asian film awards nominees amnesty hk budget offers relief to announced concerned protest-hit businesses The 9th Asian Film Awards (AFA), set with In his annual budget speech, Financial to be held in Macau on March 25, academic Secretary John Tsang unveiled feature 74 nominations and 42 films freedom USD37 million in measures aimed at from eight countries giving relief to some business P4 P5 P11

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than halves in February P2 FRANCE At least three small civilian drones flew over iconic landmarks in Paris in the early hours yesterday for a second night, local media reported. Citing its own sources, the local broadcaster Europe1 said the drones were spotted over La Place de La Concorde. Police had already been investigating who was behind some five separate drone flights over emblematic places including the Eiffel Tower, the Place de la Concorde, the Invalides military museum and the American Embassy the previous night.

CHINA’s manufacturing activity edged up to a four-month high in February although export orders decreased for the first time in nearly a year, in the latest sign of uncertainty for the world’s No. 2 economy, according to a private survey. More on p11

SOUTH KOREA A gunman shoots and kills three people in a Sejong City convenience store that he then sets on fire before fleeing, South Korean police say. The suspect is later found dead with a gunshot wound in his head in an apparent suicide. More on p13

MALAYSIA The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim seeks a royal pardon in a last-ditch effort to try free him from Public housing fiasco a sodomy conviction.

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Gaming | CNY time worst. “We believe the situation is likely to deteriorate in the co- ming months,” Credit Suisse Weak revenue trends in both analyst Kenneth Fong wrote in a note yesterday. “On the VIP side, with more junke- ts shutting down business VIP and mass segments post Chinese New Year and working capital in the system shrinking, revenue may see Daryl Loo and Jonathan Burgos another leg down.” Gross gaming MGM China Holdings Ltd. acau casino shares ap photo revenue may fell 7.2 percent to HKD17.68 Mplunged in Hong Kong at the close of trading in Hong trading on weak gambling fall 53.5 percent Kong, the biggest decline sin- over the Lunar New Year ho- ce May 8 2014. Sands China liday period fueling expecta- this month Ltd. dropped 5.8 percent and tions that revenue from Chi- Galaxy Entertainment Group nese high-rollers will continue Ltd. fell 5.1 percent, the worse to slump in the coming mon- at ABN Amro Private Banking performers on the benchmark ths. which manages about USD218 Hang Seng Index, which gai- Wells Fargo & Co. said its billion, said over the telepho- ned 0.1 percent. checks suggested weak reve- ne. “The Chinese government Wynn Macau Ltd. and Mel- nue trends in both VIP and is determined to pursue its an- co Crown Entertainment both mass segments, with a number ti-corruption drive and that’s lost 5.9 percent, and SJM of mass tables empty on the negative on the casino stocks.” Holdings Ltd. declined 5.1 third and fourth days of Lu- Macau’s casino revenue had percent. The shares extended nar New Year, analyst Came- slumped an eighth straight their declines from yesterday ron McKnight wrote in a note. month in January for the in- after the Secretary for Social Macau gross gaming revenue dustry’s longest losing streak Affairs and Culture Alexis may fall 53.5 percent this since monthly records star- Tam said the city wants to stu- month, according to the me- ted in 2005. The 53.5 percent dy restrictions on mainland dian estimate of eight analysts year-on-year slump predicted Chinese tourists to ease over- surveyed by Bloomberg, worse for February would be the all- crowding. MDT/Bloomberg than the 40 percent drop fore- cast before the holiday began. China’s Lunar New Year, which started on Feb. 19 this SJM profit drops 12.7 percent in 2014 year, is traditionally a period for Chinese to travel and a he portion of SJM’s profit attributa- The company yesterday announced ling HKD24,418 million by December 31 peak gambling season in Ma- Tble to owners of the company decli- the audited results for last year. Figu- last year. cau. Last February was a re- ned by 12.7 percent year-on-year in 2014 res show that hotel, catering and other SJM Holdings’ CEO, Ambrose So, ack- cord high for the local casinos, to HKD6,731 million, the operator revea- income decreased by 22.4 percent to nowledged that, “2014 proved to be a which have since been hit by led in a press release yesterday. Despite HKD971 million, “reflecting the impact challenging time for Macau’s gaming Chinese government crack- leading in market shares (with an overall of a one-off gain of HKD149 million from industry, particularly the second half.” downs on graft and stricter gaming market share of 23.2 percent), the group’s investment in Macau Legend “Nevertheless, the efforts of our team travel rules, deterring high SJM’s gaming revenue dropped by 8.8 Development Limited in 2013 and a de- and the appeal of our products enabled rollers from entering the ter- percent year-on-year in 2014, amounting crease in fair value of financial assets of SJM to maintain the number one posi- ritory. to HKD79,269 million. HKD140 million in the current year.” tion in our industry as well as to make “We’re still cautious on ga- SJM Holdings Limited said that the ad- SJM Holdings Limited said that the significant progress in construction of ming stocks,” Daphne Roth, justed EBITDA of the group decreased by group maintained its strong balance the Lisboa Palace on Cotai,” he said in a head of Asian equity research 10.5 percent to HKD7,763 million. sheet, with cash and bank balances tota- statement.

Gaming Citi cuts Feb revenue to MOP17.5bn, down 54 pct

eferring to MOP558m/day, decli- the most conservative nuary/February GGR Rits sources, Citi ning 5 percent from the estimates on the street. which is now forecast genting singapore q4 profit drops Research has indica- previous week. The research house to decline 38 percent ted that Macau’s table Citi said the numbers stated, “We cut our Fe- year-on-year. At this Shares of Genting Singa- (USD65.77 million), as the Gross Gaming Revenue are weak as the sample bruary GGR forecast run rate, Citi said its -4 pore, regional leisure, hospitality operator was affected by poor (GGR) for the first 23 includes the 3-4 days from MOP22.5bn to percent 2015 GGR fore- and integrated resorts operator, performance in its VIP busi- days of February rea- just before the CNY ho- MOP17.5bn down 54 cast looks challenging, have dropped to their lowest ness as well as by bad debts. ched MOP13.3bn (or liday, which are unders- percent compared to but the research house since 2010 as the company re- Analysts believe that bad debts MOP14.0bn, including tood to be the weakest the highest GGR on re- highlighted “the more ported a 36 percent decline in its might have also been triggered an estimated MOP700m days of the year due to cord in February 2014.” important data point fourth-quarter profit, the Straits by Chinese high-rollers who in slot-related revenue). the celebratory season. To alleviate the effec- is next week, which Times reported yesterday. were unwilling or unable to pay Genting Singapore’s fourth- their gambling arrears due to The total daily GGR With only five days left, ts of seasonality, Citi will show if the normal quarter net profit declined by tougher credit conditions as the run rate over the past February looks set to believes it is better to post-­CNY ramp will oc- 36 percent to SGD89.2 million Chinese economy slows. eight days equated to significantly miss even look at combined Ja- cur in 2015.”

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Explaining the Seac Pai Van fiasco Lowest bidder tends to neglect quality

João Pedro Lau

ollowing the dis- covery of various flaws in the public housing estate in Seac Pai Van, Fincluding that of paper bags inside the apartments’ walls and cracks appearing on walls and ceilings, the quality and safety of the structures have been called into question. The deputy council presi- dent of the Macau Institution of Engineers, Addy Chan Kuai Son told the Times yesterday that while the workers cer- tainly did not use proper ma- terials to fill the gaps in the walls, he does not believe that the buildings are structurally unsound. Meanwhile, Rui Leão, vice president of the Architec- ts Association of Macau said that the incident reflects the challenges the government and contractors in Macau are facing. He also said that the authorities should review the practice of awarding pu- blic project contracts to firms submitting the lowest bid. Addy Chan described the filling of gaps between the walls and the doorframes with objects like paper bags as a “local method”, which has gradually been phased out in Rui Leão Addy Chan Macau over the space of a de- cade. “[Filling gaps with pa- it is again a craftsmanship is- finitely disturb the residen- of private ones, such as ca- fering a low-profit contract. per bags] is not the standard sue instead of a safety one. ts. Instead, he said that the sino resort constructions, in Moreover, the architect poin- measure. The correct way is “Tilts are destined to crum- authorities should deal with the recent years. “If the con- ted out that the labor shortage to use styrofoam strips”, he ble, the problem is how long problems such as cracks as tractor [of public projects] is in Macau has further impac- said. “If the consultants at they are going to last before soon as they are found. He awarded for giving the lowest ted on construction quality the construction site have no- falling. This is related to whe- also said that the authorities [bid], and if there are too because contractors cannot ticed such an issue, they wou- ther the workers had followed can take infra-red photos for many contractors bidding, find enough people who are ld usually take pictures and instructions when installing the walls at the public area to which is [often] the case, then committed to delivering high- notify the contractor to take the tilts; whether the ra- determine which of them are there may be high levels of caliber results similar to those down all the frames affected tio between the cement and in need of repair. competition. At the end, we of previous decades. and correct the problem.” sands are in accordance with In the meantime, vice-pre- cannot expect a good quality”, He thinks that the problems The engineer said that the the standard and if enough of sident Rui Leão of the Archi- he said. in the Seac Pai Van public building shouldn’t have struc- them were [applied on the til- tects Association of Macau Given that many high per- housing projects merely re- tural problems, as the usage ts]”, he said. argues that the public should forming contractors are focu- flect the overall challenges of unauthorized objects was “There are various factors consider various factors be- sing their business on casino the contractors are facing. restricted to fill the gaps be- that have to come together fore passing judgment and resort constructions, which “If a contractor is struggling tween the wall and the door- to result in a perfect finish. blaming the government for have a far higher return, Mr to not lose money or to break frame. Nevertheless, it is still If there were any shortfalls in the construction flaws. He Leão thinks that the govern- even, he’s going to have to a potential household hazard, any of the steps, it could then stressed that the administra- ment simply cannot compete cut somewhere, either a cut as the doorframe may collap- lead to [the problems] we tion does follow international with the private sector by of- at the windows or the door or se if it endures too much now see”, the engineer added. standards in terms of super- the finishing materials or the pressure. He added that it While it is possible to carry vising public construction walls”, he said. is possible to find the same out a large-scale repair that with various personnel, such Rui Leão believes that the problem in walls located near may involve the examina- as the appointed designer, Macau government has enou- windows. tion of all walls and the dis- on-site supervisor, as well as If you look at gh financial capability to As for the cracks on the wall mantlement of others, Chan staff from quality control ins- avoid choosing contractors and crumbling tilts, Chan said reckoned that it would de- titutions. the works the who submitted the lowest bid Mr Leão believes that there office was and should instead focus on are several factors that have other factors such as the bid- public housing plagued by quality problems influenced the development doing several der’s track record. of the Seac Pai Van project. “In the end, I don’t think it’s One of them is the bidding years ago, the the fault of the Infrastructure The Seac Pai Van public hous- affordable housing estate Edificio mechanism of Macau’s pu- Development Office becau- ing estate is not the only govern- da Alameda da Tranquilidade also blic schemes that consistently quality was se they are trying to do their ment project that has experienced complained about low-quality quality issues. In another public gas pipes that were alleged to awards the projects to con- much better best. But all the conditions housing project, Edificio do Lago, have caused gas leakage last year. tractors who lodge the lowest have changed. If you look at residents have reported problems Various lawmakers have already bid. The architect added that before the the works the office was doing with walls and doors, as well as questioned the government on the there is a considerable diffe- several years ago, the quality with water pipes. Residents in the issue. rence between the budget of casino boom was much better before the government projects and that Rui Leão casino boom”, he said. 26.02.2015 thu

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tion of Asian films.” Popular Hong Kong actor Aa- ron Kwok has been appointed Asian Film Awards return to celebrity juror at this year’s AFA. He stated that, “as an actor who has participated in many Asian town, nominees announced movies, mainly in Greater Chi- na, it is indeed a delight to wit- ness the rise of Asian films and he 9th Asian Film Awards psychodramas, and horror films. their positive reception worldwi- T(AFA), set to be held in Ma- “This year the AFA received de. The Asian Film Awards is a cau on March 25, feature 74 over 1,000 eligible films [appli- brilliant platform for the Asian nominations and 42 films from cations] from 34 countries across film industry to make positive eight countries, the Asian Film Asia. The wide range of styles progress as well as to encourage Awards Academy announced show the diversity, creativity and aspiring film professionals.” yesterday at a press conference vitality of the region’s cinema,” Founded by the Hong Kong In- in Hong Kong. the academy stated. ternational Film Festival, Busan Film director and producer “The AFA is a formidable exer- International Film Festival and Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting has cise. Each film has its own stren- Tokyo International Film Festival been appointed this year’s AFA gths fueled by the filmmakers’ in late 2013, the AFA Academy is jury president, the academy re- passion, creative styles and cap- intended at promoting, develo- vealed. Nominees for Best Director The AFA Academy said in a tivating stories. With the high ping and enriching Asian cinema, The ceremony, this year spon- include Lou Ye from mainland press release it recognizes and standard of work on display, its talents and audiences by orga- sored by Sands Resorts Cotai China with “Blind Massage,” celebrates the achievements of we recognize the responsibility nizing the AFA, as well as a range Strip Macao and the Venetian Tsukamoto Shinya from Japan Asian film productions in a to- and challenge involved in voting of other programs across Asia. Macao, will take place at the Ve- with “Fires on the Plain,” Lav tal of 14 categories, namely Best for the winners,” jury president Ciaran Carruthers, senior vice netian Theatre. Diaz from the Philippines with Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting said in president and director of Vene- “Black Coal, Thin Ice,” (main- “From What Is Before,” and Best Actress, Best Supporting a statement. tian and Plaza Operations, Sands land China) “Blind Massage,” Vishal Bhardwaj from India with Actor and Actress, Best New- Wilfred Wong Ying-wai, chair- China Ltd., stated that the com- (mainland China) “Haider,” “Haider.” Film director Hong comer, Best Screenwriter, and man of the AFA Academy and pany is committed to bringing (India) “Hill of Freedom,” (Sou- Sang-soo (“Hill of Freedom”) Best Cinematographer, among the Hong Kong International such “high-profile events to the th Korea) “Ode to My Father,” from South Korea and Ann Hui others. Film Festival Society, added that city” as part of their multi-tiered (South Korea) and the “The Light with “The Golden Era,” a joint Competing films span several “the developing network of fil- entertainment strategy “to fulfill Shines Only There” (Japan) have production by Hong Kong and genres, from historical epics, mmakers and film industries in our promise to help develop Ma- been nominated for the Best mainland China, were also no- romances, cop and courtroom the Asia-Pacific will strengthen cau as a world center of tourism Film category. minated. dramas, to comedies, intense the AFA and drive the globaliza- and leisure.” CP

CRIME American production Customs raid fake purse ‘Now You See Me’ to be shop during CNY filmed in Macau he Macau Customs allegedly fake designer dly denied knowing the TService (SA) revealed handbags, on the shelves origins and cost of her that it has transferred a of a jewelry and souvenir products and denied the he American production “Now site will be directed by Jon M. Chu, female shop owner to the store in Fai Chi Kei alon- accusation that she was TYou See Me: The Second Act” will depict scenes of elderly citizens Public Prosecution Office gside counterfeit apparel selling fake products. will be filmed in Macau between in the city, men playing mahjong after she was found selling and suitcases. During the investigation, March 12 and 18. The crew will be and people riding motorbikes. counterfeit products. After asking the patent SA also found counterfeit filming at various historical loca- “Now You See Me” was released During the Chinese New holders for assistance, the clothing being sold along tions as well as in casinos. in 2013 and depicts the story of an Year period, the SA has SA was able to confirm items from unknown Producers are already recruiting FBI agent and an Interpol detective inspected more than 10 that these products were brands. It is suspected movie extras to play clients and ca- tracking down a team of illusionis- shops throughout Ma- all counterfeits. that the shop was mainly sino employees. The scenes will be ts who pull off bank heists during cau, specially targeting Authorities detained selling the nameless clo- filmed in downtown Macau, and in their performances and reward au- shops with a history of the female shop owner to thing and the counterfeit casinos located in the peninsula and diences with the money, according illegal trade practices. assist in their investiga- clothing to create the im- Taipa, the producers said. The film, to IMDb. The sequel’s plot is yet to On February 24, SA offi- tion before charging her pression that it was an which according to the IMDb web- be disclosed. MDT/Lusa cials found a number of for the crime. She allege- outlet-style store.

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Human rights report downs. Over 172,000 “Activists and human rights de- fenders risked harassment and non-resident Amnesty: One paragraph arbitrary detention. Torture and workers other ill-treatment remained widespread and access to justice The number of non-resident dedicated to Macau was elusive for many,” the report workers in Macau reached reads. 172,062 in January this Some positive aspects are also year, according to data cademic freedom and headquarters.” mentioned in the NGO’s asses- released by the Human the ‘Occupy Central’ mo- Amnesty International, a non- sment of the situation in China, Resources Office. There

A ap photo vement were highlighted as the governmental organization focu- such as the abolition of the Re-­ are more than 31,297 non- key human rights issues facing sed on human rights, also men- education Through Labor system resident workers when Macau and Hong Kong by an tions the existence of “fears for announced in 2013 and the fact compared to January last Amnesty International report re- the right to freedom of the press,” that the Fourth Plenum in Oc- year. The majority are from leased yesterday. a reference to the dismissal of the tober 2014 was “focused on the mainland China (11,523), A single paragraph of the 415- former chief editor of Ming Pao rule of law.” PB followed by the Philippines page annual report released newspaper Kevin Lau. The report (21,977). Mainland Chinese yesterday is dedicated to the mentions that other journalists non-resident workers are MSAR: “Pro-democracy acade- have complained of stringent cen- cluster bombs mainly employed within the construction sector whereas mics reported being targeted for sorship rules. have been used in their political involvement and The situation of the 300,000 Filipino citizens work Sergei Nikitin, director of Amnesty mainly as domestic helpers. criticism of the government. International representative office in migrant domestic workers in ukraine conflict Bill Chou Kwokping, an acade- Russia, shows a copy of the report Hong Kong is also raised. Am- mic at the University of Macau nesty International states that illegal weapons such as and vice-president of Macau’s Predictably, Hong Kong recei- thousands of these workers cluster bombs have been used in largest pro-democracy group, ves more attention than Macau “were trafficked for exploitation the Ukraine conflict, according said he was suspended for ‘im- due to the pro-democracy pro- and forced labor, and heavily in- to Amnesty International. The posing [his] political beliefs’ on tests that made world headlines debted with illegal and excessive human rights organization also his students; after an inquiry, last year. Several incidents rela- agency fees.” criticized both sides - not the the university did not renew his ted to the ‘Occupy Central’ mo- Regarding China, the report pro-Russian separatists - for the contract. Another academic, Eric vement are mentioned, such as uses a similar tone to previous high number of civilian deaths. Sautede, a lecturer at the Univer- the one which occurred on 28 years, stating that, authorities “Taking into account everything sity of St. Joseph, lost his post in September. This was when poli- continued to “severely restrict we understand as of now, we July; the university rector told a ce reportedly “used tear gas and the right to freedom of expres- think that they (cluster bombs) local Portuguese language news- pepper spray in an attempt to sion” and that ethnic minorities were used by both sides,” the organization’s senior director paper it was due to Eric Sautede’s disperse thousands of peaceful including Tibetans, Uighurs and for research, Anna Neistat told political commentary,” the para- protesters who had gathered in Mongolians faced discrimination reporters. graph reads. streets near the administrative and increased security crack-

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Danica Kirka, London

irst there was money laundering. Then fo- Too big to manage? HSBC’s reign-exchange rigging. Now tax evasion. FHSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, chiefs to testify on tax scandal has endured a string of scandals and paid millions in penalties to regulators around the world. But recent revelations that its said in a report released this Swiss private bank helped the month. “With hindsight, it’s wealthy evade taxes are raising ap photo clear that too many small and new questions about HSBC’s high risk accounts were main- conduct and shining a spotlight tained and the business was on an industry still reeling from stretched over more than 150 the 2008 financial crisis. geographical markets.” Politicians and analysts are Founded 150 years ago as asking whether big banks, whi- the Hong Kong and Shanghai ch during the crisis were con- Banking Corp., HSBC now has sidered to be too large to be more than 6,100 offices in 73 allowed to fail without endan- countries. Under Gulliver’s lea- gering the wider economy, have dership, HSBC has simplified also become too big to manage. its organizational structure and “If they’re too big to fail, reduced its workforce by about they’re too big to control,” said 17 percent to 257,000. Crawford Spence, a professor “It might be worth thinking of accounting at Warwick Bu- more carefully about whether siness School. “But are they too some banks can become ‘too big to bludgeon into corporate big to regulate’ - in terms of the responsibility?” legal jurisdictions they span, HSBC Chairman Douglas in terms of the influence they Flint and Chief Executive People use ATM machines outside a branch of HSBC in London can bring to bear upon regula- Stuart Gulliver may get the tors over extended periods of chance to answer that ques- authorities by a former bank and balance budgets ravaged by most recent issue to damage time, and in terms of the pos- tion today, when the U.K. Par- employee. the financial crisis. HSBC’s reputation. sible systemic effects of strict liament’s Treasury Committee HSBC isn’t the first bank to Swiss banking giants UBS and In 2013, the bank agreed enforcement actions,” said Kim grills them about allegations be hit with allegations it helped Credit Suisse have both agreed to pay U.S. authorities $1.9 Kaivanto, an economist at Lan- that HSBC’s Swiss private bank clients avoid taxes as govern- to fines in the U.S. on allega- billion to settle charges that its caster University Management actively marketed tax avoidan- ments sought to boost revenue tions they conspired to help practices enabled Latin Ame- School. ce schemes that helped as many Americans evade taxes. The rican drug cartels to launder On a conference call with re- as 1,000 Britons evade taxes. U.S. Department of Justice says billions of dollars. U.S. and porters this week, Gulliver said While Flint and Gulliver have it is investigating “numerous U.K. regulators in December society now holds public com- publicly apologized for HSBC’s If they’re too additional offshore banks” in fined it another $618 million panies to a higher standard conduct, they stress that the Switzerland, India, Israel and for failing to prevent mani- than other large institutions, issue is an historical one and big to fail, other countries. pulation of foreign-exchange such as the military — arguing that the bank has taken steps to “Although the political pres- markets. essentially that top executives ensure proper practices. HSBC they’re too big sure has been on HSBC for hel- HSBC executives acknowledge shouldn’t be held responsible has “no appetite” to help tax to control. But ping wealthy individuals avoid that the bank’s sheer size and for the actions of individual em- evaders, the bank said in an tax, other banks will be just as rapid growth before the finan- ployees, just as generals aren’t open letter published in natio- are they too big culpable,” said Louise Cooper, cial crisis led to control issues. expected to track the actions nal newspapers. a former Goldman Sachs sto- HSBC acquired much of its every solider in the trenches. The scandal broke this month to bludgeon ckbroker who writes the finan- Swiss private bank when it bou- “I don’t think the firm is too when reporters mined a tro- cial blog CooperCity. “If you ght Republic National Bank of big to manage,” Gulliver said. ve of leaked documents from into corporate think this is just HSBC, then New York and Safra Republic The chief executive was perso- 2005-07 for details of 30,000 responsibility? you are mistaken. HSBC is just Holdings in 2009. nally dragged into the scandal accounts at the Swiss private the bank to get caught as the “The business acquired was last weekend, when the Guar- bank that held almost USD120 Crawford Spence French whistleblower happe- not fully integrated into HSBC, dian reported that Gulliver billion of assets. The informa- professor of accounting, ned to work there.” allowing different cultures and himself had an account at the tion was turned over to French Warwick Business School But tax evasion is only the standards to persist,” the bank Swiss private bank. AP

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Mozambique Angola starts Port of Nacala processes issuing record cargo in 2014 multiple entry visas he port of Naca- la, in Mozambique’s The port n March Angola will start Nampula province, issuing ordinary and tou- bloomberg of Nacala I processed a record rist multiple-entry visas, the Tamount of cargo in 2014, to- processed country’s Interior Minister, taling over 2 million tons, Angelo Veiga Tavares said while the number of contai- over 2 million Monday cited by Angolan ners handled stood at almost news agency Angop. 100,000, said the CEO of Por- tons of cargo Speaking at the opening tos do Norte, the port’s mana- and 97,000 ceremony of the Consulta- gement company. tive Council of his ministry, Langa said the port of Na- containers Angelo Veiga Tavares said cala, by processing over 2 the ongoing modernisation million tons of cargo and process in the Immigration 97,000 containers, reached out by Japan’s Penta-Ocean Service had succeeded in a new high despite opera- Constrution Co Ltd and the overcoming constraints on ting under limits due to the contract agreement was sig- issuing multiple-entry vi- ongoing modernization pro- ned in January 2014 by re- sas of different types. gram. presentatives of the company The minister also said a The CEO of Portos do Norte, and the Mozambican Ministry “rapid” system would be the company that took over of Transport and Communi- implemented at Luanda the management of the port cations. International Airport, that of Nacala just over a year ago, The port of Nacala will also will allow Angolan and fo- also said that the results ob- be the final station on the rai- reign citizens covered by tained in 2014 were due to an lway built by Brazilian group the various existing agree- investment of USD3 million in Vale from Moatize, in Tete ments, to cross the border equipment and infrastructure. lopment Project of the Port of with completion scheduled province, passing through (exit and entry) automa- The modernization works at Nacala, cost US$300 million for 2017. Malawi, to transport coal. tically, in less than 15 se- the port, as part of the Deve- that are funded by Japan, The work is being carried MDT/Macauhub conds. MDT/Macauhub

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Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign. In one sketch, a female offi- Activists slam mainland’s most cial insinuated she had slept with her boss when giving advice to a subordinate about watched program for sexist jokes how to advance her career. In another, a woman in her 20s complained that she didn’t Louise Watt, Beijing have a boyfriend, so her bro- thers brought out a model, hina’s annual Lunar causing the sister to criticize CNew Year variety show, her own body. which mocked unmarried wo- Letter signatory Feng Yuan men and suggested female of- said activists counted 44 ficials provide sexual favors to examples of sexism in the 4 get promoted, has led to online 1/2-hour show. outrage and some state media “We know sex discrimination to urge more attention to dis- has existed in China for seve- crimination against women. ral thousands of years and has Sexism at the gala is nothing become part of people’s lives. new. But following last week’s The gala will allow people to program, women’s rights ac- continue to stereotype wo- tivists sent an open letter to men in this way, and let peo- broadcasting regulators de- ple think they are humorous if manding that reruns of the they offend women,” she said. show be suspended, that the Calls to the State Adminis- director and state broadcas- tration of Press, Publication, ter China Central Television Radio, Film and Television apologize and that regulators rang unanswered yesterday, halt discriminatory programs. and CCTV had no immediate This year’s gala was directed comment. by a woman, Ha Wen, who The China Daily newspaper hasn’t publicly commented on said in an editorial yesterday the criticism. that the letter raised an “es- Despite waning viewership, sential topic” that had been ig- the gala is the country’s most nored for too long. It “should watched program — by a re- not be swept under the carpet ported 690 million people this in a country that calls itself ci- year — and is used to push vilized, and which aspires to political messages. Sketches flaunt its soft power globally,” this year referred to President it said. AP

Firecrackers behind death of Suspended sentence for 81-year-old tiger cub dissident writer A tiger cub died after falling off a building in an east China city, as it was apparently spooked by firecrackers during the Spring Christopher Bodeen, Beijing Festival holiday. The seven month old cub struggled free of its chains famed 81-year-old Chinese dissi- bloomberg and escaped its cage on Feb. 18, the A dent writer was given a suspen- eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, ded 2 ½-year prison sentence yester- and jumped off the Guwu Building day on charges of running an illegal in Pingdu City, Shandong Province, business, apparently because he pub- according to the local government. lished articles critical of the country’s Firecrackers play a big part in propaganda chief. Chinese celebrations, as many A lawyer for Huang Zerong, who uses believe that they scare away evil the pen name Tieliu, said his client was spirits. Pictures on the Sina Weibo microblog site show the dead tiger also fined 30,000 yuan (USD5,000). in a parking lot. Police and forestry The lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, said Huang officials are investigating whether denied running an illegal business, a the tiger was legally raised. charge that was related to a self-pu- blished magazine Huang distributed for free. cuted during party political campaig- comment. Bus overturns in A vague charge of causing trouble lo- ns. Liu was not at the trial, and Huang Xinjiang, killing 22 dged at the time of Huang’s detention Huang is one of the oldest dissiden- was represented instead by a court in September was dropped before the ts to be formally charged. His history -appointed lawyer. That, and the light- A bus overturned on a highway trial. as a critic of the party dates from the ness of the sentence, appeared to in- in China’s far western region of “Clearly this is a compromise outco- 1950s, when he was labeled a “rightist” dicate the authorities wanted to wrap Xinjiang, killing 22 people and me,” Liu said in a telephone interview. under the founder of the Communist up the matter quickly and quietly by injuring 38, state media said “He was held for five months for no- state, Mao Zedong, and was sentenced expediting the proceedings. yesterday. The official Xinhua News thing.” to 23 years in a labor camp. “The charges didn’t stand up and the Agency said the accident occurred shortly before midnight on Tuesday Huang was taken from his Beijing Huang’s caregiver, Huang Jing, was court lacked jurisdiction,” Liu said. night in Kashgar prefecture. It said all home after publishing articles critici- given a 1-year suspended sentence and China’s leadership has become less of the injured were hospitalized and zing propaganda chief Liu Yunshan, a fined 5,000 yuan ($800). It was not tolerant of criticism, and authori- the cause of the accident was being member of the ruling Communist Par- clear why the caregiver was detained ties are increasingly using coercion investigated. China has a high road ty’s all-powerful Politburo Standing along with Huang. and detention to suppress dissent. fatality rate, and traffic accidents Committee, for tightening controls Calls to the court in the southwes- Lawyers, activists, writers, artists and killed more than 62,000 people in over the news media. tern city of Chengdu, where the trial businesspeople have been caught up the country in 2011. Inexperienced His magazine, Small Scars from the had been moved from Beijing, rang in the web of the internal security for- drivers and overloaded buses and Past, also published articles chroni- unanswered. Huang’s wife, Ren Hen- ces, with many disappearing for mon- trucks are common. cling the experiences of people perse- gfang, said she was too distraught to ths before facing trial. AP thu 26.02.2015

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Hong Kong Kelvin Chan protesters clashed with poli- Business Writer, Hong Kong ce in violent scuffles, upset over the plan for a pro-Bei- ong Kong’s finan- jing committee to screen Budget offers relief to ce chief yesterday candidates, which they call unveiled USD37 fake democracy. million in measu- Tensions still simmer in Hres aimed at giving relief to Hong Kong more than two protest-hit businesses some business owners and months after the last protest restoring confidence in the camp was cleared as the ci- Asian financial hub following ty’s unpopular leader refused pro-democracy protests last to offer any concessions to year that choked traffic for 11 the activists. weeks. “Prolonged political bicke- bloomberg In his annual budget spee- ring is detrimental to public ch, Financial Secretary John administration and the in- Tsang said the government ternational image of Hong would waive for half a year li- Kong as a stable, law-abiding cense fees to help thousands and efficient city. It may even of travel agencies, hotels dampen investors’ confidence and guesthouses and 26,000 in Hong Kong,” Tsang said. restaurants and food stalls. The protests divided Hong Vehicle exam fees for bus Kong and “also aroused and taxi operators would also concern about much more be waived once. radical social conflict whi- About a third of the amount ch in turn will make it har- budgeted would be set aside der to mend conflicted re- for events to promote Hong lationships among people,” Kong globally. Tsang said in his speech, Thousands of demonstra- which was interrupted near tors in this southern Chine- the end by radical lawmaker se financial hub occupied Leung Kwok-hung, who star- streets in three districts for ted heckling him over Hong 79 days last year to protest Kong’s lack of a universal Beijing’s curbs on the plan- pension and was thrown out ned inaugural vote in 2017 of the legislature chamber by for the city’s top leader. The security guards. AP

Hong Kong aims to get Survey: Factory activity third runway ready by 2023 as demand soars up but export orders drop

Clement Tan ter Singapore announced Kelvin Chan plans Monday to spend Business Writer, Hong Kong ong Kong, the wor- S$3 billion (USD2.2 ap photo Hld’s largest interna- billion) to begin deve- hina’s manufacturing tional air cargo airport, loping a fifth passenger Cactivity edged up to a four- aims to start construc- terminal at Changi Inter- month high in February althou- tion next year on a third national Airport over the gh export orders decreased for runway that will open by next decade, and as other the first time in nearly a year, in 2023 as regional rivals countries gear up to tap the latest sign of uncertainty for step up efforts to capture growing travel demand the world’s No. 2 economy, ac- growing passenger traf- from China and other cording to a private survey yes- fic and cargo demand in parts of Asia. terday. Asia. Beijing has started cons- HSBC’s preliminary purcha- The new facility will help truction on a second in- sing managers’ index released Hong Kong International ternational airport, while yesterday rose to 50.1 this mon- Airport boost capacity to the southwest Chinese th from 49.7 in January. 100 million passengers city of Chengdu has re- The reading comes in barely and 9 million tons of car- ceived regulatory appro- above the 50-point level that go a year by 2030, Finan- val for a new 69.3 billion indicates no change on the cial Secretary John Tsang yuan ($11.1 billion) air- 100-point scale. said in his budget spee- port that will have three The bank’s chief China eco- ch yesterday. The air- runways. nomist, Qu Hongbin, said the port said it handled 63.4 Hong Kong’s third reading showed there was a million passengers and runway is projected to “marginal improvement” in Chi- A man checks a shirt at a garment factory in Jinjiang in southeast China’s Fujian province 4.38 million tons of cargo cost HK$150 billion na’s outsize manufacturing sec- last year, both records. ($19.3 billion). tor heading into the Lunar New more policy easing is still war- deepening economic slowdown “It is imperative for Hong Kong’s total trade Year period. ranted at this stage to support by cutting the minimum level of us to take forward the came to HK$8.4 trillion The holiday tends to dis- growth.” reserves banks are required to development of a three last year, with air cargo tort China’s economic data at The report said that new ex- hold. The People’s Bank of Chi- -runway system in order through the airport com- the beginning of the year, with port orders contracted for the na said the reduction will free up to meet our long-term prising nearly 40 percent factories stocking up on raw ma- first time since April, a sign of more money for lending and will air traffic demand and to of exports and imports by terials and rushing to complete waning demand as the global support small and rural enter- maintain our status as an value, Tsang said yester- orders before shutting down for economy struggles to recover. prises, construction projects and international and regio- day. an extended break that begins China’s economy grew 7.4 per- other activity. nal aviation center in the Tsang also announced at different times in January or cent last year, its slowest pace The HSBC survey, compiled face of fierce competition plans to develop air fi- February. in nearly a quarter-century, and with Markit, is based on 85- from other airports in the nancing in Hong Kong “However, domestic economic economists forecast growth to 90 percent of responses from region,” Tsang said in a and pledged to explo- activity is likely to remain slug- slow further in the coming years. more than 420 purchasing ma- prepared statement. re measures to promote gish and external demand looks Earlier this month, poli- nagers. The final report is due Tsang’s pledge comes af- such business. Bloomberg uncertain,” Qu said. “We believe cymakers acted to counter the March 2. AP 26.02.2015 thu

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Thailand, which exported USD7 billion in seafood in ap photo 2013, is one of the biggest su- ppliers to the U.S. But a stu- dy published last year in the journal Marine Policy estima- ted 25 percent to 40 percent of tuna shipped from Thailand to America is from illegal or un- reported sources — the highest rate of any species or country examined — and is frequently linked to labor abuses at sea. Human rights advocates say some improvements have been noted in domestic wa- ters, but such policies have li- ttle impact when vessels stray into the territorial waters of other countries. Traveling longer distances to catch fish raises operating costs, and increases pressure on fishing companies to save money by relying on forced, bonded and slave labor. “On long-haul boats, no- thing has changed in the bru- tal working conditions and physical abuse meted out by captains against their crews,” said Phil Robertson, depu- Min Min, from Myanmar, tears at his thick black hair in agitation, as he tries to remember details about his family. Min Min was rescued from a tiny island in December, on ty director of Human Rights the verge of starvation, and brought back to Thailand, the world’s third-largest seafood exporter Watch’s Asia division, who has worked extensively on the Thailand issue. “The reality is the Thai government’s high-sounding rhetoric to stop human traffi- cking and clean up the fishing fleets still largely stops at the Overfishing driving water’s edge.” The man rescued from the Indonesian island in De- slavery on seafood boats cember now remembers his name — Min Min — and bits of his old life in Myanmar, Robin McDowell and pendent on cheap migrant jor public relations campaign, also known as Burma. But his Margie Mason, Samut Sakhon Traveling labor. Since few Thais are with the government drafting mind remains far from clear. longer willing to take the dangerous, its own country assessment He knows he worked three rine pools under a bed low-level jobs that can take to highlight steps taken to years on a boat in Indonesia Uwhere an emaciated Bur- distances to them far from home, a sophis- clean up the industry since where his ankles were some- mese man lies wearing only a ticated network of brokers and a military junta took control times bound with rope. He T-shirt and a diaper. catch fish agents has emerged, regularly of Thailand in May. The un- recalls collapsing one day on As he struggles to sit up and recruiting laborers from im- released Thai report, obtai- deck during a storm and being steady himself, he tears at his raises operating poverished neighboring coun- ned by The Associated Press, unconscious for three hours thick, dark hair in agitation. costs, and tries such as Myanmar and includes establishing a new before the Thai captain for- He cannot walk and doesn’t Cambodia, often through tri- national registry of illegal mi- ced him to get up and haul the remember his family or even increases ckery and kidnapping. grant workers and plans for nets back in. his own name. He speaks Men — and sometimes chil- stricter labor regulations on Eventually, he became too mostly gibberish in broken pressure dren as young as 13 — are sold vessels and in the seafood in- sick and weak to work and was Indonesian — a language he onto boats where they typi- dustry. abandoned on the remote is- learned while working in the on fishing cally work 18- to 20-hour days However, just a month after land two years ago. country as a slave aboard a companies to with little food and often only the new government stepped Min Min was on the verge of Thai fishing boat. boiled sea water to drink, en- in, Thailand was the only starvation when he was res- Near death from a lack of save money during beatings and someti- country in the world to vote cued and taken to the nonpro- proper food, he was rescued mes even death at the hands in against a U.N. international fit Labor Rights Protection from a tiny island in Indonesia by relying on their captains. Most are paid treaty aimed at stopping for- Network in Samut Sakhon, two months ago. He is just one forced, bonded little or nothing. They can be ced labor. a gritty port town on the ou- of countless hidden casual- trapped at sea for months or “If you drill down, if you look tskirts of Bangkok. He’s eating ties from the fishing industry and slave labor years at a time; transshipment at the substance of enforce- well and taking vitamins to try in Thailand, the world’s third-­ vessels are routinely used to ment and the implementation to regain his strength, and he largest seafood exporter. pick up catches and deliver of existing laws and regula- can now stand and slowly shu- A report released yesterday Gulf of Thailand and An- supplies. tions, it’s minimal,” said Steve ffle across the floor. by the British nonprofit En- daman Sea have, in turn, Concerns about labor abuses, Trent, the group’s executive He is still far from well. He’s vironmental Justice Founda- pushed Thai fishing boats far- especially at sea, prompted director. “What the Thai go- confused about such basics as tion said that overfishing and ther and farther from home. the U.S. State Department last vernment seems to do repea- his age, saying once that he is the use of illegal and undo- The group estimates that up to year to downgrade Thailand to tedly, again and again in the 43 and later that he is 36. If cumented trawlers have rava- half of all fish labeled a “pro- the lowest level in its annual face of these accusations, is his family back in Myanmar ged Thailand’s marine ecosys- duct of Thailand” is sourced human trafficking report, pu- conduct a high-powered PR is mentioned, he becomes ra- tems and depleted fish stocks. from outside its borders — tting the country on par with exercise rather than seek to ttled and stutters his thoughts Boats are now catching about mainly in Asia, but as far away North Korea, Iran and Syria. address the problem.” as if it’s too much to bear. 85 percent less than what as Africa. It highlighted abuse on both A Thai government spokes- “Working on the boat is no they brought in 50 years ago, The report, compiled from ships and in processing plan- man and officials at the De- good. People like to take advan- making it “one of the most the group’s own research and ts, noting widespread involve- partment of Fisheries did not tage of you,” he said. “If I reco- overfished regions on the pla- the work of others, explains ment from corrupt officials. immediately respond to The ver from my illness, I’ll never be net,” the report said. how Thailand’s vast seafood The Southeast Asian nation Associated Press’ requests for on a boat again in my life. Never Shrinking fisheries in the industry is almost wholly de- responded by launching a ma- comment. again. I’m scared.” AP thu 26.02.2015

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Matthew Pennington, Washington But North Korea struggles North Korea for attention in a crowded U.S. orth Korea could foreign policy agenda. During increase its nuclear two Senate hearings, Kerry was arsenal from at least peppered with questions about Nuke arsenal could 10 weapons today to Ukraine, the fight against the Nbetween 20 and 100 weapons in Islamic State group and nuclear five years, U.S. researchers said negotiations with Iran, but Tuesday, as the Obama admi- none on North Korea. multiply to 100 bombs nistration vowed to work with The U.S.-Korea Institute con- U.S. allies to pressure Pyon- cluded that North Korea has gyang to denuclearize. made important progress in The forecast of the secretive its weapons programs in the Asian nation’s nuclear stockpile past five years, and those pro-

is based on projections made by grams “appear posed for signi- bloomberg American experts on weapons ficant expansion over the next technology and the experience five years, presenting a serious of nuclear programs of coun- challenge to the United States, tries such as Israel, Pakistan, Northeast Asia and the interna- India and China. The findings tional community.” were presented by the U.S.-Ko- In its analysis, provided to rea Institute at Johns Hopkins The Associated Press ahead of School of Advanced Internatio- publication on its website, 38 nal Studies in Washington. North, the institute estima- It comes as the U.S. and Sou- ted that North Korea currently th Korea begin annual mi- has between 10 and 16 nuclear litary drills that have ange- weapons, some based on plu- red North Korea, and as U.S. tonium, others on uranium. It lawmakers push legislation said U.S. experts meeting in that would tighten sanctions October came up with various intended to restrict leader Kim scenarios on how that stockpile Jong Un’s access to the inter- could grow by 2020. national banking system. Aid- Under the “minimal grow- for-disarmament negotiations th” scenario, the North would have stalled since 2008, and have 20 weapons with yields the North has since conducted of about 10 kilotons. A kiloton two nuclear tests, fired a rocket is equivalent to the destructive into space and unveiled a lon- impact of 1,000 kilograms of g-range, road-mobile missile, TNT. The U.S. bomb dropped deepening concern in Washin- on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 gton over its capabilities. was estimated to have a yield of “The United States remains 15 kilotons. committed to the peaceful de- Under the “rapid growth” sce- nuclearization of the Korean nario, in which the North acce- Peninsula and will continue - lerates nuclear production and in close consultation with our makes significant advances in allies — to bring pressure to weapons designs, it would have bear on North Korea in support 100 weapons with average yield of that goal,” Secretary of State of 20 kilotons, and some of 50 North Korea has yet to minia- ld target America, the institute small enough to mount on me- John Kerry said in congressio- kilotons. turize a nuclear device that concludes the North already dium-range and intercontinen- nal testimony Tuesday. Despite orthodox opinion that could fit on a missile that cou- has plutonium-based weapons tal-range missiles. AP

South Korea Gunman kills 3 in Sejong City, later found dead

Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul that she had lived with the re the morning shooting, gunman before breaking Lee said. gunman shot and kil- ap photo up about a year and a South Koreans can ob- Aled three people yes- half ago. She had recently tain licenses for shotguns terday in and around a quarreled with him over and rifles for the purpo- South Korean convenien- financial matters, inclu- se of hunting animals, ce store that he then set ding the man’s claim that but they are required to on fire before fleeing, po- he had a financial stake in keep the weapons at poli- lice said. He was later fou- the store, Lee said. ce stations and use them nd dead with a gunshot The suspect shot the son only during legal hunting wound to his head in an as he sat in a car in front periods. Lee said the sus- apparent suicide. of the store and then en- pect owned the shotguns A shotgun was found on tered a house next to the and had proper licenses the 50-year-old gunman’s shop and shot the father, that he got last year. body about 4 kilometers police said. In the store, Shooting incidents are from the store, located in the suspect then shot the rare in South Korea, whi- Sejong City, Lee Ja-ha, other man before pouring ch tightly controls gun head of the Sejong Police paint thinner on the floor possession, although Agency, said in a televised and setting the shop ab- there has been a spate of briefing. Another shotgun laze. shooting deaths among was found in his vehicle, South Korean police officers investigate the scene of an incident in Sejong, south of Seoul The gunman had gotten soldiers. Every able-bo- which was parked about the shotguns from a po- died South Korean man 100 meters away from the linked to the family that man’s daughter, Lee said. to some of South Korea’s lice station in the near- has to serve about two body, he said. owned the store, and Sejong City is 120 kilo- government agencies and by city of Gongju in the years in the military be- The other dead were a another man, 52, who’d meters south of Seoul, ministries. central part of South Ko- cause of tensions with ri- father, 74, and son, 50, been living with the elder the capital, and is home The daughter told police rea about two hours befo- val North Korea. AP 26.02.2015 thu

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ty of Democrats oppose such “fast track” authority, which means Obama must rely on Amid congressional battles mostly Republican votes to get his way. “I think we’re in synch with Obama vetoes Keystone bill the administration,” said Repu- blican House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Jim Kuhnhenn, Washington ma planned to draw attention to Ryan of Wisconsin, who is lea- the economic benefits of trade ding the pro-trade drive in the mid appeals for biparti- ap photo and exports in a series of inter- House. Asanship, President Bara- views at the White House. Such efforts at bipartisanship ck Obama in just three days “Let’s try to focus on some of occur against a steady effort has provoked Republicans on things that we have in common by Republicans to undo or roll issues as disparate as immigra- and deliver real results,” he told back Obama actions on immi- tion, Wall Street and the Keys- governors of both parties who gration, health care and finan- tone XL pipeline — a combative attended a White House lun- cial regulation. Obama has pro- mix of defense and offense that cheon Monday. mised to use his veto to reject underscores Washington’s poli- But can the confrontatio- those as he did the Keystone bill. tical realignment. In this Jan. 10, 2015, file photo, demonstrators rally in support of President Barack nal Obama exist alongside Oba- So far, both sides have de- Sensing a Republican re- Obama’s pledge to veto any legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline, outside ma the accommodator? monstrated an ability to place treat, Obama is headlining a the White House in Washington Among those attending the confrontation on one track and Miami town hall yesterday, criminal justice session at the cooperation on another. enlisting his Latino base of su- of the Keystone XL oil pipeline dn’t see it coming. But it unfolds White House on Tuesday were “The bluster over the veto pport to increase pressure on from Canada to the U.S. Gulf as Obama insists he is willing to Republicans who have been -bait bills that Republicans are Republican lawmakers who Coast. And on Monday he pro- find common ground with Re- among the most high-profile trying to pass is mostly fake — want to tie funding for the Ho- posed tougher rules on finan- publican leaders on such issues critics of Obama on other is- everyone knows that he can’t meland Security Department to cial brokers who help manage as trade and reforms to the cri- sues, such as Sen. Rand Paul of sign them,” said Matt Benne- repeal of his immigration exe- retirement accounts, over Wall minal justice system. Kentucky, a potential presiden- tt of the centrist Democratic cutive actions. Before leaving Street objections. Indeed, Obama on Tuesday tial candidate. group Third Way. “So when it for Florida, Obama was to meet Such aggressive activism de- summoned a bipartisan group On trade, Obama is seeking comes time for the trade bills, at the White House with immi- lights Obama’s supporters but of lawmakers to the White Hou- legislation that will give him on which most Republicans, gration advocates. irritates the Republicans who se for a private meeting on how the authority to negotiate in- many Democrats and the Whi- On Tuesday, he vetoed Repu- now control both chambers of to address modernizing juvenile ternational trade deals that te House are all aligned, there blican-backed legislation that Congress. justice, sentencing and incarce- Congress can only approve or won’t really be any hangover would have forced construction It’s not as if Republicans di- ration policies. And today, Oba- reject but not amend. A majori- from these battles.” AP ad thu 26.02.2015

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former Marine was convicted Tuesday Man convicted for death of (yesterday, Macau time) in the deaths ofA “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man at a ‘American Sniper’ author Texas shooting range two years ago, as jurors rejected defense arguments that he was insane and suffered from psychosis. the crimes and tried to evade The trial of Eddie Ray Routh police. has drawn intense interest, in ap photo Criminal law experts said the part because of the blockbus- verdict hinged on whether the ter Oscar-nominated film defense could prove Routh was starring Bradley Cooper based insane and did not know the on former Navy SEAL Kyle’s killings were wrong at the time memoir about his four tours they were committed. Jurors in Iraq. had three options: find Routh Since prosecutors didn’t seek guilty of capital murder, find the death penalty in the capital him not guilty, or find him not murder case, the 27-year-old guilty by reason of insanity. If Routh receives an automatic found not guilty by reason of life sentence without parole in insanity, the court could have the deaths of Kyle and Kyle’s initiated proceedings to have friend, Chad Littlefield. him committed to a state men- Routh showed no reaction in tal hospital. court, even when family mem- Kyle and Littlefield had taken bers of Littlefield addressed Routh to the shooting range at him. His defense team said they Rough Creek Lodge and Resort would appeal the conviction. on Feb. 2, 2013, after Routh’s Routh “took the lives of two mother asked Kyle to help her heroes, men who tried to be a troubled son. Family members friend to you, and you became say Routh suffered from post- an American disgrace,” Jerry traumatic stress disorder from Richardson, Littlefield’s hal- serving in Iraq and in Haiti af- f-brother, told Routh in court. ter the devastating 2010 earth- “We’re so thrilled that we have quake. the verdict that we have toni- A forensic psychologist testi- ght,” Littlefield’s mother, Judy fied for prosecutors that Rou- Littlefield, said at a news con- th was not legally insane and ference outside the courthouse. Former Marine Cpl. Eddie Ray Routh, center, enters the court for his capital murder trial at the Erath County, Donald R. Jones suggested he may have gotten The Littlefield family had wai- Justice Center in Stephenville Texas some of his ideas from televi- ted “two years for God to get sion. Dr. Randall Price said justice for us,” she said. “He the verdict was read. Chris Ky- did not issue a statement. trial testimony and evidence Routh had a paranoid disor- was faithful.” le’s brother and parents were The prosecution painted Rou- often included Routh making der made worse by his use of Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, had among a group hugging and th as a troubled drug user who odd statements and referring alcohol and marijuana, calling left the courtroom earlier in the crying inside the courtroom af- knew right from wrong, despi- to insanity, he also confessed his condition “cannabis-indu- day and had not returned when ter the verdict was read. They te any mental illnesses. While several times, apologized for ced psychosis.” AP

Syria devices since the Security Council adopted a resolu- tion a Feb. 22, 2014 which Rights group says 1,500 sites of air attacks demanded that all parties to the conflict in Syria end the indiscriminate use of Edith M. Lederer nied his forces have used barrel bombs and other barrel bombs, insisting weapons in populated uman Rights Wa- ap photo that the army uses bulle- areas. Htch said Tuesday ts, missiles and bombs. The Violations Docu- it has identified near- “There are no barrel bom- mentation Center, a local ly 1,500 sites where the bs; we don’t have barrels,” monitoring group, has Syrian government has he insisted. documented 609 civilian carried out indiscrimi- Philippe Bolopion, Uni- deaths in Daraa and 2,575 nate air attacks over the ted Nations director at civilian deaths in Aleppo past year using barrel Human Rights Watch, governorate over the past bombs and other impro- told reporters “we know year from aerial attacks, vised weapons that have he is simply lying.” Human Rights Watch killed or injured thou- The government’s use said. sands of people. of barrel bombs, usually The rights group urged The human rights group dropped by helicopters, the Security Council to accused President Bashar has been widely docu- impose an arms embar- Assad of lying when he Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth mented by international go on Syria’s government said his government was human rights organiza- and any group implicated not using barrel bombs and villages held by re- Nadim Houry, the The four-year-old Syrian tions and residents of in widespread human ri- and said in a new report bel groups in the Daraa group’s deputy Middle conflict has killed 220,000 opposition-held areas ghts abuses. that the attacks have had governorate in the south East and North Africa di- people, according to U.N. in Syria. “We believe an arms “a devastating impact on and over 1,000 in war-ra- rector, told a news confe- estimates, and displa- The Syrian Network for embargo would deal ade- civilians.” vaged Aleppo, Syria’s lar- rence that the majority of ced 6.5 million inside the Human Rights reported quately with the issue of Human Rights Watch gest city. It also examined deaths are still caused by country and more than 3 on Feb. 22 that 6,163 ci- barrel bombs,” Bolopion said that by examining video and photographic the Assad government, million people to neighbo- vilians — including 1,892 said, because it would satellite imagery it iden- evidence and interviewed and the bombing is the ring countries. children and 1,720 wo- target shipments of spare tified some 450 major witnesses to document “key cause of the displa- In an interview with the men — have been killed parts, fuel for aircraft and damage sites in 10 towns the attacks. cement crisis in Syria.” BBC on Feb. 10, Assad de- by the crude explosive other key items. AP 26.02.2015 thu

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Winter Art Bazaar Time: 11am-8pm 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Until: February 28, 2015 14:30 RTPi Live Admission: Free 18:10 Brazil Avenue (Repeated) Venue: Macpro Gallery / Avenida da Praia 19:00 Montra do Lilau (Repeated) Grande, no.417-425, Centro Comercial Praia Grande,basement, Macau 19:30 Soap Opera Enquiries: (853) 2833 7828 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:00 TDM Talk Show Voice in the Murk by Papa Osmubal 21:30 Criminal Minds S8 ime 2pm-7pm (Closed on Sundays) T : 22:10 Brazil Avenue Until: March 14, 2015 Venue: Creative Macau, G/F Macau Cultural 23:00 TDM News Centre Building, Xian Xing Hai Avenue 23:30 Champions League Highights Admission: Free 23:50 Miscellaneous Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 1991 Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City Poster Design Exhibition in Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the Macau The Kuwaiti capital has been liberated by the Gulf War Handover cinema Allies after 208 days of Iraqi occupation. Time: 10am-7pm (Closed on Mondays, no cineteatro Thousands of Iraqi troops began leaving the city after admission after 6:30 pm) 26 Feb - 04 Mar an order from President Saddam Hussein, broadcast this Until: March 15, 2015 morning, to withdraw immediately. Venue: The Handover Gifts Museum of Macau, stand by me doraemon_ He said he was ordering the retreat because of “the ag- Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE room 1 gression of 30 countries against Iraq” and the economic (2D) 2.00, 5.55 pm blockade led by the US. Admission: Free (3D) 7.45 pm The first group of Allies into the city centre was a re- Enquiries: (853) 8504 1800 Language: Cantonese (Chinese) connaissance team of 12 US marines who arrived in the Duration: 95min capital this evening, ushered in by some Kuwaiti resis- Grand Taipa Natural Park tance forces. Park and Sculpture Zone: 24 hours To the north of the city a trail of abandoned Iraqi T-55 Grass-skiing field: 2:30pm-5:30pm (Tuesdays tanks were scattered along the main highway into town, to Fridays) as well as transport trucks and smaller vehicles. US pilots said the Iraqi troops, deserted by officers and 10:30am-5:30pm (Weekends and public holidays) in disarray, left the city “bumper to bumper”. Venue: Rampa do Observatório, Taipa They made an easy target for the American fighter jets Admission: Free from vegas to macau 2_ which carried out repeated air strikes on the retreating Enquiries: (853) 2888 0087 room1 troops, saying they would continue to attack until ordered 3.50, 9.45 pm not to. They reported only light anti-aircraft fire. Penguins Undercover Ice World with the Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) The main resistance came from Iraqi armoured units tra- Duration: 90min pped at the international airport on the southern outskirts DreamWorks Gang of the city, but the US Marine 2nd Division was reported Time: 11am-8pm to have the upper hand. Until: March 8, 2015 Kuwaiti radio, run by the government-in-exile, urged Venue: Cotai Expo people not to take revenge on the retreating troops. Admission: MOP120 But there were claims that the Iraqis took many priso- Enquiries: 2882 8818 ners as they left as hostages. Reports say up to 5,000 people were captured as the troops retreated. Families told reporters their sons had been taken from Water Aurora them, ordered into the retreating Iraqi army buses as they Time: 24 hours daily walked to work. Venue: MGM Macau, Av. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE penguins of madagascar_ During the last days of Iraqi occupation there were wi- room 2 despread reports of torture, rape and execution. Admission: Free 2.00, 3.45, 7.45 pm Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 Language: Cantonese (Chinese) Colonel Abu Fahad, an officer with the Kuwaiti resistan- Duration: 127min ce, told The Guardian newspaper: “I have seen a lot of my friends and some of our guys executed in front of their families for nothing, just being in the country. In the past few days, we didn’t even leave our houses.” Offbeat Much of the city has been destroyed, with 200 buildings set on fire. Hotels, parliament buildings and government Poland: Roman Polanski appears offices have been attacked. The manager of the Sheraton hotel, Mohammed Mou- in court in extradition hearing sa, told reporters he had been given an hour to clear the building and then Iraqi soldiers had looted it, taking every- Filmmaker Roman Polanski kingsman: the secret service_ thing from video recorders to the piano. appeared in a court in Poland room 2 They then poured petrol over the ground floor, mined it yesterday for a hearing con- 5.30, 9.30 pm and blasted it with tank fire. Director: Matthew Vaughn cerning a U.S. request for his The university, museum, schools and hospitals have all Starring: Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson extradition charges of sex with been looted and soldiers have taken whatever they could Language: English (Chinese) find from shops and homes. a minor, a case that has haun- Duration: 127min ted him since 1977. Even clothes and mattresses lie scattered around the streets, stolen, but too bulky to take away. Judge Dariusz Mazur was triumph in the skies_ not expected to make a ruling room 3 yesterday and scheduled ano- 2.00, 3.45, 9.30 pm Courtesy BBC News ther hearing, buying time to Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) study documents that arrived Duration: 127min this week from Switzerland, In context which in 2010 refused to extradite Polanski. The next hearing from vegas to macau 2_ could be in April or sooner, according to court spokeswoman room3 President George Bush announced his intention to press on with Grazyna Rokita. 5.30, 7.30 pm “undiminished intensity” to complete a rout of Iraqi forces Wearing a dark suit, the Oscar-winning director entered the Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) Apart from liberating Kuwait, he said the Allies wanted to secure court in Krakow with his two Polish lawyers. On the attorneys’ Duration: 90min large parts of southern Iraq and defeat Saddam Hussein’s elite request, the court banned media from the hearing. Republican Guard. Two days later the president announced a ceasefire after Iraq ac- Polanski, 81, is in Poland preparing to make a movie about macau tower cepted all 12 resolutions laid down by the United Nations. Alfred Dreyfus, a 19th-century French army officer wrongly Two of the main conditions were the return of all allied prisoners accused of spying. 19 Feb - 04 Mar of war and Kuwaitis taken hostage and also the renunciation of all Prosecutors in Polanski’s childhood city of Krakow, where claims to Kuwait. he has an apartment, have refused a U.S. request to arrest 12 golden ducks_ Saddam Hussein remained in power until George Bush’s son, him, but have said there are no legal obstacles to his extradi- 2.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 pm George W Bush, mounted another attack on Iraq in March 2003. tion and have asked the court for a ruling. Director: Matt Chow With the backing of British and Australian forces, he succeeded in If the judge refuses to hand Polanski over, the case is closed. Starring: Eason Chan, Louis Koo, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng toppling Saddam Hussein, who fled into hiding. If he allows the extradition, the final decision will belong to the Language: Chinese (Chinese) He was eventually captured in December 2003 put on trial by an Iraqi court, sentenced to death and executed on 30 December 2006. justice minister. Duration: 92min thu 26.02.2015

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Nasser Al Khater Qatar 2022 Local Organizing Committee Deputy CEO, left, Hassan Al Thawadi, head of the Qatar World Cup organizing committee, center, and FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke at a press conference yesterday, in Doha

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IFA will not compen- sate European clubs for disrupting their season Valcke: No FIFA compensation by rescheduling the F2022 World Cup, according to the governing body’s secretary general. to clubs for 2022 date switch Jerome Valcke also ruled out apologizing for a November- December tournament that avoids Qatar’s summer heat 2022 World Cup final on a Fri- ggested that an option could be ts to the 2026 World Cup this and shuts down top national UEFA day, Dec. 23. for the final to be played on De- month averted possible legal leagues for several weeks. supports That claim will raise tension cember 23,” UEFA spokesman action from the American broa- “There will be no compensa- between UEFA and its British Pedro Pinto said in a statement. dcaster, which has NFL and tion,” Valcke said yesterday, playing the members angered by threats to The 2022 World Cup playing college football commitments the day after a FIFA task force their traditional holiday sche- dates will be confirmed at a in November and December. recommended the switch in 2022 World dule. March 19-20 meeting of the The unexpected deal exten- dates. “We are doing nothing Every World Cup final since FIFA executive committee in ded Fox’s 2018 and 2022 ri- which destroys football. There Cup final on a 1970 was played on Sunday. Zurich. ghts, which it bought for $425 is seven years to reorganize foo- Friday, Dec. 23 Dec. 18 is also an option for Valcke said one concession to million more than three years tball around the world for this 2022. clubs and leagues was planning ago when FIFA was still insis- World Cup.” UEFA acknowledged its su- a 28-day schedule instead of the ting on a June-July tournament Compensation was demanded to apologize,” said Valcke, who pport for a final on the Friday current 32. in Qatar. Tuesday by European Club As- is part of stalled talks to renew before Christmas, when its pre- Legal threats to challenge mo- “We have done what we had to sociation chairman Karl-Heinz a working agreement with the ferred option of a January tour- ving soccer’s marquee event do in order to protect FIFA and Rummenigge, who said his ECA which expired after the nament was rejected. now appear over, unless a Euro- to protect the organization of members would not bear the 2014 World Cup. “Why should “Once the FIFA Task Force re- pean league takes the high-risk the World Cup and without any costs, including losing lucrative I apologize to clubs?” commended to stage the com- option. breach of any international ru- match days. Valcke also revealed that petition from late November to Valcke also acknowledged that les on the business side of this “I definitely don’t feel I need UEFA supports playing the late December 2022, UEFA su- awarding Fox broadcast righ- negotiation,” Valcke said. AP

id officials from Dur- tive committee in London Bban will present their on Monday, the deadline plans for the 2022 Com- for the lodging of bids. South African Commonwealth monwealth Games on The 2022 host will be Monday. The South Afri- announced at the CGF can city is set to be the General Assembly in New bid officials head to London first African host. Zealand in September. Durban, a possible futu- The CGF has called the our bid book which will ted a possible South Afri- but there has been no go- picturesque seaside city re Olympic bidder, is the bid by Durban, a city with subsequently lead to site can Olympic bid. vernment commitment of Durban and the econo- only candidate for 2022 balmy, tropical weather visits of the facilities in Durban was widely tou- and the Commonwealth mic hub of Johannesburg, after Edmonton with- on South Africa’s east Durban,” bid committee ted as an Olympic con- Games is now the priority. the country’s biggest city. drew this month citing coast, “an historic and and South African Olym- tender five years ago af- The International Olym- The deadline for cities financial difficulties cau- special moment for the pic committee chief exe- ter South Africa’s widely pic Committee’s reforms to inform the IOC of their sed by falling oil prices. Commonwealth sporting cutive Tubby Reddy said praised hosting of the which allow a country intention to bid for the South African officials, movement.” in a statement yesterday. World Cup, but the gover- to spread an Olympics 2024 Olympics is Sept. including the minister of South African officials Durban’s games will nment backed down on a across more than one 15. sport and the chief exe- say they still have to be centered on Moses bid for the 2020 Summer host city, could help Sou- Durban bid commit- cutive of the Olympic follow due process with Mabhida Stadium, built Games. th Africa host the biggest tee chairman Mark Ale- committee, will make a their bid, despite it being for the 2010 soccer World South African Olympic sports event on the pla- xander said the Com- 20-minute presentation the only one. Cup. officials say the country is net. South Africa cou- monwealth bid “demons- to the Commonwealth “The CGF will still have Durban’s Commonweal- still considering a bid for ld consider splitting an trates our capacity to host Games Federation execu- to make an assessment of th Games has complica- the 2024 or 2028 Games, Olympics between the global events.” AP THE Ooops! Vatican seeks to quell Mexican Station26.02.2015Air quality thu

th Anniversary BUZZ anger over pope’s drug remark Roadside 40-60 20 Moderate The Vatican sought yesterday to defuse a diplo- Mexican people” with the remark, or to detract matic tiff with Mexico after Pope Francis referred from the government’s anti-drug efforts. High to the possible “Mexicanization” of his native Ar- Francis made the reference in an email over the Density 50-70 gentina from drug trafficking, the latest instance weekend to an Argentine friend and lawmaker, Residental of Francis’ casual speaking style getting him into Gustavo Vera, who is involved in combating the Moderate trouble. drug trade. He published the pope’s email on the Area opinion The Vatican said it had sent an official diplo- website of his Alameda Foundation. matic note to Mexico’s ambassador insisting that In the email, Francis wrote: “Hopefully we are Ambient 25-45 Francis “absolutely did not intend to offend the in time to avoid Mexicanization.” Good Vox Parva dsmg source: Benedict Keith Ip WORLD BRIEFS Spirit of a century-old Stolen statue, painting missionary remains in Ka Ho ap photo What can be considered immortal in this se- returned to Italian cular world? Would it be a celebrity, a 100-story high-rise building, or a UNESCO façade visi- ted by millions of people every week? All of government in NYC them may perish one day, but only the spirit of a good and truthful entity can remain. They are not objects for idolatry, but rather a model ecades after being or stolen. JAPAN A panel of experts which serves others. stolen in Italy, an an- New York prosecutors appointed by Japan’s D ap photo On February 14, 2015, with the help of staff, cient statuette and an have been involved in the prime minister met for teachers and students from the Escola D. Luis 18th-century painting were effort before. Federal pro- the first time yesterday to discuss what he should Versiglia de Ka Ho, the hundred year-old Sa- returned to the country’s secutors in Manhattan say in a statement marking lesian missionary, Fr. Gaetano Nicosia, SDB government yesterday after announced in 2011 that a the 70th anniversary of visited the island where he served for half a turning up in New York. Renaissance painting and the end of World War II, century - Coloane. The handover marked the a Roman sculpture from fueling speculation that he Coloane is no longer an isolated island. The latest case of U.S. authori- about the first century were being returned to Italy af- may water down previous Cotai Strip merges Taipa and Coloane together. ties helping Italy and other government apologies for ter popping up at New York Ka Ho cannot escape the fate of the other buil- countries reclaim what the country’s wartime past. dings on the island, which have seen extensive they see as cultural patri- auction houses. reconstruction and redevelopment. The area is mony. And the Manhattan dis- no longer primitive after a series of protests “For decades, two signifi- trict attorney’s office prose-

against the very pollution which this redeve- cant pieces of Italian heri- cuted a prominent coin col- ap photo lopment has caused. Newly paved roads and tage have been on the run,” lector who pleaded guilty in bridges are prepared for heavy traffic. Large FBI Assistant Director Die- 2012 to trying to sell what trucks still dominate the roads. A mountain is go Rodriguez said as he and he believed were ancient gone to make way for the new prison facilities. Manhattan Deputy U.S. At- coins found in Italy after And the village for Hansenians (lepers) is also torney Richard Zabel gave 1909, when it became ille- gone and under reconstruction to make way for the artworks to Warrant gal to remove antiquities a new rehabilitation center. Officer Angelo Ragusa of from the country. Some of However, hearing about this great man’s re- the Carabinieri Tutela Pa- the coins proved to be for- Bangladesh A court An 18th-century painting geries, but five authentic turn has triggered a celebration in the form of trimonio Culturale, an art- attributed to painter Giovanni in Bangladesh issued an school activities and a birthday reception. The crimes police force. Battista Tiepolo, “The Holy Trinity coins from his collection arrest warrant Wednesday outskirts of the school have suddenly amassed The painting, called “The appearing to Saint Clement” were returned to the Greek for former Prime Minister hundreds of people trying to greet one of the Holy Trinity Appearing to government this summer. Khaleda Zia after she greatest benefactors of our time. Saint Clement,” is attribu- Pesaro in 1964. Other countries also have failed to appear in court Sicilian Fr. Nicosia joined the Salesian com- ted to the renowned artist The works eventually en- taken action in recent for the fourth time in two munity at the age of 15, and traveled to China Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ded up with an art dealer years to reclaim antiqui- corruption cases against her. for a mission at 20. The bishop of Macau invited also called Giambattista and an art-investment firm, ties, sometimes with help him to the city when he was 48 years old. This Tiepolo. It was taken from which consigned them for from U.S. authorities. In AFGHANISTAN Avalanches is when his mission of serving the Hansenians a house in Turin in 1982, sale in recent years. They one example, fossilized caused by a heavy and homeless children began. The Chapel of prosecutors said. relinquished the items af- remains of more than 18 winter snow killed at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows was built in 1967, The Etruscan bronze sta- ter learning of the thefts dinosaurs were turned over to Mongolia’s gover- least 108 people in then the boarding school in Ka Ho (1976), Es- tuette of the Greek my- and aren’t accused of invol- northeastern Afghanistan, nment last year after U.S. cola D. Luis Versiglia de Ka Ho (1985), Don thological hero Herakles vement. an emergency official said Immigration and Customs Bosco Youth Village (2000), and then more — also known as Heracles Italy has campaigned in yesterday, as rescuers institutions, were set up under his guidance. or, to the Romans, Her- the last decade to get back Enforcement agents dis- clawed through debris with Fr. Nicosia is awe-inspiring because he lif- cules — dates to the sixth cultural items including covered that mislabeled their hands to save those ts up those who are marginalized. He cares or fifth century B.C. It- va ancient Roman, Greek and dinosaur bones were ille- buried beneath. for and saves the people who have not been nished from the Oliveriano Etruscan artifacts the go- gally being shipped into treated as humans, imbuing them with dignity Archaeological Museum in vernment says were looted the U.S. AP USA For the first time, a and a second-chance at life. This clearly goes study shows that a drug far beyond evangelization. People like me who used to treat HIV infection live in a city and have been raised in normal also can help prevent it circumstances will never understand the im- The when taken before and portance of Fr. Nicosia offering his life to warm after risky sex by gay men. the hearts of others. decisive moment AP Photo/Luca Bruno Yet, I was touched when I was attending the GERMANY An 18-month- mass together with the cured Hansenians. old boy dies of measles They were full of tears. Upon greeting each in Berlin, the first known fatality in an outbreak of other, they clearly displayed the positive role of the disease that has seen Fr. Nicosia in their lives. This may be the very more than 570 cases in the last time Fr. Nicosia will travel to the old but city since October. very different place, and this place will no doubt keep transforming. But he seems to not care UK Britain has become the about the changes. During the celebrations, Fr. first country in the world Nicosia’s main message was always focused to allow the creation of on discipleship. “Yes, I’m very happy, because human embryos from the God loves me! Please, follow Jesus and follow DNA of three people, a Don Bosco. But I’m also not so happy, because technique intended to help there are still many millions of young people mothers avoid passing on who don’t know about the love of Jesus, the genetically degenerative love of God for them” said Fr. Nicosia. diseases to their babies. He did so many material things but he never The bill granting the spoke a word to uplift himself during his spee- controversial techniques ch. A great man like him is great because he was passed Tuesday by always strives to adhere faithfully to his religion the House of Lords, after and devote his life to others with an unshakea- Behind the scenes. Models are pictured backstage prior to the start of the Stella Jean women’s Fall- being approved earlier this ble mind. Winter 2015-16 show, part of Milan Fashion Week, unveiled yesterday in Milan. month by the House of Commons.