dspa to focus on more than 580,000 waste reduction passengers no good Raymond Tam Vai Man was Passenger traffic at the local airport news at inaugurated yesterday as the new reached a new monthly high in greek Director of the Environmental February. The facility also recorded the border Protection Bureau (DSPA) highest volume of single-day traffic P2 P7 P14 Refugees

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China President Xi Jinping appears primed to take on the ceremonial 3rd largest drug bust title of the “core” of the P5 MACAU current generation of leaders, the latest of many accolades he has received. The bestowing of names may reveal not only Xi’s strengths, but bloomberg some weaknesses. More on p11

China’s official Xinhua News Agency says one Chinese citizen was killed and three injured in a shooting in Laos, also the scene of a January bombing that claimed Chinese lives. Unknown suspects described as militants opened fire on a temporary work space being used by a Chinese company this week in the northern province of Luang Prabang. Two of the injured Chinese are in a serious condition, but Xinhua gave no other details yesterday.

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., the most valuable exchange operator in Asia, said full-year earnings rose to a record on higher trading turnover. Net income jumped 54 percent to HKD7.96 billion last year, up from HKD5.17 billion a year earlier, the exchange said in a statement yesterday. Revenue increased 36 percent to HKD13.38 billion in the period. More on p8

Middle East A Saudi- led bloc of six Gulf nations formally branded Hezbollah a terrorist Homeless organization yesterday, ramping up the pressure on the Lebanese militant group fighting on the side of President Bashar al- Assad in Syria. The move McSleepers by the Gulf Cooperation Council comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced it was spotted in Macau cutting USD4 billion in P3 MDT Report aid to Lebanese security

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IC restores Na hina’s 13th five-year Cplan, which will be reviewed Tcha Temple walls at the upcoming parliamentary session, will bring “good news” China says five-year plan The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has for Hong Kong and Macau, a started to restore the peeling paint spokesperson for the national of the exterior walls of Na Tcha political advisory body revealed Temple. The temple’s pavilions will will benefit Macau, HK yesterday. remain open to the public during Beijing places great empha- the restoration period, and the sis on the role of Hong Kong 2016 through 2020 will take Macau should play unique roles IC estimates that the restoration and Macau in the comprehen- into consideration the needs in economic growth and the will be completed within 60 days. sive development of the Peo- of people in Hong Kong and opening up of the whole coun- The IC also issued an apology for the inconvenience caused by the ple’s Republic of China, said Macau. try, Wang said. installation of scaffolding on the Wang Guoqing, spokesperson The proposal for the 13th five- The central government will side of the temple facing Travessa for the annual session of the year plan for national economy support the two special admi- de Sancho Pança, Calçada das 12th Chinese People’s Politi- and social development – put nistrative regions in order to Verdades and Travessa de D. cal Consultative Conference forward last year at a key mee- maintain its competitive edge, Quixote, as it will interfere with (CPPCC) National Committee, ting of the Communist Party he continued. pedestrian movement. at a press conference. The na- of China Central Committee – Wang added that Hong Kong tional development plan for made clear that Hong Kong and and Macau would likely be able to integrate their own develop- Macau and ment strategies into the natio- sar advisors should play their part Wang Guoqing, new spokesperson for Malaysia set for ‘ ’ nal plan. the fourth session of the 12th CPPCC The Chief Executive, Chui Sai friendly football According to the People’s Daily, Wang Guoqing urged political On, travels today to Beijing, Session of the Twelfth National match advisors from Hong Kong and Macau to “play their part” in the imple- where he is scheduled to at- People’s Congress (NPC) on Sa- mentation of the “one country, two systems” principle. tend the opening of the Fourth turday. MDT/Xinhua UM scholar launches books on Sino-US relations Macau and Malaysia’s football teams will face off in a friendly wo new books on Sino-US relations nefits and avoid confrontation between the match at the Hang Jebat Thave been published by the dean of the U.S., China, and Taiwan. The book is said Stadium, Malacca on March 29, University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of So- to explore a new paradigm for the three an international slot in the FIFA cial Sciences, Professor Hao Yufan: “Sino- parties’ interrelationships based on inclu- calendar. The stadium is reportedly US Energy Triangles: Resource Diploma- siveness and opportunity, rather than each the first Malaysian location outside cy under Hegemony” and “Rethinking the hedging against increasingly unlikely cri- Klang Valley to host a senior Triangle: Washington-Beijing-Taipei.” ses. Rather than focusing only on Ameri- international match. Most of The first title, published by Routledge, can policy options, the book discusses the Malaysia’s home matches over the is about understanding how China, as a important triangular interaction in Asia past five years have been played in rising power, interacts with the United from the standpoints of all participants, the Klang Valley, the country’s most States – the current world power – in illustrated by an expert from each country. developed and densely populated the competitive markets of resource-rich Professor Hao has written and edited 29 area. Klang Valley is the site of most countries. The book suggests that Sino-US books and monographs, and has authored bouts involving the national team, as terature on China’s foreign policy, as well competition generates triangular relations more than 50 journal articles and book well as the final matches of domestic as its growing importance in international between both countries and the resource- chapters on Chinese politics and foreign competitions. The match will take energy politics. place five days after Malaysia’s final rich countries. Meanwhile, “Rethinking the Triangle: relations, Sino-US relations, and Macau 2018 World Cup/2019 Asian Cup The book also examines an unstudied but Washington-Beijing-Taipei,” published by studies. He is a regular contributor to Chi- qualifying group match against important area of Sino-US relations, and World Scientific, provides views on possib- na Newsweek, Global Times, Caijing Ma- Saudi Arabia. provides a valuable addition to existing li- le courses of action to increase mutual be- gazine and Nan Feng Chuang. Classical Jazz concert moved to Raymond Tam emphasizes waste reduction May the Environmental Protection ple should change their habits Raymond Tam is the former The Macau Orchestra’s Weekend Bureau (DSPA) at a ceremony when it comes to waste dispo- head of the Civil and Munici- Music Party – Classical Jazz presided over by the Secre- sal. pal Affairs Bureau (IACM). He concert has been rescheduled to tary for Transport and Public “Regarding other problems left his post after being accused May 28 at Dom Pedro V Theatre. Works, Raimundo do Rosário. related to the environment, we of involvement in the scandal Originally scheduled for June 11, aymond Tam Vai Man “We hope to perform better in also hope to be able to [make] surrounding irregular grants of the performance program and Rwas inaugurated yester- order [to reduce] waste,” Tam improvements,” he added, as cemetery plots, but at trial was ticket prices remain unchanged. day as the new Director of expressed, hinting that peo- cited by TDM. found not guilty. According to a statement, current ticket-holders will be given priority when changing their tickets at the help of their relatives. The couple were Macau Ticketing Network outlets Nine arrested in money-laundering case later caught and sentenced to seven and ei- before March 10. The Weekend ght years in prison, respectively. Music Party – Classical Jazz features Now the PJ believes they have caught various jazz themes adapted for the he Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested nine ple arrested last year for running a money nine residents that assisted them inclu- string quartet and brass quintet, Tlocal residents on Tuesday on suspi- -laundering racket. ding their daughter, after they checked 10 including Ragtime, Blue Mink Blues cion of involvement in a MOP25 million According to authorities the Macau cou- related bank accounts and several apart- and St. Louis Blues. Tickets are money-laundering case. The individuals ple are believed to have deposited the mo- ment units. The case has been transferred priced at MOP120 and MOP100. are thought to have assisted a Macau cou- ney in various local bank accounts with to the Public Prosecutions Office.

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omeless and McSleepers low-income indi- viduals, as well as China says five-year plan those with mental Hdisabilities, are increasingly taking refuge in 24-hour sto- Fast food workers tolerate will benefit Macau, HK res – a phenomenon that drew significant attention when a homeless woman died last October at a McDonald’s in homeless sleepers Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. The “McSleepers” case un- derscores a growing problem that the Times observed on the at expensive locations in Chi- evenings selected for visits. na and Japan, where high pro- Late at night and in the early perty and rental prices lead hours of the morning, several the ‘working poor’ to seek people were spotted toting nu- shelter in 24-hour stores and merous bags and possessions. fast food chains. Many home- The Times did not see any slee- less people settle in venues pers save for an individual res- with controlled micro-clima- ting his head on the table, as well tes, a comfortable alternative as another reading a newspaper. to the streets during parts of summer and winter. The problem is only slightly Homeless less severe on the Macau pe- ninsula. The Times spoke with people numerous fast food staff and customers to explore the ex- often visit tent of the phenomenon and how fast food companies have McDonald’s responded. to sleep In a quiet 24-hour McCa- fe in Macau’s Northern Dis- trict, student and customer A staff member cleaning Vic Ieong plays games on his trays told the Times that cus- smartphone. He visits nume- tomers sometimes fall asleep rous McDonald’s branches up in the branch in the early hou- to three times a week to do his rs of the morning. She added homework, often staying for that she didn’t know the com- two to four hours. pany’s policy on such beha- Ieong told the Times that he vior, the number of sleepers or the frequency of their visits. Several staff members were reluctant to discuss the ‘Mc- sometimes sees “old people ve,” even when they are not non used to be more common Sleepers’ upon further ques- Lying down sleeping” in the restaurants in purchasing anything. but he now only notices ‘McS- tioning. Other staff at the Rua the early hours of the morning, Meanwhile a staff member at leepers’ during one in 10 of his do Campo branch refused to is not OK, but and recalled that he had re- the same branch, who asked night shifts. comment, saying they were cently seen people napping at not to be identified, told the “There used to be many not authorized to do so. we don’t mind another branch until 2:30 p.m. Times quite openly that ho- more, but not so much these An employee at another Mc- if they are just When asked about the com- meless people often visit Mc- days. Some McDonald’s have Donald’s restaurant on the pany’s response to the ‘McS- Cafe to sleep. “Lying down is it worse than others… Rua peninsula, which is not open sleeping at the leepers,’ Ieong said that he not okay,” he said, “but if they do Campo, mostly, where the 24/7, said, “Sometimes peo- Raymond Tam emphasizes waste reduction “has never seen staff ask any are just sleeping at the table, people sleeping are poorer.” ple come here to sleep, but not table. of them to leave, but they also we don’t mind.” The Rua do Campo McDo- that often as we are not [open] Mcdonald’s employee don’t ask the students to lea- He adds that the phenome- nald’s was the busiest of those 24/7.” He was unaware of the situation at other branches in Macau, but clarified that he and his colleagues do not ask Housing leads to ‘McSleepers’ phenomenon in HK sleepers to leave. A second worker hinted that lcoholism, drug abuse and perty prices. Many prefer a clean, air- stated that they try to accommodate the McDonald’s near MGM was Agambling are common issues conditioned 24-hour fast food chain them provided that they do not dis- known as a popular destination observed among homeless people. to an insect-ridden low-cost apart- turb other customers. for ‘McSleepers.’ He speculated However, a South China Morning Post ment. According to Business Insider, Mc- that these individuals were not report on ‘McSleepers’ noted that in McDonald’s has confirmed that Donald’s Hong Kong has emphasized ‘working poor,’ and had instead Hong Kong, the problem appears to many individuals stay in their res- that they “welcome all walks of life to lost money gambling in the ca- stem from issues of housing and pro- taurants for long periods of time, and visit [their] restaurants anytime.” sinos. Staff reporters

he Macau Tra- zhou office set up an Tde and Investment exhibition of food from Promotion Institute IPIM facilitates MOP3b worth Portuguese-speaking (IPIM), together with countries for the first its five liaison offices in time in mainland China, the mainland, have re- of Macau-China investments leading to various com- portedly attracted near- mercial negotiations be- ly three billion patacas’ tween distributors and worth of bilateral in- medicine, energy, logis- IPIM’s mainland liai- million and MOP8 around 500 people. The Macau-based enterpri- vestments between Ma- tics and warehousing, as son offices – located million, respectively. offices also facilitated ses. cau and China. well as the environment. in Hangzhou, Jieyang, Last year, the liaison the signing of 17 agree- IPIM said it would con- According to an IPIM IPIM says that it hel- Chengdu, Shenyang and offices gathered appro- ments between gover- tinue to promote trade statement yesterday, the ped Macau enterprises Fuzhou – assisted in ximately 900 visitors for nment agencies, cham- and investment between investments are in fields establish mainland bu- the trade of goods and exhibitions in Macau, bers of commerce and Macau, mainland Chi- such as high-technology, sinesses worth almost services with contracts with an additional 100 business associations. na and Portuguese- tourism, real estate, bio- MOP2.3 billion in 2015. amounting to MOP17 business visits involving In January, IPIM’s Fu- speaking countries. 03.03.2016 thu

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Hong Kong gov’t drops plan to import workers Three arrested in for Delta Bridge Macau’s 3rd greatest bloomberg drug bust

he Judiciary Police of cocaine and to the arrests spokesperson Chan Cho Man, (PJ) raided a drug of three foreign suspects: a “they concealed it and passed trafficking syndica- Gambian, a Malaysian and a it to the Malaysian suspect. te and arrested three Nigerian. He brought the bag of drugs Tforeign suspects in what they The police first arrested the here through Thailand [and] are describing as the third Nigerian man as he was about we suspect that he planned to largest drug trafficking case to depart Macau via the Outer bring it to other neighboring since the handover in 1999. regions.” A total of six kilograms of co- The PJ raid yesterday is the caine was appropriated with Six kilograms third biggest drug bust since he Hong Kong go- firmed that contractors an estimated street value of the handover. In December Tvernment will dis- would have to change MOP18 million. of cocaine were the PJ seized 9.3kg of cocaine miss a proposal to import recruitment terms, lower The PJ held a press confe- in the second largest haul af- more than 500 workers to experience requirements rence yesterday and revea- seized ter they arrested three foreign help construct the Hong and employ local workers. led details about the case. suspects in a guesthouse on Kong–Zhuhai–Macau The Labor Department Authorities received infor- the Praça Ponte e Horta. Bridge (Delta Bridge), refused to disclose the mation that three foreigners Harbor Ferry Terminal, while The value of the haul was according to Leung Chau- details of the meeting, were allegedly transferring the other two suspects were estimated at HKD25 million ting, a representative citing rules of confiden- drugs to overseas countries arrested inside the Nigerian’s on the black market. In this from the Hong Kong La- tiality. through their operations in hotel room in the San Ma Lo earlier case the suspects had bor Advisory Board. The Highways Depart- Macau. They launched an in- area. brought the narcotics into The contractor’s propo- ment said that the cons- vestigation that led them to “The suspects managed to the territory wrapped in bed sal met with strong oppo- truction of the Delta Bri- the seizure of six kilograms bring the drugs here,” said PJ sheets. DB sition from local labor re- dge would be extended presentatives and unions. until the end of 2017 as a Leung added that offi- result of several factors, cials who attended Tues- including the labor shor- day’s board meeting con- tage. ‘La Scala’ land Gaming concession declared null Standard & Poor’s: No reason for optimism renato marques renato acau’s better- percent. However, they Mthan-expected ga- also predict that gaming ming revenues for the revenue from the mass- month of February may market segment will sta- not indicate a rebound, bilize, as more new casi- according to Standard & nos open in the second Poor’s Ratings Services. half of 2016. The credit rating agency “Among the casino ope- does not expect a mea- rators we rate, weak ga- ningful improvement for ming revenue growth in the gaming industry in 2016 will have the least 2016. [amount of] impact on Gross gaming revenue in February was MOP19.5 billion (USD2.4 billion), according to data from Macau’s Gaming Inspec- We reiterate tion and Coordination our view Bureau. The 0.1 percent year-on-year decrea- that gaming se was the smallest since the start of the down- revenue turn. in Macau he five plots of land near the airport that nullify the land grant. Lau was involved in “We reiterate our view Tconstitute the “La Scala” land concession the bribery and money-laundering case that that gaming revenue in is likely to were unquestionably reverted back to the incriminated and led to the arrest of the Macau is likely to decline MSAR, according to a notice published yes- former Secretary for Transport and Public 0%-10% in 2016, given decline 0%- terday in the Official Gazette. Works, Ao Man Long. policy headwinds and the The announcement reads that, in 2012 and In 2014 Lau was convicted in a Macau court structural shift to mass 10% in 2016. 2013 the Public Works and Transport Bureau on corruption charges and sentenced to more market customers from declared null two concessions that had been than five years in prison. But Lau, who didn’t high rollers,” said S&P granted in 2006 and 2011 to real estate com- attend the trial, has escaped his sentence by credit analyst Sophie Lin. companies that focus on pany Moon Ocean Ltd, a unit of Chinese Es- avoiding travel to the MSAR. In 2015, the S&P anticipates that the the mass-market segment tates Holdings. Court of Second Instance rejected the appeals decline in revenue from or those that have large Joseph Lau controls the company, regis- of Joseph Lau and Steven Lo, another Hong high rollers may conti- cash flows in other ga- tered in the British Virgin Islands, whi- Kong businessman linked to the La Scala nue by a further 10 to 20 ming markets,” said Lin. ch appealed the government’s decision to case, who was also sentenced. 03.03.2016 thu

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assenger traffic at CC begins ‘certified Pthe Macau International Airport (MIA) reached a new More than 580,000 pass shops’ assessment monthly high in February, with more than 580,000 per- The Consumer Council (CC) is carrying sons in transit through the through airport in February out inspections of its “certified shops.” airport’s facilities. The CC kicked off its 2016 assessment According to a press release, with on-site evaluations this month, and the airport recorded an ave- flights between Macau and will assess almost 1,500 shops according rage daily passenger volume Japan, a popular tourism to over 30 grading criteria. The “certified of over 20,000 and handled destination for residents. shop” system was launched in 2001. The over 4,900 flight movemen- MIA recently recorded its evaluations are conducted throughout the year with final results announced at the ts last month, representing a highest volume of single- end of the year. growth of 23 percent and 15 day traffic during the Chine- percent, respectively, when se New Year (CNY) period, compared with the same when it facilitated the transit Forbidden City month in the previous year. of over 29,000 passengers on Southeast Asia routes con- February 13. For the CNY pe- stamps issued tinued to perform well last riod between February 8 and month, accounting for arou- 14, MIA welcomed a total of nd 41 percent of the overall to further diversify the air to Taipei and then onward to 160,000 passengers, up by market, followed by mainland route market by strengthe- a number of Japanese des- nearly a quarter over CNY China and then Taiwan. The ning cooperative ties with re- tinations, including Tokyo, 2015. three major markets recor- gional partners, airlines and Osaka, Nagoya, Okinawa and The airport is undergoing ded a growth of 28 percent, 11 tourism organizations. Fukuoka. significant expansion to ac- percent and 30 percent, res- For instance, Tiger Air Air Macau will also launch a commodate for the growing Macau Post organized an issuing ceremony pectively. Taiwan has attracted passen- new service to Fukuoka this number of passengers using for the new “Scenery of the Imperial Palace in Beijing” stamps. The designer, Spanish- MIA will continue its plans gers to transfer from Macau month to provide additional its services. DB French artist Charles Chauderlot attended an autograph session at the Museum of Art after the ceremony. The stamps feature 81 tion for passengers and residents, in- artworks by Chauderlot, who is also behind AACM launches new website cluding travel guides concerning se- the paintings in the “Ink Wash of the curity issues, civil liabilities and other Forbidden City” exhibition, currently on he Civil Aviation Authority of Ma- se, the revamped website includes facts about aviation. display at the same museum. Altogether, Tcau (AACM) launched its new we- information on the latest aviation The homepage features a new section stamps featuring seven different images of bsite yesterday. The new layout offers regulations and requirements, te- on statistics, which publishes airport the palaces were presented to the public. readers a user-friendly experience with chnical documents and aeronautical traffic figures, destination networks Charles Chauderlot was the first foreigner improved content and search func- circulars, and flight application pro- and other industry data. It is availab- to be permitted by the Palace Museum in tions. cedures. le on multiple browsers and devices in Beijing to enter the restricted area of the According to an AACM press relea- The website also provides informa- Chinese, Portuguese and English. Forbidden City.

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hina’s stocks Biggest rally in four months “It would be a different rallied the most story if this came out in since November, January when there were led by property depreciation pressures Ccompanies and commo- but since then authorities dity producers, on spe- China stocks up on have managed to stabi- culation the government lize the currency, imple- will announce measures ment reforms in the bond to boost growth at legis- market as the country lative meetings this week. economic stimulus bets continues to liberalize.” The Shanghai Compo- The CSI 300 Index rose site Index climbed 4.3 4.1 percent, with measu- percent, as a gauge of real mentation.” res tracking material, in- estate companies surged In an echo of the buying dustrial and energy com- 5.6 percent. The yuan frenzy that propelled panies climbing at least weakened offshore after Chinese shares to unsus- 4.9 percent to lead the 10 Moody’s Investors Ser- tainable valuations last industry groups. vice reduced its credit- June, leveraged specu- Coal and steel com- rating outlook on the lators are snapping up panies jumped amid spe- nation to negative. The homes in top-tier cities culation policy makers Hang Seng China Enter- in hopes that prices will will take steps that have prises Index advanced keep surging. The boom, been dragging down the the most in two weeks. fueled by monetary sti- economy such as over- Pressure is building on mulus and a loosening capacity. Anhui Conch the government to follow of property curbs in Fe- Cement Co., the nation’s up on Monday’s cut in bruary, shows how go- biggest producer of the lenders’ reserve-require- vernment efforts to revive building material, soared ment ratios with more sti- the world’s second-lar- 10 percent. Wuhan Iron mulus after data this week gest economy also risk & Steel Co. led gains for showed a deterioration in fueling asset bubbles. steelmakers, rising 7.3 manufacturing. The Na- The yuan traded in percent. Yanzhou Coal tional People’s Congress, unchanged recently as the day average. The number Macau, the South China Hong Kong declined 0.09 Mining Co. advanced 10 where delegates will sign Shanghai-based chief in- of new stock investors Morning Post reported. percent to 6.5546 a dollar percent to pace an advan- off on a new five-year vestment officer at Jingxi climbed 18.9 percent in Shenyang is examining after the central bank cut ce for energy companies. economic plan, begins on Investment. “The market the week ended Feb. 26 a zero down-payment the reference rate to the Growth stabilization March 5. The economic is basically ignoring the from the previous week mortgage policy, the lowest in four weeks. Chi- policies, supply-side re- slowdown has been a trig- Moody’s news. China’s to 423,600. party committee of the na’s credit-rating outlook form and reform of state- ger for the Shanghai Com- capital markets are still The Shanghai property northeastern Chinese was lowered from stable owned enterprises are posite’s 23 percent slump quite isolated and heavily sub-index jumped for the city said in a Weibo post by Moody’s, which cited among the key focus areas this year through Tues- regulated so such news steepest advance among on March 1, an idea that rising government debt, at the NPC and Chinese day, the worst performan- isn’t likely to cause massi- the industry groups. Poly the People’s Daily de- falling currency reserves People’s Political Consul- ce among 93 global equity ve outflow.” Real Estate Group Co., cried on its microblog and uncertainty over the tative Conference meetin- indexes. The Shanghai Compo- the second-biggest Chi- account, saying that an authorities’ ability to car- gs, China International “There are policy expec- site rose to 2,849.68 at nese developer, surged “artificial bull market” ry out reforms. Capital Corp. analysts led tations from the coming the close, the biggest gain by the 10 percent daily will cause hidden dan- “The market is shrug- by Hanfeng Wang wrote NPC meetings, such as since Nov. 4. Volatility limit, extending gains to gers. The Shenyang go- ging off these concerns as in a note. growth-stabilizing mea- is increasing, with 50- 20 percent during a four- vernment subsequently what’s being highlighted Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sures, so the market day price swings hitting day rally. backed away from the are not new,” said Khoon Index gained 3.1 percent, shows signs of consoli- the highest levels in four Guangdong province plan, saying on its Weibo Goh, a senior currency led by energy and property dating at this level,” said months, while trading vo- will ease home-purcha- account that its plans are strategist at Australia & companies, while the Hang Wang Zheng, who has lumes in Shanghai surged se restrictions for buyers still in a preliminary stage New Zealand Banking Seng China index added been keeping his holdings 43 percent above the 30- from Hong Kong and and “not ready for imple- Group Ltd. in Singapore. 3.8 percent. Bloomberg

Gaming alert Philippine regulator probes alleged money-laundering

Ditas Lopez & Clarissa Batino added terrorism as a predicate crime for immediately alerted the Anti-Money Lau- laundering. ndering Council. he Philippines is training its sights on ap photo Casinos must stop cash transactions to The funds were used to buy casino chips Tthe gaming sector in a renewed push prevent laundering or at least impose a or pay for losses at venues including to curb the transmission of illicit funds. cap, Herbosa said. Apart from gaming, the Bloomberry Resorts Corp.’s Solaire Re- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming property sector and art collection should sort & Casino and Melco Crown Philippi- Corporation has started investigating also be included on the list of covered ins- nes Resort Corp.’s City of Dreams Manila, news reports that as much as USD100 titutions on money laundering, Senator according to the newspaper report. There million of suspicious funds were remitted Serge Osmena said in a phone interview was no suggestion in the report that the to three casinos’ bank accounts, according yesterday. The Philippine law is among banks or casinos named were in any way to a statement yesterday. The government the “weakest in the world,” Osmena said. complicit with any improper movement of agency expects the casinos, which it didn’t Casino dealers work on their respective games The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported funds. name, to submit their comments on the during a media tour in a Manila casino Feb. 29 that authorities are investigating Rizal Bank President Lorenzo Tan didn’t allegation this week. an estimated $100 million that came in reply to calls and text messages seeking The gaming regulator’s comments come to increased scrutiny. through the banking system, transferred comment. Leo Venezuela, Bloomberry a day after Securities and Exchange Com- “We already have warnings” from the Fi- to at least three casinos and moved out to Resorts’ investor relations director, and mission Chairman Teresita Herbosa war- nancial Action Task Force, Herbosa told overseas accounts in a matter of days. City of Dreams Manila Vice President ned the country risks returning to the reporters earlier this week. “If the reports The funds may have entered the Phili- Charisse Chuidian also didn’t reply to calls list of nations that aren’t doing enough coming out were true, it really shows the ppine financial system through a branch and phone messages. to fight money laundering if laws aren’t consequences. I don’t think they have any of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., con- Philippine National Bank and BDO Uni- strengthened to include sectors like casi- reason now to oppose the bill that casinos verted to pesos and deposited in an ac- bank Inc. were also mentioned in the In- nos among institutions required to report should be covered.” count of a Chinese-Filipino businessman quirer report. Reynaldo Maclang, presi- suspicious transactions. If that happens, Herbosa is a member of the country’s who runs a junket operation, according to dent of Philippine National Bank, said he Philippine transactions including over- Anti-Money Laundering Council, which the Inquirer, which didn’t name the busi- cannot comment. Nestor Tan, president of seas remittances that amounted to more unsuccessfully lobbied lawmakers to in- nessman. The newspaper cited an unna- BDO, didn’t reply to calls and mobile-pho- than $25 billion last year would be subject clude casinos in a 2012 amendment that med Rizal Bank official saying the lender ne messages. Bloomberg thu 03.03.2016

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Trade between China and Mozambique Portuguese-speaking countries fell by 25.73 percent last year Mozambican,

he value of trade be- billion (-14.61 percent). ducts to Mozambique worth Ttween China and the Por- Angola, as usual came in $1.941 billion (-1.47 per- Chinese, tuguese-speaking countries second place with two-way cent) and purchased goods fell by 25.73 percent in 2015 to trade of $19.705 billion amounting to $451 million USD98.474 billion, a real loss (-46.84 percent), which re- (-72.66 percent). of $34.106 billion, according sulted from Chinese sales in With other Portuguese- South African to official Chinese figures. the amount of $3.722 billion speaking countries – Cabo The only positive changes (-37.71 percent) and impor- Verde (Cape Verde), Guinea- in the value of trade occurred ts reached $15.983 billion Bissau, Timor Leste (East in Timor Leste (East Timor (-48.60 percent). Timor) and Sao Tome and companies – $106.67 million or +76.48 China’s trade with Portugal Principe – trade with China percent) and Sao Tome and declined by 8.99 percent to amounted to $196 million. Principe ($7.9 million or $4.370 billion, an amount In December 2015, tra- build pipeline +37.99 percent). that brings together Chinese de between China and the Trade with Brazil, China’s exports to Portugal of $2.898 Portuguese-speaking coun- main trading partner glo- billion (-7.61 percent) and tries totalled $7.573 billion bally, fell by 17.37 percent to imports of Portuguese pro- (+12.66 percent), as a result

$71.808 billion, with China ducts in the amount of $1.471 of Chinese exports worth macauhub selling goods to Brazil worth billion (-11.59 percent). $2.770 billion (+22.12 per- $27.482 billion (-21.47 per- Trade with Mozambique cent) and imports amounting cent ) and purchasing goods fell 33.95 percent to $2.393 to $4.802 billion (+7.85 per- in the amount of $44.38 billion, while China sold pro- cent). MDT/Macauhub

Hong Kong company pays first installment of timber business in Mozambique ublic and private This cooperation agreement, companies from Mo- which aims to take advantage of lobal Timber Invest- Last February, Obtala Re- the hands of Obtala Resour- zambique, South Afri- the natural gas extracted in the Gment Limited, a com- sources announced it had ces through its subsidiaries. ca and China signed a Rovuma basin in northern Mo- pany based in Hong Kong, established separate agree- The forestry business in Pcooperation agreement that zambique, includes construc- made the initial payment of ments with three interna- Mozambique is currently focuses on building a large tion of a pipeline between the USD600,000 on an invest- tional investors to secure held by Argento Continen- diameter pipeline with a leng- producing region, Areas 1 and 4 ment of $900,000 to be paid capital of $3 million to be tal Corporation, a subsidiary th of 2,600 kilometers costing of the Rovuma basin, and Gau- by 1 June 2016, said Obtala invested in forestry projects 100 percent controlled by USD6 billion, reported South teng, South Africa . Resources Limited. in Mozambique. the Montara Continental Africa’s SacOil. This pipeline will help South This investment will give These agreements gave the Corporation (Seychelles), a The signatories of the agree- Africa to meet the growing de- the Hong Kong company investing companies mino- subsidiary owned 75 percent ment were the Mozambican mand for natural gas for elec- a minority stake of 15 per- rity stakes of 15 percent in by Obtala Resources. state oil company ENH, Profin tricity generation and will also cent in Meradell (1) Limited, one of three special purpose In addition to Global Tim- Consulting, a Mozambican pri- supply regions of Mozambique one of three special purpose companies – Meradell (1), ber Management, George vate consortium, South Afri- along the route. companies established by Meradell (2) and Meradell Miller, a private investor ba- can company SacOil Holdings The countries of the Southern Obtala Resources, a com- (3) – and economic rights on sed in the United States will Limited (SACOIL) and China African Development Commu- pany based in Guernsey, as a specific area of forest con- invest 1.61 million Canadian Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, nity (SADC) that would benefit well as economic rights over cessions in Mozambique. dollars and Basic Materials, a a subsidiary of the China Na- from construction of this pipe- an area of 20,000 hectares The control of these conces- company with offices in Hong tional Petroleum Corporation line include Malawi, Zambia, of forest concessions in Mo- sions, which cover an area of Kong and Russia, will invest (CNPC) specialized in building Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho zambique. 314,965 hectares, remains in $900,000. MDT/Macauhub oil and gas pipelines. and Swaziland. MDT/Macauhub

corporate bits emirates completes world’s longest nonstop flight hotel royal reveals special easter menu An Emirates Airbus A380 Hotel Royal will celebrate has completed a 14,203km Easter the Portuguese way nonstop flight from Dubai to at its Fado restaurant, with Auckland, the longest in the a unique Easter a-la-carte world. menu created by its execu- Passengers are set to tive chef. spend 17 hours and 15 mi- The menu offers custo- nutes in the air on the return mers a choice of six enticing journey from Auckland to appetizers, main courses Dubai in the longest duration and desserts, all prepared flight, according to reports. using the finest ingredients. A Qantas Airbus A380 held The menu includes “Oc- the previous record for the topus salad with roasted longest nonstop flight, with red bell-pepper mousse” an 8,578-mile (13,804km) as well as “Suckling pig pie journey from Dallas/Ft. Wor- with apple rocket and honey th to Sydney. mustard sauce,” a reinven- Emirates will break its own ted appetizer that combi- record later this month with nes traditional Portuguese a new Dubai-Panama City ingredients with modern ter sponge cake with Ser- its Easter menu from Mar- service, which will take 17 record for operating the two and Dubai-Panama City recipes. ra cheese, cinnamon and ch 21 to 28. Guests can mix hours and 35 minutes. longest flights in the world, routes. Qantas’ DFW-Syd- For dessert, Fado will pumpkin jam”. and match their preferred Emirates will thus hold the with the Dubai-Auckland ney route ranks third. serve “Portuguese Eas- The restaurant will serve dishes. 03.03.2016 thu

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opinion Tibet Views on China First self-immolation of year Tim Culpan, Bloomberg reported in autonomous region Jack Ma closes in on Tibetan Buddhist monk 80 years old, Beijing is in- China’s most precious set himself on fire and creasingly focusing its atten-

A ap photo commodity died in a protest against Chi- tion on Tibetan Buddhism's nese rule, in the first such second-ranking figure, the Of the dozens of investments that Alibaba action of its kind this year, Panchen Lama, whom it has has made over the past few years, purchasing a stake in China’s Caixin Media could be the a U.S. government-funded carefully groomed since he smartest of all. radio station said yesterday. was a young boy. Media reports today say that Alibaba affiliate Kalsang Wangdu self-im- China has rejected the Ant Financial is in talks to buy a share in the Bei- molated Monday afternoon Dalai Lama's choice for the jing-based magazine publisher. At first glance, near the Retsokha monas- next Panchen, a six-year-old this may remind observers of Alibaba Chairman tery in western Sichuan pro- who hasn't been seen since, Jack Ma’s Bezos-esque move into the South vince's traditionally Tibetan replacing him with its own China Morning Post. autonomous prefecture of selection, now 26-year-old But there are key differences. Caixin’s pedigree Kardze, Radio Free Asia re- Exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks pray Gyaican Norbu. The young is financial as well as distinguished. Its Editor-in- ported. It said the monk cal- man resides largely in Bei- Chief Hu Shuli is one of China’s most respec- led out for Tibetan indepen- a thing happens, we will prompting the authorities to jing and is a member of the ted journalists and commentators. She founded dence while he burned, then make it known to the pu- subject them to some of the official government advisory Caijing magazine in 1998 before leaving in 2010 died on the way to a hospital blic," Li said by telephone. harshest and most intrusive body, the Chinese People's to start Caixin, which counts the well-regarded in the provincial capital of Radio Free Asia and other restrictions. Political Consultative Con- Century Weekly magazine among its stable. Chengdu. groups also reported that a Last year, Tibet's Commu- gress, which holds its an- The fact that dozens of staff followed Hu from Tibetan exile sources say at 16-year-old Tibetan living in nist Party chief, Chen Quan- nual session starting today. Caijing to Caixin is testament to the respect least 114 monks and laypeo- India set himself on fire this guo, demanded that Bud- In a meeting with the Pan- she commands in China’s fractious and fraught ple have self-immolated week as a protest, but that dhist monasteries display chen on Tuesday, the ruling media landscape. To get a sense of her edito- over the past five years, with he survived. the national flag as part of Communist Party's top of- rial bent, one need only look at the first edition most of them dying. Radio The protests are seen as an efforts to shore up Chinese ficial for outreach to non- of Century Weekly under her stewardship. The Free Asia puts the number extreme expression of the patriotism. party groups urged him to Wall Street Journal noted at the time its cover of self-immolations at 144 "keep in mind the exhorta- story on looming inflationary risks and another anger and frustration felt by Beijing blames the Dalai article hinting at the governance-spurred reshu- since 2009. many Tibetans living under Lama and others for inciting tions of (President and par- ffle of executives at one of the nation’s publicly Information from the re- heavy-handed Chinese rule. the immolations and says it ty leader) Xi Jinping," state traded state-owned banks. gion, which is largely cut Many protesters also call for has made vast investments media reported. Ant, the holding company for Alibaba’s Alipay off from the rest of the the return of the Tibetans' to develop the region's eco- "Continue the inherited platform, wouldn’t just be after the media organi- province by security che- exiled spiritual leader, the nomy and improve quality traditions of Panchen loving zation for its financial news. Its broad spectrum ckpoints, is extremely hard Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet of life. The Dalai Lama says the party and the faith, cons- of information is the real draw, and likely what to obtain, and local officials in 1959 amid an abortive he is against all violence. ciously make contributions attracted Tencent in an earlier funding round. are reportedly under orders uprising against Chinese The previous self-immo- toward safeguarding natio- Caixin said in a statement yesterday that it’s in to remain silent about self- forces who had occupied the lation, of a Buddhist nun nal unification and the unity talks for another round, and declined to disclose immolations. An officer Himalayan region a decade also in Kardze, took place of all ethnic groups," head of the investors. who answered the phone earlier. in November. The woman, the United Front Work De- Ant, which is 38 percent owned by Alibaba and yesterday at Kardze police Tibetan monks and nuns who reportedly cried out partment Sun Chunlan was controlled by Ma, changed its name from Alipay headquarters and gave his are among the most acti- "Tibet needs freedom" and quoted as telling him. last year to better reflect Ma’s desire to move surname as Li said no such ve opponents of Chinese "Let His Holiness (the Dalai The Panchen responded the company beyond a payments platform and incident had been reported. rule in the region and the Lama) return to Tibet," was by saying he would "bear in toward a fully fledged e-commerce business. Its "We are now in a period of strongest proponents of Ti- believed to have died. mind [Xi's] earnest instruc- full name - Zhejiang Ant Small & Micro Financial preserving stability. If such bet's independent identity, With the Dalai Lama now tions," the report said. AP Services Group - hints at what he’s building. Beyond Alipay, Ant offers loans to small enter- prises, operates money-market fund Yu’E Bao, and is creating a credit-ratings firm, Sesame Credit, from data collected across Alibaba’s bu- South China Sea sinesses. Alibaba Vice Chairman Joe Tsai even boasted that a credit score from Sesame can Philippines spots suspected Chinese ships speed up visa processing. Recent moves by Caixin - which translates as at disputed atoll ‘financial news’ - play into Ma’s grand plan for Ant. In June, it took up sponsorship of Markit’s China Purchasing Managers Index after that in- Philippine official said yesterday a runway. It lies midway between the ppine name for Thitu Island, where dicator was dropped by HSBC. Reuters at the Athat he recently spotted five sus- western Philippine province of Pa- he frequently travels to visit a Filipino time cited Hu as saying this was a “very impor- pected Chinese coast guard and navy lawan and Filipino-occupied Thitu fishing community guarded by troops. tant step’’ in Caixin’s quest for a “strategic trans- ships at a disputed atoll in the South Island in the Spratlys. "What will happen now if we sail close formation.’’ Reuters said the deal could lead to China Sea and fears Beijing will take The Department of Foreign Affairs by with all those Chinese ships?" further cooperation on financial data and other control of another area frequented by in Manila said it was trying to verify Filipino, Vietnamese and Malay- services for Caixin. Filipino, Vietnamese and Malaysian the reported Chinese presence and a sian fishing boats have gone to the Five months later, Caixin announced that its fishermen. report by the Philippine Star news- vast fishing lagoon Jackson for years, new think tank, China Insight Group, acquired a Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon Jr., who paper that the Chinese ships recently Bito-onon said, adding that Filipino controlling stake in China Chengxin Information heads a Philippine-claimed region in prevented Filipino fishermen from fishermen were looking forward to Technology. China Insight also partnered with the disputed Spratly Islands, said he approaching the area. Chinese Em- the start of the octopus-catching sea- CEBM Group to build a financial information saw the Chinese ships at the Jackson bassy officials were not immediately son that starts next month. services platform. In a statement outlining that Atoll for two straight days last week available for comment. Philippine planes landing and transaction, Hu said that “Caixin wants to build while flying in a plane over the area. A Philippine security official said taking off at Thitu have also been itself into a comprehensive information group Bito-onon said Chinese government the air force was preparing to fly a warned frequently to stay away by that combines the features of Bloomberg and the vessels have not been stationed at the surveillance plane to verify the Chi- Chinese forces based at the nearby Economist Group.’’ (Bloomberg LP, the parent of atoll, which the Philippines calls Qui- nese presence. The official spoke on Subi Reef, one of seven reefs in the Bloomberg News, competes with Caixin to sell rino, in the years he has been passing condition of anonymity because the disputed Spratlys that China has news and data in China.) In a short time, Caixin has gone from reporting on inflation to providing by the uninhabited, ring-shaped reef. military does not discuss such covert transformed into islands in the last key economic indicators, a statistics database Jackson Atoll lies several kilome- missions publicly. two years using dredged sand. The and financial research. Little wonder Jack Ma’s ters from the Philippine-claimed "I'm alarmed because we frequently plane that he was on last week that interested: information is China’s most precious Mischief Reef, which China occu- pass by that atoll on our way to Pag- flew to Thitu was shooed away again commodity. pied in 1995 and has turned into an asa," Bito-onon told The Associated by the Chinese at Subi, Bito-onon island containing what appears to be Press by telephone, using the Phili- said. AP thu 03.03.2016

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Christopher Bodeen, Beijing NPC hina's President Xi Jinping has collected titles ranging from Na- tional Security Council Naming Xi Jinping as ‘core’ may Cchief to good old "Uncle Xi." Along the way, he's used state media to make his views known on such seemingly apolitical reflect power and weakness topics as avant garde architec- ture and celebrity culture. That's not unusual for a na- re of the Cultural Revolution. mishandled currency deprecia- tional leader, but in China such Xi's confidence in his sway tion have also severely dinged labels and such opinions are ap photo over the Chinese government China's reputation for econo- taken extremely seriously — and public apparently has ins- mic management, while heavy and the latter, in Xi's case, are pired him to demand that Chi- repression of lawyers, women's sometimes translated directly na's perennially underperfor- rights activists and other civil into government policy in Chi- ming footballers up their game, society groups speaks to a deep na's top-down, autocratic one-­ and to denounce "weird" mo- insecurity within the party's se- party system. They underscore dern buildings that have sprung curity apparatus. the tremendous clout Xi has ac- up in Beijing and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Xi's aggressi- cumulated over his three years Since then, the government's ve campaign to assert China's as president, which now seems football management system territorial claims in the South set to rise still further. underwent a top-to-bottom China Sea is damaging rela- As China's ceremonial legisla- reform, and new guidelines tionships it has been striving to ture prepares to meet for its an- are being issued to discoura- cultivate with the U.S. and Sou- nual session, there are growing ge "bizarre" and "odd-shaped" theast Asian nations. In that signs that Xi will be elevated to buildings and encourage tho- sphere, Xi is seen as especially the position of "core" of the cur- se that are efficient, green and beholden to the military, whose rent generation of leaders, an beautiful. cooperation he needs in trim- accolade bestowed on past lea- In October, Xi gave a spee- ming 300,000 active service ders, but which his immediate ch warning Chinese celebrities members, limiting his room for predecessor never attained. against pursuing commercial diplomatic maneuver. While mainly symbolic, the success rather than work that move points not only to Xi's is "morally inspiring ... to serve overwhelming grasp on power the people and socialism." Do- As China’s within the ruling Communist zens of official media and en- Party, but also his need to con- tertainment organizations later legislature tinue accumulating accolades signed a pledge to uphold pro- to ward off potential challen- fessional ethics and support the prepares to gers and deflect worries over a party leadership. slowing economy. Xi has leveraged his autho- meet, there are "Xi certainly wants to be the rity to take charge of the most growing signs predominant leader, rather important policy oversight than first among equals," said committees and pursue a na- that Xi will be Joseph Cheng, a retired politi- tionwide campaign against cal scientist formerly at the City corrupt officials that has seen elevated to University of Hong Kong. "But almost 1,500 named as suspec- the position he's going against the natural Chinese President Xi Jinping (front), leads the members of the Politburo Standing ts, more than 150 of them from trend because it's very hard to Committee as they arrive for a plenary session of the National People's Congress in the senior ranks. While popu- of ‘core’ of concentrate power in one per- the Great Hall of the People in Beijing lar among the public, the cra- son in a modernizing society." ckdown has unsettled the vast the current Being named the leadership ly safeguard the core of Secre- concerning military affairs. bureaucracy and is widely seen "core" would bring Xi level tary General Xi Jinping," came Xi likewise dominates impor- as serving a political agenda in generation of with former President Jiang the virtually identical pronou- tant national events and the helping to eliminate rivals. Zemin, who continues to wield ncements from the party secre- entirely state-controlled media, "Will Xi end up just accumu- leaders influence despite leaving offi- taries of Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, which has taken to referring lating power for power's its own ce in 2003, and more impor- Hainan and Jiangxi provinces. him in casual settings as "Xida- sake? Only time will tell," said Xi's personnel choices also tantly, famed reformist Deng The next step would be for da," or Uncle Xi, in an apparent Steve Tsang, senior fellow at speak to his insecurities. Ra- Xiaoping, the leader Xi is most such wording to show up in offi- bid to burnish his avuncular, the University of Nottingham's ther than the technocrats many often compared to in terms of cial pronouncements, state me- everyman appeal. His televised China Policy Institute, who says had been expecting, he's fallen personal authority. dia reports or even on banners image loomed Big Brother-like Xi is determined to "leave his back on tried-and-tested party That follows Xi's success in within the vast chamber of Bei- over September's extraordinary marks" rather than just muddle cadres, while surrounding him- unraveling a network of poten- jing's Great Hall of the People, military parade marking the through as leader like some of self with a small coterie of advi- tial rivals surrounding a former where the National People's 70th anniversary of the end of his predecessors. sers who maintain a tight hold member of the ruling party's Congress opens on Saturday. World War II. As he stood on Yet, Xi's push for ever greater on information. all-­powerful Politburo Standing Xi's pet political doctrines also the famed Tiananmen rostrum, status may be driven equally by Adding the title of "core" is Committee. He's also sidelined are expected to be elevated, a massive outdoor TV screen a desire to limit his exposure to therefore both a sign of stren- members of predecessor Hu particularly his "Four Com- projected his image on the criticism. gth and weakness, said Eco- Jintao's China Youth League prehensives" blueprint for Chi- opposite side of the parade. Under Xi, growth in the wor- nomy, who predicts a potential faction, most notably Premier na's future based on a modera- It's not unusual for reports on ld's second-largest economy is backlash unless Xi can make Li Keqiang, from whom Xi has tely prosperous society, reform, his inspection visits to occupy expected to slow to less than 7 progress on key economic and largely appropriated authority rule of law and strict party dis- the first 20 minutes of the half-­ percent this year, putting pres- social issues. over the economy. cipline. hour evening news broadcast. sure on the job market at a time "It is strength because he has Virtual endorsements of ele- All of that adds to the blos- For Elizabeth Economy, direc- when 7.65 million college stu- managed, whether though ad- vating Xi to the "core" have soming cult of personality sur- tor of Asia studies at the New dents are preparing to graduate miration or fear, to gain enough flooded in from regional lea- rounding Xi, the likes of which York-based Council on Foreign and 1.8 million workers in the support to allow him to assume ders. haven't been seen since Deng's Relations, Xi's adding of "core" coal and steel sectors are due a true first-among-equals sta- "Resolutely safeguard, su- heyday in the 1980s. Already, to his collection of titles would to be laid off. That, along with tus," she said. "It is weakness pport and be loyal to the core of Xi's face adorns commemora- be "simply one more nail in the falling demand for Chinese ex- because he feels the need to Secretary General Xi Jinping," tive plates and tourist trinkets coffin of collective leadership" ports, is raising the possibility keep demanding additional tra- Tibet's regional Communist sold at Beijing's iconic Tianan- established after the death of of domestic unrest, something ppings of power and adopting Party secretary, Chen Quanguo, men Square. No less than five dictator Mao Zedong in 1976, the government spends billions increasingly politically repressi- was quoted as saying at a Feb. 3 volumes of his speeches and when Deng turned to fellow ve- of dollars every year to su- ve measures, which a genuinely meeting, using Xi's official title writings have been published teran cadres to guide the nation ppress. confident and legitimate leader as head of the party. "Resolute- since he took office, two of them out of the xenophobic nightma- A cratering stock market and would not need to do." AP 03.03.2016 thu

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UN to vote today on new ap photo North Korea sanctions

Edith M. Lederer, United Nations The final draft, obtained by require all countries to expel The Associated Press, would diplomats from the North who U.N. Security Council vote eliminate loopholes in previous engage in "illicit activities." Aon the toughest sanctions sanctions resolutions and im- It would also for the first time on North Korea in two decades pose new ones. But it stresses impose significant sanctions on has been postponed until early that the new measures are not broad sections of the North Ko- today [Macau time] at Russia's intended to have "adverse hu- rean economy. request, the United States and manitarian consequences" for The draft resolution would France said. civilians, the majority who face ban the export of coal, iron and The U.S. and North Korea's economic hardships and food iron ore that is being used to traditional ally China spent shortages. fund North Korea's nuclear or seven weeks negotiating the ballistic missile programs — new sanctions — which include and it would prohibit all exports mandatory inspections of cargo of gold, titanium ore, vanadium Angola’s UN Under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders (Kim Il Sung) left, and Kim Jong leaving and entering North Ko- ore and rare earth minerals. It Il, ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People's Republic of rea by sea or air — in response Ambassador would also ban aviation fuel ex- Korea to the United Nations Jang Il Hun (right), is joined by councilor Kwon Jong to Pyongyang's latest nuclear ports to the country, including Gun as he speaks during a press conference at the DPRK mission in New York test and rocket launch. Both are Ismael Martins, "kerosene-type rocket fuel." in defiance of previous council Earnest said North Korea uses North Korea is already subject sea, the draft resolution would resolutions. the council revenue from sectors like coal, to four rounds of U.N. sanc- ban Pyongyang from charte- But Russia, which received president, said iron, gold, titanium and rare tions imposed since the coun- ring vessels or aircraft, and call the new draft today along with earth materials to bankroll its try's first nuclear test in 2006. on countries to "de-register" other council members, asked hopefully the nuclear and missile programs, Under those resolutions, it is any vessel owned, operated or for time to study the lengthy and "the North Korean ruling banned from importing or ex- crewed by the North. text, and suggested changes. resolution will elite" also benefits from those porting nuclear or missile items While focusing on new sanc- The United States late Monday sectors. and technology as well as lu- tions, the draft resolution also asked the council to schedule a be adopted “by In the financial and banking xury goods. demands that North Korea im- vote Tuesday afternoon. But consensus” sector, countries would be re- The new draft would expand mediately comply with the Se- the U.S. Mission to the United quired to freeze the assets of the list of banned items — ad- curity Council's previous bans Nations said "Russia invoked a companies and other entities ding luxury items such as ex- on ballistic missile launches, procedural 24-hour review of White House spokesman Josh linked to Pyongyang's nuclear pensive watches, snowmobiles, nuclear tests "or any other the resolution, so the vote will Earnest said Tuesday that the and missile programs. Under a recreational water vehicles and provocation." It also reaffir- be on Wednesday [today]." U.S. administration knows the previous resolution, they were lead crystal. ms the council's decisions that Angola's U.N. Ambassador North Korean people "have su- encouraged to do so. It would also add 16 indivi- the North abandon all nuclear Ismael Gaspar Martins, the ffered for far too long" because The draft would also prohi- duals, 12 "entities" including weapons and other weapons of current council president, said of decisions from their gover- bit all countries from opening the National Aerospace Deve- mass destruction, and its ballis- hopefully the resolution will be nment. "And that's why this new branches, subsidiaries lopment Agency which was res- tic missile program. adopted "by consensus." sanctions regime is targeted and representative offices of ponsible for February's rocket As with previous resolutions, The U.S., its Western allies more specifically at the North North Korean banks, and ban launch, and 31 ships owned by the test will be whether U.N. and Japan pressed for new Korean elite." financial institutions from es- the North Korean shipping firm member states enforce the sanctions that went beyond For the first time, the draft tablishing new joint ventures Ocean Maritime Management sanctions. A U.N. panel of ex- the North's nuclear and missi- resolution would require the or establishing or maintaining Company to the sanctions bla- perts monitoring the sanctions le programs but China, Pyon- 192 other U.N. member states correspondent relationships cklist which requires the free- has repeatedly pointed out that gyang's neighbor, was reluctant to inspect all cargo from North with these banks. It would also zing of assets, and in the case of enforcement in a significant to impose measures that could Korea or heading to the country order countries to close all Nor- individuals a travel ban as well. number of cases has been weak. threaten the stability of North for illicit goods, ban any sale or th Korean banks and terminate In addition to the mandatory North Korea has ignored Korea and cause its economy to transfer of small arms and li- all banking relationships within inspection of cargo heading to many demands, and tried to collapse. ght weapons to Pyongyang, and 90 days. or from North Korea by air or circumvent others. AP

gunman attacked Philippines Army generals turned Aand wounded a Saudi over control of the captu- preacher and a diplomat red militant stronghold in from Saudi Arabia's em- Gunman wounds Saudi preacher, Poktan village to the Bu- bassy before being killed tig town mayor after the by policemen in the sou- flag-raising ceremony, thern city of Zamboanga, diplomat in Zamboanga which was held near whe- police said yesterday. re leaders of the extremist Preacher Aaidh Al-Qar- group identified as Omar ni was about to leave and left leg. security because of a pos- in another Iranian city in killed 24 suspected local and Abdullah Maute used Western Mindanao State Investigators at the sce- sible threat, the nature of response to the kingdom's sympathizers of the Isla- to live, Padilla said. University after delive- ne found a pistol and a which was not specified. execution of a prominent mic State group and cap- About 40 militants at- ring a lecture late Tuesday motorcycle the gunman Philippine police stren- Shiite cleric on Jan 2. The tured their remote sou- tacked an army camp in when he and religious at- may have used, police gthened security at Saudi protests prompted Saudi thern stronghold, where Butig on Feb. 20 in the tache Turki Assaegh were said. Policemen later ar- Arabia's embassy and its Arabia to cut diplomatic troops raised the national predominantly Muslim shot by the gunman, who rested two other suspects national airline following ties with Iran, escalating flag on Tuesday, the mili- region about 840 kilo- darted out from a crowd, in connection with the at- the request, Seguis said. tensions between the lon- tary said. meters south of Manila. police spokeswoman Se- tack, Galvez said. Seguis noted that Saudi gtime regional rivals. Six soldiers were killed More militants, some nior Inspector Helen Li- The motive for the atta- Arabia has a conflict with Zamboanga, a major and a dozen others were wearing black arm and men Galvez said. ck was not immediately Iran, where the Saudi port city 860 kilometers wounded in the weeklong head bands with Islamic Both victims were taken clear. Embassy recently came south of Manila, has been campaign that involved State group-style sym- to a hospital for treat- Philippine Foreign Un- under attack, but said it's hit by deadly bombings about 2,000 military per- bols, later joined in the ment and declared out dersecretary Rafael Se- hard to say whether the blamed on Abu Sayyaf sonnel in Butig town in fighting, prompting the of danger, Galvez said. guis said last week that reported threat was con- militants, some of whom Lanao del Sur province, military to deploy three Al-Qarni was shot in his the Saudi government nected to that. have pledged support to Armed Forces of the Phi- battalions of troops ba- right shoulder, left arm had asked several coun- Protesters set fire to the the Islamic State group. lippines spokesman Brig. cked by assault helicop- and chest while Assaegh tries, including the Phi- Saudi Embassy in Tehran Also this week, a ma- Gen. Restituto Padilla ters and artillery fire, ac- was hit in his right thigh lippines, for improved and attacked its consulate jor military offensive has said. cording to the military. AP thu 03.03.2016

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rying to lure him into the Islamic State group, Islamic State group in competition the would-be recruiter told Pakistani journa- Tlist Hasan Abdullah, “Brother, you could be such an asset to the for recruits in Pakistan Ummah”— the Islamic commu- nity. Abdullah replied that he was enjoying life and had no plans to in Karachi. when a man using the same name join the jihadis. A professor at the Institute, approached Abdullah as he had “The enjoyment of this life is ap photo Huma Baqai, said there are ra- lunch in a park outside his office. short-lived. You should work for dicalized professors teaching in The man told Abdullah he clo- the Akhira” — the Afterlife, the some of the country’s top uni- sely followed his writings — then recruiter pressed. versities. They “are using the said he was from the Islamic Sta- IS had its eye on Abdullah not classrooms to mold [students’] te group. Abdullah quizzed him because he adheres to any extre- minds,” she said. “There is no about militants he knew to verify mist ideology but because, as a scrutiny in what happens in the his claims. Near the end of the journalist, the group believed he classroom.” conversation, the man noted that could be a boon to its propaganda many professionals were joining machine, Abdullah told The Asso- IS. ciated Press, recounting his mee- “This was basically his invitation ting with the recruiter. ‘The to me to join their rank,” Abdullah His encounter was a sign of how enjoyment said. And the man made his pitch. the Islamic State group is looking Professionals can hold leader- for sophisticated skills as it bui- of this life is ship posts or be involved in the lds its foothold in new territory: Pakistani students stand in the US-funded Institute of Business Administration in Karachi group’s prolific and powerful pro- Pakistan. It is courting univer- short-lived. You paganda machine, which includes sity students, doctors, lawyers, cause of the virulent anti-Shiite The number of IS loyalists in should work sophisticated videos produced journalists and businessmen, sentiment among their ranks. Ha- Pakistan is not known. Govern- with the latest technology and vi- and using women’s groups for tred of Shiites and attacks against ment officials only recently ad- for the Akhira’ gorous use of social media. fundraising. It is also wading into them are a keystone of the Islamic mitted that they have a presence Al-Qaida in particular is pur- fierce competition with the coun- State group’s ideology and one and insist loyalists here have no — the Afterlife, suing a similar caliber of recruits. try’s numerous other militant source of its appeal among some known operational links to the Khitab said it isn’t clear who is groups, particularly the Pakistani hard-line Sunnis as it set up its IS leadership in Iraq and Syria. the recruiter winning the competition but the- Taliban and al-Qaida in the Sub- self-declared “caliphate” in Iraq Still, in one of the first warnings pressed re are known instances of al-Qai- continent, the new branch crea- and Syria. by an official about IS, intelligen- da militants in Pakistan crossing ted by the veteran terror network. IS first announced its presence ce chief Aftab Sultan told a Senate over to IS. Most notably, Khitab Here in Karachi, Pakistan’s lar- in Pakistan with a bloody attack committee earlier this month that An intelligence official told the said, al-Qaida operatives Ab- gest city, IS loyalists have set up in May in Karachi in which gun- hundreds of Pakistanis have gone AP that security officials have in- dullah Yusuf and Tayyab Minhas their strongest presence, carrying men boarded a bus carrying Shii- to fight in Syria, and some are terrogated several university pro- defected to IS and are believed out multiple attacks in the past tes, ordered them to bow their now coming home to Pakistan to fessors suspected of supporting to have orchestrated much of the year and setting up networks. heads, then opened fire, killing recruit. IS and trying to recruit students. group’s violence in Karachi. The port city of some 20 million 45. The gunmen left behind a ta- One way IS militants are trying The official spoke on condition The past stereotype of a militant people on the Arabian Sea has ttered piece of paper proclaiming, to recruit and build is through of anonymity because he is not as a tribesman from the moun- always been a favorite for mili- “Beware... We have entered the women. One academy for wo- allowed to talk to the press. tains in traditional garb with ban- tants to operate. Wealthy distric- battlefield for retribution and the men in Karachi’s Baloch Colony “Finding people who are willing doliers of ammo slung over his ts running on the city’s profita- implementation of Shariah.” neighborhood recruited women to strap on a suicide vest and blow shoulder has been replaced, said ble commerce hold potential for Since then, it has killed more by playing IS videos in the class- themselves up is easy. There are analyst Bruce Hoffman, director fundraising, while the crowded, than 35 policemen in targeted rooms, Khitab told the AP. The 20 hundreds, thousands,” said Ab- of the Center for Security Stu- cramped poorer districts that attacks, attacked two schools and female students then reached out dullah, the journalist. But the dies at Georgetown University in have spread around the city pro- killed rights activist Sabeen Meh- to middle-class and wealthy Ka- educated are a bigger prize. He Washington. vide recruits and places to hide. mud, who was gunned down in rachi women, urging them to do- said he knows two other journa- The new generation comes from It also gives recruiters links to her car with her mother at her nate their religious tithes to the IS lists whom IS tried to enlist. Ab- “well-educated, cosmopolitan, other parts of the country, since side. cause of establishing a caliphate. dullah said IS probably sought university educated Pakistanis its population is full of people IS was able to expand into two Several women were detained, him because he was known from from middle-class backgrounds who have migrated from tribal tribal regions near the border including the wife of a suspected his work writing on extremism in who can navigate our globalized regions or Afghanistan, looking with Afghanistan — Bajour and IS operative, and were released the region and has met many mi- space whether virtually or physi- for work. Orakzai — when Taliban leaders after questioning, Khitab said. litants personally. cally with facility and confidence.” The Karachi police’s top coun- there switched allegiance to the IS recruiters have been stalking Abdullah said his courtship by They can use social media, cross terterrorism official, Raja Umer Islamic State group. The IS bran- university campuses. For exam- IS began when he received a mes- borders and fit “seamlessly into Khitab, warns that IS has great ch in neighboring Afghanistan is ple, the suspected mastermind in sage on social media from someo- global societies.” potential to grow in Pakistan, not also aggressively trying to expand the bus attack, Saad Aziz, was a ne offering information for him “They are the new force mul- only because of its large reservoir its presence, putting it in direct graduate of the U.S.-funded Ins- for a story. Abdullah didn’t hear tipliers of terrorist groups,” he of Sunni extremists but also be- competition with the Taliban. titute of Business Administration from him again until weeks later, said. AP

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ndonesia’s anti-ter- tackers. Abu Ghar, who is believed militant cell after visiting Iror squad arrested four Two of the suspects were to have planned the Jakar- imprisoned clerics Abu more people suspected of arrested in the Central ta attack with Muhammad Bakar Bashir and Aman being connected to deadly Java town of Kroya on Ali and Afif Sunakin, who Abdurrahman. attacks in the capital in Monday, while two others were both fatally shot by Charliyan said the last Indonesia’s anti-terror squad Special Detachment 88 police officers January, police said yes- were apprehended in Pa- police while trying to de- four suspects have links to escort suspected militants as they are transferred to Jakarta terday. tok Picis village in the hilly tonate a bomb in front of a Abdurrahman. following their arrest, at the local police headquarters in Malang National police spokes- city of Malang in East Java. Starbucks cafe. In response to the atta- man Maj. Gen. Anton A total of 43 suspects Mukhtar had recently cks, Indonesia’s gover- The draft bill, obtained by without charges. If appro- Charliyan said the four have now been arrested in completed a prison sen- nment submitted a new The Associated Press, says ved, it would be the first knew about the plot one connection with the attack. tence for his role in a dea- anti-terrorism law to par- an individual suspected of measure that strict to be month before the Jan. 14 Among those arrested dly 2004 attack on a police liament last month, and plotting to carry out an act enacted since the down- bombings that killed eight earlier was Nazarudin station in Maluku province lawmakers are expected to of terrorism could be de- fall of dictator Suharto in people, including four at- Mukhtar — also known as and allegedly joined a new pass it within two months. tained for up to six months 1998. AP 03.03.2016 thu

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Costas Kantouris & "We have been walking for three Out in the cold George Jahn, Idomeni kilometers. Police stopped our taxi on the highway, which is why we assan Rasheed's pa- are going through the fields," he pers have been cleared said. but the Iraqi refugee About 2,000 migrants are still Refugees get no good has spent days freezing reaching Greek islands from near- Hin a tent with no tarp on the grou- by Turkey every day, despite the nd and flaps that don't close, one recent deployment of NATO ships of 10,000 migrants stuck at a mu- in the east Aegean Sea. news at Greek border ddy camp on the border of Greece European Council President Do- and Macedonia. nald Tusk was in Austria on Tues- to launch an advertising campaign They're hoping for a breakthrou- day to try to persuade Chancellor in Afghanistan — including bill- gh in Europe's troubled negotia- Werner Faymann to change his boards, TV ads and public bus ap photo tions on how to handle the deepe- mind about the country's decision banners — to discourage Afghans ning crisis. But there was little sign to accept no more than 80 asylum from trying to reach Europe. of that yesterday (Macau time). Tusk added a stop in Ankara to Austria's chancellor insisted he his schedule, ahead of next week's would not to let his country beco- summit of leaders from the EU me a "waiting room for Germany," and Turkey on migration. while authorities from four ex-Yu- We have To prepare for the summit, Ger- goslav countries on the migrant been walking man Chancellor Angela Merkel route vowed closer cooperation to was to meet French President keep people out. for three Francois Hollande in Paris on Refugees stand in queue to receive food distributed by a non-governmental "I've been at Idomeni for 10 days Friday, and she remained vocally organization, in a refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek and it's the fourth day I've been kilometers. opposed to the Austrian border village of Idomeni waiting to cross over," the 27-year- closure. old Rasheed said. "Conditions are Police stopped "We must stand with Greece," a cusp of a largely self-induced hu- border closures" and the cap im- very bad. There are many ill chil- our taxi on the spokesman quoted the chancellor manitarian crisis." posed by Austria for the crisis. dren who are coughing, and we as saying on a Twitter post. "I am A UNHCR statement said incon- "Trapping asylum seekers in spent the night in this tent under highway, which therefore in constant contact with sistent policies on the continent, Greece is an unconscionable and heavy rain." [Greek Prime Minister Alexis] Tsi- which faces its worst immigration short-sighted non-solution that is The heavily policed border, is why we are pras." crisis since the end of World War causing suffering and violence," marked by a twin fence and coils going through In Athens, the government II, "are causing unnecessary suf- said the right's group's Greece spe- of razor wire, remained closed a said it has requested 480 million fering and risk being at variance cialist, Eva Cosse. day after migrants attempted to the fields. euros (USD520 million) in with EU and international law "It demonstrates once again the push through the barriers and aid for the refugee crisis from standards." EU's utter failure to respond col- Refugee were forced back by Macedonian the EU, under an emergency New York-based Human Righ- lectively and compassionately to riot police using tear gas and stun plan to cope with as many as ts Watch blamed "discriminatory refugee flows."AP grenades. Before that, sporadic requests a day at Austria's sou- 100,000 stranded refugees — closures since Feb. 19 had slowed thern frontier with Slovenia. roughly three times the number the number allowed through to But Faymann said Austria was now stuck inside Greece. general says terrorists in ‘daily’ just dozens a day. determined not to accept the "poli- Athens is pressing EU countries refugee flow to europe Overnight, rain soaked many cy of waving through" migrants to to honor pledges to accept asylum families, who hung up clothing to the rest of the EU. seekers directly and for Turkey to Terrorists, criminals said the Islamic State extremist dry Tuesday on the border fence. "Austria is not a waiting room for help speed up deportations. The and foreign fighters are part of group is “spreading like a cancer” More exhausted refugee families Germany," he said. "This disor- government said 69 people from the daily refugee flow into Eu- within this mix, “taking advan- continued to reach the burgeoning ganized chaos must end. [...] It's North Africa considered ineligi- rope, the top NATO commander tage of paths of least resistance, in Europe told lawmakers, “mask- threatening European nations” tent city in this Greek border town important to have clarity on the ble for asylum were deported to ing the movement” of these dan- and the United States. on foot or by taxi. Many walked up EU's external borders. [Otherwise] Turkey, with another 230 people gerous elements and heightening In response to a question about to 30 kilometers along Greece's Austrians have to be active on their due to be sent back by today. The impasse in Greece drew the potential for an attack. whether the Islamic State will northern highways. borders." In testimony before the Senate continue to infiltrate refugee strong criticism from the United Ahmed Majid, a 26-year-­old Ira- Meanwhile, Austria's interior mi- Armed Services Committee, U.S. flows, Breedlove said, “I think Nations refugee agency, which qi, was traveling with his wife and nister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, an- Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove that they are doing that today.” two young children. nounced plans by her government warned that Europe "is on the

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R ap photo Hillary Clinton’s decisive In his victory speech, cuses in Kentucky and Mai- But Trump is rolling Super Tuesday victories Trump sent a chilling ne, a Democratic caucus in toward the 1,237 delegates in the contest to win their message to the Republi- Nebraska and caucuses for needed to secure the Repu- parties’ presidential nomi- can establishment. After both parties in Kansas. blican nomination. nations have left rivals with he professed to have good Both Trump and Clinton He won at least 203 de- few strategies to turn arou- relationships with the par- spoke from Florida, which legates Tuesday. Cruz col- nd the race. ty elite, he warned House votes later this month and lected at least 144 delega- The outcome, as a quar- Speaker Paul Ryan, who is where the general elec- tes and Rubio picked up ter of American voters had declared earlier Tuesday tion is often won or lost. at least 71. Overall, Trump their say, was a setback for that “this party does not Both Rubio and Cruz said leads with 285 delegates, the Republican establish- prey on people’s prejudi- they would continue the Cruz has 161, Rubio has 87, ment’s attempts to stop ces.” Trump said that if the battle to take down Trump. Kasich has 25 and Carson Trump as his outsider blitz seven states in the biggest alternative. Florida Sen. two don’t get along, Ryan is Cruz had been counting on has eight. threatens to split the par- day in the primary cam- Marco Rubio won only li- “going to have to pay a big more appeal in the Sou- Increasingly, Republican ty and damage its goal of paign, building their leads beral Minnesota. Sen. Ted price.” thern states and among leaders talk of a contested winning control of both the in the delegate counts that Cruz took his home sta- Clinton, meanwhile, cal- evangelical Christian vo- convention in July as their executive and legislative will determine each major te of Texas, neighboring led for “love and kindness.” ters. Rubio and the other best remaining option for branches of government in party’s nominee in national Oklahoma and Alaska. Sanders promised to take Republicans still in the stopping Trump, whose November. conventions this summer. Clinton also won seven his fight all the way to the race, John Kasich and Ben divisive rhetoric about im- Trump, the trash-talking While Trump’s rivals of the nearly a dozen sta- summer nominating con- Carson, struggled to con- migrants and ethnic and New York billionaire, and promised to fight on, Re- tes that weighed in Tues- vention. vey optimism even as they religious groups has some Clinton, the former se- publicans remained deeply day. Sen. Bernie Sanders The next round of voting vowed to fight on. Rubio fearing a Republican disas- cretary of state, each won divided over the preferred won his home state of Ver- in a busy March comes and Kasich’s home states ter in November. AP thu 03.03.2016

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) he agnificent alace mperial T M P – I 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Architecture of the Forbidden City 14:30 RTPi Live Time: 10am-7pm 18:10 Trail of Lies (Repeated) (No admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) Until: March 13, 2016 19:00 Montra do Lilau (Repeated) Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 19:30 Soap Opera Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Admission: MOP5 21:00 TDM Talk Show (Free on Sundays and public holidays) 21:40 Comedy Enquiries: (853) 2836 7588 22:10 Trail of Lies 23:00 TDM News Macau Giant Panda Pavilion 23:30 The Knighthood Time: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm daily 00:10 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) (Except Mondays, closed on the following day instead if a public holiday falls on Monday and no 00:45 RTPi Live admission after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane Admission: MOP10 Enquiries: Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau cinema (853) 2833 7676 cineteatro 03 Mar - 09 Mar The Mastery of Shipbuilding – Fishing Junk Models by Wan Chun Time: 10am-6pm (Closed on Sundays and public holidays) Until: April 9, 2016 Venue: Gallery of the Historical Archives of Macau, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida Nº 91 - 93, Macau Enquiries: (853) 2859 2919 tunes in to colour Admission: Free 1966 BBC The BBC has announced plans to begin broadcas- New Art People Project 2016 Pop Up ting television programmes in colour from next year. Shop for Something-Si-wai’s Clothing Britain will be the first country in Europe to offer Experiment Exhibition regular programming in colour. Gods of Egypt_ The announcement was made in the Commons by ime T : 12pm-7pm room 1 the Postmaster General, Anthony Wedgwood Benn. (Closed on Tuesdays, open on public holidays) 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm The new service is expected to cost the BBC be- Until: March 27, 2016 Director: Alex Proyas tween £1m and £2m per year, for an initial four hours Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Venue: No Cruzamento da Avenida do Coronel of television per week on BBC2, rising to 10 hours a Gerard Butler week after 12 months. Mesquita com a Avenida Almirante Lacerda Macau Language: English (Cantonese) The colour programmes will still be available on or- Admission: Free Duration: 127min dinary television sets in black and white. A colour nquiries receiver will cost about £250 and there will be a su- E : (853) 2853 0026 mermaid_ pplementary licence fee. room 1 David Attenborough, controller of BBC2, will be res- a oa is au rawing and 7v.30 pm M -B / L -C , D ponsible for overseeing the new colour service. Lithography Exhibition Director: Stephen Chau Starring: Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yu Qi He said the promised four hours of colour program- Time: 2pm-7pm (Closed on Sundays) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) ming was based on what the BBC could produce Until: March 19, 2016 Duration: 92min from its own studios and did not include imported programmes. Venue: G/F Macau Cultural Centre Building, The Room_ He said the popular Western series, The Virginian, Xian Xing Hai Avenue, Macau. room 2 and the Danny Kaye Show were both available in co- Admission: Free 2.30, 7.15, 9.30 pm lour, but currently shown in black and white. Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 Director: Lenny Abrahamson Mr Attenborough denied the colour programmes Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers would all be re-runs of old shows: “We have to re- Language: English (Cantonese) member that 95% of people initially will not be seeing Duration: 118min these programmes in colour, they’ll be seeing them in black and white. The shows that BBC2 will be sche- the finest hours_ duling will be exciting new shows in black and whi- Offbeat room 2 te. They’ll be that much more exciting and newer in 4.45 pm colour.” room 3 The technique for delivering the colour service has Meteor suspected as mystery 7.30 pm not been finally agreed. European leaders are mee- flash lights up cottish sky Director: Craig Gillespie S Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, ting in Oslo in Norway later this year to decide on a Eric Bana single system which will enable countries to be able Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright Language: English (Cantonese) to exchange programmes. flash of light reported by people across Scotland and Duration: 117min northern England. Courtesy BBC News Police Scotland said the force began receiving calls London has falling_ about 6:55 p.m. Monday, with people reporting a loud room 3 bang, a sudden blue, green or white light or a fireball 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.45 pm n context in the sky. Director: Babak Najafi I Several drivers caught the sudden flash and streak Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Europe adopted the Phase Alternation Line or PAL system of light on their dashboard cameras. Driving instructor Morgan Freeman for broadcasting in colour. It works at 50 frames per second, Bill Addison said it looked like “a bright, electric blue Language: English (Cantonese) slower than the National Television System Committee ad- spark.” Duration: 99min opted in the US, but with a higher resolution. “I thought it was a plane coming down at first, but it BBC2 broadcast its first colour pictures from Wimbledon in was moving too fast,” he said. macau tower 1967. By mid 1968, nearly every BBC2 programme was in co- The U.K. weather forecasting service the Met Office lour. Six months later, colour came to BBC1. 03 Mar - 23 Mar said the incident wasn’t weather-related and the U.K. By 1969, BBC1 and ITV were regularly broadcasting in colour. defense ministry wouldn’t comment on whether the The number of households owning a colour TV licence shot up Gods of Egypt_ from 275,000 to 12 million by the early 70s. flash was linked to military activity in the area. 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm David Attenborough began a career in broadcasting in 1952, Steve Owens, manager of the Glasgow Science Cen- Director: Alex Proyas one of his first series was the popular “Zoo Quest”. He was tre planetarium, said the likely culprit was a chunk of Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, made Controller of BBC2 in 1965, then Director of Pro- space rock — “about the size of a tennis ball or maybe Gerard Butler grammes with responsibility for both networks. He resigned even a watermelon” — that was burning up in the at- Language: English (Cantonese) in 1973 to return to programme making. mosphere. Duration: 127min thu 03.03.2016 th Anniversary

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Ronald Blum, New York Baseball ew York Yankees closer Aroldis Cha- pman agreed to ac- cept a 30-game sus- Yankees closer Chapman Npension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an altercation with his gir- agrees to accept 30-game lfriend last October. The four-time All-Star will serve the penalty from the suspension start of the Yankees’ season on April 4. He will lose 30 days of pay — USD1,856,557 of his $11,325,000 salary. The agree- a statement. “However, I should Chapman can continue to par- ment specifies he will be eligible have exercised better judgment ticipate in all spring training ac- for free agency after this season ap photo with respect to certain actions, tivities. The penalty starts when barring any additional suspen- and for that I am sorry. The de- the Yankees open the season sion for off-the-field conduct cision to accept a suspension, April 4 at home against Houston. that would cost him the neces- as opposed to appealing one, Barring rainouts, he would be sary service time. was made after careful conside- eligible to start his season May “I found Mr. Chapman’s ack- ration. I made this decision in 9 when the Yankees host World nowledged conduct on that day an effort to minimize the dis- Series champion Kansas City. to be inappropriate ... particu- tractions that an appeal wou- “We need him,” teammate Alex larly his use of a firearm and ld cause the Yankees, my new Rodriguez said yesterday before the impact of that behavior on teammates and most impor- the suspension was announced. his partner,” baseball Com- tantly, my family.” “He’s a big part of our team, and missioner Rob Manfred said Chapman’s representatives I think the key in New York is Aroldis Chapman in a statement yesterday. “I am and MLB had been discussing you have to focus on the game, gratified that Mr. Chapman has Chapman stemmed from an fficient evidence made a con- the discipline for about 10 days. focus on your teammates, and I taken responsibility for his con- Oct. 30 incident at his house in viction unlikely. Under MLB’s A suspension of 46 days or think he has a lot of support in duct.” Florida. Chapman’s girlfriend, domestic violence policy, disci- longer would have delayed his that clubhouse.” Chapman became the first 22-year-old Cristina Barnea, pline does not have to be predi- chance to become a free agent Chapman will be allowed to player penalized a finite num- told police he pushed and cated on a conviction. until after the 2017 season. use team facilities while serving ber of games under the policy, choked her. Chapman said the- Chapman, 28, the hardest- The players’ association said it his suspension and likely will which MLB and the players’ re was an argument but that he throwing pitcher in the major supported Chapman’s decision work out at the Yankees’ mi- association agreed to in August was pushed down by Barnea’s leagues, was traded from the to accept the penalty and said nor league complex in Florida, following several high-profile brother, eventually getting a rebuilding Cincinnati Reds to “its members do not condone but he will not be permitted to incidents among NFL players. handgun and firing eight shots the Yankees in December. He the mistreatment of others by play in any minor league games Colorado shortstop Jose Reyes into a wall and window while had said he would contest any playing or non-playing person- during that time. was given an indefinite paid locked in his garage. suspension, but a deal was rea- nel.” Los Angeles Dodgers outfiel- suspension last week, pending The Davie Police Department ched following negotiations With the Yankees, Chapman der Yasiel Puig is under inves- a trial scheduled for April 4, and Broward Assistant Sta- with MLB. forms a powerful back end of tigation by MLB for a fight with following an alleged altercation te Attorney Stefanie Newman “I want to be clear, I did not the bullpen along with former a bouncer at a Miami bar in No- with his wife in October. declined to file charges, saying in any way harm my girlfriend closer Andrew Miller and Dellin vember following an argument Baseball’s investigation of conflicting accounts and insu- that evening,” Chapman said in Betances. with his sister. AP

Olympics French prosecutors investigating ap photo 2016 and 2020 games bids

rench prosecutors to support allegations of that six people, referred ted infractions during the Fconfirmed they have possible bribery in the bi- to by their initials which bidding process for the widened their investiga- dding for the games. The corresponded with six games. tion into corruption in IOC added it was in “close IOC members at the time, Papa Massata Diack athletics to include the contact” with French pro- requested “to have their was banned for life by the bidding for the 2016 and secutors, who have been parcels delivered through IAAF ethics commission 2020 Olympics. investigating bribery and Special Adviser in Mona- in January for corruption “At this stage, we are money-laundering invol- co,” The Guardian said. It and cover-up allegations as an honorary IOC mem- dropped his support for just making verifications, ving doping cover-ups at said the “special adviser” linked to Russian doping. ber in November, a day Istanbul’s bid because we cannot prejudge the the IAAF. was believed to be Lami- He has appealed to the after he was provisionally Turkey refused to pay, outcome of the investiga- In January, The Guar- ne Diack, who was then Court of Arbitration for suspended by the IOC and backed Tokyo after tion,” Franck Charon, the dian reported it saw an IOC member. Sport. He’s wanted for executive board. He ser- the Japanese did pay. spokesman for the natio- leaked emails linking the The Guardian didn’t questioning by prosecu- ved as a full IOC member In January, the IOC said nal financial prosecutions son of former IAAF Pre- know if any “parcels” tors in France, and Inter- for 15 years until 2014. it asked the WADA panel office in Paris, told The sident Lamine Diack to were sent. In any case, a pol has issued a wanted Possible wrongdoing for transcripts from its Associated Press yester- alleged “parcels” to be de- month after the email was notice for him. involving Lamine Diack report. day. livered to six IOC mem- sent, Doha failed to make The elder Diack, who and the 2020 Olympic bid Tokyo organizers The 2016 and 2020 bers during the bidding the list of finalists in the headed the IAAF for 16 race was cited in a Wor- said the allegation was Olympics were awarded for the 2016 Games. 2016 bidding. years until he stepped ld Anti-Doping Agency “beyond our understan- to Rio de Janeiro and The emails were sent by Charon had no com- down in August, is accu- commission report into ding,” while Turkey’s Tokyo. Papa Massata Diack to a ments on The Guardian’s sed by French prosecutors IAAF corruption. Olympic committee said After British newspaper Qatari business executive reports but said investi- of pocketing more than A footnote to the re- Diack’s reported demand The Guardian first repor- in May 2008, the newspa- gators were trying to find 1 million euros (USD1.1 port indicated that Dia- was not the reason Is- ted that the investigation per said. The Qatari capi- out if “some of the people” million) from bribes in ck was prepared to sell tanbul lost. had been widened, the tal, Doha, was bidding for who have already been gi- exchange for covering up his vote in exchange for Tokyo defeated Istanbul International Olympic the 2016 Olympics at the ven preliminary charges doping cases, mainly in- a $5 million sponsorship 60-36 in the final round Committee said it has time. in relation with corrup- volving Russian athletes. of IAAF events. The re- of IOC voting in 2013 in seen “no evidence” so far The email suggested tion in athletics commit- Lamine Diack resigned port suggested that Diack Buenos Aires. AP THE AB InBev to sell stake Station03.03.2016Air quality thu th Anniversary BUZZ in China’s Snow beer Roadside 65-95 20 Moderate Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell completion of AB InBev’s 69 billion pound SABMiller’s stake in China’s Snow Breweries ($106 billion) takeover of SABMiller. High for USD1.6 billion to ease regulatory concer- The sale will ease concerns that AB InBev, Density 70-100 ns about the merger of the world’s two biggest which is already China’s third largest brewer, Residental beermakers. would have a stranglehold on the lucrative Moderate AB InBev says it agreed to sell SABMiller’s Chinese market. AB InBev, which makes Bu- Area opinion 49 percent stake in Snow to China Resour- dweiser and Corona among other brands, says ces Beer Co., which owns the rest of China’s the sale is part of an effort to “proactively ad- Ambient 60-80 largest brewer. The deal is contingent on the dress regulatory considerations.” Moderate World Views dsmg source: Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS The most confusing Super Missing Malaysia plane Tuesday ever forces. We’re going to need some time to digest debris reportedly found ap photo what happened on Tuesday [yesterday ma- cau time] night on the Republican side. Donald Trump won the most votes. He won the most states. He won the most delegates. But did he move closer to ap photo USA Republican Donald winning the nomination? That isn’t so Trump and Democrat clear. FiveThirtyEight’s delegate ma- Hillary Clinton take ven, David Wasserman, said going in major steps toward that “a disappointing night for Trump... claiming their parties’ probably means anything less than 250” de- presidential nominations legates won. It appears as if he’s going to with sweeping wins wind up a bit over 250. This is fewer than on Super Tuesday, half the delegates up for grabs, however, the biggest day in the so he’s not moving closer to an overall de- primary campaign. legate majority. The Democratic I’ve been looking at Trump’s overall vote establishment is percentages to see if he was picking up su- pleased. The Republican pport as the Republican field narrowed or if establishment is in he would have trouble increasing his vote panic mode. Observers totals. Overall, his Super Tuesday results say it was the most were mixed and not especially impressive. confusing Super His apparent polling surge last week seems Tuesday ever. either to have dissipated or wasn’t real to More on p14,20 begin with. Ted Cruz won in Texas, his home state, USA Two Catholic and in neighboring Oklahoma, and he was A waiter walks past a mural of flight MH370 in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur bishops led a small the spin winner of the night, judging by what Pennsylvania diocese in the talking heads said on Tuesday night. nvestigators sear- covering up the sexual But Cruz failed to pick up any other wins in ggests it could have come A spokesman with Ma- ching for the missing from Flight 370, NBC re- laysia’s transport ministry abuse of hundreds what should have been his strongest region. I of children by more Malaysia Airlines Flight ported. The object has the said it’s waiting for con- Some Southern states have yet to vote, and than 50 priests and 370 are examining a possi- words ‘no step’ written on firmation and verification it’s easy to underestimate how many con- other religious leaders servative voters there are outside of the ble Boeing Co. 777 compo- it and may be from a pla- from counterparts, without nent found off the coast of over a 40-year period, South – at least as a percentage of voters ne’s horizontal stabilizer, giving details on who the according to a grand Mozambique, NBC repor- in Republican primaries. This was suppo- the report said. other parties are. jury report. The report ted, citing people it didn’t sed to be Cruz’s big chance at winning de- “It’s too speculative at Investigators from about portrays the church as legates, however, and he appears to have identify. this point for MAS to com- a dozen countries have holding such sway over fallen short. The object turned up on ment,” Malaysia Airlines scoured the Indian Ocean law enforcement that it Marco Rubio finally won a state, Minneso- a sandbank in Mozambi- said in response to ques- and South China Sea sin- helped select a police ta. He came close in Virginia. He continues que Channel, between the tions from Bloomberg ce the Malaysia Air 777 chief. to do well with late-deciding voters. While mainland and Madagas- News, referring to itself by jetliner disappeared from he fell behind Cruz in delegates on Tuesday car, NBC said. Preliminary its acronym. Boeing coul- radar on March 8, 2014 EU European Central night, he should have a clearer playing field analysis of photographs by dn’t immediately comment while on a routine flight to Bank Executive Board ahead. And help is on the way. He spent re- investigators in Malaysia, when reached outside nor- Beijing from Kuala Lum- Member Benoit Coeure latively little on these states, but his super- Australia and the U.S. su- mal business hours. pur. Bloomberg said that the bank is PAC has been raking in plenty of money, “studying carefully the and will presumably blast Trump in each schemes used in other coming primary. jurisdictions” to mitigate But Rubio failed to perform his biggest adverse consequences task of the day: Knocking out Cruz. It’s pos- Strong quake hits off Indonesia for banks of negative sible John Kasich will drop out, but it may rates, in what is being be too late. Kasich probably accounted for viewed as a strong hint the difference between a decent night and Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta canoes and fault lines circling the Pacific Basin. towards deeper cuts a disappointing one for Rubio. Had Kasich A massive magnitude-9.1 quake off Indo- to interest rates by dropped out after South Carolina and Ne- powerful, shallow earthquake hit off the nesia in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed the ECB at its March vada, the Florida senator would likely have Asouthwestern coast of Sumatra in In- 230,000 people in a dozen countries. Most meeting. won in Virginia, might have won in Vermont donesia yesterday, triggering a tsunami of the deaths were in Indonesia’s Aceh pro- (where Trump and Kasich were running warning that sent islanders rushing to high vince on Sumatra. neck and neck), and probably would have ground. An official said the potential for a Marjina, a resident of Sikakap in the Men- crossed the thresholds needed to gain de- tsunami was small. tawai islands, about 690 kilometers (430 ap photo legates in three states where it appears he The U.S. Geological Service said the earth- miles) from the epicenter, said the quake was will fall just short. quake had a magnitude of 7.8. It was cente- felt only weakly there, but the tsunami war- Now, perhaps, everyone stays in, and red under the ocean at a depth of 24 kilome- Trump keeps winning most states. ning caused panic among villagers, who ran ters (15 miles), it said. to higher ground. Spain Princess It’s even possible – though unlikely – that Cristina’s husband they will carve up the map and each take Shallow earthquakes are more likely to cau- A resident of Siberut island, which is closest se damage, but the USGS said the quake was to the epicenter, said people evacuated to hi- told a Spanish court a slice (with Kasich staying in and winning that palace officials located far from land, about 659 kilometers gher ground and were waiting for the tsuna- only Ohio), and we will get a contested Re- oversaw the princess’ (409 miles) from the town of Muara Siberut. mi warning to be lifted. publican convention after all, with no can- tax dealings and were Andi Eka Sakya, head of Indonesia’s Me- didate ending the primaries and caucuses Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology issued aware of his business with at least half of the delegates. teorology and Geophysics Agency, said the- a marine warning for the distant Cocos and operations at the Noos More likely, one candidate will wind up re was only a small potential for a tsunami. Christmas islands. It did not advise evacua- Institute, which is at winning states in the latter stages of the elec- There were no immediate reports of damage tions, but said strong and dangerous curren- the center of a tax-and- tion calendar and reap plenty of delegates. or casualties, he said. ts were possible and people should secure embezzlement trial in This is what has happened before. Even front- “I think its potential for a tsunami is very boats and avoid waterfront areas. The Joint which the couple and runners who wind up winning are usually small,” because the quake didn’t occur along Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued 15 others are accused. below the 50 percent mark at this stage in a major fault known as a subduction zone, he but then canceled a tsunami watch for Wes- Inaki Urdangarin told their delegate count. And on the Republican told TVOne. tern Australia. prosecutors he never side, the rules make it easy for anyone who Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, is The Indian government issued a statement made any decisions wins big to get a lot of delegates quickly. prone to seismic upheaval because of its loca- advising that no tsunami threat was posed without consulting the So that’s what will happen this time. Right? tion on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of vol- for the Indian coast. AP palace.