exhibition shows the thai activist receives police process of making art human rights award hold drill Rui Rasquinho is showcasing his A Thai law student arrested to assess new solo exhibition – an unusual for sharing a critical article capabilities exhibition that portrays the about his country’s king won process of creating his artworks a human rights award P6 P7 MDT REPORT P13

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“ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ”

WORLD BRIEFS 12 years in the making ap photo Ferry terminal to open

Saudi Arabia, hoping to dazzle U.S. President P2 Donald Trump on the first stop of his first after massive delays overseas visit as chief executive, is hosting a line-up of summits and events this weekend, including a concert by American country singer Toby Keith. Trump is marques renato traveling to the Middle Eastern country shortly after a former FBI director was appointed to oversee the inquiry into Russian influence on his election. More on p14 ap photo

South China Sea Four Indonesian soldiers were killed when a Chinese- made anti-aircraft cannon malfunctioned during an exercise in the Natuna island chain in the South China Sea, the Indonesian military said yesterday.

Japan reports that its economy grew at a faster-than-expected 2.2 percent annual pace in January-March. Economists had forecast a strong expansion in the first quarter for the world’s third-largest G2E Asia economy, but most estimates had not topped 2 percent.

Australia A senior Social gaming may Australian tax bureaucrat and two of his children are among 10 people charged in connection help casinos to with a sophisticated tax fraud that police say netted 165 million Australian dollars attract millennials (USD123 million) in less P4 than a year. More on p12 More on backpage INSIDE 19.05.2017 fri

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stage. We want this to occur as Phase 3 starts in June smoothly as possible. This is the most important priority at the moment.” He noted that the in- clusion of additional travel op- MOP3.8 billion bill on Pac On tions will be mostly “dependent on the market.” Another topic highlighted by Ferry Terminal not closed the media concerned how the new terminal would be served by public transport. Wong replied to these ques- Renato Marques tions saying that the decision as to whether or not to increase the naugurated yesterday number and frequency of bus morning after about 12 years routes serving the terminal de- I marques renato in construction, the new Pac On pends on the demand from peo- Ferry Terminal (officially na- ple, noting that the Transport med Taipa Maritime Terminal) Bureau is already taking this is- will finally commence opera- sue into consideration. tions from June 1, the director The mega structure that will of the Marine and Water Bureau enter into operation on June 1 (DSAMA) Susana Wong annou- covers an area of 200,000 squa- nced during the facility’s official re metres with 16 bridge-quays inauguration yesterday. for fast ferries as well as three It was previously announced multipurpose berths that can be that the major public construc- used for several kinds of ships. tion would carry a hefty bill after The heliport that completes the many delays and several bud- transportation capabilities of getary miscarriages – which at the terminal has the capacity for the last estimation, amounted to five helicopters. MOP3.8 billion. To serve passengers, there are But Wong said that “this is the also a total of 127 immigration end of phase 2. We will enter desks in place and a parking lot phase 3 as soon as possible af- with capacity for 1,000 vehicles. ter the new terminal enters into operation.” Phase 3 involves the demoli- tion of the old temporary ferry they who determine the budget.” bly one or two months more.” using this route will gradually terminal (built during phase 1) Wong said, “the third pha- It is currently unclear as to increase by 5 percentage poin- We are not as well as the construction of a se will take about one year to how many staff DSAMA would ts or more. expecting very new fuel park onsite to supply conclude.” require to operate the new ter- “We are not expecting very the vessels operating in the new Other ancillary services form minal. Wong mentioned that drastic growth, but gradual drastic growth. terminal. part of the overall ferry termi- the department responsible growth nonetheless. At this mo- Susana Wong Questioned by the media on nal project, but will not be rea- for overseeing the operations ment, the temporary terminal DSAMA director how much phase 3 could add dy for the opening date. Accor- of all terminals will manage accounts for about 35 percent to the bill, which already sits at- ding to Wong, “the restaurants, staffing issues. of the total number of passen- The construction started on MOP3.8 billion, Wong said, “I snack [and souvenir] shops and The DSAMA director also gers but we believe that this will troubled footing, and there are don’t know exactly. This is a pro- tourism agency offices will not said to expect that with the increase to 40 or 40-something still some problems yet to be cess led by GDI [Infrastructure be ready by June 1 as we need opening of the new terminal, percent,” Wong said remarking solved, as anticipated by Wong Development Office] and it is some time to prepare – proba- the proportion of total visitors that in the face of such growth, in the conclusion of her speech. other amenities would be ad- “The construction of the TMPT ded. These include additional was enormous and the difficul- services, improvements to the ties found [in the process] were Secretary admits problems and general environment, and a lar- big. We expect that after beco- ger parking lot than that of the ming operative, the TMPT will undervalues budget slippage previous terminal. still have room for further im- For the time being, the esta- provement and optimization.” he Secretary for Transport and Public new, “A part of this [building] was completed al- blishment of new routes and Yesterday’s event was attended TWorks, Raimundo do Rosário, admitted pro- ready around ten years ago,” noting, “it’s normal transport companies will not by Chief Executive Chui Sai On blems with the Pac On Ferry Terminal building that there are some problems, I have always ack- take place. Wong said, “this is and the Secretary for Transport and undervalued the several budget ammend- nowledged this, but [that is why] we are here: to merely a transition [from the and Public Works, Raimundo ments that led to the final budget of MOP3.8 solve them,” he concluded. temporary terminal] at this do Rosário. billion. Meanwhile, questioned by the media on the pro- Rosário, speaking to the media on the sideli- blems with staff hired under his supervision, Ro- nes of the inauguration of the new Taipa termi- sário admitted the problem of irregular contracts half-hearted start for taipa terminal nal, said, “It is also necessary to say that in the for outsourced personel exists although insisted beginning [first project] the terminal had eight that it that was of a “small scale.” OFFICIALLY ENTERING into not expected to be in place before berthing places, now it has 16” he explained the “We have probably four or five cases (I’m sure operations on June 1, the new August this year. At the inaugu- difference in dimension of the current project, as that is less than half a dozen) and the way to sol- ferry terminal will be far from ration, Wong mentioned that the reason for the greater than anticipated costs. ve this [them] is to let the contracts finish and working full steam ahead. As an- the terminal will mostly target nounced by the DSAMA director, large tour groups visiting Macau “When the project started it was very small, howe- after that we have to rectify the situation (in the Susana Wong, the terminal will as “individual travelers are ex- ver, it has undergone successive changes so that ones possible to do that). There is no other way,” only operate half of the quays for pected to still continue to prefer now we have this building that is even larger than he said. Regarding the CCAC report on the affor- fast ferries – eight out of a possi- to travel to the Outer Harbor the airport passengers terminal. [This said] I do dable housing, backing the buyers, Rosário said ble sixteen, for now. Restaurants, Ferry Terminal [on the Macau not think there has been great [budget] slippage.” “We are going to follow all the recommendations shops and tourism services are Peninsula].” The secretary also acknowledges that although issued.”

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Real Estate Chan calls for leaders to enhance legal knowledge Fewer flats sold during Q1 Chan Meng Kam has suggested that the government compel its high officials to total of 3,337 bui- enhance their ethical standards, and gain lding units and legal knowledge. In a written inquiry to the parking spaces government, Chan mentioned the problematic bloomberg were sold as per employment processes of the Cultural Affairs StampA Duty record in the Bureau. Chan noted that current selection standards for government leaders do not first quarter of 2017, while concern legal fields, compared to the exams the total value of transac- taken by ordinary civil servants during their tions was MOP17.93 billion, recruitment, which include questions about down by 35 percent and 38.9 the law. Chan has questioned Cultural Affairs percent respectively quarter- Bureau if the government should amend to-quarter. According to in- regulations and open law training courses for formation from the Statistics leaders of government departments. and Census Service (DSEC), purchase and sale of residen- tial units during the quarter One border-checking totalled 2,313, a decrease of 1,262 units; the total value on HKZMB amounted to MOP13.61 billion, down by 41.8 per- In terms of average price rage price of residential units tor, the gross floor area of The Chinese security department will be sending its staff to Macau to discuss the final cent. One of the most signi- in the first quarter of 2017, fell by 4.4 percent quarter-to- construction of new buildings plan of operations for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- ficant drops (69 percent) was the average price per square quarter to MOP90,858.” totalled 381 thousand squa- Macau Bridge, according to a report by Jornal registered in the pre-sale re- meter of usable area of pre- The average price of resi- re meters, providing 2,964 Va Kio. Secretary for Security, Wong Sio sidential units. In total, 306 sale residential units was dential units in the Macau units (with 2,890 residential Chak, disclosed that authorities from different pre-sales were made, with MOP129,439, and that of Peninsula increased by 4 units) and 1,752 parking spa- regions involved in construction of the bridge a total value of MOP3.08 existing residential units was percent quarter-to-quarter to ces for cars upon completion. have already finished all preparatory works billion. Meanwhile, purcha- MOP83,333, up by 4.7 per- MOP85,893 per square me- Meanwhile, the gross floor and investigations on the bridge’s opening. se and sale of existing resi- cent and 2.4 percent quar- ter, while the prices of those area of buildings completed According to Wong, inspection at the border dential units totalled 2,007, ter-to-quarter respectively. in Taipa (MOP97,117) and totalled 254 thousand square gates will only require passengers to be checked amounting to MOP10.54 However, DSEC says that Coloane (MOP121,921) dro- meters, altogether providing once. People can complete the border-checking billion, down by 22.1 percent “due to a sharp decrease in pped by 8.7 percent and 0.9 551 units (with 513 residen- process by simply providing a travel document, and 22.5 percent respecti- transactions of higher-priced percent respectively. tial units) and 720 parking which will then be processed by the region vely. pre-sale units, the overall ave- Regarding the private sec- spaces for cars. people intend to enter.

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G2E Asia normally generate revenue from either in-app purchases (for example buying more virtual currency if the player is deple- Social gaming may help ted), and in some cases from ad- vertising as a secondary source. Since users are not required to make in-app purchases and the casinos to attract millennials games can be played for free, po- pular apps often create wide en- gagement and replay value with Daniel Beitler [market for online games], but it consumers. is also the fastest growing market Testifying to this, Fung said ocial gaming and casino in the mobile games market.” that “most social casino app Sapplications (apps) on mobi- “The social casino is a subca- users are very engaged” with le devices may be a way for tra- tegory under the mobile games PlayStudio’s products, spending ditional land-based casinos to category and it’s in a very early on average two hours per day on attract millennial visitors (born phase right now in Asia,” she some of the social casino appli- between 1980 and 1999) to their continued in her presentation, cations. resorts, suggested a speaker “but it’s growing. To put things “To this audience, we promote during the Global Gaming Expo into perspective, there are more the fantastic reward experiences Asia (G2E Asia) yesterday. people playing social casino ga- of our partners, ranging from Social gaming, of which social mes every day than visitors to MGM in Vegas, MGM in Macau, casino apps are just one exam- Macau in an entire year.” Genting Malaysia and Star Crui- ple, is the activity of playing an Social casino games typically ses,” she said, “making around online game that connects real Christy Fung operate on a free-to-play model, 9.6 million daily brand impres- users and requires some degree where consumers are provided sions.” of social interaction between traditional casino operators rea- secret. Social casinos can help with virtual currency to play the G2E Asia ended yesterday af- them via an online platform. So- ch millennial consumers – a land-based casinos to reach a games and to accrue more of the ternoon after the third conse- cial gaming is disproportionately demographic that is sometimes high-quality audience on a large virtual currency. cutive day of the annual event. enjoyed by younger demogra- considered to be unreceptive to scale at a very low cost.” Fung stressed that the virtual Organizers informed the Times phics, who are thought to be less traditional marketing campaigns. “The young generation are very currency cannot be redeemed or that the number of unique visi- interested in traditional forms of mobile-savvy and gaming-orien- “cashed out”, meaning that “this tors at the conference reached gambling, and games are usually tated […] and it is very important is not a gambling sector; it is [its almost 14,000, which is a 27 played on small electronic devi- to get this young generation into own] regulated industry.” percent increase compared to ces such as mobile phones and It is very [land-based casino] properties,” Social casino app developers the previous year. tablets. added Fung. The concept was introduced important to By the end of this year, there to G2E Asia attendees yester- will be an estimated 2.6 billion day afternoon in a session titled get this young smartphone users in the world, wednesday visitors up nearly 30 percent “Social Gaming: Adding value to with more than half of that num- customer life cycle and loyalty,” generation – ber based in the Asia-Pacific re- VISITORS AT G2E Asia’s sec- Chan, director of the Gaming In- presented by Christy Fung. the millennials gion. ond day on Wednesday exceeded spection and Coordination Bureau Fung, who is the head of Meanwhile, in 2016, Fung said 11,000, according to a statement (DICJ), presented Macau’s devel- rewards at PlayStudios Asia, – into [casino] that the revenue generated from from event organizers, represent- opment over the past year and the a company that develops the- mobile games stood at USD38.6 ing a 29 percent increase over the city’s plan to continue advancing se applications with a target properties. billion; a figure that is 39 per- number of visitors recorded on the “the synergy between gaming and market in the Asia-Pacific re- Christy Fung cent higher than Macau’s gross same day last year. At the same non-gaming elements.” He also gion, discussed how land-based Head of Rewards, PlayStudios Asia gaming revenue. time, nearly 1,200 VIPs, otherwise said on Wednesday that the DICJ casino operators could leverage “Again, 60 percent of that re- considered to be “key buyers and is deepening its audit responsibili- the mobile gaming app space to “The cost of acquiring new venue is actually from the Asia decision-makers,” attended on ties over the local junket industry, Wednesday, marking a one-third with around one-third of the ap- increase their reach and exposu- players for a land-based casino is Pacific [region],” claimed Fung, increase over last year. In the proximately 120 licensed junkets re to new gamblers. very high,” she said during yes- and “not only is the Asia-Pa- same statement, Paulo Martins having already been audited. She said that this would help terday’s session. “This is no big cific region already the largest

policy. However Titi contended Scholars disagree over EU’s lack of transparency that the lack of transpa- rency was exaggerated. “This lack of transpa- Lynzy Valles The scholars recalled the two parties. rency is exaggerated, es- that agreements such as The European Parlia- pecially regarding the EU ast week, two scho- the Transatlantic Trade ment voted in favor of negotiations with CETA, Llars conducted a dis- and Investment Partner- CETA on February 15, but even more so with TTIP,” cussion at the Rui Cunha ship Agreement (TTIP) EU national parliaments she said. Foundation on trade and the Comprehensi- still have to approve the “The process has been agreements and interna- ve Economy and Trade treaty before it can take reasonably transparent tional investments cur- Agreement (CETA) could full effect. so the EU has been pu- rently being negotiated have a significant impact “This is a comprehensi- blicizing the documents with China, the United on the residents of coun- ve investment agreement. […] There is a lot of infor- States and Canada. tries involved in the agree- […] The treaty has been mation that is becoming One of the scholars ment, particularly in heal- signed but it is not into available and so I think analyzed how the Treaty of thcare regulation, quality force yet, it needs to be the the lack of transparency is Lisbon has given the Eu- Catherine Titi, Sales Marques (center) and Fernando Dias Simoes and food safety, among ratified,” said Titi to the also a bit of a myth,” she ropean Parliament greater other matters. Times. continued. power in several sectors transparent and regular European Parliament. The TTIP is a proposed Simões implied that the- Regarding the EU-China including agriculture, im- dialogue with representa- This put it on equal foo- trade agreement between re is a lack of transparency relationship, Titi stated migration and the mana- tive organizations. ting with the European the EU and the United in the EU’s administra- that EU investors who gement of union funds. Catherine Titi, a resear- Council in the decision- States, which aims to pro- tion. wish to invest in China do The treaty also streng- cher at the French Natio- making process for EU mote trade and multilate- Several years ago, a not have access to the Chi- thened the rights of citi- nal Center for Scientific actions. ral economic growth. group of environmen- nese market, which is why zens and associations to Research (CNRS) in Fran- Fernando Dias Simões, a CETA is a free-trade tal lawyers sued the EU one of the agreement’s participate in the demo- ce, recalled that the Treaty professor at the University agreement between the over alleged attempts to aims is to convince China cratic life of the union, as entered into force at the of Macau’s Faculty of Law, EU and Canada, which restrict access to infor- to treat all domestic and it required union institu- end of 2009, giving new was also present at the de- would eliminate 98 per- mation, following a lack international investors tions to maintain open, legislative powers to the bate. cent of the tariffs between of transparency in union equally. fri 19.05.2017 th Anniversary

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MSAR ranks 72nd Police hold drill to test in congress and crime fighting capabilities convention ranking

acau moved up Founded in 1963, ICCA Julie Zhu M21 places in the has a membership of more 2016 Annual Statistics than 1,000 governmental he Judiciary Police (PJ) orga- and Rankings issued by organizations, exhibition Tnized a drill to assess the police’s the International Con- related companies, and capabilities and readiness in fighting gress and Convention convention centers in crime. Association (ICCA). Re- more than 100 countries. The drill, which took place at the garding the worldwide Each year, ICCA prepa- PJ’s Cotai branch next to the Lotus city ranking, the MSAR res a report ranking the Border Gate, began at 10:30 a.m., now ranks in the 72nd number of ICCA meetings with two employees of a jewelry shop position. As for ranking held in each country and (played by police officers) carrying a in the Asia-Pacific, the re- region. large amount of cash to a parking lot gion ranked 17th in 2016, According to IPIM, the located in the PJ office. While the up four places compared report “demonstrates that two employees entered their car, to 2015. Macau is a rising star in three police officers posing as crimi- According to a state- the conferences and even- nals appeared at the parking lot with the steps of saving the hostage. The first one concerns the arrest ment issued by the Ma- ts world and is moving guns and knives, and proceeded to The police were also required to [of the criminals], the second enac- cau Trade and Invest- further towards the deve- simulate a robbery of the employees. identify the guns and bullets found ts the inspections of a crime scene, ment Promotion Institu- lopment of the MICE in- In response, police on-duty at the at the crime scene. and the third is related to hostage te (IPIM), the 2016 ICCA dustry.” parking lot arrested the criminals. After the police successfully res- negotiation,” a PJ officer, surnamed report indicates that Data from the Statistics As part of the simulated police in- cued the hostage, they briefed the Cheong, told the media. Macau has improved in and Census Service indi- tervention, one of the jewelry shop media on the drill and provided in- The police officer said that Macau several areas, such as the cates there were a total employees was shot, while the other formation about the process that po- rarely witnesses this scale of criminal number of international of 1,276 conferences held one was taken hostage (both staged). lice technicians use to identify guns activity, but added that local police meetings held in Macau in Macau in 2016. Of the Two of the criminals were arrested and bullets. forces need to remain cautious. (37), which shows an in- total, 693 (54.4 percent) at the scene, as they attempted to The entire drill lasted for approxi- He also said that Macau always crease of nine events off were corporate meetings, leave the parking lot, while the third mately two hours. organizes drills with its neighboring of to the total of 28 in 336 (26.3 percent) were left with the hostage. According to the PJ, 50 employees regions to simulate these kinds of 2015. The figure was con- organization/association The drill was then moved to the from police departments were de- crimes. sidered by ICCA as the meetings, 43 (3.4 percent) parking lot’s rooftop, where around ployed for the large-scale drill. According to the PJ, the drill was highest number of inter- were major conferences, six police officers – including profes- “This time, the police have orga- planned to enhance cooperation be- national meetings in the and 55 (4.3 percent) were sional negotiators – went through nized different stages for the drill. tween different police departments. last decade. exhibitions.

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they can perceive [and] that is what I’m interested in,” the Bakeries required to artist explained. stop selling fillets of Artist showcases raw Questioned on the current art scene in the territory, meat Rasquinho lamented that the market is, “non-existent, resi- The Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau sketches of artworks dual.” (IACM) has required 13 Macau traditional “In terms of artists, it’s boo- bakery souvenir shops to cease selling ming. We have a lot and qui- fillets of beef and pork, according to a Lynzy Valles te frankly, they can be found statement issued by IACM on Wednesday. everywhere. […] For Macau IACM revealed that it has received many acau-based – it’s the lack of a market - reports stating that some of the fillets from artist Rui Rasqui- it’s an interesting art scene in these stores had gone bad. Since May nho is showcasing Macau right now,” the artist 16, the city’s food safety center has been his new solo exhi- suggested. sending staff to conduct inspections in Mbition – an unusual exhibition Rasquinho also argued that shops . IACM has provided the shops 60 days to make improvements in the way that portrays the process of the local government seldom they exhibit relevant unpacked products. creating his artworks instead directs money to relevant cul- If, after the 60 days, no improvements are of his completed works. ture and arts departments, made, the shops would be required to stop Sketches of the artist are hindering the market growth selling these food products. showcased in Macau Art Gar- for the region’s art sector. den’s floor and walls, whi- Thus with the growing num- le some are in book format ber of local artists, the artist Customs office to be featuring his drawings and suggested that the govern- paintings in ink, graphite and ment should continually bring built in Q4 charcoal. opportunities to art enthu- Titled “Tentative Notebook siasts. A Customs Services office will be – Works by Rui Rasquinho” Meanwhile, Raquinho is constructed in the vicinity of the ,the artist noted that this is delighted to see that the Roundabout of Tenente Pedro José Da Rui Rasquinho the first time he has exhibited numbers of young artists are Silva Loureiro. Yesterday, the Land and Public Works bureau received 15 bids for pieces that are not his final growing. Yet he advised, “Stu- building the facility. The project includes works. walls, floors, notebooks or in two colors accompanied by a dy abroad, and please don’t a three-story building occupying an area “I realized that the sketches papers rolled up on tables. continuous video of waves. stay in Macau. They can come of 1,165 square meters, in addition to were interesting, so instead of The studio creates an envi- He also hoped that his works back later [but] they need to an extra space which will be used as a showing final works, I decided ronment in which it is as if the would provide visitors with a go away, absorb the world and parking lot. The construction period is to show the drafts,’ he said to artist is still in the process of sense of freedom of interpre- come back.” expected to begin in the fourth quarter of the Times. finalizing his works. tation, as his works are figura- In this exhibition, Raquinho this year, with a maximum time period According to the artist, he Rasquinho was interested in tive and do not represent the presents his recent artworks for construction of 390 work days. Three aimed to produce a staged expressing simplicity through world in a realistic way. dated from 2016 to 2017. The registered ancient trees are located near studio so that visitors can find black and white. Hence, the “My works give freedom to exhibition will be held until the construction site, as well as Ponte n.° 1 his artworks hanging on the exhibition only features the viewers to view things as only June 11 at Macau Art Garden. da Taipa.

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Real Estate Matters The Best Places to Live in Macau - 2017 - Part IV

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having been established in 1994, JML Property offers investment property & homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

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Welcome back to the fourth Property features: Charac- the centre of everything. part of our article on the most terful open living area apart- popular places to live in Macau ments and Studios. Offers the Coloane Village - Houston for expatriates. opportunity to live among the Court Of course there will always be local community. Area: Old Village Coloane, pros and cons in any proper- Rental prices: Budget / Mid- pretty and historic. Low-rise – ty and location, so its good to range. only three stories high. know what is essential and Advantages: Excellent loca- Amenities: Walking distance what is desirable to make it a tion. to restaurants, local grocers, good choice for you. Drawbacks: No club facility banks, medical center, Post Of- Last week we highlighted Nova and older communal areas, fice and bakeries. Bus Stops are City, Ocean Gardens and Su- noisy tourists. walking distance. Local walks preme Flower City and all are and beaches are also easily ac- situated in Taipa. The Heritage Area (St cessed. This week we will take a look at Paul’s Ruins), Macau Building facilities: None but the historic and quaint areas of Area: Macau, near to St Malo this is reflected in the relatively Old Taipa, St Paul’s in Macau Square. reasonable rental prices. There and Houston Court in Coloane Amenities: Walking distance is a roof terrace for the use of Village. We also touch on areas to Ruins of St Pauls, local furni- the residents. that are new and developing. ture shops, fast food restauran- Property features: Charac- ts, museum, banks, high street terful open living area apart- Old Taipa – Va Nam, Va shops and the main Post Office. ments. Fat, Nam Long Tourist shops and facilities are Rental prices: Budget / Mid- Area: Old Taipa, low-rise re- also nearby. range. sidential buildings that are Building facilities: None but Advantages: The village life quaint and historic. The area is this is reflected in the relatively and local shops. under going some renovations. reasonable rental prices. Stairs Drawbacks: Parking and Egg Amenities: Walking distance rather than lifts are a feature in tarts accessible enough to ruin to restaurants, shops, banks, these older buildings. any diet. medical care, cafes. Bus Stops Property features: Charac- are walking distance. All the terful open living area apart- If you would like further infor- convenience of Taipa on the ments often recently renova- mation on these properties or a doorstep. ted. copy of the information mailed Building facilities: Usually Rental prices: Budget. to you in .pdf format, please none and stairs rather than lift Advantages: You are already email me at Juliet@JMLPro- and this is reflected in the rea- in the centre of everything. perty.com and we will be happy sonable rental prices. Drawbacks: Getting out of to send you the information. fri 19.05.2017

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Ikea to double Singapore Air loses out as India sourcing to flyers swap champagne USD667 million for cheap seats as roll out nears kea Group will double Abhishek Vishnoi Isourcing from India to 600 million euros (USD667 bloomberg

ingapore Airlines Ltd., bloomberg million) as the retailer opens first in the world to put a dou- its first domestic outlet next ble bed, mattress and duvet on year in a nation pegged to a commercial plane, posted a grow into the world’s third- Ssurprise loss at its marquee brand for largest consumer market. The first Ikea India store the first time in three years. Its two The retailer, which broke was originally slated to open budget carriers reported a profit. ground yesterday for a sto- in Hyderabad by end 2017. Intense competition from Emirates, re in the financial capital Maharashtra state Chief Qatar Airways and Etihad that offer Mumbai, is sticking to its Minister Devendra Fadna- services such as a personal butler and goal of opening 25 outlets by vis said yesterday that the shower on board aircraft has crushed 2025 in India despite troub- country’s archaic laws have profits at Singapore Air and its Hong le acquiring land, Juvencio hampered land acquisition Kong-based rival Cathay Pacific Maetzu, chief executive offi- by companies such as Ikea. Airways Ltd. as the two Asian airli- market closed for trading. The loss at Hong Kong head office as part of the cer of Ikea India, said in an The government is streamli- nes conduct a strategic review of their the main airline is the first since the biggest revamp in two decades. interview. Its first store is set ning procedures to pave the business. To fight back, Singapore Air fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, ac- Passenger yield at Singapore Air, to open in Hyderabad early way for companies to set up Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon cording to company filings. or the money earned from carrying next year followed by more shop in his state, Fadnavis Phong is boosting borrowings to fund a passenger for one kilometer, fell to in Mumbai, Bengaluru and said. a record USD53 billion order for new 10.1 Singapore cents, hovering arou- New Delhi. Consumption in India is planes. Singapore Air nd the lowest level in six years. The world’s largest furni- set to triple to $4 trillion “Evidently, the pressure of the Mid- is the only Asian Singapore Air is the only Asian air- ture retailer hasn’t been fa- by 2025 as rising affluence dle Eastern carriers and the lack of a line to fly the Concorde and the first zed by problems acquiring drives changes in consumer domestic market is impacting, simi- airline to fly the in the world to fly the superjumbo land for its stores, which behavior and spending pat- lar to Cathay,” Joshua Crabb, head of A380. When the aircraft entered would typically span four terns, according to a March Asian equities at a unit of Old Mutual Concorde and service in 2007, the plane featured football fields and offer report by The Boston Con- Plc, said from Hong Kong. Crabb said suites created by French luxury-ya- around 9,000 products un- sulting Group’s center for he doesn’t own Singapore Air stock. the first in the cht designer Jean-Jacques Coste and der a single roof. The Asian customer insight. Nominal Singapore Air group - which in- world to fly the cushions from fashion house Given- nation is an attractive bet for year-over-year expected ex- cludes brand Singapore Air, a regio- chy. In 2015, Singapore Air started the company with Boston penditure growth of 12 per- nal airline and two budget carriers superjumbo offering champagne to passengers Consulting Group predic- cent is more than double the - announced a surprise net loss of who flew its premium economy seats. ting consumption will grow anticipated global rate of 5 SGD138.3 million (USD99.3 million) A380 “Business travel demand has not at more than double the glo- percent, the report said. in the three months ended March, been very strong and this impacts bal rate, placing the India Ikea is capitalizing on its compared with a median forecast “A dedicated transformation office Singapore Air parent airline, which market behind only the U.S. advantage as the first major for a profit for SGD54.3 million in a is conducting a wide-ranging review, derives around 45 percent of its pas- and China by 2025. foreign retailer to receive go- Bloomberg survey of six analysts. The encompassing network and fleet, senger revenue from the first and “For us, what is more im- vernment approval to set up company took a previously-annou- product and service, and organizatio- business class cabin,” said Corrine portant is full compliance, stores in India. It also plans nced provision of SGD132 million in nal structure and processes, to better Png, Singapore-based CEO of Crucial right title, right connectivity to set up its first distribution the quarter relating to its cargo unit. position the group for long-term sus- Perspective, a research firm focused and an ethical way of land center in Pune in Maharash- Brand Singapore Air had an ope- tainable growth across its portfolio of on Asian transport equities. Long- acquisitions,” Maetzu said. tra, Maetzu said. rating loss of SGD41 million in the full-service and budget airline opera- haul routes are facing overcapacity India’s economy and mi- “Sourcing is an integral quarter while Budget Aviation Hol- tions,” Singapore Air said in the sta- and there’s pressure on yields, she ddle-class are growing, he part of Ikea,” he said. “We dings - which operates the two low- tement. said. said, as is its transportation are production-based retai- fare carriers Scoot and Tiger - had a Cathay has embarked on a three- Singapore Air also announced a to- infrastructure. “There are ler. We have been sourcing profit of SGD22 million at the ope- year revamp to cut costs after repor- tal dividend for the fiscal year of 20 challenging and difficult si- from India for the last 30 rating level, according to a statement ting in March its first loss in eight Singapore cents per share, compared tuations, but Ikea won’t give years. We will double sour- the carrier issued to the Singapore years. Cathay has set a target to save with 45 Singapore cents last year. up. India will make Ikea bet- cing by 2020 for India and stock exchange yesterday after the 30 percent in employee costs at its Bloomberg ter in future.” global stores.” Bloomberg corporate bits shoppes at parisian awarded The categories were: the winners of win cup drawing Chen, President and Executive Most Innovative Retail & Lei- ‘ ’ Director of Wynn Resorts (Ma- international shopping center 2017 sure Concept – Shoppes at competition announced cau), said that the first Macau Parisian, International Retail Primary School Student National & Leisure Destination – Sho- Education Drawing Competition ppes at Parisian and Global under the theme of “My Chinese Developer – Sands Retail. Dream” revealed a far-reaching Sands Shoppes Cotai Strip impact. The program attracted Macao offers over 850 of the active participation from over world’s leading brands under w20 schools and 10,000 Macau one roof. It consists of the primary school students, achie- interconnected Shoppes at ving excellent results. Venetian, Shoppes at Four According to a press release Seasons, Shoppes at Cotai issued by Wynn, “as the title Central and Shoppes at Pa- sponsor of the Macau Primary Shoppes at Parisian have by Retail and Leisure Inter- risian. The first “Wynn Cup – Macau the knowledge and unders- School Student National Educa- won the prestigious Retail & national, the retail industry’s Held in Dubai, UAE, the Primary School Student Natio- tanding of national education tion Drawing Competition, Wynn Leisure International (RLI) In- premier awards event. Retail and Leisure Internatio- nal Education Drawing Com- among primary school students hopes that the program can ternational Shopping Center In addition to picking up the nal’s 12th Global RLI Awards petition” award ceremony was in Macau and nurture their na- enhance Macau primary school 2017 award, according to a biggest award of the night, provided an evening in recog- held at Wynn Palace this week, tional pride. students’ knowledge of national statement issued by Sands Sands Retail and Shoppes nition and celebration of the sponsored by Wynn and organi- The award ceremony was conditions and promote exchan- China. at Parisian were shortlisted most visionary and innovative zed by the National Conditions held in the Grand Theater Ball- ges in the fields of culture, art The award forms part of the in three other main catego- retail and leisure concepts Education Association(Macau). room of Wynn Palace. In the and education between main- Global RLI Awards 2017 held ries. worldwide. 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But she said the industry in China ventional makeup for covering up needs to expand and to modernize. discolored or damaged skin on ap photo Most funeral home operators are corpses. family-run outfits selling one-size- The Luen Hing Coffin Co.’s pa- fits all services. They’re not trans- per casket looked deceptively like parent about prices and other in- a traditional one. It costs more formation for services and produc- because of a specialized manufac- ts like coffins and urns, she said. turing process for its honeycomb That’s partly because, as in many paper construction, but burns places, talk of death is taboo. twice as fast as wood in a crema- “A lot of the funeral service in- torium, saving funeral operators dustry is backwards,” she said. time and money, said General “Our culture dictates that Chinese Manager Carol Chan. people are very sensitive to talk On display at Yu Fu Xiang’s boo- about matters of death. Therefore th were custom-designed crema- this industry has become a very tion urns adorned with faces of closed one.” the deceased and an ornate “elite Under Mao Zedong, who ruled longevity costume” resembling China until his death in 1976, ela- robes worn by Chinese emperors. borate funerals, like many other Chuang said attitudes are chan- Wicker and seagrass coffins are displayed at the Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo & Conference in Hong Kong, yesterday customs, were officially condem- ging and demand is growing for ned as feudal superstition and fell more personalized service as the out of favor, though they persisted children of the older generation Hong Kong in many rural areas. Such rituals become wealthier and more tech have seen a revival in recent years savvy. Cultural sensitivities re- as the economy boomed, as the garding death are starting to ease, newly rich use lavish funeral rites making it more acceptable to talk Asian funerals go green, to show off their social status and about preparing for the afterlife, the accumulation of wealth. she said at one of the fair’s semi- nars. Other speakers said that des- high-tech at trade fair The death pite lingering resistance, there’s growing interest in online me- industry is morials that let family members Kelvin Chan, Hong Kong “Eco funerals are a global trend,” relatives or pets while Shenyang upload pictures to the cloud and said Sun. “European customers Roundfin was looking for interna- a lucrative pay respects using their smar- eath is inevitable but it already know about this product, tional distributors for its autopsy market: tphones. Ddoesn’t have to be bad for the while Asian customers are also tables, morgue fridges and body The prospect of a lucrative in- environment. interested in it and would love to bags. Asia’s aging vestment opportunity even drew Caskets made of paper and wi- learn more,” he said. Interest is The death industry is a lucrative investors from outside the indus- cker coffins on display at a recent especially high in the Philippines, market: Asia’s aging population is population is try to the fair. Hong Kong funeral industry trade Malaysia and Vietnam as well as projected to hit 923 million by mi- Piyanuch Wattanasirita- highlighted a trend toward “green mainland China, he said. dcentury, according to the Asian projected to hit nanwong and a friend came burials” in an industry booming as The mood was bright, not fune- Development Bank, putting the 923 million by from Thailand, where they run a Asia’s population rapidly ages. real, as coffin makers, morticians, region on track to become the ol- property business, after hearing Chinese businessman Alex Sun’s funeral home operators and en- dest in the world. midcentury about the show from a contact. company, Shandong Ecoffin In- trepreneurs converged on Hong The region’s funeral services “We want to know what oppor- ternational, makes wicker and Kong this week for the Asia Fune- market has been growing steadily tunities there are in this industry seagrass coffins, which first beca- ral and Cemetery Expo & Confe- and is now worth about USD62.6 In 2013, the government banned because everybody dies,” she said. me popular in the West and are rence, a trade fair held every other billion a year, with China accoun- Communist Party members from She pondered the possibility of now catching on in Asia. Basket- year. ting for nearly half that, according holding extravagant funerals for starting a coffin business based weaving dates to the Tang Dy- Participants were pitching to data from market research firm family members, seeking to curb on recycling — an elaborate ou- nasty (618-907 AD) in northeast caskets for pets, Italian hearses, Euromonitor. waste, corruption and pomp. ter shell is removed to be re-used China’s Shandong province, whe- German cremators with high-tech “This is a very promising indus- On the Hong Kong show floor, while only a plain inner box is cre- re Sun’s factory uses fast-growing filters and Japanese mobile em- try in China,” said Gloria Chuang, Lee Jong-lan, South Korea’s top mated with the body. willow reeds to make caskets that balming units. From China, Tru- marketing director at Yu Fu Xiang funerary beautician, demonstra- “I don’t want people to spend a are an eco-friendly alternative to thkobo Jewelry offered pendants Memorial Group, a Chinese fune- ted her airbrushing technique, lot of money but still have a nice wood. made with ashes from deceased ral services company. which she said is better than con- farewell,” she said. AP

THAAD issue Chinese, South Korean officials meet in attempt to repair ties

hinese Foreign Mi- Korea of the U.S. missi- China’s top diplomat yes- conservative predecessor. nister Wang Yi met le defense system called terday reiterated calls for Although he has someti-

C ap photo yesterday with a special THAAD. its dismantling. mes criticized the THAAD envoy sent by new South Seoul and Washington “We’re now at a cross- deployment, Moon has Korean President Moon have argued that the mis- roads in our relations,” not said he will remove it. Jae-in as the two countries sile system is aimed at Wang told Lee as he ur- When Chinese President attempted to mend a rift in North Korean aggression, ged the new South Korean Xi Jinping called Moon ties over the deployment of while China sees it as a administration to make a last week to congratulate a high-tech American mis- threat to its own security. decision to “remove the him on his election, Moon sile defense system in Sou- It has retaliated against obstacles” that stand in reportedly asked Xi for th Korea to guard against Seoul by suspending visits the way of healthy ties be- help in ending the econo- North Korean threats. to South Korea by Chine- tween the two Asian eco- mic retaliation that has Wang and former Sou- se tour groups and trips nomic powerhouses. taken a toll on South Ko- South Korean special envoy Lee Hae-chan (right) attends a talk with th Korean Prime Minister to China by South Ko- In recent weeks Beijing rean businesses. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing Lee Hae-chan were ex- rean entertainers. South and Seoul have signaled a Beijing has maintained pected to discuss ways of Korean businesses have desire to repair relations its hard line, and in an edi- nment’s friendly posture needs to make a choice be- containing North Korea’s faced boycotts, especially following the election of torial yesterday, the Com- toward China.” tween deploying THAAD missile and nuclear wea- the retail group Lotte whi- South Korean President munist Party newspaper “Stopping the deploy- and resuming Sino-South pons activities as well as ch provided the land on Moon Jae-in, who has Global Times said China’s ment of THAAD is the Korean relations. It shou- the economic fallout over which the system is being taken a friendlier stan- opposition “cannot be bottom line of China,” the ld not hope to have it both the deployment in South constructed. ce toward China than his traded for the new gover- newspaper said. “Seoul ways.” AP fri 19.05.2017

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Formosa Plastics Vietnam Beijing proposes law to codify maintains ban on deep-water fishing investigations of foreigners in polluted area

Vietnam is maintaining a ban on deep- hina’s intelligen- law,” the proposal declares. water fishing in four central provinces ce agencies wou- The proposal states intelli- one year after a Taiwanese-owned steel ap photo ld have stronger gence agencies could “collect plant discharged toxins into the sea and powers to monitor and process” information on caused the country’s worst environmental Cand investigate foreigners foreigners and Chinese citi- disaster. and conduct operations in- zens and conduct work ou- The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper side China and abroad under tside the country’s borders. yesterday quoted Deputy Prime Minister a newly proposed law codi- However, it was unclear Truong Hoa Binh as saying fishermen fying the work of Beijing’s from a publicly released dra- should not fish for seafood in deep water vast security apparatus. ft whether operations abroad within 20 nautical miles from the coast The government under Pre- could target foreigners or in the four provinces until the Ministry of sident Xi Jinping over the must be limited to Chinese Health finds it safe to eat and maritime past several years has sou- citizens. resources are restored. ght to expand and provide The law also states that in- The USD10.6 billion steel complex legal foundations for intelli- telligence operatives who owned by Formosa Plastics Group, which gence agency powers in the abuse their powers will be includes a steel plant, a power plant and name of national security subject to prosecution. a deep sea port in Ha Tinh province, and combating terrorism. The draft will have to un- discharged toxins such as cyanide and The moves have sparked dergo three readings by the phenol during a test run in April last year. It caused massive deaths of fish and other concern from the U.S. go- this week appealed to China and real estate. It calls for National People’s Congress sea life along more than 200 kilometers vernment and human righ- to postpone a newly adopted collaboration on intelligen- or its standing committee of coastline, devastating fishing ts groups that say the new cybersecurity law. They war- ce operations at all levels of before becoming law. communities and tourism in the four powers could be used to su- ned it could violate Beijing’s Chinese society, including In April, authorities in provinces. The plant owner was ordered ppress political dissent, si- free-trade commitments. the military, public institu- Beijing began offering cash to pay $500 million in compensation. lence foreign organizations Chinese officials maintain tions and citizens. rewards of up to 500,000 In September, the Ministry of Health working in China and force tighter data controls are nee- “Foreign bodies, organiza- yuan (USD72,500) for ci- said tests on samples of sea life in shallow technology companies to give ded to prevent terrorism and tions or individuals enga- tizens who turn in foreign water such as tunas and mackerels in the the Communist Party access anti-government activity. ging in acts harming the na- spies. The proposed law four provinces showed they were safe to sensitive information. The latest proposal wou- tional security and interests allows for rewards for “ma- to eat, while 132 out of 1,040 samples A coalition of business ld allow authorities to use of the People’s Republic of jor contributions” to intelli- tested from sea life in deep water such as groups from Japan, Britain, electronic surveillance te- China within Chinese bor- gence activities to be offered shrimp, crabs and squid were found to the U.S. and other countries chniques and seize vehicles ders must be punished by nationwide. AP contain phenol. AP

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gh the fault is not located near any large cities. ap photo Sutherland said the discovery of the hot water doesn’t have any bearing on predicting when the next quake might hit. He said before any commercial ventures begin, scientists will need to determine the extent of the hot water, what purposes it could be used for, how easy it is to extract, and whether it can be done safely. He said he didn’t think removing water from the fault would risk triggering a quake but scientists would need to study that question as well. New Zealand already generates about 15 percent of its electricity from geothermal sources, most of it from the Taupo volcanic zone in the central North Island. Suther- land said the declining coal mi- ning industry in the South Island could provide needed expertise, engineering and infrastructure for any new geothermal ventures on the Alpine Fault. He said the hot water could po- tentially be used by the dairy in- Drilling site of an earthquake fault near Franz Josef Glacier on the South Island in New Zealand (2014) dustry as a heating source to dry milk. Milk powder is one of the nation’s largest exports. New Zealand up the rocks, allowing rain water Dave Craw, a professor at and snow melt to quickly percola- New Zealand’s University of Ota- te through the hot interior of the go who was not involved in the mountains, which concentrates study, said that in a global con- Quake scientists discover the heat beneath the valleys. text, the high temperatures found Sutherland said they found the in the fault are very unusual. water in the fault reached 100 de- “The famous San Andreas Fault grees Celsius at a depth of 630 me- of California was drilled in a si- surprise: Hot water ters. Water typically gets progres- milar way to this New Zealand sively hotter with depth, but under borehole, and the temperatures normal conditions it doesn’t reach and thermal gradient encounte- Nick Perry, Wellington because geothermal energy is tall monitoring equipment rather that temperature until about 3 ki- red there were much lower than usually associated with volcanic than gauge water temperatures, lometers underground. the Alpine Fault,” Craw wrote in hen researchers in activity, but there are no volca- but researchers are excited about One hundred Celsius is boiling an email. “The Alpine Fault is a WNew Zealand drilled deep noes where the scientists drilled. their unexpected findings. point on the Earth’s surface, al- spectacular thermal anomaly for into an earthquake fault, they Because the Alpine Fault stretches “Economically, it could be very though water doesn’t boil under- an area without active volcanic stumbled upon a discovery they for hundreds of kilometers like a significant for New Zealand,” ground because it remains under activity.” say could provide a significant spine along the country’s South Sutherland told The Associated pressure, much like the liquid in- Bill Ellsworth, a professor at new energy source for the South Island, the energy source could be Press in an interview. “It’s a totally side a pressure cooker. Stanford University who helped Pacific nation. enormous. new paradigm.” The Alpine Fault is among the review safety aspects of the stu- The scientists found the water Led by Victoria University of In their study, the scientists say most active faults in the world. It dy but who was not involved in in the Alpine Fault was much Wellington professor Rupert Su- they believe two actions are crea- typically creates large earthquakes the research, said that because hotter than expected, and could therland, the study was published ting the hot water. about once every 300 years, and elevated fluid pressures weaken potentially be harnessed to gene- yesterday in the journal Nature. First, they say, previous earth- scientists figure there is about a faults, the study’s findings also rate electricity or provide direct Sutherland said the intention of quakes have moved hot rocks up one-third chance it will rupture have important implications for heating in industries like dairy the study near the popular tourist from deep within the Earth into again in the next few decades. The understanding the workings of farming. destination of Franz Josef Glacier the mountains along the fault line. resulting quake could devastate quakes on similar faults around The finding was surprising was to collect rock cores and ins- Second, the shaking has broken some New Zealand towns, althou- the world. AP

Australia Tax official charged in USD123 million fraud probe

senior Austra- Australian Federal Poli- government to dealing in Police allege the scam later became aware of the Three other tax bureau- A lian tax bureaucrat ce Deputy Commissioner the proceeds of crime to came in when they intro- fraud through its inter- crats face disciplinary and two of his children Leanne Close said yester- demanding money with duced subcontractors to nal systems and started action for accessing in- are among 10 people day. menaces. pay the salaries. Police working with the police, formation about an in- charged in connection His son Adam Cranston, The 58-year-old bu- allege the subcontractors officials said. ternal audit of the fraud, with a sophisticated tax 30, is managing director reaucrat was not thought were “a front” that only Police served Michael Acting Commissioner of fraud that police say net- of a Sydney-based finan- to be part of the alleged paid part of the taxes that Cranston with a notice Taxation Andrew Mills ted 165 million Australian cial services company criminal syndicate, whi- the employees owed. on Wednesday, after his said. Tax officials are dollars (USD123 million) that police say was at the ch Close said is accused News Corp. reported son’s arrest, to appear in only allowed to access in less than a year. center of the alleged scam of spending unpaid taxes that the suspects believed court on June 13. data relevant to their Australian Taxation involving payroll taxes. on luxury homes, racing they had struck a sweet “Michael was in shock work. Office Deputy Commis- Police arrested him, his cars, airplanes, motor- spot where each indivi- when we spoke to him “Australians must have sioner Michael Crans- sister Lauren Cranston bikes, jewelry, art and dual tax underpayment yesterday, as you would a tax administration that ton faces up to five years and seven others in raids vintage wine. was too small to trigger a image, knowing what’s they can trust and the in prison if convicted of Wednesday. The group ran a legiti- tax office response. happened to his son,” people of the ATO must abusing his position as a They were to be charged mate payroll company Police began investi- Police Detective Superin- be of the utmost integri- public servant by passing with crimes ranging from contracted to pay staff on gating the scam in June tendent Kirsty Schofield ty and good judgment,” information to his son, conspiracy to defraud the behalf of their employers. last year. The tax office said. Mills said. AP fri 19.05.2017

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South Korea Arrested Thai activist gets ap photo human rights award Cambodia

Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul Games” movies, during a spee- ch by Prime Minister Prayuth Australian Thai law stu- ap photo Chan-ocha, chief of a military dent arrested for junta that took power in a coup woman in court sharing a critical six months earlier. article about his Jatupat was also among in surrogacy case country’sA new king that about a dozen students arres- was posted on Facebook is ted in June 2015 for participa- he lawyer for an Australian woman this year’s winner of South ting in anti-government pro- Tcharged with providing commercial Korea’s most prestigious tests, before a military court surrogacy services in Cambodia says his human rights award. released the students 12 days client is innocent. Organizers for the Gwangju later, according to the award’s Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy Prize for Human Rights said Thai law student Jatupat Boonpattararaksa (right) and his father Viboon organizers. last year after becoming a popular destina- the parents of Jatupat “Pai Dao Boonpattararaksa in Bangkok (July 2015) The May 18 Memorial Fou- tion for would-be parents seeking women Din” Boonpattararaksa will re- ndation, which organizes the to give birth to their children. ceive the award on his behalf prohibited from publishing. ting the BBC article, although it Gwangju Prize, said in a state- Tammy Davis-Charles appeared in court yesterday at a ceremony in Under Thai law, insulting the was shared nearly 3,000 times. ment that Jatupat’s “strength, yesterday in orange prison clothes. The trial Gwangju city. monarchy is a crime that car- He is a prominent member of courage and indomitable stru- was postponed to allow victims and witnes- Police in Thailand arrested Ja- ries a prison term of three to Dao Din, a small student orga- ggle” showed he is “willing to ses to appear. tupat in December for sharing 15 years. Critics say the country nization known for its commu- sacrifice his safety and future to Davis-Charles and two Cambodian asso- a profile about King Maha Va- uses the law to silence political nity rights work in northeas- protect democracy and the ri- ciates were charged last year with acting jiralongkorn Bodindradebaya- dissidents. tern Thailand, such as working ghts and freedom of his people.” as intermediaries between parents and varangkunan that was posted Busadee Santipitaks, with villagers opposed to a gold The prize, which rewards pregnant women and falsifying documents. on Facebook by the Thai- spokeswoman for the Thai mine in their area. contributions in human rights They face up to two years in prison. language service of the BBC. foreign ministry, said it had Jatupat had been put under and democracy, was created Developing countries are popular for The article included mentions “no particular reaction” to close watch by Thai authorities in 2000 to honor a democra- surrogacy because costs are lower than in of the king’s personal life when the award ceremony. since November 2014, when tic uprising in Gwangju in May nations such as the United States and Aus- he was crown prince, including Jatupat, who was indicted in he and several other Dao Din 1980 that South Korea’s then- tralia, where surrogate services are around details of three marriages that February and has been denied members held up a three-fin- military dictatorship violently USD150,000. ended in divorce and other bail several times, is the only gered salute, a resistance gestu- suppressed, leaving hundreds Davis-Charles’ lawyer, Chheang Sophorn, material Thai news media are person to be charged over pos- re borrowed from “The Hunger dead. AP said he hopes the trial will happen quickly.

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Russiangate The White House has disputed Comey’s account of his February conversation with Trump con- cerning Flynn but has not offered Trump assails ‘witch hunt’ specifics. Several congressional Republicans said Wednesday that if Trump did suggest that Comey “let this go” regarding Flynn’s after naming of special counsel Russian contacts, it was probably just a joke, light banter. Both of the explosive revela- Eric Tucker, Julie Pace & tions — that the president pres- Nancy Benac, Washington sed his FBI director to drop a ap photo federal investigation before later resident Donald Trump firing him, and that he disclosed Plashed out at the appointment classified information to senior of a special counsel to investigate Russian officials — came from allegations that his campaign col- anonymous sources, and the laborated with Russia to sway the White House was quick to de- 2016 election, tweeting yesterday nounce the leaks and deny any that it is “the single greatest witch impropriety. Trump aides said he hunt of a politician in American never tried to squelch the Flynn history!” investigation nor made inappro- The Justice Department appoin- priate disclosures to the Rus- ted former FBI Director Robert sians. Mueller to lead the investiga- On Capitol Hill, Comey was tion. Mueller will have sweeping clearly the man in demand, with powers and the authority to pro- three committees working to seat secute any crimes he uncovers. him at their witness tables soon, The surprise announcement to two in the Senate and one in the hand the probe over to Mueller, House. a lawman with deep bipartisan The Senate intelligence commit- respect, was a striking shift for tee also asked acting FBI Director Trump’s Justice Department, Andrew McCabe to turn over any which had resisted increasingly notes Comey might have made loud calls from Democrats for an regarding discussions he had outside prosecutor. It immediate- with White House or Justice De- ly escalated the legal stakes — and partment officials about Russia’s the potential political damage — efforts to influence the election. for a president who has tried to McCabe had other matters on dismiss the matter as partisan wi- his mind, too. He was one of four tch hunt and a “hoax.” potential candidates to lead the In another Twitter post, Trump FBI that Trump was interviewing. said: “With all of the illegal acts Former FBI Director James Comey (left) talks with the previous, outgoing Director Robert Mueller before Comey was officially sworn in (2013) The others were former Connec- that took place in the Clinton ticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, former campaign & Obama Adminis- Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating tration, there was never a special agencies adjusted to better posi- tes said he had notes from a mee- capital and beyond. Stocks fell and Richard McFeely, a former councel [sic] appointed!” He did tion America to prevent another ting in which Trump asked him to sharply on Wall Street Wednes- top FBI official. not provide examples or evidence attack of such magnitude. He was shut down the investigation into day as investors worried the latest Trump is preparing to leave of any alleged “illegal acts.” so valued that President Barack the Russia ties of former National turmoil in Washington could hin- town Friday on his first foreign The announcement, the latest Obama asked him to stay on two Security Adviser Michael Flynn. der Trump’s pro-business agenda trip, and aides have been hope- in the shock-a-day Washington years longer than his 10-year term. First reactions from Congress Trump has repeatedly slammed ful the journey will be a chance saga, was made by deputy At- Comey succeeded him, appoin- were mainly positive. the FBI and congressional inves- for the administration to get back torney General Rod Rosenstein. ted by Obama. House Speaker Paul Ryan said tigations as a “hoax” and blamed on track after weeks of chaos and The White House counsel’s office the appointment was consistent disgruntled officials at intelligen- distractions. was alerted only after the order with his goal of ensuring that ce agencies for leaking informa- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appointing Mueller was signed, The Justice “thorough and independent in- tion related to the probes. During speculated Trump was probably said a senior White House official, vestigations are allowed to follow a commencement address at the happy to get out of town — “and who was not authorized to speak Department the facts wherever they may lead.” Coast Guard Academy, he com- a lot of us are glad he’s leaving for publicly by name and commented appointed Republican Jason Chaffetz plained bitterly about criticism a few days.” only on condition of anonymity. of Utah, chairman of the Hou- he’s faced. His advice to the president: In a written statement, Trump former FBI se Oversight Committee, said “No politician in history, and I “Stay disciplined, stay focused insisted anew there were no ne- Mueller was a “great selection. say this with great surety, has been and deliver on the world stage.” farious ties between his campaign Director Impeccable credentials. Should treated worse or more unfairly,” Separately, McClatchy News and Russia. be widely accepted.” he said. “You can’t let the critics Service reported earlier that be- “A thorough investigation will Robert Mueller And not a moment too soon, De- and the naysayers get in the way fore Trump took office, Flynn confirm what we already know — to lead the mocrats said. of your dreams. [...] I guess that’s had blocked an Obama adminis- there was no collusion between “I believe Mueller will be inde- why we won. Adversity makes you tration military plan, opposed by my campaign and any foreign en- investigation pendent, he will be thorough and stronger. Don’t give in, don’t back Turkey, against the Islamic State tity,” he declared. “I look forward he will be fair and he’s not going down. [...] And the more righteous group. Unknown to the Obama to this matter concluding qui- Mueller was appointed early to be easily swayed,” said Elijah your fight, the more opposition administration, Flynn had been ckly.” yesterday by Rosenstein, who had Cummings of Maryland, top De- that you will face.” paid more than USD500,000 to Mueller’s broad mandate gives faced criticism as the author of a mocrat on the oversight panel. No less a commentator than advocate for Turkey’s interests. him not only oversight of the Rus- memo that preceded Comey’s fi- Cummings has vigorously urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin called the McClatchy says Flynn declined sia probe, but also “any matters ring. Rosenstein said the appoint- such an appointment, suggesting dramatic charges swirling around to OK a request from Obama of- that arose or may arise directly ment was “necessary in order for it could lead to accusations of obs- Trump evidence of “political schi- ficials to approve a military ope- from the investigation.” That the American people to have full truction of justice. zophrenia spreading in the U.S.” ration involving the IS stronghold would surely include Trump’s fi- confidence in the outcome.” In the 1990s, Democrats com- He offered to furnish a “record” of of Raqqa, effectively delaying the ring last week of FBI Director Ja- Republicans have largely stood plained that independent counsel the Trump-diplomats meeting in operation. The Trump team had mes Comey. behind Trump in the first mon- Kenneth Starr, who investigated the Oval Office if the White House been asked since the operation Mueller, a former federal prose- ths of his presidency as the FBI President Bill Clinton, overste- desired it. was likely to be carried out after cutor at the Justice Department, and congressional investigations pped his authority. There was no word on what that Trump took office. Turkey has was confirmed as FBI director into Russia’s election meddling The latest political storm, cou- record might entail, a question long opposed U.S. forces working days before the Sept. 11, 2001, at- intensified. But GOP lawmakers pled with the still-potent fallout many were likely to raise in light with Kurdish forces. tacks that would ultimately shape have grown increasingly anxious from Trump’s recent disclosure of of Trump’s recent warning to The plan was eventually appro- his tenure. The FBI’s counterter- since Trump fired Comey, who classified information to Russian Comey that he had “better hope” ved by the Trump administration, ror mission was elevated in tho- had been leading the bureau’s diplomats at the White House, there were no tapes of a discus- but not until after Flynn had been se years, as the U.S. intelligence probe — and after Comey associa- has overshadowed all else in the sion they’d had. fired.AP fri 19.05.2017 th Anniversary

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Saturday 10:40 Comedy 11:15 Blaze Riders 12:00 Miscellaneous King Arthur: legend of the sword 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) room 2 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) 2:30, 4:45, 9:30pm 14:50 Eurovision Song Contest: Semi-Final Director: Guy Ritchie 18:40 Miscellaneous Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Berges-Frisbey 1974 Giscard d’Estaing 19:15 Miscellaneous Language: English (Chinese) voted rench president Duration: 126min F 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) 21:10 Drama (PT) Valery Giscard d’Estaing has been elected Presi- 22:00 Comedy dent of France, winning the second round of elec- 23:00 TDM News tions by a narrow margin to defeat Francois Mitter- 23:30 Miscellaneous rand, the communist-backed socialist. 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Mr Giscard, the Gaulliste-backed Independent Re- 01:10 RTPi Live publican candidate, won 50.7% of the vote in the se- cond of two rounds against Mr Mitterrand’s 49.3%. Speaking in English for the benefit of the foreign Sunday press, he made a statement. “You want a deep po- 10:35 Young Adult litical, a deep economic and a deep social change. 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) You will not be disappointed,” he said. 12:30 Miscellaneous Mr Mitterrand graciously conceded victory but said 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) the close result and large turnout showed a huge groundswell of support for the coalition of the Left 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Gifted that would surely come to power in the next presi- 14:50 Eurovision Song Contest: Final room 2 dential election. 18:30 Documentary Serie 7:30pm Thanks to good weather and forecasts of a close 19:00 Miscellaneous Director: Marc Webb result, there was indeed a record turnout - the bi- 19:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Starring: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Mckenna Grace ggest since 1965 when France began electing its 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Language: English (Chinese) presidents by direct universal suffrage. 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News Duration: 101min More than 87% of voters went to the polls, 750,000 more than in the first round two weeks ago. 22:00 Miscellaneous The Circle 23:00 TDM News At 48, Mr Giscard is France’s 20th president and room 3 the youngest this century. 23:50 Europe League Highlights 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm As finance minister he ran the economy for nine out 00:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeat) Director: James Ponsoldt the past 12 years - from1962 to 1966 under Charles 01:20 RTPi Live Starring: Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega Language: English (Chinese) De Gaulle and then again from 1969 under Georges Duration: 110min Pompidou. An ardent pro-European, he will be welcomed by the EEC whose members hope he will steer France Offbeat away from doctrinaire foreign policy and an anti-A- merican stance and push forward European integra- tion. He is seen in Brussels as pragmatic and highly intelligent but the French working class, aware of his privileged background, regard him as somewhat cool and aloof. During the seven-week election campaign, he fou- ght hard to change his snobbish image by kicking a football around with villagers and playing folk-songs on an accordion. But the image of him on posters all over the coun- 29 + 1 try alongside his attractive 20-year-old daughter room 3 7:30pm Valerie-Anne probably captured the family vote in a Director: Kearen Pang country that is deeply Catholic, if not in church then Starring: Chrissie Chau, Joyce Cheng, Ben Yeung in culture. Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) Duration: 100min Courtesy BBC Munich council rejects Oktoberfest beer price cap plan Macau Tower In context 11 May - 29 May Valery Giscard d’Estaing developed a close relationship with Germany’s Munich’s city council has rejected an attempt to take the froth off Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and together they turned their dream of a beer prices at the annual Oktoberfest. more integrated Europe into reality. Deputy mayor Josef Schmid, who oversees the Bavarian capi- His main contribution was the formation of the European Council in tal’s annual beer extravaganza, had sought a legal cap for the 1974, a group of all heads of state of member countries that pushed next three years on the price of the traditional Mass, a one-liter forward a European Monetary System in 1979. (two-pint) glass of beer. 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Football ter halftime with a well-placed shot from inside the area after receiving a perfectly timed pass by Francisco “Isco” Alarcon in a breakaway. Madrid a draw away from It was Ronaldo’s 13th goal in his last eight matches, and 24th in league. The Portugal star missed the chance for a Spanish title after win over Celta hat trick in the 75th minute, incredibly missing from close range with only the goalkeeper Tales Azzoni, Madrid thing, but we went out there to to beat. play, the win was only a conse- “I did the hardest part, which Monday, 2:00am ap photo quence.” was to score the first goal and Malaga v Real M Madrid played with an extra then the second,” Ronaldo said. H 13, D 7.5, A 1.25 man after the controversial “Obviously it’s not common for sending off of Celta forward me to miss like that, but it can Iago Aspas, who picked up a se- happen, I’m human and I also ristiano Ronaldo cond yellow in the 62nd minu- make mistakes.” has taken Real Madrid te for an alleged dive inside the Ronaldo hadn’t played an to the verge of its first area after a challenge by Ma- away match in the league sin- Spanish league title in drid defender Sergio Ramos. ce March, a run of four straight Cfive years. Celta players loudly com- games. Ronaldo scored early in each plained, and there were more Celta, with nothing left to play half as Madrid defeated 10- complaints a few moments for, improved after conceding man Celta Vigo 4-1 yesterday later when Ronaldo fell insi- the first goal and started to [Macau time] to retake the lea- de the other box in an appa- threaten, with Aspas creating a gue lead from Barcelona and rent flop - but was not shown series of chances. But its hopes move within a point of winning a yellow card that would have of a comeback started to sink the title. suspended him from the final after Ronaldo found the net for A draw at mid-table Malaga round. the second time, and then sank in the final round on Sunday Ronaldo opened the scoring further after Aspas was dismis- [Monday, 2a.m.] will allow Ma- at the Balaidos Stadium after sed. drid to lift the trophy and avoid picking up the ball just outside Celta’s lone goal was sco- its longest title drought in La cause of bad weather gave Ma- better head-to-head tiebreaker. the area and firing a firm left- red by John Guidetti with a Liga since the 1980s. drid a three-point lead over “We played with a very good foot shot into the corner. The shot from outside the area in “One game to go,” Ronaldo Barcelona, which hosts eighth- attitude, with a lot of determi- ball went through the legs of the 69th, just a minute before said. “We have to keep going place Eibar in its final match nation and personality,” Ma- defender Gustavo Cabral and Karim Benzema restored Ma- until the end.” on Sunday. The Catalan club drid coach Zinedine Zidane gave goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez drid’s two-goal lead from close The victory at Celta in a game still has a chance of winning its said. “We knew that the three no chance. range after a left-flank. postponed from February be- third straight title because of a points were the most important Ronaldo added to the lead af- AP / Oddschecker.com

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The expo expanded into Asia in 2007 from its Philippines declines ap photo Las Vegas foundation at a time when there was clearly a need perceived by the American-centric industry and its investor base to understand the new EU grants phenomenon and exploit the profitability and po- tential that was gaming in Asia and, in particular, Macau. he Philippines will no Our sleepy hollow had gone from variously longer accept new grants

T ap photo being called The Monte Carlo of the Orient to from the European Union, India-Pakistan The International Court Las Vegas of the East, and blossomed to seven officials said yesterday, for- times the revenue of the Las Vegas Strip. It had of Justice yesterday going possibly more than ordered Pakistan not morphed in style from its own quaint exotic Euro- 250 million euros (USD278.7 pean vibe, through potential faux-American glitz to execute an Indian million) in funds for develop- to something quintessentially Macau but inexpli- naval officer convicted cably Chinese. During this time, gaming volume ment projects in the country. of espionage and and tourism numbers shifted dramatically; and a The EU delegation in Ma- terrorism, a case that realisation that gaming markets, player psycho- nila said the Philippine go- has further strained logy, regulatory maturity and the degree of ex- vernment informed it about relations between the tra-jurisdictional influence differed from western its decision Wednesday, but Asian neighbors. markets all created a thirst for knowledge and it has yet to receive a written ’s leader told kept interest levels high. notice. Executive Secretary Turkey Donald Trump that his The shift from an American-centric perspecti- Salvador Medialdea, in a text country will keep on ve to an Asian one in management of the expo reply to the Associated Press, fighting Syrian Kurdish itself also occurred over that time as contacts said the move was “to discou- militants even though and networking within this Asian region were rage them from interfering they are a key U.S. ally built and consolidated. Although there were a with our internal affairs.” in an email to the AP. “The In March, the EU summo- against the Islamic State few stalwart industry professionals long active in President Rodrigo Duterte amount possibly concerned ned a Philippine envoy to group. the region, the speakers initially invited onto the earlier had challenged the podium were Americans selling their wares and by the new decision is 250 explain an expletive-laden EU to stop its assistance af- million euro plus. For this tirade by Duterte, who threa- Moldova Two their erstwhile superior gaming knowledge to our medalists from the ‘developing’ market. ter the bloc warned that the year the amount affected tened to hang EU officials for Philippines risks losing tariff- could be 100 million euro.” opposing his efforts to re-im- European weightlifting The line-up started to change along with the championships have free exports to Europe becau- Development projects cur- pose the death penalty. realisation that what we had here could not ne- been suspended after cessarily be managed in the same way or with se of the thousands killed in rently using EU assistance The EU’s external action failing testing positive the same mindset. The expo became a valuab- the war on drugs launched by include a 35 million euro service, the equivalent of a for turinabol, a drug le way to gain insight and to explore gaming in Duterte and Manila’s moves ($39 million) grant to su- foreign office, said it hauled developed in the former Asia, to make contact with people and informa- to revive the death penalty. pport the peace process with Charge d’Affaires Alan De- East Germany to aid tion not readily accessible from outside: it was “The President has appro- Muslim rebels in the sou- niega to its Brussels head- muscle growth. an entrée to an understanding of opaque junket ved the recommendation of thern Philippines. quarters to provide “an operations, gaming regulation and matters pecu- the Department of Finance The EU is the largest fo- explanation for the recent, liar to Macau such as infrastructure bottlenecks, not to accept grants from the reign investor in the Philippi- unacceptable comments of and workforce quality and quantity. The string of ap photo EU that may allow it to inter- nes, the only member of the President Duterte.” experts speculating on and predicting Beijing’s next move in command and control kept the me- fere with internal policies of 10-nation Association of Sou- The move highlights dia busy and bottoms on seats. the Philippines,” presidential theast Asian Nations to enjoy growing European exaspe- As competition increased for Macau and the spokesman Ernesto Abella duty-free exports under EU’s ration with the president. writing was on the wall that flow of people and told reporters Thursday. Generalized Scheme of Prefe- Earlier, the EU denied his capital would be more or less controlled from ou- EU Ambassador Franz rences + or GSP+ incentives allegations that it proposed tside, the expo broadened its scope and streng- Jessen said more than 250 for developing countries. The solving the Philippines’ drug thened its network by looking to fledgling gaming million euros worth of grants Philippine’s duty-free exports problem by creating treat- jurisdictions. Conversations were had about the could be at stake. to EU was worth around 1.6 ment clinics where illegal Brazil President Philippines, then Taiwan, Cambodia, the on-a- “We are still awaiting more billion euros ($1.78 million) drugs such as methamphe- Michel Temer has gain off-again interest in South Korea, and more detailed clarification from in 2016, according to EU de- tamine or cocaine would be denied a report that recently Vietnam and the jurisdiction to salivate the government,” Jessen said legation data. dispensed. AP he endorsed bribing over, Japan – perhaps a destination for G2E Asia a now jailed former one day should the enthusiasm over those new congressman to keep IR opportunities be realised. him quiet, an allegation As with almost anything in life, the pendulum that could have swings. The shine is off Macau, expo manage- times square by rodrigo widespread impact in ment shows again signs of ambivalence towards a nation swamped by regional expertise, and investors from outside graft scandals and a have renewed their hunt for opportunities to get populace furious about in the game and suppliers are plying their wares it. with renewed vigour. A sense from the ground is that this year’s expo is “all opinions, no subs- US A car traveling tance” with the conference being an unabashed through Times Square promotion of US interests with some vendors in New York City has being invited onto panels not entirely in mesh driven into a crowd of with the topics at hand. This Asian conference pedestrians, injuring has returned to having - with a few predictably several people and reliable exceptions - a lot of white heads talking: killing one, according to the regional colour, so to speak, missing. several media reports. As each year, this year I tried, really tried, to na- Police authorities say that they are vigate the G2E Asia website. If my interest had investigating the case. been cursory, I would surely have given up, but once I managed to rein in the irritation from ha- Rocker Chris ving to pause (18 times as I write) the incessant Us Cornell, who gained force-fed pop-up advertising video - “Legends of fame as the lead singer Asia, entering through the gate…” - at every click of Soundgarden and on the site, something odd caught my attention. later Audioslave, has All the sessions in the conference program were died at age 52. Police stated to be in American. Not English; American. say his death is being The symbolism is not lost on me. investigated as a possible suicide.