shipbuilder turns to missile lands in waters near japan ox warehouse making model boats A medium-range ballistic showcases Profile of passionate boat missile fired yesterday by children’s builder Wan Chun, ex- N. Korea flew about 1,000 artworks chairperson of the Macao kilometers and landed near Association of Shipyard Workers Japan’s territorial waters P4 MDT REPORT P5 P13

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China’s Defense Ministry angrily rejects accusations from Japan that the Chinese military is destabilizing the regional military balance Airport hits a by seeking to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas, accusing Japan of seeking to deceive the international community record of 600,000 and sow discord between China and its neighbors. More on p11 passengers in July P3 ap photo

DUBAI An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash lands at Dubai’s main airport, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all traffic at the Middle East’s busiest airport. Authorities said all passengers were evacuated safely. More on p15

Australia Human rights groups accuse Australia of deliberately ignoring the alleged abuse of asylum seekers being held at a remote Pacific island detention facility in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat. More on p12

JAPAN A woman who has downplayed Japan’s wartime actions and is known to have far-right views is named defense minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, a move that could unsettle relations with Asian neighbors with bitter memories of World War II-era atrocities.

Nepal’s parliament elected a former communist rebel leader to lead a coalition government as the country’s new prime minister, a move that will likely mean the continuation of political instability in the Second legal activist sentenced Himalayan nation.

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British conductor Gordon Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Hunt, Hungarian conductor Williams, and also stage a Gilbert Varga, German con- concert of Alexander von ductor Bruno Weil and Chi- Zemlinsky’s renowned ope- Macau swimmer Chen Yu Chia was nese violinist Ning Feng will ra. approved by the International Paralympic be present and will collabo- The orchestra will also in- Committee to represent the city in the ratively bring Chinese and troduce prominent music upcoming Paralympics which will be foreign classics to convey works including musical held in Rio de Janeiro. According to their sentiments regarding theatre and a multimedia a statement released yesterday by the the upcoming music voyage. film score concert to the re- Macau-China Paralympic Committee Moreover, the Macao Or- gion. & Macau-China Recreation and Sports chestra will make its de- Tickets will be available for Association for the Disabled International but with the remarkable sale from Monday, August 8, Paralympic Committee, the association symphony by British com- from Macau Ticketing Ne- will send three representatives, including poser Sir Edward William twork outlets. Chen, his coach and the head of the association, to attend the sporting event. Chen, who has an intellectual disability, he Macao Orchestra is Wu, the winner of the 2013 will compete against other swimmers in Tset to kick off its 2016- Besancon International the 200 meters freestyle and in the 200 2017 concert season in Sep- Competition for Young Con- youth orchestra to perform tember. According to a state- ductors, have been invited meters individual medley events. The in queensland Macau group will depart for Brazil on ment issued by the Cultural to perform during the upco- September 4. Affairs Bureau, the upcoming ming concert season. concert season is themed Orchestral musicians in- the Macao Youth Sym- according to a report by Macao “Your Time with Music,” and cluding pianist Alice Sara phony Orchestra Association is Daily News. This marks the bringing three performances to first time in nine years that the Macau in top 10 list will feature a number of pro- Ott; violinist Nemanja Ra- Queensland as part of Prodigy musical association returns to mising classical musicians doluvic; young conductors of visitors to Taiwan Collective, an international Queensland for a performance. who display the “youthful ef- Roberto Gianola and Jose gathering of youth orchestras. During the festival, the young Visitors from China and Hong Kong fervescence” of the genre. Luis Gomez will also be The event marks the celebra- musicians will perform pieces have topped the list of those traveling Yulianna Avdeeva, first showcasing their talent. tion of the 50th anniversary of of both Western classical and to Taiwan this summer, travel portal prize winner in the Chopin Amongst many other mu- Queensland Youth Orchestras, Chinese music. website Skyscanner reported yesterday. Competition, and Yao-yu sicians, world-renowned In its statement, Skyscanner noted that the number of visitors from Hong Kong has seen a steady growth recently due to Tourism Education the high number of daily flights from the territory. The statement also went on to describe that Taiwan’s relaxed lifestyle GTEF 2016 begins UM’s summer English and minimal language barrier were contributing factors in attracting Hong its roadshow program concludes Kong tourists. Other countries and regions that made the top 10 list for visitors to he Global Tourism Eco- tourism consumption revolu- he University of Macau’s ning while activities for the af- Taiwan were Macau, Japan, South Korea, nomy Forum (GTEF) tion, the millennial travelers, (UM) 2016 Faculty of Arts ternoon and evening sessions Singapore, Thailand, Australia, the US and T T the UK. Statistics for the month of June 2016, scheduled to be held in and tourism investment. and Humanities’ Summer included interactions with the released by Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau the region in October, kicked A networking luncheon was English Immersion Program 28 program assistants from showed that tourists from mainland China off its “Five Asian Cities Road- hosted at Grand Hyatt Beijing (SEIP) recently ended. The the United States, Canada, the dominated as the largest source of visitors, show” in Beijing last week as last week, connecting, repre- initiative aimed to help inco- UK, Finland, Australia, and accounting for almost 33.2 percent of the part of the forum’s fifth anni- sentatives from GTEF, China ming students improve their Macau. total number. Those from Hong Kong versary edition. National Tourism Administra- English-language skills. According to the statement, and Macau, calculated as the same group, GTEF 2016 will be held in the tion, Macau Government Tou- Participating students went these assistants lived in the accounted for about 17.5 percent of the region’s Studio City on October rism Office, and Beijing Muni- through intensive training residential college with the total number of arrivals. 15 and 16, with the theme “The cipal Commission of Tourism that lasted between three and students and helped them Growing Consumer Class, Re- Development. four weeks, with many noting practice English and review thinking And Reshaping The Commenting on the Asia that the program boosted their what the students had learned Information leak Future Tourism Landscape.” roadshow Peter Wong, vice confidence in speaking En- during the day. draws Transport According to a statement chairman of GTEF and execu- glish, the University said in a The closing ceremony attrac- issued by the organizers, the tive chairman of China Cham- statement. ted 350 students, parents, and Bureau’s attention event’s fifth edition will discuss ber of Tourism said, “GTEF is This year’s SEIP enrolled faculty members. Lionel Ni, Information concerning the speeding how the “independent-min- committed to fostering tou- more than 300 students. New UM’s vice rector for academic detection system managed by the Transport ded, resourceful and tech-sa- rism development and coope- features in this year’s course affairs, delivered a speech at Bureau (DSAT) was leaked on a social vvy group” is an increasingly ration between overseas tou- included co-curricular activi- the ceremony in which he ex- website. DSAT now urges the public to influential force in the tourism rism peers and Chinese pro- ties that supplemented aca- pressed his hope that the sum- not share this information, according to industry. vinces and municipalities.” demic classes in the morning mer event had prepared the a statement released by the bureau. The The forum will also engage GTEF 2016’s Asia Roadshow and evening, providing variety students for their studies at statement however does not include details public and private sector lea- also went to Shanghai and will to the ways in which students UM, adding that the students regarding the information leaked. The ders in discussions on issues continue in Taipei (August 5), were exposed to English. should strive to achieve bilin- department claims to have already reported relating to Chinese consumers, Guangzhou (August 9) and The morning sessions were gual proficiency during their the incident to the Judiciary Police. tourism and technology, urban Seoul, Korea (August 11). focused on theme-based lear- four years at the institution.

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or the first time national Airport Com- in 21 years, the pany Ltd (CAM), there Macau Interna- were over 4,900 aircraft tional Airport movements in July 2016, MIA passenger traffic F(MIA) has hit a historic two percent higher than record of 600,000 pas- the same period last year. senger movements for the Southeast Asia routes month of July. represented 43 percent hits new record high of the overall market last month, followed by main- Southeast land China and Taiwan, Asia routes which accounted for 30 percent and 27 percent represented respectively. The three major markets recorded 43 percent 36 percent, three percent and 18 percent increases of the overall respectively, when com- market last pared to the same period last year. month MIA handled 1,040 weekly scheduled flights This new record is the with 30 airlines connec- highest single month pas- ting the peninsula to 42 senger traffic total, with cities globally until the average daily passenger end of July. volume amounting to over CAM also announced 19,000, up by 20 percent that Palau Pacific Airway compared to last year. will launch the charter According to a state- flights between Palau and ment from Macau Inter- Macau within this month.

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“friendship, integration, equali- ty and caring.” Best Buddies is a non-profit organization that su- Ox Warehouse showcases second pports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To support the notion of social edition of children’s artworks inclusion, the flea market will feature booths selling creative items, a parent-child workshop and live shows from September 10 to 11. Further, Design For Change (DFC) Macau, a global non-­ profit movement that cultivates in children the mindset of “I can”, will hold its workshop in Ox Warehouse during the exhi- bition period. From August 15 to 31, children aged 9 to 15 can take part in the workshop where they could learn creative thinking; empa- thy and communication skills; teamwork; problem solving; Cora Si, curator of the exhibition Children’s artwork “Shadow Play” workshop and confidence building. Moreover, Si hoped such exhi- x Warehouse Children’s they have had, as the workshops sense of novelty but for the sake with artists who could provide bitions will further be promo- OArtland has launched its have attracted a great number of of the young participants, we workshops to local children. ted in the region, along with second series of its “Jolly Joint local children. prioritize their growth in creati- Hence, this year, two Malay- further support for the chil- Exhibition,” in a bid to raise awa- “Now I think this is the best ve terms,” she explained. sian shadow puppetry artists dren’s family. reness about local children’s con- model. The challenge now is According to her, Ox Warehou- are holding a three-week Sha- “Apparently, it is not difficult temporary and experimental art. how to do the exhibition better,” se has invited a number of local dow Play workshop at Ox Wa- for a child to create art, the The “Jolly Joint Exhibition she said. and non-local artists to hold se- rehouse’s premises, allowing challenge instead lies in whe- II” features various children’s Si also stressed that she aims to veral workshops which would be participants to conceive a story, ther or not a family will value visual artworks in a number of further develop such exhibitions showcased in the exhibition. be involved in creating puppets and keep the child’s work,” she forms, such as paper and other to showcase the creativity and Si admitted that she had and take part in the workshop’s noted. materials. talent of children in the region. always considered including a small performance. “Ox Warehouse Children’s Cora Si, curator of the exhi- “We admit that a different performance in the Children’s Ox Warehouse continues to co-­ Artland - Jolly Joint Exhibition bition told the Times that this exhibition theme and a new set Artland, however there had organize a flea market suppor- II” will be opened until Septem- year’s edition is by far the best of elements would give visitors a been no opportunity to engage ting Best Buddies’ message of ber 18.

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Mark O’Neill* Profile hen I was small and my parents went out fishing, they left me in the Shipbuilder turns to making careW of an old lady in a wooden house by the sea and picked me up in the evening. I spent the day anxiously waiting for their model boats, keeping skills return. When it was high tide, I knew they were coming back. This is a deep memory of my that have disappeared childhood,” says passionate boat builder Wan Chun, ex-chairper- son of the Macao Association of ship is nearly completed, an ow- In his retirement, Wan was Shipyard Workers. ner would lay off 5-6 out of the never going to sit in front of the

Wan Chun’s early years forged News c au 15 workers. But I was not laid television and play mahjong. He a bond between him and the sea off. I regained my confidence.” started to handcraft miniature that has lasted his whole life. His He also studied at night school, replicas of junks. “Boat-making

youth was spent in shipyards Ma Courtesy earning a professional diploma is a traditional craft and I make demolishing and building ships from Hong Kong University. them exactly the way you would ordered by fishermen. With the With this education and his pro- a normal fishing boat, from the decline of the industry, he chan- fessional skill, he was invited to materials to the tools and te- ged career. Now, in retirement, join the Macao Association of chniques.” He spends about 120 he has reverted back to his pas- Shipyard Workers, to represent hours on each one. sion for shipbuilding – only now them in negotiations with the He made the first one as a gift on a smaller scale, but applying owners. He agreed. “This was to the doctor who operated on the same hard-learned and po- a new source of pressure. You him at the age of 60, to remove lished expertise used decades have to work doubly hard, so as a cancerous tumor. “I wanted to ago. not to give the bosses a reason express my gratitude to him.” Thanks to the support of the to say you are lazy and unquali- Making the boats is noisy, so Archives of Macao, he has been fied.” in April 2015 he moved from given a space to work on the But the industry was shrinking. his house to a spot in Tap Seac porch of the institution facing From the 1970s, the market square. It was there that a senior the spacious open ground of shifted to the mainland; local official of the Archives ofMa- Tap Seac. For the last two years, companies moved their opera- cao saw him and invited him to the stout, reserved 68-year-old tions there. Hand-crafted woo- move his work place to its porch, Wan has been going to this open den junks took two months to out of the rain. workshop, working from mor- make: metal boats were faster His new location brought him ning till night; he treats it like a and more efficient. fame. Media, local and foreign, full-time job which puts his not- Wan Chun works on a boat model “I was chairman of the union came to interview him and he forgotten skills to good use. at the time and it was sad to see was invited to do exhibitions. The institution recently hosted The Wans was a large family so addition to working on the sea, the industry disappearing on my “The first two months were an exhibition of his work. The they could not afford to eat what Wan’s father had a job in one watch,” said Wan. “Boat-making­ hard on my back and fingers exhibition and Wan’s work are they caught; they had to sell it. of these yards, demolishing old is a culture. Will the next genera- but now I am accustomed to it. I testimony to one of the city’s Wan remembers the joys and boats; the work was all done by tion even be aware of how boat-­ make one boat a month and give oldest industries. Shipbuilding disappointments of fishing. hand. makers in Macau built boats?” them to friends and family. I used to be one of the most im- “When we saw big fish in the At the age of 14, Wan followed In 1980, he started a new job had not made ships for 30 years portant local industries, as Ma- nets, we were very happy. Once, his father and his uncle into the – a security guard at the Me- but can remember everything. cau was a city of seafarers. It we had a fish weighing more business, with a monthly salary tropole Hotel, for a salary of The models are exactly like the was at its peak during the Sino- than 10 kilos – it shook its tail, of 120 patacas. “I wanted also 1,200 patacas a month. “They big ships. If given a layer of wa- Japanese war in the 1940s. After breaking the net and escaping. to learn how to construct boats wanted someone with a trade terproof paint, they can actually Hong Kong fell, Macau became When we were in a sampan, but the owner of the shipyard union background. There were sail in the sea.” one of China’s major shipyards. another way to catch fish was to did not want to teach me since bonuses and double pay at the “I make sailing boats because Other industries profited from drop a big bucket attached to a he was only renting the site from end of the year. I had married at you do not see them any more the boom. stone to the base of the sea, six someone else.” 26 and needed a steady income anywhere in the sea. You start In the 1950s, there were near- or seven meters below; eels and So he moved to another yard, for my family.” They have two from the base then move to the ly 10,000 fishermen and more crabs would crawl in and could for a monthly wage of only 20 children. head of the boat. It requires than 30 shipyards in Macau; the not get out. When we returned, patacas, and began his appren- For three years, he left the shi- great skill and dexterity. Look, coastal villages were thriving we simply lifted the bucket and ticeship as a ship maker. He pbuilding world. Friends asked my finger is much bigger than a and ocean was teeming with found them. It required no ef- learnt like a duck taking to wa- him if he wanted to set up a shi- nail. It requires patience to do it fish, crabs and oysters. It was fort.” This was the environment ter. “After six months, the ow- pbuilding firm in the mainland. well. Through my work, I want during this era that Wan grew in which Wan grew up. ner treated me as a skilled craf- “We looked at the possibility. to send a message that a person, up. Macau had many shipyards tsman and doubled my salary. I It is not easy for an outsider to regardless of gender or age, can Wan was born in Macau in which produced hand-crafted was stronger and better than the enter this industry. We decided create value through work.” March 1948, the son of a fishing fishing boats made of wood. In others.” that it was too high risk. Fisher- He said that the boat he liked family. From his earliest years, At the age of 21, he was for- men place an order but do not most was a little sampan that the sea was in his blood; his fa- mally accredited as a shipbuil- pay cash. They may cancel, lea- reminded him of the one his mily had its own small sampan. der, after the three-year training ving some shipbuilders in debt.” parents used to go out into the “When my parents went period, and could choose where After completing three years at sea. His models include shrimp- fishing, they did not take me Boat-making to work. the Metropole, he was looking catching boats, those used in the with them. I waited on shore in “I went back to the shipyard for work again. Friends introdu- Song dynasty to go to Southeast the care of an old lady in a woo- is a culture. where I had worked demolishing ced him back to the shipyard. “It Asia and Portuguese cargo ships den hut. They continued fishing Will the next vessels. The owner assigned me was very hard at the beginning. of the 15th century. “I learnt until their retirement.” to complete a half-built vessel. I had got used to the air condi- from books what they were like. “They also caught oysters. Ma- generation When the ship was close to com- tioning at the hotel. I gritted my The bottom of the boats was sli- cau had so many at that time, pletion, the boss fired me and teeth to swallow the hardship ghtly different and made to suit because the waters were not even be aware laughed at me. I had to swallow and persisted.” the waters they navigated.” polluted. When they brought my pride and applied elsewhere. In 1986, he was offered a full- “I do not do this for money. My them back, we children helped of how boat- It was not easy,” he said. time job at the Macau Federa- two children look after themsel- to break them up and sell them. makers in After that, he was more careful tion of Union and remained the- ves. I have the same schedule Mother and I had a market store and cautious in his work. “I built re until his retirement in 2013. every day. I feel happy and re- selling the fresh ones. The ones Macau built up a reputation in the industry. I By then, the industry in Macau cognized. Thanks to this work, that were not so fresh we sold to was known to be quick and cou- had died. The last shipyard, Lai my condition has improved sin- the oyster sauce factory; I was boats? ld deliver work on time. The ow- Chi Van, completed its final ves- ce the operation. I have a sense around seven years old then.” Wan Chun ners liked me. 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Gaming Banking Deadline for disputed Savan BNU Macau closes half-year Vegas casino with net results up 17 percent extended NU Macau closed the first half of June. he sale of the troubled Savan Vegas Hotel Bof 2016 with year-on-year grow- Regarding a future prognosis for Tand Entertainment Complex to Macau Le- th of 17 percent in net results, which activity in Macau until the end of the gend Development has been extended to the amounted to MOP278.57 million, year, the CEO of BNU said that the end of August. said its chief executive officer Pedro economic climate “is challenging” As cited in Macau Legend’s filing to the Hong Cardoso. and that BNU Macau should post Kong Stock Exchange, the government of Laos Cardoso told Macauhub this week only single-digit turnover growth. has “agreed to extend the long stop date” for that all key banking business indi- “We think there will be some be- the Initial Project Development Agreement cators showed improvements when neficial results to reap in 2017 and from July 31 to August 31. half-years were compared. He hi- that they will be much more subs- In addition, the agreement will automatically ghlighted, for example, that the tantial in 2018, with the opening of be renewed to September if “any of the [pre- indicator for the ratio between su- the bridge linking Zhuhai to Macau sent] conditions are unable to be satisfied.” pport staff and employees who deal and Hong Kong,” he added. Macau Legend Development is set to pay directly with clients, has been falling Cardoso also mentioned about the USD42 million due to posting several delays steadily and is currently at 1.03. planned opening of a branch in the for the purchase, as noted in its Agreement The number of clients increased future on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai with Lao government on May 13. year-on-year by 4.5 percent to this municipality, thereby closing an Macau Legend announced in May that it half-year’s figure of 217,400, - vir existing gap. “We can support hun- has received the Lao government’s approval tually a third of Macau’s popula- dreds if not thousands of clients to operate Savan Vegas, along with a right to tion. Growth was noted for produc- who have investments in China and a 50-year monopoly on casino operations, in ts per active client (up 6.1 percent which BNU Macau could never pro- three provinces of Laos. to 3.46), turnover (up 16.9 percent perly support. Now we’ll be able to In a separate filing on Monday, the company to MOP91.155 billion), deposi- during the same period of 2015, do so by having an established pre- announced that a concession license for the ts (up 25.3 percent to MOP51.557 financial margin was up 13.5 per- sence in mainland China.” 50-year monopoly will be issued under the Re- billion) and loans (up 7.5 percent to cent to MOP382.3 million and that Owned by Portugal’s state-held vised Project Development Agreement. MOP27.259 billion). operating expenses grew by just 2.8 Caixa Geral de Depósitos financial Under the second agreement, Macau Legend Cardoso also said that in the first percent to MOP149.9 million. He group, BNU Macau currently has a will be allowed to “engage in concession acti- half-year non-performing loans re- highlighted that the cost to revenue workforce of 480 employees and 19 vities, lease the project area, and engage in the presented only 0.17 percent of cre- ratio had fallen to under 30 percent, branches, which should rise to 20 by operation and management of the project.” dit granted, versus 0.50 percent coming to 29.99 percent at the end the end of the year. MDT/Macauhub

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CEO Gulliver, 57, and Flint, the longest-serving pairing at a big European bank, are nearing the HSBC climbs most since April end of their terms as Flint prepa- res to step down next year, with his replacement starting the search for a new CEO. on USD2.5b stock buyback plan “Nothing that has happened in this turbulent period casts dou- bt on the strategic direction and Stephen Morris, Alfred Liu priorities we laid out just over a year ago,” Chairman Douglas SBC Holdings Plc Flint, 61, said in a statement. He m berg bloo rose the most since noted the “exceptional volatility” April after it announ- in financial markets triggered by ced a USD2.5 billion the U.K. vote to leave the Euro- Hstock buyback for this year and pean Union. said it plans more share repur- Since 2011, HSBC has slashed chases while keeping its divi- more than 87,000 jobs, exited at dend at the current level for the least 80 businesses and reduced foreseeable future. the bank’s vast global footprint Chief Executive Officer Stuart to 71 countries and territories Gulliver is returning half the from 88. Alongside most other equity freed up from selling the European banks, executives bank’s Brazil unit, with the rest have been struggling to boost boosting the firm’s capital ratio profitability in the face of recor- to 12.8 percent. That outweighed d-low interest rates, misconduct concerns about profitability, as fines and rising regulatory costs. pretax earnings fell 45 percent to That task has been made more $3.61 billion from a year earlier, difficult with the U.K. economy and the bank removed a target of projected to slow after the coun- surpassing a 10 percent return The HSBC Holdings Plc headquarters (right) stand in the Central district of Hong Kong try voted to leave the European on equity by the end of next year. Union. tantial” capital to the parent ting the $13.6 billion average es- example of that.” HSBC will lose a “not insigni- company next year, which “cou- timate. Operating expenses were Executives said the bank’s cur- ficant, but not material” $100 HSBC is ld lead to another buyback,” he $10.4 billion, more than the $9.2 rent plan to reduce annual cos- million of net interest income if said. billion analysts expected. ts by $5 billion, which includes the Bank of England reduces its contending The shares climbed 3.8 per- Charges for bad loans were $1.2 about 25,000 job reductions, main interest rate by 25 basis with slowing cent, the most since April, to billion, more than the forecast would likely be extended by two points today, Mackay said in an 500.6 pence at 8.32 a.m. in Lon- $1.1 billion, as the bank suffered years. The bank can’t deepen the interview. If the central bank economic don. That’s the stock’s highest higher charges from bad debts in current program within its 2017 imposes negative interest ra- level since January. the oil and gas, and metals and timeframe without hurting reve- tes, “we would apply it to com- growth in While the bank stepped back mining sectors, particularly in nue, the CEO said. panies, and we would apply it from its “progressive” dividend the U.S. and Canada, Mackay “If there is not a pickup in re- immediately to banks and non- China and the policy, many analysts had expec- said in a telephone interview. venue, we would need to look bank financial institutions,” but prospect of a ted a cut from last year’s payout The lender cited economic and at further cost actions and we HSBC has not written to clients instead of maintaining that level. political uncertainties for aban- would need to look at capital warning of such a prospect as recession in the “The buyback signals HSBC’s doning the timing of its ROE tar- actions in order to get to that 10 Royal Bank of Scotland Group strong capital position and shou- get, while saying the 10 percent percent” return, Gulliver said on Plc has, he said on a call with United Kingdom ld reassure investors of its ability goal remains “appropriate.” The a call with analysts. “My expecta- analysts. to maintain the current 51-cent bank posted a 7.4 percent return tion is we will continue into 2018 HSBC’s common equity Tier 1 “There is absolutely an inten- dividend,” Citigroup Inc. analys- in the first half, down from 10.6 and ’19 with a further program of capital ratio rose to 12.1 percent, tion to be in a position to do fur- ts led by Ronit Ghose wrote in a percent a year earlier. cost management.” exceeding the average of estima- ther buybacks,” using capital no note to clients. As one of the few global lenders HSBC is contending with tes compiled by the lender, from longer needed by its shrinking Pretax profit reported by the left, “we get paranoid about ab- slowing economic growth in 11.9 percent in December. The U.S. operations, Finance Direc- bank compared with the $3.9 solutely everything that happens China and the prospect of a re- figure may be boosted to 12.8 tor Iain Mackay said on a con- billion average estimate of 14 everywhere,” Gulliver said in an cession in the U.K., amid a pro- percent this quarter from the ference call with analysts. The analysts compiled by the len- interview. “There’s a lot of poli- gram to eliminate thousands of proceeds of the $5.2 billion sale Federal Reserve approved the der. Second-quarter revenue fell tical uncertainty around, and the jobs and redeploy as much as of the bank’s Brazilian business, firm’s U.S. unit returning “subs- 15 percent to $14.5 billion, bea- Brexit vote would be a very good $150 billion of assets to Asia. it said. Bloomberg

corporate bits melco crown launches lactation rooms cau and the Company’s office mgm announces new dining selections bean stuffed with dace fish at Flower City. paste, simmered chanterelle Located in the “Heart of Hou- mushrooms with Yunnan ham ses” of the integrated resorts and baby cabbage in superior and corporate office, the lac- bouillon, and wok-fried cubes tation rooms are designed to of prime beef with garlic and provide a relaxing ambience, red porcini, among others. complete with warm lighting, For each weekend this mon- MCE wrote in a statement. th, Rossio is presenting a “Sou- Each lactation room is equi- theast Asian Dinner Buffet” pped with lounge chairs, a wa- that showcases the very best ter source nearby with facilities dishes from Thailand, Malay- for cleaning breast pumping sia, Vietnam and Singapore. equipment, and a refrigerator Using authentic ingredients for storing breast milk. and cooking techniques, the As cited in the statement, culinary team highlights a wide Melco Crown’s properties also array of dishes packed with offer its nursing mothers fle- exotic flavors which includes xible break-times in which to MGM Macau will present the gaming operator. stir-fried green crab with Thai Melco Crown Entertainment in Macau in order to assist use the facilities that will now two new dinning selections The resort’s Imperial Court curry, tom yum gung, and Ma- Limited (MCE) yesterday an- nursing mothers who are re- be provided. MCE added that – freshly picked mushrooms is introducing a “nutritious” laysian bak kut teh soup, and nounced that fully equipped turning to work. its properties aim to provide from China’s Yunnan Provin- Yunnan wild mushroom menu many more. The restaurant lactation rooms for employees The properties with availab- support for nursing mothers to ce, and a buffet of Southeast throughout August. Highligh- will also offer its signature have been launched across le lactation rooms are City of return to work within a rather Asian dishes this August, ac- ted dishes include braised fresh seafood bar and dessert the company’s four premises Dreams, Studio City, Altira Ma- short time after giving birth. cording to a statement from morel mushrooms and string corner. thu 04.08.2016

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Mozambique Angola and value of 2.23 percent and 0.51 percent were re- Foreign shippers corded. Cut diamonds exported Between industrial tax and royalties paid by dia- authorized to mond companies, the acti- to United Arab Emirates vity brought in tax revenue operate along of 934.1 million kwanzas ($5.6 million), up year-on-­ coast he state-held com- The Catoca mine accoun- year though down 11 per- Tpany Angola Polishing ted for 620,500 carats, cent over May. oreign ship owners can operate cabo- Diamonds exported 4,462 Camatue 41,200 carats, Since Angola’s indepen- m berg bloo Ftage (coasting trade) service in Mozambi- carats of cut diamonds to Cuango 39,700, Chitotolo dence, oil and diamonds que per the terms of a government-approved the United Arab Emirates 20,000, Calonda 12,800, have been the country’s decree-law, Transport and Communications last June, invoicing about Somiluana 9,000, Luo most important resour- Minister Carlos Mesquita announced in Ma- USD3.1 million at an ave- 8,700 and Lulo 808. ce and export, accounting puto. rage price of $694.5 per Compared to May 2016, for as much as 60 percent Mesquita stated at the end of the Tuesday carat, informed the Minis- when 736,700 carats wor- of its economy according Council of Ministers meeting that the decision try of Geology and Mines th $74.9 million were pro- to The Economist. Today, was meant to boost activity and offer a trans- in Luanda. A diamond handler uses tweezers duced at an average price Angola ranks in the worl- port alternative, enabling both national and June diamond produc- to sort through a large collection of of $101 per carat, respec- dwide top 10 for diamond foreign ship owners to invest “under equal cir- tion in Angola amounted rough diamonds on a sorting table tive increases in quantity production. MDT/Macauhub cumstances, benefiting from the same treat- to 753,000 carats, with ment and arrangements offered by the state.” participation of eight of the The reactivation of coasting service will help twelve operational mines, achieve economies of scale and thereby lower bringing in $75.35 million Funds raised for diamond product prices, making them more affordable at an average price of $100 for the population, Mesquita added, cited by per carat. mining venture the Maputo-based daily Notícias. According to a statement “To encourage foreign investors’ entry in the late last month from the anada’s Gem International Re- Gem International Resources inves- coasting trade, the government considered re- Ministry, production in- Csources raised 1.2 million Canadian tor relations director Andrew Philips gulatory instruments that guarantee priority creased 2.28 percent and dollars upon completion of the second explained that the region where the for ship mooring and lower port fees in natio- sales increased 5.35 per- phase of a private share placement that company has a concession is among nal harbours,” he said. cent compared to May. The earned 400,000 dollars, the company an- the “most coveted” in Angola, adding Without revealing percentages, Mesquita increase in volume was nounced in a recently released statement. “we’re in the right spot.” said the reduction of fees charged by the na- due to the fact that pro- The company aims to use the pro- Philips said the company’s chief exe- tional maritime (Inamar) and hydrography duction at the Catoca mine ceeds to prospect for diamonds in An- cutive, Denis Hayes, had decided to and navigation (Inahina) institutes had also registered a slight increase gola, specifically at a concession iden- focus on diamond mining in Angola been approved to eventually benefit ship ow- of 0.82 percent compared tified as Dala, situated near the Catoca after exploration work in other African ners and the population. MDT/Macauhub to the same period of 2015. mine, the world’s fourth largest. countries.

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holdings to a record last year, a sign they’re unconvinced that fiscal and monetary stimulus China Inc. has USD1 trillion in will revive growth in Asia’s se- cond-largest economy. Yet the pace of accumulation cash that it’s too scared to spend in China stands out. The na- tion’s 18 percent quarter-on- quarter increase in cash and Kana Nishizawa equivalents compares with gains of about 13 percent in Ja- pan, 5 percent in the U.S. and 1

ever before have China’s m berg bloo Ncompanies had so much percent in Europe, data compi- cash and so little to spend it on. led by Bloomberg show. With investment opportuni- If Chinese policy makers had ties sparse amid the country’s their way, companies would weakest economic expansion be putting that money to work in a quarter century, Chinese instead. Despite state efforts to firms reported an 18 percent spur growth with 9.8 trillion jump in cash holdings during yuan of new aggregate finan- their latest quarter, the big- cing this year, the country’s gest increase in six years. The official manufacturing gauge USD1.2 trillion stockpile - whi- is still signaling a contraction ch excludes banks and brokera- while the services sector is ex- ges - grew at a faster pace than panding at a slower pace than in the U.S., Europe and Japan, its five-­year average. The go- according to data compiled by vernment has been forced to Bloomberg. pick up the slack, with state fir- While there are worse pro- ms boosting fixed-asset invest- blems than having too much ment by more than 23 percent cash, China Inc.’s unpreceden- this year through June versus ted hoard is frustrating both the same period in 2015. policy makers and investors. “The government is trying Because companies lack the very hard to push the economy confidence to spend on new through investment, but the projects, government attemp- private side isn’t responding,” ts to boost growth by pumping said Francis Cheung, the head money into the financial sys- of China and Hong Kong strate- tem are falling short. Stockhol- gy at CLSA Ltd. in Hong Kong. ders, meanwhile, would rather “They’re not very confident.” see bigger dividends or share If healthy Chinese companies buybacks than a buildup of can’t find promising projects, idle cash on corporate balance they should return cash to sto- sheets. ckholders, according to Ronald “This is actually becoming a Wan, chief executive of Part- ners Capital International Ltd. bigger and bigger issue,” said Sean Taylor, chief investment Some of the cash buildup may in Hong Kong. Herald van der Linde, the officer for the Asia Pacific re- reflect worries among corpora- Increased dividends may be Hong-­Kong based head of Asia gion at Deutsche Asset Mana- te executives that refinancing one way to appease investors. The Pacific equity strategy at HSBC gement in Hong Kong, which debt will become more difficult Excluding banks, firms domi- Holdings Plc. “Cash is beco- oversees about $803 billion as the economy slows. Chine- ciled in China have an average government ming a point of debate.” globally. se firms face a record 3 trillion estimated dividend yield of just The impulse to hoard instead Not all Chinese companies are yuan ($452 billion) of matu- 1.6 percent for the next 12 mon- is trying very of invest is relatively new for a sitting on too much cash. Some ring onshore debt in the second ths, versus about 2.7 percent country where corporate risk- don’t have enough, as reflected half, data compiled by Bloom- for non-lenders in the MSCI hard to push taking has been rewarded for in an unprecedented 17 de- berg show. Asia Pacific Index. The Shan- the economy much of the past 25 years. But faults in the country’s onshore “For highly geared com- ghai Composite Index rose 0.2 as economic growth moves dee- corporate bond market so far panies, that is a very good rea- percent on Wednesday, while through per below 7 percent from dou- this year, more than double the son to be cautious,” said Alex the regional measure fell 1.9 ble-digit levels just a few years tally for all of 2015. Firms in Wong, who helps oversee about percent. investment, ago, the change in mindset has so-called old economy sectors $100 million at Ample Capital “If it becomes a trend for been stark. Growth in China’s – including industrial, ener- Ltd. in Hong Kong. “It’s diffi- companies to keep all the cash but the private private spending on fixed asse- gy and materials companies cult to raise new funds as the and not distribute it to sha- side isn’t ts, which topped 10 percent last – have had the most difficulty stock market is bad right now reholders, it will create concer- year, slowed to 2.8 percent in growing their cash balances, and the bond market isn’t that ns about the attractiveness of responding. the six months through June, while new economy businesses good either.” mainland shares,” Wan said. “I Francis Cheung the weakest level on record. in the consumer and techno- China isn’t the only country can see the reasons behind it, Head of China and HK strategy “The drivers aren’t there” for logy industries have seen their with a hoarding problem. Com- but of course investors won’t at CLSA Chinese firms to invest, said stockpiles swell. panies in Japan boosted cash like it.” Bloomberg

hina’s Jade Rabbit Clunar rover, which Jade Rabbit lunar rover ends mission after 31 months won a large following on social media, has been went into hibernation for tioning whether it would weeks after it landed, en- geological evolution of to the moon. retired after a record 31 the 14-day lunar night one day be returned to gineers feared they’d lost the moon. China sent its first astro- months of collecting data and Jade Rabbit ceased Earth. “I’m a rabbit that it when it shut down un- China will attempt to naut into space in 2003 from the moon’s surface, operations, state media has seen the most stars!” der abnormal conditions, land an unmanned spa- and has powered ahead state media reported yes- reported, citing the Sta- the post said. but it revived and appea- ceship on the moon next with a series of methodi- terday. te Administration for The rover’s 972 opera- red to operate efficiently year that would return to cally timed steps, inclu- The rover arrived on the Science, Technology and tional days far exceeded until its final shutdown Earth with samples. Only ding the deploying of an moon on Dec. 14, 2013, Industry for National De- the 322 chalked up by the last week. the United States and experimental space sta- aboard the Chang’e 3 lu- fense. former Soviet Union’s Lu- The rover’s cameras, te- Russia have previously tion. nar lander and was de- Jade Rabbit, or Yutu in nohkod 1 in 1970, achie- lescopes and radar made carried out such a maneu- Chang’e is the name of a signed to operate for just Chinese, posted a final fa- ving another milestone it a key part of the mis- ver successfully. mythical Chinese goddess three months. rewell on its Twitter-like in China’s fast-develo- sion. Data it produced China has also hinted at said to live on the moon On July 28, Chang’e 3 Weibo microblog, ques- ping space program. Just offered insights into the a possible crewed mission and Yutu was her pet. AP thu 04.08.2016

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Chinese legal rights activist was sentenced 2nd legal activist sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison on subversion char- gesA yesterday, in the second in a series of cases underscoring as government reins in critics the ruling Communist Party’s determination to rein in gover- nment critics. State broadcaster CCTV said A graduate Hu Shigen had pleaded guilty ap photo to “subversion, damaging na- of prestigious tional security and harming so- Peking cial stability” at the start of his hearing before the Tianjin No. University, Hu 2 Intermediate People’s Court. It said Hu had decided not to was a professor appeal the sentence. in the capital His brief trial came a day after the court issued a suspended when he three-year sentence to activist Zhai Yanmin. Both were arres- became active ted in July last year with two others as part of a nationwide with a would- crackdown on legal rights ac- be political tivists. About 300 lawyers and activists were initially seized opposition and questioned before most were released. party Hu, 61, was accused of leading an “underground organization” le foreign forces” to smear and that masqueraded as a church attack the Chinese government. but was dedicated to identifying A police car passes by the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People›s Court in northern China›s Tianjin Municipality Activists such as Hu and Zhai and drawing attention to accu- worked alone or in affiliation sations of government abuses. tion with his political activities, he became active with a would-­ lawyers and activists remain with law firms to gather eviden- He worked with others, some of but was released in 2008 after be political opposition party jailed, their legal status uncer- ce of government abuses and whom are also facing trial this his sentence was reduced. His following the army’s violent tain. lead clients and the disgruntled week, to “organize activities previous prison term contribu- crackdown on 1989 pro-demo- The trials are part of a pattern in street protests while sprea- that manipulated public opi- ted to his harsh sentencing in cracy protests centered on Bei- established under the adminis- ding word online. Their actions nion and disturbed public or- the most recent case, prosecu- jing’s Tiananmen Square. tration of President Xi Jinping were harshly denounced by the der,” prosecutors were quoted tors said. Two other cases are expec- to use more sophisticated le- authorities as interference in as saying by state media. “After completing his criminal ted to be heard by the court in gal means to attack perceived the legal process. “Hu’s ideology and his beha- punishment, Hu Shigen again the northern Chinese city this opponents as it maintains pres- Many family members of tho- viors have seriously harmed the committed crimes against na- week, including those of activist sure on activists and non-go- se being held say they and their country and social stability,” tional security and, as a reci- Gou Hongguo and lawyer Zhou vernmental organizations. retained lawyers have been de- state media quoted prosecutors divist, should be severely pu- Shifeng, head of the Fengrui Several, including fellow Fen- nied access to the detainees for as saying. nished under the law,” prosecu- Law Firm that frequently took grui lawyer Wang Yu have made more than a year, receiving only Hu had been sentenced in tors said. on sensitive cases and repre- televised apologies for the cri- occasional updates by word of 1994 to 20 years in prison on A graduate of prestigious sented numerous government mes they are accused of and de- mouth. Some have been brie- the now-abolished charge of Peking University, Hu was a critics. nouncing the legal activism as fly detained themselves while counterrevolution in connec- professor in the capital when More than a dozen other directed by unidentified “hosti- seeking information. AP

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hina’s Defense Mi- ministry spokesman Col. Japanese-claimed waters. nistry has angrily re- Wu Qian. The Japanese defen-

C ap photo jected accusations from The tone of the report se report said increased Japan that the Chinese was typical for China, activity in the East Chi- military is destabilizing which was invaded by Ja- na Sea prompted Japan the regional military ba- pan before World War II to scramble warplanes lance by seeking to change and continues to regard more than 570 times last the status quo in the East its neighbor as unrepen- year. Japan calls the dis- and South China Seas, ac- tant and a threat to its puted islands Senkaku, cusing Japan of seeking global rise. while China calls them to deceive the internatio- The statement also rei- Diaoyu. nal community and sow terated China’s claim to Along with the U.S. and discord between China disputed East China Sea others, Japan expressed and its neighbors. islands controlled by Ja- concern over massive A ministry statement is- pan and said it was the Chinese land reclamation sued late Tuesday said Ja- Japanese government projects undertaken in pan’s annual defense re- that altered the status quo the South China Sea. port was “full of lousy cli- by purchasing the chain China says it is well wi- ches, makes irresponsible A missile is launched from a Chinese navy ship during a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea from its private Japanese thin its rights to build the remarks on China’s nor- owners in 2012. islands, complete with mal and legal national de- excuses for adjusting by ring to legislation passed nese military and decep- Since then, China has airstrips and harbors, and fense and military develo- leaps and bounds its mili- last year that loosened tion to the international routinely dispatched rejected an international pment [and] hypes up the tary and security policies post-World War II cons- community, as well as coast guard vessels and arbitration panel’s ruling East and South China Sea and accelerating its arms traints on the Japanese intention to sow discord patrol planes to the area last month that invalida- issues.” expansion, even rewriting military. among China and its nei- and a Chinese navy war- ted Beijing’s claim to vir- “The ultimate objective the pacifist constitution,” The report is “full of ghboring countries,” the ship recently entered a tually the entire strategic of Japan is to cook [up] the statement said, refer- malice toward the Chi- statement said, citing strip of water just outside water body. AP 04.08.2016 thu

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rime Minister Lee Hsien PLoong posting Instagram Singapore leader’s day at White photos? Interesting, but not unusual. He does it all the time. But Singapore’s leader posting House as Instagram shooter them from inside the White House, on the official presiden- tial residence account? Now that’s a different story. Citizens had Lee, who is on a state visit ap photo to the United States, posted a good reason photo of himself lounging on to celebrate a floral sofa at the president’s guesthouse on Tuesday, with Lee’s U.S. trip, the caption: “Stay tuned today as the White House and I do a given that the mutual takeover of our Insta- last visit by a gram accounts!” Essentially, it meant Lee took Singaporean over the White House account and had the freedom to post prime minister any picture he wanted. Ditto, the White House with his ac- to the White count. Local media reported House was in that the swap was to last a day. Barack Obama (at right) gestures that they should continue after a photograph with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Many followers of the official Loong, and his wife Ho Ching (far left) and first lady Michelle Obama, during the state dinner 1985 White House handle — excee- ding 2.5 million — greeted Lee Back home in the wealthy is- arrival ceremony. relationship with the United with words of welcome. land nation of 5.5 million people, “In the U.S., I have encoun- States. The two are key trading election and the U.S.-China ri- “Welcome Prime Minister Lee has a much smaller audience tered our citizens all over the and security partners. The city valry, most significantly in East Loong! I hope that you enjoy — 239,000 followers on Insta- country,” he said. “It’s a good state hosts more than 3,500 and Southeast Asia.” our country as much as I en- gram, with whom he often shares reminder that our ties are not U.S. companies, and its armed Lee got some good press on joyed being in yours. I hope to scenes from diplomatic meetin- just about government or com- forces often conduct joint exer- Facebook, too. One Singapo- go back one of these days,” Sa- gs, community events and leisu- pany business, but thrive in the cises with the U.S. military. The rean, Francis Chew, commen- mantha Kelly posted. rely treks. These generally garner hearts and souls of our people.” two nations are also part of the ted on Lee’s Facebook page: Some who posted questioned positive responses from even the On Lee’s Instagram account, proposed Trans-Pacific Part- “Good to see sustaining friend- Singapore’s bans on chewing country’s circle of critical shu- White House administrators nership trade agreement. ship with the U.S. and for the gum and graffiti, often cited as tterbugs. He also has 354,000 documented preparations for “For the U.S., it is a creative better. God bless you and have examples of the city state’s no- followers on Twitter and nearly the state dinner hosted by Pre- outreach effort to assert its soft a fruitful trip!” toriously tough laws that inclu- 1.1 million on Facebook. sident Barack Obama and his power through social media,” Citizens had good reason to de sentences such as caning for After his first picture on the wife, Michelle, which the Singa- Eugene Tan, an associate law celebrate Lee’s U.S. trip, given vandalism and the death penal- sofa, Lee shared four more, one porean leader attended with his professor at Singapore Mana- that the last visit by a Singapo- ty for drug smuggling. of which was captured at the wife, Ho Ching, and other offi- gement University, said in an rean prime minister to the Whi- Singaporeans understandably Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. cials. One photo was of the two interview. te House was in 1985 — by Lee’s chipped in to express their pri- “It’s a big honor for us to cele- leaders and their wives. “Indirectly, it’s a powerful sta- father, the late Lee Kuan Yew. de. Perhaps they felt that Lee, brate how far our peoples have Despite Singapore’s small tement that the U.S. is a friend That was during Ronald Rea- an avid photographer, would come together,” Lee wrote on size — it’s about half the area of that can be trusted,” he said. gan’s presidency, when the in- be delighted to showcase his another snapshot, which cap- Los Angeles — the nation has a “This against the backdrop of ternet as we know it today didn’t snapshots on a larger stage. tured delighted onlookers at an disproportionately important the unsettling U.S. presidential exist, let alone Instagram. AP

Rights groups: Australia ignoring ap photo abuse at refugee camps

Kristen Gelineau, Sidney arrive by boat is cruel in the report.” its offshore detention po- the extreme,” Anna Neis- The department did licy, calling the practice a uman rights tat, senior director for not respond to a request violation of the country’s Hgroups accused Aus- research at Amnesty In- seeking details on what international human ri- tralia yesterday of delibe- ternational, said in a sta- parts of the report it was ghts obligations. rately ignoring the alleged tement. “Few other coun- refuting. Australia argues that the abuse of asylum seekers tries go to such lengths Australia refuses to ac- policy has saved lives by being held at a remote Pa- to deliberately inflict su- cept any asylum seekers removing the incentive Refugees (right) gather on one side of a fence to talk with cific island detention faci- ffering on people seeking who attempt to reach its for migrants to attempt international journalists about their journey that brought them to the lity in a bid to deter futu- safety and freedom.” shores by boat. Instead, it the dangerous and often Island of Nauru re refugees from trying to Australia’s Department pays Nauru and the Paci- deadly ocean crossing reach the country by boat. of Immigration and Bor- fic island nation of Papua from Indonesia to Austra- and asylum seekers. Tho- many say they are too A scathing joint report der Protection criticized New Guinea to hold them lia in rickety boats. Critics se interviewed said they afraid to do so. by Human Rights Watch the rights groups for not — often for years. say the country has sim- were suffering from se- Every refugee and and Amnesty Internatio- consulting with the go- Reports of abuse, mi- ply traded one evil for vere anxiety, depression asylum seeker inter- nal said detainees on the vernment while prepa- serably hot and crowded another. and short-term memory viewed by the researchers Pacific island nation of ring the report. living conditions, and Journalists have been loss. Both adults and chil- said that they or their fa- Nauru, where Australia “We would strongly en- frequent suicide attemp- almost entirely banned dren told interviewers mily members had been sends asylum seekers, are courage Amnesty Inter- ts at the detention camps from Nauru in recent they wanted to kill them- intimidated, harassed or routinely denied critical national to contact the have plagued Australia years. But researchers selves. physically assaulted by medical care, frequently department before airing for years; in April, an Ira- from Amnesty Interna- Since last year, asylum locals, including being attempt suicide and en- allegations of this kind,” nian refugee on Nauru tional and Human Rights seekers held in the de- pelted with bottles and dure physical assaults by the department said in a died after setting himself Watch said they were able tention center have been stones and robbed at kni- locals on the island. statement. “The depart- on fire. Human rights to enter the country last allowed to leave the camp fepoint. Several women “Australia’s policy of exi- ment strongly refutes groups have long called month, spending 12 days and move about the is- reported being sexually ling asylum seekers who many of the allegations in on Australia to abandon interviewing 84 refugees land during the day — but assaulted. AP thu 04.08.2016

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th Korea warned of unspe- cified “physical counter-ac- tions” against a U.S. plan to N. Korea fires mid-range missile deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Ko- rea by the end of next year. On July 19, North Korea fi- toward waters near Japan red three ballistic missiles into the sea, according to Seoul defense officials. The Nor- Hyung-Jin Kim, Seoul th’s state media later confir- med that it fired ballistic ro- medium-range bal- ap photo ckets carrying trigger devices listic missile fired for nuclear warheads as part yesterday by Nor- of simulated pre-emptive ato- th Korea flew about mic attacks on South Korea. 1,000A kilometers and landed Analyst Kim Dong-yub at near Japan’s territorial wa- Seoul’s Institute for Far East ters, Seoul and Tokyo officials Studies said the latest Rodong said, one of the longest flights launch appeared to be aimed by a North Korean missile. at showing an ability to attack The U.S. Strategic Command U.S. military bases in Japan, said North Korea fired two a major source of reinforce- presumed Rodong missiles ments for U.S. troops should simultaneously yesterday, a war break out on the Korean not just one. The command’s Peninsula. statement said initial indica- Hyon Kwang Il, director of tions reveal one of the mis- the scientific research depart- siles exploded immediately ment at the North’s Natio- after launch, while the second nal Aerospace Development was tracked over North Ko- Administration, told The rea and into the Sea of Japan. Associated Press last week that Pyongyang’s military had mastered “the main and North Korea core techniques in long-range ballistic missile technology, has recently including the starter engine claimed a technology, how to separate the different stages, guidan- series of ce control techniques and re-­ entry and it’s all ready to be technical rean and Japanese announ- “It imposes a serious threat Several other North Korean operational.” cements, one suspected Ro- to Japan’s security and it is rockets have gone farther North Korea is known to breakthroughs dong missile lifted off from unforgivable act of violence and even over Japan. But have an arsenal of estimated over its goal the North’s western Hwan- toward Japan’s security,” Pri- Pyongyang called them sate- 300 Rodong missiles whose ghae province and flew across me Minister Shinzo Abe said. llite launches while Washin- maximum range is 1,300 ki- of acquiring the country before falling in The U.S. condemned the gton, Seoul and Tokyo said lometers. A Rodong fired in waters between the Korean recent launches as violating they were disguised tests of March flew about 800 kilo- a long-range Peninsula and Japan. Seoul’s U.N. Security Council reso- missile technology. After se- meters while two other Ro- Joint Chiefs of Staff said in lutions that ban North Ko- veral failures, the North put dongs launched in 2014 flew nuclear missile a statement that it “strongly rea’s use of ballistic missile its first satellite into space about 650 kilometers. condemns” the missile laun- technology. aboard a long-range rocket in North Korea is expected to North Korea has recently ch because it explicitly shows “This provocation only ser- December 2012, and conduc- carry out more weapons laun- claimed a series of techni- the North’s intentions of ves to increase the interna- ted another successful satelli- ches in coming weeks to pro- cal breakthroughs over its being able to launch missile tional community’s resolve to te launch in February. test annual U.S.-South Ko- goal of acquiring a long-ran- attacks on South Korea and counter the DPRK’s prohibi- In June, North Korea, after rean military drills that begin ge nuclear missile capable of neighboring countries. ted activities, including throu- a string of failures, sent ano- later this month. North Ko- reaching the continental U.S. Japan’s Defense Ministry gh implementing existing UN ther type of mid-range missi- rea describes the drills as an South Korean defense offi- said the missile landed inside Security Council sanctions,” le known as Musudan more invasion rehearsal. cials say North Korea doesn’t Japan’s exclusive economic said Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross, a than 1,400 kilometers high. The Korean Peninsula re- yet have such a weapon, but zone, the 200-nautical-mile Pentagon spokesman. Analysts said the high-alti- mains in a technical state of some civilian experts belie- offshore area where a nation North Korea has previously tude flight meant North Ko- war because the 1950-53 Ko- ve the North has the techno- has sovereign rights for ex- fired Rodong and other mis- rea had made progress in its rean War ended with an ar- logy to mount warheads on ploring and exploiting resour- siles into the sea, but South push to be able to strike U.S. mistice, not a peace treaty. shorter-­range Rodong and ces. Japanese media reported Korean analysts say yester- forces throughout the region. About 28,500 U.S. troops are Scud missiles that can strike it was the first North Korean day’s 1,000 kilometer flight North Korea routinely con- stationed in South Korea and South Korea and Japan. missile that has splashed was one of the longest for a ducts weapons tests, but the tens of thousands of more in According to the South Ko- down in Japan’s EEZ. North Korean test. latest launch came after Nor- Japan. AP

wo buses plunged Tinto a flooded river af- 22 feared dead as bridge collapses in western India ter an old bridge collapsed in western India, leaving state-run buses were car- ponse Force, said that 80 at least 22 people missing rying a total of 18 passen- rescuers, including divers, xi n hua and feared dead, an official gers, two drivers and two rushed to the area, but that said yesterday. conductors, according to their efforts were being Rescuers had not found Fadnavis. hampered by heavy rains. the buses or any survivors He said the bridge, cons- A helicopter hovered over hours after the single-lane tructed in the 1940s, likely the area trying to spot the bridge on the Mumbai- collapsed because it was buses or any bodies floa- Goa highway collapsed buffeted by strong cur- ting in the swollen river. about midnight Tuesday, rents from the Savitri Ri- Various parts of In- said Devendra Fadnavis, ver, which was flooded by dia have been lashed by Maharashtra state’s chief monsoon rains. heavy downpours lately. minister. O.P. Singh, chief of the The monsoon season runs The two Maharashtra National Disaster Res- from June to September. AP 04.08.2016 thu

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good sense of the direction” for the plan about a month before it’s submitted Nov. 3. Atlantic City’s cost cutting Brian Murray, a spokesman for Christie, referred questions to the state’s Department of seen stopping short of default Community Affairs, which de- clined to comment. Christie had earlier questioned the ci- ty’s ability to come up with a plan.

m berg bloo In a presentation to residents on July 26, Guardian said he would like to cut annual debt service by $16 million. Atlantic City has about $240 million in outstanding securities. Risks loom in Atlantic City, which has been veering toward insolvency since a third of its 12 betting parlors closed in 2014

Carl Thompson, a munici- pal analyst in Boston at Eaton People walking on the boardwalk in Atlantic City Vance, said he doubted the city could refinance its debt, given Romy Varghese Belcher, a senior municipal terms last week. gh wherewithal to take care of recent trades. analyst at Columbia Thread- Kevin Lavin, who was appoin- all the debt that they’ve incur- Taxable securities sold last tlantic City is crafting needle Investment Advisers. ted by Republican Governor red and to fix itself. It’s just a year, despite providing more Aa recovery plan to prevent “The market would be wat- Chris Christie to serve as the matter of having guys make the security to investors by diver- New Jersey from taking over ching this closely because it community’s emergency ma- right decisions.” ting state aid to payments, still the distressed seaside gam- could be viewed negatively nager last year, said by tele- Guardian said last week that had to be sold at yields as high bling hub. Bondholders are be- if they allowed them to im- phone that he explored exten- PFM Group, a financial advi- as 7.75 percent, junk bond le- tting it won’t entail default. pair bondholders,” said Bel- ding principal payments on sory and consulting firm that vels. Local officials have tapped cher, whose firm manages $26 bonds guaranteed by insurers has helped turn around Pit- Under the May legislation, three firms for a financial blue- billion in municipals, inclu- before determining it wouldn’t tsburgh and other municipa- the state can step in and im- print that must be approved in ding Atlantic City general obli- provide much breathing room lities, will lead the work on a plement actions such as selling November or the state can as- gations. “It could potentially to the city. balanced budget and five-year municipal assets and breaking sume unprecedented control happen with other distressed His last report issued as he plan to stabilize the city’s fi- union contracts if the plan over the city’s finances. Mayor municipalities in New Jersey.” exited his post in January re- nances. McManimon, Scotland doesn’t pass muster. There Don Guardian has said he wan- Risks loom in Atlantic City, commended that the munici- & Baumann LLC will provide was no criteria for approval – ts to cut Atlantic City’s debt which has been veering toward pality take control of its water legal advice on any debt res- giving the New Jersey officials service, which totals about insolvency since a third of its 12 system, regionalize police ser- tructuring, and NW Financial a lot of leeway to decide to as- USD37 million this year, or betting parlors closed in 2014. vices and consider privatizing Group, a New Jersey financial sume control, said Thompson, about 15 percent of its budget. State lawmakers in May pulled the fire department. The city adviser, will assist with rede- whose firm owns city bonds To avoid setting an unwel- it from the brink of bankrupt- will take steps to dissolve the signing the city’s debt service among its $34.8 billion in local come precedent, New Jersey, cy by providing enough cash to water authority as among the and discussions with bondhol- debt. which last experienced a lo- pay its bills this year. A delay conditions for the $73 million ders and insurers. “Having the state involved cal default in the 1930s, won’t in that loan led Moody’s Inves- loan, Guardian said Tuesday. Michael Nadol, a managing likely opens more avenues to approve any plan that hurts tors Service to warn of the po- “There is no need to have any director at PFM, said the team recovery than would be availa- owners of the city’s debt obli- tential for bond defaults before bondholder losses,” Lavin said. will build on previous analy- ble to the city alone,” Thomp- gations, according to Dan the city and state finalized the “The city’s got more than enou- sis and hopes to have a “pretty son said. Bloomberg

Balint Szlanko, Iraq In March, the Obama administration formally he Islamic State UN panel says Yazidi genocide concluded IS is commi- Tgroup is still commi- tting genocide against tting genocide and other Yazidis as well as other crimes against the Yazidi ‘ongoing,’ appeals for help minority groups, inclu- minority in Iraq, a United ding Christians and Shiite Nations commission in- Muslims. vestigating human rights the Sunni militant group called for a refocus on and invading armies. prompted the U.S.-led The U.N. panel’s state- abuses in Syria said yes- took control of Iraq’s the “rescue, protection “Our community is still coalition to begin laun- ment yesterday said that terday. northwest two years ago. of, and care for the Yazidi suffering after more than ching airstrikes against more than 3,200 women The commission’s sta- Thousands more, mostly community.” two years,” said Mirza IS in Iraq and initiate a and children from the tement — released on the women and children, Iraq’s Yazidi communi- Danai, founder of the broader fight against the minority continue to be second anniversary of the were taken into captivity, ty - a small and isolated German-Iraqi aid orga- militant group in Iraq and held by IS, and are “sub- initial IS attack on the according to the U.N. religious minority that nization Luftbrucke Irak. Syria. jected to almost-unima- Sinjar area in Iraq — ur- The commission of combines elements of Is- “We have been neglected IS has since lost a third ginable violence,” inclu- ged action to prevent fur- inquiry said IS crimes lam, Zoroastrianism and and ignored by all the of the territory the group ding sexual enslavement ther death and suffering. “against the Yazidis, in- Christianity - has been powers in the region.” once held in Iraq and of girls while young Yazi- About 5,000 Yazidi men cluding the crime of ge- repeatedly persecuted by The IS attack on Sinjar Syria, according to the di boys are forced to fight were killed by IS when nocide, are ongoing.” It successive governments in August of 2014 in part coalition. for IS. AP thu 04.08.2016

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n Emirates flight from India with 300 people Emirates airliner with 300 on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport yesterday,A sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting onboard crash lands in Dubai all traffic at the Middle East’s bu- siest airport. Authorities said all passengers were evacuated sa- “I was shocked when I heard Gulf nations come from Kerala, fely. However, according to BBC, about that,” he said. which is a popular beachside tou- one firefighter died while trying ap photo The Boeing 777 departed Thi- rist destination. to extinguish the flames. ruvananthapuram at 10:19 a.m. Dubai International is by far the Dubai-based Emirates claimed and was scheduled to land at Mideast’s busiest airport, and is the accident happened around 12:50 p.m. local time, according the world’s busiest air hub in ter- 12.45 p.m. local time as Flight to Emirates. ms of international passenger tra- EK521 was arriving from the Thiruvananthapuram is the ca- ffic. Government-backed Emira- southern Indian city of Thiruva- pital of the southwestern Indian tes is the region’s biggest carrier, nanthapuram. state of Kerala. Many blue-collar and operates the world’s largest It confirmed there were no fa- migrant workers employed in the airline fleet of the wide-­body 777 talities and said “all passengers United Arab Emirates and other long-haul aircraft. MDT/AP and crew are accounted for and This image made from video shows smoke rising after an Emirates flight crash safe.” landed at Dubai International Airport The Boeing 777 was carrying three indonesian volcanoes erupt 282 passengers and 18 crew re would be a four-hour delay in with Associated Press journalis- , members, according to the airli- operations across its network. ts at the airport reporting that disrupting some flights ne, which had earlier provided a “Our main priority at this time the charred fuselage of the plane lower figure. is the safety and wellbeing of all appeared to no longer be bur- Eruptions at three volcanoes ullah airport in Ternate, the capi- The Dubai government’s official involved and full co-operation is ning. The top of the aircraft was in Indonesia have darkened skies tal of North Maluku province, was media office separately said that being extended to the authorities scorched brown from near the in parts of the archipelago and closed yesterday and Lombok’s all passengers were “evacuated and emergency services mana- cockpit back to its tail. Several disrupted some flights. Mount international airport was closed safely and no injuries have been ging the situation,” the carrier yellow fire trucks surrounded the Rinjani on Lombok Island near for several hours on Tuesday. The Bali, the Sinabung volcano on three mountains are among about reported so far.” said. plane. Sumatra Island and Mount Ga- 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. It said authorities were “dealing Video posted online showed Dubai resident Girisankal Gan- malama in the Moluccas chain of The archipelago of 250 million with the incident at the moment black smoke billowing from what gadhakan said his wife called islands have all erupted in the past people is prone to earthquakes and to ensure safety of all” and that looked like an Emirates jetliner him after the plane landed to tell couple of days. No one has been volcanoes because it sits along the all departures from the airport lying on its belly on the runway. him that she and their three chil- injured, but flights at two airports Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a string of had been halted until further Firefighters soon managed dren onboard had been involved have been disrupted. Sultan Bab- faults that line the Pacific Ocean. notice. Emirates predicted the- to bring the fire under control, in an accident but were safe.

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) he oice T V 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast – The Exhibition That Speaks to You 14:45 RTPi Live Time: 9am-5:30pm (Closed on public holidays) 19:00 Helena’s Shadow (Repeated) Until: November 16, 2106 Venue: Communications Museums of Macau, 19:50 Soap Opera No.7, Estrada de D. Maria II, Macao 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Admission: MOP10 21:00 TDM Talk Show Enquiries: (853) 2871 8063 21:40 The Toque 12 22:10 Helena’s Shadow Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion 23:00 TDM News - A collection of 74 bronze sculptures 23:30 Variety Time: 12pm-9pm 00:05 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) (Closed on Mondays, except public holidays) 00:40 RTPi Live Until: November 20, 2106 Venue: MGM Art Space, Macau Admission: Free Enquiries: (852) 3678 0150 cinema Holly Wells (left) and Jessica Chapman (right) Macau Giant Panda Pavilion cineteatro Time: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm daily 04 Aug - 10 Aug 2002 Police ‘concerned’ for (Except Mondays, closed on the following day Ice Age: collision course missing girls instead if a public holiday falls on Monday and no room 1 admission after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) (2D) 2.15, 4.00, 7.30 pm Police have said they are “extremely concerned” Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane (3D) 5.45 pm over the disappearance of two 10-year-old girls from their homes in Cambridgeshire. dmission Director: Mike Thurmeier, Galen Chu A : MOP10 Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are best friends, Enquiries: Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau Duration: 97min both from Soham, and were last seen at about 1830 (853) 2833 7676 BST (1730 GMT) last night. Bounty hunters_ They had been at a family barbecue at Holly’s house, room 1 and were thought to be playing in Holly’s bedroom, The Collection Exhibition of Tai Fung Tong 9.30 pm but when Holly’s parents went to check on the girls Art House Director: Shin Terra at 2030 BST (1930 GMT) they had vanished. Time: 2pm-6pm daily (Except Mondays) Starring: Lee Min Ho, Chung Hon Leung, Tang Yan, A police helicopter was carrying out an extensive Karena Ng Venue: Tai Fung Tong Art House, search of the area on Monday along with personnel Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/ English) from the nearby United States Air Force based at RAF Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro 7 Duration: 110min Mildenhall, Suffolk, and 100 local volunteers. Admission: Free Inspector Simon Causer, from Cambridgeshire DOREAMON:BIRTH OF JAPAN_ nquiries Police, said, “We are extremely concerned. “There E : (853) 2835 3537 / 2834 6626 room 2 2.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm appears to be no reason why either girl would go off and both parents are extremely worried.” Exhibition “Plis & Replis 3 Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa Duration: 97min The girls had spent the day playing together and - Works by Noël Dolla” had returned to Holly’s home in Red House Gardens, Time: 10am-7pm one piece film gold_ Soham, in the late afternoon. Since then a member Until: October 9, 2015 room 2 of the public has reported seeing them walking along nearby Sand Street at about 1830 BST (1730 GMT). enue 9.30 pm V : Tap Seac Gallery, Avenida do Conselheiro Director: Eiichiro Edo “Quite clearly they are 10-year-old girls who have Ferreira de Almeida, 95 Language: Japonese (Cantonese/ English) been missing all night and we are genuinely concer- Admission: Free Duration: 120min ned for their safety,” Inspector Causer continued. Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 “They are both small and slightly built and they are both wearing Manchester United football shirts.” Police say that Jessica had a mobile phone with her “Memories of Moments - Macau and when she went missing and engineers have traced it Lusophone African and Asian Regions in to an area of Cambridgeshire surrounding Soham. Photograph Postcards” Exhibition Attempts were made to ring it, but police believe the battery is dead or the credits have run out. Time: 10am-6pm Both girls are described as being white, about 1.37m (no admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) tall and slim. Jessica is tanned and has shoulder-len- Until: December 4, 2016 THE SHALLOWS_ gth brown hair while Holly is fair and has blonde hair. The girls are in the same class at St Andrew’s primary Venue: Archives of Macau room 3 school in Soham. No. 91-93, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de 2.15, 6.05, 7.45, 9.30 pm Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Almeida, Macau Starring: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen, Courtesy BBC News Admission: Free Sedona Legge Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 Language: English (Cantonese/ English) Duration: 86min In context one piece film gold_ Jessica and Holly’s disappearance triggered one of Britain’s room 3 biggest manhunts, involving more than 400 officers from 21 3.50 pm forces. Offbeat Director: Eiichiro Edo More than 14,000 calls were made to police in the first two Language: Japonese (Cantonese/ English) weeks of the investigation. ive ermans arrested after Duration: 120min The bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found F G almost two weeks after they went missing, hidden in a ditch flash mob spreads panic near RAF Lakenheath airbase in Suffolk. macau tower On the same day, school caretaker Ian Huntley, 28, and his girlfriend Maxine Carr, 25, who had been a teaching assistant Spanish police say they have arrested five German 04 Aug - 17 Aug women for organizing a flash mob event that sent do- in the girls’ class, were arrested in connection with the girls’ deaths. zens of people running in the streets of a northeastern suicide squad_ Huntley was convicted of both murders on 17 December 2003. tourist resort town, apparently fearing there had been 2.30,4.30,7.30, 9.30 pm Carr was acquitted of helping him, but convicted of conspiring a shooting attack. Director: David Ayer to pervert the course of justice. She was released in May 2004. A police statement yesterday said agents were called Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie A series of bureaucratic slip-ups had allowed Huntley to be to Platja D’Aro following reports of shots, which pro- Language: English (Cantonese/ English) employed working with children despite a series of previous ved to be false. Duration: 123min accusations of rape and underage sex. It said panic spread among people in restaurants The Bichard Inquiry into how this could have happened re- and bars Tuesday night when a group of people began sulted in a damning indictment of the Humberside police running and shouting while pretending to be chasing force. The Chief Constable, David Westwood, defied the Home Sec- a famous person. retary and refused to resign. He was supported by his police Police later issued social media messages explaining authority, but eventually agreed to take early retirement. the incident and clarifying there had been no shooting. Huntley’s house, where Holly and Jessica were murdered, was In a flash mob, people gather to perform an action, demolished in April 2004. normally to surprise bystanders. thu 04.08.2016 th Anniversary

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Olympics Fears about Rio Games? Don’t forget Brazilian party skills

Peter Prengaman, Rio de Janeiro chunk of the path into a moun- tain of concrete and metal. or months, fears about ap photo The lane has been shut down the Rio de Janeiro while authorities investigate. Olympics have been ho- However, there is little doubt gging the spotlight. that the engineering was defi- FThere are concerns about sa- cient or the construction was fety amid a surge of murders faulty, or a combination of both. in Rio and extremist attacks David Wallechinsky, president in Europe and the United Sta- of the International Society of tes. Polluted beaches and other Olympic Historians who will be waterways could make athletes attending the games, says the and visitors ill, and the Zika vi- last-minute completion of ma- rus has scared some competi- jor projects reminds him of an tors away. episode in Athens. If all that wasn’t enough, the On the way back from wat- state of Rio is so broke that ching a beach volleyball game, months ago it stopped paying Members of the German men’s track cycling team round the track during a training session inside the Rio Olympic Velodrome his wife and son got stuck in a thousands of public employees; in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday newly-built metro train. It was Angry police have periodically over 90 degrees and the doors been greeting tourists in the The run up to 2008 Games in ts to exotic fish plucked from the mes while impeached President were not working, so several international airport with signs Beijing put a spotlight on au- Amazon River. Dilma Rousseff, suspended for men pried them open. that say, “Welcome to hell!” thoritarianism and extreme air “No one throws parties like alleged fiscal irregularities in When Wallechinsky looked If history is a guide, however, pollution in China. In Athens Brazil,” said Denis Eduardo, a her managing of the budget, into it he was told: “We just a focus on the problems is all 2004, there were myriad ques- 34-year-old travel agent from stays home. inaugurated it yesterday.” part of the script in the run up tions about whether the venues Sao Paulo traveling to Rio for Even in normal times, Brazil’s In Brazil, “are they doing this to the games. Once the com- would be done in time. the games. “People might be infrastructure is poor. Building for the metro system, the ve- petitions start, most if not all Many Brazilians feel frustra- bashing Brazil now, as if all collapses are frequent, clogged nues? Has everything been che- of the problems fade into the ted that the expectations are previous Olympics had been and pot-holed plagued stree- cked out?” he asked. background — at least for the overwhelmingly negative, espe- perfect, but it won’t be long un- ts turn traffic into parking lots Arguably the biggest fear is athletes, tourists and millions cially when the country has pul- til they are all enjoying it here.” and electricity and running wa- security. The recession has watching around the world. led off big events like the 2014 Brazil’s problems, however, go ter are not always a given, even exacerbated the already preca- Such negative coverage has a World Cup. beyond what other recent coun- in rich areas. rious situation of millions who “very simple explanation,” says They argue that such accounts tries hosting the Olympics have When the Australian dele- live in the city’s hundreds of Michael Heine, director of the don’t take into account Brazilian faced. Latin America’s largest gation complained last week slums; Armed men sometimes Center for Olympic Studies at “jeito,” or way of doing things, economy and most populous about dangling wires, bursting descend from the hills to rob Western University. which includes an easy-going nation is suffering its worst re- toilets and gas smells in the unsuspecting tourists and more “The event is about sports, but nature and a penchant for suc- cession in decades. A political Olympic Village apartments, well-to-do locals. you can’t find sporting material cessfully pulling things off at the crisis has paralyzed the country they were experiencing things After recent attacks in Orlan- because the whistle hasn’t gone last moment. And the doomsday and brought out deep polari- that are common for Brazilians. do, Florida, and Nice, Fran- yet,” said Heine. “So what else scenarios all but ignore samba zation — which could very well The April collapse of a coastal ce, Brazilian authorities have do you write about?” dancing and capoeira martial translate into large protests bike lane, an Olympics legacy gone on the offensive in recent Coverage ahead of the 2012 arts, beautiful coastlines con- during the competitions. project inaugurated with much weeks, arresting more than a Olympics in London included trasted by mountains covered The opening ceremony [on Sa- fanfare just a few months befo- dozen men who had expressed stories about terrorism fears with lush jungle, stunning sun- turday, Macau time] will highli- re, underscored how dangerous allegiance to the Islamic State and concerns about civil li- rises and sunsets, caipirinha co- ght the cloud hanging over the shoddy construction can be. group — but had done almost berties in light of increased cktails and culinary options that country: Interim President Mi- Two men plunged to their death nothing to actually plan an at- military and police presence. range from meat-eaters’ deligh- chel Temer will ring in the ga- when a big wave turned a large tack. 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NZ Formula One driver Chris Amon dead at 73

ew Zealand motor people would give up saying he was lucky to sons. That 1967 season racing driver Chris dying” while three-time have survived in one was the zenith of New

N ap photo Amon, who was conside- champion Jackie Stewart of motor racing’s most Zealand’s involvement red one of the best For- called him “one of the dangerous eras. in F1, with compatriot mula One drivers of his most skillful and natural “A lot of people say I was Denny Hulme winning generation, has died aged drivers ever to grace For- very unlucky and I suppo- the championship, and 73, his family said yester- mula One.” se in terms of results, I McLaren also racing. day. The cause of death Amon won the 1966 Le was,” Amon said. “But Ferrari’s then technical was cancer. Mans 24 hour race with one thing I do always say director Mauro Forghie- Amon competed in For- compatriot Bruce McLa- to people is that I am very ri said Amon was “by mula One between 1963 ren in a Ford GT40 with lucky to be here. I am far the best test driver I and 1976, starting 95 ra- compatriot Bruce McLa- eternally thankful to be have ever worked with. ces, taking five pole posi- ren, who was later killed in here .” He had all the qualities tions and finishing on the a racing accident. Amon’s Amon spent the first to be a world champion podium 11 times without death came shortly after four years of his F1 career but bad luck just woul- Chris Amon of New Zealand, driving his Ferrari during the South winning. the 50th anniversary of across the Lola, Lotus, dn’t let him be.” African Grand Prix in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1968 American F1 cham- that victory. Brabham, Cooper and Amon said “it was very pion Mario Andretti said Amon refuted the “un- McLaren teams before frustrating sometimes. sions right through my of success in sports cars Amon was so unlucky “if lucky’ tag which was moving to Ferrari in 1967, We were so close and yet career really […] But I did and that sort of balanced he became an undertaker, attached to his career where he spent three sea- so far on so many occa- have a reasonable amount it up a bit.” AP THE Potter script sells more than Station04.08.2016Air quality thu BUZZ2 million copies in two days Roadside 20-40 Good Not even “Hamilton” can of “Hamilton” has also been a keep up with these numbers. best-seller this year. High The script to the London stage ap photo Reviews for the “Cursed Child” Density 40-60 production “Harry Potter and book have been mixed, but the Residental the Cursed Child Parts One and new Potter has topped the bes- Good Two” sold more than 2 million t-seller lists of Amazon.com and Area opinion print copies in North America in Barnes & Noble.com and brou- its first two days of publication, ght in readers nationwide over c e: ds m g Ambient 40-60 Scholastic announced yesterday. the weekend for midnight par- Good sour Girl About Globe That’s well below the 8.3 finale for her fantasy series. ties celebrating the release. Linda Kennedy million copies sold in 2007 But it’s still among the fastest- Several previous Rowling for the first day of “Harry Po- selling works in history and a books also reached high on the tter and the Deathly Hallows,” remarkable number for the Amazon and Barnes & Noble lis- WORLD BRIEFS Stop Umbrella Thief! J.K. Rowling’s then-presumed script to a play. A text edition ts in recent days. PAKISTAN-INDIA How about a new Olympic event? Asian Hundreds of Pakistanis Umbrella Throwing. It would be similar to the rallied in Islamabad javelin, but brollies would be hurled. Skill in against the imminent visit this sport could defend Hong Kong and Macau of India’s interior minister, Despite pledges, 1 Rajnath Singh, claiming against the Japanese trend of umbrella theft. the predominantly Muslim Here’s the problem. An umbrella loan sche- region of Kashmir, now me was set up on the island of Hokkaido in million Syrian refugees divided between the two Japan. Visitors and locals could pick up brollies countries, belongs to at stands around town. ‘Return it when you’re Pakistan. done’, said a sign. But around 900 of the 1000 are out of school CAMBODIA A truck transparent, branded brollies were never seen again. The loan program was put in place as a transporting Cambodian garment workers to their tourist venture – so some thought the culprits said donors had “broken factory crashed yesterday, were foreigners. Tourists denied it. Hokkaido their promises.” injuring 33 people, 12 remains stumped. ap photo In Lebanon, more than of them critically, the Whoever burgled the brolly stands, think half of the nearly 500,000 government said. of the consequences if this conduct were to The accident occurred in school-age Syrian refugee the western province of spread. Japan is one of the cool countries of children receive no formal Asia. Their trends are coveted, copied and Kampong Speu. The truck education, according to crashed when the driver tried seen every day here on the streets of Hong Human Rights Watch, des- to evade another truck that Kong and Macau. So, as typhoons threaten pite reforms allowing over- had driven across the road. and tropical storms are forecast to skirt these burdened public schools to shores, it seems right to raise the important run two shifts a day. issue of pilfering another’s protection against

Many Syrian refugee fa- ap photo the rain. milies have no choice but to Actually having an umbrella when the rain put their children to work descends is a triumph. Having one, then lea- Syrian refugee children sit on the ground as they listen to their teacher to help meet basic expenses ving it at the door of a café, to return and find inside a tent that has been turned into a makeshift school in a country with few social someone has taken it heralds not just bad hair protections and tight mo- French President that day but a frightening future. A future which chools in the Mid- as refugees with the United vement restrictions. Chil- Francois Hollande has might hold umbrella locks. Railings to tie your Sdle East are facing ma- Nations, the world body dren who do go to school strongly criticized U.S. umbrella to. Or waiver agreements that the 7-11 says. Most live in neighbo- presidential candidate jor budget shortfalls ahead face difficulties with new Donald Trump, saying will make you sign to release them from res- of the new academic year, ring Turkey, Lebanon and curriculums, and many ponsibility should your brolly vanish whilst you some of the things the leaving some 1 million Jordan as they wait for suffer from post-trauma- Republican does make popped in for a Twix. Or it might lead to more ex- Syrian refugee children an opportunity to return tic stress disorder or other him sick. “Some excesses pensive iUmbrellas that have biometric security out of school, according home. psychosocial problems. make your stomach turn, features which, if no identification is made as to a report published by In February, the interna- “The schools accept Syrian even in the United States, the umbrella is erected, trigger an embedded Theirworld, an internatio- tional community pledged refugees, but the children especially when — as version of Siri to shout ‘Stranger Danger’. did Donald Trump — he nal children’s charity. USD1.4 billion in school don’t adapt. They register speaks ill of a soldier, of If umbrella theft is rife, what then of law and The five-year-long Syrian funding for host nations at but then they drop out,” said order? Given the lack of popularity of Hong the memory of a soldier,” war has placed huge strain a London donor conference Najah Kherallah Jomaa, a Hollande said yesterday. Kong police, and the association between on the region’s school sys- but less than $400 million refugee from Syria’s Aleppo umbrella and democracy, I can’t see the city tems, forcing neighboring of that has been fulfilled, living in a settlement in the GERMANY Nazi SS setting up a unit called the Umbrella Police countries to depend on Theirworld estimates. That Lebanese town of Bar Elias. leader Heinrich Himmler’s anytime soon. Perhaps, then, vigilante groups multi-billion dollar grants leaves a funding gap of $1 day planner reinforces The report by Theirworld historians’ views of to tackle with impunity anyone seizing a brolly from donor nations to meet billion. warns of a “lost generation” from outside a shop? Most of the umbrellas in how mass murder was education needs. Kevin Watkins, the author of Syrians if determined institutionalized and Asia are the long ones, after all. They’re practi- There are 2.5 million of the report, which was steps are not taken to ensu- routine in Adolf Hitler’s cally spears. ‘Stop umbrella thief! Or I will pier- Syrian children registered published late Tuesday, re school access for all. AP Germany. Bild newspaper ce you!’ It’s here where early signs of promise this week has been in Asian Umbrella Throwing could emerge. publishing excerpts from Sporting scouts would spot a good arm and the calendar, which was a long throw, and train up talented girls and found in a Russian archive boys who might one day turn in an Olympic in 2013 and is being The prepared for publication performance, and ultimately ensure themsel- Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang next year. ves and others medal-winning hair. (Preferably decisive moment gold, not silver.) Venezuela’s President I also note the threat goes wider. As a Brit, I‘m Nicolas Maduro named unhappy about potential post-Brexit bi-lateral new ministers in a agreements with Japan. What if this were to Tuesday night shakeup of his cabinet, replacing open the way for Japanese trends to get taken a pro-market reformer up in the UK? A precedent for umbrella theft in on his economic team perennially rainy Britain is something women and appointing a military might go to war over. And who is in charge in general indicted by the the UK, and also Scotland? Exactly. Theresa U.S. for drug trafficking to May and Nicola Sturgeon. Future students head the Interior Ministry. may study these times to trace the roots of the Burundi’s government notorious ‘Battle of the Brolly’. Women will tell has rejected the proposed their granddaughters of sodden hair injuries, deployment of up to 228 sustained as trenches – the raincoat kind – ine- United Nations police to xplicably rarely have hoods. (But we Brits wou- the East African nation ld be no good at Asian Umbrella Throwing. In to monitor human rights the UK, people carry shorty umbrellas. Handy abuses and calm more as truncheons if the vigilante thing takes off, than a year of violence. The announcement follows but with little potential for impressive throws.) a U.N. Security Council I realize it’s short notice for ‘track and field’ The transit elevated bus TEB-1 pictured this week during a road test in Qinhuangdao, north China’s resolution authorizing to be expanded into ‘track and field and rain Hebei Province. The 22-meter-long, 7.8-meter-wide and 4.8-meter-high TEB-1 can carry up to 300 such a force amid reports protection’ to include Asian Umbrella Throwing passengers. The passenger compartment of this futuristic public bus rises far above other vehicles on of serious rights abuses, in the Rio Olympics, but next time? the road, allowing cars to pass underneath. including against the opposition.