residents lose mop4.9m missile test sparks un in online scam talks The victims met a woman on profile: The US, Japan and South Korea a mobile chat application, chow tai requested urgent diplomatic talks who lured them in with a fook’s heir at the UN over North Korea’s latest falsified story ballistic missile launch P2 Crime P9 P11, 12

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TAIWAN Officials and media reports blame a cold spell for the to be hired deaths of more than 150 people, most of them elderly and sick, over the past several days. More on p10 from abroad P7 ap photo

South KOREA Prosecutors again summon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong for questioning over bribery allegations, less than a month after a Seoul court rejected their request for his arrest. Samsung is suspected of providing tens of millions of dollars in money and favors to President Park Geun- hye and her jailed friend Choi Soon-sil. ap photo

Japan-US Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he stressed common goals, not differences, during his weekend meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he called a “good listener.” Abe returned yesterday from the meetings in Washington and a round of golf with Trump at one of his courses in Florida.

Japan’s economy expanded at a steadily slowing pace in 2016, Gaming Operators united though a modest recovery in exports helped offset sluggish spending by households and businesses. Most casino employees want to keep More on backpage smoking lounges, UM study claims P5 14.02.2017 tue

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Crime 28 residents lost MOP4.9 bloomberg million in online scam

Julie Zhu Upon hearing this, the vic- The suspect is a male main- tim then booked banquets land resident who, in January wenty eight residen- from one of the hotels the of this year, met the victim fa- Tts have lost more than suspect supposedly said she ce-to-face in Macau. MOP4.9 million in an online could obtain a discount. Following their meeting, the scam. In a press conference However, after the banque- suspect took the victim to se- yesterday, the Judiciary Poli- ts were finished, the victim veral of Macau’s VIP rooms in the suspect’s business after he A few days later, the victim ce (PJ) said that the residen- could not contact the suspect, casinos. told her that she could double transferred an additional ts had all met a woman on a having been told by the ho- After the visits, the victim or triple what she invested. MOP400,000 to the suspect’s mobile chat application, who tel that no such coupons ever was convinced by what the Later in January, the bank account. lured them in with a falsified existed. man told her in relation to victim gave the suspect After the last money trans- story. In the past two days, the his business, especially as he RMB800,000 in cash to in- fer, the victim questioned the According to the PJ, the PJ received 27 similar com- paid for all of her food and ac- vest in his diamond business, suspect about the money’s events were first reported by plaints. All cases involved commodation expenses. although no receipt was ever usage. At that point, she star- one of the victims, who clai- money scams with amounts As a consequence, she beca- signed by or given to the vic- ted to suspect that she might med to have met the alleged ranging from MOP70,000 to me interested in investing in tim. be a victim of fraud. female suspect after she pro- MOP770,000. claimed herself to be a mana- According to the PJ, the wo- ger at a wedding design com- man has already left Macau. pany. The PJ further stated that the Victim trusted ‘Malaysian police officer’ The suspect claimed she victims handed over the mo- could help people obtain 10 ney to the suspect by cash or percent discount coupons for cheque. male Macau re- online chatting appli- cash. him that more money hotels located in the NAPE In a separate case, a main- A sident has lost cation. The victim then re- should be delivered area. land woman lost RMB1.2 around MOP20,000 On February 1, the ceived a phone call in order to process These fake coupons were million after having believed after trusting a “Ma- “American” told the from a “Malaysian the legal affairs con- said to be eligible for use a self-proclaimed VIP room laysian police officer” victim he was coming police officer” who cerning the so-called when booking feasts. operator and businessman who might have never to Macau on a flight told him that he cou- American. One victim gave the wo- who allegedly worked in the existed, Judiciary Po- with a layover in Ma- ld pay HKD4,800 to After settling the man a total of more than diamond industry, the PJ said lice (PJ) told the me- laysia. help this “American”. last payment on Fe- MOP80,000 in two separate yesterday. dia yesterday. On February 3, the The victim did what bruary 5, the victim installments. The story dates all the way On January 27, the suspect said he had the “policeman” told realized that he might The woman then told the back to November 2015, when victim made contact arrived in Malaysia, him to do, and even have been victim of a victim that she would settle the female victim got to know with a self-proclai- but had been arrested kept receiving seve- fraud, whereby he de- the banquet payment after the man through an online med male resident because he was car- ral calls, also from cided to report the si- the banquet was finished. chatting application. of the US through an rying USD84,000 in said “police”, telling tuation to the police.

Industrial repositioning Overseas association to under debate focus on China strategy

he government has advised in a statement. such as a lack of human he Associa- from more than 10 aforementioned Chi- Tstarted to debate According to the state- resources and land. Ttion of Returned countries and re- nese strategy. ideas and exchange views ment, the DSE also sent a Tai also mentioned that Overseas Chinese gions to come to Ma- Last year, more than in a push to reposition questionnaire seeking the the preamble of the study Macau has listed as cau, where they dis- 50 companies from Macau’s industrial sec- opinion of all companies suggests the reconversion one of its working cussed the promotion Indonesia visited tor, following the govern- licensed under the sector, of the traditional indus- strategies the closer of economy and trade Macau to participate ment’s first five-year plan which will help to collect tries to high value-ad- connection of Macau communication and in the city’s Guang- which states the need for data on the repositioning ded ones, including the to China’s One Belt cooperation among dong & Macao Bran- a study on the “industrial of Macau’s industry. pharmaceutical, jewelry One Road initiative, overseas Chinese bu- ded Products Fair, as reconversion and valori- Opinions were also sha- and the manufacturing of according to the pre- sinessmen and en- remarked by Liu. zation.” red face-to-face last week, gaming related and elec- sident of the asso- terprises with Macau The Association of To that effect, the Macau when the director of DSE, tronic entertainment pro- ciation, Liu Yiliang, and Mainland com- Returned Overseas Economic Services Bu- Tai Kin Ip, visited AIM’s ducts. who unveiled the in- mercial industries. Chinese Macau was reau (DSE) held several president António Chui Chui said he hoped to formation during an Moreover, the as- established in June, meetings with the Indus- Yuk Lum and Chairman create a closer link with association dinner sociation organizes 1986. It has now be- trial Association of Ma- of the Board of Directors, the DSE to progress with with local media last forums, seminars, come an organization cau (AIM) to debate the Fong Son Kin. the policies and measures Friday. workshops and ou- with overseas Chi- current situation of the According to Tai, the of repositioning in order In 2016, the asso- tbound visits to unify nese members co- development of the local industrial sector is cur- to benefit the “Made in ciation invited over- overseas Chinese in ming from around 60 industrial sector, the DSE rently facing challenges Macau” brand. seas Chinese leaders contributing to the countries. JZ

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Faulty loans soar

New small and medium-sized enterprise Academic hopes to see young (SME) lending approved by Macau banks expanded in the second half of 2016, according to statistics released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macau people interested in Patuá (AMM). In the second half of 2016, new SME credit limit approved by local banks Renato Marques professor said. He anticipates totaled MOP13.6 billion, an increase of that people will receive from the 36.8 percent from the first half of 2016 but he University of Saint course “a deeper knowledge of down 34.1 percent from the same period Joseph’s (USJ) Dean the social-linguistic aspects of in 2015. The AMM statistics indicate that of the Faculty of Hu- marques renato Patuá in the past, its develop- as of end-December, the outstanding value of total SME loans was MOP69.8 billion, manities and Associa- ment and bits and pieces of its an increase of 3 percent from end-June Tte Professor Alan Baxter will grammar and its vocabulary.” 2016, or 4.5 percent from a year earlier. be lecturing for the first Ma- He added that the course “may The outstanding balance of delinquent cau Creole Portuguese (Patuá) lead people actually to want to SME loans rose by 88.7 percent at the course opened to the public. do more and I think that’s a fun- end of December (to MOP578.1 million) In response to a question about damental issue. I would like to when compared with six months before. the course, which will start on see continuity.” Compared to a year ago, the balance grew February 22, Baxter told the Expanding on the idea of con- by 57.9 percent. Times that he is hoping to see tinuity, Baxter highlighted the more young people involved need to have people that “want and interested in Patuá. “I would to do more” as he thinks that More bus shifts added like to see some young people “learning more than the langua- interested in the language. That ge is important to strengthen its to MT4, 3 and 3A lines would be fantastic!” he said. position as a part of Macau’s so- From yesterday, the frequency of services According to information Alan Baxter cial-cultural heritage.” along bus routes MT4, 3 and 3A has from Baxter, the course is to be The lecturer acknowledged increased in the morning. The decision run under the University’s Life- Baxter clarified the misconcep- opportunity of a way to have that he does not have much in- was made after a discussion between long Education Program, which tion that the course was a Patuá actual people from the Maca- formation on the background the Transport Bureau and related bus currently has approximately 12 language-learning course, ex- nese community involved, par- of enrolled students, but he did companies. Due to the increase in services, enrolled students from various plaining: “It’s a course about Pa- ticipating and contributing with remark on the need to appeal line MT4 now has four additional shifts from age groups, a number which tuá, but it’s not so much to teach whatever they know according to younger individuals as, “we 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and one additional shift the academic finds “quite inte- Patuá – although of course, this to the experience or contact have seen through other forms between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Line 3, which resting” due to the limited time will happen as a byproduct for they’ve had. At the same time, that more and more younger departs from the Border Gate, now has one given to promoting the course, certain individuals.” it gives the opportunity for tho- people are getting interested in more shift between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. especially as it was during the “The idea of putting the cour- se interested in the question of Patuá and I also feel that there is Line 3A has seven more shifts between 7 Chinese New Year season. se together was actually a good the language to participate,” the more interest in the language.” a.m. and 10 a.m.

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Arts Duterte announces order to Cultural Centre to present combat illegal gambling theatrical play

“The State condemns the existence of illegal gambling activities as a widespread so- bloomberg cial menace and source of corruption, as it has become an influential factor in an indi- vidual’s disregard for the value of dignified work, perseveran- Rodrigo Duterte ce and thrift,” the order read, as quoted by the media outlet. Meanwhile the president he Macao Cultural Centre is sla- Aside from the performance, CCM will hilippine president re of all online gaming opera- clarified jurisdiction and Tted to present “Departures,” a two- host a pre-performance talk on April 1 PRodrigo Duterte has orde- tions. authority of the Philippine act drama hitting the stage on April where Tian Shui, SDAC’s chief director red the country’s law enforce- The new executive order re- Amusement and Gaming Cor- 1 and 2 at the Centre’s Small Audito- of the play, will share insights into the ment agencies to intensify the quires the Philippine National poration (Pagcor) and other rium. cultural exchange’s creative process. fight against illegal gambling. Police, the National Bureau agencies in the regulation and Exploring two distinct urban expe- Past exchange programmes pro- The Executive Order, issued of Investigation and relevant licensing of gambling and on- riences, the performance is the final moted by CCM included projects this month, came after the agencies to combat against line gaming facilities. stage of Twin Cities, a cultural exchan- such as the monologue series “Em- controversial illegal online prohibited gaming activities Duterte pointed out that con- ge project that brought the artists to braces,” choreographer exchange operations of Macau’s gam- across the country. fusion on the jurisdiction and conceive a new play with the Shanghai “Dance to New York,” the Korean ex- bling tycoon Jack Lam. Media outlet Manila Bulletin scope of authority of gambling Dramatic Arts Centre (SDAC). change “Physically Speaking” and the Lam, the head of Jimei Inter- explained that the order also operators has contributed to SDAC is one of China’s most presti- “Denmark Site Specific Exchange” national, who operates Fonta- imposed certain restrictions the increasing illegal gaming gious theatrical institutions. with Kitt Johnson. na Leisure Park and Casino in on online gaming operations activities in the Philippines. Under the auspices of the Cultural The IC noted that these projects Clark, Pampanga, was suppo- in the economic zones of Ca- The order also stated that an Affairs Bureau (IC), the performance are part of a continuous strategy to sedly given a gambling license gayan, Aurora and Bataan. online gambling license shall has Macau as its background. The first lead and inspire its artists to pursue by Cagayan Economic Zone The Executive Order No. 13 “not be assigned, shared, lea- piece describes how three sisters stru- a dynamic of interaction with other Authority (CEZA), however he includes the restriction of the sed, transferred, sold or en- ggle to find new paths for their lives cultures. illegally expanded operations operation of online gaming cumbered to any other party.” after their mother’s death. The 100-minute performance, per- in Clark Freeport. operators outside economic Thus operators that wish to The second story takes the audien- formed in Cantonese and Mandarin, is Since the government failed zones where they obtained the operate outside the govern- ce to Shanghai and into the heart of set to commence on the first weekend to regulate the industry, Du- licenses, and sharing or trans- ment’s jurisdiction must apply a woman who is returning to her ho- of April at the Small Auditorium. Ti- terte announced in December fer of such licenses to another for a separate license with the metown following an 18-year absence, ckets are available at CCM’s box office that he was ordering the closu- party. appropriate authority. described the IC in a statement. and Macau Ticketing outlets. ad tue 14.02.2017

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Daniel Beitler Tobacco control bill | UM study enior representatives of Macau’s six gaming operators have jointly presented the findings Gaming operators emphasize Sof a study on employee senti- ment toward smoking lounges. The results of the study, titled “Research Findings on Smoking majority of employees want to Lounges in Macau Casinos”, were presented during a press conference at the Macau Tower. keep smoking lounges At the conference, two statistics in particular were repeatedly emphasized by the gaming ope- rators. Firstly, about 60 percent of those surveyed said that they support solutions which allow smoking lounges, and secondly, close to 90 percent of employees working in ga- ming areas reported an impro- vement in air quality in their work environments following anti-smoking measures taken by the concessionaires over the past few years. A University of Macau (UM) study formed the basis of the findings. Led by Dr. Desmond Lam, an associate professor in hospitality and gaming mana- gement at the UM, the research included interviews with over 14,300 employees of the six re- sort operators working in both gaming (73 percent) and non- gaming areas (27 percent). When the respondents were asked their opinion on whether smoking areas in casinos shou- ld exist, 60 percent of respon- dents said that they supported University of Macau scholar Desmond Lam solutions that allow smoking lounges. Respondents were presen- even narrower. ment had improved since casi- viding a smoke-free environ- ted against the implementation ted with three options, two of “For the gaming staff, 45 per- nos started to implement anti- ment,” he said. of a full smoking ban across which included some form of cent said they would prefer a smoking measures. “We believe the air quality of all areas of integrated resorts, permissible smoking within in- full smoking ban, whereas 55 Employees’ current en- casinos could be further im- holding that such a prohibition tegrated resorts. percent preferred [one of] the counters with smoking lou- proved with the introduction of would damage the develop- While 40 percent of respon- two other options, with 44 per- nges, which the study found more advanced specifications ment of Macau’s gaming sector dents opted for a full smoking cent saying they wanted only overwhelmingly positive, had and stringent procedures for and hamper its regional com- ban in all parts of integrated smoking lounges,” said the UM formed the basis for the affir- the smoking lounges,” added petitiveness. resorts, 60 percent opted for scholar. mative feedback on proposals So, “and we hope that, upon A gaming floor smoking ban either the existence of smoking It is not inaccurate to say then, [government] approval, a cer- came into force in Macau on lounges (47 percent) or for that 60 percent were in favor of tain grace period will be granted October 6, 2014. The legisla- both smoking lounges and VIP smoking solutions. However, Sixty percent to us for upgrading the existing tion was followed a few mon- smoking areas (13 percent). the inclusion of a third option smoking lounge facilities.” ths later by a declaration from The third option was described broadly similar to the second of those He said that a plan with de- Secretary for Social Affairs and by Lam as “the status quo.” may introduce a degree of tailed specifications of the up- Culture Alexis Tam, who an- “We asked respondents ‘Whi- misrepresentation. This was a surveyed grade was submitted to the go- nounced his intention to push ch of the following proposals point raised yesterday during said that vernment in 2016, but the up- for a full smoking prohibition do you support the most?’, the press conference when jour- grades were still 12-18 months within the entire premises of and we gave them three op- nalists questioned the indepen- they support away from completion. integrated resorts. tions. The first option is the dence of a study commissioned Yesterday’s press conferen- A study released in Novem- full smoking ban; the second by the six gaming operators. solutions ce also featured a speech from ber 2015 by international audit is to allow smoking in smoking “From my experience with Professor Lee Shun Cheng of firm KPMG found that the eco- lounges but ban it in all other the operators throughout this allowing the Hong Kong Polytechnic nomic impact of a full smoking areas; and the third option is to whole process, they have been smoking University, who commented on ban could directly affect many allow smoking in VIP gaming professional. So I can only say: the results of various indoor air business sectors in Macau tied areas and in smoking lounges, trust my judgment, I am bou- lounges quality tests conducted at 33 to the gaming industry. The but not in the mass[-market] nd by my code of conduct. I’m casino properties in the MSAR. impact, the KPMG report con- areas,” explained Lam. an academic, a scholar, and for limited smoking areas in The findings of a study conclu- cluded, could extend to the “What we found was that 40 I’m responsible for my field,” casinos. ded that all tested areas within expenditure of goods and ser- percent of our respondents pi- answered Lam in response to Meanwhile, standing as the the sample met Macau’s indoor vices being diverted outside of cked option one, against 60 the speculation. nominated representative of air quality standards. Macau along with a reduction percent that picked the other “My team wants to be inde- the six concessionaires, Dr A statement issued jointly by in income for employees in the two options. Forty-seven per- pendent and [we think] this re- Ambrose So, the chairman of the six operators yesterday af- MSAR. cent of [the respondents] want presents the voices of the res- the board of directors for SJM firmed their commitment to Moreover, the study, which to permit smoking in only pondents,” he added. “So the voiced his support for retaining the government’s tobacco con- was also commissioned by the smoking lounges, while 13 per- facts are here.” the existing smoking lounges. trol bill, recognizing that “the six gaming operators, projec- cent would prefer the status The UM study also highligh- “We [the operators] do not health and well-being of their ted that a full smoking ban cou- quo [the third option].” ted that about 87 percent of find any conflict between to- [operators’] employees and ld lead to a GDP contraction of For gaming staff, those closest employees working in gaming bacco control and the installa- customers are of paramount as much as 16 percent and a to the harmful effects of passi- areas had noted that the air tion of smoking lounges, as importance.” drop in total fiscal receipts of ve smoking, the results were quality in their work environ- both serve the purpose of pro- However, they also stand uni- 20 percent. 14.02.2017 tue

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bly (AL) to be discussed and approved, Ng said: “We expect that with the collection of these Light rail chief to be opinions we should be able to perfect and improve this first draft into the final law draft to be presented to the AL. Presu- hired from abroad mably we expect to finish the writing of this law draft within this year.” As for the document that is now in public consultation for Association encourages

renato marques renato 60 days until April 13, Cheang noted that experiences from children to cherish food the interior of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Portugal inform its main fo- supported the Rotaract Club of Macau in cus to “grant the security of the organizing an event which took place last operations and a good quality Saturday. The event hoped to raise the public’s of service,” establishing the du- awareness of food wastage. The event, held ties and responsibilities of the at the Jardim de Luís de Camões, targeted operating company. children aged between 9 and 12 years. The organizers hope to teach younger generations to In terms of security, responsi- acknowledge the value of the world, as well as to bilities for accidents and com- learn to cherish food. They have also established pensation to passengers over a volunteer training application system for damage caused was targeted in eligible children to apply and participate in the draft document, which sets volunteering training and farming experiences. a base line of MOP200 million Ng Keng Chung for the indemnity insurance to be hired by the company. DSAT offers free car The document also estab- Renato Marques The bill proposes that the LRT sultation only defines the gui- lishes a list of duties, respon- emission tests be funded by a publicly-owned delines of each party, namely sibilities and penalties for pas- Transportation In- company. “The government the government and managing sengers including the payment The Transport Bureau (DSAT) is planning frastructure Office will create a company which is company. “For the time being, of fees from MOP2,000 to to provide a free car emission test service (GIT) representa- integrally publicly owned to be that’s what we are doing. We 10,000 and, in some cases, an to the public on the first three Saturdays of March. The test will take place in DSAT vehicle tive acknowledged able to run the LRT. We are not haven’t yet stepped to the crea- additional penalty between 5 examination centers located at Areia Preta thatA at the moment there are going to include any funding tion of the company,” he ad- and 15 years of imprisonment and Cotai, which will be available to test cars no local people with the needed from abroad or from private ded. for crimes related to security and motorbikes respectively. A department skills to run the Macau Light entities,” Ng Keng Chung ex- Ng also noted that although violations, the launching of head from DSAT, Chan Io Fai, said that the Rapid Transit (LRT) project. plained. it was assumed that no people projectiles against the trains free service is a support program under the “The model of the LRT is a no- According to Ng, the basis of with the required skills to run and the stopping of operations, city’s environment protection project. In July, velty for Macau and in regards the decision for creating a pu- the LRT are in Macau at the among others. new and tightened regulations regarding car to the implementation of the blicly owned company was the moment, the government ho- Also discussed were the ope- emissions will come into effect. Chan said project, Macau lacks seasoned fact that “outsourcing” a priva- pes to have local people with rations and constructions in that DSAT is taking action to support the professionals to manage the te company with the needed capacity to manage the LRT the surroundings of the LRT Environment Protection Bureau. LRT project. Consequently we experience to run the transport system in a short period of facilities. Special “protection are thinking about hiring so- system “could lack in flexibili- time. Thus, the need to train areas” were created that di- meone from outside with ex- ty on the management of the local staff could be one of the sallow any works in the air or UM webpage likely to perience in operating light rail LRT.” The government felt that conditions stated clearly in the soil in the surrounding areas of projects,” said GIT’s deputy di- its power to supervise in case of the contract with the manage- the LRT without prior consent have been hacked rector, Ng Keng Chung yester- a formal concession “could be ment company. from the authorities, namely The webpage of the University of Macau (UM) day during a press conference compromised,” since the com- The government will “dele- the Land, Public Works and is likely to have been hacked, according to held at the Transport Bureau pany will run autonomously gate competences on this com- Transport Bureau (DSSOPT). a report by Macau Concealers. The possible (DSAT). and will be responsible for ex- pany to run the daily opera- The consultation plan estab- incident was reported to the media by UM GIT organized a meeting with penditure and income. tions of the LRT,” Ng said, ad- lishes residents must be able to students on Sunday. On the English version of local journalists to present the When questioned on the ding that the government will access the consultation docu- the registration page, sentences such as “hacked law draft that will serve as a constitution of such a company also inspect whether or not the ment via an “opinion box”, in by sa3d hack3d”, “long live to peshmarga” basis for the operations of the and when it would be created, company is fulfilling its duties. addition to phone, Internet or could be found once users clicked over a specific future LRT Company which Ng did not reply in concrete In response to a question on post. As Ng said, public clari- option. Several reports show that hacker “sa3d entered public consultation terms, instead noting that the when such a law could be deli- fication sessions are also plan- hack3d”, has hacked scores of websites across yesterday. bill currently under public con- vered to the Legislative Assem- ned to take place from March. many countries since February. corporate bits mgm macau launches new gastronomy concepts walls of each space. The Longines Masters of Hong longines masters ended in hong kong North features cuisine from Kong culminated on Sunday with tremendous final stage northern and central China, of- afternoon with the outstanding fering extensive choices ranging victory of Christian Ahlmann on from cold appetizers, steamed Caribis Z during the Longines buns, congees, noodles, pan- Grand Prix in presence of Lon- cakes, dumplings and specialty gines Ambassador of Elegance dishes. Along with popular meat Aaron Kwok. The Asian stage dishes, North also offers a se- is the last leg of the series which lection of live seafood, which began in Los Angeles in October may be prepared in a variety of 2016 and continued in Paris in ways. December 2016. Longines is the South specializes in dishes title partner and official timekee- from Hong Kong and Guang- per of this intercontinental event dong. The Cantonese café con- which gathers some of the wor- Kong on Sunday afternoon. The Longines Grand Prix is MGM Macau has added two ferent menus, both aim to entice cept restaurant is open 24 hours ld’s best riders and horses. In The German rider passed Lud- the climax of each stage of the new concept restaurants to its diners with open kitchens that a day. addition to presenting the Official ger Beerbaum on Casello and Longines Masters from Los An- gastronomic lineup with the bring to life fragrances, flavors With a roasted goose station Watch of the event, a new mo- Max Kühner on Cornet Kalua, geles to Hong Kong through Pa- opening of North and South. and authenticity, according to a and a semi-open wok kitchen, del of The Longines Equestrian respectively ranked second ris. This high-level competition Located at Square Eight, which statement issued by the gaming diners can watch chefs cook Collection, Longines also offered and third during this high level- allows riders to compete for the has undergone a UDS7 million operator. their favorite treats of stir-fried the public an historic exhibition in showjumping competition. Lon- prizes of the series, 2.25 million reconceptualization, North and Diners can also appreciate noodles, rice and vegetables. tribute to the 60th anniversary of gines Ambassador of Elegance euros for three consecutive vic- South offer distinct flavors from artwork including creations by The menu includes braised its Flagship collection. Aaron Kwok was present to tories in the same season, or 1 the northern and southern re- local artist Victor Marreiros and dishes such as tender beef Christian Ahlmann on Caribis enjoy the performance of the ri- million euros for three consecu- gions of China. calligrapher Mok Wa-Kei, which brisket, dim sum, congees and Z won the Longines Grand Prix ders and to present a Longines tive victories from one season to With contrasting décor and dif- add color and character to the hearty soups. of the Longines Masters of Hong watch to the winner. the next. 14.02.2017 tue

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n 2014, billionaire Jack Ma, Ifounder of online retail giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., de- China’s tech tycoons see their clared his ambition to make Chi- na’s hospitals better, drugs chea- per and people healthier. Others in China’s tech univer- health-care dreams hit by reality se were becoming equally bul- lish on health care, and that year alone, investment in the internet ding Alibaba’s Tmall, to sell over- previously sought to compete in health sector surged about se- the-counter drugs. Ali Health had overcrowded fields such as online venfold to USD1.4 billion. Since ap photo planned to draw a service fee from doctors appointments. then, billionaire Robin Li’s search such online sales. China’s government, meanwhile, engine Baidu Inc. has built a mo- The drug watchdog last year also has taken some steps to support bile application for physicians to abruptly scrapped the enforce- the online health-care market to give online consults, while Ten- ment of a drug-tracking system it help lessen the burden on its over- cent Holdings Ltd. has invested in had contracted Ali Health to de- burdened public system. It has various startups. Ma pushed his velop and operate, crippling the allowed doctors to practice at mul- plans forward via Alibaba Health company’s main revenue stream. tiple places and boosted private Information Technology Ltd., at- Regulators have also shown no health insurance with tax breaks. tempting to bring hospital services signs of permitting online sales of Despite the challenges, many online and build an internet phar- prescription drugs, a move that in- entrepreneurs are reluctant to macy hub. vestors have long hoped for. give up on online health. In recent Three years on, most Chinese Baidu’s chairman, Robin Li, told months, Ali Health acquired a bri- technology companies, from big- Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma a Shanghai conference in Novem- ck-and-mortar drug-store chain ger players to small startups, are ber that a dearth of medical data that was also qualified to act as an struggling to make money off tho- “A lot of people started realizing “Today’s water, air and food sa- made it difficult for his company e-pharmacy. Parent Alibaba said se ventures. Ali Health’s fledgling in 2016 that many projects were fety, will definitely lead to many to develop the artificial intelligence an important source of health re- drug tracking and online phar- losing money and had no hopes of diseases facing our families in ten algorithms it was working on. venue will come from online sales macy businesses were crippled by making any,” said Wang Yipei, a years,” Alibaba’s Ma said at a fo- “China’s entire health-care data- of non-prescription drugs, and sudden regulatory changes, and its former investment manager at Fo- rum in 2014 pointing to the oppor- base hasn’t been brought online,” that more than 3,000 corpora- Hong Kong-listed shares are more sun Group’s venture capital arm, tunities that lay ahead for those said Unicorn Studio’s Liu. “For tions, focused on everything from than 70 percent below their 2015 who now is working at a public who could help provide solutions. places that have data, they won’t drugs to nutritional supplements, peak. hospital in Beijing. Ali Health had envisioned a fu- share it with you. Without data, have signed up on its product tra- Investment in China’s digital Billionaires like Jack Ma have ture where any Chinese patient how can you talk about online cking platform since June. health industry dropped 10 per- good reason to see potential in Chi- could see a renowned doctor on its health care.” “A lot of companies have paid a cent in the last quarter of 2016, na’s health-care sector: Millions online consultation platform, take In a statement last week, Baidu hefty price and flopped, but that extending a 41 percent decline in are developing chronic conditions the prescription to its e-pharma- said that it will close some of its doesn’t mean there are no oppor- the previous three months, ac- like diabetes and cancer as they cy, and have the drugs delivered medical businesses and merge the tunities,” said Eric Yu, a Beijing- cording to researcher VC Beat. At age, and they are more willing through a traceable network all the rest into its AI and search units, based director at Matrix Partners. least 26 startups in the field have to pay for expensive treatments. way to the patient’s doorstep. narrowing its health ambitions to “Work in accordance with policy shut down, according to ITJuzi, a Connecting patients, drugstores Instead, regulators last year en- focus on the medical AI project, and help add value to existing ser- Beijing-based database tracking and doctors via the internet see- ded pilot programs that allowed a which analyzes medical data to vice providers, and you’ll find plen- internet companies. med like a lucrative model. few e-commerce websites, inclu- assist in web consults. Baidu has ty of opportunities.” Bloomberg ad Bank of France warns voters on cost of Euro exit

ank of France Gover- Bnor Francois Villeroy de Galhau cautioned French ap photo voters about the costs of wi- thdrawing from the euro, no- ting that local interest rates are already rising on concer- ns about this year’s presiden- tial election. National Front leader Ma- rine Le Pen, who wants to voting in April, compared currency, it’s a political tool.” take France out of the single with 20.5 percent for inde- Villeroy, by contrast, esti- European currency, is on tra- pendent Emmanuel Macron mates that leaving the euro ck to place first in the initial and 17.5 percent for Repu- would increase the cost of round of voting in France’s blican Francois Fillon, accor- debt service for the French 2017 election, though she is ding to the latest Ifop daily government by about 30 unlikely to win the run-off rolling poll. Both Macron and billion euros (USD32 billion) and attain office, polls show. Fillon would defeat Le Pen in a year. Even so, with the Natio- the second round vote, all “That might seem a bit nal Front closer than ever polls show. abstract to listeners, but 30 to power, the premium the The National Front candi- billion euros, to be very con- French government pays to date has been hammering crete, is equivalent to Fran- borrow over Germany has home her message on euro ce’s annual defense budget,” increased to its highest level exit. Speaking Sunday she he said. in more than four years. said that the single currency France would also have a “The recent increase in was a political instrument harder time defending itself French rates - which I believe that limits French sovereign- on the global economic stage, is temporary - corresponds ty. he added. to a certain worry about the “I can’t implement my pro- The euro “is an arm in glo- exit from the euro,” Villeroy mises of intelligent protec- bal competition in the uncer- de Galhau said yesterday on tionism and industrial policy tain world we live in,” he said. France Inter radio. with the single currency,” Le “If we were alone, we would Le Pen has the support of Pen said. “It’s a brake on the be unequipped to face fi- about 26 percent of the elec- economy, it’s an obstacle to nancial market speculation.” torate for the first round of the recovery. The euro isn’t a Bloomberg tue 14.02.2017

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Chow tai fook group siast and has a bachelor’s de- gree from Harvard University, has opened shopping centers merged with galleries and a With patriarch ill, spotlight turns mall targeting children. DWINDLING CONNEC- TIONS At his grandfather’s funeral to Cheng family’s next king last year, pallbearers included current and former heads of when they are completed, ver- Hong Kong and Macau, as well sus returns of 32 percent on as the only two people in the

bloomberg real estate bought in 2011. city richer than the deceased: To cope with the tougher en- Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau Kee. vironment in Hong Kong, New The proceeding helped illus- World in recent years has been trate how connected his gran- looking to increase its pro- dfather was. For Adrian Cheng portion of property in China’s to succeed, it will be crucial for first-tier cities by disposing of him to retain relationships wi- projects in smaller cities -- a thin the family and stakehol- move that Macquarie Group ders because “Hong Kong has Ltd. analyst Raymond Liu in barely known this guy,” said December applauded as likely Chinese University’s Fan. Fa- to “unlock value.” mily firms lose almost 60 per- cent of their value each time leadership is transferred from The family one generation to the next, as they fail to pass on intangib- controls le assets such as relationships four listed and trust, according to Fan. companies with CORPORATE GOVERNANCE a total market Shares of the Cheng family’s New World Development have, value of more on average, traded at 45 per- than USD25 cent of the company’s book value in the past five years, billion the worst performer based on that measure in Hong Kong’s At Chow Tai Fook, profits have benchmark Hang Seng Index, fallen for two and a half years according to data compiled by to their lowest levels since 2011 Bloomberg. as an anti-corruption drive in Behind the discount are gover- China sapped demand for lu- nance concerns. When Henry xury products and as tourism Cheng first took over the family in Hong Kong waned. In De- business in the late ’80s, he ki- cember, retail sales in the city cked off a series of acquisitions, dropped for their 22nd strai- including the purchase of the ght month, dragged down by a Ramada hotel chain and Wing Adrian Cheng slump in demand for jewelry, On (Holdings) Ltd. That drove watches and valuable gifts. up the family empire’s debts so Prudence Ho, Daniela Wei closely held. The Cheng clan isn’t alone Though Cheng declined to high that the founder stepped Yet challenges abound for in preparing for succession, comment for this story, he said back in and sold some assets. ne of Hong Kong’s Cheng. If he were to take over which is increasingly looming in an interview last year that he Though past stumbles have four richest dynas- now, he would be facing decli- large at some of the biggest bu- would step up Chow Tai Fook’s soured investors’ perceptions ties is preparing for a ning margins in the family’s sinesses in Hong Kong, where focus on attracting millennials about the group, the younger leadership transition main property-development the landscape is dominated by by introducing more fashio- Cheng is in a position to reverse Othat may test the adage that fa- business and slumping de- a handful of tycoons. nable jewelry designs and those perceptions, according to mily fortunes don’t last beyond mand for high-end jewelry. That’s as those moguls, many pushing his brands globally. Raymond Cheng, Hong Kong- three generations. He’d also face the challenges of whom were Chinese refu- “In the next 10 years, Chine- based analyst at CIMB Securi- Adrian Cheng, the Harvar- of retaining decades of connec- gees who fled Japanese inva- se brands, Chinese originality, ties Ltd., who isn’t related to d-educated heir apparent of tions his elders built up and ders in the 1940s, approach re- Chinese creativity will be part the family behind New World. New World Development Co. rebuilding investor trust after tirement age. Henderson Land of the world’s realm,” Cheng “Even if Henry were to take and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery past family missteps raised Development Co.’s billionaire said in November. “People a long leave, I don’t see a pro- Group Ltd., is in focus after concerns about corporate go- chairman Lee Shau Kee turned will be going back and talking blem elevating Adrian’s role,” his 69-year-old father, Henry, vernance. 89 last month, an anniversary about what’s cool in China, ins- the analyst said. “It wouldn’t be recently went on leave because “He needs to prove himself,” that Hong Kong’s richest man, tead of what’s cool in the U.S.” bad news for him to fully take of an unspecified illness. The said Joseph P.H. Fan, a profes- CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.’s Cheng, who is an art enthu- over.” Bloomberg companies declined to com- sor at the Chinese University Li Ka-shing, will hit in July. ment on media reports that the of Hong Kong who has resear- As to the Cheng family’s next senior Cheng had a stroke. ched family-run businesses for leader, below are some of the When the 36-year-old scion two decades. “He doesn’t need biggest challenges he faces: ultimately takes over from his to be a know-it-all in business father, he will be in charge of operations because the profes- PROPERTY, JEWELRY a conglomerate that controls sional teams will do it for him, DOWNTURNS one of the city’s biggest pro- but he needs to prove he’s ca- Hong Kong may boast the perty developers, runs the pable of bringing everyone to- world’s most-expensive hou- Carlyle Hotel in New York City gether.” sing market, but that’s not ne- and operates a chain of jewel- Despite his youth, the grand- cessarily benefiting New Wor- ry stores that generates about son of the late magnate Cheng ld. Higher land costs are likely 80 percent more revenue than Yu-tung has been groomed for to squeeze developers’ profit Tiffany & Co. globally. Today, years and already juggles more margins, according to JPMor- the family controls four listed than a dozen titles, including gan Chase & Co. The brokerage companies with a total market vice chairman of New World estimates projects using land value of more than USD25 Development and executive di- bought last year will probably billion, as well as some that are rector at Chow Tai Fook. yield margins of 22 percent 14.02.2017 tue

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everal Chinese cities have Sshut down their poultry marke- ts in the wake of a bird flu outbreak Several cities close poultry that has killed at least two dozen people this year across China. Live poultry sales have now been suspended in Changsha, the capi- markets amid bird flu fears tal of central China’s Hunan pro- vince, as well as markets across the eastern province of Zhejiang, the official Xinhua News Agency reported over the weekend, as au- ap photo thorities deal with dozens of new cases of H7N9 bird flu. Nearly 300 markets and slaugh- terhouses were shut down in the southwestern Chinese city of Sui- ning, where authorities are also cracking down on unauthorized poultry businesses. Xinhua reported that 21 people in Jiangsu province died in January after contracting H7N9. Hunan authorities have reported at least five deaths this year, and an infant girl has died in southwestern Yun- nan province. A major H7N9 bird flu outbreak in humans first struck China in March 2013, killing more than 40 people and devastating the poul- try industry. H7N9 is considered less virulent than the H5N1 strain, blamed by the World Health Or- ganization for hundreds of deaths worldwide over the last decade. Most people infected with H7N9 are believed to contract it by tou- ching infected poultry or entering contaminated areas, according to a WHO alert published last mon- th. Experts do not believe the virus can be spread widely between hu- mans, the WHO said. In Guangzhou, China’s third-lar- gest city, more than 30 percent of the live poultry markets were fou- nd to be contaminated with H7N9, state media reported Saturday. Authorities in Guangzhou have announced temporary three-day suspensions of the poultry trade to try to contain the virus. AP

Taiwan Wang Yao-chen, emergen- cy relief chief with the city Cristiane to move to of Taipei. The city’s case- load went up more than 40 Chinese club Changchun Cold spell linked to over on Friday and 10 people died, Wang said. Zhuoyue in June 150 deaths in five days “As for whether there’s a connection with the cold, it’s quite possible that it Ralph Jennings, Taipei made people with heart problems, high blood pres- aiwanese officials ap photo sure and diabetes feel more Tand media reports are discomfort,” Wang said. blaming a cold spell for Although hospitals and the deaths of more than emergency personnel are 150 people, most of them still evaluating exact causes elderly and sick, over the of deaths reported since past several days. Thursday, elderly people razil forward Cristia- that the club said Cristiane Temperatures fell as low without indoor heat were Bne is heading to China, would become the highest as 6.7 degrees Celsius last particularly in danger, ac- the latest big-name player paid female soccer player in Thursday evening along cording to the Taiwan Cen- to move to the country as it the world, without disclo- the coast north of the capi- ters for Disease Control. tries to increase its profile in sing details. tal, Taipei. “We do predict some in- world soccer. The club, based in the ca- Taiwan’s Liberty Times through Sunday may have Because of the relatively crease in the number of Changchun Dazhong pital of Jilin province, was newspaper and United triggered deadly heart at- mild norms, most hou- cases from severe compli- Zhuoyue general manager third in the Chinese Wo- Daily News said the dea- tacks and strokes as well as seholds in Taiwan lack cations,” said the Centers’ Liu You says the 31-year men’s Super League last ths of 154 people since the deaths of elderly peo- central heating, another deputy director, Luo Yi- -old Cristiane will join the year. then were likely related to ple with the flu. suspected factor in the re- chun. “We’d like to advise northeastern Chinese club China recently has been the cold. Reports say be- Temperatures in Taipei cent deaths. older people to stay warm, from Paris Saint-Germain spending heavily to bring low-normal temperatures average 16 C in January, Emergency calls in Taipei especially at night, when on June 30. He says terms in international stars in the around much of the is- according to Taiwan’s rose as temperatures fell the change in temperature of the deal are confidential. men’s game and build up its land from Thursday night Central Weather Bureau. to their lowest point, said is so large.” AP Chinese media reported soccer infrastructure. AP tue 14.02.2017

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grams.” North Korea fired at least 25 projectiles last year, according to Beijing calls for restraint on North the UN, which bans it from pur- suing ballistic missile technology because it could be used to deli- ver nuclear warheads. Pyongyang Korea as UN prepares to meet also detonated two nuclear devi- ces in 2016. Kim said on Jan. 1 that his hina’s foreign minis- country was in the “last stage” of try opposed North Ko- preparations to test-fire an inter- rea’s ballistic missile test continental ballistic missile, lea- bloomberg and called on all sides to ding Trump to write on Twitter, Cavoid escalating tensions ahead “It won’t happen!” Trump didn’t of an emergency United Nations give specifics of how he’d stop Security Council meeting today Kim’s missile development. (see more on page 12). The UN Security Council una- “We will take a constructive and nimously passed a resolution in responsible part in the relevant late November that tightened discussion,” China foreign minis- sanctions on North Korea, inclu- try spokesman Geng Shuang told ding cutting the country’s coal ex- reporters in Beijing yesterday. ports, after the regime conducted “Every party should exercise res- its fifth nuclear test in September. traint and jointly safeguard the Australia, which co-sponsored regional peace and stability.” the resolution, will consider fur- Earlier in the day, Japan urged ther sanctions, it said in a state- China to take action against Nor- ment. th Korea after the missile test, the North Korea would probably first provocation from Kim Jong develop its ballistic missile te- Un’s regime since U.S. President chnology enough to pair with Donald Trump took office. its nuclear weapons to reach the Prior to taking office, Trump U.S. during Trump’s tenure, ac- vowed to stop North Korea from cording to Richard Haass, pre- acquiring the capability to strike sident of the Council on Foreign the U.S. with a ballistic missile Relations. Either the U.S. gets the carrying a nuclear weapon. In a 70 percent of its neighbor’s trade, na for constructive involvement President Xi Jinping. Chinese to help increase pressure joint briefing with Japanese Pri- and also provides food and ener- at various levels.” Cooperation on North Korea on North Korea through sanc- me Minister Shinzo Abe in Flo- gy aid. North Korea’s nuclear program “would be a significant way to tions, or Trump will have “a truly rida after the latest test, Trump North Korea’s ability to put a could be one area for the U.S. and help restore a sense of common consequential decision,” he said said the U.S. stands by Japan miniaturized nuclear weapon on China to find common ground cause in U.S.-China relations as on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” “100 percent.” a missile has risen after the test early in Trump’s administration, the Trump administration gets on Sunday. Trump’s administration is on Sunday, Japan’s Suga said. according to policy recommen- started,” said Susan Shirk, a co- “Trump is going to have to face pushing forward with plans to “As a permanent member of the dations released last week from chair of the report who served a truly fateful decision about deploy a missile-defense system Security Council and chair of the a bipartisan group of 18 China in the State Department during whether we’re prepared to live known as Thaad in South Ko- six-party talks, and as a country specialists commissioned by Asia the Clinton administration. “But with that, a North Korea that rea, a move opposed by China, that accounts for 90 percent of Society and the University of even if we get there, and Chi- has that capability against us, or North Korea’s primary ally since North Korea’s trade, China’s role California at San Diego. Trump na applies greater pressure on we are going to use military for- they fought together in the 1950s is extremely important,” Suga moved to ease tensions last week Pyongyang, there is no guarantee ce one way or another to destroy against American-backed forces. said yesterday. “As the govern- when he agreed to honor the that Kim will agree to negotiate their nuclear-missile capability,” Beijing accounts for more than ment, we’ll continue to push Chi- One-China policy in a call with away his nuclear and missile pro- Haass said. AP

Chinese auto sales Exiled Tibetan leader hopes weaken in January Trump to support China dialogue as sales tax rises

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T ap photo betan government-in-exi- Tibet has been part of its le said yesterday that he territory for more than has high expectations for seven centuries, while President Donald Trump many Tibetans say they to support dialogue be- were effectively an inde- tween the Tibetans and pendent country for most Beijing, as Trump’s pre- of that time. decessors have. Lobsang Sangay, in Lobsang Sangay told fo- Tokyo for meetings with n industry group earlier to 2.2 million. reign journalists in Tokyo Japanese officials, also Asays China’s auto Total vehicle sales, in- that “it matters” what the urged Japanese Prime sales shrank in Ja- cluding trucks and bu- United States does and Minister Shinzo Abe to nuary as the govern- ses, rose 0.2 percent to says,” and that Tibetans share his insights about ment increased a sales 2.5 million. should “remain hopeful” Tibetan government-in-exile Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay speaks how to establish good re- tax following a cut ear- China’s auto sales that the U.S. can serve as during a press conference in Tokyo, yesterday lations with Trump. Abe lier that helped to sho- rose 15 percent last an intermediary. was due back from the re up demand. year after Beijing cut Previous U.S. adminis- calls for seeking regional Lama, the Tibetans’ spi- U.S. yesterday after hol- The China Associa- the 10 percent sales trations have acknowled- autonomy under Chinese ritual leader, since 2010. ding talks and playing tion of Automobile tax on small-engine ged the “one China” poli- rule. The Dalai Lama and his golf with Trump over the Manufacturers said vehicles by half. The cy but supported dialogue China doesn’t recognize followers have been li- weekend. yesterday sales in the government restored between the exiled Tibe- the Tibetan government- ving in exile in Dharam- Abe is the only global world’s biggest auto part of the reduction tans and Beijing under in-exile, and hasn’t held sala, India, since they fled leader to have met with market shrank 1.1 in January, raising it the Dalai Lama’s “midd- any dialogue with the re- Tibet after a failed 1959 Trump twice since he was percent in January from 5 percent to 7.5 le way” approach, which presentatives of the Dalai uprising against Chinese elected. AP compared with a year percent. 14.02.2017 tue

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diate-range ballistic missile by the North Korean regime is in clear violation of past United Nations UN Security Council meeting Security Council resolutions and recent warning from the U.S.,” Lopez said. “As such, it is a sig- sought over North Korea missile test nificant challenge to the Trump Administration because it has yet to develop its policies toward the region, toward North Korea, or its role in the UN and its use of eco- ap photo ap photo nomic sanctions. So we may learn a lot about Mr. Trump’s crisis di- plomacy in the coming days.” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was fired from around Banghyon, North Pyongan Pro- vince, which is where South Ko- rean officials have said the North test-launched its powerful mi- drange Musudan missile on Oct. 15 and 20. The missile splashed down into the sea between the Korean Pe- ninsula and Japan, according to the U.S. Strategic Command. Ja- panese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters it did not hit Japanese territorial seas. The North conducted two nu- clear tests and a slew of rocket lau- nches last year in continued effor- ts to expand its nuclear weapons and missile programs. Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that the country had reached the final stages of readiness to test an ICBM, which would be a major A man watches a TV news program showing a photo of North Korea’s “Pukguksong-2” missile launch in Seoul step forward in its efforts to bui- ld a credible nuclear threat to the United States. Eric Talmadge, Pyongyang “tipped with a nuclear warhead.” ty Council resolutions. He said Though Pyongyang has been re- The banned It suggested the launch conduc- Trump had assured him of U.S. latively quiet about the transfer of he United States, Japan and missile test ted in a “lofted” style, which puts support and that Trump’s presen- power to the Trump administra- TSouth Korea have requested the missile into a high trajectory ce showed the president’s deter- tion, its state media has repeatedly urgent diplomatic talks at the Uni- is seen as rather than a lower one that gives mination and commitment. called for Washington to abandon ted Nations yesterday over North it more range, in order take “the Trump followed Abe with even its “hostile policy” and vowed to Korea’s latest ballistic missile lau- an implicit security of the neighboring coun- fewer words, saying in part: “I just continue its nuclear and missi- nch, with Seoul condemning what tries into consideration.” want everybody to understand le development programs until it called “serious military and challenge It added that Kim “expressed and fully know that the United the U.S. changes its diplomatic security threats” and predicting great satisfaction over the posses- States of America stands behind approach. more such tests. to President sion of another powerful nuclear Japan, its great ally, 100 percent.” Just days ago, it also reaffirmed A spokesman for the U.S. Mis- Donald Trump, attack means.” Stephen Miller, Trump’s chief its plan to conduct more space sion to the United Nations said “Now our rocket industry has policy adviser, said Trump and launches, which it staunchly de- Sunday night that the meeting is who has vowed radically turned into high thrust Abe had displayed “an important fends but which have been critici- expected to take place Monday. solid fuel-powered engine from show of solidarity” between their zed because they involve dual-use The spokesman spoke on condi- a tough line on liquid fuel rocket engine and rapi- nations. technology that can be transferred tion of anonymity because he was Pyongyang dly developed into a development- “The message we’re sending to to improve missiles. not authorized to speak publicly. and creation-oriented industry, the world right now is a messa- “Our country has clearly expres- The U.N. Mission for Ukraine, country with nuclear weapons.” not just copying samples,” he said. ge of strength and solidarity; we sed its standpoint, that we will which holds the rotating Security A report on the launch carried “Thanks to the development of the stand with Japan and we stand continue to build up our capacity Council presidency, later confir- yesterday by the North’s Korean new strategic weapon system, our with our allies in the region to ad- for self-defense, with nuclear for- med that closed consultations on Central News Agency said Kim People’s Army is capable of per- dress the North Korean menace,” ces and a pre-emptive strike capa- North Korea will take place today watched from an observation forming its strategic duties most Miller said during an interview bility as the main points, as long as [Macau time]. post and gave the order to fire the accurately and rapidly in any spa- Sunday with ABC’s “This Week.” our enemies continue sanctions to The banned missile test, which “Pukguksong-2,” which it said was ce: under waters or on the land.” China, facing criticism that it suppress us,” Pyongyang student was conducted early Sunday, is a “Korean style new type strategic North Korea had warned it was is not doing enough to pressure Kim Guk Bom said Sunday. “We seen as an implicit challenge to weapon system.” ready to test its first interconti- North Korea to drop its nuclear will defend the peace and securi- President Donald Trump, who has It is believed to have flown about nental ballistic missile. The U.S. program, said yesterday that the ty of our country at any cost, with vowed a tough line on Pyongyang 500 kilometers (310 miles) before Strategic Command, however, root cause of North Korean mis- our own effort, and we will contri- but has yet to release a strategy splashing down into the ocean in said it detected and tracked what sile launches is friction with the bute to global peace and stability.” for dealing with a country whose international waters. it assessed to be a medium- or United States and South Korea. South Korean Prime Minister nuclear ambitions have bedeviled The report said the test proved intermediate-range missile. The Foreign Ministry spokesman Hwang Kyo-ahn, who is also the U.S. leaders for decades. “the reliability and security” of a reports of the launch came as Geng Shuang said China opposed acting president, said his country North Korean state media said new mobile launching system, Trump was hosting Japanese Pri- the launch, which violated U.N. would punish North Korea for leader Kim Jong Un was at the the solid fuel that was used and me Minister Shinzo Abe and just Security Council resolutions that the missile launch. The Foreign site to observe the launch and the guidance and control features days before the North is to mark call for an end to North Korea’s Ministry said South Korea would expressed pleasure at the North’s of the ballistic missile. Solid fuel the birthday of leader Kim Jong nuclear and missile tests. continue to work with allies, in- expansion of its strategic strike ca- can give missiles longer range and Un’s late father, Kim Jong Il. The firing of the missile is a ma- cluding the United States, Japan pabilities. make detecting them before laun- Appearing with Trump at a news jor challenge for the Trump admi- and the European Union, to en- “These are serious military and ch more difficult because they can conference at Trump’s south Flo- nistration, said George Lopez, an sure a thorough implementation security threats,” Jeong Joon-hee, be readied faster than liquid fuel rida estate, Abe condemned the expert in economic sanctions and of sanctions against the North and spokesman at the Ministry of Uni- missiles. missile launch as “absolutely into- nuclear disarmament and a pro- make the country realize that it fication, told reporters. “Pyon- The report also said the test ve- lerable.” He read a brief statement fessor emeritus of peace studies at will “never be able to survive” wi- gyang has no intention of backing rified control and guidance capa- calling on the North to comply the University of Notre Dame. thout discarding all of its nuclear away from its goal to become a bilities and said the missile can be fully with relevant U.N. 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n a scathing indictment of Pakistan’s treatment Rights group says Pakistan of Afghan refugees, a hu- man rights group char- Iged yesterday that the country is forcing hundreds of thou- forcing Afghan refugees home sands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushing rounded by half a dozen tribal poverty. It also said that a elders. USD400 stipend the United ap photo Most of Nusrat’s students Nations refugee agency gives were from Afghan provinces to refugees who return to Af- that border Pakistan. Some ghanistan is tantamount to a students had never seen their bribe to convince reluctant Af- homeland, and others had re- ghans to leave Pakistan. turned with their families only “The exodus amounts to the to move back to Pakistan be- world’s largest unlawful mass cause the security made it im- forced return of refugees in possible to stay, they said. recent times,” the Human Ri- Zarmina, who gave only one ghts Watch report says. name, is a teacher who is ori- Both the U.N. and Pakistan ginally from Kabul. She said denied the allegations. In an that despite the Taliban’s interview, Indrika Ratwatte, ouster nearly 15 years ago, it Pakistan’s country represen- is still dangerous for women, tative for the U.N. refugee citing a rise in domestic vio- agency, said there was poli- lence in her homeland. She ce harassment and arrests of also lamented the increasing Afghan refugees in mid-2016, presence of the Taliban and particularly in the border pro- the emergence of new militant vince of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa groups in Afghanistan such as but it was ended and refugees the Islamic State group affilia- who returned, went home vo- te, headquartered in eastern luntarily. Nangarhar province. “There were incidences of “Whenever one group ends pressure and harassment es- fighting, then another group pecially in KP but they were comes up,” she said. addressed,” said Ratwatte. Afghan refugee families wait for their turn to be registered, outside the government registration office in Peshawar Waqar Maroof Khan, the “But does it amount to forced Pakistan government’s point return. No. it doesn’t.” by the United States and other fugees in Pakistan to come nment is asking refugees to man on refugees, said the re- Still, the report was harsh in western countries. Today the- home, promising them shel- come back but how? There is fugees who returned did so its criticism of the U.N. agen- re are still 1.3 million registe- ter and opportunities. About no shelter, no water, no se- voluntarily. Pakistan has also cy for not condemning what it red Afghan refugees living in 380,000 registered Afghan re- curity.” extended the deadline for re- insisted is Pakistan’s forced Pakistan, says Ratwatte, some fugees returned to their home- Nusrat’s school, Hazrat fugees to return to Dec. 31, return of the refugees. of them for 37 years. Pakistan land along with an estimated Maryam School, is a grimy 2017. But Human Rights Wa- Meanwhile, Pakistan cited currently hosts the world’s 250,000 unregistered refu- white single story cement bui- tch said it should be extended security concerns for seeking largest protracted refugee po- gees who were living in Pakis- lding where about 500 Afghan to the end of 2019. Afghan refugees’ return to pulation, he said. There are tan without legal documents, refugee children sit on the “We want them to go back in their homeland, particularly hundreds of thousands of un- Ratwatte said. floor in crowded classrooms. dignity and honor,” he said. after several brutal attacks by registered Afghan refugees li- Tens of thousands of retur- Before last year’s exodus there Yet Fazle Mulla Tarakai, an militants in Pakistan’s nor- ving in the country as well. ning refugees were settled in were 800 students, said Nus- Afghan elder originally from thwest, which the government Attacking the U.N. refugee a makeshift camp on a barren rat. The others returned to Af- Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar linked to insurgents hiding agency’s $400 stipend to re- piece of land in Afghanistan’s ghanistan, pushed out by the province, said last year Pakis- out in neighboring Afghanis- turning refugees, Gerry Simp- eastern Nangarhar province, Pakistan authorities, he said. tan used loudspeakers on tan. The worst attack was in son, one of the authors of the which Afghan elders in Pakis- Afghan refugees are hostage mosques in Pakistan’s Khyber December 2014 against an HRW report told The Asso- tan described as desolate and to the fluctuating relationship Pakhtunkhwa province to tell army public school in which ciated Press in an email inter- dangerous. between Pakistan and Afgha- refugees to go home and to 150 people were killed, most view: “What is now needed is “They want us to come back nistan and a sharp deterio- warn Pakistanis that anyone of them children. not more money to incentivize to the desert?” asked Ama- ration in their relationship found helping the refugees At its peak in the 1980s Pakis- return to harm, but more mo- nullah Nusrat, principal of last year caused Pakistan to would be fined. tan sheltered an estimated 5 ney to help Pakistan protect a school for Afghan refugee launch a heavy handed push “In some areas police ente- million Afghan refugees as Af- Afghan refugees in Pakistan.” children in Peshawar, not far for refugees to return to Af- red forcibly and refugees left ghan guerrilla fighters battled Yet last year, Afghan Pre- from the border with Afgha- ghanistan, said Nusrat sitting without anything,” said Ta- invading Russian troops aided sident Ashraf Ghani told re- nistan. “The Afghan gover- in the school’s courtyard sur- rakai. 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goods would be unloaded, Teknaf officially and in un- no other issues are invol- registered camps. Malaysian ship with aid for ved.” The ship is carrying arou- “There will be an official nd 2,300 tons of food, medi- Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh handing over ceremony to- cine and other supplies. morrow morning and then Rohingya Muslims have the goods will be sent to long faced discrimina- Malaysian aid ship was of Cox’s Bazar then had to Teknaf,” he said. tion in majority-Buddhist Aheading to a Bangla- be sent to Chittagong becau- Ali Hossain, chief gover- Myanmar. ap photo deshi port yesterday brin- se the island had no unloa- nment administrator in More than 300,000 have ging relief goods for some ding jetty facilities. Cox’s Bazar, said they had been living in Bangladesh of the hundreds of thou- “There has been a change received a list of goods to for decades, while about sands of Rohingya Muslims after the ship anchored near be unloaded from the ship, 66,000 more have crossed who’ve fled Myanmar. Cox’s Bazar town. Now it is but the plan was changed as the border since October Shaheenul Islam, the heading back to Chittagong Malaysian authorities wan- amid renewed persecution military’s public relations seaport where the port au- ted better handling infras- and targeted attacks by sol- spokesman, said the ship thorities will arrange every- tructure. diers and majority Buddhis- Myanmar protesters hold banners outside Thilawa port where a anchored near Sonadia is- thing,” Islam said. “This is Hundreds of thousands of ts in Myanmar’s Rakhine Malaysian ship arrived in Yangon last week land off the coastal district purely an issue of how the Rohingya are camping in state. AP 14.02.2017 tue

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Claire Galofaro, from a cabinet above the stove, heard or seen before. And if it Prairie Du Chien (Wis.) each one labeled with a diffe- doesn’t turn out, then, hey, at rent debt: the house payment, least we tried.” ap photo hy did so many the student loans, the vacuum Coleman doesn’t love Trump’s working-class cleaner she bought on credit. moves to build a wall or ban cer- Americans switch Holt and her husband tuck tain immigrants. All Americans their presidential money into these envelopes descended from immigrants, he votesW from Democrat to Repu- with each paycheck to whittle says, including his own relatives blican and pin their hopes on away at what they owe. They who migrated from Germany. Donald Trump? It’s this simple: both earn about USD10 an hour But he’s frustrated that other They hope he can make their li- — she is a lawyer’s assistant, he politicians stopped listening to ves better. works at an auto parts store. working people like him. Trump even won Wisconsin, With two kids, there are usually “We’ve got to give him some a state once considered so re- some envelopes they just can’t time,” he says of Trump. “He’s liably Democratic that Hillary fill. At this rate, they’ll be paying not Houdini.” Clinton didn’t even make cam- these same bills for 87 years. Marlene Kramer gets to work paign stops there after she be- In 2012, Holt voted for Bara- before the sun comes up and came her party’s nominee. ck Obama because he promised spends her days sitting at a Some 50 counties stretching change, but she feels it never sewing machine, stitching spor- 300 miles through the Midwes- arrived. So last year, she chose ts uniforms for $10.50 an hour. tern states of Wisconsin, Min- a billionaire businessman who Kramer, who voted twice for nesota, Iowa and Illinois broke vowed to help Americans like Obama, used to watch Trump A cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump sits in a window as pedestrians with tradition to choose Trump. her win again. on the “Celebrity Apprentice” notice it from below in McGregor, Iowa That includes Crawford Coun- “I’m hoping that our country television show. “I said to my- ty, Wisconsin, which cast the starts to be run like a business, self, ‘Ugh, I can’t stand him.’” majority of its votes for a Re- that’s my main thing,” she says. When he announced his can- pefully with something better. bouncing back, and he knows publican president for the first “I’m tired of personally living in didacy, she thought it was a “We needed to go in another how big business works.” time in 30 years. debt. I’m tired of our country joke. “Then my husband said direction,” she says. Moravits has several choice The list of grievances the- being in debt.” to me, ‘Just think, everything Bernard Moravits hoses mud words for Trump’s move to bui- se supporters want Trump to She is enthusiastic that Trump he touches seems to turn to and cow dung off his boots, ld his “stupid” wall on the Mexi- remedy is long and exacting, started quickly doing some of money.’” And she changed her and then drives into town to co border. The farmer employs including stagnant wages and the things he said he would, mind. talk to a banker about keeping Hispanic workers whom he soaring health care costs. But because she worries that by the Kramer is looking to Trump to his farm afloat. The price of trusts to do a dirty, difficult job they also harbor a hard-to-de- time her sons grow up there will make health insurance less ex- milk and agricultural goods has that he says white people aren’t fine feeling that things haven’t be nothing left for them. pensive. She said she’s glad that plummeted, and it’s hard to willing to do. improved, at least not for peo- Robbo Coleman leans over Obama’s health care law helped keep things running. Moravits isn’t sure Trump is ple like them. the bar he tends and holds up millions get insurance, but it di- Change is what he looked to going to “Make America Great If they don’t see positive chan- an ink pen, wrapped in plastic dn’t help her. Facing premiums Obama for and now expects Again” for farmers. But he feels ges, Trump may struggle to stamped “Made in China.” over $1,000 a month, the Kra- from Trump. Moravits wants he had to take the gamble. hold onto their support. “I don’t see why we can’t make mers chose to pay the penalty the president to reduce red tape “He might have us in a war Here are the voices of some pens in Prairie du Chien or in of $2,000 to opt out of having and renegotiate trade deals to in two weeks,” he says. “We’ll of the voters in rural Crawford Louisville, Kentucky, or in Ala- insurance. benefit American farmers. come back here in six months, County who helped alter Ame- bama or wherever,” says Cole- Now she’s hoping she and her “I think he’s a shrewd busi- drink a 30-pack of Busch Light rica’s course. man. “Trump brought some- husband don’t get sick before nessman,” he says. “He’s been and talk, because no one knows Lydia Holt tugs 13 envelopes thing to the table that I haven’t Trump replaces the law, ho- broke several times. He keeps now what’s gonna happen. AP

Canada-US “We both got elected on country to cede about $70 commitments to streng- billion in trade to the U.S. then the middle class, and Till now, Trudeau’s strate- Pro-refugee Trudeau set to bite his support those working hard gy has been to avoid beco- to join it,” Trudeau said last ming what his ambassador week. “And that’s exactly to the U.S. called “ collateral tongue on visit to Washington what we’re going to be focu- damage” in a trade war they sed on.” consider to be largely aimed He has little choice. Nearly at Mexico. two-thirds of all Canadian Three senior emissaries - their beer from customs veal a deep gulf between the trade is with the U.S., the Foreign Minister Chrystia agents before boarding the two leaders. They will meet highest ratio of Group of Freeland, Finance Minister 20 nations and quadruple Bill Morneau and Defense bloomberg Trans-Siberian railway to privately at the Oval Office, China. On the train, he sket- attend a roundtable with all but Mexico. Almost all Minister Harjit Sajjan - laid ched, read “War and Peace” women executives and a of Canada’s oil goes to the the groundwork for Tru- and gazed at the remnants hold a joint press conferen- U.S. and most of the coun- deau’s visit with their own of the Soviet Union. It was ce at 2 p.m. try’s manufacturing is gea- trips last week to preach Ca- a defining trip, he’d later But U.S. liberals hoping red toward meeting U.S. nadian trade. Freeland has write, that left him praising for Trudeau to emerge as demand. Americans hold coined the lawmaker-by- both diversity and compro- Trump’s foil shouldn’t hold CAD2.3 trillion (USD1.8 lawmaker approach “granu- mise. their breath. He’s already trillion) in Canadian asse- lar diplomacy” and the trio, Both values will be tested bit his tongue and focused ts, almost exactly the same along with two other minis- today. The now-45-year-old almost exclusively on an amount held by Canadians ters, will join Trudeau at the Canadian prime minister - economic relationship that in the U.S. White House to hammer Justin Trudeau PM, Canada hailed by Joe Biden as one accounts for three-quar- A Deutsche Bank AG re- home their message. of the last champions of li- ters of Canada’s exports. port this month that looked Trudeau and his team beralism - heads to Washin- The White House visit will at the potential impact of will also meet House ore than two de- Justin Trudeau set out to gton for his first meeting test just how far Trudeau Trump policies on all the Speaker Paul Ryan and Mcades ago, with Do- explore the world. with Trump, 70, whose can go to woo the president U.S.’s major partners found Senate Majority Leader nald Trump already atop a He toured Europe and bellicose statements and and preserve trade without Canada would be among Mitch McConnell in the real-estate empire, a young Africa with friends, hiding immigration restrictions re- selling out his core values. the hardest hit, forcing the afternoon. Bloomberg tue 14.02.2017 th Anniversary

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Tales Azzoni, Madrid Football he knockout stage of the Champions League begins this week with Barcelona looking to ex- PSG-Barcelona highlights Ttend its successful record against Paris Saint-Germain, and de- fending champion Real Madrid trying to confirm its favoritism last 16 of Champions League over Napoli. Borussia Dortmund and its re- cord-breaking attack takes on Ancelotti some breathing space. Portuguese champion Benfica, But the Italian knows more lacklus- while Arsenal faces Bayern Mu- ap photo ter performances against Arsenal nich trying to avoid its seventh-s- could lead to Bayern’s first exit in traight elimination in the Round the Round of 16 since Inter Milan of 16. prevailed on away goals in 2011. Bayern, which won the title four Arsenal won 2-0 in Munich at years ago, is going for its fourth- this stage in 2013, but it was still consecutive semifinal appearan- eliminated on away goals after a ce. 3-1 loss in the first leg. Five-time champion Barcelona The English club was knocked eliminated PSG in the quarter- out by Bayern in the last 16 two finals in 2013 and 2015, and lost other times — in 2005 and 2014. only one of the last six games against the French club in the Eu- BENFICA-DORTMUND ropean competition, in the group Borussia Dortmund thrived in stage in 2014. the group stage and set the compe- “No team is unbeatable, but tition’s all-time scoring record with of course for me they are the fa- 21 goals in six games, but the squad vorites,” PSG striker Lucas said. is under pressure following disa- “They are the best team in the ppointing recent performances in world, you have to respect them.” Germany. Barcelona has also been able The Spanish club has won nine former player, Diego Maradona, “We’re finding it really hard [...] PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN- to rely on Messi’s teammates matches and drawn twice since who has said he plans to attend to show this sharpness in these BARCELONA Neymar and Luis Suarez, but PSG the home loss to Schalke in Mar- the game. games away from the big stage, It’s not just about Paris Saint- remains highly dependent on Ca- ch 2015. Napoli, playing in the away from the spotlight,” Dort- Germain stopping Lionel Messi vani. Only Brazilian winger Lucas last 16 only for the second time BAYERN MUNICH-ARSENAL mund coach Thomas Tuchel said today [Wed, 3:45am]. Barcelona has hit double figures this season in club history, has won 12 games Germany is waiting for Bayern following the Bundesliga loss to bo- also has to find a way to contain aside from Cavani. during its streak. Munich to show the same domi- ttom club Darmstadt on Saturday, Edinson Cavani. Some 10,000 Napoli fans are nance it displayed at the start of a result that left the team 15 points Cavani has scored nine goals in REAL MADRID-NAPOLI traveling to the match, according the season or under previous coach behind leader Bayern Munich. his last six games, and 33 in all Real Madrid and Napoli will to the Gazzetta dello Sport. In Pep Guardiola. Runner-up in the Cham- competitions this season, which both defend unbeaten streaks at addition to the 4,000 Napoli su- There is a sense that the freedom pions League in 2012-13, Dort- is one more than Messi has. Ca- Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to- pporters who bought tickets for afforded to the players by Carlo mund is trying to make it past the vani is well on track to shatter his morrow. the visitors’ section, many more Ancelotti has allowed complacen- last 16 for the first time since 2013- career-best mark of 38, set with Madrid hasn’t lost at home in have found tickets for other areas cy to creep in, evident in five labo- 14. former club Napoli. 11 Champions League matches, of the Bernabeu — some even red performances since the winter Benfica is playing in the knockout Messi and Cavani enter the duel while Napoli is on an 18-match by buying Madrid membership break. stage for the second straight sea- at Parc des Princes as the Cham- unbeaten streak in all competi- cards. Only two very late goals secured a son, a first for the club. It was eli- pion League’s top scorers — Messi tions, one short of the club re- Among the Napoli fans expec- win over relegation-threatened In- minated by Bayern Munich in last with 10 and Cavani with six. cord. ted in Madrid is its most famous golstadt at the weekend, affording year’s quarterfinals.AP

Skiing Aerni turns tables on Hirscher ap photo to win combined at ski worlds

n a total turnaround, stunned after seeing his three fastest times in the ILuca Aerni won the com- time at the finish area. second leg. Caviezel was 1.3 o’clock (p.m.) this is pure bined event at world ski Two years ago at the wor- seconds slower than Hirs- sunshine on the hill and it is championships yesterday lds in Colorado, Hirscher cher in the slalom, but still not easy.” Switzerland’s Luca Aerni competes during the second run of a men’s after being 30th fastest in won when he too was 30th managed to finish third af- Aerni gave Switzerland its combined event, at the alpine ski World Championships in St. Moritz downhill. in downhill and got first run ter being 14th fastest in the third title from six races in The Swiss skier was first at a softening slalom cour- downhill. St. Moritz, including Beat Switzerland has a track re- set by a Swiss team coach. to use the slalom course se. “This slope is a joke. They Feuz winning the marquee cord of surprise winners in Downhill specialist Kjetil and took advantage of the “This is maybe a good de- didn’t prepare the slalom downhill on Sunday. combined. The 2014 Olym- Jansrud of Norway was tied clean surface to finish 0.01 cision to start first,” Hirs- slope,” Alexis Pinturault of Swiss men have gone pic champion was Sandro for sixth in the morning, seconds ahead of defending cher said. “I exactly knew France, a pre-race favorite 2-for-3 at the worlds af- Viletta, who is not compe- but did not race the slalom. champion Marcel Hirscher the conditions would play who raced slalom before ter winning only one of 27 ting in St. Moritz. Jansrud, who took silvers of Austria. into our hands.” Caviezel yet finished 10th, World Cup events this sea- First-run leader Romed in super-G last Wednesday “I didn’t expect this,” said The home Swiss team also told Eurosport. son. That lone victory came Baumann of Austria had a and combined at the 2015 the 23-year-old Aerni, who took bronze, with Mau- Hirscher chose to cite the in combined, yet it was such 2.61 advantage over Aerni worlds, has been feeling the has had five winless sea- ro Caviezel finishing 0.06 “fascinating” combination a fluke success at snowy after the downhill, but he effects of a cold. sons of World Cup racing. behind his teammate, and of strong sunshine and al- Wengen by Niels Hinter- dropped out of the top 10, The best placings yester- “Of course, if I start 31 (in placed all four of its racers titude in St. Moritz, whe- mann that he was not selec- more than a second behind. day by downhill racers were slalom) I have no chance.” in the top seven. re the men start slalom at ted for yesterday’s race. The slalom began at 1 p.m. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Hirscher, the best slalom In a race clearly weighted 2,220 meters. Aerni has a career-best (1200 GMT) on a clear and of Norway and Dominik Pa- skier in the lineup who star- toward early starters in the “We’re on a south (facing) finish of fifth in World Cup sunny yet cold day, and the ris of Italy in a tie for fourth. ted two racers after Aerni slalom run, medals went to hill,” the top-ranked skier racing, and a seventh place early starters carved ruts They trailed Aerni by 0.40 in bright sunshine, looked the skiers who clocked the said. “From 7 (a.m.) to 5 is his best result this season. into the snow through gates seconds. AP THE Be my Valentine: Filipinos in Germany Station14.02.2017Air quality tue BUZZare most generous long-distance lovers Roadside 60-80 Moderate Filipinos in Germany may be far from Following closely were Filipinos in home, but their loved ones are near to Norway who sent $24 more, and New High their hearts on Valentine’s Day. Zealand, who remitted $12.5 more. Density 60-80 Money transfer company WorldRe- Central bank statistics show Filipi- Residental mit analyzed internal data of who sends nos in the U.S. send the most home, Moderate money to its top 10 recipient countries. followed by those in Saudi Arabia and Area opinion It said yesterday that Filipinos in Ger- United Arab Emirates. According to many were the most generous, sending World Bank, migrants’ remittances to Ambient 60-80 home on average USD32.5 more than the Philippines in 2015 reached $28.48 Moderate source: dsmg source: Our Desk usual before or after Valentine’s Day billion, the third highest next to India Daniel Beitler week last year. and China. WORLD BRIEFS The Macau Constraint

Mama Beyonce shines, ap photo The idea that censorship – particularly state-sponso- red censorship – inhibits creative expression and inno- vation is not a new one. It’s one I have always taken to be true without ever questioning why it should be. Adele flubs in Grammy’s I suppose that concerned citizens are naturally uneasy about the idea of agents of censorship regula- ting the dissemination of ideas within society. This is because agents of censorship only serve tho- ap photo AUSTRALIA Several se in positions of power. The influential and powerful homes are destroyed and among us are the only ones who can both afford the two firefighters injured expense of such administrative systems and have by huge wildfires that enough on the line to warrant them. tore across Australia’s And since institutions of power such as governments most populous state and the mob have no incentive to be genuinely criti- over the weekend. More cal of their own conduct, outspoken criticism is left to a than 2,500 firefighters particular group of people seeking to highlight injustices fought nearly 100 fires as and hypocrisy. temperatures climbed to These are society’s creative types, who offer social 47 degrees Celsius. commentary to provide a counterweight to the propa- ganda of governments and other powerful institutions. PAKISTAN In a scathing Regulating what creative types can produce, or crea- indictment of Pakistan’s ting an environment that discourages speaking out treatment of Afghan (read: self-censorship), should in theory come at the refugees, a human rights expense of creative output. group charges that the This is what I had always held to be true, which is country is forcing hundreds why I was initially surprised that a government like of thousands of Afghan Macau’s, with its inch-deep commitment to freedom of refugees back to their expression, would be so keen to promote the cultural homeland, which is still and creative industries. beset by war and crushing How can a system that is not free profess to want an poverty. More on p13 industry so incompatible with its values and the values of the mother country? Beyonce took home two Grammys for best music video Adele, who won five awards, accepts the prize for However, I have yet to find a compelling argument album of the year for “25” an another

and best urban contemporary ap photo that censorship does inhibit creativity. It may be the case but, equally, it might be possible that in some circumstances restrictions on free speech promote Kristin M. Hall home two Grammys for best boxers in response to Twenty creativity. music video and best urban One Pilots stripping down to To some this may be an absurd proposition, but con- n Beyonce’s first perfor- contemporary album for their undies. sider the example of overseas Chinese and Iranian mance since announcing “Lemonade.” Later on, Corden brought out communities living in Western societies. I her pregnancy with twins, a cardboard car and gathered Turkmenistan’s The disproportionately large volume of literature pu- ADELE, TAKE TWO a group of musicians from the president won re- blished in their name is not only because of the creati- she shined head to toe in gol- den hues. Meanwhile Adele What everyone loves about front rows to sing with Neil election in a widely ve freedom they enjoy as expatriates in France or the anticipated landslide United States. got a rare do-over on national Adele, despite her great vocal Diamond to “Sweet Caroline.” television when she flubbed skills, is that she’s still ner- Among Jennifer Lopez, Jason victory. Gurbanguly Though they would be unable to publish these works Berdymukhamedov vous and makes mistakes on Derulo, Tim McGraw, Faith in their home countries, the censorship (and other her performance, and Beyon- (pictured) garnered nearly actions) of their former governments provides both ce’s daughter Blue Ivy stole big stages. Last year at the Hill, Keith Urban and John 97.7 percent of the vote the subject matter and the impetus for these creative the show with her adorable Grammys, her performance Legend, few of the artists see- in the gas-rich Central works. mini-Prince outfit. Here’s was marred by a technical med to remember the lyrics to Asian nation, the Election Even within authoritative systems, creative dissidents more on the top moments at problem, but this time, she the song. But the skit was sa- Commission said. find opportunity to dream up transformative and ico- the night’s Grammy Awards: flubbed one of her performan- ved by Blue Ivy who jumped in nic works. Take for example Iranian filmmaker Jafar ces and asked for a do-over. the scene at the end. Portugal A former Panahi, whose critical films have led to his arrest and MOTHER BEYONCE After a flawless opening interior minister, Miguel whose 2011 documentary, “This Is Not a Film”, was Macedo, and other senior smuggled out of Iran to the Cannes Film Festival in In a highly anticipated per- performance of her super POLITICAL TALK formance, the first since she hit “Hello,” the British sin- The artists on the red carpet government officials a flash drive hidden inside a cake. Oh, the creativity! are standing trial in a announced she was preg- ger came out a second time and during the show expres- But if censorship can produce its own sort of creati- major case centered sed themselves about the di- vity, maybe this was the MSAR government’s plan all nant with twins, Beyonce ce- to honor the late George Mi- on residence permits along. Could the government’s oscillation between its lebrated her femininity and chael. But early into her som- visive political climate in both granted to investors from oft-stated mantra of “according to the Basic Law” and motherhood. Clad head to ber, orchestral performance dress, song and speeches. outside the European its actions suggesting otherwise be part of an elabora- toe in gold with bands arou- of “Fastlove,” she stopped Transgender actress Laverne Union. The officials are te master plan? Could this master plan be edging us nd her neck, a crown and singing, cursed and asked Cox asked people to Google charged with corruption, closer to the day of the blossoming of Macau’s cultural veil, she invoked images of the band to start over, a rare Gavin Grimm, a transgender influence-peddling and scene? occurrence on a live awards student whose case against misconduct in public A group of writers in 1960s France may have held a both a goddess and the Vir- gin Mary and often cradled show. She explained, “I can’t so-called bathroom bills will office in the trial which similar opinion. They also believed that forms of cen- began yesterday and is sorship or constraints promoted creativity. Named the her swelling belly with her mess this up for him.” be considered by the U.S. hands. Supreme Court. Tribe Called expected to last several Oulipo group (from the French: Ouvroir de littérature months. potentielle), the writers argued that self-imposed cons- Although she skipped the CARPOOL GRAMMYS Quest with Anderson .Paak traints could inspire them to produce superior works. elaborate choreography often Late night TV host James sang “We the People” and The European Union The very principle is contrary to what we might ex- seen in her shows, the perfor- Corden has made his career ended with a line of rappers expects British economic pect: that greater freedom and a lack of censorship is mance was visually arresting lip-synching with musicians with their hands held in the growth to slow as the conducive to creative production. with ghostly images of wo- in his car, so he brought a air in fists shouting, “Resist.” country negotiates its Nevertheless, one member of the group, French men and children dancing prop car into the Staples Cen- Paris Jackson, the 18-year-old exit over the next couple novelist Georges Perec, composed a 300-page novel around her. Introduced by ter with him. daughter of pop icon Michael of years, but forecasts entirely omitting the letter “e”. Titled “A Void”, one of the her mother, Tina Knowles, Earlier, Corden inserted Jackson, called for support an improvement for the novel’s major themes tackles the mystery of the disa- bloc as a whole despite ppearance of that letter. Beyonce looked down lovin- some Steve Martin-esque of the protestors against gly at her husband Jay Z and antics by falling through the the Dakota Access Pipeline. a range of uncertainties. This is known as a lipogram; writing where the author In its Winter Economic daughter Blue Ivy seated in stairs in his entrance and ra- Jennifer Lopez was more has systematically omitted one or more letters of the Forecast released subtle, but clear when she Romanized alphabet. Another example of a lipogram is the front row of Staples Cen- pping his intro with one shoe, yesterday, the 28-nation called the Prisoner’s Constraint. This excludes the use ter. namedropping President Do- called for action. “There is no EU said it predicts British of letters with ascenders or descenders, like b, d, f, g, Yet in the end, she lost out nald Trump as well as several time for despair, no place for economic growth will h, and j, which all have “legs”. to Adele, the musical sales musicians up for awards. Cor- self pity, no need for silence, slump to 1.5 percent this Funnily enough, the lipogram has another name: The leader in 2016, in the top den seemed adept at improvi- and no room for fear,” Lopez year and 1.2 percent in Macau Constraint. Incroyable! awards of the night, but took sation, even coming out in his said. AP 2018.