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Thailand Four paramilitary volunteers were killed yesterday while guarding a school in southern Thailand, the latest of several recent attacks in a region troubled by a Muslim separatist insurgency since 2004.

Indonesia’s military said a Papuan rebel was killed and a soldier injured in a gunbattle, the latest spasm of violence to hit the country’s troubled easternmost region. ap photo

Bangladesh Police fired tear gas and swung batons as thousands of garment workers demonstrated for better wages for a fourth day, shutting down factories on the outskirts of the Animal rights capital.

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Melco announces Ieong Chi Kin stepped down discretionary bonus payout due to CE office probe Melco Resorts & Entertainment Renato Marques announced yesterday that a one-month discretionary he former deputy-director bonus will be paid to all eligible Tof the Cultural Affairs Bureau non-management employees (IC) Ieong Chi Kin stepped down before the Chinese New Year. due to being under investigation Lawrence Ho, Chairman and by the Chief Executive (CE) Offi- Chief Executive Officer of Melco ce in relation to the IC’s unlawful Resorts & Entertainment, was quoted in a press release stating: staff hiring practices, as revea- “Today’s announcement is in led by the Commission Against recognition of the dedication, Corruption (CCAC) in 2017. The loyalty and hard work of our former deputy-director ceased non-management team, who his duties on December 31 last are highly valued and integral to year, and the investigation led to Ieong Chi Kin (right) Melco’s every achievement. In several officials from the bureau 2019, we look forward to together quitting over late 2017 and 2018. continuing to deliver world-class The Secretary for Social Affairs the Office of the Chief Executive rector of the Macao Museum of not repeat.” hospitality, entertainment and and Culture, Alexis Tam, ack- but the report has not yet been Art, would initiate his new du- Tam also expressed wishes to dining experiences to our guests, nowledge such facts yesterday disclosed,” he added. ties from January 12. continue the legal process of cri- and to continue contributing to on the sidelines of a visit to the According to the Secretary, the Questioned about the many minalizing illegal hostels. the successful development of the Centro Hospital Conde de São investigation is still related to troubles and constant leader- Replying to media questions Greater Bay Area.” Januário. the CCAC report on the bureau’s ship instability of the bureau on the topic, Tam said, “Hong Questioned by the media, Tam unlawful staff hiring practices, since news of the CCAC report Kong [where it is considered a said that the former deputy-di- adding that although Ieong left broke, Tam said, “I’m not wor- crime to establish and manage Man dug Ilha rector “ceased duties by his own his position as deputy-director, ried. The director is working illegal hostels] is a good exam- initiative. I told him that I would he continues to be part of IC sta- well and she is taking good ple that we can learn from,” he Verde hill for his like him to stay but he thought ff and is working full-time in the care of the management of the said, adding, “I think we should own plant differently. He had delivered bureau. IC. I’m pleased with the work keep [the idea of legislating in such request to me previously,” Tam also confirmed that the being done,” he said, adding, the same way in Macau], and I The same local man who installed Tam said. “As far as I know the- newly appointed deputy-direc- “I can guarantee that from now think every day more people in his own gym equipment on re is an investigation ongoing by tor, Chan Kai Chon, current di- on I’m sure that such cases will Macau are supporting this idea.” the Ilha Verde hill was found, on Wednesday, to have also dug the hill for the purposes of planting. Last week, a 62-year- old local retired man was found responsible for damage to the Education sector to hold more events Ilha Verde hill. The man lives in a social housing estate close for PRC and handover anniversaries to the hill. He dug into the hill, built stairs and installed gym equipment on the hill to allow Julie Zhu formed by local students. in addition to some trai- himself to work out and hike on This flag-guards student ners from Taiwan who the mountain. The damage spans he Education and team will be used in Ma- provide speech therapy an area of 20 by 30 meters. This TYouth Affairs Bureau cau’s big events. training to other profes- time, the man dug two rows of (DSEJ) said that more During a press confe- sionals. planting ground, each spanning events will be held in rence yesterday, DSEJ When providing upda- an area of 10 meters by 30 2019 in celebration of the director Lou Pak Sang tes concerning the law on centimeters. He is now being 20th anniversary of the said that the city hired special education, Lou charged for aggravated damage. Macau handover and the a total of approximately noted that the law has al- 70th anniversary of the 40 therapists from other ready entered legislative establishment of People’s regions, including spee- procedures. Woman injured Republic of China. ch therapists, to provide As reported by Lou, The International You- services to local children since the beginning of in acid attack th Dance Festival, which with early development the 2018/2019 academic is supposed to be held problems. year, two sexual abuse A mainland woman sustained every two years, will be The recruitment of the- cases were reported from severe injuries after a man spilled liquid on her. It is not known yet held once again this year se non-local therapists local schools. what the composition of the liquid following its previous lebration of the anniver- Contest, and the Huaxia will shorten kids’ waiting In the academic years of was. The victim is a blue-card edition in 2018. saries. Teachers’ Gala. time for treatment in 2017/2018, 2016/2017, holder in her 40s. The case was In addition, an Inter- Besides these traditions, On May 4, the DSEJ approximately one mon- and 2015/2016, a total reported on Wednesday, having national Youth Music which were already prac- will invite youths from th. In 2017, each kid wai- of seven, three and 14 occurred at Av. do Dr. Rodrigo Festival and an Inter- ticed in Macau, the DSEJ the Greater Bay Area ted, on average, between sexual abuse cases were Rodrigues. The woman sustained national Youth Drama will try to get more main- to participate in events 15 and 18 months until reported, respectively. injuries on her head and one of Festival will be held this land national events to be amid the celebration of they received treatment. The DSEJ director her hands. The victim claimed year prior to the studen- held in Macau this year. the 100th anniversary of According to Lou, the claims that the education she knows the suspect. The man ts’ summer vacation. These mainland events the May Fourth Move- biggest shortage concer- bureau will enhance se- is suspected of having injured This year, all the city’s include the China Ado- ment. ns speech therapists. All xual education training the woman due to a relationship schools will participate lescents Science and For the first time, a local speech therapists were of both the schools and dispute. in a gala for a special ce- Technology Innovation flag-guards team will be hired from Hong Kong, the parents.

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Gaming unexplained dismissal of two Portuguese legal advisors last year might foreshadow a “simi- lar ‘Sinification’ of the gaming Vickers: 2020 concessions sector.” Echoing the warnings of pre- vious years, SVA made refe- rence in the 2019 report to the likely postponed two years prospect of a terrorist attack in the Macau SAR, as well as the Daniel Beitler ming tycoons and the Republi- enduring involvement of triad can Party.” and illegal activities in junket he gaming conces- “It’s not a Macau issue, but a operators; “a perennial problem sions of Sociedade de China-U.S. issue [… and] from positing serious criminal and re- Jogos de Macau (SJM) the Chinese point of view, there putational threats to investors.” and MGM China Hol- is no pressure from their side. “The prospect of a terrorist at- Tdings Ltd, which are due to The US operators will be more tack on a casino is also a chronic expire next year, will likely be wary about the situation as the worry, although Macau has re- postponed two years to align expiry date approaches.” cently taken some steps to limit with contract expiration dates “The Macau government mi- the danger,” noted the firm. of their four rivals, according to ght call for Chinese companies Last year the pace of economic the latest Asia Risk Assessment to buy into, or take over, existing growth in Macau slowed to 6.8 report, released yesterday. businesses, or might simply re- percent on the back of softer do- Speaking to the Times yester- fuse to grant a new right to cur- mestic demand in China, which day, Steve Vickers, CEO of Steve rent concessionaires,” the report also saw a growth deceleration. Vickers and Associates (or SVA), continues. The prospect of new measures a specialist political and corpo- The 2019 Asia Risk Assess- from the central government to rate risk consultancy that prepa- ment report supposes that the curb capital outflows will conti- res the annual Asia Risk Assess- most likely replacement for nue to worry casino operators in ment report, said that there was Macau Chief Executive Chui Sai 2019, said Vickers, but in their no other credible option. On, who is due to step down in absence the economic uncer- Steve Vickers “Current thinking is that the December, is current Legislative tainty of the mainland will not government will want to extend Assembly President (AL) Ho Iat necessarily trickle down to Ma- the concessions until 2022, so Postponing the license expira- “The U.S. gaming organiza- Seng. cau. as to deal with them all at once; tion dates will also allow more tions are sitting on a geopolitical For Vickers, the election of Ho “Macau’s politics should there- such a move would buy time,” time for China and the U.S. to fault line,” warned Vickers, as in Iat Seng to Macau’s top post fore stay stable, even as China’s the SVA report noted, to which iron out trade differences - or previous years. “Spiralling ten- would represent continuity in economy slows, but the geopo- Vickers added “politically, with allow the former to use the lu- sions with the U.S. could spur the political landscape of the litical risks facing the gaming the chief executive changing, it’s crative businesses and Republi- Macau to dilute U.S. casinos’ MSAR – “whoever they pick will concessionaires will climb shar- not good timing,” and “little else can-party supporters as leverage sectoral dominance, not least continue to tow the party line” ply in 2019. Investors should is manifest.” in negotiations. given the links between the ga- – but the current AL president’s take note.”

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CCAC probes price of fire dampers New graffiti display replacement André Cheong, commissioner of the co-designed by local Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), said that the bureau has already started to investigate the change over the Ilha Verde affordable house fire dampers. Earlier, and Uruguayan artists lawmaker Sulu Sou proposed a debate at the he graffiti display area Legislative Assembly to discuss the prospect at Anim’Arte Nam Van of changing fire dampers in the affordable T houses of Ilha Verde Community Building. has undergone a change in its Ilha Verde’s affordable house project has not appearance, featuring a new yet been issued an occupation permit, and graffiti mural with the theme the government had proposed reinstalling “maritime adventure.” 269 fire dampers at the building, costing a The Cultural Affairs Bu- total of MOP40 million. The investigation reau (IC) has been inviting will try to determine whether the costs local artists to exhibit their derailed from the market price, and whether work on the graffiti display government departments followed the laws and area beside the Nam Van instructions written in the proposal. Lake since 2016. This time, the IC has invited two gra- ffiti artists, Nicolás Sanchez IACM Building Alfalfa from Uruguay and local talent PIBG, to create Library renamed a new graffiti art exhibit. Alfalfa, born in Venezuela Senado Library in 1983, has resided in va- fect. His works present his ding mainland China, Aus- maritime history of China rious countries including personal interpretation of tralia, Thailand, the United and the West through the Concurrent with the establishment of the Colombia, Argentina, Bo- the inherent nature of the Kingdom, France, Hong common language of “gra- Municipal Affairs Bureau on January 1, the livia, Poland, the United former Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau’s human being while alluding Kong and Taiwan. In 2004 ffiti art” whilst integrating (IACM) Building Library on the second floor States, Germany, Spain and to supernatural myths with he founded Macau’s first the artists’ own cultural of the IACM Building at No.163, Avenida de Austria, and his life expe- a dynamic touch. graffiti art group, GANTZ5, backgrounds and expe- Almeida Ribeiro, was renamed as the Senado riences have left their mark Local artist PIBG has been which is also one of the riences.” The IC pledged Library. Operated by the Cultural Affairs on his graffiti. He is known a street graffiti artist since most influential groups in to continue to make use of Bureau, the Senado Library houses a collection for sketching large-scale the late-90s and has show- the contemporary graffiti the graffiti wall close to the of approximately 20,000 foreign rare books graffiti murals using black cased his works in more scene in China. Nam Van Lake to promote and special collections from the 17th century lines of different thicknes- than 10 group exhibitions According to a statement graffiti art by forging fur- to the 1950s, providing relevant services for ses to produce a captivating in various countries and issued by the IC, the graffiti ther collaborations with di- researchers. three-dimensional visual ef- regions since 2000, inclu- collaboration presents “the fferent artists. ad fri 11.01.2019

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Renato Marques Health ceive the vaccine. Also according to Lei, at the he Secretary for So- most recent count, the SSM de- cial Affairs and Cultu- tected 14 concerning cases of in- re, Alexis Tam, visited fluenza, including one case that health facilities yester- ‘Most important is the led to the death of an 86-year Tday to inspect the works regar- -old male last week and another ding the prevention and cure of that resulted in the hospitaliza- influenza, as the region has offi- tion of a four-year-old boy who cially entered the peak period of vaccine,’ Tam says is said to be in critical condition, the disease. yet reaffirmed that there are no During the visit to the Centro reasons for alarm. Hospital Conde de São Januário According to Lei, “at the mo- (CHCSJ), the secretary reaffir- ment, the majority of the cases med to the media that preven- marques renato we are receiving are from the tion is the key step to countering adult population,” noting that contagious diseases. “The most the situation of the pediatric important [preventative mea- emergency room, one of the pla- sure] is the [flu] vaccine,” said ces toured by Tam, is stable and Tam, noting that only the timely not requiring special attention. vaccination of all at-risk groups “[If needed], we do have plans can prevent a widespread trans- to relocate staff to take care of mission of the influenza virus. that. It’s all under control,” Lei concluded. Regarding the case of the fou- r-year-old boy who has an en- cephalitis, the chief of Pediatric Non-residents service of CHCSJ, Jorge Sales must go to the Marques, added, “he is respon- Alexis Tam (center) ding well to the treatment and private clinics his clinical status has been im- Tam also presented a new mea- to the measures approved and dents as the workload is already proving, although it is still too in Macau sure, saying, “We are soon going enforced by the government, too heavy with those. I suggest soon to say that he is safe.” The to [extend the free vaccination “non-residents must go to the [to non-residents that want to physician added, “We certainly and bear the program] so the students from private clinics in Macau and be vaccinated] to resort to the do not know yet when he could expenses of the university institutions in Ma- bear the expenses of the vacci- clinics,” Lei added, noting that possibly be released from the cau can also receive the vacci- ne,” in order to get vaccinated. the only exceptions to this rule hospital and, at this point, not vaccine. nes. This is a new measure that “The public hospital and other are the students since “they are even the extent of the aftereffec- Lei Chin Ion we are going to enforce but it is public health care facilities are part of at-risk groups” and as ts. We will update on this case SSM director subject to acceptance [from the only providing vaccines to resi- such are among the first to re- tomorrow.” students].” Confronted with figures that so Questioned on the topic, the far already indicate more cases of Secretary noted that non-resi- the disease this year, Tam said, dents are of concern to the go- Three Portuguese physicians “There is in fact a slight growth vernment, although the priority [in the number of cases] when for the government lies with lo- compared with last year but I cal residents. to start work soon think that is normal,” he said, “[In the universities] there are lexis Tam confirmed that the SSM in- pply of physicians. adding the Health Bureau (SSM) also non-resident students and Atends to hire 10 Portuguese physicians Tam also added that, if needed, the govern- is buying another 20,000 doses they also can take the vaccine from various specialties, saying, “but this is also ment would “even send local patients to other of the vaccine in addition to the [for free]. We do give priority to depending on their willingness to come work places [such as Hong Kong] to receive treat- initial acquisition of 150,000 to residents first. That’s our first in Macau,” adding that for the time being, only ment free of charge. I think this is the best poli- meet all possible demand. priority, but even non-residents, three so far had been hired and were due to cy in the world.” “We are buying another like university students, we also commence work very soon. The director of the SSM, Lei Chin Ion added, 20,000 vaccines and with these, help them,” Tam said in reply to Tam noted that he was aware of the region’s “we have received many application and résu- we will raise [the total number] the journalists. inability to provide enough physicians, noting més [from physicians] but not all were conside- to 170,000. It is enough for the The director of the SSM, Lei the strong support received from both Portugal red adequate. For the time being, only three are whole population,” Tam said. Chin Ion, added that according and mainland China in dealing with the low su- starting their duties.”

Economy and Finance, to help promote greater Lionel Leong, and Vice frequency of movement Three new agreements bolster Mayor of Shenzhen, Ai of people, goods, capital Xuefeng, reviewed pro- and information within gress of major initiatives the Greater Bay Area. Shenzhen-Macau cooperation implemented in recent Chen told reporters that years. the Greater Bay Area he anual Shenzhen- Chen Rugui stated that initiative created fresh TMacau Cooperation Macau and Shenzhen re- opportunities for Shen- Conference 2019 was tained a close and long-s- zhen-Macau coopera- held yesterday at the Go- tanding relationship re- tion. He hoped the two vernment Headquarters. garding cooperation via governments would work The two sides signed a a number of mechanis- more closely in order to total of three agreements ms, including the Shen- integrate different me- regarding issues such as zhen-Macau Cooperation chanisms for supervision legal cooperation; inter- Conference. of services, promote clo- nship and employment Lionel Leong pointed ser cooperation on legal in Shenzhen for Macau out that Shenzhen played affairs,extend to Shen- young people; and coo- an important role for zhen the internationali- peration on cultural and the country in terms of zed commercial services creative industries. leading innovation on offered by Macau and A Shenzhen Govern- regulations and laws. promote innovation and ment delegation led by Having an agreement co- entrepreneurship in the the Mayor of Shenzhen, vering legal cooperation two places. Chen Rugui, attended between the two cities The Shenzhen-Macau the meeting. During the would help Macau better Cooperation Conference Chui Sai On and Chen Rugui witness the signing of an agreement on legal cooperation meeting, the Secretary of prepare its legal system was established in 2006. 11.01.2019 fri

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Tourism top 100 list, while Tokyo is 14th and Kuala Lumpur ninth. Shen- zhen grew by 3 percent in both 2017 and 2018 and, despite Macau rises to become 5th falling one position in the past year, has retained its place in the world top 10. However, Seoul has proved a most popular city destination major exception to the trend. Ranked 16th in last year’s edi- acau was the fifth most percent year-on-year. Macau is tion of the report, this year the Mvisited city in the world projected to see a 9.2 percent South Korean capital has dro- in 2017, according to the latest increase once the relevant data pped to 24th. Euromonitor In- Euromonitor International Top bloomberg has been revised. ternational suggests that a lar- 100 City Destinations report, This year the continent of Asia ge decline in Chinese visitors only behind Hong Kong, Ban- continued to rise in prominence, caused by political tensions be- gkok, London and Singapore. accounting for 41 of the top 100 tween the two countries is res- Following a 10.4 percent in- cities, up from 37 back in 2012. ponsible. crease in the number of visitors Euromonitor International no- Nevertheless, arrivals are ex- in 2017 and a projected 9.2 per- tes that list leader Hong Kong, pected to pick up slightly in cent in 2018, the Macau special which saw a slump in its tou- 2018 with easing tensions, the administrative region rose one rism industry in 2015 and 2016, potential for talks with Nor- place in this year’s rankings to has rebounded in the past two th Korea and the 2018 Winter become the fifth most popular years, with the number of visi- Olympics in Pyeongchang. city destination in the world. tors growing by 5 percent and According to the report, Ma- 7 percent in 2017 and 2018 res- cau recorded slightly over 18.9 pectively. It now stands at a total million visitor arrivals in 2018, of nearly 30 million. top 10 city putting it ahead of fourth-place The firm describes the nei- destinations Singapore with 18.5 million. If ghboring SAR as “the most ob- the projected figures for 2018 include same-day visitors, who paid or unpaid, collective or pri- vious beneficiary of the Chinese 1 Hong Kong are accurate, Macau may rise yet account for nearly half of Macau vate accommodation. Each ar- outbound boom, with more than 2 Bangkok another spot in next year’s Top arrivals. rival is counted separately and 50 percent of all visitors stem- 3 London 100 City Destinations report. The Top 100 City Destinations includes people travelling more ming from the Chinese main- 4 Singapore Official data from the Macau report highlights the top 100 than once a year. land.” And the prospects are bri- 5 Macau Statistics and Census Service in- cities based on international ar- The initial data shows that ght for the future with the recent 6 Paris rivals; defined as international global inbound arrivals grew dicates that 2018 visitors to Ma- completion of the Zhuhai- Ma- 7 Dubai cau numbered over 32 million. tourists visiting another coun- by 5 percent to 1.4 billion trips cau-Hong Kong Bridge. 8 New York City The discrepancy is explained by try for at least 24 hours (but not in 2018, while arrivals to this Other Asian cities also saw the fact that the Euromonitor more than 12 months), for any year’s top 100 city destinations considerable growth this year. 9 Kuala Lumpur International report does not purpose of visit, and staying in outperformed, increasing by 7.5 Taipei ranks 17th in this year’s 10 Shenzhen ad fri 11.01.2019

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over abandoned greyhounds ap photo he penalty proce- nuary 9, 199 greyhounds dure for the abando- were adopted in batches: 180 ning of greyhounds were shipped to America, five by the Macau Yat to Italy, and six were adopted TYuen Canidrome has been by Macau citizens. completed. The Canidrome Currently, there are still 318 has paid over MOP25 million greyhounds being kept on the in fines, according to a state- dog farm. ment released by the Munici- The IAM says that the cur- pal Affairs Bureau (IAM). rent adoption plan is progres- Last year, the former Civic sing smoothly, and that it is and Municipal Affairs Bureau expected that the adoption Tourists sunbathe on Boracay island (IACM) prosecuted the Cani- processes will be completed drome under the city’s ani- by next May. mal protection law because The former IACM was for- ow-cost airline AirAsia is set to the Canidrome was unable to ced to take in a total of 533 Llaunch direct flights from Macau to rehouse the greyhounds in its greyhounds abandoned by Kalibo (Boracay) on March 2, the third dog farm before the deadline the Canidrome “Yat Yuen” route to the Philippines that departs stipulated by IACM. Yat Yuen Canidrome has al- been paid,” added the IAM. company following the closu- from the SAR. “At present, the relevant pro- ready paid the full fine,” the Based on animal welfare re of the venue. Flights are scheduled to depart thri- secution procedure has been IAM said in a statement. consideration, the IAM is In accordance with the Ani- ce a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and completed. It was determined “At the same time, Yat Yuen continuing to match suitable mal Welfare Law, the now- Saturdays, at 10:55 a.m. for flights from that a MOP50,000 fine wou- also needs to continue being adopters to the greyhounds defunct IACM “has informed Boracay; and at 2 p.m. for flights from ld be imposed for each one of responsible for the expenses with the help of Anima Ma- Yat Yuen that the non- recla- Macau. the abandoned greyhounds. incurred by the greyhounds. cau. mation of an animal within “Boracay is regarded as a premier is- The total amount involved is As of December, last year, According to the IAM, from seven working days equals land in the Philippines. […] We are very more than MOP25 million. more than MOP5 million has October 15, 2018, until Ja- abandonment.” happy to bring our passengers [to the island],” said Celia Lao, CEO of Airasia Hong Kong and Macau,” said Celia Lao, CEO of AirAsia Hong Kong and Macau. s of Tuesday, the Health Health “It is believed that the direct flights ABureau (SSM) received a from Macau to Kalibo (Boracay) will dri- total of 505 applications for ve the tourism industry [and] we encou- smoking lounges, according rage Hong Kong, Macau and Pearl River to a statement released by the SSM received 505 smoking Delta passengers to explore the unique SSM. island resort in Boracay through Air- The 505 applications were lounge applications Asia,” the statement read. submitted by 34 of Macau’s The airline has launched promotional 47 casinos. ting that it should establish toilets and SSM will streng- fares, which starts from MOP288 for The SSM has already issued a 24-hour hotline to receive then the inspection and law one way flights. an approval to 378 smoking reports about illegal smoking. enforcement of the relevant Boracay reopened in October after Phi- lounges. Regarding the “SSM reiterates that venues,” SSM said in a state- lippine president Rodrigo Duterte called unapproved lounges, the bu- smoking is only a momentary ment. for a six-month closing for a cleanup reau explained that the appli- act. Even if a 24-hour hotline Moreover, the bureau also operation. cants failed to submit the re- for smoking control is set up, responded to a proposal sug- Following the rehabilitation and resto- quired documents punctually, it will still be difficult for the gesting that smoking lounges ration of the island, it set out new rules or the applicants did not tobacco control law enforce- should install a smoke sen- including a ban to smoking and drinking, complete fire testing or did ment officers to immediately sing system inside their pre- along with halting large parties. not make improvements ac- prosecute [upon each viola- mises. Its carrying capacity is also lowered to cording to the fire services au- tion]. Therefore, effective ins- The SSM clarified that “the- around 19,215 persons per day. thority. Some applicants have pections must be conducted. re exists no relevant research In the first quarter of 2018, data show also canceled applications. […] Recently, SSM has been or report proving the effec- that there were over 553,000 tourists In addition, the SSM res- paying attention to illegal tiveness of the equipment that visited the island in the province of ponded to a proposal sugges- smoking in individual casino [smoke sensor].” Aklan.

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Real Estate Matters EU executive launches probe 5 Habits of Good Landlords into Dutch tax regime for Nike Sam Lee is a marketing manager and property consultant at JML Property. JML ax arrangements was established in 1994 and offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and Tbetween sneaker giant Nike and the comfortable homes for tenants. bloomberg Dutch government Sam Lee are being scrutinized by European Union There’s no such thing as landlord It is very easy to fall into procrasti- In other words, you have to spend mo- competition regula- school. nation and skimp on performing ne- ney that you wouldn’t have had to if the Most landlords just do a little reading cessary property management tasks tenants had stayed. It’s better to think tors, the bloc’s exe- online and dive right in. Which is fine – unless it’s very urgent. However, if you long-term and optimise tenant scree- cutive Commission but it also means many new landlords don’t perform regular inspections and ning for longevity, while conducting are ill-prepared for the work of being a repairs, you are not only letting your regular maintenance on the property said yesterday. successful landlord. property fall into disrepair but are sen- as mentioned so they are more likely The probe is cente- Here are five habits that landlords need ding a message to the tenants that you to stay. red on two Dutch-ba- to develop if they want maximum pro- don’t care much about the property. fits and minimum headaches! If you the landlord doesn’t care about it, 5. The meticulous mindset: re- sed companies that why should they? cords, documentation & atten- are part of the sports company “is subject gave tax advanta- 1. The unflinching enforcer mind- tion to detail set 3. Budget like a business (becau- I’m just going to say it: If you’re not the goods maker’s global to and rigorously en- ges to Starbucks. Tenants will push against your bounda- se you are one) attentive type, hire someone to manage operations and speci- sures that it complies That led to Dutch ries. Your job as a landlord is to firmly As a landlord, you’re a small business your rentals who is. and professionally defend those boun- owner, whether you think of yourself You need to be exacting in your record fically about whether with all the same tax authorities recove- daries. that way or not. keeping, your documentation, and tax agreements they laws as other com- ring 25.7 million eu- That means enforcing your lease agree- The expenses involved in owning a ren- your attention to detail. For example, made with the Dutch panies operating in ros (USD30 million) ment — to the letter. tal property are largely hidden, because did you walk through the unit before The lease agreement was willing sig- they’re irregular (but big when they ha- your renters moved in to document the authorities may have the Netherlands. We from the coffee giant. ned by both sides, so there is no shame ppen). Expenses like turnovers, repairs, condition with them? Do you have a breached EU rules on believe the European The commission is in making sure that it is followed. This vacancies. detailed inventory? Do you have photos means that if rent doesn’t come in as Set aside money every month for these with timestamps of every room from state aid. Commission’s inves- also looking into tax scheduled, you need to follow up with potential expenses. In a word, budget. every angle? “Member States tigation is without agreements between an unofficial late-rent reminder to let Don’t go paint the town red whenever the tenant know there is no leeway the rent comes in each month. Budget You’re in business — be profes- should not allow merit.” the Dutch govern- when it comes to rent payments. it, and make sure that you are making sional companies to set up The Dutch govern- ment and Ikea. If it’s not enforced, you will lose credi- allocations for those big expenses so Effective landlords have effective habi- ment did not imme- Such probes have, bility with the tenants and it will likely you are not caught off guard. ts, that revolve around thinking long- complex structures happen again. This never works out for term and embracing minor headaches that unduly reduce diately comment on in the past, led to any party. 4. Think long-term to vanquish today to avoid massive headaches to- their taxable profits the probe. huge tax takebacks. It also means that if the tenant tries to vacancies morrow. exercise a right that has been agreed Turnovers are where most of the work Keep a friendly but professional dis- and give them an un- It is not the first In August 2016, the in the agreement, you have to allow it and costs involved in being a landlord tance from your tenants; they’re your fair advantage over time Dutch tax treat- commission ruled regardless of how inconvenient it might are. clients. Set a budget for expenses like be. Maybe you’ll have to repaint the unit. you’re a professional, because you competitors,” EU ment of foreign com- that Ireland gave Do a deep-clean. You’ll have to go are. Set recurring reminders on your Competition Com- panies has run into “undue tax benefits” 2. The discipline to do recurring, through and fix all the little things that professional calendar, and then follow scheduled work (even when it the outgoing tenants either messed up through to actually execute them! missioner Margrethe regulatory trouble. to Apple, leading to doesn’t “feel” necessary) or just lived with. Then there’s the lost And if you don’t want to be professio- Vestager said. In 2015, the Com- the recovery of 14.3 Landlords have monthly, semi-annual, rent, even as you continue carrying the nal, hire a professional and give us a In a written state- mission ruled that billion euros by Irish and annual work they should be doing. costs of owning the property. call. ment, Nike said the the Netherlands authorities. AP ad fri 11.01.2019

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of terrorism. The results are ex- pected in May. Meanwhile, for Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus no longer Mediterranean the country’s largest lender, Rus- sian clients now account for only 1.5 percent of the total and 5.7 percent of total deposits com- haven for Russian businesses pared with 2.4 percent and 9.9 percent in 2014, according to the Paul Tugwell, Georgios Georgiou While some of the drop in num- lender. bers over the years stems from Although the central bank’s

or Russian businesses, bloomberg Russians - like Deripaska - acqui- measures didn’t specifically target Cyprus just isn’t what it ring Cypriot nationality, affecting Russians, “one can argue that this used to be. New Cypriot the way such funds are classified, group is affected to a larger degree anti-money laundering tightened local rules are also be- than others,” said Demetris Taxi- Frules are compounding the effects ginning to bite. taris, general manager of Cypru- of U.S. sanctions against Russia In November, a directive from s-based MAP S.Platis, a consul- and its high-profile citizens, dri- the Central Bank of Cyprus kicked tancy firm for financial services ving money away from the one-ti- in, giving lenders less leeway to companies. me haven. work with shell companies. That’s That said, a number of Russian “Russians are downsizing in making many Russian companies businesses continue to keep a foo- Cyprus,” said Kyriakos Iordanou, “non-bankable,” said Iordanou. thold in Cyprus, among them Vic- general manager of the Institute Two Russian businessmen with tor Rashnikov, owner of Magnito- of Certified Public Accountants accounts in Cyprus for over a de- gorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC; of Cyprus, whose members have cade said they were contacted Vladimir Lisin, who controls his clients from the country. by their banks over the past few stake in Novolipetsk Steel PJSC The value of bank accounts at months asking for documents through a Cyprus-based holding Cypriot lenders held by foreign Billionaire Oleg Deripaska from many years ago on the sour- company; and Vladimir Potanin, nationals from outside the euro- ce of the money in their accounts. president of MMC Norilsk Nickel area - mostly Russian - fell to 7.1 from the island marks the reversal Russian-related business in Unable to provide them, they were PJSC, a producer of refined nickel. billion euros (USD8.1 billion) at of a trend that began after the fall Cyprus generated gross income of forced to close the accounts, they For their part, Cypriot entities the end of November, according to of the Soviet Union and accelera- around 2.2 billion euros in 2017, said, declining to be named. are cutting their Russian exposu- the Central Bank of Cyprus. That’s ted as Cyprus joined the European about 11 percent of economic ou- “Cyprus banks require a lot of re. RCB Bank Ltd, whose second- down from a peak of 21.5 billion Union in 2004 and adopted the tput, down from an estimated papers now,” said Alexander Rya- largest shareholder is Russia’s sta- euros at the end of 2012. euro in 2008. Russian investors peak of about 14 percent in 2012, zanov, Gazprom’s former deputy te-owned VTB Bank PJSC with a En+ Group plc said Nov. 2 it were attracted to Cyprus by its according to Fiona Mullen, direc- CEO, who has a real-estate busi- 46.3 percent stake, plans to stren- plans to move to Russia from Je- status as a low-tax regime within tor of Nicosia-based Sapienta Eco- ness in Cyprus and has worked for gthen and further develop domes- rsey rather than to Cyprus as pre- the EU and was seen as safe and nomic Ltd. many years with Cypriot banks. tic business operations, a spokes- viously planned. En+ is the main stable. “Tourism is now bigger than “It is very difficult to open a new person for the Limassol-based shareholder of aluminum giant “Cyprus’s economic model has banking, so what you see is a sli- account now.” lender said. United Co. Rusal, a company of already changed and has shifted ghtly different mix of Russians,” The central bank directive on “Amid sanctions and tightening billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who to one that relies a lot less on shell she said. “There is still the old money laundering involves avoi- compliance, Cyprus banks prefer is on the U.S.’s sanctions list. Ac- companies and foreign deposits,” money, but you also see a lot of ding dealings with entities dee- not to deal with Russian money and counts belonging to Viktor Vek- Finance Minister Harris Georgia- regular middle-class Russians just med to be shell companies, which Russian clients, even those who’ve selberg, who’s also on the U.S. list des said in an interview at Bloom- coming for a holiday.” hits at the heart of Russian invest- had accounts in Cyprus banks and whose Lamesa Investments berg’s European headquarters in New banking business from Rus- ments. many years,” said Evgeny Kogan, Ltd, an affiliate of Renova Group, London in September. The island sia is “limited,” Iordanou said. His Moneyval, the council of Euro- former director of the Center for is the largest shareholder in Bank “has been focusing on bringing public accountants’ organization’s pe’s money-laundering watchdog, Protection of Shareholders and In- of Cyprus, have been frozen, accor- new business with substance, phy- members are looking for opportu- is conducting another evaluation vestor Rights of Cypriot Banks set ding to the bank. sical presence and real activity and nities from elsewhere, like China, of Cypriot measures to combat up in 2014. “Russian clients are be- The outflow of Russian funds employment,” he said. India, the Middle East and Africa. money-laundering and financing coming toxic.” Bloomberg

Gaming Former Nevada Gov. Brian ap photo Sandoval joins MGM Resorts

Regina Garcia Cano, Las Vegas his in-depth expertise in But U.S.-based casino ope- ciation. A delegation met gaming, public policy and rators, including MGM, with Japanese officials to ormer Nevada economic development,” Wynn Resorts and Las Ve- offer Nevada’s expertise FGov. Brian Sandoval is MGM’s chairman and CEO gas Sands Corp., have ex- in the gambling industry joining casino giant MGM Jim Murren said in a state- pressed interest in bidding as the Asian nation moves Resorts International to ment. for a license. MGM set up forward with casino-resor- help push the company’s Sandoval will return to the a Japanese subsidiary in ts. Sandoval also met with global expansion efforts, private sector after more 2014 when the country star- Japanese Prime Minister Governor Brian Sandoval, with wife Lauralyn McCarthy, gives one last wave as governor particularly in Japan, and than two decades in public ted discussing casinos. Shinzo Abe. work on state-level public service. He was as a state Supporters of the effort The former governor’s policy related to sports be- legislator, gambling regula- to open casino-resorts in work that will focus on MGM team led by Jim U.S. and Japan. tting. tor, state attorney general the island say the proper- sports betting in the U.S. Murren, someone who I The company on Tues- The casino operator na- and federal judge before ties could draw additional will come as more states greatly respect,” Sandoval day also announced that med Sandoval president of being elected governor in and more affluent tourists. consider whether to appro- said in a statement. “Jim President Bill Hornbuckle global gambling develop- 2010 and earning a second Opponents, however, argue ve that form of gambling. has formed critical rela- will now lead global casino ment Tuesday, a day after term in 2014. that Japan already has “pa- The debates in statehou- tionships in Japan and in marketing with a particu- he left office. The popular His efforts focused on Ja- chinko” pinball parlors and ses across the U.S. are the sports, and I look forward lar focus on driving MGM’s and moderate Republican pan could prove crucial to wagering on horse, auto, result of a U.S. Supreme to building upon this strong overall growth in the Chi- was barred by term limits the Las Vegas-based com- bicycle and boat racing, and Court ruling that last year foundation.” nese enclave of Macau. The from running for re-elec- pany. expanding legalized gam- ended Nevada’s effective The expansion of spor- company operates two ca- tion in November. Japan’s parliament in July bling would fuel organized monopoly on sports wage- ts betting in the U.S. sino-resorts in the former “Governor Sandoval brin- approved a law allowing up crime and compound gam- ring. has prompted a flurry of Portuguese colony that has gs an unparalleled level of to three casino-resorts to bling addiction. “MGM Resorts is a glo- deals, including one that become the world’s biggest skill, leadership and expe- open in the wealthy nation. Sandoval traveled to Ja- bal leader in gaming and made MGM an official gambling market, including rience to the company, and The casinos are unlikely to pan in August with the entertainment, and I look gambling partner of Ma- the $3.4 billion MGM Cotai we will benefit greatly from open before the mid-2020s. National Governors Asso- forward to joining the jor League Baseball in the that opened in February. AP 11.01.2019 fri

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the two sides are moving toward “more balanced and reciprocal” United States, China leave next trade. Beijing has tried to mollify Washington and other trading partners by promising to buy steps for trade talks unclear more of their goods and open its industries wider to foreign com- Joe McDonald petitors. & Paul Wiseman, Beijing Trump has complained repea- ap photo tedly about the U.S. trade defi- he United States and China cit with China, which last year Tgave no indication of their likely exceeded the 2017 gap of next step after wrapping up $336 billion. talks aimed at resolving a tariff Economists say the 90-day fight that threatens to chill glo- window is too short to resolve bal growth. all the conflicts between the bi- The two sides will “maintain ggest and second-biggest global close contact,” China’s Ministry economies. of Commerce said yesterday. “We can confidently say that But they announced no agree- enough progress was made that ments or date for meeting again the discussions will continue at during the 90-day truce decla- a higher level,” said Craig Allen, red on Dec. 1 by Presidents Do- president of the U.S.-China Bu- nald Trump and Xi Jinping in siness Council. “That is very po- their fight over Beijing’s techno- sitive.” logy ambitions. Chinese exports to the U.S. That uncertainty dampened have held up despite tariff in- Asian investor sentiment. Stock creases, partly due to exporters markets in Germany, France, rushing to fill orders before Japan and China fell back af- more increases hit. Forecas- ter rising Wednesday following ters expect American orders to Trump’s comment on Twitter slump this year. that the talks were “going well!” It also said the negotiations steals or pressures companies to toward a “narrow agreement,” China has imposed penalties Negotiators focused on Chi- dealt with the need for “ongoing hand over technology. but “U.S. trade hawks” want to on $110 billion of American na’s pledge to buy a “substantial verification and effective enfor- Washington also wants chan- “limit the scope of that agree- goods, slowing customs clea- amount” of agricultural, energy, cement.” That reflects Ameri- ges in an array of areas including ment and keep the pressure rance for U.S. companies and manufactured goods and other can frustration that the Chine- the ruling Communist Party’s up on Beijing,” Eurasia Group suspending issuing licenses in products and services, the U.S. se have failed to live up to past initiatives for government-led analysts Michael Hirson, Jeffrey finance and other businesses. Trade Representative said. commitments. creation of global competitors Wright and Paul Triolo said in a U.S. companies want action on However, a USTR statement A Ministry of Commerce in robotics, artificial intelligence report. Chinese policies they complain emphasized American insis- spokesman, Gao Feng, said the and other industries. “The risk of talks breaking improperly favor local com- tence on “structural changes” talks “enhanced mutual unders- American leaders worry those down remains significant,” they panies. Those include subsidies in Chinese technology policy, tanding and laid the foundation plans might erode U.S. indus- wrote. and other favors for high-tech market access, protection of for addressing each other’s con- trial leadership. Chinese leaders White House press secretary and state-owned industry, ru- foreign patents and copyrights cerns.” see them as a path to prosperity Sarah Huckabee Sanders ex- les on technology licensing and and cyber theft of trade secre- Trump hiked tariffs on and global influence and are re- pressed optimism to Fox Busi- preferential treatment of do- ts. It gave no sign of progress in USD250 billion of Chinese luctant to abandon them. ness Network. She said Wednes- mestic suppliers in government those areas. goods over complaints Beijing The two sides might be moving day the timing was unclear but procurement. AP

and detailed” and laid a emerging Asia should foundation for a resolu- continue to expand at a Two biggest economies seek rare tion, China’s Ministry of still solid pace this year,” Commerce said. Powell said. The attempted maneu- Some of the decelera- soft landing feat amid trade war ver by the Fed and Chi- tion in China’s economy nese authorities comes as was self-induced as policy he world’s two bi- the global economy enters makers sought to dampen Tggest economies are 2019 showing signs of frothy property markets, separately struggling to slowing, with the world’s curb leverage and crack come in for unparalleled, No. 4 economy, Germany, down on shadow banking. simultaneous soft landin- flirting with a recession. “We had been expecting gs, an effort complicated Complicating the task is the slowdown for quite by the trade war they’re President Donald Trump. some time,’’ Louis Kui- waging at the same time. He has welcomed China’s js, chief Asia economist It’s hard enough for the economic troubles as gi- at Oxford Economics in U.S. or China to pull fis- ving him added leverage Hong Kong, told Bloom- cal and monetary levers in trade talks with the berg Television. to manage a step-down in Asian country, while he’s What did surprise Chi- growth alone. For the two attacked Fed Chairman na was Trump’s assault to try to do it concurrently Jerome Powell for trying on the country’s mer- makes what is already “a to slow the U.S. economy cantilist economic poli- fairly narrow target even with interest-rate increa- cies, resulting in tariffs narrower,’’ said Deutsche ses. on some USD250 billion Bank Securities’ chief eco- Seeking to allay inves- worth of Chinese exports nomist Peter Hooper. tor fears of a Chinese to the U.S., Hensley said. A misstep would also hard landing, Powell That threatened a bigger turn what’s supposed told the American Eco- downshift in growth than to be a controlled touch nomic Association’s an- China wanted. down of their economies nual meeting last week Chinese officials have into something much wor- the temporary trade truce ther 10 to 15 percent drop said Hooper, a former Fe- that the country’s au- responded with selective se - a worldwide recession. between the two countries in the stock market, you’re deral Reserve official. thorities are responding stimulus measures to try While most economists breaks down or if equities looking at enough of a ti- Negotiations between to signs of weakness in to prop up growth while say that’s unlikely, they keep sliding. ghtening in financial con- the U.S. and China in Bei- their economy with ad- eschewing their traditional acknowledge that it can’t “If we get an escalation ditions to say that a global jing this week on trade ditional stimulus. approach of opening up the be ruled out, especially if in trade tensions and ano- recession is a real risk,’’ were “extensive, in-depth “China and the rest of credit spigots. Bloomberg fri 11.01.2019

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Martha Mendoza & Yanan Wang Kang said yesterday that while the ministry doesn’t generally U.S. supplier of t-shirts and comment on individual business Aother team apparel to colle- decisions, Badger appeared to ge bookstores cut its ties yester- have been acting on “misinfor- day [Macau time] with a Chine- mation.” se company that drew workers The vocational training centers from an internment camp hol- in Xinjiang are “totally different ding targeted members of ethnic from so-called forced labor,” Lu minority groups. said, referring further questions In recent years, authorities in on the camps to statements the far west Chinese region of made by the regional govern- Xinjiang have detained an es- ment, which maintains that the timated 1 million Uighurs and centers help poor Uighurs gain Kazakhs in heavily-secured fa- employable skills. cilities where detainees say they “It’s a tragedy for that busi- are ordered to renounce their ness,” Lu said. language and religion while ple- Universities stocking Badger dging loyalty to the China’s ru- clothing began pulling items ling Communist Party. from their shelves and websites Last month an Associated after the report appeared in De- Press investigation found the cember. Chinese government had also Hetian Taida was certified as started forcing some detainees complying with good business to work in manufacturing and practices by Worldwide Res- food industries. The investiga- ponsible Accredited Production, tion tracked recent shipments which sent an auditor to a dif- from one such factory, the priva- ferent Hetian Taida facility, not tely-owned Hetian Taida Appa- the one inside the internment rel, located inside an internment camp. That factory “is not enga- camp, to Badger Sportswear, a ged in the use of forced labor,” leading supplier in Statesville, WRAP and Badger concluded. North Carolina. But Badger added that “histo- In a statement posted to its rical documentation provided website, Badger said it will no by Hetian Taida regarding their longer do business with Hetian prior facility was insufficient to Taida, nor import any goods conclude with certainty” that it from the same region “given the had met Badger’s sourcing stan- controversy around doing busi- dards. ness” there. WRAP spokesman Seth Len- “Furthermore, we will not ship non confirmed to AP that the fa- any product sourced from He- cility they investigated is not the tian Taida currently in our pos- same place AP wrote about. session,” the company said, ad- “Our model centers around ding that the supplier accounted factories approaching us reques- for about 1 percent of Badger’s ting to be audited,” Lennon wro- total annual sales. te in an email. “We do not seek Repeated calls to Hetian Tai- out any factories whatsoever to da’s chairman, Wu Hongbo, audit unsolicited.” rang unanswered. In a previous The Washington-based conversation with the AP, Wu Workers Rights Consortium said while Hetian Taida was lo- (WRC), which has agreements cated in the same compound as with many educational institu- one camp that the government tions across the U.S. to ensure calls a “vocational skills educa- the products they sell on cam- tion and training center,” Hetian pus are ethically manufactured, Taida was not involved in the conducted its own investigation camp’s activities. and found additional evidence However, Wu said his company confirming the factory supplying employed 20 to 30 “trainees” Badger was inside an intern- from the center as part of the re- ment camp. gion’s efforts to alleviate poverty. WRC executive director Scott Asked about the case, Chinese Nova said the announcement Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu reinforces that finding.AP 11.01.2019 fri

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North Korea expressed frustration in his an- nual New Year’s address over the lack of progress in negotia- tions with Washington since Kim looking to ‘achieve results’ the Singapore summit, saying that if things don’t improve — meaning that if sanctions relief and security guarantees aren’t in second summit with Trump in the offing — North Korea might have to find “a new way” Christopher Bodeen, Beijing tails of when he might go were forward. not given. While Trump says he consi- orth Korean leader Kim ap photo It wasn’t clear from the repor- ders Xi key to enticing Kim into NJong Un has reportedly told ts if Kim was in back in North taking concrete steps toward the leader of his only major ally, Korea, but his train presumably denuclearization, the presi- China, that he wants to “achieve arrived sometime yesterday. dent’s own relationship with his results” on the nuclear standoff Xi has yet to visit North Korea Chinese counterpart has frayed on the Korean Peninsula during since taking office in 2012. over the U.S.-China trade war. a second summit with U.S. Pre- Officially, at least, China says sident Donald Trump. it considers the tariff battle and The comments, contained in KCNA said North Korea’s weapons pro- Chinese state media reports grams to be entirely separate. yesterday, came a day after Kim Xi accepted KCNA reported that Kim on left Beijing on his special armo- Wednesday visited a phar- red train after a two-day visit to an invitation maceutical plant belonging to the Chinese capital. to visit North Beijing Tongrentang Co. Ltd., Kim’s trip to China — his four- where he watched production th in the past 10 months — is Korea processes. believed to be an effort to coor- It said he met with Xi at the dinate with Beijing ahead of a Trump and Kim met in Singa- Great Hall of the People on possible second summit with pore in June for the first-ever Tuesday after a welcoming ce- Trump. It comes after U.S. and leaders’ meeting between their remony. Later Tuesday, Xi gave North Korean officials are thou- nations, but there has been a a grand banquet for Kim, his ght to have met in Vietnam to standoff ever since, with due- wife Ri Sol Ju and other visiting discuss the site of the summit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing ling accusations of bad faith. North Korean officials. North Korea will “make efforts Kim’s Beijing visit was seen At Tuesday’s daily Chinese fo- for the second summit between Kim also said North Korea News Agency reported that Kim as part of an effort to win Chi- reign ministry briefing, spokes- [North Korean] and U.S. lea- hopes its “legitimate concerns” told Xi that the North remains nese support for a reduction of man Lu Kang said Beijing re- ders to achieve results that will will be given due respect, a re- unchanged in its push to seek a U.N. sanctions imposed over mains supportive of efforts to be welcomed by the internatio- ference to its desire for security negotiated resolution of the nu- his nuclear weapons and bal- end tensions over U.S. demands nal community,” Kim was quo- guarantees and a possible peace clear standoff. It said Kim also listic missile programs. The for a halt to North Korea’s nu- ted as saying by China’s official treaty to formally end the 1950- mentioned unspecified difficul- sanctions have severely impac- clear and missile programs. Xinhua News Agency. 53 Korean War. ties in improving ties with the ted his country’s already ailing “We always believe that, as key All sides should “jointly push He also credited Chinese United States and moving nu- economy. parties to the Korean Peninsula for a comprehensive resolution President Xi Jinping with hel- clear diplomacy forward. While North Korea hasn’t con- issue, it’s important for the two of the Korean Peninsula issue” ping reduce regional tensions, Xi was quoted by Xinhua as ducted any test launches or de- sides to maintain contact and and North Korea will “continue saying “the Korean Peninsula saying that China supports the tonations in more than a year, it we always support their dialo- sticking to the stance of denu- situation has been easing since U.S.-North Korea summits and has displayed no real intention gue to achieve positive outco- clearization and resolving the last year, and China’s impor- hopes the two sides “will meet of abandoning the programs mes,” Lu said. Korean Peninsula issue through tant role in this process is ob- each other halfway.” KCNA said that are seen as guaranteeing Tuesday was Kim’s birthday dialogue and consultation,” Xi- vious to all.” Xi accepted an invitation to vi- the government’s survival. but there was no word of any nhua quoted Kim as saying. The North’s Korean Central sit North Korea, although de- The trip also came after he official celebration.AP

South Korean leader urges bolder ap photo steps from North Korea, US outh Korean Presi- nuclearization steps to see stalled inter-Korean pro- to resolve the remaining Sdent Moon Jae-in ur- international sanctions jects. Kim also said he’ll issues such as internatio- ged North Korea to take lifted and the United Sta- be compelled to take a nal sanctions as soon as bolder disarmament mea- tes also realizes that reci- different path if the Uni- possible” to get the two sures that the United Sta- procal measures are nee- ted States keeps pressing projects restarted, Moon tes should then reward, ded to match these North for unilateral sanctions as said at the news conferen- suggesting yesterday he Korean denuclearization well as maintaining broa- ce. wants harsh sanctions lif- steps,” Moon told a news der U.N. sanctions. Moon, who took office ted so Seoul can eventually conference. The two projects are in 2017, has shuttled be- restart dormant economic Some observers believe South Korean tours to the tween North Korea and cooperation projects with that any sanctions relief, if North’s scenic Diamond the United States to faci- its neighbor. pursued before Washing- Mountain and a jointly litate high-profile diplo- Moon said resolving the ton is ready, could weaken run factory complex in the macy that included the issue of the North Korea South Korea’s ties with its North Korean border town first Kim-Trump summit Moon urged North Korea to take bolder disarmament measures sanctions hinges on how ally and complicate efforts of Kaesong. They were in Singapore last June. fast Pyongyang denuclea- to rid the North of its nu- suspended in the past Moon’s overture, howe- rizes and whether it recei- clear weapons. Others see decade along with other ver, has invited criti- until it completely aban- Xi that he’s committed to ves reciprocal measures the comments by Moon, similar projects amid the cism from conservatives dons its nuclear program. setting up a second sum- from the United States. a liberal who covets deep nuclear standoff. The two in South Korea and the As Moon spoke yester- mit with Trump to “achie- He said that would top engagement with Pyon- projects were considered United States that he’s day, Kim was heading ve results” on the nuclear the agenda in an expected gyang, as simply a sym- key sources of badly nee- making too many conces- back to Pyongyang af- issue. second summit between bolic bit of conciliation ded foreign currency for sions and helping the Nor- ter a two-day trip to his “In a word, Chairman North Korean leader Kim toward North Korea. the impoverished North. th try to weaken U.S.-led country’s only major ally, Kim Jong Un’s visit to Jong Un and President Moon spoke only days af- “My administration will sanctions. China, that included a China is an indication that Donald Trump. ter Kim used a New Year’s cooperate with the inter- Trump has maintained summit with President Xi the second North Korea “North Korea knows it address to say he was rea- national community, in- that sanctions on North Jinping. Chinese state me- -U.S. summit is drawing needs [to take] clear de- dy to resume two major cluding the United States, Korea will stay in place dia reported that Kim told near,” Moon said. AP fri 11.01.2019

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A ap photo ckages allegedly containing Affairs Pradeep Gyawali in Kathmandu asbestos were sent to foreign consulates in the cities of Melbourne, Canberra and Sy- dney. Nepal, Japan agree to Savas Avan, 48, was arrested at his home in Shepparton, resume commercial flights Victoria state, on Wednesday night, and charged with sen- apan and Nepal agreed to its flights to Japan several ding dangerous articles to be Jallow state-run Nepal Airli- years ago because it did not carried by a postal service. nes to resume flights between have enough planes and offi- He appeared in Melbourne the two Asian nations. cials were involved in financial Magistrates Court yesterday A fire fighter is seen carrying a hazardous material bag into the Korean consulate The agreement was signed irregularities. to face the charge, which car- in Melbourne Wednesday at the beginning of “I hope the Nepal Airlines di- ries a maximum penalty of 10 a two-day visit to Nepal by Ja- rect flights to Japan will begin years in prison. Commonweal- sions, mostly in Melbourne, This followed the discovery panese Foreign Minister Taro at the earliest, for which we will th prosecutor Matthew Simp- on Wednesday reported the and removal on Monday of a Kono. extend all our cooperation to son told the court the delive- delivery of suspicious packa- suspicious package at the Ar- No Japanese airlines fly to the Nepal government,” Kono ries contained asbestos. ges, some of them labelled gentinian Consulate in Sydney. Nepal, and Japanese tourists said. Avan, who was not required “asbestos.” The missions in- Australian Federal Police and who visit Nepal and Nepalese Kono is to meet with Nepal to enter a plea, did not apply cluded those from the United Victoria Police said in a joint sta- students and workers who tra- President Bidhya Devi Bhan- for bail. He will appear again States, Britain, India, South tement they will allege the subs- vel to Japan have been forced dari and Prime Minister Kha- on March 4. Korea, Pakistan, Israel, Swit- tance in the packages was sour- to take indirect flights. dga Prasad Oli before flying Around 10 diplomatic mis- zerland and Greece. ced from the man’s home. AP Nepal Airlines discontinued home yesterday. AP

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loans, credit and joint ventu- res to keep the crude flowing, Maduro era is endurance test as but economists say it’s far from enough to stop the slide in pro- duction. “To boost oil production, in- Venezuela’s lifelines fall away vestment is needed, but there are no conditions for new loans to Alex Vasquez, Andrew Rosati TREASON HUNT PDVSA or massive investments,” Last week, Colombian Presi- said Henkel Garcia director of

resident Nicolas Madu- bloomberg dent Ivan Duque stood alongsi- the Caracas consultancy Econo- Pro’s second term is officially de U.S. Secretary of State Mike metrica. six years. However, it will en- Pompeo and called on govern- Not only is Venezuela tapped dure only as long as Venezuela’s ments to “unite to reject the dic- out of capital markets, but credi- moribund economy allows. tatorship of Venezuela and make tors are closing in. Debt investors The 56-year-old successor to all the necessary efforts to res- have begun to band together to the late Hugo Chavez has withs- tore democracy.” Twelve Latin demand more than $9 billion in tood the most obvious threats as American nations plus Canada overdue bond payments. The ur- he took the oath of office yester- - the so-called Lima Group - ur- gency increased after Houston- day. He has weathered protests, ged Maduro last week to hand based ConocoPhillips and Cana- impeachment drives, an assas- over power to the opposition-led dian gold miner Crystallex Inter- sination attempt and U.S. sanc- National Assembly and call fresh national Corp. managed to wring tions. He’s trampled the rules of elections. $1 billion out of the government markets and international nor- Constituent Assembly Pre- by threatening to lay claim to Ve- ms and faces isolation after an sident Diosdado Cabello said nezuela’s assets abroad. election last year that more than Tuesday that lawmakers in the It’s a dramatic turn of events 60 nations refuse to recognize. threatened national legislature for investors, who reaped deca- But as Venezuela’s economic li- who support the idea should be des of huge returns investing in felines drop away, his survival punished. Venezuelan debt before the so- now depends on the country’s “Those who are now in the Na- cialist government finally ran out stamina. per-body convened by the pre- der for us to provide; every day tional Assembly are traitors. Se- of money. In his next term, Maduro must sident also threatened treason it’s more expensive.” veral lawmakers turned their ba- manage to feed a hungry nation, investigations against dissident cks on the most sacred: respect AFRICAN ANTECEDENT kick-start production at state oil lawmakers. PRESSURE VALVE for sovereignty,” he said. Gregory Weeks, a professor of company Petroleos de Venezue- Since Maduro was elected Rolling blackouts and crum- Increasingly, however, it’s the political science at the University la SA and fend off creditors in 2013 after Chavez died, the bling public services are ende- Chavistas against the world. Al- of North Carolina at Charlotte, threatening to snatch up assets country has been brought low mic in countryside and capital ready the U.S. Treasury Depart- said that if the U.S. truly wants to abroad. He has deepened ties by mismanagement, corruption alike. In Caracas, residents line ment has sanctioned Maduro isolate Venezuela, it would have with authoritarian allies such as and the oil industry’s collapse. up at mountainside springs to fill and dozens of his confidants to stop buying its oil. Russia, China and Turkey, but In 2018, exports of crude, whi- jugs and bathe children, while - including Cabello. Just Tues- “You can say you’re not going to they have provided only limited ch once made the nation South the hungry pick through garbage day, it punished a media execu- recognize him, but if you’re still support. America’s wealthiest, plum- bins. Any plastic trash bag left on tive whom the agency accused trading and buying Venezuela Maduro shows no sign of hesi- meted to a three-decade low of the street is methodically slit and of running a corruption network oil, how much does it really mat- tation: “Rain, thunder or light- 1.25 million barrels a day. That’s sorted. that robbed the nation of more ter?” Weeks said. ning,” he said this week. “Ve- ravaged a population that now People are fleeing as they face than USD2.4 billion. Now the So how much longer can Madu- nezuela will stay on its course.” grapples with Soviet-style shor- both hunger and hyperinflation, U.S. is even considering desig- ro and Venezuela last in this lim- tages, soaring prices and malnu- which according to Bloomberg’s nating Venezuela itself as a state bo? Weeks pointed to Zimbabwe GOING HUNGRY trition. Cafe Con Leche Index stands at sponsor of terrorism. under strongman Robert Muga- Calls are growing within the “Last year was catastrophic, almost 225,000 percent. Some be, who was president from 1987 ruling socialist party to dissol- the worst I can remember,” said 3 million Venezuelans now live DWINDLING FLOW to 2017. ve the opposition-led congress, Betty Diaz, who runs a soup kit- abroad, and thousands more Throughout it all, America has Wracked by hyperinflation and the only elected institution Ma- chen in Petare, a hillside slum in leave every day. The exodus remained the primary buyer of a shrinking economy, his regi- duro doesn’t control, and one eastern Caracas. Diaz feeds 130 has overwhelmed Venezuela’s Venezuelan crude. But financial me “limped on and on, while that has already been defanged. children daily, but began turning neighbors, but regional leaders sanctions imposed by the Trump the military was kept compla- On Tuesday, the politically om- teenagers away in favor of the have been unable to coordina- administration have prevented cent until they finally decided to nipotent National Constituent youngest and most desperate. te a response that would make the country from raising cash to act,” Weeks said. In Venezuela, Assembly passed a measure that “For many of the children, the Maduro change course - and revitalize the state oil company, “I don’t see a reason why thin- could be the first step to ena- only meal a day they eat comes the outflow lowers pressure for known as PDVSA. Maduro has gs couldn’t play out in a similar ble its disappearance. The su- from us, but it’s harder and har- change. relied on China and Russia for fashion.” Bloomberg

Spain Far-right Vox party allies with mainstream rivals pain’s far-right Vox lar Party and Citizens par- by demonstrating its use- meanwhile, is taking the party has edged toward ty balked at those terms, ful role in bringing about risk of being connoted

S ap photo the political mainstream, and they didn’t feature in a change.” with an extremist party. dropping its more extre- deal announced late Wed- The party’s strategy is While it rejected Vox’s mist positions to help form nesday. to make a dent in natio- more extreme demands, a regional government in Support for the four-year- nal politics and European the Popular Party agreed Andalusia as far-right par- old Vox party surged in the elections in March. to keep bullfighting legal ties build their influence Andalusian elections last The Andalusian develo- despite calls for its prohi- across Europe. month, making it the first pments agitated politics bition and gave an under- The anti-migrant, anti- far-right party to secure in the eurozone’s fourth taking not to introduce feminist and euroskeptic parliamentary seats since largest economy as parties any measures that might party played kingmaker by Spain installed a democra- gear up for a general elec- encourage illegal immi- supporting an alliance of tic system of government tion that could be held as gration. the conservative Popular following dictator Gen. early as this year. Being Vox has made the fight Party and the center-right Francisco Franco’s 1975 unseated in Andalusia, in against illegal immigration Citizens party that is poi- Spain’s far-right Vox Party President Santiago Abascal death. It won’t have a seat a vote expected in coming one of its headline policies. sed to end 36 years of cen- in the new Andalusian go- days, deals a severe blow The European Union says ter-left Socialist party rule ded the deportation of from domestic abuse in re- vernment, however. Vox to the Socialist party whi- about 57,000 migrants in Spain’s most populated 52,000 immigrants and turn for its 12 votes in the leader Santiago Abascal ch runs the country with a crossed from North Africa region. the scrapping of tough 109-member Andalusian tweeted that his party had minority government. to Spain last year — double Vox initially deman- laws protecting women parliament. But the Popu- “consolidated its success The Popular Party, the figure for 2017.AP fri 11.01.2019 th Anniversary

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Duration: 89 min By October Mr Branson had accumulated evidence of 21:15 Contraponto BA employees poaching Virgin customers and tampering 22:20 Atentado em Manchester - A Nossa História with confidential company files. 23:15 TDM News He also claimed that BA’s PR consultant, Brian Basham, 23:50 TDM Reportagem (Repetição) had been undermining him and his company’s reputation in the City and the press. Mr Branson confronted BA’s non-executive directors about these “sharp business practises” in an open letter. They dismissed the allegations and said he was simply Offbeat seeking publicity. In February 1992, after an investigative report by Tha- ustrian train workers rescue mes Television, BA bosses, including chairman Lord A King, repeated their claims that Virgin was “securing pu- wild goat buried in snowdrift blicity” in an internal magazine and various letters. These written statements formed the basis of Mr Bran- Austrian train bumblebee son’s libel case. 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C ap photo benefit for Thailand as it won absentia in 2014 to 10 years only its second of 22 matches in prison for allegedly van- at the Asian Cup yesterday. dalizing a police station — a Chanathip Songkrasin sco- charge he denies. red the only goal as Thailand “This situation should not ootball greats not just for cricket but beat Bahrain 1-0. have arisen, in particular, FLuis Figo and Kaka also for football.” Figo, Thailand sacked coach Mi- since Mr Al-Araibi now li- arrived in Pakistan yes- who like Kaka was vi- lovan Rajevac following Sun- ves and works and plays as terday to launch the siting Pakistan for the day’s 4-1 drubbing to India a professional footballer in World Football Stars first time, said the duo and appointed his assistant, Australia, where he has been event in a country more will bring with them 10 Sirisak Yodyardthai, as inte- Ali Al Safi (left) controls the ball against Thailand’s midfielder accorded refugee status,” known for its cricket. football greats for the rim coach. Chanathip Songkrasin FIFA said in a statement. A private England-ba- event. Sirisak made five changes “FIFA is therefore calling on sed group, Touchsky In a similar venture, to the team which lost to goals, and Chanathip broke and speedy resolution” to all the relevant authorities Group, will organize another private group India, and Thailand, which the deadlock in the 58th mi- an extradition case involving (in Bahrain, Thailand and the event in late April organized exhibition conceded four goals in each nute after Tristan Do’s cross a footballer that has been Australia) to take the neces- in Karachi and Laho- matches in 2017 and of its past two matches, ma- was deflected into his path criticized by human rights sary steps to ensure that Mr. re with an aim toward brought in many inter- naged to keep only its second by Bahrain defender Ahmed groups. Hakeem Al-Araibi is allowed portraying a softer ima- national stars like Ryan cleansheet in its last 14 Asian Ali Juma. Hakeem al-Araibi, a former to return safely to Austra- ge of Pakistan around Giggs and Ronaldinho. Cup games. Chanathip came close to international for Bahrain, lia where he can resume his the world. Pakistan, a country of It was helped by some setting up Thailand’s se- was granted refugee status career as a professional foo- “We know football is more than 220 million wayward finishing from cond when he picked out an in Australia last year after tballer.” not the most popular people, is ranked No. Bahrain which managed unmarked Adisak Kraisorn fleeing his homeland, where Thailand moved into se- sport here, it’s cricket 199 by FIFA. But soccer only three shots on target out but his effort hit the post. he said he was persecuted cond spot in Group A, two right?” Kaka asked with is gaining popularity, of 15 attempts. The meeting of Thailand and tortured. He was arres- points above the United a smile. “But I think the especially among the Thailand grew in confi- and Bahrain on the pitch ted while on holiday in Thai- Arab Emirates ahead of the door is opening [...] to youngsters in big cities dence as Bahrain failed to came a day after FIFA issued land in November due to host nation’s match against give these youngsters like Karachi, Lahore translate its dominance into a fresh plea for a “humane an Interpol notice in which group leader India later. AP another opportunity and Islamabad. AP ad fri 11.01.2019

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vers of power in Saudi Arabia, likely ordered or at least knew about the killing. Saudi authori- Qatari broadcaster asks Italy to ties say those who killed Khasho- ggi exceeded their authority. In his letter to Serie A, Al-Obai- move football game from Saudi dly “noted the increasing calls from many quarters ... asking Rob Harris that you reconsider the venue,” citing Italian politicians, Am- atari state-owned ap photo nesty International, journalist sports broadcaster beIN groups and “conscious sports has asked Italy’s foo- fans.” Qtball league not to play a showpiece match in Saudi Arabia, accusing the country of Tickets for the backing the pirating of live cove- rage, and highlighting protests game between from human rights activists. The staging of the Italian Super Juventus and Cup in Jeddah next Wednesday AC Milan at the has embroiled game organizer Serie A in the Saudi-led econo- King Abdullah mic boycott of Qatar that has been in place for 19 months. Sports City With beIN holding the Middle East rights to most major spor- Stadium sold ting events, viewers across the out in less than region are reliant on paying for subscriptions for Doha-origina- two days ted telecasts. That has led to the network becoming a proxy in the regional diplomatic stando- Qatar has also faced criticism ff stemming from accusations, suing legal action in Saudi Ara- scale,” Al-Obaidly wrote in a let- Al-Obaidly asked Serie A to over working conditions and which Qatar denies, that the su- bia. BeIN chief executive officer ter sent Wednesday. reconsider “whether it is appro- rights for migrant workers in per-rich state supports militant Yousef Al-Obaidly has written “If the game goes ahead, Serie priate to proceed with the Su- the buildup to its hosting of the groups. to Serie A counterpart Luigi A will have failed to uphold its per Cup match in Jeddah when World Cup in 2022. Evidence has been gathered by De Siervo, who was appointed duty to its member clubs and other options remain available There was no immediate res- beIN claiming to show how Sau- last month, to demand the Ita- the wider sporting community even at this late stage.” ponse to requests for comment di-backed channels are ripping lian league “join the internatio- [...] whose intellectual proper- There have already been calls from Serie A and the Saudi go- off their live action and inserting nal sporting community’s fight ty rights, and revenue streams, for the match to be moved after vernment. “beoutQ” branding over the Qa- against piracy by beoutQ.” are threatened by beoutQ’s ac- the assassination of Washington Organizers of the Asian Cup, tari logos, including for matches “Of all the countries in the tions.” Post columnist Jamal Khashog- which is currently being played in Serie A where Cristiano Ro- world that you could have cho- Tickets for the game between gi at the Saudi Consulate in Is- in the United Arab Emirates, naldo plays for Juventus. sen to host your game, you have Juventus and AC Milan at the tanbul. U.S. intelligence assess- said on Wednesday they instruc- Global governing body FIFA chosen the one country that is King Abdullah Sports City Sta- ments and experts have said that ted lawyers in Saudi Arabia to is among football organizations state-supporting the theft of dium sold out in less than two Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed take action to stop the beoutQ backing its rights holder by pur- your content on an industrial days. bin Salman, who controls all le- broadcasts. AP

of Russia spending $51 nal budget for the Youth billion on Sochi. Olympics, more than half Youth Olympics in 2020 aims A slew of European from public funds. bids, for Summer and No new construction Winter Games, have sin- projects were demanded, to overcome Swiss bid skeptics ce ended at the ballot and existing venues will box as the International also be used five hours Graham Dunbar, Lausanne Olympic Committee fi- away by train in St. Mo- ghts a public perception ritz, and nearby in nei- fter voters in ap photo of lavish spending and ghboring France. ASwitzerland rejected blown budgets. “We are demonstrating three Olympic bids since Switzerland’s Sion — a that we do it — in other 2013, the city that’s home narrow loser to Italy’s words, we walk the talk,” to the IOC headquarters Turin for 2006 hosting Olympic Games execu- will still stage a Winter rights — then fell in a tive director Christophe Games in one year’s time. referendum last June. Dubi told the AP. The 2020 Winter Youth Voters defied IOC promi- Though Dubi’s visits Olympics opening next ses to help cut costs and last year to meet public Jan. 9 in Lausanne will create no white elephan- officials and voters in end a 72-year wait to see ts, with Sion the center Sion did not succeed, medal events contested of a national plan using he believes Switzerland in the Alpine heartland venues in Lausanne, St. could return to bid when nation. More impor- Moritz and other regions. people see real evidence tantly, organizers aim to “Unfortunately those of curbed hosting costs. rebuild Swiss people’s votes have left a scar, “Lausanne 2020 is one faith in the Olympics af- I think, in the heart,” milestone but we have ter the bruising referen- acknowledged Faivre, a many others,” he said, dum rejections. People take part in the “one year to go” celebrations before the next Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne-born freestyle citing the 2024 Paris “We really wish that Lausanne 2020 skier who placed fourth Olympics as a showcase Lausanne 2020 is going in halfpipe at the 2014 for a new kind of efficien- to create that will, that re is bright for Switzer- of the first five Winter prospective bids in 2013 Sochi Olympics. cy. “I don’t think it’s the trust again for the popu- land.” Games — at St. Moritz in and 2017. The first rejec- Faivre hopes to deliver last chance.” lation,” organizing com- The recent past has 1928 and 1948 — yet re- tion came when the 2022 a model for prudent fu- Faivre, meanwhile, thinks mittee president Virginie been painful for Olympic markably none since. Olympics seemed a lock ture games planning and two Olympic weeks in Lau- Faivre told The Associa- values in a rich nation Voters in St. Moritz’s for upscale neighbors cited the “paramount” sanne next January can be ted Press on Wednesday. steeped in snow and ice home canton [state] of St. Moritz and Davos — importance of sticking to “the beginning of a new era “I am sure that the futu- sports, which hosted two Graubeunden said no to though also amid reports a $40 million operatio- for Switzerland.” AP THE Suspect faces court in Belgium over Station Air quality BUZZJewish museum attack Roadside 55-75 Moderate The trial of a man accused of shooting dead plice, 30-year-old Nacer Bendrer, also appeared four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium in in court. High 2014 after fighting alongside extremists in Syria Flanked by police officers in balaclavas and Density 70-100 started in Brussels yesterday amid high security. dressed in a yellow sweatshirt and light pants, Residental French national Mehdi Nemmouche is accused Nemmouche confirmed his name, age and ad- Bad of “terrorist murder” for gunning down the four, dress, but made no other comments. Area opinion an Israeli couple and two people working at the His lawyer, Henri Laquay, told reporters: “As museum, with a revolver and an assault rifle. you have seen, he is serene, calm, and he will de- Ambient 50-70 The 33-year-old Nemmouche’s alleged accom- cide for the moment when he will speak.” Moderate Kapok dsmg source: Eric Sautedé Holympics WORLD BRIEFS Opaque and unaccountable Vatican launches Yemen A bomb-laden How many times have you heard the assertion “in- drone launched by formation is power”? Then, if politics is not only un- Yemen’s Shiite rebels derstood literally or even figuratively, and yet, on the track team of Swiss exploded over a military conservative side — the Bismarckian “art of the pos- parade for the Saudi- sible” — one has to be reminded that politics deals led coalition and its with power relations or, to be more accurate, how allies yesterday near the power is distributed in society and the institutions it Guards, nuns southern port city of Aden, builds for itself. killing at least six people in So, clearly politics and information are connected, Nicole Winfield, Vatican City a brazen attack. and just like a real market economy cannot be func- tional (in principle) without transparent access to he Vatican launched ap photo information, there can be no legitimate government Tan official track team ap photo with a slight pretense to democracy or minimal claim yesterday with the aim of to rule for the benefit of the community as a whole that will not somehow nurture open access to infor- competing in international mation. competitions as part of an How can public policies be grounded without an agreement signed with the informed decision-making process? What are the Italian Olympic Commit- Syria Turkey’s foreign chances that these policies will have positive and tee. minister says a planned long-lasting effects if they are not designed from the About 60 Holy See run- Turkish military offensive input of all stakeholders? And how can the commu- ners — Swiss Guards, against U.S.-allied Kurdish nity feel engaged and thus fully benefit if citizens are priests, nuns, pharmacis- fighters in northeast not given access to the whole picture, thus demons- ts and even a 62-year-old Syria doesn’t depend on whether the United States trating that indeed the government went for the “next professor who works in the best” possibility, at the very least? withdraws its troops from Vatican’s Apostolic Library Finally, without transparency, things will never get the region. better, as policies will not be amended and adjusted — are the first accredited as a result of critical appraisal, but rather are liable members of Vatican Athle- tics. It’s the latest iteration to be flat out abrogated and replaced based on the ap photo whimsical posturing of those who mistake populism of the Holy See’s long-stan- for popular sovereignty. ding promotion of sport as Indeed, we should worry when the former editor-in- an instrument of dialogue, chief of Sonpou, Mr Lei Kong, is indicted for slander peace and solidarity. and fined MOP50,000 for simply having characteri- Because of the agreement the launch. Also on hand she defeated Italian rival ’s objective for zed the Pearl Horizon’s fiasco as a “suspected fraud” with CONI, the team is now were two honorary mem- Odette Giuffrida in the fi- Hungary the upcoming European on the part of real-estate developer Polytec Asset a part of the Italian track bers of the team, migrants nal of the women’s 52-kilo- Holdings Ltd, and for suggesting that unacceptable Parliament elections is for who don’t work for the Va- gram judo event at the Rio delays were due to constant changes in plans submi- association and is looking “anti-immigration forces” tted to the Environmental Protection Bureau. to join the International tican but are training and de Janeiro Games. to become a majority Sonpou is not any newspaper; it is the oldest Association of Athletics competing with the team, In recent years, the Vati- in all European Union running liberal-minded weekly in Chinese (born in Federations. It is hoping as well as a handful of disa- can has fielded unofficial institutions, including 1989!) and Mr. Lei is unanimously respected in Ma- to compete in international bled athletes. The Vatican soccer teams and a cricket Parliament and the EU’s cao for his independence of mind. Back in 2008, he competitions, including aims to sign similar agree- team that has helped forge executive Commission, was among the few to participate in a round-table I the Games of the Small ments with the Italian Pa- relations with the Angli- Prime Minister Viktor organized on the possible hazardous consequences States of Europe — open ralympic committee. can church through annual Orban said yesterday. of the national security law proposal. I remember him to states with fewer than 1 tours in Britain. The track ’s far-right Vox bravely stating that Macao would stay safe — the million people — and the team, however, is the first Spain proposal was eventually passed in March 2009, but party has staked its claim Mediterranean Games. one to have a legal status with several significant amendments — as long as to a place in the political in Vatican City and to be an Hong Kong would not enforce it! “The dream that we have The dream mainstream, dropping its In the Pearl Horizon case, key to Mr. Lei’s defense often had is to see the Holy official part of the Italian more extremist positions was the very fact that homebuyers had never been See flag among the dele- that we have sporting umbrella, able to to help form a regional informed that the concession of the land plot on whi- gations at the opening of compete in nationally and government in Andalusia ch the project was being developed would expire on the Olympic Games,” said often had is internationally sanctioned as far-right parties build 25 December 2015! Ever heard of “asymmetrical in- Monsignor Melchor Jose events and take advantage their influence across formation”? And then Polytec was suing Mr Lei for Sanchez de Toca y Alame- to see the of the Italian national coa- Europe. More on p14 MOP2 million and is now considering appealing, as da, team president and the ching, scientific and medi- Mr. Lei was declared innocent of defamation even head of the Vatican’s sports Holy See flag cal resources. though it was found that he had somehow breached department in the culture While St. John Paul II ap photo the Civil Code. Even a professional journalist with 30 among the was known for his athleti- years of experience now feels deterred, so what im- ministry. pact will this have on aspiring young reporters? And But he said that was nei- delegations cism — he was an avid skier the irony of it all is that Polytec’s defense lawyer is ther a short-term nor me- — Pope Francis is more of none other than Leonel Alves, a former legislator who dium-term goal, and that at the a fan, a longtime supporter helped the very liberal Press Law passed in 1990! for now the Vatican was of his beloved San Lorezo Britain As Brexit enters Besides such a blatant indirect attack over freedom looking to participate in opening of soccer team in Argentina. its endgame, the big of expression, the constant lack of transparency and competitions that had cul- the Olympic Vatican Athletics’ first of- divide is not between the absence of publicly available and reliable information tural or symbolic value. ficial outing is the Jan. 20 U.K. and the European Union, but between are proving extremely detrimental to the system as “We might even podium,” “La Corsa di Miguel” (Mi- Games. Britain’s government a whole. In the latest survey on Macao politics com- he noted. guel’s Race), a 10-kilome- missioned to the Public Opinion Program of HKU, Monsignor De Toca y and Parliament. Prime Vatican pharmacist-run- ter race in Rome honoring the Chief Executive (CE) is registering his third worst Alameda Minister Theresa May is ever rating since 2009 — on par with 2014, when the ner Michela Ciprietti told Miguel Sanchez, an Argen- struggling to win backing whole government was revamped! And then, if there a Vatican press conference CONI president Giovanni tine distance runner who for the agreement ahead were “democratic elections” in Macao, only 29.8 per- the aim of the team isn’t Malago welcomed the birth was one of the thousands of Parliament’s vote next cent of the people would vote yes for Mr. Chui (53.9 exclusively competitive, of the Vatican team, even of young people who “disa- week while lawmakers percent would vote no), which is the second worst but rather to “promote though he acknowledged ppeared” during the coun- try to grab control of the result for the incumbent CE after 2017 — remember culture and running and that it might one day depri- try’s Dirty War. Brexit process. Hato? launch the message of soli- ve Italy of a medal. The choice is significant: Now we are being told that the two studies com- darity and the fight against “Just don’t get too big,” Francis, the former Cardi- Mexico Authorities said yesterday that 21 bodies, missioned by the government on the possible deve- racism and violence of all he told Vatican officials at nal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, some burned, have been lopment of Macao’s gaming industry in the next two types.” the launch, recalling how was a young Jesuit supe- decades are being delayed. The first gaming con- found in the northern an athlete from another rior in Argentina during cessions are supposed to be renewed in 2020… will Team members wearing Mexico border state we once again repeat the appalling Interim Review matching navy warm-up tiny country — Majlinda the military dictatorship’s of Tamaulipas in what released in 2016? suits bearing the Holy See’s Kelmendi — won Kosovo’s crackdown on alleged lef- appears to have been a crossed keys seal attended first Olympic medal when tist dissidents. AP clash between drug gangs.