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SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TOOK THE GOV’T CONFIRMS: PLASTIC ENROLLMENT OF LOCAL CREDIT FOR FOILING FOUR CAR CRASH STUDENTS AT MACAU’S LIARS WHO PRETENDED A PASSENGER BAGS TO BE CHARGED AT UNIVERSITIES HAS DROPPED WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL ONE PATACA EACH 30% IN THE PAST SIX YEARS P2 P3 P3

Taiwan and the Solomon Islands put on a display of friendship yesterday, pledging to deepen ties, even as rumors persist the Pacific nation is close to severing relations in favor of China. More on p11 HEADWINDSLIONEL LEONG IS WARNING OF A WEAK QUARTER ON AHEAD POOR GAMING DATA P6 AP PHOTO AP PHOTO

Philippines Five people were honored yesterday as this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, including a South Korean who helped fight suicide and bullying and a Thai housewife who became a human rights defender after losing her husband to violence in southern Thailand.

Vietnam is at risk of a 500,000 ton shortage of the meat most of its citizens rely on for daily protein between now and the Lunar New Year in January as African swine fever ravages the nation’s hog herd, according to Ipsos Business Consulting.

North Korea State media urged citizens yesterday to “fully mobilize” to rebuild after powerful Typhoon Lingling lashed the country over the weekend, with workers rebuilding electricity networks, salvaging battered crops and helping families whose homes and property were damaged.

Australia A key unaligned senator, Sen. Jacqui Lambie, said yesterday she will support laws that would force Australia’s jobless to undergo drug tests in return for welfare checks if lawmakers were screened as well. AP PHOTO

Afghanistan Afghans braced for a possible new wave of Taliban violence yesterday after President Donald Trump abruptly called off talks with the insurgent group, which vows to continue its fight against what it calls “foreign occupation.” Thousands link arms in HK chain Alibaba’s next chief talks strategy More on backpage P8 P10 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 10.09.2019 tue

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jo-kosai, the practice of “com- CRIME pensated dating,” whereby you- ng women in parts of Asia pro- vide companionship or sex to Police catch illegal driver men in exchange for money or luxuries. The case was reported to the police on September 7. using surveillance cameras The male victim, a 24-year- ANTHONY LAM A statement given to the police was nowhere to be found. ted searching through it. The vic- -old Macau resident, met a girl indicated that the four were en- The victim inquired with the tim immediately approached and over a social media platform on HE Public Security Police joying the nightlife until around 5 cabin crew, who told the victim confronted Zhang. September 4. The girl chatted TForce (PSP) confirmed the a.m. yesterday. Then they decided that a Chinese-looking man was Zhang claimed he was in sear- with him using Chinese pinyin occurrence of a serious car ac- to have breakfast in Coloane and seen taking out and searching ch of a newspaper that he spotted (transliteration). cident involving four people in drove there. through his bag. Afterwards, the in the compartment. He intended The girl disclosed to the their twenties, one of whom was It was not clear whether Chui bag was placed back into the to reach for it but as he could not, victim that she was willing to severely injured, in Coloane early started driving from their starting compartment. he thought it was under the vic- provide a compensated dating yesterday morning. point in NAPE or if she took the The victim confronted the sus- tim’s bag. service, which would include The police added that a pas- wheel at some point during the pect, who denied the accusation The police conducted a search dinners, watching movies and senger, surnamed Leong, who journey, but the police were told and claimed the bag was taken on the suspect and found various massages. She put a price tag of turned out to be the owner of the that she had expressed an interest out by mistake. Nonetheless, the currencies, namely Hong Kong MOP500 per occasion. car, claimed to be driving at the in driving the car. The car crashed victim discovered a white airsi- dollar, Chinese renminbi, Malay- They then agreed to meet time of the accident. This state- on Estrada de Cheoc Van. ckness bag under the seat of the sian ringgit, U.S. dollar, Singapo- at Fai Chi Kei. At the supposed ment was found to be untruthful suspect. re dollar, Philippine peso, Swiss meeting time, the girl told the with the assistance of surveillance MIND BELONGINGS In the bag, there was a total of franc and euros. The police say man that the “service fee” shou- camera footage. WHEN FLYING, SAYS POLICE HKD10,000, RMB1,100, MYR1,500 that they suspect all of the cash ld be paid in the form of gaming The other three people invol- A total of three cases of aircra- and USD115. As the victim recog- was stolen. cards. She instructed the man ved in the accident are all female, ft theft were reported to both the nized the sums of cash, he reques- The suspect has been passed to to buy gaming cards that were surnamed Chui, Choi and Lam. Judiciary Police (PJ) and the PSP, ted police investigation. Under in- the Public Prosecutions Office un- worth MOP8,000 as a first ins- Chui was driving the car at the according to information released vestigation, the suspect confessed der the charge of aggravated theft. tallment. time of the accident. during a press conference yester- and was charged with aggravated In the final case reported yes- Later on, the man was ins- According to the PSP, Leong day. Suspects were caught on the theft. terday, the suspect is still on the tructed to buy cards worth was in a sleeveless shirt at the sce- scene in two of the cases, while Another case on a flight en rou- run. MOP14,000. The girl explained ne, while the footage showed that the other suspect is on the run. te to Macau from Beijing, occur- The male victim, who claims a that this was to ensure he was the actual driver was not. Chui In the case uncovered on Sep- red on September 8 and involved loss of HKD7,000, is a tourist from not an undercover police offi- was driving illegally as she was tember 3, the suspect is surnamed a suspect from the mainland, sur- mainland China. Like the previous cer. doing so without a license, the po- Chen and from the mainland. At named Zhang. two victims, he put his bag, along Later, he was told to buy lice said. 11 a.m. on that day, a report was As in the previous case, the with his wallet, in the overhead MOP23,000 worth of cards to Alcohol was found in Lam but received from the flight deck of a victim’s bag was placed in the compartment upon boarding the become a “VIP member”, which not the other three. While Lam plane flying in from Krong Preah overhead compartment. His plane. He discovered that his mo- would unlock a series of perks was not driving or involved in the Sihanouk, Cambodia. A passen- wallet, with HKD1,100 and ney went missing when he arrived for him. He followed the girl’s obstruction of justice, she was ger’s cash was reportedly stolen USD400, was in the bag. at a hotel in Cotai, and reported instructions again. severely injured. As of yesterday during the flight. He noticed Zhang was sitting the case to the police. Unlike in some other recent afternoon, both she and Leong The victim told the police that behind him when he visited the cases, in which third party males were still under medical care at while moving to the washroom washroom. As he was just ente- MOP45K LOST IN UNSEEN acted as middlemen, the victim the Conde São Januário Hospital. during the flight, he realized the ring the washroom, he noticed GIRLFRIEND SCAM was in communication with the The accident happened after money in his bag, which was put that Zhang had taken out his bag A man was scammed out of a girl during the entire period and a night out in the NAPE district. in the overhead compartment, from the compartment and star- sum MOP45,000 in search of en- presumably scammed by her.

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gram, recording a nearly a 30% HIGHER EDUCATION increase from last year. Although it did not state how many local students were ad- mitted this academic year, UM noted that 348 outstanding local Enrollment of local students has students were admitted this year through the Principals’ Recom- mended Admission Scheme. dropped 30% in past six years This year, a total of 570 studen- ts from 31 countries and regions LYNZY VALLES applied to UM, with an increase in both the number of applican- ACAU students ts and the number of countries. admitted to local Among them, 24 are top students universities and from Chinese Independent High institutes recorded Schools in Malaysia. Ma decline of 6.8% in the 2018/19 Meanwhile, 351 mainland stu- academic year when compared to dents admitted by UM scored an the intake a year earlier, according average of 18.6% higher than the to the latest data provided by the admission marks required by tier- Higher Education Bureau (DSES). -one universities in their respecti- In a reply to the Times, the ve provinces and cities. The num- DSES stated, “in the past three ber of applicants from the nine academic years, the statistic has cities in Guangdong province, actually showed a decrease in the which is part of the Greater Bay number of local students enrolled Area (GBA), increased 46% from in higher education institutions in last year. Macau, from 4,626 in the acade- In the SAR during the mic year of 2016/17 to 4,312 in the 2018/2019 academic year, 49.3% year of 2018/19.” of all the 34,279 students in the According to data provided city’s universities and institutions by the bureau, there were a total were from mainland China. number of 6,145 locals enrolled According to the DSES data, in higher institutions as first year only 41.6% (10,355) of last year’s students in the 2012/13 academic freshmen were from Macau. year. This implies that the number Last year, it was the Macau local students at Macau universi- University of Science and Techno- ties has dropped nearly 30% in the logy (MUST) that had the highest past six years. month, the number of Hong Kong se government’s approval to allow ch are local. number of mainland students, The DSES also said that about and Macau students studying in the institution to recruit mainland “The number of local students with 86% of its 11,305 students half of all students of local higher Taiwan has also been decreasing students. Approval has still not is being maintained at a steady from mainland China. education institutions during the over the past four years. Taiwane- been granted to the university. level at Macao Polytechnic Insti- The Times also contacted City 2018/19 academic year were from se universities are calling on their The Times contacted different tute,” it stated. University of Macau, the Institute mainland China. government to loosen restrictions universities and institutions to for Tourism Studies, and the Uni- As of January 2019, there were a on enrollment quotas for studen- enquire whether they have main- UM SEES RECORD versity of Saint Joseph to enquire total of 1,138 high school gradua- ts hailing from the Hong Kong and tained a similar number of fresh- HIGH APPLICATIONS about the number of freshmen for ting students that have applied to Macau. men enrollment every year. Meanwhile, as the next uni- the 2019/20 academic year, and universities in China under a joint Earlier this year the rector of According to the Macao Poly- versity academic year begins, the whether or not such data recor- education scheme between the the University of Saint Joseph, Pe- technic Institute, it received clo- University of Macau (UM) has ded an increase compared to the SAR and the mainland. ter Stilwell, once again expressed se to 1,000 freshmen students seen a record high of 13,000 appli- previous years. However, no reply As reported by the Times last his hopes of obtaining the Chine- this academic year – 85% of whi- cations for its undergraduate pro- was given by press time.

Mak Soi Kun wants Charge for plastic bags surveillance to set at one pataca each cover city

HE expected one- le to single-use plastic ponsible for matters the environmental pro- AWMAKER Mak dly proposed such a rity has expressed a Tpataca fee for plas- bags in retail locations pertaining to plastic tection authority. The LSoi Kun has once surveillance system high degree of vigi- tic bags was announ- which include super- bags. DSPA considers it an again asked the lo- in the past. lance, criminal tac- ced yesterday in a Chief markets, restaurants, Retail locations are “adequate” way to su- cal government to By 2020, the se- tics are always one Executive order pub- pharmacies, bakeries, also obligated to dis- pport the sector. build a surveillan- curity authority will step ahead,” Mak lished in the govern- and convenience sto- play promotional ma- Each Macau resident ce system - dubbed have installed a total wrote. ment’s Official Gazette. res. Parties not char- terials related to paid uses 2.2 plastic bags per “Sky Net” - to cover of 1,620 surveillan- He further cited The order was signed ging for such plastic plastic bags within two day on average, resear- the whole city, ac- ce cameras across news reports from on September 2. bags may be subjected years of the law coming ch shows. In total, 450 cording to his latest town. The authority India and the U.S. According to the ci- to a MOP1,000 fine for into effect. million shopping bags interpellation to the has named the sys- to testify that facial ty’s plastic bag charge each plastic bag given Previously, the go- are used each year, ac- local government. tem “Sky Eyes.” recognition techno- scheme, starting from away. vernment expressed cording to a report by In Mak’s opinion, Mak asked the logy can effectively November 18, each Food and medicines that it expects to reduce Exmoo. a “Sky Net” consis- government about a help police authori- plastic shopping bag without packaging are the use of plastic bags In February of 2016, ting of a full covera- timetable to update ties arrest criminals. will cost one pataca. exempted from the bill, by at least 50% once the a DSPA survey showed ge network of CCTV the Sky Eyes system Previously, the The bill for plastic as well as products pur- bill starts being imple- that the majority of the surveillance came- into a Sky Net sys- security authority shopping bags was pu- chased in certain areas mented. public agreed that the ras over the entire tem. revealed a plan to blished in August, al- at the airport. The income genera- charge should be no city would better “The environ- equip cameras with though the charge for The Environmen- ted by the plastic bag less than one pataca. protect local resi- ment at home and facial and car plate a single-use plastic bag tal Protection Bureau fee will be retained by Environmentalists ar- dents’ lives and their abroad is changing recognition techno- had not been finalized. (DSPA) is the govern- the retail shops, as ex- gue the charge should property. rapidly. Although logy, a measure that The bill is applicab- mental authority res- plained previously by be much higher. JZ Mak has repeate- the security autho- Mak praised. JZ page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 10.09.2019 tue

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GIT says light rail incident was a drill The Morrison School and its

Macau’s Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) legacy on Tong King-sing responded to a video circulating JULIE ZHU on social media that showed half of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) train’s OMETIMES described as carriages splitting from the other SChina’s first Western-style MUST COURTESY half. According to the GIT, this was school, the Morrison School of part of a normal simulation. The Macau educated several well- video generated some interest known Chinese reformers during on social media with netizens its short duration operating in mocking what appeared to be an Macau. accident. However, in a statement The school was well known published yesterday, the GIT said as a cradle of education during that the supposed incident was the late Qing dynasty, nurturing part of a simulation of a light rail emergency response and that it many influencers of the period, was normal practice before the including Tong King-sing, Tong light rail is put into operation. Mow-chee, Yung Wing, Wong The simulation was carried out Shing, and Wong Fun. in the vicinity of Taipa Stadium Chinese reformer Tong King- on Sunday morning. Although an -sing (1832-1892) and his elder official opening date for the Taipa brother Tong Mow-chee (1828- section of the LRT has not yet 1897) were important pioneers been announced, it is believed of modern Chinese industry and Robert Morrison Morrison School in Hong Kong that the line will open to the public commerce. The brothers studied before the 20th anniversary of the at the Morrison School in Macau Macau handover on December 20, in their early years. 2019. Research conducted by the Research Office of Tong King- Chui calls for -sing at the Macau University of tourism continuity Science and Technology (MUST) is shedding new light into how from next gov’t Tong King-sing’s education at Yesterday, Chief Executive Chui the Morrison School of Macau Sai On presided over the 2019 influenced his dealings with fo- plenary meeting of the Committee reigners in later life. for the Construction of the World Tourism and Leisure Center. The FATHER OF ANGLO-CHINESE meeting focused on the work LITERATURE that began this year on the mid- The Morrison School of Ma- term review of the first Five-Year cau was named after Robert Mor- Development Plan of the Macau rison (1782-1834), an Anglo-Sco- SAR, extending from 2016 to ttish protestant missionary who 2020. During the meeting, Chui came to Macau during the Qing remarked that he wished to see dynasty and played a significant all government departments role in the interaction between continuing to implement the China and the West. plan regardless of the upcoming He translated a copy of the Bi- change in government this ble into Chinese and published Tong King-sing’s brother Tong with Hong Kong officials until tsin (Tianjin), and in 1873 he December. In calling for this many well-known books and Mow-chee, Yung Wing and four 1858, when he moved to Shan- became the chief comprador of continuity, Chui referenced what dictionaries, such as the first other students were the school’s ghai. In 1863 Tong King-sing the company when his brother he described as the general Chinese-English dictionary, tit- first students. Later, Tong King- joined a foreign company, Jardi- Tong King-sing resigned. direction of all government led “A Dictionary of the Chine- sing entered the school. The ne Matheson & Co., as the chief Judging from the accom- actions, to “maintain a stable school moved to Hong Kong in comprador, and went on to be- plishments of these two indivi- development environment, giving se Language”. He was a pioneer 1842 and the Tong brothers con- come general manager of China duals, Tong King-sing and Tong priority to projects that optimize sinologist, lexicographer and the population’s quality of life, translator, and was considered to tinued to study there until the Merchants’ Steam Navigation Mow-chee, their educational [and] emphasize balanced socio- be the “Father of Anglo-Chinese school closed in 1849. Company in 1873, which was a experiences at the Morrison economic growth.” Literature.” prominent company under the School were critical stepping Famously, when asked on arri- A BILINGUAL EDUCATION Self-Strengthening Movement. stones to their future careers, val in China whether he expected Different from most of the In 1878, Tong established according to the research con- Property price index to have any spiritual impact on traditional schools in China, the the Chinese Engineering and clusions of the MUST. edges up 0.3% the Chinese, he answered, “No Morrison Education Society’s Mining Company in Tangshan, Today, the bilingual educa- sir, but I expect God will!” School used a bilingual educa- which bought British machines tion system is implemented by The overall residential property tion system. Students received and hired foreigners. Tong Kin- many schools in Macau and price index for the three-month His publications and his An- formal English education and g-sing’s long career in business Hong Kong and even in main- period between May and July glo-Chinese proficiency promo- 2019 increased by 0.3% over ted the integration of Western their English skills gradually im- with foreigners relied on the En- land China. The Tong brothers the previous period (April to and Chinese cultures. Morrison proved. glish language and other skills were the first batch of students June) to 269.3, according to data died in 1834 and was buried in The school taught geography, he learned from the Morrison educated by this system, which released by the Statistics and Macau in the Old Protestant Ce- physiology, history, and mathe- School, which created these empowered them to accelerate Census Service. The indexes for metery. matics to nurture its students very opportunities for him. China’s modernization. the Macau Peninsula (271.4) and Aiming to commemorate comprehensively. The language Tong King-sing’s brother, The information in this arti- Taipa and Coloane (260.4) rose Morrison and preach the tenets skills that the Tong brothers lear- Tong Mow-chee, also benefited cle was provided by the Resear- by 0.1% and 1.3% respectively. of his faith in mainland China, ned from the school in particu- from the education that he re- ch Center of Tong King Sing at In comparison to the equivalent Morrison’s friends, William Jardi- lar benefited their future careers ceived at the Morrison School. the Macau University of Science period a year earlier (May to July ne, Lancelot Dent, and Elijah Bri- because they were the first batch He went to the USA in 1852 and and Technology. The Research 2018), the overall residential dgman, established The Morri- of students in the late Qing who returned to China in 1857. He Center of Tong King Sing was property price index saw a son Education Society in Canton. were taught with the western served as a chief translator of established in November 2018, decrease of 0.5%. The index for In 1839, the Society opened the educational style. Shanghai customs after he ar- becoming the first academic existing residential units also fell Morrison School in Macau. This Tong joined the Hong Kong rived back in China. In 1871 he research institution named af- by 0.5%, while that of pre-sale was the first Western-style school government as a translator in was appointed as comprador at ter Tong King-sing in China or residential units dropped by 0.2%. in modern China. 1851. After that, Tong worked Jardine Matheson & Co. in Tien- overseas. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 tue 10.09.2019 ADVERTORIAL

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ANDS China Ltd.’s com- mitment to supporting local enterprises as part of the company’s Scorporate social responsibi- Local firm attributes sales growth, lity has helped expand assets and sales growth of numerous local firms. Viewing local businesses expansion to Sands China as strategic partners, Sands looking for particular produc- also expanded his company’s gy Transfer Centre (CPTTM) In addition, Sands China China has long extended its ts from the US, he was able to business internationally. After and is an initiative to develop pledges to continue to create support to local small and source those products throu- suppling products to Sands local suppliers. It shares bu- procurement opportunities medium enterprises as well gh his network in Canada and China with positive feedba- siness knowledge and skills for local SME suppliers, so that as micro firms in line with the successfully started his coope- ck, Ung’s products were then to help local SME suppliers its success and their success Macau SAR government’s ini- ration with Sands China. also sourced for projects at gain experience and capacity can go hand-in-hand – in line tiative to support local SME The storeowner recalls how Marina Bay Sands in Singapo- for working with large-sca- with the Macau government’s development. businesses used to opera- re, which is operated by Sands le international corporations initiative to ‘buy local.’ As one of its partners since te before Macau’s handover China’s parent company Las like Sands China, and specifi- Sands China also holds suc- Sands Macao started opera- to China, noting that there Vegas Sands Corp. This has es- cally targets three categories cessful invitational matching tions in the SAR, Loja de Fer- were fewer networks made, tablished a valuable opportu- of local SME suppliers: small sessions to give local SME ragen Ng Kei, a machinery and hindering the expansion of nity for the company to access and micro-enterprises, Ma- suppliers a platform for pre- tool store, recalls the immense businesses. overseas opportunities. cau young entrepreneurs, and senting and demonstrating support the gaming operator “There is a big difference in In a bid to assist local fir- “Made-in-Macau” enterprises. their products and services to has given local SMEs. operating a business before ms gain an understanding Given Sands China’s latest potential users and buyers at Established in the city for and after the handover,” Ung of how international com- project, The Londoner Ma- Sands China properties. over 50 years, the family bu- said. panies are run, Sands China cao, Ung shared his belief that The initiative has the goal siness is currently run by Ma- “The opportunities it will also make a big of enhancing communication tthew Ung, the third-genera- for business expansion impact on their firm in between vendors and users tion owner. then became wider, es- terms of sales growth and improving the procure- The storeowner has expan- pecially when working ”We have been and connections. ment success rate. ded the supply of materials with large-scale com- learning a lot from “We are happy that The company also recently such as chemical fuels, clea- panies like Sands Chi- we have expansion stepped up its commitment to ning products and safety equi- na,” he added. Sands China, including opportunities. What support local SME suppliers pment. At present, the com- Ung said that we are doing right now by launching a special finan- pany has 50 brands and has the company’s busi- the systems they use is continuously impro- cing program in cooperation a product catalogue of over ness volume has con- for procurement. ving our products and with six local banks. 3,000 items for its retail and tinued to increase year services,” he explained Sands China’s total procure- wholesale business. by year through on- MATTHEW UNG Ung. ment spend in 2018 was appro- Ung studied mechanical en- going cooperation with Meanwhile, Ung ximately MOP 10.7 billion, 77 gineering in Canada and brou- gaming operators. looks forward to percent of which was with lo- ght his expertise back to the Sands China accounts for 60 offers its Sands Procurement the opportunities brought by cal suppliers. SAR. percent of total sales for Loja Academy to SME owners that the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Sands China says it will He has used his skills ad- de Ferragen Ng Kei, with ove- are willing to participate. -Macau Greater Bay Area, be- maintain its focus on procure- vantages to acquire produc- rall business steadily increa- The Sands Procurement lieving that the platform set ment with local SME suppliers, ts through his networks in Ca- sing by 10 to 20 percent per Academy is co-organised up by the central government and looks forward to the conti- nada that are difficult to find annum. with the Macao Chamber of carries great potential for the nued success and benefits for in Southeast Asia. Ung recalled Ung added that the collabo- Commerce and the Macau future development of local both sides that the collabora- that when Sands China was ration with Sands China has Productivity and Technolo- businesses. tion has brought about. page 6 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 10.09.2019 tue

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tor on track to record one of the worst growth quarters since the Lionel Leong warns economic industry’s recovery in 2016. With just one month remaining in the headwinds to persist into Q3 third quarter, Leong expects gross domestic product will reflect the DANIEL BEITLER situation on casino floors. The gaming sector directly ac- ACAU will continue to face counted for about half of Macau’s Meconomic headwinds into economy in 2018, but was also clo- the third quarter, warned the Se- sely tied to the other half, including cretary for Economy and Finance the real estate, hotels, restaurants yesterday, following dual revela- and retail sectors. tions in past weeks that August Suggesting that the economic gross gaming revenue dropped downturn was out of the gover- the fastest this year to date and nment’s hands, Leong said that that the city has officially entered although the data shows a conti- recession. nuous fluctuation in the economy, According to data released by they are not periodic or seasonal the Statistics and Census Servi- fluctuations, but rather the result of ce late last month, the economy some external incidents or factors. contracted by 1.8% year-on-year The Secretary said the trade in the second quarter of 2019, conflict between China and the following a 3.2% contraction in United States, and the resulting the first quarter. For the first six change in Renminbi exchange months of the year, Macau’s eco- rates had negatively affected the nomy is down 2.5% in real terms SAR. The International Monetary compared to a year earlier. A te- Fund has lowered its growth ex- chnical recession is defined as day afternoon, Secretary Lionel isolated public expenditure pro- However, Leong assured that pectations for 2019 and 2020 se- two consecutive quarters of eco- Leong warned that the economic jects in the first half of 2018 - for the local government will closely veral times this year, also citing the nomic decline. contraction will likely persist into example the construction of the monitor the unemployment rate worsening conditions of the Chi- The Office of the Secretary for the third quarter. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Brid- and consumer purchasing power na-U.S. trade war. Economy and Finance said in Leong attributed the 2.5% de- ge border checkpoint - had infla- of Macau residents in the coming As a small economy reliant on a statement at the time that the cline in gross domestic product to ted the comparison period. The months, and intervene only if ne- Chinese visitation and a currency local economy is expected to re- a difficult comparison base a year statement said that this led to the cessary. indirectly pegged to the U.S. dollar, main in recession for the rest of earlier. According to a statement relative decline in gross domestic Gross gaming revenue fell 8.6% Macau is highly vulnerable to sho- the year. released by the government, the product in the first six months of year-on-year in August and 3.5% cks to the world’s two largest eco- Speaking to the media yester- construction of several large but this year. in July, putting the gaming sec- nomies. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 tue 10.09.2019 大灣區 GREATER BAY

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lowest level in more than seven years. Hysan Development Co. and Wharf Holdings Ltd., which ope- Hong Kong tourism plunges rate malls in Causeway Bay, clo- sed down more than 1.5% yes- terday after police fired tear gas in the district on Sunday night. 40%, most since SARS crisis Wynn Macau Ltd. slid 1.1% and HE ongoing protests in hotel operator Shangri-la Asia Hong Kong, now in their Ltd. lost 2.7%. MTR Corp. fell 0.4% 15th week, have delive- after protesters again vandalized red a blow to the city’s BLOOMBERG a number of train stations. The Ttourism industry not seen since MSCI Hong Kong Index slipped the 2003 SARS epidemic. 0.1%. Tourist arrivals in the city Retailers are making plans to declined almost 40% in August ride out the disruption. Sa Sa In- from a year earlier, Financial ternational Holdings Ltd., a cos- Secretary Paul Chan wrote in a metics retailer, has asked some blog post Sunday. That’s the bi- managers in its back office to take ggest year-on-year decrease in no-pay leave for as many as 4 days visitor numbers since May 2003, each month from September, when arrivals sank almost 70% Ming Pao reported yesterday, ci- in the midst of the disease ou- ting people familiar with the mat- tbreak that ultimately claimed ter. Sa Sa shares dropped 3.9%. hundreds of lives in the city, Fitch Ratings Inc. downgraded according to data compiled by Hong Kong as an issuer of long- Bloomberg from the Hong Kong -term, foreign currency debt for Tourism Board. the first time since 1995 on Friday, “Social issues in the past few saying that the territory’s recent months, especially the continued political turmoil raises doubts violent clashes and blockading of The city’s tourism, retail and The protests, which morphed small businesses has hit record about its governance. airport and roads, have seriously hotel industries have been par- from opposition to a propo- lows. Hong Kong’s economy ove- The rating was lowered to impacted Hong Kong’s interna- ticularly hard hit, Chan said. Oc- sed extradition law to a broader rall contracted 0.4% in the second AA from AA+ with a negative tional image as a safe city,” Chan cupancy rates of hotels in some challenge against Beijing’s autho- quarter from the previous period, outlook, the company said in an said in his post, which was writ- districts fell more than half while rity, have placed a growing toll on raising the prospect of a technical emailed statement. The last Fitch ten in traditional Chinese. “The room rates decreased 40% to 70%. the city’s economy. Retail sales by recession. downgrade of Hong Kong took most worrying thing is that the si- Many meetings and business trips value dropped 11.4% in July, the Based on August 2018 tourism place before the return of the tuation is not likely to turn arou- have been postponed or moved to first full month affected by the figures, a 40% drop would result former British colony to China. nd in the near future.” other places, he said. protests, while sentiment among in about 3.5 million visitors, the MDT/BLOOMBERG

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HONG KONG Li Ka-Shing tells city AP PHOTO leaders to ‘have mercy’

Hong Kong’s richest man urged the government to “have mercy” in dealing with the unrest that has rocked the city this summer. Li Ka-shing, whose conglomerate is among Hong Kong’s most dominant business empires, called for reconciliation between the government and protesters as another weekend of demonstrations turned violent. “If it continues, it will be very bad, and I am concerned,” the 91-year-old said during an event at Tsz Shan Monastery, a Buddhist temple which he helped finance. “We hope young people can consider the big picture, and government leaders can also have mercy on the masters of our future.” In newspaper advertisements last month, Li called for an end to the violence in a poetic message that some interpreted as calling for those in power to stop persecution, while others said it meant to urge protesters to stop disrupting the city.

TAISHAN Second nuclear power unit ready for commercial use

A third-generation nuclear power Students wearing masks hold hands to surround St. Stephen’s Girls’ College in Hong Kong unit of a China-France joint venture in Guangdong Province has completed and trying to snatch their wea- all the testing operations and is ready pons. He said 157 people had for commercial use, said China General been detained since Friday. Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). Hong Kong journalists, The No.2 unit at the Taishan nuclear Hong Kong students some wearing helmets and gas power plant will be the world’s second masks, complained at the po- third-generation European Pressurized lice briefing yesterday that riot Reactor (EPR) nuclear power unit, said police had used pepper spray CGN, the largest nuclear power operator form protest chains and threatened media per- in China. The No. 1 unit, which was EILEEN NG gress passes a bill that would Trump has suggested it’s sonnel covering the weekend put into commercial use in December impose economic sanctions a matter for China to handle, clashes. last year, was the first of its kind. The HOUSANDS of stu- and penalties on Hong Kong though he also has said that no Separately, well-known Taishan nuclear power plant, the largest dents formed human and mainland China officials violence should be used. Politi- Hong Kong activist Joshua Sino-French project in the energy field, chains outside schools found to suppress democracy cal analysts suggest his respon- Wong was released yesterday, a uses the EPR for its No.1 and No. 2 across Hong Kong and human rights in the city. se was muted to avoid disrup- day after he was detained at the power units, with a unit capacity of 1.75 Tyesterday to show solidarity Hong Kong’s government ting talks with China over their airport. million kilowatts each. The power plant after violent weekend clashes expressed regret over the U.S. tariff war. Wong, a leader of Hong is run by a joint venture set up by CGN, between police and activists bill, known as the Hong Kong High school and universi- Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy French energy supplier Electricite de pushing for democratic refor- Human Rights and Democracy ty students across Hong Kong protest movement, was among France (EDF), and Guangdong Energy ms in the semiautonomous Act. It said in a statement yes- held hands yesterday, following several people held last month Group Co., Ltd. It is estimated that Chinese territory. terday that “foreign legislatu- similar protests last week, for- and charged with inciting peo- about 8.03 million tons of standard coal The silent protest came as res should not interfere in any ming long human chains that ple to join a protest in June. His will be saved, with over 21.09 million the Hong Kong government tons of carbon emissions cut upon the form in the internal affairs” of snaked into the streets outside prosecution comes after his re- condemned the “illegal beha- completion of the two units. Hong Kong. their schools. They were joined lease from prison in June for a vior of radical protesters” and The government said it was by many graduates wearing the two-month sentence related to GUANGZHOU warned the U.S. to stay out of “very much in Hong Kong’s protesters’ trademark black the 2014 protests. its affairs. own interest to maintain our tops and masks. A court said Wong’s overseas 386kg of dried snakes Thousands of demonstra- autonomy to safeguard our in- Many also rallied against trips had been approved earlier seized in south China tors held a peaceful march terests and advantages under what they viewed as excessive and his detention was due to Sunday to the U.S. Consulate to the ‘one country, two systems’ use of force by police, with one procedural errors. Guangzhou Customs in seized a total of seek Washington’s support, but principle” introduced when the student carrying a placard that Wong, who visited Taiwan 386 kilograms of smuggled dried snakes, violence erupted hours later in former British colony returned read “Stop violence, we are not last week, told reporters befo- the customs entity said on Friday. The a business and retail district as captured products contain 256.8kg of to Chinese rule in 1997. rioters.” re he flew off to Germany and protesters vandalized subway dried mucosal rat snakes and 128.8kg U.S. House Speaker Nancy Anger was fueled over the then the U.S. that he would stations, set fires and blocked of Javan spitting cobras, which are Pelosi last week said Congress weekend after images of a you- continue to raise global awa- both protected under the Convention traffic, prompting police to fire looks forward to “swiftly advan- th being bloodily beaten up by reness about Hong Kong’s fight on International Trade in Endangered tear gas. cing” the Hong Kong bill be- riot police at a subway station for democratic reforms. Species and can only be imported Hong Kong’s government cause the city deserves real au- were widely shared on social German Foreign Minister or exported with legal paperwork. agreed last week to withdraw tonomy and freedom from fear. media. The boy, who didn’t fi- Heiko Maas welcomed Wong’s The customs found the smuggled an extradition bill that sparked The unrest has become the ght back, was pinned to the release and said he was prepa- serpents in about 10 tons of imported a summer of protests, but de- biggest challenge to Beijing’s floor and appeared uncons- red to meet him. products declared to be dried geckos monstrators want other de- rule since it took over Hong cious under a pool of blood. “We hope that the conflict and zaocys dhumnades, a kind of black mands to be met, including Kong, and is an embarrassment Police public relations chief there will be de-escalated bit by striped snake. Guangzhou customs has direct elections of city leaders to its ruling Communist Party Tse Chun-chung said yester- bit, but without that entailing intensified its crackdown on endangered and an independent inquiry ahead of Oct. 1 celebrations of day that police have received the rights people are entitled to species smuggling starting from 2019 into police actions. its 70th year in power. Beijing complaints about the case and — namely the right to express and cleared more than 400 cases Protesters in their Sunday has slammed the protests as ef- are investigating. He said police their opinion, including on the that involve ivories, pangolin scales, march appealed to President fort by criminals to split the terri- were doing their best to handle street — in any way being li- living crocodiles, hawksbills, and dried Donald Trump to “stand with tory from China, backed by what escalating violence, with “radi- mited,” Maas told reporters in seahorses. Hong Kong” and ensure Con- it said were hostile foreigners. cal” protesters attacking police Berlin. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 tue 10.09.2019 分析 BUSINESS

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when it comes to the market,” U.A.E Oil Minister Suhail Al Ma-

BLOOMBERG zrouei said an interview on Sun- day. “He understands the benefits to all the producers of the leader- ship role of Saudi Arabia to balan- ce the market.” The prince will have a far nar- rower remit than his predecessor. As well as being responsible for oil production policy, Al-Falih was chairman of state oil company Aramco and led planning for its IPO. He was also in charge of the kingdom’s industrial develop- ment. Aramco is now chaired by the head of the sovereign wealth fund and the industrial portfolio Former Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih (seated center) rests with another minister. Even with more time to focus on the oil market, Prince Abdula- ziz will confront the same tough challenges as Al-Falih. Crude pri- Saudi Arabia’s royal Oil Minister ces have stabilized around $60 a barrel, about $20 below what the is the ultimate OPEC insider kingdom needs to balance its bu- dget. The surge in U.S. shale pro- JAVIER BLAS, NAYLA RAZZOUK After studying management at to slow demand and hit market “We expect to see less verbal duction over the last five year has & VERITY RATCLIFFE King Fahd University in Riyadh, sentiment. interventions from the new minis- put Saudi Arabia and its allies on he first became an adviser in the “There is nothing radical in ter,” Yasser Elguindi, market stra- the back foot, forced to conce- N June last year, a crunch OPEC energy ministry in the late 1980s. Saudi Arabia, we all work for the tegist at Energy Aspects, said in a de market share to shore up pri- Imeeting was on the edge of He’s attended dozens of OPEC government, one person comes, note to clients on Sunday. ces. Now the trade war is putting collapse. Iran had threatened to meetings and played a key role one person goes,” he said while Al-Falih’s biggest achievement pressure on demand, prompting storm out and sink a deal on pro- in negotiating a deal that cleared attending an energy conference in of his three-year term was ma- analysts to ask whether further duction quotas, accusing the Sau- a global crude glut after the 1998 Abu Dhabi. “Fundamentally, Sau- naging OPEC’s agreement with output cuts will be necessary next di Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih of Asian financial crisis. di Arabia’s energy policy is resting Russia, which saw the world’s No. year. trying to steal market share. Now in his fifties, the prince is on few pillars. The pillars don’t 2 exporter agree to formal curbs Enter Al-Falih’s deputy, an ur- known for his perfectly cut suits, change.” on production for the first time as DIFFERENT GENERATIONS bane OPEC veteran who’d worked soft-spoken style and impeccab- the global oil market adjusted to a His relationship with the crown with Iranian Oil Minister Bijan le manners. He recently led talks DIFFERENT STYLE flood of American shale oil. Prin- prince will be critical. They come Zanganeh for decades. He put his with Kuwait to restart long-closed But the style of Saudi Arabia’s ce Abdulaziz is fully supportive of from different generations - MbS diplomatic skills to brokering the fields in an area where the two oil-market management is likely the Russian alliance, but is likely is more than 20 years younger and kind of fudge that’s seen the group countries share sovereignty. to be different. Al-Falih talked to to put more emphasis on relations Prince Abdulaziz had never been through many difficult meetings “The new minister is highly ex- the market a lot, frequently appea- with OPEC members, according to seen as part of his inner circle. and the next day his boss was able perienced and knows his subject ring on business TV channels and a Saudi official briefed on the go- During the early years of his half- to tell the world the kingdom’s oil better than just about anyone in holding regular press briefings af- vernment’s thinking. -brother’s ascendancy, Prince Ab- policy remained on track. the country,” said Joseph Kechi- ter OPEC meetings, a strategy that dulaziz was less involved in policy The understudy is now playing chian, senior fellow at the King ran the risk of diminishing retur- DIPLOMATIC NETWORK making and spent long stretches the lead. Late on Saturday night, Faisal Center for Research and Is- ns. He was prone to using central The prince’s unparalleled diplo- outside the kingdom. But the prin- Al-Falih was removed and repla- lamic Studies in Riyadh. banking tropes like “whatever it matic network may help soothe ce’s more prominent role in the last ced as energy minister by Prince In his first public appearance takes” in attempts to jawbone pri- relationships frayed by Al-Falih, two years -- active at OPEC mee- Abdulaziz bin Salman. A half-bro- as minister, Prince Abdulaziz sig- ces higher. who often seemed impatient tings and leading talks with Kuwait ther of Crown Prince Mohammed naled no radical change in Saudi Prince Abdulaziz is likely to with OPEC members unable or -- suggests they’d become closer in bin Salman, he’s the first member oil policy. Riyadh will continue revive the more restrained com- unwilling to contribute meanin- the run-up to his promotion. of the royal family to hold the job. to back the OPEC+ coalition that munication style of Al-Falih’s long- gful oil production cuts. Al-Falih Despite MbS’s attempts to di- While putting a prince in char- combines Russia and other pro- -serving predecessor Ali Al-Naimi, was so focused on his relationship versify the economy away from ge of oil policy is unprecedented, ducers with members the Orga- making fewer, but more meanin- with his Russian counterpart Ale- oil, the crude price remains the Abdulaziz is no novice. He’s devo- nization of Petroleum Exporting gful public announcements, ac- xander Novak, traditional Saudi single most important influence ted most of his adult life to unders- Countries. Saudi Arabia wants hi- cording to a person who’s known allies like Kuwait sometimes felt on the health of the Saudi eco- tanding the global energy market gher prices, but realizes the U.S.- the prince for several decades, but marginalized. nomy. A challenging oil market and fine-tuning Saudi Arabia’s role -China trade war and fears of an asked not to be identified discus- “Prince Abdulaziz is very deci- may test ties between between the as the world’s largest oil supplier. economic slowdown have started sing private conversations. sive, he has a strong personality two princes. BLOOMBERG

CORPORATE BITS by the Liaison Office and the ve in the importance of Melco celebrates achievements of Macao Government,” said Sands China donates to higher investing in the future of Congjiang County teachers with donation Lawrence Ho, Chairman and education to benefit 100 local students Macau, and have there- Chief Executive Officer of fore offered annual scho- Melco Resorts & Enter- Nominated by the Cong- Melco Resorts & Entertain- For the 13th consecuti- ceremony on September larships and fellowships tainment will sponsor the jiang Government, 25 tea- ment, as cited in a press re- ve year, Sands China Ltd. 5 at The Venetian Macao. to improve students’ mo- Rural Congjiang County Ou- chers from the county’s ru- lease issued by the company. has made a donation to According to Sands tivation,” said Wen Hon- tstanding Teachers Reward ral areas will receive recog- “Through recognition of six local tertiary educa- China, the annual dona- gyan, senior vice presi- Program for two consecuti- nition for their outstanding the teachers’ outstanding tion institutions for scho- tion is a testament to the dent of human resources ve years with a donation of contributions and each be- contributions to education, larships and fellowships, company’s support of lo- for Sands China. RMB500,000. nefit from a cash subsidy in it is hoped that the program continuing its annual tra- cal students, in acknow- With last week’s dona- The initiative is part of the addition to a three-day ex- will help broaden horizons dition of supporting hi- ledgement of the impor- tion, Sands China’s total nine collective agreements penses-paid trip to Macau. and benefit the teachers’ gher education in Macau. tance of higher educa- contribution toward scho- arranged by the Liaison Of- “Melco is greatly hono- professional development, The MOP1 million in total tion in nurturing Macau’s larships and fellowships fice of the Central People’s red for this opportunity to as well as positively impact donations was presented talent. since 2006 now exceeds Government in the Macau contribute to the targeted and inspire students whom to representatives of the “The students of today MOP10 million, benefit- SAR targeting poverty alle- poverty alleviation in Cong- they teach,” the statement educational institutions will become the leaders ting over 1,200 students viation in the mainland. jiang County as supported added. at a cheque presentation of tomorrow. We belie- to date. page 10 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo CHINA 中國 10.09.2019 tue

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then we invested a lot in the com- pany, not only in cash but also in Alibaba’s chief talks strategy and technology and people. his fondness for NBA ‘killer’ ON HOSTING A QUARTERLY CLASS TO GROOM THE LULU YILUN CHEN, PHILIP about 1991 and that was the year say to my team, when we invest and last-mile delivery. FUTURE LEADERS OF ALIBABA. GLAMANN & PETER ELSTROM I started my university. I was first or acquire business, we need to Every year I spend quite a lot generation for this stock market. understand the experience of ON WHY HE KEPT THE of time on people, including the ODAY, Daniel Zhang, a li- I picked securities as my major the people in the acquired com- HEMA PROJECT, NOW recruitment of new people. I don’t Tttle-known former accoun- because it was the first year it was panies. We need to give them KNOWN AS FRESHIPPO, do this for a specific position. If tant, will take over the chairman’s offered at Shanghai University respect. We need to give them IN STEALTH MODE. we have a vacant position, then role at Alibaba Group Holding of Finance and Economics. But guidance, because they are good When we started this Hema that’s the job of my business exe- Ltd. from Jack Ma, the country’s in 1995 as I was graduating, the- men, they are good people. If we business, I put them in Shan- cutives and also our HR people. most famous businessman. A full re were two big accidents. One don’t give them guidance, then ghai. There were two reasons. I’m not involved. story on him and his strategy is in is well known -- Barings. I was they will basically go nowhere and First, if you can stay away from I want to find some people this week’s Bloomberg Busines- interviewing for the Shanghai of- maybe the best option is to leave. headquarters, then you can work with good experience and good sweek. Below are excerpts from fice, but they said in the second But if we can embrace them, then quietly and try things out yourself. potential for the future. Every year an extended interview with Zhang round interview no recruitment people will stay. The second is for my convenien- I get a couple of people, not many, at the company’s headquar- any more. The other one is very ce because I’m Shanghainese. I maybe four or five, six people to ters, lightly edited for clarity. The famous in China, which is China’s ON THE IMPORTANCE OF go back home every weekend. So join us. If we look back three or 47-year-old was full of surprises, Barings. This company [Shanghai STARTING NEW BUSINESSES. I was working here in Hangzhou four years, we’ve already got some from the rationale for his contro- Wanguo Securities, then one of I believe every business has a during the week and I spent my people who are now leading one versial expansions to his fondness China’s biggest brokerages] also life cycle. You have to be innova- weekend with the team there in particular business in our group for the National Basketball Assn. screwed up and was merged into tive and create new businesses Shanghai to incubate a new baby. and becoming a new business and a player he sees as a “killer.” another firm. with new technology, with a new This is not just a normal store, leader. Our businesses are expan- He spoke in English. model. Then that can make our not simply brick-and-mortar. This ding and we need new leaders. ON FOLLOWING HIS entire business sustainable. We is a new animal because over half We need young people with more ON HOW ALIBABA WILL FATHER INTO THE always say that we want to build of sales are from online. So people energy and also different skill sets CHANGE AS HE TAKES ACCOUNTING PROFESSION. a sustainable, long-term business. order online, the request is fulfil- who also share the same values OVER THE CHAIRMAN’S JOB My father used to be an ac- But most of it is not evergreen. I led in the store and they get gro- with us. We try to find people in We’ve planned this succession countant and he graduated from strongly believe that if we don’t kill ceries delivered to their homes in different industries. I’m looking for a long time. This is our 20th the same university. But he didn’t our existing business, someone 30 minutes, all on demand. The at people with very strong leader- year. We have already built a very want me to be an accountant. else will. So I’d rather see our new primary purpose is not that we’re ship skills and high potential. solid foundation in e-commerce, This is very funny story. After I business kill our existing business. trying to own a store chain, but in logistics, in payments and in joined Arthur Andersen, I had a that we’re trying to incubate new ON HOW HE MEASURES cloud computing. For the next 20 joke with him. I said, ‘For many ON COMPETING WITH retail technology and the business HIS OWN PERFORMANCE. years, every business is moving years you don’t want me to be an MEITUAN IN THE model. I have a self evaluation every into the digital era. We will con- accountant, then I became an au- FOOD-DELIVERY BUSINESS. year for myself. I look at how tinue with our mission, which is ditor.’ I was never an accountant We don’t view this as a separate ON HIS VISION FOR many new businesses I incuba- to make it easy to do business for even one day. business. This is a very important SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE te, and secondly, how many new anywhere. Now we need to figu- consumption category and today LAZADA BUSINESS THERE. people I find. re out how to realize our mission ON LEARNING OF THE DEMI- more and more people need this Southeast Asia is the first area in this digital era. We will develop SE OF ANDERSEN WHILE IN A more frequently. So this is a cate- we explored outside China. In ON HIS FONDNESS FOR THE more businesses, more services SATELLITE OFFICE, THEN GE- gory expansion. Second, this is a the next decade, we believe that NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN. to address the pain points of our TTING ABSORBED INTO PRI- very important development for globalization is a very important I’m a huge Rockets fan, starting customers. We want to be the digi- CEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. digital payments -- for restaurant strategy for Alibaba so we want from the Yao Ming days. Actually tal infrastructure for our business You are a like soldier at the on-site payment, for food delivery to go out of China. In Southeast long before that I liked (Hakeem) partners to empower them to suc- frontier. Then your headquarters payment. Number three, local Asia there’s a huge population, a Olajuwon when they became ceed in this digital era. disappears, that’s a very unique services, especially food delivery, very young generation that’s mo- champions 1994 and 1995. I’m experience. This experience is so helps form an on-demand deli- bile driven and close to China in a big sports fan, I watch a lot of ON HIS EARLY CAREER PLANS. important, so unique. Today, you very network, which is not only terms of culture and background. games. But my favorite star, in I wanted to be a trader. Chi- know we do many mergers and relevant to food delivery but also So that’s the reason we acquired the entire NBA history, is Reggie na opened its stock market in acquisitions at Alibaba. I always relevant to any store fulfillment Lazada a couple years ago. Since Miller. He’s a killer. BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 tue 10.09.2019 中國 CHINA

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TECHNOLOGY games quite as quickly as flagship chips, but should help the South Korean company garner a slice of the more mainstream market before Qualcomm brings out an Huawei, Samsung’s new 5G chips armada of new 5G-capable chips next year. Samsung’s emphasis on this part of the mobile market was designed to threaten Qualcomm also signaled by its launch of the VLAD SAVOV Galaxy A90 this month, one of the earliest examples of a mid-range AMSUNG Electronics Co. device with 5G.

and Huawei Technologies BLOOMBERG For its part, Qualcomm is pro- Co. took turns announ- mising to cover the entire range cing new mobile proces- of price points and mobile device Ssors at the IFA technology show in types with its 5G portfolio in 2020, Berlin last week, and the big thing however the world’s premier mo- the new chips have in common is bile chip designer is finding itself an integrated 5G modem. behind its faster-moving rivals. In a market dominated by The silver lining to the trade U.S. rival Qualcomm Inc., the war for Qualcomm, however, world’s two biggest smartphone is that Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro manufacturers asserted a lead in will struggle to sell in Europe so delivering one of the keys to un- long as the Trump administra- locking widespread availability tion prevents it from offering of 5G devices. A system-on-chip Google services on new pho- that integrates the applications nes. Irrespective of how fast and processor and a fifth-generation advanced its Kirin 990 5G may wireless modem significantly be, the trade war will prevent reduces the space and power re- Huawei from fully capitalizing on quirements compared to existing its capabilities and may, in fact, solutions that use two separate push the company to license the chips. chip out to other smartphone Qualcomm has such models vendors, such as Lenovo Group, on its 2020 road map, but this which is not subject to the same past week Samsung announced sanctions. it’s planning mass production for If the U.S. keeps Huawei on its alternative at the end of 2019 its blacklist, preventing it from and Huawei is moving even fas- buying American technology, ter, promising to release its most 10.3 billion transistors into a spa- At Huawei’s Berlin launch and demanding 3-D games in a the company faces further chip advanced processor with the ce the size of a fingernail. It inclu- event, consumer group Chief Exe- matter of seconds. challenges. To develop succes- Mate 30 Pro smartphone on Sept. des a graphics processor, an octa- cutive Officer Richard Yu showed Samsung’s approach with sors to the Kirin 990, it needs to 19. -core CPU, and the all-important the high-end 990 5G achieving its Exynos 980 is to target the mid- license the latest designs from The Kirin 990 5G from Huawei 5G modem, along with dedicated real-world download speeds on -range. Along with 5G capabilities, SoftBank Group’s ARM, but that subsidiary HiSilicon is built at neural processing units for ac- China Mobile’s network in excess this new chip integrates 802.11ax company discontinued work Taiwan Semiconductor Manufac- celerating artificial intelligence of 1.7Gbps. That’s fast enough to fast Wi-Fi along with Samsung’s with Huawei because of the U.S. turing Co. and packs more than tasks. download high-definition movies own NPU. It won’t run apps and ban. BLOOMBERG

Taiwan woos Solomon India criticizes Islands amid rumors It Chinese trade policies might switch sides to China

PHILIP J. HEIJMANS deficit with China,” Jaishankar a mutually equitable, depoliti- ADELA LIN ge, and we are mu- has grown, it has suc- said in response to a question cized arrangement. tually supportive part- ceeded in increasingly NDIAN External Affairs regarding the ongoing nego- “RCEP at the end of the day AIWAN and the ners,” Tsai said, accor- isolating Taiwan di- IMinister Subrahmanyam tiations for Regional Com- is an economic negotiation. TSolomon Islands ding to a statement plomatically in recent Jaishankar yesterday critici- prehensive Economic Part- It has a strategic implication, put on a display of from the Presidential years. El Salvador swi- zed China for what he descri- nership, or RCEP. but the merits of the RCEP ou- friendship yesterday, Office. tched recognition to bed as one-sided trade poli- Negotiators have expres- tcome have to be economic,” pledging to deepen The head of a Solo- Beijing last year, lea- cies, casting doubt over the sed hope that RCEP -- which said Jaishankar. “It has to be ties, even as rumors mon Islands task force ving just 17 countries progress of negotiations for includes all 10 of Southeast sold for its strength and I think persist the Pacific na- in charge of evaluating that officially recogni- a pan-Asian free trade agree- Asia’s Asean countries, as well if that was more self-evident tion is close to seve- diplomatic ties said ze Taiwan. ment. as Japan, South Korea, Austra- to Indians I think you would ring relations in favor it’s time the country Taiwan’s foreign Speaking during a panel lia, New Zealand, India and get clearly a much stronger re- of China. switched recognition ministry remains con- discussion in Singapore, the China -- would be delivered sonance.” President Tsai Ing- to Beijing, according fident of preventing minister said India remained by the end of the year. While Singaporean Foreign Mi- -wen said Taiwan and to a Reuters report last another defection. skeptical over “unfair” market ministers from the 16 parti- nister Vivian Balakrishnan, the Solomon Islands week. “Our interactions access and “Chinese protec- cipating countries reaffirmed who was also on the panel, would work together For decades, Bei- have been normal,” tionist policies” that have their commitment to reaching urged India to reconsider its to strengthen bilate- jing and Taipei have Joanne Ou, a ministry created a significant trade de- a deal this year following ne- position on RCEP, saying that ral ties as she met its competed with each spokeswoman, said ficit between the two nations. gotiations in Bangkok over the Beijing and New Delhi would foreign minister Jere- other over diplomatic Monday. “The majori- India’s trade deficit with China weekend, it is unclear whe- have to come to terms on tra- miah Manele. allies, each claiming ty opinion in the Solo- was USD53.6 billion in the fis- ther such a goal will be met. de eventually. “Taiwan and the to be the rightful go- mon Islands is in favor cal year ended March 2019. Jaishankar said he was un- “I am making the argument Solomon Islands sha- vernment of China, af- of keeping diplomatic “The big concerns of India sure what was discussed in that it is worth making the ef- re values of freedom, ter the two sides split ties with Taiwan as our are of course, one, its rela- the latest round of negotia- fort, because this would be a democracy, human amid civil war in 1949. friendship meets the tionship with China because tions, but noted that India’s game changer,” Balakrishnan rights, and the fight As China’s economic interests of both si- we have an enormous trade involvement would hinge on said. BLOOMBERG against climate chan- and political influence des.” BLOOMBERG page 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ASIA PACIFIC 亞太版 10.09.2019 tue

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better for such cases to be hand- led quietly, inside the church. AP PHOTO The church’s influence remains vast here, even as it has seen its power chipped away in recent years, weakened by the spread of evangelical missionaries and atta- cks by the nation’s populist presi- dent, Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte, who says he was se- xually abused by a priest while he was a student, has publicly deri- ded bishops as “sons of bitches,” and urged Filipinos to stop going to Mass. Investigators say Duterte is closely watching the Hendricks case. On Biliran, the poor island where Hendricks spent nearly half his life, his fondness for boys had been widely discussed for deca- des among villagers, local officials and, according to a former Catho- lic brother, members of the clergy. While many people had long be- lieved he was a pedophile, almost nothing was said openly. Nor did anyone act on the suspicions. That’s how it happens across the Philippines. Silence continues to shield priest after priest. On the island of Bohol, the priest Joseph Skelton serves mass, more than 30 years after the then- -seminarian was convicted of se- xual misconduct with a 15-year- -old boy. Local news reports reveal US priest who gave out gifts even more working clergyman: the priest outside Manila who re- cruited young men for the pries- in Philippines accused of abuse thood after admitting to sexually TIM SULLIVAN, TALUSTUSAN the priest told him, “’It’s part of be- Many here will still tell you how nued. “I have to take the good with assaulting teenage boys; the priest coming an adult.’” much he did. the bad.” who moved into a bishops’ resi- HE American priest’s voice The abuse continued for more But the case also reflects much dence after being accused of ra- Techoed over the phone line, than three years, he says, but he about the Philippines, a country CLERGY ABUSE ping a 17-year-old girl; the com- his sharp Midwestern accent sof- told no one until a village outsider where the church has long shru- For nearly two decades, the poser of sacred music accused of tened over the decades by a gentle began asking questions about the gged off the presence of its sex Philippine church has vowed to sexually abusing boys as young as Filipino lilt. On the other end, re- American priest’s extravagant ge- offenders and where the criminal confront a looming shadow of six. cording the call, was a young man nerosity with local boys, and until justice system often ignores the clergy abuse. Prosecutions of accused pries- battered by shame but anxious to he feared his brother would be the problem. In 2002, the Philippines’ natio- ts are exceedingly rare here, and get the priest to describe exactly next victim. “It’s a culture of coverup, a cul- nal conference of bishops ended convictions are rarer. “No priest what had happened in this little In November, he went to the ture of silence, a culture of self- years of silence to admit that the in the Philippines has ever been island village. police and told them church faced “cases of convicted” of child sexual abuse, “I should have known better what he knew. grave sexual miscon- Bishop Buenaventura Famadico, than trying to just have a life,” the Soon after, local au- That’s how it happens duct” among the clergy. who oversees a diocese south of priest said in the November 2018 thorities arrested Hen- across the Philippines. One archbishop estima- Manila, told the Catholic newspa- call. “Happy days are gone. It’s all dricks, 78, and char- ted that 200 of the coun- per La Croix last year.By compa- over.” ged him with child Silence continues to try’s 7,000 priests may rison, the group BishopAccoun- But, the young man later told abuse. Since then, in- have committed some tability.org says that since 1990 the Associated Press, those days vestigators say, about shield priest after priest form of sexual impro- more than 400 priests have been were happy only for the priest. 20 boys and men, one priety. The bishops pro- convicted in the U.S. on child se- They were years of misery for him, as young as 7, have reported that -protection,” said the Rev. Shay mised new rules that would “pro- xual abuse charges. he said, and for the other boys who the priest sexually abused them. Cullen, an Irish priest who has vide steps for profound renewal.” The 23-year-old from Talustu- investigators say were sexually as- Investigators say the allegations go spent decades in the Philippines But in a country home to more san said he might not have come saulted by Father Pius Hendricks. back well over a decade — though and works with victims of child se- than 80 million Catholics and forward without encouragement His accusations ignited a scan- many believe it goes back for ge- xual abuse. “It’s a silent consent to churches that date to the time of from an American visitor to the dal that would shake the village nerations, and could involve many the abuse of children.” Shakespeare, such promises have village, the boyfriend of a woman and reveal much about how alle- dozens of boys — continuing until In 2018, after the young man long disappeared into a haze of related to an accuser. The Ameri- gations of sex crimes by priests are just weeks before the December had gone to police — but before tradition, piety and clerical in- can was shocked at the gifts the handled in one of the world’s most arrest. Hendricks’ lawyers insist he Hendricks had been arrested — fluence that suffuses everything priest had doled out to him and Catholic countries. is innocent. he recorded a phone call with the from sex education classes to na- other local boys and began to ask He was just 12 — a new altar The AP, which does not identify clergyman. tional politics. probing questions. boy from a family of tenant far- alleged victims of sexual assault, In extracts of the conversation Until about 2013, for example, “He kept asking why Father mers anxious for the USD1 or has met with five of the accusers. heard by the AP, Hendricks lamen- the church’s own guidelines insis- Pius was doing these things so he’d get for serving at Mass — Hendrick’s arrest was a sudden ts the passing of those happy days, ted bishops did not need to report for boys in the village,” said the when he says Hendricks first took fall for a priest who had presided and admits to an unspecified sexually abusive priests to police, 23-year-old, who began wrestling him into the bathroom of Talustu- over this community for nearly “mistake on my part.” saying they had “a relationship of then with his own feelings about san’s little rectory and sexually as- four decades. He rebuilt Talustu- “Well, it’s true. I’m not saying it’s trust analogous to that between what he should say. saulted him. san’s chapel and installed rooftop not. Did I say it’s not?” Hendricks father and son.” Media reports “I thought this might be it, this “I asked why he was doing this loudspeakers to summon pa- said, his voice a combination of and legal action “adds to the pain” might be the help I’m asking for, to me,” the rail-thin 23-year-old rishioners to Mass. He pressed of- self-pity and resignation. in cases of sexual abuse, Manila that my life will change,” he said. said in an interview, the confusion ficials to pave the village road. He He said he’d probably have to Cardinal Luis Tagle told the Ca- Finally, he told his family, and still with him years later. drove the sick to the hospital, and retire. tholic news site UCAN in 2012. In then local authorities, about the “’It’s a natural thing,’” he said paid school fees for poor children. “So I have to learn,” he conti- Asian cultures, he said, it is often abuse. AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13 tue 10.09.2019 亞太版 ASIA PACIFIC

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JAPAN placement for Saikawa. They did not identify them, but said outsi- ders and non-Japanese are on the list. Until a successor is decided, Chief Operating Officer Yasuhiro Nissan board says chief has Yamauchi will serve as interim chief, the board said. Saikawa has not been charged. “I have been trying to do what resigned, successor to be named needs to be done so that I can pass YURI KAGEYAMA, YOKOHAMA the baton over as soon as possib- le,” he told reporters earlier in the

ISSAN Chief Executive AP PHOTO day, referring to his willingness to Hiroto Saikawa tende- leave his job. red his resignation yes- Saikawa did not appear at the terday after acknow- news conference initially, but the Nledging that he had received du- four board members who led the bious income and vowed to pass event said he would later. the leadership of the Japanese au- Saikawa has said he didn’t tomaker to a new generation. know about the improprieties, Board member Yasushi Kimura promised to return the money told reporters at an evening news and blamed the system he said conference at company head- Ghosn had created at Nissan for quarters in Yokohama that the the dubious payments. board has approved Saikawa’s re- Japanese media reports said signation, effective Sept. 16, and a Saikawa had received tens of successor will be appointed next millions of yen in extra compen- month. A search is underway, he sation. added. Ghosn has been charged with Calls for Saikawa’s resignation, falsifying documents on deferred which arose after the arrest last compensation, which means he year of his predecessor, Carlos ted by illicitly adjusting the date med as “not illegal.” and Greg Kelly, a former board did not receive any of the money. Ghosn, on various financial mis- for cashing in. Ghosn, who is out on bail and member who was also arrested, Nissan’s profits and sales have conduct allegations, have grown The automaker’s board met to awaiting trial, says he’s innocent. had caused 35 billion yen ($350 tumbled over the past year. In- louder after Saikawa acknowled- look into the allegations against Kimura and three other board million) in damage to the com- vestors are also worried about ged last week that he had received Saikawa, as well as other issues members, who all have backgrou- pany. Nissan’s relationship with allian- dubious payments. related to Ghosn’s allegations and nds outside the company, said Nissan will seek a repayment of ce partner Renault SA of France, The income was linked to the corporate ethics at the company. their investigation of the scandal the damages, Kimura said. which owns 43% of Nissan. Ghosn stock price of Nissan Motor Co., Kimura said the income over Ghosn’s arrest found that The board said about 10 candi- was sent in by Renault to lead Nis- and he has said his pay got infla- Saikawa had received was confir- alleged misconduct by Ghosn dates are being considered as a re- san two decades ago. AP

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gotiations are needed and that the UK Good Friday peace agreement, which states that no hard border is re-imposed on the island of Ire- Johnson tells Irish leader land, must be respected. The Dublin meeting marks the first time the two leaders have Brexit deal can be reached met since Johnson took power in GREGORY KATZ & JILL July. LAWLESS, LONDON Varadkar has said he does not AP PHOTO expect an immediate breakthrou- RITISH Prime Minister Bo- gh in the border impasse. Bris Johnson, facing staunch Johnson’s political position in opposition at home, told Ireland’s Britain has been greatly weake- leader yesterday that a new Brexit ned over the past week, with the deal can be reached so Britain lea- loss of his Conservative Party’s ves the European Union by the working majority in Parliament Oct. 31 deadline. and the departure of some key Speaking alongside Irish Prime party figures who sided with the Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin, opposition in key votes. Johnson said a deal on the Irish He plans to press a rebellious border question can be secured Parliament to back his plan for in time to enable a smooth Bri- an early election, with the hope tish departure from the EU by the of winning a majority that wou- scheduled Brexit date. ld back his Brexit strategy, but He said a no-deal departure opposition parties have said from the European Union would they will vote the measure down. represent a “failure of statecraft” They want to make sure a no- and that all sides would bear a -deal departure is blocked before responsibility for that. liament’s ability to block John- plans to break the Brexit impasse, make sure that no hard border is agreeing to an election. Johnson has said he will take son’s plans for Brexit. It is being and Varadkar also said that Britain put up between EU member Ire- “There is a simple way for Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31 challenged in court by opponents has not produced any realistic land and Northern Ireland, which MPs to resolve this,” Johnson’s even without a deal, but Parlia- who say the suspension is anti- alternatives to the controversial is part of the United Kingdom. spokesman Slack said. “All they ment has passed a bill that would -democratic and illegal. “backstop” agreement reached Varadkar said a no-deal de- have to do is vote for an election force him to seek a delay from the During his press conference by Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa parture would cause severe eco- today so the British public can EU if no deal has been agreed. with Varadkar, Johnson did not ex- May. nomic problems for Ireland now decide whether they want to get Johnson’s spokesman James plain how the longstanding stale- Opposition to the backstop that border checks have been eli- Brexit done on the 31st of Oc- Slack also confirmed the gover- mate can be broken in a way that was a key reason why Britain’s minated for an extended period of tober.” nment will suspend the British satisfies the other 27 EU leaders Parliament rejected May’s Brexit time. Johnson has said he will not Parliament until Oct. 14. He said and would win backing in Bri- deal with the EU on three occa- He said the EU does not want seek a delay despite the new bill Parliament will be prorogued, tain’s Parliament, where his party sions earlier this year. another extension of the Oct. 31 that seeks to force him to do so. or suspended, at the close of the no longer has a working majority. The backstop, which has emer- deadline but is willing to consider His government is studying the day’s business. Johnson has been criticized ged as the main stumbling block one if it is requested. bill for possible loopholes that The suspension limits Par- in Britain for not producing new to an agreement, is intended to The Irish leader says more ne- might allow a legal challenge. AP

Putin’s system survives local elections as some cracks appear JAKE RUDNITSKY & Among the defeated politi- the authorities are afraid xey Navalny claimed falsifi- EVGENIA PISMENNAYA cians were longtime coun- and that the government cations resulted in Kremlin

AP PHOTO cil chairman and the head wants to deceive them. It’s candidates winning in at IMMERING popular of United Russia’s Moscow not just an embarrassment, least three races. In St. Pe- Sanger led to setbacks for unit, Andrey Metelsky, and it’s a mistake. And this mis- tersburg, where Putin ally Russia’s ruling party in clo- the deputy rector of the Hi- take will create headaches Alexander Beglov was ree- sely watched races in Mos- gher School of Economics, for the authorities for a long lected governor, turnout at cow Sunday, even as the Valeria Kasamara. time.” 6 p.m. was 24% before lea- Kremlin used its tight con- Kremlin critics said the Moscow mayor Sergei ping to 42% by the close of trol of the electoral system results showed the success Sobyanin was magnani- polling at 8 p.m. to ensure wins for its han- of their strategy of calling on mous in defeat, tweeting Officials said violations dpicked candidates in gu- supporters to vote for indi- “the council has become were minor. bernatorial votes elsewhere. vidual candidates running more politically diverse Voters in some other re- After weeks of the biggest against those backed by which, I hope, will benefit gions also rejected Kremlin- anti-Kremlin demonstra- the ruling party, seeking to the city parliament.” -backed politicians. The far tions in seven years in the but preliminary results su- ‘ANTI-AUTHORITY concentrate their support The triumph of the east region of Khabarovsk capital this summer, the ggested all had cleared that MOOD’ to defeat those from United opposition is likely to be elected only two candidates United Russia party lost a bar. “The Kremlin has lear- Russia. The opposition was largely symbolic, given from the ruling United Rus- third of its seats in the Mos- Nationally, the Kremlin ned last year’s lesson: when testing the strategy, dubbed the city council’s limited sia party to the local assem- cow City Council election avoided repeating the em- the social mood and econo- “smart voting,” ahead of the powers. The biggest benefi- bly, with the remaining 34 even though nearly all major barrassment it suffered mic situation isn’t great, the 2021 nationwide elections ciary from the protest vote going to rival parties. opposition candidates were last year, when three Uni- only way to win is shepherd to the lower house of parlia- was the Communist Party, “The recent elections kept off the ballot. ted Russia incumbents lost in the candidates to avoid ment. which often votes with the were on the whole successful In the main contests, gubernatorial races amid letting an anti-authority The results were a defeat ruling party on important for the federal authorities,” strong rivals to the Kremlin’s widespread anger over an mood awaken in the vo- for the mayor’s office, accor- issues. Mikhail Vinogradov, the head choices for the 16 governor increase to the pension age. ters,” said Boris Makarenko, ding to Alexey Chesnakov, of the St. Petersburg Politics posts were largely blocked But the opposition is clai- an analyst at the Moscow- a former senior Kremlin of- KREMLIN UNPOPULARITY Foundation, said. “The em- from running, ensuring ming a victory, with the re- -based Center for Political ficial who now consults the Some irregularities were phasis on removing opposi- wins for the candidates ba- sults showing that popular Technologies. authorities. reported in the votes arou- tion candidates in a number cked by President Vladimir opposition is visible even In the capital, rivals to “There was a pointed nd Russia. Videos circulated of regions shows that the Putin. Some analysts had fo- in Russia’s stage-managed the ruling party won 20 sea- refusal of United Russia,” on social media that appea- government’s most serious recast that the least popular elections and that its “smart ts in the 45-person cham- Chesnakov said. “Both the red to show examples of challenger is not a strong might not get the 50% nee- voting” template can achie- ber, compared to just seven opposition and, more im- ballot stuffing in Moscow, competitor, but its own unpo- ded to win in the first round, ve results. in the last elections in 2014. portantly, the voters felt that and opposition leader Ale- pularity.” BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 15 tue 10.09.2019 分析 WORLD

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“I also stressed the need for Iran to respond promptly to agency questions related to the comple- teness of Iran’s safeguards declara- UN atomic watchdog confirms tions,” Feruta said. After the report, China blamed the United States for the situation, and called for world powers to stick Iran installing new centrifuges to the 2015 deal with Tehran. DAVID RISING, BERLIN downplayed the development, “The U.S. should abandon saying after Iran revealed its step wrong practices such as unilateral

HE United Nations’ ato- AP PHOTO about centrifuges that the move sanctions and maximum pres- mic watchdog confir- “shouldn’t be overdramatized.” sure on Iran,” Foreign Ministry med yesterday that Iran “Yes, it’s another deviation from spokeswoman Hua Chunying said is preparing to use more JCPOA, but new activities will re- in Beijing. Tadvanced centrifuges, another main verifiable by IAEA and rever- French President Emmanuel breach of limits set in the country’s sible,” he said in a tweet. “No proli- Macron has been talking both to unraveling nuclear deal with major feration threat, just a strong signal Washington and Tehran about a powers. that balance within the JCPOA proposal to create a $15 billion line Iran had already announced the must be restored.” of credit for Iran to entice it to re- step, its latest violation of the 2015 IAEA Acting Director General main in the nuclear deal. agreement as it tries to pressure Cornel Feruta, who returned from German Foreign Ministry European signatories to find a way economic incentives. Its collapse clear enrichment purity and stock- Tehran Sunday night, told the agen- spokesman Rainer Breul told repor- to maintain oil shipments and ease started with the United States uni- piles of enriched uranium. cy’s board in Vienna yesterday that ters that Berlin supports the French the toll of U.S. sanctions on the Ira- laterally withdrawing from the deal A centrifuge is a device that en- inspectors on the ground continue president’s efforts to resume talks nian economy. last year and imposing increased riches uranium by rapidly spinning “to verify and monitor Iran’s nu- and de-escalate the situation. The International Atomic Ener- sanctions. uranium hexafluoride gas. The clear-related commitments under “There are confidential conver- gy Agency reported its inspectors The other signatories — Britain, IAEA said the ones its inspectors the JCPOA.” sations among the partners about verified the installation of new cen- France, Germany, China and Rus- saw included 30 advanced IR-6 and He said he emphasized to Ira- the specific details,” Breul said. “Va- trifuges. The agency said all had sia, as well as the European Union three IR-6s models, as well as multi- nian authorities “the importance rious news reports are circulating been “prepared for testing” but — have been struggling to salvage ple IR-4 and IR-5 models. of full and timely cooperation by that we won’t comment on further.” none yet tested at the time of the the agreement and find a way to Under the atomic accord, Iran Iran.” He reiterated that Germany con- Sept. 7-8 inspection. meet Tehran’s demands. has been limited to operating 5,060 That mirrored a line in a recent siders Iran’s centrifuge plans “a step The nuclear deal was meant to To put pressure on them, Iran older model IR-1 centrifuges. IAEA report on Iran that suggested in the wrong direction.” keep Tehran from building atomic has already pushed past limits in the Russia’s permanent represen- Tehran wasn’t as forthcoming with “We call on Iran to meet its com- weapons — something Iran denies deal, called the Joint Comprehensi- tative to international organiza- answering questions as the agency mitments under the JCPOA and to it wants to do — in exchange for ve Plan of Action, or JCPOA, on nu- tions in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, hoped. return to them,” he said. AP

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powerful boost to the idea of credit cards in Britain, Lyric Poetry – Works of Artists in Macau which have not, so far, spread very far. and Portugal from the MAM Collection Until now, American Express card holders have Time: 10am-7pm (no admittance after 6:30pm; cinema been able to use their cards in this country, but only closed on Mondays) if they could settle their accounts in dollars. Until: November 4, 2019 cineteatro There will be an annual fee of £3 12s, but supple- Venue: Macau Museum of Art 05 - 11 Sep mentary cards can be obtained at half price for Admission: Free immediate family members. Companies can also Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 apply for cards and issue them to members of staff. Customers use the card to pay for goods on cre- dit. American Express then issues a monthly bill Wynn Presents: Garden of Earthly which covers all outstanding charges on the ac- elights D count. Time: 10am-10pm The Bank of England has given permission for the Until: October 6, 2019 scheme to go ahead - on condition users do not Venue: Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace spend more than £75 on any one item purchased Admission: Free abroad. Enquiries: (853) 6882 2839 American Express Vice President Maxwell Elliot ANNA said the people most likely to take up the new card Sands Presents: All That’s Gold Does room1 would be managers and sales executives earning Glitter – An Exhibition of Glamorous 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm £2,000 a year or more. Ceramics Director: Luc Besson He rejected suggestions the new scheme would Starring: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans be open to fraud and also said he expected little Time: 24 hours Language: English (Chinese) competition. Diners Club is the only other com- ntil October 9, 2019 U : Duration: 119min pany operating a similar credit scheme. Venue: The Venetian Macao, The Parisian Macao, Mr Elliot said: “There is only one (competitor) Sands Macao & Four Seasons Hotel Macao CRAWL room2 known to me and that covers about 2,000 hotels Admission: Free 2:30, 7:30pm in this country alone. More than 83,000 establish- Enquiries: (853) 2882 8888 Director: Alexandre Aja ments around the world now honour the American Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark Express card.” Language: English (Chinese) Credit cards have been available in Britain since Duration: 87min 1951 when Donald McCullough launched Finders ANGEL HAS FALLEN Services after a trip to the United States. It mer- room2 ged with another company, Credit Card Services, 2:30, 9:30pm to become Diners’ Club last year. Director: Ric Roman Waugh Starring: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston Courtesy BBC News Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 121min Offbeat In context Man calls police demanding they Diners Club was the first universal credit card, introduced return his stolen pot in the United States in 1950. It became the first major credit card company in Britain in 1962 formed from the A man confused about Ohio drug laws has called a poli- merger of Finders Services and Credit Card Facilities. ce department demanding that officers return the small American Express was the next big company to launch into amount of marijuana they “stole” from him. the credit business in 1958. WXIX-TV reports the man told a Sharonville police dispa- EXIT A report in the Financial Times in 1965 said the average tcher in an expletive-laced call last week that it’s legal to room 3 Diners Club card holder was 41, male and married with a 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm family, earning well over £3,000 a year as a senior commer- possess 100 grams of marijuana, and the amount officers Director: Sang Geun Lee seized was just 4 grams. cial or business executive. Starring: Jung-suk Jo, Yoona, Du-shim Ko Switch and Visa debit cards were introduced in the 1980s. Sharonville police posted a recording of the call on their Language: Korean (English & Chinese) Customers use the cards for payment of goods and the Facebook page. The suburban Cincinnati department Duration: 107min money is directly debited from their account. The cards wryly noted: “People may be a bit in the weeds, so we wou- can also be used to withdraw money from cashpoint ma- ld like to take this opportunity to clear the haze.” ONE PIECE STAMPEDE chines and they act as cheque guarantee cards. room1 The Credit Card Research Group carried out a survey in While some Ohio cities have decriminalized pot posses- 7:30pm sion, it remains illegal in the state. Director: Takashi Otsuka 2001 and found there were 62 million credit cards in circu- Sharonville police said they “don’t make the rules” but Starring: Chô, Hiroaki Hirata, Katsuhisa Hôki lation in the UK, with many people owning more than one. must uphold them. Language: Japanese (Chinese) www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 17 tue 10.09.2019 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT

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In ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ Stewart, Springsteen AP PHOTO a return to form for headline veterans’ Eddie Murphy fundraiser

WO New Je- AP PHOTO AP PHOTO Trsey icons — Bruce Sprin- gsteen and Jon Stewart — will once again hea- dline this year’s Stand Up for He- roes fundraiser, Tory Burch celebrates which benefits injured veterans Princess Diana with and their fami- lies. fashion week show T took Eddie Murphy more pimp Dolemite — was his The come- Ithan a decade to get a movie stand-up persona and star of dy and musical ROM a linen and she said, was Diana’s made about Rudy Ray Moore. the 1975 Blaxploitation clas- event will also Fleather pant to a ma- humanitarian work, Judging by the response to the sic “Dolemite.” feature John Oli- crame tweed skirt, Tory “her fearlessness, her film at the Toronto Internatio- “I never let go of the idea. It ver, Hasan Mi- Burch looked to one being a mom that pro- nal Film Festival, the wait was was always something I thou- nhaj and Ronny of the most important tected her family and worth it. ght could be a great movie. I Chieng. It will be fashion icons of the 20th just how strong of a wo- “Dolemite Is My Name” had been sitting on the cou- held Nov. 4 at the century for inspiration man she was.” Burch drew some of the best reviews ch. I took some time to do no- Hulu Theater at at New York Fashion said she tried to capture of Murphy’s career, following thing,” Murphy said in an in- Madison Square Week: Princess Diana. that strength and style the film’s premiere over the terview. “It goes back to when Garden in New At Sunday’s show in outfits that included weekend in Toronto. Rudy was alive. I literally went York City. Tickets held at the Brooklyn linen dresses with rope “Dolemite Is My Name” to see him at a club. It just di- go on sale today. Museum, Burch said she sashes, a wool sweater was a passion project for the dn’t come together. And there Stand Up for made sure “to be care- with a sequined collar 58-year-old comedian. He was no Netflix back then.” Heroes was first ful not to be too literal, and a silk twill skirt. long ago met with Moore, “Dolemite Is My Name,” held in 2007 and because she’s clearly a And, bonus, she put who died in 2008 at the age of directed by Craig Brewer is produced by style icon but that’s not sneakers on her models 81, to discuss making a movie (“Hustle & Flow”), will be re- the New York Comedy killed during a 2006 what was so interesting with a range of looks about the comedian. Moore’s leased by Netflix in theaters Festival and the Bob attack in Iraq while to me.” in her spring-summer famous character — the strai- Oct. 4 and begin streaming on Woodruff Foundation. embedded with U.S. What was interesting, 2020 collection. ght-talking, kung fu-fighting Oct. 25. Woodruff was nearly troops for ABC News.

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STEVE DOUGLAS, SUNDSVALL BOXING HE pretty Swedish coas- tal city of Sundsvall has had a couple of quirky brushes with elite hea- Wallin out to shock Fury, put Tvyweight boxing over the years. In 1965, heavyweight cham- pion Muhammad Ali stunned the locals by visiting a newly opened Sweden back on boxing map boxing club as part of his pro- motional tour of the country. Ten years later, former champion AP PHOTO Floyd Patterson chose Sundsvall to open the first of his five burger restaurants in Sweden. A generation later, one of Sund- svall’s own is hoping to write a new chapter in the city’s unlikely relationship with boxing’s mar- quee division. Otto Wallin will take his first step into the big time when he fights Tyson Fury in Las Vegas on Saturday. No world title is on the line but Fury is unbeaten, the li- neal champion — he lost his bel- ts out of the ring while battling substance abuse and depression — and represents arguably the biggest scalp of all the available heavyweights. For Sweden, it could be the biggest moment in heavyweight boxing since Ingemar Johansson In this April file photo, Otto Wallin (left) fights Nick Kisner in Atlantic City became its first and only Nordic world champion by beating Pat- terson in 1959. cally cleared to compete. his three sons, ingraining strong Swedish boxers are typically Walllin’s popularity will soar “It would be at the same level,” Now he is heading to Vegas technical traits in Otto from an good technicians, maybe because further and wider if he beats Fury. Wallin told The Associated Press. for the first time in his life — as a early age and seeing him rise up they are judged in youth “diplom- He is taking inspiration from “I think Fury is the top guy, if he boxer or on a personal trip — to the Swedish boxing ranks quickly boxning” (diploma boxing) com- Andy Ruiz Jr. beating Anthony has a world title or not.” be Fury’s final opponent before after Otto began taking the sport petitions on aspects like defense, Joshua to become WBO, WBA and Fury is a big favorite among the Briton’s rematch against WBC seriously from the age of 16. balance and footwork as well as IBF champion in June in one of bookmakers, a nod to Wallin’s low- champion Deontay Wilder in ear- They used to talk about going punches made. the biggest shocks in heavywei- -key career spent predominantly ly 2020. to Vegas together one day, and Fredrik Stridh was there when ght history. His sparring sessions fighting in Europe, if not to the Unless Wallin ruins those plans, Otto winning the world heavywei- Otto Wallin first came to Sunds- with Joshua and other leading 28-year-old Swede’s 20-0 record that is. ght title there. Carl will never get to vall’s boxing club, and could tell heavyweights like Kubrat Pulev that includes 13 knockouts. For Wallin, a 6-foot-5 sou- see that happen because he died right away he would be a “sensa- and Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller have Humble and reserved — cha- thpaw, this marks the culmination in May after a sudden heart attack. tion.” made him feel more comfortable racteristics often associated with of a journey that began when he “It just sucks that he can’t be “You could see he had trained alongside the elite fighters. the Swedes — Wallin recently ba- was a skinny teenager in Sunds- here,” Wallin said in a phone in- with his dad before,” said Stridh, He is confident, too, of su- sed himself in New York in an at- vall and his father, Carl, showed terview. “But it almost feels like who is now a boxing trainer. “He is ppressing Fury, a showman but tempt to make a name for himself him some boxing moves for fun in he hasn’t left in some ways. I pre- really technical for a heavyweight. also an excellent technical boxer in the United States. It has gotten their kitchen. The elder Wallin was tty much know what he would be He has a good amount of speed, himself. off to a frustrating start. an amateur boxer-turned-trainer saying to me and what kind of ad- fast feet.” “I can’t let him get to my head,” A fight with Nick Kisner in who stayed up as a 9-year-old to vice he would give to me. Stridh said Wallin sometimes Wallin said of Fury. “When he Atlantic City in April was declared listen on the radio to Johansson “He would be calling me and turns up at the club. starts getting comfortable, talking a no contest after an accidental beating Patterson and had photos saying, ‘Oh, I just watched Tyson “He comes with tips for the be- to me, knocking me out of my clash of heads in the first round, at home of Ali’s random visit to Fury again and I know you can ginners and sometimes helps with game plan ... I think I am well pre- before a July fight against BJ Flores Sundsvall. beat him. You got to trust me. As training,” Stridh said. “I see the pared for that. I know what he is in Tacoma, Washington, was can- Carl would become the bo- long as you move your feet, you young guys and girls really looking about. I have been following him celled when Flores wasn’t medi- xing mentor of the youngest of can beat him.’” up to him in the gym.” for years.” AP

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Does Macau’s weather bother you? Have you ever heard about “Hong Kong foot?” Hong Kong foot, athlete’s foot, tinea pedis, or rin- gworm; choose the name you are most familiar with. Israel Avigdor Lieberman “Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that affects the entered Israeli politics as a loyal protégé of upper layer of the skin of the foot, especially when Prime Minister Benjamin it is warm, moist and irritated. Athlete’s foot most Netanyahu. Now, the commonly develops between the toes. It usually maverick politician could causes burning, stinging, redness, and itching. It be the one to topple his also causes flaking on the skin in some people.” - former mentor. Medical News Today. To those who care more about physical appearan- ce than their health, the abovementioned situation is not as scary as Onychomycosis. AP PHOTO “Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, is a fungal infection of the nail. Symptoms may in- clude white or yellow nail discoloration, thickening of the nail and separation of the nail from the nail Switzerland The U.N. bed. Toenails or fingernails may be affected, but it human rights chief is more common for toenails to be affected.” - Wiki- said yesterday she was pedia. Ex-Governor Sanford “alarmed” that migrant The causes behind these fungal infections may be children are still being related to when the weather is “warm, moist and ir- held in centers in the ritable,” which is precisely the kind of weather Ma- adds name to GOP long United States and Mexico cau has to offer. It also makes sense that “Hong Kong and warned that climate foot” is the term overwhelmingly used in mainland change has become an unprecedented threat to China to describe people who suffer from such feet shots against Trump human rights worldwide. problems. ARK Sanford, the for- “Humbly I step forward,” ting that Sanford “has been The number of people with athlete’s foot in Ma- mer South Carolina he said. very unhelpful to me in my cau is probably not well-documented, but it is very M governor and congressman, The 59-year-old Sanford campaign” and that “He is likely that there are people around us who have AP PHOTO joined the Republican race has long been an outspoken better off in Argentina” — a athlete’s foot. against President Donald critic of Trump’s, frequently reference to Sanford’s secret Why is then a Sandal Revolution so much needed in Macau? Because the Macau government wants Trump yesterday [Macau questioning his motivations 2009 rendezvous to South the city to be the Capital of Creativity. But, seriou- time], aiming to put his and qualifications during America for an extramarital sly speaking, home remedies for athlete’s foot and Appalachian trail travails the run-up to the 2016 pre- affair while his in-the-dark UK British Airways has canceled almost all its onychomycosis very much encourage patients to behind him for good as he sidential election and calling gubernatorial staff told re- flights for 48 hours, expose their feet, especially during summer, a sea- pursues an admittedly re- Trump’s candidacy “a parti- porters he was hiking the affecting as many as mote path to the presidency. cularly tough pill to swallow.” Appalachian Trail. son that settles in Macau for almost eight full mon- 195,000 travelers, due to ths of a year. “I am here to tell you now Ultimately, though, San- Asked if that incident a strike by pilots over pay. “Steps can be taken at home, including wearing that I am going to get in,” ford said he would support could be a distraction to his loose-fitting, well-ventilated shoes, especially Sanford said in an interview Trump in the 2016 general campaign, Sanford said that during warmer months, and removing shoes as on “Fox News Sun- the aftermath had

soon as exercise or sports end.” – Medical News day.” ‘’This is the forced him to attain AP PHOTO Agency. beginning of a long The 59-year-old a new “level of empa- Certainly, the solution does not consist entirely walk.” Sanford has long thy.” in shoes, but my writing will focus just on the shoe When asked “I profoundly apo- part. why he was taking been an outspoken logize for that,” he UK Prime Minister In Macau, we spend the whole year in warm wea- on an incumbent added, noting that Boris Johnson insisted ther, not to mention the extremely hot and wet who’s popular wi- critic of Trump’s South Carolina voters yesterday that a new months. As a result of following the “world’s” dress thin the party, San- subsequently forgave Brexit deal can be code etiquette, we rarely see people working with ford, who has acknowledged election, although he had him politically and sent him reached to ensure their foot exposed, for instance by wearing sandals. Britain leaves the his slim chances by saying “no stomach for his perso- back to Congress. I may be utterly wrong by saying that “I bet many European Union by the he doesn’t expect to become nal style and his penchant Days after his first-ever people want to wear flip-flops to go to work”, but, at Oct. 31 deadline, as president, said: “I think we for regularly demeaning political loss , Sanford des- least, I will be right when I say that “wearing socks he acknowledged that need to have a conversation others,” continuing a drum- cribed Trumpism as “a can- and poorly-ventilated shoes is bad for people’s heal- withdrawing without one would be a “failure” for th,” assuming, of course, that fungal infections are on what it means to be a Re- beat that the then-candida- cerous growth,” warning which he’d be partially to considered bad for their health. publican. I think that as the te release his tax returns. the GOP that the cancer is blame. A sandal revolution consists in giving workers free- Republican Party, we have As Sanford sought reelec- spreading. dom to wear sandals in their workplaces, whether it lost our way.” tion to his post representing “We have a president that is in an office or somewhere outside under the sun. Sanford joins Joe Walsh, South Carolina’s 1st District will tell numerous dis-truths

A sandal revolution would also bring many advan- a former tea-party-backed, in 2018, drawing a primary in the course of a day, yet AP PHOTO tages to Macau. It could inspire more local people to one-term congressman from challenger who embraced that’s not challenged,” San- get involved in the shoe making industry. The Ma- Illinois, and Bill Weld, the for- Trump, the president took ford said. “What’s cancerous cau government could also apply for the Guinness mer Republican governor of interest in the race. State here is in an open politi- World Record for “having the biggest population Massachusetts, as primary Rep. Katie Arrington repea- cal system, there has to be USA President Donald wearing sandals to work”, similar to when Macau challengers to Trump. tedly aired ads featuring some measure of objective Trump’s weekend established the record for “having the biggest po- “This vanity project is Sanford’s on-air critiques truth.” tweet canceling secret pulation group dancing at one time.” going absolutely nowhere,” of Trump and attached the Sanford won three terms meetings at Camp David Personally, no outfit is more respectable and so- said Drew McKissick, the “Never Trump” moniker to for U.S. House in the 1990s, with the Taliban and lemn or more appropriate when someone is visiting South Carolina Republican Sanford, a condemnation then two four-year terms as Afghan leaders just days me. Party chairman. in a state that Trump carried governor before the affair before the anniversary Shoes cannot be offensive to any event, place, or Sanford tweeted that he by double digits in 2016. marred the end of his second of the Sept. 11 attacks is the latest example of person. People have the natural right to wear wha- respects “the view of many Although unlikely to have term. He returned to politics a commander in chief tever they like. Freedom of wearing sandals should Republican friends who have had a significant impact on a couple of years later and be respected, just as much as freedom of speech, willing to take a big risk suggested that I not run, but I the results, Trump endorsed won a special election to his because sandals have never hurt anyone. in pursuit of a foreign simply counter that compe- Arrington just hours befo- old U.S. House seat in 2013, policy victory only to see tition makes us stronger.” re the polls closed, twee- holding on twice more. AP it dashed.