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WORLD BRIEFS ap photo Macron, Le Pen advance

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can spark imagination morrow. when reading, the Cul- The event is held tural Affairs Bureau every April as a ce- Library Week kicks off (IC) said in a state- lebration of “World ment. Book Day.” Activities at the Old The Wu Yee Sun Li- Court Building over brary of the University with series of activities the weekend included of Macau (UM) is also the sale of archived participating by hos- periodicals for chari- ting a special reward he Macau Library ty, a book exchange scheme event titled TWeek 2017 kicked and book crossing (the “Fill the Campus with off on Saturday and practice of leaving a Reading Atmosphere”, will offer a lineup of ac- book in a public pla- which starts today and renato marques renato tivities for book lovers ce to be picked up, ends Friday, April 28. throughout the week. read and passed on by This event, which aims Organized by the Ma- others). Other activi- to promote reading cao Public Library, ties included English- and thinking habits in alongside the Educa- language hand puppet students on the UM tion and Youth Affairs shows and various campus, will grant free Bureau (DSEJ) and workshops such as books to library users the Macao Library “Marbling Bookmarks who borrow books and Information Ma- DIY” and “Non-woven during this week. nagement Association Fabric Memo Holder The next session of (MLIMA), the theme DIY.” the English-langua- of this year’s edition is This edition also in- ge hand puppet show “Reading and Images”. cludes an exhibition on will tell the story of Pi- The event aims to German comic books nocchio, as part of the broaden reading pers- (held from April 25 to exhibition “Storybooks pectives by exploring May 21) and several can speak” at 3:00 the relationship be- reading game booths, p.m. on Saturday, May tween images and rea- among other activities. 6 at S. Lourenço Li- ding and how visuals These will run until to- brary.

ding streets. Additionally, a Museum Day Carnival number of workshops will be Health Bureau closes held inside and outside the showcases local festivities Red Market, as well as gui- hotel pool due to ded tours dedicated to “The History and Evolution of the eventeen local mu- the history of Macau’s street Red Market.” legionella cases Sseums are co-organizing vendors will be set up outsi- In May, each museum will this year’s edition of the de the building. Billboards organize other celebrations, he Health Bureau (SSM) piping system. “Macau International Mu- introducing the background exhibitions, workshops, lec- Tlast Friday ordered the tem- The SSM said it had collected seum Day Carnival.” of these activities will also tures and free admission porary closure of the swimming water samples from all of these During a press conference be set up in the surroun- days. pool of the Parisian Macao Hotel for analysis, and that the results held last week at the Scien- in Cotai. would be available next week. ce Centre, representatives The temporary closure is among Legionnaires’ disease is an in- of each museum introduced a series of preventive measures fection caused by Legionella the event, with the opening ONE SHOT NEWS taken by the bureau following Pneumophila, a bacterium that ceremony scheduled for May three recent cases of Legionnai- can live in fresh water and other 3 at 10.30 a.m. at the Red res’ disease in Hong Kong. aquatic environments. These in- Market. SSM said two patients had clude artificial aquatic systems, The theme of this edition of stayed at The Parisian hotel be- swimming pools, cooling sys- the Carnival is festivities and tween January and March. A tems, fountains and home medi- buildings. Several of Macau’s third had stayed at the hotel cal devices. museums, in collaboration in December but only showed It is most likely to thrive and with the Macau Fishmon- symptoms in January. spread in temperatures between gers Association (Ou Mun In a statement, the SSM says 20 and 45 degrees Celsius. Sin U Hong Chong Wui), will it had collaborated with the Ma- As swimming pools are conti- combine the traditions of the cao Government Tourism Office nually disinfected through chlo- Drunken Dragon Dance and (MGTO) to conduct an inspec- rination, and have a water tem- the “Dragon Boat rice” dis- tion of the hotel unit, the day after perature cooler than the ideal en- tribution with the activities being notified about the matter vironment for Legionella Pneu- of the International Museum by the Hong Kong health autho- mophila, the risk of infection in Day Carnival. rities. swimming pools is low. According to the organi- After the inspection, the SSM The symptoms of Legionnaires’ zers, a series of activities ordered the hotel to adopt several disease include fever, dry cough, will be held on the opening measures; aside from the tem- breathing difficulty, fatigue, hea- day, including an exhibition porary closure of the swimming dache, muscle pain, abdominal about Dragon Boat rice in- The Sports Games for People with Disabilities 2017 was held yesterday at the pool, the hotel was also ordered pain and diarrhea. side the Red Market, while Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. Around 2,000 people participated, according to the to disinfect its jacuzzis, swim- The condition can be cured by models of street hawkers’ organizers. The event featured nine sports and recreational activities and three ming pool, fountains and water antibiotics. RM stalls and an exhibition on physical test areas that were open to participants and their families.

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Debate with lawmakers Chui: Population to reach 710,000 in 2020

In his reply to lawmaker An- quirements for the leaders of gela Leong, who asked about public departments. the future of the lands where In response to other the Macau-Canidrome is lo- lawmakers’ inquiries, Chui cated, Chui said that the land said that the government has “surely will not be used for reclaimed 63 illegally occu- commercial purposes.” pied land plots, which had a He stated that the govern- total area of 336,000 square ment is not overlooking the meters. He also noted that the issue. In view of the popula- government had previously tion density around the Ma- nullified 38 land concessions cau-Canidrome, the gover- in cases where leaseholders nment has considered using failed to develop the land ac- the land to build schools or cording to the timetable and facilities for sports, leisure, terms previously stated. or cultural events. The CE said the govern- ment’s full report on the de- mand for public housing wou- The ld be released in September. The report – covering topics government’s such as the possibility of a new category of public hou- full report on sing, which could also inclu- de dormitories for Macau’s the demand for youth – will serve as a refe- public housing rence point for the govern- ment when formulating long- will be released term public housing policy. Mak Soi Kun asked Chui in September questions on the Sin Fong Garden, which was evacua- “The land will not be used ted due to risk of collapse. for hotels, residences, or The case involves around 200 anything gaming related, for families. Mak said that these sure,” Chui promised. homeowners had requested Lawmaker Kwan Tsui Hang that he get Chui to solve the asked whether the govern- problem. ment will establish a mecha- Chui also said that the go- Julie Zhu Chui remarked that “culti- government will reopen the nism to handle corruption ca- vernment will use reclaimed vating people’s competen- application system for affor- ses reported by the Commis- land to build public houses ast Friday, the Chief cies” will be the most impor- dable housing. sion Against Corruption. in Taipa’s Avenida Wai Long Executive (CE) Chui tant aspect in developing the Chui said he noticed that Chui said that he has alrea- area. Sai On took part in city’s human resources. some candidates who had al- dy signed a notice revoking While leaving the AL last the Legislative As- Si Ka Lon and Zheng Anting ready received approval for the policy that allows con- Friday, Chui did not res- Lsembly plenary meeting to stressed that the government affordable housing have sin- tract employment to waive pond to media when asked answer questions from 29 should establish communica- ce encountered problems, but opening applications. The CE whether the government has lawmakers. tion with the troubled pre-sa- said he is confident of reope- also stated that he will not statistics to support their Regarding Chan Meng les Pearl Horizon buyers. ning the application system use his rights to waive educa- decision to build the houses Kam’s inquiry about the re- Chui responded that the go- within his term. tion and work experience re- in the area. gion’s population and aging vernment is deeply concer- issues, Chui said the city’s ned about the Pearl Horizon population is estimated to matters, and that five gover- reach 710,000 by 2020, and nmental departments have Two groups protest Chui’s AL appearance 750,000 by 2025. Chui noted been studying ways to solve round 60 members of the Family Reu- represented of the group when submitting the that these estimates do not the issue. nion Association and around 50 members letter. necessarily mean that Macau Lawmaker Lei Cheng I rai- A of former Pearl Horizon buyers showed up in Wong told the media that matters concerning will have that number of peo- sed the recent cases of around front of the Legislative Assembly (AL) to protest the association’s members involve “a great num- ple by that time, but pointed 61 families who were denied prior to Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On’s ar- ber of corruption cases.” out the importance of kee- their rights to own affordab- rival. Wong also asked why children of immigrants ping Macau’s public facilities le housing. Other lawmakers The Pearl Horizon demonstration was, as to other countries are automatically entitled to updated. also inquired about when the usual, led by a speaker announcing that the pre- residency together with their parents, but the sales buyers are willing to have their “heads cut same does not happen in China. and their blood flowing”, and that they will de- Lei Iok Lan, president of the Macau Federa- zone a reclamation almost concluded fend their rights as buyers of the Pearl Horizon tion Family Reunion›s (MFFR), said that “one project. by one, all [of the lawmakers] came out to speak DURING FRIDAY’s session, Chui Zone A, which will include a total of Kou Meng Pok, chairman of the Pearl Horizon for the Pearl Horizon, but nobody helps us.” shared an update on the reclamation 28,000 public housing units. Rec- Condominium Owners United Association, who “Chief Executive, when I kneeled to beg you, process of the five plots in the new lamation work in Zone B – located recently announced he would be running for you said that you would deliver my appeal to the urban reclamation areas. According on the Macau Peninsula – has been lawmaker, was also seen at the scene. Central Government. All the people in the street to him, eighty percent of the rec- completed; planning for Zone C, The Pearl Horizon demonstration saw protes- heard it,” said Lei. lamation work in Zone A has been connected to Taipa Island, will be tors seated in front of the AL, playing records “What happens now?” he added, observing completed, with the balance likely to completed this year. The govern- and holding signs. that in “three years, did he [CE] do anything? I be completed by year-end. The delay ment will initiate a tender process The second group, the Macau Family Reunion think he did nothing.” to Zone A, located next to the res- in the second quarter of the year for Association, seemed to have prepared more ma- “He [the CE] has been playing us all the way. ervoir on the Macau peninsula, was reclamation construction in Zone D, terial for their demonstration. None of the lawmakers help us […] Everyone partly related to the development which is also linked to Taipa. Recla- of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau mation work in Zone E, which is also Half an hour prior to Chui’s arrival, the asso- steps out to help Pearl Horizon. Whether there Bridge. The government is stepping connected to Taipa Island, will be ciation delivered a letter to the CE, which was are benefits, I don’t know,” he continued. up the planning processes regarding completed this year. accepted by a government representative. Allen “Is it interest? 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Macao Fashion Gallery Local brands showcase collections

Lynzy Valles been selected to participate. echoed the same sentimen- Each label will design their ts. She said her MOP150,000 he Macao Fashion Gallery own display area at the gallery, subsidy from the Cultural Af- Tkicked off its first series of deploying various sets of style fairs Bureau (IC) had enabled “Brand Story – Macau Origi- and elements such as pain- her to launch her own brand, nal Fashion Exhibition”, whi- tings and elements to present as well as a store in a shopping ch showcases garments desig- their collections. mall in Macau. ned by Macau based brands. Local brand Macon was es- Thanks to CPTTM’s assis- The first series features Ma- tablished in 2013 and is cur- tance, Leong also has consig- cau based brands Macon and rently targeting the mainland nment products in the Macau Jade.L. The first has estab- Chinese market. Macon’s de- Fashion Gallery. Jane Chan (left), Victoria Kuan (center) and Jade Leong lished a business in China’s signer and creative director However, Leong admitted online retail Tmall, while the Jane Chan told the Times that that it could be problematic Meanwhile Victoria Kuan, Kuan continued. second has opened a store in this is due to the neighboring for designers to launch their senior manager of the Creati- “We have so many young de- Macau. region’s greater demand for own store, citing high rental. ve Fashion and Image Depart- signers who really have the Macon and Jade.L are cur- fashion. Yet the company, “It will be easier for us local ment at CPPTM, shared that knowledge, and now is the rently exhibiting 15 of their owned by a factory firm, also designers to start [our] own Macau designers have become time for us to bring them to new designs on the upper sells its items in several pop- business because there are go- more advanced in terms of fa- many cities to showcase their floors of the gallery. The the- up stores and showrooms. vernment subsidies, but there bric selection, workmanship talents and business.” me of Macon’s exhibition is The market is competitive for are still many challenges for and the presentation of their Kuan revealed that Macon “Young Traveler on the Road”, Macon as it operates on an on- us, such as rental and the [li- designs. and Jade.L have registered while Jade.L’s theme is “Safe- line platform which is already mited market],” Leong said. This, she said, was the rea- their collections at the Cen- ty Corner”. home to around 9,000 fashion “Many local brands can’t son the center decided to open terstage, a fashion event that The exhibition will be held brands, according to Chan. have their own stores, so it a showroom for Macau ba- will take place in Hong Kong in three phases, and is orga- Chan commended Macau for will be more difficult for de- sed designers to present their this September. nized by the Cultural Bureau offering a substantial subsidy signers to operate their busi- masterpieces to residents and The group will also join a and Macau Productivity and to aspiring Macau based de- nesses. We can only produce visitors. government-backed trip to Technology Transfer Center signers, unlike neighboring small quantities of each piece, “At least they have their own Shenzhen later this year to (CPTTM). regions. so the cost is very high,” the room and do what they want. promote Macau’s local pro- Six local fashion labels have Jade Leong, owner of Jade.L, designer added. They can expose themselves,” ducts. ad mon 24.04.2017 th Anniversary

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100 applications Macau debuts polling station to enter Hengqin with single plate

More than 100 owners of Macau for French Presidential Election single-plated cars have applied to enter Hengqin, of which 20 have Renato Marques already completed the application process, according to a report by TDM. polling station for the For the first Hengqin disclosed this information French Presidential last Friday during the trade zone’s Election [see more time, this two-year anniversary. Moreover, on page 15] has been election will be Hengqin revealed that the trade zone setA up in Macau for the first time. has more than 30,000 registered The idea, initially promoted by really uncertain companies with total capital in excess the French Consul General for of RMB1,600 billion. There are 567 Hong Kong and Macau, Eric Ber- because we and 793 companies from Hong Kong ti, was “very well received by the and Macau, respectively. The trade zone also announced 24 new measures French community in Macau,” have four designed to improve its commercial said Éric Sautedé on the quality Ballots showcase the words Macau polling station ‘French Republic’ candidates in environment and reduce businesses’ of election committee members. operational costs. It is estimated that around 400 conditions to French nationals live in Macau, late for Hong Kong and Macau. be in line with Hong Kong,” he but many are not registered to The neighboring region has five said. move forward Eight residence vote here. There were a total of other polling stations in several Xavier Garnier, Director of the 136 voters registered to vote in locations in order to serve arou- AF, remarked that until around to the second burglaries Macau. The final results of the nd 8,000 registered voters. 5.00 p.m. yesterday there were round. Macau polling station were dis- Feedback from voters has been about 50 people voting, amoun- recorded in Q1 closed yesterday evening. Only very positive, since the new ting to around 40 percent of the Xavier Garnier sixty six French nationals voted polling station allows voters to total. This number is considered the first time, this election will The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced and there was a tie between can- exercise their rights “without normal, he said, explaining that be really uncertain, because we that there were eight cases of residence didates Emmanuel Macron and having to go to Hong Kong and “usually some people will come have four candidates in condi- burglaries reported in the first quarter François Fillon (18 votes each). spend probably all day travelling just before the closing time be- tions to move forward to the se- of this year, representing a 60 percent decrease. Last year, there were 20 cases Candidate Marine Le Pen was and also the ferry tickets,” re- cause people [voters] are allowed cond round. We are in a bit of a in total. Based on the data available, PJ third, with 11 votes. marked Sautedé, noting that he to stay and be part of the coun- suspense since we don’t really believes the decline is due to residents’ The Macau polling station, expects more than 60 percent of ting of the votes and know in first know what could happen improved awareness of home security. located at the headquarters of registered voters to vote in this hand the Macau results.” He added that this fact might PJ Director Chau Wai Kuong said that Alliance Française de Macao election. Commenting on the French be “added interest for this elec- more associations are now members of (AF), is the sixth polling station “That’s what we expect for people’s expectations of yes- tion and [as further motivation the buildings’ crime prevention system, organized by the French Consu- Hong Kong and Macau should terday’s elections, he said, “For for] people to vote in France.” which currently has 470 members across 540 buildings in Macau.

Retail merate will reportedly also take up prime real Inflation slightly estate when it opens in Hong Kong next year, up in March Victoria’s Secret opens full-range replacing Forever 21’s Causeway Bay store. Year-on-year inflation in March store this Thursday The South China increased by 0.72 percent, higher Morning Post repor- than February (+0.3 percent). The inflation is mainly due to an increase ingerie com- December 2011, which Located at St Mark’s ted that Victoria’s Se- in the prices of meals outside the pany Victoria’s Se- offered beauty produc- Square at The Vene- cret models will head L home, school fees and gasoline, cret is continuing its ts such as fragrances, tian Macao, the 15,000 to Shanghai this year, according to the Statistics and Census expansion into Asia accessories, and small square-foot store will where a four-storey, Bureau (DSEC). DSEC noted that the with the opening of a leather goods and bags. feature five iconic sets 2,500-square meter categories of Alcohol and Tobacco and full-range store at The The establishment of decorated angels’ store was opened in Fe- Education recorded the highest growth Venetian Macao this will be Victoria’s Se- wings that were presen- bruary. – with increases of 8.8 percent and Thursday. cret’s first full-range ted at Victoria’s Secret The conglomerate is 7.3 percent, respectively – compared The new store will car- store in Macau and will shows from April 26 to also opening another to March 2016. The rate of inflation ry a much wider range sell its branded accesso- May 31 to celebrate the store in Chengdu, the measured by the average of the indexes of products than its first ries, cosmetics, lingerie, grand opening. capital of Sichuan pro- of the last 12 months over the previous store at the Venetian in sportswear and more. The lingerie conglo- vince. 12 months was 1.6 percent.

ad Education New online platform to provide financial aid for tertiary education

he Tertiary Educa- quickly and easily check about a variety of higher Ttion Services Office the status of their appli- education scholarships (GAES) last week laun- cation. The platform also and loans based on merit ched a new tool for cur- offers the possibility of and financial need using rent and future tertiary shared data among seve- the platform. The plat- students seeking to apply ral public entities, so that form does not currently for financial support from users will no longer need allow applications to be the government. to fill out the same infor- submitted electronically. The online platform will mation across multiple Applicants must still deli- provide information on forms to different entities. ver physical copies of the application requirements GAES said the new completed forms to the and other services regar- measure aims to promo- relevant departments in ding government scholar- te a more efficient use of person. The platform is ships and grants. It will public resources. Users available at: www.bolsas. also enable students to can access information gov.mo 24.04.2017 mon

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gains and rising money rates,” He said. “We see less risks buying into Ignore China’s credit risks at them now as they have declined even more than corporate debt.” The extra yield investors de- mand to hold five-year AA rated your peril, says top manager corporate notes over sovereign debt climbed to 195 basis points nvestors in Chinese debt that yields and money-market ra- in February, lower than the 200 Iaren’t paying enough attention tes will climb as the central bank figure of April 2016. At the same to rising credit risks, according to guides borrowing costs higher.

bloomberg time, corporate bonds saw three a top bond fund manager. The fund manager said gover- consecutive months of negative Some market participants have nment debt is looking more at- net financing through February, focused on the impact of an im- tractive after the selloff. The ben- with more debt maturing than proving economy and rising chmark 10-year sovereign bond was issued, which may lead to money-market rates, while over- yield rose about 40 basis points cash-flow problems. looking the possibility that de- this year, more than the 35 basis The People’s Bank of China faults will increase, said He Qian, point increase for 10-year AAA has twice raised the cost of open manager of Fortis Haitong Pure rated corporate bonds. The yield -market funds and medium-term Bond Fund at HFT Investment in government debt rose 4 basis loans this year, while keeping ben- Management Co. cent of its competitors since 2014, year, according to data compiled points to 3.47 percent on Friday, chmark lending and deposit rates “It’s interesting that investors data compiled by Bloomberg by Bloomberg. The benchmark near this year’s high of 3.49 per- unchanged since October 2015. were paying more attention to show. “Such risks seem to have 10-year yield is near the highest in cent on Feb. 6. The Bloomberg Barclays China credit risks this time last year, faded from investors’ memories.” more than a year after the worst “We think sovereign and quasi- Aggregate Index tumbled 6.3 per- when there were not as many cre- Seven companies have defaulted quarterly performance in at least sovereign notes by and large have cent in the last quarter of 2016, dit events,” said He, whose $895 on a total of 10 bonds onshore so 12 years. A strengthening eco- priced in the market expectation the biggest drop since its incep- million fund has beaten 99 per- far in 2017, versus 29 for all of last nomy is bolstering expectations of consumer or producer price tion in 2004. Bloomberg

Macau Australia says Chow Tai Fook’s IPIM streamlines business Alinta takeover has won approval promotion regulations

David Stringer, on the details. Mor- Fook Enterprises’ Duet Group. Li-con- acau has simplified Edward Johnson rison decides on head office in Hong trolled companies Mand improved some of approvals for over- Kong went unanswe- already own stakes its regulations for trade and bloomberg how Tai Fook seas investors on ad- red yesterday. Alin- in Australian assets investment promotion, the CEnterprises vice from the invest- ta Energy didn’t including SA Power MSAR’s investment promo- Ltd., the Hong Kong ment board. answer a phone call Networks, Power- tion body said yesterday. conglomerate best Chow Tai Fook in placed outside nor- cor Australia and The Macau Trade and In- known for its jewelry March agreed to mal office hours. Australian Gas Ne- vestment Promotion Institu- or modification, commercial stores, has won Aus- pay investors inclu- The approval was re- tworks. te (IPIM) said it has updated registration, business tax for- tralian regulatory ding buyout firm ported earlier by the Australian utilities the regulations for companies ms, occupational tax forms, approval to acqui- TPG Capital more Australian Financial such as Alinta and attending promotional even- or certificate copy for no ou- re gas and electri- than A$4 billion Review, which didn’t Duet have attracted ts, shortening the list of do- tstanding tax. city provider Alinta (USD3 billion) for say where it got the foreign interest be- cuments required for com- The updated regulations Energy Holdings Ltd. Alinta, people with information. cause of steady cash panies to hold or participate also require that exhibition The deal has been knowledge of the The transaction flows from their gas in promotional activities such information be issued to the approved by the Fo- matter said at the follows in the path and electricity as- as exhibitions or forums. public every month, which reign Investment time. Alinta’s asse- of Li Ka-shing’s sets. The country’s The information will instead will make companies and in- Review Board and is ts in Australia span Cheung Kong Infras- power companies are be provided by other gover- terested visitors aware of pro- subject to strict con- nationwide energy tructure Holdings overseen by national nment departments such as motional activities as soon as ditions, a spokeswo- retailing through Ltd., which on Fri- and state regulators, the Financial Services Bu- possible. Such information man for Treasurer power generation day won approval which decide how reau, the institute said. was previously publicized Scott Morrison said for industrial custo- for a A$7.4 billion much network ope- According to IPIM, com- every June and December, by phone Sunday, mers. takeover of Austra- rators can charge. panies no longer need to sub- according to the previous re- without elaborating Calls to Chow Tai lian power provider Bloomberg mit copy for business opening gulations.

corporate bits restaurant at the parisian presents nominations for asia gaming ctm completes software restoration and upgrade french festival menu awards 2017 opens Le French GourMay, the fes- The second edition prize for “Outstanding tival of French culinary and of the Asia Gaming Contribution in the wine culture, will return to Awards (AGAwards) Field of Corporate So- Hong Kong and Macau this is set to take place on cial Responsibility.” May. May 16, the first eve- Up to eight rising To commemorate the event, ning of G2E Asia at stars will be recog- The Parisian Macao’s classic The Parisian. nized at the awards, French Brasserie restaurant is The event convenes according to a press offering a special four-course key stakeholders from release issued by Asia menu with champagne pairin- the Asian gaming in- Gaming Brief. gs for the entire month. dustry to celebrate This year marks the This year’s event pays ho- industry-wide achie- launch of a new “Best CTM conducted a two-day resto- sion capabilities of related network mage to the most famed wine vements. Gaming Property” ca- ration and upgrade project on April devices and enhance the stability of region of all, Champagne, and Members nominate tegory aimed at brin- 20 and 21 to fix a software bug in Internet service, CTM said in an of- the restaurant has paired the and cast their vote, ging in the region’s a pair of Internet Servers (BRAS21 ficial statement that it plans to con- promotional menu with a han- baked scallops with an onion alongside a panel of smaller non-IR opera- and BRAS22), which resulted in a duct a series of software upgrades. d-picked range of champagnes compote and crayfish sauce, judges. tions, while “Best Ga- partial Internet service blackout on The telecommunication company from some of France’s smaller foie gras and rabbit terrine en A total of 12 awards ming Area Design” will Tuesday. concluded that it would continue to growers, all of which will be croûte, asparagus veloute with will be presented include nominations The project was successfully closely monitor network operations available both by the glass and poached egg and French pou- across the land-based for specific areas, ra- completed between 4:00 am and and make an effort to ensure the the bottle. ltry breast in morel sauce on and online gaming ther than the property 5:45 a.m. on Friday. continued stability of network ser- Dishes on the menu include cabbage compote. spheres, along with a as a whole. In order to improve the compres- vices. mon 24.04.2017

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The report adds that oil sales to China increased by 60,000 barrels per day for Saudi Arabia and 37,000 barrels per day for paulo barbosa paulo Russia in March, while Angolan exports fell by 317,000 barrels per day. In March and according to se- condary sources, Angola recor- ded production of 1.614 million barrels per day, a monthly drop of 18,700 barrels per day, while Nigeria lowered production by 29,800 barrels per day to reach 1.545 million barrels per day. On the basis of direct commu- Sonangol headquarters in Luanda nication, the difference is subs- tantially higher, with Angola having produced 1.652 million n February Angola was Chi- barrels a day, with an increase Ina’s third largest oil supplier, of 3,000 barrels per day and after Saudi Arabia and Russia, Nigeria having produced 1.269 with a 10 percent share, com- million barrels, with a monthly pared to 15 percent and 14 per- drop of 156,900 barrels per day. cent, respectively, for the other This month the Nigerian two countries, according to subsidiary of Royal Dutch the monthly report on the oil Shell was forced to shut down market for April from the Or- an oil pipeline to repair sites ganization of Petroleum Expor- where people were stealing ting Countries (OPEC). oil. MDT/Macauhub

New customs tariff system feeds expectations of growth

he introduction in the co- the market. Tming months of a new cus- Despite tariff protection, the toms tariff in Angola is feeding EIU points out that operational expectations among economic challenges – such as a lack of elec- agents that replacing the current tricity, poor supply chain manage- regime will be a stimulus to the ment and lack of human resources country’s growth. – have kept the country dependent A new customs tariff system, sub- on imports. In addition to this, the mitted to the Council of Ministers fall in the price of oil following the and expected to be implemented introduction of the 2014 tariff has this year, proposes cuts on import limited access to foreign currency duties on foodstuffs such as fruit for Angolan companies, making and vegetables, cooking oils and payments to suppliers abroad grains (including wheat flour), as difficult and, as the kwanza has well as raw materials such as iron, weakened, imports have become steel and aluminium products as significantly more expensive. well as second-hand cars, the An- “If and when (the new tariff is) golan press reported. applied, the cost of imports shou- The aim is to replace the existing ld fall and this should help fight customs tariff system – introdu- inflation. A less protectionist cus- ced in 2014 before the start of the toms regime should also stimulate economic and financial crisis now Angola’s trade with its neighbours facing the country – which is ge- and can help the country finally nerally regarded as protectionist of meet the long-standing promise local farmers and manufacturers, of joining the Southern African seeking to make imports more Development Community’s free expensive in order to encourage trade zone,” the EIU said. diversification f an economy that is “A review of Angola’s current pu- highly dependent on oil. nitive customs regime should give The current tariff has been the a positive boost to the national subject of much criticism from lo- economy. However, it is still un- cal and international companies as clear when the new tariffs will be well as from the World Trade Or- applied,” it said. ganization (WTO). In 2016, Angola formalized its In its most recent report on An- accession to the International gola, the Economist Intelligence Convention for the Simplification Unit (EIU) said replacing the cur- and Harmonization of Customs rent tariff would likely be a positive Procedures (Kyoto Convention) of move, as it had the effect of increa- the World Customs Organization, sing the cost of domestic produc- which aims to facilitate internatio- tion and reducing competition in nal trade. MDT/Macauhub 24.04.2017 mon

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in Syria, most of them with the TIP fighters in northern ap photo Syria who along with their families make about 20,000. Li, the terrorism expert, said Abdurrahman’s numbers are way too high, adding that he believes the number are about 300 Chinese fighters in Syria who brought with them about 700 family mem- bers. “As the control of the passa- ge along the borders between Turkey and Syria is being ti- ghtened, it is becoming more difficult for them to smuggle into Syria,” Li said. Syrian opposition activists and pro-government media outlets say dozens of TIP fi- ghters have carried out sui- cide attacks against govern- ment forces and their allies and for the past two years have led battles mostly in the north of the country. The suicide attackers in- clude one known as Shahid Allah al-Turkistani. He was shown in a video released by TIP taken from a drone of an attack in which he blew him- self up in the vehicle he was driving near Aleppo late last year, allegedly killing dozens Fighters from the Turkistan Islamic Party hold their weapons, at an unknown place in Syria of pro-government gunmen. In 2015, members of the group spearheaded an attack on the northwestern provin- ce of Idlib and captured the strategic town of Jisr al-Shu- Chinese jihadis’ rise in Syria ghour on the edge of Assad’s stronghold of Latakia region. They reportedly damaged a church in the town and rai- raises concerns at home sed their black flag on top of it. In late 2016, TIP was a main Bassem Mroue, Gerry Shih tween Syrian and Chinese in- casions to prevent the imposi- ters in northern Syria. force to briefly break a gover- telligence agencies who fear tion of international sanctions Xie Xiaoyuan, China’s envoy nment siege on the then re- any don’t speak those same jihadis could one against its Arab ally. to Syria, told reporters in No- bel-held eastern parts of the Arabic and their day return home and cause Beijing has blamed violen- vember that the two countries northern city of Aleppo. role in Syria is li- trouble there. ce back at home and against have had normal military The role of the Chinese jiha- ttle known to the The Turkistan Islamic Party Chinese targets around the exchanges focused on hu- dis in Syria was a topic that Moutside world, but the Chi- is the other name for the East world on Islamic militan- manitarian issues, although Assad spoke about last mon- nese fighters of the Turkis- Turkistan Islamic Movement ts with foreign connections Chinese officials have repea- th in an interview with Chi- tan Islamic Party in Syria are that considers China’s Xin- seeking an independent state tedly rejected the possibility nese PHOENIX TV, saying organized, battled-hardened jiang to be East Turkistan. in Xinjiang. The government of sending troops or weapons. “they know your country and have been instrumental Like most jihadi groups in says some of them are fleeing In the last year, however, more than the others, so they in ground offensives against Syria, their aim is to remove the country to join the Jihad, Chinese and Syrian officials can do more harm in your President Bashar Assad’s Assad’s secular government although critics say the Ui- have begun holding regu- country than others.” forces in the country’s nor- from power and replace it ghurs are discriminated lar, once-a-month high-level Unlike other rebel groups, thern regions. with strict Islamic rule. Their against and economically meetings to share intelligen- TIP is a very secretive orga- Thousands of Chinese jiha- participation in the war, whi- marginalized in their home- ce o militant movements in nization and they live among dis have come to Syria since ch has left nearly 400,000 land and are merely seeking Syria, according to a person themselves, according to the country’s civil war began people dead, comes at a time to escape repressive rule by familiar with the matter. He activists in northern Syria. in March 2011 to fight against when the Chinese government the majority Han Chinese. spoke on condition of anony- They are active in parts of Id- government forces and their is one of Assad’s strongest Abu Dardaa al-Shami, a mity because he was not lib and in the strategic town allies. Some have joined international backers. Along member of the now-defunct allowed to reveal military se- of Jisr al-Shughour, as well the al-Qaida’s branch in the with Russia, China has used extremist Jund al-Aqsa crets. as the Kurdish Mountains in country previously known its veto power at the U.N. Se- group, said the TIP has the “These people not only fi- the western province of La- as Nusra Front. Others paid curity Council on several oc- best “Inghemasiyoun,” Ara- ght alongside international takia. allegiance to the Islamic Sta- bic for “those who immerse terrorist forces in Syria, but Abdul-Hakim Ramadan, a te group and a smaller num- themselves.” The Inghema- also they will possibly re- doctor who was active in Id- ber joined factions such as Unlike other siyoun have been used by turn to China posing threat lib province, said one of his the ultraconservative Ahrar extremist groups such as IS to China’s national securi- teams was trying to enter a al-Sham. rebel groups, and al-Qaida’s affiliate now ty,” said Li Wei, terrorism northwestern village to vac- But the majority of Chinese TIP is a very known as Fatah al-Sham expert at China Institutes of cinate children when TIP fi- jihadis are with the Turkistan Front. Their role is to infil- Contemporary International ghters prevented them from Islamic Party in Syria, who- secretive trate their targets, unleash Relations and Director of the entering, saying only Chinese se vast majority are Chinese mayhem and fight to the dea- CICIR Institute of Security can go into the area. Muslims, particularly those organization th before a major ground of- and Arms Control Studies. Ramadan said unlike other from the Turkic-speaking Ui- fensive begins. Rami Abdurrahman who fighters who have come to ghur majority native to Xin- and they “They are the lions of grou- heads the Britain-based Syria, the Chinese have not jiang in China. Their growing live among nd offensives,” said al-Sha- Syrian Observatory for Hu- merged into local commu- role in Syria has resulted in mi, who fought on several man Rights, said there are nities and the language has increased cooperation be- themselves occasions alongside TIP figh- about 5,000 Chinese fighters been a major barrier. 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the safety, well being, livelihood Pence wraps up and personal security of our ci- China, Philippines argue over tizens there,” Department of Aussie visit in Sydney Foreign Affairs spokesman Ro- bespierre Bolivar said in a state- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has wrapped defense chief’s island visit ment in Manila. up his visit to Australia with a boat cruise During the trip to Pag-asa, Chi- around Sydney Harbour and a tour of the nese forces tried to drive away iconic Sydney Opera House. hina has protested two Philippine air force planes Pence joined his family and local officials the visit by Manila’s de- that carried Lorenzana, Ano and from New South Wales aboard a yacht fense and military chiefs ap photo others as they flew near a Chine- yesterday for a cruise near the Harbour to a disputed island in se man-made island called Subi, Bridge. The vice president and his family then Cthe South China Sea, but the Phi- just 25 kilometers away. met with the governor of New South Wales, lippine government maintained Lorenzana said their aircraft David Hurley, and his family at Sydney’s Saturday that it owns the terri- continued uninterrupted wi- Government House. The afternoon was capped by a tour of the city’s famed opera tory where Filipino troops and thout any incident after Filipi- house. Pence departs for Hawaii on Monday villagers have lived for decades. no pilots messaged back to the for meetings with military leaders and a tour The public argument comes Military officers operate their drone amidst the presence of Chinese ships seen Chinese that they were flying of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. amid a thaw in once-frosty re- in the background during the visit of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana over Philippineterritory. The lations between the neighbors Chinese warned the Philippi- after Philippine President Rodri- ne aircraft they were entering Malaysia reaches go Duterte took office last June port, solar power, water desali- adding that China “has lodged the periphery of Chinese ins- and moved to rekindle Manila’s nation plant, improved housing representations with the Phili- tallations and told to avoid mis- deal with Abu Dhabi friendship with Beijing, which for soldiers, and facilities for ma- ppine side.” calculation. has been strained by the long- rine research and tourists. “We hope that the Philippi- The Chinese navy has similarly The battle over the repayment of 1MDB seething territorial disputes. Accompanied by military top ne side could cherish the har- warned U.S. ships and aircraft bonds may be coming to an end. Malaysia Philippine Defense Secretary brass, Lorenzana and Ano also d-won sound momentum of to leave what Beijing claims as has reached an agreement to pay Abu Delfin Lorenzana and military met Filipino troops and villagers development the bilateral rela- its territory, messages which the Dhabi USD2.5 billion as partial debt chief of staff Gen. Eduardo Ano and took part in a flag-raising ce- tions are experiencing, faithfully Americans also ignored. settlement for embattled government fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd., according to flew to the island, which Filipi- remony on Pag-asa, which is in- follow the consensus reached China claims virtually the enti- a person familiar with the matter. Under nos call Pag-asa, with dozens of ternationally known as Thitu and between the two leaderships, re sea and has aggressively tried a deal that’s expected to be announced journalists Friday to inspect an is called Zhongye Dao by China. maintain general peace and sta- to fortify its foothold by trans- today on the London Stock Exchange, eroded airstrip. The Philippi- It’s the second-largest island in bility in the South China Sea,” he forming in recent years seven Malaysia will pay Abu Dhabi $1.2 billion ne government plans to reinfor- the South China Sea’s hotly con- said. mostly submerged reefs into before the end of this year, said the ce and lengthen the airstrip and tested Spratlys archipelago. The Philippine government island outposts, including Subi. person, who asked not to be identified as build a dock starting next mon- In Beijing, Foreign Ministry replied by saying the island was Three of the artificial islands the information isn’t yet public. Malaysia th to accommodate ships with spokesman Lu Kang expressed part of an island municipality were built with runways, along will also assume the coupon obligations construction materials, Loren- China’s displeasure over the hi- under its western province of with buildings, towers, radars for two dollar bonds issued by 1MDB zana said. gh-profile Philippine visits to the Palawan, which faces the dispu- and more recently weapons and co-guaranteed by Middle Eastern About 1.6 billion pesos ($32 island, saying China was “gra- ted waters. systems, to the consternation sovereign wealth fund International million) has been earmarked for vely concerned about and dissa- “Our visits there are part of the of other Asian claimant govern- Petroleum Investment Co., the person the construction, including a fish tisfied” by the island visits and government mandate to ensure ments. AP said.

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t’s a whodunit worthy of a IDan Brown novel: a small Stolen plaque in Thailand a sign bronze plaque commemora- ting Thailand’s 1932 revolution is ripped out from a very public of antidemocratic sentiment place by parties unknown and substituted by one praising the Chakri Dynasty, whose 10th ffolding at the spot, more sug- king took the throne in Decem- gestive of a public works project ber. A disinclination by the au- ap photo than a thief in the night. City thorities to find those respon- officials asked to produce sur- sible adds another element of veillance videos from the 11 ca- mystery. meras at the plaza say they were The original plaque, installed shut for maintenance during in 1936, marked the spot whe- the same period. Police said re a group of progressive army they could not accept a criminal officers and civil servants pro- complaint of theft except from claimed the end of the absolute the plaque’s owner, who was monarchy in order to steer the unknown. Pressed on the point, country toward democracy. they threatened to sue an outs- “At this place, at dawn on poken politician who suggested June 24, 1932, we the People’s they weren’t doing their duties. Party have given birth to the Prime Minister Prayuth’s su- constitution for the progress ggestion that the case was a of the nation,” is a translation stone better left unturned was of the words engraved on the not idle advice. A government brass disc. reform activist who sought to The ideal still hasn’t taken petition him on the matter was hold. A royalist military go- seized by soldiers and detained vernment that took power in for 10 hours. a coup three years ago still rules Thailand, and its newly enacted constitution aims to Police said limit the power of elected offi- cials and give it instead to insti- they could tutions traditionally associated not accept with the palace, including the courts, the civil service and the a criminal military. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- complaint of ocha said last week that he has ordered an investigation into theft except the plaque’s disappearance, but In this April 14, 2017, photo, a new bronze plaque praising the Chakri Dynasty, whose 10th king took the throne last December from the warned against making a politi- cal issue of it. plaque’s owner, He could understand why was despised. institution, inviolable under the the problems associated with some people might be upset, he Debate on social media over protection of the army. Thaksin and erasing his regime who was told reporters. the plaque’s disappearance has This balance of power be- involves a more deep-rooted is- “But look at what we are doing evoked a strong streak of anti- gan to unravel in 2001, when sue of dealing with the notion unknown today,” he said. “Would it be democratic sentiment, decrying billionaire populist Thaksin of people’s sovereignty that was The plaque’s removal also better for us to look ahead at the 1932 revolution for imposing Shinawatra used his fortune to embedded in the 1932 procla- coincided with the signing of the future? Old subjects are just unsuitable Western-style demo- win an unprecedented electo- mation and first draft constitu- the new constitution by King history.” cracy causing corruption and all ral majority and become prime tion,” said Kevin Hewison, a se- Vajiralongkorn Bodindrade- The old plaque, about 30 cen- sorts of social ills; slamming the minister. Thaksin, accused of nior research fellow at the Cen- bayavarangkun, who succeeded timeters in diameter and lying 1932 coup makers as evil; and corruption, abuse of power and ter for Southeast Asian Studies his late father, King Bhumibol flush with the pavement, was even suggesting that the plaque disrespect for the monarchy, at Kyoto University. “In this Adulyadej, last year. embedded in Bangkok’s Royal was the physical incarnation of was ousted by a military coup sense, the removal of the pla- Ploenpote Atthakor, edito- Plaza, a vast open area in the a curse on the nation. in 2006, setting off a someti- que is a symbolic act of delayed rial page editor of the Bangkok midst of government buildings Royalist resistance began al- mes violent struggle for power counterrevolution,” he said. Post, saw an upside to the af- and military installations. most immediately after the between his supporters and Although a fringe group of ul- fair. It was so neglected as a land- revolution, and slowly clawed opponents, with the military tra-royalists openly vowed late “In the case of the ill-fated pla- mark that its disappearance back influence for the palace. strongly in the latter group. last year to remove or destroy que, the silver lining is that its could only be estimated to have By the late 1950s an accommo- Thaksin’s opponents saw de- the plaque, there is plenty to sudden disappearance has trig- taken place between April 3 dation was reached with the mocracy as the problem, and fuel speculation of a higher-le- gered an interest in this parti- and 7. military, which sought its pres- some identified the 1932 revo- vel conspiracy. cular period of Thai history like As a symbol of democratic tige, and by the late 1970s the lution as the original sin. Photos purportedly taken at never before,” she wrote. “The change, however, it was reve- constitutional monarchy was “It seems to me that the jun- the plaza during the period the people who removed it proba- red. For the same reason, it the country’s most powerful ta has come to the view that plaque went missing show sca- bly didn’t expect that.” AP

At least one other foreig- N.Korea detains US citizen; at least 3rd American being held ner, a Canadian pastor, is also being detained in Nor- orth Korea recently ment further. The embassy at Pyongyang’s internatio- South Korea’s Unification suburban Cincinnati, was th Korea. Hyeon Soo Lim, a Ndetained a U.S. citizen, looks after consular affairs nal airport while trying to Ministry and its intelligence sentenced to 15 years of South Korean-born Cana- officials said yesterday, in for the United States in Nor- leave North Korea. It said agency both said they were hard labor in prison after dian citizen in his 60s, was the latest case of an Ameri- th Korea because the two the man, in his late 50s and unable to confirm the re- he confessed to trying to convicted and sentenced can being held in the coun- countries do not have diplo- identified by his surname, port. steal a propaganda banner. to life in prison in 2015 on try. matic relations. Kim, has been involved in At least two other Ame- Kim Dong Chul, who was charges of trying to use re- The Swedish Embassy in South Korea’s Yonhap aid and relief programs to ricans are currently detai- born in South Koreabut is ligion to destroy the North Pyongyang said it was awa- News Agency, citing un- North Korea and was a for- ned in North Korea. Last also believed to have U.S. Korean system and helping re of a Korean-American named sources, reported mer professor at the Yan- year, Otto Warmbier, then citizenship, is serving a U.S. and South Korean au- citizen being detained re- that a Korean-American bian University of Science a 21-year-old University sentence of 10 years for es- thorities lure and abduct cently, but could not com- man was arrested Friday and Technology in China. of Virginia student from pionage. North Korean citizens. AP mon 24.04.2017

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at the announce of the polling agency projections, cheering, singing “La Marseillaise” an- Macron, Le Pen on course for them, waving French tricolor and European flags and shou- ting “Macron, president!”. Le Pen supporters were equally French runoff as Fillon concedes enthusiastic. “We will win!” Le Pen supporters chanted in her election day headquarters in He- ational Front nin-Beaumont. They burst into a leader Marine Le Pen rendition of the French national and centrist Emma- ap photo anthem, and waved French flags nuel Macron are on and blue flags with “Marine Pre- Ncourse to qualify for the second sident” inscribed on them. round of France’s tightly fought presidential election after Repu- blican candidate Francois Fillon Fillon called conceded defeat. Fillon called on supporters to support centrist on supporters Macron against the far-right lea- to support der Le Pen. The selection of Le Pen and centrist Macron Macron presents voters with the starkest possible choice between Mathilde Jullien, 23, said she two diametrically opposed vi- is convinced Macron will be able sions of the European Union’s Emmanuel Macron supporters react as the first partial official Supporters of far-right leader and candidate for the French to win over Le Pen and beco- future andFrance’s place in it. results and polling agencies projections are announced presidential election, Marine Le Pen, celebrate me France’s next president. With Le Pen wanting Fran- “He represents France’s fu- ce to leave the EU, and Macron It also represents a seismic Pollsters projected that con- ters to back Macron. ture, a future within Europe,” wanting even closer cooperation shift in the French political servative former Prime Minister Voting took place amid heigh- she said. “He will win because between the bloc’s 28 member landscape, with neither of the Francois Fillon was trailing the tened security in the first election he is able to unite people from states, the projected outcome candidates from the mainstream two leading candidates and that under France’s state of emergen- the right and the left against Sunday means the presidential left Socialists or the right-wing Socialist Benoit Hamon was far cy, which has been in place since the threat of the National Front runoff would have undertones Republicans party — which have behind. Hamon quickly conce- gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris and he proposes real solutions of a referendum on France’s EU governed post-war France — ded defeat but declared “the left in 2015. for France’s economy.” membership. making the runoff. is not dead” and urged suppor- Macron supporters went wild MDT/Agencies

Venezuelans march in memory Author and conservationist Kuki of those killed in unrest Gallmann shot in Kenya

Fabiola Sanchez, Caracas giant cross draped in the Venezuelan flag. he Italian-born author dition after surgery but had housands of “I am here carrying Tand conservationist Kuki serious injuries. He cited a fa- TVenezuelans dres- this cross for the pea- Gallmann was shot at her mily member. sed in white marched ce of all Venezuelans,” Kenyan ranch and airlifted Richard Constant, the as- in the capital Saturday he said beneath a pu- for treatment after herders sociation’s deputy chairman, to pay homage to the at nishing sun. “We ask invaded in search of pasture said suspicion falls on herders least 20 people killed God to protect us in to save their animals from from the Pokot community in anti-government un- these moments of crisis drought, officials said yester- who have invaded Gallmann’s rest in recent weeks. and suffering.” day. ranch several times. Lodges Protests have been Elsewhere in the city, Gallmann, known for her belonging to Gallmann were roiling Venezuela on smaller pockets of vio- bestselling book “I Dreamed burned by the herders last an almost daily basis lent protesters, some of of Africa,” which became a month. since the pro-govern- them with their faces movie by the same name This East African nation is ment Supreme Court covered and throwing starring Kim Basinger, was facing a drought that has af- stripped congress of its rocks, clashed with riot patrolling the ranch in Laiki- fected half the country and last powers three weeks police, who responded pia when she was shot in the has been declared a national ago, a decision later re- with tear gas. stomach, local police chief disaster. versed amid a storm of side the headquarters final days,” said Maria The opposition con- Ezekiel Chepkowny said. Herders, whose livelihoods international rebuke. of the Roman Catholic Corina Machado, who tends rogue armed The 73-year-old Gallmann depend on their cattle, and But for the first since bishops’ confederation, was stripped of her seat pro-government had been with rangers from large-scale farmers in parts of the protests began, de- religious leaders led in congress in 2014. groups have been fo- the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya’s Rift Valley have been monstrators managed the crowd in a moment The crowd responded menting the violence assessing damage done to her desperately waiting for sea- to cross from the weal- of silence and asked with shouts of “Free- that has swirled arou- property Saturday by arso- sonal rains that were to start thier eastern side of God for strength. Then dom! Freedom!” nd protests. Govern- nists who burned down bui- last month to ease the drou- Caracas to the traditio- a string of political lea- Many Venezuelans ment leaders claim the ldings at one of Laikipia Na- ght and conflicts over grazing nally pro-government ders passed around a blame the socialist po- violence is generated ture Conservancy’s tourism land in which more than 30 west without encoun- megaphone and from licies of President Ni- by right-wing oppo- lodges, said Laikipia Farmers people have died. tering resistance from the back of a pick-up colas Maduro’s admi- sition forces working Association chairman Martin Kenya’s military and police state security. truck repeated their nistration for triple-di- with criminal gangs in Evans. have been working to disarm Opposition lawmaker demand of recent days git inflation and wides- an attempt to remove After the attack, the rangers and drive the hundreds of Freddy Guevara, re- for immediate elec- pread shortages of food them from power. transported her to a location herders and their animals out lishing the feat, likened tions and freedom for and medical supplies. “These are terrorist where she could be airlifted of ranches they’ve invaded, the protesters’ arrival dozens of jailed gover- Among the demons- groups on a mission to to Nanyuki town, Evans said. but their actions appear to in the city’s more hum- nment opponents they trators gathered in sow hate and death,” British Army medics attended have escalated the violence. ble neighborhoods as consider political pri- Caracas was Andres Diosdado Cabello, lea- to her before she was airlifted When the military and police “crossing the Berlin soners. Ramirez, a 34-year-old der of the ruling socia- to the capital, Nairobi, he said. drive herders from one ranch wall.” “Let it be heard: The agricultural engineer list party, told suppor- On Sunday night, Evans said they move into another, the Once assembled out- dictatorship is in its who marched with a ters this week. AP Gallmann was in stable con- farmers’ association said. AP 24.04.2017 mon

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Shock Wave The German government were anxious to avoid a se- room 2 cond humiliation after being forced to release five Baa- 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm der-Meinhof prisoners in exchange for the kidnapped Offbeat Director: Herman Yau opposition leader Peter Lorenz two months ago, and Starring: Andy Lau, Jiang Wu, Philip Keung, Ron Ng Language: Cantonese (Chinese) refused the demands point-blank. Starbucks barista has meltdown Duration: 119min The Swedish justice minister, Lennart Gerjer, was gi- over Unicorn Frappuccino ven the task of breaking the news to those inside the Fast & Furious 8 embassy. “They could not believe this,” he said. “We A Starbucks barista has taken to so- room 2 told them the only realistic thing they could do was to cial media hoping to make orders for (2D) 2:15, 4:45, 9:45pm leave the country, and the Swedish government was the coffee chain’s much buzzed about (3D) 7:15pm prepared to help them do this on condition they relea- Unicorn Frappuccino disappear. Director: F. Gary Gray sed their hostages.” Starbucks’ entry into the unicorn Starring: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson Immediately after the explosion, police said most of food craze was released Wednesday Language: English (Chinese) the guerrillas, gave up without a fight. At least one is and its popularity was too much for Duration: 136min said to be critically injured. 19-year-old Colorado barista Braden Burson. He posted a video (now-de- Courtesy BBC News leted) on Twitter after his shift com- Macau Tower plaining that it was difficult to keep 13 Apr - 26 Apr up with orders for the drink and he’s “never been so stressed out” in his life. The Unicorn Frappuccino is a sweet and sour pink and blue In context cream swirl topped with what Starbucks calls “fairy powder.” Four of the five Baader-Meinhof members were immediately deported Burson says in the video that a day of making the treat left back to West Germany. The fifth was too badly injured to be moved, and him with sticky hands and residue from the drink stuck to his later died in hospital. clothes and in his hair. The German ambassador and the remaining nine hostages escaped from Burson tells The Associated Press that he didn’t think his the embassy, most with only light injuries. rant would get this much publicity and he didn’t intend to The trial of the 26 Baader-Meinhof prisoners began in 1976 and lasted “downgrade” the drink. almost two years in all, the longest and most expensive trial in West Ger- “It’s a great drink. But it is difficult to make when there are man history. like 20 fraps all at once both front and drive thru,” he wrote in Three of the four main defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment. Fast & Furious 8 The fourth, Ulrike Meinhof, committed suicide in prison during the trial. a Facebook message. 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm The other three hardliners also committed suicide in 1977, bringing to an Starbucks said in a statement Thursday that the popular Director: F. Gary Gray end the “German Autumn”, in which the country was gripped by a series reception of the drink has “exceeded everyone’s expecta- Starring: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson of terrorist attacks. The Baader-Meinhof gang continued to be active until tions.” It added that it is reaching out to Burson “to talk about Language: English (Chinese) the early 1990s, when it was finally disbanded. his experience and how to make it better.” Duration: 136min mon 24.04.2017 th Anniversary

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THE 21ST Channel [V] China Music Awards and Asian Influential Power Grand Ceremony was held at The Ve- netian Macao for the sixth consecutive year. The Venetian hosts The red carpet event featured celebrity guests from the enter- tainment industry, followed by the awards presentation cere- mony in the Cotai Arena on Thursday night. Celebrities such as Jackie Chan, Joey Yung, Hacken Lee, Leo China Music Awards Ku, Twins, Jane Zhang, Christine Fan, Jeff Chang and Da Zhang Wei were welcomed by Wilfred Wong of Sands China Ltd. British star Rita Ora and Japanese boy band JINTAKA also at- tended. A total of 45 awards were presented at the star-studded ce- remony, including ‘Most Popular Male Singer (HK & Taiwan)’, ‘Most Popular Female Singer (HK & Taiwan)’, ‘Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland China)’, ‘Most Popular Female Singer (Mainland China)’, ‘Global Chinese Film Song Extraordinary Contributions Award’, ‘Asian Most Popular International Ar- tist’ and ‘Asian Most Popular Japanese Group’, among others. The annual China Music Awards was originally launched in 1994, and gathers the nation’s top talent from the music in- dustry in host cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei. It is the only Chinese music awards show telecast in China and around the world. The Venetian Macao has co-organized the China Music Awards with Star Group Ltd. China since 2012.

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Tennis a long way away with 109. Nadal watched smiling as each of his Monte Carlo trophy pre- sentations over the years was played on the big screen. The Nadal beats Ramos-Vinolas to first photo, of him raising the trophy in 2005 as a distinctly shy 18-year-old who was taking ten- nis by storm, made Nadal laugh. win 10th Monte Carlo Masters There was nothing amusing for his opponents. He won every year after that — Jerome Pugmire, Monaco including the next three finals against Federer, who could never ap photo efending cham- crack him on clay. Djokovic did, pion Rafael Nadal ea- in the 2013 final. Stan Wawrinka sily beat Albert Ramos- won in 2014 and Djokovic again Vinolas 6-1, 6-3 in an in 2015, comfortably beating Na- Dall-Spanish final yesterday to win dal in the semis. the Monte Carlo Masters for the 10th time and clinch the 70th tit- le of his career. Nadal’s 70 It was Nadal’s first title of the titles are three season, having lost his previous three finals — two of those to Ro- better than ger Federer. Nadal faced little opposition Djokovic, on his way to becoming the first player to win 10 tournaments at who is a year the same venue in the Open era, younger and the first to reach 50 on clay. He was previously level on clay titles with Argentine Guillermo Nadal looked emotional when Vilas. the Spanish national anthem “When I came here for the first was played. time (in 2003) I reached the His first appearance in Mon- third round after coming throu- te Carlo was as a 16-year-old in gh the qualifiers,” Nadal said. record. He will also have his si- two previous matches to Nadal mos-Vinolas a sympathetic pat 2003, when he beat Slovak Karol “Ten titles is something I never ghts set on a 10th title in Barcelo- in straight sets — both in Barce- on the back. Nadal tilted his head Kucera in the first round. That dreamed of. See you next year.” na next week — Nadal’s previous lona. He competed better in the back and put both hands on his win was impressive enough, but The only final the 30-year-old career title was there, almost one third set, holding to love in the head as his achievement began he then stunned the tennis world Nadal has lost at Monte Carlo year ago. seventh game to provoke sym- to sink in, while his opponent bu- by knocking out defending Fren- was to Novak Djokovic in 2013. Since then, Federer has beaten pathetic applause, but a second ried his head into a towel. He ne- ch Open champion Albert Costa Ramos-Vinolas never looked him in finals at the Australian career title never looked realistic. ver really stood a chance against in a second-round match that fi- like posing a threat. Appearing in Open and the Miami Masters, Ramos-Vinolas saved two mat- the player widely considered the nished as night was falling. his first Masters final, the 15th- either side of a win for big-ser- ch points after matching Nadal’s greatest ever on clay. It was the start of Nadal’s stellar seeded Ramos-Vinolas saved ving American Sam Querrey at aggression, but a poor unforced Nadal’s 70 titles are three bet- career on clay. three break points in his first ser- Acapulco, Mexico. Federer also error gave Nadal a third match ter than Djokovic, who is a year He will be among the favo- vice game and was 0-40 down in beat Nadal in the fourth round point and Ramos-Vinolas dou- younger. Nadal is fifth on the all- rites at the French Open this his next. Nadal served out the set at Indian Wells, but the 18-time ble-faulted to lose in 1 hour, 16 time list, but seven behind John year, which was the last of his 14 in 30 minutes with an ace. Grand Slam champion skipped minutes of a one-sided contest. McEnroe. Further ahead, the Grand Slam wins in 2014. Nadal’s 29th Masters title mo- Monte Carlo this year. Nadal’s celebrations were so- 35-year-old Federer has 91; Ivan Nadal will be hunting for a 10th ves him one behind Djokovic’s Ramos-Vinolas had lost his mewhat muted, and he gave Ra- Lendl 94 and Jimmy Connors is title at Roland Garros, too. AP

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Rob Harris, London 15 minutes, 25 seconds — weather was really good brother Harry pressing with two male pacemakers this year. Last year it was a button to sound the enyan runner Mary — was still recognized as very, very cold. My body klaxon. The 24-year-old KKeitany broke Paula a record rather than just a felt fit enough and I have Wanjiru won his first ma- Radcliffe’s women-only world-best. trained well and I tried to jor marathon in 2 hours, 5 Kenya’s Mary Keitany crosses the finish line to win the London Marathon marathon world record Keitany was on track to push all the time. I’m very minutes, 48 seconds. That on yesterday with a third break that outright world happy with the finish time. was nine seconds faster victory in London, while record halfway through Parts of the course are hilly than Kenenisa Bekele of There was a British win- gh four months personally. Daniel Wanjiru won the Sunday’s race in the Bri- but I train in a very similar Ethiopia, while Bedan Ka- ner in the wheelchair race, I’ve had a lot of backgrou- men’s race for the first tish capital in sunny con- area in Kenya so it was not roki was third. with David Weir storming nd problems in my per- time. ditions, but the pace eased too different for me.” “In the beginning the to his seventh victory in sonal life. It’s been tough, The 35-year-old Keitany up. She still ran to victory The women’s marathon race was very fast and we the event to end four years especially after Rio. I nee- completed the 42.2-kilo- to seize the women-only was missing its defen- were inside world record of frustration since his last ded to focus and sort out meter course in 2 hours, record. Tirunesh Dibaba ding champion. Keitany’s pace. It was the pace I was success. The 37-year-old my head. I knew I had it 17 minutes and 1 second to was 55 seconds behind compatriot, Jemima Sum- preparing for,” Wanjiru Weir retired from track in the last corner. All I was shave 41 seconds off Rad- Keitany while fellow Ethio- gong, tested positive for told the BBC. “We tried competition last year after thinking was ‘win, win, cliffe’s 12-year-old mark. pian, Aselefech Mergia, the blood booster EPO in to maintain that pace for the six-time Paralympic win.’” The retired British athle- was third. a surprise out-of-competi- half of the race. From there champion failed to win a In the women’s whee- te still remains a world-re- “It was very fast pace and tion doping test in Kenya it was becoming tougher medal at the Rio de Janei- lchair winner, Manue- cord holder. Radcliffe fou- I tried to follow it,” Keitany in February. and tougher. The sun was ro Games. la Schar of Switzerland ght six years ago with the said. “I think the course has The men’s race had a coming and the day was “It’s the first time I’ve followed up her Boston IAAF to ensure her 2003 changed a little bit and it royal start, with Prince beautiful, but we don’t felt comfortable in years,” win on Monday with suc- marathon time of 2 hours, felt better than before. The William, wife Kate and need too much sun!” Weir said. “It’s been a tou- cess in London. AP THE Duterte: ‘Give me vinegar Station24.04.2017Air quality mon BUZZ and salt, I’ll eat his liver’ Roadside 35-55 Good The Philippine president has warned that he can tournament what he could do to terrorists who have be 50 times more brutal than Muslim extremists, staged beheadings and other gruesome attacks. High saying he’d even eat them if they’re captured alive Duterte ordered troops to kill fleeing Muslim mi- Density 40-60 by troops. litants behind a foiled attack in the central resort Residental President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly threa- province of Bohol, calling the extremists “animals.” Good tened drug suspects with death, but he raised his He said he can “go down what you can 50 times Area opinion shock rhetoric to a new level yesterday when he said over ... just give me vinegar and salt, I’ll eat his li- in a speech during the opening of a national sports ver.” Ambient 40-60 Good Rear Window dsmg source: Severo Portela Clinton makes surprise WORLD BRIEFS Festival of ideas Thailand A stolen plaque appearance at Tribeca Fest commemorating Thailand’s Trying to copy, rather borrow or emulate, from sce- 1932 revolution is a sign nario-building methods in order to get a light reading that democracy still has not on the immediate future in the Macau Special Admi- Jocelyn Noveck, New York taken hold in the country, nistrative Region, we foresee an overload coming to and a disinclination by the ap photo the already overworked courts. Extra-judicial traffic he premiere of a vir- authorities to find those will be banked-up from two different sources of pos- Ttual reality short by Os- responsible adds another sible litigation: Legislative Assembly election guideli- car-winning director Kathryn element of mystery. nes and the invitation to craft ideas to solve the Pearl Bigelow was already a high More on p14 Horizon paradox. -profile event at the Tribeca Israeli airstrikes In short, these are two examples of unwelcome Film Festival on Saturday ni- Syria killed an unknown (bad) creativity that contributes to blemishing the ght. And then Hillary Clinton number of Syrian soldiers prestige and profile of the courts, adding up to a per- walked onstage. at a weapons depot in ception of erosion of the Macau legal system - proba- Clinton was an unannoun- Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (second from right) rural Quneitra province. bly undeserved. It’s nigh impossible to be extensive ced panelist, there to discuss Yesterday’s strike came or comprehensive in discussions on these matters; the scourge of elephant poa- after several projectiles actually this is just one column, merely attempting to ching — the subject of Bige- an intersection between poa- said. from Syria hit the Israeli- address some areas of public interest. low’s eight-minute film “The ching and terrorism, which The former Democratic pre- controlled Golan Heights Beginning with the (new) regulations framing this Protectors: Walk in the Ran- led me to this project,” Bige- sidential candidate noted that on Friday. coming September elections of the Legislative As- gers’ Shoes,” about park ran- low said. The director of “The Saturday was Earth Day, “and sembly…we would say that the particular guidelines gers trying to save elephants Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark we are marching on behalf of regarding both the message and the messengers in Garamba National Park in Thirty” directed the short science,” referring to marches ap photo (media, candidates, associations, staff) may have the Democratic Republic of along with Imraan Ismail, a throughout the U.S. on Satur- only one virtuous consequence: courts may have the the Congo. virtual-reality veteran, who day. chance to pass a sentence(s) that forces the Electo- She spoke about her work to also was on Saturday’s panel. “And part of science is un- ral Affairs Commission to at least blush and regret its save elephants from poachers “They’re outmanned and ou- derstanding the intricate re- bill of wrong doings! slaughtering them for their tgunned and they’re putting lationships that we share with From the “faux pas” of the disqualification rules to ivory tusks, both as secretary themselves in the line of fire,” all those on this planet and Finland’s economic the mandatory report on events, it looks like, appa- of state in the Obama admi- Ismail said of the rangers. particularly large mammals stewards, used to rently, as if, the Election Affairs Commission (CAEAL) nistration, and later with her Clinton told the audience like elephants, who have a role presenting bad news, went all out to demonstrate that all electoral/political family foundation, the Clinton that she first became focused to play both in reality and in are getting positively giddy. The self-described propaganda is impossible, since in one way or ano- Global Initiative. on what she called “the hor- our imaginations,” she said. sick-man of Europe is ther all information is biased and misleading. Some “We’ve got to bust this rific slaughter of elephants” Clinton told Bigelow that her now showing signs of when she was secretary of virtual reality film was “so cri- call this politics! market so it can’t come back,” real progress after years Given such a regulatory environment - a case study she said of the illegal ivory state. tical, because it is a portal — a of tough budget cuts and in lack of objective criteria - Jason Chao’s monitoring market. “It became clear to everyone portal that people can go into tax increases. That may project comes at the right time to provide a channel Before Clinton and the three that this was not just a terri- and think about, ‘Here we are allow the country to avoid for residents to give and take information and sub- other panelists were inter- ble crisis when it came to the in New York, what can I do?’ further austerity, its finance mit complaints related to the elections to be held this viewed by Bigelow, the au- elephant population, it was And there is a lot that can be minister, Petteri Orpo, said September. The former leader of pro-democracy dience donned virtual reality a trade, a trafficking that was done — stop the killing, stop in an interview Helsinki New Macau Association is about to compile a record headsets at their seats and funding a lot of bad folks, a the trafficking, and stop the of complaints and monitor authorities such as the experienced — in 360 degrees lot of bad actors,” she said. “It demand.” CAEAL, because he believes the “Project Just Ma- — what it’s like to be one of the was being used to take ivory The Tribeca appearance was ap photo cau” to be an alternative to the official channels with 200 rangers fighting well-ar- and sell it in order to buy more one of a series Clinton has their “lack of transparency.” med poachers in the park the weapons, and support the made lately in New York, in- The other source of the potential wave of litigation size of Delaware. The film gi- kind of terroristic activity that cluding turning up at several has its roots in the Polytex/Pearl Horizon ‘situation’… ves the viewer both the expe- these and other groups were Broadway shows, speaking at our choice of wording, a euphemism that encompas- rience of being in the grass and engaged in.” a recent women’s conference, ses the right to repossess land according to the Land searching for poachers, and Clinton noted that while Chi- and accepting an award this SPAIN A large ferry Law, as the government did, and the rights of apart- up in the air looking down. A na was the biggest market for week from an LGBT commu- slammed bow-first ment (presale) buyers in the Pearl Horizon develop- wrenching scene shows the illegal ivory, the United Sta- nity group. Audiences have into a breakwater in ment to that land no longer belonging to… Polytex. rangers arriving at the carcass tes was the second-biggest. greeted her with loud cheers theCanary Islands, injuring 13 passengers, The imbroglio is/was so evident that soon legisla- of a slaughtered elephant. “So China is going to be a key and ovations, as they did on Spanish authorities said tors, meaning the legislator Gabriel Tong, dared to “I realized that there was player but we are, too,” she Saturday night. AP Saturday. Manolo Vidal, propose that the only way out of the Pearl Horizon a spokesman for Naviera fiasco was in the form of an amendment of the Land Armas, the company that Law. Tong found himself alone as soon as the una- owns the ferry, said a voidable truth that the new land law was not to be The “loss of electrical power” touched hit the Legislative Assembly floor. AP Photo/Vincent Yu caused the accident Friday Later on, aware of the draft amendment to the Land decisive moment night as the boat was Law, a majority of AL legislators – 19 - wrote to the leaving the port of Puerta Chief Executive claiming to have solutions to help de la Luz on the island of square the circle, that is to say “ideas” to accom- Gran Canaria. modate the unfortunate buyers’ alleged rights, thus Kenya The Italian-born providing social stability, without amending the law. author and conservationist Not much came out of that brain-storming session, Kuki Gallmann was shot but judging from the one solution already disclosed… at her Kenyan ranch and the sky is limited by the imagination. Meanwhile the airlifted for treatment after court rejected Polytex’s claims, arguing precisely that herders invaded in search the Macau Government acted according to the Land of pasture to save their Law. animals from drought, Finally, we can only conclude that both the regula- officials said yesterday. tory framework to the AL elections and the solutions Gallmann, known for her bestselling book “I based upon compliance with the law, general inte- Dreamed of Africa,” which rests and something called acceptance of society became a movie by the to overcome the Land Law, may not only pose a same name starring Kim challenge to the judicial independence and the rule Basinger, was patrolling the A French woman pushes a baby buggy in front of posters of presidential election candidates as she leaves of law, but definitely will divert the burden of such bad ranch in Laikipia when she after casting her vote for yesterday’s first-round presidential election at a polling station at the consulate legislative choices to the courts. was shot in the stomach. general of France in Hong Kong. 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