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A KAI FONG SURVEY SHOWS THAT IPIM PLEDGES TO THE TOURISM AUTHORITY EXPECTS THE NEARLY 70% OF STUDENTS WERE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO STEADILY GROW WORRIED ABOUT DEMAND IN THE REVIEW IRREGULARITIES OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAY PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT MARKET FOLLOWING CCAC REPORT ESTIMATING 40,000 ON WEEKENDS P4 P4 P2 AP PHOTO

India Doctors are fighting a fatal fungal infection affecting Covid-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease amid a MISSING YUNG ELTON DATA coronavirus surge that has driven the country’s The government fatalities to nearly 300,000. The life- still has no plans on threatening condition, known as mucormycosis, is relatively rare but proposing labor law doctors suspect that the sudden increase in the amendments to tackle infection could further complicate India’s fight the lack of accurate data against the pandemic. P5 India has reported more on laid-off workers than 26 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began, with almost half occurring in the past two months. AP PHOTO

Myanmar The head of Myanmar’s military- appointed state election commission said that his agency will consider dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi’s former ruling party for alleged involvement in electoral fraud and having its leaders charged with treason. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy came to power after a landslide 2015 election victory, and won an even greater majority in last November’s general election. It was set to start a second term in February when the military seized power in a coup. AP PHOTO Melco offers Gaza Strip Palestinians rallied by the thousands MOP16 after a cease-fire took effect in the latest Gaza million war, with many viewing it as a costly but clear victory for the Islamic incentive for militant group Hamas. Israel vowed to respond inoculated with a “new level of force” Europe slowly opening to tourists to further hostilities. employees including SAR residents More on backpage P2 P3 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 24.05.2021 mon

MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Melco offers MOP16 million vaccination incentive for inoculated employees explanatory seminars re- HONEY TSANG the lottery draw will be con- garding vaccination; offe- ducted when the group hits ring shuttle service for the ELCO Resorts & En- 25%, 50% and 75% inocula- BLOOMBERG staff to attend vaccination Mtertainment sets aside tion rate among all its staff. appointments; and awar- nearly MOP16 million for a The group has earmarked ding the fully vaccinated highly rewarding cash in- a total of MOP6 million as staff paid leave of two full centive program to encou- the lottery fund. Every fully days. rage its staff to take the Co- vaccinated staff will be dee- Alongside these, Melco is vid-19 jabs. The move, the med eligible to participate teaming up with the Health group stated, is to help ac- in the lottery. Bureau (SSM) to organize a celerate Macau on its path “The health and safety dedicated vaccination ou- to achieving herd immunity. of Melco colleagues, gues- treach session at the group’s The program, dubbed ts and community is a top property to help its staff to “Get the Jab” immunity in- priority,” Lawrence Ho, be vaccinated with ease. centive program, was an- chairman & CEO of Melco nounced by the group on Resorts & Entertainment Friday, May 21. stated in the release. Through the scheme, “Through the efforts of SSM sees no irregularity in every fully vaccinated em- the government, we are ployee of Melco will be gran- fortunate that vaccines are vaccination reward program ted a cash handout valued readily available. Our com- HEN questioned about Melco’s vaccination reward res. Negotiation is in progress, according to Kuok. Further at MOP1,000. This includes mitment to creating a safe Wprogram, Kuok Cheong U, deputy director of the Heal- outreach program may be possible, he added. those who had received two environment and contri- th Bureau (SSM) disagreed that it was irregularly boosting Recalling the previous outreach vaccination at other jabs prior to the launch of buting to the government’s the popularity of the vaccine or the vaccination program. entities and higher education institution, the government the program. goal of achieving herd im- He added that each enterprise or entity can have their hospital director was satisfied with the turnout. On top of that, Melco will munity is demonstrated own ways of encouraging members or the public to get He was also asked if people with intellectual disabi- select and award six fully by our resources dedicated inoculated. lities will be taken for inoculation. The government has vaccinated staff by lot, each to the immunity incentive Taking his own case as an example, Kuok, who is a been stressing that Covid-19 vaccination must be con- to be granted an award of program,” he added. medical doctor and director of the government hospital, ducted under the recipient’s full understanding of the MOP1 million — whenever Melco has implemen- said he wants to encourage others to take the vaccine due matter and consent. the conglomerate achieves ted a set of supporting to his three decades of medical experience and himself Kuok explained that during the pre-vaccination heal- certain immunity rates. Ac- measures to motivate its taking the vaccine. th assessment, the doctor will try their best to explain the cording to an official memo employees to get inocula- Meanwhile, the SSM has the intention to conduct ou- matter to the recipient and their parents or guardians and delivered to Melco’s staff, ted. These include: hosting treach vaccinations at different gambling concessionai- ensure the shot is given with their consent. AL

MGTO expects daily Studio City Water Park attracts average of over 30,000 nearly 1,000 guests on first day visitors during summer HE Studio City Water TPark officially opened RENATO MARQUES mer vacation period, ad- traints.” on Saturday, welcoming ding that the government Instead, she believes nearly 1,000 guests on the VALLES LYNZY HE Macao Government will continue to promote that the best way to attract first day of its operations. TTourism Office (MGTO) Macau as a destination in more visitors to Macau is The water park featu- expects that the number of several cities in the main- by increasing the coope- res a variety of water rides visitors coming into Ma- land through the “Macao ration with the cities that and attractions such as: cau will continue to stea- Week” events as well as on- comprise the Greater Bay Highpoint Twister with dily grow over the summer line promotions. Area. its five colorful high-octa- holiday period. The office Speaking to the media Commenting on the ne slides; Golden Bucket, estimates that the num- about the new water park, possibility of relapse of Co- which features more than ber of daily visitors would Fernandes mentioned that vid-19 in several cities in 60 water features; RiverS- stay over 30,000 during the she believes the new amu- the Mainland where Ma- cape, a 450-meter action weekdays and even reach sement parks and similar cau is holding promotion river for all ages; and Litt- 40,000 over the weekends facilities “will add new ele- activities to attract visitors, le Lagoon, a kid-friendly phase of expansion, which Melco Internatio- the director of MGTO, Ma- ments to the tourism in- the director of the MGTO area. was budgeted at USD1.35 nal Development Limi- ria Helena de Senna Fer- dustry and tourists in Ma- said that if an area sud- Studio City is offering a billion to USD1.4 billion. ted posted a net loss of nandes, said on Saturday at cau.” denly becomes a potential season pass for MOP1088, This second phase of- HKD12.38 billion for the the sidelines of the opening However, she rejected pandemic risk, the autho- allowing unlimited entries fers non-gaming attrac- full year of 2020. Covid-19 of the new water park facili- the idea of the government rities will immediately act until October. A standard tions, including a cine- and ensuing travel restric- ty at Studio City. potentially authorizing any and make the appropriate ticket, meanwhile, costs plex, a water park, fine tions significantly impac- According to Fernandes, large-scale theme park in adjustments to ensure that MOP388. dining restaurants, and ted the group’s financial the hospitality industry is Macau due to “restrictions Macau continues to be Co- The water park is part meeting and exhibition performance throughout confident about the sum- and geographical cons- vid-19 free. of Studio City’s second spaces. 2020. LV

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LRT company reports train failure resulting Europe slowly opening to tourists in several delays The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) issued a including SAR residents warning on their website around 10 a.m. yesterday, UROPE is slowly rolling European Union (EU) and Euro- reporting a failure on one back border restrictions pean Economic Area arrivals can of the trains en route from set in place to stop the also go to Spain without a test, Lotus Checkpoint to Cotai BLOOMBERG spread of Covid-19, pro- along with people from Australia, West station.According Eviding an opening for sightseers China and Hong Kong — places to the report, services and sun-seekers to finally make that are also mostly shut off. between Ocean station plans for a summer holiday. Meanwhile, Germany, along and Taipa Ferry Terminal In Germany, citizens from Aus- with the U.K., provides more visi- station were affected tralia, Israel, New Zealand, Sin- tors to Europe’s beaches than any and had a frequency of gapore and Thailand can enter other nation. It loosened borders 26 minutes. The notice without restrictions. China, Hong with member countries of the updated an hour later noted that train services from Kong and Macau residents will EU and the Schengen free-travel East Asian Games station also be allowed when Germans zone on May 13, giving its citizens to Ocean station had a are granted equivalent entry righ- access to more destinations than revised frequency of 28 ts, according to the interior minis- their British counterparts. minutes, with the authorities Fully vaccinated or recovered try. appealing to potential In the Macau SAR, tourists and people no longer need a negative passengers to consider non-residents from outside Grea- Covid-19 test and do not have to other means of transport. ter China are still banned from quarantine when they re-enter Normal service resumed entering the region. As implied the country from those locations, around 1 p.m. by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng removing a hurdle for Germans earlier, the government may only considering a holiday on the con- Quarantine allow entrants from countries that tinent. Those who do not meet were Covid-19 free for 14 days should give a major boost for the Brits will have to self-isolate once those tests will, for now, still have imposed on prior to entering the city. country’s tourism sector, since they get home. There is also a tes- to quarantine from designated entrants from Meanwhile, from today, touris- the Brits are its biggest source of ting requirement on departure risk zones, including all of Italy Guangzhou ts from Japan and the U.K. can en- visitors — but there’s a hitch. With as well as return, which will quell and Greece, as well as swaths of cities ter Spain without a PCR test. This Spain on the U.K.’s amber list, the some of the enthusiasm. Some Spain. MDT/BLOOMBERG Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Guangzhou, where a the Individual Visit Sche- domestic case of Covid-19 me (MOP7,132) soaring was confirmed on Saturday, by 230.4%. Per-capita Visitor expenditure surges 24% in Q1 a 14-day quarantine is spending of visitors from mandatory for anyone who LYNZY VALLES Census Service (DSEC). Hong Kong (MOP2,687) arrives in Macau and has The total spending of and Taiwan (MOP3,026) been in Jinlong, Longjin Sub- HE total spending overnight visitors rose shot up by 215.9% and district and Liwan District, Tof visitors arriving in by 48.0% year-on-year 146.4% year-on-year res- Guangzhou two weeks prior. Macau - excluding ga- to MOP5.59 billion, whi- pectively. Mandatory quarantine is also

MACAU PHOTO AGENCY PHOTO MACAU ming expenses - increa- le that of same-day visi- Visitors primarily applied to residents from: sed by 23.5% year-on- tors dropped by 52.1% to spent on shopping, food Jin’an District and Yu’an -year to MOP6.18 billion MOP589 million. and beverage and ac- District, Lu’an City, Shangpai in the first quarter of 2021 The per-capita spen- commodation in Q1.Per- Town, Feixi County and Hefei (Q1). ding of visitors surged by -capita shopping spen- City in Anhui Province. Affected by Covid-19 128.6% year-on-year to ding of visitors jumped by 238.6% year-on-year for more than a year, tou- MOP3,556 patacas in Q1. Consumer Price rism activities in Macau In terms of visitors’ per- to MOP2,280, of which Index decreases had been subdued. This -capita spending in Q1, spending on cosmetics has led to an accumula- spending of visitors from and perfume; handbags slightly tion of consumption ca- mainland China leapt by and shoes; and clothing The Composite Consumer pacity among visitors, ac- 103.8% year-on-year to saw substantial growth Price Index (CPI) for April MOP3,647, with spending of 232.0%, 559.1% and cording to the latest data 2021 (102.47) went down by from the Statistics and of those travelling under 407.4% respectively. 0.64% year-on-year, which was 0.33 percentage points lower than the decrease in March of 0.97%. The drop in the Composite CPI in Lawyers say control needed against cybercrime April was attributed to lower charges for package tours ANTHONY LAM and the Judiciary Police She hoped in future there legally permitted to store, dence or details from fo- and telecommunication (PJ) spoke at the event. will be more specific laws restore or even view the reign entities. services, according to the OME lawyers see con- Lawyer José Filipe Salreta, on personal data protection obtained cyber data. The Sou thought it was im- data from Statistics and trol of cybercrime, which who spoke at the seminar, in each aspect. entity may only view the portant to raise awareness S Census Service (DSEC). normally concerns foreign is supportive of the Cyber She recommended the size of the data flow and the across the globe and de- Increased airfares and higher jurisdictions, as necessary Security Law. He also in- public to take measures, characteristics of known termine a shared standard charges for electricity, eating and that law-enforcement troduced the legislation such as changing compu- hacker activities. among various jurispru- out and outpatient services, entities should find ways to background of the Personal ter passwords regularly and Lawyer Sou Sio Kei poin- dence. He stressed that the coupled with rising wages of gather digital evidence. Data Protection Law. avoid using public WIFI for ted out that cybercrime cyberworld should not be- domestic helpers, partially The comment was Meanwhile, Iu Ian, se- confidential matters so as normally takes place outsi- come a utopia for violators. offset the decrease. Among made during a seminar nior technical officer at to protect their own perso- de of Macau, meaning that He hopes for more work to the various sectors of goods held as part of this year’s the GPDP, pointed out that nal data. it involves foreign jurisdic- be done on policing colla- and services, price indices Lawyer’s Day. Several handling of personal data Meanwhile, Ho Weng tions, laws and regulations. borations and, in a better of Recreation & Culture and lawyers, as well as officials exists in various aspects. Kin, head of the Cyber Se- There have been difficulties case, international cove- Communication declined by from the Personal Data She added that the current curity Division of the PJ, for local law-enforcement nant and judicial collabo- 9.87% and 7.70% year-on- Protection Office (GPDP) legislation is not enough. stressed that the PJ is not entities in obtaining evi- rations. year respectively. page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 24.05.2021 mon

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IPIM pledges Survey: 70% of university to review students anxious about irregularities employment prospects in residency application ANTHONY LAM approvals EARLY 70% of respon- Ndents were worried LYNZY VALLES performance of its own about demand in the em- functions and, in ad- ployment market and saw HE Macau Trade and dition, to continuou- a surplus of human resour- TInvestment Promo- sly inspect and review ces, a survey conducted by tion Institute (IPIM) an- [applications].” the General Union of Nei- nounced that it will con- CCAC’s investigation ghbor Associations of Ma- duct revisions to the per- shows that the busines- cau discovered. manent residency appro- sman, together with his Meanwhile, nearly 60% vals of several cases, subordinates and busi- of respondents in the same following the graft bus- ness partners, submitted survey were worried about ter’s recent report that a false employee informa- their remunerations at businessman is suspec- tion to various gover- work. In both surveys, res- ted of forging documents nment departments to pondents expressed mid to to support applications misrepresent the com- high level of stress. for a Macau ID. pany’s size and operating The group recommends mand for employees in the on career development. ployment counselling. According to the Com- conditions. youths adjust their approa- market. They feared that Half of the respondents Among the responden- mission Against Corrup- CCAC confirmed that ch according to the impact there is a surplus in the em- thought that people shou- ts who thought Macau did tion’s (CCAC) latest re- this occurred during of the Covid-19 pandemic. ployment market. ld consider their career not have enough support port, a businessman was the tenure of the former Meanwhile, parents can Approximately 67% of planning and development for career planning, 60% involved in assisting over IPIM president, Jackson proactively discuss career respondents felt stressed in high school. About 70% saw support in personal 11 cases of acquiring re- Chang, who last year planning with their chil- about job seeking and job of respondents found Ma- career counselling, résu- sidents under the IPIM’s was convicted of leaking dren. They can also provi- interviews, worrying that cau lacking career develop- mé writing, mock inter- Investment Residency confidential information de support or suggestions they might not attain the ment support. view and information on category. concerning IPIM’s crite- where necessary. chance offered to them. With regards to discus- training necessary at career In a statement issued ria in granting residence The survey was conduc- Around 59% of responden- sing career planning with planning facilities. by IPIM, the bureau cla- permits to investors or ted in the second half of last ts fear having low remune- someone, 35% reported to All respondents found rified, “In the process of skilled professionals to year. The group distributed rations and approximately have done so with classma- internship opportunities reviews and inspections, another defendant. 702 questionnaires in nine 57% saw no distinguishing tes, friends, or colleagues. outside of Macau helpful if any irregularities are In the statement, the higher education institu- characteristics or strong Only 14% have done so with their future career found, the initiative will IPIM said it will review tions across the city and points in themselves. with teachers or parents. planning. Three-quarter of be taken to forward the periodically the effec- managed to retrieve 681 The group concluded About one in 10 respon- the respondents showed process in question to tiveness of the work, in valid responses. that it is a reflection of hea- dents have not discussed willingness to have an in- the judicial bodies.” order to constantly im- In terms of stress felt vy pressure on youths and the topic with anyone. ternship within the Greater The IPIM pledged prove and optimize the about the employment prospective university gra- It means that, according Bay Area, while 30% were that it will “strictly com- relevant administrative market and hiring, 69% of duates. to the general union, there willing to have an inter- ply with the law in the procedures. respondents felt stressed The survey also looked is an absence of official or nship outside the Greater when seeing the low de- into the supporting factors reliable channels for em- Bay Area. IAM submits to CCAC report THIRD STIMULUS HE Municipal Affairs work without superinten- TBureau (IAM) is “hi- dent approval for 10 days Over 416,000 have registered for ghly concerned with the in March 2019. The IAM Commission Against Cor- commenced an investi- ruption’s (CCAC) annual gation into the individual e-consumption benefits; card tops choices report and have made and decided to apply work corresponding improve- suspension as punish- OME 416,000 residents Those who have com- ments,” IAM stressed in a ment. Shave completed their pleted the registration, and statement following the However, when the de- registration for the third whose request have been issuance of the report last cision was made, the in- round of economic stimu- approved and confirmed week. dividual had retired from lus that will grant a total of before May 20, will be able In the report, the CCAC work. The IAM fined the 8,000 patacas per person to receive the funds as ear- deemed the IAM as having individual instead. The on electronic consump- ly as today (May 24) from 9 doled out inappropriate CCAC pointed out that tion payment methods, the a.m. via their preferred me- punishments in two se- fine and work suspension Economic and Technolo- thod. parate cases. One of them are from two tiers of pu- gical Development Bureau The DSEDT and AMCM concerned air conditio- nishment – a fine is from a (DSEDT) and the Mone- also noted that requests ning drips and, in the other, lower tier. tary Authority of Macao submitted on or after May an IAM employee violating After the CCAC’s follow- (AMCM) announced in a 20 should receive an appro- their responsibility. -up, the IAM has refunded statement. val within two working days. In the first case, the IAM the punishment on the The figure, which ac- The utilization of the fined the complainant complainant in the first counts for completed re- economic stimulus that even when they had fixed case. In the second case, gistrations up to yesterday includes 5,000 patacas of the dripping from their air the IAM accepted the con- morning, also demonstra- cau residents. Card regis- that grants the funds via initial funds and extra 3,000 conditioner. clusion of the CCAC and tes that the consumption trations account for a total one of the mobile payment patacas in automatic di- In the other case, a have made alterations to card continues to gather of 238,000 registrations platforms has so far been rect discounts will start for then-employee of the bu- its supervisory mecha- the preference of more Ma- (57.2%), while the option chosen by 178,000 people. everyone from June 1. RM reau left the office during nism. AL www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 mon 24.05.2021 澳門 MACAU

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Collision of three DSAL not proposing ships in Macau waters reported amendments to take RENATO MARQUES led away in the direction of Zhuhai. HE collision of three The Macau authorities Tships reportedly oc- have reported the case control on real layoff data curred on Saturday, May to their counterpart in RENATO MARQUES 22, according to maritime Zhuhai who have stopped authorities. the vessel and questioned HE government Although the acciden- the crew. is not, for the ts caused no casualties, Around noontime, a time being, pro- the maritime authorities cargo ship and a tanker posing labor law have expressed concerns also collided near the en- Tamendments to tackle on the lack of compliance trance of Macau’s water the lack of accurate data with the maritime regu- jurisdictions in the sur- on workers experiencing lations, which they claim rounds of the northern layoffs, the Labour Affairs are the cause of the acci- airport runaway. Bureau (DSAL) acknow- dents. The cargo ship incurred ledged in a reply to the According to the re- several impacts, although Times. port, the incident occur- none were sufficient to The Times inquired if red around 5 a.m. on Sa- cause the wrecking of the the DSAL had plans to turday, when a cargo ship ship, while the tanker did propose an amendment collided with a fishing ves- not report any damage. to the current laws in sel while crossing under Additionally, a third place so as to solve the the Governador Nobre de cargo ship has reportedly aforementioned issue. In Carvalho Bridge. lost its anchor while sai- response, the DSAL said The accident was said ling between the Sai Van that “the Labour Affairs ded, “Since employees are cause they fail to reach On previous occasions, to cause some damaged to Bridge and the Governa- Bureau will continue to paid for their work, and an agreement on unpaid both the DSAL and Chief both vessels but without dor Nobre de Carvalho review the implementa- unpaid leave needs to be leave, “this is not consi- Executive, Ho Iat Seng, any significant impacts Bridge. Upon receiving tion of current labor laws agreed between the em- dered a reasonable jus- noted the lack of real and that could cause any risk the alert, the maritime and regulations, carefully ployer and the employee, tification to terminate concrete data on worker to the sailing of the ships. authorities deployed an listen to the opinions and the employee [also] does the labor contract. In this layoff rates was due to The maritime autho- operation to help salvage suggestions put forward not need to provide work case, the employer must the absence of a precipi- rities also noted that the the anchor and ensure the by the community, and to the employer without follow the provisions of tating context that requi- fishing vessel did not re- safety of navigating in the analyze the actual situa- being paid.” The bureau Law 7/2008 that specify red a mandatory report. main at the scene and sai- area. tion in Macau.” remarked that this situa- the need for the payment The department also tion is different from the of a dismissal compensa- ad noted in the same written salary reduction cases, tion to employees.” reply to the Times that which are of a mandatory Referring to the current “according to Articles 9 report to labor authori- impacts on labor from and 10 of the Labour Re- ties. The DSAL explained, the Covid-19 pandemic, lations Law, employers “This is different from the DSAL has called “on are obliged to arrange the nature of reducing both the employers and work and pay remune- the basic remuneration employees to be conside- ration [to the workers]. for normal work, and so rate, respectful, negotiate As for unpaid leave, both the treatment [on law work and holiday arran- parties must negotiate provisions] is also diffe- gements in good faith, to and agree [on the deci- rent.” tide over the difficulties sion as it is] not being The bureau also em- and to meet the dawn possible to decide [on the phasized that if the em- together, so that harmo- matter] unilaterally.” ployer decided to dis- nious labor relations can The DSAL further ad- miss the employee be- be sustained.”

CRIME PJ arrests recidivist suspect for sexually assaulting schoolgirl

HE Judiciary Police through an online mes- refused the request, he T(PJ) has arrested a saging app last Sunday, allegedly began sexually 25-year-old local man May 16, and conversed assaulting the girl, the PJ suspected of sexually as- with her for a period of informed. saulting a schoolgirl. three days. Following The case was revea- According to the poli- that, he arranged a mee- led after the girl repor- ce, the man was previou- ting with the girl at an ted the event to a social sly involved in a similar internet cafe in the Nor- worker who works at her crime nine years ago thern District. school. She then alerted when he was a teenager. On the grounds of ha- the police and notified At the time, he was sen- ving to visit a sick family the Education and Youth tenced to 18 months of member, he brought the Development Bureau. imprisonment. girl from their meeting The man was detai- The PJ informed that spot to an apartment ned by the PJ and taken the man met the girl and requested to have into questioning on of an undisclosed age sex with her. When she May 21. RM page 6 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo CHINA 中國 24.05.2021 mon

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WENTY-ONE people ces, according to a reporter for Trunning a mountain ultra- state broadcaster CCTV. It was marathon have died in nor- 21 die in extreme weather not clear how many of them thwestern China after hail, survived. freezing rain and gale-force Video footage showed res- winds hit the high-altitude in China ultramarathon cuers in winter jackets in the race, state media reported yes- pitch-dark night searching terday. with flashlights along steep After an all-night rescue hills and narrow paths. Sear- AP PHOTO operation in freezing tempe- ch operations ended by noon ratures involving more than Sunday, rescuers told Xinhua. 700 personnel, rescuers were Online, some wondered able to confirm that 151 people what, if any preparations orga- were safe, out of a total of 172 nizers had made in the event of participants. Twenty-one had an emergency. The race orga- died, according to the official nizer did not immediately res- Xinhua News Agency, which pond to calls seeking comment said the runners suffered from Sunday. physical discomfort and the Baiyin city Mayor Zhang Xu- sudden drop in temperature. chen held a news conference The runners were racing on later Sunday and profoundly an extremely narrow mountain apologized as the organizer path at an altitude reaching of the event. The government 2,000-3,000 meters. The 100-ki- promised a full investigation. lometer race was held Saturday “We express deep condolen- in the Yellow River Stone Fo- ces and sympathy to the fami- rest tourist site in Baiyin city in lies of the victims and the inju- Gansu province. red,” the mayor said. MDT/AP Participants were not rookies. One of the deceased was a well-known runner Liang petitor said in a first-person Jing, who had won a 100-kilo- account that has been viewed meter race in Ningbo, repor- more than 100,000 times on his Two separate quakes cause damage; ted the Paper, a state-backed WeChat account “Wandering newspaper based in Shanghai. about the South.” three dead, dozens hurt The race also followed a re- He later told the Paper that strong, shallow earthquake shook southwestern The Yunnan province seismological bureau gave latively established course, ha- the forecast the day prior to the AChina near the border with Myanmar, killing at the magnitude of Friday night’s quake and said it ving been held four times, ac- race did not predict the extre- least three people and injuring more than two do- struck 8 kilometers below the surface northwest of cording to an account posted me weather they encountered. zen, while a separate, more intense quake early Sa- the city of Dali. online by a participant in the The most difficult section, turday collapsed a bridge and caused other damage Shallow quakes often cause more damage, espe- race who quit and managed to from kilometer 24 to kilometer in central China. cially in populated areas. make his way to safety. 36, climbed 1,000 meters. The- The first, 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Yunnan The earthquake caused strong shaking around But the weather caught re, he said the path was just a province late Friday. The second 7.3 magnitude Dali, but Chinese news reports showed relatively li- them off guard, and on the mix of stones and sand, and his quake occurred hours later in the southern part of ttle damage. morning of the race Saturday, fingers grew numb from the Qinghai province, about 1,000 kilometers to the sou- Three people died and 28 were injured, Yunan he already sensed things were cold. th, according to Chinese measurements. province’s publicity department said Saturday. not normal. The runners were When he finally decided to U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Jonathan Ty- Relief efforts were underway, with the provincial not dressed for winter-like con- turn back, he already felt da- tell said the two quakes were not related. authorities sending emergency rations and tents to ditions, many wearing short-s- zed. He said he was able to The Qinghai earthquake was followed by 453 af- the affected areas. In Qinghai, authorities set up tem- leeved tops. make it to safety and met a res- tershocks throughout the early morning into mid- porary safety shelters due to continuous aftershocks. “I ran 2 kilometers before cue crew. He did not respond to day, according to the official People’s Daily newspa- Last year, a magnitude 5 earthquake in Yunnan the starting gun fired to warm a request for comment left on per. At least eight people were injured. killed four people and injured 23. up [...] but the troublesome his social media account. While no deaths have been reported so far in Qin- China’s worst earthquake in recent years struck thing was, after running the- Some runners farther along ghai province, the quakes tore up roads and bridges, the mountainous western portion of Sichuan pro- se 2 kilometers, my body still the course had fallen off the with one collapsing completely, broken into seg- vince to the north of Yunnan in 2008, killing nearly had not heated up,” the com- trail into deep mountain crevi- ments. 90,000 people. MDT/AP

Authorities name 105 apps for improper data practices ZEN SOO, HONG KONG authorities beef up protec- Provisions outlining how The broad range of servi- tion of personal informa- apps should collect perso- ces they provide, from pay-

HINA’S internet watch- AP PHOTO tion protection and seek to nal information came into ments and e-commerce to Cdog said Friday it had prevent breaches of online effect May 1. They hold app gaming and messaging has found Bytedance’s Douyin, privacy. One concern in makers accountable for ex- made them ubiquitous in Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn China and elsewhere is that cessive data collection and everyday life. and 102 other apps were many internet companies collection of information Earlier this year, autho- engaged in improper col- have collected excessive without users’ consent. rities imposed a record $2.8 lection and use of data and user information to target The internet watchdog billion fine on Alibaba for ordered them to fix the pro- consumers with advertise- earlier ordered security violations of anti-mono- blem. ments. apps developed by Ten- poly rules. Food delivery The Cyberspace Admi- The crackdown comes cent Holdings and Alibaba company Meituan is cur- nistration of China (CAC) even as the Chinese gover- Group Holding to stop ga- rently under investigation said that the 105 apps vio- nment itself collects infor- thering information from for alleged anticompetitive lated laws by excessively mation about its citizens users without their consent. behavior. collecting and illegally ac- on a massive scale. Critics Technology companies Dozens of other internet cessing users’ personal in- accuse the authorities of in China are facing increa- companies including Bai- formation, according to a using facial recognition to singly harsh scrutiny as du, Tencent and ride-hai- statement posted on its site app Kuaishou, search en- thin 15 working days or face profile and track Uyghurs authorities seek to coun- ling firm Didi Chuxing have Friday. gine Sogou and Baidu. The legal consequences. in Xinjiang, where over a ter the influence of giant also been fined for not pro- Other companies it na- watchdog said companies The CAC has stepped up million have been detained companies like Alibaba and perly disclosing investmen- med included short video had to fix the problems wi- scrutiny of Chinese apps as in “re-education” camps. Tencent. ts or acquisitions. MDT/AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 mon 24.05.2021 中國 CHINA

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in 1959, and a Tibetan-indepen- dence movement has endured ever since. Gov’t touts success building Riots erupted in the Tibetan ca- pital of Lhasa in 2008 over allega- tions of religious oppression, lea- ving at least a dozen dead. A spate Tibet less focused on religion of self-immolations by ethnic Ti- betans followed a few years later. HINA’S top leader in Ti- Beijing has blamed the Dalai bet lauded the progress Lama for fomenting the unrest,

his country has made AP PHOTO and that sentiment continues to developing the region, be expressed by Chinese officials Ctouting an ethnic-assimilation who see religion as the root cause campaign that has fueled interna- of some of Tibet’s biggest challen- tional accusations of human-ri- ges. China’s Communist Party is ghts abuses. officially atheist. “More and more believers have been trained from pursuing a DEADLY SKIRMISHES good afterlife to living a good life The Dalai Lama’s continued in this life, and religion has been presence in India complicates increasingly compatible with a China’s relationship with the Sou- socialist society,” Wu Yingjie, the th Asian nation. China and India Communist Party chief of Tibet, fought sometime deadly skir- said at a press briefing in Beijing mishes along their 3,488-kilome- Saturday. ter disputed boundary last year Wu also listed a wide array of Wu Yingjie and early in 2021, though tensions ways the ruling party has trans- have eased in recent months formed the region where most China strives to suppress what it ‘EQUITABLE EDUCATION’ “Tibetan Buddhism is an im- Earlier in May, Foreign Policy people are Buddhist - from bui- calls terrorist and separatist ele- On Saturday, both Qi Zhala and portant part of Chinese culture, reported that China was buil- lding schools and paved road to ments while providing economic Wu focused on the Chinese gover- and Tibetan cultures are impor- ding villages inside Bhutan, the improvements in health care - as opportunities. nment’s efforts to provide educa- tant components of the Chinese Buddhist kingdom with which it China marks the 70th anniversary In September last year, promi- tion for Tibetans. culture,” he said. also shares a border. The maga- on Sunday of an agreement giving nent Xinjiang researcher Adrian “Almost all the best buildings The People’s Republic of China zine concluded this was part of it control of the region. Zenz released a report alleging are schools,” Wu said. “Fair and asserted sovereignty over Tibet in a campaign by Chinese leader Xi The event puts a renewed focus that Beijing was instituting a equitable education is taken very 1951 as part of a broader effort Jinping to “fortify the Tibetan bor- on Tibet as China deals with broad mass labor system in Tibet simi- seriously by government at all le- by Mao Zedong’s communists to derlands.” criticism of its policies in Xinjiang, lar to the one that has ensnared vels. There is a lot of funding and consolidate control over territory Neither Wu nor Qi Zhala would where the U.S. and lawmakers in Muslim Uyghurs. Tibet Gover- input.” historically claimed by China take questions from Bloomberg several other Western countries nor Qi Zhala said at the time that Wu said that “Chinese culture before decades of colonialism, News at the briefing, one of seve- say Beijing is carrying out genoci- forced labor transfer “does not at large has all along provided a war and internal strife. The Dalai ral held by Communist Party of- de. Both Tibet and Xinjiang have exist,” maintaining the local go- sentimental bond and a sense of Lama fled to India with help from ficials as President Xi prepares to long endured intense social, se- vernment was focused on provi- belonging for all ethnic groups” in the Central Intelligence Agency to celebrate the ruling party’s 100th curity and religious controls, as ding job training. the western region he leads. escape a government crackdown anniversary in July. BLOOMBERG

STRAIT TENSIONS SPACE Philippines, China hold ‘friendly’ China’s Mars rover touches dialogue on South China Sea ground on red planet

HE Philippines and HINA’S first Mars ro- TChina held talks on the Cver has driven down AP PHOTO

South China Sea through a from its landing platform AP PHOTO bilateral online forum set up and is now roaming the by both nations to promote surface of the red planet, dialogue and cooperation China’s space adminis- over the disputed waters. tration said Saturday. “The two sides had frien- The solar-powered ro- dly and candid exchanges ver touched Martian soil on the general situation and at 10:40 a.m. Saturday specific issues of concern in Beijing time, the China the South China Sea,” accor- National Space Adminis- ding to a statement released tration said. by the Philippines Foreign China landed the spa- Affairs Department on Sa- cecraft carrying the rover turday. “There was mutual on Mars last Saturday, a recognition of the impor- protesting the presence of South China Sea Arbitral technically challenging tance of dialogue in easing Chinese ships in a disputed Award” that favored the feat more difficult than a turday. It is expected to China has ambitious tensions and understanding area of the South China Sea. Southeast Asian nation over moon landing, in a first be deployed for 90 days space plans that include each country’s position and In Friday’s dialogue, the China in their maritime dis- for the country. It is the to search of evidence of launching a crewed or- intentions in the area.” Philippines said it “reitera- pute. second country to land life. bital station and landing The latest forum is the ted its long-standing call The Philippines also said and operate a spacecraft The U.S. also has an a human on the moon. sixth since the platform was for full respect and adhe- that the nation’s Justice De- on Mars, after the United ongoing Mars mission, China in 2019 became established in 2016 by Pre- rence to international law, partment will lead talks next States. with the Perseverance the first country to land a sident Xi Jinping and Phi- including the 1982 UNCLOS month for compensation of Named after the Chi- rover and a tiny helicop- space probe on the little- lippine President Rodrigo (United Nations Conven- Filipino fishermen abando- nese god of fire, Zhu- ter exploring the planet. -explored far side of the Duterte. Tension between tion for the Law of the Sea) ned by a Chinese ship that rong, the rover has been NASA expects the rover moon, and in December the two nations has escala- and its authoritative inter- hit their boat in the West running diagnostics tests to collect its first sample returned lunar rocks to ted in recent months, with pretation and application Philippine Sea two years for several days before it in July for return to Earth Earth for the first time the Philippines repeatedly – the final and binding 2016 ago. MDT/BLOOMBERG began its exploration Sa- as early as 2031. since the 1970s. MDT/AP page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo WORLD 國際 24.05.2021 mon

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Israel, most of which were intercepted or landed in this day in history AP PHOTO open areas. More than 250 people were killed, the vast srael wedding majority of them Palesti- 2001 I nians. party tragedy The Israeli strikes leve- led a number of large bui- ldings in the impoverished coastal territory, which is home to more than 2 million Palestinians. Gaza has been under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blocka- de since Hamas, an Isla- mic militant group, seized power from forces loyal to the internationally backed Palestinian Authority in At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds 2007. have been injured at a wedding party in Jerusalem Lynn Hastings, the U.N. after the dance floor collapsed. humanitarian coordi- Guests were left clinging to the sides of the Versai- nator for the Palestinian lles wedding hall when the third floor suddenly gave territories, said some 300 way at about 2245 local time and crashed through buildings in Gaza — inclu- two storeys below. MIDEAST ding an estimated 1,000 There were nearly 700 guests in the building, which housing units — had been is in the industrial Talpiot area of Jerusalem. Many completely destroyed. She were left trapped by the falling rubble which left a ga- said hundreds more had ping hole through the centre of the building. been heavily damaged. She Reports say about 250 people have been taken to Israeli police allow cautioned that those were hospital but rescuers say there are signs of life be- “very, very preliminary neath the debris. A special Israeli army rescue unit is numbers” as the damage is at the scene. still being assessed. The father of the groom, Zion Dror, said: “We were dancing, and all of a sudden three storeys collapsed. Jews to visit flashpoint Hastings said a total of My family is fine, thank God.” six hospitals and 11 pri- The bride, Keren Dror, who was standing with the mary health care centers groom in the centre of a circle of dancers fell with were damaged, and that him when the floor collapsed. She is reported to Jerusalem site one hospital was not func- have injuries to her head and limbs and has been JOSEPH KRAUSS, for “regular visits” and that nian families from a nearby tioning because of a lack of taken to hospital. JERUSALEM police had secured the area Jerusalem neighborhood electricity. She said around One wedding guest Efraim Rino told Israel Radio: “I to prevent “incidents.” was cited as another major 800,000 people lack access grabbed my son as the floor collapsed. We fell one SRAELI police yes- Israeli police had briefly trigger of the 11-day war, to tap water and 400,000 floor, and then the next floor collapsed. And the next. terday escorted more clashed with Palestinian which was halted by a cea- people do not have proper And I’m trying to hold my son’s hand all the time. He’s than 120 Jewish vi- protesters after Friday se-fire on Friday. sewage treatment because ten years old. We dropped all the way down. We were sitors to a flashpoint prayers in an early test for In recent years, increa- of damage to local infras- in the ruins. We had to be pulled out. Iholy site in Jerusalem whe- the truce, which had taken sing numbers of religious tructure. “People were flying through the air, the orchestra, re police actions in recent effect hours earlier. and nationalist Jews have The International Com- the loudspeakers, everything fell.” weeks had ignited protests The Waqf said yesterday visited the site. Palesti- mittee of the Red Cross Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert has already visited and violence that triggered was the first time Jews had nians fear Israel plans to said Friday that the war the scene and rejected suggestions of a terror at- war in Gaza, according to been allowed to visit the eventually take over the may have also left hun- tack. the Islamic authority over- site since May 4, a week be- compound or partition it. dreds of unexploded mu- There are some reports the Versailles banquet seeing the site. fore the war broke out. The Israeli government has nitions, which could cause hall was built using a cheap method of construction, The U.N. humanitarian The Al-Aqsa Mosque is repeatedly said it has no in- further casualties and hin- known as Pal-Kal, which was outlawed five years ago. coordinator meanwhile the third holiest site in Is- tention of changing the sta- der efforts to rebuild. A caller to Israel’s Army Radio said he had organi- said hundreds of homes in lam. It sits on a sprawling tus quo, in which the Waqf Israel says it made every sed a wedding at the hall a week ago and had called Gaza had been completely hilltop in Jerusalem’s Old oversees the site under Jor- effort to avoid harming ci- the owners afterwards to say he was worried about the state of the dance hall floor. destroyed and many more City that is revered by Jews danian custodianship. vilians and only targeted had been badly damaged as their holiest militant infras- Courtesy BBC News in the 11-day war, which site because it tructure, inclu- was brought to a fragile was the loca- The International ding a vast tun- halt on Friday. tion of the bi- Committee of the nel network and Police cleared young blical temples. rocket launchers. Palestinians out of the Al- The site has Red Cross said that It blames the war In context -Aqsa Mosque compound often been the and its devasta- and barred entry to Mus- scene of Israe- the war may have tion on Hamas. The final number of dead was 23. lims under the age of 45, li-Palestinian also left hundreds Yesterday Ten people were arrested by the Israeli authorities. They according to the Islamic violence over morning, hun- included the hall’s owners, the engineer who invented the Pal-Kal method of cheap and lightweight ceiling Waqf, which oversees the the years and of unexploded dreds of muni- construction and contractors and builders involved with site under Jordanian cus- was the epicen- cipal workers recent renovations. todianship. Muslims who ter of the 2000 munitions, which and volunteers An immediate safety check of all buildings using Pal-Kal entered were required to Palestinian in- could cause further started a one- was ordered. However, there were reports the checks leave their IDs with police tifada, or upri- -week campaign were not thoroughly carried out and in the first six months after the disaster only one building, Lev Hagiva, at the entrance. It said six sing. casualties and hinder to clear rubb- was partly closed. Palestinians were detai- Israeli poli- le from Gaza’s Seven weeks after the banquet hall collapse families of ned, with four later relea- ce repeatedly efforts to rebuild streets. The work the victims won their battle to have the tragedy declared sed. clashed with began outside a a national disaster, so they could be entitled to compen- Israeli police denied Palestinian protesters in The Gaza war saw Is- high-rise building that was sation from the state. In December 2003 a report into the Versailles wedding there was any age restric- the days leading up to May rael unleash hundreds of flattened by Israeli warpla- hall disaster found it a “miracle” there had been no other tion and said they arrested 10, when Gaza’s militant airstrikes across Gaza at nes during the early days collapses given the lack of action taken on sub-standard five suspects who “violated Hamas rulers fired long- what it said were militant of airstrikes on Gaza, with buildings. the public order.” Police -range rockets at Jerusa- targets. Hamas and other workers loading rubble In October 2004 two of the owners of the hall were con- spokesman Micky Rosen- lem. The threatened evic- armed groups fired more into donkey carts and small victed of causing death through negligence. Two other employees were acquitted. feld said the site was open tion of dozens of Palesti- than 4,000 rockets toward pickup trucks. 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a serious virus outbreak after BASKETBALL 20,000 PCR tests. “There is a very high level of operational capacity that we have as a global organization,” National teams wait on NBA stars Zagklis said. “The four (local organizers) know very well how to implement this protocol. I expect really high health stan- for Olympic qualifier games dards and a high number of vaccinated players.” GRAHAM DUNBAR, MIES ration.” There are more Olympic “This additional week was qualifiers still to play though

ITH the NBA AP PHOTO material for us, both for the the 12 women’s tournament playoffs starting FIBA leagues to finish [...] as teams were set last year. Saturday, natio- well as in order to have the Starting Wednesday in Graz, nal team coaches maximum number of NBA Austria, 20 men’s and 20 wo- areW watching and waiting to get players.” men’s teams in the 3-on-3 star players back for last-minu- The NBA Finals were also street version of basketball — te qualification games to the scheduled to give players time including the U.S. in both com- Tokyo Olympics. to travel to Tokyo where the petitions — will compete for The 11,000-athlete lineup for Olympics open July 23. three tickets each to the inau- the Olympics will not be com- Each of the four men’s qua- gural Olympic tournaments. plete until four men’s baske- lifying hubs will have six na- The eight-team Tokyo li- tball qualifying tournaments tions playing for a place in the neups in 3-on-3 will be com- — in Canada, Croatia, Lithua- 12-team men’s tournament in pleted when a qualifier for nia and Serbia, each with one Tokyo. The United States alrea- lower-ranked nations is played ticket to Tokyo — are played dy qualified through the 2019 June 4-6 in Hungary. from June 29-July 4. World Cup. Some of the women’s teams So if the Milwaukee Bucks With no space for make-up had a warmup tournament this are eliminated before the Eas- Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots during the first half of an NBA dates, any COVID-19 cases month at FIBA headquarters tern Conference Finals, then basketball game against the Miami Heat in Milwaukee or mandatory quarantine for near Geneva, which is named Giannis Antetokounmpo could players will hit teams hard. for Zagklis’ predecessor Patrick play in Victoria, Canada, for the to Kaunas in Lithuania, if the verning body. However, FIBA has a proven Baumann. Greece national team coached Dallas Mavericks are elimina- “We are the very last (to fi- record for operating effective Baumann, who steered 3-on- by Rick Pitino. ted. nish),” International Basketball health protocols. 3 onto the Tokyo program, died Nikola Jokić can join his Ser- The extra days allowed Federation (FIBA) secretary ge- Zagklis cited 80 biosecure aged 51 at the 2018 Buenos bia teammates at home in Bel- beyond the official June 29 neral Andreas Zagklis told The hubs managed for FIBA com- Aires Youth Olympics. He was grade if the Denver Nuggets qualifying deadline for other Associated Press in a recent in- petitions in November and enshrined on May 15 into the don’t go all the way, and Slove- Tokyo Olympics sports were terview. “We are thankful to the February, involving 70 nations Naismith Memorial Basketball nia will want to get Luka Dončić key for basketball’s world go- IOC and Tokyo for the collabo- traveling and playing, without Hall of Fame. MDT/AP

ad China’s top diplomat to visit the Russia for strategic talks BUZZ China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, will visit Russia for the 16th March that relations between the two countries were the “best strategic and security consultation between the two countries in history.” starting today, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yes- Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further collaboration on terday. nuclear power between the two countries on Wednesday as he Yang, director of the Communist Party’s central committee for and Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the launch via a foreign affairs who sits on the 25-member Politburo, will also vi- video link of a cooperation project building four nuclear reactors sit Slovenia and Croatia, ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in China. OPINION in a statement posted on its website. The trip will end May 27. In a phone call at the end of 2020, Xi and Putin vowed to streng- Beijing and Moscow have been seeking to further bolster bila- then “strategic coordination” as the world enters “an era of global World Views teral ties, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying in turbulence,” in a reference to the challenges posted by the U.S. Adam Minter, MDT/Bloomberg

Recycling isn’t dead. It’s booming

Recycling is “dead,” say the obituaries. And if it’s not Resorts World Las AP PHOTO dead it’s “broken,” “not working,” “in the bin,” “failing,” a “charade,” “a lie,” and of course “too good to be true.” Vegas gets regulatory This gloomy narrative has gained momentum over the past three years as cities struggled to find places to send US Virgin Galactic has made the stuff that people toss in their blue bins. Some areas re- OK to open June 24 its first rocket-powered duced or eliminatedrecycling programs; others passed flight from New Mexico along higher costs to residents. Then Covid upended the KEN RITTER, LAS VEGAS to the fringe of space in supply chains that turn detergent bottles, junk mail and a manned shuttle, as the old beer cans into new products. ALAYSIA-based owner AP PHOTO company forges toward All that doomsaying turned out to be misplaced, howe- Mof one of the biggest offering tourist flights to ver. Far from becoming another Covid casualty, the U.S. casino projects ever on the the edge of the Earth’s recycling industry is in fact booming. It’s a story equal par- Las Vegas Strip won regula- atmosphere. High above the ts economics and ingenuity. desert in a cloudless sky, the tory approval Thursday to Most Americans view recycling in environmental terms. VSS Unity ignited its rocket But practitioners know it as something quite different: a deal cards, roll dice and wel- to hurtle the ship and two commodity business that meets roughly 40% of the wor- come gamblers when Resor- pilots toward space. A live ld’s raw-material needs. About two-thirds of American ts World Las Vegas opens on feed by NASASpaceFlight. steel is made from recycled resources. The Covid-related June 24. com showed the ship toilet-paper shortage was exacerbated by a scarcity of the With praise for the accelerating upward and recycled office paper from which those rolls are often ma- USD4.3 billion development confirmed a landing later via radar. nufactured. and the boost it could provi- Like other commodity businesses, recycling is subject de in a pandemic-battered to booms and busts. But up until 2018, the U.S. industry Croatia has widely had seen three decades of boom (interrupted briefly by economy, the Nevada Ga- reopened its stunning the financial crisis). In the 1990s, Chinese manufacturers ming Commission granted Adriatic coastline for powered a decades-long commodities super-cycle that licenses to Genting Group, foreign tourists, becoming required huge amounts of recycled raw materials. At the based in Kuala Lumpur, and ned to produce “the best air “We are on the cusp of one of the first European countries to drop most of same time, thousands of U.S. local governments began of- its publicly traded subsidiary, quality money can buy.” opening our latest Resorts its pandemic measures. fering curbside recycling programs. Supply met voracious Genting Malaysia Berhad. By videoconference, Gen- World property with 3,500 Now, the ability of people demand, and prices climbed, encouraging more local go- “We look forward to ting Chairman Kok Thay Lim hotel rooms,” Lim said. vernments to get into the profitable business of recycling. to go there depends on seeing it open and running,” traced the company history The opening comes as It was a mostly virtuous cycle that benefited the environ- each country’s travel rules. Commission Chairman John Virus cases are dropping ment, municipal budgets and American consumers. But to his father opening a first Las Vegas sheds more than in Croatia, and after a it also blinded the industry to how reliant it had become Moran Jr. said after the una- Resorts World-branded re- a year of person-to-person slow start to the country’s on China. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Chinese paper nimous vote. sort, a 200-room hotel in distancing and mask-wea- vaccine rollout, inoculations mills upgraded their technology to recycle the confoun- Scott Sibella, president of 1971 in Pahang, Malaysia. ring rules imposed to slow are picking up. Officials ding and often food-stained mix of papers typically found Resorts World Las Vegas, said The company now has pro- the spread of COVID-19. predict that some 50% of in blue bins. American mills didn’t. As a result, they were the project six years in cons- perties in Malaysia, Singa- Local lawmakers on Tues- the population of 4 million soon unable to compete on prices and largely left the bu- truction was being comple- pore, Hong Kong, China, day approved fully reope- will be fully vaccinated by siness to China. ted “on time and on budget.” the Philippines and United ning stores, shows and res- mid-summer. The consequences were dire. In 2017, China announ- “We want to be the most Kingdom. taurants beginning June ced that it planned to restrict the import of recyclables, sophisticated, state-of-art including mixed paper. Two years later, recyclers had The Las Vegas resort will 1. That will meet Nevada casino in the world,” Sibella gone from receiving more than $100 a ton for mixed paper be its biggest in the U.S., Gov. Steve Sisolak’s goal of AP PHOTO to actually paying for disposal. According to one analyst, declared as he spoke about where Resorts World ope- allowing 100% capacity at in 2018 about 500,000 tons of once-valuable mixed paper technological advances built rates a casino at Aqueduct businesses that have reope- were collected for recycling — and then landfilled. Local into what will be the first new Racetrack in the New York ned in increments after governments understandably feared that their one-time resort to open in more than a borough of Queens and being ordered shut down in Italy A cable car taking cash cow was dead. decade on the Strip. is scheduled to open an March 2020. visitors to a mountaintop But the industry didn’t stand pat. Beginning in It will incorporate natu- 18-story casino hotel called The Nevada Gaming view of some of northern 2018, more than a dozen paper recyclers announced that Italy’s most picturesque ral outdoor light in many Resorts World Catskills later Control Board has already they were expanding their facilities to process grades no lakes plunged to the ground restaurant and convention longer accepted by China (plastics recyclers made simi- this year in Monticello, New approved full occupancy for yesterday, killing at least lar investments). One company, Green Bay Packaging, areas and a ventilation sys- York, about 100 miles nor- almost all properties in Las nine people and sending just opened a $500 million facility that can manufactu- tem Sibella said was desig- thwest of New York City. Vegas. MDT/AP two children to the hospital, re 685,000 tons of paper from recyclables each year. As authorities said. A photo a result of these and other expansions (including some of the wreckage taken overseas), demand for recycled paper has actually increa- by Italy’s fire department showed the crushed and sed since China closed its doors. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez Thanks partly to Covid, other recyclables are surging as THE DECISIVE MOMENT crumpled remains of the well. The e-commerce boom has created historic demand cable car in a clearing of a for the return of old cardboard boxes to make new ones. thick patch of pine trees Prices are soaring for recycled plastic. Waste Management near the summit of the Inc., the largest U.S. recycler by revenue, reported that its Mottarone peak overlooking first quarter average price for recyclables was up 97% over Lake Maggiore. the same period last year. More good news for the industry is on the horizon. In UK Animal rights protesters 2022, California will require that plastic bottles contain are blockading four McDonald’s distribution recycled content, and other states are likely to follow suit. centers in the U.K. in Increasingly, large consumer brands are making recy- an attempt to get the cled-content promises that will be hard to fulfill without burger chain to commit to more supply than is currently available. If they manage to becoming fully plant-based follow through, the U.S. recycling industry will not only by 2025. Animal Rebellion become bigger and more profitable, but far more resilient. said Saturday that trucks The good times won’t last forever. “Any time the revenue is and bamboo structures based on commodity prices, there will be ups and downs,” are being used at the says Joe Pickard, the chief economist at the Institute of distribution sites in Hemel Scrap Recycling Industries, a trade association. “My main Hempstead, Basingstoke, concern is a correction in commodity markets.” Coventry and Heywood, Corrections are, of course, inevitable. But the obituaries Greater Manchester, to are premature: American recycling is alive and kicking. Migrant crisis. A man lies on the ground on the beach after swimming to the area at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, last week stop trucks from leaving the depots.