economy shrinks package tour arrivals obama 24 percent down year-on-year , Macau saw GDP tumble The number of package tour xi meet 24.2pct in the 3 months through visitors (804,000) in October at paris Sept, easing from the 26.4pct was down by 19.8 percent climate drop in the second quarter year-on-year conference P2 P5 P11,15

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CHINA A gas leak at a steel parts factory in eastern Government to launch China kills 10 people and leaves seven others hospitalized. The Zouping County government says on its official microblog the leak occurred late Saturday anti-cybercrime center, and poisoned 17 people, five of whom died immediately. It says five more died early Sunday, and the cause of the leak is under investigation. tighten video surveillance TAIWAN-CHINA Old foes P3 POLICY ADDRESS China and Taiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies in a sign of goodwill linked to the first ap photo meeting ever between their presidents. More on p10

China-Zimbabwe Some immigration signs at Zimbabwe’s main international airport are in Chinese, a sign of China’s deep economic inroads in Africa, which Chinese President Xi Jinping will be visiting this week. Xi arrives today in Zimbabwe before heading tomorrow to South Africa. There, he will attend a forum on cooperation between Africa and China, whose investment on the continent hit more than USD3.5 billion last year.

JAPAN’s whaling fleet leaves yesterday for the Antarctic for a three-month, scaled- down hunt, despite protests from opponents who say Tokyo has not proven that whales need to be killed for research. More on p13

PHILIPPINES-USA A Philippine court plans to deliver its verdict in the emotion-charged case of a U.S. Marine accused of murdering a transgender Filipino after discovering her gender when they checked into a hotel.

THAILAND Soldiers and police in military-run Thailand detain two top leaders of the anti-government Red Shirt movement as they were to visit a park celebrating past Thai kings that’s at the center Hong Kong will pay for MTR express of a corruption scandal linked to the army. P10 More on backpage rail to Guangzhou-Shenzhen 01.12.2015 tue

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paulo chan takes Economy shrinks 24pct as oath today as dicj head gambling malaise persists Paulo Chan, former Assis- tant Public Prosecutor-General, takes Office today as the new Daniela Wei director of the Gaming Inspec- tion and Coordination Bureau acau’s economy con- (DICJ). Chan’s appointment comes after the retirement Mtracted a fifth straight barbosa paulo quarter as the world’s largest of former director, Manuel center of gambling was pum- Joaquim das Neves. The Secre- meled by an economic slow- tary for Economy and Finance, down in China and the gover- Lionel Leong, stated previously that Chan’s appointment was nment’s attack on corruption directly related to his experience which scared off high-rollers. in the Public Prosecutions Of- The region, which relies on fice, his legal knowledge and his gamblers for about two-thirds multilingual skills. The Secre- of economic output, saw GDP tary also asserted that Mr Chan tumble 24.2 percent in the is capable of strengthening both the bureau’s law enforcement capabilities and its efforts to A view of the Senado Square, Macau “optimize” gaming regulation. The gambling three months through Septem- month in October, as increa- means Macau’s economy may ber, easing from the 26.4 per- sed visits over China’s Natio- start improving on a quar- its website. market will cent drop in the second quar- nal Day holiday week failed to ter-on- quarter basis going The local government is due ter, government data released boost betting. forward, he said in a telephone as early as today to report gradually yesterday showed. “The gambling market will interview. gross gaming revenue for No- Casinos in Macau have tried gradually find its way to get The third quarter’s econo- vember, which is seen falling find its way to reinvent themselves by fo- used to negative factors such mic contraction was due to the 31.5 percent according to the to get used cusing on tourists rather than as China’s economic slowdown continuous decline in services median estimate of six analys- hard- core gamblers, even as and anti-corruption cam- exports, of which gaming plun- ts surveyed by Bloomberg. to negative the chief executive predicted paign,” said Zhonglu Zeng, a ged 37.4 percent and other tou- The measure is down by 35.5 a third year of pull-back in the professor of gaming studies rism services fell 15.3 percent, percent in the first 10 months factors. industry in 2016. Gambling re- and research at the Macau Macau’s Statistics and Census of this year, government data Zhonglu Zeng venue plunged a 17th straight Polytechnic Institute. This Service said in a statement on showed. Bloomberg

EU-Macau Committee marks Civil servants set up association milestone in training cooperation to promote positive image

he 20th European Both delegations com- ced cooperation at the Aries Un TUnion (EU)-Macau mended the cooperation Joint Committee mee- Joint Committee meet- between the Public Ad- ting. The Third Macau- ver fifty civil servants have ing, held here on Friday, ministration and Civil EU Co-operation Pro- Oformed an association to con- concluded with the an- Service Bureau and the gram in the Legal Field nect the younger generation of civil nouncement of further Directorate-General for was adopted, seeking to servants with top-level officials. The cooperation in the fields Interpretation of the strengthen Macau’s legal group also aims to enhance the re- of legal training and in- European Commission system and to improve putation of public servants through novation. for the training of qua- training for legal practi- various initiatives. The meeting allowed the lified interpreters in the tioners. The Macau Youth Civil Servants’ two partners to review MSAR. In addition, the two de- Association’s founding members local workforce totaling approxima- the latest developments The delegations noted legations launched a new were sworn in on Sunday in the pre- tely 400,000 are employed in public in their relationship, to that the program satisfies phase in cooperation in sence of major officials and repre- services. Furthermore, almost half of recognize existing efforts the joint needs of Macau the field of research and sentatives of other youth-oriented the government’s manpower is un- in bilateral co-operation, and the EU for qualified innovation, promoting organizations. der 40 years old, according to Lao, and to explore areas for interpreters of both Chi- the participation of Ma- “The MSAR government has long who stressed the need for such peo- further collaboration. nese and Portuguese. cau’s research institu- valued the growth and development ple to have a voice. The delegation from A memorandum for a tions and researchers in of youths. It’s necessary to set up The association, whose initial Macau was led by Rai- new phase of a five-year the EU’s Horizon 2020 an organization exclusively to serve membership base already includes mundo Rosário, the Se- training program for in- program. and provide a voice for young ci- representatives from across all pu- cretary for Transport and terpretation services was Both sides expressed vil servants, as they are a great and blic departments, seeks to continue Public Works, while the signed earlier this mon- their willingness to ex- valuable asset to the region,” said the recruiting more members to under- EU delegation was led th, following the con- tend cooperation into association’s head, Lao Hio Fai, who take a series of planned activities. by Ugo Astuto, the Ac- clusions of two previous new areas of mutual inte- works as a physician at the public The association’s head revealed ting Managing Director arrangements, the first of rest, including informa- hospital. that the group expected to attract for Asia and the Pacific which began in 2010. tion exchange in comba- According to the latest figures from secretary- and bureau-level officials, at the European External The legal field was ano- tting human trafficking. the Statistics and Census Service along with young civil servants, in Action Service. ther area that saw enhan- Staff reporter Bureau, close to 30,000 out of the gatherings to discuss social issues.

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2016 Policy Address Gov’t to launch anti-cybercrime center, tighten video surveillance

Aries Un ecurity authorities It remains a plan to launch prepa- ratory works next year concern in for a new network se- society how the Scurity center as part of their premeditated anti-cybercrime balance can be efforts, the Secretary for Se- curity Wong Sio Chak hinted struck between during a Legislative Assembly (AL) debate yesterday. security and The department, which will operate under the Judiciary safeguarding Police, seeks to tackle the va- privacy. riety of emerging security in- cidents in cyberspace, Wong Chui Sai Peng noted. Such an initiative was initially slated for two years ago, but was later shelved as ged in collaboration with the the authorities found it hard Infrastructure Development to employ related tech spe- Office would be commensu- cialists under the existing re- rate with expected standards, munerative package for civil despite not being privy to the servants. apparatus model and its cost The purportedly well-inten- in the debate. tioned policy raised skepti- “The cameras haven’t begun cism among some lawmakers operations yet; we have yet to who believed that it might know whether such technolo- compromise citizens’ privacy gies will meet our demand,” as much as the citywide sur- he said, also pledging to re- veillance did. “On one hand view the performance of the they help prevent crimes and surveillance cameras once collect evidence as an im- they were put into service. portant tool, but it remains The installation of sur- a concern in society how the veillance across the territory balance can be struck between was expected to be completed security and safeguarding pri- within five years, with 219 ca- vacy,” said lawmaker Chui Sai meras in the first phase beco- Peng. ming operational since June. The secretary played down The second and the third pha- the policy’s possible public ses, involving 263 and 338 ca- interest impacts, stressing meras respectively, are set to that the initiative endorsed Wong Sio Chak (center) launch at the end of this year. by the city’s government was to monitor Internet data flow to identify any potential risk sing ahead with initiatives with “internationally recog- beforehand for the sake of the associated with probable com- report on late customs chief’s death nized means” in an attempt “public interest.” promise of privacy. “The establishment of the In addition, he cited the al- released when appropriate center and its related system ready-established systems has absolutely nothing to do regulating online activities in Secretary for Security San and Ng Kuok Cheong, who ‘tourist police’ with supervision and limita- neighboring regions to bolster Wong Sio Chak pledged to unveil remain dubious of the episode. on the horizon tion of legal conduct,” Wong the formulation of the policy, “a certain degree” of the outcome Wong revealed that investigators of the inquiry into late customs have now finished much of the proclaimed, “let alone depri- which would still have to un- director-general Lai Man Wa’s probe. Upon completion, the re- vation of civil rights and free- dergo an analysis and study Authorities an- purported suicide only with her port will have to be submitted to nounced that additional dom of speech.” next year. family’s endorsement. During the the Public Prosecutions Office for manpower resources would be He further stressed that the In response to a lawmaker’s legislative debate, the secretary further review before the authori- deployed to major tourist attrac- authorities had to firstly get inquiries over the expected ef- was once again pressed for the ties confirm a final version. Yet no tions next year, with duties spe- the green light from the inde- ficacy of the 1620-camera sur- motive behind the deceased’s timeframe for the entire probe is cifically for crowd control and pendent Office for Personal veillance system, Wong belie- death by lawmakers Au Kam as yet available. prevention of crimes. Following Data Protection before pres- ved that the equipment arran- an ad hoc task force set up last August and its deployment in April this year around the Ru- ins of St Paul, the authorities Current anti-terrorism efforts sufficient to meet all threats decided to officially turn it into a response squad for contin- nti-terrorism efforts are llations over the prospective setup of Wong. gencies in tourist spots such A not subject to a scale that de- an index that describes the scale of Given that estimate, the Secretary as the A-ma Temple and Lotus termines the extent of possible risks terrorist threats to which Macau is for Security reckoned the existing de- Square. Police officers with the region faces, with security forces subject, Wong said it was currently ployment of security measures were higher language proficiency are maintaining the same alertness and under official analysis, while recog- “secure” and “safe” enough to res- the potential candidates to be response levels as if the region were nizing the need to devise such an in- pond to any unexpected violence. enlisted into the ever-expanding facing an immediate or even high risk dicator. “The set-up of a safety index is sim- team, Public Security Police of terrorist assault, Wong Sio Chak “Although we don’t have such an ply an issue to consider in the futu- Force commissioner Leong Man Cheong said. explained in the legislative debate. index in Macau at the moment, the re,” said Wong. “It does not yet affect In response to lawmakers’ interpe- risks are relatively low,” claimed our anti-terrorism efforts.” 01.12.2015 tue

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IFT students thanked for support CRIME of creative industries Final year students of the Tourism Retail and Marketing Drugs and illegals found Management program at the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) have successfully completed a visual merchandizing and over the weekend store design project. The project was organized to support two companies in the development of various stores. Number 55 Co. Ltd and Number 81 Co. Ltd are the companies responsible for the development of a number of stores in Rua de Nossa Senhora Renato Marques entered the territory illegally. 29, who were also mainlanders do Amparo and Patio de Chon Sau, and also “One Creative Arts He was taken into custody, but who held legal permits to Department Store.” The companies are currently assessing t least two cases involving accused of drug trafficking be in Macau. Both had rented opportunities to turn some of these ideas into reality by forming Adrug trafficking and con- and consumption. The other the room and assisted the sus- teams of IFT students once they graduate. It is hoped that projects sumption were detected by the suspect is a 29-year-old local pects. like these will support the MSAR government’s strategic vision for Judiciary Police (PJ) over the woman. She was accused of In this case, the first suspect economic diversification. weekend, with all those invol- providing support to illegal ac- was detained and accused of ved having entered Macau ille- tivities. drug trafficking and consump- gally. The PJ also reported the dis- tion, the second of drug traf- TIS makes technology investment Police announced at a press covery of a second similar cri- ficking, the third of drug con- splash conference yesterday that last me, which was detected in the sumption, and the fourth and Saturday a staff member from early hours of Sunday. A man fifth of providing support to The International School a Cotai hotel alerted the autho- who was barred from entering illegal activities. of Macao (TIS) says it rities to what they suspected a casino was subsequentlly In a different case reported has invested heavily in were drug-related activities searched by authorities, fin- earlier, the PSP caught a man technological resources in occurring in one of the hotel ding him in the possession of in the early hours of the same recent years, leading to a rooms. The PJ headed to the 2.49 grams of Ketamine, 4.28 morning in a document search number of new initiatives location and, with the help of grams of “Ice” and 3 pills of operation. He presented a for- and technology purchases the Public Security Police For- “magu” (methamphetamine). ged entry form to the officers, that have benefited some ce (PSP), managed to intercept A further search to his room re- which he later revealed to have 1,250 students. “The amount one of the suspects and a se- vealed a further 2.21 grams of been bought in the mainland of technology, as well as the “Ice”. This search of his room for MOP10. This man had also use of technology, continues cond one shortly after, inside to grow at TIS,” Technology Coordinator Mel Varqa remarked. the casino. also revealed the presence of entered Macau illegally, trave- According to a press release, the new technologies include the A search of the first suspect two other people, one man and ling in a speed boat, a mode of institution’s investment in new “wired” lockers, which feature revealed 2.86 grams of the one woman. The three, ranging transportation that he claimed power sockets for charging laptops and other mobile devices. The drug known as “Ice” and a fur- between 22 and 25 years old, to have cost him RMB5,000. latest purchases include two 3D printers and a CNC laser cutter, ther search of the hotel room were all mainland residents. The 26-year-old decided to use which are used primarily by the high school’s robotics program. resulted in the discovery of a As in the previous case, they this method because he had a TIS says that it now employs two full-time technology integration further 2.28 grams of the same had entered Macau illegally. previous record and had been staff members who provide technological support and who help substance. The first suspect, Further investigation revealed banned from entering the re- teachers integrate technology into the classroom. aged 43, is a mainlander who two other people, aged 28 and gion until 2020.

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tourism percent, respectively. University of Macau confers Visitors on package tours from Japan, however, increased by 11 57 PhD degrees Package tour visitors percent year-on-year to a total of 14,000. There were 104 hotels and gues- bounce from Sept thouses operating by the end of October, providing 32,000 guest rooms, up by 13.1 percent year-on- year. With a number of new hotels commencing operations, the num- ber of guest rooms in four-star ho- tels increased by 38.7 percent year renato marques renato -on-year to 7,700. The number of tourists checking into hotels and guesthouses tota- Up to 600 graduates were granted higher education led 896,000 for October 2015, up degrees last Saturday by the University of Macau by 4.2 percent year-on-year. Gues- (UM) in an occasion that saw a record-high number ts from mainland China (586,000) of doctorate degree recipients, totaling 57. Of the and Hong Kong (116,000) increa- total, 520 were awarded a Master’s degree while 42 sed by 5.2 percent and 20.3 per- obtained postgraduate diplomas. cent, respectively. The average length of stay rose by 0.1 nights year-on-year to a new high of 1.5 Hugo Pinto wins local nights. journalism award for As for outbound Macau residen- ts, October 2015 saw a 4.6-percent second time nformation released by the same period of 2014. drop year-on-year in those using Hugo Pinto has won the Fundação Oriente (Orient Statistics and Census Service in- Compared with October last travel agency services. Based on I Foundation) Journalism Award for a report titled dicates that although the number year, the number of tourists tra- the share of total visitors, main- “As novas regras do jogo” (literally, “The new rules of visitors to Macau travelling on velling on organized group tou- land China again overtook other of the game”). It is the second time that Mr Pinto, package tours (804,000) for Oc- rs from major destinations was destinations by a large margin a journalist at Radio Macau, has won the accolade, tober was down by 19.8 percent mostly down across the board. (76.9 percent), while Korea (5.7 which includes a MOP50,000 cash prize. The Orient year-on-year, the figure is up by Those arriving from mainland percent) and Taiwan (5.1 percent) Foundation said in a statement that the work is of 11.8 percent compared with the China (669,000) tumbled by 17.9 fared worse. “an exceptional quality,” focusing on a theme that previous month. percent year-on-year, while tho- In the first ten months of this has great social impact. Two honorable mentions For the first ten months of 2015, se from the Republic of Korea year, the number of outbound were awarded to Inês Santinhos Lopes and Filipa the number of visitors on package (23,000), Hong Kong (17,000) residents using travel agency ser- Queiroz. The prizes will be presented at the Orient tours totaled 8,222,000, down by and Taiwan (40,000) dropped by vices totaled 1,260,000, down by Foundation delegation in Macau (Casa Garden) 9 percent when compared with the 36 percent, 27.9 percent and 38.4 0.5 percent year-on-year. next Monday at 6.30 p.m.

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nternational Mo- netary Fund Managing Did China’s yuan really pass Director Christine Lagar- de and some two dozen Iofficials on the fund’s executive board were gathering gathering the IMF test? You’ll know soon yesterday at headquarters in Washington for one of the most- anticipated decisions outside of have to walk a fine line. The actually approving loans for na- Obama administration initially tions in crisis. insisted China implement more bloomberg The question inside the 12th- financial reforms to win Ameri- floor, oval boardroom: whether ca’s support for the yuan’s in- to grant China’s yuan status as clusion in the SDR basket. a reserve currency by adding it But after presidents Barack to the fund’s Special Drawing Obama and Xi Jinping met at Rights basket. The SDR, crea- the White House in September, ted in 1969, gives IMF member the administration softened its countries who hold it the right position, saying the U.S. would to obtain any of the currencies in support inclusion as long as the the basket - currently the dollar, yuan meets the IMF’s criteria. euro, yen and pound - to meet balance-of-payments needs. MORE REFORM While there’s little suspense CONDITIONS in the main thrust of the expec- To give SDR users the time to ted approval - Lagarde already adjust, the IMF has decided any announced that fund staff had changes to the basket will wait recommended the yuan be in- until the end of September. cluded and that she supported In their July report, fund sta- the finding - the IMF is likely to ffers highlighted a range of give more details on how it arri- operational challenges of ad- ved at the decision. ding the yuan to the basket. The IMF’s highest decision- Countries that hold SDRs, for making body is its board of example, need to have access to governors, a group of mostly yuan-dominated securities to finance ministers and central manage their reserves and hed- bankers from its 188 member Here’s what to look for in yes- the share a currency makes up will be assigned within the ge risks. Also, the IMF will need countries. The board of gover- terday’s decision and its imme- of official reserves, internatio- basket, and the staff paper may to identify a reliable interest- nors has delegated most of its diate aftermath: nal banking liabilities and glo- explain the basis for the pro- rate benchmark to calculate the powers to the executive board, bal debt securities, as well as portion. The dollar currently rate paid by SDR borrowers. made up of 24 executive direc- WHETHER YUAN the volume of use in foreign-ex- accounts for 41.9 percent of the China has addressed some tors who represent the mem- DESERVED IT change markets. basket. The euro accounts for of these issues, committing to bership. In her Nov. 13 statement, La- In a July report, IMF officials 37.4 percent, the pound 11.3 issue three-month treasury The executive board, which garde said staff determined the found the yuan ranked seven- percent and the yen 9.4 per- bills every week and opening meets more than 200 times a yuan is “freely usable,” the test th among currencies as a share cent. its onshore bond and curren- year, usually makes decisions for inclusion. But five months of official reserves, behind the In the preliminary report in cy markets to foreign central based on consensus, rather ago, the currency appeared to four SDR members as well as July, IMF staff estimated the banks. than formal votes. Mark So- fall short of the mark. Following the Australian and Canadian yuan would have a weight of But the IMF will probably re- bel, the U.S. executive director yesterday’s decision, the IMF dollars. The yuan constituted about 14 percent to 16 percent. quire more conditions to smoo- who answers to the Obama ad- will probably release a detailed 1.1 percent of official reserves, The weighting will affect the th the transition, said Dome- ministration, wields the most staff report on the review, she- compared with 63.7 percent interest countries pay when nico Lombardi, director of the power, with a 17 percent voting dding more light on how the for the U.S. dollar. The yuan they borrow from the IMF. global economy program at the stake. Together, the Group fund’s economists arrived at also ranked outside the top five Centre for International Gover- of Seven countries control 43 the new conclusion. in terms of debt securities and POLITICAL REACTION nance Innovation in Waterloo, percent of the vote, making According to the fund, freely currency trading, according to The reaction to the decision Ontario. them a formidable bloc. Chi- usable currencies must be wi- the report. by governments and politicians “The IMF membership have na, which holds a 3.8 percent dely used to make payments will show how much of a flash come to grips with the fact the voting share, is represented by in global transactions, and wi- WEIGHTING IN BASKET point China’s economic and po- renminbi has capital controls, but former People’s Bank of China dely traded in major exchange The board’s decision should litical rise remains in the world. the PBOC’s commitment will be official Jin Zhongxia. markets. Key indicators include include the weighting the yuan The U.S., in particular, will key,” Lombardi said. Bloomberg

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hina’s economic slow- Cdown, government anti-­ Hong Kong art auction feels corruption measures and fleeing speculators are cau- sing a chill in the Hong Kong China slowdown in sales drop art auction market, Christie’s Nov. 28 International Hong Kong evening sale showed. look for other ways to appeal The London-based auction to new buyers. Its internatio- house sold HKD507.9 million nal real estate arm is also re- bloomberg (USD66 million) worth of art doubling its efforts, and held a at its Asian 20th Century and private seminar on Nov. 29 on Contemporary auction, com- buying vineyards in Bordeaux pared with HK$636 million at and Oregon. a similar event a year ago, and One property it’s flogging: HK$935 million in November a vineyard in the Entre Deux 2013. Saturday’s sale was the Mers region that produces marquee event of Christie’s 30,000 bottles a year for six-day Hong Kong autumn 689,000 euros ($729,000), auction marathon. which is “the same price as “It’s softer this season for a tiny Wan Chai apartment,” sure,” said Hong Kong-based said Lily Li, at Bordeaux adviser Jehan Chu, who runs broker Maxwell-Storrie-Bay- Vermillion Art Collections. nes. “There is uncertainty, espe- Christie’s is also selling rare cially over the economic and Stradivari and Guarneri del political outlook in China, that Gesu violins and a cello in has made people skittish.” Hong Kong for the first time The slowdown could also re- in a selling exhibition - where flect a shift in buying patter- unlike an auction, the prices ns by wealthy Chinese clients are determined in advance - who are spending larger sums to tap into the mainland love in New York and Europe as of classical music. The instru- they embrace more western ments have a combined value works. For example, Chine- art, jewelry, watches, wine, Francois Curiel, chairman francs for a pink diamond at of $65 million. se billionaire Liu Yiqian paid furniture, women’s handbags for Asia Pacific at Christie’s, Christie’s. “Music is a good way of $170.4 million for Amedeo and contemporary ink. says that the economic slow- The highlight of Christie’s connecting with people and Modigliani’s reclining nude down notwithstanding, resul- evening sale was a 20th cen- to connect with people who woman, at Christie’s New ts for jewelry sales in Geneva tury painting by Chinese artist otherwise might not be con- York on Nov. 10, almost three and modern art in New York Sanyu titled “Vase of Chrysan- nected,” said Jonathan Sto- times the total of the Hong this month show the resilien- themums on a Yellow Table” ne, chairman of Asian Art at Kong evening sale. There is ce of Chinese buying power. that sold to a telephone bidder Christie’s. “This is not about Liu, who flies around the “In Geneva and New York for HK$46 million, more than compensating for any percei- world for free on the miles uncertainty, 31.8 percent of sales went to triple its high auction estima- ved changes in other markets, he earns by paying for his art Asians, and a large proportion te set by Christie’s of HK$15 it’s very much an addition.” with his American Express especially over of that went to China,” he said million. Christie’s also faces added Centurion card, was in Hong the economic in advance of the Christie’s Christie’s also sold HK$71 competition from Phillips, Kong for the V.I.P. preview Hong Kong autumn auction million worth of wine on Nov. which is holding its inaugural but has not yet decided whe- and political marathon. 27 and 28, where the top lot Hong Kong watch auction on ther to participate in this auc- Those figures were boosted was a 12-bottle case of Do- Dec. 1, offering 350 timepie- tion, his daughter Betty said. outlook in by two purchases by Hong maine de la Romanée-Conti, ces estimated to raise $13.5 The autumn event kicked off Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, Romanée-Conti 1988, Grand million. The star lot is a whi- with wine sales on Nov. 27 China, that has who set an auction record Cru, Côte de Nuits, which fe- te gold automatic perpetual and runs to tomorrow, when made people when he paid 48.6 million tched HK$1.04 million. wristwatch with moon phases Chinese works of art and ce- Swiss francs ($47 million) for The slowdown in demand and a leap year indicator by ramics are auctioned. The skittish. a blue diamond in Geneva at from mainland clients for Patek Philippe. The watch has entire sale, estimated to earn Jehan Chu Sotheby’s on Nov. 11, a day af- Christie’s traditional sales a high estimate of $2 million. HK$3.1 billion, includes Asian Vermillion Art Collections ter paying 28.7 million Swiss categories has prompted it to Bloomberg

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Ralph Jennings, Taipei Taiwan ld foes China and OTaiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies Taipei says it has swapped in a sign of goodwill linked to the first meeting ever between their presi- dents. convicted spies with Beijing Each side released the convicts and allowed them to return home be- in black.” He was serving fore Chinese President Xi a life sentence, Taiwan’s Jinping and Taiwanese ap photo Defense Ministry said. President Ma Ying-jeou “The release took place met Nov. 7 in Singapo- before the Ma-Xi meeting re, Taipei’s presidential and was announced only office said in a statement today,” Huang said. “Now yesterday. people are saying the re- China released two con- leases were to show goo- victs and Taiwan released dwill on both sides before one, the statement said. It the summit.” was issued after the spy Taiwanese Defense Mi- swap was reported ear- nistry spokesman Lo lier yesterday by the Tai- Shao-he said the relea- pei-based China Times ses were announced in newspaper, which said Taiwan because they had the two Taiwanese had been reported by the Chi- been initially sentenced na Times, and that nor- to death in China. mally it was “inappro- Chinese officials also priate” to reveal informa- confirmed the releases, tion in such cases. but didn’t say they were China’s Taiwan Af- part of an exchange. fairs Office, when asked “This is in accordance about the issue, confir- with the mutual goodwill med the releases in a due to the Ma-Xi mee- Protesters carry signs denouncing the meeting in Singapore of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping outside brief faxed statement, ting,” Taiwanese presi- of the Songshan Airport in Taipei, Saturday, Nov. 7 but said nothing expli- dential office spokesman citly about an exchange Charles Chen said in the Taiwan as part of its ter- Chu Kung-hsun and Hsu University in Taiwan. The two from Taiwan with Taiwan. statement. “President Ma ritory and insists the two Chang-kuo on Oct. 13, Their rank makes them initially received death Many people in Taiwan hopes goodwill exchanges sides eventually reunify. the China Times said. their government’s hi- sentences for espionage, worry that their govern- can continue and achieve That split kept relations Both were colonels who ghest-level convicted but they were later com- ment has grown too close additional specific achie- icy until Ma took office had worked for Taiwan’s spies in China “in recent muted to 20-year prison to Beijing, giving a lead in vements.” in 2008 and set aside the Bureau of Military Intelli- memory,” he said. terms, the China Times opinion polls to the chief The two sides have been political dispute to bui- gence and were arrested China and Taiwan pe- said. opposition party candi- separately ruled since ld trust through talks on in 2006. riodically ask each other Taiwan followed up with date ahead of the Jan. 16 Chiang Kai-shek’s Natio- trade, transit and invest- China “kidnapped” to release espionage con- the release of China’s Li presidential election. nalists lost the Chinese ment. His summit with them along the Vietname- victs, Huang said, and a Zhihao, the president’s China is asking that civil war of the 1940s to Xi, though it produced no se border, said Alexander wife of one of the Taiwa- office statement said. Taiwan return a second the Communists and re- formal agreements, was a Huang, strategic studies nese colonels once trave- Local media said he was person convicted of es- based their government capstone of that effort. professor and military led to China to press the about 70 years old and pionage, the China Times in Taiwan. China regards China first sent back specialist at Tamkang case. called him China’s “man reported. AP

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Gov’t to pay for MTR’s express bloomberg rail to Guangzhou-Shenzhen

Kyunghee Park and Alfred Liu Hong Kong stock exchange. and pragmatic solution to take MTR will bear any additional forward and complete the ex- he Hong Kong government cost if it exceeds the budget for press rail link project,” MTR Tagreed to bear the costs for the project, which is expected said in the statement. MTR Corp’s railway project to be operational in the third The rail link is 75 percent linking the city to mainland quarter of 2018. The new bud- completed, Hong Kong Secre- China more than a year after a get is slightly lower than an ear- tary for Transport Anthony land and Hong Kong to help ths ended in June, 3.5 percent cost blowout led to inquiries by lier forecast of HK$85.3 billion, Cheung said at a briefing in the foster trade and services, which more than a year earlier, helped lawmakers and the departure MTR said. city. The government reserves will bolster the city’s long-term by a sale of land. Bloomberg of senior executives at the train The agreement yesterday the right to take legal action competitiveness as a gateway to operator. brings to an end wrangling against MTR if it isn’t satisfied China, MTR said. Hong Kong In return for the government between the government and with the implementation of the lawmakers in January 2010 paying for the HKD84.4 billion MTR over who should take res- project and for any cost over- approved funding for the high (USD11 billion) project, which ponsibility for the delay and bu- runs, he said. -speed rail line, whose comple- connects the southern Chinese dget blowout, with former Chief MTR will pay out a special tion had been delayed at least cities of Guangzhou and Shen- Executive Officer Jay Walder dividend of HK$4.40 a share, twice. HKD zhen, MTR said yesterday it departing one year ahead of with other stakeholders getting Shares of MTR, which were would pay a special dividend his contract expiry. The rail HK$6.25 billion in total. Hong suspended from trading yester- to its shareholders. The gover- was initially scheduled to be Kong’s government owned 75.7 day, fell 1.2 percent to close at 84.4b nment, as a majority owner completed this year for HK$65 percent of MTR as of Oct. 31, HK$36 on Friday. Trading will of the train operator, will get billion. the train operator said. resume at 9 a.m. today. The new cost HK$19.51 billion in the payout, The company believes “the The express rail link will cut MTR posted net income of of the project MTR said in a statement to the agreement provides a viable travel time between the main- HK$8.2 billion in the six mon- tue 01.12.2015

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COP 21 tainty in international situa- tions,” Xi said. Obama’s meeting with Xi at the opening of the two-week Paris conference was designed Obama, Xi tout close Sino-US to underscore the need for all nations to come together on a strong agreement to combat climate change. China emits climate coordination about 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases and the U.S. Nancy Benac, Paris about 16 percent. Both countries have sought to resident Barack ap photo use their cooperation on the is- Obama yesterday tou- sue to ramp up pressure on de- ted close U.S. coopera- veloped and developing coun- tion with China on cli- tries alike to pledge ambitious Pmate change as vital to world cuts. In a joint announcement efforts to slow global warming, last year, Obama pledged to cut even as he acknowledged per- U.S. emissions up to 28 percent sistent differences with Chi- over the next decade, while Xi na’s President Xi Jinping over announced China would cap its cybersecurity and maritime growing emissions by 2030 or security. sooner. Huddling with Xi on the side- As the conference kicked off, lines of the Paris climate con- the U.S. State Department an- ference, Obama said nowhere nounced early yesterday that had coordination with Beijing the U.S. was pledging USD51 been more critical or fruitful million to a global fund to help than on climate change. He cre- poorer countries adapt to cli- dited U.S. and Chinese leader- mate change. The U.S. contri- ship with leading 180 nations to bution joins pledges from Ger- make their own pledges to curb many, Canada, Italy and others emissions in the run-up to the to total $248 million. Paris talks. The Obama administration “Our leadership on this issue didn’t specify where the U.S. has been absolutely vital,” Oba- dollars would come from. Oba- ma said. U.S. President Barack Obama, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting held on the sidelines of the ma has struggled to convince Yet Obama also invoked hot- COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris the Republican-run Congress button issues that have long to fund his climate goals, amid vexed U.S.-China relations as complained bitterly about these tensions in a constructive nations.” concerns from critics in the he and Xi opened their mee- cyber-attacks against the U.S. fashion,” he said. The Chinese leader, speaking U.S. who say his energy plan is ting. The United States has emanating from China, and The global response to the at- through a translator, said that unattainable and could be wi- Obama has spoken out regu- tacks that killed 130 here two global worries made it even ped away by his successor. larly against China’s assertive weeks ago have cast a somber more important for the U.S. During the two days of talks, moves in disputed waters in the mood over the talks, and Oba- and China to work together. He Obama was slated to give a East China Sea and South Chi- ma encouraged China to play a called for the U.S. and China to brief speech about the budding na Sea. bigger role addressing the cri- build a new model of coopera- agreement and meet with In- Our leadership Obama said the U.S. and Chi- sis, and specifically called for tion, using diplomatic language dian Prime Minister Narendra on this issue na had developed a “candid way Beijing’s help in securing a po- long preferred by Beijing. Modi. He also planned a dinner of discussing these issues,” ad- litical transition in Syria. He “The world economy is reco- with French President Francois has been ding that he hoped to build on expressed condolences over vering slowly, terrorism is on Hollande and a meeting with that tradition during his mee- the killing of a Chinese hosta- the rise, and climate change island nations hit hard by cli- absolutely vital. ting with Xi. “Our teams have ge by IS and said it “indicates is a huge challenge. There is mate change before returning Barack Obama found ways to work through that this is a threat to all of our more instability and uncer- to Washington today. AP

Pollution Heavy smog chokes Beijing as Xi arrives in Paris

mog levels spiked pollution alert to oran- Severe pollution was sai, climate and energy in Beijing yesterday, ge, the second-highest also reported in at least 17 campaigner at Greenpea-

S ap photo highlighting the environ- level in its four-tier sys- other cities around Bei- ce East Asia. mental challenges facing tem, for the first time in jing, Tianjin, Hebei and As pollution levels sur- China as President Xi 13 months. The heavy Shandong, according to ged in Beijing, the gover- Jinping arrived in Paris pollution in Beijing won’t the Ministry of Environ- nment also announced for global climate talks. clear up until tomorrow, mental Protection. Shan- on Sunday that it had The concentration of according to the environ- ghai’s air was also hea- achieved its targets for PM2.5, fine particulates ment bureau. The city vily polluted, the second reducing major pollutan- that pose the greatest will ask some factories worst level on a six-grade ts outlined in its five-year risk to human health, to suspend or limit pro- scale, with the PM2.5 rea- plan ending 2015 ahead went “beyond index” in duction and construction ding at 170.4 micrograms of schedule, according to the afternoon, according sites to stop transporting per cubic meter as of 12 the official Xinhua News to a U.S. Embassy mo- materials and waste whi- p.m. yesterday, the city’s Agency. Air quality in nitor. The PM2.5 level le the orange alert is acti- Environmental Monito- more than 300 Chinese was 678 micrograms per ve, it said. ring Center said on its cities improved in the cubic meter near Tianan- Vehicles drive along a road with a traffic sign reading “Visibility low, Under the orange alert, website. first three quarters from men Square, the Beijing slow down your speed” on a heavily polluted day in Beijing people are advised to cut The potential for heavy a year earlier, though government said. The down on outdoor activi- -pollution days is greater average concentrations World Health Organiza- Public outrage over air force for a breakthrough ty, while the elderly and in winter due to weather in 80 percent of the cities tion recommends avera- pollution has been a ca- deal in Paris. Leaders people with heart and conditions and increased exceeded national stan- ge 24-hour exposure to talyst for China’s trans- including U.S. Beijing lung ailments should energy consumption for dards, said Greenpeace’s PMI of 25 or below. formation into a driving on Sunday raised its air stay inside. heating, said Dong Lian- Dong. Bloomberg 01.12.2015 tue

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South Korea New Zealand Malaysian Parliament ratifies free diplomat pleads guilty trade pact with China to indecent

Youkyung Lee, Once put into effect, the assault Business Writer, Seoul deal would eliminate tari- ffs on $42 billion of South ap photo Nick Perry, Wellington outh Korea’s par- Korea’s imports from Chi- Sliament yesterday na and on $73 billion in Malaysian military officer approved a free trade pact South Korean exports A who was extradited to New with China after opposi- to China. Eventually, it will Zealand after earlier leaving the tion lawmakers secured a remove tariffs on more than country under the protection of USD1.4 billion relief packa- 90 percent of goods. Autos diplomatic immunity pleaded ge for farmers. and rice remain protected. guilty yesterday to indecent as- The ratification, which co- South Korea’s govern- sault. mes five months after the ment said the deal would Muhammad Rizalman Ismail trade pact was signed, pa- create about 54,000 jobs faces a maximum of seven years ves way for the deal with over the next 10 years and in prison. He had earlier plea- South Korea’s largest ex- bring other economic bene- ded not guilty to more serious port market to take effect fits, such as boosting sales charges, including assault with this year. South Korea al- of fashion items, cosmetics the intent to rape. The court is ready has trade deals with and electronics goods made scheduled to hear disputed facts the European Union and by small-and-medium Ko- in the case Friday ahead of any United States. rean companies in the Chi- sentencing. Lawmakers passed the nese market. A police summary said the deal after agreeing to spend South Korea, Asia’s fourth 21-year-old victim, Tania Billin- 1.6 trillion ($1.4 billion) -largest economy, has been gsley, was alone in the bedroom won over the next decade struggling to boost exports, of her Wellington home in May on tax breaks and other aid which sank 16 percent in 2014 and watching a movie on for farmers and fishermen. October from over a year her laptop when Rizalman, who The main opposition party earlier, the biggest drop in worked at the Malaysian Embas- was against ratifying a deal six years. sy, broke in. that would hurt agriculture Earlier in November, Sou- Rizalman took off his pants and and fisheries. Both indus- th Korean President Park underwear before opening the un- tries feared greater compe- Geun-hye and Chinese locked front door, the summary tition from less expensive Premier Li Keqiang agreed said. Inside the house, he took Chinese imports. during their meeting in off his jacket and, wearing only a To further appease con- Seoul to work toward rati- shirt, pushed open the bedroom cerns about the deal’s im- fying the deal by the end of door, saying “Can I come in?” ac- pact, lawmakers agreed to the year. cording to the summary. seek donations to establish South Korea was Chi- Billingsley began screaming and a 1 trillion won fund for the na’s fourth-largest trading Rizalman grabbed both her shou- agriculture and fishing in- partner in 2014 after the S Korean protesters from a farmers’ group hold signs during a rally lders, the summary said. The pair dustries over the next de- U.S., Hong Kong and Ja- denouncing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between S Korea and China in struggled before Billingsley ma- cade. pan. AP front of the National Assembly in Seoul naged to push Rizalman out of her bedroom and run to a bathroom where she called police. Australia-Mexico Billingsley had bruises and marks on her arms and suffered considerable emotional trauma Mexican authorities search for 2 missing from the incident, the summary said. Australian tourists after report men’s van found Rizalman was arrested and charged at the time but returned Maria Verza, Mexico City with items that could provide DNA for to Malaysia less than two weeks testing to see if the two bodies repor- later under diplomatic immuni- riends of two Australian touris- ap photo tedly found inside the burned van were ty protection. The case quickly Fts missing for more than a week in the Australians. Gomez said that Cox became embarrassing for both Mexico are looking to work with autho- arrived in Mexico on Sunday with Lu- countries. rities in determining what happened to cas’ dental records and that Gomez had New Zealand initially blamed the men following a report that their “pieces of dreadlocks” given to her by Malaysia for invoking immunity burned van may have been found with Coleman. but then later conceded its offi- two bodies inside in the drug gang-pla- “Everything points to it being them cials may have given the mistaken gued state of Sinaloa, one of the friends because the van matches; it had a bicy- impression they did not oppose said Sunday. cle. But nothing is confirmed yet,” Go- Rizalman returning home. Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman were mez said. The Associated Press does not traveling from Edmonton, Alberta, to In this Nov. 21 photo, Mexican authorities inspect She later said that she and Cox wou- identify victims in sexual assault Mexico and had been scheduled to arri- a burnt out van suspected to belong to a couple ld go first to Mexico City to contact the cases, but Billingsley decided to ve on Nov. 21 in the city of Guadalajara of missing Australian tourists, in Sinaloa, Mexico Australian Embassy rather than go to identify herself in July 2014 and but failed to appear, Coleman’s girl- Sinaloa. to speak out publicly, saying she friend, Andrea Gomez, told The Asso- van the men were using. The statement A statement from the Australian fo- felt frustrated and angry Rizal- ciated Press from Guadalajara. said “a tragic event has occurred” and reign ministry said consular officials man had been able to leave. The families of the two men issued the families feared for their sons, but were working with Mexican authorities Rizalman returned to New a statement through Australia’s De- stressed that they were waiting for de- to locate the two men. Zealand following months of de- partment of Foreign Affairs and Trade tails to be confirmed. The missing Australians who were lay after Malaysia’s government saying they were aware of reports that Officials in Sinaloa declined to com- driving Cox’s van had been scheduled said he needed to undergo phy- the men had gone missing during a sur- ment about the matter. meet Gomez in Guadalajara, she said. sical and mental examinations to fing trip to Mexico. Gomez initially said that she and Lu- She said she and Cox put out an alert ensure he was fit to stand trial, The families added that they were cas’ partner, Josie Cox, would go to the on social media after reporting the men and lawyers drafted a special ex- aware Mexican officials had located the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan yesterday missing. AP tradition document. AP tue 01.12.2015

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Japan Whaling fleet set to leave for Antarctic

Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo anti-whaling group Sea She- pherd have also contributed apan’s whaling fleet ap photo to the lower catch. The gover- will leave today for the nment has spent large amoun- Antarctic for a three- ts of tax money to sustain the month, scaled-down whaling operations. Jhunt, the government said, despite protests from oppo- nents who say Tokyo has not Japan plans proven that whales need to be killed for research. to catch up Yesterday’s announcement comes days after Japan sub- to 333 minke mitted its final plan to the In- whales each ternational Whaling Commis- sion after the commission’s year over the scientific committee said ear- lier this year that it was not next 12 years convinced that whales needed to be killed for research on Fifteen environmental and whale stock management and animal rights groups, inclu- conservation. ding Dolphin & Whale Action The expedition will be the first Network, Greenpeace and since the International Court Friends of Earth, said in a joint of Justice ruled last year that statement that there is no fu- the hunts were not truly scien- ture for the whaling business, tific, forcing Tokyo to revise its and that Japan’s government Antarctic whaling plans. Last should stop using taxpayers’ year, Japan did go to the An- money just to keep the debt-ri- tarctic, but its research did not dden whaling operation alive. involve killing any whales. In this Nov. 12, 2004 file photo, family and the crew of Japan’s research whaling vessel Nisshinmaru bid farewell as the ship “We strongly demand that the Japan says lethal sampling is departs from Shimonoseki, western Japan, for the Antarctic Ocean government not start any new indispensable to obtain data on research whaling programs, the maturing ages of whales. plan will be evaluated after six that Australia was “very disa- Service patrol boat, Brandis and instead take on new mea- Under Tokyo’s revised pro- years. ppointed” by the resumption of said. He did not say what role sures that contribute to ocean posal, it plans to catch up to Australia, which brought the whaling and had taken the ma- such a boat might play, but it conservation,” they said. 333 minke whales each year International Court of Justice tter up at “the highest levels” in would likely try to gather evi- The International Whaling over the next 12 years, about case against Japan, said it mi- a bid to get Japan to change its dence of illegal conduct. Commission imposed a com- one-third of what it used to ght send a boat to shadow the mind. Japan’s actual catch has fallen mercial ban on whaling in kill, the Fisheries Agency and Japanese fleet. If diplomacy fails, Australia in recent years in part because 1986, but Japan has continued the Foreign Ministry said in a Australian Attorney General will consider sending a Cus- of declining domestic demand to kill whales under an exemp- joint statement yesterday. The George Brandis told the Senate toms and Border Protection for whale meat. Protests by the tion for research. AP

New Zealand ap photo Thousands crowd Eden Park for Jonah Lomu memorial

Lapasset described The memorial opened points in Lomu’s rugby teammates until he was Lomu as “a giant of a man with a traditional haka career, including a tribute forced to undergo regu- (who) leaves a giant spa- and powhiri, or welcome, paid to Lomu by British lar dialysis treatments. ce in world rugby. He will performed by indigenous singer Elton John during Hart said Lomu’s illness forever be a big part of ru- Maori representatives of his recent concert tour meant he played all of his gby’s story.” Auckland’s Ngati Wha- to New Zealand. career at only 80 percent Key recorded a video tua people. Lomu’s coffin Former All Blacks coa- capacity. tribute in Paris, where he was then carried into the ch John Hart spoke on “It’s frightening to think Rugby League player Manu Vatuvei, front, helps place the casket is attending the world cli- stadium by pallbearers behalf of Lomu’s wife and what he could have done carrying the body of Jonah Lomu into the hearse during the public mate conference, saying including former All Bla- children, thanking mour- on the field had he not memorial for the former All Black at Eden Park in Auckland Lomu made a real diffe- cks Michael Jones, Frank ners and expressing grati- played with such a huge rence in people’s lives. Bunce, Joeli Vidiri and tude for the tributes that medical handbrake,” he orld Rugby the final public memorial “He proved that you Jerome Kaino, as well had poured in from arou- said. “He overcame tre- WChairman Bernard for the rugby great who can come from anywhe- as New Zealand rugby nd the world. mendous hurdles throu- Lapasset led the tributes died Nov. 18 aged 40. A re in New Zealand in any league player Manu Va- Hart recounted Lomu’s ghout his life but never, to Jonah Lomu at a pu- private family burial ser- background and make it tuvei. almost 20-year struggle ever complained. He was blic memorial yesterday, vice will be held in Au- to the top,” Key said. The coffin was followed with the debilitating kid- a fighter until the very saying the former All Bla- ckland today. One of the most moving by Lomu’s wife Nadene, ney illness nephrotic syn- end.” cks winger was a giant Lapasset, who flew tributes came from pupils who wore a woven skirt drome which eventually Lomu, who underwent whose contribution to the to New Zealand from of Lomu’s former school, which is a traditional forced his retirement and a kidney transplant in sport “cannot be oversta- France, joined Prime Mi- Favona Primary in South Tongan symbol of respect is thought to have contri- 2004, played 63 tests ted.” nister John Key and for- Auckland, who wrote and and mourning, and by Lo- buted to his death. for New Zealand and Hart Thousands of mourners, mer All Blacks in paying performed a tribute song. mu’s sons Brayley, 6, and Lomu first became awa- described him as rugby’s many wearing replicas tribute to Lomu’s contri- The pupils sang of Lomu Dhyreille, 5. re of the illness in 1995, “first superstar” who “left of Lomu’s No. 11 jersey, bution to rugby and his as “No. 11, our friend in Mourners watched a but kept it secret from his huge footprint around crowded Eden Park for charity work. heaven.” video montage of high the public and from the world.” AP 01.12.2015 tue

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Turkey we are ready to talk.” Turkey is a member of the NATO alliance. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told The Associated PM: Ankara won’t apologize to Press on Sunday that he’s dee- ply concerned about tensions between Russia and Turkey af- ter Turkish F-16s shot down a Russia over downing of jet Russian warplane on Nov. 24. Russia on Sept. 30 began airstrikes in Syria that it says Jamey Keaten, Brussels are focused on fighters of the Islamic State, but which some efying calls from ap photo observers say target other re- Moscow, Turkey’s bel groups and are aimed at prime minister said bolstering the forces of Pre- yesterday that his sident Bashar Assad. Russia Dcountry won’t apologize to Rus- insists that the plane that was sia for shooting down a warpla- shot down did not intrude on ne operating over Syria, saying Turkish airspace. the Turkish military was doing Davutoglu insisted a viola- its job defending the national tion occurred, and said Turkey airspace. had repeatedly warned Russia Amid high tensions that have about incursions into its airs- elicited concerns from the U.N pace. chief, Ahmet Davutoglu also “We also made very clear that said Turkey hopes Moscow will the Turkish-Syria border is a na- reconsider economic sanctions tional security issue for Turkey. announced against Turkish So it was a defensive action,” interests in the wake of last Davutoglu said. He repeated week’s incident. The Turkish Turkish assertions that there resort town of Antalya is “like were no IS fighters in the area. a second home” to many Rus- “We have been telling our sian holidaymakers, he said, Russian friends that their bom- but refused to yield on Turkish bardments against civilians on security. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels our border is creating new wa- “No Turkish prime minister ves of refugees which do not go or president will apologize ... meeting NATO Secretary Gene- Turkish borders is a national the Russian side wants to talk, to Russia or to any other coun- because of doing our duty,” ral Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. duty, and our army did their job and wants to prevent any future try — but coming to Turkey,” he Davutoglu told reporters after “Protection of Turkish airspace, to protect this airspace. But if unintentional events like this, said. AP

Central African Republic Israel Pope Francis meets with Court convicts 2 youths in 2014 Muslims in mosque visit killing of Palestinian teen

Nicole Winfield and Daniella Cheslow, Jerusalem David lit the match, according to Krista Larson, Bangui Zaban. ap photo Jerusalem court yesterday con- The Palestinian youth’s death tri- ope Francis ventured Avicted two Israeli youths in the ggered violent protests and was a Pinto a volatile Muslim grisly killing last year of 16-year-old milestone in an escalation of violen- neighborhood of Central Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, ce that led to the Israel-Hamas war. African Republic’s capital while delaying the verdict for the The three suspects were arrested yesterday and brought his third and chief suspect in the case shortly after the July 2, 2014 abduc- message of reconciliation due to a last-minute insanity plea. tion and confessed to the killing to to the city’s main mosque, Pope Francis waves to the crowd on the occasion of his visit at the The killing of Abu Khdeir, who investigators with Israel’s Shin Bet, insisting that Christians Central Mosque in Bangui’s Muslim enclave of PK5 was burned to death, was in reven- the security agency said. AP and Muslims have long ge for the killing of three Israeli lived peacefully together the Muslim enclave from sinesses stand in ruins. teens in the West Bank — slayings here and that religion can the rest of the city only About 200 men seated that set off a chain of events that never justify violence. the day before, thousands inside the mosque welco- led to the 50-day Gaza war in the israel suspends Under heavy security, crossed over into the area med Francis, who sat on a summer of 2014. contact with some eu Francis crossed into the chanting “war is over” in sofa. In comments to the Yesterday’s verdict could further groups over labeling PK5 neighborhood whe- the local Sango language chief imam, Francis in- increase Israeli-Palestinian ten- re Bangui’s Muslims have after the pope’s depar- sisted that Muslims and sions amid a two-month wave of Israel on Sunday suspended been unable to leave for ture. Some followed the Christians are brothers violence that has been convulsing contacts with European Union repre- months because of the pope’s entourage all the and must behave as such. the region. sentatives on Mideast peace issues to armed Christian militia way to the sports stadium “Christians and Mus- In the ruling, Judge Jacob Zaban protest the 28-nation bloc’s decision fighters who surround for a final Mass before he lims and members of of Jerusalem’s District Court deter- to label Israeli exports from the West its perimeter. The pope heads back to Italy. traditional religions have mined that the ringleader, 31-year-­ Bank. Israel has been up in arms since traveled in his open-air Francis had insisted on lived peacefully for many old Yosef Haim Ben David, and two the EU announced last month that vehicle through the nei- coming to the PK5 nei- years,” he said. “Toge- Israeli minors — whose names were goods produced in settlements must ghborhood despite the ghborhood to appeal for ther, we say no to hatred, not released — snatched Abu Kh- have special labels and cannot say security risks. Armed peace in a country where to vengeance and violen- deir off an east Jerusalem sidewalk they were made in Israel. Israel has U.N. peacekeepers stood two years of Christian- ce, especially that com- in July 2014 and burned him alive said the decision is discriminatory and guard in the minarets of Muslim violence has divi- mitted in the name of a in a forest west of the city. unfairly singles out the country, while the mosque. ded the capital and forced religion or God.” The judge determined that Ben the EU says it is a technical matter to The pope’s visit im- nearly 1 million people The pope’s visit to the David drove the car while his two clarify the origins of the products. Is- mediately ushered in a to flee their homes. The mosque marked the hi- accomplices beat Abu Khdeir un- rael’s Foreign Ministry announced late Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin greater sense of freedom once vibrant markets of ghlight of his three-na- conscious in the back seat. Once Netanyahu had ordered contacts fro- to the beleaguered area. PK5 have now been lar- tion African tour, with they reached the forest, one accom- zen until a “reassessment process is plice helped Ben David douse Abu In what had been a no gely shuttered and many previous stops in Kenya completed.” -man’s land separating of the Muslim-owned bu- and Uganda. AP Khdeir with gasoline. Then Ben tue 01.12.2015

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Seth Borenstein COP 21 and Angela Charlton, Le Bourget

ddressing the twin Athreats of global warming and extremist violence, the Leaders of warming Earth meet largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes in Paris to cut emissions climate talks outside Paris yes- terday, saying that by striking an ambitious deal to cut emis- for the world.” grees Fahrenheit) from now, sions they can show terrorists On Sunday, hundreds of thou- and if possible half that to spa- what countries can achieve ap photo sands of people rallied around re island nations threatened by when they are united. the world, calling on the lea- rising seas. The gathering of 151 heads of ders to make real progress at The world has already war- state and government comes at the talks. Violence erupted med nearly 1 degree Celsius a somber time for France, two after one peaceful demonstra- since the beginning of the in- weeks after militants linked to tion in Paris, and hundreds of dustrial age, and 181 nations the Islamic State group killed people were arrested. U.N. Se- have made pledges to combat 130 people around Paris. Fears cretary-General Ban Ki-moon man-made carbon dioxide of more attacks have prompted took note of the protests in his pollution. The negotiators are extra-high security and a cra- opening remarks. tasked with building a global ckdown on environmental pro- “The future of the people of treaty by the end of next week. tests — and threaten to eclipse the world, the future of our “We just have 11 short days longer-term concerns about planet, is in your hands,” Ban before us,” French Foreign Mi- rising seas and increasingly told negotiators. “We cannot nister Laurent Fabius said as extreme weather linked to man An artwork entitled ‘One Heart One Tree’ by artist Naziha Mestaoui is displayed on afford indecision, half measu- he took over as president of the -made global warming. the Eiffel tower ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference res or merely gradual approa- negotiations. “Success is not “The challenge of an interna- ches. Our goal must be a trans- yet assured, but it is within our tional meeting has never been he added, urging leaders to cert hall where dozens were formation.” grasp... The eyes of the world so great because it’s the future create a world free from both killed, and bowed his head in Ban, Hollande and other lea- are upon us and there are great of the planet, the future of life,” environmental destruction and silence. ders called for a binding agree- hopes.” French President Francois extremist violence. “We stand with Paris,” said ment and emphasized the role Added the outgoing presi- Hollande said after a moment Many of the leaders paid their U.N. climate change agency of private industry and money dent, Peruvian Environment of silence for attack victims in respects at sites linked to the chief Christina Figueres said in solving what Hollande cal- Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal: France, Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia attacks on their way to the con- at talks near Le Bourget air- led “the climate crisis.” They “We can show to the world that and Mali. ference. President Barack Oba- field, just north of the city. said the world must keep fu- we can work together against “There are two big global ma, in a late-night visit, placed “The city of light, now more ture warming to no more than climate change and against challenges that we must face,” a single flower outside the con- than ever, is a beacon of hope another degree Celsius (1.8 de- global terrorism.” AP

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) MIPAF - Macau International Performance Art Festival 2015 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 7pm 14:30 Publicity Venue: Ground Floor Gallery, Second Floor Gallery 14:55 Debate on Security Policy Report for 2016 (Live) and Open Spaces of Ox Warehouse 20:00 Documentay Series Admission: free 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 21:00 TDM Intreview Macau Arts Window Trivia: 21:40 Non-Daily Port. News Paintings by Vong Chi Hang 22:10 Trail of Lies ime T : 10am-7pm 23:00 TDM News (No admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) 23:30 Miscellaneous Until: December 13, 2016 Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 00:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE 01:05 RTPi Live Admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 Artifacts of Excellence – Seal Carvings by cinema Luo Shuzhong from the MAM Collection cineteatro 1955 Black woman Time: 10am-7pm 26 Nov - 02 Decv challenges race law (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) ntil A black woman has been arrested by police in Mont- U : February 28, 2016 gomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on Venue: Macau Museum of Art, the bus to a white person. Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Mrs Rosa Parks now faces a fine for breaking the se- Admission: MOP5 gregation laws which say black Americans must vacate (Free on Sundays and public holidays) their seats if there are white passengers left standing. Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 It is not the first time Mrs Parks, who is a seamstress, has defied the law on segregation. In 1943 she was thrown off a bus for refusing to get istorical aintings of acau H P M on via the back door, which was reserved for black in the 19th Century passengers. She became known to other drivers who Time: 10am-7pm sometimes refused to let her on. (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) Today Mrs Parks left Mongomery Fair, the department Until: December 31, 2015 store where she was employed doing repairs on men’s Venue: Macau Museum of Art, clothing, as usual. the hunger games: Mockingjay part 2_ She said she was tired after work and suffered aches room 1 Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE and pains in her shoulders, back and neck. (2D) 2.15, 4.45, 9.45 pm Admission: MOP5 When she got on the bus she realised the driver was (Free on Sundays and public holidays) (3D) 7.15 pm Director: Francis Lawrence the same man, James Blake, who had thrown her off nquiries E : (853) 8791 9814 Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, twelve years before. Liam Hemsworth As more white people got on and the seats filled up, Photographs of Old Temples in Macau Language: English (Cantonese) he asked her to give up her seat and she refused. Time: 10am-7pm Duration: 137min He threatened to call the police and she told him to go ahead. (Closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) keeper of darkness_ She was subsequently arrested and charged with vio- ntil U : December 31, 2015 room 2 lating segregation law. Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm She will now appear in court on Monday 5 December. Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Director: Nick Cheung Mrs Parks is a youth leader of the local branch of the Admission: MOP5 Starring: Nick Cheung, Kuo Tsai Chieh, Louis Chueng National Association for the Advancement of Coloured Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) People (NAACP) and her husband, Raymond, a barber, (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Duration: 105min Enquiries: has taken part in voter registration drives. (853) 8791 9814 Between them the couple have worked for many years return of the cuckoo_ to improve the lot of black Americans in the southern room 2 United States where rigid segregation laws have been 7.30 pm in force since the end of the Civil War in 1865. Director: Patrick Kong Last year a group of professional black woman in Starring: Chi Lam Cheung, Chairmaine Sheh Offbeat Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) Montgomery, the Women’s Political Council, protested Duration: 86min to the mayor about segregation on the buses, warning him they were planning a boycott. iji sevens team to the rescue The NAACP has also tried to challenge the laws on F segregation in the courts and Mrs Parks has been in- as passenger taken ill volved in raising money to defend a 15-year-old stu- dent, Claudette Colvin, who was removed from a bus in March of this year for refusing to give up her seat to The world champion Fiji sevens rugby team has been a white man. praised after stepping in to assist cabin crew during a me- dical emergency on a flight from Fiji to Brisbane last week. Courtesy BBC News When an elderly female passenger was taken ill, England- born team coach Ben Ryan and team doctor Emosi Taloga immediately provided medical assistance. Cabin crew had started lunch service when the emergen- In context cy occurred, but were forced to stop while the passenger was attended to. The Fiji players, without being asked, Five days later, thousands of black citizens boycotted the buses in Alabama - to mark the day Mrs Parks was due in rose to continue serving lunch to passengers, then moved victor FRankenstein_ court. She was fined USD10 (the equivalent of about $70 in through the cabin to retrieve trays and rubbish when the room 3 2003), plus $4 costs. meal had been completed, team co-manager Paula Bio 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm She challenged the verdict and the NAACP decided to use her told the Associated Press. Director: Paul McGuigan case as a test against city and state segregation laws. One player assisted cabin crew by holding an oxygen Starring: James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe Later that same evening, the young preacher Martin Luther mask to the face of the ailing passenger for more than an Language: English (Cantonese) King addressed a crowd of several thousand at Holt Street hour. Duration: 109min Baptist Church and called for the boycott to continue. “It shows the humble side of the Fijian people when those Nearly all Montgomery’s 40,000 black citizens took part in kind of unexpected situations occur anywhere,” Bio said. the bus boycott, which lasted for 381 days. On 20 December the Supreme court upheld the decision of a “It’s the image of the Fiji players and also our beloved Fiji.” macau tower lower court to end segregation on Alabama’s buses. A passenger aboard the Virgin Australia flight, Ryan Fee, 26 Nov - 16 Dec Mrs Parks was sacked from her job and in 1957 left Montgom- told Australia’s News Corp. the actions of the Fiji players ery for Detroit following harassment. She later became a spe- had been a “fantastic bit of team work.” keeper of darkness_ cial assistant to Democratic congressman John Conyers until “When the air hostesses were all flustered the team got up 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm her retirement in 1988. to finish serving food and then assisted with the cleanup of Director: Nick Cheung She died in October 2005 - an icon for the civil rights move- trays for the entire plane,” Fee said. Starring: Nick Cheung, Kuo Tsai Chieh, Louis Chueng ment - almost exactly 50 years after her famous bus boycott The Fiji team was heading to Brisbane on its way to Dubai Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) began. for the first round of the World Sevens circuit. Duration: 105min tue 01.12.2015 th Anniversary

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Ciaran Fahey, Berlin Boxing e threatened to walk away from boxing if he lost to Wladimir Klitschko, or even if After beating Klitschko, Fury Hhe won. Now the always unpre- dictable Tyson Fury says he in- tends to be a great heavyweight champion. wants to be ‘great champion’ “I hope to have many more defenses of these titles in re-knuckle champions on both future,” Fury said after ou- The sides of his family. tpointing the Ukrainian last unbeaten Fury ap photo “It’s a very great honor for weekend and taking his WBA, me to be sat here, champion IBF, WBO and IBO heavywei- — 12 years of the world four times over. ght belts in a huge boxing up- It’s not come easy. Twenty-fi- set. “If I could be half as good Klitschko’s ve fights now, three world tit- a champion as Wladimir Klits- le eliminators, so I earned my chko, I’d be very, very happy.” junior — made right to be here. I wasn’t given The 39-year-old Klitschko the older man anything for free,” Fury said. had reigned for 9 ½ years “Everybody wrote us off, said since beating Chris Byrd for look ordinary at we had no chance ... we all be- the IBF belt in Mannheim in lieved we could do it, we came 2006. He defended the title 18 the 55,000-seat here and we done it.” times and hadn’t been beaten Fury was scornful when asked since losing to Lamon Brews- soccer stadium about a potential bout with ter in Las Vegas in 2004. in Dusseldorf Deontay Wilder to unify the But the unbeaten Fury — 12 four major titles. The Ameri- years Klitschko’s junior — can holds the WBC title that made the older man look ordi- Wladimir. I enjoyed it. I got a was vacated by Vitali Klitschko nary at the 55,000-seat soccer great reception from the Ger- to concentrate on politics in stadium in Dusseldorf, as the man fans. The German people 2013. The older Klitschko is Briton lived up to the promi- really did show me some love.” the current mayor of Kiev. ses that few had taken seriou- Fury had been entertaining “Can you not count? I’ve got sly beforehand. them all week. He serenaded Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko, right, and Britain’s Tyson Fury four,” Fury said as he counted A rematch beckons, a stipula- Klitschko with his own ver- the belts. Then: “Why do we tion the Klitschko camp insis- sion of the Bette Midler song of the same, with a lucrative with 53 knockouts after con- need to mention Deontay Wil- ted upon in the fight contract. “Wind Beneath My Wings” on payout for the participants. testing his 28th title fight. Time der? Let’s have a laugh at his “So, to be continued. But we Wednesday, and he celebrated “The interest in the next fight is not on his side with his 40th name shall we?” can’t yet say how or when or beating him by singing Aeros- will be crazy,” said Klitschko’s birthday coming up in four But Fury was keen to pay tri- where,” Klitschko said. mith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a older brother Vitali, the former months. Fury, on the other bute to Klitschko, before ver- Fury, now 25-0 with 18 kno- Thing” in the ring to his wife WBC champion. “We know hand, is only likely to improve. bally punching Wilder again. ckouts, said he would happily Paris, who is expecting their Wladimir’s potential and that’s “I’m a fighter, so I will take “This man has been on top fight again in Germany. third child. the question: In a rematch do on all challengers. I want to for so long, he’s reigned as “It doesn’t really matter to The build-up to the bout had we see him back in his old form be a great champion. So I cou- champion of the world for the me where I fight. If you say been dominated by Fury’s an- or that today was no accident? ld do it all again. I came here longest,” Fury said. “If Deon- I’m fighting in Japan, Turkey, tics and trash-talking, as well Only he can answer this ques- tonight, took the world titles, tay Wilder wants a unifica- Azerbaijan, America, where- as disputes over the gloves, tion. I’ll just say that we didn’t so whatever happens next is tion fight he’s going to have to ver it has to be, it has to be,” canvas and finally the han- see much of Wladimir’s poten- a blessing,” said Fury, who is wait, because Wladimir Klits- Fury said. “I’d like to come d-wrapping before the fight. tial (against Fury).” of Irish-Gypsy heritage and chko has a round two — ding back to Germany again to fight The next will likely be more Klitschko dropped to 64-4 comes from a bloodline of ba- ding ding!” AP

Basketball | NBA Great Kobe Bryant says he will retire at end of season

fter 20 years in a day, writing a poem titled a dramatic career that has ter to tie it. “Watching him as I appreciate the great Lakers uniform and a “Dear Basketball.” included five championship win championships when I times. It’s important to go

A ap photo lifetime in basketball, Kobe “My heart can take the rings and 17 All-Star selec- was growing up, that’s who through that progression, Bryant determined that his pounding. My mind can tions during two decades I idolized. That was the because I think that’s whe- aching body and his pas- handle the grind. But my with the Lakers, giving him standard.” re you really learn about the sion for the game had both body knows it’s time to say the longest tenure with one But Bryant’s last three self.” grown weaker than his ex- goodbye,” wrote Bryant, team in NBA history. seasons have ended ear- In recent months, Bryant citement about the future. the third-leading scorer in Bryant went straight from ly due to injuries, and he repeatedly said he didn’t That’s when Kobe decided NBA history. “And that’s high school in suburban played in only 41 games know whether he would he could only wait a few OK. I’m ready to let you go. Philadelphia to his favorite over the previous two years. play another season, clear- more months to begin his I want you to know now. childhood team in 1996. He He has struggled mightily ly hoping for a rebound in life after the Lakers. So we both can savor every became the top scorer in in the first 16 games of this his health and the Lakers’ Bryant announced yester- moment we have left toge- Lakers history with offensi- season with mostly young fortunes. day (Macau time) that he ther. The good and the bad. ve creativity and resource- teammates on a rebuilding Neither has happened, will retire after this season, We have given each other ful athleticism that inspired roster, making a career and the ever-impatient ending a landmark 20-year Los Angeles Lakers forward all that we have.” the generation of fans and -worst 32 percent of his Bryant didn’t wait any lon- NBA career spent entirely Kobe Bryant When the Lakers hosted players who missed Mi- shots and dealing with pain ger to decide his future. with Los Angeles. He was the Indiana Pacers on Sun- chael Jordan’s peak, but and exhaustion every day. “Kobe Bryant is one of serenaded with cheers fact that I don’t want to do day night, fans expecting an grew up on the dynamic Yet to Bryant, the current the greatest players in the throughout the struggling this anymore, and I’m OK unremarkable regular-sea- exploits of the Lakers’ latest state of his game is no tra- history of our game,” NBA Lakers’ 107-103 loss to with that,” the dry-eyed, son game for the struggling superstar. gedy. Commissioner Adam Silver Indiana, beginning his fa- smiling Bryant said after home team instead recei- “Kobe was my Jordan,” “There’s so much beauty said. “Whether competing rewell tour through the lea- the game. ved a letter from Bryant in said Southern California in the pain of this thing,” in the Finals or hoisting gue with a clear mind and a The 37-year-old Bryant a black envelope embossed native Paul George, who Bryant said. “It sounds jump shots after midnight burgeoning curiosity about made the long-anticipated with gold. scored 39 points for India- really weird to say that, in an empty gym, Kobe has his next chapter. declaration in a post on The The theatricality of na to beat the Lakers after but I appreciate the really, an unconditional love for “I had to just accept the Players’ Tribune on Sun- Bryant’s announcement fit Bryant missed a late 3-poin- really tough times as much the game.” AP THE Singapore to get Michelin Guide Station01.12.2015Air quality tue th Anniversary BUZZ in 2016 Roadside 75-105 20 Moderate The Michelin Guide, long regarded as the wor- Well-known firm Michelin, opened by brothers ld’s foremost authority of culinary merit, is set to Andre and Edouard Michelin, first hit upon the idea High put out a Singapore edition in 2016, The Straits to distribute free maps to French motorists in 1900, Density 75-105 Times reported yesterday. in a bid to boost demands for its tires. As the guide’s Residental “This will be the first time a South-east Asian popularity grew, the company started to produce Moderate country gets its own guide,” the paper says. guides to other countries and realised the restauran- Area opinion However, Singapore is the fourth country in Asia ts section was by far the most well-received. - after Japan, Hong Kong and Macau - to earn the Michelin then decided to hire inspectors to rate Ambient 75-105 distinction. and critique restaurants, recalls the Straits Times. Moderate Our Desk dsmg source: Renato Marques Hoboken WORLD BRIEFS

THAILAND-FRANCE A The Grand Prix and Sinatra’s birthplace French drug trafficker who was part of a notorious ‘Diversification’ international network that The 62nd edition of the Macau Grand Prix authorities say copied tactics commemorates his from Hollywood’s “Fast and came to an end on November 22. In times when “diversification” seems to be a major Furious” films is arrested in political buzzword seemingly fit for any oc- 100th its way Bangkok. casion, the Grand Prix has been honored with it. NEPAL’s top political leaders meet with representatives The Secretary for Social Affairs and Cultu- Shawn Marsh, Trenton, NJ know if I had seen him in a of the Madhesi ethnic group re, Mr Alexis Tam, took several opportunities store or a movie theater or

ap photo who are protesting against to refer to the event as “a great example of hicago was his kind some other place in town, the new constitution to try to diversification.” of town, L.A. was his and if he was like a regular Yet I was thinking, is that really what “di- C end a months-long crisis, but lady and he certainly was a person or if he acted like a no agreement is reached. versification” means? If it is, Macau has, in big part of New York, New stuck-up movie star,” she fact, been diversifying for 62 years already York. But despite a love-hate said. without even knowing how necessary it wou- relationship, the mile-squa- A plaque marks the former ld be in the future. re New Jersey city where building at 415 Monroe St. ap photo Honestly, I do not agree this time with Mr Frank Sinatra was born is where Sinatra was born in Tam. On the contrary, as is the case in any 1915 to middle-class parents. other major business sector in the territory, finding the centennial of his I think that we also need to “diversify” the birth to be a very good year. “He had a nice life,” said Grand Prix. Throughout 2015, Chuck Granata, who co-pro- The Grand Prix is, so far, the region’s bi- Hoboken has remembered duces and engineers the ggest event. However, it is not new, having its native son, who died in “Nancy for Frank” satellite USA The suspected been a fixture for over 60 years now, always 1998 at age 82, with outdoor Dion has been added to a list of radio program with Sina- gunman in a deadly being one of the more significant events in screenings of his movies, a performers singing in honor of tra’s oldest daughter, Nancy. shooting at a women’s the calendar year. In the past, some even “Sinatra Idol” competition Frank Sinatra next month “Frank was not poor and was health clinic that offers said it was the major motorsports event of and concerts that will be probably one of the more for- abortions said “no more the entire Asian region, and that might have capped by a centennial bir- “Whenever we do some- tunate kids growing up.” baby parts” after his been true. Although we all wanted to keep thday bash on Dec. 12 at the thing on Sinatra, people His mother made sure her arrest, a law enforcement that title on display on our trophy shelf, it has Stevens Institute of Tech- come out of the woodwork,” son had nice clothes and official said. But police said they will not disclose been a while since the Macau Grand Prix lost nology, which awarded the Foster said. “We enjoy the even a car, which helped him why Robert Lewis Dear it. Maybe we just did not realize it because high school dropout an ho- fans because they are so gain a spot in 1935 with the opened fire at the Planned we did not bother to raise our heads and look norary degree in 1985. singing group the Hoboken loyal and he means so much Parenthood clinic, killing around. The small-scale event is not to them.” Four. They won first prize on For the last two years, I have had the privi- three people. Colorado generating the same buzz as Lacking any major items a national radio program for Springs police said in a lege of attending another event, not very far “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star that belonged to Sinatra, amateur entertainers, and from Macau (just a little farther than Coloa- statement that they are Grammy Concert” tomor- the museum tells his story Sinatra started along a path sealing the warrants related ne). I am talking about the Singapore Grand row in Las Vegas, featuring through media displays and that led to big bands, bobby Prix. With this in mind, I would like to note to the case against 57-year- Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, visitors receive a map with soxers and fame. that I am using this just as an example, not old Robert Lewis Dear. Celine Dion and other per- their $4 admission that fea- However, some Hoboken with any inferiority complex that I sometimes They are not providing formers. residents felt Sinatra had see when people refer to the city-state: it tures Sinatra sites. information on the weapon really is just an example. Even so, the Hoboken His- Greta Wilson, who was forgotten them, reflected in used in Friday’s shooting, The Singapore GP, like any other worldwide torical Museum has seen a born and raised in Hoboken, the reception he got when he a timeline of events or a motorsport event, features a main race and 300 percent jump in visitors said Sinatra is “always the rode on a float in a 1947 pa- motive. also several support events. The Formula 1 since opening a Sinatra exhi- first thing” people ask her rade and was pelted with to- is, of course, the “Queen” of the races – what bit in early August and has about when they learned matoes, according to biogra- GERMANY Hamburg the Formula 3 is to Macau. But it is not my hired extra staff, director where she is from. pher Ed Shirak. Sinatra later residents rejected the point to compare apples with oranges. Robert Foster said. “They always wanted to called Hoboken a sewer. AP German port city’s bid to I am talking about “diversification” – or so I host the 2024 Olympics think. Therefore, rather than comparing the in a public referendum on figures from the “on-track” audience, which Sunday. Opponents to the I could do in a fairly simple manner in order bid won with 51.6 percent of to emphasize the huge differences between The the vote, with 48.4 percent the events, instead I focused on talking about in favor. Paulo Coutinho, Hong Kong the “off-track” audience, which in my opinion decisive moment is more relevant. According to official figures, the 2015 edition of the Singapore GP registered an audience ap photo of 55,000–60,000 people exclusively atten- ding the daily “after race program” concerts, which represents roughly 63.2–69 percent of the audience number to the main event. Why does this happen? In my opinion, it is GREECE-TURKEY A highly simple to understand. I will leave you with just unusual online exchange a few names of the artists who participated took place on Twitter in the last two years on this “side program- between the prime ministers me” – Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams, of Greece and Turkey early Spandau Ballet, Robbie Williams, MAYDAY, yesterday before the former John Legend, Pet Shop Boys, Ziggy Marley, deleted his tweets - but only Jennifer Lopez. The list appears endless. from the English version The Singaporean model for this racing event, of his account. The official although being far from being perfect, has a English-speaking account of clear advantage over the Macau equivalent. Greek prime minister Alexis It is an event designed for people who like Tsipras (@Tsipras_eu) posted racing – locals and, above all, tourists. But it four tweets addressed to his is also made for those who do not like racing Turkish counterpart Ahmet at all, and that is where the difference or, like Davutoglu, needling him about Turkey’s downing of I say, the “diversification” can truly be seen. Symphony of lights. A junk sails across the deep waters of Victoria Harbor on a bright moonlit night (viewed from the Clock Tower promenade, Kowloon). a Russian jet and Turkey’s violations of Greek airspace.