bus ban close to public housing new south debate ahead ruins of st. paul’s A proposal for a debate The government is considering korean to discuss changes in the a permanent ban on tour president requirements to access buses in the vicinity of the calls xi public housing was approved Ruins of St. Paul’s P2 AL PLENARY P3 P12

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WORLD BRIEFS Closing arguments ap photo Prosecutors lay out

China’s plan to build a “new Silk Road” of P3 ports, railways and roads list of Ho’s ‘schemes’ to expand trade across Asia and Africa is stirring unease among other governments over its strategic intentions. They welcome the investment but worry Beijing also is trying to expand its political influence and undermine theirs. More on p11

CHINA A moderate, shallow earthquake killed eight people and injured more than 20 others in remote Xinjiang region. Most houses in the area are wood and mudbrick or rock and more than 180 collapsed. ap photo

North Korea will seek the extradition of anyone involved in what it says was a CIA-backed plot to kill leader Kim Jung Un last month with a biochemical poison. More on p12 ap photo Ahead of Xi’s expected visit China preps HK MYANMAR Uber is launching its private ride-hailing service in Yangon to tap into one of stock market the world’s youngest and fastest-growing online markets. The launch follows Singapore-based support before GrabTaxi’s debut, which began a trial run about six weeks ago. More on p13 P10 More on backpage Handover Day INSIDE 12.05.2017 fri

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NEW RULES ON HELMETS Me- linda Chan, Song Pek Kei and Chan Iek Proposal to debate public Lap addressed the plenary before the agenda to criticize the newly implemen- ted rule that threatens to fine residents who do not possess a sticker on the back housing changes approved of their helmets with the homologation information. The lawmakers said that the policy “is hard for residents to abide Renato Marques by” and is likely to cause harm to the population. proposal for a debate with the government A marques renato BETTER GOVERNMENT After this to discuss the immediate week’s visit by the chairman of the Stan- commencement of tenders ding Committee of the National People’s for public housing and the Congress, Zhang Dejiang, lawmaker implementation of a perma- Si Ka Lon said that Zhang remarked nent application mechanism on the need of public administration was passed yesterday at the improvement. According to Si, the cen- Legislative Assembly (AL). tral government demands more action The proposal gathered 17 from Macau government, directing that votes in favor, seven against the government “cannot disregard the and two abstentions on the problems of daily life of the population specialty and 18 in favor, se- or treat them as minor.” He recalled ven against and one absten- problems such as the old buildings and tion at the first reading. The leaking water infiltration systems on the proposal was brought to the buildings. Sio noted, “to elevate the go- plenary for deliberation by vernment capability it is urgent to adopt lawmaker Ella Lei, who ex- an innovative mentality.” This would plained that “the real estate require approaching existing problems market is too expensive and the residents long for a pu- with more creativity and innovation blic house to have a stable and abandoning “the old ways of doing home,” she said. things.” Lei said that the govern- ment could not claim that HOUSING SPECULATION Ho Ion there were no land plots or Sang remarked on the recently appro- houses available since the ved measures to deter housing sector last time a similar tender Kwan Tsui Hang and Ella Lei (right) speculation. Such measures result in opened was back in 2013. curbs to the ratio ceilings for housing It was also mentioned that loans for non-residents and residents people who are already on Lawmaker Au Kam San do so.” Ng further remarked people waiting in line there acquiring a second house or more. Ho the list to receive a house was also in favor of the de- that it was precisely “becau- is no pressure to conclude said that the government should go are entitled to a housing bate. se we have different opi- the projects.” deeper on the problem and implement subsidy from the govern- “I think we have enou- nions that we should hold a Lawmakers Tsui Wai measures to control the prices based on ment, situation that can gh conditions to make this debate.” This sentiment was Kwan and Chan Chak Mo “possession instead of transaction,” no- ease the difficult situation tender now and so this de- also shared by Kwan. had a contrary view. Tsui ting also that exemption of property tax on such families. bate makes sense at this noted that “it is a realistic as well as the subsidies for the electrici- Lei concluded the presen- time,” he said, although he measure of the government ty and water bills should apply only for tation by expressing her ho- also noted that social and to refrain from opening a one house per resident. The lawmaker pes that her colleagues wou- economic housing are not The real tender until it has housing urged the government to raise the cos- ld support her proposal for the same thing and that units to deliver, otherwise ts of owning several houses, not only a debate. this distinction should be estate the line will be long and len- when acquiring them. Another measure The first person to respond kept. The vice presiden- gthy.” to implement would be to “raise the affirmatively was lawmaker ts of the AL, Lam Heong market is too Chan Chak Mo emphasi- Melinda Chan who said, “I transparency on the information of real Sang, Kwang Tsui Hang, zed the need to plan every- think the proposal can be Leong Veng Chai, Ng Kuok expensive thing first before opening estate market.” done,” adding, “the gover- Cheong, Zheng Anting and and the any tender. nment needs to review its Ho Ion Sang also expressed “We can’t start to evalua- “TWO KNIFES” According to Au housing policy. Only with their support. residents long te candidates without first Kam San, the CE has not been using well a permanent mechanism Lam noted that the gover- having houses, because its “two knifes,” namely the Commis- (that should be extended to nment “during the policy for a public changes might occur in the sion of Audit (CA) and the Commission the economic housing too) address had already said it conditions [to access the Against Corruption (CCAC). He gave as can the government have a would work towards estab- house to units] before anything is fi- example the recently reported case of clear picture of the popula- lishing a permanent mecha- have a stable nalized,” he said expressing the staff hiring by the Cultural Affairs tion’s real needs and to plan nism for public housing,” the opinion that lawmakers Bureau. The lawmaker also noted that accordingly.” remarking that lawmakers home. should allow the govern- reports requested by the government Chan concluded by saying, have the duty to suggest po- ment to set up new requi- Ella Lei secretaries when some problem arises “the current regime of lucky licies and solutions to the rements to access public are only delivered “after a long period of draw is like a casino bet in government. On his part, lawmaker housing first. time when the problems have already that it is dependent only on Lawmaker Ng said, “the Zheng went further, saying At the end of the session, dissipated and them nothing is really luck.” She also remarked government has to transfer that debate has the ability to the president of the AL, done,” not resulting in any effectiveness. that people with special resources to support people “push the government and Ho Iat Seng, noted that the Au called on the CE to take action. needs should have a priority and I hope during the deba- its departments to work fas- date for the debate would be access to public housing. te we can convince them to ter,” adding that “without confirmed shortly.

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he trial of the city’s former top prosecu- tor Ho Chio Meng has reached its last stage, Prosecutors lay out list of Twith closing submissions being made. The prosecution has priority in delivering the clo- Ho Chio Meng’s ‘schemes’ sing speech. The two prosecutors, Chan Tsz King and Kuok U Man, evidence,” declared prosecu- cause he was simultaneously began the speech with a state- tor Chan. taking care of both his family ment that they were “gloomy “It was purely Ho’s personal and his work. Chan disputed in proceeding with the closing interest and reputation, it was Ho’s defense, describing it as submission” because the de- marques renato nothing related to the Office of consisting of “lies”. fendant, Ho, was formerly the the Prosecutor General,” said Chan noted that regardless highest official of the Prosecu- Chan. of what kind of guests were tion Office (MP). The prosecutor questioned hosted at the villa, there were The prosecutors said the MP Ho’s previous claim that he no records within MP nor with was “sad and ashamed” by had hosted MP guests there. Ho personally. Ho’s conduct, with the prose- During previous trial ses- The villa’s key was also found cution stating their hope that sions, witness Lai Kin Ian, for- in Ho’s father’s house. Chan this case would highlight to mer chief of the Office of the said that Ho used confiden- society the principle that every Prosecutor-General who was tiality as a reason for not per- person is equal before the law, the previous director at his mitting MP employees to ask and the foundations of the rule office, was said to have assis- questions about the villa. of law would not be shaken be- ted Ho in misusing the place Over a period of 10 years, MP cause of this case. as his personal space. Many spent slightly more than MOP At the beginning of yester- of the previous witnesses were 5 million renting the villa. day’s session, which commen- unaware of the real utility of Ho was also charged for ced at 9.30 a.m., prosecutor the teachers’ resting room. fraud, in which he used MP’s Kuok reiterated that Wang Ho ordered his previous su- money to pay for personal Xiandi, said to have been an bordinates to handle business trips to North Europe. For MP employee, rarely appeared concerning the resting room, this, prosecutor Chan said at the MP facilities. explaining that it was “con- that “Ho should be found guil- Ho said that Wang previou- fidential”. Prosecutor Chan ty of serious fraud.” sly assisted Ho in recovering queried this, saying, “teachers The prosecution also argued money sent overseas by the need to face students, how can that Ho should be senten- first Secretary for Transport it be confidential?” ced for organizing criminal and Public Works, Ao Man Chan also said that he could groups, referring to the 10 Long. Ao was the first Secre- not perceive the relationship shelf companies. tary for Transport and Public between a mainland culture Chan’s submissions stated Works after the handover and association and Ho to be con- that the shelf companies in the he was reappointed in 2004. fidential. case had only one client, whi- He is currently serving 28-an- The prosecutor also pointed ch turned out to be the office d-a-half years in prison after out the dubiousness of MP’s of the Prosecutor General. being convicted in 2008 and employees not having the keys “The companies have no 2009 of taking bribes, money for the room, although Ho’s human resources, no regula- laundering, and abusing his brother and other defendants tions, and no equipment,” said power to grant lucrative public had them. Chan, who deemed the opera- contracts. but surely, and past crimes lea- that the room was never used “It proves that Ho Chio Meng tion of the shelf companies to During yesterday’s trial, it ve marks.” for Ho to host guests from does not want other people to be a form of organized crime. was submitted that Ho even- Regarding the MP Teachers’ work, but rather to host non know what really is going on “It is not a common crime,” tually abandoned efforts to Resting Room at the 16th floor -local people for purposes un- at this place,” remarked Chan. concluded Chan. recover the money Ao illicitly of the Hotline Center, which related to MP. Ho is also accused of having Yesterday’s trial finished at sent abroad. Prosecutor Chan Ho allegedly used for his per- In addition, Ho was alleged rented a Cheoc Van villa with 12.30 p.m. and no sessions said that Ho’s decision harmed sonal needs, Ho defended his to have made an attempt to MP’s public money, which he were carried out in the after- the state’s interests. actions saying that the allega- become chairman of a main- used for his own personal be- noon as the court had other Kuok alleged that Ho “chea- tions against him were “purely land Chinese culture asso- nefit. arrangements. ted his boss and concealed the absurd and chicanery.” The ciation, without obtaining At previous trials, Ho clai- The trial resumes today, with truth from his subordinate, resting room was apparently approval from mainland au- med that he would take his both the prosecution and the and contravened legal regula- paid for by MP. thorities. wife and offspring to the villa defense sides proceeding with tions. God’s mill grinds slowly The prosecution revealed “Ho, himself, cannot provide while meeting with guests, be- their closing remarks.

Gov’t considers permanent tour xinhua bus ban near St. Paul’s ruins

he Central Dis- cipal Affairs Bureau, the Specifically, the gover- traffic jams during rush Ttrict Advisory Com- Transport Bureau and nment reduced in more hours. mittee for Community the Macao Government than 50 percent the bus The committee sugges- Services revealed that Tourism Office. passage time allowed ted that the government the government is con- Last August, a serious in the morning period should divert these tour sidering a permanent accident involving a tour around these areas. buses to the Tap Seac ban on tour buses in the bus took place near the According to several parking lots, an opera- vicinity of the Ruins of St. Paul’s Ruins, inju- commentators, the res- tion that would involve St. Paul, according to a ring 11 tourists onboard. trictions led to more approximately 200 to report by Cheng Pou. After the accident, the tour buses passing qui- 300 vehicles. The government dis- local government issued ckly through the region The government is ex- closed this on Wednes- a temporary tour bus to drop off and pick up pected to have another day, during a meeting restriction around the tourists, which led to an meeting today to dis- with the Civil and Muni- area. unexpected increase in cuss these issues. 12.05.2017 fri

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Labor 2,774 smoking offenders Undercover investigation prosecuted this year reveals job agencies abuse

total of 40,722 smoking Hong Kong study conducted by South China Morning Post as saying. offenders have been students has revealed that over Under Hong Kong law, agencies

A ap photo A prosecuted by tobacco con- 70 percent of recruitment agencies can charge workers 10 percent of trol law enforcement offi- in Hong Kong charge excessive fees their first month’s salary. Hong cers between the beginning to domestic helpers, withhold their Kong has set the minimum wage of January 2012, when the passports or engage in other illegal of these helpers at HKD4,310 per city’s Tobacco Prevention practices. month. and Control Law first came A group called Students Against As a result of these policies, some into effect, and April 30 of Fees and Exploitation (SAFE) con- domestic workers are already eyeing 2017. ducted a seven-month undercover on moving to counties such as Ja- The Health Bureau (SSM) investigation in the territory and re- pan – which recently opened its issued a statement this week vealed its findings this week. market to this sector – Australia and announcing that enforce- Seventeen students worked toge- New Zealand. Yet some choose to ment officers inspected se- ther with 3,000 Filipino and Indo- stay, hoping to raise awareness of veral areas where smoking nesian domestic helpers during the workers’ rights. is prohibited across Ma- investigation, which examined over Shiella Estrade, chairwoman of cau 1,400,031 times, which 100 recruitment agencies. the Progressive Labour Union of amounts to 719 daily inspec- The study showed that the two Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, tions on average. largest groups of domestic helpers said “a friend of mine was trying to From the beginning of this in Hong Kong do not have access convince me to go to Japan, because year until the end of last to proper resting places, and are of- they can get better wages, work eight month, officers conducted ten reduced to sleeping in storage hours and receive overtime. I am 109,493 inspections in dif- Around 95 percent of of- me, the Health Bureau and rooms, balconies and even toilets. not going because I still believe that ferent locations across the fenders were male, against the Gaming Inspection and SAFE discovered that more than raising awareness of workers’ rights city, representing an average 5 percent female, represen- Coordination Bureau con- 70 percent of recruitment agencies in Hong Kong is more important.” of 912 examinations per day. ting 2,601 men and 169 wo- ducted 210 tobacco-related broke the law either by overcharging Domestic workers in Macau also In total, 2,774 prosecutions men. inspections in casinos re- clients or withholding personal do- suffer from this kind of exploitation. were issued during these Most of the offenders (53.5 sulting in 216 offenses, of cuments such as passports as leve- As reported by the Times, Indo- four months, specifically percent) were Macau resi- which 202 (93.5 percent) rage to make them pay their debts. nesian domestic helpers complain 2,770 smoking behaviors dents (1,481), over 1,000 were male and 14 (6.5 per- “On average, the agencies that en- of paying placement fees between that violated the law, and (1,134) were tourists, and cent) were female. 181 (83.8 gaged in illegal practices in Hong MOP2,500 and MOP3,000 a mon- four prosecutions of people the remaining 5.6 percent percent) were tourists, 34 Kong charged between HKD6,000 th – totaling almost MOP24,000 who sold tobacco products were non-resident workers (15.7 percent) were Macau to HKD8,000 in placement fees,” for an eight-month period – whi- which did not comply with (155). In 68 cases, police residents and one (0.5 per- Siya Kulkarni, a student of econo- le Filipino helpers reportedly fork the information on their la- forces were involved. cent) was a non-resident mics and finance from India who is out a one-time payment of up to bels. During the same time fra- worker. aged 20, was cited in a report by the MOP5,500. ad fri 12.05.2017

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GM Cotai will present a li- neup of cele- brated chefs MGM Cotai unveils culinary Mand restaurants for its for- thcoming resort which will open in the second half of 2017. adventures with celebrated chefs The highlights include ce- lebrated chefs such as Mau- ro Colagreco, Mitsuharu star Argentinean-Italian Taking inspiration from Tsumura, Graham Elliott Chef Colagreco that inclu- America’s relaxed West and Janice Wong, to bring des premium beef sourced Coast lifestyle, Coast will some of the world’s favored by MGM’s Master Butcher be overseen by Chef Elliot, contemporary cuisine to the from the best ranches arou- an award-winning Michelin integrated resort’s visitors. nd the world, Grill 58° is the starred chef and television In line with the region’s go-to restaurant for steak personality from popular aim to become a UNESCO and a destination for food cooking show Top Chef. City for Gastronomy, MGM and wine connoisseurs from Coast will offer dishes that Cotai has partnered with the around the world. capture the spirit of Califor- celebrated chefs to develop Grill 58° also offers a se- nia and West Coast flavors new dining concepts. lection of fish, seafood and bring them to Macau. Grant Bowie, CEO and and other meats, with a Having lived in California, executive director of MGM 4,000-bottle wine cellar. Chef Elliot said, “I know China Holdings, said, “Ma- Chef Colagrecois is a Mi- what it means to cook light, cau has become a thriving chelin two-star award- seasonal, and most impor- food destination, with many winning chef and his res- tantly, delicious food! I am of the best chefs in the world taurant Mirazur in Menton, excited to share my whim- contributing to our culinary France has recently been sical approach to cooking scene.” ranked the fourth best res- with the sophisticated foo- According to Bowie, the taurant in the world by The dies and diners in Macau.” gaming operator has sent its World’s 50 Best Restaurants Furthermore, award- food and beverage team to 2017. winning modern pastry chef seek partners in a bid to of- Meanwhile, the first au- Janice Wong MGM is set to fer locals and visitors a uni- thentic Nikkei restaurant offer customers a full sweets Chef Muaro Colagreco Chef Mitsuharu Tsumura que culinary portfolio that is will be at MGM Cotai. experience, offering Cakes, “both diverse in rice points Chef Tsumura is slated to Eclairs, Mochis, Tarts, Ice and flavors.” open Aji, a restaurant with Cream, Crepes, Chocolates “Macau already has a very innovative food that will be and Confectioneries and impressive culinary scene, matched by dramatic de- Plated Desserts. and MGM Cotai’s objective sign. Chef Wong is a native Sin- is to build upon that by brin- Tsumura’s restaurant, gaporean who was voted ging innovative dining con- Maido, has risen from No. Asia’s Best Pastry Chef for cepts and chefs to support 13 to become the No. 8 res- 2013 and 2014 at the pres- Macau as a global destina- taurant on the list of the tigious San Pellegrino Asia tion,” Bowie told the Times. World’s 50 Best Restaurants Top 50, as well as Pastry “It’s important that we 2017. Chef of the Year in 2011, create dining concepts that According to him, the res- 2013 and 2015 at the World are unique to Macau and the taurant blends spices with Gourmet Summit. palates of our customers,” the delicacies of the local Janice Wong MGM is a the CEO added. cuisine. sweets shop where cus- Questioned on how MGM “There is a story that the tomers can observe a live Cotai would contribute to Ma- original point of entry of chili chocolate, crepe and dessert cau’s aim of being a UNES- peppers to Asia was in fact station, take away confectio- CO City of Gastronomy, from Macau – by the Por- neries and pastries, or dine Bowie noted that the newly- tuguese. That is the name of in for a dessert experience offered dining concepts wou- our restaurant, ‘Aji’ – which beside one of the biggest ld take the diversity of Ma- means ‘taste’ in Japanese, chocolate fountains in the cau’s culinary portfolio to the and ‘chili pepper’ in Peru- world – a 7.3-meter high next level and fill niches in vian. We are blending our sculpture spouting rivers of the current market. spice and spiciness with local dark, milk and white choco- With a menu created by cuisine,” said Chef Tsumura. late. LV Chef Graham Elliott Chef Janice Wong

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Govertsen bullish over USD45b gaming market

Lynzy Valles sed satellite business news televi- changes. However, there are at sion channel. least “no longer two parties dri- ith Macau pos- Meanwhile, Union Gaming ving the ship, who might not be on ting its ninth strai- analyst Grant Govertsen sugges- the same page at all times.” ght month of rising ted that the prospect is likely to The analyst implied that, with gaming receipts happen based on the current ga- the exit of Crown’s Packer, on a –W beating analysts’ expectations – ming numbers. medium and long-term basis, it a gaming analyst has agreed with The Macau-based analyst was would be advantageous for Ma- “But I think the important thing fitable segment in Macau, alon- recent statements made by Mel- speaking on the sidelines of a talk cau, as Melco would not have a to think about in the coming mon- gside the government’s goal. He co’s Lawrence Ho, who said that he delivered at the breakfast mee- competition of interest at the hi- ths is that mass market gross story added that the VIP is just an extra Asia’s gaming center would return ting of the British Business Asso- ghest level of the company. has been in the double digits for bonus. to its peak in the next five years – ciation of Macau (BBAM) yester- “They can purely focus – have months. That’s the key, the core of “We absolutely want to see the just before the end of its conces- day. one vision and one drive,” he ad- the recovery,” Govertsen explained. VIP continue to grow, but the sion contract. He clarified that achieving a ded. The analyst further reiterated mass market is the key to Macau’s Earlier this month, Ho expressed USD45 billion gaming market Questioned about the factors that mass market is the most pro- future,” he concluded. his prediction to Bloomberg TV is feasible if the VIP and mass leading to the continuous growth that Macau would bounce back to market continues to grow at 6 per- of the region’s gaming receipts, the USD45 billion gaming market, cent and 8 percent respectively, or Govertsen is confident that the atm facial scans have no impact stressing that the figures are solely otherwise. mass market has been the core of over affluent gamblers in relation to gaming. “The point is if Macau grows at recovery. His projections recalled the re- roughly the same rate as China’s The mass-market segment con- THE MSAR government has over the years, it didn’t seem to gion’s highest annual peak in GDP, we’re going to be back at an tinues to grow 14 to 16 percent required facial recognition and have had a material impact.” He 2013. USD45b market at the end of the each year – while the VIP market identification card checks at added that most of the high-value “Definitely within the next five concession period five years from for several months has finally be- ATMs before Chinese UnionPay players would not be affected by years, it will grow back to the now, and that’s a good thing,” he come positive. cardholders can withdraw cash the ATM restriction, which does USD45 billion gaming market,” told the Times. “I believe at least in the month in a bid to strengthen anti-money not seem to negatively impact the said Ho, who also serves as Chief Meanwhile as mogul James Pa- of April, you probably have a dy- laundering rules. Yet Govertsen city’s gaming market. The ATM Executive Officer to Melco. “And cker and Ho have bid farewell to namic where both the mass and remarked that such restrictions rules follow a ban last year that that’s just gaming alone, because a decade-long gaming partner- VIP markets were experiencing are less likely to affect mainland prohibits proxy betting by tel- the non-gaming part is signifi- ship in Macau, the analyst hinted around 15 to 16 percent growth,” gamblers. “We’ve seen several ephone, aimed at staunching bets cant,” Ho told the American-ba- that there may not be immediate he said. restrictions being put in place from gamblers in China.

ding The Grand Ho Tram ming spheres, along with and Widus Resort and Ca- a prize for “Outstanding Local gaming operators among sino. Contribution in the Field of The nominations clo- Corporate Social Responsi- sed on April 28. The bility.” the AGAwards 2017 nominees shortlist of nominees in Last year, the awards each category has been collated more than 1,000 ith more than The organizing commi- nees under the category of laysia’s Genting Highlands increased from five to nominations and 8,000 W1,000 nominations ttee has announced that the Best Gaming Operator. and Singapore’s Marina a maximum of seven votes across the categories, received from across the Bloomberry Resorts, Ga- Galaxy Macau, Studio Bay Sands. following the significant according to a statement industry, the second edi- laxy Entertainment Group, City, Wynn Palace, The Pa- Meanwhile Grand Lisboa number of submissions released by the organizers. tion of the Asia Gaming Melco Resorts & Entertain- risian, and The Venetian and Galaxy Starworld are in the inaugural edition. Winners will be annou- Awards has announced the ment, MGM China, Na- Macao are amongst the the Macanese nominees A total of 12 awards will nced at the Award’s Cere- shortlisted nominees of the gaCorp, Sands China, and seven Best Integrated Re- under the ‘Best Gaming be presented across the mony Dinner, held at the AGAwards 2017. Wynn Resorts are nomi- sorts, listed alongside Ma- Property’ category, inclu- land-based and online ga- Parisian Macao on May 16.

corporate bits sands china celebrates mother s day together at The Venetian, ac- mgm signs occupational safety and area to raise awareness of ’ cording to the gaming opera- ‘ OHS issues among team with local association tor’s press release. health charter’ members through interactive Sands China’s celebration and educational games. also featured flowers and a Grant Bowie, CEO and exe- donation to the association. cutive director of MGM China The Care Ambassadors Holdings, said, “The ‘Occupa- also helped the children gift tional Safety and Health Char- flowers to their parents in ho- ter’ is an important pledge an nor of the holiday, courtesy of employer makes to its em- the company’s in-house floral ployees. […] As we expand department. our Golden Lion Team with In addition, Sands China the opening of MGM Cotai, has purchased handmade we will continue to promote flowers made by members a positive health and safety of the association to give to culture with the support of female diners at selected DSAL.” Sands China restaurants on MGM’s OHS approach is Mother’s Day – which has guided by the Occupational been a tradition at Sands Chi- Health and Safety Policy and na since 2012. To further promote occu- The signing ceremony was Manual, which aligned with A group of approximately 60 ther’s Day with close to 40 This Sunday, the handma- pational health and safety held at MGM Macau’s back- the OHSAS 18001 Occupa- children and parents from the Sands China Care Ambas- de flowers will be distributed (OHS), MGM signed the “Oc- of-house area on May 10. tional Health and Safety Stan- Association for the Parents sadors on Saturday after- during lunch and dinner hours cupational Safety and Health Meanwhile, an OHS game dard. Its performance is moni- of the Mentally Handicapped noon. at several restaurants within Charter”, witnessed by the La- fair was held on the same tored by our Board-level Risk celebrated the upcoming Mo- The group visited Ice World Sands China. bour Affairs Bureau (DSAL). day in the back-of-house and Safety Committee. 12.05.2017 fri

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onald Trump wrote ap photo D“The Art Of The Deal,” but it was Florida’s Seminole In- dians who made a truly ama- zing deal to buy the opulent ca- sino built by the man who is now president. The Trump Taj Mahal, the Atlantic City casino that the real estate mogul built for USD1.2 billion in 1990, went for 4 cents on the dollar when it was sold in March. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange A plaque bearing the likeness of Commission this week revealed Donald Trump at the entrance to the the price that billionaire Carl Trump Taj Mahal Casino resort Icahn got from Hard Rock In- ternational for the shuttered ca- and the union went on strike in sino: $50 million. The sale was July. publicized at the time, though In October, Icahn shut the ca- the purchase price wasn’t. sino down, saying he saw no Trump, now the nation’s way to make a profit from it, 45th president, dubbed the Taj and lamenting losses of $350 Mahal “the eighth wonder of million on it. the world” when it opened. He Icahn retains ownership of cut most of his ties with Atlantic the former Trump Plaza casino, City in 2009, though he retai- which shut down in September ned a small stake in its parent 2014. company, Trump Entertain- Hard Rock, which is owned by ment Resorts, in return for the Florida’s Seminole Indian tribe, right to use his name. plans to reopen the Taj Mahal At the end, Trump had no in 2018 after scrubbing it of its ownership interest at all: His minarets and ubiquitous men- stake was wiped out last year tions of Trump. Hard Rock says when Icahn acquired Trump it plans to spend $375 million Entertainment Resorts from on a renovation that will draw bankruptcy. Icahn and Atlan- on the world’s largest collection tic City’s main casino workers’ of music memorabilia. Hotel union were unable to agree on guests will even be lent Fender a new contract to restore health electric guitars to play in their insurance and pension benefits, rooms. AP

Uber suffers setback in clash with cabbies

ber Technologies Inc. The car-hailing application Usuffered a legal setback in accessed via smartphones and its fight against being regulated tablets has faced roadblocks, as a traditional taxi service, af- real and regulatory, across Eu- ter an adviser to the European rope, amid complaints brought Union’s top court rejected the by taxi drivers who say the com- argument that the car-hailing pany tries to unfairly avoid re- application is just that, an app. gulations that bind established The question has vexed regu- competitors. Uber sees itself as lators and lawmakers across the an app, and defended that po- region for years and yesterday’s sition last month again in the non-binding opinion gives an EU court in a separate, French indication that Uber might not case, which continued to puzzle be able to shake off national the EU’s top judges. restrictions, such as the obli- Uber claims it should be gation to get a license or other exempt from the obligations authorizations. normal transportation ope- “The Uber electronic platform, rators face under EU rules. whilst innovative, falls within Its lawyers told the court last the field of transport,” Advocate year that the company’s activi- General Maciej Szpunar, of the ties can’t be reduced to a mere EU Court of Justice, said in a transport activity. statement on his opinion in Lu- In a statement yesterday, Uber xembourg on Thursday. “Uber said it will now wait for the final can thus be required to obtain decision. The EU court’s deci- the necessary licenses and au- sion, expected in a few months, thorizations under national will be binding and can’t be law.” appealed. Bloomberg 12.05.2017 fri

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economic-management tool for governments around the world. China said to prep Hong Kong Meddling in Hong Kong’s stock market may be a different story. Aside from a Hong Kong govern- ment rescue package during the stock support for Handover Day Asian financial crisis in 1998, sha- res in the city have been thought to be largely free of official inter- hina’s government ference. has made preparations to If China’s government were to support the Hong Kong intervene, the purchases could stock market if needed to run contrary to Hong Kong regu- Ccreate a positive atmosphere be- lations on maintaining an order- fore July 1, when Xi Jinping is ex- ly market, Low Chee-keong, an pected to visit the city for the first associate professor at the CUHK time as president to mark 20 years Business School and a former of Chinese rule. member of the Hong Kong ex- State-backed institutions have change’s listing committee, said set aside funds to ensure stable before Bloomberg News reported trading before the anniversary on China’s preparations. Low said of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover, that proving market manipulation according to people with direct is often difficult. knowledge of the matter, who A Hong Kong Exchanges & asked not to be named as the in- Clearing Ltd. spokeswoman said formation isn’t public. It’s unclear the bourse doesn’t comment how much money has been ear- on market rumors, adding that marked or what market conditions market manipulation is an offense would trigger government action. under Hong Kong law. The city’s The Hong Kong and Macau Af- Securities and Futures Commis- fairs Office of China’s State Cou- sion didn’t immediately reply to ncil didn’t immediately reply to a an emailed request for comment. faxed request for comment. The “The government’s intervention office of Hong Kong’s Chief Execu- recent years with the introduction ted to make a three-day visit for is unwelcome in Hong Kong as it tive declined to comment. of cross-border exchange links and HK this year’s celebrations, the South could boost risk premiums and While state-directed funds inter- cooperation agreements between China Morning Post reported this pressure the valuation of stocks in vene regularly to manage swings the Chinese and Hong Kong se- Exchanges & month. the long term,” Daniel So, a Hong in China’s USD6.6 trillion equity curities regulators. The anniversary comes against a Kong-based strategist at CMB In- market, the government hasn’t “The stock connect has already Clearing said backdrop of elevated political ten- ternational Securities Ltd., said by been known to take an active role brought mainland markets closer the bourse sion in Hong Kong. The Occupy phone. “Though it could boost sto- in Hong Kong. The former British to Hong Kong, but there will be a protests paralyzed parts of the city ck prices in the near term.” colony, which sits near the top of lot of people who will be dissatis- doesn’t in 2014 and many residents are The government may decide it global free-market rankings, is su- fied with this, at least in principle,” still angry over the lack of a direct doesn’t need to intervene. Hong pposed to enjoy a high degree of said Peter Garnry, head of equity comment on election for their chief executive. Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng In- autonomy under the “one country, strategy at Saxo Bank A/S in Co- rumors, adding Behind-the-scenes backing from dex is trading at the highest level two systems” principle enshrined penhagen. “Expect some political China helped Carrie Lam win a re- since July 2015 after climbing 14 in China’s power-transfer agree- noise.” that market sounding victory among the busi- percent this year, outperforming ment with the U.K. Any attempt China has a history of influencing ness and political elites who picked the MSCI All-Country World In- to influence Hong Kong stock domestic markets during impor- manipulation the city’s leader in March. She beat dex by about 5 percentage points. prices risks provoking critics who tant political events. In the latest an opponent more popular with The Hong Kong gauge is valued at say China is interfering too much example, regulators have stepped is an offense the general public. 14 times trailing 12-month earnin- in the city’s affairs under Xi’s lea- up scrutiny of local stock traders as under Hong Not all Hong Kong markets have gs, the most expensive level since dership. the government prepares to host been insulated from Chinese in- December 2010, according to data It could also add fuel to the de- representatives from more than Kong law terference. When the yuan sank compiled by Bloomberg. The gau- bate over Hong Kong’s future as 100 countries at a summit atten- in offshore trading in January ge rose 0.4 percent yesterday. a financial center. Much of the ded by Xi this weekend, according ty in 2017 as they prepare for a twi- 2016, intervention by China’s cen- “I don’t think anyone needs to city’s appeal to international in- to people with direct knowledge ce-a-decade Communist Party lea- tral bank led to a short squeeze in support Hong Kong shares or vestors and businesses comes of the matter. Policy makers were dership reshuffle toward year-end. Hong Kong. The episode dented the Hang Seng Index,” said San- from its strong rule of law and said to intervene during the last China hasn’t confirmed that Xi the yuan’s appeal as an interna- dy Mehta, chief executive officer minimal government interferen- two annual meetings of Chinese will visit Hong Kong, but past tional currency, but criticism of of Value Investment Principals ce, attributes that set it apart from lawmakers in Beijing. leaders have tended to make the the government’s actions was li- Ltd. in Hong Kong. “It’s one mainland China. Lines between Authorities may be especially trip for every fifth year of the han- mited because influencing foreig- of the world’s top-performing the two markets have blurred in keen to project an image of stabili- dover anniversary. Xi is expec- n-exchange markets is a common markets.” Bloomberg

8 dead, 20 injured after moderate quake in remote Xinjiang

moderate earthquake people had been injured, shaking at the surface, Earthquakes are com-

Athat struck close to including one seriously, which can cause more mon in China’s west, al- xinhua the earth’s surface killed and more than 180 houses damage. though the low population eight people and injured had collapsed in the lightly The county has a popu- density there often means more than 20 others in far populated area. Most hou- lation of around 33,000, casualties are low. Howe- western China yesterday, ses in the area were made and is notable for being ver, in 2003, a 6.8-mag- the region’s earthquake of wood and mudbricks or a stop on the Karakoram nitude quake in a near- administration said. rock, it said. Highway, built along the by county to yesterday’s The morning quake stru- Search and rescue work ancient Silk Road con- quake killed 268 people. ck in Taxkorgan county, a was under way, it added. necting China’s far wes- China’s deadliest earth- remote mountainous area The U.S. Geological Sur- tern city of Kashgar to the quake this century, a 7.9 that borders Tajikistan, vey said the 5.4-magnitu- Pakistani capital of Isla- magnitude temblor with Afghanistan and Pakistan de quake struck at a depth mabad. a depth of 19 kilometers, in China’s Xinjiang region. of 10 kilometers at 5:58 The official Xinhua News struck Sichuan province The Xinjiang Earthquake a.m. yesterday. Shallow Agency said there had in May 2008, killing near- Residents gather near damaged houses following an earthquake in Administration said 23 quakes cause greater been frequent aftershocks. ly 90,000 people. AP Kuzigun Village, in Xinjiang, yesterday fri 12.05.2017

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would counter its rising influence, country’s government,” a Cabinet said Max Baucus, the U.S. ambas- official, Ou Xiaoli, told The Asso- ap photo sador to Beijing until January. ciated Press. “We feel in contacts “Southeast Asian countries wou- between countries, we need to ld tell me ‘we want you, we want talk about studying benefits, stu- the TPP, then we can balance Chi- dying mutual profit.” na with the United States,’” Bau- The bulk of Chinese financing is cus told The Associated Press. to be loans, which Ou said will be Dubbed “One Belt, One Road” mostly on commercial terms ba- after ancient trade routes throu- sed on “market principles.” That gh the Indian Ocean and Central might add to debt burdens in Asia, the initiative is Chinese Pre- countries where dealing with Bei- sident Xi Jinping’s signature pro- jing can be politically sensitive. ject. The state-run China Develop- Details such as financing are ment Bank announced in 2015 vague. But since Xi announced it it had set aside $890 billion for in 2013, Beijing has launched do- more than 900 “One Belt, One zens of projects from railways in Road” projects across 60 coun- Tajikistan, Thailand and Kenya tries in gas, minerals and other to power plants in Vietnam and sectors. The government’s Ex- Kyrgyzstan. port-Import Bank of China said Countries including Pakistan it would finance 1,000 projects in and Afghanistan welcome it as a 49 countries. path out of poverty. India, Indo- nesia and others want investment Sri Lankan Buddhist monks and villagers protest against a plan to take over private land for an industrial zone in which China but are wary of Chinese strategic will have a major stake ambitions. We have Indonesia’s political elite have a “fear of regional hegemony” by some serious China, said Christine Tjhin, se- nior researcher at the Center for reservations Strategic and International Stu- dies in Jakarta. about it, ‘Silk Road’ stirs unease Moscow worries Beijing is dilu- because of ting Russian influence in Central Asia by linking Uzbekistan and sovereignty other countries more closely to over its strategic goals China’s more dynamic economy. issues. Russian President Vladimir Pu- Arun Jaitley tin has responded by proposing Minister, India Joe McDonald, Munir Ahmed The initiative is in many ways finance and defense minister, a “Great Eurasia Project,” with & Gillian Wong, Beijing natural for China, the world’s bi- Arun Jaitley, at an Asian Develo- Beijing leading on economics and In Pakistan, the proposed $1.3 ggest trader. But governments pment Bank meeting this month Moscow on politics and security. billion effort to expand the Ka- n a mountain valley in Kash- from Washington to Moscow to in Yokohama, Japan. China has “This vision enables the Kremlin rakoram Highway is part of the mir, plans are under way for New Delhi worry Beijing also is previously said its highway work to maintain an appearance that it China-Pakistan Economic Cor- Chinese engineers guarded trying to build its own political in- “targets no third country.” retains the political initiative in its ridor, which involves dozens of by Pakistani forces to expand fluence and erode theirs. China’s initiative is ramping neighborhood,” said a report by projects including power plants, Ithe lofty Karakoram Highway in a Others worry China might un- up as President Donald Trump the Center for Eastern Studies, a roads and railways. project that is stirring diplomatic dermine human rights, environ- focuses on domestic issues, Warsaw think tank. Pakistani officials say much of friction with India. mental and other standards or downplaying foreign affairs. In a possible effort to defuse the Chinese money for power The work is part of a sprawling leave poor countries burdened American officials say Washing- unease, China has invited gover- projects is investment, not loans Chinese initiative to build a “new with debt. ton wants to work with China on nments to a two-day forum star- but have given few details, raising Silk Road” of ports, railways India is unhappy Chinese state infrastructure. But some political ting Sunday and led by Xi. Lea- questions about whether other and roads to expand trade in a -owned companies are working in analysts say Beijing is trying to ders from 28 countries including projects can pay for themselves. vast arc of countries across Asia, the Pakistani-held part of Kash- create a political and economic Russian President Vladimir Putin “I feel that our several gene- Africa and Europe. The Asian mir, the Himalayan region clai- network centered on China and are due to attend, but none from rations will have to repay these Development Bank says the re- med by both sides. Indian leaders push the United States out of the major Western countries. Chinese loans for decades,” said gion, home to 60 percent of the see that as an endorsement of region. Chinese officials reject sugges- Azeem Khalid, a lecturer at the world’s people, needs more than Pakistani control. Trump’s decision to pull out of tions the initiative is a power play Commission on Science and Te- USD26 trillion of such invest- “We have some serious reser- the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pa- by Beijing. chnology for Sustainable Develo- ment by 2030 to keep economies vations about it, because of so- cific Partnership deprives China’s “The Chinese government has pment in the South, a non-gover- growing. vereignty issues,” said India’s neighbors of a tool they hoped never wished to control any other nment group in Islamabad. AP

Four tons of garbage ap photo collected in Everest cleanup

orkers and vo- cans, plastic bags, stove bers and guides visit the Wlunteers have col- equipment, tents, oxygen Chinese north side of the lected four tons of garbage tanks and other mountain mountain, which China from the Chinese north climbing paraphernalia, refers to by its Tibetan side of Mount Everest the official Xinhua News name, Mount Qomolang- in the first five days of a Agency said. ma. cleanup operation, state The nine-day cleanup On the Nepalese side, media reported yesterday. that began Saturday tar- mountaineering expedi- Hoping to find a more gets climbing trails and tion organizers have begun permanent solution, the campsites between 5,200 sending huge trash bags local government in the and 6,500 meters (17,000 with climbers during the Tibet region is setting and 21,300 feet). spring climbing season to up stations to sort, recy- Parts of Everest are in collect trash that then can cle and break down the China and Nepal. Each be winched by helicopters garbage, which includes year, about 60,000 clim- back to the base camp. AP 12.05.2017 fri

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Phone diplomacy for improved ties and will settle for less as long as it can save face on the missile-defense issue. Moon’s conversation with Xi came a day after he spoke with S. Korea’s Moon to send delegation President Donald Trump, who in the phone call congratula- ted Moon on his election win to China amid frayed ties and invited him to visit the White House. The two leaders also agreed to strengthen their hinese President Xi alliance, the White House said. Jinping called his new Sou- While taking the oath of office

C ap photo th Korean counterpart Moon this week, Moon said he’s open Jae-in yesterday to congratula- to visiting North Korea under te him on his inauguration, the the right conditions. Conserva- first time such a call has been tive critics have worried Moon’s made from Beijing to Seoul and rise to power might cause a fric- one that raises the prospect of tion with Trump, who wants to a thaw in relations between the increase pressure on North Ko- Asian neighbors. rea with the help of China, the Chinese leaders don’t often North’s largest trading partner make congratulatory telephone and aid benefactor. calls to new foreign leaders right Moon also received similar after they take office, normally congratulatory calls from Japa- sending envoys days or weeks nese and Indian leaders yester- later carrying personal letters day. instead. The call to Moon took During his call with Japanese place just a day after he took of- Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, the fice and comes amid increased two leaders agreed that their regional tensions over North countries must not let their di- Korea as well as the deployment fficult history hamper co-opera- of a U.S. missile-defense shield tion in dealing with North Ko- in South Korea. rea’s nuclear program, Moon’s Moon told Xi during the office said. 40-minute call that he plans The call also touched on a con- to send a special delegation to troversial 2015 agreement over Beijing for talks on both topi- compensating South Korean cs, Moon’s office said in a sta- women forced into sexual sla- tement. China has been upset very by Japan’s military in Wor- by the Terminal High-Altitude South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks on the phone with Xi Jinping ld War II, Moon’s office said. It Area Defense system that was said Moon told Abe that it was approved by Moon’s conser- emotionally difficult for South vative predecessor as a hedge missile system’s deployment if Moon told Xi that it would say it appears too late to call for Koreans to accept the agree- against North Korea, placing elected. Beijing sees the system be easier to settle the missile- its withdrawal, which would ment. Seoul in a difficult spot be- as a threat to its own security. defense issue if North Korea greatly undermine South Ko- It wasn’t clear whether Moon tween its closest military ally in During yesterday’s call, Xi wasn’t engaging in provoca- rea’s relationship with Washin- used the conversation to call for Washington and its largest tra- reaffirmed China’s opposition tions, the statement said. gton. a renegotiation of the deal. He ding partner in Beijing. to the THAAD deployment, Moon said he hopes to meet Xi Given that, the prospect for im- had promised during his cam- China has already taken com- Moon’s office said. Moon res- at an early date and Xi formally proved ties between Seoul and paign to renegotiate it. mercial retaliation against Sou- ponded that he’s aware of Chi- invited Moon to visit Beijing, it Beijing isn’t clear, with some Japanese officials have des- th Korean business interests na’s concerns and asked Xi to said. saying China won’t back down cribed the call as “positive on its soil, but will be hoping help resolve the difficulties fa- While Moon may try to soothe until it gets a major concession and meaningful,” with the two Moon follows through on his cing South Korean businesses Chinese anger over the missile- on the system’s deployment and agreeing to cooperate closely to campaign pledge to review the in China, it said. defense system, many observers others saying China is also eager deal with North Korea. AP

North Korea Pyongyang says it will seek extradition of plot culprits

yongyang will seek have been running stories has identified only by the guy surnamed Han” taught the extradition of anyone about the plot since last ubiquitous surname “Kim.” Kim how to enlist accompli-

P ap photo involved in what it says was week. The security ministry It says he is a North Ko- ces. a CIA-backed plot to kill lea- has vowed to “ferret out” rean resident of Pyongyang “These terrorists plotted der Kim Jung Un last month anyone involved in the alle- who worked for a time in and planned in detail for the with a biochemical poison, ged plot, which it called “sta- the Russian Far East. State use of biochemical substan- a top North Korean foreign te-sponsored terrorism.” media said he was involved ces including radioactive ministry official said yester- Han took that a step fur- in the timber industry in and poisonous substances as day. ther yesterday with the ex- Khabarovsk, which is one the means of assassination,” Han Song Ryol, the vice tradition statement. of the primary places North Vice Minister Han said, rea- foreign minister, called a “According to our law, the Koreans can go overseas to ding from a prepared state- meeting of foreign diploma- Central Public Prosecutor’s work. ment. “These biochemical ts in Pyongyang to outline Office of the DPRK will use The North further said that substances were to be pro- the North’s allegation that all available methods to a South Korean agent na- vided with the assistance of the CIA and South Korea’s start to work to demand the med Jo Ki Chol and a “secret the CIA ... while the South intelligence agency bribed handover of the criminals agent” named Xu Guanghai, Korean Intelligence Service North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and coerced a North Korean involved, so as to punish the director general of the Qing- was going to provide neces- man into joining in the as- organizers, conspirators and dao NAZCA Trade Co. Ltd., sary support and funding for Jong Un without naming diplomats in Pyongyang sassination plot, which the followers of this terrible sta- met Kim in Dandong, on this attempt at assassination him, instead using the phra- was last December, to pre- North’s Ministry of State te-sponsored terrorism,” he North Korea’s border with on our supreme leader.” se “supreme leadership” or sent North Korea’s response Security has suggested was said. China, to give him commu- In statements for foreign “supreme dignity.” to the latest round of U.N. thwarted last month. North Korea claims the nications equipment and distribution, North Korea The last time that Han sanctions after the Septem- The North’s state media primary suspect is a man it cash. The North also said “a often refers to its leader Kim appeared to brief foreign ber 2016 nuclear test. AP fri 12.05.2017

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Esther Htusan, Yangon Myanmar

he private ride-hai- ling service Uber of- ficially launched ope- Uber chases GrabTaxi, rations yesterday in TMyanmar’s main city Yangon, aiming to tap into one of the world’s youngest and fastest- expanding in Southeast Asia growing online markets. The launch follows Singapore- based GrabTaxi’s debut, which jammed roads. The industry is began a trial run in the Sou- something of a free-for-all, with theast Asian country about six ap photo non-licensed drivers turning weeks ago. their cars into taxis as they plea- Uber is one of the world’s lar- se. But the government has said gest on-demand transporta- it intends to crack down on that. tion platforms. It is seeking an Incomes for most people are alliance with the government to still low, so price competition smooth acceptance of the use of may be key. private vehicles for commercial An online Uber fare estimator transport. put the base fare in Yangon at A taxi ride in Myanmar usually 1,500 kyats (USD1.09) with a involves negotiating prices, minimum charge of 1,800 kyats no use of meters and a lack of ($1.31). air conditioning or seat belts. Uber has faced trouble from Using a ride-hailing app is still regulators in various markets, a relatively new concept, though including China, France, Spain the practice has been gaining in and Mexico. But generally they popularity. target services transporting Local travel services start-up paying customers using private Oway and Hello Cabs, a rival be more convenient for us if we “I am a bit worried ... I don’t in six larger regional markets vehicles that are not registered service run by a construction don’t have to bargain over pri- know what will happen yet, but at $13 billion by 2025, up from for public transport, not ride and auto dealership tycoon, also ces and can just hop in and go.” we are watching,” he said. $2.5 billion in 2015. -hailing that uses smartphone provide ride-hailing services. Some taxi drivers, however, More than two-thirds of Sou- With more than 50 million apps to call licensed taxis. “I definitely want to try Uber,” expressed alarm about other theast Asians are younger than people, Myanmar is growing Phyo Min Thein, chief minis- said Nyan Zay Htet, a company companies edging onto their 40 and the number going online fast and its public transport ter of Yangon Region, said the worker who was haggling with turf. “My car is my livelihood,” to buy goods and services is soa- networks are not keeping up. government was welcoming a driver over a fare on a down- said Tun Mya, who said he was ring. A recent research report by Taxis are plentiful in Yangon, Uber and other ride-hailing town street in Yangon. “I wel- already earning less because Google and the Singaporean in- with local media reporting au- companies into the market to come having international com- people were hailing fewer tradi- vestment arm Temasek put the thorities estimate there are improve transportation in the panies come in because it can tional taxis. potential ride-sharing market more than 50,000 on the city’s city. AP

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USA organizations linked to the go- vernments of Russia and Turkey. The top Democrat and Re- publican on a House oversight Flynn documents sought by committee have said Flynn likely broke federal law by failing to get approval from the U.S. govern- ment to accept foreign payments Senate panel in Russia probe and not disclosing them after ac- cepting them. Among the payments they cited Chad Day, Washington ding any since divested or sold. were more than $33,000 from Stone, Page, Flynn and former RT, a Russian state-sponsored he Senate intelligence com- Trump campaign chairman Paul ap photo television network that U.S. inte- Tmittee yesterday [Macau Manafort all received similar re- lligence officials have branded as time] subpoenaed former Trump quests for information, a person a propaganda front for Russia’s national security adviser Michael familiar with the Senate investi- government. The network paid Flynn for documents related to gation said. That person spoke Flynn for attending a December the panel’s investigation into on the condition of anonymity to 2015 gala in Moscow during whi- Russia’s election meddling. discuss the details of the commi- ch Flynn was seated next to Rus- Sen. Richard Burr, the Repu- ttee’s investigation. sian President Vladimir Putin. blican chairman, and Sen. Mark The requests sent to Stone and The Turkish payments under Warner, the committee’s Demo- Page covered documents and in- scrutiny are part of USD530,000 cratic vice chairman, issued a formation from June 2015 throu- worth of lobbying and investiga- joint statement saying the panel gh Jan. 20 of this year. During tive work that Flynn’s company, decided to issue the subpoena that period, Flynn accepted tens Flynn Intel Group, performed for after Flynn, through his lawyer, of thousands of dollars from a a Turkish businessman. In Mar- declined to cooperate with an Russian state-sponsored televi- ch, Flynn and his firm belatedly April 28 request to turn over the sion network. He later worked registered as a foreign agent with documents. as a foreign agent on behalf of a the Justice Department for the Flynn and other associates of Turkish businessman, while ser- work, acknowledging it could President Donald Trump have ving as a top Trump campaign have benefited the Turkish go- received similar requests from adviser. It also covers the pos- vernment. the committee for information telection time period in which The AP reported that Flynn is and documents over the past few Trump and his transition team at odds with his former Turkish weeks. decided to appoint Flynn as na- Michael Flynn client over two unusual paymen- Copies of request letters sent to tional security adviser. ts totaling $80,000 that Flynn’s longtime Trump associate Ro- Stone said Thursday that he will sia’s ambassador to the United had previously been in talks with firm sent back last year to the ger Stone and former Trump fo- “fully comply” with the Senate States. the committee about agreeing to client. reign policy adviser Carter Page intelligence committee’s request The subpoena comes as both be interviewed as long as he was Flynn’s company, Flynn In- were shared with The Associated for information and documents the Senate committee and its granted immunity. tel Group, told the Justice De- Press. Those letters, which were relating to its Russia investiga- counterpart in the House are in- In March, Kelner said in a sta- partment in March that the two nearly identical, sought emails, tion. Stone told NBC’s “Today” vestigating Russia’s interference tement that Flynn had a “story $40,000 payments were consul- text messages, letters, phone re- he wants to testify, since mem- in the 2016 election and whether to tell,” but said no reasonable ting fees for unspecified work. cords or any other relevant in- bers of congressional panels in- Trump associates colluded with person would agree to be ques- But Turkish businessman Ekim formation they have about mee- volved in the Russia probe “have those attempts to sway the elec- tioned by the committee without Alptekin has told the AP that tings or contacts that they or any disparaged me publicly.” tion. Flynn’s Russia ties are also “assurances against unfair prose- the payments from Flynn’s firm other individual affiliated with Flynn was fired by Trump af- being scrutinized by the FBI as it cution.” were refunds for unperformed the Trump campaign had with ter less than one month on the conducts a similar investigation. Other congressional commit- lobbying. The difference matters Russian officials or representati- job. The White House said Flynn Flynn attorney Robert Kelner tees and the Pentagon’s inspec- because Flynn’s foreign business ves of Russian business interes- misled Vice President Mike Pen- declined to comment on the tor general are also separately relationships and the veracity of ts. They also ask for information ce and other top officials about newly issued subpoena or say examining whether Flynn was his disclosures are under scru- about any financial or real estate his communications during the why Flynn declined to provide fully forthcoming about his fo- tiny by congressional, military holdings related to Russia, inclu- presidential transition with Rus- the information earlier. Flynn reign contacts and earnings from and intelligence inquiries. AP

Middle East The Trump administra- tion says it will supply the Syrian Democratic Forces, of which the YPG is the IS town fall ‘victory’ for Syria Kurdish partner main component, with heavier weapons ahead of a push on the northern Sarah El Deeb, Beirut to plan attacks against the The capture of Tab- or YPG, told The Associa- Syrian city of Raqqa, the West, the coalition said in qa came a day after the ted Press yesterday that his IS group’s de facto capital. he capture of a key ap photo a statement. Tabqa had Trump administration an- group will seek “neighbor- Talal Sillo, a commander TSyrian town and a served as a base for the nounced it will supply the ly relations” with Turkey. with SDF, said no weapons nearby dam from Islamic planning such operations Kurdish-led Syrian Demo- “From our side, we want have yet been delivered to State group militants by after the militants lost cratic Forces with heavier to keep good neighborly the group but that the US- Syrian Kurdish-led forces other territories in nor- weapons, a decision that relations with Turkey,” Re- led coalition had said that undermines the IS’s abi- thern Syria. infuriated Turkey, which dur Khalil said in a series fast delivery was expected lity to defend its de facto The capture of Tabqa sets views the main Kurdish of messages from Syria. from weapons already in capital, Raqqa and disrup- the stage for an advance on militia in the group as an He called on Turkey to let Syria with the internatio- ts its ability to plan atta- Raqqa, some 25 miles to extension of an outlawed go of its “unjustified” fears nal coalition. cks in Western countries, the east. rebel movement fighting of the group. Ankara views the YPG as the U.S.-led international Coalition spokesman Col. an insurgency in its sou- Turkish President Recep an extension of the Kur- coalition said yesterday. Fighters from the Kurdish- John Dorrian said the cap- theast. The SDF, which Tayyip Erdogan called on distan Workers’ Party, or Tabqa and the nearby led Syria Democratic Forces, ture of Tabqa is “yet ano- also includes Arab fighters, the U.S. to reverse its deci- PKK, which has been wa- dam, Syria’s largest, were patrolling on a street in Tabqa, ther victory” for the Kur- has captured large swathes sion, saying weapons in the ging a decades-old insur- northern Syria seized a day earlier in an dish-led forces, the U.S.’s of land in northern Syria hands of the Kurdish-led gency in Turkey. The U.S. offensive that lasted near- most effective partner on from IS with the help of forces are a “threat” to his and other Western nations ly seven weeks, with the militants’ favorite weapon. the ground in Syria figh- U.S.-led airstrikes. country. Unnerved by the also view the PKK as a ter- backing of airstrikes from The fall of Tabqa also de- ting IS. He earlier said that The spokesman for the Kurdish advances along the rorist group. the international coalition. nies militants “a key coor- after Tabqa is secured, the Kurdish militia that forms border, Turkey sent troops Khalil dismissed the la- The Kurdish-led forces dination hub” that had Syrian Kurdish-led forces the backbone of the figh- into Syria last year to help bel, saying the U.S. would were clearing the town and been used by the group’s will continue operations to ting force known as the allied Syrian forces battle not supply arms to terro- the dam of land mines, the foreign fighters since 2013 “isolate and seize Raqqa.” People’s Protection Units, IS and block the SDF. rists. AP fri 12.05.2017 th Anniversary

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history cineteatro Friday 11 - 17 May 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Alien: Covenant 14:50 RTPi Live room 1 16:00 Revenge S1 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm 16:45 Revenge S1 (Final) Director: Ridley Scott 17:30 Castle S6 (Repeated) Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston Language: English (Chinese) 18:10 Now Generation (Repeated) Duration: 122min 19:00 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) (PT) 19:30 Soap Opera (PT) 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) 22:10 Now Generation 23:00 TDM News 23:50 Europa League Highlights 01:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 02:35 RTPi Live 1967 Stansted to become Saturday London’s third airport 10:40 Comedy 11:15 Blaze Riders 12:00 Miscellaneous The British Government has given the green light to plans 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) to convert Stansted into London’s third airport. President of the Board of Trade Douglas Jay told the Hou- 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) se Of Commons that the small airfield in Essex would beco- 15:00 Fatima King Arthur: legend of the sword room 2 me the site for a £47m international airport by 1974. 15:55 RTPi Live 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm Announcing the decision following the conclusions of a 20:00 Miscellaneous Director: Guy Ritchie White Paper, Mr Jay said the verdict had been reached “af- 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Berges-Frisbey ter very careful consideration”. 21:10 Drama (PT) Language: English (Chinese) There had been considerable support for an alternative 22:00 Comedy Duration: 126min site on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent but Stansted was even- 23:00 TDM News tually selected by an inter-departmental committee. 23:30 Miscellaneous The cost of developing Stansted, where there was already 00:50 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) an airport with a 10,000ft runway, would be far cheaper than building a new airfield from scratch. 01:25 RTPi Live But Mr Jay said that the government had carried out a thorough re-examination and was satisfied that Stansted, Sunday though by no means ideal, was the best area for the airport. 10:00 Young Adult Under proposals in the White Paper, the current airfield 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) will be extended from 800 acres to 2,500 acres and once operational will include two parallel runways for supersonic 12:30 Miscellaneous and jumbo jets. 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) On top of the £41m development, another £6m will be 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast allocated for road and rail access. 14:50 Zig Zag 29 + 1 When the new travel facilities are completed it will take 70 16:25 Documentary Serie room 3 minutes by road using the M11 and 45 minutes by rail to 17:00 Miscellaneous 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm reach the airport from central London. 19:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Director: Kearen Pang The development will also create jobs for over 20,000 peo- 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Starring: Chrissie Chau, Joyce Cheng, Ben Yeung ple. 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) But 20 schools and a hospital will have to close and arou- Duration: 100min 22:00 Turkey with Simon Reeve - Part 2 nd 7,000 houses will be exposed to high levels of noise. Peter Kirk, MP for Saffron Walden, objected to the develo- 23:00 TDM News pment and said the decision would be received with “deep 00:15 Miscellaneous resentment and bitterness in his constituency”. 00:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeat) But Mr Jay said: “We realise there will be regret in the nei- 01:20 RTPi Live ghbourhood but this is inescapable wherever the airport is placed. “No matter where the airport is sited, there will be a dis- turbance to some people who live and work in the area.” Offbeat Farmers also objected to the development on the grounds that it would lead to the loss of good agricultural land. ustralia warns travelers to The National Farmers Union said: “From an agricultural A point of view, few if any sites could be more disastrous. not bring in hitchhiking toads “The government has opted for the easy and unimagina- tive course in preference to the realistic and bold planning Australian quarantine authorities yesterday urged travelers for which we had hoped.” through Asia to avoid bringing in hitchhiking amphibians after Mr Jay defended the proposals and said that compensa- a passenger arrived at an airport with a dead Indonesian toad Gifted tion would be “arranged in the normal course of compulsory in his shoe. room 3 land purchase.” The Department of Agriculture of Water Resources warned trave- 7:30pm He said that Stansted would begin operating scheduled lers to check their luggage and other belongings for biohazards Director: Marc Webb services from next year. after toads from Thailand and Indonesia were found recently at Starring: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Mckenna Grace Improvements to all three of London’s international airpor- three Australian airports. Language: English (Chinese) ts including Gatwick and Heathrow, would cost £100m. The department’s head of biosecurity Lyn O’Connor said a sniffer Duration: 101min dog reacted to a shoe that an Australian was wearing as he ar- Courtesy of BBC rived at Cairns Airport in northeast Australia. acau ower The black-spined toad found by a biosecurity officer inside the M T shoe had only recently died and was probably alive when the 11 May - 29 May passenger put the shoe on in Indonesia, O’Connor said in a In context statement. A live banded bullfrog was found in a passenger’s shoe at Perth The decision to build Britain’s third airport at Stansted came against a Airport on Australia’s west coast after a flight from Thailand, the background of 10 years of discussion. department said. Officials could not immediately say on Thurs- More than 3,000 people from towns and villages in north Essex and east Hertfordshire took part in a rally in the weeks following the announce- day whether the passenger was wearing the shoe or had packed ment. it in luggage. The airport’s first terminal building opened in 1969 and was expanded a A live black-spined toad arrived on a flight from Thailand at Mel- year later to handle a growing number of holidaymakers. bourne Airport in southeast Australia where it was found in a In 1979 it was, once again, designated as London’s third airport. woman’s luggage, the department said. In 1984, the government approved a plan to develop Stansted in two The black-spined toad could significantly damage the Austral- phases, involving both airfield and terminal improvements that would ian environment and could carry exotic parasites or disease, increase the airport’s capacity to 15 million passengers per year. Construction of the current terminal building began in 1986 and was O’Connor said. Alien: Covenant Authorities are confident that all the passengers were unaware completed in 1991. 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm In February 2005, the High Court gave the go-ahead for further expansion they were carrying toads. Director: Ridley Scott at either Stansted or Luton airports. Australia has some of the world’s toughest quarantine regula- Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston The “Stop Stansted Expansion” group is campaigning against a second tions in a bid to keep pests and diseases from infiltrating its iso- Language: English (Chinese) runway. lated borders and destroying the country’s unique wildlife. Duration: 122min fri 12.05.2017 th Anniversary

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Benzema’s great ENGLAND Three games left, three points needed. That’s the task facing Chelsea in a Premier League title race it has dominated since November. escape puts Madrid Chelsea’s first opportunity to clinch the trophy comes at West Bromwich Albion on Friday. If Chelsea fails to win, Tottenham - seven points behind in second place - must beat Manchester United on Sunday to keep the race alive. in final vs Juventus Chelsea’s other two matches are at home to Watford and Sunderland. The relegation battle could also be settled this weekend, with third-to-last Hull in danger of going down along with already-demoted Middlesbrough t was an inspired piece and Sunderland. of skill by Karin Benzema Hull is one point behind Swansea. If Swansea beats Sunderland on that shattered Atletico Ma- ap photo Saturday, Hull must beat Crystal Palace away on Sunday to take the drid’s hopes of a comeback relegation fight to the final weekend. Iin the semifinals of the Cham- pions League. SPAIN The French striker’s spectacu- Real Madrid has its toughest remaining challenge in the title race lar move to evade three Atleti- on Sunday when it hosts fourth-placed Sevilla for its final league game at co defenders led to the crucial home this season. away goal that helped put Real Madrid needs a victory to keep its fate in its own hands as the side bids for Madrid in the final against Ju- its first title since 2012. ventus on June 3 in Cardiff. Madrid and Barcelona are level on points atop the standings, with The goal by Francisco “Isco” Barcelona ahead on the head-to-head tiebreaker. But Madrid still has three Alarcon just before halftime games to play, while Barcelona has two. halted Atletico’s onslaught and Barcelona visits Las Palmas at the same time on Sunday. allowed Madrid to advance to Barcelona’s last game is at home against mid-table Eibar, while Madrid has games at Celta Vigo and Malaga. its third final in four seasons Sevilla needs at least a draw in its final two matches to secure fourth place with a 4-2 aggregate score and a qualification spot for the Champions League. following a 2-1 loss yesterday [Macau time]. ITALY “Benzema’s move changed the saved by goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Madrid, an 11-time European Juventus can take the first step toward a treble when it visits Roma on game,” Madrid midfielder Ca- Isco was nearby and picked champion, will try to become Sunday. semiro said. up the rebound to easily score the first team to win back-to A draw at the capital side would be enough to hand Juventus an With Atletico winning 2-0 and from close range. -back titles since the competi- unprecedented sixth successive Serie A crown, with two matches to spare. close to overturning the 3-0 loss “Karim is an incredibly great tion’s new format was created Defeat would leave it four points ahead of second-placed Roma and five from the first leg at the Santiago player and today he helped us in 1992. It will be the first club ahead of Napoli if the latter wins at Torino. Bernabeu Stadium, Benzema with his magic,” Madrid left to have a chance to defend its Since Serie A was founded in 1929, no club has won more than five straight showed why he remains one of back Marcelo said. title since Manchester Uni- titles. Juventus won five straight from 1931-35, Torino did it from 1943-49 the best strikers in the world. Isco’s goal at the Vicente Cal- ted made consecutive finals in (including a season that was canceled because of World War II), and Inter He picked up the ball near the deron Stadium left Atletico 2008-09. Milan did it from 2006-10. left corner and quickly found in need of scoring three more If Juventus fails in the capital, it is likely to secure the title next weekend, at himself surrounded by Jose Gi- goals to advance to the final home to relegation-threatened Crotone. menez, Stefan Savic and Diego and avoid another Champions Between those two matches, it faces Lazio in the Italian Cup final on Godin, three of Atletico’s best League elimination against the Wednesday. Juventus then plays Real Madrid in the Champions League defenders. city rival. Madrid defeated Atle- After the final on June 3. Benzema apparently wanted tico in the final last year and Elsewhere, AC Milan is still looking for its first win under its new owners to go back toward the midfield in 2014, and also eliminated game, I asked and it travels to Atalanta, while Inter Milan hosts Sassuolo in its first but suddenly changed direction the crosstown opponent in the match since sacking coach Stefano Pioli. Youth team coach Stefano Vecchi Benzema how will be in charge. and took the ball toward the quarterfinals in 2015. end line, where he stopped and “A moment of genius from he got out of PORTUGAL used a couple of quick touches Benzema ended our dream,” there, and he Benfica can win a fourth straight Portuguese league for the first time. to fool the defenders and get Atletico captain Gabi Fernan- A win on Saturday against Vitoria Guimaraes, a team it has beaten the last past them into the open space. dez said. said he didn’t seven times at home, will be enough to give Benfica an unsurmountable “After the game, I asked Ben- The goal allowed Madrid to lead ahead of the last round. zema how he got out of there, match Bayern Munich’s record know either. Benfica is five points ahead of rival FC Porto with two matches to go. Porto and he said he didn’t know ei- of 61 consecutive games scoring Zinedine Zidane hosts Pacos Ferreira on Sunday. ther,” Madrid coach Zinedine at least one goal in all compe- Porto was the last team to win four consecutive titles, from 2006-09. It Zidane said. “But it gave us a titions, a feat the German club also won five in a row, from 1995-99. goal.” achieved from 2013-14. Madrid Now, another great of Euro- Benzema sped into the area has scored 167 goals since a 0-0 pean soccer stands in their way. FRANCE after clearing the defenders and draw at Manchester City in the Italian champions Juventus, Although Monaco’s European dream is over after losing to Juventus in sent a backward pass to Toni first leg of the Champions Lea- who progressed with a 4-1 ag- the Champions League semifinals, winning the French league seems an Kroos, whose shot was initially gue semifinals last year. gregate win over Monaco, are inevitable reality. attempting to win their first Monaco can seal the title on Sunday if it beats Lille at home and defending Champions League title in 21 champion Paris Saint-Germain fails to win at Saint-Etienne. years. Monaco has thrilled Europe with its attacking football, scoring 150 goals in champions of champions The final will be a replay of all competitions and needing just two more to reach 100 in the league. the 1998 showpiece, when Real Saint-Etienne, an industrial city with a loyal fan base of fervent • REAL MADRID have • Real have won 11 of their 14 were crowned European cham- supporters, is one of the toughest away trips in Ligue 1. The atmosphere reached the European Cup/ European Cup finals pions for the seventh time - af- at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard will be even more emotionally charged due to it being hugely popular coach Christophe Galtier’s last home game in Champions League final for a ter a 32-year wait - thanks to charge. record 15th time, ahead of AC • Juventus have won the trophy Predrag Mijatovic’s goal. Milan (11) twice, losing a record six finals And it means a reunion for NETHERLANDS Madrid French manager, who • Real have reached two succes- • Both Real and Juventus join Feyenoord has one final chance to grab its first Eredivisie title since played in that final for the Ita- sive finals for the first time since AC Milan on a record six final 1999 when it plays Heracles Almelo in Rotterdam on Sunday. Archrival lian side, with his former club. they won the trophy five times appearances in the Champi- Ajax could win its 34th title if Feyenoord slips up for a second weekend in a row between 1956 and 1960 ons League “It has been a very important straight. club for me in my career and I Going into the last round, Feyenoord has a one-point lead over Ajax, which • The Spanish club need just one • Atletico became the first keep it as a club that has given takes on Willem II in Tilburg on Sunday. more goal to become the first team to be eliminated by the me everything. It is going to be Feyenoord missed the chance to secure its 15th Dutch title last Sunday in a team to score 500 in the Cham- same opponents four times something special,” said ‘Zizou’, nervy 3-0 defeat at Excelsior, disappointing tens of thousands of fans who pions League in a row who played for Juve between gathered in downtown Rotterdam and at Feyenoord’s home stadium, De 1996 and 2001. MDT/Agencies Kuip, ready to celebrate. THE India top court reviews Station12.05.2017Air quality fri BUZZIslamic instant divorce Roadside 35-55 Good India’s Supreme Court has formally opened world where a Muslim man can divorce his hearings into a number of petitions challen- wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (di- High ging the controversial practice of instant di- vorce) three times. Density 50-70 vorce in Islam, BBC reported. But activists say the practice is “discrimina- Residental The court said it would examine whether the tory”. The sensitive issue is being heard by a Moderate practice known as “triple talaq” was funda- multi-faith bench made up of five judges - a Area opinion mental to the religion. Hindu, a Sikh, a Christian, a Zoroastrian and India is one of a handful of countries in the one Muslim. Ambient 65-95 Moderate Kapok dsmg source: Eric Sautedé Eurovision WORLD BRIEFS The warning behind the praise Pop, politics and a dancing In the morning of May 9, while addressing a large audience supposedly representative of the Macao ap photo population, Chairman of the National People’s Con- ape - but no Russia gress Zhang Dejiang insisted on a task the govern- ment of the Macao SAR had to carry out: “Contradic- tions within the society never cease to exist; among poor people contradictions exist; among rich people prinkle the sequins, contradictions exist; among majorities contradictions spark up the disco ligh- S ap photo Troops from the exist; among minorities contradictions exist; contra- ts and get ready for battle GUAM U.S., Japan and two dictions are to be found everywhere, regardless of — it’s time for the Eurovi- European nations are time and place; what is crucial is how we correctly sion Song Contest , a celebra- gathering on remote U.S. identify, get hold of and properly handle the issues, tion of kitsch and cheesy pop islands in the Pacific for the difficulties and the contradictions.” In a sentence with an undercurrent of politi- drills they say will show of only a few lines, “contradictions” — it has to be cs and patriotism. More than a support for the free plural as there are many of them — appeared seven singing contest, it’s diplomacy passage of vessels in times! in dancing shoes. international waters amid For anybody slightly familiar with the history of Com- This week musical acts from fears China could restrict munism in China, the use of the word (maodun) rings more than 40 countries are movement in the South a particular bell. NaviBand from Belarus taking the stage in Kiev to vie China Sea. The drills First because it is markedly associated with Mao Ze- around Guam and Tinian dong himself, who expanded on an original text from for the Eurovision crown, wa- history, said Ukraine has long nations such as Israel and — tched by some 200 million used Eurovision as a way to somewhat controversially — may also send a message 1937 (“On Contradictions”) to develop his thinking in to North Korea. one of his most famous speeches entitled “On the television viewers. The 62nd annoy Russia. far-off Australia. correct handling of contradictions among the people,” annual contest has clean-cut “Last time the contest was in The contest helped launch delivered in February 1957. Given the comparisons crooners, electro beats, yo- Kiev it was a song about the the careers of Sweden’s ABBA that now exist between Mao and Xi Jinping, and that deling Romanians and even Orange Revolution and it was — victors in 1974 with “Water- ap photo Zhang’s southern tour is perceived as a preparation a dancing gorilla. But there allowed to compete,” he said. loo” — Canada’s Celine Dion, for that President Xi will embark on at the end of June, is also a big absence: Russia, “Ukraine has been needling who won for Switzerland in it is no overstretch to consider that Mr Zhang was ac- whose participation has been away for a long time and now 1988, and Irish high-steppers tually uttering Mr Xi’s words. scuttled by the country’s di- the contest is going to be in a Riverdance, the half-time en- Second because in the 1957 harangue, Mao famou- plomatic and military conflict real crisis.” tertainment in 1994. sly explained that “letting a hundred flowers blossom with neighbor Ukraine. The acrimony is ironic, sin- Eurovision has a huge gay INDIA A building wall and a hundred schools of thought contend [was] the collapsed onto guests at a Russia is one of Eurovision’s ce Eurovision was founded following and has become a policy for promoting progress in the arts and sciences wedding in western India, and a flourishing socialist culture.” It was a confirma- heavy hitters, tied with Swe- in 1956 to bring the recently symbol of optimistic libera- killing at 24 and injuring 28. tion that criticisms were welcome, thus echoing the den for the most top-five fi- warring countries of Europe lism — this year’s motto is Hundreds of guests were call for intellectual renaissance and freedom expres- nishes this century. But this together. It launched a year “celebrate diversity.” Victories assembling on the outdoor sed by Guo Moruo, the intellectual from whom Mao year’s Russian entrant, Yuliya before the foundation of the by transgender Israeli singer lawn when a strong dust had taken inspiration. Samoylova, was blocked by European Economic Commu- Dana International in 1998 storm blew into the area, Third because by drawing a line between what was host Ukraine because she had nity, forerunner of the Euro- and bearded Austrian drag forcing people to go termed “antagonistic contradictions” and “non-anta- toured in Crimea after Rus- pean Union. queen Conchita Wurst in 2014 indoors. When the 80-foot- gonistic contradictions”, Mao was indeed enriching sia’s 2014 annexation of the “Eurovision, like the EEC, were hailed by liberals and long wall fell, it trapped the Leninist approach to class struggle, indicating peninsula. was born out of this passiona- condemned by conservatives. people inside the wedding that some contradictions — the ones that exist “wi- In response, Russia’s state te belief that we mustn’t have Onstage, many Eurovision hall and a covered shed built along the wall outside. thin” — were acceptable, and even welcome as -owned Channel 1 television another war in Europe,” said -watchers expect this year to unavoidable, as long as they did not transform into is refusing to broadcast the Chris West, author of “Eurovi- bring resurgence for western contradictions “between” the people and what Mao contest, replacing tomorrow’s sion!” — a history of the con- Europe after years of eastern called “the enemy”. As a first example of enemies, ap photo Mao mentioned “Japanese imperialists, their Chinese final [Sunday, Macau time] test and the continent. “Both and Nordic dominance. The collaborators and the pro-Japanese elements”, which with a screening of the film institutions were driven by bookies’ favorites are Portu- is rather ironic considering how some families in Ma- “Alien.” this sense of ‘never again.’” guese balladeer Salvador So- cao started to build their fortune during World War II. As the 2016 winner, Ukraine From its launch with seven bral with the syrupy “Amar Of course, when it comes to the Hundred Flowers is this year’s Eurovision host. countries, Eurovision has Pelos Dois” (“Love For Both Campaign, one has to be extra careful: when Mao John Kennedy O’Connor, grown to include more than of Us”) and Italy’s Francesco realised there were more than a few people expres- author of Eurovision’s official 40, including non-European Gabbani. AP USA While the firing of FBI sing their discontent with the direction the Party was Director James Comey taking and that he was himself being targeted, contes- emerges as a potential distraction from the ters were rapidly hushed and soon persecuted. The GOP’s legislative agenda, tactic thus backfired, and the ones who suffered the times square by rodrigo the Senate intelligence most were those who had believed, reluctantly at first, committee subpoenaed the openness to be genuine. Yet, if Mao’s former phy- former Trump national sician Li Zhisui is to be trusted, it is only because the security adviser Michael criticism became massive that the campaign turned Flynn for documents tragically sour. Ultimately lingers the idea that some related to the panel’s “contradictions” — political, economic and social — investigation into Russia’s can become unacceptably unsettling if they are not election meddling. handled properly. More on p15 Bearing in mind the context has changed, I cannot help thinking that the very fact only six “representa- Portugal The parents tives” were able to openly express their opinions af- of a Brazilian boy whose ter Zhang Dejiang’s address serves as confirmation recovery from a severe that behind the overall praise might lie a warning: if brain injury is being the contradictions were to become more antagonis- cited by the Vatican as tic in nature, wouldn’t the Macao Chinese Chamber the “miracle” needed to of Commerce (Kou Hoi In), the Federation of Trade canonize two Portuguese Unions (Lei Cheng I), the Kaifong (Leong Heng Kao), children are breaking their the Women’s General Association (Wong Kit Cheng), silence to share the story. the rising Fujian faction (Si Ka Lon) or Chui’s hench- The boy’s father says men (Eva Lou) be held responsible? his then-5-year-old son, Let’s hope that these self-proclaimed “representati- Lucas, fell 6.5 meters from ves” will not interpret the message as an invitation to a window in 2013 and tighten the screws: after all, the recent by-census in- sustained head injuries dicates that about a quarter of Macao holds a tertiary that doctors predicted degree… No more is ignorance bliss! he had little chance of surviving.