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WORLD BRIEFS Macau Special Olympics accusation ap photo ID ‘don’t care’ about

Brazil Fighting to save his job, Brazilian President Michel Temer P7 MDT REPORT has received a huge boost from a decision by disabled sport the country’s top electoral court to reject allegations of illegal campaign finance and keep him in office. The Superior Electoral Tribunal’s 4-3 bloomberg vote gave Temer a lifeline amid widespread calls that he resign in the face of a corruption scandal. More on p14

China-Pakistan The two countries say they are investigating the Islamic State group’s claim that two Chinese teachers abducted in Pakistan have been killed, after a video appearing to show the pair was sent to journalists. ap photo

Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. More on p12 ap photo

Philippines American spy planes are helping Filipino troops quell a nearly three-week siege by Muslim militants in a southern city where 13 Philippine marines were killed in the biggest single- Japan’s forgotten gambling addicts day loss for government forces, officials said Saturday. More on p12 P11 More on backpage stand in way of first casino 12.06.2017 mon

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Poor water quality near Belt and Road initiative brings Macau

The latest notice from the opportunities to Macau Guangdong Marine and Fisheries Inspection Bureau indicates that the water near Macau’s coastline Julie Zhu

was of poor quality in 2016. xinhua According to the report, which n the second day of the In- discusses Guangdong’s marine Oternational Conference on environment last year, the poor the Belt and Road and Macau’s water quality stems from sewage Development, several partici- disposal. An expert from the pants voiced their opinions re- Guangdong department said that garding the construction of the the low quality water was related to excessive discharges originated Belt and Road project in coo- from domestic and industrial peration with the Portuguese- sewage. The disposal exits of more speaking countries. than 20 out of Macau’s 74 sewers Proposed by China in 2013, the discharged excessive sewage. As Belt and Road initiative refers to for wildlife in the region, the report the Silk Road Economic Belt and said the chance of seeing dolphins the 21st Century Maritime Silk in the Pearl River Delta decreased, Road, aiming at building a trade with only 1,890 dolphins spotted. and infrastructure network con- necting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade 90pct support routes of the Silk Road. Lai Xiaomin, Party Commi- e-payment ttee Secretary and Chairman of the China Huarong Asset services Management, on Friday said,

“Macau can expand the asset A survey featuring the public’s Participants attend the International conference on Belt and Road and Macau’s development stance on vendors installing management cooperation […] e-payment systems revealed and greatly develop the finan- that more than 90 percent cial leasing business.” Lai noted governmental departments. In the professor’s view, the key lopment space in terms of cultu- of local residents (excluding that the latter grows the quickest Fu believes that Macau needs area in which Macau should play ral exchange, especially in regard vendors) support the idea. among the world’s financial bu- to find the right door through a strategic role is in creating the to human resource communica- The Mutual Assistance Association sinesses. which to build itself as a com- necessary conditions and servi- tion between the youth and you- of Vendor Affairs, which recently Fu Jianguo, Managing Direc- munication platform serving the ces for the economy and trade th associations. conducted this survey, interviewed tor of Nam Kwong Group, talked countries involved in the Belt development between China and Sitou Tek lam, founder of the 537 residents and 698 vendors in about how his company can and Road project. the Portuguese-speaking coun- Belt and Road Scholarship Fund total. Approximately 75 percent of contribute to the construction Lei Heong Iok, president of tries to prosper. of Indonesia, explained what the interviewed residents have had of the Belt and Road initiative the Macau Polytechnic Institu- Lei suggested that the region Macau can do to contribute to an e-payment experience before. with respect to the Portuguese- te, pointed out that the relations should “coordinate well Macau’s the Belt and Road strategy in Around 50 percent of vendors speaking countries. between China and eight Portu- higher education institutions, terms of education. operating inside big markets do According to Fu, Nam Kwong guese-speaking countries have […] developing a respectable “Macau has many universities not agree with the adoption of has a long history of commu- become closer following the Portuguese teaching.” and high level education insti- e-payment due to costs and to nicating and working with the trend of globalization. According to Zhang Shuguang, tutions. They can recruit more technological and safety issues Portuguese-speaking countries, Lei remarked that the Portu- Rector of the City University of Asian students to study in Ma- regarding the payment. The same culturally and economically. guese-speaking countries are Macau, the city can also act as a cau and provide job opportuni- opinion is shared by nearly 60 Furthermore, he said that as a mainly developing countries, “think tank” encouraging all Por- ties for the students when they percent of vendors not running leading Chinese company in Ma- and like the merging market, tuguese-speaking countries and graduate from these Macau ins- their businesses in a big market. cau, the Nam Kwong Group has they all hope to have a good regions to participate in Belt and titutions,” said Sitou, adding that also conducted a great number cooperative relationship with Road cooperation. “Macau can settle job displace- of interactions with Portuguese China. Mok Chi Wai, the president of ment institutes to help Asian Real estate the Macao Youth Federation, graduate students find jobs in industry noted that Macau has a big deve- Macau.” calls for less Helping the MSAR interference to ‘go global’ mainland, macau to upgrade cepa The Association of Property Agents and Realty Developers of Macau THE CHINESE mainland and Finance officials to negotiate on the he Belt and Road initiative will promote Macau’s industrial suggests the government needs Macau are negotiating on com- terms and content of CEPA, espe- diversification and help it go global,” Hao Yufan, dean of Facul- to avoid excessive administrative T prehensively upgrading the Closer cially those concerning guaran- interference over the real estate ty of Social Sciences of University of Macau, told Xinhua. Economic Partnership Arrange- teeing investment, and deepening industry. The president of the Hao said Macau was an important stop along the ancient Ma- ments (CEPA), which are expected economic and technical coopera- association, Ung Choi Kun, ritime Silk Road and it will continue to play an important role in to be completed at the end of this tion, according to a press release on declared that private housing the development of Belt and Road: the 21st Century Maritime Silk year, a senior official confirmed Friday. The mainland and Macau should be driven by a free market. Road in particular. during the Conference on the Belt signed CEPA in 2003 in order to The association claimed that the Macau has unique geographical and language advantages, and it and Road and Macau’s Develop- forge closer ties. In both 2014 and government should work on how can take advantage of the “one country, two systems” principle in ment. A meeting was held between 2015, new agreements were signed to balance supply and demand in the development of the Belt and Road initiative he added. representatives from China’s under the framework of CEPA be- the real estate industry, along with The region should assume the role as the communication center as Ministry of Commerce and the tween them with the aim of further a focus on proper urban design. it is a place where eastern and western cultures meet, Hao suggested. local government’s Economy and liberalizing trade in services.

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tary Club was finally restored Police arrested 74 in 1995 and reopened as a res- in Friday night Military Club taurant and bar, which today hosts regular events and exhi- crackdown bitions. With “the sponsorship and In the latest round of Thunderbolt 17 raids, celebrates 147 years support of Chinese civil socie- police arrested 74 individuals in casinos ty, the Club was able to re-fou- and night clubs in Macau on Friday night. nd itself,” Manuel Geraldes of Some 200 police officers took part in the Daniel Beitler the Macau Military Club told casino and night club inspections across the Jornal Tribuna de Macau this city. According to the police, seven of those he Macau Military Club week. “It has been maintained arrested had illegally overstayed their visas. is celebrating its 147th with plenty of energy and acti- The Thunderbolt 17 operation, which was T anniversary, coinciding with vity, being today an important launched in March by the Macau, Hong place in terms of culture, mee- Kong and Guangdong police authorities, the 19th edition of the Portu- was designed to combat illegal activities like gal Food and Wine Festival. ting, and gastronomic offerin- drug trafficking, human trafficking and loan The pastel pink building, gs. It is without a doubt a pla- sharking. To date, the joint security forces located on Avenida da Praia ce of reference in the MSAR.” have cracked down on approximately 70 Grande, was originally cons- According to a wall plaque at cases of drug trafficking and 200 cases of tructed in 1870 as a private the Club, the financial contri- loan sharking. military club. Designed in butors to the 1995 refurbish- Portuguese neo-classical sty- ment included casino mag- le, like many other structures nate Stanley Ho, former chief Man found dead in around Senado Square and executive Edmund Ho, patrio- Tap Seac Square, the buil- tic Chinese entrepreneur Ma UM campus lake ding’s façade features Chinese 60 different Portuguese wines exhibition. The exhibition, Man Kei and Ng Lap Seng, and Western decorations. – including whites, reds, ro- simply titled “Portuguese who is currently standing trial The corpse of a local man was found As part of the celebrations, sés, muscats, and ports – will Painting Exhibition”, runs un- in New York over allegedly in an artificial lake at the University of the Club is organizing the Por- be served, as well as snacks til June 24 and features selec- bribing United Nations offi- Macau (UM) on Friday morning, public tugal Food and Wine Festival prepared under the chefs’ su- ted works by Alfredo Luz, Cru- cials. broadcaster TDM reported. According – Spring 2017, which is now pervision. zeiro Seixas and João Paulo. The Club was founded in to TDM, police representatives said in its 19th edition, having first According to organizers of Both the exhibition and the 1870 during the tenure of that a student discovered the man, the Festival, the event “is an Festival will be featured as António Sérgio de Sousa as aged 55, at around 10 a.m. and alerted been held in December 1999. the relevant authorities. The man was This year, the Festival will be important initiative of the part of the “Month of Portu- the Portuguese Governor of pulled from the lake and taken to the held until June 19 and will be Club that meets the objecti- gal” program. The program, Macau. Sousa was the imme- hospital for medical treatment, but was marked by the presence of two ves of providing specialized designed by several Portu- diate predecessor to the more pronounced dead shortly after. According prestigious chefs from Portu- training of Portuguese gastro- guese-led institutions in the famous Januário Correia de to the Judiciary Police, the man was not gal, José Júlio Vintem and Ca- nomy to the Club’s restaurant MSAR, was inaugurated last Almeida, who served as the carrying identification when his body was tarina Ponce Álvares, accor- staff.” year with the aim of streng- local governor between 1872 discovered, but was in possession of a ding to a statement released Also as in previous anniver- thening Portugal’s cultural and 1874, and is remembered, motorcycle key. A helmet was also found by the organization. sary celebrations, this year’s presence in Macau. according to some, for defen- nearby. Police authorities said that they are As traditional during the commemoration featured last After decades of struggling ding the city of Macau from an currently investigating his death. Festival, a buffet of more than week the opening of an art financially, the Macau Mili- invasion of Chinese pirates. ad mon 12.06.2017

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ties to SMEs, micro-enterpri- ses, young entrepreneurs, and “Made-in-Macao” enterprises, Sands China’s Local Supplier through its preferential treat- ment of local firms. One of Masterpieces Design’s goal is to continually import Support Program a noteworthy more materials and to expand its construction services offe- ring. As the construction projec- ts are labor intensive, the entre- move for Macau SMEs preneur hinted that they mainly focus on construction, interior, raining and develo- and architectural design. ping local micro, small Further, Ieng added that the and medium enterpri- I would like to Sands China Supplier Awards ses has always been an is inspiring local enterprises to Tinitiative of Sands China, aiming thank Sands pursue excellence in the services to assist such enterprises in they provide, which enhances growing their sales and expan- China because the company’s credibility. ding their scope of contribution “That’s a very good initiative to the casino operator. I had the and it’s a good encouragement To provide a platform for local opportunity for the suppliers,” she said. SMEs to showcase their produc- “It shows the significance of ts and services to potential users to work with Sands China on how they work and buyers, the gaming operator with the suppliers, and also has gone the extra mile to su- them [and] the during the dinner or the event, pport local enterprises. any problems or any issues they A local construction and de- procurement can raise and also exchange sign company, Masterpieces team explained thoughts,” he continued. Design, is one of the many local Just last month, the gaming and Made-in-Macau companies to the firm how operator conducted back-of- the gaming operator has assis- house roadshows for local SME ted and educated in matters of to do each suppliers. business. Held at Sands Macao, The Ve- Jess Ieng, executive director procedure and netian Macao, Sands Cotai Cen- of Masterpieces Design, esta- each step. tral and The Parisian Macao, blished the company with a the roadshows, organized by business partner in 2012. The Jess Ieng two local enterprises, sold over Executive director enterprise has three major busi- MOP1.1 million in products to nesses, namely interior design, Sands China team members. construction design, and the su- would like to do this job. So, the Since 2011, roadshows like pply of construction materials. only way is to import some la- these have been held regularly Currently, the firm provides bor from overseas or in China; for Sands China team mem- interior design services to ho- so the cost will go down for the bers, averaging one roadshow tels and apartments, with some clients as well,” the entrepre- every three months. They bene- of its designers based in Macau, neur explained. fit SMEs by giving them access while others reside in mainland Jess Ieng (right) Yet the executive director ad- to direct business opportunities China and Malaysia. ded that the government has with customers while giving Ieng seized the opportunity to “I would like to thank Sands their procurement process, always been supportive of local Sands China’s nearly 30,000 establish the firm as there was China because not only have Masterpieces Design has sought enterprises by easing and facili- team members a chance to en- a demand back then for inte- I had the opportunity to work to learn some of these operating tating the terms of loans to such joy discounted offers. rior designers and construction with Sands China but the pro- procedures from the more esta- firms. This might include provi- According to Sands China, the supplies, as several residential curement team explained to the blished enterprise. ding them access to interest-free scheme demonstrates its com- houses were being built. firm how to do each procedure “We can learn from each loans of MOP600,000 for up to mitment to supporting local Upon entering the market, the and each step,” said the execu- opportunity because our com- eight years. enterprises as part of the com- company faced several challen- tive director. pany is too young for each [pro- With the continuous support pany’s corporate social respon- ges such as a lack of human re- With the supportive feedback curement] step,” the entrepre- of Sands China to local SMEs, sibility efforts. sources, as according to Ieng, and assistance from the gaming neur added. Masterpieces Design is only one It is part of Sands China’s su- there are few professional de- operator, the entrepreneur fir- The construction and design of the many companies who pplier relationship manage- signers in Macau. To meet the mly holds that Sands China has company is still facing challen- have benefited from the gaming ment strategy, under which the company’s needs, Ieng was re- contributed to the overall grow- ges with the lack of human re- operators’ programs for young gaming operator views its su- quired to import labor. th of his company. sources in its construction team. entrepreneurs and micro-enter- ppliers as its strategic partners. One of Masterpieces Design’s According to Ieng, as Sands “Professional construction prises. goals is to continually import China mandates particular re- labor in Macau is lacking and The gaming operator is offe- This article is sponsored by Sands more materials and expand its quirements and standards in ageing; not many young guys ring more business opportuni- China Ltd. construction services offering. As the construction projects are labor-intensive, the entrepre- neur hinted that they mainly focus on construction, interior, and architectural design. However, managing the firm was not as easy as it seemed, as there were challenges in cost control, he said. The executive director shared how the firm’s partnership with Sands China began and how it has impacted the company in acquiring needed knowledge and support. Masterpieces Design has been supplying marble to Sands Cotai Central for nearly a year, with assistance from the gaming ope- rator along every step of the pro- curement process. 12.06.2017 mon

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Group photo of some of the participating children and young adults António Trindade (right) awards a trophy

CESL Asia and Friends Sport Fun Day “CESL’s [program] is a good model for how businesses can do so many things; not just give mo- ney to our association, but play Trindade: Companies that avoid with the children. It’s not only about the money,” said Siu Yu Hong, chief executive officer of MSO. social investment are in danger “The inclusion of disabled peo- ple in society means we need to work with them. If we want our Daniel Beitler an oversized cheque on Saturday we are investing in sustainability society to accept people with di- afternoon by Trindade. and leadership […] and we are sabilities, then they need to learn ocal companies ought to The life of a Speaking on the sidelines of the becoming closer to our consu- how to interact with them,” he Labandon the corporate social event as he prepared to present mers - the users of our products said. “Fundraising is important, responsibility model as a justifica- company, the funds, Trindade told the Ti- and services. Without this sort of but I think that raising public tion for community engagement and its role in mes that corporate entities owe investment… companies are en- awareness is more important.” projects and instead embrace the their local community much more dangering themselves.” This was the purpose behind in- idea of “sustainable, social invest- society, has than just employment opportuni- As in previous years, Sport Fun troducing the bocce tournament ment,” remarked CESL Asia pre- ties. Day 2017 invited MSO athletes for the first time this year. Accor- sident António Trindade on the to go beyond “The life of a company, and its to take part in the two sporting ding to a statement issued by or- sidelines of the company’s Sport role in society, has to go beyond events. ganizers, the activity “fostered fa- Fun Day event on Saturday. its direct its direct economic impact,” he The Special Olympics differs ce-to-face interactions [between] The difference, according to economic said as he walked across the foo- from the Paralympics in that the the participating teams and MSO Trindade, is that only through tball pitch of the Workers Sta- two organizations cater to athle- athletes, […] as well as cultivated social investment can a company impact. dium. “For an event like this, it’s tes with different categories of mutual understanding.” connect with its consumers on António Trindade not only about the fundraising. disabilities. Athletes with cogniti- Meanwhile, the football teams in such a scale as to ensure its own CESL Asia CEO […] It is as much about bonding ve delays, intellectual or develop- this year’s tournament were com- survival. Corporations that fail to and social community work as it ment disabilities may participate prised of representatives from or- invest, he said, risk perishing. more than 20 local companies, is about fundraising. The focus is under the Special Olympics, while ganizations such as SJM, Galaxy CESL Asia, a solutions company organizers claim that over 300 really not on the charity, but on the Paralympics are reserved for Entertainment Group, Melco Re- specializing in environmental in- people attended the six-hour pro- the integration of all people.” those with physical handicaps. sorts and Entertainment, PWC, frastructure, energy, facilities ma- gram, which included a five-a-si- “What we are doing here is Macau does not have its own In- McDonald’s, and many others. nagement and urban planning, de football tournament, a bocce beyond corporate social responsi- ternational Olympic Committee, Several teams were awarded with hosted a fundraising and commu- competition and an inflatable bility,” continued Trindade. “We meaning it cannot compete in the cups and medals during the day’s nity engagement event on Satur- “bouncy castle” for children. are making a social investment, global Olympic competition held closing ceremony. day at the Macau Federation of The day raised a total of which is a profit-orientated busi- every four years, but it is permit- Trade Unions Workers Stadium. MOP80,000 for Macau Special ness concept.” ted to field its own team for both Macau Daily Times is a media Drawing together representa- Olympics (MSO), the beneficiary “Although we are not genera- the Special Olympics and the Pa- partner of CESL Asia and Friends tives and sporting teams from of the charity event, presented as ting revenue from this activity, ralympics. Sport Fun Day.

Missing Kung fu stuntman turns up in Macau hospital

Hong Kong-based car company on Lantau cau hospital and is now in holds and produces kung after he missed a second Members of Li’s family Amartial arts stunt Island, had not been con- a coma,” a spokesperson fu-related shows and fea- consecutive day of work. had requested entry and performer, who had been tacted since June 4, the for the company told the ture films, initially con- Although Li’s passport exit records from the po- missing for four days, was last time he was seen by SCMP. “His employer, the tacted Li’s family to alert was not with him when lice to try to determine found over the weekend in his colleagues. Hong Kong Professional them after he had failed to the 31-year-old went mis- whether he had left Hong a coma at a Macau hospi- The South China Mor- Performing Arts Center, show up for work. sing, he would not have Kong. tal. ning Post, citing Li’s em- has reached out to his fa- His family then appea- required it to enter Macau “My son is safe now and Thirty-one-year-old ployer, reported on Satur- mily to provide assistan- led to the public through or mainland China, provi- we have lots of issues to kung fu stuntman Li day that he had been fou- ce.” social media for informa- ding that he had his iden- deal with at the moment,” Bo Lun, who worked at nd hospitalized in Macau. The Arts Center, a pro- tion on Li’s whereabouts tity card or China travel Li’s father said, as cited by Ngong Ping 360 cable “Li was found at a Ma- duction company that and filed a police report permit. the SCMP on Saturday. mon 12.06.2017

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New loan approvals Sports Bureau accused of down in April ccording to statistics released on neglecting disabled athletes AFriday by the Monetary Authority of Macau, new approvals of residential mort- Daniel Beitler He said that the ability sources “for different gage loans (RMLs) and commercial real es- to enjoy sport should be a types of sports for disab- tate loans (CRELs) were both down in April he chief execu- right extended to all and led people” provided that

2017, compared with the previous month. tive officer of Ma- that government depart- the athletes in question beitler Daniel At the same time, with regard to outstan- cau Special Olym- ments ought to do their “possess potential for sus- ding balances, RMLs posted a slight mon- pics has claimed part to facilitate the up- tainable development in thly increase, whereas CRELs remained Tthat the city’s Sports Bu- take of the physical activi- Macau.” virtually unchanged. reau (ID) is neglecting to ties among those who are Despite his accusation, New RMLs approved by Macau banks support disabled athletes, intellectually disabled. Siu remains optimistic that decreased by 18.8 percent month-to-mon- allocating the bulk of their “Playing sport is a hu- the government’s sport th in April to MOP3.4 billion, with those resources to investing in man right for people with promotion policies will be granted to Macau residents accounting for what he described as Ma- intellectual disabilities, extended in the future to 97.3 percent of the total. The non-resident cau’s “sporting elites.” not just [abled] people, or those with intellectual and component decreased by 11.8 percent to Siu Yu Hong, who is also teenagers, or some athle- physical handicaps. MOP89.5 million. a veteran social worker in tes that come from Chi- “I think in the future, our Meanwhile, new CRELs fell by 26.6 per- the territory, made the ac- na,” he said. “It is [also] government will reconsi- cent month-to-month to MOP4 billion, of cusation on Saturday on for Macau citizens and der our sports policy,” he which the resident component accounted the sidelines of the CESL that includes Macau peo- said. “We need to make a for 98.7 percent of the total and had de- Asia and Friends Sport ple with disabilities. […] policy that can support the creased by 18.5 percent. Those extended to Fun Day, held at the Ma- I think this is very impor- people with intellectual di- non-residents shrank considerably by 91.7 cau Federation of Trade tant.” sabilities to play sport [as percent, due to a higher comparison base Unions Workers Stadium. In a statement provided well].” Siu Yu Hong in the previous month. “The Sports Bureau’s po- yesterday to the Times, the The Sport Fun Day was However, compared to a year ago, new licy is to support the elite ID maintained that to tho- intended to raise aware- specify whether the ID had approvals of RMLs increased by 19 per- sports, but these [sports] se Special Olympic athle- ness of people with intel- been involved with this ef- cent, while CRELs grew by more than 76 are not suitable for the di- tes “who have achieved lectual disabilities and to fort. percent. sabled people,” Siu told the specific results in desig- raise money to support In previous years, the At the end of April 2017, the outstanding Times. “They [ID] only fo- nated high-level competi- them. According to CESL event has been held at value of RMLs was MOP183.3 billion, up cus on the sporting elites, tions, […] the Sports Bu- Asia, the main organizer smaller sporting facilities. slightly by 0.3 percent from the previous but they don’t care about reau would provide extra behind the event, the go- This year, assistance from month or 4.8 percent from a year ago. the underprivileged [spor- resources […] for full par- vernment played an im- the government has hel- Meanwhile the balance of CRELs stood ting competitors]. They ticipation in professional portant role this year in ped CESL Asia to scale the at MOP169.5 billion, virtually unchanged think that this is not their training and competition.” helping to procure the event to over 300 partici- from a month ago, but up 1.7 percent year- duty; that disabled sport is The statement said that use of the Stadium for the pants, organizers told the on-year. not their duty.” the ID would provide re- event. Organizers did not Times on Saturday.

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electricity infrastructure. “Countries may beco- me cautious about taking Tokyo night may soon be powered Chinese technology, wor- rying this could endanger their own power system security or even natio- by Mongolia, 2,700km away nal security,” said Frank Yu, principal consultant on China and North East Michael Kohn, Asia power at Wood Ma- Stephen Stapczynski ckenzie.

bloomberg GEIDCO’s chief Liu has he lights of the voiced support for moving high-end bouti- electricity from Mongolia ques and bars of and northeast China to Tokyo’s Ginza nei- Japan and South Korea, Tghborhood may someday according to a January be powered by coal burned statement sent by the or- more than 2,700 kilometers ganization in response to away in Mongolia, electrici- a request for comment. ty zipping over ultra-high Other potential trans- voltage lines across deserts mission projects cited by and under seas. GEIDCO include sending That’s the idea behind hydropower from Chi- plans in Asia for so-cal- na’s Yunnan province and led super grids, sending thermal power from the power from countries with country’s north to Thai- relatively few people but land, Myanmar, Vietnam lots of wind, sun and fos- and Bangladesh; hydro- sil fuels to distant electri- power from Tibet to In- city-hungry population dia and Bangladesh; coal, centers trying to keep up wind and solar power with demand. Mongolia, from western China’s Xin- desperate to make more of jiang region and coal-fired its abundant resources as electricity from Kazakhs- it seeks to revive its flailing Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan, gy, and a super grid that tan to Pakistan. economy, aims to make those interconnects are extends from Mongolia to While these projects help that vision a reality throu- less about transmitting Japan fixes the problem of China solidify its rela- gh one of the world’s most Countries may become large amounts of power security of supply, as the tionships with neighbors, ambitious power projects. and more about stabili- sun is always shining and as well as other Belt and The landlocked nation is cautious about taking zing the network, accor- the wind is always blowing Road countries, the Shi- considering a USD7 billion Chinese technology, ding to UBS’ Powell. somewhere,” Spokes- vee project in Mongolia plan to build coal, wind State Grid didn’t reply man Kenichi Yuasa said is one way to aid an eco- and solar plants that cou- worrying this could to emails seeking com- by email, adding that the nomy that’s forecast by ld send electricity across ment, while Korea Elec- company isn’t involved in the World Bank to con- China, Russia, South Ko- endanger their own power tric Power Co. declined the Shivee Energy Com- tract 0.2 percent this year. rea and Japan, according to comment. Russia’s plex. Constructing Shivee wou- to Tamir Batsaikhan, a system security. Rosseti PJSC is in discus- Such a network faces ld create 25,000 jobs over project director with the Frank Yu sions with partners from multiple obstacles, in- five years and may increa- Shivee Energy Complex. Consultant at Wood Mackenzie China, South Korea and cluding the challenge of se gross domestic product It’s just one concept of this month, said Tamir. While Liu has moved on Japan about “establishing linking different grids by 4 percentage points an- how to connect power State Grid Corp. of China to GEIDCO, where Sof- bilateral energy ties and and infrastructure and nually during that period, markets across Asia, whe- is carrying out the study tBank’s chief Masayoshi developing major Asian deciding how the power according to an August re demand is forecast by and talks with potential Son is vice-chairman, Sta- energy ring,” said Kons- would be priced, accor- GEIDCO statement. BMI Research to grow 3.5 buyers would only start af- te Grid continues to pro- tantin Petukhov, deputy ding to analysts at UBS “With abundant resour- percent annually through ter its completion, he said. mote super grid propo- director general for deve- and Wood Mackenzie ces of cheap energy coal, 2026. State Grid, one of the sals. The company’s chief lopment. The company is Ltd. Some countries may which is not so much “At a 30,000-foot level world’s biggest power engineer, Zhang Qiping, also in talks with the Mon- also worry about beco- profitable to transport, it you’d be hard-pressed to distributors, and Japan’s said in November that golian government about ming too reliant on im- makes sense to export the argue against it,” said Si- SoftBank Group Corp., as China can export surplus building a new power grid, ported power or techno- final product, electricity,’’ mon Powell, head of Asian well as partners in Sou- power to India and Sou- which could be linked in- logy from China, which said Khashchuluun Chu- utilities research at UBS th Korea and Russia, are theast Asia. A global ne- ternationally, he said. has faced resistance in luundorj, an economist at Group AG in Hong Kong. a few of the main drivers twork also dovetails with “SoftBank places impor- Australia and the U.K. the National University of “It’s not technically im- behind the latest ideas China’s One Belt, One tance on renewable ener- over investments in their Mongolia. Bloomberg possible to build an Asian to develop a power grid Road program, President power grid, but there are spanning northeast Asia. Xi Jinping’s cornerstone ad difficulties.” State Grid’s former chair- trade initiative to connect While the region’s bi- man, Liu Zhenya, floated Europe, Asia and Africa ggest economies, led by an even grander plan al- through infrastructure China, throw their support most two years ago for a and investment. behind the projects, the global network to trans- “State Grid is definitely challenge of moving elec- mit electricity from conti- trying to think big with tricity from one country to nent to continent by 2050 global energy intercon- another - from the diffe- at a cost of $50 trillion. nection,” said Justin Wu, rences in voltages and pri- “The energy demands of the Asia head of Bloom- ce to worries about relying the next three decades will berg New Energy Finan- on neighbors for power be astronomical,” Liu, now ce. “But in the meantime, - may mean Mongolia’s vi- chairman of the Beijing-ba- we’re likely to see projects sion remains just a dream. sed Global Energy Inter- that will take this on incre- A feasibility study on connection Development mentally, building smaller Mongolia’s proposed and Cooperation Organiza- pieces of the puzzle that 5,280-megawatt Shivee tion, wrote in a Bloomberg will fit into this bigger pic- project, which is backed View column in April. “We ture of interconnection.” by state-run investor Er- will need to power - mainly While State Grid has bui- denes Mongol LLC and the cleanly - at a scale and for a lt 10 transnational power country’s energy ministry, range of uses we cannot yet transmission lines that is expected by the end of fully imagine.” include links to Russia, 12.06.2017 mon

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was dumped from a bus onto a New Delhi street. The 23-year-old student died of her injuries. Public morality pondered But the Chinese have been parti- cularly self-critical on the matter. In 2009, the People’s Daily, the after video of gruesome death Communist Party’s official mou- thpiece, ran a provocative story with a picture of a dog standing Gerry Shih, Beijing “In the West, law, faith and mo- by another injured dog in a busy rality are a three-legged stool,” street and pondered whether hu- speeding taxi knocks the pe- ap photo said Ma Ai, a sociologist at mans would do the same. The re- Adestrian off her feet, sending the China University of Political port was headlined, “Do Chinese her hurtling through the air. Do- Science and Law. “Our legal sys- people lack compassion?” zens of people stand gawking or tem is catching up, but we don’t A 2014 state media poll found walk past, as if the young woman have religion and a new moral that Chinese thought “lacking sprawled in the busy intersection system has not established af- faith and ethics” was the No. 1 so- simply doesn’t exist. A full minu- ter China transformed away from cial problem, followed by “being a te passes, and another speeding a traditional, collectivist society.” bystander or being selfish.” vehicle, this time an SUV, tram- A national debate flared up Many in China’s intelligentsia ples the prone woman. Her un- following a similar case in 2011, reject the idea that an ancient conscious body churns under its when an unattended 2-year old strain of Chinese culture that fo- large wheels like a lumpen sack. was hit by a truck on a busy street cuses on the immediate family After a grainy video of a traffic in Guangdong province and laid explains modern tragedies like accident in the city of Zhumadian in a pool of blood without any Zhumadian. Confucius, after surfaced on Chinese social media help from bystanders for seven all, taught the Golden Rule. And this past week, the initial reaction country: our moral bottom line ganization, circulated the video minutes. She died later. In the Mencius, another revered phi- was one of outrage directed at the has fallen so low,” Tian You, a no- on its Weibo account, urging its following years, several cities, losopher, urged his disciples to more than 40 pedestrians and velist based in the southeastern 5 million followers to “reject indi- including Beijing and Shanghai, love others’ children and respect drivers who passed within meters city of Shenzhen, said by phone. fference.” An opinion column on enacted Good Samaritan laws. others’ parents as one would their of the woman, all failing to offer “If I’m truly honest, I wonder, china.com, a state media organ, own. help. would I myself have dared to help asked citizens to “reflect” on the More frequently heard are in- But for many Chinese, the video the woman?” tragedy. Others used the episode dictments of the Communist re- was something more: a 94-se- as a starting point to vent about We’ve become gime that has suppressed religion cond reminder of their society’s social ills. and traditional values and em- deep rot. The video “Like the polluted haze facing individuals, phasized stability over justice. Even as China presents itself our country, we see boundless Tian, the Shenzhen writer, ci- outwardly as a prosperous rising surfaced this corruption, left-behind children, alienated and ted the Cultural Revolution un- power, around kitchen tables medical disputes and so forth,” a leashed by Mao Zedong in the and in private WeChat groups, week, garnering columnist in the Chengdu Econo- doing whatever 1960s, which turned families and Chinese citizens routinely grum- more than 5 mic Daily wrote. “Have our socie- we can to get neighbors against each other in ble about a nation that’s gone ty’s morals gotten better or worse a battle for survival. Hyper-capi- bankrupt when it comes to two million views in in the last 10 years? What about ahead. talistic, no-holds-barred compe- qualities: “suzhi,” or “personal our future, are you confident Zhang Wen tition consumed the reform era character,” and “dixian,” literally its first 24 hours about that? Don’t ask me, becau- Commentator that followed Mao’s death. “bottom line” — or a basic, invio- se I’m not.” “Our political system doesn’t re- lable sense of right and wrong. before being Public concern about Chi- To be sure, examples of bys- gulate the things it should and it Here, the common refrain goes, censored na’s morals has reached back de- tander apathy are ubiquitous, manages things it shouldn’t,” said is an unmoored country where cades and across age groups. Ever from the case of Kitty Genovese, Zhang Wen, a well-known Beijing manufacturers knowingly sell to- After the Zhumadian video sur- since China began its free market the woman stabbed to death in commentator who pointed out xic baby formula and fraudulent faced this week, garnering more reforms in the 1980s, older citi- daylight in a Queens apartment that many charitable organiza- children’s vaccines. Restaurants than 5 million views in its first 24 zens have frequently griped about complex in 1964, to last year in tions have disbanded due to go- cook with recycled “gutter oil” hours before being censored, lo- its moral decay and profess nos- Chicago, where a man who was vernment pressure, resulting in a and grocery stores peddle fake cal police were forced to disclose talgia about a more innocent so- knocked unconscious in an as- decline of “charity spirit.” eggs, fake fruit, even fake rice. that the accident took place weeks cialist era, while younger, worldly sault was run over and killed by In his own middle-class circle, Many Chinese say they avoid earlier, on April 21. The woman, Chinese wonder why fraud and a taxi after a group of bystanders Zhang said, many friends speak helping people on the street be- surnamed Ma, died, while the two fake products aren’t as rampant walked away from him. about feeling “emotionally with- cause of widespread stories about drivers who hit her were held un- in other countries. In India, a video showed a man drawn” in the pressure-cooker extortionists who seek help from der investigation, police said, wi- Chinese scholars say that many unsuccessfully pleading for help economy. passers-by and then feign injuries thout giving further details. issues that leave the middle class following a road accident that “We’ve become individuals, and demand compensation — The news swept through so- disillusioned are a result of lag- killed his wife and child in 2013. alienated and doing whatever we perhaps explaining the Zhuma- cial media and even state media ging government regulation and That same year, passers-by refu- can to get ahead,” he said. “There dian incident. outlets. The Communist Youth the dislocating forces of swift de- sed to stop to help a naked, blee- is no space left to care for others.” “It’s a problem with the entire League, an influential party or- velopment. ding gang-rape victim after she AP

Jack Ma sees net worth soar USD2.8b in a day

ack Ma’s net worth The latest surge came af- per into new areas from the world’s 22nd largest Jsurged USD2.8 billion ter China’s largest e-com- cloud computing services economy - just after Ar- overnight as Alibaba merce company forecast to streaming music and gentina - in terms of tran- bloomberg Group Holding Ltd. fo- 45 to 49 percent revenue video as the country’s sactions by never fearing recast sales growth that growth in the year ending economy slows. Alibaba to think big. The former topped every analyst’s es- March, demonstrating is capturing more digi- English teacher, who said timate, despite China’s de- how investments beyond tal advertising spending Alibaba revises 10-year celerating economy. online shopping are paying by incorporating social plans annually, foresaw Ma, 52, is now the richest off. Shares in Alibaba, whe- elements such as video in the company becoming person in Asia and 14th re Ma is chairman, rose 13 its shopping sites. the fifth-largest eventually wealthiest in the world, ac- percent to a record high. On Friday, Ma said he by 2036 by serving a bur- cording to the Bloomberg Alibaba and Tencent wasn’t going to discuss geoning Chinese middle Billionaires Index. His net Holdings Ltd. - which do- corporate forecasts. He classes, taking advantage worth has climbed $8.5 minate online shopping took the stage instead to of global trade and making billion this year to $41.8 and social media, respec- describe how his company use of its valuable trove of billion. tively - have ventured dee- had become effectively data. MDT/Bloomberg mon 12.06.2017

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Japan’s forgotten gambling addicts stand in way of first casino

Isabel Reynolds, Yuki Hagiwara and Grace Huang bloomberg childhood New Year’s holiday spent playing cards with his fa- milyA planted the seeds of a gambling compulsion that ravaged decades of one man’s life. Now 67, the for- mer salesman from wes- tern Japan fell into debt time and time again as his addiction drew him to pa- chinko parlors, then illegal mahjong and dice games. “Gambling permeated my life,” said the man, who asked not to be iden- raising concerns in Ja- billion yen ($2.6 billion) healthy pastime to be en- versity of Memphis pro- selor and campaigner on tified for fear of embar- pan’s 11,000 pachinko for the central government joyed in moderation.” fessor who briefed Japan’s problem gambling, said rassing loved ones. “My parlors, which have ope- in fiscal 2015. Little reliable data exists ruling party on gambling she’s concerned that the fingers just don’t do as rated their pinball-like ga- Pachinko operators, whi- on the social costs of gam- addiction earlier this year. new law won’t be ambi- they’re told. I can’t count mes in a legal gray area for ch rake in more than five bling in Japan. The results That could work out to one tious enough to help ad- the number of times my decades. times the revenue of the of the first comprehensive or two million Japanese. dicts. One cause for worry family have had to clear up “People in the pachinko publicly-managed gam- survey on addiction are Whelan said the addition is that the draft bill refers the mess by paying off my industry are involved with bling industry, have skir- due sometime in the next of casinos in Japan - whi- to respect for the pachinko debts.” the causes of addiction,” ted a ban on private-sector few months. ch may be as soon as 2023 industry’s own anti-de- The man is among thou- said Takeshi Shina, a gambling by having win- In general, compulsive - probably won’t make the pendency initiatives. sands in Japan whose lawmaker with the oppo- ners swap their loot, in the gamblers make up 1 per- issue worse, given that “It could turn out to be gambling compulsion had sition Democratic Party, form of ball-bearings, for a cent to 2 percent of any gi- gambling is already wides- just a fig leaf to help them gone largely unnoticed which drafted its own bill. token prize that can later ven population, according pread. pass the casino bill,” Ta- until a plan to introdu- “So we will have them coo- be exchanged off the pre- to James Whelan, a Uni- Noriko Tanaka, a coun- naka said. Bloomberg ce casino resorts forced perate to eliminate it. They mises for cash. The gover- policy makers to address can’t stay out of it comple- nment doesn’t break down ad the problem of addiction. tely.” the amount of taxes the Speaking to Bloomberg industry contributes. News at an event hosted The threat of regulation by lawyers who oppose the is casting a shadow over government’s casino plan, a wider betting industry he said he only kicked his I can’t count already in a downward habit after joining Gam- the number spiral, as younger people blers Anonymous about a spend more of their leisu- decade ago. of times my re time online, and tired Lawmakers are putting race tracks provide little to together an anti-addiction family have appeal to new customers, bill that must be passed according to Masatoshi before the first casinos had to clear Yamamoto, an analyst at can open their doors. In up the mess Mitsubishi UFJ Research doing so, they must balan- & Consulting Co., who re- ce between safeguarding by paying off searches publicly funded economic benefits from gambling. gambling establishments - my debts. Industry turnover at pa- including the $200 billion Gambling addict chinko parlors has shrunk pachinko industry - while by a third from a 2005 addressing the concerns of The bill could pass befo- peak, and the number of casino opponents who fear re the current parliamen- venues is in a two-decade they will spawn a new ge- tary session ends on June decline. While they intro- neration of addicts. 18. While Prime Minister duced slot machines to at- The bill doesn’t specify Shinzo Abe’s ruling coali- tract younger customers, rules that businesses must tion holds a majority in fans under 30 remain a follow and penalties for both houses of parliament, rarity. non-compliance, accor- the opposition could still Shingo Ito of Nichiyukyo, ding to a draft distributed delay a vote. a pachinko industry asso- to reporters. It broadly Gambling in Japan turns ciation, said prize values mandates the government over more than 27 trillion and opening times are to form a plan to stop gam- yen (USD244 billion) an- already regulated. It also bling addiction, and says nually, replenishes local set up a phone counseling businesses must coopera- government coffers and center that received 2,500 te. employs about 300,000 calls last year. When it passes, officials people - many of them in “It’s not like casinos, will start drafting regu- regions where jobs are re- where people can spend lations that could outline latively scarce. It’s legal to as much as they want specific duties of gambling bet on publicly run horse, and stay as long as they businesses, including res- boat, motorbike and bicy- like,” Ito said. His group tricting access to venues cle races, plus lotteries and is running newspaper and and providing funds to football pools. Horse ra- poster advertisements boost counseling. That’s cing alone generated 283 describing pachinko as “a 12.06.2017 mon

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Todd Pitman, Marawi Philippines ap photo rom the third-story win- Fdow of a barren government office building he now squats in as a refugee, Nasir Abdul is wa- In fight for Marawi, a tching his city being destroyed. Nearly every day for the past three weeks, the Philippine mi- painful window on war litary has pounded the lakeside Law allows town of Marawi with rockets and bombs as it tries to wipe out Emperor militants linked to the Islamic State group in some of the fier- ap photo Akihito to cest urban combat this volatile abdicate region has seen in decades. And on nearly every one of tho- Japan’s parliament on se days, Abdul has stood at the Friday passed a law window and watched, unable to allowing Emperor Akihito turn away from the deadly spec- to become the country’s first tacle unfolding just a mile (a ki- monarch to abdicate in 200 lometer and a half) away. years, but put off a debate over As plumes of thick black smoke how to tackle the shrinking wafted above the city’s minare- royal population and whether ts again Friday — a day of in- to allow women to ascend the tense skirmishes in which the throne. In veiled language, the army lost 13 marines — Abdul 83-year-old emperor expressed stood transfixed with dozens of his wish to abdicate last August, other displaced residents. Two citing his old age and health. helicopter gunships had just fi- Under the law enacted Friday, nished strafing the city, and now his abdication must take place people were pointing toward a within three years. Vietnam-era attack aircraft cir- cling overhead. Australia The plane, an OV-10 Bronco, turned and dove straight down decides to on the city center, firing off two bombs before suddenly pulling toughen up its nose and spiraling away. Moments later, blasts shook the parole laws city and more smoke billowed skyward. Australian government leaders “It feels impossible that this is on Friday agreed to toughen Black smoke from continuing military air strikes rises above a mosque in Marawi city parole laws in response to happening,” the 45-year-old Ab- a siege this week in which a dul said, as the sound of gunfire gunman who once trained crackled in the distance. When The military says militants are long, appears to have caught the While most of the displaced with Muslim extremists “I see the bombings, I can’t help trying to establish a caliphate government off guard. Herrera have sheltered inland, Abdul killed an apartment building but cry. I can’t help but think here, similar to one IS has at- said insurgents had prepared and Tamano are among about receptionist and wounded what’s happening to my relati- tempted to create in the Midd- for as much as a year, stocking 200 people who have chosen to three police officers months ves, my family, my business, my le East that stretches from the secret caches in basements with remain close to the city, anxious after being released early house.” Syrian city of Raqqa to embatt- food, weapons and ammunition. to return when the fighting ends from prison. Federal and Three weeks after a new allian- led Mosul, in Iraq. They believe Rexson Tamano, who is slee- to homes they fear were either state government leaders ce of Islamic militants tried 40 foreign fighters have partici- ping on the floor of an outdoor looted or destroyed. agreed at a summit to to seize this town in their bol- pated in the fighting in Marawi, hallway in the same provincial The government has distri- change Australia’s laws so that dest attack yet, large chunks of including Malaysians and Indo- government building as Abdul, buted food, water and sleeping extremists were less likely to downtown have been reduced nesians. said he saw no suspicious acti- mats to the families camped out be freed on bail when charged to ruins. Militants remain holed The government has asked the vity and no sign an attack was here, who gather in small groups or on parole after serving a up in several pockets scattered U.S. to provide intelligence and imminent. at the windows every time the fi- minimum prison sentence. around the city center, along other technical support, and at When gunfire heralded the ghting intensifies. with at least 100 civilians, inclu- least one American surveillan- start of the siege on May 23, he While explosions shook Ma- ding hostages the army says are ce plane has flown in support of called his pregnant wife on the rawi on Friday and fighter Key rebel leader being used as human shields. Philippine forces. other side of town to check in on jets buzzed overhead, one boy reportedly dies There is no electricity, and most Abdul said that while people her and their four children. pushed a baby on a stroller of the town’s 200,000 inhabi- in Marawi support autonomy, “She said, ‘Stay where you are, through a hallway. In a cor- in Myanmar tants have fled. few back the extremist mili- please don’t come for us, it’s too ner, several other children sat The military says the death toll tant groups who have grown dangerous,’” Tamano recalled. making toy tanks out of paper. The leader of a key insurgent includes at least 138 militants, notorious for carrying out kid- He ran home anyway, but was “ISIS! ISIS!” cried one boy, group in India’s remote 58 government troops and 29 nappings and beheadings. stopped at a checkpoint manned laughing as he pointed to a tiny northeast has died in a civilians — among them a teena- However, Lt. Col. Jo-ar Her- by militants. They wore black black flag on one of the tanks. hospital in Myanmar nearly ger shot Friday as he sheltered rera, spokesman for the army’s ski masks, and each held a ma- Fahadda Camim, who was con- two years after he called off inside a Marawi mosque. 1st Infantry Division, said the chine-gun. ducting an assessment for Com- peace talks with the Indian But the fighting is so intense, insurgents likely have “a lot of “I tried to walk away but they munity Family Services Interna- government, an official said it’s impossible to fully recover sympathizers, a lot of suppor- called me over and asked whe- tional, a Filipino humanitarian Saturday. Nagaland state bodies to get an accurate casual- ters in this area.” ther I was Muslim or Christian,” organization, said the children police chief L.L. Doungel ty toll. The main group leading the Tamano said. He told them the were “copying what they see ou- said S.S. Khaplang, head of “It hurts to watch because we siege, the Maute, has deep roots truth — he was Muslim, and tside” and were in need of cou- a faction of the separatist know people are dying with in the city — “in terms of relati- they waved him through. nseling. National Socialist Council every bomb,” Abdul said. “We ves, in terms of connections, in The city’s minority Christians The adults, too, are trauma- of Nagaland, died of renal terms of culture, heritage,” he have been singled out for exe- tized, she said, and “some are failure Friday in Taga region, know a lot of people are buried said. cution. Mikee Rakim, a humani- still very afraid.” The clashes are his outfit’s headquarters. under that rubble.” He was 77. Doungel said his The conflict in Marawi has rai- The Maute, named after three tarian volunteer, said one group a constant reminder that their information was based on sed fears that the Islamic Sta- militant brothers, staged a si- of 10 Christians told him they lives have been upended, and intelligence reports. Khaplang te group’s violent ideology is milar attack in November on had been taken hostage when their fates remain uncertain. called off peace talks with gaining a foothold in this coun- nearby Butig, on the opposite the fighting started. Militants Abdul said he did not want to India in 2015 after 14 years try’s restive southern islands, side of Lake Lanao, which lasted beheaded two of them and were watch the fighting. But he could of futile negotiations and where Muslim separatists have six days. But the intensity of the preparing to kill the rest when not resist, either. “It’s our city,” resumed his fight for an fought for greater autonomy for latest assault, and the ability of an airstrike hit a neighboring he said. “It’s so painful. It’s im- independent Naga homeland. decades. the militants to hold out for so house, enabling them to escape. possible to turn away.” AP mon 12.06.2017 th Anniversary

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Brazil dollars in inflated contracts and Claudio Couto, a political scien- kickbacks to politicians. The exe- ce professor at Fundacao Getulio cutives described tens of millions Vargas, a Sao Paulo-based uni- of dollars in bribes and illegal versity and think tank, called the With court victory, hand campaign contributions, inclu- court decision “demoralizing” for ding to the Rousseff-Temer ticket. ignoring evidence against Temer. Over four days of deliberations, Couto also said that more scan- the judges argued about whether dals are likely to hit the adminis- of president strengthened those plea bargains should be tration, which has lurched from considered in their decision. They one crisis to another over the last also clashed over the strength of year. Peter Prengaman, the original evidence and whether “But for now, the trend seems to Mauricio Savarese punishments should be doled out be a weak Temer administration ap photo when illegal campaign finance going forward, with little chance ighting to save his job, was widespread. of passing any meaningful mea- FBrazilian President Michel sures,” said Couto. Temer has received a huge boost While Temer has survived ano- from a decision by the country’s Temer’s ther day, the future will be diffi- top electoral court to reject allega- cult. tions of illegal campaign finance approval rating His already very low populari- and keep him in office. is hovering ty has plunged further amid the The Superior Electoral Tribu- corruptions allegations. A Temer nal’s 4-3 vote late Friday gave around 9 ally and former congressman, Temer a lifeline amid widespread captured on video by federal poli- calls that he resign in the face of a percent ce carrying a suitcase full of bribe corruption scandal. money, was recently jailed — and Last month, a recording emer- A guilty verdict would have any testimony he provides could ged that apparently captured Te- Michel Temer annulled the 2014 victory, thus further implicate Temer. mer endorsing hush money to ex- stripping Temer of the rest of his The main parties in Temer’s House Speaker Eduardo Cunha, main in office,” said Alexandre The campaign finance case was mandate. It could also have also coalition have stuck with him so a former Temer ally serving 15 Barros, a political risk consultant filed shortly after the 2014 pre- made both Temer and Rousseff far, but there are reports of worry years in prison for corruption with the Brasilia-based firm Ear- sidential election by one of the ineligible to take office for eight in the ranks that being associated and money laundering. Soon af- ly Warning. “Instability is bad for losing parties. It alleged that the years. While Temer had vowed with his government could be de- ter, details of another bombshell everybody. So many will say at ticket of President Dilma Rou- to appeal any conviction, it would trimental to re-election campaig- emerged: that Temer was being this point, ‘If we have to pay the sseff and running mate Temer, have weakened his hand in a cli- ns next year. investigated for taking bribes. price for sticking with Temer, let’s then the vice presidential candi- mate of corruption scandals and a Temer’s strongest claim to stay Temer has denied wrongdoing do it.’” date, gained an unfair advantage public furious at politicians. in power is the argument that he and vowed to stay in office. Howe- While Temer has crossed a huge through illegal campaign contri- “Even the rocks know that the can deliver major reforms to labor ver, the fallout from the scandals hurdle to staying in power, he is butions. Temer took over the pre- political environment is contami- laws and the country’s pension was so great that many observers still facing threats on many fron- sidency last year after Rousseff nated. Now is the time for the res- system. While deeply unpopular expected that the electoral court ts. The attorney general is consi- was impeached and removed for cue,” said Judge Luiz Fux, voting among Brazilians, many econo- judges would be swayed to remo- dering pressing charges against illegally managing the federal bu- to remove Temer. mists say they are necessary to ve Temer from office over unrela- him for allegedly receiving bribes, dget. Napoleao Nunes Maia argued help pull Latin America’s largest ted campaign finance allegations. over the audio recording and for The campaign finance allega- the court should not have an ac- nation from recession. While in theory Brazilian justices allegedly trying to obstruct a co- tions were bolstered in recent tivist role. “Temer will argue, ‘I’m the guy are impartial, in reality they are lossal investigation into billions of months by stunning testimony “Electoral justice can’t be used as who is going to give the country often highly political. Indeed, two dollars in inflated contracts and from plea bargains signed by cur- a third round of elections without the bitter remedy that will cure it,” of judges who voted in Temer’s fa- kickbacks to politicians. Temer’s rent and former executives at the violating the electoral order,” said said Carlos Manhanelli, political vor were his appointees. approval rating is hovering arou- construction giant Odebrecht, a Maia, adding that a lack of mo- marketing specialist and chair- “While Temer is hard for many nd 9 percent and he has a tenuous company at the center of a colos- deration would “risk annihilating man of the Brazilian Association people to digest, he will likely re- hold on his ruling coalition. sal investigation into billions of the sovereign will of the people.” of Political Consultants. AP

United Kingdom Boris Johnson denies plot to ap photo topple tottering Theresa May

ritish Foreign Se- day newspaper headlined ty. Labour surpassed ex- vernment must now take Bcretary Boris John- “Boris set to launch bid to pectations by winning 262. a more flexible approach son has denied plotting be PM as May clings on” Many senior Conserva- to the divorce, potentially to topple Prime Minis- was “tripe.” tives say May should stay, softening the exit terms. ter Theresa May, whose “I am backing There- for now, to provide stabili- Scottish Conservative hold on power remained sa May. Let’s get on with ty. But few believe she can leader Ruth Davidson, People demonstrate in Parliament Square against the Conservative tenuous yesterday as she the job,” he said. hang on for more than a who took the party from and DUP coalition government following the Britain’s general tried to finalize a deal with The Conservatives lost few months. one Scottish seat to 13, election result a small Northern Irish par- their parliamentary ma- “I think her position is, in said there would now have ty to prop up her minority jority in Thursday’s elec- the long term, untenable,” to be “consensus within sions continue,” said DUP modernizing Conservati- government after a disas- tion. May called the snap Conservative lawmaker the country about what it leader Arlene Foster. ves uneasy. The DUP is a trous election. vote in a bid to strengthen Anna Soubry told Sky means and what we seek to Downing Street said it socially conservative group Former Treasury chief her mandate ahead of exit News. “I just don’t see how achieve as we leave.” hopes to finalize the deal that opposes abortion and George Osborne — who talks with the European she can continue in any To stay in power, the next week, after Parlia- same-sex marriage and was fired by May last year Union. Instead, she has long-term way.” Conservatives are seeking ment resumes sitting. had links to Protestant pa- — called her a “dead wo- left Britain’s government May called the election support from Northern The two sides are looking ramilitary groups during man walking,” and opposi- ranks in disarray, days to win explicit backing for Ireland’s Democratic to form a “confidence and Ireland’s sectarian “Trou- tion leader Jeremy Corbyn before the divorce nego- her stance on Brexit, whi- Unionist Party. May’s offi- supply” arrangement. bles.” said he was ready to con- tiations are due to start on ch involves leaving the ce said Saturday principles That means the DUP wou- Conservative lawmaker test another election at any June 19. EU’s single market and of an agreement had been ld back the government on Nicky Morgan told ITV time. May’s party won 318 sea- imposing restrictions on reached, but the two sides confidence motions and that she could support a Johnson, one of the Con- ts, 12 fewer than it had be- immigration while trying later clarified that they are budget votes, but it’s not a confidence and supply ar- servatives’ most popular fore the snap election, and to negotiate free trade deal still talking. coalition government or a rangement with the DUP, politicians, tweeted that an eight short of the 326 nee- with the bloc. Some say “We have made good broader pact. but any closer deal would article in the Mail on Sun- ded for an outright majori- her failure means the go- progress but the discus- The alliance makes some be “a step too far.” AP mon 12.06.2017

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France Macron faces test in ap photo parliamentary elections

Sylvie Corbet, Paris The government outlined the mers in politics, like a retired main themes of a major labor bullfighter, a fighter pilot and rench voters were reform that has already angered a mathematical genius. Half of choosing lawmakers in French unions and is likely to the candidates are women. the lower house of par- prompt tensions over the sum- Candidates from the conser- liament yesterday in a mer. vative Republicans party are Fvote that is crucial for newly- Macron also plans to quickly expected to arrive in second elected president Emmanuel pass a law to strengthen security position, and other parties with Macron. measures — effectively making possibly more than 100 seats. A total of 7,882 candidates are the state of emergency perma- The Socialists, who dominated Macron and his wife Brigitte pick up ballots before voting in the first round of the running for 577 seats in the Na- nent, after multiple Islamic ex- the last Assembly, are expected two-stage legislative elections tional Assembly in Yesterday’s tremist attacks in France — and to suffer a stinging defeat and first round of the two-stage le- another one that he says will put win just a few dozen seats. mentary seat in the southern liamentary elections in 2012. gislative elections. Top vote-ge- more ethics into French politics. In the wake of far-right Mari- city of Marseille. His movement To win in the first round, can- tters advance to the decisive se- The government needs a new ne Le Pen’s qualification for the could obtain between 10 and 20 didates need an absolute ma- cond round June 18. Assembly in place to vote on the presidential runoff, the National seats. jority and support from at least Polls suggest the elections will bills. Front party is expected to get its Parisian voter Thibault Gou- a quarter of the district’s regis- strongly favor Macron’s party Macron called on French vo- highest-ever score - but does not ache says he’s keen to see fresh tered voters. and dramatically shake up Fren- ters to give him a “majority to appear able to become the ma- faces in the parliament. Otherwise, all contenders who ch politics, punishing the tradi- make changes” on the night of jor opposition force Le Pen had “The most important thing is get at least 12.5 percent of the tional left and right parties and his victory May 7. “That’s what hoped for. Polls project it could changing the people that do po- votes of registered voters advan- leaving no single strong opposi- the country wants and that’s win about a dozen seats, in part litics,” he told The Associated ce to the second round. tion force. what it deserves,” he said. because of a voting system that Press. Many candidates have al- The French Parliament is Macron’s year-old centrist mo- A minimum of 289 seats is re- favors the biggest parties. ready served multiple terms and made up of two houses, the Na- vement, Republic on the Move, quired to secure an absolute ma- Le Pen herself is running for a “are disconnected to the reality tional Assembly and the Senate. is seeking an absolute majori- jority. seat in Henin-Beaumont in nor- of what we live on a day by day The legislative elections don’t ty to be able to implement his According to the latest polls, thern France. basis.” concern the Senate, which is campaign promises, which in- Macron’s movement appears in Far-left leader Jean-Luc Me- The turnout rate was 41 per- currently run by a conservative clude simplifying labor rules a position to win potentially as lenchon, who came in a strong cent by late afternoon, accor- majority. and making it easier to lay off many as 400 seats. fourth place in the presidential ding to the Interior Ministry. The National Assembly always workers in hopes of boosting hi- The candidates of Republic on vote with nearly 20 percent su- That was down from 48 percent has the final say in the voting ring. the Move include many newco- pport, is running for a parlia- in the first round of the last par- process of a law. AP

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P ap photo Comey, days after the fired FBI director’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee and as Attorney General Jeff Sessions of- fered to speak to the same panel to answer questions about alleged Russian med- dling in the 2016 presiden- tial election. Jeff Sessions “I believe the James Co- mey leaks will be far more be willing to testify under said on CBS’s “Face the prevalent than anyone ever oath that he didn’t demand Nation” yesterday that the thought possible. Totally a pledge of personal loyalty committee is still in a “final illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’” from Comey. conversation” with Sessions Trump told his 32 million Sessions late Saturday but assumes the hearing Twitter followers yesterday. canceled planned appea- would be public. On Friday, Trump said rances at a pair of appro- Two leading Democrats, during a news conference priations panels on Tues- Senator Dianne Feinstein at the White House that day, and instead said he of California and Senator Comey’s Senate testimony a would appear before the Patrick Leahy of Vermont, day earlier showed that the intelligence committee. called on Sessions to appear president hadn’t colluded That panel hasn’t announ- before the Judiciary Com- with the Russian govern- ced the timing of a hearing mittee, which has oversight ment to rig the 2016 elec- with Sessions, though, or responsibility for the De- tion and hadn’t obstructed said whether he will appear partment of Justice. “You a federal investigation into in an open or closed format. can’t run forever,” Leahy the meddling. Trump also Senator James Lankford, said in a Twitter message to said he would “100 percent” Republican of Oklahoma, Sessions. Bloomberg 12.06.2017 mon

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Kung Fu Panda Adventure Ice World - Ice World Exhibition Time: 11am -8pm (Last admission at 7:30pm) Until: July 9, 2017 Venue: The Venetian Macao, Cotai Expo Hall F cinema (temperature is -8ºc inside the venue, thus hooded cineteatro coats will be provided free of charge in limited quantities and sizes for children and adults) 8-14 Jun 1964 Nelson Mandela Admission: MOP120 (for one adult and one child jailed for life aged 3 to 12), MOP312 (for three family members and The leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, one child aged 3 or above) Nelson Mandela, has been jailed for life for sabotage. nquiries Seven other defendants, including the former secretary- E : (853) 2882 8818 general of the banned African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu, were also given life prison sentences. Macao Artist Society Youth Committee Crowds gathered silently outside the court building in Pre- Member’s Exhibition 2017 toria’s Church Square waiting for the verdict to be handed Time: 11am-10pm down. Hundreds of police patrolled the area. The Rivonia trial - named after the suburb of Johannesburg ntil The mummy U : June 25, 2107 where several of the defendants were arrested - began ei- Venue: Lakeside Gallery – S1 Room, Anim’ Arte room 1 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm ght months ago, with Mandela, 46, and his co-defendants Nam Van Director: Alex Kurtzman proudly confessing their guilt to plotting to destroy the South Admission: Free Starring: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Walls African state by sabotage. Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 Language: English (Chinese) As members of the ANC - the main African nationalist mo- Duration: 141min vement - they have campaigned for an end to the oppres- sion of black South Africans. Former Home of Revolutionary Leader Ye Wonder Woman But the movement was banned in 1960 following the Ting room 1 Sharpeville massacre and campaigners decided they had Time: 10am-6pm daily (Except Wednesdays, open 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45pm no choice but to resort to violent means. Director: Patty Jenkins Mandela - a lawyer by training - told the court earlier: “I do on public holidays) Starring: Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright enue not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit V : 76, Rua Almirante Costa Cabral Language: English (Chinese) of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I Admission: Free Duration: 141min planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.” His co-accused included: Walter Sisulu, Dennis Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Mosoaledi, Andrew Offbeat Mlangeni - all ANC officials and Ahmed Kathrada, the former leader of the South African Indian Congress. Lawyer for the defendants, Harold Hansen QC said: “These accused represent the struggle of their people for equal righ- ap photo ts. Their views represent the struggle of the African people for the attainment of equal rights for all races in this country.” But the judge, President Quartus de Wet, said he was not convinced by their claim to have been motivated by a de- Bleed for this sire to alleviate the grievances of the African people in this room 3 country. 2:30, 4:45, 9:30pm Judge de Wet said: “People who organise revolution Director: Ben Younger usually plan to take over the government as well through Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal personal ambition.” However, he stopped short of the im- Language: English (Chinese) posing the supreme penalty of death. Duration: 116min The convicted men were cheered as they left court in a police lorry. The crowd was dispersed without any serious incident. City breaks sand angel world Courtesy BBC News record Macau Tower A western Michigan city has broken a mark set by the 30 May - 11 June Guinness World Records for the most people simultaneously making sand angels at a beach. In context The Ludington Daily News and The Muskegon Chronicle re- This was the second time Nelson Mandela had been tried for high port 1,387 people angelically assembled on a Lake Michigan treason - in 1956 he was charged but after a four year trial the case beachfront in Ludington on Saturday and worked their magic was dropped. for 30 seconds. That far surpasses the roughly 350 who made There were demonstrations in Britain following the 1964 sentenc- sand angels for 15 seconds two years ago in Pembrokeshire, ing. A world petition calling for the prisoners’ release was handed to Wales. the United Nations Secretary General. A Guinness judge verified the record. Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27 years behind bars serving The Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Foundation orga- hard labour in Robben Island prison off Cape Town. He was released in 1990, jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize with nized what’s been dubbed “Be Someone’s Angel.” The event, Wonder Woman President FW de Klerk in 1993 and elected South Africa’s president which had a USD$20 suggested donation, raised money for (3D) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm in the country’s first multi-racial elections held in 1994. the hospital’s cancer service center. Director: Patty Jenkins He stepped down in favour of Govan Mbeki’s son Thabo in 1999 but The effort was part of “Love Ludington” weekend, which Starring: Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright continues to travel the world campaigning for peace. also features the opening of the Port of Ludington Maritime Language: English (Chinese) Walter Sisulu died at the age of 90 in May 2003. Museum. Duration: 141min mon 12.06.2017

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Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 The stars are sidling seductively You have one more day of passion through your house of intimate and intensity to muddle through matters, which means you’re -- which for your sensual little sending out all kinds of wonderful self definitely won’t be much of signals. Of course, this energy isn’t a problem. Get ready to focus on picky. one-on-one relationships.

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England defeats Venezuela ap photo to win U20 World Cup

first-half goal from Dominic Calvert- Lewin gave England a ap photo 1-0 win over Venezue- laA in the 2017 Under-20 World Cup final at Suwon World Cup Tennis Stadium yesterday and a first global title since 1966. Nadal wins, The Everton striker made the difference, though goalkeeper Ostapenko Freddie Woodman saved a se- cond-half penalty from Adal- claims first berto Penaranda as the South Grand Slam title Americans piled on the pressu- re in an open and entertaining His clay-court prowess clash in which both teams hit as unassailable as ever, the woodwork. Rafael Nadal won his record England made most of the 10th French Open title by running in the first half thou- England goalkeeper Freddie Woodman (second left) saves a penalty during the final against Venezuela dominating 2015 champion gh Venezuela looked dangerous Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in in attacking areas. ved and beat a surprised Wood- half, Venezuela, a country that Kuipers from the Netherlands the final yesterday. No other The European team had the man, but bounced off the post. has never appeared at the se- pointed to the spot after Jake man or woman has won 10 first chance as Dominic Solanke Calvert-Lewin broke the dea- nior World Cup, should have Clarke-Salter took down Pena- championships at the same took advantage of a defensive dlock 10 minutes before the drawn level. Sergio Cordova randa in the area despite En- major in the Open era, which slip to enter the penalty area, break. The forward beat a de- looked certain to score a fifth glish protests. began in 1968. On the women’s but with just the goalkeeper to fender to a free kick from Lewis goal of the tournament with the Woodman, of Newcastle Uni- tournament, Simona Halep looked to be on the verge of beat, the Liverpool striker did Cook, had his first shot saved ball at his feet and just Wood- ted, made a fine save from Pe- claiming her first Grand Slam not make clean contact and by Farinez and reacted quickly man to beat but the goalkeeper naranda, one of the stars of title as well as the No. 1 spot shot against Wuilker Farinez’s to put the rebound over the line came out quickly to block. the tournament, sticking out in the rankings. Then it all fell legs. from close range. England then almost extended a hand to palm the ball away apart. Facing the unseeded Ten minutes later, Ademola England, which arrived in its lead out of nowhere. Josh though he was diving in the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in Lookman forced an acrobatic South Korea without winning a Onomah’s shot from well outsi- opposite direction. the French Open final, Halep save from Farinez with a fierce game in this competition since de the area hit the crossbar be- Venezuela had equalized in the took the first set and led 3-0 in drive from outside the area. 1997, was composed in posses- fore bouncing onto the goal line final moments of a semifinal vic- the second. She then had three Venezuela came even closer sion in the first half but guilty and away to safety. tory over Uruguay but was unable break points to move to 4-0. She moments later. Ronaldo Lu- of giving the ball away in the With 17 minutes remaining to repeat that feat. It was England eventually lost the match 4-6, cena’s swerving free kick from second. and Venezuela increasingly celebrating a rare taste of global 6-4, 6-3 in her second final at more than 30 meters out swer- Six minutes into the second pushing forward, referee Bjorn glory on the final whistle. AP Roland Garros.

ad THE Judiciary Police: Fake Scheme Station Air quality BUZZ traps more than 400 investors Roadside 15-35 Good The Judiciary Police have reported that a wo- cent. One victim that she conned allegedly spread man claiming to be from the Macau Trade and In- news about the investment to his friends in Ma- High vestment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has conned cau, which led to more people depositing their Density 25-45 more than 400 people in an investment scam. money within the scheme. Residental The amount transferred to the fraudster is arou- The fraud was uncovered when more than 20 Good nd RMB2.7 million (almost MOP3.2 million), ac- people from mainland China arrived in Macau on Area opinion cording to the police. Saturday. They were told that IPIM would host a The scheme is believed to have been disguised talk about the investment. Ambient 25-45 as a special project for handicapped individuals. However, upon realizing that the institute was Good source: d smg source: Insight Public broadcaster TDM reported yesterday that closed and that the con artist was unreachable, Paulo Barbosa some disabled people might have been tricked the concerned investors reported their case to into investing in the fraudulent scheme. the police. The woman told investors that they could earn IPIM warned residents to be vigilant against WORLD BRIEFS Misinformed citizens are a return on their investment as high as 300 per- schemes such as these, reported TDM. a peril to democracy Syria The Russian Roger Waters military on Friday The term “fake news” has been a trending ex- Q&A accused the U.S.-led pression since the new US president was elec- Musician coalition in Syria of ted. providing safe corridors Former Agence France-Presse editor-in-chief for the Islamic State Eric Wishart, who now works on special projects group to leave the area for the agency’s global news management, was ‘I am fundamentally around its stronghold of in Macau last month to attend a conference or- Raqqa. ganized by the Macau Portuguese and English State-run Qatar Press Association. He tried to answer a perti- opposed to people being Qatar Petroleum sought to nent question: Why is fake news such a big issue reassure the public now? on Saturday, saying Wishart, who is also a scholar based in Hong subjugated’ its production of oil Kong, defined fake news as “fabricated content and gas has not been presented as legitimate news with an intent to impacted by tensions in deceive” and noted that social media has been John Carucci the Gulf that saw several the driving force behind the phenomenon. Arab states block their

As he illustrated, the “fake news” emergence oger Waters isn’t sure ap photo airspace, ports and got to a point where Time magazine made the “Is Rhow much longer he will shipping lanes to Qatar. Truth Dead?” cover, replicating a famous Time tour, or if his current one cover: “Is God Dead?” issued in 1966. will be his last. But there’s During the conference held at the Military Club, one thing the former Pink ap photo the veteran journalist proceeded by exhibiting the Floyd co-founder is sure of headlines of several US tabloids that claimed, for — if you’re a veteran, there’s example, that then-presidential candidate Hilary a place for you at his shows. Clinton was fighting cancer or that she had suf- Waters, whose father was fered two stokes. killed in World War II, holds Explaining that “in it’s purest form fake news is a special place in his heart fabricated,” Wishart said that it could also take for those who served. That’s Libya Seif al-Islam, the subtler forms by providing false context, manipu- why for every performance, son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan lated content or even “impostor content” (when he allocates a block of tickets dictator Moammar genuine sources are impersonated). for vets. Gadhafi, has been Many argue that governments should legislate “When I started touring released after more than against fake news or even censor the Internet with ‘The Wall,’ I just star- five years in detention, (which is already being done in several jurisdic- ted inviting veterans in his captors said on tions). I disagree because such an attempt inevi- every town we go to, and Saturday. They said his tably ends up by limiting freedom of speech and, I’ll do that on this tour, as I met a guy there called Ar- - You have always been release was decided as thus, democracy. well. We’ll reserve a certain thur Bloom, who ran a pro- outspoken when it co- part of a recent pardon There are libel laws for those who feel defa- number of places in the au- gram, and we made a band. mes to politics, and have issued by the Libyan med. Politicians and public figures must not be ditorium for veterans if they We performed for a couple been attacked on your parliament based in the country’s eastern oversensitive about this new reality. They should want to come,” Waters said. of years doing that and these support of a boycott of region. learn to cope with unfair criticism as part of their Veterans can grab a ticket men became my brothers, Israel. Some have called job. What they shouldn’t do is turn journalists into to his shows through a varie- and I’m close friends still you anti-Semitic becau- Ethiopia’s government public enemy number one and rebuke legitima- ty of veteran’s groups, inclu- with a lot to them. And so se of it. Are you? is warning it will run out te reports that they dislike as fake news. That’s ding the Wounded Warrior the connections that I made RW - I’ve got nothing of emergency food aid reckless. Project, VetTix and Musi- through playing music with against Israel, and I’ve cer- starting next month as Fake news and “alternative facts” are here to Corps. them informed my desire to tainly not got anything the number of drought stay. What needs to be done to limit their impact Recently, the outspoken get to know more of them. against Jewish people or Ju- victims in the East is to educate the youth to use social media and 73-year old rocker sat down daism. But I am fundamen- African country has to value reliable sources of information, such as with The Associated Press - The album seems ins- tally opposed to people being reached 7.8 million. editorial contents produced by professional jour- to talk about veterans, his pired by the dire overto- subjugated and not having One month nalists and trustworthy media organizations. nes of our current wor- rights under the law. So I’ve France latest solo album — titled after President The crucial questions are: Where will the you- “Is This the Life We Really ld. Is it about fear? finished my little speech, but Emmanuel Macron’s nger generations (and, by the way, the US presi- Want?” — and his political RW - Yeah, it’s fear of people have suggested that arrival in power, French dent) gather their information from? Facebook? leanings. the fact that everything is I’m anti-Semitic, which I am voters must now Dishonest cable TV channels and tabloids? Go- running away from us and clearly not... I will go to my choose lawmakers in vernment mouthpieces? There is a multitude of - Your support for vete- nobody is the child who grave defending the rights parliamentary elections sources available, but they are not worth the rans has been relentless. says, “But the emperor is of ordinary people, under a that began yesterday same. Well-informed people know that to be an Why? not wearing any clothes.” law, under a common law. and may dramatically indisputable fact. Roger Waters (RW) reshape the political The point, Wishart said, is that there are peo- - Maybe it has something - Tell us about the tour? - How much longer can landscape. More on p15 ple who “will believe what they want to believe,” to with my father. It has RW - The show is called you do tour? presenting revisionist views and always believing partly to do with Bob and “Us and Them,” which is the RW - Probably, not much hoaxes: The earth is square, dinosaurs didn’t Lee Woodruff. They have a title of a song from “Dark longer. This might well be ap photo exist, the Holocaust is a fabrication, the destruc- foundation because he was Side of the Moon,” which the last one. If it goes on for tion of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, a journalist who got half is from 1973, or ‘74, but it’s a couple of years I may well was executed by the US government, vaccines of his head blown off and extremely appropriate and be done. We’ll see. You never are a way to sterilize poor people and keep the survived. They have a thing apposite today. That song say never. I try and stay fit. I global population down. The absurd list could go called Stand Up for Heroes means just as much today am fit, otherwise I couldn’t on endlessly. every year to raise money for as it did in 1973. And these do it. So we’ll see. Education is key. The decline of public edu- veterans, and they asked if I new songs off this album Germany-Mexico cation systems in developed countries and the would perform. are essentially about our - Is it possible that any German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said failure to raise educational standards in less de- dilemma as human beings time before you call it during a state visit to veloped ones is generating a population of misin- - But it didn’t stop there. as to whether we can find quits, you and former Mexico that countries formed citizens. RW - I had an idea, which ways to accommodate each Floyd guitarist David should focus on Those misinformed citizens are always a peril to was to put together a band of other’s needs, and to dis- Gilmour will do a set of improving life for people democracies, wherever they still exist. As Wishart wounded men. So I went to cover our potential for em- shows? fleeing their homes put it, “fake news is real and can be dangerous.” Walter Reed (National Mi- pathy for others, including RW - I think it’s very un- rather than building litary Medical Center), and refugees. likely. walls.