macao water asks for higher behind the ‘zero tolerance’ policy on subsidy to be sustainable scenes, human trafficking “Every time we ask for an increase, a cats The Good Shepherd Center is calling we only get a minor adjustment. This backstage on local businesses and casino is not enough to make Macao Water tour operators to enforce “a zero tolerance” sustainable,” said Felix Fan policy on human trafficking P2 P4 MDT REPORT P7

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NPC and CPPCC meetings Transport Tax increases Region’s role as Lusophone aim at fighting link highlighted in Beijing soaring traffic he Transport Advisory Commit- tee’s first meeting of this year was try, two systems.” T acau is expected to playing an held yesterday afternoon, during whi-

xinhua “Macau has been playing a special Meven larger role as a regional pla- ch members discussed possible mea- role in cross-strait relations. As the tform, as local delegates at the National sures to curb the city’s growing traffic. peaceful development is entering a People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese The Secretary for Transport and Pu- new phase, Macau’s role as a platform People’s Political Consultative Confe- blic Works, Raimundo Rosário, an- will not weaken but only be added new rence (CPPCC) have proposed multiple nounced that tax increases will likely missions,” he said in a speech at the as- functions for the city to develop based be implemented in order to make car sembly. The delegate suggested that the on its comparative advantages. ownership more costly. MSAR could establish a formal official With Macau being positioned as a ser- The secretary told journalists after liaison mechanism to explore exchanges vice platform for China and Lusophone the meeting that a majority of the with different political parties and cities countries’ trade and economic coopera- committee members are in favor of in Taiwan. tion, NPC delegates Kou Hoi In and Lao Chan Meng Kam delivers a speech at the third introducing economic measures to As for cultural exchange events being Ngai Leong proposed to build the city session of the 12th CPPCC slow the surging number of cars, whi- held in town, Chan stressed they should into a RMB clearing center that’s dedi- ch is increasing annually by 5 percent. strengthen the theme of “two sides sha- cated to Lusophone and Latin American Delegates said Macau has the neces- The measures discussed at the mee- ring the same blood and culture like a trade partners. sary features to be playing the above- ting included increasing parking fees family,” in order to the narrow the psy- “There is a huge demand on RMB clea- mentioned role, with a complete liqui- and taxation in multiple areas, which chological distance between compatriots ring financial services in cross-border dation channel, mature competence of have stayed unadjusted for a decade. on both sides. trade, but currently Chinese banks in RMB business, free flow of capital and However, the 59-year-old secretary Moreover, he suggested facilitating re- the Portuguese-speaking countries still foreign exchange, as well as its cultural conceded that, so far, discussion had gional integration and developing a lar- haven’t achieved full coverage servi- and historical background. not yielded conclusions on specific ge trade cooperation platform for four ce network,” said Kou in Wednesday’s Meanwhile at the consultative confe- dates, target car reduction numbers places across the straits. meeting, as cited by local Chinese news- rence, delegate Chan Meng Kam sug- to meet, or even how much the tax in- In addition, at the NPC Macau dele- paper, Jornal do Cidadao. gested elevating Macau’s function in the crement would be. gation’s meeting yesterday, the director According to Kou, the trade volume cross-strait relations between Taiwan The Transport Bureau (DSAT) direc- of the Chinese Liaison Office in Macau, between China and Lusophone coun- and the mainland. Chan said Macau tor, Wong Wan, argued that measures Li Gang, shared the SAR’s experience in tries has expanded to USD132.58 billion should “build an upgraded version” of addressing private vehicles have to be judicial procedure, as a reference to the in 2014 from the initial USD10 billion its relations with Taiwan, as an example implemented in tandem with those mainland’s judicial reform. BY more than a decade ago. and forerunner of promoting “one coun- targeting public transportation. He highlighted to the media that seve- ral committee members had agreed blic service providers. “Some to put the bus priority policy for the operators have left the market inner harbor district in place this Au- Macao Water wants higher disappointed,” he observed. gust, which was considered the best Reviewing the work done in time to implement the policy conside- subsidy to be sustainable 2014, the executive director ring a reduced traffic volume. “We will mentioned that Macao Water work towards the goal [of enforcing “overcame a lot of difficulties” the policy in August], but we have to acao Water achieved percent. in order to make progress on continue collecting the public’s opi- M“hard-won better fi- “In the past two years, we the Main Storage Reservoir nion in order to know to what extent nancial performance” during have applied for a fee increa- Water Treatment Plant III the policy will be implemented to,” 2014, according to the com- se, but the government always (MSR III) expansion works, said Wong. pany’s executive director, Fe- gave us a small percentage [of after the project was suspen- The secretary also added that the act lix Fan. The company’s pro- that which was requested] be- ded several times. The MSR of raising taxes was meant to achieve fit after tax totaled MOP58 low the inflation rate, in order III is expected to be comple- “a simultaneous and proportionate in- million, but this result is con- to satisfy the public. Every ted this year, and will increa- crease” in terms of the money needed sidered insufficient to face the time we ask for an increase, se the region’s daily water for “purchasing cars, keeping cars and city’s rapid economic develo- we only get a minor adjust- supply capacity. The complex using cars.” The policy objective, as he pment and increasing infla- ment. This is not enough to aims, in particular, to meet said, was to make the tax adjustment tion. Hence, Macao Water is make Macao Water sustai- Felix Fan the greater water demands fair to different sorts of car-owners. once again applying for a wa- nable,” the executive director that will be caused by the up- The DSAT director revealed that ter resources fee increase of 11 said yesterday during a me- dia luncheon, which marked coming operations conducted “advance warnings” would be given the 80th anniversary of the by the new large-scale enter- to current car owners in case of tax modernization of the local tainment facilities and hotels increases, whereas there would not round-the-clock border water supply. During his in the Cotai area. be any advance notification for tax may affect revenue speech, Fan mentioned the In addition to the MSR III increases for car imports in order to case of the bankrupted bus project, Macao Water is cur- avoid the city’s sudden demand for operator Reolian (which clai- rently designing the Seac Pai vehicles. The economic slowdown case, it will bring uncertainty med to be affected by the go- Van Water Treatment Plant According to figures provided by plus the 24-hour border-cross- to Macao Water over the com- vernment’s refusal to pay for and its supporting water su- DSAT, the estimated cost of owning a ing policy will probably slacken pany’s financial performance,” a contractual annual adjust- pply network. Felix Fan stres- the increase in water consump- Felix Fan said. “In the water bill private car (including taxes, parking tion, and could even lead to a for April and May, we will see if ment of the fees related to in- sed that “all these efforts make fees, maintenance) in Hong Kong decrease, according to the com- the 24-hour border has had an flation and annual increase of up the important measures to is 7.5 times more than in Macau. In pany’s estimations. “In either impact or not,” he added. costs of operation) to illustra- ensure the water supply safety Taiwan, it costs four times more to te the difficulties faced by pu- of Macau.” PB own a vehicle. Staff reporter

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Civic and moral education MGTO simplifies license application ‘One needs to love the country process The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) will rationally and critically’ further simplify the license application process for the hospitality and entertainment Brook Yang menting all these. Do they know it [national sectors, which include hotels, education]’s happening? It’s obvious in the restaurants, bars, clubs, acau delegates’ joint proposal ap photo timing that they might want the youngsters massage and sauna houses, and to Beijing of strengthening youth to be quiet and obedient, to abide by laws wi- karaoke venues. The Bureau national education has sparked thout asking for reasons. But that runs coun- will implement the second concerns over “brainwashing” ter to the purpose of civic education,” she phase of the simplification Min local society. Local scholar and educator questioned. of internal measures from Teresa Vong suggested that the timing of pu- Regarding these concerns, the Secretary for next Monday, stating that the tting forward such a proposal is unavoidably Culture and Social Affairs, Alexis Tam, assu- documents’ roundtrip between to generate speculation and panic. red the public that “there’s no need to be con- departments and repeated work can be reduced. The “Overly saying Macau’s youngsters are cerned that ‘brainwashing education’ would MGTO and the Land, Public unpatriotic [is a proposition that] doesn’t appear.” Works and Transport Bureau hold,” she told the Times. National education, It’s not the first time that patriotic education raises “I think national education is a very good (DSSOPT) will jointly launch as part of civic education, will be established controversy. In Sept. 2012 thousands of protesters [form of] education and I’ve heard from guidelines for restaurants to as one of the mandatory school subjects like gathered in HK protesting against the plan to many residents and associations that Macau apply for licenses and changes mathematics and physical education. Within introduce “Moral and National Education” in schools society has this demand,” he told the media in construction. the next four and half years, all schools in yesterday after a plenary meeting of the You- Macau will be implementing this obligatory national education.” th Affairs Committee he leads. Composers’ course, gradually from kindergarten to high The educator indicated that “patriotic edu- The secretary further explained that “it will school levels starting next fall semester. cation should be established on the basis of be implemented in a way that lets our local association to “I’m not against implementing mandatory emotions, whereas simply chanting slogans students have more independent thinking collect royalties national education. It’s inevitable for every doesn’t mean the children can reach that rather than letting them grow up in a gree- country to promote national education. It’s emotional level.” nhouse.” “The DSEJ and tertiary education The Macau Association of not a sin to love one’s country, but I oppose “It will be brainwashing if they teach it in departments will outreach to schools how to Composers, Authors and proposing it under such a sensitive circums- a way of druming it in, rather than fostering conduct the national education,” he added. Publishers intends to start tance,” stressed the scholar. students to think about their own relation The DSEJ officials also explained that the collecting copyright fees from Seven delegates told the nation’s top advi- with the country. The way to handle the tea- mandatory curriculum framework is appli- retail and karaoke venues this sory body (CPPCC) that they hope the Minis- ching mustn’t be just one way. One needs to cable to all local schools, whether they are year, and plans to gradually try of Education could collaborate with the love the country rationally and critically, to public, private-run, Catholic-based or inter- extend the action to other Macau’s Education and Youth Affairs Bureau learn not only its good side but also its bad. All national. However, each school has its own sectors in the future. Entrusted (DSEJ) to compose a national education tex- those need to be included in the textbook, and autonomy over what textbook to choose and by various overseas musicians, tbook. A review was called for on the current what we are most concerned about here is in how they will teach the subject. the association covers up to 90 percent of all musical works teaching materials to foster “moral quality, what way they will teach that” she stressed. “Civic and moral education is a mandatory being used in Macau. However, legal concepts and patriotism,” drawing on Since 2005, DSEJ has implemented a series subject and we will formulate the goals for only the government and two of textbooks complied by the Beijing Normal Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. each educational level to reach. Apart from casino operators currently pay “Macau has a more standardized natio- University’s center for citizenship and moral that, the government won’t intervene,” clari- royalties through it, according nal education than Hong Kong. About six- education, said the academic. The city further fied Wong Kin Mou, educational and resear- to the TDM. The association ty percent of local students are studying in included national education into a mandatory ch resources department head. Wong said is in negotiations with other the patriotic or pro-establishment schools,” curriculum framework being promulgated that patriotic education will not become an casino operators, and says indicated the scholar. “All Macau’s eigh- last year. independent subject and that schools will not that it has received positive th graders are required to join in military “It’s confusing why the delegates proposed be requested to use a unified textbook in the feedback so far. Meanwhile, training, which is also regarded as a type of that now, as Macau has already been imple- future. several cases of payment refusal are being countered through civil actions. Locals encouraged to pursue studies in Portugal Residents barred from buying he Tertiary Education Ser- rum, which is held as part of the now celebrating its 725th anni- vices Office (GAES) is hol- China International Education versary, offers students a uni- property in India T que life experience, promoting ding an information session on Exhibition Tour. The Reserve Bank of India Monday for residents looking to UC is the first Portuguese uni- a multicultural environment paulo barbosa paulo (RBI) announced yesterday study at the Portuguese Univer- versity to accept students from and contact between students of that Macau and Hong Kong sity of Coimbra (UC). A repre- China, who have undertaken the 90 nationalities,” the university are on a list of countries and sentative of the university will National Higher Education En- says. regions whose citizens cannot be attending the event, provi- trance Examination (Gaokao). The university has made avai- acquire or transfer immovable ding prospective students with The university also accepts lable a specific website addres- property in India. “As they are a glimpse into the university’s applications from students from sing Chinese students, with notified separately, it has been application process, GAES said Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan. useful information on academic decided that citizens of Macau in a statement. The represen- “Besides providing quality and research programs, as well and Hong Kong will also be tative will also provide details education and an internatio- as details on student financial included on the list of countries on the university’s curricula, as nally recognized diploma, the aid (http://www.uc.pt/en/chi- which are prohibited to acquire/ well as information on available University of Coimbra, which is na/uc-visits-china). CP transfer immovable property in scholarships. The information India,” the country’s authority session takes place between 5.30 said in a notification, without gaes open call for eu trip further explaining why the p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Center University of Coimbra, Portugal measure was taken. Under the for Higher Education Students, current regulations regarding which is located in front of the The Tertiary Education Ser- year. GAES said in a statement that ting in the International Higher foreign ownership, citizens vices Office (GAES) has opened it will select a total of 20 students Lou Lim Ieoc Garden bus stop. Education Exposition of Macau from Pakistan, Bangladesh, calls for students interested in par- through assessing their academic Meanwhile, UC representa- 2015, taking place between to- Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, ticipating in an exchange program achievements and conducting tives will begin a visit to China day and Monday at the Venetian Iran, Nepal or Bhutan can’t featuring a visit to the European interviews. Selected candidates today to meet prospective stu- Macao. acquire or transfer immovable Union institutions in Brussels. will attend a preparatory train- dents and provide them with The UC delegation, which will property in India without Local students who are enrolled ing course in Macau in mid-June information on curricula offered be led by vice-rector Joaquim prior permission of the RBI. in their second year of university ahead of their trip to Belgium, at its seven faculties. Ramos de Carvalho, heads to However, those citizens can or above may apply, except those which will take place between June The university said in a press lease property, as long as the Beijing on March 20 to attend who are now completing their final 13 and 19. release that it will be participa- the China Study Abroad Fo- lease does not exceed five years. 13.03.2015 fri

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side from the artists’ ins- Entertainment who take care of the wigs carefully Apired choreographic move- before each show starts, while the ments and ear-pleasing vocals former is what the performers onstage that captivates the au- themselves are responsible for. dience, what really makes the Behind the scenes, a It took more than applying Broadway musical show Cats, hairspray and combing to make which runs until the 15th of this the wigs characteristic. “Firstly, month at the Venetian Thea- we need to wash the wigs com- tre, so appealing? One simple Cats backstage tour pletely before drying them up, answer; the elaborately desig- the fragile laces on the exterior ned costumes, wigs and, of cou- of the wigs have to be pinned in rse, the show’s set. the full-day rehearsal. Once we order to find the right position On a backstage tour this week, were up and running, we didn’t for setting,” said one of the spe- Maykayla Bishop, Company have to because we’re doing ei- cialists, stressing that the “cat Manager of the musical team, ght shows a week,” she said. ears” are the hardest part to shared with the Times some se- Wearing the right cosmetics and form with hair tips that had to crets lying within the shows mi- wigs are essential to making up look “slightly transparent” un- se-en-scene and on how the ar- the vivid appearance of the Jelli- der the spotlight. tists turn into active and energe- cle cats for the show. The latter For the first few run-throughs, tic Jellicle cats all by themselves. is done by a group of specialists there were make-up artists on The two conspicuous junk pi- set who would do half a face of les resting on both sides of the make-up, for the performers, stage, according to the show’s leaving them to learn how to manager, are indeed comprised Everything, wear make-up by finishing up of rubbish collected from this changed 12 times since the first vious tour stop in South Korea. the rest. As Maykayla Bishop city intentionally to create a performance. Taking into account the actual from the broken revealed, initially it would take local sense. Therefore, the des- As Maykayla Bishop revealed, size of the props and the set, almost one hour for them to fi- tinations the show tours bring the coated-surface stage ena- “everything, from the broken ce- cellphone or nish the task as they were too different indigenous elements bles the Jellicle cats to perform llphone or even to the drain pipe- even to the cautious, yet now they only to its set. Besides, another no- swift dancing moves, and its sli- line was devised and created from need roughly fifteen minutes. teworthy part of the stage set ghtly inward inclination allows a kitten’s perspective,” she said. drain pipeline Every single costume was is a plate bearing “J-AR-12” the audience to catch sight of Asked if the performers have handmade and tailor-made placed next to the gargantuan all performers packed onstage. adequate rest for the show, the was devised according to the artist’s body tire. The letters there basi- If you ever look meticulous- company’s manger said that size. Some of them even have cally stand for the name of the ly at the patterns on the stage, full-day rehearsals only take and created padding on the knees for sli- show’s director and choreogra- it’s not that difficult to find the place before the musical offi- from a kitten’s ding. The clothing and the wigs pher - Jo-Anne Robinson while word “Seoul” written right abo- cially begins its season. “When represent different characters the number that follows indica- ve the roaring tiger, as the team we first started the show, when perspective and styles of the Jellicle cats, tes the number of prop edition, brought the entire set to the we were bumping in and ha- which are portrayed as certain meaning that the plate has been Venetian Theatre from its pre- ving new cast members, we did Maykayla Bishop humans in society. Staff reporter ad fri 13.03.2015

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New guests confirmed for literary festival Gaming operators urged to help

Portuguese journalist Adelino Gomes, Hong fight human trafficking Kong writer Kelly Yang, local author Chan Im Wa and Spanish puppeteer Catarina Pinto Toni Rumbau are among the new names confirmed to be attending the fourth he Good Shepherd Center They can be edition of The Script Tis calling on local businesses Road, according to an and casino operators to incor- trained up, announcement made porate “a zero tolerance” policy yesterday by the organizers. on human trafficking, and the and if they The literary festival will further training of staff to spot see that there take place between March and report any potential cases. 19 and 29, with the majority The center, together with Vital are potential of the events happening at Voices USA, will be holding a the Old Court building. one-day summit next Tuesday trafficking at MGM Macau themed “Busi- ness Leadership to End Human victims, they Ambrose So: Trafficking & Modern Day Sla- can alert the No layoffs or very.” “The purpose of the conferen- police unpaid leave ce is to raise awareness about Juliana Devoy for staff human trafficking and its many faces,” said sister Juliana De- voy, director of the Good She- Galaxy, MGM, Wynn and SJM, pherd Center. sister Juliana revealed. She added that it is critical to The summit is organized by involve the business commu- the Good Shepherd Center in nity in the fight against human cooperation with Vital Voices trafficking, to urge them to look Juliana Devoy USA, which was founded by Hi- into the end of their supply lary Clinton. chain and to make sure that cking, which came into force in also be speaking at the summit, The event is also supported by their products or goods are not 2008, is suitable, and that the as their company has been im- the Macau government, with produced through slave labor. government has been willing to plementing policies to help ta- the collaboration of the Eu- SJM Holdings Limited Sister Juliana recalled a case tackle the problem. However, ckle human trafficking. ropean Union Office to Hong refuses to resort to unpaid of a 13-year-old girl who was law enforcement is often hinde- Other speakers include repre- Kong & Macau, and the Macau leave or massive dismissals being used as a prostitute at a red with many cases unable to sentatives from several organi- Government Human Traffi- amid an economic local hotel. She believes that reach the courtroom due to lack zations, such as Macau’s Social cking Deterrent Measures Con- downturn in the gaming training hotel staff to spot and of evidence. Welfare Bureau (IAS), the Glo- cern Committee. Several gover- sector, reassured Ambrose act upon any potential human The conference will take place bal Fund to End Slavery, CSR-­ nment entities, as well as MGM So, the company’s CEO. trafficking cases would help to at MGM Macau on Tuesday be- Asia, and from different con- Macau and Galaxy Entertain- “First, we won’t have tackle the problem. tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Repre- sulates. Kathleen Ferrier, who ment Group, contributed finan- layoffs. Second, if there are Businesses should implement sentatives of local companies, is an expert in international cially towards the conference. losses, it won’t be that quick a zero tolerance policy “for any casino operators, worldwide relations and a member of the According to sister Juliana, to be felt,” Ambrose So said. kind of sex trafficking taking organizations, and human traf- United Nations-related Expert the International Labor Orga- “In regards to strengthening place in or around their casi- ficking researchers and experts Review Group (ERG), will also nization estimates that there non-gaming diversification, no,” she said. from the United States and Asia be speaking in the afternoon. are 21 million human traffi- we still need to think about “They can be trained up, and have been invited to speak. About 100 participants have cking victims worldwide, whi- what to do with non-gaming if they see that there are poten- Sister Juliana revealed that a registered to attend the summit, staff,” he added. ch makes “forced labor and sex tial trafficking victims, they can representative of hotel opera- including representatives of se- trade one of the greatest human alert the police, because the po- tor Carlson/Rezidor Hotels will veral casino operators, such as rights violations of our time.” André Ritchie lice can’t just go in unless they leaves GIT have a tip off,” she stressed. “I don’t think most of the ho- tels [and companies] provide ‘Human trafficking has many faces’ this kind of training for their staff. There are many things lthough sex trafficking is one of the girls only stay at the center for one or two that can be done and are being Amost common types of modern slavery, weeks, and it is hard to follow up on their ca- done in other places, but, as far human trafficking still “has many faces and ses and to ensure that they will not enter any as I am aware, nothing of that types,” according to sister Juliana Devoy. human trafficking network again. kind is being done in Macau. “The traditional [cases] where [victims] are “When they go back, we worry that they go They do not have public policy being beaten up and tied up are still happe- back to do the same. And we have no way to statements about their policy ning. But that’s not the only way [it happens]. track that information down (…) usually they on human trafficking,” she told In the cases we get at the center, the girls’ vul- are school dropouts and they just want to lea- a press conference yesterday. nerability is exploited. They are very young ve,” sister Juliana said. The deputy coordinator Another strategy to combat and ignorant – they’re easily seduced,” she The center is trying to link up with other as- of the Transportation human trafficking that com- told reporters on the sidelines of a press con- sociations that are providing assistance to the- Infrastructure Office (GIT), panies could adopt, she said, ference, where she was to announce a summit se victims in mainland China, so that there’s a André Ritchie, will be regards their own supply chain. on human trafficking that will take place next better way to tackle these cases. leaving his post at the end Sister Juliana recalled that Tuesday. According to sister Juliana, there are cases of of the month, newspaper some enterprises fail to look The Good Shepherd Center, sister Juliana re- sex trafficking victims of other nationalities in Tribuna de Macau reports. into the end of their supply vealed, has provided shelter to 39 under-aged Macau. “There are human trafficking victims He has been serving as chain to make sure that none of girls – victims of human or sex trafficking – inside saunas, but the police can’t go there wi- GIT’s deputy chief since 2007. Mr Ritchie will start their goods are being produced from mainland China over the past two years. thout being tipped off. These saunas are legal. working for the private through slave labor. The center received fewer cases in 2014 than Many girls who end up in these places thought sector. He did not disclose “Not everyone knows [about in the previous year. Sister Juliana said that that they were coming here just to do massa- which company he will human trafficking]. So, for me, the center does not know whether this decrea- ge, but then they [the owners] want them to be be working for, but said this is a very important effort, se is related to stricter border control or the prostitutes,” she said. that it is not related to the too, to really get the business crackdown on corruption in mainland China. Sister Juliana warned that “they feel like they Light Rail Transit (LRT) community involved.” Although Macau’s government is committed don’t have a choice. They go along and feel construction work or any Sister Juliana said that Ma- to treating these victims as children in need they have compromised themselves, and they other major public project. cau’s law against human traffi- of protection, sister Juliana recalled that the don’t see themselves as victims.” fri 13.03.2015

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Ex-hairdresser who bought Birmingham Chinese makers roll out wave City fights HK of Apple watch lookalikes conviction

Joe McDonald, Douglas Wong Business Writer, Beijing ap photo he money-laundering conviction of a for- month before Apple Tmer hairdresser who bought British soccer AInc.’s smartwatch hits club Birmingham City should be overturned the market, China’s thri- as the judge failed to consider evidence pro- ving copycat manufactu- perly, his lawyer said. rers are selling lookalikes, The lower court judge didn’t use the ri- some openly advertised as ght approach in convicting Carson Yeung of Apple copies. five charges of laundering HKD721 million “Apple Smart Watch with (USD93 million), his lawyer Clare Montgo- Bluetooth Bracelet,” says mery told the Hong Kong Court of Appeal yes- one vendor on Alibaba terday. Group’s popular Taobao e- Hong Kong’s top court in a ruling on a sepa- commerce website. rate case after Yeung’s March 2014 conviction Photos on the vendor’s raised the level of proof prosecutors need on page appear to be the real such offenses, the lawyer told the three-judge Apple Watch. It says featu- panel. Yeung, serving a six-year jail term, fai- res on the Chinese version led to convince the lower court judge that the include text messaging and funds were winnings from gambling or profit a music player. It starts at Apple CEO Tim Cook explains the features of the new Apple Watch during an Apple event on Monday, March 9, from investments. 288 yuan (USD45), or one 2015, in San Francisco “It’s no longer good enough for prosecutors -eighth the $349 price of to simply lead evidence of third-party transac- the cheapest Apple Watch. forts” — hundreds of small, taken action against any in China and Hong Kong tions,” Montgomery said. More evidence is now Alibaba, which listed on anonymous manufacturers sellers, Alibaba said in a can pre-order its watch be- required that any reasonable person would be- the New York Stock Ex- that quickly copy the de- statement, “Alibaba Group ginning April 10, the same lieve the funds are criminal proceeds, she said. change last year after a re- sign or features of popular is dedicated to the fight day it takes orders in the Yeung, 55, was part of a money-laundering cord initial public offering, foreign mobile phones or against counterfeits. We United States, Japan, Bri- machine linked to organized crime in Macau, has faced criticism in the other products at a fraction work closely with our go- tain, France and Germany. prosecutors said during the 55-day trial. He past for hosting the sale of of the price. vernment partners, brands Most previous Apple resigned as chairman of Hong Kong-listed Bir- counterfeit goods. It says At least eight vendors on and industry associations products were released mingham International Holdings Ltd. ahead it has been taking steps to Taobao advertised watches to tackle this issue at its in China weeks or months of his conviction. reduce the problem. as “Apple Watch” or “Apple source. We also utilize te- after other markets. That Evidence was carefully considered before The flood of “me too” Watch lookalike.” Most chnology like data mining fueled a trade in iPhones Yeung was convicted, said Jonathan Caplan, a smartwatches reflects Chi- said they were compatible and big data to scrub our that were smuggled in for lawyer for the prosecution. The judge then in- na’s mix of skilled electro- with Apple’s iOS or Google platforms of counterfeits.” sale to gadget fans who ferred that Yeung would have had reasonable nics manufacturers and a Inc.’s rival Android opera- Alibaba faced controver- were willing to pay a pre- grounds to believe the funds passing through growing consumer market ting system. sy in January after a Chi- mium. his accounts were the proceeds of crime, he for bargain-price style. One vendor jokingly used nese government agency Apple lookalikes also are said. Most of the world’s per- Chinese slang for a vul- accused the company of on sale in markets in the Caplan also disagreed that Yeung was preju- sonal computers and mo- gar rich person, offering lax oversight and allowing southern city of Shenzhen, diced because multiple transactions were put bile phones are assembled an “All-New Apple Tyrant vendors to sell counterfeit “the mainland’s best place under one charge. in China. But this country’s Gold Mobile Phone-Su- goods on Taobao. The two to shop for ... hi-tech kno- A ruling on Yeung’s appeal will be handed own companies are only pporting Watch” for 288 sides settled their dispute a ckoffs,” according to the down at a later date. starting to develop design yuan ($45). few days later. The agency Hong Kong newspaper The Birmingham International Holdings, whi- skills and the ability to Eight vendors failed to said its report had no legal South China Morning Post. ch took control of the soccer club in 2009, create breakthrough pro- respond to questions from force and Alibaba promi- “Shanzhai Apple Watches appointed receivers from Ernst & Young last ducts. The Associated Press sent sed to tighten its oversight in Shenzhen Less Than 1 month to preserve its assets and business. That has led to the rise through their Taobao ac- of vendors. Day After Launch,” said a The shares have been suspended since Dec. 4. of an industry known as counts. Apple, based in Cuperti- headline on Internet portal Bloomberg “shanzhai,” or “mountain Asked whether it had no, California, says buyers Sohu.com. AP

corporate bits cam attends the 9th iata world cargo symposium the venetian macao voted ‘best hotel in macau’ in destinasian readers’ choice awards 2015 CAM’s Manager of LGD at- tended this air cargo industry The Venetian Macao is the Readers’ Choice Awards – annual conference. Best Hotel in Macau in Des- the first year Macau was ad- The theme of year’s Sym- tinAsian magazine’s 10th ded as a destination. posium was “Improving the Readers’ Choice Awards. “It’s a great honor to be re- Customer Experience, pro- The annual awards, which cognized as the best hotel moting of implementation of ask travellers to recognize in Macau by the readers of e-cargo”. During the three-day hospitality and luxury per- DestinAsian magazine for conference, the professionals formed at their best, were two years in a row,” said Cia- discussed the importance of, presented in Hong Kong on rán Carruthers, Senior Vice and the way to modernize, the Wednesday. President and Director of air cargo industry to provide The results for 2015 were Venetian and Plaza Opera- transparent and reliable servi- generated by a poll con- tions, Sands China Ltd. “The ces to customers. ducted between August and Readers’ Choice Awards are Macau International Airport October 2014. Nearly 4,000 particularly important in the representatives were able to readers voted for their favo- hospitality industry as they gain an insight into the latest rite brands in 35 categories, are a direct result of custo- The 9th World Cargo Sym- Kwan, Deputy Director of the trends of the global airfreight including hotels and resor- mers’ experiences. We will posium (WCS), hosted by the Logistics and General Avia- industry and exchange views ts, serviced residences, continue to strive to exceed International Air Transport As- tion Development Department with the representatives and di- spas, airlines, airports and our guests’ expectations at sociation (IATA), was held in (LGD) of Macau Internatio- fferent experts, helping Macau destinations. The Venetian every level and to deliver un- Shanghai, China from 10th to nal Airport Company Limited International Airport to improve Macao was also voted Best forgettable experiences for 12th March 2015. Mr. Franco (CAM) and Mr. Jim Leung, future airport operations. Hotel in Macau in the 2014 all our visitors.” 13.03.2015 fri

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Real Estate Matters The 25 questions you must ask as a tenant renting a property

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers PROJECT POKER Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing by Roy Bhasin properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants. Approaching poker like a runner

www.JMLProperty.com [email protected] approaches a marathon Juliet Risdon

All property transactions are sizeable when course, so do take the time do a security check. ber you still have other living costs to cover such I just got home after a three-week trip to minutes of meditating I want to do. It’s all compared with most other decisions. How secure is the external security door ? Is as food and utilities. the PCA and traveling a bit around the US. slow progress. There is a couple of weeks It follows then that we should give these tran- there a security guard or video surveillance sys- sactions the extra time and attention that they tem ? Does the front door feel safe to you…. Is Am I paying for a whole lot of amenities, While the whole trip was fantastic, I’d like where I will be going to India for my bro- warrant, but this does not always happen. In there a deadbolt? and will I really use them? to hone in on one particular part. Every ther’s wedding, so I planned for that. I won’t many instances it isn’t so much an issue of If the apartment is on a low floor is there a cage Apartments offer a wide range of amenities to year at the PCA we have our Team Pokers- be playing any poker but I will still meditate motivation, but rather not knowing the right over the windows ? attract occupants. tars Online meeting where we discuss our and put in a little bit of study so my game questions to ask. These questions are important not just for your The more expensive apartment buildings offer plans amongst one another and our team doesn’t become stale. I have decided to take This series deals with key questions we can ask. peace of mind, but also if you’re getting renter’s amenities like fitness facilities and pools, whilst Knowing the answers to these questions can insurance, which you SHOULD do (contact other apartments might offer appliances such manager, and also get some great talks by Sunday’s off from playing poker. I put in help to avoid misunderstandings and, in many your bank and they will be able to help you with as washer/dryers and dishwashers in the unit. professionals in the industry. This year one hour of study a day there which is likely cases, will save time, money or both. a insurance policy). Landlords often have to pay more and therefo- one of the talks we received was by poker to be watching a training video rather than With the high costs and the potential happiness Am I getting a good deal? re charge more for these amenities, so it makes mental game coach Jared Tendler, and intense study using software. In the past I of your family at stake, it is natural to be concer- It’s always a good idea to investigate comparati- sense for potential tenants to consider carefully boy, was it great. have had issues with burn out where I fo- ned that you are both making a good decision ve rates in a building. whether or not they will make use of them. and getting value for money. If the apartment is more expensive or much I have gotten some 1-on-1 coaching from cus too intensely on poker for too long a pe- The trouble is you may find yourself renting a cheaper than other apartments, it’s better to ask How much will it cost me to move in? Jared in the past, so I was a little weary riod and rest days are (again, just like with property whilst starting a new job, moving your “why” before moving in. When you hear the monthly rent you might as to whether or not I’d learn anything running) paramount, especially in staving family to a new country and enrolling the kids Another factor to look at is how quickly rental need to take a seat and catch your breath, but new from his talk. However any worries off burnout for me. in a new school all at the same time. rates have gone up or down in the building. the move-in fees may in some cases cause per- were quickly dismissed. Something that You might notice the amount of work on Of course it is important to do your homework If you like the building and rents have been manent heart failure ! about any potential property you are conside- increasing, you might want to consider a lease As a standard requirement, you will need the hit home the hardest was when he spoke my game. I intend to do and think it’s a lot. ring to rent, and with so many things going on longer than two years that contains an increase equivalent of four months rent when moving about taking a slow and steady approach I have never placed this high an importan- you also have to remember to ask your agent in years three and four. into a new apartment. to poker playing and learning - similar ce on poker study and have always been the most important questions about the pro- By agreeing to a rent increase you can at least You will be paying for the current month’s rent, to the approach a runner would take to able to just sit down and play hands and perty you are considering. have the certainty of staying in the building and and this will either be the ‘pro-rata’ amount if training for a marathon. If you want to be successful. As the games get tougher The list below is in no particular order and is a apartment you enjoy for the term of the lease. you are moving in midway through the month, suggested starting point to help identify which or it will be a while month’s rent with the rent go from being able to run 5 kilometres to though I am quickly learning how crucial questions to ask. Can I actually afford this? due on the moving-in date every month. completing a half marathon you’re going it is to put in the hours away from the ta- Excellent question! You will also need to pay a refundable security to need weeks and months of slowly in- ble. That’s another thing I learnt while at How safe is it? A generally accepted rule is to spend no more deposit usually equal to two months rent that is creasing your distance until you hit your PCA and while hanging out with players This question is often the major concern when than 35 percent of your after-tax income on held by the landlord or representative in case of goal. After a bad 2014 I knew that I nee- far more successful than I. It makes sen- people first arrive in Macau. They have heard housing expenses. damages or breakages in the apartment. stories about the dangers of living in Asia, and If take-home pay is MOP $24,000 a month, Finally you will also be required to pay an Agen- ded to apply this approach to my poker se now why some people are crushing the these stories combined with a natural fear of that’s MOP $8,400 for rent and utilities. cy Fee / Finders Fee if you are using an agent to playing and learning. highest stakes and others like me have new environments play havoc with a persons This becomes a major factor as prices rise, and find an apartment, and this is usually equal to So that’s exactly what I have done. I crea- had trouble breaking into them. I hope mind. especially if you are also keeping another house one month’s rent. ted a chart just like a runner might have to overcome that hurdle this year and get In terms of crime, you will struggle to find many overseas. A word of caution here on utilities: Some things where each week and day is broken down back to the higher stakes PLO games - and places safer than Macau. Crimes against the ge- People do tend to stretch themselves a little thin may be covered in the rent, others not. Ask if neral population are rare, especially those of a and spend more than 35 percent on their hou- cable TV and trash removal are covered ? The with goals to hit. I segmented each day with my plan in place I think I am putting violent nature. sing costs. tenants usually pay on a consumption basis for down into three parts - the number of hands myself in the best position I can to achieve However, crimes do happen occasionally of It is of course a personal decision, but remem- utilities. I want to play, and the hours of study and my goals. ad fri 13.03.2015

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in areas where access was difficult. Carvalho da Rocha said bloomberg that, under the 2013/2017 National Development Pro- gram, there are goals that the sector should reach to make IT services more ac- cessible to the population. Economy Minister Abraão Gourgel closing the Forum, underlined the importance ngola currently has of telecommunications and Aabout 14 million users of information technologies, mobile networks, 3 million saying that as they evolve Internet users and over they reduce the cost of fi- 400,000 users of multime- nancial transactions, whi- dia libraries, said the Minis- ter of Communications and Information Technology Angola has Wednesday in Luanda. The population of Angola a population is 24 million people, accor- ding to the Census conduc- of 24 million ted in 2014. Minister José Carvalho le boosting production at da Rocha, who gave the companies in various sec- opening speech of the first tors of the economy. Angolan Forum of Tele- He noted that companies communications and Infor- now feel empowered to ex- mation Technology in 2015, plore new activities and, as pointed out that the sector production processes beco- indicators on public policies me increasingly informa- for the area, as outlined in a tion intensive, so does the White Paper, had an impact importance of this favorable throughout Angola, notably effect. MDT/Macauhub

Mozambique is the gateway to Southern Africa, China Daily says

ozambique is a “gateway to the south of the Afri- Mcan continent” with “unlimited natural resources,” “an enviable location” and “new industries,” according to a description given by state-run newspaper China Daily. “Mozambique is a diamond waiting to be polished with the help of its main Asian partner, China,” the newspaper said in a three-page supplement dedicated to that Portu- guese-speaking African country. Saying that Mozambique has large tracts of land availab- le for agricultural production, “and so it should be simple to feed the population,” the paper cites examples of Chi- nese companies, such as Wanbao Grains and Oils, which is investing USD200 million in rice production on a large scale in Gaza province, south of the country. Paul Muxanga, CEO of the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Facility said, “we are delighted with the fact that China is supporting our economic development, given that our country offers exceptional conditions for investments.” The newspaper also refers to the investment of China State Grid Corporation that will be made in the construc- tion of the South-Central power transmission line in part- nership with Portuguese power grid company REN, which is the major shareholder, to connect the country’s main hydropower facility to centres of consumption. China supported Mozambican ruling party Frelimo in its fight against Portugal and was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Mozambique, on its day of independence, 25 June, 1975. In 2014, two-way trade between China and Mozambique more than doubled, to US$3,620 million, with a balance of US$310 million in China’s favour, according to statisti- cs from the China Customs Service. MDT/Macauhub 13.03.2015 fri

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companies and manufacturers cut jobs or close. ap photo In Taiyuan, the Shanxi pro- vincial capital and the home of the China Coal Museum, a 47-year-old woman was killed in December when police fou- ght with laid-off workers who were demanding unpaid wa- ges at a construction site. In southeastern Guangdong province, a wave of factory closures has led to at least 205 strikes or protests by laid-o- ff workers since August over unpaid wages, according to the China Labour Bulletin, a research group in Hong Kong. In many cases police beat and detained protesters. Fu, a second-generation mi- ner, said he came to Gujiao in 2013 after a two-year course in mining technology in his hometown east of the provin- cial capital. He said all 270 of his classmates went to work in coal mines. Fu said the industry in his hometown is so anemic that at some pits two miners sha- re one job, working alternate months. He said one former co-worker in Gujiao got a job in a pharmacy but most see no alternative to mining. “If I work at the mine, I get a salary,” Fu said. In hopes of encouraging hou- seholds to spend, Beijing is allowing wages to rise. Domestic consumption, a pi- Coal miners return to the surface after their eight hours shift at a coal mine in Gujiao in northern China’s Shanxi province llar of Beijing’s plan, accoun- ted for just over half of eco- nomic growth last year for the first time, according to gover- Economic evolution causes nment data. But uncertainty about the fu- ture, as well as a need to save for school fees and medical small town upheaval emergencies, prompts many households to avoid spending any pay increases. Joe McDonald economic model that has run to about 3,000 yuan ($500) ted its slowest growth at just “People’s consumption is Business Writer, Gujiao out of steam after delivering per month. 4.9 percent. lagging,” said Zuo Aijun, a years of blistering growth ba- “I have considered switching Chinese leaders have pro- 32-year-old truck driver at a his city in China’s nor- sed on trade and investment industries, but right now all mised to generate new jobs Gujiao mine who has started Tthern coal country hardly in construction and heavy in- industries are bad,” said Fu, by opening more of the state- a string of small businesses on looks like it is in trouble. Af- dustry. smoking a cigarette as he sat dominated economy to pri- the side. ter three decades fueling Chi- on his bed in a room he shares vate business. But they have Five days a week, he works na’s industrial boom, its wide, in a company dormitory with yet to cut back monopolies eight hours a day at the mine tree-lined avenues are filled Consumption two other miners. and other privileges for po- for 3,000 yuan ($485) a mon- with late model cars. Markets of coal declined Nationwide, last year’s eco- litically favored government th, then another six hours at are crowded with people. nomic growth fell to a 24 year companies that reform advo- his own businesses, making That activity masks malaise. in 2014 for the low of 7.4 percent. President cates say are a drag on deve- up to 4,000 yuan ($650) on Surging demand for coal that Xi Jinping, invoking an Ame- lopment. the side. once propelled Gujiao and its first time in 14 rican phrase, has dubbed this “The progress is modest and Zuo is confident his family 200,000 people is ebbing, and the “new normal.” The ruling gradual, and still quite small will do well but realistic about along with it the local eco- years Communist Party this mon- compared to what is needed,” the challenge of encouraging nomy. th announced its lowest ever said RBS economist Louis his new customers to spend. “This year is impossible,” The World Bank and other target for annual economic Kuijs. “People feel they need to said Li Qiumei, who sells fruit analysts say a shift to service growth at 7 percent, barely One-industry towns such as keep money in their pocket as on the street. Wearing a parka industries and domestic con- half of its explosive peak of Gujiao that grew up as centers insurance,” he said. AP and padded balaclava in the sumer spending is unavoidab- 14.2 percent in 2007. The In- for manufacturing or mining bright winter sunshine, she le if the world’s second-­largest ternational Monetary Fund are expected to develop a mix said her income has fallen by economy is to keep growing. expects growth to decline fur- of retailing, technology, tou- half since last year to about 50 The change could also ther in coming years. rism and other businesses. yuan (USD8) a day. help China cope with another Conditions are worse in areas Gujiao’s mayor announced Asked when she expects cost of its boom: badly pollu- that relied on steelmaking and ambitious plans last year to things to get better, Li shrug- ted air and water. other heavy industries. develop “new energy” indus- 10.3m ged and said, “I don’t know.” In Gujiao, 550 kilometers Coal mining, which employs tries such as solar panel ma- From coal country to the ex- southwest of Beijing in Shan- 10.3 million people, has been nufacturing. That will be a tall Coal mining employs port-driven manufacturing xi province, miner Fu Senjie hit especially hard. Consump- order for a town in an isolated 10.3 million people in heartland of China’s sou- said he still works the same tion of coal declined in 2014 river valley with no backgrou- China theast, millions of people are eight- and 12-hour shifts but for the first time in 14 years. nd in technology. enduring wrenching change. his pay has been cut by half Shanxi was China’s top coal Across China, labor tensions Beijing is trying to replace an compared with two years ago producer last year and repor- have soared as construction fri 13.03.2015

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Didi Tang, Beijing RUBBER STAMP LEGISLATURE t’s China’s biggest pu- blic political event of the year, but with little in the Beijing’s biggest public political way of debate to report, Ilocal media have resorted to issuing photo galleries of at- tractive journalists or delega- event - is it relevant? tes who dance ballet to relieve their fatigue. Much of the National Peo- ple’s Congress coverage looks more like celebrity-watching ap photo than political journalism, and many members of the Chinese public are increasingly disen- chanted over their lack of in- volvement in an annual legis- lature that does little to hold the government to account. Instead, they see congres- sional delegates not only en- dorsing, but raving about, the summary of past successes and directives for the future contained in the annual “work report” of the Communist Par- ty-controlled government. “Everyone expresses full su- pport for the document but never questions its inadequa- cies or raises doubts. They are not fulfilling their duties as people’s representatives, but have come to Beijing simply to attend a study session for 10 days or so,” said Beijing-based historian and independent commentator Zhang Lifan. Since Premier Li Keqiang de- livered the report at the ope- ning of the congress on March 5, the key activity of the 2,964 Chinese photographers take pictures as a group of attendants pose for photos on the steps of the Great Hall of the People during a plenary session of the National People’s delegates has been to gather Congress in Beijing in groups to evaluate it befo- re the close of the session on Shanghai accountant Zhu from the Communist Party, much more tightly controlled exotic flavor — and of young, March 15. Yin is typical of many Chine- though about a fifth are from by the Communist Party. pretty waitresses who arran- There have been no disa- se in saying she feels no con- token parties that give the le- That committee, which mee- ge the delegates’ teacups in pproving voices. Delegates nection to the congress or its gislature a veneer of diversity. ts all year, deals with most perfect lines. Delegates taking have enthusiastically com- delegates. It’s supposed to be a forum for legislation. For instance, it is selfies have been prominent mended the report as pragma- She said she has pressing is- bringing concerns of the pro- handling an anti-terror bill this year, as have images of fe- tic, innovative, reassuring and sues for which she’d like their vinces to the leadership, but that has drawn concerns of fo- male delegates dancing ballet inspiring. State media echo help, including transferring her often appears more of a top- reign governments over plans in a group. those remarks. mother’s social insurance bene- down event disseminating the for China to demand keys to Over the weekend, the offi- A popular joke circulating fits to another location. But she leadership’s priorities. encryption of secure commu- cial Xinhua News Agency car- in China’s social media this added, “I don’t even know how That top-down nature has nications. ried articles by a reporter who year is that the Communist to contact a delegate.” only expanded under par- Some news does emerge from showed unapologetic admira- Party is its own drama cri- ty leader and President Xi the congress’ stage-managed tion for legislative spokeswo- tic, and that the congress is a Jinping, who has consolida- proceedings at Beijing’s Great man Fu Ying, calling her a show “written, directed, per- Much of ted his powers at the expense Hall of the People, including “goddess.” formed — and praised” by the of other institutions, inclu- the government’s economic Another Xinhua reporter ex- party. the National ding the NPC, said Ming Xia, growth target for the coming pressed her excitement at in- Delegates can abstain or vote People’s a political scientist at City year — this year pegged at 7 terviewing Chen Daoming, an “no” on the work report, whi- University of New York who percent, down from 7.5 per- aloof celebrity actor who ser- ch is considered embarrassing Congress studies China’s legislative sys- cent last year. ves on the NPC’s top advisory to the leadership, though tho- tem. The session also offers a rare panel, which meets concur- se votes are always a tiny mi- coverage The congress has become in- chance for foreign reporters to rently with the legislature in nority with no sway over any looks more creasingly detached from the question government minis- Beijing. The reporter gushed outcome. public, and its makeup of bu- ters, including the premier. that Chen not only agreed to Nobody illustrates the ru- like celebrity sinesspeople, government of- However, government offi- be interviewed but helped her bberstamp nature of the legis- ficials and party members has cials work behind the scenes edit her story, line by line — lature better than Shen Jilan, watching become increasingly elite, Xia with reporters to vet their an admission that drew deri- 85, from the northern provin- said. questions ahead of time, and sion online over the journa- ce of Shanxi. She has served in than political The full NPC rarely votes on only those with pre-screened listic integrity of state media every National People’s Con- journalism legislation; six of the 10 most questions are called upon at reporters. gress since the founding of recent sessions did not have the news conferences. Columnist Song Zhibiao wro- the People’s Republic of Chi- a single bill on their agenda. Proposals perennially popu- te in an article circulating on- na and takes pride in the fact Shi Gaole, a salesman for an This year’s session, which in- lar with the public, such requi- line that state media reporters that she has never voted “no” electrical company, said he cludes an amendment to a ring public officials to disclose unable to write about anything since becoming a delegate in has never voted for a delegate procedural law, is among the their assets, never gain trac- substantial were resorting to 1954. and believes they are selected exceptions. tion in the legislature. vignettes. “To be a people’s delegate from famous people. “I don’t China’s Constitution grants To try to keep the public in- “When there is nothing to is to listen to the party, and know who designates them legislative powers both to the terested, state media have is- report but you must keep up I have never cast a ‘no’ vote,” to be delegates, and I do not NPC and its Standing Commi- sued photo galleries of good the appearance of liveliness, Shen has been quoted as want to know,” Shi said. ttee, a much smaller group of -looking female journalists — vignette reporting is the best saying in state media reports. The vast majority are drawn about 150 members who are including foreign ones for an genre of news,” Song said. AP 13.03.2015 fri

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Australia being lured to a senseless and violent death by a brutal ter- rorist organization that is in- tent on imposing suffering and Gov’t investigating if teen misery not only in Iraq and in Syria, but beyond,” Bishop said. Bishop would not comment on an unsourced report by the among IS suicide bombers Australian Broadcasting Corp. that said Bilardi had left a se- ries of homemade bombs in his Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Melbourne home before leaving for the Middle East. The ABC ustralia’s govern- ap photo reported that Bilardi’s family Ament was trying to con- found the devices after he left firm reports that an Australian and alerted authorities, who teenager was among a group then began tracking his move- of suicide bombers from the ments overseas. Islamic State movement that Victoria state police later said struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar in a statement that they first province. learned about Bilardi when The Islamic State group clai- he was reported missing in med in an online statement late 2014. While searching his that it used foreign fighters home, police found chemicals from Australia, Belgium, Syria that could be used to construct and Uzbekistan in Wednes- an explosive device — but no day’s attack, in which at least actual devices were found. 13 suicide car bombs exploded At least 90 Australians are almost simultaneously in Ra- currently fighting with and su- madi, the provincial capital of pporting terrorist groups in Anbar, killing two soldiers and Iraq and Syria, and more than wounding eight. One photo that 20 have already been killed, was posted featured a white van Bishop said. They are among driving down a dusty street, about 100 whose passports alongside an image of a you- have been canceled to prevent ng man who closely resembles them joining militants or from 18-year-old Australian Jake Bi- In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, Islamic State group militants hold up their flag as they patrol in a commandeered returning home. lardi sitting behind the wheel. Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah More than 30 fighters have re- “I can confirm that we’re turned to Australia and at least seeking to independently veri- lardi the “White Jihadi” in De- had been on Australia’s radar to cancel the passports of peo- 140 people in Australia are fy that he was part of this suici- cember after images of him for several months, and in Oc- ple they suspect of engaging in actively supporting extremist de bombing attack,” Australian armed with a rifle in front of tober, she canceled his passport extremism. The law also makes groups, according to the gover- Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Islamic flags appeared on social on the advice of the country’s it a crime for Australians to vi- nment. said yesterday. “The news media sites. security agencies. sit certain terrorism hot spots Two Australia-born brothers appears very grim, but we are The teen left his home in the Last year, the Australian go- overseas. aged 16 and 17 were stopped seeking to independently veri- southern Australian city of Mel- vernment passed sweeping “If these reports are con- at Sydney Airport last week on fy it.” bourne in August and headed to counterterrorism legislation firmed, this is another tragic suspicion they were heading to The British press labeled Bi- the Middle East. Bishop said he that made it easier for officials example of a young Australian join Islamic State fighters. AP

Rod McGuirk, Canberra “We haven’t had a spe- cific response to that su- ustralia has of- ggestion,” Bishop told Australia offers to pay for Afered to cover Indo- reporters. nesia’s costs for keeping The letter, seen by The two Australian heroin tra- Associated Press, propo- 2 prisoners’ keep in Indonesia ffickers in prison for life ses a prisoner exchange if Jakarta grants perma- in which the Australians these two important pro- nent stays of execution, would be swapped for cesses have been comple- the foreign minister said three Indonesian drug ap photo ted,” she added. yesterday. traffickers held in Austra- A senior Indonesian Australia is lobbying lian prisons. official on Tuesday war- hard to prevent the exe- “The Australian govern- ned Australia to tone cutions by firing squad ment would be prepared down its criticism of of Australians Andrew to cover the costs of the on- the planned executions, Chan, 31, and Myuran going life imprisonment of saying Canberra should Sukumaran, 33. They are Mr. Chan and Mr. Sukuma- be grateful to Indone- among nine foreign drug ran should a transfer not be sia for keeping asylum convicts plus an Indone- possible,” Bishop wrote. seekers away from Aus- sian who are to be exe- In a response dated tralian shores. cuted soon on Nusakam- Sunday, also seen by AP, The minister for politi- bangan Island prison off Marsudi wrote that Pre- cal, legal and security af- the main island of Java. sident Jokowi Widodo “is Australian death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran, right and Andrew Chan, left fairs, Tedjo Edy Purdjian- The offer to pay for the of the position that such to, said at a seminar that prisoners’ keep was made an exchange cannot be represented President applications. A Jakar- has invited Mr. Chan, Mr. if about 10,000 migrants by Australian Foreign Mi- undertaken.” Widodo failed to present ta court dismissed the Sukumaran and their ori- who have been stopped nister Julie Bishop last Also yesterday in Jakar- authorization letters sig- appeal last month, ruling ginal lawyer to make state- in Indonesia from rea- week in a letter to her In- ta, the High Administra- ned by the president and that clemency is a prero- ments in a matter relating ching Australia were donesian counterpart Ret- tive Court adjourned a attorney general. gative of the president. to alleged corruption of the allowed to proceed, “the- no Marsudi and reported hearing on an appeal by Lawyers for the Austra- Bishop also said that trial judges,” she wrote. re will be a human tsuna- by The West Australian the Australian pair un- lians have appealed to the an inquiry into alleged “These are serious alle- mi in Australia.” newspaper yesterday. til March 19 because of a high court, arguing that corruption of the Aus- gations and I request that Australian Prime Minis- Bishop confirmed the lack of proper paperwork. Widodo’s refusal to grant tralians’ trial judges was your government accord ter Tony Abbott respon- offer was among several Presiding Judge Ujang clemency did not give another legal avenue due legal process and ins- ded Wednesday by saying suggestions of alternati- Abdullah said state pro- proper and individual open to the pair. titute a pause in the exe- he isn’t picking fights ves to executions. secutors who were to have consideration to their “A Judicial Commission cution preparations until with anyone. AP fri 13.03.2015

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USA RUSSIA BBC: Nemtsov’s daughter says 2 officers shot at protest Putin to blame outside Ferguson police station for death ap photo

squad cars blocked the street. Jackson was the sixth em- ap photo ployee to resign or be fired af- ter a Justice Department report last week cleared Wilson of civil rights charges in the shooting. The daughter of Russian Wilson has since resigned. A opposition politician Boris separate Justice Department Nemtsov says that President report released the same day Vladimir Putin is “politically” responsible for her father’s found a profit-driven court sys- death. In an interview in tem and widespread racial bias Italy with the BBC, Zhanna in the city police department. Nemtsova said that her Mayor James Knowles III an- father was “a critic of Putin, nounced Wednesday that the he fought with Putin, with city had reached a mutual se- nobody else,” and said she paration agreement with Jack- blamed the president for his son that will pay Jackson one death. “After his death the year of his nearly USD96,000 opposition is beheaded and annual salary and health cove- everybody is frightened,” she rage. Jackson’s resignation be- said. The killing of the 55-year- comes effective March 19. old Nemtsov, who was shot Jackson had previously re- dead near the Kremlin in late A protester yells at police outside the Ferguson Police Department, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. sisted calls by protesters and February, has infuriated the some of Missouri’s top elected opposition, which sees Putin Jim Slater, Ferguson they were conscious, but he satisfied with the resignations leaders to step down over his as responsible for his death. described their injuries as “se- of Jackson and City Manager handling of Brown’s shooting Five people have been detained wo officers were shot rious.” John Shaw earlier in the week, and the weeks of protests that and two of them charged in front of the Fergu- “I don’t know who did the the St. Louis Post-Dispatch re- followed. He was widely criti- for carrying out the killing, son Police Department shooting, to be honest with ported. cized from the outset, both for though Nemtsov’s colleagues early yesterday, autho- you,” Belmar said, adding that The protest was a familiar an aggressive police response to worry that whoever ordered Trities said, as demonstrators he could not provide a descrip- scene in Ferguson, which saw protesters and for his agency’s his murder may not be found. The interview was broadcast gathered after the resignation tion of the suspect or gun. similar and much larger de- erratic and infrequent releases Wednesday night. of the city’s police chief in the He said his “assumption” was monstrations after the shoo- of key information. wake of a scathing Justice De- that, based on where the of- ting death of black 18-year-old During a 12-minute news con- Venezuela partment report alleging bias ficers were standing and the Michael Brown last summer by ference, Knowles said Jackson in the police department and trajectory of the bullets, “these city police officer Darren Wil- resigned after “a lot of soul- Congress OKs court system. shots were directed exactly at son. When Wilson, who is whi- searching” about how the com- A 32-year-old officer from my officers.” te, was cleared in November by munity could heal from the ra- president’s nearby Webster Groves was The shots were fired shortly af- a state grand jury, the decision cial unrest stemming from the decree powers shot in the face and a 41-year ter midnight as protesters were set off further protests, looting fatal shooting last summer. -old officer from St. Louis gathered following the resigna- and fires. Wednesday was the “The chief is the kind of hono- County was shot in the shou- tion of embattled Ferguson Po- first time an officer at a protest rable man you don’t have to go lder, St. Louis County Police lice Chief Thomas Jackson on had been shot. to,” Knowles said. “He comes to ap photo Chief Jon Belmar said at a news Wednesday. Before the shoo- After the shooting, officers with you when he knows that this is conference. Both were taken to ting, some at the protest were guns and in riot gear circled the something we have to seriously a hospital, where Belmar said chanting to show they weren’t station, and more than a dozen discuss.” AP

Syria Venezuela’s Congress has approved President Nicolas Maduro’s request for expanded powers, which he says he Aid groups criticize UN Security needs to protect the socialist South American country Council over humanitarian crisis from U.S. “imperialism.” Maduro’s request to enact laws for up to six months Ryan Lucas, Beirut Since the conflict began, more than without consulting Congress 220,000 people have been killed and 1 was given initial approval ore than 20 international aid ap photo million wounded. Nearly 4 million Syrians by lawmakers Tuesday. It’s Mgroups sharply criticized the United have fled and registered as refugees in expected to gain final approval Nations Security Council yesterday, saying neighboring countries, while another 7.6 Sunday. Opponents say the it has failed to implement three resolutions million people are displaced inside Syria. law further erodes the rule of law in the deeply polarized passed last year seeking to boost humani- All told, an estimated 12.2 million Syrians nation. Maduro requested tarian assistance to Syrian civilians caught are in need of humanitarian assistance, ac- the powers after Washington in the country’s civil war. cording to the U.N. imposed sanctions Monday on The 21 humanitarian and human rights The spiraling crisis spurred the Security a handful of top Venezuelan organizations delivered a “failing grade” Council — usually paralyzed by divisions officials accused of human for world powers and the broader inter- on Syria — to pass three resolutions last rights violations. He says he national community as Syria’s uprising year aiming to increase humanitarian aid. would use them to ensure against President Bashar Assad entered its The latest resolution, approved unani- Venezuela is never caught off fifth year. The conflict, which began with mously in December, extended cross-bor- guard by threats posed by the peaceful protests before escalating into a Syrian refugee children play in the backyard of the der aid deliveries to Syrians in rebel-held U.S. government. He was first voracious civil war, has touched off a de- Al-Rama Public School that has become home to 22 areas without approval from Damascus. granted decree powers shortly vastating humanitarian crisis that has en- Syrian families at the Lebanese-Syrian border village But the aid groups say diplomacy has not after taking office in 2013. gulfed the broader region. of al-Rama, north Lebanon translated into action on the ground. AP Those expired last year. 13.03.2015 fri

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) 12 Mar - 18 Mar 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 14:30 RTPi Live 18:10 Brazil Avenue (Repeated) 19:00 TDM Talk Show (Repeated) 19:30 Soap Opera 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:20 Revenge S2 22:10 Brazil Avenue 23:00 TDM News 23:30 Europa League Highlights 23:45 Portuguese Movie 00:50 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 1983 Nkomo flees Zimbabwe ‘death threats’ Saturday Cinderella_ room 1 10:20 Documentary Serie The embattled leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm Joshua Nkomo, has flown into London as his country 10:40 Young Adult Director: Kenneth Branagh appears to be teetering on the brink of civil war. 11:30 Conch Bay Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett Language: English (Chinese) Mr Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s 12:20 Cooking Duration: 112min Union (Zapu) party, says he was forced to flee from Zim- babwe because his life was in danger. Troops from the 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) chappie_ Fifth Brigade have sealed off his power base in the Nde- 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast room 2 bele people’s stronghold of Bulawayo. 14:30 Soap Opera 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm Ethnic tensions between the Ndebele and Shona tribes 19:00 Contest Director: Neil Blomkamp within Zimbabwe have been rising since President Robert Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman Mugabe accused Mr Nkomo of attempting to overthrow 20:00 Miscelaneous Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) his government last year. 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Duration: 120min Mr Nkomo told a news conference, held at midnight 21:10 Drama in Bulawayo last Sunday (a week ago), the soldiers had been sent to assassinate him. He also claimed the North 22:10 Comedy Korean-trained troops had killed his chauffeur and ransa- 23:00 TDM News cked his home. 23:30 Shorts He has previously denounced the Fifth Brigade as a “po- litical army” because they are mostly made up of Shona 00:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) tribesmen supporting the ruling Zanu-PF party. 01:00 RTPi Live The day after his news conference, he fled - first to Bo- tswana by crossing a deserted part of the border in a Land Rover. The Botswana Government issued a brief state- Sunday ment saying Mr Nkomo had temporarily left Zimbabwe to 11:00 Sunday Mass try to resolve the country’s problems. He was clearly not welcome in Botswana and travelled 12:00 Miscellaneous to South Africa, to take a plane from Johannesburg to 12:30 Miscellaneous Heathrow airport. 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) The 66-year-old veteran was questioned for an hour by officials at Heathrow airport before he was allowed into 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast the country. He has been told his stay is only temporary. 14:30 Animation His arrival will be an embarrassment to the British Go- 15:40 Miscellaneous vernment, which is anxious to maintain good relations with the Zimbabwe government of Robert Mugabe. 16:30 Miscellaneous Despite being ordered not to get involved in political ac- 17:00 Miscellaneous tivities, Mr Nkomo immediately held a news conference 17:15 Miscellaneous the boy next door_ at Heathrow. room 3 18:40 Miscellaneous “It is absolutely vital that everything is done to try to 2.15, 4.00, 7.45, 9.30 pm solve the problem of that country and be able to minimise 19:30 Comedy Director: Rob Cohen the violence that has now found us in this grave situation,” Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report he said. Language: English (Chinese) 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News Duration: 91min “There is nothing that will make me not go back to that country.” 22:00 Documentary Series stand by me doraemon_ Zimbabwe’s information minister insisted Mr Nkomo’s 23:00 TDM News room 3 safety was assured - but said meaningful talks could ha- 23:30 News (3D) 7.30 pm ppen only if he returned to Harare. Mr Nkomo’s outspoken comments are likely to enhan- 23:45 Miscellaneous Language: Cantonese (Chinese) Duration: 95min ce his position as the partriarch of black nationalism in 00:40 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Zimbabwe. 01:15 RTPi Live macau tower Zipra - the military wing of Zapu - is believed to be re- grouping in Matabeleland against Mr Mugabe’s govern- 05 Mar - 18 Mar ment. chappie_ Hundreds of men are said to have left their homes in the offbeat 2.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 pm past few weeks to join up. There is little doubt they have Director: Neil Blomkamp access to large quantities of arms. expels imbabwe from Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman Courtesy BBC News FIFA Z 2018 Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese) World Cup qualifying Duration: 120min n context Zimbabwe was thrown out of 2018 World Cup qualifying I yesterday for failing to pay its national team coach. Nkomo returned to Zimbabwe to fight in the country’s first post- FIFA’s disciplinary committee said it took the action “as a independence elections in 1980. result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt” by Zim- His party lost to Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, but in an effort at heal- babwe’s soccer federation to coach Jose Claudinei Georgini. ing past rivalries, his Zapu party was invited to join a coalition gov- The decision was announced just as the first match in the ernment and he became Home Affairs minister. global World Cup qualifying program was kicking off in Asia. In 1982, Zapu was accused of hatching a plot to overthrow the gov- East Timor beat Mongolia 4-1. ernment and Mr Nkomo was fired. Zimbabwe’s removal spoils FIFA’s recent claim of a first qua- Mistrust between the two sides escalated to the point where Mr lifying campaign where all its member federations would play. Nkomo was forced into exile. Zimbabwe was initially ordered by FIFA to pay the Brazilian The two rivals finally settled their differences in 1987 when Mr Nkomo became one of two vice presidents. coach in August 2012. Disciplinary proceedings were later Many in Matabeleland saw him as having sold out. Despite his opened against the Zimbabwe Football Association on the deteriorating health he kept up the attacks on whites for not becom- request of Claudinei, FIFA said. ing assimilated as true Zimbabweans. In April 2013, ZIFA was given 60 days to pay half the amount He died in 1999. it owed Claudinei, and 120 days to pay the full amount. fri 13.03.2015

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M ap photo mising their individual carbon footprint. It’s simply carpet by the time Floyd conference at a downtown to help alleviate labor about utilising a minimum level of resources in our Mayweather Jr. arrived, theater was any indication, abuses at factories daily lives. The message is harder to deliver to peo- fashionably late for their first the fight is already on its way in Cambodia that ple in communities more recently developed, such appearance together to pro- to record business. More than manufacture their as in China or Macau, especially when the eco- mote a fight that really needs 700 credentials were issued products, a human rights nomies have developed rapidly and citizens have no promoting. for the event, and both figh- other priorities. Development uses resources, but organization says. But it didn’t take long yester- ters walked a red carpet lined at some point the use can become wasteful; we day for Mayweather to put the by photographers and video can suffer affluenza. After all, that’s what luxury MYANMAR authorities free is – unnecessary consumption. fight into perspective in a way cameras that was worthy of several students detained A recent trip to USA left me perturbed. This is the that only a fighter nicknamed the Academy Awards. after a bloody protest, country that has contributed most to overall global “Money” can. Mayweather came late, but others involved in carbon emissions, but also as a well-educated and “You get to this level where though he could walk over the stand-off over a developed nation, it should be well on its way to you’re making nine figures from his condo next door. new education law will sustainable consumerism. I’d learnt from an ear- in 36 minutes,” Mayweather The pay-per-view king was face charges including said, “and you have to be a businesslike and relatively lier trip that it was difficult to purchase coffee in a disrupting stability. cup that wasn’t destined for landfill. This time, I was winner.” subdued, with nothing bad to prepared and took my own KeepCup® on my tra- Mayweather had the math say about Pacquiao or anyone AFGHANISTAN An Afghan vels. (KeepCup is a Melbourne-originated global right, though he declined to in his camp. official says Taliban initiative for behavioural change within our conve- say just how much he will “It’s always good to have the gunmen have killed seven nience coffee-culture.) The reusable cup is barista make in the May 2 fight that ld range from $1,500 in the best fight the best,” Maywea- policemen in an ambush standard size, so most cafes happily fill it with my has stirred excitement far upper reaches of the MGM ther said. “That’s what’s so in- in the northern Kunduz morning dose, some even offering a BYO discount. beyond the boxing commu- Garden to $7,500 at ringside. triguing about this match up.” province. But in the States, on the 1/7th Strip, I came across nity. He will get 60 percent of The pay-per-view price wasn’t Mayweather said he was a problem at a café in the Venetian. Apparently, the purse in what is expected announced, but is expected to adamant about making the officious health regulations wouldn’t allow the ba- to be boxing’s richest fight be in the $90-100 range. fight, pestering manager Al SRI LANKA Indian Prime rista to make the coffee in my precious KeepCup. ever, a haul that could exceed They may have to reach deep Haymon to get it done. But Minister Narendra Modi’s However, they suggested, they could make it in USD120 million for Maywea- into their pockets to afford it, the biggest bout in recent official visit to Sri Lanka their throw-away cup and I could transfer it to my ther alone. but there’s little doubt that history still may not have reflects a bounce back own. Glory be! How to defeat two purposes: heal- Pacquiao won’t do badly, boxing fans will buy it. They happened if not for a chance in bilateral relations as th regulatory intent and environmental protection! either, in a fight that was five meeting between Maywea- the South Asian power Lost for words, I did without that morning. want to see what Mayweather years in the making and will and Pacquiao say they are ea- ther and Pacquiao at a Miami seeks to mitigate China’s And at Starbucks, Universal Studios a week or growing influence on its so earlier, I’d not brought my cup, but on billboards break records in another way ger to show — the two biggest Heat basketball game in Ja- Indian Ocean neighbors. they advertise their coffee in real ceramic vessels. — it will cost fans more than draws in boxing settling thin- nuary — a meeting that took I’d have one of those, I said. The barista wasn’t any other fight in history gs between them once and for place only because a big storm IRAQ Rockets and mortars keen to provide me with a ‘real cup’ as they often to watch both at the MGM all in the ring. on the East Coast delayed Pa- get stolen and he’d have his wages docked if I abs- Grand arena or in the comfort “We don’t want to leave a cquiao’s flight. echo across Saddam conded. I promised to sit within view and he let me of their living rooms. question mark in the minds Mayweather went to Pa- Hussein’s hometown of do without the ubiquitous symbol of the throw-away At the only press conference of fans of boxing,” said Pac- cquiao’s hotel suite af- Tikrit yesterday as Iraqi culture. the fighters will do prior to the quiao, from the Philippines. terward and the two talked security forces clash with My problem remains that I don’t have the words: week of the fight, promoters “It’s also very important this and decided the fight had to Islamic State militants a Not the words to explain to teenage guests why announced that tickets wou- fight is for the honor of my be made. AP day after sweeping into taking more food than needed and tossing the re- the Sunni city north of mainder is not only wasteful but disrespectful to Baghdad. Recapturing host, cook, farmer and the animal that was grown Tikrit is seen as a key step for our consumption. They are taught about global The toward rolling back the poverty, saving the environment and sustainability extremist group, which but don’t make the connection to their own lives decisive moment Paulo Coutinho seized much of northern and behaviours. Not the words to offer a 15-se- and western Iraq last cond sound bite to supermarket check-out staff summer and controls why when I bring my own bags, I don’t want my about a third of Iraq and dairy foods wrapped in yet more plastic. Not the words to explain to dear friends why I’d prefer not Syria. to join them for dinner if the choice is buffet. Not the words to explain why an imperfect moth-nib- GREECE German bled local pear is far superior to the unblemished, officials say that the polished one carted hundreds of miles and deli- matter of compensation vered to a refrigerated shelf on a plastic-wrapped for the Nazis’ World polystyrene tray: And, bananas and oranges, don’t War II occupation of they come in their own wrapping? Not the words Greece is closed and to express my disgust at the mountains of packa- the government isn’t ging that go into my bins each month; each week; prepared to discuss the each day. Not the words to protest against what our issue further with Athens. love affair with plastic coffee pods says about our Greek Prime Minister values (Nespresso, a “Design for Unsustainability” Alexis Tsipras has revived abomination: 28 billion sold in 2013. The nearest the question of war-time used-capsule collection point is IFC Mall, HK - not debts, telling Parliament so convenient.) on Tuesday that his debt- I will eventually find the words and the sound-bi- tes. I will find a way to leave my foot-print, just not a ridden country has never been fully compensated carbon one. But I might need a little help. Ocean Station. Faster than one can notice, the LRT station near Ocean Gardens is taking shape. by Germany. fri 13.03.2015

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