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THE GUIA CIRCUIT HAS SECRETARY ALEXIS TAM THE POLICY RESEARCH BUREAU BEEN UPGRADED TO A GRADE 2 HAS REITERATED THAT MACAU TRACK AHEAD OF THIS YEAR’S LEADS TOURISM DELEGATION WILL NOT NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE MACAU GRAND PRIX TO ST. PETERSBURG MAINLAND’S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM P4 P4 P5
China-US Chinese importers are asking U.S. suppliers for prices of soybeans, pork and other farm goods, the TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION Commerce Ministry said yesterday, in a possible goodwill gesture ahead of talks aimed at ending a tariff war. More on p11 MUST MAKES WORLD RANKING AP PHOTO DEBUT, OVERTAKING UM P3
New Zealand Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who helped wrest power from the royal family and bring greater democracy to the small Pacific island nation, died yesterday at 78. Pohiva died at the Auckland City Hospital at about 9 a.m. after being medically evacuated to New Zealand a day earlier. AP PHOTO
Afghanistan A Taliban suicide car bomber has targeted an Afghan special forces base on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least four troops. Authorities also said three other soldiers were wounded in yesterday’s attack in the Chahar Asyab district in Kabul province. AP PHOTO
The Israeli Prime Afghanistan’s Taliban Minister’s last- leaders agree that they minute vow want a deal with the to annex the United States, but some among them are in more Jordan Valley if of a hurry than others. re-elected next Even before Trump over week has sparked the weekend cancelled a mysterious Camp David discontent of summit, the Taliban biblical proportions negotiators were at in the Arab world odds with their council of leaders. More on p15 New rainstorm warning to mean
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Mainland woman arrested after assaulting police Schools to face mandatory
Police have corroborated as genuine a video spreading on the Internet, in suspension under new which an allegedly drunken woman was seen yelling at and fighting with police officers. Police revealed rainstorm warning on Wednesday that the woman, surnamed Jia, is 18 years old and came from the mainland. She was taken to the police sub-station DANIEL BEITLER DANIEL at NAPE by taxi, after the driver accused her of causing damage to the vehicle. The driver added that during her trip, she moved from the back of the car to the front seat and started hitting the driver. After stopping at the police station, the officers on scene were trying to restrain her inside a taxi while they waited for back up. During the arrest, she hit two officers in their waist and abdomen. She was charged by the police with physical assault, resistance, aggravated insult and physical damage.
Gov’t retrieves Coloane Alto land plot
A land plot on Coloane Alto was retrieved by the government through a cross-departmental operation on Wednesday. The 53,900 square meter land plot was illegally acquired by a property developer, according to the government, which said that ANTHONY LAM already on school premises. tem, the DICJ’s Coordinator for tertiary education. the land plot is state-owned. In The bureau is not worried School Supervision, Wong I Lin, There are a total of 35 multi- February last year, the corruption CHOOLS will be mandato- about possible burden on stu- told journalists to “draw a mind faceted courses offered by nine watchdog investigated the matter, Srily suspended when the new dents, describing it yesterday as map to understand” the three in- education bodies, covering areas and its superintendent, the Chief Level 3 rainstorm warning is put minimal. ternationally acclaimed evalua- of culinary techniques, Internet Executive, instructed that the case into effect, the Education and The new system replaces the tions, PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS. communications, hotel mana- be passed to the Judiciary Police. Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) ex- existing “on or off” rainstorm PISA tests 15-year-old studen- gement and arts and culture. However, since then, the Judiciary plained yesterday, revealing the warning system, implemented ts’ literacy in reading, mathema- The education bureau noted Police has not issued any update to updated mechanism during a in 2004. tics and science. PIRLS evaluates that the final enrolment num- the public about the case. meeting with the press. The current system determi- the reading competency of Pri- ber is still being calculated as The DSEJ has conducted a nes only whether there is a rains- mary 4 students. TIMSS focuses registration is ongoing. Howe- CE pleased with consultation with education torm warning in effect, without on mathematics and science ver, the trend of late has been Industrial Products stakeholders on the suspension actually indicating the severity of abilities of both Primary 4 and downward, following the down- Show restart of schools under the new system. the situation. Secondary 2 students. turn of overall secondary school When rainfall measures In addition, the system does Macau has yet to take the enrolment. Chief Executive Chui Sai On met 20mm, the Level 1 rainstorm not concern secondary school TIMSS test, but the DICJ aims to The old decree law governing yesterday with the Chairman of warning will be issued, indi- students, meaning that even take the city’s first in 2023. technical and vocational educa- the Macau Industrial Association, cating minor inconvenience. if there is a rainstorm war- Wong said these tests are tion, numbered 54/96/M, requi- António Chui Yuk Lum, and other Schools are recommended to ning, they will still need to go to taken to help teachers become res students to complete an in- representatives of the body, in refrain from punishing students school, no matter how heavy the more creative and vigorous in ternship in the final year of their order to exchange views on the for turning up late to school. rain becomes. teaching, improving the efficien- secondary education. city’s industrial development. When rainfall measures In July this year, the Meteo- cy, effectiveness and quality of However, with the future law According to a statement issued 50mm, the signal will escalate rological and Geophysical Bu- learning. in place, the new internship re- by the government, Chui indicated to Level 2, which will trigger a reau decided to revive the tiered quirements will allow schools to that the reactivation of the “Macau whole-day suspension for non- Industrial Products Show” last year rainstorm warning system. The VOCATIONAL EDUCATION arrange internships for their stu- -secondary foundational edu- had yielded good results. The top new system will allow the wea- Reviewing its development, dents in an independent man- cation, while secondary schools official said he was pleased to see ther bureau to warn the public the education bureau said it ner. The internships can be held will be suspended for half a day. that the event is being organized with reference and indication to thinks vocational education in one longer period, or divided again this year. He added that the The most severe condition is the severity of the condition. in the Macau SAR is quite suc- into phases over the three years government will continue to support when Level 3 is issued, indica- cessful, with 80% of last year’s of senior secondary education. and collaborate in the preparation ting 80mm or more of rainfall. INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS graduates from vocational For the latter, there must be of the Macau Industrial Products School suspension is mandatory, In response to questions schools admitted into univer- one phase in which students fi- Show, thereby helping to develop but facilities should remain open about the international rankin- sities, while half of them ex- nish not fewer than 300 hours of the industrial sector. to take care of students that are gs of Macau’s education sys- tend their vocational path into interning.
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last year, when it was 351 to 400. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION According to the publication, all ranked institutions have an overall score and four pillar scores. However, for each pillar, only institutions ranked in the MUST makes world ranking top 500 overall or the top 500 in this pillar have a publicly visible score. debut, overtaking UM Back in June, UM leapt 56 places in the QS World Univer- HE Macau University full overall score is still not avai- sity Rankings 2020, compared of Science and Techno- lable. to last year, reaching 387 in the logy (MUST) has made Meanwhile, public university list. Out of the full overall score the Times Higher Edu- UM was listed within the range of 100 points, UM earned 28.7 Tcation World University Rankin- of 301 to 350. The UM scored points. gs for the first time. According high points in terms of inter- Meanwhile the University to the guide, it has become the nationalization, acquiring 98.5 of Saint Joseph congratulated top-rated university in the Ma- points. In terms of teaching and Universidade Católica Portu- cau SAR, overtaking the Univer- research, it acquired 32.3 poin- guesa (UCP) on becoming the sity of Macau (UM) which has ts and 32.6 points respectively. highest-ranked Portuguese uni- made the ranking since 2015. Its citation points stood at 61.9 versity in the rankings. The Por- The two universities are the points. tuguese university is now part only ones in the Special Ad- The rankings noted that of the group of 351-400 that are ministrative Region to make it UM ranked 5th globally for the classified in the rankings. onto the list. According to the “international outlook” me- The University of Oxford ranking, the current top univer- tric alongside the University of topped the rankings followed sity in the Macau SAR is MUST, Hong Kong. Meanwhile, MUST by the California Institute of placing in the range of the top was joint second alongside City Technology, University of Cam- “251 to 300” higher education University of Hong Kong and bridge, Stanford University and institutions worldwide. The UM Qatar University, only behind Massachusetts Institute of Te- is placed between “301 to 350”. the University of Luxembourg. chnology. The Times Higher Education The agency listed that the In mainland China, Tsinghua does not specify precise rankin- number of students per staff of University was listed as the gs after rank 198. However, ac- both MUST and UM is 24.4 and country’s best university, with cording to the list, MUST was MUST scored well in terms In terms of teaching and re- 14.4 respectively. a global ranking of 23, followed followed by Medical University of its international outlook, ac- search, it earned 22.4 points The current rank of UM is by Peking University and the of Innsbruck, National Univer- quiring 99.6 points out of 100. It and 27.1 points respectively, lower compared to 2015, which University of Science and Tech- sity of Ireland and University of also earned a high score on its but gathered 34.8 points in the was within the range of 276 to nology of China which ranked Navarra. citations, acquiring 83 points. industry income category. The 300. Still, today it is higher than 24 and 80 respectively. LV ad page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 13.09.2019 fri
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cau, S.A. (SJM) and FOOD4U, which will continue to sponsor the Macau GT Cup and the Ma- cau Touring Car Cup respectively, and the title sponsor of the event - Suncity Group. For the total budget of MOP270 million announced by the MGPOC, SJM and FOOD4U will contribute MOP4.6 million and MOP1.9 million, respecti- vely. The total budget of the event, which reaches MOP270 million, a significant increase when compared with previous edi- tions, when the budgets rounded MOP220 million, is precisely the amount needed to upgrade the safety standards of the track, Pun also said. The GP Coordinator also an- nounced that the contract with BMW Concessionaires (Macau) Limited for the supply of Safe- ty, Medical, Rescue and Official Vehicles had been renewed for MOTORSPORTS another two years, with BMW responsible for supplying all the required vehicles for both the Guia Circuit upgraded to 2019 and 2020 editions of the lo- cal Grand Prix. Grade 2 classification this year LOCAL RACES TO INCLUDE 36 ENTRIES RENATO MARQUES “Because this year’s Formula well as the enlargement of the ter, the MGPOC Coordinator, In the only racing event that 3 Macau Grand Prix will use cars buffer zone at the Lisboa Bend, Pun Weng Kun stated, “safety is still preserves a significant local ACAU’S Guia Circuit has of a different specification to pre- and the placement of additional always our greatest priority and representation, the Macau Tou- Mbeen upgraded from the vious years, we have coordinated impact protection foam at the the aspect we pay most attention ring Car Cup will continue to previous Fédération Internatio- with the FIA technical team and Guia Hill and “R” bends. to.” feature two different categories nale de l’Automobile (FIA) Grade designed a number of new mea- Another noticeable change is He added that due to all the including cars from the class of 3 to Grade 2, as revealed yester- sures,” Chong said. “The Guia the inclusion of electronic flags works and changes promoted for 1600cc Turbo engines and 1950cc day during the press conference Circuit must be upgraded to ca- along the circuit. this year’s edition, “we are confi- or over. The classification races of the Macau Grand Prix Organi- ter for these cars. In the past, the All the announced measures dent that this year things will be were held during the months of zing Committee (MGPOC). Guia Circuit was FIA Grade 3, and were recommended by the FIA better [in terms of safety] and we May and June. According to MGPOC Spor- this year it will be homologated and fully accepted by the Grand are doing everything according According to Chong, this ra- ting Subcommittee Coordinator, as an FIA Grade 2 track.” Prix (GP) committee with the to the worldwide requirements.” cing event will continue to inclu- Chong Coc Veng the upgrade co- Chong also noted that the committee preparing a compu- de a total number of 36 partici- mes as the result of the hosting of change implies that some safety ter-simulated test that will likely GP RETAINS SPONSORS pants, most of them from Macau the Formula 3 World Cup event measures have been introduced happen next month. The event held yesterday after- or Hong Kong, who every year which will have new F3 Inter- to the track such as the inclusion Speaking on the sidelines of noon also served for the signing compete to be included in the ra- national Series cars on Macau’s of new safety barriers at the Re- the event that took place at the of two sponsorship agreements cing program of the largest spor- street circuit this year. servoir and Mandarin bends, as Macau Tower Convention Cen- with Sociedade de Jogos de Ma- ting event in Macau. Alexis Tam leads tourism delegation to St. Petersburg ECRETARY for Social Economy Forum. this year. SAffairs and Culture Ale- Meanwhile, during the The WTO convened the xis Tam led a local delega- General Assembly, Tam 23rd Session of its General tion to the World Tourism met with the ministers of Assembly in St. Petersburg, Organization (WTO) in St. Brazil and Argentina, both Russia. Held biennially, the Petersburg this week to dis- of whom confirmed their WTO General Assembly is cuss issues with represen- presence at the upcoming the largest and highest-le- tatives of the tourism sec- Global Tourism Economy vel meeting for the global tor from around the world. Forum which will be held tourism community, at- The Secretary joined in Macau in October. tended by senior tourism other delegates from arou- Participating in WTO officials and leaders of the nd the world in discussing as an associate member, private sector from arou- how the tourism sector was Macau has been actively nd the world. This session working toward the fulfil- engaging in the organiza- brought together delega- ment of the Sustainable tion’s events and projects tions from over 120 coun- Development Goals outli- towards the goal of stren- tries and regions as well as ned in the 2030 Agenda for gthening international over 90 ministerial officials. Sustainable Development tourism cooperation. The The delegation from the through education and Global Tourism Economy Macau SAR included the employment. Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam (second left) and Director of the Macao Government Forum, hosted by the Se- Director of the Macao Go- Tam, along with the de- Tourism Office (MGTO) Helena de Senna Fernandes (left) cretariat for Social Affairs vernment Tourism Office legation, attended the ple- and Culture, is a partner (MGTO), Helena de Senna nary session and the High- Director of the WTO, Zhu During the meeting, with the Sustainable De- with the Organization’s Fernandes, as well as advi- -Level Forum on Medical Shanzhong, and Regional Tam presented an array of velopment Goals, as well Awards Ceremony in 2019, sors from the Office of the and Health Tourism, and Director for Asia and the tourism initiatives conduc- as the progress of coordi- while the WTO is the fo- Secretary for Social Affairs also met with Executive Pacific of the WTO, Xu Jing. ted in Macau in parallel nating the Global Tourism rum’s collaborative partner and Culture. 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Sands China Gov’t replies to Sulu Sou honors employees at graduation ceremony ANDS China Ltd. held A total of 6,200 partici- on social credit system Sits Diversified Local Ta- pants graduated in 2018- lent Graduation Ceremony 2019. HE Policy Resear- dling of personal data. for the Sands China Aca- Sands China Ltd. presi- ch and Regional Sou sent his interpella- demy this week to celebra- dent Wilfred Wong and of- Development tion in July. He questioned te the achievements of its ficiating guests presented Bureau has rei- the government about the local employees that par- certificates to graduating Tterated the “one country, MARQUES RENATO suspected implementa- ticipated in the company’s employees, and represen- two systems” principle tion of the mainland social human resource develop- tatives of retailers and SME and the stipulation on the credit system in Macau. ment programmes. suppliers. protection of fundamen- The system’s legitimacy, Three key areas of the “Learning is a life- tal rights and freedom in legality, equality and pro- company’s focus are ho- long process,” said Wong. the Basic Law, in a reply tection for all, according to rizontal and vertical ma- “Sands China is more than to lawmaker Sulu Sou’s the lawmaker, have never nagement talent develo- pleased to provide a diver- written interpellation on been proven to meet in- pment, professionalism sity of initiatives for local the implementation of the ternational standards. training, and development talent, not only by provi- mainland’s social credit The lawmaker cited ca- of industry professionals ding short-term courses, system in Macau. ses in which the children outside of the gaming ope- but by offering a conti- To start, the bureau sta- of the suspect of a criminal rator. nuous, fruitful learning ex- ted that the credit system case were suspended from During the ceremony, perience.” is a fundamental mecha- enrolling in a university. company employees par- According to the ga- nism in a market eco- He thinks this “filial penal- ticipated in a sharing ses- ming operator, the aca- nomy, citing that the U.S. Noting that the socia- tion will not be applied to ty system” is not suitable sion featuring a video pre- demy has provided over 8.3 started its own credit sys- list system and policies Macau. for today. sentation, a quiz show and million training hours to tem in the 1970s based on would not be implemen- The Macau govern- Less severe penalties a performance. employees to date, inclu- its Fair Credit Reporting ted in Macau for 50 years ment, the reply states, include banning a person Some of the initiatives ding more than 1.7 million Act. The reply then points following the handover has been law-abiding with low social credit sco- celebrated were the first training hours delivered in out the legal foundation - pursuant to the Basic in its governance. For re from purchasing air ti- of their kind in Macau and 2018. on which the mainland Law of the territory - the example, the Civil Code ckets, train seats and even are now being offered to According to the pre- credit system is based, in- three-year action plan stipulates the rights to taking a taxi. The system, those who are not direct sident, Sands China Aca- cluding a mention in the compiled by Guangdong personal privacy, while as the lawmaker puts it, is employees of Sands China, demy will “continue to help latest plan for the coun- will only take effect within the Personal Date Protec- a violation of equality, dig- such as those employed by team members grow along try’s development. the province. Any stipula- tion Law protects han- nity and privacy. AL the company’s partners. with the company.” LV
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Airport conducts drill FORUM Portugal-China for landing accident ties best ever, ACAU Internatio- Mnal Airport conduc- says ambassador ted an emergency drill in ORTUGAL’S rela- der the Belt and Road the early hours of yester- Ptionship with Chi- initiative, the first Eu- day, simulating an acci- na is the best it has ropean Union country dent in which an aircra- ever been, according to establish a “blue ft veered off the runway to an article penned by partnership” with and crashed into the sea. the Chinese ambassa- China, the first euro- The airport emergency plan dor to Portugal in the zone country to issue was activated to attend the China Daily newspa- Chinese currency Eu- accident and, according to per. robonds and the first a statement from the Ci- “The bilateral rela- continental European vil Aviation Authority, the tionship is, at present, country to set up a exercise ran smoothly and the best ever, with “Luban working cen- achieved its goal. Portugal being a ‘good tre” with China. The simulation tested friend’ of China in the Portugal was also safety and emergency pro- European Union, an the fifth-largest invest- cedures for the case of an important participant ment destination for accident during which the in the construction Chinese companies fuselage was broken into of the Belt and Road, in Europe, which, ac- several sections and were an attractive place for cording to incomple- floating some distance from Chinese companies te statistics, reached the runway. The simulated tivated and the fire services also established in the pas- plan, as well as the contin- wanting to internatio- around $10 billion, aircraft was carrying 80 pas- and the rescue team arri- senger terminal to provi- gency plans. nalize and an effec- which was invested in sengers and six cabin crew ved on location to provide de inquiry and counseling The statement notes that tive platform for the the energy, finance, members. The simulated search and rescue services; services to the uninjured a total of 350 participants expansion of trilateral insurance and health accident resulted in some it was confirmed that there and the family members of were involved in the drill in- cooperation,” said the sectors, among others. passengers being trapped were 10 deceased passen- those injured and the de- cluding 14 public and priva- Chinese ambassador The ambassador inside one section of the fu- gers and 45 injured pas- ceased. te entities -- the airport ma- Cai Run, in the article. pointed out that invest- selage while other passen- sengers; those injured re- The drill started at 3 a.m. nagement, security forces, Portugal was the ment by Portuguese gers were thrown into the quiring medical treatment and lasted for three hours. and several other bureaus first country in Atlan- companies in China is water. were sent to the hospital; a All participating entities and companies that provi- tic Europe to sign a growing steadily, althou- The airport emergency family reception area and were able to act following ded assistance or participa- cooperation agree- gh he provided no figu- operations center was ac- a counseling center were the airport emergency ted as observers. RM ment with China un- res. MDT/MACAUHUB ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 fri 13.09.2019 大灣區 GREATER BAY
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hitting passengers with batons and pepper spray. Front coordinator Bonnie Belting out protest song is Leung said police noted the pro- posed route would pass close to high-risk buildings including the police headquarters, government latest act of HK movement offices and subway stations that EILEEN NG sion to axe an extradition bill that said participants responded to counter protest during lunchti- have been a focus of protests in sparked the summer of unrest. online calls to gather and sing. me at a swank mall downtown, recent weeks. HOUSANDS of Hong At the New Town Plaza in Sha Police were absent and the gathe- singing the Chinese national an- She said police also told the Kong people belted out Tin district, some 2,000 people rings dispersed peacefully. them and waving red five-star na- group they cannot stop protes- a new protest song in ka- spread across several floors chan- The song has been sung at al- tional flags. ters from breaking away and car- raoke-style at shopping ted slogans before breaking out most every protest since it emer- Protesters have widened their rying out illegal violent acts. But Tmalls in the latest act of resistance into song in an emotional sce- ged Aug. 31, including during a demands to include calls for di- Leung said violent clashes were that highlighted the creativity of ne, with some crying with their World Cup qualifier match on rect elections for the city’s leaders unrelated to the group. demonstrators in their months- hands to their hearts while others Tuesday with Iran where Hong and police accountability. Many “We create a safe zone for peo- -long fight for democratic free- lifted their hands in the air. Many Kong soccer fans booed at the saw the extradition bill, that wou- ple to protest. Our marches are doms in the semi-autonomous referred to lyrics on their phone Chinese national anthem before ld have sent some suspected cri- like Hong Kong people giving a Chinese territory. as they sang a cappella. kick-off. minals to China for trial, as a gla- chance to the government to end Late Wednesday, activists and The crowd included families Protesters over the more than ring example of the city’s eroding the crisis peacefully but now, they ordinary citizens sang “Glory to with young children, students three months of demonstrations autonomy since the former Bri- have closed the valve to release Hong Kong” at several malls for and senior citizens, many of them have also sang the Christian tish colony returned to Chinese public anger. It’s like declaring a third straight night in a respi- not wearing masks, the usual atti- hymn “Sing Hallelujah to the control in 1997. war to peaceful protesters,” she te from recent violence clashes. re of protesters. The busy mall is Lord” and the “Les Miserables” The Civil Human Rights Front, told the Associated Press. More protests are expected this linked to a subway station where tune “Do You Hear the People which has organized several mas- Leung accused authorities of weekend, though on Thursday police fired tear gas on Sunday Sing?” sive rallies, said yesterday it is trying to provoke protesters to police banned one planned rally, after protesters vandalized the The sing-alongs have boosted appealing the police ban on its carry out illegal gatherings to find citing safety concerns. station. protesters’ morale and highligh- planned march Sunday. an excuse to crack down. She ur- The protesters have adopted Local media showed singing ted their creativity in inventing Police had also banned the ged activists “not to fall into the the song, penned anonymously, taking place in at least seven other new ways to get their message group’s Aug. 31 march but pro- trap,” saying protests can be in as their anthem. The lyrics reflect malls, as well as in some spots in- heard by the authorities. testers turned up anyway. Violent many forms and that they shou- protesters’ vow not to surrender cluding outside a subway station. Yesterday, hundreds of pro- clashes erupted that night, with ld keep safe to sustain the protest despite a government conces- The South China Morning Post -Beijing supporters staged a police storming a subway car and movement. AP
government and the re- tensions rising - inclu- gulators will be looking at ding protests in Hong Hurdles mount for Hong Kong the details closely,” said a Kong and U.S. President spokesperson for the U.K. Donald Trump’s trade government on Wednes- war with China - com- Exchange’s $36.6 billion London bid day. “We cannot comment mercial arguments may further on commercial not be the most com- DINESH NAIR is trading at about 14% be- officials in the U.K. and Shares in LSE initially matters.” pelling. U.S. regulators & VIREN VAGHELA low the offer price, highli- U.S. are likely to look skep- rose as much as 16% after The government has last year rejected a bid ghting skepticism such a tically at the prospect of HKEX said it wanted to the power to intervene in by a Chinese-linked con- HE Hong Kong Ex- deal will get done. LSE de- Chinese links to the wor- combine the exchanges in mergers on public interest sortium to take over the Tchanges & Clearing clined to comment. ld’s biggest venue for han- a cash-and-stock deal that grounds. Chicago Stock Exchan- Ltd. plan to take over LSE must decide be- dling interest-rate swaps. valued the London firm at LSE senior managers ge, a deal that then-can- London Stock Exchange tween HKEX’s offer on “Shareholders who 29.6 billion pounds ($36.6 were blindsided by the didate Trump blasted Group Plc is running into Wednesday and its own previously welcomed the billion). However, the sto- offer, said another person when it was announced multiple obstacles less plan to acquire Refinitiv proposed acquisition of ck pared gains as analysts familiar with the situa- in 2016. than 24 hours after the to become a global data Refinitiv will be seeking raised doubts about the tion, who asked not to be Both firms have been surprise bid was launched, powerhouse. If LSE deci- assurances that the stra- deal gaining approval named discussing matters involved in exchange mer- with the U.K. bourse lea- des to fend off HKEX’s bid tegic rationale will not be from shareholders and that aren’t public on Wed- ger deals in recent years, ning toward rejecting the for the marketplace, it can undermined by a success- global regulators. nesday. Internally, recent with LSE failing in its at- offer in its current form, count on some powerful ful bid for LSE,” said Rho- “The London Stock Ex- meetings have concentra- tempt to combine with according to people fami- allies. While the takeover na Millar, an investment change is a critically im- ted on the significant be- Deutsche Boerse AG and liar with the matter. represents a vote of con- analyst at Aberdeen Stan- portant part of the U.K. nefits of the Refinitiv deal, HKEX acquiring London HKEX shares fell as fidence in London as a dard Investments which financial system, so as the person said. Metal Exchange in 2012. much as 3.8%, while LSE post-Brexit financial hub, holds LSE shares. you would expect, the With global political BLOOMBERG page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ADVERTISEMENT 廣告 13.09.2019 fri
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China video app Filipinos dropping out of the seeks funds at $25 billion value workforce benefit economy before US IPO SIEGFRID ALEGADO CRYSTAL TSE & LULU YILUN CHEN OW unemployment BLOOMBERG in the Philippines HINESE startup Kuaishou is considering to go may be masking the Cpublic in the U.S. to bankroll its expansion in Lfact that more people short videos and fend off competition from TikTok are opting not to work - and owner ByteDance Inc., according to people familiar preferring to stay in school with the matter. for longer. The company, backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., The jobless rate has been plans to list next year, the people said, requesting not fairly steady around 5% for to be named because the matter is private. One per- more than a year, down from son said Kuaishou also weighed the option of going 6.6% two years ago. A closer public this year. The video startup is raising more look at the data shows more than $1 billion at a $25 billion valuation in a pre-IPO than 750,000 Filipinos aged round mostly from Tencent, one of the people said. 15 or above dropped out Kuaishou is an important part of Chinese social of the labor force last year. media giant Tencent’s strategy to compete against That means some 28 million ByteDance, which is now the world’s most valua- people - about 40% of the ble startup. Tencent has devoted a lot of resources working-age population - toward building a library of short and mini video aren’t employed and aren’t offerings - key to retaining user attention and boos- looking for jobs. ting advertising revenue - but has yet to catch Byte- “Most of the youth stayed Dance. out of the labor force,” Eco- “Tencent’s biggest enemy is ByteDance right nomic Planning Secretary Er- now,” said David Dai, a Hong Kong-based analyst at nesto Pernia told reporters in Bernstein. “Tencent hasn’t been very successful in Manila. “Boys cited staying in short videos in the past, so resorting to investing in school as their reason for not same time, the number of - which used to end at 10th ting to a better-educated la- other companies instead is its best option.” working.” females joining the labor for- grade - added two extra years bor force. Tencent President Martin Lau said during an Au- At first glance, that wou- ce climbed: About 1 million of studies several years ago. “It’s to the country’s ad- gust earnings call that short and mini videos would ld seem like a major drag on more young women actively That may have kept young vantage to make the best of be a key vertical for expansion. growth. But a better-edu- looked for employment or people out of the workforce the increasing labor force Kuaishou or “fast hand” first established its popu- cated workforce would be a had joined the workforce in for longer, but wouldn’t have to boost economic output,” larity among users in China’s smaller cities and rural significant boost down the 2018 compared to 2010. stopped some families from Pernia said, adding that the areas, with people streaming slices of everyday life line for a country that coun- Families may be keeping taking teens out of school government intends to invest from harvesting corn to slurping noodles. It’s also ts population size as a major their sons in school longer as and sending them to work if more in educational pro- been luring users in bigger cities and expanding its driver of its economy. they benefit from a decade- necessary. grams. content to include everything from people playing Traditionally, young Filipi- -old government cash-trans- Among Filipino men, 21% Better education and video games to teenagers lip-syncing songs. no men have worked without fer program, as well as free have undertaken college or training will surely deepen Kuaishou was seeking funds in January last year at pay on family farms or earn tuition at technical schools other post-secondary educa- the available talent pool. a valuation of $17 billion. The company was valued meager salaries for manual and state colleges, said Emi- tion, compared to 25% of wo- But the key test will be whe- at $3 billion in January 2015 by CB Insights. labor at construction sites, lio Neri, a senior economist men, the latest data from the ther the economy can create The eight-year-old company also counts Sequoia markets or ports. at Bank of the Philippine Is- statistics agency show. Most enough jobs outside service and Morningside Group Holdings as backers. It had The number of men aged lands in Manila. male students in tertiary edu- industries like tourism and 110 million daily active users as of December 2017, 15-24 who were not in the la- “All of those efforts led to cation are studying informa- call centers. according to its website. Annie He, a spokeswoman bor force - and which would more students gaining more tion technology, while most “The challenge is really for Kuaishou didn’t respond to requests for com- include students - increa- access to tertiary and techni- women are in business admi- to continue generating the ment. Tencent declined to comment in an emailed sed by 1.25 million between cal or vocational” education, nistration and related fields. opportunities for higher- statement. 2010 and 2018, according to he said. There are signs that the -skilled workers,” Neri said. “Kuaishou is the only one that can still counter the statistics agency. At the In addition, high schools programs are slowly transla- BLOOMBERG ByteDance now,” said Dai. BLOOMBERG
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Taiwan’s president rises from the ashes with a hand from Hong Kong unrest CINDY WANG & MIAOJUNG LIN mark decision to legalize same- -sex marriage in May. EADING into 2019, Tsai Ing- A Taiwan Mainland Affairs Hwen looked at risk of beco- BLOOMBERG Council poll at the end of July ming Taiwan’s first one-term pre- showed the number of Taiwanese sident. Then came the unrest in who support formal independen- Hong Kong. ce, either immediately or at a la- Tsai had clawed back some ter date, rose to 26% - more than ground in opinion polls before double those who want unifica- protesters started taking to the tion. It also showed that almost streets of Hong Kong in the hun- 90% of respondents opposed “one dreds of thousands in June. But country, two systems,” and about the mass demonstrations there 65% supported protests in Hong against China’s deepening en- Kong. croachment have given her a no- The hand of China has played ticeable boost ahead of Taiwan’s out ahead of previous elections. presidential elections in January. The People’s Liberation Army con- As Taiwanese watch with con- ducted missile tests in the Taiwan cern the events in Hong Kong, Strait in 1996 in an unsuccessful particularly crackdowns on de- effort to scare voters against vo- monstrators, with scenes of poli- ting for then-President Lee Teng- ce beating protesters huddled in -hui. Shortly before the 2016 poll, balls on the floors of Hong Kong’s Chinese internet users pressured subways, Tsai’s firm stance on a 16-year-old Taiwanese member China has become her biggest of a South Korean pop band into selling point. recording a video apologizing for What happens in Hong Kong, appearing on a Korean TV show including the way Beijing res- holding Taiwan’s flag. ponds to protracted unrest, Tsai’s victory is by no means matters for democratically run assured, as two other high-profile Taiwan, which China considers figures continue to hint at presi- part of its territory. The island’s dential runs. Taipei city Mayor Ko leaders have often faced challen- Wen-je and Terry Gou, the billio- ges in dealing with China, which naire founder of iPhone assembler is much bigger geographically, Foxconn, have until Tuesday to de- economically and militarily. There Tsai leads [KMT’s candidate] Han by eight percentage points, according to a late August survey by broadcaster TVBS cide whether to run. Gou appears are risks at home from being seen closest to joining the race, ha- as either too hard or too soft. And gressive Party fared poorly in local ruled separately since Chiang Kai- from the eastern Chinese provin- ving sent aides to Taiwan’s election it was indeed her China policy elections in November. Part of her -shek moved his Nationalist go- ce of Zhejiang. That changed with commission to discuss the appli- that tripped Tsai up in the second falling approval was due to cuts in vernment across the Taiwan Strait Hong Kong’s forceful response to cation procedures for formally re- half of last year. civil servant, teacher and military during the Chinese civil war. the protests and what she sees as gistering his intention to run. Tsai’s refusal to endorse Bei- pensions, plus wage stagnation. Tsai has been vocal on the tur- China’s willingness to violate in- KMT challenger Han favors jing’s bottom line that both sides Tsai stepped down as party chief, moil in Hong Kong, speaking at ternational agreements. closer exchanges with China, but belong to “one China” - someti- and there was chatter she could least once a week via Facebook “I don’t believe anything they has been quiet about specific mes called the 1992 Consensus be dumped as its candidate for and Twitter in support of the de- say about one-country, two sys- cross-strait policies since he won - while at the same time avoiding the election. monstrators. She was the first tems,” she said. the party nomination. He plans to overt moves to assert Taiwan’s Before the pro-democracy pro- leader to express concern over Concern in Taiwan over China’s give a detailed account of his stan- independence upset people on tests erupted in Hong Kong, Tsai the arrests of prominent Hong response to the Hong Kong pro- ce by the end-September, says both sides of the spectrum. The still lagged challenger Han Kuo-yu Kong opposition figures. In a Fa- test movement is showing up in political adviser Chao Chien-min. upshot was a sense she had mis- of the pro-China opposition Kuo- cebook post in August, she vowed its ubiquitous bubble tea shops. Chao stresses that Han disagrees managed the China issue. mintang by double digits in most Taiwan would never become like Some Taiwanese chains with with “one country, two systems.” Still, President Xi Jinping’s Jan. opinion polls. Now, she leads Han Hong Kong as long as she’s presi- mainland branches bowed to on- Han has previously described 2 speech - he urged “in-depth de- by eight percentage points, accor- dent. And last week one of Hong line pressure and voiced support Taiwan and China as two partners mocratic consultations” to work ding to a late August for the view that Hong in an “arranged marriage” who toward China’s long-held goal of survey by broadcaster Tsai’s firm stance on Kong and Taiwan are had fallen “madly in love” and unification and explicitly reaffir- TVBS. Much of her su- both part of China. Back said peace talks between the two med “one country, two systems” pport is from those un- China has become her in Taiwan, there have were inevitable. He became the as his preferred model - followed der 40. been countercampaig- first elected official from Taiwan by the protests in Hong Kong have With an increasingly biggest selling point ns to buy tea only from to visit Beijing’s liaison office - the rallied support behind Tsai taking assertive Chinese lea- outlets that support the Communist Party’s outpost in a stronger stance. She has said dership under Xi - and a trade war Kong’s most well known pro-de- demonstrations. Hong Kong - during a trip there in Taiwan will never unite with Chi- threatening to split the world into mocracy activists, Joshua Wong, China has used its economic March. na as long as she’s in power. competing spheres of Chinese visited Taiwan and met with the leverage at times of political ten- For Tsai, much may depend on In Taiwan’s last presidential and U.S. influence - the presiden- DPP chairman. sion with a number of neighbors, how the Hong Kong protests play election in 2016, Jamie Chiang vo- tial election is shaping up to be China has pointed to Tsai’s and Taiwan is no exception. Since out. ted for a candidate who promised Taiwan’s most consequential sin- party as one of the key agitators Tsai came to power Beijing has “Even though Hong Kong’s pro- a closer relationship with China. ce its first in 1996. The DPP favors behind the protests. This week, curbed the number of mainland test has a decisive effect among Come January, she will back Tsai. eventually formalizing Taiwan’s the Taiwan Affairs Office in Bei- tour groups allowed to visit and the young generation in Taiwan in “I am terrified Taiwan may independent status, thus making jing urged the DPP to withdraw banned individual tourist travel helping them form their political become like Hong Kong if we ac- unification even harder. its “black hand” from Hong Kong entirely. Around 40% of Taiwan’s preferences for the first time, its cept the 92 Consensus,” the Taipei Hong Kong was returned to and to stop sheltering “radicals.” exports go to China and about effect among the older generation electronics company worker said. Chinese rule in 1997 under an Chiang, the Taipei resident, 400,000 Taiwanese work there. depends on how much the protest “I am worried we may lose our agreement with the U.K. that gua- says she has mostly voted for KMT While the protests have given and the trade war influence Chi- democracy, freedom, and every- ranteed the territory a “high de- candidates in previous presiden- Tsai a boost other factors have na’s economy,” said Austin Wang, thing we are used to because you gree of autonomy” until 2047. Bei- tial elections, eager to maintain helped, especially among youn- an assistant professor of political can’t trust China.” jing always saw the use of the mo- a harmonious cross-strait rela- ger voters, such as Taiwan’s eco- science at the University of Neva- Tsai’s popularity sank as low del in Hong Kong as a test case for tionship since her father works nomic resilience in the face of the da. “It’s too early to say who will as 15% after her Democratic Pro- Taiwan. The two sides have been in China and her sister-in-law is U.S.-China trade war and a land- win in the end.” BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 fri 13.09.2019 中國 CHINA
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to avert the increase indefinitely. However, economists say a final
AP PHOTO agreement is unlikely this year. Earlier Wednesday, Beijing an- nounced exemptions for 16 cate- gories of American products from punitive duties. But it kept in place penalties on soybeans, the biggest U.S. export to China, and other farm goods. Those target farm sta- tes that supported Trump in the 2016 presidential election. The Chinese exemptions apply to raw materials needed by farmers and factories. Gao, the Chinese spokesman, said they were granted if no alternative suppliers could be found or the increase would hurt Chinese industry or the economy. At home, China is facing fac- tory-price deflation, falling exports and an uncertain path for gover- nment stimulus policy given the nation’s debt load and fragile pro- perty sector. In the U.S., factory activity unexpectedly contracted in August for the first time in three years, underscoring how slowing global growth and an escalating U.S. trade war with China are taking an even bigger toll on do- TRUCE mestic producers. “Trump’s goodwill gesture su- ggests that the trade war is star- ting to bite and the U.S. may be more eager to close a deal,” said China buyers asking about US Chua Hak Bin, an economist at Maybank Kim Eng Research Pte. in Singapore. “The clock is ticking and Trump’s approval ratings soy, pork before trade talks are sliding, with manufacturing JOE MCDONALD, BEIJING toward ending an escalating dis- Washington, Europe, Japan and ses more than once, while about now in recession.” pute threatening global economic other trading partners say those $50 billion of U.S. goods is unaffec- Despite the goodwill gestures, HINESE importers are growth. plans violate China’s market-ope- ted, possibly to avoid disrupting the two sides remain far apart on asking U.S. suppliers for “Chinese enterprises have star- ning commitments and are based Chinese industries. fundamental issues, and officials prices of soybeans, pork ted to inquire about the price of on stealing or pressuring com- Washington also imposed cur- continue to trade barbs. China Cand other farm goods, American farm goods including panies to hand over technology. bs on sales of U.S. technology to wants the U.S. to remove all ex- the Commerce Ministry said yes- soybeans and pork,” ministry Trump said the delay in tarif- Huawei Technologies Ltd., one of tra tariffs, and the U.S. has long terday, in a possible goodwill ges- spokesman Gao Feng said at a fs due to be imposed Oct. 1 was a the biggest makers of smartpho- sought concessions on intellec- ture ahead of talks aimed at ending news briefing. “gesture of good will.” Instead, the nes and telecom switching equip- tual property and state-subsidies a tariff war. Asked whether the purchases penalties take effect Oct. 15. ment. The company, China’s first for industry that Beijing has been The statement followed Pre- were part of a deal to relax U.S. Trump has imposed or an- global tech brand, has warned its unwilling to give. sident Donald Trump’s decision sanctions against Chinese tech nounced penalties on about $550 smartphone sales will be hurt ba- “The negotiators have had a Wednesday to postpone a planned giant Huawei, Gao said, “I don’t billion of Chinese imports. Tariffs dly if the controls take effect. year to come to an agreement, Oct. 1 tariff hike on Chinese im- know that such negotiating condi- of 25% that were imposed previou- The two sides are expected to and they remain structurally at ports. tions exist.” sly on $250 billion worth of Chine- meet in Washington early next odds on key issues,” said Andrew The gestures appear meant Chinese leaders are resisting se goods were due to rise to 30% on month but haven’t announced a Polk, co-founder of research firm to reduce tensions ahead of the U.S. pressure to roll back plans for Oct. 1. date. Trivium China in Beijing. “Ano- October negotiations over trade government-led creation of global China has raised duties on By delaying his tariff hike, ther two-week reprieve doesn’t and technology. But the two si- competitors in robotics and other about $120 billion of U.S. produc- Trump allowed for the possibility change those fundamentals.” des have given no sign of progress industries. ts. Some have been hit with increa- they might make enough progress MDT/AGENCIES Chinese businesswoman guilty in Mar-a-Lago trespassing case UJING Zhang’s desire her Nov. 22. only, “You heard our ver- nds of a 1920s mansion present herself frequently ral prosecutor appointed Yto meet President Do- Zhang, who acted as her dict.” built by cereal heiress Mar- frustrated Judge Altman by Trump earlier this year nald Trump and his family own attorney after firing Zhang’s troubles began jorie Merriweather Post. during pretrial hearings frequently tried to help turned the Chinese busi- her public defenders in in February when she paid Zhang’s former public and the trial and he of- Zhang navigate the trial by nesswoman into an Ameri- June, showed no reaction $20,000 to “Charles,” a man defenders believe “Char- ten beseeched her to use stepping in where defense can felon. when the verdict was read. she knew only online, to at- les” is Charles Lee, a Chi- her public defenders. She attorneys normally wou- A 10-woman, two-man She then spoke calmly with tend a Chinese-American nese national who ran the sometimes spoke well in ld. For example, he orde- federal jury convicted federal marshals, discus- friendship event at Mar-a- United Nations Chinese English, but other times red prosecutors to reword Zhang yesterday [Macau sing what would happen -Lago on March 30. It inclu- Friendship Association. relied on her Mandarin in- questions and he stopped time] of trespassing at the with her legal papers. She ded a promised photo with It is not affiliated with the terpreters. At one point she an FBI translator from no- president’s Mar-a-Lago smiled at her standby pu- the president or a mem- U.N. He was photographed claimed she couldn’t fully ting a stamp on the con- club in March and lying to blic defenders and was led ber of his family, evidence at least twice with Cindy understand Mandarin be- tract Zhang signed with Secret Service agents. The back to jail. showed. Such meet-and- Yang, a Republican donor cause she hadn’t spoken it Charles contained the ini- 33-year-old Shanghai con- Prosecutors and Zhang’s -greets are common during and former Florida massa- much in six months, but tials of the Chinese Com- sultant faces up to six years standby attorneys declined events at Mar-a-Lago, the ge parlor owner who orga- Altman found that claim munist Party, a potentially in prison when District Ju- to comment. Jury forewo- exclusive club Trump has nized Mar-a-Lago events. ridiculous. prejudicial but irrelevant dge Roy Altman sentences man Shelly Hoffman said run since 1995 on the grou- Zhang’s decision to re- Still, the former fede- revelation. MDT/AP page 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ASIA PACIFIC 亞太版 13.09.2019 fri
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KASHMIR Cambodia, Laos, agree to step Indian soldiers up border demarcation effort injured in boat HE leaders of Cambodia incident with Tand Laos agreed yes- terday to step up efforts to AP PHOTO Chinese army complete demarcation of their border, where disputes HINESE and Indian army boats collided on a have led to armed confron- Clake in an area of Kashmir claimed by both coun- tations in recent years. tries, injuring some Indian soldiers, but the incident Prime Minister Hun Sen has been settled, Indian officials said yesterday. and his visiting Lao coun- The collision occurred Wednesday because of terpart, Thongloun Sisou- different perceptions of the disputed border in the lith, agreed in a statement Ladakh region, an Indian army officer said on con- to complete the process dition of anonymity because he was not authorized now that 86% of the border to talk to the media. has been marked. The two He said army delegations from the two sides met countries are to add border later in the day and settled the incident and with- pillars and produce a map of drew the troops. No other details were immediately the borderline as party. available. The statement also said Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Ra- the countries would encou- veesh Kumar said in New Delhi that the matter has rage their citizens to act res- been resolved. ponsibly to turn the frontier The countries went to war in 1962 over their dis- area “into a border of lasting puted border and their armed forces engaged in a peace, friendship and coo- 10-week standoff in the neighboring state of Bhutan peration.” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) with his Laos counterpart Thonloun Sisoulith in 2017. Cambodia and Laos re- yesterday, in Phnom Penh Occasional skirmishes occur because of portedly dispatched troops unmarked areas of their border. to the border region last Thongloun and his de- political dissent. Cambodia faces a shor- Indian and Chinese officials have been holding month in a standoff over the legation are meeting top The countries signed tfall of electricity as it has talks since 1980s to settle their boundary dispute disputed boundary. Cambodian leaders during four agreements concer- undergone a construction and plan another round of talks in coming months. There was a similar con- a two-day visit. Both coun- ning Cambodia’s purchase boom, funded in large part China claims about 90,000 square kilometers of frontation in August 2017 tries have liberalized their of electricity from Laos, and by investment from China. territory in India’s northeast, while India says China when Laos objected to Cam- economies, but Laos re- a memorandum of unders- Laos has an electricity sur- occupies 38,000 square kilometers of its territory in bodia’s construction of a mains a single-party state tanding covering coopera- plus from its large hydro- the Aksai Chin plateau in the western Himalayas, in- road in disputed territory. and both nations restrict tion on labor. power projects. AP cluding the Ladakh region. AP ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13 fri 13.09.2019 亞太版 ASIA PACIFIC
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broadcaster in London, reported AUSTRALIA the couple were arrested for flying a drone near Tehran. The couple use a drone to make videos of their travels which they post on Canberra presses Iran to release social media. Their relatives said in a sta- tement yesterday, “Our families hope to see Mark and Jolie safely three citizens from prison home as soon as possible.” ROD MCGUIRK, CANBERRA The academic who studied at Cambridge University had been
USTRALIA’S foreign AP PHOTO sentenced to 10 years in prison, minister said yesterday The Times newspaper in London her government is pres- reported. It said she was being sing Iran to free three held in solitary confinement but it AustralianA citizens from a Tehran did not know what she had been prison and she did not believe convicted of doing. their arrests were related to Iran’s The detentions were “a matter current conflicts with the West. of deep concern to the govern- Foreign Minister Marise Payne ment and to me personally as the told the Senate that she had rai- foreign minister,” Payne said. sed the arrests of two British-Aus- “Since they were detained, the tralian women and an Australian Australian government has been man “many times” with her Ira- pressing at the Iranian govern- nian counterpart, Mohammad ment for their release,” she said. Javad Zarif, while the Australian “The government has been Embassy in Tehran had made making efforts to ensure they are “repeated representations to very In this 2006 file photo, Iranian female prisoners are at their cell in the Evin prison in Tehran treated fairly, humanely and in senior Iranian officials” on the pri- accordance with international soners’ behalf. trary deprivation of liberty of dual that these arrests are connected to ternational shipping in the Strait norms,” she added. Analysts and family mem- nationals” in Iran, which Tehran international concern over Iran’s of Hormuz, where Iran’s recent Prime Minister Scott Morri- bers of dual nationals and others denied. nuclear program, United Nations seizures of vessels has raised ten- son declined to say whether he detained in Iran have long said Payne said she did not believe sanctions or sanctions enforce- sions with the West. intends to raise the issue with his hard-liners in the Islamic Repu- the arrests of Perth couple Mark ment or maritime security and Travel bloggers Firkin and King Iranian counterpart. blic’s security agencies use the Firkin and Jolie King, or the earlier the safety of civilian shipping,” had been detained for “a number “Engaging in public commen- prisoners as bargaining chips in arrest of a Melbourne academic, Payne said. of weeks,” while the university tary about process on consular ca- negotiations with the West. A U.N. whose name has not been relea- Britain and Australia last mon- lecturer had been detained for ses is never in the interests of those panel in 2018 described “an emer- sed, “relate to broader issues.” th signed onto a U.S.-led mariti- months, Payne said. who are caught up in these issues,” ging pattern involving the arbi- “We have no reason to think me security mission to protect in- Manoto TV, a Persian-language Morrison told reporters. AP
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Khalilzad’s year-long peace mission has been Washington’s AP PHOTO most dedicated push for peace, focusing not just on the Taliban, Afghanistan’s government and prominent Afghan powerbrokers but also on its neighbors, who are often blamed for outright interfe- rence in Afghanistan. The meddlers include Pakistan and Russia, accused of aiding the Taliban against Islamic State in- surgents with deep connections to Central Asia, and also Iran, which has trained Afghan fighters known as the Fatimayoun Brigade that fought alongside Iran’s Revolutio- nary Guard in Syria. “One of my concerns is that if the talks don’t start up again soon, the tremendous progress that Zal (Khalilzad) made in generating a strong ... regional consensus for peace in Afghanistan could dissi- pate, and (Afghanistan’s neighbors could) revert to destabilizing, hed- ging behavior,” warned Andrew Wilder, Asia Programs’ vice presi- dent at the U.S. Institute of Peace. “If Pakistan feels the U.S. is going to precipitously withdraw troops during the next year ... Pakistan may decide that it’s more important than ever to support a proxy like the Taliban to protect Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the chief negotiator and co-founder of the Taliban (second left) Pakistan’s perceived interests in Afghanistan,” which would be to keep India’s influence to a mini- AFGHANISTAN mum, said Wilder. Meanwhile, the Taliban have been unapologetic about their relentless attacks that have killed scores of civilians — and which Taliban want US deal, but some have been blamed for the talks’ collapse. Trump claimed earlier this week that the Taliban had later ex- in bigger hurry than others pressed regret. KATHY GANNON, ISLAMABAD wanted a signing ceremony wit- or bowed to its decisions. even the Trump administration.” Shaheen, the Taliban spokes- nessed by the foreign ministers of “What’s striking is how the Tali- Baradar, the lead negotiator man in Doha, seemed anything FGHANISTAN’S Ta- several countries, including Pakis- ban mobilized at the highest levels and believed to be the most in- but repentant. He argued that the liban leaders agreed tan, Russia and China. The delay to support negotiations with the fluential of the Taliban interlocu- U.S. has also continued its mili- they wanted a deal with followed the shura’s rejection and U.S.,” said Michael Kugelman, de- tors, has been pushing a peace tary campaign in parallel to the the United States, but admonishment of its negotiators. puty director of the Asia Program deal in Afghanistan even before peace talks, adding that “there was someA were in more of a hurry than This wasn’t the first disagree- at the Washington-based Wilson the U.S. was willing to enter talks. no cease-fire and the agreement others. ment between the negotiators and Center. “Senior Taliban officials As far back as 2010, he had secretly was not signed.” Taliban negotiators were at the shura, according to Taliban didn’t only endorse the talks; they opened peace talks with Afgha- Despite the posturing, it odds with their Council of Lea- sources, who spoke on nistan’s then-president, appears the two sides are still ders, or shura, about whether to condition of anonymi- Hamid Karzai. When talking, even if it is just to ask the travel to Camp David even before ty because of they were ”What’s striking neighboring Pakistan other what it all means. President Donald Trump abruptly not authorized to discuss found out, Baradar was “We have contacted them canceled the high-stakes meeting internal debates with re- is how the Taliban arrested in a raid jointly (U.S. officials) and they too have planned for last weekend . porters. carried out with the CIA. approached us,” Shaheen said. According to Taliban officials Several months ear- mobilized at the He spent eight years in a “We have sought formal clarifi- familiar with the discussions, the lier, the shura opposed highest levels to Pakistani jail — punish- cation from them about Trump’s shura opposed the trip to Camp an offer by Mullah Abdul ment for trying to sideline decision. We are hopeful of a res- David and chastised the negotia- Ghani Baradar, the chief support negotiations Islamabad in peace talks. ponse and are waiting for their tors who were eager to attend. negotiator and co-foun- Karzai previously told response.” The Taliban have been holding der of the Taliban, to give with the US. The Associated Press he The U.S. still wants its troops talks with the U.S. for over a year the Americans 14 months MICHAEL KUGELMAN asked both Pakistan and out of Afghanistan. Even as Trump in the Qatari capital, Doha, whe- to withdraw their roughly WILSON CENTER the U.S. on at least two declared talks with the Taliban re the militant Islamic movement 14,000 troops from Af- occasions to release Ba- “dead,” he said American troops maintains a political office under ghanistan. The shura let radar, but was turned have become policemen in Afgha- the banner of The Islamic Emirate Baradar know it wasn’t on board helped lead them.” down. The first secret contacts nistan and that’s not their job. He of Afghanistan. with the timeline and that he cou- “This suggests that Washing- between the Taliban and the U.S., said the Afghan administration Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman ld not make decisions indepen- ton would have trouble exploiting aimed at finding a way to talk, re- has to “step up” and take on that for the Doha office, told the Tali- dent of the shura. fractures within the Taliban in an portedly did not occur until 2013. role. ban Al-Emarah website this week Still, several Taliban officials fa- effort to strengthen its hand in ne- Even as Washington seeks an “The Taliban are in a good that U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad miliar with both the negotiating gotiations,” he said. “There may exit to its longest war, the Taliban place right now,” said Kugelman. had invited Taliban negotiators to team and the shura said that while be divisions within the Taliban, are at their strongest since their “They’ll remain open to renego- Camp David in late August. opinions differed, the Taliban lea- but they presented a relatively ouster in 2001 and hold sway tiating a troop withdrawal deal The Taliban accepted, only to dership debated every article of common front in the negotiating over more than half the country, with the U.S. in the future, but un- delay, demanding the deal be an- the agreement and the negotiating process. That’s more than one can staging near-daily, deadly attacks like the U.S. they’re in no rush to nounced first by Qatar. They also team either got the shura to agree say for the Afghan government, or across Afghanistan. get one.” AP page 16 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo INFOTAINMENT 資訊／娛樂 13.09.2019 fri
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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 12 - 18 Sep 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) 15:00 Água de Mar 15:30 Zig Zag 16:20 Sim, Chef! Sr.2 16:55 Quem Quer Ser Milionário 18:00 Corpo Clínico 18:25 Amor Maior (Repetição) 19:10 Portuguese In California 19:40 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 - Fim 20:30 Telejornal 21:15 Viagens em Série IT CHAPTER TWO room1 2:30, 6:00, 9:00pm Director: Andy Muschietti Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader 1993 Rabin and Arafat shake Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 169min on peace deal
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, have shaken hands before cheering crowds on the White House lawn Offbeat in Washington. The handshake - the first ever in public between ourt cuts jury award warns the two former arch enemies - marked the signing C , of a Declaration of Principles for peace between Steinbeck kin to end litigation the Arabs and Israelis. Under the terms of the deal, Israel has agreed to withdraw its troops from Gaza Strip and West Bank by April 1994. Elections will be held in the territo- AP PHOTO ries to allow the Palestinians some form of self-go- vernment. A deadline for a final settlement has been set for ABIGAIL February 1999. room2 The deal has only been made possible by talks 2:30, 4:30, 7:30pm Director: Aleksandr Boguslavskiy brokered by the Norwegians earlier in the year - Starring: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Rinal Mukhametov and by the election of Mr Rabin’s Labour govern- Language: English (Chinese) ment which includes the pro-peace campaigners Shimon Peres and Yossi Beilin. President Bill Clinton introduced the two leaders to the crowd of invited guests in front of the White House. By his side, were former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush who had vigorously cam- paigned for peace during their terms in office. Mr Clinton said: “The peace of the brave is within A federal appeals court attempted to close the book our reach. Throughout the Middle East there is a on endless litigation between the relatives of author great yearning for the quiet miracle of a normal life. John Steinbeck (pictured) in a ruling that upheld a $5 “We know a difficult road lies ahead. Every peace million verdict against his daughter-in-law, but threw has its enemies.” out $8 million she faced in punitive damages. The leaders did not sign the declaration themsel- The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ves. Instead, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres this week delivered partial victories to the late au- and his Palestinian counterpart did the signing. thor’s stepdaughter, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, and to Gail Mr Rabin then addressed the crowd: “We who Steinbeck, the widow of his son, Thomas. ANGEL HAS FALLEN have fought against you the Palestinians, we say to room2 The court upheld a jury verdict two years ago in Los you today in a loud and clear voice, enough of blood Angeles federal court that found Gail Steinbeck and 9:30pm Director: Ric Roman Waugh and tears, enough.” her husband meddled with Kaffaga’s plans as execu- Starring: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston Mr Arafat said: “The difficult decision we reached tor of the estate to profit off the Nobel Prize-winning Language: English (Chinese) together was one that required great courage.” author’s works. Duration: 121min The BBC’s correspondent John Simpson said Mr Gail Steinbeck helped kill a remake of “The Grapes Arafat had undoubtedly put his life on the line for of Wrath” to be directed by Steven Spielberg and an this agreement. “East of Eden” reboot to star Jennifer Lawrence, Kaf- Courtesy BBC News faga said. The lawsuit followed decades of disputes between Thomas Steinbeck and Kaffaga’s mother over control of the author’s works. Kaffaga’s mother, Elaine, was Steinbeck’s third wife and was married to him when he In context died in 1968. Elaine Steinbeck died in 2003, leaving her daughter as The Declaration of Principles paved the way for Israel’s first executor of the estate. Gail Steinbeck became execu- withdrawals from occupied territory and Yasser Arafat’s tor of her husband’s estate when he died in 2016. triumphant return to Palestinian territory in July 1994. The court threw out the punitive damages because He was elected president of the Palestinian National Au- thority in 1996. it said Kaffaga hadn’t shown Gail Steinbeck, who lives FAGARA Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist room 3 off publishing royalties of $120,000 to $200,000 a year wanting to prevent further Israeli withdrawals on 4 Novem- — could afford it. 2:30, 4:45, 9:30pm Director: Heiward Mak ber 1995. Gail Steinbeck’s rental home and belongings in the Starring: Kenny Bee, Vicky Chen, Sammi Cheng Binyamin Netanyahu of Likud won Israeli elections in 1996. ritzy Santa Barbara County enclave of Montecito were Language: Chinese (English ) He agreed to a withdrawal from Hebron in the West Bank severely damaged or destroyed by mudslides last year Duration: 120min but talks on further peace moves with the Palestinians that killed 23 people, her lawyer said in court filings. He stalled. estimated it would take her 65 years to pay off the pu- ONE PIECE STAMPEDE His successor Ehud Barak was equally unsuccessful and in nitive damages. room3 the impasse veteran right-winger Ariel Sharon toured the While lifting that penalty from Steinbeck, the ruling 7:30pm al Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount complex in what was seen Director: Takashi Otsuka as a provocative move by the Palestinians. may finally free Kaffaga to make the most of Steinbe- Starring: Chô, Hiroaki Hirata, Katsuhisa Hôki Demonstrations soon turned into another uprising or ck’s copyrights. His major works have not come to the Language: Japanese (Chinese) intifada. big screen in recent years. Duration: 92min www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 17 fri 13.09.2019 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT
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Michael Kors pays tribute the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, who serenaded The Blonds go over-the-top to American style on 9/11 the crowd with songs including with the help of ‘Moulin Rouge’ Don McLean’s “American Pie” to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land
AP PHOTO is Your Land” to the O’Jays AP PHOTO “Love Train.” He was, of course, inspired by American fashion. “It’s looking at sportswear whi- ch, hey, we invented it. America is not the land of the ball gown. And the world dresses in spor- tswear. It’s looking at all of that sportswear, which is finding this wonderful balance of power and glamour,” he said. To that end, the show was a mix of casual, sporty outfits to sparkly dresses that harkened back to the Rita Hayworth era UNWAY met Broadway when ankle, knee or thigh. of silver screen glamour. RThe Blonds took to the stage of There was no absence of spark- There was a one-piece ba- the splashy musical “Moulin Rou- le on the stage, from Jordan Roth’s thing suit dotted by tiny me- ge.” beaded, sparkling leopard print cape tallic anchors; a belted-black With the help of Billy Porter, who to Paris Hilton’s nude bodysuit ador- romper suit with gold trim, performed two songs, the ever-thea- ned with crystals. The designers, worn by Bella Hadid (pictured); trical design duo stuck to the musi- including David Blond, ended the and a whimsical red-and-white cal’s theme, focused on a cabaret, show by dancing with their models checkered outfit that included a and stayed true to their risque style and embracing each other before HERE were no flag outfits, week, the show fell on one of blazer, shorts and a bra top pai- for the New York Fashion Week walking off stage. Tbut Michael Kors’ show for the most solemn days in New red with chunky white sandals. show. Some models, including Hilton, New York Fashion Week was York — the anniversary of the Actresses Nicole Kidman, After an opening number by per- wore elaborate bejeweled head pie- very much a patriotic tribute 9/11 attacks. While the terro- Kate Hudson and Yalitza Apa- formers from “Moulin Rouge,” ces that towered high and had to be as he saluted American fashion rist attack was not referenced, ricio were among the stars who Phillipe Blond descended from the sewn into their hair. Porter got one, with a collection that ran from the show radiated not only turned out for Kors’ show on ceiling in a bedazzled jumpsuit, too. nautical chic to classic glamour- American pride but themes of the banks of Brooklyn in a con- matching moto jacket and long, Model Halima Aden was adorned girl gowns to whimsical polka- love and peace, from a swea- verted greenhouse that kept its blond locks. They dressed models in animal print, in her jacket, pants -dot designs. ter worn by a model that had topiary feel with a plethora of in corsets, bustier tops, lace catsuits and head wrap. There was an abun- Taking place Wednesday, the word “HATE” crossed out trees that decorated the caver- (worn by men and women alike) dance of sexy red and black in lace the last official day of fashion with a red line to the music of nous space. and stiletto boots that hit at the for the high-camp show. ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 19 fri 13.09.2019 體育 SPORTS
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RUGBY goal kicking and the playmaking positions. Christian Leali’ifano and Ber- nard Foley have both played at No. 10 with varying success this Wallabies embracing adversity season, but both struggled with the place-kicking duties. Folau’s absence leaves Kurtley Beale as the leading candidate at fullback, for World Cup campaign from where he revels in dry condi- JOHN PYE, BRISBANE tions but struggles in the wet and on the high kicks that Folau had
DVERSITY isn’t neces- AP PHOTO usually mastered. sarily a bad thing for the In Samu Kerevi, the Wallabies Wallabies leading into a have a potential game-breaker in Rugby World Cup. midfield. Without him the atta- AFiring fullback Israel Folau sent cking options would be less threa- Rugby Australia into turmoil at tening, considerably less cohesive the start of this season, depriving and heap more pressure on rein- the national team of its undispu- vigorated scrumhalves Nice Whi- ted star and triggering a costly te and Will Genia. court battle. While the pack has been trou- The termination of Folau’s bled at scrum time, the likes of lo- contract for breaching the union’s cks Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman social media protocols oversha- and Izack Rodda make it strong dowed all other rugby news Down in the lineout. And a mobile pack Under, until a shocking 47-26 win Australia’s Will Genia is also an advantage in the humid over the All Blacks in Perth on conditions expected in Japan. Aug. 10 suggested that the Walla- The return of Pocock gives bies weren’t in terminal decline. sion into a tight unit for the tour- Australia’s wins over England Welsh squad in Tokyo on Sept. 29, Cheika options to start two fe- A resounding 36-0 thumping nament. and Wales in the group stage in before matches against Uruguay tchers, or revert to a bigger ba- from the All Blacks in the return The four-year cycle between 2015 contributed to the early and Georgia. ckrow and have a fresh No. 7 co- game at Auckland brought the the World Cups has been up and exit of host England. That was The Australians may not have ming off the bench. Wallabies back to earth. And so, down for the Wallabies, who now followed by a contentious 35- held the Bledisloe Cup since 2002, “It’ll take him a few games to the World Cup is set to begin in Ja- have dropped to a winning rate 34 quarterfinal result against or the Rugby Championship since get reacclimatized to the pace but pan with the two-time champion of roughly 50% with Cheika at the Scotland, a 29-15 semifinal win 2015, but it’s not all gloomy. he’s a very quick learner,” Cheika and four-time finalist ranked No. helm. But the campaigning-sty- over Argentina and a 34-17 loss Inspirational backrower David said. “Just to get him through that 6, behind Pool D rival Wales. le environment of a World Cup is to defending champion New Pocock returned from six months time off (on) the back of what’s Michael Cheika took over a suited to Cheika, and he’s confi- Zealand in the final. on the sidelines to lead a second- happened so far this season is a team in turmoil in October 2014 dent his squad can do it again. Cheika was voted international -string Wallabies lineup to a 34-15 big tick for us.” after Ewen McKenzie’s sudden “This is the closest I’ve seen the coach of the year that season, but win over Samoa last weekend. During a high-altitude training resignation as coach amid an team from a camaraderie point his stocks started falling with five And his return creates a selec- camp before a loss in South Africa off-field player controversy and of view since I’ve been involved,” more test losses in a row as the re- tion quandary, with Cheika ha- in July, Cheika gambled his job on disharmony within the squad. Cheika said in a TV interview after building started. ving the “competition within the Australia winning the World Cup. Despite losing three of his first a warm-up win over Samoa in Sy- Now he’s putting his job on squad” that he craves with the “I know most people would four tests in charge, he guided the dney. “To go through some of the the line starting Sept. 21, when likes of Michael Hooper, Isi Nai- think that’s a pipe dream, but we Wallabies to the World Cup final things we’ve had to go through off Australia kicks off its campaign sarani, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and don’t,” he said. “We came second 12 months later and picked up a the field — that tests you. against Fiji in a group that con- Jack Dempsey available for ba- last time and if we come first next Rugby Championship title along “We’ve been able to come out tains some familiar rivals from ckrow spots. time I will have earned the right the way. the other side. This is a very solid 2015. The biggest expected test But the stocks there can’t ou- to stay on as the coach — and if I In doing so, he shaped a lineup group, and they’re eager to make in the group stage is against the tweigh some problems areas, par- don’t then someone else earns the that had been struggling for cohe- the country proud of us.” Six Nations Grand Slam-winning ticularly around the scrum, the opportunity. I think that’s fair.” AP
FOOTBALL Clubs to get 1/4 of income from AP PHOTO Champions League prize money HE 32 clubs kicking off ld earn 100 million euros to drive up their revenue. It euros ($727 million) ope- Tthe Champions League ($110 million) from UEFA, would guarantee 14 games rating profit was made by next week will rely on UEFA including results bonuses instead of six, with more of the 32 clubs in their most prize money for one quar- and a share of national those against each other in recent financial reports. ter of their total revenue broadcast rights deals. higher-profile events. Just 17 were in profit and this season. The latest research into All 32 teams will get 15 made a loss. UEFA research pub- the 32-team Champions at least 17 million euros Deals made by the 32 lished yesterday forecas- League and 48-team Eu- ($18.6 million) this season, clubs in the European ts the 1.95 billion euros ropa League lineups co- including a fee based on summer offseason ac- ($2.15 billion) prize money mes amid intense debate their historical record in counted for 2.74 billion eu- shared by the 32 amounts between UEFA, clubs, and UEFA competitions. ros ($3 billion) spent — or to 26% of their estimated domestic leagues about Real Madrid, the hi- 40% of the global total — combined annual revenue changing qualifying paths ghest-earning club in wor- and 2.6 billion euros ($2.85 of 7.8 billion euros ($8.6 and competition formats. ld soccer with revenue of billion) recouped in sales. Transfers were skewed expensive squad, spending billion). European soccer leaders 750 million euros ($822 Six clubs made a net more toward younger 953 million euros ($1.04 Some clubs in eastern are struggling to find com- million), is sure to get 50 transfer profit of 50 million players with almost two- billion) on its current Europe can expect to get at mon ground on changes million euros from UEFA euros ($55 million) or -thirds of spending on players. Manchester Uni- least half their total income that will take effect in 2024. this season regardless of more, including Ajax due players aged 24 or younger, ted had the most expensi- from UEFA. Some storied clubs want Champions League results. to Frenkie de Jong joining UEFA found. ve Europa League squad, The Champions League to create Champions Lea- UEFA’s research said Barcelona and Juventus UEFA calculated Man- spending 683 million euros winner this season shou- gue groups of eight teams a combined 663 million buying Matthijs de Ligt. chester City had the most ($749 million). AP European Central Bank deploys new the stimulus to help economy The European Central Bank delivered a new blast of monetary tgoing President Mario Draghi leaves his mark on ECBBUZZ policies stimulus yesterday to help the shaky economy in the face of un- long after he departs next month, the bank cut one key interest certainties like the U.S.-China trade conflict and Brexit. rate further below zero. It trimmed the rate on deposits it takes The decision comes as central banks around the world, in- from banks to minus 0.5% from minus 0.4%, a penalty that cluding the U.S. Federal Reserve, are lowering rates to support pushes banks to lend their excess cash. slowing trade and growth. Those moves come despite questions The ECB also said it would restart its bond-buying stimulus over how much more good central banks can do without help program, which pumps newly created money into the financial OPINION from other policies such as government spending and pro-bu- system to lower borrowing costs and help the economy. It will siness reforms. buy 20 billion euros ($22 billion) a month in government and Kapok In a wide-ranging package of measures that will ensure ou- corporate bonds for as long as needed. Eric Sautede
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House committee approves AP PHOTO Of course it was meant to be all praise for the Chief Executive-elect, Ho Iat Seng, as he was being anointed by the central authorities this week. After receiving his guidelines for Trump decree of appointment from the very hands of Premier Li, Mr Ho was hosted by President Xi Jinping to give impeachment hearings his trip to Beijing the gravitas a “successful practice of 9/11 Al-Qaida leader ‘one country, two systems’ with Macao characteristi- Ayman al-Zawahri called cs” commends. on Muslims to attack
In Macao, people are ‘united’, “one country, two sys- AP PHOTO U.S., European, Israeli tems” is fully ‘understood’, the Basic Law is ‘upheld’, and Russian targets in the love for the country has been ‘passed on’, and the a speech on the 18th livelihood of the people, social harmony and stability anniversary of the 9/11 have ‘improved’ for good. This really reads as a reverse terror attacks. In a video image of Hong Kong, that now stands deeply divided, released by the militant doubtful about the motherland, its intentions and the group, the 68-year-old reality of its “high degree of autonomy,” and where al-Zawahri also criticizes gross inequalities have created an overwhelming sen- “backtrackers” from jihad. se of social distress, especially among young people. Of course, one could challenge the rosy picture pain- ted by Mr Xi. Macao stands only second to Qatar as AP PHOTO the richest place in the world for GDP per capita, but the median salary is stuck at MOP16,000 per month. And then the government still derives more than 80 per cent of its revenues from gambling: what happe- ned to the promise of economic diversification? When it comes to infrastructure, the quality and diversity are Israel Facebook says it simply appalling for such a “rich” place, and this is true has sanctioned the page for healthcare, transportation and even education. of Israeli Prime Minister Politics is simply oligopolistic: the same three fami- Benjamin Netanyahu lies have been dominating political life ever since they because of a violation kicked-out the Kuomintang’s influence in the 1960s. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. of the company’s hate Election mechanisms are so biased that they forbid speech policy. Facebook any hint of competition. Business interests ban all no- said yesterday that tions of “social progress” — they do charity, at best — MARY CLARE JALONICK, never voted to open an out of all the good stuff the social network and traditional pro-establishment associations keep WASHINGTON official inquiry. Georgia that we’re doing, so that’s had suspended for 24 the society in check thanks to the lavish endowment Rep. Doug Collins, the top our concern,” said Flori- hours the page’s bot, or provided by the losses of mainlanders on Blackjacks OUSE Judiciary Republican on the com- da Rep. Donna Shalala, automated chat function. tables. And not everybody is happy about corruption HCommittee Chair- mittee, said the commi- who attended the mee- at the highest echelon — think Prosecutor General Ho man Jerrold Nadler says ttee “has become a giant ting. She said very few Chio Meng — or the sheer incompetence of the ad- there’s no confusion Instagram filter ... it’s put constituents in her swing AP PHOTO ministration — think 20,000 Macao people demons- about what his commi- in there to look like some- district asked her about trating in May 2014 and forcing the Chief executive to ttee is doing: It’s an im- thing, but it’s really not.” impeachment over the ‘withdraw’ the so-called Perks’ bill. peachment investigation, Collins said Democrats August recess. Beyond the irony, one should worry slightly when no matter how you want Given those divi- President Xi tells Mr Ho: “Your nomination and elec- are trying to have it both tion with overwhelming support fully show that you to phrase it. ways. sions, Nadler and Hou- Nadler tried to clear “My colleagues know se Speaker Nancy Pelo- UK The British have won broad endorsement in Macao.” Endorse- government insisted up any misconceptions very well they don’t have si, D-Calif., have been ment of who? Even with 98% of the votes in a non- yesterday that its -competitive process, that leaves Mr Ho with a meagre yesterday as the commi- the votes to authorize im- talking about impeach- forecast of food and 392 staunch supporters. Is it irony? Could there be a ttee approved guidelines peachment proceedings ment very differently. medicine shortages, threat: we are giving you full support, so you’d better for impeachment hearin- on the House floor, but Nadler has been clear gridlock at ports and riots not disappoint us? gs on President Donald they want to impeach that his committee is in the streets after a no- And then when Mr Xi adds that in Macao, “‘One Trump . Some of Nadler›s the president anyway,” moving ahead, Pelosi is deal Brexit is an avoidable country, two systems’ has proven to be a workable so- fellow Democrats — in- Collins said. “So, they are reluctant to mention the worst-case scenario, lution welcomed by the people,” what does it mean? as Prime Minister cluding House Majority pretending to initiate im- “I’’ word and has repeate- It is for now being irremediably questioned in Hong Boris Johnson denied Leader Steny Hoyer — Kong and rejected with despise by Taiwan, so it most peachment.” dly said the strategy is to misleading the Queen probably says something about Macao and the way have stumbled over how Impeachment has di- “legislate, investigate and Elizabeth II about his the territory accommodates anything and anyone ra- to explain what they›re vided Democrats who litigate.” In private mee- reasons for suspending ther than prove anything about the soundness of this doing. control the House. De- tings, she has urged cau- Parliament. unique dual-sovereignty arrangement. “Some call this process mocrats on Nadler’s com- tion and told the caucus There is no doubt that some Macao people will always an impeachment inquiry. mittee, including some of that the public isn’t there
be there to serve, especially when this serves their own Some call it an impeach- the most liberal members yet on impeachment. AP PHOTO interests. Such is the case of Pansy Ho who was cho- ment investigation. There of the House, have been At the same time, she sen, along with Annie Wu from the Maxim group, to is no legal difference be- eager to move forward has signed off on the attend the latest session of the UN Human Rights Cou- tween these terms, and with the process. But mo- committee’s moves. ncil and take a stand “to offer a fact-based perspective I no longer care to argue derates, mostly first-term The confusion was hi- of many Hong Kongers on what is really happening about the nomenclature,” in Hong Kong.” She was there as the Chairlady of the lawmakers who handed ghlighted when Hoyer, Nadler, D-N.Y., said as he their party the majori- D-Md., indicated to re- Zimbabwe Controversy Hong Kong Federation of Women, a NGO with consul- over where and when opened the meeting. “But ty in the 2018 election , porters that there was not tative status with the UN; she was there as a “regular former president Robert person,” and because she herself “feels repressed and let me clear up any re- are concerned about the an impeachment investi- Mugabe will be buried lives in fear.” She was not there as a billionaire. She was maining doubt: The con- committee›s drumbeat gation — and then issued has overshadowed not there as a Macao casino mogul whose gaming li- duct under investigation on impeachment and the a clarification saying he arrangements for cense is up for renewal in 2022. And she was not there poses a threat to our de- attention that comes with thought the question was Zimbabweans to pay as the very unhappy businesswoman whose Turbojet’s mocracy. We have an obli- that continued action. “in regards to whether their respects to the results have dwindled by 32 per cent in the latest inte- gation to respond to this Several of those the full House is actively deceased leader. Mugabe will not be given a state rim report of Shun Tak. threat. And we are doing freshman lawmakers considering articles of If anything happens in Macao, it will stay in the fa- burial on Sunday at the so.” met with Nadler earlier impeachment, which we mily: the Chairlady of the Macao Women General As- national Heroes’ Acre Republicans disagree sociation is none other than Ho Teng Iat, the sister of and expressed concerns are not at this time.” He site, family spokesman the new Chief Executive! with Nadler and they ar- about the path ahead. said he supported the Leo Mugabe announced gue that the House has “It’s sucking the air committee’s work. AP yesterday.