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Casino staff unions launch signature campaign for full smoking ban

Brook Yang vented by setting any types of smoking zone,” he emphasized, ASINO staff trade unions “thereby a full smoking ban in Chave urged the government casinos is the public’s expecta- to further step up the city’s tion and also a general trend.” smoking control by implemen- Ms Tang Fong Chan, direc- ting a full smoking ban inside tor-general of the Sociedade all casino indoor areas within de Jogos de Macau (SJM) em- the year. ployees’ union, told the media A joint signature campaign is that she “believes the gover- set to be launched by the Ma- nment is able to achieve the cau Federation of Trade Unions full smoking ban,” since as a (FOAM) and its affiliated casi- “frontline casino worker” she no staff unions, to collect citi- has noticed that “gamblers zens’ signatures in support of have got used to the smoking the cause. control policy.” “Since the government set a “They would go to the smoking full smoking ban inside other rooms to smoke and come back entertainment venues from to our non-smoking gambling January 1 this year, all indoor tables,” she explained, “and public spaces have prohibited when I told them that they can’t smoking, with casinos being smoke at the table, they woul- the only exception,” stated di- dn’t be unreasonable and reject rector-general of the Macau [it].” Gaming Enterprises Staff’s As- The signature campaign will sociation, Choi Kam Fu, at a firstly be launched at the Bor- Tang Fong Chan and Choi Kam Fu press conference yesterday. der Gate on Friday and extend Mr Fu said that this year is the to all over the city through year where the government will vernment launched a smoking “Even under such easing of already been casinos breaching FOAM’s offices and networks review the results of its smoking ban in most indoor public spa- regulations, we’ve seen that the the law,” he added. as well as on its websites and control measures. Authorities ces, while casinos got a discre- casino operators are not really Mr Choi stressed that long Facebook pages. Mr Choi said also promised to release a re- tionary transition period and copperating with the govern- periods of exposure to a secon- that the campaign would go on port by the end of this month. were allowed to set up smoking ment’s determination on a total d-hand smoking environment for a week to ten days and they “The report won’t reflect the zones that could be no larger smoking ban,” Mr Choi stres- has caused the workers physi- expect to collect ten thousand real situation, because after all, than half of the public use area sed. “They took advantage of cal and psychological distress, signatures. the authorities couldn’t inspect in size. From October 6, 2014, various legal loopholes that put while their families are also suf- “Casino workers and their fa- the casinos around the clock or casinos prohibited smoking in employees in a smoking envi- fering from third-hand tabacco milies have awaited the total during the peak hours with the their mass gaming areas. ronment that’s even worse than exposure. ban on smoking for two years largest flows of visitors. They Nevertheless, Mr Choi indica- before the [partial] smoking “Many studies have proved and have put up with the tobac- only conducted spot-checks,” he ted that some casino operators control.” that second-hand smoking is co hazards during the past two stressed, “but still, we expect it “have shown their indifference “So far the implementation of severely harmful to human years,” he added. “We’ll discuss to be released as soon as possib- to employees’ health by taking the full smoking ban on mass health. Except in a complete what measures to take next, de- le and will see it as a reference.” irresponsible measures to floors has proved ineffective, as non-smoking environment, pending on the feedback of the Back in 2012 the Macau go- counter the smoking ban.” within half a month there had passive smoking can’t be pre- campaign.”

TRENGTHENING CHUI IN BEIJING Sco-operation with re- gions in the Pan-Pearl Pan-Delta cooperation is key for next five years River Delta is the most important feature in the Macau SAR’s proposals (GCS). velopment and Reform operation service plat- for the country’s 13th five- Macau was awaiting Commission, the Minis- form between China and year plan, according to approval from the Central try of Commerce and the the Portuguese-speaking the Chief Executive, Chui Government for further State Administration of countries, to bring in Sai On. moves in the establish- Traditional Chinese Me- more innovative ideas to In the social and econo- ment of the Guangdong- dicine, and the Taiwan the projects.” mic development blue- Macau co-operation dis- Affairs Office of the State Mr Chui said he wou- print for 2016-2020, the play zone, together with Council. ld meet with Guangdong government will press the Zhongshan govern- According to the GCS government officials soon ahead on the collabora- ment. press release, in the next to discuss issues on de- tion projects with Nansha Mr Chui, who is leading five years, “the govern- veloping Hengqin and in Guangzhou and Heng- an official delegation on a ment would step up ef- Nansha and the country’s qin in Zhuhai, he said, ac- four-day visit to Beijing, forts to turn Macau into a development direction. A cording to a press release disclosed this yesterday world center for tourism visit to the neighboring issued by the Govern- Chui Sai On meets with the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the in a press briefing after and leisure and a com- province is scheduled for ment Information Bureau State Council, Zhang Zhijun, in Beijing visiting the National De- mercial and trade co- this Friday.

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Macau stands 9th place in the sees gain after year-end dip ranking of the freest economies in the Asia-Pacific, falling two places compared to 2014, according to the Heritage ACAU casino Foundation 2015 report, released shares jumped in yesterday by the Monetary AP PHOTO Hong Kong tra- Authority. Among 42 economies ding after gaming in the region, the MSAR is behind Mrevenue in the world’s biggest Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, gambling hub gained last week, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, which analysts took as a sign the industry may be out of its South Korea and Malaysia. free-fall of late last year. Worldwide, Macau ranks 34 in The industry’s gross gaming a total of 178 economies, also revenue for table games rose recording a decline comparing 6 percent for the week ending to 2014, when it ranked in 29th. Jan. 25 from a week earlier, The city received 70.3 points and which “could further indicate the mark of “relatively free,” the stabilization” after President same as in the past seven years. Xi Jinping’s Macau visit last month, Bank of America Mer- Taiwanese man rill Lynch analysts led by Billy Ng wrote in a note. The measu- allegedly rapes re still fell 7 percent compared mainland tourist with a year ago. Xi’s visit coincided with go- The Judiciary Police (PJ) has vernment efforts that included detained a Taiwanese man plans to crackdown on illicit who allegedly impersonated a funds funneled through Macau amid his anti-graft campaign, police officer before robbing leading to seven straight mon- and raping a mainland woman. ths of declines that peaked at a A PJ spokesperson said that 30 percent plunge in Decem- the 25-year-old suspect told a ber. Union Gaming analyst mainland woman in a casino in Grant Govertsen upgraded the tertainment Ltd. was up 5.6 nuary with year-on-year drops Taipa that he was a police officer. sector to a buy rating on Mon- percent, and Sands China Ltd. in takings of 16 to 18 percent, He then demanded the victim day, writing that evidence is increased 3 percent. The ben- according to data from ope- bring him back to her hotel room, mounting “that we’ve finally chmark Hang Seng index fell We’ve finally rators seen by the Portuguese claiming that he suspected her of reached the bottom,” and Ma- 0.4 percent. news agency Lusa that puts involvement in prostitution and cau gaming names “are poised The Bloomberg Intelligence reached the Galaxy Resorts at the top of the drug-related crime. The man took for a rally”. Macau (China) Gaming Market bottom ranking. the victim’s mobile phone and Shares of Wynn Macau Ltd. Index slumped almost 40 per- The figures from operators chips worth HKD19,000 from jumped 8.4 percent to end at cent last year, amid policies GRANT GOVERTSEN such as MGM Macau, Galaxy her, proceeding to lose them HK$21.90 by the close of tra- that included restrictions on ANALYST, UNION GAMING Resorts and Wynn Macau point on the gaming tables. He then ding, the biggest increase since the use of UnionPay’s debit towards January ending with a returned to the victim’s room, last April. MGM China Holdin- cards at casinos, making it har- closed 1.8 percent higher on drop of between 16% and 18% threatening to beat and arrest her gs Ltd. and Galaxy Entertain- der for bettors to buy pricey Monday, and gained a further with gross takings of between if she refused to have sex with 5.9 percent yesterday. ment Group Ltd. both gained items that they exchange for MOP20.62 and MOP20.68 him. The woman later managed Casinos are going to end Ja- 6.5 percent, Melco Crown En- cash to gamble with. The index billion. MDT/Agencies to contact a friend, who notified the police. The authorities also found out that he was involved in a fraud case in the city last year. Lionel Leong predicts gaming Fatal car accident involving alleged revenue to remain at 2014 level DUI driver

IONEL Leong, Secretary for Economy 2015, due to the fact that some of the fac- A man in his 60s was killed Land Finance, estimates that Macau’s tors are changing relatively rapidly. after being hit by a car near monthly gaming revenue in 2015 will re- “I still do not have a forecasting figure the Border Gate underground main between MOP23 billion and MOP28 now. I am currently conducting resear- tunnel on the Avenida Norte do billion; a range similar to that in the se- ch for the budget… At this moment, our Hipodromo at around 6.30 a.m. cond half of 2014. economic forecast for the year is [that we yesterday. Police information Mr Leong made the comment yesterday have to be] cautious,” he said. suggests that the man was in Beijing. He said that there has been a re- Mr Leong said the administration will crossing the road without using latively large adjustment to the gaming re- monitor external factors that may contri- venue over the last seven months, and that bute to an earlier increase in interest ra- appropriate pedestrian facilities revenue levels will remain similar if chan- tes. These include the possibility that the when a vehicle hit him. He ges are not made. He also said that some United States may raise its interest rate, was later pronounced dead in adjustments in monthly gaming revenue which will affect interest and currency ra- hospital. The driver allegedly might be seen over the upcoming Chinese tes all over the world. He also mentioned had a blood alcohol content of New Year period, as well as this year’s La- the quantitative easing measure that some 1.17 grams, which indicates he bor Day and National Day golden weeks. regions have adopted recently. may have been drink driving. Moreover, Leong said that he is optimis- Nevertheless, he stressed that a particu- The police said that there are no tic about Macau’s economy in the long lar country’s change in interest rate may road-crossing facilities within term. Nevertheless, he said that he still not immediately impact Macau, since it 50 meters of the scene, and are does not have any forecasting figures re- also depends on whether the change will calling for eyewitnesses to come garding the city’s economic condition in trigger effects in other regions. JPL forward. 28.01.2015 wed

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Unemployment rate Obra das Maes calls for gov’t steady at 1.7 pct

ACAU’S unemployment rate stood at 1.7 to invest in elderly care Mpercent between October and December last year, according to the Statistics and Cen- Brook Yang basic healthcare and phy- sus Service (DSEC). siotherapy treatment. The number of unemployed people reached ITH elderly care be- “It’s safer for them to live 7,000, an increase of 100 compared to Sep- Wcoming a pressing in elderly homes, becau- tember-November last year. First job seekers need in Macau society, so- se they are provided with accounted for 15.2 percent of the total unem- cial service organization what one single domestic ployed; a decrease of 5.1 percent. Obra das Maes has sugges- worker cannot do. For ins- DSEC’s employment survey for October-De- ted that the government tance, when you bathe an cember last year revealed that the underem- should increase its invest- elderly person, you may ployment rate stood at 0.4 percent. ment in related services. need to help them stand The total labor force increased to 405,500 “With Macau’s population up. It’s hard for a domestic and the labor force participation rate stood stepping into an aging so- helper to manage that, but at 74.4 percent. Total employment reached ciety, services for the elder- in care homes, several care 398,600, representing an increase of 2,400 ly have drawn a larger de- workers would work toge- over September-November 2014. mand from the public. The ther,” explained Ms Kong Over last year’s fourth quarter, the gene- two elderly homes affiliated Sio Leng, an association ral unemployment rate remained steady at with our organization have waiting list, with nearly Obra das Maes tries to supervisor. 1.7 percent, as in the previous quarter; whi- limited residential spaces, 350 applicants hoping to strengthen its services ac- Although they can see le the unemployment rate of local residen- but we have deeply felt the move in. cording to the pace of Ma- the pressing demand for ts (2.4 percent) edged up 0.1 percent. Total earnest expectations from “I think care services for cau’s development and elderly care services, the employment increased by 6,500 quarter-to- citizens,” stated Obra das elderly people are an ur- social demands; over the association has no plans to quarter. Analyzed by industry, employment Maes’ president, Ms Ho gent need of Macau and its years, it has overcome open another care home. in gaming (87,000) increased by 5,500. Me- Teng Iat, in her speech at a citizens. We hope that the many difficulties in order “We don’t have [the] dian monthly employment earnings of the media dinner on Monday. government will increa- to carry out nursing, elder- manpower for that; that employed (MOP14,000) and employed resi- The non-profit organiza- se its investment in this ly care and childcare servi- needs more care workers. dents (MOP16,000) rose by MOP1,000 and tion runs two residential area,” the president stres- ces through its social welfa- And it’s very difficult to MOP400 respectively quarter-to-quarter. care homes for the elderly, sed, “because we hope to re facilities. recruit care workers from DSEC said that for the whole of 2014, the gene- admitting those over the enhance service quality to Many families choose to outside, because the rent ral unemployment rate stood at 1.7 percent and age of 60 and who are una- our [clients] and add more send elderly relatives with is too high for them to stay the unemployment rate of local residents was set ble to care for themselves. facilities, so that our elder- special needs to live in a here,” explained an asso- at 2.3 percent, both down by 0.1 percent year-on- The two homes currently ly residents can enjoy their care home, which can pro- ciation member. “[The lack year. The median monthly employment earnin- accommodate a total of 92 old age.” vide professional services of a] venue is also a pro- gs of the employed amounted to MOP13,000, up residents and have a long Ms Ho explained that round the clock, such as blem; we don’t have space.” by 10.8 percent year-on-year. CP ad wed 28.01.2015

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EHIND every great JANET TRACY really benefits when people Unemployment rate man is a great woman, with such positive attitudes and or so the saying goes. with a sense of care volunteer steady at 1.7 pct An updated version of with us.” Bthe old adage might say “besi- A story of engagement Janet has similarly worked de,” rather than behind, and with the Rotary Club of Macau that sentiment would certain- since 2012, and has spent much ly apply to Sands CEO Edward time sharing ideas on how to Tracy’s wife, Janet Tracy – “a with the community extend more support to the nee- strong, kind-hearted woman dy. The organization appointed with a love for life, animals and her as Chairlady of its Service the community,” say those who Projects Committee in 2014. know her best. According to Kevin Lei, the Ro- Originally moving from the tary Club of Macau President, United States to join her hus- “She has been very active and band in Macau in October 2010, adapted easily to the true spirit during the four years she has li- ved in the city, Janet has lent her support to various charities and Besides her associations in the local commu- nity by helping to promote ani- love of animals, mal rights and support under- privileged groups including the Janet has also disabled and the elderly. shown care Back in February 2011, Mrs Tracy found out from her for the less friends that ANIMA, the local charity that rescues pets and fortunate by shelters abandoned animals, engaging in was looking for donations, dog walkers and volunteers. When community she showed up at ANIMA to help and saw a once abando- service ned dog named Shu Mai, it was love at first sight. And after Ja- net saw Shu Mai again during of Rotary – Service Above Self.” an organized dog walk to Co- He moreover praised Mrs Tra- loane Hill, soon after, she and cy’s leadership and creativity in Mr Tracy made the decision to and pets alike. Macau, she began joining the She’s likewise been a supporter helping launch a new fundrai- adopt the pup. Albano Martins, ANIMA’s activities of the Sands China of activities organized by the sing campaign benefiting the For an organization like ANI- President, commented, “Janet Care Ambassador program as Fuhong Society of Macau, a non Concordia School for Special MA, receiving hands-on assis- is not only a friend of ANIMA – a way to get involved in the lo- -profit organization providing Education, the Macau Autism tance from someone like Mrs she is part of our big family. She cal community. Every year, she occupational skills develop- Association, Macau Down Syn- Tracy is critical. She often vi- adopted her beloved dog Shu takes part in the annual SCCA ment, training and employment drome Association and Rotary’s sits the charity, and regularly Mai from ANIMA and when tradition of offering spring services to the mild to modera- Guangxi Education Project. donates dog food and supplies. it comes to animals, she has cleaning and gift packs for Ma- tely mentally handicapped. All communities need people Several times she has asked the always been deeply committed cau’s live-alone elderly. “We are very grateful for ha- who are willing to give their organization to help animals in to ‘helping us help them.’” Janet has also shown her care ving met Mrs Tracy and for time and energy to support the street and, through her own Besides her love of animals, and concern for the mentally her work with Fuhong”, Maria those in need. Mrs Tracy is one initiative, she’s also spearhea- Mrs Tracy has also shown care handicapped. After reading de Fátima Salvador dos Santos of those people. As she prepa- ded events, as well as helping and concern for society’s less about the Macau Down Syndro- Ferreira, Fuhong’s President, res to leave Macau to return to transform ANIMA’s landsca- fortunate through engaging in me Association in the paper, she acknowledged. “She has given to the United States, her new ping and building into a garden community service. Although took the initiative to meet with her time and worked with us community will be lucky to and ‘nature park’ for visitors initially not very familiar with them to understand their needs. on many occasions… Fuhong have her. VM

Mrs. Tracy attends the dog walk to Coloane Hill in 2011 with Shu Mai Mrs. Tracy participates in a DIY Green Soap workshop with a group of Fuhong Society of Macau members

Mrs. Tracy emcees the Rotary Club of Macau’s 66th Annual Mr. and Mrs. Tracy participate in the annual Sands China Care Ambassadors tradition of doing cleaning for the elderly Ball “The Masquerade” 28.01.2015 wed

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SINO-LUSO MEDICAL FORUM Harvard Medical School professor shares experience on managing disasters related matters. Keynote lectures commence AP PHOTO at 2pm on Saturday at the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Develop- ment Foundation - located at Landmark Macau. A full-day workshop runs from 9:30am to 5pm on Sunday at the Faculty of Health Sciences skills center Susan Briggs at MUST. The Sino-Luso Medical Forum is chaired by the Macau Univer- sity of Science and Technolo- gy’s (MUST) Faculty of Health Sciences, and organized by the Macau Healthcare Manage- ment and Promotion Associa- tion. The event is supported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the Chinese Medical Doctors Asso- ciation, among other interna- tional organizations.

Our ARVARD Medical School Medical Response System will Hong Kong Association for thquake. Hprofessor Susan Briggs will be speaking at the forum, re- Conflict and Catastrophe Me- Moreover, both teams will longstanding be sharing her experiences ma- garding the current and deadly dicine, who will be conducting be running competency-based naging complex disasters, such outbreak of the Ebola virus. Dr. workshops regarding Extremity skills training workshops, in- forum is as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Alson is an associate professor Injury. cluding exercises based on po- committed to Hurricane Katrina and the Bos- of Emergency Medicine at the “Our longstanding forum is tential scenarios, so that they ton Marathon bombing, during Wake Forest University School committed to developing qua- are able to assess different si- developing the Sino-Luso International of Medicine, and director of the lity healthcare training pro- tuations within disaster-related Medical Forum (Series 23) office of Pre-hospital and Disas- grams in the preparedness and healthcare. quality taking place in Macau between ter Medicine at Wake Forest. response for major incidents “We are all aware that disas- healthcare January 31 and February 2. The delegation consists of and disasters through collabo- ters – whether natural or man- The three-day medical forum, nursing experts as well, inclu- rative partnership programs made - are on the increase in- training chaired by the Macau Universi- ding Ms Lin-Ti Chang from within our local healthcare ternationally, and also in our ty of Science and Technology’s Massachusetts General Hospi- institutions and overseas stra- region, including typhoons and programs in the Faculty of Health Sciences, will tal, who will deliver a presenta- tegic partners,” said professor radiation scares. This forum is examine “Managing Complex tion on the “Evaluation of Mass Manson Fok, president of the an opportunity to develop ne- preparedness Disasters: Lessons Learned.” Casualty Incidents and Respon- Sino-Luso Medical Forum, in a tworks and lines of communi- and response Professor Briggs will be ac- ses to Disasters.” statement. cation, to foster relationships companied by her medical res- Experts from Hong Kong Hong Kong and US experts with our medical partners in for major cue team, who will share their have also been invited to at- will also provide an overview China and this region, and to insights on managing disasters tend the forum. These include of what kind of prevention sustain our regional emergency incidents and with Macau’s frontline medical Dr. Jimmy Chan, president of measures prevailed after the preparedness efforts,” said pro- providers. the Hong Kong Association for contamination triggered by fessor Fok. disasters Dr. Roy Alson, Medical Direc- Conflict and Catastrophe Me- the Fukushima nuclear plant Experts from the Philippines PROFESSOR MANSON FOK tor for the North Carolina Sta- dicine, and Dr. Chow Yuk-Yin, meltdown, and during rescue will also be participating in the PRESIDENT, SINO-LUSO MEDICAL te Office of the EMS Disaster founding vice-president of the missions after the Sichuan ear- forum to address super typhoon- FORUM ad wed 28.01.2015

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Catarina Pinto MDT REPORT HEN Nuno Sen- na Fernandes Jr’s father passed away last year, his Macanese families facing familyW strived to respect one of his last wishes: to be cremated and buried at the family tomb hurdles to bury loved ones in the S. Miguel Arcanjo ceme- tery. Nuno José de Senna Fernan- des died in May, but his wish at S. Miguel Arcanjo hasn’t been completely fulfilled yet due to a rather bureaucratic issue: the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) reques- buried his parents he basically ted that the family present a took birth certificates and [the proof of receipt showing that About twenty signature of two witnesses] and they bought the plot at the ce- permission was granted,” he metery. of my relatives continued. The problem is, said Nuno “So I don’t see why there’s so Senna Fernandes Junior, the were buried much of a problem when the- tomb was bought back in 1862 in the same re’s proof that this is our family and such a receipt is now lost. tomb,” he stressed. “About twenty of my relatives tomb (…) their This is not an isolated case. were buried in the same tomb Other Macanese families have (…) their inscriptions are all inscriptions are faced challenges when trying there. I have photocopies of the all there to bury their loved ones at areas at the cemetery that we the same cemetery. Last year, bought but the only thing mis- NUNO SENNA FERNANDES JR newspaper Ponto Final repor- sing here is the receipt. I can’t ted that Gabriel Pedruco was find it because it was bought second letter from Mr Fernan- not granted permission to bury ages ago,” he told The Times. des would see a similar reply the ashes of four family mem- About two weeks before his from IACM. bers in a perpetual grave bou- father passed away, Mr Fernan- “IACM asked me for proof of ght by his grandfather at S. Mi- des requested permission from sale. My question to them was: guel Arcanjo. IACM to open up the family you want me to provide the re- Mr Pedruco claimed that the tomb. Three years before other ceipt but you’re the ones who grave was bought by his gran- relatives had been buried in the sold the plot. So where’s your dfather back in 1916 and that very same place. registry of that plot being sold?” several of his relatives had “I went to IACM to ask per- he questioned. been buried there. IACM de- mission but got rejected. My In a letter addressed to IACM, nied his request as he also cou- father had asked for cremation Mr Fernandes recalled that ld not present proof of receipt and for his ashes to be put the- over twenty of his relatives showing that, indeed, his gran- re. I approached IACM again have been buried in that tomb. dfather had bought the plot. Mr after my father died and wrote “It is impossible for my family Pedruco appealed the decision a second letter to them,” he re- to produce the original bill of in court but the request was de- called. sale as many years have pas- nied. A first letter from IACM res- The Shrine at Nuno Senna Fernandes Jr’s house sed since it was purchased by Ponto Final reported last year ponding to his request was re- tual grave. my ancestors. I feel that this that there were at least six Ma- ceived in June last year. The IACM says According to the letter, which responsibility also falls on your canese families facing the same bureau said that according to The Times reviewed, IACM said department to find proof on our problem. an administrative decree the the law states that Mr Fernandes’ family was behalf,” he wrote. Mr Fernandes recalled that rights of people to so-called not able to provide proof of who Furthermore, Mr Fernandes people have questioned whe- perpetual graves in public ce- it is obligatory owns the tomb. It added that recalled that three years ago ther this issue arose as a re- meteries are regulated by speci- to present the bureau also tried to verify his family was allowed to bury sult of the ten perpetual graves fic rules and conditions dating through the registry archives other loved ones there. scandal involving former Se- back to when they were acqui- proof that the the ownership of the perpetual “When my ancestors and other cretary for Administration and red. Furthermore, the bureau grave, but failed to locate any relatives were buried there be- Justice Florinda Chan and for- reiterated that the law states it family owns the data regarding the sale of the fore, they [IACM] didn’t ask for mer IACM president Raymond is obligatory to present proof mentioned plot. The request the receipt. When my cousin Tam, among other employees. that the family owns the perpe- perpetual grave was subsequently denied and a Miguel [de Senna Fernandes] The case dates back to 2001, when an acquaintance of Ms Chan was granted a permanent cemetery grave by the former provisional city hall. The perpetual grave-grating process was allegedly illegal. Florinda Chan was cleared from any wrongdoing in the case by the Court of Final Appeal. Mr Raymond Tam and other IACM employees had been accused of delaying the delivery of docu- ments related to the case to the Public Prosecutions Office, but the Court of First Instance also found them innocent. Mr Fernandes said that if all his current attempts fail to suc- ceed, they will take the case to court. “My father’s ashes are at my house, we put up a small shrine for now,” he said. The Times contacted IACM but A tombstone inscription reads perpetual grave the bureau did not reply to our bought by R.S. Fernandes queries before going to press. 28.01.2015 wed

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Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi corporate bits and LG Electronics Inc., res- pectively, Strategy Analytics cotai water jet launches new series Huawei to ship reported in October. of services and ticket promotions “Over the last two to three Cotai Water Jet has in- years, and in 2014 in parti- troduced a new series of cular, we have seen Huawei services and ticket pro- 100m smartphones make concerted efforts in the motions, and has set up mid-range of the market,” a new service counter. To make purchasing fer- said Kiranjeet Kaur, a Singa- ry tickets for Cotai Water pore-based analyst at Inter- Jet city and airport rou- in overseas push national Data Corp. “Their tes easier, a new service counter has been set up flagship models, like Honor at shop 305D-B at the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in UAWEI Tech- 6, have helped them achieve Sheung Wan, offering face-to-face ticket sales and information nologies Co. will their ambition to move up about the latest promotions. Furthermore, complimentary Wi- boost smartpho- the value chain.” Fi will be available on board in all first class cabins. BLOOMBERG ne shipments by The portion of Huawei’s Cotai Water Jet Facebook Fans Promotion Ha third this year and surpass smartphone sales coming From now until June 30, Cotai Water Jet Facebook fans can 100 million units as the com- from international marke- receive a promotional code by sending a text message to a special number. With the code, customers who purchase a Co- pany makes a greater push to ts will rise to more than 60 tai Class single ticket on a city route can purchase a set of Co- target high-end consumers percent this year from 52 tai Class round trip tickets at a special price (with a 20 per cent and international markets. percent last year, the com- discount), or a Cotai First round trip ticket with the promo code. Smartphone shipments pany said in yesterday’s sta- Taipa Ferry Terminal Parking Card Promotion will increase from 75 million tement. From now until Dec. 31, drivers who present a Taipa Ferry last year, Shao Yang, vice Huawei’s smartphone sa- Terminal parking slip when purchasing a Cotai Water Jet city An attendant displays a Huawei Technologies Co. Ascend Mate 7 or airport route ferry ticket at the regular price can enjoy a dis- president of marketing for smartphone at the Cutting-Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive les may rise to $16 billion count on the ferry ticket – a savings equivalent to 10 hours of the Consumer Business Exhibition in Chiba, Japan this year, from $12 billion free parking. The Taipa Ferry Terminal parking deck is located Group, said on a conference last year, Yu said. Huawei adjacent to the terminal. call yesterday. The Shen- cheaper devices from fellow chard Yu, chief executive of- plans to focus for now on Birthday Celebration Promotion zhen, China-based company Chinese vendors Xiaomi ficer of Huawei’s consumer organic growth rather than Special tickets will be available to celebrate customer birth- plans to boost the portion of Corp. and Lenovo Group unit. “Many vendors are seeking to buy rival manu- days. Available until Dec. 31, 2015, customers will be entitled to two sets of discounted round-trip Cotai Water Jet city route sales from high-end devices Ltd. Huawei sees consoli- suffering. Only two vendors facturers, he said. tickets during their birthday month. - including the Mate 7, P7, or dation in the smartphone have had a good life: Apple “Currently, we have no Honor 6 - to more than 30 industry and wants to move and Samsung.” short-term acquisition E-ticket Promotion Travellers who purchase e-tickets using Cotai Water Jet’s on- percent from 18 percent, he into the ranks of the wor- Huawei ranked fifth in glo- plans,” Yu said. “In the fu- line booking system can choose either a free upgrade to Cotai said. ld’s top suppliers alongside bal smartphone shipments ture, that may be possible. First or a discount on Cotai Class tickets on city routes until Huawei is expanding its Samsung Electronics Co. during the third quarter, In the short term, we are Dec. 31. lineup of mobile devices pri- and Apple Inc. with 5.1 percent share, ac- Cotai Water Jet operates daily from 6:30 a.m. to 3 a.m., with mainly focused on our own sailings every 30 minutes between 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. ced above USD300 to move “We are giving up the low cording to researcher Stra- capability, building our own away from competition with end of the market,” said Ri- tegy Analytics. It trailed capability.” Bloomberg

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ANGOLA Botswana wants Australia’s Lucapa Diamond extracts 266.7 to export coal via carats of diamonds

IAMOND mining in the Mozambique DLulo alluvium, in the Angolan province of Lun- da Norte, began in January OTSWANA plans to with production of 266.7 start exporting coal carats, Australia’s Lucapa from ports in Mozam- Diamond Company said in a bique and South Afri- statement recently. Bca, ahead of completion of a Preliminary work in block railway linking the country to 29 of the Lulo concession Namibia, the chief executive of was “successfully” comple- Botswana’s Chamber of Mines ted and in just eight days said recently. of operation 17.33 carats in in that area, valid for 35 Noting that mining of coal de- of diamond per 100 cubic years. posits in the Mmambula region meters of rock have been Previously, in the prospec- in southern Botswana depends nomic ambitions of country, a distance of 1,500 kilometres, extracted, according to the ting phase which lasted for on completion of the Trans-­ which include providing coal to the various operators installed same information. six years, the company ex- Kalahari Railway, Charles countries like India and China. in the Mmamabula coal region In total, the company fou- tracted 876.5 carats of dia- Siwawa said mining companies In the face of a drop in coal may bring coal production nd 286 diamonds, weighing monds from the Lulo area, operating locally expect to start prices on international marke- forward, with export capacity of 266.7 carats, said Lucapa notably a single 131.4 carat their projects by exporting ts, Siwawa stressed that mining around 20 million tons throu- Diamond, whose Angolan stone, the largest ever found through the ports of Maputo in should not make a rise in prices gh the ports of Maputo and Ri- partner for this project is by Lucapa. Mozambique and Richards Bay, a condition for launching coal chards Bay. state diamond company The Lulo concession gran- South Africa. exploration, noting that expor- The Matola coal terminal at Endiama and private group ting of Lulo lies 150 kilo- The CEO of the Botswana ting through Mozambique and the port of Maputo, operated Rosas & Pétalas. meters from the Catoca Chamber of Mines, a private South Africa will help operators by Grindrod Limited, offers Block 29 is the first alluvial diamond mine, which is the entity that brings together se- develop their logistics capabili- an annual export capacity of 6 diamond operation in the biggest in Angola and the veral companies with interes- ties. million tons, which may increa- Lulo area since the Austra- fourth largest of its kind in ts in mining, said the wait for With an export target of 60 se to 26 million in the future, lian company and its part- the world, and both are lo- completion of the railway could million tons by rail between based on an ongoing expansion ners last November signed a cated in the same geological prove “disastrous” for the eco- Botswana and Namibia, over plan. MDT/Macauhub contract for the concession area. MDT/Macauhub

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between the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest economies. AP PHOTO Obama’s visit to Beijing in November generated a surpri- sing amount of consensus on a range of issues, including an ambitious agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emis- sions that the White House hopes will push nations like India toward similar pacts. But Washington has deep con- cerns about Beijing’s actions on such matters as regional territorial disputes, computer hacking and currency mani- pulation. India is particularly concer- ned about China’s quiet quest for greater influence in the Indian Ocean, where has long been New Delhi’s domain. The tankers that move throu- gh the Indian Ocean are criti- cal for India’s oil supply, and any significant slowdown in tanker traffic could cripple its economy. India is also concer- ned about the Chinese troops U.S President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they participate in a CEO roundtable discussion at The Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi that regularly move across its unmarked Himalayan border with China. Rahul Bedi, an analyst for Ja- ne’s Information Group, said Beijing’s shadow looms large India’s goal within the next two decades is to develop mi- litary capabilities that would enable them to take on China. over Obama visit to India “India can’t do that on its own, so we need somebo- dy like America to hold our Julie Pace in the region— particularly in Endowment for Internatio- nomic cooperation between hand,” Bedi said. White House Correspondent, the Indian Ocean and at the nal Peace. Modi wants “all of the two countries. Obama and Modi agreed New Delhi Himalayan border between the benefits that come from Obama’s trip didn’t go unno- to extend a 10-year defen- the two countries — and sees being seen as working in close ticed in China, where foreign se pact that the White House S President Bara- fostering improved relations collaboration with the United ministry spokeswoman Hua said would allow for deeper ck Obama and In- with the U.S. as key to bolste- States,” including access to Chunying said U.S.-India re- military-to-military engage- dian Prime Minis- ring its own defense posture. American technology, exper- lations “could promote mu- ment and increase maritime ter Narendra Modi “There is a triangular game tise and military cooperation, tual trust and cooperation in cooperation. Pentagon chief metA in New Delhi this week, in play from Delhi’s point said Tellis. the region.” But the state-run Chuck Hagel said a defense the shadow of a third player of view,” said Ashley Tellis, The U.S. and India have each Xinhua news agency dismis- partnership between the U.S. hung over the talks: neighbo- a South Asia expert at the cast Obama’s three-day vi- sed Obama’s visit as “more and India “will help forge se- ring China, which has compli- Washington-based Carnegie sit to New Delhi as a symbol symbolic than pragmatic, gi- curity and stability in Asia and cated relationships with both of their efforts to strengthen ven the long-standing division across the globe.” the United States and India. a relationship that has been between the two giants, which Still, regional experts caution To Obama, forging deeper plagued by tension and sus- may be as huge as the distance that there are limits to how far ties with India fits in neatly India does not picion. Obama is the first U.S. between them.” India, a nation that champio- with his efforts to deepen leader to visit India twice as Commentary in China’s go- ned a policy of nonalignment U.S. influence in countries on want to seem president, and the first to be vernment-controlled media is during the Cold War, will go in China’s doorstep. And as the honored as the chief guest at frequently used as a means of joining together with the U.S. world’s largest democracy, In- like it’s banding India’s annual Republic Day criticizing or casting doubt on to counter China. dia is a particularly attractive parade. the diplomatic moves of other “India does not want to seem partner to the U.S. as it seeks together with Obama and Modi sat side countries. like it’s banding together with to cultivate a robust regional the US or -by-side Monday in a glas- When asked about the Chi- the United States or with other counterbalance to commu- s-enclosed viewing box as nese take, Obama’s deputy countries to go against Chi- nist China. with other Indian tanks and rocket laun- national security adviser Ben na,” said Michael Kugelman, a India and China are osten- chers rolled by and fighter jets Rhodes said, “It’s notable that South Asia expert at the Wil- sibly allies, and Modi warmly countries to go sped across the sky overhead. they should feel like they have son Center. Kugelman said welcomed Chinese President against China The president later convened to go out of their way to com- that while Modi is moving Xi Jinping to New Delhi last MICHAEL KUGELMAN a meeting of U.S. and Indian ment on this visit.” away from his country’s nona- year. But India is also worried SOUTH ASIA EXPERT business executives, a gathe- The subtle jab underscored lignment policy, “its influence about China’s maneuvering THE WILSON CENTER ring aimed at bolstering eco- the complexity of the dynamic is very strong.” AP

HONG KONG The incident was repor- ted to the police at 7:17 a.m., the spokeswoman Industrial Bank employee said to fall to his death said, without disclosing which company the man man who fell to his A 31-year-old man was over a personal issue, said, asking not to be dustrial Bank is located worked for. A death at an office certified dead at the sce- the spokeswoman said, identified as it’s a priva- on the 39th floor of ICBC Industrial Bank, a mid- building located in Hong ne at Citibank Plaza in asking not to be iden- te matter. Tower, according to the sized Chinese bank, de- Kong’s business district the Central district yes- tified, citing the police Citibank Plaza is an of- website of the Hong clined to comment. The was an Industrial Bank terday morning, a police force’s rules. fice complex that com- Kong Association of Hong Kong branch had Co. employee, according spokeswoman said by The man was a vice prises Citibank Tower Banks. The bank opened 49 employees as of June to people with knowled- phone. Initial investi- president at the bank in and ICBC Tower. The its first branch in Hong 30, according to its half-­ ge of the matter. gation indicated it was Hong Kong, the people Hong Kong office of In- Kong in March 2014. year report. wed 28.01.2015

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Yuri Kageyama JAPAN on documentary movies. “Even Business Writer, Tokyo now, I can’t believe it. But it is Kenji. It feels so unreal.” HE plight of freelance They had hit it off right away, journalist Kenji Goto, People turn to ‘I am he recalled. Goto devoted his taken captive by Isla- life to telling the stories of refu- mic State group mili- gees and children in war zones, Ttants, has gripped Japan, and and had worked with UNICEF. the people’s hopes for his sa- Kenji’ Facebook page Another video over the fety are now on Facebook with weekend, whose authenticity a simple, unifying plea: “I am could not be confirmed, appea- Kenji.” red to show Goto holding a The video, posted online last on hostage crisis photo of the body of Haruna week, showing Goto and ano- Yukawa, the other hostage, ther Japanese hostage, has with the demand changing to dominated mainstream media a prisoner exchange. Japanese here, a peaceful and relatively Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has crime-free nation unaccusto- AP PHOTO said that video is likely credible. med to such violence. Over the last week, Japane- But as government officials se Twitter has seen a stream made stately pronouncemen- of doctored images taken from ts on TV news, regular people the first video, including cutesy were taking action of their own manga-like figures juxtaposed — online, with some rallying to on top of the images of the two Goto’s support and others mo- kneeling hostages as well as the cking the terrorists with images masked man standing in the — in a quiet but massive show middle. of defiance. Nobuyuki Hayashi, a consul- “We want Kenji to come tant and technology journalist, home,” said Taku Nishimae, a who happened to know Goto in Japanese filmmaker living in junior high school, says he finds New York, who started the “I Twitter chatter disturbing, be- am Kenji” Facebook page, right cause of the anonymity that after seeing last week’s video allows people to voice irrespon- demanding Japan pay USD200 sible and sometimes hurtful million within 72 hours for the views. hostages’ release. “We needed to avoid these Ja- The page, now with more than panese netizens cloaked under 25,000 “likes” and growing, anonymity to make any cons- asks people to post self-portrai- tructive discussion,” Hayashi ts and other photos with a sign said. that says: “I am Kenji.” Many Japanese are wor- It’s a reference to the “Je Suis ried for Goto, but don’t know Charlie,” or “I Am Charlie,” Protesters chant “Free Goto” during a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s Official residence in Tokyo what to do and feel frustrated, worldwide slogan showing soli- he said. The Facebook page darity with Charlie Hebdo, the cebook page says in English, About a thousand people have about 1,000 people outside the allowed them to do something. Paris weekly newspaper where followed by a translation in Ja- posted photos, some of them prime minister’s office over the They can also see the concerns 12 people were killed in a terro- panese. portraits holding handwritten weekend, demanding the go- of others around the world. rist attack earlier this month. Nishimae, 52, stressed the messages, some identifying vernment do more to save the “And that is encouraging,” “Let’s show that we’re uni- page is not about taking poli- themselves as Muslim, but all hostages. Hayashi said. “And we can all ted, and tell that it’s unjust to tical sides, or even about free- with the same message. “It’s great people are getting hope that, when Kenji returns kill innocent citizens and it’s dom of the press, but a more The slogan has taken off. “I inspired,” said Nishimae, who to Japan sometime soon, he meaningless to turn entire general human statement, like am Kenji” was among the signs has known Goto, 47, for 12 would be happy to see so many nation against you,” the Fa- a desperate prayer. held up at a demonstration of years and has worked with him people supporting him.” AP

Special envoy hopeful about release of hostage, pilot

Mari Yamaguchi and extremist Islamic State unverified video surfa- treating the video relea- Elaine Kurtenbach, Tokyo group after crashing in ced showing a still pho- sed over the weekend as AP PHOTO December. It wasn’t clear to of Goto, 47, holding authentic and thus ac- Japanese envoy in when the pilot’s possible what appears to be a cepting the likelihood A Jordan expressed release had entered the photo of Yukawa’s body. that Yukawa was killed. hope that both Japanese picture. It included a recording However, the new mes- hostage Kenji Goto and The issue of a prisoner of a voice claiming to sage varied greatly from a Jordanian pilot held by swap is sensitive, given be Goto, saying his cap- previous videos relea- Islamic militants will re- Jordanian concern over tors wanted the release sed by the Islamic State turn home “with a smile the pilot, and Nakayama of Sajida al-Rashawi, an group, and The Associa- on their faces,” as ques- emerged from the Japa- Iraqi woman sentenced ted Press could not verify tions rose yesterday over nese Embassy yesterday to death in Jordan for its contents and whether the government’s han- with no new updates. involvement in a suicide they actually reflect the dling of the crisis. “There are other parties bombing that killed 60 group’s demands. In the Jordanian capi- Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, left, answers a involved, so I don’t want people. Securing the release tal, Amman, Deputy Fo- reporter’s question in Amman, Jordan to comment on details of The message retracted of al-Rashawi would be reign Minister Yasuhide the negotiations,” he said. a demand for payment a propaganda coup for Nakayama seemed deter- order for us to see the day save two Japanese hosta- Goto, a journalist, was of USD200 million in the Islamic State, ena- mined, saying he believed when the Jordanian pilot ges of the Islamic State seized in late October in ransom for the two Japa- bling the group to reaf- there were “firm ties” be- and our Japanese natio- group, said late Monday Syria, apparently while nese, made in an earlier firm links to al-Qaida in tween Japan and Jordan. nal Mr. Goto, can both night. trying to rescue 42-year-­ online message, and said Iraq. Al-Rashawi fled but “I hope we can all firmly safely return to their own It was the first mention old Haruna Yukawa, an Yukawa had been killed. was captured after her work hard and join hands countries with a smile on by a Japanese official of adventurer who was cap- It threatened to kill Goto explosive belt failed to to cooperate, and for the their faces,” Nakayama, a Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. tured by the militants unless al-Rashawi was detonate in the attack in two countries (Japan and lawmaker send to coordi- Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, last summer. released. Jordan. She pleaded not Jordan) to cooperate, in nate efforts in Amman to who has been held by the Over the weekend, an Japanese officials are guilty. AP 28.01.2015 wed

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Queen Bee among the wives or if that role is assumed by AP PHOTO Yo Jong,” he said in an e-mail. “They are a quiet but politi- cally influential cohort in the North Korean elite.” In public Ri offers a softer side of the Supreme Leader and has been a regular in North Korean propaganda. In 2005, she traveled to South Korea as a teenage cheerlea- der for North Korean teams at an athletic competition. Seven years later she was revealed as his wife at an appearance with Kim at an amusement park in July 2012.

While Kim Jong Un’s wife Ri Sol Ju and younger sister Kim Yo Jong are currently allies, their overlapping influence makes them potential rivals People watch a TV news program showing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul

NORTH KOREA Song Thaek, once considered Still, so little is known about the leader’s mentor, was exe- their relationship that it took cuted by his nephew in De- former NBA star Dennis Rod- cember 2013 after accusations man to reveal the couple had a Kim Jong Un relies of graft and factionalism. child after a trip to Pyongyang Kim Yo Jong began appea- in 2013 to play basketball. ring more in public after the Rodman told the Guardian purge, and the official Korean newspaper that he held Kim’s on improbable pair of Central News Agency last No- daughter Ju-ae and that Kim vember referred to her as a de- is a “good dad and has a beau- puty director of the party, the tiful family.” first time she had been cited Citing conversations with women amid purges with a formal title. people who have been in the The purge of Jang may have room with both women at the Sam Kim Workers’ Party and serves as factory. also strengthened the hand of same time, Madden said the an adviser to her brother. Still, Kim Yo Jong “has a lot Ri with the North Korean eli- two appeared friendly to each NE sports a Christian Dior “Uneasiness is inevitable in of control over who has access te looking to avoid a similar other as they sat at opposite Ohandbag and favors Wes- a relationship like this,” Kang to her brother, what they say fate. Kim Jong Un last year sides - Ri with her husband tern clothes. The other carries Myong Do, a son-in-law of to him, what documents they executed another 50 officials and Kim with senior party of- a notebook and wears dark North Korea’s former Prime hand over - in short, she is a on charges ranging from gra- ficials. uniforms. These fashion oppo- Minister, Kang Song San, said combination gatekeeper and ft to watching South Korean Kim was born to the same sites are the two most influen- by phone. “The wife wouldn’t traffic cop,” said Michael Ma- soap operas, South Korean Korean-Japanese dancer, Ko tial women in North Korea. like it if her husband got too dden, editor of the North Ko- lawmaker Shin Kyung Min Yong Hui, as Kim Jong Un. In While Kim Jong Un’s wife Ri close to his sister; the sister rea Leadership Watch blog. said in October after attending February 2011 South Korean Sol Ju and younger sister Kim wouldn’t like it if her brother She joined her brother in a National Intelligence Service broadcaster KBS showed what Yo Jong are currently allies got too close to his wife.” handing out awards to troops briefing. it identified as Kim Yo Jong in sustaining one of the wor- The sister would try to oust at an air force competition “The kind of authoritarianism and her other brother, Kim ld’s most reclusive leaders, Ri if the first lady - a “rag- in May and that suggests she that exists there, you almost Jong Chol, enjoying an Eric their overlapping influence tag commoner” compared to commands the party’s Organi- can’t duplicate anywhere else,” Clapton concert in Singapore. makes them potential rivals Kim Yo Jong - sought political zation and Guidance Depart- President Barack Obama said Yonhap News said Jan. 2 she in a regime where family ties power beyond the role of bur- ment, which handles every- in an interview on YouTube married one of party secretary aren’t strong enough to pro- nishing her husband’s public thing from promotions to Jan. 22, in which he answered Choe Ryong Hae’s sons, citing tect against Kim’s penchant image, said Kang, who now purges, Cheong Seong Chang, questions from three of the two people in China it didn’t for purges. teaches North Korean studies a senior analyst at the Sejong video website’s personalities. identify and a photo of her These women of Pyongyang at Kyungmin University near Institute near Seoul, said in an “It’s brutal and it’s oppressi- wearing a ring. Dong-A Ilbo offer insight to an opaque re- Seoul. e-mail. ve, and as a consequence, the newspaper rebutted the report gime that, while struggling Kim Yo Jong chooses to re- Kim’s sister remained out of country can’t really even feed days later. to feed its people, is capab- main in her brother’s shadow the public eye until she was its own people.” The power of women has le of maintaining 1.2 million at public events, while Ri lo- spotted on state television at There are accounts that the been growing in North Korea men under arms and threate- cks arms with Kim Jong Un. her father’s funeral in a bla- wives of North Korean elite and they are destined to “rule ning neighbors with nuclear In a photo released Jan. 21 by ck mourning dress. In footage used their ties to Ri to “limit behind the scenes in the Con- annihilation. Ri commands a the state-run Rodong Sinmun shown less than a year later, she the number of officials re- fucian-minded Korea,” Leo- growing following among the newspaper, Kim Yo Jong hi- was riding a white horse alon- moved from office due to the nid Petrov, a Korea studies wives of North Korean elite des behind a pole as she wa- gside her aunt Kim Kyong Hui. Jang purge,” Madden said. researcher at the Australian while Kim Yo Jong now holds tches the back of her brother The aunt hasn’t been seen in “What we’ll need to watch for National University, said by a senior position in the ruling speaking to people at a shoe public since her husband Jang is whether Ri Sol Ju becomes e-mail. Bloomberg wed 28.01.2015

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Meghan Barr, New York USA plowing crews. “When you wake up in the ENS of millions of people morning, it is going to look Talong the U.S. East Coast like a blizzard,” said Massa- hunkered down for a storm Millions hunker down chusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, that for most failed to live up echoing the concern of many to predictions that it would be government leaders. one of the worst they’d ever Light snow fell steadily early seen. as snowstorm totals yesterday in midtown Manha- Forecasters originally said ttan as a few municipal trucks the storm could bring up to rumbled down empty streets. about a meter of snow and downgraded The city had an almost eerie punishing hurricane-force feel to it. No airplanes in the winds. But early yesterday, sky, making for an unexpec- they downgraded most of tho- ted quiet. se numbers, saying New En- More than 7,700 flights in gland would fare the worst, and out of the Northeast were but even then not as bad as AP PHOTO canceled, and many of them expected. may not take off again until Bruce Sullivan of the Na- today. Schools and busines- tional Weather Service said ses let out early. Government Boston and Providence, offices closed. Shoppers sto- Rhode Island, could get the cking up on food jammed su- most snow, about half a me- permarkets and elbowed one ter. New York could see up another for what was left. to 50 centimeters, Hartford, Broadway stages went dark. Connecticut, up to half a me- Mayor Bill de Blasio ur- ter, and Philadelphia and ged New Yorkers to go home central New Jersey about 15 and stay there, adding: “Peo- centimeters. ple have to make smart deci- The National Weather Ser- sions from this point on.” vice over the weekend had Commuters like Sameer issued a blizzard warning Navi, 27, of Long Island, were for a 400-kilometer swath of following the advice. the region, meaning heavy, Navi, who works for Citi- blowing snow and potential group in Manhattan, said he whiteout conditions. takes a train every day and On Monday, life abruptly left work early Monday after stopped across the region as warnings by local officials to officials ordered workers to get home before the brunt of go home early, banned travel, the storm. closed bridges and tunnels, “I did leave earlier than and assembled their biggest Pedestrians make their way through snow in New York usual,” he said. AP

IRAQ FACEBOOK Emirati airlines halt flights Internal glitch causes to Baghdad after shooting hour-long global outage

Adam Schreck, Dubai Youkyung Lee, Technology Writer, Seoul ULTIPLE airlines from AP PHOTO AP PHOTO Mthe United Arab Emira- ACEBOOK said it suffered tes said yesterday they were Fa self-inflicted outage lasting cancelling flights to Baghdad an hour yesterday that made its after a passenger plane arri- site inaccessible to users worl- ving from the Mideast’s bu- dwide. siest airport in Dubai came An Etihad Airways plane prepares to land in Abu Dhabi Airport, United Arab The glitch reported in Asia, the A Facebook logo is displayed on the under fire as it landed in the Emirates United States, Australia and the screen of an iPad in New York Iraqi capital. U.K. affected access from PCs A prolonged suspension Dubai-based Emirates, the aviation authority. and Facebook’s mobile app. The Facebook has about 1.35 billion could seriously limit the tra- region’s biggest airline, se- Iraqi officials told The As- social media giant’s Instagram active users and Instagram has vel options for Iraqi travelers parately said it is suspending sociated Press that bullets hit service was also inaccessible. some 300 million. and foreign businesspeople, flights to and from the Iraqi the FlyDubai flight as it tou- A Facebook statement said the News of the Facebook outage diplomats and aid workers capital because of “operatio- ched down Monday. It was disruption was caused by a te- set rival social network Twitter who rely on busy internatio- nal and safety concerns” until unclear who was behind the chnical change it made to the site alight, propelling the hashtag nal transit hubs in the oil-rich further notice. shooting and whether the pla- and wasn’t a cyberattack. Lizard “facebookdown” to top trend on Gulf. “We remain committed to ne was deliberately targeted. Squad, a group notorious for the site. It comes ahead of Face- Discount carrier FlyDubai our customers in Iraq and Baghdad International Air- attention seeking antics online, book reporting its quarterly ear- said its flight 215 was stru- hope to resume services to Ba- port is surrounded by a vast claimed responsibility on Twit- nings today. ck on the fuselage by what ghdad as soon as operational and heavily guarded security ter for the outages. As access to Facebook retur- appeared to small-arms fire. conditions allow,” the airline perimeter lined with concrete “This was not the result of a ned, some users in Asia reported All passengers were able to di- said in an emailed statement. blast walls, making it difficult third party attack but instead that the site was loading slowly sembark normally and none Emirates will continue to fly for insurgents to fire on inco- occurred after we introduced a or not offering full functionality. required medical attention, to the northern Iraqi city of ming planes. change that affected our configu- Lizard Squad on Monday clai- the Dubai government-ow- Irbil and the southern oil hub Several airlines rerouted fli- ration systems,” Facebook said. med responsibility for defacing ned carrier said. of Basra. ghts that pass through Iraqi The temporary loss of service the Malaysia Airlines website Passengers heading back to Etihad Airways, based in the airspace but aren’t bound for may be Facebook’s biggest outa- and has said it will release data Dubai were put on a different Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, the country last year as a pre- ge since Sept. 24, 2010 when it from the airline. The group has plane, the airline said, and a said it was also suspending caution against Islamic State was down for about 2.5 hours. claimed responsibility for a va- flight due to depart to Bagh- operations to Baghdad inde- militants, who have seized On its website for develo- riety of hacks over the past year, dad yesterday had been can- finitely following a directive large parts of the north and pers, Facebook said the “major most of them aimed at gaming or celled. from the Gulf country’s civil west of Iraq. AP outage” lasted one hour. media companies. AP wed 28.01.2015

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RESIDENT Cristina Fernandez called on Congress to dissol- President seeks overhaul ve Argentina’s intelli- Pgence services in the wake of the mysterious death of a pro- secutor, strongly denying his of intelligence services accusation that she had sou- ght to shield former Iranian officials suspected in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center. In a nationally televised ad- dress late Monday (yesterday, Macau time), her first since the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman hours before he was to give potentially explosive testi- mony on the alleged cover up, Fernandez said her proposal to create a new spy agency would be presented to lawmakers by the end of the week. She did not say who might have killed Nisman, but in re- cent letters posted on social media she had suggested that rogue intelligence agents may have orchestrated the death in a plot against her government. In the speech, she provided no new details of the alleged plot and Fernandez herself over- A television screen in a restaurant shows a nationally televised address by Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, her first public comments since the death of sees the intelligence agencies prosecutor Alberto Nisman, in Buenos Aires in question. She said reforming the clan- “It’s unreasonable to think nian officials accused of invol- Fernandez began with a spiri- aimed at obtaining coopera- destine services was a “natio- our government could even vement in the 1994 bombing ted defense of all her govern- tion with the Middle Eastern nal debt” the country has had be suspected of such a ma- of Argentina’s largest Jewish ment had done to try to solve powerhouse to finally seek since the return of democracy neuver,” said Fernandez, who center, which killed 85 people. the 1994 case. justice for the bombing. in 1983. Argentina had several spoke while sitting in a whee- She allegedly reached the deal She lamented that more than Employing the fiery rhetoric years of a brutal dictatorship, lchair because of a fractured in exchange for economic and 20 years later nobody had she is known for, at the end and Fernandez suggested that ankle. trade benefits with Iran. been convicted or even detai- her televised speech, Fernan- the problems of today had Nisman, 51, was found dead Iran has denied the accusa- ned. She noted that her pre- dez said she had a message for their roots in the years of that Jan. 18 in the bathroom in his tion. decessor, husband and former her countrymen. military government. apartment, a bullet in his right Nisman’s death has produ- President Nestor Kirchner, “I will not be extorted, I am While government officials temple. A .22 caliber gun was ced anti-government protests had appointed Nisman to the not afraid” of being cited by had previously labeled Nis- found next to him. His death and a myriad of conspiracy case after years of paralysis. judges or denounced by in- man’s allegations as absurd, came days after he gave a jud- theories, ranging from suicide She said a 2013 memoran- vestigators, she said. “They Monday’s speech was the first ge a report alleging Fernandez to the involvement of Iranian dum of understanding with will not make me move even time Fernandez had taken secretly reached a deal to pre- intelligence agents. Iran, which many in the coun- a centimeter from what I have them on directly. vent prosecution of former Ira- Appearing rested and calm, try have bitterly criticized, was always thought.” AP

WW2 II, after we saw the reality there,” said Abraham Fo- of Auschwitz and the other xman, national director death camps, no normal of the U.S.-based Anti- Dwindling group of survivors person wanted to be asso- Defamation League and ciated with the anti-Semi- a survivor himself. “We tism of the Nazis,” Lauder have hidden it, made it to mark Auschwitz 70 years on said. “But, as the Holo- unacceptable, made it un-­ caust grows more distant PC, but we never really and survivors disappear, eliminated it. The cons- Vanessa Gera, Oswiecim are already starting to for- extremists grow more ciousness of what anti-Se- get. And they warn that bold in targeting Jews. mitism was, of Auschwitz, decade ago, 1,500 AP PHOTO the anti-Semitic hatred Stoked by a false narrati- was prevalent; it kept the AHolocaust survivors and violence that are on ve that blames Israel for a lid on it. It wasn’t accepta- traveled to Auschwitz to the rise, particularly in litany of the world’s pro- ble to be anti-Semitic.” mark the 60th anniversary Europe, could partly be blems, anti-Semitism is Despite the troubling of the death camp’s libe- linked to fading memories resurgent and deadly.” trend, there are also rea- ration. Yesterday, for the of the Holocaust. Distance from the Ho- sons for hope. Mainstream 70th anniversary, organi- Ronald Lauder, presi- locaust is only one factor society has become more zers were expecting 300, dent of the World Jewish behind the rising anti-Se- vigilant, and Holocaust the youngest in their 70s. Congress, says that the mitism, and experts also educators say that interest “In 10 years there might recent massacres in Pa- fault the ease with whi- in the Holocaust keeps be just one,” said Zyg- ris, which targeted Jews ch hateful propaganda growing. Also, anti-Semi- munt Shipper, an 85-year and newspaper satirists, is spread on the Internet tism remains a huge taboo -old survivor who will at- Visitors walk by barbed wire fences at the Auschwitz Nazi death are proof of growing ha- and the growing presence for most politicians and tend the event in southern camp in Oswiecim, Poland tred and extremism. It’s a of radical Islam in Europe. mainstream societies in Poland to pay homage to message he was planning In Hungary and Greece, the West. Political opposi- the millions killed by the he can while he has the we hate?’” he said. “We to stress in a speech yes- far-right movements have tion to anti-Semitism was Third Reich. In recent strength. mustn’t forget what ha- terday at the former site grown stronger amid eco- underlined by the presen- years, Shipper has been “The children cry, and ppened.” of Auschwitz-Birkenau, nomic decline. ce yesterday of the presi- traveling around Britain I tell them to talk to their But as the world moves where the Nazis killed “Fading memories are dents of Germany, France to share his story with parents and brothers and inevitably closer to a post- more than 1.1 million peo- one reason for the rise in and Poland, along with school groups, hoping to sisters and ask them ‘why survivor era, some Jewish ple, most of them Jews. anti-Semitism, but anti-­ many other European lea- reach as many people as do we do it and why do leaders fear that people “Shortly after World War Semitism was always ders and royalty. AP 28.01.2015 wed

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Cookin’ NANTA 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 8pm (Tuesdays to Fridays) 5pm & 8pm (Saturdays & Sunday) 14:30 RTPi Live 8pm (March 22, 2015) 18:10 Brazil Avenue (Repeated) Until: March 22, 2015 19:00 TDM Interview (Repeated) Venue: Sands Theatre at the Sands Macau/ 19:30 Soap Opera No.203, Largo de Monte Carlo, Macau 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Admission: MOP280 up 21:00 Montra do Lilau 21:40 Miscellaneous Exhibition “Foam Tip by Arlinda Frota 22:10 Brazil Avenue and Transmutation by Carol Kwok” 23:00 TDM News ime 12pm-8pm (Closed on Tuesdays) T : 23:30 Documentary Series Until: March 31, 2015 00:00 Main News, Finalcial & Weather Report (Repeated) Venue: SIGNUM Living Store, Rua do Almirante Sérgio, no. 285, R/C, Macau Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2896 8925 cinema cineteatro Apaixonado Passionate Cuba - Marco Szeto & 10 Cuban Artists Joint Exhibition 22 Jan - 28 Jan Time: 10am-7pm Until: February 18, 2015 Venue: Dare to Dream flagship store 1986 Seven dead in space and art gallery, Calçada da Barra No.16 A, shuttle disaster Edificio San Chak, Macau The American space shuttle, Challenger, has exploded Admission: Free killing all seven astronauts on board. Enquiries: (853) 2830 2012 The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up. “One Hundred Photographers Focus The astronauts’ families, at the airbase, and millions of on Macau” Exhibition Americans witnessed the world’s worst space disaster Time: 24 hours live on TV. BLACKHAT_ Until: March 22, 2015 The danger from falling debris prevented rescue boats room 1 reaching the scene for more than an hour. Venue: Level 2 Showcase, MGM Macau 2.15, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm In 25 years of space exploration seven people have died Admission: Free Director: Michael Mann - today that total has been doubled. Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 President Ronald Reagan has described the tragedy as Language: English (Chinese) “a national loss”. Duration: 133min The Challenger’s flight, the 25th by a shuttle, had alrea- Penguins Undercover Ice World dy been delayed because of bad weather. High winds, with the DreamWorks Gang then icicles caused the launch to be postponed from 22 January. Time: 11am-8pm But Nasa officials insist safety remains their top priority Until: March 8, 2015 and there was no pressure to launch the shuttle today. Venue: Cotai Expo The shuttle crew was led by Commander Dick Sco- Admission: MOP120 bee, 46. Christa McAuliffe, 37, married with two children, was to be the first school teacher in space - picked from Enquiries: 2882 8818 among 10,000 entries for a competition. Speaking before the launch, she said: “One of the things Macau Grand Prix Museum I hope to bring back into the classroom is to make that connection with the students that they too are part of his- & Wine Museum INTO THE WOODS_ tory, the space programme belongs to them and to try to Time: 10am-8pm (Closed on Tuesdays) room 2 bring them up with the space age.” Venue: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm President Reagan has put off his state of the union ad- Director: Robert Marshall dress. He was meeting senior aides in the Oval Office basement (Tourism Activities Centre-CAT) Starring: James Corden, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep when he learned of the disaster. Admission: Free Language: English (Chinese) He has called for an immediate inquiry into the disaster Duration: 125min Enquiries: (853) 8798 4108 / 2833 3000 but he said the space programme would go on - in honour to the dead astronauts. Vice-President George Bush has been sent to Cape Canaveral to visit the victims’ families. This evening, the president went on national television to pay tribute to the courage and bravery of the seven Offbeat astronauts. He said: “We will never forget them, nor the last time we entencing day for hicago saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey S C and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth twins who turned on cartel to touch the face of God.”

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AP PHOTO xican cartels but praised AMERICAN SNIPER_ by prosecutors as the most In context room 3 valuable traffickers-turned-­ 2.15, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm A memorial service was held three days later, in Houston, informants in recent U.S. Director: Clint Eastwood Texas, for the seven crew. It was addressed by President Rea- history. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner gan. Pedro and Margarito Flo- Language: English (Chinese) The Rogers commission reported on the cause of the Chal- res will be sentenced today Duration: 132min lenger disaster in May. It found the explosion had been caused (Macau time) at federal court in their hometown amid tight se- by a leak through a faulty seal or O-ring in one of the solid curity. rocket boosters. They pleaded guilty at a secret 2012 hearing to running a nearly macau tower The Challenger disaster was a severe blow to the American USD2 billion U.S. trafficking franchise. Their partners included space programme. There were no further manned flights until 24 Jan - 4 Feb Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. September 1988. On 1 February 2003 the space shuttle Columbia exploded as it The risk of reprisals to them and anyone associated with them BLACKHAT_ was attempting re-entry after a 16-day mission. is so great that even their lawyer’s name has been kept secret. 2.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 pm All seven astronauts on board, including the first Israeli in Prosecutors are requesting a remarkably lenient prison term of Director: Michael Mann space, were killed. around 10 years. They say it’s reward for cooperation that led to Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang Tributes to the astronauts were led by US President George indictments of Guzman and 50 others. With time served, they Language: English (Chinese) W Bush. could be out within a few years. Duration: 133min wed 28.01.2015

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FOOTBALL | ASIAN CUP Australia beat UAE 2-0 to reach final

Keiran Smith, Newcastle we can score, including set-­ pieces." USTRALIA remai- AP PHOTO Ahmed Khalil, who was ned on course for its UAE's most impressive player maiden Asian Cup in the first half, fired a war- title after defeating ning of UAE's strength in at- UnitedA Arab Emirates 2-0 in tack when his shot from a low a semifinal at Newcastle Sta- cross hit the outside of the dium on a wet day. post. Playing in Newcastle for the UAE started the second half first time in almost 20 years, better than the first, with the Socceroos took a firm grip Abdulrahman getting on to on the contest when defenders the ball increasingly more in Trent Sainsbury and Jason threatening areas, but Austra- Davidson punched in their lia goalkeeper Mat Ryan was first international goals inside rarely tested. the first 15 minutes. "We tried our best to come "Our intention was we wan- back into the game but it was ted to start really strong," not easy," UAE coach Mahdi Australia coach Ange Poste- Ali said. coglou said. "We thought if "We played three strong we can get through that early matches; Iran, then Japan, period with not conceding and then Australia. Many players possibly with the bonus of sco- were tired, and we didn't have ring, then we could control the enough power to come back game after that." into the game." Australia march on to the Cahill, who was largely con- final against South Korea at tained by the defense, was wi- Sydney on Saturday, when the thdrawn for Tomi Juric just host hopes to go one step be- after the hour by Postecoglou, tter than its 2011 final loss to Australia’s Mathew Leckie, left, and UAE’s Ismail al Hammadi battle for the ball during the AFC Asian Cup semifinal soccer who may have had thoughts of Japan. South Korea beat Aus- match between Australia and United Arab Emirates in Newcastle keeping his talisman fresh for tralia 1-0 in the group stage 10 the final. days ago. formance by star Omar Abdul- was met by Sainsbury, who Mathew Leckie's shot was blo- A concern for Postecoglou, "For us to be there is a fitting rahman. took advantage of some slack cked, but Davidson's follow-­up though, will be the fitness of way to end a fantastic tourna- UAE faces Iraq in the third-­ marking to guide in his header. shot slid past goalkeeper Majed left back Ivan Franjic, who ment," Postecoglou said. "You place playoff at the same ve- Australia's eagerness to do- Naser to double their advanta- appeared to injure his groin can always dream if we win it, nue on Friday. minate midfield in the first ge in the 14th. late, when Australia had al- it will be one of the biggest ga- Australia and the UAE had half was best epitomized by Davidson became Australia's ready used its three substitu- mes (in Australia) ever." never met in a competiti- Robbie Kruse, who disposses- 10th different scorer of the tions. UAE, which knocked out de- ve match, and their last two sed Abdulrahman while mis- tournament. "We'll see how he cools fending champion Japan 5-4 friendlies ended in scoreless sing one of his boots. "We can score goals from down," Postecoglou said. "But on penalties in the quarter- draws, but the host needed Kruse created the next Aus- anywhere," Postecoglou it's a final of a major tourna- finals, couldn't find a break- only three minutes to make a tralia chance when the winger's said. "We knew, if we played ment, and I reckon unless they through to spark a fightback, dream start. dinked cross fell close to Tim our style of football and got chop his leg off he'll put his despite another leading per- Massimo Luongo's corner Cahill. In the ensuing scramble, players in the positions where hand up to be part of it." AP

VEN with all its star AFRICAN CUP the draw against Came- Epower, the Ivory roon. "We just have to Coast may have to de- continue the way we're pend on the luck of the Ivory Coast, Cameroon may need playing. We have what it draw to reach the quar- takes to qualify." terfinals at the African Guinea, however, will Cup of Nations. luck for tournament progress likely be playing without All four teams in Group Florentin Pogba, the ol- D have two points after der brother of Juventus 1-1 draws in every match. both to advance. opening match. midfielder Paul Pogba. Today, Yaya Toure and "We go for a win," Ca- In their first two mat- Florentin, a defender his Ivorian teammates AP PHOTO meroon coach Volker ches in Malabo, the Ivo- who plays for Saint-E- will face Cameroon at Finke said on Tuesday. rians had to come back tienne, injured his right Malabo Stadium, while "But I know we have to to earn their draws. They hamstring against Ca- Guinea takes on Mali in work very hard against got a late equalizer from meroon. Mongomo. the ball. There are exce- Seydou Doumbia in the But despite injuries and "We fight like elephants llent individual players in opening group match suspensions, today is the to try to win this game," the team of Ivory Coast." against Guinea, and Max final chance for all four said veteran Ivory Coast Besides Yaya Toure, Gradel scored an even la- Group D teams to ensure defender Kolo Toure, who recently won his ter equalizer against Mali. advancement from their referencing the national fourth African player of For Guinea, one of the play on the field, rather team's nickname. "This the year award, the Ivo- three worst-affected than luck. game is going to be diffe- Ivory Coast’s national soccer team poses for a team picture before rians also have Wilfried countries in the Ebola "It's always very im- rent, and I can't wait. We the start of their African Cup of Nations Group B match against Bony and veteran Sa- outbreak, the results so portant to increase your need to give everything Sudan at Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea lomon Kalou. But they far have been welcome pace step by step and not to prove we are a great will be missing Gervi- good news. to start very quickly, and team." both matches produce a Ivory Coast and Came- nho, the Roma forward "We've played two of not be without energy More draws could mean winner, then those two roon, will need a high who will be serving the the favorites of the com- after the second game," that the quarterfinalis- teams will go through. -scoring draw in Mala- second of his two-match petition and not lost," Ivory Coast coach Herve ts from the group will The pre-tournament bo and another draw in suspension for getting a Guinea captain Ibrahi- Renard said. "We are in be drawn by lots. But if favorites from the group, Mongomo in order for straight red card in the ma Traore said after a good way." AP THE US: Unemployment rates fall in 42 Station28.01.2015Air quality wed

th Anniversary BUZZ states amid broad hiring Roadside 60-80 20 Moderate Unemployment rates fell in 42 U.S. states December, the most in the nation. Overall, last month, the latest sign that strong hiring 41 states gained jobs, while nine said they High is boosting job opportunities nationwide. had lost jobs. Density 65-95 The Labor Department said yesterday that Nationwide, nearly 3 million more Ameri- Residental rates rose in just four states last month and cans are earning paychecks now compared Moderate were unchanged in four others. with 12 months ago. That should help boost Area opinion Job gains remained healthy in states with consumer spending and accelerate the eco- large oil and gas industries, suggesting that nomy’s growth. Analysts forecast that grow- Ambient 50-70 plunging oil prices have yet to cause signi- th should top 3 percent this year for the first Moderate SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: World Views ficant layoffs. Texas gained 45,700 jobs in time in a decade. The Editors, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS MOVIES “I would say that I am me- Greece’s crazy leftists have a diocre at best. I noticed that INDONESIA’s military halts good idea they were more afraid of me. its recovery efforts for the The idiot who shows up at crashed AirAsia plane, Amid the populist rhetoric that propelled Why Ryan the table and doesn’t know including attempts to locate the far-left Syriza party to victory in Gree- what he’s doing is the most bodies and raise the fuselage ce’s parliamentary elections, there’s one dangerous,” he said. from the Java Sea. idea that Germany in particular should take Reynolds says Reynolds admits that he did to heart: revive growth in the euro area by have to get past some initial

giving the hardest-hit countries a break on assumptions about the real AP PHOTO their debts. he’s a dangerous life players he was interacting Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, who was with. sworn in Monday as Greece’s new prime mi- “You get there and you cast nister, has long been calling for a “European poker player all these aspersions, like ‘Oh debt conference” – a summit meeting at whi- man, these guys are the dre- PHILIPPINE officials ch the region’s leaders would reduce the gs. What is this going to be remove the commander debilitating obligations of Greece and other like?’ And then you fall in of a police special action financially troubled euro-area governments. love with each and every one force from his post after AP PHOTO Unlike the rest of the party’s program, this of them. You really do. They at least 44 anti-terror idea makes sense. have stories to tell and they commandos were killed Greece has already been granted some have lives that they’ve led. in a clash with Muslim debt relief, but not enough to make its fiscal They may sit at poker tables rebels in the country’s position sustainable. Tsipras is calling for a for 14 hours a day...,” he said. south. The government’s writedown of about one-third. Many of the casinos, howe- biggest single-day combat There’s plenty of historical precedent for ver, would only allow the loss in recent memory relief on this scale. One case in particular production to shoot during shocked many and led to ought to resonate with German officials, who Actors Ryan Reynolds, left, and Ben Mendelsohn pose at the premiere of off hours. fears it could endanger are among the most steadfast opponents of “Mississippi Grind” during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival “They like having all the a recent peace deal with debt relief. After World War 2, Germany’s guys that lose the money the biggest Muslim rebel creditors recognized that full payment of the Lindsey Bahr Reynolds yesterday. “I love come in there at the prime group. country’s debts would make revival harder Film Writer, Park City (Utah) the South. I go all over the hours. So we would shoot PHILIPPINES-USA The and could destabilize the whole of Europe. South all the time. My wife from about 2 a.m. to 1 p.m. Philippines rejects an appeal In 1953, they agreed to forgive about 50 per- YAN Reynolds and Ben (Blake Lively) and I are ad- which is a terrible time to be by a U.S. Marine that it drop Mendelsohn ventured dicted to New Orleans. But awake,” said Reynolds. cent of West Germany’s debts, and made R a murder case against him in deep into the heart of Ame- we’ve never been to those The production was so the rest contingent on economic performan- the death of a transgender rica to film the gambling steamboat casinos or any- ce. The creditor countries acknowledged at small that most of the time Filipino woman last year. the time that the debt relief was in their own drama “Mississippi Grind,” a thing like that.” people didn’t notice that Rey- interests. gritty, 70s-style road trip mo- To prepare for their roles nolds and Mendelsohn were INDIA and America’s Today, Germany is the most powerful cre- vie about two near-strangers as expert gamblers, the two sitting two tables down from declaration of a ditor nation in the euro area. A prolonged travelling from Dubuque, went out on the town with them — except when the ac- breakthrough in contentious financial and economic crisis – together with Iowa to New Orleans. a “poker czar” a few times tors were in the way of a ma- nuclear energy cooperation fiscal and regulatory mismanagement on all The production spanned before they were “thrown to chine a particular customer is met with a lukewarm sides – has left Greece and others in finan- the heartland as they drove the wolves with genuine, 14- wanted to play on. response from industry and cial distress. Concerned that further debt all over Mississippi, Missou- hour a day sitting at a table For Mendelsohn, an Aus- analysts. Few expect the relief would encourage profligacy, Germany ri, Louisiana and Alabama, grinding killers,” said Men- tralian actor, the film, which potentially lucrative Indian opposes writedowns and insists on seve- going to little towns and litt- delsohn. premiered at Sundance, was market to suddenly become re fiscal austerity. The results have been le casinos and off the beaten “They see us coming and once in a lifetime experien- less complicated for U.S. disastrous. In Greece, one in four workers path racing tracks, often fil- they slide over to that table,” ce. “You get to sort of pseu- nuclear companies. is unemployed and – by one estimate – al- ming the “road trip” scenes added Reynolds. do live these lives for a time. most half the population is now in poverty. while they were also actually It was Reynolds, though, You would never do it of your USA Tens of millions of This enforced hardship isn’t improving the travelling elsewhere. that had the advantage at the own volition. It’s one of the people along the East Coast countries’ ability to pay their debts or helping “I got to go to place that I’d tables, mostly because he just great pleasures of the job,” he hunkered down for a storm the European Union’s economic prospects. never see otherwise,” said isn’t that good at poker. said. AP that for most failed to live up to predictions that it would Slow growth has eroded the fiscal benefits of be one of the worst they’d austerity. Despite spending cuts and tax in- ever seen. More on p14 creases, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and THE even France will be unable to get their ratios SAUDI ARABIA-USA of debt to gross domestic product down to President Barack Obama led the euro area’s permitted maximum of 60 DECISIVE MOMENT a delegation of lawmakers, percent in the foreseeable future. senior U.S. officials and two Debt forgiveness tied to pro-growth eco- former secretaries of state nomic reforms would help. In some coun- to Saudi Arabia yesterday tries, the cost of servicing debt exceeds to pay respects to the 10 percent of government expenditures. royal family following King Some of this money would be better used Abdullah’s death. for spending that would put people back to work. Higher employment and faster grow- POLAND Holocaust th would make it easier for governments to survivors and world leaders pay their remaining obligations. That’s why, including the presidents of in circumstances as dire as these, the true Germany and Austria are cost of debt relief to creditors is low, at worst, preparing mark the 70th and in some cases could even be negative. anniversary of the liberation There’d be other benefits too – above all, of Auschwitz by the Soviet easing the suffering already inflicted on Red Army, but Russian Greece and others, and restoring popular President Vladimir Putin will not be among those support for the European project. As a prin- gathered. Poland apparently cipal stakeholder in that project, Germany snubbed Putin, failing to stands to gain a lot. Its refusal to countenan- send him an invitation. ce further debt relief is economically dama- Big voices for big boys. Ariana Grande (pictured) isn’t the only big-voiced singer performing at the NBA Poland is extremely critical ging and politically dangerous. For its own All-Star Game: Christina Aguilera has been added to the lineup. The NBA announced that Aguilera will of Russian actions in sake, Germany should think again. perform ahead of the 64th annual game on Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ukraine. More on p15