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WORLD BRIEFS HKZMB Day One ap photo People queue to cross Malaysia-Thailand Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met yesterday with Thailand’s leader and discussed peace talks longest sea bridge P2-3 FULL COVERAGE, OPINION in Thailand’s southern border provinces where a Muslim separatist insurgency has been raging for over a decade. marques renato

Cambodia A former prison chief for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime who has been sentenced to life in prison has been hospitalized with serious respiratory problems.

North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un’s summits with the presidents of South Korea and the United States have not changed his country’s abysmal human rights record, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the isolated Asian nation said. ap photo

India Government forces killed two rebels during a gunbattle on the outskirts of disputed Kashmir’s main city yesterday, sparking violent anti-India protests by residents, police said.

Pakistan has negotiated a USD6 billion assistance package of loans and Abe vows to bolster deferred payments from Saudi Arabia in hopes of resuscitating its flagging economy, struggling ties with China day under the weight of a whopping $18 billion deficit. P9 More on backpage before Beijing trip 25.10.2018 thu

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HKZMB Fast border checks impress first bridge users

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he Macau and Zhuhai sides zhu Julie Tof the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge have almost com- bined the Macau immigration control and mainland China immigration control into one single procedure, as the gover- nment authorities on both sides produced a new cooperative me- thod. Yesterday, at 9 a.m., the bridge officially opened to the public. The government led a group of journalists who visited the HKZMB Macau port before 9 a.m. At the departure hall, inside each cell, four police officers, Border inspection Queue prior to the opening of the bridge including two from the Macau immigration authority, and two ckpoints back to more than ten shocking and that […] our coun- ded by representatives of the from the mainland China’s im- years ago and the checkpoints as try is really strong,” said Ren. Public Security Police Force migration authority, sat toge- they are now,” said Cheng. The Shenzhen resident said (PSP), the Macau Customs Ser- ther, separated only by a half “[We] need only one docu- I especially he, in the future, would choose vices, and the HKZMB Macau door. ment to cross the two borders. asked for a to travel to Macau from Hong port management bureau, as of This original style of passport This should be the first time in Kong by bus rather than by fer- 4 p.m. yesterday, 8,619 crossin- control caused several people to the world. I want to see how fast day off to ry. gs were recorded at the HKZMB forget to pass their travel docu- it is,” said Cheng, remarking According to the driver of the Macau port. More than 7,000 of ment to the next immigration that “locals still need to line up come to try the first Hong Kong-Macau shutt- these crossings were made be- control officers, whether main- in order to cross both borders. le bus, driving on the HKZMB tween Hong Kong and Macau, land or Macau, depending on However, now the immigration new control is no different from driving el- while the rest took place be- whether these passengers are checking can be done simulta- checkpoint. sewhere. However, the driver tween Zhuhai and Macau. coming to or leaving Macau. neously.” Cheng said that the view along the bri- As of 3 p.m. yesterday, 46 cars It takes approximately one mi- Moreover, passengers need First user of the Macau Port dge is “very pretty.” of all types entered Macau, whi- nute, and less in most cases, for just to go through one security According to statistics provi- le 59 left the city. a person to cross from Macau check on the Macau side when When expressing his opinions territory to Zhuhai territory. they cross over to Zhuhai, with regarding the instructions, A man surnamed Cheng was the same situation applying on Cheng said that they “could be a the very first to enter the Macau the Zhuhai side. This means that bit clearer. Had I not been here connection to shenzhen would be good Port. He was also the first arri- Macau will perform the security last night, I would have entered for macau ho says ving at the manual checkpoints. check on the Macau side of pas- [at] the wrong entrance,” admi- , Cheng asked for a day off from sengers who enter Zhuhai, while tted Cheng. THE CHAIRMAN of the Leg- HKZMB means “Macau has one his work to attend the HKZMB Zhuhai will perform the security Regarding the bus experience, islative Assembly, Ho Iat Seng, more backyard garden,” as people opening. check on the Zhuhai side of pas- one of the passengers onboard believes that “it would definitely can now enter Hong Kong by the “I especially asked for a day sengers who enter Macau. the first bus from Hong Kong to be a good thing for Macau” if bridge. When commenting on the off to come to try the new con- Macau residents should use Macau, who was surnamed Ren the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau HKZMB, Ho further considered trol checkpoint. More than ten their mainland China home and a Shenzhen resident, paid a Bridge (HKZMB) had another that “it is unreasonable to just years ago, when the Border Gate permit to cross from Macau to visit to Hong Kong particular- branch connecting to Shenzhen. talk about the investment and opened, I was also the first one Zhuhai, and should use their ly in order to be one of the first According to a report by Macao traffic flow, it should be the over- crossing. I wanted to compare Macau ID to cross from Zhuhai tourists to use the HKZMB. Daily News, Ho said that the all benefit.” the differences between the che- to Macau. “I felt that it [the bridge] was

HKZMB from an infectious disease to return to their place of or radiation overdose and departure to receive me- decide to continue with dical treatment at their Macau, Zhuhai begin cooperative entering Macau are pas- place of origin. This ar- sed to the Health Bureau rangement does not apply of Macau for follow-up to travellers who have no health quarantine model action. The same arran- symptoms of fever or ra- gement is applied in the diation overdose. ealth quarantine morning, according to a ckpoint between Zhuhai del, the health quarantine reverse situation as the The quarantine arran- Hfacilities at the Hong statement from the local and Macau, authorities in department in Zhuhai car- Health Bureau of Macau gement for passengers Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bri- government. both cities are conducting ries out the quarantine pro- carries out the quarantine travelling between Macau dge were well equipped To facilitate joint ins- a quarantine process for cess for travellers as they process for travellers as and Hong Kong remains and prepared to admi- pections for the one-stop departing travellers, in depart for Macau, as requi- they depart for Zhuhai. unchanged, in that both nister services starting border crossing operation accordance with a signed red by the Macau SAR. Outbound travellers suf- parties carry out quaranti- from the commencement model implemented at memorandum. Any travellers who are fering from fever or radia- ne processes for travellers of operations yesterday the bridge’s border che- According to this new mo- suspected to be suffering tion overdose may choose upon entry.

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A bridge alone can’t unify Drivers note benefits but Hong Kong with China still ‘a lot to improve’ David Fickling, Bloomberg What’s the most important bit of infrastructure to connect an international metropolis like China’s Pearl River Delta? A demolished border post. For all the excitement around the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge yesterday, that’s renato marques renato probably the best lesson to draw from Beijing’s plan to draw Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Don- gguan, Foshan and other cities into a single mega- lopolis. As my colleague Nisha Gopalan wrote last month, “Build it and they will come” is a lot easier said than done. Take one model for the new link, the Oresund bridge and tunnel that’s joined Denmark’s capital Copenhagen to Malmo in southern Sweden since 2000. Like its Chinese equivalent, the 40-kilometer link opened with high hopes for turning two cities into one combined region. But even after Copenhagen’s housing boom drove some Danes to cheaper pro- perty in Sweden, these days there are just 19,000 cross-border commuters — about 1 percent of the region’s 1.8 million-strong labor force. Integration has been losing steam in recent years, according to a 2013 OECD paper. Oresund is probably the best-case scenario for the 55-kilometer Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. There are six or so key barriers to this sort of inte- gration working: distance and cost; language; cul- First bus arriving to Macau from Hong Kong First car arriving to Macau from Hong Kong ture; legal differences; security worries; and formal border checks. Only the first two really hinder move- ment between Denmark and Sweden, but the Pearl Renato Marques sident named Sun, when second car arrived. Inside, He also revealed he was River Delta is divided by almost everything except questioned by the media the driver named Wu said doing the trip for the first the Cantonese language — and even there, outside he Hong Kon- about the procedures to Hong Kong was his desti- time as an experience. “I Hong Kong and Macau the lingua franca is increa- g-Zhuhai-Macau obtain a license to circula- nation. When questioned don’t know exactly where singly Mandarin written in simplified characters. Bridge (HKZMB) te through the new bridge, as to his opinion about the the arrival point in Hong Border checks are probably the most significant opened yesterday said, “The procedures are bridge, he said, “I think Kong is and how to get the- barrier. Consider Singapore and the neighboring Ma- Tto the traffic of vehicles not easy and it’s necessary this bridge is very good, re.” laysian city of Johor Bahru. The city-state manages and passengers connecting to deliver several docu- although I think the quota A few minutes later, at the to build and maintain so many sparklingly clean buil- the three cities after Tues- ments from different par- [settled] of 300 vehicles bridge arrival checkpoint, dings largely thanks to a migrant army of as many as 300,000 Malaysians who cross the causeway linking day’s official inauguration ties, from Hong Kong and [for Macau] is too little.” the first vehicle incoming the countries each day on foot or scooter. by Chinese President Xi also from [the] mainland. Wu also noted that the from Hong Kong crossed That mass daily migration is aided by relatively light Jinping. But it’s reasonable.” expiration period of the the border successfully. passport controls and a distance of just 1 kilometer The clock marked 9.15 Sun said he intended to license of just one year is Right behind it, a second between the two sides — but despite the dreams a.m. when the first vehi- use the bridge often for also very short and that vehicle also from the same of property developers, it’s overwhelmingly a mo- cle from the Macau side business-related purposes the licenses should be valid neighboring region expe- vement of low-income workers servicing a richer approached the immigra- such as participating in for a longer period, like in rienced a few issues that neighbor, rather than a genuine bilateral integration. tion checkpoint on the way business meetings in both Hong Kong where they are led to a longer wait. Singaporeans are hardly queuing up to move: Just to the city of Zhuhai. Hong Kong and Zhuhai. valid for a period of three Talking to the media, the 1,346 availed themselves of a Malaysian program The driver, a Macau re- A few minutes later the years. driver named Chan explai- granting special visas to foreign property buyers in its first 15 years. ned, “I was stopped here Even that scale of movement seems unlikely in the waiting to enter [Macau] Pearl River Delta. There is resistance to immigration because I had made the among the population in Hong Kong, a former British Macau residents call for more booking for the parking lot colony whose freedoms have been eroded since it starting at 10 a.m. and sin- returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Besides information and better connections ce the trip took me only 30 concerns that new arrivals will dilute local culture minutes to complete I arri- and undermine Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous sta- t the departures and arrivals hall the ferry [trips] are not smooth and I get ved a bit too early,” he said, tus, the city has its fair share of plain old prejudice Aof the artificial island where the dizzy and nauseous. With the bus I think noting that for this reason toward “mainlanders.” immigration checkpoint is located, [it] is better, I feel more confident,” he he had to wait before pro- Migration is a fraught topic in local politics, with even the 150-a-day cap on one-way permits from many people were seen walking around added, although he noted, “one problem ceeding into Macau. the mainland regularly raising hackles. Rightly or seeking novelties and getting to know I think is also the lack of connectivity Although the traffic on the wrongly, a situation in which Hong Kong saw a Johor the venue. from the bridge to Hong Kong city.” bridge registered during -style army of guest workers arriving every day via Several of them told the Times that “I think they should improve that so we the first hours of operation Shenzhen and Zhuhai would be perceived by many they didn’t plan to travel to any of the could get a bus here and reach the city was slow, it was possible to locals as the end of “one country, two systems.” neighboring cities on this day but, ins- with less hassle. Now it is not like that, verify a few private vehi- That’s the best reason to doubt the dream of wider tead, to learn more and get to know it only goes to Lantau [Island],” Ian said. cles as well as coaches and integration in the Pearl River Delta. If it did come more about the venue and procedures Problems with connectivity, but this shuttle buses using the in- about — in 2047, when Hong Kong’s special status for a future travel opportunity. time to the Macau peninsula, were also frastructure. Most of tho- is due to expire, or sooner — the resulting unification Among them was a resident named Ian, a topic of discussion at the bus stops of se were travelling without of economic and political systems would probably be who aired concerns about the return trip the new bus routes 101X and 102X, with any passengers as they driven by the brute force of Beijing, rather than any burning homegrown desire. Many locals and outsi- were said to be doing some from Hong Kong, saying, “I don’t know many residents who decided to visit the ders would consider it the end of Hong Kong. exactly how it works; I’m concerned that departure/arrival hall of the HKZMB trial runs to test the system A vision in which people commute seamlessly if I go to Hong Kong I cannot be certain complaining of the long wait for a bus as well as travel times and between Shenzhen, Guangdong and Hong Kong to have a return trip to Macau. That’s a that would take them back to the penin- conditions. seems as far away as one in which they criss- bit scary.” Ian noted that at the ticket sula. It was 10 minutes past 10 cross the transnational U.S.-Mexican border cities counter, the staff representing bus ope- “It takes too long,” a man said. “The- a.m. when the first passen- of San Diego-Tijuana and El Paso-Juarez without rators were only selling one-way tickets. re are a lot of buses stopped right there ger bus with Hong Kong passport checks. Just this week, President Do- “I think this bridge is very pretty and [across the bus parking] but they have visitors arrived at the che- nald Trump promised to send in troops to stop mi- it’s much better. I’m always afraid of get- no drivers inside and we are waiting in ckpoint, a moment celebra- grants crossing the frontier. Borders aren’t going ting unwell during the ferry trips. Some- this long line already for a long time,” he ted by the passengers chee- down in the world of 2018. Quite the opposite. times when the weather is not that good complained. ring at the bus windows. 25.10.2018 thu

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Civil Servants association calls for Industry hopes to bring coffee 5pct salary increase The Macau Civil Servants Association culture to universities is calling on the government to increase the salary of civil servants by five percent Julie Zhu The top three contestants in 2019. A group of ten members from will be entitled to represent the association visited the government forum named "Macau Macau at the final competi- headquarters to express their opinions AEnterprises Immersing in tion in Guangzhou held from regarding next year’s policy address. the Greater Bay Area" and the November 15 to 18. According to lawmaker Pereira Coutinho, Yunnan Coffee Cup 2018 – Tong also explained to the the association hopes that cash handouts China Brewers Championship Times that Macau is looking can be increased to MOP12,000; in Macau were held this week forward to promoting the subsidies given to the elderlies can at the Macau Trade and In- local specialty coffee, the increase to MOP10,000; and social vestment Promotion Institute brewing techniques and the security fund retirement pensions can (IPIM). development of coffee cultu- reach MOP5,000. The association also Young local ventures such as re in colleges and universi- urged the government to build eight Seng Pan International Limi- ties. public houses in the future. ted and Father Tong Tea In- By providing a communica- dustrial Co. Ltd, were invited tion channel for coffee lovers Ho Chio Meng to share their experience and and an event to broaden the knowledge. vision for university studen- dismissed from his After the forum, an official ts about the coffee industry, the organizers hope that the coffee-brewing competition, Jessica Tong position organized by China Coffee competitors will step into the League (CCL), was held. international coffee brewing Macau’s former top prosecutor, Ho More than 20 students from The industry competition is “This brewing competition platform in the future. Chio Meng, has been dismissed from the University of Macau and held in accordance with inter- is hosted in Macau for the Tong hopes that university his position, according to a dispatch national standards. very first time, […] with the students can have a higher published on the Official Gazette. the City University of Ma- degree of happiness by adop- Ho Chio Meng has been sentenced to cau participated in the coffee Jessica Tong, managing di- aim of promoting the coffee jail for 21 years as a result of 1,092 brewing competition. rector of Seng Pan Interna- brewing culture in Macau and ting a “coffee culture.” convicted accusations in total. Before Yunnan Coffee Cup 2018 – tional Limited, told the Times the coffee culture in universi- Speaking about Macau’s co- Ho was convicted to a jail sentence, China Brewers Championship that this is the first time that ties,” Tong told the Times. ffee industry, Tong said that, he served as an assistant prosecutor. is under the guidance of the the Chinese coffee brewing According to Tong, the com- currently, Macau imports According to Macau’s law, if a person Yunnan provincial depart- competition has been held petition also aims to provide most of its coffee from Brazil, involved in a dismissal decision is a ment of agriculture, China in Macau, and also said that an international standard and that in January 2019, the prosecutor, then the dismissal has to be Coffee League, and the Guan- this competition is one of the platform to share knowledge local coffee industry is expec- reported to and approved by the central gzhou Vocational School of most important in the coffee amongst all coffee lovers in ting to strengthen coffee tra- government. Tourism and Business. industry in China. Macau. de with East Timor.

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isitor arrivals totaled cent respectively. Meanwhile, to keep internal Vto 2,561,274 in Septem- visitors from the United Sta- ber, up by 3 percent year-on tes (13,448) and the United -year but down by 24.7 percent Kingdom (4,108) registered month-to-month, according year-on-year increases, whe- structure and decoration to information released by the reas those from Australia Statistics and Census Service (6,614) and Canada (4,326) he rebuilding plan (DSEC). Meanwhile, overni- decreased. for the Red Market ght visitors (1,408,326) and According to DSEC, in the proposes to retain same-day visitors (1,152,948) first nine months of 2018, the market’s inter- grew by 1.9 percent and 4.4 visitor arrivals totaled to Tnal characteristics, according percent respectively year-on 25,813,264, up by 8.3 per- to the plan’s details revea- -year. The average length of cent year-on-year; overnight led this week by the Urban stay of visitors increased by visitors (13,612,547) and sa- Planning Committee. 0.1 days year-on- year to 1.4 me-day visitors (12,200,717) The Red Market is one of days, with that of overnight grew by 7.7 percent and 9 the items listed by the city’s visitors rising by 0.2 days to percent respectively. The cultural heritage protection 2.4 days. The average length average length of stay of vi- law. The planning draft pro- of same-day visitors stayed at sitors increased by 0.1 days poses dividing the red street 0.2 days. year-on-year to 1.3 days, with market building and its sur- Visitors from mainland Chi- that of overnight visitors (2.2 rounding buildings into two na increased by 5.7 percent days) rising by 0.1 days and areas. year-on-year to 1,820,269 in that of same-day visitors (0.2 The Red Market’s architec- September, while those tra- days) remaining unchan- ture is to have its full façade velling under the Individual ged. Analyzed by country or preserved, and no height in- Visit Scheme rose by 10.3 place, visitors from main- crease will be allowed. the market will be restricted terest. This market opened in percent to 788,426. Main- land China (18,221,155) and All internal characteristics, to their current height. 1936, selling vegetables and land visitors came primarily Taiwan (803,987) rose by including the space arran- The public can submit their other fresh food supplies. from Guangdong Province 13.3 percent and 0.2 percent gement and the decorations, opinions on the draft until The two-story brick buil- (719,062) and Hunan Pro- respectively year-on-year, are required to be kept. November 6. ding is symmetrical in layout, vince (91,921). Visitors from while those from South Ko- In addition, the current The Red Market is classified has a clock tower in the mid- South Korea (58,246), Hong rea (607,701) and Hong Kong characteristics of the fences as an immovable property in dle and a watchtower in every Kong (444,005) and Taiwan (4,545,754) dropped by 5.7 should also be maintained. Macau under the category of corner. It is a typical example (82,999) dropped by 4.4 per- percent and 2.4 percent res- All buildings surrounding buildings of architectural in- of modern architecture. cent, 1.6 percent and 3.7 per- pectively.

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GTEF 2018 with the regions’ local food. “This is really beautiful but Brazil, Argentina, also we also need to take care to innovate because if partner countries we don’t make this relevant Empowering local for contemporary audien- of GTEF 2019 ces, it will also fail. The you- ng people are happy to have authentic, traditional [cui- he Global Tourism Economy Forum communities vital sines] but they also want Tcame to a close yesterday, announcing the elements of innovation that Argentina and Brazil will be its Part- and surprise. And that’s the ner Countries next year, while Jiangsu will for tourism boost story they are telling,” Dodd be the Featured Chinese Province of the added. forum. Meanwhile, director of the The closing ceremony yesterday at MGM Lynzy Valles Macao Government Tou- Cotai was attended by Secretary for Social rism Office, Maria Hele- Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, the newly ourism has na de Senna Fernandes, delegated UNWTO Tourism Ambassador, transformed from echoed the same sentimen- Pansy Ho, and Edmund Ho, vice-chairman an attraction to ts, adding that it aims for of the Chinese People’s Political Consulta- an experience and all sectors in the region to tive Conference, amongst others. Tnow to an emotion. Thus, move forward by combining Under the theme “Strategic Partnership tourism entities are aiming gastronomy. in a New Era, Rising Momentum for a Sha- to build an “emotional con- red Future”, the two-day event featured nection” through gastro- a series of discussions and exchange ses- nomy and destinations in sions, as well as business matching activi- their region. ties and an exhibition, among other pro- For UNESCO, it highli- People are gram highlights. ghts that the organization becoming The last day of the forum featured key- wants to change the phase notes on “Tourism Development in the of travel, considering that detached Greater Bay Area” and “Building a Travel perhaps it has evolved too Ecosystem and a New Lifestyle” as well as quickly, having too many Diane Dodd (second from right) from discussion panels including one themed destinations without expe- “Greater Bay Area Session Part I – China rience. IGCAT works with regio- said Dodd. traditional Enterprises Perspective,” amongst others. According to a panel yes- nal stakeholder consor- “Promoting cultural and knowledge Sessions on Youth Leaders Roundtable terday at the Global Tou- tiums in the fields of gastro- food diversity, and the ri- Meeting in cooperation with Greater Bay rism Economy Forum nomy, culture, arts and tou- chness of that and building about their Area Youth Federation, “China Outbound (GTEF), empowering local rism, and aims to empower pride in the citizens again Tourism” in cooperation with Ivy Alliance, communities is one of the local communities by “gui- is absolutely essential, and food and “Gastronomy, Creativity, Tourism” in coo- most significant ways to fur- ding, facilitating, and su- it’s sustainable tourism that where it peration with UNESCO, were also held. ther promote local tourism, pporting leaders in regions is allowing us to do that,” A lunch presentation was also hosted by gastronomy and culture. to understand the potential Dodd added. comes from. the European Union at Grand Hyatt Ma- The president of Interna- of their distinct food, cultu- Since there has been an Diane Dodd cau to introduce the unparalleled tourism tional Gastronomy, Culture, re, arts and sustainable tou- increase in the number of attractions across Europe. Arts and Tourism (IGCAT), rism assets.” independent travelers and “Coming into the future, In Tam’s closing remarks, he noted, Diane Dodd, said that it is Dodd also emphasized 'foodies,' these sectors are it’s very important to keep “GTEF has shared new insights, explored crucial to work with the re- that the trend among you- said to become more inte- the momentum going and business opportunities and extended the gion’s different sectors to ng independent travelers is rested in elements that are […] we want to actually fo- positive impact of tourism on the eco- build together its own tou- about being given a unique described as “unique and cus people’s attention on nomy to different sectors and geographic rism legacy and to boost experience in a region they distinct.” what food has to do with regions.” building partnerships. are visiting, which implies “This is helping in the pro- our normal ways of life and He added that the SAR is looking forward “This is a great way of bui- that tourism offices shou- cess of rebuilding citizen’s really get people thinking to forging ahead with its collaboration lding momentum within a ld constantly innovate and pride in their own food cul- about it, [which] also helps with the World Tourism Organization, region, to build pride and provide new experiences ture,” Dodd explained. to preserve our culture.” combining training resources and tourism cultural food diversity and including gastronomy, des- Commenting on the Hong Fernandes presented the facilities in a bid to provide professional also to innovate on that and tinations and relationship Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bri- SAR’s work plan on the training for government and industry per- build new experiences,” she with locals. dge, Dodd noted that the Creative City of Gastro- sonnel from developing countries in the said. “Empowering local com- intercultural dialogue be- nomy during the panel. She field of tourism. “We keep hearing about munities is at the essen- tween the three regions mentioned that the applica- “In the days ahead, we will pour a greater experiences, but it’s the har- ce because we’re realizing would boost more travel tion for the UNESCO City effort into building new avenues and brid- dest part for many regions. that people are becoming and exchange. of Gastronomy had brought ges among countries and regions, and fa- So we insist on the culture detached from traditional Yet she warned that peo- the city closer, as it invited cilitate collaborative partnerships between and creative sectors being knowledge about their food ple should be careful to ba- experts from different fields the public and private sectors in the field involved,” Dodd added. and where it comes from,” lance a globalized food diet to work on the application. of tourism,” Tam pledged. LV corporate bits sands welcomes first batch of a welcome by The Parisian first hkmo express arrives at galaxy representatives presented the Macao’s Streetmosphere en- passengers with travel sets as hkzmb passengers tertainers before a reception souvenirs to mark the memora- of light refreshments in their ble occasion. honor at the Parisian ball- At about 11 a.m., the first room. HKMO Express shuttle from The several busloads of Elements arrived at Galaxy Ma- passengers arrived at The cau and were also given souve- Parisian Macao at 11 a.m., nir travel sets. after having departed ear- HKMO Express came into lier that morning from Hong operation at 9 a.m. yesterday, Kong. providing cross-border shuttle “Our warmest congratula- service with stops in Macau’s tions on the opening to traffic Central District and Cotai Strip of the HKZMB, the world’s and Hong Kong’s Shanghai Sands China Ltd. has wel- grated resort operator in longest cross-sea bridge,” Following the opening of the Diamond Lobby Entrance of Street and Elements shopping comed its first group of gues- Macau to receive guests ar- said Dr. Wilfred Wong, pre- Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bri- Galaxy Macau at 8 a.m. to wel- mall. The shuttle departures will ts to arrive via the new Hong riving from the 55-kilometre sident of Sands China Ltd. dge yesterday, come the HKMO Express shu- run from 7 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. bridge. “The opening of this mega Galaxy Entertainment Group’s ttle before its first trip to Hong every day. The guests’ arrival at The According to a statement bridge marks another miles- executives and HKMO Express Kong. Kiosks selling HKMO Express Parisian Macao makes issued by the gaming ope- tone in cross-border integra- representatives, joined by se- According to a press state- tickets are now available at Ga- Sands China the first inte- rator, the guests were given tion.” veral guests, gathered at the ment, the gaming operator’s laxy Macau and Starworld Hotel. 25.10.2018 thu

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Hong Kong Singapore Lawmaker takes loan at 18 percent interest Shoe-box rule may to buy property cheer home buyers, ust how attractive is Hong investor David Webb doesn’t JKong property? A stock ex- like it. “It’s hard to be inde- change filing from Tuesday pendent of someone who has not home builders evening shows that some peo- a mortgage on your property,” ple will continue to pay up for Webb said by email. “Investors utting an end to “shoe the chance to buy in. should not consider him to be P-box sized” apartments in Hong Kong businessman and independent, even if the stock

Singapore may be reason for bloomberg lawmaker Peter Wong Man exchange does.” residents to cheer but for deve- Kong will pay an 18 percent A non-executive director’s lopers, it could prove a double interest rate on one of three independence is more likely to whammy. loans to buy a property in Deep be questioned if the director is Already hit in July by cooling Water Bay, an area known for financially dependent on the measures that make it more ex- luxury homes. listed issuer or its units, accor- pensive to buy and redevelop The details were reported to ding to HKEX’s listing rules. older apartment blocks, home the exchange because Wong “I’d say someone who finds builders have now been told is an independent director of it necessary to borrow from a there’s a cap on the number of cooling measures. That, coupled cramped. Still, the problem is finance company Sun Hung non-bank lender at high inte- units allowed in any one pro- with the fact they now have to nowhere near as bad as in Hong Kai & Co. A unit is extending rest rates is “financially depen- ject. While the move is aimed at build larger apartments, might Kong. Last year, a developer the- the HKD155 million (USD19.8 dent” on that lender,” Webb stopping ever-smaller dwellings, force companies to lower selling re was signing up tenants for a million) of loans, making the said. for developers it may necessitate prices in order to shift stock, project with a “usable floor area” deal a “connected transaction” No comment was immediate- a pricing rethink that could dent Mak said. of about 5.7 square meters. That requiring public disclosure. ly available from Wong, who’s profitability. New guidelines on unit size, re- makes Singapore’s average of 85 Wong’s deal comes as Hong a life honorary chairman of “The July curbs put the han- leased last week, effectively trim square meters seem positively Kong’s property market, on a Hong Kong’s Chinese General dbrake on en-bloc transactions,” the maximum number of apart- spacious by comparison. bull run for most of the past 15 Chamber of Commerce and a said Nicholas Mak, head of re- ments allowed in a project by 18 Projects being launched this years, is showing signs of coo- delegate to the Chinese legis- search at real estate consultancy percent. The changes will only year probably won’t be impac- ling. While much of the money lature, according to the cham- ZACD Group Ltd. New rulings affect developments outside of ted by the new size guidelines he’s borrowing is at 7.6 per- ber’s website. He serves as on unit sizes “could actually have central areas and will come into because they would have already cent, one loan is at 18 percent independent non-executive di- a higher impact.” effect early next year, the Urban received government approval. and an installment of another rector for listed companies in- Developers in the city-state Redevelopment Authority said. But home buyers eyeing condo- loan is at 19.6 percent. cluding MGM China Holdings have to shell out almost 9 per- The measures are meant to ad- miniums coming online in 2019 While stock exchange rules Ltd. and Far East Consortium cent more for land acquisitions dress concerns that housing in might want to watch out for good allow the arrangement, activist International Ltd. Bloomberg following the latest round of Singapore is becoming ever more deals, Mak said. Bloomberg

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Trade War the world economy,” the em- bassy official said. “China’s re- turn to the path of economic re- form and sincere commitment No US high-ranking officials to to market-based trade and in- vestment norms would be good for the United States, the world and ultimately good for China.” attend Shanghai investment fair Neither Beijing or Washington has shown any sign of backing Christopher Bodeen, Beijing down, despite China reporting growth in its $12 trillion-a-year he U.S. will not send a ap photo economy slowing to a post- high-ranking official to global crisis low of 6.5 percent attend a major invest- over a year earlier in Septem- ment fair in China next ber. China’s stock market has Tmonth, an embassy official said also sagged 30 percent since yesterday, in a move undersco- January. ring worsening trade friction In response, Beijing has cut between the world’s two largest tariffs, promised to lift curbs on economies. foreign ownership of auto pro- Speaking on routine condition ducers and taken other steps to of anonymity, the official said, rev up growth. “China needs to make the ne- But leaders have refused to cessary reforms to end its un- scrap plans such as “Made in fair practices that are harming China 2025,” which calls for the world economy.” state-led creation of Chine- “The U.S. government has se champions in robotics and no current plans for high-level other technologies, seen as a U.S. government participation” major threat to the U.S. and in the expo, the official said. other advanced economies. “We encourage China to level U.S. President Donald Trump the playing the field for U.S. has also accused China of goods and services.” 130 nations. companies and unfairly de- bility of more such measures seeking to interfere in next State media reported that the The fair aims to advertise Chi- mands they hand over crucial to come. Beijing has responded month’s midterm elections, first-ever China International na’s importance as a market for technology. with its own tariff hikes on $110 while offering no proof, and Import Expo scheduled for foreign goods and recent moves The event comes as the U.S. billion of American imports. tensions have risen as well over Nov. 5-10 in the financial hub to encourage trade and invest- has raised tariffs to up to 25 “China needs to make the ne- arms sales to Taiwan and Bei- of Shanghai has attracted more ment amid accusations that it percent on USD250 billion of cessary reforms to end its un- jing’s territorial claims in the than 2,800 companies from discriminates against foreign Chinese goods with the possi- fair practices that are harming South China Sea. AP

Foes closer Ford revamps China Abe vows to bolster ties with business, hires former China day before Beijing trip Chery exec as CEO

RIME Minister ord Motor Co. has intends to move more Shinzo Abe vowed to revamped its Asian quickly and strengthen lo-

P ap photo F bolster cooperation and operations and made its cal leadership within the friendship between Ja- China business a stand-a- company. pan and China in a key lone unit, recruiting the U.S.-educated Chen policy speech yesterday head of local automaker spent the first 17 years of before making the first Chery Automobile to be its his 25-year career at Ford. official trip to Beijing by a new CEO. The company is in the Japanese leader in seven The company said yes- midst of renewing its pro- years. terday that industry ve- duct lineup in China and Abe said Japan and Chi- teran Chen Anning will has announced plans to na are both responsible replace Jason Luo, who increase local production for the region’s peace and quit earlier this year, just for both Ford and Lincoln prosperity, which he ho- months after taking over models. It has a joint ven- ped to achieve by boos- at Ford in China. ture with Zotye on small ting exchanges between The company has been electric vehicles and has them. Abe will hold talks reorganizing after losing set alliances with online with Chinese leaders Xi Abe hopes to make pro- In his policy speech, Abe ted pacifist constitution momentum as the Chinese giants Baidu and Alibaba. Jinping and Li Keqiang gress on maritime securi- also said he wants to clo- drafted by the U.S. after market slows. It said the China’s auto sales shrank during his three-day visit. ty and the contentious se unfinished World War Japan’s World War II de- restructuring was aimed 12 percent in September “Tomorrow I will visit development of undersea II diplomatic legacies by feat, though the hurdles at accelerating its return from a year earlier, the China,” Abe said. “As we gas deposits in the East also aiming to normali- to doing so remain high. to profitable growth. third straight month of de- unflaggingly exchange China Sea. They are also ze ties with North Korea Abe also pledged to ac- “Success in China is cri- clines as demand weakens summit diplomacy, I will expected to discuss North and resolving territorial cept more foreign workers tical as we reposition our as the economy cools. also deepen the exchan- Korea and the U.S.-China disputes and sign peace to tackle a severe labor global business for long- Total sales growth in the ges between the two peo- trade disputes. treaty with Russia. shortage. His government term success,” said Ford first nine months of this ples in all levels of activi- Abe opened the new “Now is the time for Ja- is preparing new legisla- President and CEO Jim year was just 0.6 percent ties from business coope- parliamentary session af- pan to sum up its postwar tion that would open up Hackett. “With today’s compared with the same ration to sports.” ter being re-elected last diplomacy and to build more jobs for foreigners actions, we are streng- period of 2017. Abe’s visit comes as the month to head his gover- the foundation of pea- in nursing, construction, thening our commitment Weak demand is a setba- two countries mark the ning party. Now 64, he ce and prosperity of the tourism, housekeeping to the China market and ck for global automakers 40th anniversary of the has been prime minister Asia-Pacific region in a and other areas. It’s a ma- reorganizing our interna- like Ford that are looking Treaty of Japan-China since December 2012 and new era,” he said. jor shift for a country that tional markets to streng- to China to drive revenue Peace and Friendship, is determined to remain He also touched on his has long resisted having then their performance.” and are spending heavily and follows Li’s visit to Japan’s leader for three foremost ambition of more non-Japanese resi- By having a separate Chi- to develop models for lo- Japan in May. more years. revising the U.S.-draf- dents. AP na business, the company cal tastes. AP 25.10.2018 thu

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LEON METRO LIVE OCTOBER 27, 2018

ONG Kong ‘Heavenly King’ Leon Lai will bring October to Ha close with a bang with Leon Metro Live on October 27. Having performed over 400 concerts, Lai, brings to the Cotai Arena a series of his freshly rearranged hits – some with a Broadway theme – brought to life with state-of-the-art audio- visual equipment on an open stage. The show promises a spec- tacular live experience for Lai’s many fans across the region. Lai rose to fame as one of the Cantopop ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Hong Kong – a nickname for the other SAR’s four SANDS most popular male singers in the 1990s – and has gone on to release numerous best-selling records and movies, as well as philanthropy and community work on the side. ENTERTAINS JEFF CHANG【CONTINUUM】 A NEW ERA OF LIVE SHOWS NOVEMBER 3, 2018

ESS than a week after Leon Lai completes his stint at the Cotai LArena, Taiwanese balladeer Jeff Chang will fill the void with Jeff Chang World Tour【Continuum】In Macao on November 3. The Mandopop star described his latest global tour as a showcase of his hopes and dreams for himself and the world. Chang, 51, has gone on record as being remarkably hands-on with the planning of his latest tour, from concept and performance to stage design, costuming and even the set list – which includes songs he has never performed live. Chang’s melodious countertenor voice has earned him the nick- name ‘Prince of Love Ballads’ among Chinese audiences. He debu- ted in 1989 and has since recorded a slew of successful albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. In 2016, he participated in the fourth season of Chinese reality show “I Am a Singer”, where he fi- nished as runner-up.

JANE’S SECRET NOVEMBER 10, 2018

EXT up is Chengdu-born singer-songwriter Jane Zhang, who will Nappear at the Cotai Arena on November 10. Famed for her whistle register, Zhang, has crafted the Jane’s Secret 2018 World Tour around the ideas of magic and mystery, which promises a mystical and surreal experience for concert-goers. Macao is the last stop in the Asian leg of Zhang’s world tour, after which she will perform in the USA and Aus- tralia. WANG LEEHOM Zhang’s career began when she came in third at the Chinese singing contest ‘Super Girl’ in 2005, beating almost 120,000 others who au- DESCENDANT OF THE DRAGON ditioned. She released her first album ‘The One’ in 2006 and subse- DECEMBER 1, 2018 quently recorded the theme song for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olym- pics. She appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009 and later be- ALENTED singer-songwriter Wang Leehom will came the first Chinese singer to perform on the Victoria’s Secret stage. Tperform his Wang Leehom Descendants of the Her single ‘Dust My Shoulders Off’, produced by US artist Timbaland, Dragon 2060 World Tour in Macao at The Venetian® has had more than 14 million YouTube views and reached top five on Macao’s Cotai Arena on Dec. 1, 2018. One of the most iTunes, another first for a Chinese artist. highly anticipated tours of recent years, the new show is a combination of live action performance and multi- media musical. Featuring the production team from the Grammys, it is a massive technical achievement, with a unique sci-fi stage set in the form of a huge spaceship, sophisticated LED lighting, holograms, animated mo- KENNY G WORLD TOUR vies and superb choreography. NOVEMBER 16, 2018 Wang says Descendants of the Dragon 2060 World Tour in Macao represents the future of Chinese ethnicity NE of the world’s greatest living musicians is on his way to Macao – and it’s none and tradition, and will transport his fans to a brave new Oother than legendary saxophonist Kenny G, here for the Kenny G World Tour world of love, peace and equality. Every 12 years when 2018. Fans will get to experience saxophonic magic up close and personal on Novem- the Year of the Dragon comes around, he releases a ber 16 when the acclaimed Kenny G performs at the exclusive Venetian Theatre. brand new version of the hit track “Descendants of the Kenny G, is arguably one of the modern era’s most successful musicians. A Dragon”, because he wants the song to live on with diffe- mainstay of the pop, R&B, and jazz charts during the 1980s and 1990s, his smoo- rent creative arrangements, and sing it until it is 2060. th jazz has won him 16 Grammy nominations and sold more than 75 million al- Musically the audience can expect the dynamic fusion bums worldwide. of jazz, rock, Chinese opera and blending of Western Kenny G turned professional at the tender age of 17 when he started playing in Barry and Chinese instruments Wang is renowned for. Music White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra, and later got his big break in 1986 with his fourth with a message, the Chinese-American singer-songwri- album ‘Duotones‘. Apart from his celebrated solo albums, he has collaborated with ter has always sought to raise global awareness of Chi- musical greats such as Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Aretha Franklin. nese popular music. thu 25.10.2018

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THE SECRET MUSICAL DECEMBER 14 TO 16 , 2018

HE Secret Musical is a time-travelling Tromance between two high school students who navigate their budding rela- tionship and its milestones – a piano com- petition, football match and prom night – set to over 20 of Jay Chou’s hit singles. The movie version received six nomina- tions at the 44th Golden Horse Awards, among other accolades, and was nomina- SANDS ted for ‘Best Asian Film’ at the 2008 Hong Kong Film Awards. The stage musical was adapted by a Tony Award-winning team which includes director John Rando, scriptwriter Marc Acito, choreographer Zach Woodlee and ENTERTAINS many others. It opened in 2017 to sold-out theatres in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Hangzhou, as well as Singapore in April A NEW ERA OF LIVE SHOWS this year.

MAROON 5: RED PILL BLUES MARCH 3, 2019

ORE music for Macao’s ears: Maroon 5, one of the 21st cen- Mtury’s biggest and most enduring pop acts, will perform at the Cotai Arena on March 3, 2019. With 2019 marking the 17th year since their debut album ‘Songs About Jane’, the three-time Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles band stands out in an era of one-hit wonders. Maroon 5’s hybrid rock-R&B sound has sold over 36 million albums and 48 million singles worldwide, earning the band gold and platinum certifications in more than 35 countries. Their fifth studio album, ‘V’, debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and set the re- cord for the most number-one singles in the Top 40 chart’s history. The Red Pill Blues concert shares a name with the band’s sixth album, which was released in 2017, and will draw from Maroon 5’s extensive catalogue of chart-topping singles. Some of their latest and greatest hits include ‘Sugar’, ‘Maps’, ‘What Lovers Do’, ‘Wait’ and ‘Girls Like You’ with rapper Cardi B, which have been streamed and watched billions of times on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube.

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HE family-friendly, 65-minute performance stars an Tinternational cast of almost 40 stuntmen, illusionists, skaters and dancers, teaming up to bring Macao one of the world’s most entertaining variety shows. For the performers of La Parisienne Cabaret Français, dea- th-defying stunts are just another day. The world-renowned Globe of Death segment is performed by fourth-generation cast members from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who have trained for years – starting with bicycles. The segment sees riders race inside a gigantic mesh sphere, looping vertically and horizon- YIP SAI WING tally at high speed as the globe eventually splits in two. Lovers of pair skating will appreciate the romantic Ice Ska- & PAUL WONG ting Adagio by Russians Aleksandr Popov and Elena Efaeva, DECEMBER 8, 2018 who have been performing for over four years. Both Popov and Efaeva competed at the European Championships and HOSE nostalgic for the 1980s can celebrate: Olympics; Popov won a gold medal in the Junior Olympics in Ttwo members of Hong Kong rock band Beyond Slovenia, 2003. Having performed in over 80 countries for – hailed as Hong Kong’s biggest and most success- many celebrities, their dreamlike double act includes a one ful Canto-rock band of all time – are coming to the -handed lift and a dramatic bow spin. Another hallmark of the show is the Guinness World Recor- Cotai Arena. d-winning Face Team Basketball from Budapest, Hungary, Yip Sai Wing and Paul Wong, both rock legends which sees six players jump, shoot and slam-dunk 20 baske- in their own right, are teaming up to bring Macao tballs in gravity-defying acrobatics, including a dizzying five- the Yip Sai Wing & Paul Wong Tour on December metre backflip. The team has performed for the likes of Harry 8. Yip, and Wong, will play classic anthems such Styles and the Prince of Dubai – as well as real-life basketball as “Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies”, “The Glorious stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant – and were semi-finalis- Years”, “Truly Love You” and “Amani”, which ser- ts on talent show “Britain’s Got Talent”. ved as the soundtrack for a generation. 25.10.2018 thu

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Economy Beijing’s squeezed private companies face more funding pain Tian Chen four times that of 2017. They accounted for 94 percent of all he funding squeeze for local note failures in 2018, ac- TChina’s private enterprise is cording to Bloomberg data. expected to persist, despite re- cent measures aimed at easing SHARE PLEDGING financing difficulties. The outstanding loans listed Non-state companies have firms get from pledging their borne the burden of the gover- shares - typically done by pri- nment’s two-year deleveraging vate companies - shrank for se- campaign, as the closing down ven consecutive months to 1.46 of funding channels boosted trillion yuan in August, accor- the cost of borrowing and sent ding to Moody’s Investors Ser- defaults to a record high. vice. Securities brokerages are Denied loans from mains- becoming less willing to lend, tream banks because of a lack because the value of the colla- of state support and collate- teral - listed firms’ shares - has ral, the private sector - which been dwindling quickly, as the accounts for the majority of benchmark Shanghai Compo- China’s gross domestic pro- site Index has tanked about 30 duct - has been forced to find percent from this year’s peak. other ways to obtain capital. Equity sales have also been These included turning to sha- restricted since February last dow banking, issuing bonds year when China announced and putting up shareholdings the number of stocks issued as collateral for loans. All the- in private placements can’t se avenues have become more be more than 20 percent of a inaccessible or costly at the firm’s total shares. same time as a trade war with the U.S. threatens to shrink BANK LOANS profit margins. The outstanding amount of “Because of the market loans lenders made to small slumps, many people think the- and micro businesses grew by re is no collateral that’s good part of the plan the central entrusted loans, trust loans CORPORATE BONDS just 1.9 percent in the second enough to be pledged for len- bank announced this week to and bank acceptances, shrank a Chinese corporates with ra- quarter, the slowest pace sin- ding to private companies - that support such firms, including seventh straight month in Sep- tings of AA or below, which ce official data were availab- is fatal for such firms,” said Xia a 150 billion-yuan increase in tember to the lowest since Ja- are considered junk scores that le in 2015. The PBOC cut the Le, Hong Kong-based chief financing. nuary 2017. Private companies state-backed enterprises ra- amount of cash banks need to Asia economist at Banco Bilbao The measures came after Pre- had been reliant on this fun- rely get, this year are set to ob- set aside as reserves four times Vizcaya Argentaria SA. “Many sident Xi Jinping on Sunday ding channel in recent years, as tain the least amount of funds this year. companies are already in a li- vowed “unwavering” support banks refrained from lending to through bond issuance since “Historically, Chinese banks quidity crisis, and that will sus- for non-state companies, which firms without government ba- 2010, according to data com- have been reluctant to lend to tain in the near term. China’s represent more than 60 percent cking amid a slowing economy. piled by Bloomberg. The figu- institutions without govern- economy will fare worse next of the economy and 80 percent It’s getting more difficult to re doesn’t include notes issued ment guarantees or institutions year as a result.” of employment. borrow from the non-banking by local government financing without fixed assets as collate- The People’s Bank of China Here is a look at how funding sector nowadays, as officials vehicles. ral,” said Logan Wright, a Hong plans to give 10 billion yuan channels have narrowed for have intensified a clamp-down It’s harder for them to issue Kong-based director at resear- (USD1.4 billion) to a state-ba- private firms: on the shadow banking indus- because investors, spooked by ch firm Rhodium Group, who cked insurer to provide credit try - by issuing a flurry of di- record bond defaults, become has covered China since 2006. support for debt sales by pri- SHADOW BANKING rectives on how money is bor- reluctant to buy. Private firms “It’s hard to incentivize banks” vate enterprises, people fami- Outstanding volume of sha- rowed and managed - since last have defaulted on 62 billion to lend to non-state companies. liar with the matter said. That’s dow financing, which includes year to contain financial risks. yuan of bonds so far this year, Bloomberg

Trade India is said to plan deal to boost exports to PRC ndia is devising a plan gle cotton apart from cas- and prawns, India loses its na, the person said. including the Regional imposed by China is a ma- Ito boost shipments of tor oil, menthol, granite, competitive advantage due India’s Commerce mi- Comprehensive Economic jor problem for India.” around 200 products to diamonds and glass en- to tariffs while shipmen- nistry spokeswoman di- Partnership in its bid to India has dragged its feet China and narrow the de- velopes for picture tubes ts from the Association of dn’t immediately respond boost exports to China. as RCEP doesn’t provide ficit with its biggest tra- when negotiations for ex- Southeast Asian Nations to two phone calls to her “While APTA may be a for free movement of skil- ding partner, a person pansion come up in April are allowed duty free. mobile phone. China’s Mi- good idea to pursue, RCEP led workers, a key concern with knowledge of the ma- 2019. APTA, established in nistry of Commerce didn’t is a complete package as it for New Delhi given its tter said. An analysis by Prime 1975, seeks to create a li- immediately respond to a would give access to Ja- large pool of tech workers, The plan includes Minister Narendra Modi’s beral trading regime be- fax, seeking comments. pan, Australia and other even as it opens its market seeking duty waiver on a administration shows that tween Bangladesh, India, But trade experts feel markets too apart from to a clutch of nations raft of products under the Southeast Asian nations, Laos, Korea and Sri Lanka that it is not tariff conces- China,” Amitendu Palit, known for their manufac- Asia Pacific Trade Agree- Australia, and South Ko- and China. Apart from sion alone that will help a senior research fellow turing prowess. It is facing ment, the person said, rea among others have seeking tariff concessions, India, which lags many of at the Institute of South pressure from member asking not to be identified competitive advantage the ongoing U.S. and Chi- its southeast Asian peers Asian Studies, National nations - including Japan, as the talks are still on. over India due to free tra- na trade conflict also pre- in competitiveness. Also, University of Singapore, China, Australia, New New Delhi wants China de agreements with Chi- sents an opportunity to cut India shouldn’t lose fo- said by phone. “Difference Zealand and South Korea to scrap levies on items na. In marine products, down the USD56-billion cus on other trade pacts in competitiveness level - to conclude talks by end including uncombed sin- especially frozen shrimps trade gap it runs with Chi- that are being negotiated and non-tariff barriers of 2019. Bloomberg thu 25.10.2018

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Jumpei Yasuda held by armed men, saying “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since. Tice is a former Marine who Japan confirms ID of has reported for The Washin- gton Post, McClatchy Newspa- pers, CBS and other outlets, and disappeared shortly after his 31st journalist freed from Syria birthday. Another is British photojourna- Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo list John Cantlie, who appeared in Islamic State group propagan- apan confirmed yes- ap photo da videos. Cantlie has worked for terday that a man freed several publications, including from Syria is a Japane- The Sunday Times, The Sun and se freelance journalist The Sunday Telegraph. He was Jwho was kidnapped three years kidnapped with American jour- ago and said he appears to be in nalist James Foley in November good health. 2012. The IS beheaded Foley in The man was identified as August 2014. Jumpei Yasuda, Foreign Minis- ter Taro Kono said. “We are extremely pleased that Japanese we have confirmed the safety of Mr. Jumpei Yasuda,” Kono told Embassy reporters. He said Japanese Em- bassy officials met with Yasuda officials met at an immigration center in sou- with Yasuda at thern Turkey near the border with Syria, where he has been an immigration protected since he was freed Jumpei talks in Antakya, Turkey, yesterday Tuesday. Kono said Yasuda center in appeared to be in good health. southern Turkey Yasuda was kidnapped in 2015 Asked if any ransom was paid, but was freed after Islamic clerics bearded man thought to be Ya- by al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, Suga said, “There is no fact that negotiated his release. suda said he was in a harsh en- near the border known at the time as the Nus- ransom money was paid.” His last work in Syria involved vironment and needed to be res- ra Front, after contact with him Yasuda’s parents earlier said reporting on his friend Kenji cued immediately. with Syria was lost in June that year. A war they couldn’t wait to see their son Goto, a Japanese journalist who Syria has been one of the most monitoring group said he was return home. was taken hostage and killed by dangerous places for journalists Lebanese journalist Samir Kas- most recently held by a Syrian “I was just praying for his safe the Islamic State group. since the conflict there began in sab, who worked for Sky News, commander with the Turkis- return,” his mother Sachiko Ya- Contact was lost with Yasuda March 2011, with dozens killed was kidnapped on Oct. 14, 2013, tan Islamic Party, which mostly suda, 75, told Japan’s NHK pu- after he sent a message to ano- or kidnapped. along with a colleague from comprises Chinese jihadis in blic television as she and her hus- ther Japanese freelancer on June Several journalists are still mis- Mauritania, Ishak Moctar, and Syria. band stood in front of their home 23, 2015. In his last tweet two sing in Syria and their fates are a Syrian driver while on a trip in The news of Yasuda’s release outside Tokyo, holding a “thou- days earlier, Yasuda said his re- unknown. northern Syria. came late Tuesday from Qatar, sand cranes” well-wishing origa- porting was often obstructed and Those missing include Austin In March 2014, two Spanish which helped in efforts for his mi ornament that she had added that he would stop tweeting his Tice of Houston, Texas, who di- journalists — correspondent Ja- release along with Turkey and to every day for three years. location and activities. sappeared in August 2012 while vier Espinosa and photographer other countries in the region, Yasuda started reporting on the Several videos showing a man covering the conflict, which has Ricardo Garcia Vilanova — were Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihi- Middle East in the early 2000s. believed to be Yasuda have been killed some 400,000 people. released six months after being de Suga said, thanking them for He was taken hostage in Iraq in released in the past year. A video released a month later kidnapped by an al-Qaida-linked their support. 2004 with three other Japanese, In one video released in July, a showed him blindfolded and group. AP

Australia Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations he wife of actor Geo- he saw the first of two has agreed to give eviden- fingers along her breast ffrey Rush cried as she Telegraph articles and ce. during a scene where he

T ap photo told a Sydney court yes- said: “This has destroyed Rush, during cross-exa- carried her. terday how he had wept everything.” mination earlier yester- Rush said he wanted in and curled up in the fetal He became uncharacte- day, said he might have that moment to “feel the position following news- ristically quiet, was “quite told Norvill she looked silhouette or the halo of paper allegations he had fetal at times on the bed,” “yummy” during rehear- her torso [...] that she is no behaved inappropriately couldn’t sleep and groa- sals but denied sugges- longer alive” but as he ca- toward a female co-star. ned every morning, Me- tions he’d done this while ressed down “it wasn’t at Rush himself also admi- nelaus told the court. licking his lips, sticking breast level, it was down tted to the court he may “For 11 months we’ve out his tongue and making torso level.” have described the co- been going round and groping gestures before Menelaus said her hus- star, Eryn Jean Norvill, round in circles, trying to her torso. band had been “totally as “yummy”, but denied understand why someone “Yummy has a spirit to bamboozled” about what this was accompanied by would hate us so much,” it because we are about someone could have said inappropriate hand ges- she said on day three of to go into — most of our about him when he lear- tures. the hearing. scenes together are going ned that the Telegraph Rush’s wife Jane Me- Rush, 67, denies the alle- to be very dramatic and would run their first story nelaus, who’s also an ac- gations against him, and harrowing, this is a good about the allegations. tor, wept as she appea- Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (left) and his wife Jane Menelaus argues the paper made start,” Rush said in res- She said he was cons- red in the witness box at leave the Federal Court in Sydney him out to be a pervert ponse to questions from tantly scanning the inter- Sydney’s Federal Court, and a sexual predator. defense lawyer Tom Bla- net for what people said where her Oscar-winning The Telegraph’s articles Norvill — during the Sy- The paper’s publisher, ckburn. about him, and worried husband is suing the pu- in November last year dney Theatre Company’s Nationwide News, and He denied suggestions his adult children believed blisher of Sydney’s Daily referred to an allegation production of King Lear Moran are pleading a de- he touched Norvill’s lower the articles and didn’t love Telegraph newspaper, and Rush behaved inappro- in 2015 and 2016. fense of truth and Norvill back under her shirt ba- him as much as before. its journalist Jonathon priately toward his co-s- Menelaus said Rush — who didn’t speak with ckstage and deliberate- The judge-alone trial is Moran, for defamation. tar — later revealed to be held her and cried after Moran for the articles — ly touched or moved his expected to last 13 days. AP 25.10.2018 thu

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Saddam Hussein’s eldest son Uday (right) chats with his younger brother Qusay, at a Baath party meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2001 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Middle East | The Sons of Tyrants al-Islam, had faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in trying to put down the uprising. Western forces inter- Saudi prince joins pantheon vened on the rebels’ side, with punishing air strikes that pro- ved a major catalyst to Gadhafi’s fall. In gruesome images many of incendiary Arab rulers’ sons around the globe saw almost in real-time, Gadhafi was captured Tamer Fakahany, London such an end as long as his father deluge,” he said. of Syria. The eldest son, Bassel, in his native Sirte by rebels from remains on the throne and the Here’s a look at the once, and had been groomed for the role, Misrata. They humiliated him hey rose to positions of Al Saud succession is not derai- still, feared scions from Iraq, rising in the military and praised in his death throes. When his Tunbridled power because of led. Syria, Libya and Egypt. by the Baath party. But he died son was captured he was shown their bloodline, and those who The dynamic of brutal and ava- in a car crash in 1994. When with fingers missing, purporte- fell, sometimes in a grisly man- ricious offspring is not unique UDAY AND QUSAY HUSSEIN Assad the father died in 2000 dly from an airstrike. Seif al-Is- ner, did so because of what they to the Middle East: the world’s On the eve of the U.S. invasion after ruling for 29 years, it was lam was pardoned by the Libyan had done in the family name. best-known autocratic family is of Iraq in 2003, then-President Bashar who took over. Pre-civil parliament and released in June A toxic mix of nepotism and the Kim dynasty in North Ko- George W. Bush gave Saddam war, it was thought in the West of this year. He has not been abuses rained mercilessly on the rea — one that does not look like Hussein and his sons 48 hours that he could be a useful ally seen in public since then. But a population and kleptocracy has collapsing any time soon after 70 to leave the country. They di- in the region. That all changed return to power in some form in defined several sons of the Arab years. In Africa, Congo still reels dn’t. Uday and Qusay Hussein after the brutal crackdown on a chaotically and violently divi- world’s most infamous tyrants. from the baton of power being were killed four months later Arab Spring protests accelera- ded nation cannot be ruled out. The killing of Saudi writer Ja- passed on from Laurent Kabila while on the run in a fierce firefi- ted into a ruinous civil war that mal Khashoggi in Istanbul by to his son Joseph, 10 days after ght in Mosul. Their bloated and claimed the lives of hundreds THE MUBARAK SONS agents believed to be close to he was assassinated in 2001. bloodied corpses were broad- of thousands of Syrians, dis- With Hosni Mubarak’s bles- the kingdom’s Crown Prince But it is the lives and brutal ac- cast around the world to con- placed millions internally, with sing, his sons Gamal and Alaa Mohammed bin Salman has tions of the sons of several Mi- firm their demise. Their father millions more fleeing overseas, plundered Egypt’s coffers cast him into this ruthless and ddle East dictators over the de- was captured alive, then hanged and laid waste to the country’s during their father’s decades- pitiless pantheon. cades that have made their own three years later. Before the fall, infrastructure. Assad, as far as long rule. Gamal was the one- Before global outrage caught bloody and corrupt marks on Uday was feared and reviled for the West and some Arab states time next in line but wasn’t him by apparent surprise, the their nations and well beyond. his violent, maniacal and unba- were concerned, was the chief thought of as a serious indivi- brash Prince Mohammed was They have been seared into the lanced tendencies. Tales of his culprit for the carnage wrought. dual outside his father’s most already heavily questioned in collective memory in the first cruelty were legend in a nation He was on the cusp of defeat inner circle. The brothers along many quarters for the bloody two decades of the 21st century. where the family ruled by cult and a probable demise not dis- with their father were first detai- and catastrophic war he has Jeremi Suri, a professor of of personality, repression, tor- similar to Saddam’s family. But ned two months after a popular prosecuted in Yemen, his im- history and public affairs at the ture and execution. Uday beat a Russian military support turned uprising forced the senior Mu- prisonment and shakedown of University of Texas at Austin, favored bodyguard of Saddam’s the tide in his favor. Now, with barak to step down in February other Saudi princes at home, said hereditary succession is not to death, was accused of multi- the civil war in its final phases, 2011 after 29 years in power. and his interference in Lebanese unique to authoritarian states, ple rapes, and barely survived Assad’s rule seems set to conti- The trio was later sentenced to politics by way of effectively ab- but they are more likely to be an assassination attempt that nue. three years each for embezzling ducting its prime minister. flagrantly violent in the Midd- left him with a limp. The quie- funds meant for maintenance of Notoriety in their own right le East. That’s because intense ter Qusay was thought to be Sa- SEIF AL-ISLAM (GADHAFI) presidential palaces. The sons in each case was cultivated, but regional competition and de- ddam’s preference to succeed Moammar Gadhafi’s rule were released in 2015 for time when the time came to settle ac- clining prospects at home have him. spanned more than three deca- served, while their father was counts, like Icarus in Greek my- driven leaders to paranoia and des. The Libyan chapter of the freed last year. The Mubarak thology they had flown too close the international community THE ASSAD SONS Arab uprisings sweeping the re- brothers have since their release to the sun, believing in their own has shown a propensity to look Bashar al-Assad, an eye doctor gion in 2011 spiraled into civil frequently appeared in public, omnipotence, having burned le- the other way. educated in the West, was ne- war with atrocities committed receiving a relatively warm wel- gions on the way. “They are hyper-violent [...], ver his father Hafez’ choice to both by Gadhafi’s forces and po- come, but drawing the displea- Prince Mohammed seems less using extreme force to prop up take over from him to preserve pular opposition forces. His son sure of powerful backers of Pre- likely, at least for now, to meet their power for fear of a coming the Alawite sect’s iron control and onetime heir apparent, Seif sident Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. AP thu 25.10.2018

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USA suspects” would have visas re- voked or would be declared ine- ligible to enter the U.S. “These penalties will not be the Trump awaits briefing from last word on this matter,” Pom- peo told reporters at the State Department. The administration “will con- CIA director in Khashoggi case tinue to hold those responsible accountable. We’re making very resident Donald accidentally in a fight at the con- clear that the United States does Trump says the killing sulate. not tolerate this kind of ruthless of a Saudi journalist was ap photo “It was a total fiasco,” Trump action to silence Mr. Khashoggi, a botched operation and said. “The process was no good. a journalist, with violence,” he Pa “bad original concept” as his The execution was no good. And said. “Neither the president or administration has taken its first the cover-up, if you want to call I am happy with this situation.” steps in punishing the Saudis by it that, was certainly no good.” Still, Pompeo stressed the stra- deciding to revoke the visas of Secretary of State Mike Pom- tegic importance of the U.S.- the suspects. peo said the move to revoke vi- Saudi relationship. Trump awaited a briefing to- sas was just a first step. “We continue to view as achie- morrow [Macau time] from CIA Visa records are confidential vable the twin imperative of Director Gina Haspel, who has and Pompeo was not more spe- protecting America and holding been in Turkey. cific about who the revocations accountable those responsible He had told reporters at the would affect, but the State De- for the killing of Mr. Khashog- White House yesterday that the partment later said 21 “Saudi gi,” Pompeo said. AP operation was a fiasco. Turkish police crime scene investigator work in an underground car park, where “They had a very bad original authorities found a vehicle belonging to the Saudi consulate, in Istanbul concept,” Trump said. “It was iran claims us backed saudi killing carried out poorly, and the co- Trump considers the Saudis vi- entering the Saudi consulate in ver- up was one of the worst co- tal allies in his Mideast agenda. Turkey, where he went to pick IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan squad that included a member of ver-ups in the history of cover- Members of Congress have up documents for his marriage Rouhani is claiming that Saudi Prince Mohammed’s entourage ups. Somebody really messed demanded that sanctions be im- to his Turkish fiancee. Arabia would not have dared have on overseas trips. Yesterday’s re- up, and they had the worst cover- posed on Saudi Arabia over the Turkish officials say that a journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed port by the state-run IRNA news up ever.” killing of Khashoggi, who lived Saudi team of 15 men tortured, inside the kingdom’s consulate agency quotes Rouhani as saying: Even in the face of gruesome in self-imposed exile in the U.S. killed and dismembered the in Istanbul without having some “I don’t think that without getting details of Jamal Khashoggi’s and wrote critically about Saudi writer and that Saudi officials sort of backing from the United support from the United States, slaying, Trump has resisted Crown Prince Mohammed bin had planned the killing for days. States. The remarks follow Tur- a country would dare to commit calls to cut off arms sales to the Salman. The writer, who was Saudi officials — after weeks of key’s assertion that the writer such a crime.” Rouhani offered no kingdom and has been reluctant a contributor to The Washing- denials — now concede that he was killed by a 15-man Saudi hit evidence for his allegations. to antagonize the Saudi rulers. ton Post, vanished Oct. 2 after died, but they say it happened

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costing USD97 million (Rome- lu Lukaku), a center midfielder ap photo costing a then world-record fee of $116 million and signed from Juventus (Paul Pogba), while an offseason signing for about $70 million (Fred) was on the bench, failing to make it on as a subs- titute. Mourinho said his team was no longer in the same league as Europe’s powerhouses

Mourinho has spent more than $500 million on players since joining United in 2016. Either the money hasn’t been spent well or Mourinho isn’t getting enough out of them. Lukaku, for example, has gone eight games without a goal and looks short of confidence ManU coach Jose Mourinho sits on the bench during a Champions League football match playing for United. “No criticism at all, and a com- Football plete understanding that the player is a fantastic professional that wants to give everything for the team,” Mourinho said. “But Mourinho’s warning underlines I have to agree his moment is not sweet, not just with the goals he is not scoring but in his con- fidence, movement, touch. He is extent of Man United’s fall not linking the game well with the team. Steve Douglas, Manchester after Tuesday’s match — were Yet Mourinho wasn’t finished not happy, they want more, they “But he’s our striker and a stark reminders of just how far there. In lavishing high praise want [Leonardo] Bonucci. And good striker and a striker we be- he presence of Cristia- the team has fallen. on Juventus and the Italian’s they go for the best players in lieve in.” no Ronaldo at Old Tra- “Since the draw,” Mourinho club re-emergence as one of Eu- the world. A big, big club with a Mourinho finished the game fford revived memories said, “we knew it would be a fi- rope’s top clubs, he also appea- big past, but with also a big desi- by responding to the goading of much better times at ght with the Valencia for the se- red to be sending a thinly veiled re to have a big future.” of Juventus’ fans by holding up TManchester United, when En- cond position.” message to United’s board. Just like the United of yes- three fingers toward them, de- gland’s biggest club had a slew They were remarkable remarks “A bit far,” Mourinho said, teryear. noting the Champions League- of the world’s best players and from the manager of a club as when asked how far United was Mourinho said his team, essen- Serie A-Italian Cup treble he no trophy felt beyond them. huge as United, and it felt like behind Juventus. “Juventus is tially, was no longer in the same won with Inter Milan — Juve’s It was only a decade ago, after Mourinho’s team took that in- [Italian] champion for seven league as Europe’s powerhou- rival — in the 2009-10 season. all, that United was winning the feriority complex into the game years in a row, two Champions ses. Just three days earlier, he was Champions League and three against Juventus. League finals in the last four or “To go to Juventus level? Bar- sticking three fingers up at Chel- straight Premier League titles. United’s players looked in five years and not happy with celona level? Real Madrid level? sea fans who were hurling abu- Ronaldo was the poster boy of awe of their opponents — left what they have. They want How can we reach that level?” se at him at Stamford Bridge, a the generation that included back Luke Shaw acknowledged more, they want more. Mourinho asked reporters, ad- reminder of the three Premier Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, as much, saying his team gave “They had [Gonzalo] Higuain, ding: “Man City level? How can League titles he won at the Lon- Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes. Juventus “too much respect” — [Mario] Mandzukic, [Paulo] we reach that level?” don club over two spells. So, the manner of United’s 1-0 and had only 28 percent of the Dybala, they want more. They A reply came. “Investment?” Mourinho continues to hark loss to Juventus in the Cham- possession in the first half. Uni- want Ronaldo. They had [An- “Yes,” Mourinho said. back to his trophy-laden past. pions League — and the nature ted had only two shots on target drea] Barzagli, [Giorgio] Chielli- Yet he had just put out a team It’s the future he and United of Jose Mourinho’s comments in the whole match. ni, [Daniele] Rugani, they are containing a center forward have to worry about. AP

Football A-League to ask for stadium, TV broadcasts of VAR he head of Austra- Germany’s Bundesliga VAR to talk in-stadia or and protocols, including to agree with what the seemingly innocuous tum- Tlia’s A-League is ho- and Major League Soc- even to the commentators, future developments of bunker guy is saying but at ble earned a VAR-awarded ping international soccer cer in the U.S. to push it’s a bit of a silent movie. the VAR. least they can understand penalty for City. authorities will allow vi- for communication of the Then what happens [...] is O’Rourke said the Natio- his decision-making.” It was a similar situa- deo-assisted referee (VAR) VAR process in stadiums. the fan is left to try and in- nal Rugby League in Aus- The VAR was critici- tion in Wellington, New decisions to be shown on “American sport and terpret why — they’re just tralia has a good system zed twice on the opening Zealand, where the Phoe- television broadcasts and Australian sport have been left to their own devices.” for its video review deci- weekend in the A-League, nix benefited from a late on stadium video boards used to, for many years, FIFA is the sport’s wor- sions. both when reviews re- penalty after Mitch Ni- so that the often conten- the referees being able to ld governing body, and “The NRL have the sulted in penalties being chols was taken down tious calls don’t seem like talk in-stadia,” O’Rourke the International Football bunker talking live to the awarded. well off the ball. The sub- a “silent movie.” said yesterday. He said Association Board, which crowd and stepping throu- Melbourne Victory lost sequent spot kick sealed Greg O’Rourke says the existing protocols don’t includes four FIFA mem- gh their decision-making,” 2-1 to Melbourne City his team’s 2-1 win over the A-League is working with “don’t allow currently the bers, formulates the laws he said. Fans “don’t have when Bruno Fornaroli’s Newcastle Jets. AP THE Agents nab possible explosive Station Air quality BUZZ devices sent to Obama, Clinton Roadside 80-100 Moderate The U.S. Secret Service says agents have inter- A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that a cepted packages containing “possible explosive “functional explosive device” was found during High devices” addressed to former President Barack screening at Bill and Hillary Clintons’ suburban Density 50-70 Obama and Hillary Clinton. New York home. Residental The agency says neither Clinton nor Obama The official says investigators believe the ex- Moderate received the packages, and neither was at risk plosive is linked to one found Monday at the Area opinion of receiving them because of screening proce- compound of liberal billionaire George Soros. dures. The Secret Service says a second package was Ambient 80-100 It says the devices were discovered yesterday addressed to Obama and was intercepted in Moderate source: dsmg source: Made in Macao in two different occasions. Washington. Jenny Lao-Phillips WORLD BRIEFS Why is chrysanthemum wine auspicious? Winning USD1.6B ap photo

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Conte, their attempt to escape from the plague: zhuyu and on his first trip to Russia, chrysanthemum wine. What was so special about six numbers in yesterday’s drawing [Macau time]. The invited Putin to visit Italy in them that protected the villagers from a plague that the near future. killed all livestock left behind in the village? massive jackpot is the wor- ld’s largest ever lottery grand Firstly, zhuyu (cornelian cherry) is no simple Cyprus Secretary- cherry. According to traditional Chinese medicine prize. General Antonio records, zhuyu is documented as having the effect And it’s possible that the Guterres says he of painkilling, soothing diarrhea and alleviating sto- world will never know the believes prospects for a comprehensive settlement mach pain. Legend has it that cornelian cherry was winner. that will reunify Cyprus originally named wuyu during the period of the War- South Carolina is one of eight states — along with gin Islands. large, it’s no fluke. It reflects “remain alive” and he ring States, between 770 B.C. and 221 B.C. Once, will prepare the way for an envoy for the Wu State brought some wuyu on Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, It will likely be days or even a trend toward ever-growing Maryland, North Dakota, weeks before a winner steps lottery prizes due to changes negotiations between behalf of the Wu King as an offer to the powerful Greek and Turkish Ohio and Texas — where forward to claim the prize. in the game that worsened King of the Chu State. The Chu King was furious, Cypriots to resume. because he considered it an insult that the Wu State winners can remain anony- Lottery officials and finan- the odds with hopes that bi- did not offer him gold and jewels as everyone else mous. cial managers encourage gger jackpots would result in The $1.6 billion prize re- people to take time to map better sales. did. Without inquiring what it was that the Wu envoy ap photo offered, the King sent him out of his State. But an flects the annuity option, out a strategy for investing Officials with the Powerball imperial doctor named Zhu learnt of the powerful paid over 29 years. Howe- their hundreds of millions game were the first to make medicinal effect of the wuyu and secured the cher- ver, nearly all winners take of dollars, and winners must that move in October 2015 ries. the cash option, which for deal with security concerns when changing the odds of Tuesday’s drawing was an befitting someone who sud- winning the jackpot from 1 The next year, the Chu King suffered from serious Germany The stomach pain, and was cured at once after taking estimated $913 million. denly is immensely wealthy. in 175 million to 1 in 292.2 The winning numbers were Depending on the state, win- million. Mega Millions government is putting medicine made from the wuyu. Knowing the pre- pressure on the country’s 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega ciousness of the wuyu, the Chu King at once sent ners have from 180 days to a followed suit in October automakers to fix their his envoys to apologise to the Wu King. He then Ball 5. No details on where year to claim their prize. 2017, resulting in the odds diesel cars that have named the cornelian cherries ‘wuzhuyu’, adding the the winning ticket was sold The Mega Millions jackpot worsening from 1 in 259 excessive emissions, in word ‘Zhu’ after the doctor Zhu who kept the cher- were immediately availa- grew so large because it had million to 1 in 302.5 million. a bid to placate drivers ries, which had cured his sickness. Over the years, ble. But the lucky player been nearly three months While most attention has angered by the prospect of diesel driving bans in ‘wuzhuyu’ has become better known as ‘zhuyu’. overcame miserable odds: since a player had matched been on the Mega Millions major cities. The Chung Yeung Festival story only mentioned The chance of matching all all six numbers and won the game, Powerball also has villagers carrying zhuyu with them to the mountain, six numbers and winning top prize. The last time that been soaring. The estimated Britain Smugglers and so the tradition was to wear the cherries on one’s the top prize is 1 in 302.5 happened was July 24, when prize for Powerball’s annuity million. 11 co-workers from Califor- option in Wednesday night’s other organized criminals arm. However, given the record of the medicinal are likely to exploit gaps Mega Millions is played in nia won a $543 million prize. drawing is $620 million, power of zhuyu, the villagers were saved probably in border enforcement not just by carrying zhuyu, but by taking them. Thus, 44 states as well as Washin- Although Tuesday’s ja- with a cash prize of $354.3 if Britain leaves the this implies that the legendary plague that started gton, D.C., and the U.S. Vir- ckpot was extraordinarily million. AP European Union without the Chung Yeung Festival was probably some sort an agreement, a of food poisoning leading to death from diarrhea, government watchdog cautioned yesterday amid which was not uncommon in the ancient days. But The widening warnings about there is no way to find out. the disruptive impact of a Let’s move to the chrysanthemum wine, consi- decisive moment Xinhua/Zhang Jiayang “no-deal” Brexit. dered in ancient China to be an ‘auspicious wine’ because it was believed to bring longevity. This be- lief is of course rooted in the Chung Yeung Festival ap photo story. Aside from carrying zhuyu, the villagers were saved from the plague because they drank chry- santhemum wine. Even in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, the Chinese herbology volume, chrysanthemum wine Hurricane Willa is recorded as a high-value medicine. It has long Mexico swept onto Mexico’s been believed to have various healing effects inclu- Pacific mainland with 120 ding reducing internal heat, protecting one’s liver mph winds, hitting an area and eyesight, and exhibiting anti-inflammatory, de- of beach towns, fishing toxification, anti-aging, and anti-tumor properties, villages and farms after making it a health as well as a beauty supplement roaring over an offshore for females. As for the opposite sex, chrysanthe- penal colony. mum wine is also believed to be good at streng- thening kidneys and providing “essence” for men. Venezuela Hollywood Therefore, it is believed to be a cure for almost actress Angelina Jolie said everything, and hence, leads to longevity. the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans So, although we have no great grape varieties from their country has led for high quality wine, we have a flower that can be to a “shocking” migrant used to make auspicious wine. Cheers to health crisis in South America and longevity! A day to remember: People walk at the Zhuhai Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (see more on page 2,3) that was “predictable and preventable.”