu- Since the buildings stand on The new glass front allows pas- cultural center in the Patane Lam Kai Wun, an architect from siness center of the city, where reclaimed land, there had been sersby to see what is inside, and district, and a prime example of the Division for Research and passenger and cargo ships ar- slippage in some places during encourages them to come in. how to combine the past and the Planning of the IC’s Department rived from Hong Kong and the the long period of neglect. So To make it even more inviting, present. *MDT/Macauhub 04.07.2017 tue

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Fo- U.S. approves laptops on reign-made movies clai- to rescue China box office med 61 percent of ticket flights from Abu Dhabi sales in China in the first half, compared with 47 hina’s box-offi- Last Knight,” and Walt viegoers have become percent a year ago, ac- Edward Robinson security on laptops and si- Cce receipts fell last Disney Co.’s “Pirates more sophisticated and cording to researcher milar items after intelligence month as Hollywood of the Caribbean: Dead have outgrown special EntGroup. he U.S. Department of reports warned that terrorist blockbusters failed to Men Tell No Tales” effect-packed franchise To be sure, China’s THomeland Security lifted groups may be capable of hi- compensate for poor would pull in enough movies.” growth potential re- its ban on electronic devices in ding bombs in such machines. showings by local films. moviegoers to revive the Analysts had been mains high, according the cabins of commercial jetli- Etihad Airways passengers June movie ticket sa- market. 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seas,” and that Liu and his wife should be free to communicate Doubts arise over Nobel Peace with the outside world. Reliable, independent infor- mation on Liu’s condition and his desire to travel has been di- winner’s inability to travel fficult to obtain, as Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, have long been isolated by the authorities, out of the reach of most friends and Didi Tang A separate photo that’s been the media. While the couple circulating online showed Liu have not publicly stated their friend of imprisoned Chine- ap photo holding a bowl and being spoon- willingness to go abroad, their Ase Nobel Peace laureate Liu fed by his wife. Liu did not friends believe they wish to do Xiaobo said yesterday that he appear to be hooked up to life- so, based on Liu Xia’s earlier in- doubts the government’s claims support. dications to her friends. that the ailing dissident is too “Based on the videos and the China’s foreign ministry said sick to leave the country in part photo, we know for sure that his yesterday that it has no infor- because of a video in which Liu conditions have not deteriora- mation on Liu’s case. “I can only is described as being in “accep- ted,” Hu said. “There’s no ques- say that we hope that the rele- table” condition. tion that Liu Xiaobo can travel.” vant countries can respect Chi- Whether Liu is able to travel is William Fingleton, spokesman na’s judicial sovereignty instead a key question in negotiations for the European Union delega- of making use of this individual for his possible release from a tion in China, said EU diplomats case to interfere in China’s do- Chinese hospital. The U.S. and met with a Chinese vice minister mestic affairs,” spokesman European Union have been of justice on Friday regarding Geng Shuang said at a regular calling on Beijing to allow Chi- Liu’s treatment. Fingleton did news briefing. na’s most famous political pri- not provide details on the dis- China’s justice department did soner, recently diagnosed with cussion. not immediately respond to fa- late-stage liver cancer, to choose In a statement released later xed questions about Liu’s case. where he wants to be treated. Friday, the EU’s foreign policy Liu, a writer and an outspoken Shang Baojun, Liu’s former chief, Federica Mogherini, ur- government critic, was senten- In this recent undated handout photo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate lawyer, has said Chinese officials Liu Xiaobo, left, is attended to by his wife Liu Xia in a hospital in China ged China to immediately grant ced in 2009 to 11 years in prison have told Liu’s family members Liu parole on humanitarian on a charge of inciting subver- that his health was so poor that grounds, citing Liu’s deteriora- sion of state power, a year after he could not travel. te that Liu was in stable condi- ceptable,” an unidentified male ting health. he co-authored Charter ‘08, a Liu’s friend Hu Jia, a political tion. Medical experts were seen doctor in a white coat was seen Mogherini also said that Chi- document calling for democracy dissident, said yesterday a video saying that Liu’s treatment plan saying in the video, which did na should “allow him to receive and rule of law in China. He was that emerged on YouTube over was going smoothly. not include any images of Liu medical assistance at a place of awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the weekend appeared to indica- “Currently, his situation is ac- and was dated Wednesday. his choosing in China or over- in 2010 while incarcerated. AP

Iran signs USD5b gas deal ap photo with France’s Total, Chinese firm

Nasser Karimi, Tehran and connected to existing statement. “Total will de- being created by the U.S. facilities by two underwa- velop the project in strict government.” ran yesterday signed a ter pipelines, Total said. A compliance with applicab- Iran sits atop the world’s IUSD5 billion agreement second phase will involve le national and internatio- fourth-largest oil reserves with France’s Total SA and the construction of offsho- nal laws.” and the second-biggest a Chinese oil company to re compression facilities, During the ceremony, stores of natural gas. Sin- develop its massive of- the firm said. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan ce the nuclear deal, whi- fshore natural gas field, Zanganeh congratulated ch saw Iran limiting its Iranian workers walk in a construction site which is part of South the first such deal with fo- all involved in the deal, enrichment of uranium Pars gas field, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf reign companies since the The state- saying it will lead to “more in exchange for economic landmark 2015 nuclear owned China than $5 billion in foreign sanctions being lifted, ful purposes. tionary Guard, a parami- deal with world powers. investments.” He also des- the country has quickly In the time since the nu- litary unit responsible for Officials met in Tehran National cribed it as “one of the ou- boosted its crude oil pro- clear deal, Iran has seen recent ballistic missile tes- and signed the agreement, tcomes of the nuclear deal duction and sold what it success in other business ts that angered Washing- which will see the firms Petroleum and recent presidential had in floating reserves. ventures. Boeing Co. and ton. develop a portion of the election,” which saw mo- Yesterday’s deal will fur- its European rival Airbus Hossein Amiri Khamka- massive South Pars of- Corp. has a derate President Hassan ther boost its coffers and have signed billions of ni, a member of an Ira- fshore field that Iran sha- 30 percent Rouhani re-elected over a secure a new supply of dollars in deals with Iran nian parliamentary com- res with Qatar. Qatar calls hard-line challenger. natural gas for domestic Air, all already approved mittee on energy, said he the same area the North stake in the Zanganeh also held out consumption, beginning by the U.S. Treasury. believed yesterday’s deal Field and it provides the a hand to U.S. oil com- in 2021. Chicago-based Boeing “breaks the taboo of Ame- small country, now in the deal panies, saying his country The 20-year contract also signed a $3 billion rican sanctions and opens middle of a diplomatic cri- needs some $200 billion also offers a vote of con- deal in April to sell 30 the way for other com- sis with four other Arab Total said the project will of investments in its oil fidence for Iran in the 737 MAX aircraft to Iran’s panies.” states, its incredible weal- have a capacity of 2 billion industry in the next five business world, especially Aseman Airlines, a firm Tehran-based Energy th. cubic feet of natural gas a years to make up for time as U.S. President Donald owned by Iran’s civil ser- analyst Ali Reza Soltani Total has a 50.1-percent day or 400,000 barrels of lost during sanctions. Trump has threatened to vice pension foundation. agreed. share in the new Iran deal. oil equivalent per day, in- Iran hopes to produce 6 try and renegotiate the The Boeing sales repre- “The oil deal, in prac- The state-owned Chi- cluding condensate. million barrels of crude oil nuclear accord. sent the first major deals tice, has defused all the na National Petroleum “This is a major agree- and condensates a day in Total pulled out of Iran for an American company moves by international Corp. has 30-percent ment for Total, which of- five years, he said, up from in 2006 as United Nations in Iran since the 1979 Is- and regional opponents stake and Iran’s Petropars ficially marks our return some 3.6 million today. sanctions first took hold lamic Revolution and U.S. and rivals of Iran,” Solta- has 19.9 percent. to Iran to open a new page “We do not consider any over fears Iran’s atomic Embassy takeover. ni said. “It has a clear-cut The development at pha- in the history of our part- obstacle for the partici- program would be used The U.S. Congress has message: The leveraging se 11 of the South Pars field nership with the country,” pation of American com- to build nuclear weapons. been pushing for a new set of sanctions against Iran will see 20 wells and two Total chairman and CEO panies,” Zanganeh said. Tehran has maintained its of sanctions against Iran has lost its credibility and wellhead platforms built Patrick Pouyanne said in a “The main obstacle is program is only for peace- and its hard-line Revolu- effectiveness.”AP tue 04.07.2017

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China’s summary of the pre- sidential phone call said that Trump reaffirmed the long-stan- China warns against ‘negative’ ding U.S. policy recognizing Bei- jing as the sole legitimate govern- ment of China. The White House made no mention of the subject. U.S. turn as Trump raises heat Trump’s call with Xi followed a separate chat with Prime Minis- ter Shinzo Abe, of Japan, a U.S. Ting Shi ranking China among the world’s trade rival that’s also key ally human-trafficking offenders and against Kim’s regime. Japan’s

resident Xi bloomberg called on Beijing to let ailing Nob- chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Jinping’s complaint about le Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo Suga, told reporters Monday that a “negative” turn in Chi- seek cancer treatment abroad. the pair agreed that China must na’s relationship with the Whether such moves were iso- be firmer with North Korea. PU.S. showed the challenge facing lated, part of a campaign to show Donald Trump when the two lea- China the price of inaction or ders meet in Germany this week. steps toward a more confronta- Xi’s comment during a pho- tional strategy was unclear. The Ties are also ne call with Trump on yesterday U.S. is raising the pressure at a followed several assertive U.S. sensitive time for Xi, who must affected by moves in Asia, including a naval project strength ahead of a par- patrol past a Chinese-controlled ty congress in the fourth quarter some negative islet a day earlier. The American that will shape his influence into president called in part to advan- the next decade. elements, ce talks on curbing North Korea’s The political atmosphere makes and the nuclear weapons program, which Chinese President Xi Jinping moves toward Taiwan, which have progressed little since Xi’s China considers a breakaway Chinese side sunny April visit to Trump’s Flo- last month - members of his ad- tations, because China cannot province and one of “core” issues, rida resort. ministration have also renewed single-handedly deliver on North particularly provocative. That’s has already “Ties are also affected by some criticism of the country while re- Korea.” especially true after Trump broke negative elements, and the Chine- turning to a harder line on trade. An 82-word summary of with decades of protocol against expressed our se side has already expressed our The risk is that Trump rethinks Trump’s call released by the Whi- interactions with Taiwanese lea- stance to the stance to the U.S.,” Xi told Trump, his early detente with Xi and ad- te House said “both leaders rea- ders in December and accepted a according to state broadcaster vances a punitive approach simi- ffirmed their commitment to a phone call with the island’s presi- U.S. China Central Television. “China lar to what he advocated during denuclearized Korean Peninsula” dent. Xi Jinping [reportedly and the U.S. should tightly grasp the campaign. Moves such as le- while discussing a range of issues. “Going overboard in trying told Trump] the overall direction of develop- vying tariffs or boosting ties with The president “reiterated his de- to put pressure on Beijing may ment based on the consensus we Taiwan could prompt retaliation termination to seek more balan- prove counterproductive, since Trump, Xi and Abe will all have reached at Mar-a-Lago.” from China, especially as Xi pre- ced trade relations with America’s it will simply prompt a tit-for-tat an opportunity to discuss issues The remarks were Xi’s first ack- pares for a key Communist Party trading partners,” the White Hou- response from which the U.S. of concern at the G-20 summit. nowledgment of rekindled ten- party reshuffle. se said. will not emerge unbruised,” the “I do find the ‘honeymoon’s sions between the world’s two “China-U.S. ties have somewhat While Trump initially focused state-run China Daily said in an over’ conclusion a bit prematu- largest economies ahead of an cooled a bit from their giddy hei- on getting China’s help to prevent editorial Sunday. The piece, tit- re,” said Jia, of Peking University. expected meeting at the Group ghts after the Mar-a-Lago sum- Kim from developing an inter- led “It’s unwise for Washington “The G-20 summit will provide of 20 summit that begins Friday mit,” said Jia Qingguo, dean of continental nuclear missile, other to play the Taiwan card,” warned another chance for President Xi in Hamburg, Germany. Besides Peking University’s diplomacy old disputes have been resurfa- against any efforts to embrace a and Trump, who have already Trump’s frustration with China’s department and a foreign affairs cing. The U.S. has in recent days congressionally supported push established good personal rela- contribution to reining in Kim adviser to the government. “This announced a USD1.3 billion arms to allow U.S. Navy visits at the is- tionship, to catch up and maybe Jong Un - expressed in a tweet climb-down was within expec- sale to Taiwan, published a report land’s ports. repair things a bit.” Bloomberg

Chinese bonds dropped by Fitch Ratings. Onshore to 830 billion yuan ($121 yields last week were 81 Hong Kong bond link gets billion) as of the end of basis points lower than the March, from 853 billion corresponding Chinese underway to muted reaction yuan three months earlier, government debt offshore, People’s Bank of China known as Dim Sum bonds, data show. That’s less than at 4.38 percent. rading on China’s offshore investors another 1.5 percent of 66 trillion While the link will ini- Tnew bond link to the way to access the main- yuan of outstanding notes, tially only allow Hong rest of the world started land’s $10 trillion debt according to Bloomberg Kong-based investors to bloomberg yesterday, with little in the market, echoes the two calculations based on the trade on the mainland, way of a market reaction. cross-border stock con- central bank data. Charles Li, chief executive First-day turnover on the nect programs available The link’s start comes at a officer of Hong Kong Ex- system was 7 billion yuan in the former British co- time when domestic inves- changes and Clearing Ltd., (USD1 billion), 4.9 billion lony. The latest system, tors are growing more bul- said that the company yuan of which came from which will initially only lish on the nation’s bonds, would consider opening bid requests, according allow one- way flows to the after a rout spurred by a a channel into the city if to a statement posted on world’s third-largest bond government deleveraging investors showed an inte- the website of the Natio- market, is an effort to in- campaign. The yield on rest. nal Interbank Funding crease the meager foreign 10-year debt fell the most “We are doing this simply Center. Some 130 new holdings of mainland in a year last month, while out of market demand,” investors registered with debt, and one more step in a Bloomberg News survey he said of bond connect’s the program as it started, China’s efforts to become Norman Chan, chief executive of the HK Monetary Authority (left) and of fixed-income traders northbound start. “Due to Julien Martin, head of fi- part of the international Pan Gongsheng, deputy governor of the PBOC, strike a gong during and analysts predicts that the interest rate gaps, the- the launch ceremony of the China-Hong Kong Bond Connect xed income and currency financial system. the yield will drop to 3.40 re could be little interest product development at “More and more foreign percent at the end of Sep- over southbound at this Hong Kong Exchanges & investors need to purchase vestors’ rising demand.” new system. tember. moment, we don’t have Clearing Ltd. said at an in- yuan-denominated asse- HSBC Holdings Plc, Previous moves to open Yields offered by Chine- timetable for southbound vestor forum. The 10-year ts,” Pan Gongsheng, depu- Standard Chartered Plc the country’s interbank se government bonds are yet.” government debt yield ty governor at the People’s and Citigroup Inc. were bond market to institutio- among the highest in the “But if southbound de- rose just three basis points Bank of China, said at the among banks that said nal investors have failed world’s major economies, mand increases, we’ll do to 3.60 percent. link’s opening ceremony yesterday that they had to boost foreign holdings and the highest among southbound,” he said at The bond connect with in Hong Kong. “The bond completed their first deals of onshore debt. Overseas those rated A1 by Moody’s the opening ceremony. Hong Kong, which gives connect meets global in- as market makers in the institutions’ holdings of Investors Service and A+ Bloomberg 04.07.2017 tue

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Japan scandals and constitutional is- sues, according to Harris. Koike, who defected from the ruling party last month, cam- Tarnished Abe plunged into paigned on a platform of open government and cutting waste- ful spending in the city of 13.7 million, which accounts for crisis after Tokyo election loss about a fifth of Japan’s economy. One of her first moves as gover- nor was to halve her own salary. candal-hit Japanese The LDP sought to portray her Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as indecisive for delaying the

S ap photo faces one of his biggest tests sin- relocation of the iconic Tsukiji ce coming to power in late 2012, fish market over pollution con- after his ruling party lost to an cerns and insisting on reviewing upstart outfit in an election for the ballooning cost of the 2020 Tokyo’s assembly. Olympics. The Liberal Democratic Party lost more than half its seats to end up with 23, the lowest num- ber ever in the capital, in a vote that could be a harbinger for na- At times like tional elections. Voter turnout this we must was up about eight percentage points on the previous poll four pull ourselves years ago. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s together and Tomin First (Tokyo Residents First) party won 49 spots in the […] then move 127-seat assembly, up from six ahead carefully beforehand. That will give her a majority after she formed a local but decisively. alliance with parties including Shinzo Abe Abe’s national coalition partner Japanese Prime Ministe Komeito. Somber-faced party executives “Tokyo citizens’ expectation sat in silence at the opening of that we would reform the outda- an extraordinary meeting yes- ted assembly enabled us to beco- terday morning to discuss the me the biggest party,” Koike told defeat. a press conference yesterday, “At times like this we must pull where she expressed willingness ourselves together and reflect to work with Abe. on the things that should be In the 2009 Tokyo poll, the reflected on, then move ahead result may stir more criticism Smith, a strategist at CLSA, told “I wonder whether we’ll also see LDP and Komeito lost their do- carefully but decisively,” Abe within the LDP, where poten- Bloomberg TV. Voters want Abe Abe backed into a Cabinet reshu- minant position in the assembly said Monday in remarks carried tial rivals are positioning them- to “stop faffing around with the ffle that is sooner than he wan- - months before a resounding on NHK. “It’s been almost five selves to try and end his run as constitution” and instead focus ted and more extensive than he defeat to the Democratic Party years since the administration Japan’s third-longest serving on the economy, he added. wanted.” of Japan in a general election was launched and there was se- premier since World War II. The Abe’s rush to change the cons- The defeat could also hurt the that led to more than three years vere criticism that we might be loss could also hamper his con- titution to make clear the legiti- party’s chances in a national in opposition. This time, howe- lax. We have to accept that with troversial push to revise Japan’s macy of the country’s Self-De- election due next year. In 2009, ver, Abe doesn’t have to call a sincerity.” pacifist constitution by 2020. fense Forces has “handed his a big loss for the LDP in Tokyo vote until December 2018, a few A poll conducted by the Asahi Several executives of the par- critics a cudgel with which to preceded a landslide general months after the LDP is due for newspaper over the weekend ty’s Tokyo chapter are expected attack his leadership,” according election defeat months later. a formal leadership election. found support for Abe’s cabi- to resign, the Nikkei newspaper to Tobias Harris, a Japan analyst Yosuke Takagi of Komeito’s “It’s almost a foregone con- net had fallen three percentage reported yesterday, and Abe is at Teneo Intelligence in Washin- Tokyo chapter said there wou- clusion that someone will run points to 38 percent, while 42 likely to reshuffle his Cabinet as gton. ld be no change to the coalition against Abe” in the party poll percent of respondents said they soon as August. “Criticism over constitutional with the LDP in the national par- in 2018, Harris said. “The ques- did not support him. “Basically what we’ve had here revision could be the thin end of liament. Still, the Buddhist- ba- tion is whether someone with A spate of scandals has eroded is a smack upside the head for the wedge for broader criticism cked party may become a more a real chance of winning runs. support for Abe, and the election the prime minister,” Nicholas of Abe’s leadership,” Harris said. vocal critic of Abe, both on the MDT/Bloomberg

ith a landmark Wgoods and services tax (GST) now rolling out Modi’s reform agenda not yet done across India, Prime Mi- nister Narendra Modi is ve measures, anti-corrup- effect on July 1 after a mid- are no wrinkles will take likely to turn his focus to tion policies and tax eva- night launch ceremony and the best part of the next job creation and other key sion. While India remains has already caused some six months, if not longer,” ap photo economic reforms. one of the fastest growing economic disruption. said Ashok Malik, a dis- Further big structural economies in Asia, em- More urgently, Modi’s tinguished fellow with the steps, such as revamping ployment creation was the party will need to make New Delhi-based Obser- India’s land acquisition slowest on record in 2015, sure the GST implemen- ver Research Foundation and labor laws, are unlikely with just 135,000 net new tation goes smoothly and think-tank. to occur before the next na- jobs in the formal sector does not lead to a spike “We are likely to conti- tional election, scheduled of the economy against the in inflation or sustained nue seeing a preference for for 2019, as Modi’s Bhara- 12 million estimated new economic chaos. Despite an incremental approach tiya Janata Party still lacks entrants to the workforce, a relaxation of initial filing towards reforms, one that a majority in the upper government data show. requirements, there are prioritizes administrati- house of parliament. At the same time, Modi’s early signs that businesses ve reforms over structural Instead, analysts suggest administration will also remain confused and con- ones,” said Pratyush Rao, the BJP is likely to focus have to dedicate conside- sumers might be putting a Singapore-based senior on creating jobs while it rable resources to ensure off purchases. analyst for South Asia at pursues smaller reforms, the success of the new, na- “Politically selling the Control Risks, a consultan- including on administrati- tion-wide GST, which took GST and ensuring there cy. MDT/Bloomberg tue 04.07.2017

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Krystal Chia, Keith Zhai and Melissa Cheok ap photo dispute between Lee family feud the children of late Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew has damagedA the country’s repu- damaged Singapore’s tation and could dent public confidence in the government Thai labor rules if it continues, according to his reputation, Premier says son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien sending migrant Loong. Lee spoke in parliament yes- worlers home

terday in a bid to lay to rest a bloomberg Fearful that Thailand’s new labor spat with his two siblings over rules will get them into trouble, tens the estate of the country’s first of thousands of migrant workers are prime minister, who died in returning to neighboring Myanmar, 2015. Still, in his speech he Cambodia and Laos, causing acknowledged the dispute was hardship to themselves and their Thai unlikely to ever be resolved employers. Labor regulations that fully. took effect June 23 could give foreign “I know many Singaporeans workers without proper permits up are upset by this issue,” Lee to five years in prison, while their said. “They are tired of the sub- employers could face fines of up to ject, and wish it would end,” he 800,000 baht (USD23,500). Officials said. “I too am upset that thin- and workers’ advocates estimate that gs have reached this state.” roughly 30,000 workers have returned “As your prime minister, I home since the rules took effect. Prime deeply regret that this has ha- Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, under ppened and apologize to Sin- pressure from industries employing the gaporeans for this. As a son, I migrants, says he’ll institute a 120-day am pained at the anguish this extension of the deadline for worker strife would have caused my registration. parents to feel if they were still alive.” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong The spat burst into the pu- Vietnam buffalo blic eye in the early hours of the island state for weeks with Lee Hsien Loong said he de- fight suspended June 14 when the prime minis- tit-for-tat accusations on social Tit-for-tat nied allegations by his siblings ter’s siblings issued a six-page media, casting a shadow over accusations on of nepotism and attempts to A traditional water buffalo fight in statement on Facebook. Lee Lee and his People’s Action misuse his power. northern Vietnam was suspended Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang Party-led government. Still, social media “Regarding the house, and how after an animal attacked and killed accused their brother of ma- the PAP has a strong hold on its continued existence enhan- its owner, in the first human fatality neuvering behind the scenes power: It dominates the seats have cast a ces my aura as prime minister, since the sport resumed after the to undermine their father’s in parliament and increased its shadow over if I needed such magic proper- Vietnam War. The buffalo was killed instructions to demolish the share of the popular vote in the ties to bolster my authority after and samples were taken to determine house he lived in for decades. last election. Lee and his thirteen years as prime minister whether the animal had been given a They also criticized the prime Lee Kuan Yew was prime I must be in a pretty sad state,” stimulant to make it more aggressive, minister’s wife, Ho Ching, who minister from 1959 to 1990, government he told parliament. “And if Sin- said Do Van Viet, a local official in the is chief executive officer of sta- turning Singapore into Sou- trolled state that emphasized gaporeans believe that such ma- resort town of Do Son where the fight te investment firm Temasek theast Asia’s richest nation by incorruptibility and stability. gic works in Singapore, I think took place. The buffalo at first chased Holdings Pte. opening the island to foreign Lee stepped down from the ca- Singapore will be in an even sa- the owner of the other animal but The tensions have gripped investors. He ran a tightly con- binet in 2011. dder state.” MDT/Bloomberg failed to catch him and then turned on its owner, who died several hours later from multiple wounds, Viet said. State media identified him as 46-year- old Dinh Xuan Huong, who trained fighting buffaloes for other owners for of Basilan island but ts, with a USD5 million 10 years and this year had owned and have not seen him there. bounty on his head. His trained a buffalo for himself for the first ap photo Hapilon was not among whereabouts are the time. three fighters from Ma- subject of intelligence rawi who arrived in Basi- reports the military con- lan a week ago, Lorenza- tinues to try to verify. Anger over ex- na added. Lorenzana said dis- CIA contractor’s The militants aligned placed residents will be with the Islamic State allowed to go back to memoir Modi’s reform agenda not yet done group attacked Marawi cleared areas of the city, on May 23 and are con- with the government as- Pakistan intelligence and security This image taken from undated video shows the purported leader of the Islamic State group fined in a small area but sisting in the rebuilding officials reacted angrily to the release Southeast Asia branch, Isnilon Hapilon (center) still putting up resistan- of their homes, and to of a memoir by an ex-CIA contractor, ce to government forces other areas as soon as saying his 2011 acquittal in a high- Philippines who’ve retaken most of the fighting stops. But he profile murder case and subsequent the city. said some 1,500 homes return to the U.S. was an arrangement The violence has left at still need to be cleared of between Pakistan and the U.S., not least 459 people dead in- explosives and soldiers among individuals. Raymond Davis’ Top militant believed book exposed the alleged role of cluding 39 civilians, 336 are able to clear only 70 Pakistan’s former spy chief Shuja Pasha militants, and 84 soldiers to 100 homes a day. in quashing a murder trial against hiding in war-torn city and policemen. At least The rebuilding of the Davis by paying USD2.4 million to eight foreign fighters are city’s business district the families of two men Davis killed he leader of the mi- was reported to have fled tion we got this morning believed to be among the may also take more time while working for the CIA in Pakistan Tlitants who laid siege the bombed-out city. that he is hiding in one dead, Lorenzana said. and funds because it has in 2011. The incident triggered a to a southern Philippine “According to our latest of the mosques there in Hapilon is the Islamic been badly damaged by diplomatic crisis when police arrested city is suspected to be hi- info he is still inside Ma- Marawi.” State group’s purported government airstrikes Davis for the killings. But, seven weeks ding in a mosque there, rawi,” Defense Secretary He said government leader in Southeast Asia. on the attackers’ posi- later, the families of the slain men the Philippines’ defense Delfin Lorenzana told a informants have been The Filipino militant is tions and the militant’s told a court that they pardoned Davis, chief said yesterday, days news conference in Ma- watching for Hapilon’s on Washington’s list of torching of buildings and ending a tense showdown between the after Isnilon Hapilon nila. “There is informa- arrival in his stronghold most-wanted terroris- houses. AP U.S. and Pakistan. 04.07.2017 tue

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are squeezed into smaller and smaller territory, the danger re- ap photo mains for units like Fadil’s. When they heard cries from civilians just around the corner, he and his colleagues rushed their commanding officer to safety into a nearby home that already had been cleared. They yelled at the group of sobbing women and children to hurry past. Fadil explained the reason for their caution. “They cry and then — boom! They explode themselves,” he said. “The clo- ser we get to victory, the more suicide bombers they will send.” At one screening point, sol- diers anxiously held civilians back at gunpoint, shouting at men and boys to strip to their underwear. Civilians flee through an alley as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against I.S. militants Smoke billows over the Old City after several strikes Hussein, of the special forces, and a group of about a dozen men searched on foot yesterday Iraq for more suicide bombers. An informant pointed out a house occupied by IS fighters. A soldier kicked in a door, With fight for Mosul in final shouted a warning and threw two grenades into the front room. A second soldier stuffed a stage, militants strike back rag into a plastic jug of gasoline, lit it and threw it inside. “There are some suicide bom- Susannah George, Andrea Rosa of one of the bombers, showing result: dozens of buildings bur- bers who refuse to leave the her to be only 15. The photo was ning in the Old City. houses, so we’re forced to deal ith the fight for Mosul The closer of serious young woman in a While shops have reopened with them with smoke and fire Win its final stage yester- white hijab and indicated she and civilian traffic fills streets and hand grenades,” Hussein day, Islamic State militants sent we get to had studied in Bangladesh. in retaken neighborhoods, thick said, noting that the troops bur- female suicide bombers hidden “Most of the people who blew black smoke continued to rise ned only the basement, not the among fleeing civilians, whi- victory, the themselves up today are wo- just a few kilometers away from house. le Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led men,” said special forces Lt. Col. IS-held territory on the bank His men seized five suspected coalition unleashed punishing more suicide Salam Hussein. He added that of the Tigris River that divides IS fighters, binding their hands airstrikes and artillery fire that seven women strapped with ex- Iraq’s second-largest city. The with electrical wire and blind- set dozens of buildings ablaze. bombers they plosives approached the troops area controlled by the militants folding them with scraps of clo- At least one Iraqi soldier was will send. Monday, “but thank God, our is less than a square kilometer th. At least one of the five was killed and five were wounded in units stopped [them].” (less than half a square mile). arrested. the two separate suicide attacks, Sgt. Ahmed Fadil Government troops advancing Islamic State militants swiftly For most of the soldiers in Mo- the military said. On Sunday, a The militants “have nowhere to through the Old City were using overran Mosul in 2014. The sul, the final days of the grue- bomber in women’s clothing go. They’re trapped,” he said. rougher tactics to clear the re- U.S.-backed offensive to re- ling battle caps more than three killed 14 people at a camp for Yesterday’s two suicide bom- maining pockets of IS forces. take the city was launched in years of fighting the militants. displaced residents in Anbar bings against Iraqi soldiers The tempo of airstrikes was October and has proceeded Hassan Ahmed, a soldier with province, a provincial official followed three other such atta- so great yesterday that coali- slowly, even though Iraqi poli- the special forces deployed in said. No group claimed respon- cks by women — some of them tion aircraft couldn’t keep up tical and military officials had the Old City, said he can’t deny sibility for the attack. teenagers — in the previous with the requests for air su- vowed to declare victory by the that the war has changed him. “These tactics don’t surpri- two days, said Sgt. Ali Abdullah pport from Iraqi ground forces. end of 2016. “It’s like I’m heartless — I don’t se me,” said Sgt. Ahmed Fadil, Hussein. Instead, they sought approval Iraqi forces began their push feel anything,” he said. “But we who patrolled Mosul’s Old City A soldier displayed the school for artillery strikes. Associated to retake the Old City in mid- are still good people. We have just 50 meters from the front. ID card retrieved from the body Press drone footage showed the June. Even though the militants mercy.” AP

rench President FRANCE FEmmanuel Macron vowed yesterday to lift a state of emergency that has been in place since 2015, Macron says he will lift state of emergency but also to harden perma- nent security measures to individual liberties” amid European Union after Bri- is trying to amass too much fight Islamic extremism concerns that new measu- tain’s vote to leave. power organized protests and other threats. res would allow police too He said he understood over yesterday’s event. ap photo Laying out his political, many powers. why many Europeans see Lawmakers from the far- security and diplomatic Macron vowed to main- the EU as bureaucratic, left party of Jean-Luc Me- priorities at an extraordi- tain France’s military in- distant and uncaring. lenchon and communists nary joint session of par- terventions against extre- “I firmly believe in Eu- decided not to attend the liament at the chateau of mists abroad, especially in rope, but I don’t find this speech in protest against Versailles Macron said his Africa’s Sahel region and skepticism unjustified,” he what they call a “presiden- government “will work to in Iraq and Syria. He also said. tial monarchy”. prevent any new attack, insisted on the importance He also said European After his new centrist and we will work to fight of maintaining “the path of countries should work party dominated parlia- They are especially an- tradition in convening the [the assailants] without negotiation, of dialogue” more closely to help poli- mentary elections and split gry that he wants to strip Versailles parliament ses- pity, without regrets, wi- for long-term solutions. tical refugees while figh- the opposition, political worker protections throu- sion just one day before his thout weakness.” Macron also announced ting migrant-smuggling rivals are comparing Ma- gh a decree-like procedure, prime minister is to face — At the same time, he Europe-wide public confe- and strengthening borders cron to Napoleon, or the allowing little parliamen- and likely to win— his first insisted on the need to rences later this year in an against illegal migration. Roman king of the gods, tary debate. confidence vote in parlia- “guarantee full respect for effort to reinvigorate the Critics who fear Macron Jupiter. Macron also broke with ment. AP tue 04.07.2017

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Catherine Lucey US resident Donald Trump crowned his weekend rage against the news media with Trump tweets mock video of him Pa mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a busi- ness suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside a beating CNN, sparks criticism wrestling ring. It was not immediately clear to respond to.” who produced the brief vi- CNN accused CNN accused Trump of en- deo, which appears to be a Trump of gaging in “juvenile behavior ap photo doctored version of Trump’s far below the dignity of his 2007 appearance on World engaging office.” Wrestling Entertainment Inc. White House officials trave- The 28-second clip was pos- in ‘juvenile ling with Trump during his ted on Trump’s official Twit- weekend stay at his New Je- ter account Sunday morning, behavior far rsey golf club did not imme- with the message: “#Fraud- below the diately respond to questions NewsCNN #FNN.” about the video. It appeared Trump, who has branded the dignity of his to be a doctored version of an media as the “opposition par- appearance Trump made on ty” and CNN as “fake news,” office’ a World Wrestling Entertain- stayed on the attack later in Press, condemned the video ment Inc. show called “Battle the day, stating on Twitter as a “threat of physical vio- of the Billionaires” in 2007, that “the dishonest media lence against journalists.” He in which Trump appears will NEVER keep us from ac- said Trump’s tweet was “be- to attack WWE CEO Vince complishing our objectives on neath the office of the presi- McMahon. behalf of our GREAT AMERI- dency.” McMahon’s wife, Linda, who CAN PEOPLE!” A White House aide insisted founded and built the com- On Monday, he continued the tweet should not send a pany with her husband, now the attacks on Twitter: “At chill across the media lands- heads the Small Business Ad- some point the Fake News cape. ministration for Trump and it. Still, the user wrote Sunday against news outlets and indi- will be forced to discuss our “I think that no one would was a donor to his campaign. about being “honored” Trump vidual members of the media great jobs numbers, strong perceive that as a threat,” ho- The video was posted several had tweeted the video. The have grown increasingly per- economy, success with ISIS, meland security adviser Tom days ago by a Reddit user with user who posted the video has sonal in recent days even as the border & so much else!” Bossert said. “I hope they the title, “Trump takes down a history of posts using anti- lawmakers in both parties say Bruce Brown, executive di- don’t. But I do think that he’s fake news.” It was not clear Muslim and anti-immigrant the insults only threaten to rector of the Reporters Com- beaten up in a way on cable whether that was where it ori- language. undermine his political agen- mittee for Freedom of the platforms that he has a right ginated or how Trump found The president’s verbal shots da. AP

ad Germany 18 confirmed dead in fiery Bavarian bus crash; 30 injured

bus carrying German sengers were on the bus. senior citizens on va- The remains of all bodies

A ap photo cation crashed into a truck were recovered from the yesterday on a highway in bus, including that of the Bavaria and burst into fla- driver at the wheel during mes, killing 18 people and the crash, police said. Po- injuring 30 others, some lice said the truck driver seriously, officials said. was not injured. The accident took place Some 200 emergency around 7 a.m. when the crews rushed to the sce- bus rear-ended a trailer- ne and five helicopters truck at the end of a traf- whisked the injured to FRANCE fic jam on the A9 highway nearby hospitals. Sim- near Muenchberg, not far ple wooden coffins were from the Czech border. wheeled in for the remains An aerial view shows the place The accident led to long recovered from the bla- of the accident on the motorway A9 near Muenchberg Macron says he will lift state of emergency traffic jams on the A9, the ckened, twisted wreckage main thoroughfare from of the bus. Berlin to Munich. Police said the ages of fighters first arrived, the It was not immediate- those on the bus ranged fire was so hot that they ly clear what caused the from 41 to 81 and they couldn’t get anywhere clo- crash, but prosecutors were primarily from the se to the burning vehicle to have opened an investiga- eastern German state of rescue those stuck inside. tion. Saxony. The news agency “All they could do was The bus seemed to have dpa reported that all the extinguish the fire,” he caught fire immediate- passengers were German. said. “The heat was so ly upon impact with the German Chancellor An- strong that nothing that’s truck, Transport Minister gela Merkel thanked the inflammable is left from Alexander Dobrindt told emergency crews invol- the bus — only the steel reporters after touring the ved. frame.” crash site. The truck’s trai- “Our thoughts are with The A9 highway remai- ler also burst into flames. the families of the victims ned closed on both sides “Two people are still in li- and we wish all those who for hours. Police tweeted fe-threatening condition,” were injured a speedy re- later that the A9 highway Dobrint said. covery,” she said. going south would be shut Two drivers and 46 pas- Dobrindt said when fire- down for the day. AP 04.07.2017 tue

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A Chinese rocket launch failed on Sunday evening due Courtesy BBC News to abnormality during the flight following what appea- acau ower red to be a successful liftoff, the official Xinhua News M T Agency said. 22 Jun - 5 Jul In context Experts will investigate the cause of the glitch for the launch of the Long March-5 Y2, China’s second heavy- The mission, originally dubbed Operation Thunderbolt by the Israeli lift carrier rocket, from the Wenchang Space Launch military, was renamed Operation Yonatan in honor of Netanyahu - Center in the southern province of Hainan, Xinhua said. elder brother of Binyamin Netanyahu, who was Israel’s Prime Minister Video from the live broadcast showed the rocket lifting from 1996 to 1999. The raid continues to be source of pride for the Israeli public, and off and shooting into the sky, with a voice-over indica- many of the participants went on to high office in Israel’s military and ting everything was going well. It was not clear from the political establishment. live broadcast whether anything had gone wrong. It also Among them was Dan Shomron, who was in overall command of the was not clear whether the rocket, which was carrying a rescue operation. He became Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Force. communication satellite, had entered its orbit. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated during his second term Several launches of the Long March-5 were scheduled Transformers: the last knight in office in 1995. Idi Amin was humiliated by the surprise raid. He believed Kenya had in preparation for China’s lunar probe, manned space room 1 station and Mars probe missions, according to Xinhua. 2:00, 4:45, 9:30pm colluded with Israel in planning the raid and hundreds of Kenyans Sunday’s launch was to be the last drill before the ro- living in Uganda were massacred soon afterwards. Director: Michael bay But from this time, Amin’s regime began to break down. Two years cket was to carry a lunar probe later this year. It was Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel later Idi Amin was forced into exile in Saudi Arabia. He died in Jeddah not immediately clear how Sunday’s failure will affect Language: English in August 2003. planned missions. Duration: 148min tue 04.07.2017

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years. For the tournament Russia recruited around 5,500 volun- teers, largely university students, Russia upbeat as Confederations who guided fans around venues, though English skills were some- times limited. Transport links, in- cluding free “fan trains” between Cup goes off smoothly host cities, also worked well. There were a few organizational problems for teams, with Came- James Ellingworth roon in particular complaining of time wasted in traffic snarl-ups. ussia’s dress rehear- ap photo Cold and wet weather in Moscow sal for the World Cup is and St. Petersburg means teams over, and it looks com- already seem desperate to secure fortable in the spotlight. the few training bases in Russia’s RWhen FIFA’s Gianni Infantino sunnier south for next year’s Wor- sat with Russian President Vladi- ld Cup. mir Putin at the opening game on June 17, the host nation was under a cloud — facing pressure over wi- despread doping in multiple, fan racism and a reported 17 deaths Thanks very during construction of World Cup stadiums. much to But by yesterday’s final [Macau time], Germany’s champion team Russia, I think was giving glowing reviews. Cap- they were great tain Julian Draxler wrote an open letter to Russian fans saying: “Rus- hosts. sia passed the test with flying co- Joachim Loew lors,” while coach Joachim Loew Julian Draxler holds the trophy after Germany won 1-0 in the Confederations Cup final match between Chile and Germany Germany coach was also full of praise. “Thanks very much to Russia, I think they were great hosts,” Loew Next year will be tougher, thou- proved Russia is a football coun- not troublemakers. Rather than Russia, it often see- said after his team beat Chile 1-0 in gh, with seven more cities and try,” Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Russia’s Confederations Cup med FIFA was under the micros- yesterday’s final. “In the different many more foreign fans. Russia’s Mutko told Russian state news crowds were good-natured, even if cope. The rollout of its contro- cities where we played, and in the predicting a million visitors during agency Tass on Sunday. “The final they rarely engaged much with the versial video referee system saw stadiums, we saw excellent condi- the World Cup, compared to was staged at a high level, the tour- action when Russia wasn’t playing. some clear fouls not reviewed and tions. This tournament has been 27,000 foreigners who FIFA says nament was staged at a high level, Many were local families on days a blatant elbow in the final judged brilliantly organized, and we have bought tickets for the Confedera- the fans cheered at a high level.” out, keener to join in Mexican wa- worthy only of a yellow card. met outstanding people, which is tions Cup. With government-issue Fan IDs ves than cheer the players or rage As it fights its own battle to keep very important too.” Russia is keen to show the wor- required to attend a game, Russia at the referee. Games routinely video reviews, Infantino is relieved It wasn’t hard for Russia’s host ld smiling, well behaved fans, not was able to control the atmosphere started with a stadium half-full, not to have more Russia-related cities — Moscow, St. Petersburg, the muscle-bound thugs who ram- at stadiums. The authorities bar- only to fill up as late arrivals clea- headaches. Sochi and Kazan — to outdo the paged through the French city of red not only fans with convictions red the security scanners or strag- “If a problematic tournament last Confederations Cup, given Marseille at last year’s European for stadium disorder, but also glers left the concession stands. looks like this tournament,” he that in 2013 Brazilian police were championship. those with looser links to “ultras” There were also no racist inciden- said Saturday, “well, then I want tear-gassing protesters outside the Cheering is practically a matter groups from Russian clubs, inclu- ts at games, despite their prevalen- many of these problematic tour- stadiums. of government policy. “We have ding many who insisted they were ce in the Russian league in recent naments going ahead.” AP

Football Sporting president claims ap photo bribery, fraud in player market

Tariq Panja, ce since his election to office for attempted bribery. the process of illicit pay- Henrique Almeida in 2013, said in an interview Benfica denies any allega- ments being made. “You at Sporting’s Jose Alvala- tions of acting improperly. don’t even need to open t first glance Portugue- de stadium in Lisbon. “The Portugal’s Publico newspa- a bank account, it’s very Ase football has never government needs to say: per reported public prose- easy.” Bruno de Carvalho been healthier: The national ‘enough’.” cutors are looking into the Carvalho’s comments team is the champion of Eu- Portugal’s top three clubs matter. come a year after Joao Vale comment on the allegations he didn’t use one when rope, star player Cristiano compete for popularity in Sitting at a wooden desk e Azevedo, a former Benfi- made against Benfica, citing he concluded the biggest Ronaldo has been voted the the nation of 10 million peo- that’s overlooked by over- ca president, was released the ongoing investigation sale in Sporting’s history, world’s best and interna- ple, and it’s not uncommon sized photos of Ronaldo and from jail after serving time by the public prosecutor’s the 45-million euro ($51 tional clubs are shelling out for their leaders to engage Luis Figo, who like Ronal- for crimes including the em- office. He said he couldn’t million) trade that took millions for talent produced in public spats. This month, do was a former Sporting bezzlement of funds from immediately comment on midfielder Joao Mario to in the country. Benfica, Portugal’s biggest player who went on to beco- the transfer of players. Sepa- Carvalho’s comments. Inter Milan last year. Ben- But for Bruno de Carva- club and Sporting’s arch ri- me a football icon with clubs rately, authorities in Spain, Sporting’s prowess at fica, which earned about lho, president of 18-time val, was accused of inappro- including Real Madrid, de France and the U.K. are in- producing players is well 80 million euros in player champion Sporting Clube priate contact with referees Carvalho raised his voice in vestigating player transfers known in Europe - 10 of sales last year, also paid 30 de Portugal, those successes following a leak of emails frustration as he described and contracts following a the 14 players used by Por- million euros in agents fees, are undermined by a dark to local media. That came how football’s USD5 billion massive leak of documents tugal in the Euro 2016 final a figure that’s far higher underbelly of bribery and about a decade after a cor- global trading market is that provided a rare glimp- came through its academy. than the record amount it’s corruption that can only be ruption scandal that ended open to fraud, with unethi- se of the often opaque world Yet until recently it lagged ever paid for a player. tackled by outside interven- with Pinto da Costa - long- cal and illegal behavior par- of football finance. Carvalho behind Porto and Benfica “It’s possible to form rela- tion and regulation. standing president of 2004 ticularly common in Portu- alleges that unscrupulous in attracting the biggest fees tionships with agents if they “For four years I’m here European Cup winner Por- gal. agents sometimes offer bri- for its top athletes. understand that they have saying the government to - being given a two-year “It’s very easy to steal mo- bes to club officials. Carvalho says clubs shou- to find a way to not eat the needs to put a hand on this,” suspended football ban in a ney from a club,” he said, A spokesman for Portu- ld rethink the amount they whole cake,” Carvalho said. Carvalho, an outspoken voi- non-criminal investigation before going on to describe gal’s top league declined to spend on agents, revealing Bloomberg THE UNESCO World Heritage talks Station Air quality BUZZ in Poland face divisive topics Roadside 25-45 Good Officials have opened the 41st annual UNESCO ce Wawel Castle in Krakow, a historic city on the World Heritage Committee’s conference in Poland. UNESCO World Heritage site. High The meeting will run through July 12 and deba- Earlier, they viewed Poland’s most precious pain- Density 15-35 te contentious issues like Palestinian motion to ting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine,” Residental deny Israel sovereignty over Jerusalem and the le- which the state bought last year from the aristocra- Good vel of protection Poland gives its pristine Bialowieza tic Czartoryski family. Area opinion forest. The government says the session is among Po- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and land’s top cultural events this year. It brings toge- Ambient 20-40 Polish Culture Minister Piotr Glinski opened the ther 21 member states, more than 170 observer na- Good source: d smg source: Our Desk session Sunday in a ceremony at the Renaissan- tions and many non-governmental organizations. Julie Zhu Macau WORLD BRIEFS Who goes to the Wushu Masters Challenge? Leong’s list announces ap photo The second edition of the Wushu Masters Challenge will take place from August 10 to 13. The four-day challenge will include a wide ran- political platform ge of activities, such as lion and dragon dan- ces, competitions of several styles of martial arts, combat challenges, and parades featuring traditional Chinese martial arts. China-Russia Chinese In a press conference at end of last month, the President Xi Jinping Sports Bureau (ID) claimed that all equipment has arrived in Russia used in the second Wushu Masters Challenge for talks focusing on has been upgraded. Moreover, ID revealed that expanding cooperation last year it conducted a survey while the event with Moscow just as was still ongoing. The bureau’s leader informed tensions have flared that the survey showed that the public, inclu- up in U.S.-China ties. ding both residents and visitors, in general gave Moscow and Beijing positive feedback about the events. The sports will sign dozens of authority’s official expressed ID’s confidence agreements to deepen for this year’s event, as ID itself believes that their cooperation during “it will be better.” Xi’s two-day trip. According to the ID survey conducted last year, a total of 15,000 visitors attended the Syria A top Syrian events during the four days. The bureau collec- official says the ted 1,002 questionnaires, 600 from local resi- Organization for the dents and 402 from tourists. Surprisingly, 78.3 Prohibition of Chemical percent of the interviewed tourists claimed that ew Union for Macau diversification. a traffic jam free [environ- Weapons refused to they would be willing to visit again Macau just NDevelopment (NUDM), In regard to Macau ment] are attained.” visit key sites linked for Wushu-related events… led by lawmaker Angela workers, NUDM said it Moreover, the association to a nerve gas attack, Now, wait a minute! Does the Macau govern- Leong, has announced its would seek to improve the expressed that it is keen to casting doubt on the ment really believe in the answers of 78.3 per- international monitor’s political platform for the quality of life for employees promote the social integra- cent of the visitors or does it have to act like it credibility. believes, even if it does not? 2017 Legislative Assembly from the gaming industry, tion of various communities (AL) election. According to including the opportunity in the MSAR. The statement Personally, I would overlook these 78.3 per- Germany A bus cent who claimed they would be willing to return a statement issued by the as- for upward career mobility. noted that the association carrying German senior to Macau to attend a Wushu-related event. sociation, the NUDM list was However, the association did will seek to encourage the in- citizens on vacation Since I assiduously focus on Macau’s main- also submitted to the Public not provide any details as to tegration of different ethnici- crashed into a truck land market, I am going to present my reasons Administration and Civil how this might be achieved. ties. “The respective cultures yesterday on a highway why I do not believe what these interviewees Service Bureau yesterday. It also stated that it wou- of these groups are cherished in Bavaria and burst into claimed. In the statement released ld aim for the “betterment and their special needs [will flames, killing 18 people During the past many years, more and yesterday, the association of public housing policies be] cared for,” it read. and injuring 30 others, more parents have sent their children to learn pledged to adhere to the […] to ease the young peo- In the 2013 AL elections, some seriously, officials Taekwondo, Karate, and other types of martial said. More on p15 arts that were not established in China. Believe national strategies of the ples’ housing needs,” as well NUDM secured a single seat it or not, this is similar to many other trends, Belt and Road Initiative as the revamp of the pu- with 8.94 percent of the po- as more and more Chinese parents are sen- and the Greater Bay Area blic transportation system, pular vote.

ding their children to study piano, violin, among development plan, both as “whereby easy access of pu- The 2017 AL election will ap photo other western instruments, as well as perfor- part of the city’s economic blic transport vehicles and be held on September 17. ming arts. There is a feeling that the faith in many tradi- tional Chinese things is fading away, and while in some cases it might be positive, in others it is negative. But I digress. You are in your right to argue. British teen jailed for However, when talking about Wushu, why is it that mainland communities are putting their France President trust in it less and less? plotting London bomb attack Emmanuel Macron has The more the martial arts became popular in announced Europe- mainland China, the more people would talk wide public conferences about the practical factors of traditional Chine- British teenager was and corrupt an ancient and later this year in an se martial arts. Asentenced yesterday to venerable religion for its own effort to reinvigorate the People nowadays strongly argue that traditio- at least 16½ years in prison purposes” — the Islamic Sta- European Union after nal Chinese martial arts can only be used for for plotting a bombing who- te group. Britain’s vote to leave. exercising purposes, not for self-defense. Why se potential targets included Prosecutors said Syed tried More on p14 does the practical factor matter so much to Ma- an Elton John concert on the to buy weapons and explosi- cau’s Wushu Masters Challenges? 15th anniversary of the Sept. ves online from an extremist Portugal Nine In my opinion, I would like to start by saying 11 attacks. named “Abu Yusuf,” who Portuguese firefighters that it is because of the definition given to the Haroon Syed, who was ar- was actually a series of Bri- were injured yesterday Chinese traditional martial art. In many movies, while tackling two Chinese martial arts have been depicted as a rested last year, had admit- tish intelligence agents. wildfires near where skill that can tear down the tree and can blow ted planning terrorist acts at He said he was considering 64 people died in a the sea. Having been shaped this way, people’s an earlier court hearing. targeting London’s busy Ox- forest blaze last month, judgmental criteria are also shaped in a way Passing sentence at Lon- ford Street shopping district emergency services said. they might argue whether Chinese martial arts don’s Central Criminal and searched online for po- are useful for combat or not. They will not talk Court, judge Michael Topol- tential locations, including Brazil Police say they about these arts as a kind of skill that helps you ski said 19-year-old Syed had an Elton John concert in have captured a major exercise. been intent on “carrying out Hyde Park on Sept. 11, 2016. Haroon Syed drug lord known as Consequently, having been shaped by such an act of mass murder in this Defense lawyers said Syed “White Head” who used judgment, audiences lost their interest in seeing country.” had been vulnerable to ra- coincide with Remembrance plastic surgeries to help a Chinese martial arts show because these him evade authorities for Sentencing Syed to life with dicalization, especially after Sunday war commemora- shows will be far from the excitement that can nearly three decades. be offered, for instance, during a boxing match. no chance of parole for 16½ the arrest of his elder bro- tions. Authorities seized This is probably the main reason why Chine- years, the judge said the you- ther Nadir. Nadir Syed was Haroon Syed was arrested in about USD10 million se martial arts shows are enjoyed more by the ng man had been “deeply sentenced last year to a mi- September 2016. When police worth of the drug lord’s non-Chinese rather than by residents of main- committed to the ideology of nimum of 15 years in prison asked for the password to un- assets, including planes, land China. a brutal and barbaric organi- for plotting an Islamic State lock his phone, he said: “Yeah, properties and luxury zation that sought to hijack group-inspired beheading to I.S.I.S. You like that?” AP cars.