90Pc Consensus on GAP 2019-2022 Reached Damascus Manama Situation Seen by Bahrain and “Huge Explosion” Near a the Region

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Many dead in Syria blast 90pc consensus on GAP 2019-2022 reached Damascus Manama situation seen by Bahrain and “huge explosion” near a the region. Amilitary intelligence of- econd Deputy Speaker Ali He added the consensus fice in Damascus yesterday Ahmed Al Zayed said that would lead to total one that left a number of dead and Sa consensus of more than reflects the parliamentary wounded, a war monitor 90 per cent on the Government committee’s keenness to make said, after state TV reported Action Programme’s (2019- the GAP as a starting point for early indications suggested 2022) objectives, policies and the parliamentary and govern- a “terrorist act”. initiatives have been reached mental action for the preserva- The Syrian Observatory between the parliamentary tion of the national gains and later confirmed that at least committee tasked with study- providing the citizens with three civilians had been ing the GAP 2019-2022 and the decent living, in addition to killed in the blast. government delegation chaired achieving sustainable devel- “The explosion took place by Deputy Prime Minister opment services, chiefly in near a security branch in Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al health, housing and education the south of the city. There Khalifa. All proposed amendments were discussed at the meeting. areas. are some people killed and MP Al Zayed, on the sidelines He noted that the two sides injured but we could not of yesterday’s meeting between ing addressed the proposed ernment delegation answered liamentary committee, includ- would meet today to discuss the verify the toll immediate- the two sides, said the meet - amendments and that the gov- all queries raised by the par - ing the exceptional financial remaining amendments. ly,” the Britain-based Syri- an Observatory for Human Rights said. See Page 5

Sudan protest intensifies Khartoum Joint Arab action call udanese police fired tear Bahrain expresses support for co-operation to achieve the economic and developmental interests of Arab countries Sgas on Sunday at pro - testers ahead of a planned march on Parliament in Arabia in hosting the third Arab Omdurman, the twin city of The minister Development Summit. Khartoum, witnesses said. • The minister affirmed the Security forces were earli- noted the importance Bahrain has provided keenness of the Kingdom of Bah- er deployed in large numbers of alliances and co- aid and established rain in supporting joint economic in anticipation of fresh pro- operation to guarantee health, education and development Arab action tests calling on longtime ruler food security and and social centres for to achieve the interests of Arab Omar Bashir to step down, countries. according to activists and providing strategic stock refugees in a number He noted the importance of al- video clips circulating online. to avoid any potential of brotherly countries. liances and cooperation to guar- crises in the future. SHAIKH KHALID antee food security and providing strategic stock to avoid any Beirut ister’s participation on behalf potential crises in the future. Shaikh Khalid addresses the summit in Beirut. of His Majesty the King in the He also underscored the im- fourth Arab Economic and Social portance of activating joint Arab he Minister of Foreign Michel Aoun and his wishes of and His Royal Highness the Development Summit held in actions in all vital sectors in order DON’T MISS IT Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin success for the Arab Economic Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Beirut yesterday. to combat economic and social TAhmed bin Mohammed and Social Development Summit. Commander and First Deputy The minister of Foreign Affairs challenges facing Arab countries Al Khalifa, conveyed the greet- He also conveyed the greetings Prime Minister, Prince Salman lauded the efforts of the Custo- and people, including extremism, Alarm over ings of His Majesty King Hamad and wishes of His Royal High- bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the Leb- dian of the Two Holy Mosques, wars and attempts to categorise bin Isa Al Khalifa to the Presi- ness the Prime Minister, Prince anese President and people. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al people based on their religions declining number dent of the Lebanese Republic, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, This came during the Min- Saud and the Kingdom of Saudi and sects. 02 of expatriates ‘baseless’ BEYOND POLITICS Huge turnout at 03 Shop Bahrain’s Festival City Baghdad bikers aim to unite Iraq Baghdad Construction only the lucky few ride Harley the aim of improving the image faiths. One of their most recent oaring along Baghdad’s Davidsons — a rare and expen- of biker gangs and to promote events was taking party in Army progress at jet highways, the “Iraq Bik- sive brand in Iraq — while oth- unity after years of sectarian Day celebrations. 04 fuel farm complex ers” are doing more than ers make do with bikes pimped- conflict. Some are in the military, the reviewed Rshowing off their love of out- up to look something like the 380 That is why the first rule of police and even the Popular Mo- sized motorcycles and black “Easy Rider” dream machines. men of all ages, social his bikers club is: you do not talk bilisation Forces, a grouping classes and various leather: they want their shared “Our goal is to build a broth- faiths form the Iraq about politics. of mostly Shiite militias which enthusiasm to help heal Iraq’s erhood,” said Bilal Al Bayati, 42, Bikers Club. The Iraq Bikers — who now have taken part in the fight to deep sectarian rifts. a government employee who number 380 — are men of all oust Islamic State from Iraq in Weaving in and out of traffic, founded the club in 2012 with ages, social classes and various the last three years. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 02 Alarm over declining number of expatriates ‘baseless’ Expatriate population has been increasing in the Kingdom over the past few years The implementation of VAT and subsidy cuts will not arrest the flow of expats to the Kingdom

TDT | Manama Abdul Jaleel Abdulla two years it registered a three per cent growth.

n online video posted by a newspaper claiming ex- Jobs Aodus of expatriates has 142,148 stirred up a debate about the fu- The Labour and Market Regu- is the growth in the ture of those who consider the latory Authority (LMRA) statistics number of expatriates Kingdom as a home away from reveal that the number of for- during the past eight years. home. eign workers rose from (approx- While the video paints a imately) 458,709 during the first gloomy picture, the statistics of- quarter of 2010 to 600,857 in the fers a totally different narrative. second quarter of 2018. The report says that Asian ex- And this serves a testimony in the Kingdom is really high at patriates continue to pack their to the fact that economic slow- 1,632 units when compared to the baggage and send families home down, political issues and labour global average, which stands at owing to declining economic reforms including Bahrainisation 265 units. In India, the per capita conditions, increasing power and of the workforce have not halted use of electricity is 95 units, far water bills and introduction of the flow of expatriates into the lower than Bahrain. Value-Added Tax (VAT). But it Kingdom. fails to substantiate citing ade- The number of expatriates has quate statistics and data. grown by 142,148 in the past eight VAT woes years, which is a growth of 24 per cent. by the report for the exodus was per cent of the Kingdom’s budget, However, despite the rise in The increasing worries Exodus Annual new visa applicants the increase in power and wa- would make things really difficult power and water bills, it is really about the implementation of also saw a marked rise from 2010 ter tariffs. Going by history, no for the government to continue low when compared to the major VAT among the expatriates is Dismissing the report pub- to 2018; while 101,064 obtained country or population has had with subsidies. countries of expat origin - India, unfounded because the major lished by the newspaper, Interior new visas in 2010, 158,264 new long term benefits out of subsi- The subsidies are being phased Bangladesh, Pakistan, and The household budgetary alloca- Ministry Undersecretary for Na- visas were approved for expatri- dies offered by the government. out in three phases to achieve Philippines. tions that include rent, food, tionality, Passport and Residence ates in the year 2018. The Kingdom, in its efforts, to the target of charging 29 fils per It is true that the power tariff healthcare and school fees are Affairs (NPRA) Shaikh Rashid bin become a welfare state has been unit. By the second quarter of the rise has adversely affected expa- not subjected to VAT. The im- Khalifa Al Khalifa said in a state- offering huge subsides on power current year the slab system will triate families. The only way to plementation of VAT will, at best, ment that the expatriate popula- Power and water to citizens and expatri- be replaced with uniform charge tackle this issue is to reduce the increase household expenses by tion has been rising in the years ates. But declining oil revenues, for using power for domestic pur- consumption of power and water. 5pc, which shouldn’t be a matter from 2014 to 2018 and in the last One of the major reasons cited which constitute almost over 70 poses. The per capita use of electricity of big worry.

Rare coins and banknotes auction at Seef Mall

The fair and auction will showcase cultural banknotes, coins and related collectables. bers, banknote errors, Specimen The auction will issues; proof (drafts). Arados • assures the collectors that all throw light on the these different tastes will be ful- historical eras of the The auction will throw filled in the upcoming auction, Kingdom of Iraq to light on the historical she said. African territories that eras of the Kingdom The auction owner Mohamed were under the British, of Iraq to African Al Aradi, said: “This fair is big- territories that were ger than the ones held the pre- Italian, or French rule. under the British, vious years as we are having Italian, or French rule. 28 booth with dealers buying TDT | Manama and selling banknotes, coins MS KHUNJI and collectables from different reasures of the Past for countries. Antiques in co-operation “The banknote collectors of Twith the Strategic Partner invited to experience the his- the GCC region will have an op- Tamkeen will be organising its torical and cultural banknotes, portunity to value and grade Annual Banknotes Fair and Auc- coins and related collectables.” their banknotes with the world tion at Seef Mall on Thursday. The auction will throw light grading service company (PCGS) This year’s Arados banknotes on the historical eras of the as it will be available to offer auction will have 100 riyals of Kingdom of Iraq to African its grading services throughout STUDY ABROAD Qatar and Dubai (graded 64) – territories that were under the the event. considered one of the two high- British, Italian, or French rule. “I like to emphasis that the Admission assistance for top Universities est graded banknotes, according Moreover Arados auction Kingdom is rich in its culture, of the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New to the PMG banknote grading not only focuses on bringing and history as events like this Zealand and Europe. report. what is unique to the people just reflects how rich is out Bah- In a statement issued, Nas- we also provide them with very raini culture, hoping that the Diploma, Degree, Certiﬁcate, PhD programs reen Khunji, Marketing Man- reasonable prices to add fun to Kingdom of Bahrain become with more than 500+ courses. ager of the Treasures of the Past the competition and biddings, a regional host for Banknotes for Antiques, said: “The event added Ms Khunji. Exhibition and auctions like will be held 24-26 Jan 2019; it Every collector has a differ- worldwide auctions similar to will be open for public who are Antic coins on display at the fair. ent taste from solid serial num- Spinks and Son, UK,” he added. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 03 Alarm over declining number of expatriates ‘baseless’ Expatriate population has been increasing in the Kingdom over the past few years The implementation of VAT and subsidy cuts will not arrest the flow of expats to the Kingdom

hustles and bustles of densely-populated areas and these businesses to adapt to latest technologies parking woes. and consumer demands. A good number of Vacant flats cold stores still don’t have the facility to accept CPI e-payments and many shops including the ones The report highlights vacant apartments in Businesses closing down at souqs haven’t started their online divisions. The rise in the cost of living in the Kingdom Gudaibiya and Hoora, but doesn’t talk about new The report is a mere attempt to spread panic during the past eight years stands at 15pc, which apartments being occupied by expatriates in in- It is true that many shops and businesses have among the expatriates. There could be tempo- is low when compared to those of the countries creasing numbers in many areas including Tub- closed down in the past few years. But a thorough rary challenges, but there is no way they are of origin of major expatriate communities li and Hidd. Many expatriates are comfortably probe would reveal that the reason behind this going to block the flow of expatriates into the (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and The Philip - moving to these new enclaves to escape from the was not the economic crisis but the inability of Kingdom. pines). Huge turnout at Shop Bahrain’s Festival City

The Festival City is considered• the main event of the fifth edition of Shop Bahrain, the largest event for family entertainment in the Kingdom.

The Festival City• will run for two weeks until the 2nd of February and includes a number of fun-filled family entertainment, a wide range of exciting activities, live performances, carnival games, outdoor market and outdoor cinema.

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he ‘Festival City’ launched by the Bahrain Tourism and TExhibitions Authority (BTEA) is a big hit with thousands visiting in the first few days. The Festival City is considered the main event of the fifth edition of Shop Bahrain, the largest event for family The event has been attracting thousands of visitors. entertainment in the Kingdom. Commenting on this occasion, Shai- The Festival City will run for two kh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa, weeks until the 2nd of February and the Chief Executive Officer of BTEA includes a number of fun-filled fam- said: “We are delighted to launch the ily entertainment, a wide range of Festival City, the main event in Shop exciting activities, live performances, Bahrain which aims to revitalise the 70,000 carnival games, outdoor market and tourism sector, further positioning is the number of visitors outdoor cinema. It will also feature Bahrain as the leading tourist desti- attracted by the festival a daily line-up of live local bands for nation regionally and internationally, last year. visitors to enjoy. as well as increase its growth in the Festival City which is held for the non-oil sector that contributes to the third consecutive year, has attracted Kingdom’s National economy and the over 70,000 visitors last year and economic vision 2030. coincides with the school vacations “We were pleased with the large in Bahrain, KSA and Kuwait. The number of visitors and local business businesses in the upcoming editions. event will include many activities owners who were interested to take “We also expect the Festival City catering to the entire family and is part in this unique national event and to attract even more visitors this year expected to attract even more visi - we hope to offer more space for local than the previous editions.” he added tors this year. Many fun-filled activities are in store for the children at the event. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 04

Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), yesterday received at SCW headquarters, in Riffa, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron and her accompanying delegation. She welcomed her, underlining keenness of the Supreme Council for Women to boost co-operation, with IPU in order to shed light on the achievements of Bahraini women. She lauded the participation of IPU in the conference held by SCW last November to cast light on the role of political participation of women in achieving developmental justice.

Youngest writer to launch book on SDG’s Construction progress at jet TDT | Manama Harpreet Kaur

12-year-old author will Alaunch his book on Sus- tainable Development Goals fuel farm complex reviewed on January 24, which marks the United Nations Interna- tional Day of Education. Oil, Transportation and Telecommunication ministers briefed on latest project milestones The event, which will be held at the International TDT | Manama Peace Institute MENA, will be inaugurated by IPI MENA he Minister of Oil, Shaikh director Nejib Friji in the Mohammed bin Khalifa presence of GPIC President Tbin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery and the Minister of Transpor- and other dignitaries. tation and Telecommunica- Speaking to Tribune, Mr tions, Kamal Ahmed hailed the Friji said the ‘young author’ on-schedule progress of con- Adam Kadia has well ac - struction work at Bahrain In- knowledged and analysed ternational Airport’s (BIA) new the SDGs in the book. “He fuel farm complex during an Mr Ahmed with Shaikh Mohammed and other ministry officials at the project site. wrote his first book at the inspection visit to the site. age of nine and is a great The ministers were briefed joint venture company between million man hours without lost component of plans to restruc- promise for tomorrow.” on the latest milestones of the BAC and the National Oil and time accidents. ture the aviation sector in the project, which was launched Gas Authority (NOGA) in April The Minister of Oil said Kingdom and will play a key role in mid-2017, in the presence of 2016, is currently developing The fuel farm complex praised NOGA’s vision to support in streamlining the aviation fuel India Quiz 2019 set BAC Jet Fuel Company (BJFCO) the complex in the north east is an important pioneering projects aimed at supply, operation, and mainte- board members, and representa- area of the airport in line with component of plans to achieving a number of tangible nance process at the airport. TDT | Manama tives from Bahrain Airport Com- directives from Bahrain’s lead- and qualitative goals, including “It is one of the largest in - pany (BAC), engineering con- ership to relocate the airport’s restructure the aviation improving efficiency and the frastructure projects in the o commemorate the sultants Mott Macdonald, and fuel tanks from Arad. sector in the Kingdom expansion of aviation fuel oper- Kingdom and is aimed at stim- T70th Republic Day of main contractor Amana Pipeline Following a tour of the site, and will play a key role ations and services. ulating sustainable economic India, Bahrain India Edu- Construction. BJFCO Chairman, Abdul Majeed in streamlining the He also stressed the impor- growth and diversifying revenue cational and Cultural Forum The strategic project, an im- Al Qassab briefed the Ministers aviation fuel supply. tance of completing the con - streams in line with Bahrain’s in Association with Veritas portant component of the Air- and their accompanying delega- struction of the complex of Economic Vision 2030. There MR AHMED Public Relations and The port Modernisation Programme, tion on the project’s completed aircraft fuel depots in a time- are currently 38 airlines oper- Bahrain Keraleeya Sama- will reinforce Bahrain’s posi- and upcoming stages. BJFCO, a The ministers stressed the ly manner in accordance with ating out of BIA and we expect jam, is organising the INDIA tion as a centre of aviation fuel joint venture company between importance of finishing the the highest specifications and this number to grow. QUIZ 2019. services in the GCC region and BAC and the National Oil and complex by Q3 this year, while standards, and utilising the “The fuel farm, which is being It will be contribute to national economic Gas Authority, will be responsi- maintaining the highest levels of highest level of skill, knowledge built according to the highest at the Bah- growth in line with the King- ble for the facility’s management quality to achieve the project’s and competency. international standards, will en- rain Ker- dom’s Vision 2030. and operation, as per directives objectives. They also noted the Mr Ahmed said: “The fuel able us to support the increased aleeya Sa- The BJFCO, established as a from Bahrain’s leadership. milestone achievement of one farm complex is an important activity.” majam Di- mond Ju- bilee Hall , Bahrain Agreement inked on Friday MPs offer support February Mr Haneesh 1, 2019. The Quiz master is A P to housing projects M Mohammed Haneesh, a Manama senior Indian Administra- They also reviewed the pro- tive Service Officer. gress in housing projects be- Mr Mohammed Haneesh ousing Minister Bas- ing implemented in the King- IAS, ( Managing Director sem Al Hamer re - dom’s new towns, as part of of Kochi Metro) is a very Hceived Members of the ministry’s plans to meet the familiar face to the Quiz Parliament (MPs) Abdulla Al housing demand in the various Buffs of Bahrain as he was Thawadi, Bassem Al Maliki, governorates, particularly the the Quiz master for the pre- Jassim Bu Hamoud and Yousef Northern governorate. vious two editions of the Zainal. The lawmakers expressed India Quiz. They discussed various top- their appreciation of the minis- ics including latest progress in try’s efforts to resolve the hous- the housing plan and means of ing dossier and the steps taken boosting the bilateral coopera- by the ministry in this respect. tion between the ministry and They reiterated their sup- Corrigendum the Council of Representatives. port to the housing develop- In the advertisement The lawmakers affirmed ment dossier in harmony with AlMabarrah AlKhalifia Foundation signed an agreement with Tamkeen to support a number of programmes designated the directives of His Majesty published on Page 79 in for enhancing the skills of the Bahraini youth and preparing them to embark on their careers. The agreement is entered supporting the ministry’s plans Tribune’s National Day into by the two entities for the third consecutive year, stressing the Foundation’s vital role in supporting its students to meet the applications on the King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Supplement, Bahrain through “Rayaat” Scholarships Program, as well as training youth within the “Ithra’a Youth Enrichment Program, waiting lists, accelerating the within the Government Action was wrongly spelled. The which is being supported by Tamkeen for the first time. Shaikha Zain bint Khalid AlKhalifa, Chairperson of AlMabarrah momentum of the residential Plan led by His Royal Highness error is regretted. AlKhalifia Foundation, and Dr Ebrahim Mohammed Janahi, Chief Executive of Labour Fund Tamkeen signed the projects within the ministry’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al agreement. plans. Khalifa the Prime Minister. 05 MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 world

World’s oldest man’ dies in Japan at 113 Blast rocks Damascus

Masazo Nonaka eats a cake after receiving the certificate from Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living man at then age 112 years and 259 days during a ceremony in Ashoro on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. (Associated Press)

Tokyo, Japan A woman mourns the death of an Arab fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who was killed while fighting against the Islamic State (IS), during his funeral in northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli World’s oldest man” Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two “years after the Wright brothers launched humanity’s first AFP | Damascus, Syri Human Rights monitor told AFP violence during the country’s ing total control over the capital powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said. that “the explosion took place brutal nearly eight-year war, for the first time in six years. Nonaka was born in July 1905, according to Guinness World bomb blast hit the capi- near a security branch in the but several bomb attacks have Observatory chief Rami Abdel Records -- just months before Albert Einstein published his tal of war-torn Syria on south of the city”. shaken the city. Rahman said that Sunday’s blast special theory of relativity. ASunday and a “terrorist” “There are some people killed Another bombing Sunday appeared to be the first attack Guinness officially recognised Nonaka as the oldest living was arrested, state media said, and injured but we could not killed three people and wound- in Damascus since a car bomb man after the death of Spaniard Francisco Nunez Olivera last in a rare attack in the city that verify the toll immediately,” it ed nine others in the northern over a year ago that caused no year. has been largely insulated from said. It was unclear if the blast Syrian city of Afrin on the first casualties. “We feel shocked at the loss of this big figure. He was as usual violence. was caused by a bomb that was anniversary of a Turkish offen- The city has been hit re - yesterday and passed away without causing our family any fuss A Britain-based war monitor planted or a suicide attack, ac- sive on the Kurdish-majority peatedly by bloody bombings at all,” his granddaughter Yuko told Kyodo News. said a “huge explosion” near a cording to the monitor, which region, the Observatory said throughout Syria’s devastating Nonaka had six brothers and one sister, marrying in 1931 and military intelligence office in relies on a network of sources Repeated attacks conflict. Since regime forces fathering five children. southern Damascus had left inside the country. With key military backing reclaimed control of the Damas- He ran a hot spring inn in his hometown and in retirement a number of people dead and It said that shooting followed from Russia, President Bashar cus and surrounding regions enjoyed watching sumo wrestling on TV and eating sweets, wounded. the explosion. al-Assad’s forces have retaken security forces have removed according to local media. State news agency SANA said Syria is locked in a civil large parts of Syria from rebels many of the security check- Japan has one of the world’s highest life expectancies and that a “bomb blast” had caused war that has killed more than and jihadists, and now control points that dotted the city. was home to several people recognised as among the oldest an explosion “without leaving 360,000 people and displaced almost two-thirds of the coun- Government troops have humans to have ever lived. any victims”. millions since a brutal crack- try. largely pushed remaining re- They include Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-living man on “There is confirmation of re- down on anti-government pro- The Syrian regime in May re- bel and jihadist forces into the record, who died soon after his 116th birthday in June 2013. ports that a terrorist has been tests in 2011 spiralled into full claimed a final scrap of territory northwestern province of Idlib, The oldest verified person ever -- Jeanne Louise Calment of arrested,” it said. conflict. Damascus has been held by the Islamic State group while IS holds a few dwindling France -- died in 1997 at the age of 122, according to Guinness. The Syrian Observatory for largely spared the worst of the in southern Damascus, cement- pockets of territory. US diocese sorry after students mock elderly Native American

beats a traditional drum while incident, was quoted by CNN as chanting. saying Phillips had decided to in- Other teens, many also wear- tervene with a “healing prayer” ing clothing bearing President when the school teens got into a Donald Trump’s political slogan verbal altercation with a group jeered, jumped and appeared to of African American youths who mock the man. had been preaching about the The Diocese of Covington and Bible nearby. Covington Catholic High School An emotional Phillips gave his issued a statement rebuking the reaction in a separate video. “I students after their displays heard them saying, ‘Build that drew widespread derision. wall, build that wall.’ We’re not “We condemn the actions of supposed to have walls here, we the Covington Catholic High never did. School students towards Na- “I wish I could see that I heard them saying, than Phillips specifically, and energy of that young mass Native Americans in general, of young men...into mak - ‘Build that wall, Jan. 18, after the March for ing this country really, really, build that wall.’ Life, in Washington, D.C,” the great. Helping those that are A screen grab taken from a video circulating showing boys from a Catholic private school mocking an elderly Native We’re not supposed statement said. hungry.” American man to have walls here, “We extend our deepest apol- Deb Haaland, one of the first Washington, United States ing widespread criticism. tiple phone camera videos that we never did. ogies to Mr. Phillips. This behav- two Native American women The incident occurred on the swept social media on Satur- ior is opposed to the Church’s elected to Congress in Novem- US diocese has apologized steps of the Lincoln Memorial day, a student from Covington teachings on the dignity and ber, linked the students’ be - Aand vowed to take action on Friday when the annual an- Catholic High School in Ken- PHILLIPS respect of the human person. havior to rising levels of racial after videos emerged showing ti-abortion March for Life coin- tucky wearing a Make America NATIVE AMERICAN MAN The matter is being investigat- intolerance under the Trump boys from a Catholic private cided with a rally by indigenous Great Again hat is seen smirking ed and we will take appropri- administration. school mocking an elderly Na- communities calling for their as he stands extremely close to ate action, up to and including “This Veteran put his life on tive American man at a rally in rights to be respected. Nathan Phillips, a Native Amer- expulsion.” the line for our country,” she the capital Washington, trigger- In footage captured on mul- ican Vietnam war veteran, who Kaya Taitano, a witness to the wrote on Twitter. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 06 Reviving ancient past Saudi music festival spotlights pre-Islamic heritage

A view of the facade of the new purpose-built Maraya (Arabic for “Mirror”) concert hall hosting the first “Winter at Tantora” music carnival in the ruins of Al-Ula, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia

Crown Prince Mohammed bin undertaking a massive survey AFP | Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia Salman, known as MBS, has of key sites, which includes brought new cinemas, concerts scanning via helicopters, sat- athed in light, musicians For years we were and sporting extravaganzas. ellites, drones and a remote belt out melodies among stereotyped as While it is yet to offer sensing technology called Bpre-Islamic desert ruins people who have tourist visas, the country Lidar. in northwestern Saudi Arabia, pools of petrol in fast-tracked electronic per- Five-star resorts are being a heritage trove at the centre of their backyards. mits for visitors to attend the planned to accommodate thou- efforts to put the reclusive king- We are changing festival. sands of tourists. Local residents dom on the tourism map. that narrative. This The kingdom organised a sim- are being trained as guides, of- Hosted by the Al-Ula gov - ilar process in December for a fering them some respite from ernorate -- where Nabatean (project) is about motor sports event in Riyadh, rampant joblessness. tombs and art are chiseled into national pride where performances by artists Al-Ula is expected to fully caramel-hued rock -- “Winter like Enrique Iglesias and Da- open up to foreign tourists with- at Tantora” is the latest music AN OFFICIAL FROM THE ROYAL AL-ULA vid Guetta -- and thumping af- in three to five years, an official carnival in the kingdom, where COMMISSION ter-parties -- were on offer. from the Royal Al-Ula Commis- such events were unheard of just sion said. two years ago. ‘Changing the narrative’ He added that the project aims Spread over eight weekends “Saudi Arabia is turning a new French solo violinist Renaud Capucon performs with pianists during the first Saudi Arabia is seeking to pre- to revive the glory of Saudi Ara- until February 9, the main events page,” said Zainab al-Kadadi, a “Winter at Tantora” music carnival serve heritage sites that predate bia’s ancient past, a topic that are hosted in an auditorium Riyadh-based banker. Prophet Mohammed’s life in the has scant coverage in local his- made of mirrored glass that The 29-year-old attended a opening of Al-Ula, an area from scratch is at the heart of a seventh century. tory textbooks. has drawn international artists, musical weekend that also in- roughly the size of Belgium that government plan to prepare the The sites have long been ne- “For years we were stereo - from Lebanese singer Majida El cluded sand dune bashing -- an is being touted as the centre - Arab world’s biggest economy glected or vandalised, because typed as people who have pools Roumi to French classical violin- adventure sport that involves piece of Saudi attractions, as the for a post-oil era, an ambition glorifying them is considered of petrol in their backyards,” the ist Renaud Capucon. driving across challenging de- conservative petro-state pre- fraught with challenges. blasphemous by religious con- official said. And it shines a spotlight on a sert landscapes -- and a tour pares to open up to international servatives. “We are changing that nar- long-isolated area seen widely as of an Ottoman-era train station. tourists. Kingdom of ‘fun’ With French support in Al- rative. This (project) is about an open-air museum. The festival is seen as a soft Building a tourism industry A liberalisation drive by Ula, archaeological teams are national pride.” eSwatini chief bans alcohol after UN condemns ‘vile’ spear stabbings on elderly victims Russians protest Kuril islands handover killing of eight UN Moscow, Russia Mbabane, eSwatini ister Shinzo Abe sought to rec- peacekeepers in reason why the chief decid- tify last year. regional chief in the Afri- ed to ban alcohol,” Ndzinisa undreds of Russians pro- Abe is set to hold talks on the Mali Acan kingdom of eSwatini said. Htested against a feared issue with Putin on Tuesday. Bamako, Mali has banned alcohol, his repre- “In this area we have a prob- giveaway of strategic islands to Moscow has said the islands’ sentative said Saturday, after lem of a high rate of drinking Japan yesterday, two days be- sovereignty is not a bargain- he UN’s spokesman in drunken youths repeatedly among youths caused by high fore a key summit between the ing chip and the Kurils will TMali condemned the attacked elderly people and in unemployment. countries’ leaders in Moscow. remain Russian territory, but killing of at least eight UN one incident sons killed their “This causes them to spend a Between 300 and 500 peo- many people distrust official peacekeepers in a “vile and father. lot of time drinking traditional ple gathered on Suvorovskaya rhetoric and suspect a different criminal attack” on their Chief Gasa waNgwane concoctions and smoking dag- Square, just outside Moscow line of negotiations behind the base in the northeast early Dlamini issued the ban ga (marajuana).” city centre, for an authorised scenes. yesterday. in Qomntaba, one of the He said a man had been rally called by several nation- Some protesters carried signs “Peacekeepers of the MI- largest of 385 chiefdoms killed by his sons in one attack. alist politicians, opposed to any saying “The Kurils are Russian NUSMA force at Aguelhok in eSwatini, which was The land-locked southern move to cede any of the four land” and “Giving away the fought off a sophisticated until recently known as African country is ruled by islands claimed by Tokyo. Kurils is state treason”, an AFP attack by assailants who ar- Swaziland. King Mswati III -- one of the The Soviet army claimed four correspondent observed. rived on several armed ve- According to the chief’s rep- world’s last absolute mon - islands, the so-called south The Kremlin has ridden a hicles,” said Mahamat Saleh resentative, Fanalakhe Ndzini- archs. Kurils, in the closing days of wave of nationalism follow- Annadif, the UN’s special sa, young men stabbed elderly Last year the king marked World War II. ing Moscow’s annexation of representative for Mali. people with spears in a spate 50 years since his country’s The dispute over their sov- Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, Eight peacekeepers have of attacks. independence from British ereignty prevented the two and any attempt to structure an so far been confirmed dead “The violent behaviour of colonial rule by changing its countries from signing a peace Protestors hold a protest in agreement with Japan around a and several others were drunk youths who spear and name to eSwatini (“land of the treaty, a situation President Moscow demanding to stop talks on territorial compromise would wounded, he added in a assault elderly people is the Swazis”). Vladimir Putin and Prime Min- assignation Kuril islands to Japan. likely be poorly received. statement. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 06 07 Fuel pipeline blaze in Mexico kills 73 Wall for ‘Dreamers’ Reviving ancient past Trump offers concessions on immigrants in return for funds Washington, United States Saudi music festival spotlights pre-Islamic heritage S President Donald Trump bitterly attacked Utop Democrat Nancy Pe- losi yesterday after she rejected a deal on immigration and the Mexico border wall that would end a 30-day-old government shutdown. Pelosi, speaker of the House Aerial view of the scene where a massive blaze trigerred by a leaky pipeline took place the night before in Tlahuelilpan, of Representatives, on Saturday Hidalgo state, Mexico called Trump’s offer of tem- porary protections for about a fuel-line tap to gather gasoline bodies. million immigrants in return Tlahuelilpan, Mexico amid a government crackdown The blast -- which Fayad for $5.7 billion to fund the wall on fuel theft, officials said. said injured 74 people -- oc - a “non-starter.” US President Donald Trump makes a statement about immigration and the n explosion and fire in Hidalgo state governor Omar curred near Tlahuelilpan, a “Nancy Pelosi has behaved so border wall from the diplomatic reception room of the White House Acentral Mexico killed at Fayad announced that the toll town of 20,000 people about irrationally & has gone so far to least 73 people after hundreds had increased to 73 after the an hour’s drive north of Mexico the left that she has now offi- members of Congress, said a swarmed to the site of an illegal discovery of five additional City. cially become a Radical Dem- bill with the president’s propos- ocrat,” Trump tweeted. “She is al would be introduced in the so petrified of the ‘lefties’ in her Republican-controlled Senate party that she has lost control.” as early as Tuesday. “...And by the way, clean up KNOW WHAT Trump attempted to seize the streets in San Francisco, the initiative in ending the 29- they are disgusting!” he added, day partial shutdown, a funding UK’s Prince Philip, 97, back in a seemingly gratuitous aside. freeze that has left many impor- Pelosi is from San Francisco. Trump on Saturday tant government departments The offer also was assailed offered to temporar- relying on unpaid or highly re- driving - without seatbelt by prominent anti-immigrant ily shield a million duced staff. London, United Kingdom voices, which denounced it as immigrants from His bargain, announced in tantamount to amnesty. deportation if Congress a televised White House ad- “No, Amnesty is not a part of dress, held out the carrot of ritain’s Prince Philip has my offer. It is a 3 year extension authorizes funding for protection from deporta - Bbeen spoken to by the po- of DACA,” Trump said in anoth- his Mexican border wall tion for two categories of lice for driving without a seat- er tweet, referring to former -- an idea Democrats immigrants. A view of the facade of the new purpose-built Maraya (Arabic for “Mirror”) concert hall hosting the first “Winter at Tantora” music carnival in the ruins of Al-Ula, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia belt -- just two days after the president Barack Obama’s pro- rejected These include 700,000 so- 97-year-old was involved in a gram to shield undocumented called “Dreamers,” children of Crown Prince Mohammed bin undertaking a massive survey car crash. immigrants who entered the people who settled illegally in AFP | Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia Salman, known as MBS, has of key sites, which includes Images published in yesteer- country as children. the United States, and who have brought new cinemas, concerts scanning via helicopters, sat- day’s newspapers appeared to Besides the 700,000 immi- He said that while there become a favorite cause of the athed in light, musicians For years we were and sporting extravaganzas. ellites, drones and a remote show him behind the wheel grants already enrolled in the would be “no big push” to re- Democrats, as well as 300,000 belt out melodies among stereotyped as While it is yet to offer sensing technology called of a replacement Land Rover so-called DACA or “Dreamers” move the 11 million people in other immigrants whose pro- Bpre-Islamic desert ruins people who have tourist visas, the country Lidar. Freelander on his wife Queen program, Trump’s proposal the country illegally, he warned: tected status is expiring, Trump in northwestern Saudi Arabia, pools of petrol in fast-tracked electronic per- Five-star resorts are being Elizabeth II’s private Sandring- would also extend to another ‘but be careful, Nancy!” said. The president said these a heritage trove at the centre of their backyards. mits for visitors to attend the planned to accommodate thou- ham estate on Saturday. Philip driving the replacement Land Rover Freelander (Courtesy of BBC) 300,000 people who had been Vice President Mike Pence, concessions would “build the efforts to put the reclusive king- We are changing festival. sands of tourists. Local residents A Norfolk Constabulary protected from deportation un- who has been leading the ad- trust and goodwill necessary to dom on the tourism map. that narrative. This The kingdom organised a sim- are being trained as guides, of- spokeswoman said the force and painful time and I would wish,” she added. der another programme. ministration’s contacts with begin real immigration reform.” Hosted by the Al-Ula gov - ilar process in December for a fering them some respite from was aware of the photographs have expected more of the The crash, which left the ernorate -- where Nabatean (project) is about motor sports event in Riyadh, rampant joblessness. and that “suitable words of Royal Family,” Emma Fair - Prince’s Land Rover on its side, tombs and art are chiseled into national pride where performances by artists Al-Ula is expected to fully advice have been given to the weather, a passenger in the happened as the royal patriarch caramel-hued rock -- “Winter like Enrique Iglesias and Da- open up to foreign tourists with- driver”. Kia which collided with the pulled out of a side road onto a at Tantora” is the latest music vid Guetta -- and thumping af- in three to five years, an official The advice was “in line with Prince’s Land Rover, told the busy main road. AN OFFICIAL FROM THE ROYAL AL-ULA Bangladesh ‘Tree Man’ returns to carnival in the kingdom, where COMMISSION ter-parties -- were on offer. from the Royal Al-Ula Commis- our standard response when Sunday Mirror. The prince walked away from such events were unheard of just sion said. being made aware of such imag- A police family liaison officer Thursday’s crash shaken but two years ago. ‘Changing the narrative’ He added that the project aims es showing this type of offence.” however did call to pass on a uninjured, according to a pas- hospital as condition worsens Spread over eight weekends “Saudi Arabia is turning a new Saudi Arabia is seeking to pre- to revive the glory of Saudi Ara- Meanwhile, a woman who message to Emma, who was in ser-by who helped him out of French solo violinist Renaud Capucon performs with pianists during the first Dhaka, Bangladesh until February 9, the main events page,” said Zainab al-Kadadi, a “Winter at Tantora” music carnival serve heritage sites that predate bia’s ancient past, a topic that broke her wrist in Thursday’s the vehicle with a friend and the vehicle. are hosted in an auditorium Riyadh-based banker. Prophet Mohammed’s life in the has scant coverage in local his- crash near the royal country her nine-month-old baby, she The driver of the Kia sus - made of mirrored glass that The 29-year-old attended a opening of Al-Ula, an area from scratch is at the heart of a seventh century. tory textbooks. residence in Norfolk, eastern said. tained cuts to the knee. Bangladeshi father dubbed has drawn international artists, musical weekend that also in- roughly the size of Belgium that government plan to prepare the The sites have long been ne- “For years we were stereo - England, has reportedly com- “The message he passed on In a statement on Friday, A“Tree Man” for the bark- from Lebanese singer Majida El cluded sand dune bashing -- an is being touted as the centre - Arab world’s biggest economy glected or vandalised, because typed as people who have pools plained about not receiving an didn’t even make sense. He Norfolk Constabulary said: “As like growths on his body re - Roumi to French classical violin- adventure sport that involves piece of Saudi attractions, as the for a post-oil era, an ambition glorifying them is considered of petrol in their backyards,” the apology from the Prince. said, ‘The Queen and the Duke is standard procedure with in- turned to hospital yesterday ist Renaud Capucon. driving across challenging de- conservative petro-state pre- fraught with challenges. blasphemous by religious con- official said. “I’m lucky to be alive and of Edinburgh would like to be jury collisions, the incident will after his condition worsened, And it shines a spotlight on a sert landscapes -- and a tour pares to open up to international servatives. “We are changing that nar- he hasn’t even said sorry. It remembered to you.’ That’s be investigated and any appro- he said. long-isolated area seen widely as of an Ottoman-era train station. tourists. Kingdom of ‘fun’ With French support in Al- rative. This (project) is about has been such a traumatic not an apology or even a well- priate action taken.” Abul Bajandar has had 25 sur- an open-air museum. The festival is seen as a soft Building a tourism industry A liberalisation drive by Ula, archaeological teams are national pride.” geries since 2016 to remove the FINAL FAREWELL growths from his hands and feet at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. eSwatini chief bans alcohol after UN condemns ‘vile’ Doctors were on the verge spear stabbings on elderly victims Russians protest Kuril islands handover killing of eight UN of declaring their treatment a Moscow, Russia success before a sudden relapse Mbabane, eSwatini ister Shinzo Abe sought to rec- peacekeepers in prompted Bajandar to flee the Abul Bajandar’s hands are again covered in the growths that characterise his reason why the chief decid- tify last year. clinic in May without notify- rare condition. (AFP) regional chief in the Afri- ed to ban alcohol,” Ndzinisa undreds of Russians pro- Abe is set to hold talks on the Mali ing staff. But on Sunday he was country. He lived in the hos- Acan kingdom of eSwatini said. Htested against a feared issue with Putin on Tuesday. Bamako, Mali readmitted to the hospital after pital’s expensive private cabin has banned alcohol, his repre- “In this area we have a prob- giveaway of strategic islands to Moscow has said the islands’ his condition deteriorated, with with his wife and daughter for sentative said Saturday, after lem of a high rate of drinking Japan yesterday, two days be- sovereignty is not a bargain- he UN’s spokesman in the growths now covering al- nearly two years during his first drunken youths repeatedly among youths caused by high fore a key summit between the ing chip and the Kurils will TMali condemned the most the entirety of his hands round of treatment. attacked elderly people and in unemployment. countries’ leaders in Moscow. remain Russian territory, but killing of at least eight UN and feet, the 28-year-old said. The father of one suffers one incident sons killed their “This causes them to spend a Between 300 and 500 peo- many people distrust official peacekeepers in a “vile and “I made a mistake by leaving from epidermodysplasia ver- father. lot of time drinking traditional ple gathered on Suvorovskaya rhetoric and suspect a different criminal attack” on their the hospital. I sought alterna- ruciformis, an extremely rare Chief Gasa waNgwane concoctions and smoking dag- Square, just outside Moscow line of negotiations behind the base in the northeast early tive treatment but could not genetic condition also known Dlamini issued the ban ga (marajuana).” city centre, for an authorised scenes. yesterday. find any. I now I understand I Abul Bajandar has as “tree-man syndrome”. in Qomntaba, one of the He said a man had been rally called by several nation- Some protesters carried signs “Peacekeepers of the MI- should have stayed and contin- had 25 surgeries Sen said that fewer than half largest of 385 chiefdoms killed by his sons in one attack. alist politicians, opposed to any saying “The Kurils are Russian NUSMA force at Aguelhok ued the treatment here,” Bajan- since 2016 to remove a dozen people worldwide have in eSwatini, which was The land-locked southern move to cede any of the four land” and “Giving away the fought off a sophisticated dar said. the growths from his the disease. until recently known as African country is ruled by islands claimed by Tokyo. Kurils is state treason”, an AFP attack by assailants who ar- Samanta Lal Sen, a plastic His hospital also treated a Swaziland. King Mswati III -- one of the The Soviet army claimed four correspondent observed. rived on several armed ve- surgeon at the hospital, said hands and feet at young Bangladeshi girl suffer- According to the chief’s rep- world’s last absolute mon - islands, the so-called south The Kremlin has ridden a hicles,” said Mahamat Saleh doctors would resume treat- Dhaka Medical Col- ing from the condition in 2017. resentative, Fanalakhe Ndzini- archs. Kurils, in the closing days of wave of nationalism follow- Annadif, the UN’s special ment “very soon”, adding the lege Hospital. Doctors declared her sur- sa, young men stabbed elderly Last year the king marked World War II. ing Moscow’s annexation of representative for Mali. growths had spread to other gery a success, but her father people with spears in a spate 50 years since his country’s The dispute over their sov- Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, Eight peacekeepers have parts of his body. duct more surgeries,” Sen said. later said the growths had re- of attacks. independence from British ereignty prevented the two and any attempt to structure an so far been confirmed dead “I requested Bajandar to re- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi- turned in even greater num- “The violent behaviour of colonial rule by changing its countries from signing a peace Protestors hold a protest in agreement with Japan around a and several others were US President Donald Trump (L) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (2L) attend the dignified transfer of the remains turn as soon as possible. Now na had promised free treatment bers, prompting the family to drunk youths who spear and name to eSwatini (“land of the treaty, a situation President Moscow demanding to stop talks on territorial compromise would wounded, he added in a of Scott A. Wirtz, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and former Navy Seal, and three other US personnel killed in we have to start from the very for Bajandar after his plight halt treatment and return to assault elderly people is the Swazis”). Vladimir Putin and Prime Min- assignation Kuril islands to Japan. likely be poorly received. statement. northern Syria, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. beginning. We’ll have to con- captured the sympathies of the their village. MANAGEMENT IS EFFICIENCY IN CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUC- QUOTE CESS; LEADERSHIP DETERMINES OF THE WHETHER THE LADDER IS LEANING DAY AGAINST THE RIGHT WALL. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 STEPHEN COVEY

forces that had compelled my parents to make the journey to a new country. We settled in a Korean enclave in Flushing, Queens. The lan - Dreamer, guage, people, smells and fla - JIN PARK vours reminded us of home, and that helped ease our transition n November, I became the into our new life. My mother first Deferred Action for found work in a beauty salon, Childhood Arrivals benefi- providing manicures and facials. Rhodes Iciary to win the Rhodes scholar- My father was hired as a line ship. The news was bittersweet. cook in a Korean restaurant, In 2017 the Trump adminis- working 12-hour shifts six days tration rescinded the option for a week. overseas travel for those with I started going to a school in a DACA status, the “Dreamers” who nearby Korean church. I slowly scholar, were brought to this country il- began adapting to my new life. legally as children. This means I found comfort in learning how that when I leave the country in to speak English. Despite their October to study at Oxford with demanding workload, my par- my fellow Rhodes scholars, I may ents were resolute and nurtur- not be able to come back. ing. When my father learned that human This is a perpetual reality of be- playing baseball was an American ing undocumented: I never know rite of passage, we’d go out to the if I have a place in America — my sidewalk in front of our apart- home — even after receiving one ment complex to play. He didn’t A person shouldn’t have to be of the most esteemed scholar- know how to pitch, but he tried ships in the world. to teach me anyway. In 2012, I a “genius” or “economically My family left South Korea received DACA status, which al- during the Asian financial cri- lowed me to apply to Harvard. productive” to have access to sis in 1997. I remember being I graduated in December with whisked away in the middle a degree in biology and govern- equal opportunity of the night when I was 7 and ment. boarding a flight for what my par- These days the conversation ents said was “a magical place” around immigration is centered called America. At the time, I on conspiracy theories and ra- was unaware of the economic cially charged statements. I’m re-

Why we struggle to say ‘I love you’

gle and sacrifice is how Asian parents say “I love you” without having to say it. And so many of us children are not expected to say it either, but instead are expected to express love through VIET THANH NGUYEN gratitude, which means obeying s it true that Asian-Americans our parents and following their cannot say “I love you?” The wishes for our lives. Istriking title of the writer Our parents, for the most part, Lac Su’s memoir is “I Love Yous told us to get a good education, Are for White People,” which get a good job and not speak up, explores the emotional devasta- things they had to do to survive. tion wreaked on one Vietnamese They have encouraged, or forced, family by its refugee experiences. many of us to become doctors, I share some of Lac Su’s back- lawyers and engineers, and to ground, and it has been a lifelong feel ashamed if we do not. What effort to learn how to say, without these parents did not do was tell For many awkwardness, “I love you.” I can us we could become artists, ac- do this for my son, and it is heart- tors or storytellers, people en- Asian- felt, but it comes with an effort gaged in seemingly trivial, unsafe born of the self-consciousness I and unstable professions. This is Americans, still feel when I say it to my father why it has been so rare for me, or brother. as I give talks in different places the phrase Thus, when the actress San- around the country, to encounter dra Oh won a Golden Globe Asian parents who embrace their belongs to the for best actress in a television children who do not become the drama, “Killing Eve,” perhaps “model minority.” wonderful the most powerful part of her I have met so few who have acceptance speech for many of proudly told me that their chil- world of us who are Asian-Americans is dren are English majors or have when she thanked her parents. become writers or artists. Per- white people Gazing at them in the audience, haps Oh’s parents were like this. she said, in Korean, “I love you.” I sometimes wish my parents we see in the She was emotional, her parents would have been like this. But movies and on were proud, and I could not help I became a writer despite, and but project onto them one of the perhaps because of, their resist- television central dramas of Asian immi- ance to the idea, my inarticulate with only a handful of students to my face, although one of my happened to be our country, too. grant and refugee life: the silent desires pushing against their in- of Asian descent. We knew we white elementary school class- The irony was that we had not sacrifice of the parents, the dif- articulate sacrifice, all of it taking were different, but we found our mates, knowing that I came from invaded America. America had ficult gratitude of the children, place before a backdrop of refu- difference a little difficult to put Vietnam, asked me if had carried invaded us, or at the very least revolving around the inarticulate gee life and racial reality. into words. We called ourselves an AK-47 and fought in the war. had occupied or fought in our expression of love. I grew up in the relatively di- “the Asian invasion.” My classmate had been irradiated countries of origin or heritage. So many of our Asian parents verse city of San Jose, Calif, in We laughed about that term, by the images he — and I, and We were here because America have struggled, suffered and en- the 1980s. My neighbours were but looking back, it was clear that all my eventual Asian-American was there. dured in ways that are completely older white working-class peo- we had absorbed and internal- classmates in high school — saw. Looking back, what I only be- beyond the imaginations of their ple, Mexican immigrants and Vi- ized the racism of American soci- We knew that somehow we were latedly realised was that I needed children born or raised in North etnamese refugees. Then I went ety. In my case, I was lucky that I seen by other Americans as in- — we all needed — more stories American comfort. This strug- to a mostly white high school, had never been called a racist slur vaders of their country, even if it featuring us. More voices belong-

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forces that had compelled my minded daily that I don’t belong I started going to a school ded in this country, its practic- parents to make the journey to a here, and find myself having to in a nearby Korean church. es and its institutions. I hope to new country. justify why I should be allowed I slowly began adapting start a dialogue about how we as We settled in a Korean enclave to remain. Americans can collectively forge in Flushing, Queens. The lan - I can argue that I am smart, to my new life. I found a common identity that respects TOP Dreamer, guage, people, smells and fla - driven and able to contribute to comfort in learning how to human rights. JIN PARK vours reminded us of home, and this country, just like my fellow speak English. When I step on that plane in Oc- that helped ease our transition undocumented immigrants. We tober and leave the United States TWEETS4 n November, I became the into our new life. My mother pay taxes to help keep systems for the first time since I arrived first Deferred Action for found work in a beauty salon, such as Medicare and Social Se- 16 years ago, I will think of the Childhood Arrivals benefi- providing manicures and facials. curity solvent — systems that we bustling flea market on 41st Street 01 Rhodes Iciary to win the Rhodes scholar- My father was hired as a line may never directly benefit from. and Union Avenue in Flushing, ship. The news was bittersweet. cook in a Korean restaurant, According to a 2017 study, and of the smell of freshly made In 2017 the Trump adminis- working 12-hour shifts six days 91per cent of “Dreamers” are spicy tteokbokki rice cakes in tration rescinded the option for a week. employed and will contribute Korean eateries along Northern overseas travel for those with I started going to a school in a $460.3 billion to the gross domes- Boulevard that I pass on my way DACA status, the “Dreamers” who nearby Korean church. I slowly tic product over the next decade. to the 7 train. These are my roots. scholar, were brought to this country il- began adapting to my new life. Over 65pc of us are pursuing a These are the sights and sounds legally as children. This means I found comfort in learning how degree in higher education. personal library of John Rawls. that nurtured me as I became the hen I see govern- that when I leave the country in to speak English. Despite their And yet I resist citing my Rawls, considered the most im- person I am today. Wment employees October to study at Oxford with demanding workload, my par- “intelligence” or “abilities” to portant philosopher in the 20th Walking through those streets sitting on their desks my fellow Rhodes scholars, I may ents were resolute and nurtur- defend my presence here, be - century, concentrated on one has taken on a new meaning as I while their phones con- not be able to come back. ing. When my father learned that cause a human being need not crucial question: How can a so- grapple with the knowledge that tinue ringing unanswered human This is a perpetual reality of be- playing baseball was an American be a Rhodes scholar to be treated ciety establish just institutions soon it may very well be the last it further confirms to me ing undocumented: I never know rite of passage, we’d go out to the with basic fairness and decency. when there are seemingly irrec- time I do so. my opinion that many if I have a place in America — my sidewalk in front of our apart- A human being shouldn’t have oncilable differences among its There’s a Korean adage that government employees home — even after receiving one ment complex to play. He didn’t to be a “genius” or “economical- members? He argues that we warns that, “What becomes far don’t work as hard as A person shouldn’t have to be of the most esteemed scholar- know how to pitch, but he tried ly productive” to have access to must recognise first and foremost from the eyes becomes far from private sector employees. ships in the world. to teach me anyway. In 2012, I equal opportunity. those who stand among us, who the heart.” Yet I have no doubt Very unprofessional and a “genius” or “economically My family left South Korea received DACA status, which al- We are your co-workers, your are members of the union, and that these sights and sounds will lazy attitude. during the Asian financial cri- lowed me to apply to Harvard. friends, your classmates and your who therefore must be treated carry me and remain with me @ATEEKSTER productive” to have access to sis in 1997. I remember being I graduated in December with fellow Americans — we work, fairly. wherever I go, because that’s the whisked away in the middle a degree in biology and govern- learn and laugh alongside you. I plan to use my time at Ox - nature of home: It stays with you 02 equal opportunity of the night when I was 7 and ment. As I attempt to make sense ford to think about how undoc- even if the country you call home boarding a flight for what my par- These days the conversation of what it means to be an un - umented immigrants can urge won’t accept you. ents said was “a magical place” around immigration is centered documented immigrant, I often this country to recognise that called America. At the time, I on conspiracy theories and ra- retreat into the Pusey Archives we are American — we stand (Jin Park is a 2018 graduate of Harvard.) was unaware of the economic cially charged statements. I’m re- at Harvard to pore through the among you and we are embed-

am as deeply troubled Iby this as anything: the degree to which so many Congr. Republicans, CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE starting w McConnell & Ryan, but incl Graham, Why we struggle to say ‘I love you’ Cornyn, Thune, Grass- ley + dozens more, have sold out every American interest to our greatest adversary in return for gle and sacrifice is how Asian If we must assert ourselves ries. At the very least, you cannot Mirror, mirror tax cuts and judges. parents say “I love you” without and speak out against stand in their way. @NormOrnstein having to say it. And so many of racism when it is directed A high school classmate who us children are not expected to against us, we must also do lived in the elite, mostly white 03 say it either, but instead are ex- city of Saratoga, Calif, in the in the shop pected to express love through so when it benefits us. 1980s told me that when Asians VIET THANH NGUYEN gratitude, which means obeying started moving in — the “good,” s it true that Asian-Americans our parents and following their professional Asians — white cannot say “I love you?” The wishes for our lives. people started moving out. No n the modern world, branding has become a reckoning Istriking title of the writer Our parents, for the most part, amount of Asian-American suc- factor that determines what you buy. A brand name is Lac Su’s memoir is “I Love Yous told us to get a good education, cess will change this dynamic Isomething that people connect with. They feel the brand Are for White People,” which get a good job and not speak up, of white people fearing that we will help them stand out in the crowd. The reasons for this could ancy Pelosi has be- explores the emotional devasta- things they had to do to survive. are the Asian invasion — taking be many. The society also feels these highly branded people are Nhaved so irrationally tion wreaked on one Vietnamese They have encouraged, or forced, their jobs, breaking the curve, to be followed. On the flip side, this tendency paves the way & has gone so far to the left family by its refugee experiences. many of us to become doctors, stealing their seats in the Ivy for the creation of duplicated versions of some well-known that she has now officially I share some of Lac Su’s back- lawyers and engineers, and to League — until we challenge branded products. become a Radical Demo- ground, and it has been a lifelong feel ashamed if we do not. What racism of both the explicit and I hear people often tell others, “The coffee at Starbucks is crat. She is so petrified of effort to learn how to say, without these parents did not do was tell implicit kinds. of a great taste” or “My Mercedes is a very nice car”. People the “lefties” in her party For many awkwardness, “I love you.” I can us we could become artists, ac- When it came to mass media’s We are still the Asian invasion often talk about the hotels they stay while on travel like Ritz’ that she has lost control... do this for my son, and it is heart- tors or storytellers, people en- representations of us — film and in the eyes of many, and if we are or Carltons or Four Seasons to name a few. They also speak And by the way, clean up Asian- felt, but it comes with an effort gaged in seemingly trivial, unsafe television, morning radio disc not as terrifying today as we were a lot about non-vegetarian food which they relish. There are the streets in San Fran- born of the self-consciousness I and unstable professions. This is jockey jokes, journalistic pun- in the past, it’s at least partly be- some of my friends who know my meal preferences and yet cisco, they are disgusting! Americans, still feel when I say it to my father why it has been so rare for me, ditry — we got only the bad. We cause many Americans are more offer dishes that I normally do not have. They do not look at @realDonaldTrump or brother. as I give talks in different places were collectively the villains, afraid of invasions by Mexicans the more common affordable brands. the phrase Thus, when the actress San- around the country, to encounter the servants, the enemies, the and Central Americans. Many Some people often brag about going to exotic vacation desti- 04 dra Oh won a Golden Globe Asian parents who embrace their mistresses, the houseboys, the Americans who might not wish nations that are beyond the reach of the common man. There belongs to the for best actress in a television children who do not become the invaders. to be our neighbours would at was this friend of mine who always used to fly only business drama, “Killing Eve,” perhaps “model minority.” As a result, so many of us who least prefer us to African-Amer- class wherever he goes. He used to wear only branded clothes. wonderful the most powerful part of her I have met so few who have watched these distorted imag- icans. He knew only of Ray Ban glasses and other “POSH” wearable acceptance speech for many of proudly told me that their chil- es and heard the stupid jokes We cannot accept this as our accessories. world of us who are Asian-Americans is dren are English majors or have learned to be ashamed of our- price of entry into American so- If we take the examples of expats here, when we go for our when she thanked her parents. become writers or artists. Per- selves. We learned to be ashamed ciety. If we must assert ourselves annual vacations, most of us go on a shopping spree that is pre- white people Gazing at them in the audience, haps Oh’s parents were like this. of our parents. And the shame and speak out against racism dictable – buying things that we may or may not require – like @realDonaldTrump, she said, in Korean, “I love you.” I sometimes wish my parents compounded the inability to say when it is directed against us, we for instance, chocolates, dresses etc – we keep buying the same .800,000 Americans are we see in the She was emotional, her parents would have been like this. But “I love you,” a phrase that be - must also do so when it benefits things again and again year after year., whether we actually going without pay. Re- movies and on were proud, and I could not help I became a writer despite, and longed to the wonderful world us. And we do that by challeng- need them or not. open the government, but project onto them one of the perhaps because of, their resist- of white people we saw in the ing and changing the American On the other hand, there are also marginalised people who do let workers get their pay- television central dramas of Asian immi- ance to the idea, my inarticulate with only a handful of students to my face, although one of my happened to be our country, too. ing to us. More advocates tell - movies and television. story. We do it by taking the stage not go for those “HIGH CLASS” lifestyles and prefer to live life checks and then we can grant and refugee life: the silent desires pushing against their in- of Asian descent. We knew we white elementary school class- The irony was that we had not ing our stories in our way with We had to learn better, but the and by telling our own stories, simpler and use lesser known alternative consumer products. discuss how we can come sacrifice of the parents, the dif- articulate sacrifice, all of it taking were different, but we found our mates, knowing that I came from invaded America. America had our faces, our inflections, our truth is that Asian parents have which is really, in the end, our We need to respect their choices and appreciate them as well. together to protect the bor- ficult gratitude of the children, place before a backdrop of refu- difference a little difficult to put Vietnam, asked me if had carried invaded us, or at the very least concerns, our intuitions. We just to learn better, too. You cannot be way of saying “I love you” to our When you go for the next purchase, please look at the mirror der. #EndTheShutdown revolving around the inarticulate gee life and racial reality. into words. We called ourselves an AK-47 and fought in the war. had occupied or fought in our needed to be at the centre of a proud of your artist and storytell- parents, our families, our com- in the shop and ask yourself these questions. Are we the brands @SpeakerPelosi expression of love. I grew up in the relatively di- “the Asian invasion.” My classmate had been irradiated countries of origin or heritage. story, which would include all er children only when they win munities and our country. that we buy? Or are we the actual persons that we are within So many of our Asian parents verse city of San Jose, Calif, in We laughed about that term, by the images he — and I, and We were here because America the complexities of human sub- Golden Globes. We honour your ourselves? Are we the people who go with the flow for the have struggled, suffered and en- the 1980s. My neighbours were but looking back, it was clear that all my eventual Asian-American was there. jectivity, not just the good but sacrifice for us, but you have to (Viet Thanh Nguyen, a contributing brands or are we unique? Is it widening the gap between two Disclaimer: (Views expressed dured in ways that are completely older white working-class peo- we had absorbed and internal- classmates in high school — saw. Looking back, what I only be- the bad, the three-dimensional encourage your children to speak opinion writer, is the author, most social classes or is it bridging the gap between them? I leave it by columnists are personal and beyond the imaginations of their ple, Mexican immigrants and Vi- ized the racism of American soci- We knew that somehow we were latedly realised was that I needed fullness that white people took up as well, to claim their voices, recently, of “The Refugees” and the for the reader to decide. need not necessarily reflect our children born or raised in North etnamese refugees. Then I went ety. In my case, I was lucky that I seen by other Americans as in- — we all needed — more stories for granted with the privilege of to risk mediocrity and failure, to editor of “The Displaced: Refugee Sreejith S Raja editorial stances) American comfort. This strug- to a mostly white high school, had never been called a racist slur vaders of their country, even if it featuring us. More voices belong- being individuals. tell their stories and your sto - Writers on Refugee Lives”. )

CrediMax launches ‘We Give the Max’ Al Salam Bank-Bahrain

TDT | Manama rediMax yesterday an- receives two top awards Cnounced the launch of its 2019 campaign ‘Win The Max TDT | Manama with CrediMax’ giving cardholders an opportunity to win four BMW X2 model 2019 and l Salam Bank-Bahrain a total of $60,000 cash. has emerged as the win- The campaign which began Aner of two prestigious on 1 January 2019 will run un- awards: “Best Islamic Retail til 31 December 2019. Card- Bank – Bahrain” and “Most holders will have the oppor- Innovative Shari’a Compliant tunity to win monthly $5,000 Products – Bahrain” for the and quarterly a BMW X2 model Yousif Ali Mirza year 2018 from Global Business 2019. Outlook, a business publication To be eligible to enter the based in the United Kingdom. raffle draw and get a chance “Our goal is to ensure that The awards aim to recog - to win, cardholders must use a customers experience & re- nise and rewards business monthly accumulated amount ceive rewards and see the val- excellence all over the globe, Rafik Nayed, Chief Executive Officer of of BD100 and can double their ue of using our products and both in the public and private Al Salam Bank-Bahrain chances when using an accu- services in their everyday pur- sector for achieving outstand- mulated amount of BD100 out- chases,” said Chief Executive ing results across the global Innovative Shari’a Compliant ing the year 2018, the Bank has nature credit cards, the only side Bahrain. of CrediMax, Yousif Ali Mirza. market. Products – Bahrain” for 2018 by launched unique banking prod- Visa Prepaid multi-currency Rafik Nayed, Chief Executive Global Business Outlook. The ucts and services that included: student card, new & upgrad - Students of the Magic Academy in Pullach near Munich, southern Germany, pose for a picture Harold Voit, owner of the Magic Academy in Pullach near Munich, southern Germany, performs Officer of Al Salam Bank-Bah- awards are a strong testament iBank service, Apply@Home ed mobile banking service, and rain said, “We are honoured and to the Bank’s performance and (an online product application “myShare” card (the first divi- AFP | Pullach im Isartal, Germany to an 80-year-old priest from a vice to take up a magic wand, everything I learn about human A century earlier, books de- proud to be awarded the “Best continued excellence.” service), Bahrain’s first Visa dend distribution solution in as- monastery,” said Voit, who has said his night school offered psychology here I can use there, tailing how illusions could be Mustafa Fouad Ali Reda Islamic Retail Bank and “Most Nayed further added, “Dur- Contactless Platinum and Sig- sociation with Bahrain Clear).” arold Voit takes out his a neatly trimmed beard and a Germany’s first state-recognised especially how you command performed were credited with wallet, extracts a wad of conspiratorial twinkle in his eye. certificates for illusionists. the attention of an audience,” helping to stop witch burning, joins Arcapita board H50-euro bills and gazes “You’d be amazed how many But most pupils who commit she said. Fraps said. TDT | Manama at it calmly as the cash goes up situations there are in which to two years of weekly classes Hofmann said that in some- “The irony is that as more Gulf Air partners with ‘Shop Bahrain’ Government sacks in flames. magic can help,” he said, offering for a 750-euro ($860) fee came times staid German corporate people learned about magic, it PNB executives for Slamming the billfold shut, examples ranging from flirting to him seeking something more culture there seemed to be a real helped demystify things that rcapita - a global leader TDT | Manama Voit puts out the fire and opens it to closing a business deal. elusive than a rabbit to pull out hunger for fantasy. they saw and couldn’t under- Ain Shari’ah-compliant al- valuable prizes from the 1st of the Kingdom’s exposure on a lapses in $2 billion again to reveal the money intact of a hat. The course motto is “Maybe we’re just a bit too ra- stand,” he said. ternative investments - has January until the 2nd of Feb- regional and global level and and ready for spending. A room Harry Potter mania “Conjure yourself into the spot- tional otherwise and are longing “Now for company bosses or appointed Mustafa Fouad Ali ulf Air announced its stra- ruary 2019. encourage travellers to join the fraud in first firings full of wide-eyed magic students Germany’s fascination with light”. to have a few dreams.” physicists, it’s great to plunge Reda as a Member of the Board Gtegic partnership of the Commenting on the partner- festival in the Kingdom.” Reuters | New Delhi erupts into applause. sorcery goes back centuries but One of the pupils present on into another world. When you of Directors. Fifth edition of ‘Shop Bahrain’. ship, CEO of Bahrain Tourism Gulf Air’s Deputy Chief Exec- Most of these apprentices of saw a strong revival in the post- a recent night in the classroom Taking the stage ‘naked’ have a trick, you don’t have to Reda is the owner and Gen- The Festival offers a unique and Exhibitions Authority, utive Officer Captain Waleed Al he government has the dark arts are not budding war years, when a weary popu- was entrepreneur Marco Hafen- Thomas Fraps, 51, holds a doc- take the stage ‘naked’, unlike a eral Manager of Reda Invest- shopping experience with fun- Sheikh Khalid bin Humood Alawi said: “This partnership Tsacked two executives cabaret or YouTube stars, how- lation sought entertainment and richter, 46, who runs a success- torate in physics but caught the standup comedian who’s only ment & Development Group filled family entertainment and Al Khalifa: “This will increase comes in line with our efforts of the state-run Punjab ever, but business executives escapism in popular nightclub ful construction business. magic bug during his studies. got his jokes.” and has considerable expertise to support events and initiatives National Bank (PNB) for al- and other professionals hoping acts. As he practised a classic trick Fraps, who has written ex- Voit said online instructional in the real estate, financial in- that revitalize the Kingdom’s legedly failing to prevent a Learning magic isn’t just about picking up to put a few new tricks up their The current boom has two involving the seamless coupling tensively on illusions and stage- videos, which count hundreds vestment, hospitality and tour- Mustafa Fouad Ali Reda economy, such as Formula 1, the $2 billion fraud, two sourc- sleeves. decades of Harry Potter mania and uncoupling of ropes, he said craft, has performed monthly of thousands of fans, have only ism sectors. In addition, Reda Bahrain International Airshow, es said on Sunday, nearly a couple of gags -- it’s “Learning magic isn’t just to thank, as well as a growing that learning how to trigger a for nearly 25 years in what he stoked interest in magic schools brings experience from senior Ironman and more.” a year after the country’s about developing about picking up a couple of gags recognition that a bit of wizardry sense of wonder in an audience calls Germany’s longest running like his. roles at several other leading Commenting on the ap - Through its strategic part- biggest bank scam came to your own personality, -- it’s about developing your own can go a long way in real life. had attracted him to magic magic act. “There’s no replacement entities, including Member of pointment, Abdulaziz Ham- nership, Gulf Air is offering light and also dragged the your own way of personality, your own way of The country’s biggest magic school. He noted that cherished writ- for learning it live,” said the Board of Directors, Saudi ad Aljomaih, Chairman of the 5000 discounted airline tick- government into the con- presenting, speaking presenting, speaking and mov- stars, the Ehrlich Brothers, fill “I was looking for some bal- er Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Voit. Al Bilad Establishment; and Board of Directors at Arcapita, ets for Business and Economy troversy. and moving ing,” said Voit, 70, founder of football stadiums. ance in my life,” he said. -- who penned the poem “The Just as technological innova- previously Member of the said: “Mr Reda will provide Class Return tickets, among the The firing of the two ex- the Magic Academy in Pullach, German illusionist Marc Wei- “At the moment my biggest fan Sorcerer’s Apprentice” later tions like self-driving cars make Board of Directors, Mecca strategic support, helping to 73,000 instant prizes given to ecutive directors, whom the HAROLD VOLT a wealthy Munich suburb. de, 27, won best parlour magic is still my son but by the end of popularised by Walt Disney -- the impossible commonplace, Chamber of Commerce & In- enrich and strengthen Arcap- the Festival’s winners. It will CBI have accused of breach- THE, 70 YEAR OLF, FOUNDER OF THE Voit, who has worked for more performer at July’s world cham- the course, I’d like to have six or gave each of his grandchildren a Voit said the best magic tricks dustry; and the Saudi-Turkish ita’s operations in the Western also promote Shop Bahrain ing the Reserve Bank of In- MAGIC ACADEMY IN PULLACH, A WEALTHY MUNICH SUBURB than half his life as a profession- pionship in Busan, South Korea seven routines down that I can box of tricks in the 18th century. were, like Harry Potter books, Business Council. province of Saudi Arabia. through its media channels. dia (RBI) guidelines, is the al magician and instructor, said with a card trick -- beating a ri- always perform.” Then, illusions were seen as a simply based on a great story. first instance of sacking of that was part of why so many val who could make 10 doves and IT industry manager Marianne tool to advance Enlightenment “With a trick, you come up the bank’s employees since busy career people sought out four sheep vanish and reappear. Hofmann, 67, said magic had thinking because magic, once with the best fairy tale you can,” it said that billionaire dia- his courses. Second place went to another given her a touch of star pow- understood, could serve as a he said. UK PM’s office says MP Brexit mond jeweller Nirav Modi “Most of my students don’t German, Axel Hecklau. er and not just with her eight mirror on perception and its “Magic is the joy that comes Alba closes US$136m, EUR90m and his uncle had for years quit their day jobs. I’ve had Voit, who abandoned a career grandchildren. fallibility -- the stuff that makes from the special delight in being fraudulently raised billions everyone from young interns with the foreign intelligence ser- “I head up a choir and us human. fooled.” moves ‘extremely concerning’ of dollars in foreign credit Export Credit Financing London, United Kingdom by conspiring with staff at the bank. TDT | Manama ritish Prime Minister The- Modi and his uncle Me- Bresa May’s Downing Street hul Choksi, who left India luminium Bahrain (Alba) office said yesterday that re- before the fraud was dis- France pushes Japan to accept Renault-Nissan merger: reports announced it has success- The proceeds from ported plots for parliament covered, have denied the A Paris, France A ‘stable relationship’ fully closed a c.US$136 million the from the ECA di- to seize control from the gov- accusations. up is “not on the table”. tin Vial -- a Renault director The French government is the quest by the French delegation, and c. EUR90 million from rect and guaranteed ernment over Brexit were “ex- In a stock exchange filing apanese media reported yes- Ghosn headed a powerful al- designated by the French gov- biggest shareholder in Renault saying Nissan had been opposed Macron last month held talks Export Credit Agency ( ECA) loans are used to tremely concerning”. late on Friday, the country’s Jterday that France wants a liance between Nissan, Mitsubi- ernment -- made the merger re- with a stake of more than 15 per to giving Paris greater sway over with Japanese Prime Minister supported-facilities, the final Downing Street blasted re- second-biggest state bank merger between Renault and shi and Renault before his arrest quest at talks with Jap- cent, while Renault owns 43.4pc the Japanese carmaker. Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of instalment of the 2nd tranche finance the provision ported moves by lawmakers Theresa May said the government had of equipment in rela- Nissan following the arrest of in November on charges of anese officials in Tokyo, of the Japanese carmaker Nissan According to Nikkei, the dele- the G20 summit in Argentina, of the financing of Alba’s Line seeking to rewrite the rules of removed K. Veera Brahma- former Nissan chairman Carlos financial misconduct. Kyodo News reported, with voting rights. gation also said Renault wants to at which they only agreed to en- 6 Expansion Project, by the end tion to Alba’s Line 6 the House of Commons in an the legal conditions of an or- ji Rao and Sanjiv Sharan Ghosn, but according to France’s A delegation including citing sources close to A merger between the two is name Nissan’s next chairman -- sure a stable relationship within of 2018. Expansion project attempt to take control of the derly exit at this moment of “from the office of executive economy minister changing Mar- the matter. favoured by French President a post that has remained vacant the three-way alliance, which The proceeds are used to fi- business of the lower cham- historic significance is ex- director” with immediate the current Emmanuel Macron, Kyodo said. since Ghosn was ousted on his also includes Japan’s Mitsubishi nance the provision of equip- ber in order to frustrate May’s tremely concerning. effect. The filing did not set- Japanese business daily Nik- arrest in November. Motors. Abe reportedly stressed ment in relation to Alba’s Line Brexit plans. “This news should serve as give a reason. kei also reported the But the reports appear to con- the importance of all three com- 6 Expansion Project. amount to be repaid over a 5.5- Groups of MPs are planning a reminder to those MPs who The government then merger re- tradict comments French Econ- panies “maintaining their stable The facilities are made-up of: Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al year period. to table such amendments this want to deliver Brexit that they fired them because “they omy Minister Bruno Le Maire relationship”. But the Japanese c. US$136 million Export Devel- Khalifa, Alba’s Chairman Commenting on this mile- week, newspapers reported. need to vote for it -- otherwise failed to use global pay - made to Le Journal du Diman- premier reportedly also said opment Canada (EDC) support- stone, Alba’s Chairman of Board “The British public voted to there is a danger that parlia- ments network SWIFT to che (JDD) newspaper, published the fate of the group should be ed-facility with a 10-year tenor Insurance (NEXI) supported-fa- of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin leave the European Union ment could stop Brexit.” detect the fraud”, a bank Sunday. decided by “private business- wherein the principal amount is cilities comprising two contract Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said: and it is vital that elected May is due to spell out to source said. The sources “A shareholder rebalancing, a es” and “governments should to be repaid over a 10-year pe- loans. The first has a tenor of “This is another concrete high- politicians deliver upon that lawmakers what her plans are who had direct knowledge change in cross-shareholdings not commit to how the alliance riod. It also includes a c. EUR90 10-year and a principal repay- light for us and a step closer verdict,” a Downing Street now for Brexit following MPs’ of the matter and declined between Renault and Nissan is should operate going forward”, million Japan Bank for Inter- ment period of 9.5 years, and towards transforming our vi- spokeswoman said. overwhelming rejection of the to be identified because the not on the table,” he told the according to a senior govern- national Cooperation (JBIC)/ the second contract loan a tenor sion into reality with the safe “Any attempt to remove the divorce deal agreed between reasons for the sacking have This general view shows the Tokyo Detention House (C) where former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is being held in Tokyo French weekly. ment official quoted by Kyodo. Nippon Export and Investment of 6 years with the principal start-up of Line 6.” government’s power to meet London and Brussels. not been made public. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 12

Gulf Air unveils its 2019 business plans to staff TDT | Manama plan to expand into more bou- agement that presented top - ulf Air has revealed its tique destinations in 2019 as ic-specific plans and interact- Gbusiness plans for 2019 and well as continue moving for- ed with the employees during rolled out the recently launched ward in modernizing its fleet the event. boutique business model con- with an additional delivery In line with its 5-year strategy cept to its staff in an event held of 2 Boeing 787-9 Dreamlin - to become the regional airline of at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in er’s and 4 Airbus A320neos choice, Gulf Air aims to differen- Manama, Bahrain. this year. tiate itself as a boutique airline The event was part of a Gulf Air’s Chairman of Board comparing to the bigger airlines town hall meeting to present of Directors Zayed R. Alzayani that are more volume driven, a its latest developments to all spoke to the airline’s employ- reflection of a popular concept Gulf Air officials and employees during the town hall meeting held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel employees. ees and shared the compa - currently within the hospitality With the new business mod- ny’s direction in 2019 and be- industry. a competitive advantage that clusive products, destinations Bahrain International Airport el concept, Gulf Air aims to yond along with members of This approach, according will translate in its new fleet, in 2019 along with its pres - due to open towards the end of grow strategically in size and the Gulf Air’s executive man- to Gulf Air, gives the airline Falcon Gold class offering, ex- ence in the new terminal at the year. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 12 13 MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019

Kuwait announces initiative for $200m tech investment fund Most Gulf markets decline Reuters | Beirut yesterday. Sheikh Sabah al Khalid al uwait is launching an Sabah said Kuwait would give Saudi’s Almarai Kinitiative to create a $50 million to the fund to al- • $200 million fund for invest- low “investment in the fields DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM slips after Q4 results ments in technology, its for- of technology and digital econ- eign minister said at an Arab omy” which the private sector OASIS JUFFAIR 5-MIKHAEL () (MALAYALAM) NEW SEEF (II) NIVIN PAULY, UNNI MUKAUDAN, MANJIMA MOHAN • Dubai’s DAMAC economic summit in Beirut will take part in. 1-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) NEW continues to slide after JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. 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JACKSON to meet toughened European NIVIN PAULY, UNNI MUKAUDAN, MANJIMA MOHAN WILLIAM FICHTNER, SYLVIA HOEKS, ELLIOT COWAN DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + (11.15 PM THURS/FRI) emmissions-cutting targets. FROM FRIDAY 18TH: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM ank shares led Saudi Ara- “We have the clear goal of 2-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW bia’s stock market lower making electromobility acces- 4-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) 4-SA’AT REDA (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY) NEW KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN on Sunday as most re - sible to a broad section of the (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) NEW HALA FAKHER, AHMED FATHY, DINA FOUAD DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + (11.30 PM THURS/FRI) B CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER gional bourses fell. population, that is to make it DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM + (1.00 AM In Saudi Arabia, the index lost affordable,” Hans-Dieter Po- DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): 11.30 AM + 4.00 + 8.30 PM THURS/FRI) 3-ALL THE DEVIL’S MEN (15+) (ACTION/THRILLER) NEW WILLIAM FICHTNER, SYLVIA HOEKS, ELLIOT COWAN 0.8 per cent with Al Rajhi Bank etsch told the Welt am Sonntag 5-THE AMITYVILLE MURDER’S (15+) (HORROR) NEW 5-SIMMBA (PG-15) (HINDI/ACTION/COMEDY/DRAMA/RO- DAILY AT: 9.15 + (11.30 PM THURS/FRI) and Samba Financial Group fall- newspaper. MANTIC) ZIAD BOURJI, DALIDA KHALIL, JULIA KASSAR JOHN ROBINSON (IX), CHELSEA RICKETTS, DIANE FRANKLIN ing 1.1pc and 3.3pc respectively. “The current price level RANVEER SINGH, AJAY DEVGN, SARA ALI KHAN DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 4.00 + 9.15 PM DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM 4-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) The Gulf’s largest dairy com- Traders on the floor of Saudi Stock exchange (file) Hans Dieter Poetsch cannot stay the same if these DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN pany Almarai shed 6pc after cars are equipped with electric 6-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) 6-RIDE (PG-15) (THRILLER) NEW DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.15 PM reporting a 28pc drop in fourth Closing Bell to ‘underperform’ from Abraaj. Dubai saw some sup- motors,” said Poetsch. “There- 6-SPIDER MAN INTO THE SPIDER VERSE (PG) (ANIMATION/ JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN BELLA THORNE, JESSIE T. USHER, WILL BRILL quarter profit. ‘neutral’. BofA said in a re - port from blue chip bank Emir- Reuters | Berlin fore, it will inevitably lead to ACTION/ADVENTURE) DAILY AT (ATMOS): 12.00 + 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM + 12.00 MN DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 3.15 + 7.15 + 11.15 PM 5-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) The United Arab Emirates SAUDI  0.8pc to 8,384 pts search note it was also lowering ates NBD which added 0.5pc. significant price increases in HAILEE STEINFELD, NICOLAS CAGE, MAHERSHALA ALI (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) 7-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) 7-WOMAN WALKS AHEAD (15+) (DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) NEW CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER two main indexes, Abu Dhabi DUBAI  0.2pc to 2,513 pts its 2018 to 2020 earnings per Last week it reported a 10pc he move to electric vehi- the small car segment.” DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): 1.45 + 6.15 + 10.45 PM (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) and Dubai, each slipped 0.2pc. share forecast on DAMAC by an rise in fourth-quarter net profit. cles will make cars sig - Poetsch referred to the JESSICA CHASTAIN, MICHAEL GREYEYS, CHASKE SPENCER DAILY AT: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 PM QATAR  0.3pc to 10,760 pts T 7-URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE (15+) (HINDI/ACTION/DRAMA) CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER Abu Dhabi was dragged down average of 47pc, citing expec- Developer Emaar Properties nificantly more expensive, tougher-than-expected tar- DAILY AT: 1.45 + 6.30 + 11.15 PM VICKY KAUSHAL, KIRTI KULHARI, PARESH RAWAL DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM by telecom, banking, and real es- ABU DHABI  0.2pc at 4,975 pts tations of weaker booked sales also rose 0.5pc. meaning they may become gets to cut greenhouse emis- 6-THE MULE (PG-15) (CRIME/DRAMA/THRILLER) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.30 PM DAILY AT (IMAX 3D): 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 PM 8-PRAANA (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) NEW CLINT EASTWOOD, BRADLEY COOPER, TAISSA FARMIGA tate shares. Telcom Etisalat lost EGYPT  0.3pc to 13,444 pts and gross margin. In Qatar, the index lost 0.3pc unaffordable for people on sions from cars by 37.5 per NITHYA MENON 0.6pc, while the UAE’s biggest Air Arabia shed 1.9pc. It said with telecom Vodafone Qatar low incomes in the future, the cent by 2030, which the 8-THE MULE (PG-15) (CRIME/DRAMA/THRILLER) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 5.45 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) KUWAIT  0.3pc to 5,494 pts 8-THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER (PG) (HINDI/DRAMA/ FROM FRIDAY 18TH: 10.45 AM + 4.00 + 9.15 PM lender First Abu Dhabi Bank last week it had filed a criminal shedding 1.8pc and Qatar Gas chairman of Volkswagen said European Union agreed in BIOGRAPHY) CLINT EASTWOOD, BRADLEY COOPER, TAISSA FARMIGA (FAB) fell 1.4pc. Aldar Properties OMAN  0.1pc to 4,203 pts case against former board mem- Transport fell 1.5pc. in an interview published yes- December. ANUPAM KHER, AAHANA KUMRA, ABDUL QUADIR AMIN DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM 9-F2: FUN & FRSTRATION (PG-15) (TELGU) NEW AL HAMRA lost 0.7pc, BAHRAIN  0.5pc to 1,348 pts ber and Abraaj founder Bahrain’s index and Kuwait’s terday. VW plans to spend almost DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.15 + 11.15 PM TAMANNAH BHATIA, PRAKASH RAJ, VENKATESH DAGGUBATI, 9-BACKTRACE (PG-15) (CRIME/ACTION/THRILLER) 1-MIKHAEL () (MALAYALAM) NEW Dubai’s index, reversing earli- Arif Naqvi. The budget carrier index bucked the regional trend The German carmaker is 44 billion euros on developing VARUN TEJ 9-PETTA (PG-15) (TAMIL/ACTION/THRILLER) SYLVESTER STALLONE, RYAN GUZMAN, MATTHEW MODINE NIVIN PAULY, UNNI MUKAUDAN, MANJIMA MOHAN er gains, was weighed by prop- has previously said it has an to close up 0.5pc and 0.3pc,re- still reeling from a 2015 scan- electric cars, autonomous driv- DAILY AT: 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM FROM FRIDAY 18TH: 11.30 AM + 5.45 + (12.00 MN FRI) erty and aviation shares. Major lost 4.0pc. Last week, BofA Mer- exposure of $336 million to spectively, both helped by bank- dal over cheating on emissions ing and new mobility services RAJINIKANTH, VIJAY SETHUPATHI, SIMRAN, TRISHA DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.45 + 7.00 + 10.15 PM 10-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) developer DAMAC Properties rill Lynch downgraded DAMAC collapsed private equity firm ing shares. tests and needs to ramp up by 2023. 10-JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ 2-PETTA (PG-15) (TAMIL/ACTION/THRILLER) ADVENTURE) JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN RAJINIKANTH, VIJAY SETHUPATHI, SIMRAN, TRISHA 10-VISWASAM (PG-15) (TAMIL) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM AJITH KUMAR, NAYANTHARA ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA KURYLENKO, EMMA THOMPSON DAILY AT: 2.30 + 8.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN 11-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) 11-VINAYA VIDHEYA RAMA (PG-15) (TELGU) 11-MARY POPPINS RETURNS (G) (ADVENTURE/MUSICAL/ WADI AL SAIL FAMILY) CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER KIARA ADVANI, RAM CHARAN AND VIVEK OBEROI Does mounting corp debt pose an avalanche risk? EMILY BLUNT, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, BEN WHISHAW DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM 1-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) NEW DAILY AT: 11.30 + 5.15 + 11.00 PM JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.30 + 11.45 PM 12-THE MULE (PG-15) (CRIME/DRAMA/THRILLER) Paris, France DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM 12-JOSEPH (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) mignac. are nine times higher than debt in the United States has focused problem is less acute as investors cloud over investors”, said Clau- 12-RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVEN- CLINT EASTWOOD, BRADLEY COOPER, TAISSA FARMIGA uring the years of ultra “In absolute terms, the debt payments, while in Europe the around so-called leveraged accept less readily debt levels dio Borio, head of the mone- JOJU GEORGE, MALAVIKA MENON, JAMES ELIYA TURE/COMEDY) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 4.00 + 8.45 PM 2-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW cheap money, companies of non-financial companies ac- ratio is 12, she said. loans, which former US Federal that are too high and the trau- tary and economic department DAILY AT: 2.30 + 8.15 PM JOHN C. REILLY, SARAH SILVARMAN, GAL GADOT KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN D 13-BACKTRACE (PG-15) (CRIME/ACTION/THRILLER) loaded up on debt but now the counts for around 70 per cent Reserve head Janet Yellen re- ma from the 2008 crisis is more at the Bank of International DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN concern is whether they will be of gross domestic product in ‘Fallen angels’ cently called a systemic risk. present,” said Vincent Marioni, Settlements, when presenting SYLVESTER STALLONE, RYAN GUZMAN, MATTHEW MODINE able to handle the mountain of the United States and in the eu- In recent months, These loans, estimated by who heads up credit investments its latest quarterly report in CITYCENTRE 13-SPIDER MAN INTO THE SPIDER VERSE (PG) (ANIMATION/ DAILY AT: 1.15 + 5.15 + 9.15 PM 3-AQUAMAN (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) ACTION/ADVENTURE) JASON MOMOA, AMBER HEARD, NICOLE KIDMAN debt as interest rates rise. rozone it is above 100pc: these concern experts to be worth some $1.3 in Europe for Allianz Global In- December. 1-GLASS (PG-15) (THRILLER) NEW 14-VISWASAM (PG-15) (TAMIL) HAILEE STEINFELD, NICOLAS CAGE, MAHERSHALA ALI DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM Until last year, companies are elevated levels, but not ex- trillion, are made to companies vestors. Others are less concerned. JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM AJITH KUMAR, NAYANTHARA basked in the sun of low inter- plosive,” said Isabelle Mateos with high debt loads or with There are less than 300 bil- Meanwhile Felix Orsini, who DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM 4-HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) est rates while economies were y Lago, managing director and poor credit histories, or both. lion euros in repackaged lev- is global co-head for corporate THURS/FRI) 14-BUMBLEBEE (PG-13) (ACTION /ADVENTURE/SCI-FICTION) (ANIMATION/ACTION/ADVENTURE) expanding at a steady clip. They chief multi-asset strategist at These loans are riskier as eraged loans, according to debt markets at French bank DAILY AT (IMAX 2D): 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM HAILEE STEINFELD, JOHN CENA, JORGE LENDEBORG JR. CATE BLANCHETT, JONAH HILL, GERARD BUTLER DAILY AT (VIP II): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM SEEF (I) had no real reason not to borrow. BlackRock Investment Institute. there is a greater risk the bor- Verle. Societe Generale, said that he DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM But in 2018 the clouds set in: She said such levels “don’t say rower will default, but as they Another subject of attention believed the number of fallen 2-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW 1-THE UPSIDE (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA) NEW 15- EL BADLAH (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) 5-THE MULE (PG-15) (CRIME/DRAMA/THRILLER) political uncertainty, market much about the capacity of firms carry higher interest rates, they has been the rise in the num - angels would be limited. KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN KEVIN HART, BRYAN CRANSTON, NICOLE KIDMAN volatility, deteriorating growth to repay their debts.” can be attractive to investors ber of companies that are just “In gaining a bit of perspec- TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI, MAJED EL MASRY, AMINA KHALIL CLINT EASTWOOD, BRADLEY COOPER, TAISSA FARMIGA DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM prospects, in particular in China, Instead Mateos y seeking returns. holding onto their investment tive, the return of volatility in THURS/FRI) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM DAILY AT: 1.15 + 6.30 + 11.45 PM and most importantly a tighten- Lago pointed to anoth- A portion of these loans have grade credit rating. A downgrade 2018 was a return to normal after 2-CHEAT INDIA (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/CRIME) NEW Representative picture DAILY AT (VIP I): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM 6-SIMMBA (PG-15) (HINDI/ACTION/COMEDY/DRAMA/RO- ing of monetary policy as central er indicator: the ratio been resold to investors, much into what ratings agencies call a years during which the markets 16-HUNTER KILLER (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) EMRAAN HASHMI, AMMAR TAALWALA, SHREYA DHAWANTHARY 3-ALL THE DEVIL’S MEN (15+) (ACTION/THRILLER) NEW GERARD BUTLER, GARY OLDMAN, COMMON MANTIC) banks ended the stimulus meas- of net revenue to debt as the high-risk “sub-prime” speculative debt rating -- and in- were on central bank life sup- DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM RANVEER SINGH, AJAY DEVGN, SARA ALI KHAN ures taken to tame the 2007-08 payments. In mortgages that caused vestors call junk bonds -- means port,” he said. WILLIAM FICHTNER, SYLVIA HOEKS, ELLIOT COWAN DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM financial crisis. the United the 2008 financial companies will have to pay more Frederic Gabizon, head of DAILY AT: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM 3-FRAUD SAIYAAN (15+) (HINDI/COMEDY) NEW 17-CREED II (PG-13) (DRAMA/ACTION/SPORT) ARSHAD WARSI, FLORA SAINI, MIHIKA VERMA At the end of last year the US States, net crisis. interest to borrow. These com- Debt Capital Markets at HSBC 4-SA’AT REDA (PG-15) (ARABIC/COMEDY) NEW TESSA THOMPSON, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SYLVESTER STALLONE 7-MARY POPPINS RETURNS (G) (ADVENTURE/MUSICAL/ Federal Reserve estimated that revenues “In Eu- panies which tumble into junk France, said that “the crisis had DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM FAMILY) HALA FAKHER, AHMED FATHY, DINA FOUAD DAILY AT: 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM private US companies held near- rope territory are called “fallen an- pushed borrowers to thoroughly EMILY BLUNT, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, BEN WHISHAW DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 3.45 + 5.45 + 7.45 + 9.45 + 11.45 PM 4-MARY, MARRY ME (PG-15) (FILIPINO/COMEDY/ROMAN- ly $15 trillion (13 trillion euros) the gels,” and if there are too many clean up their finances”, which 18-ROBIN HOOD (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) TIC/DRAMA) NEW DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM in debt. In Europe, non-finan- then it could spook investors and gives them some margin of 5-MAHARAJA (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) NEW TARON EGERTON, EVE HEWSON, JAMIE FOXX TONI GONZAGA, ALEX GONAZAGA, SAM MILBY cial companies hold some 12 cause them to dump the bonds. maneuver. trillion euros ($13.8 trillion), A countervailing factor is that according to Pierre Verle, head ‘Dark Cloud’ investors still have funds they of credit at asset manager Car- This risk “hovers like a dark need to place. Movie Review Woman Walks Ahead proves good intentions don’t make a good movie Gulf Air unveils its 2019 business plans to staff TDT | Manama oman Walks Ahead is a 2017 5.9/10. described his presence as captivating plan to expand into more bou- agement that presented top - WAmerican biographical drama On Metacritic, which assigns a rating as “wry wit and quiet gravity” while ulf Air has revealed its tique destinations in 2019 as ic-specific plans and interact- film directed by Susanna White and to reviews, the film has a weighted the latter described his performance Gbusiness plans for 2019 and well as continue moving for- ed with the employees during written by Steven Knight. average score of 51 out of 100, based on as “stirring”. rolled out the recently launched ward in modernizing its fleet the event. The film is the story of Catherine 19 critics, indicating “mixed or average boutique business model con- with an additional delivery In line with its 5-year strategy Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a por - reviews”. cept to its staff in an event held of 2 Boeing 787-9 Dreamlin - to become the regional airline of trait painter who travels from New Despite mixed reviews, Michael at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in er’s and 4 Airbus A320neos choice, Gulf Air aims to differen- York to Dakota to paint a portrait of Greyeyes received critical acclaim for URGENTLY Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes) in his portrayal of Sitting Bull. Manama, Bahrain. this year. tiate itself as a boutique airline REQUIRED The event was part of a Gulf Air’s Chairman of Board comparing to the bigger airlines 1890. The New York Times critic Jeannette The film premiered at the Toronto Catsoulis called his performance “a town hall meeting to present of Directors Zayed R. Alzayani that are more volume driven, a A reputed international fast food its latest developments to all spoke to the airline’s employ- reflection of a popular concept Gulf Air officials and employees during the town hall meeting held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel International Film Festival September miracle of intelligence and dignity”. 10, 2017. RogerEbert.com contributor Susan company is hiring individuals employees. ees and shared the compa - currently within the hospitality for the position bike drivers, It was released through Direc TV A scene from Woman Walks Ahead Wloszczyna raved about his perfor- With the new business mod- ny’s direction in 2019 and be- industry. a competitive advantage that clusive products, destinations Bahrain International Airport interested candidates can contact Cinema on May 31, 2018, before being mance, calling it “the most subtle, soul- el concept, Gulf Air aims to yond along with members of This approach, according will translate in its new fleet, in 2019 along with its pres - due to open towards the end of 17683222 or email CV to sujith. grow strategically in size and the Gulf Air’s executive man- to Gulf Air, gives the airline Falcon Gold class offering, ex- ence in the new terminal at the year. released in a limited release on June 29, On review aggregator website approval rating of 53% based on 36 ful, and believable”. [email protected] 2018, by A24. Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an reviews, and an average rating of Los Angeles Times and Village Voice 14 MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019

R. Kelly’s accuser Brad Pitt is Justin Timberlake claims to have DNA surprises cancer evidence against him dating Charlize patients Los Angeles Theron Los Angeles erhonda Pace has Los Angeles inger-actor Justin Tim- Jclaimed that she has DNA Sberlake visited the HCA evidence of sexual abuse at he new lovebirds were all over each over Healthcare’s Methodist Chil- the hands of rapper R.Kelly. at a showbiz function last week. dren’s Hospital here to On the show “Dateline T Their relationship, which meet cancer patients. NBC”, Pace spoke about her began over Christmas, is Brad’s first Earlier this week, Tim- allegations against Kelly serious romance since he split from berlake fans at the hospi- and disclosed that she has Angelina Jolie in 2016. tal posted a video dancing DNA evidence including spit Oscar winner Charlize, who called to his song “Can’t stop the on a blue T-shirt, which she off her marriage to Penn in 2015, is feeling” urging the star kept, reports usatoday.com. understood to have visited Brad at to come and see them She said: “It went from his home in Loz Feliz, LA. She has ahead of his “Man of the just being slapped in your not met his six children with Jolie. Woods” face to being choked. And Both Brad, 55, and Charlize, 43, con- he starved me. He would, are known for their romances with cert. like, not -- he would not other high-profile stars. S o, feed me. A source said: “They have been Tim- “I was locked in a room casually seeing each other for near- berlake for three days with no food. ly a month now. They’ve been friends on Fri- If I didn’t agree to having in- for some time — ironically through day took a tercourse with him, I would Sean — but things have developed.” break from be locked in the room.” Last weekend the pair were spotted his tour and surprised a The victim said Kelly together after separate Saturday-night group of children who forced her to write incrim- movie screenings. are battling cancer, re- inating letters that could Brad, 55, went to watch If Beale Street ports dailymail.co.uk. be used against her. Kelly’s Could Talk — which he is exec producer of After his visit, several lawyer Steve Greenberg de- — at a private house in the Hollywood Hills. photographs were shared nied Pace’s claims saying Charlize, 43, was special guest at a showing online in which he was seen they are “false”. of Roma in LA’s Chateau Marmont. posing with the children. The source said: “Brad came over to Cha- The 37-year-old recent- teau afterwards, changed his outfit and joined ly resumed his tour after US SC Judge to be in Charlize in a corner of the bar. cancelling several dates because of bruised vocal Charlize Theron Brad Pitt ‘The LEGO Movie 2’ chords. Los Angeles

S Supreme Court Jus- I played it a little Utice Ruth Bader Gins- burg has been roped in to be safe in the past: a part of “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part”. Nicole Kidman on Ginsburg will play a cam- eo in the movie, reports usher film choices atoday.com. Los Angeles Director of the movie Los Angeles Mike Mitchell said that Jus- ollywood star Nicole Kid- tice Ginsburg’s brief role is ictoria Beckham has once again ruled Hman says she ‘’played it part of the creative younger out going on the upcoming Spice Girls safe’’ with her career in the sister’s universe. Vreunion tour. past but now always looks for “These movies are so full The singer-turned-fashion designer, who roles that will challenge her. of surprises. And we were last February dismissed the possibility of The actor said she is hap- thinking, ‘Who’s the last touring with her former bandmates, said py to make ‘’spontaneous person you would think she is engaged in a full-time job now. and random’’ decisions to see in a Lego film as a Asked if it was a difficult decision now, reported Contactmu- minifigure?’ And we are to make, Beckham said, “Not at all. sic. all huge fans. It made What I do now is my passion and ‘’I think maybe I played us laugh to think of a full-time job. “I’m excited to see it, it a little safe in the past, having her enter though. And I’m sure when I’m there and and went for the work I this world,” Mitch- they are on stage, there will be a part of me thought I was meant to ell said. that feels a bit left out.” do, which spoke to the Ginsburg will not The former singer, also known as Posh idea of what and who be voicing the character, Spice, said that “a part of me will al- an actress is supposed but she has already giv - ways be a Spice Girl”. to be. But, for the most en her approval to have Other part, I’ve followed my her likeness appear in the mem- spirit, which motivates movie. bers me to go against the According to the direc- grain. tor, Ginsburg will become Emma ‘’I’m completely spon- an official “Lego Movie 2” Bunton, Geri taneous and random in my figurine. Horner, Mel Brown decisions. Never let it be Mitchell added: “So there and Melanie Chisholm said that I don’t have diverse will be a real Ruth Bader are set to hit the road for a 2019 taste. I love jumping into Ginsburg toy that boys and UK tour, more than two decades the deep end. Why not? girls can play with. It will after the band first burst onto the That’s my favourite saying, even come with a gavel.” Victoria Beckham music scene. I think it has such potential and choice, why not?’’ Kidman told Psycholo- gies magazine. Bon Jovi’s restaurant to serve free meals The actor said life experiences have made to unpaid US government workers her a better performer Los Angeles government shutdown. and she is happy to “In line with our find her footing as merican rock mission, federal a character star Jon Bon workers are encour- actor. AJovi’s restau- aged to join us for a rant has announced delicious meal and to that will be serving free learn about addition- meals on Monday to fed- al support and resources eral employees who have been available in our community,” at Seef District too furloughed or working without JBJ Soul Kitchen posted on pay, during the ongoing partial Facebook on Saturday. Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 Nicole Kidman MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 15

Bryan doctor urges Murray to consider ‘miraculous’ City ease past Huddersfield surgery Sterling and Sane ensure Manchester City cruise to victory to cut Liverpool’s lead AFP | Huddersfield, United City from running riot as they Kingdom did in the 6-1 reverse fixture anchester City reduced victory at the Etihad Stadium MLiverpool’s lead at the top in August. of the English Premier League But to the credit of Hudders- table to four points as they even- field caretaker coach Mark Hud- tually found top gear to win 3-0 son, he implored his team to away to basement club Hud- keep on trying to attack despite dersfield Town yesterday. being three goals down. Britain’s Andy Murray reacts after his match against Spain’s Roberto This was by no means City’s However, Huddersfield never Bautista Agut on day one of the most outstanding display of the really looked like conjuring up Australian Open season but, ultimately, goals a miracle comeback as Stevie from Danilo, Raheem Sterling Mounie resorted to attempting AFP | London and Leroy Sane ensured they to score from 30 yards but with did not trip up in the latest leg of little effect. ndy Murray’s tennis ca- their quest to keep the Premier A close-range header from Areer could yet be pro- League title-race alive. Mounie was also well saved by longed by hip resurfacing Liverpool’s captivating 4-3 Ederson towards the end. surgery, according to the victory over Crystal Palace on But that incident was the City doctor who performed the Saturday ensured this was a goalkeeper’s first real piece of procedure on US doubles crunch fixture for Pep Guardi- action, which said everything specialist Bob Bryan. ola’s side, yet any hopes Hud- Manchester City’s English midfielder Raheem Sterling (2nd L) heads home their second goal about the lopsided nature of this Former world number dersfield could pull off a shock contest. one Murray bowed out of win never materialised. a mutual decision but a sad one One clumsy Kyle Walker foul the Australian Open on The embarrassment of riches for Terriers’ fans who will al- on Chris Lowe might have been English Premier League Monday for potentially the available to City manager Guar- ways remember him as the man worthy of a red card but the last time after saying his diola meant Gabriel Jesus, who who not only secured promo- England international escaped Huddersfield Town 0 - 3 Manchester City longstanding hip pain was had scored seven goals in three tion to the Premier League for with a booking. Fulham 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur too much to bear. matches, dropped to the bench the Yorkshire club but also kept Emotional message Earlier Murray, 31, had alongside David Silva while them in the top-flight last term. An emotional message from Asian Cup declared he would like to Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio A repeat of that looks high- Wagner was broadcast on the end his career at Wimble- Aguero returned to his starting ly unlikely this season and big screen at the John Smith’s Jordan 1 - 1 Vietnam don, where he has won two line-up. this match pitted the Premier Stadium during the half-time (Vietnam win 4-2 on penalties) of his three Grand Slam sin- That depth of quality would League’s highest scorers against interval and that comfortably Thailand 1 - 2 China gles titles, if possible. be difficult for any side to coun- the lowest, with Huddersfield eclipsed most of the entertain- Dr Edwin Su operated on ter, especially a team struggling having netted just 13 times go- ment offered in the opening Iran 0 - 0 Oman Bryan, who then took part as much as Huddersfield are at ing into this encounter and hav- period. at the Australian Open in present. ing lost eight of their last nine Yet after the break, City finally Italian Serie A under six months since his They parted company with league games. upped the tempo and were soon surgery. Frosinone 0 - 5 Atalanta manager David Wagner today, Huddersfield made six chang- out of sight. Bryan has recommended es for the game but did manage After 52 minutes, De Bruyne’s Fiorentina 3 - 3 Sampdoria Su to Murray, although the to match reigning English cham- pass found Sane on the left and SPAL 1 - 1 Bologna greater physical demands pions City early on. his pinpoint cross was met by of singles compared to BETTER After 12 minutes, Sterling felt Sterling who finished off a div- doubles, mean there is no he was denied a penalty after ing header with some aplomb. German Bundesliga guarantee the same oper- Terence Kongolo’s heavy chal- City’s afternoon soon got even 1. FC Nürnberg 1 - 3 Hertha BSC ation could help the Brit- KNOW lenge in the box. better when Sane then scored ish tennis great to regain But City’s wait to break the a wonderful team goal that Spanish La Liga a place among the world’s deadlock lasted just six more demonstrated how City had fi- top players. 1Real Betis 3 - 2 Girona City’s first goal, a minutes as Danilo’s fierce shot nally woken up. Su, though, told Britain’s was deflected past Jonas Lossl Danilo pumped a ball forward Villarreal 0 - 1 Athletic Club Mail yesterday newspaper: deflected strike for by Christopher Schindler. and Aguero steered a fantastic “I think it would absolutely Danilo in the 18th The goal was City’s 100th of cushioned header into the path French Ligue 1 be able to help him. Ideally, minute, brought the season in all competitions, a of Sane who slipped the ball past it is with no pain. Most of up their 100th goal statistic underlining their potent Lossl. Rennes 0 - 0 Montpellier the time, right away from of the season in all attack, but they were surprising- Immediately, it felt as if Hud- Angers 0 - 0 Nantes the time they wake up from competitions ly lacklustre in the remainder of dersfield would need to enter the surgery, patients say the first half damage-limitation mode to stop Caen 0 - 0 Marseille that the pain is gone.

Sharapova refuses to let Open PSG target Weigl set exit dent Slam dreams Spider-cam smashes into to stay at Dortmund umpire’s sun shield AFP | Berlin, Germany ulian Weigl is set to stay at AFP | Melbourne JBorussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga leaders have in- n umpire was lucky to es- sisted, with the Germany in- Acape injury at the Australi- ternational reportedly a tar- an Open yesterday when a spi- get of Paris Saint-Germain der-cam smashed into the sun in current transfer window. shield above her chair, ripping “He’ll remain in Dort- it off, as Maria Sharapova and mund,” director of sport Mi- Ashleigh Barty stood nearby. chael Zorc told broadcaster The drama unfolded after ZDF after Saturday’s win at Australian 15th seed Barty up- RB Leipzig restored Dort- set the Russian five-time Grand mund’s lead over Bayern Russia’s Maria Sharapova(L) shakes hands with Australia’s Ashleigh Barty Slam champion 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Munich in the league table. AFP | Melbourne still a Grand Slam contend- Rod Laver Arena. Weigl, usually a defen- er, despite struggling with a In the immediate aftermath sive midfielder, slotted into ormer world number one shoulder injury and facing a the spider-cam, which hovers defence at centre-back in FMaria Sharapova shrugged new generation of players ea- above the court on a cable, mov- Leipzig as cover for the off her failure to reach the ger for success at the majors. ing vertically and horizontally Swiss Manuel Akanji, who Australian Open quarter-fi- “I think it would be tough to offer an overhead perspec- is sidelined long-term, and nals yesterday, saying she still for me to be doing all the work tive, attempted to swoop down Russia’s Maria Sharapova (L) leaves the court as officials remove part of the was magnificent as Axel believes she can increase her and putting in all the effort if I closer to the action. umpire’s canopy shade, broken down by the spidercam, at the end of her Witsel’s first-half strike gave tally of five Grand Slam titles. didn’t really believe that,” she Instead the camera crashed women’s singles match against Australia’s Ashleigh Barty Dortmund three points. The 31-year-old Russian was said. “I think I’d be kidding into the sun shield of shocked of the near-miss, while another “The workplace should be Zorc described Wei - competitive during periods of myself.” umpire Alison Hughes, remov- tweeted: “Dear oh dear, out of safe. The camera at that speed gl’s performance against her fourth-round clash with Sharapova was seeded 30 ing it completely and narrowly control spider cam - yikes!” could have killed the umpire,” Leipzig as “flawless”, even local hope Ashleigh Barty but this year as she seeks to rejoin missing her head. Another social media user he said on Twitter. “Where was though he was playing out ultimately lost in three sets the game’s elite after coming “Camera driver got his license Richard Ings said people should the risk management plan to of position, as more than after her serve fell mid-match. back from a 15-month doping on a weet-bix packet?,” said one not underplay how serious the ensure the risk of injury from 95 percent of his passes hit Sharapova insisted she was ban in 2017. Twitter user in re-posting video incident was. this spider cam was mitigated?” their target. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2019 16 Federer ousted from Open Rafael Nadal earns an easy straight-set win over Tomas Berdych at Australian Open

Barty downs Sharapova• to fire Australia’s Open dreams KNOW WHAT Collins slays Kerber on• dream Open debut Australian sporting Marathon man history is littered Bautista• Agut with legendary tennis advance after ending players who own Cilic challenge multiple Grand Slams, including Margaret AFP | Melbourne Court with a record Germany’s Angelique Kerber leaves the court after her defeat against Danielle 24, Roy Emerson with Collins of the US efending champion Rog- 12 and Laver with 11 scalp since completing a drugs Next up for the diminutive er Federer was stunned ban in 2017 when she rolled 22-year-old is Kvitova, who beat Dby fiery Greek Stefanos him. Winning at the end, I can’t Wozniacki in round three and Barty in the final of the warm- Tsitsipas who ended his bid for a describe it.” looked on track to carry the mo- up Sydney International this record seventh Australian Open The Swiss great denied the mentum forward. month. yesterday on a day of upsets that defeat signalled a changing of The 30th seed won the first set The two-time Wimbledon also saw second seed Angelique the guard. but then fell to pieces, eventually champion beat 17-year-old Kerber crash out. Wimbledon winner and 2016 succumbing 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-1 to The Swiss master caved in un- champion Kerber, the bookies’ “I knew I had to keep chip - match her best performance at der the energy and pressure of a favourite along with Serena Wil- ping away -- in a sense, trust the a major since being slashed in a man 17 years his junior to tumble liams after defending champion work we’ve done. I know that I terrifying attack at her home in out 6-7 (11/13), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-6 Caroline Wozniacki was ousted can match it with the best,” said late 2016 that left her with last- (7/5) in the last 16 on Rod Laver Switzerland’s Roger Federer gestures to the crowd after losing to Greece’s early, was no match for Collins, Barty, seeded 15. ing nerve damage in her fingers. Arena. Stefanos Tsitsipas ranked 35 in the world. World number two Kerber was quarter-finals. 20-year-old, touted among the Collins is little known after also sensationally bundled out Five-time Grand Slam winner new generation of young stars playing much of her tennis in Federer bats away ‘changing of by a woman playing the event Maria Shaparova and fifth seed as a future champion. the US college system and was for the first time, with American Sloane Stephens were others to “I’m the happiest man on making her debut in the main guard’ talk, to play French Open Danielle Collins humiliating the fall, but there was no such drama Earth right now, I cannot de - draw at Melbourne Park. She Wimbledon champion 6-0, 6-2 for a rampant Rafael Nadal who scribe it,” said the 14th seed, who had never won a Grand Slam AFP | Melbourne added. in under an hour. powered into the last eight with is the first Greek in history to match before this year. The long-haired Tsitsipas, The man Federer beat in last a straight sets win over Tomas reach quarter-finals of a Slam. Her next assignment is against wiss great Roger Federer seeded 14, has been touted as a year’s final, sixth seed Marin Berdych. “I’ve been idolising him unseeded Russian Anastasia Sdenied yesterday his defeat future Grand Slam champion Cilic, was also sent packing by Federer was gunning for a 21st (Federer) since the age of six. It Pavlyuchenkova, who beat Ste- to Greek young gun Stefanos and Federer had nothing but Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, Grand Slam title but had a battle was a dream come true for me phens 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-3 in a late Tsitsipas signalled a changing praise, saying he saw similari- who now plays Tsitsipas in the on his hands from off against the just being on Rod Laver facing night epic. of the guard as he announced ties to himself. he will play the French Open “He has a one-handed back- Chipping away this year for the first time since hand and I used to have long Men’s second seed Nadal, re- 2015. hair, too,” said the world num- turning from foot surgery, bar- But Federer, the defending ber three. relled past former world number champion, played down sug- “Yeah, so maybe a little bit, four Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 gestions it was the beginning sure. He has more of a conti- (7/4) as he stays on track for an of the end for a man who has nental grip than players nowa- 18th Grand Slam title. dominated the sport for so days. That’s a bit more my way “I always say the same when long. than, let’s say, Rafa’s way. I am back for injury,” said the “I’ve heard that story the last “I see him definitely being Spaniard. “I don’t expect nega- 10 years. From that standpoint, high up in the game for a long tive or positive things. I just try nothing new there,” he said. time. That was a good night for to do my work every day and just And in a signal that he is hun- him tonight.” be with (the) right attitude every gry for more, the 37-year-old Federer conceded he had single day.” said he planned to play on clay “massive regrets” about losing He will play world number again this year for the first time and said he didn’t win because 39 Frances Tiafoe for a place in since 2015. he struggled to convert his 12 the semi-finals after the young “It’s a bit of a desire. I’m in a break points, making none of American celebrated his 21st phase where I want to have fun them count. birthday by grinding down Grig- and I’ve missed not doing it,” he “I have massive regrets, you or Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 told reporters of French Open. know, tonight. I might not look (1/7), 7-5. He missed Roland Garros the part, but I am. I felt like I Hometown hero Ashleigh Bar- in 2016 with an injury and have to win the second set,” ty also made the last eight after skipped the clay season last he said. muscling past Sharapova and two years. “I don’t care how I do it, but I will next meet Petra Kvitova. “I don’t feel it is necessary have to do it. Cost me the game Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych Sharapova claimed her biggest to have a big break again,” he tonight. Shoot-out sees Vietnam beat Jordan, reach Asian Cup quarters

AFP | Dubai cause of their disciplinary re- as the ball bent around the wall cord after they finished with an and flew into the top corner. ietnam emerged victorious identical points and goals record However, the goal stung Viet- Vfrom a penalty shoot out to Lebanon. nam into action and they near- with Jordan to become the first However, the Southeast Asian ly hit back when Hung Dung’s team to reach the Asian Cup champions came back from a dipping shot was tipped over by quarter-finals yesterday -- after goal down to force extra time, Jordan goalkeeper Amer Shafi. being the last side to scrape into and they were on balance the Vietnam, who won Southeast the round of 16. stronger and more positive team Asia’s Suzuki Cup in Decem - After extra-time finished at 1-1, over the 120 minutes. ber, levelled six minutes after BT Dung rolled in the decisive Vital Borkelmans’ Jordan the break, when Cong Phuong spot-kick for a 4-2 penalties win came into the game as the form showed great technique to and saluted the crowd after Baha side and they spurned a num- steer home a volley from close Faisal and Ahmed Samir had ber of chances before opening range. missed for Jordan. the scoring six minutes from On the hour-mark, Van Duc The dramatic win upset the half-time. nearly snatched it for the Viet- odds after Jordan were the first Baha Abdel-Rahman, taking a namese but his dink over Shafi to qualify for the knockouts, and free kick from the right edge of was hacked off the line by Anas Vietnam only went through be- the penalty area, hit it just right Bani-Yaseen. Bui Tien Dung converts the winning penalty for Vietnam