expenses unrelated to north korea fires population service four ballistic missiles declined Ho Chio Meng is being accused North Korea yesterday fired four slightly in of allowing the MP to pay for hotel banned ballistic missiles that flew 2016 rooms and other expenses to about 1,000km, with three of them people with no link to the service landing in waters that Japan claims P3 P6 P13

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China-US The USS Carl Vinson, which cut by MOP4 million is steaming through the South China Sea, P5 is just one of several high-profile displays of U.S. naval power as President Donald Trump’s administration weighs options of how to reassure allies and respond to an assertive barbosa paulo China. The new U.S. administration has signaled a tougher approach. More on p11

Vietnam-Malaysia A lawyer for one of the women accused of poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader in Kuala Lumpur says there are serious holes in the case. The lawyer said allegations that Kim Jong Nam had existing health problems should be cause for a new autopsy. ap photo

Papua New Guinea was shaken by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake yesterday but no destructive tsunami was expected, officials said. The quake struck the South Pacific nation near New Britain island at a depth of 28 kilometers. There were no immediate reports of damage.

Nepal An Australian trekker has died near the Mount Everest base camp, possibly due to high-altitude sickness, Football pitch close to police said yesterday. The 49-year-old man died Friday at Lobuche village, located just Lilau makes way for below the base camp, at 4,940 meters, Nepalese authorities said. car depot P2 MDT REPORT More on backpage 07.03.2017 tue

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The car depot as pictured on Sunday A map showing the demolished sport fields Football pitch close to Lilau demolished to make way for car depot

Renato Marques lities built within the walls there were further restric- portant not to use it just for that none of the activities surrounding the land plot. tions, Vizeu Pinheiro said: a car park or even worse, for fall under their jurisdiction land plot in the Penha The sports facilities have “It is still a historical area, housing, because we need except for the placement of A Hill area that was being now been demolished to although the most signifi- more city parks.” publicity and information used as a sports ground and make way for a car depot for cant part of it [the convent] The Times reached out to boards, which it said were included a football pitch has a local car seller and impor- was one of the special cha- several government bureaus “unlicensed, [and] the res- been transformed into a car ter, according to sources con- racteristics of Macau [and] regarding the transformation ponsible department [is] al- depot, which began operating tacted by the Times. is already gone, and the only of the space. ready acting on the case.” last month. similar structure that still The Sports Bureau (ID) was The Times also received According to official do- stands is the Saint Joseph’s contacted for its opinion on information that the sports cuments, the land, which Seminary.” the demolished football field, grounds might belong to or was formerly known as In the architect’s opinion, which had been one of the few were recently being used by “Mato do Bom Jesus” (Good Since it is a the best use for such a space remaining in central Macau. educational institutions ope- Jesus Woods), was acqui- would be “something... open “We learnt that the area rating under the Roman Ca- red by the Order of Dis- historical area, to the public, regarding [the] was a school equipped with tholic Diocese of Macau, and calced Carmelites around it could be used parking of vehicles. If these [a] football field, and that contacted the Bishop’s office 1948 to build a convent. aren’t for public use, I’m not the area has already been for additional information Historical documents organi- for a city park sure if that’s a good use.” surrounded with residential about the land and develop- zed by journalist João Botas “Since it is a historical area, buildings and other facili- ment. on his blog “Macau Antigo” with a green it could be used for a city ties, as well as other ongoing However, the Office respon- (Old Macau) show that cons- park with a green and recrea- construction works,” the ID ded that they were “not awa- truction of the facility began and recreational tional area,” Vizeu Pinheiro stated. re of anything regarding that in 1950 by Italian architect area. continued. “As an entity to promote land plot,” adding that “the and building contractor Oseo “I believe that [a] car park the development of sports in Bishop has no information Acconci. The convent was Vizeu Pinheiro or depot should be a tempo- Macau, the Sports Bureau is released regarding the [men- inaugurated about a year la- rary thing.” always glad to see more and tioned] land.” ter. After more than 20 years Architect Francisco Vizeu He remarked that it “would more sports facilities are The Land, Public Works and of use by the Order of Discal- Pinheiro told the times that also be important to give that being provided for public Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) ced Carmelites, the building the land plot is part of the space to the younger genera- use. However, due to social also informed the Times that was eventually demolished in Penha/Lilau heritage protec- tions and the elderly. There development, [the] usage of the area is in fact composed the 1970s. tion area, which carries limi- are also at least two big edu- land may also be changed to by two different land plots, Recently, the space has been tations for its development, cational institutions around a certain extent.” but postponed the provision largely abandoned, with the such as a height quota. that area that could make use The Civic and Municipal Af- of further details to a later exception of the sports faci- While he was uncertain if of the space. It would be im- fairs Bureau (IACM) stated date.

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Demographics Population declined Deputies from Macau during the annual NPC session in Beijing slightly in 2016 ome Macau legislators not understand the ques- Sand deputies to the Na- tion and walked away. he total population at the twenty consecutive years, up by 3.3 the completion of large-scale en- tional People’s Congress Asked later in English end of 2016 declined by percentage points year-on-year to tertainment facilities, non-resident in Beijing have little or whether Kim’s family was 1,900 year-on-year to a to- 78.9 percent. workers in the construction sec- no knowledge of the half- still in Macau, Chui claimed tal of 644,900. This marks A total of 7,146 live births were tor dropped significantly by 8,868 brother of North Korea’s he did not know. Tthe first year-on-year decline since delivered in 2016, up by 91 year-on- year- on-year. leader, who resided in the “I have no idea […] I read 2009. year and the birth rate stayed the DSEC noted that there were 6,327 region. (about it) in the newspaper, A reduction in the number of non- same as in 2015. Chinese immigrants in 2016, down Kim Jong Nam was about but I have no information residents is understood to be the Mortality totaled 2,248 in 2016, up by 2,141 year-on-year, with 4,876 to board a plane to Macau from my sources. I don’t main cause in the drop in the re- by 246 year-on-year. coming from Guangdong Province. when he was murdered at think I’m in a position to gion’s population. The number of mortality cases Some 1,300 illegal Chinese immi- Kuala Lumpur’s airport. give you any details,” said The senior citizen population from malignant neoplasms was the grants were repatriated to the main- Macau delegates were Chui. made up 9.8 percent of the total, an highest (815), comprising 36.3 per- land, down by 488 year-on-year. also unwilling to say whe- Lionel Leong, secretary of increase of 0.8 percentage points cent of the total in this category, up In 2016, there were 3,891 marria- ther Kim’s family was still Economy and Finance, was year-on-year. by 0.1 of a percentage point year-on- ge registrations, up by 172 year-on- in Macau or are under po- also questioned but decli- The proportion of the adult po- year. The deaths from pneumonia year; while the number of divorce lice protection, Reuters re- ned to comment. pulation aged 15-64 dropped by 1.4 and influenza (296) and hyperten- cases increased by 77 year-on-year ported. Lu Bo, president of Chine- percentage points to 77.7 percent of sion (187), increased by 0.5 percen- to 1,245. Divorce by mutual consent José Chui, a cousin of se-language paper Macao the total population. tage points year-on-year to 13.2 per- accounted for 91.7 percent of divor- Chief Executive Chui Sai Daily News, stated that he Information from the Statistics cent and 8.3 percent respectively. ces. On, was asked about the knew nothing of the case and Census Service (DSEC) indica- Meanwhile non-resident workers At end-2016, the number of hou- whereabouts of Kim’s fa- and even added, “I’m not ted that the ratio of older to youn- totaled 177,638 at end-2016, down seholds totaled 189,200, down by mily. He said that he did interested in it.” ger individuals has been rising for by 4,008 year-on-year. Following 3,500 year-on-year.

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scam on VIP room investment Macau will not join Olympic Committee Renato Marques invest USD50,000 each revealed something bigger, The second individual who Following a meeting in Beijing with the Minister of (around MOP400,000) and leading to four people being was aged 30 years, feared General Administration of Sport of China, Gou Zhongwen wo female Singapo- deposited the sum in an ac- held under police custody. for his security too, and de- (who is also the president of the Chinese Olympic Treans were victims of a count that was set up in that The case started with a cided to pass the phone to a Committee), the Chief Executive said that Macau is not scam in an alleged invest- VIP room. couple of tourists hailing a third driver who then took it eligible to be a member of the International Olympic ment scheme in a Macau Claiming that the contract taxi in Cotai that requested to a car detailing shop where Committee (IOC). “Macau understands that, given the fact VIP room, the Judiciary would be signed later, the MOP100 to take them to the he exchanged it for cash. that it is not a state, it can’t be a member of the Olympic Police (PJ) stated during a man soon vanished leaving desired location. Multiple traces led the po- Committee,” Chui said. The region requested to join press conference held yes- the two women without any The couple refused to pay lice to the car detailing shop the IOC back in 1989. Since 1996, the IOC only admits terday. contact. They then decided and left the car, but in the where the police caught one sovereign countries. Hong Kong started competing The case goes back to last to present a complaint to the rush they left a mobile pho- of the employees, a Vietnam at the Olympic Games in 1952 as a British colony. The year when the two women PJ on January 8 this year. ne inside. national, in the possession neighboring region has participated in the Summer Games met in Singapore with a The police started to inves- This initiated some con- not only of the “lost” pho- since then (with the exception of the boycotted 1980 52-year-old male resident of tigate the case and on March fusion, with the taxi driver ne but a total of four mobi- Games in the USSR). the city-state who told them 2, the man was caught while picking up a call from the les phones, all suspected of he owned a Macau-based trying to leave Macau. The couple saying they had been being stolen or lost by the company operating a VIP suspect admitted that the passengers inside the taxi. lawful owners. IFT meets standards of QAA room in a Macau casino. money was promptly with- The taxi driver then asked The shopkeeper then ad- The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) has received He proceeded to ask if they drawn from the account ri- the person with him what mitted that all the phones an International Quality Review from the UK’s Quality were interested in investing ght after the deposit, admi- the consequences of kee- were bought by different Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), following in such a business due to its tting also that he was never ping the phone would be, taxi drivers who usually go a review process carried out in December 2016. The review high revenue. involved with the VIP room and fearing he would get to the shop to sell these kind team acknowledged that the IFT meets all ten standards The women accepted and aside from having an open caught, passed it to this se- of goods. set out in Part 1 of the Standards and Guidelines for on December 18 last year account there. cond individual who was The first taxi driver was Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education they travelled to Macau He also said that he lost all also a taxi driver. charged with unlawful Area. A team of QAA reviewers visited IFT and judged that where they were taken to a the money in gambling. As the police received the appropriation of the good, IFT’s overall quality assurance policy, the academic and VIP room of a casino, which In a separate case, what complaint and started to in- while the other two drivers administrative standards, and the design and review of the suspect said belonged to initially would look like ano- vestigate the first taxi driver, and the shop employee were the programs, all met QAA’s standards. The review report his company. ther episode of overcharging the police caught a man of charged with receiving sto- also noted that IFT’s processes for the design and review of They finally decided to by a taxi driver eventually around 50-years-old. len goods. programs involves “an impressive range of stakeholders.” ad tue 07.03.2017

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he 28th Macau Arts Festival, one of the bi- Arts Festival features 25 ggest cultural events in the region, will feature T25 shows and exhibitions as well as more than 100 activities in to- shows, MOP4m budget cut tal. The budget of the event stands at MOP23 million, MOP4 million less than in 2016. The festival will be held from April 28 until May 31, taking the concept of “Heterotopia” as its the- me. Heterotopia was a term dis- cussed by the philosopher Michel Foucault to describe “spaces of otherness” that are simultaneously physical and mental. Instances of this can include making a phone call or seeing oneself in a mirror. During a press conference yester- day, the esoteric theme was explai- ned by Leung Hio Ming, president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), who took to the stage to introdu- vious edition, which dealt with time… so everything has is with a Macau Literature Competition. Also during the festival, the Ma- ce the first large-scale event over the concept of “time”, Leung said: continuity.” “The Nether” portrays the see- cau Orchestra will present the con- which he will preside in his new “The art festival does have a con- He also said that many works mingly limitless dividing line be- cert “Resonance through Space-Ti- position as IC chief, a role that he tinuity in its development and from China have been brought to tween the real and virtual worlds, me”, while the Macau Chinese Or- assumed last month. planning.” this year’s “grand annual cultural while emerging Portuguese cho- chestra will perform “The Soul of “Following the exploration of the “My colleague and I planned event,” in addition to international reographer, Marco da Silva Fer- Macau – Peking Opera Concert”. multiplicity of time of [the festi- almost five years ago four diffe- productions and local performan- reira, presents the ballet “Hu(r) Moreover, a number of non-tra- val] last year, this edition takes rent themes for the coming years: ces, all of which will contribute to mano”. ditional shows and performan- ‘Heterotopia’ as the theme and ‘time’, ‘space’, ‘localization’ and an exhibition of “multiple dimen- From China, the National Peking ces will also be held throughout explores the possibilities of space,” ‘human’. By the time we get to sions of culture.” Opera Company will bring an the festival including “The Art of explained Leung. “[This is] a hete- ‘human’, that will be the 30th Among the highlighted pieces in abridged adaptation of the of the Zhang Daqian”, “Constellation – rogeneous space that exists in the anniversary of the [Macau] Arts this year’s edition is a “soundscape classic “Lady Anguo”, while the Works by Nicolas Delaroche” and real world, whose existence is both Festival. Therefore you can see, I theater play”, titled “Back to the Macau Kaifong Cantonese Opera “Debris – Works by Alexandre strange and familiar.” do plan, way in advance,” he ad- Catastrophic Typhoon of 1874” Juvenile’s Troupe takes to the sta- Farto aka Vhils”, with the aim of Asked about this year’s theme ded. “For the International Music and based on the novel of the same ge the Cantonese opera, “The Tale broadening artistic experiences in and how it followed from the pre- Festival, we plan 10 years ahead of name, that was awarded at the of Lady General”. Macau.

Play and Play The Seagull Stormy Luck

or the opening show of the 28th Macau Arts Festival, n “The Seagull”, three women and six men atuá-language drama group, Doci Papiaçam di Fthe internationally acclaimed Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Idiscuss literature and love throughout a four- PMacau (“sweet language of Macau”) will present a Company will present an inventive interpretation of classi- act play written by one of Russia’s most famous brand new show this year during the Macau Arts Fes- cal music through its experimental works “Story/” and “Ra- playwrights, Anton Chekhov. tival (May 19 and 20), as they have done in previous vel: Landscape or Portrait?” at the festival. The play attempts to offer a glimpse into editions. Sometimes dubbed “the father of American modern dan- everyday life in Russia… except that this rendi- This year’s story, titled “Stormy Luck”, will detail ce”, Bill T. Jones’ company will offer debut performances as tion sets the story in Iceland instead. The plot the journey of Bernardo - a man who is incessantly the opening pieces. takes place at a luxurious lakeside summer plagued by misfortune. One day, Bernardo is the lu- In “Story/”, dancers employ a random series of movement house in Iceland with parties and karaoke, “yet cky recipient of a winning Hong Kong lottery ticket, accompanied by Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No.14 the elements of suppression, paranoia, anger, however a violent typhoon threatening the two SARs (“Death and the Maiden”) to “craft a conversation between desire and love remain,” notes the festival gui- prevents him from traveling to claim his prize. rationality and sensibility,” according to the program guide. de. Doci Papiaçam di Macau describes itself as “a group Meanwhile, in “Ravel: Landscape or Portrait?”, the dan- Staged by Latvian-born director Yana Ross of local Macanese actors, [pointing] out social ills via cers explore music’s complicated internal logic with body together with the Reykjavik City Theater, the sarcasm and condemnation,” according to a summary movements that are integrated with the stage for a consis- update to the well-known story presents a truly published in the Macau Arts Festival catalogue. tent aesthetic. Icelandic perspective. “[The content] combines current affairs with huma- The U.S. company is famous for its inventive choreogra- Awarded Best Director in the International nistic feelings, reflecting the lifestyle of Macau and phy, for which Bill T. Jones has been awarded several New Festival Kontakt of Torun, Poland in 2016, provoking people to think deeply,” it continued, pro- York Dance and Performance Awards. In the year 2000, Ross is an acclaimed theater director in Scan- mising a truly “local flavor”. The Dance Heritage Coalition named Jones “an irreplacea- dinavian nations for her unique style. The theater group has been attempting for over 20 ble dance treasure.” The two and a half hour performance will be years to preserve the region’s unique dialect which is The dual shows will be held in one sitting at the Macau held on May 27 and 28 to conclude the festival, a relic of Portuguese colonialism, mixing parts of Ma- Cultural Center’s Grand Auditorium at 8 p.m. on April 28. with an additional post-show talk on May 27. lay, Spanish, Canarese, English and Cantonese. 07.03.2017 tue

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Julie Zhu Ho Chio Meng he trial of the city’s former Ttop prosecutor, Ho Chio Meng, resumed its proceedings yesterday CCAC accuses MP of paying at the Court of Final Appeal. Several witnesses from the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) were called to the stand. for trips unrelated to service One of them, a CCAC senior inves- tigator surnamed Cheong, revea- led the existence of files, pictures, Kuok Wai (a businessman invol- time of the northern Europe trip, and videos found by CCAC during ved in the opening of alleged shell were still paid by MP. The flight its investigation. He provided in- companies and one of the defen- tickets cost around MOP200,000 formation related to hotel rooms, dants) who registered it as the in total. plane tickets and other items paid address for the shell companies’ Cheong, when answering to individuals who had no link to phones and mail. Leong’s questions, admitted that the Public Prosecutions Office Cheong said that after Ho Chio he never contacted the involved (MP), most of whom were women. Meng stepped down from his po- airlines to find out the real prices At the end of the session, Ho spoke sition, the related shell companies of the flights. to deny that he ever tried to scam canceled their phone accounts and Cheong noted that some of the the MP. stopped receiving mail there. people the MP paid flights and ac- Cheong’s testimony focused par- During the remainder of the ses- commodation for were around 17 ticularly on the Cheoc Van accom- sion, Cheong played more videos, to 18 years of age when they were modation villa (which was rented showing other defendants, namely paid for the first time. by the MP) and on the Hotline Ho Chio Sin, Lai Kun Pun, and Cheong said that Ho’s border re- Center 16th floor, where Ho alle- Lam Hou Iam, visiting the alleged cords indicated that he was in the gedly set up a “secret room.” shell companies on the 16th floor, mainland or Macau when these The testimony process, however, pointing out that Lam Hou Iam women were flying or staying at deviated from its previously esta- would visit one of the units during the same accommodations in tho- blished course. Instead of prose- work time. se destinations. cutors questioning witnesses, yes- Cheong pointed out that previous Cheong also told Leong that he terday morning Cheong himself employees of the companies wou- obtained information from Chi- initiated the session by displaying ld deliver snacks to the “Teachers’ na’s Supreme People’s Procurato- the documents and explaining the Resting Room.” rate regarding the trip to Dubai. content of each of them. In the afternoon session, Cheong, When Cheong finished his tes- Cheong first revealed CCAC’s fi- in another two separate testimo- timony, Ho Chio Meng made his les regarding the Cheoc Van Villa, at the Hotline Center 16th floor, in of MP’s former employees, Guan nies explained how the CCAC ob- statement. He started by saying saying that CCAC found a blue- particular, ones involving the so- Tianwen and Lam I Na, appeared tained the documents pointing to that MP had always paid for non- print, in Ho Chio Meng’s house on called “Teachers’ Resting Room” at the 16th floor, and visited the Ho’s guilt, as well as their investi- MP employees on such trips, be- which “Cheoc Van” was written. (a facility used to host invitees of Teachers’ Room while Ho was in- gation into such a possibility. fore going on to inform the court Moreover, four keys were found the MP). side. Cheong also provided documen- that the MP paid the Liaison Office at the house of Ho’s late father According to the proof presented Ho’s lawyer, Leong Wen Pun, ts regarding a trip taken by Ho and flights for a trip to Shanghai. in an envelope that was labelled by the CCAC commissioner, the then pointed out that when Guan a female defendant, Wang Xiandi Ho then said that in regard to a “Cheoc Van.” MP rented two units for the resting got out of the office, he was car- to North Europe and a trip to Du- trip from Macau to Beijing for a According to Cheong, the CCAC room because it needed more offi- rying a file holder. bai. training course, he paid for his fa- doubted that the keys belonged to ces for work-related matters. Leong questioned Cheong if he Cheong presented documents mily’s flights. the Cheoc Van villa. The CCAC also seized receipts knew whether Ho and Guan had indicating that the MP paid fligh- Ho concluded by saying said that He also admitted that he was from the office of another defen- visited the location while working ts to and accommodation in Bei- the MP called him to give him the unable to prove whether the keys dant, Chan Ka Fai, a former de- for the MP. jing, Guangzhou, and Zhuhai for opportunity to claim his personal belonged to the property in ques- partment head at the MP. These In response to a question from 18 people who were not MP em- items which the department had tion, as its locks had already been receipts indicate that one of the judge Song Man Lei, Cheong said ployees. seized from Cheac Van villa, and changed. alleged shell companies invol- that in 2014 Ho was recorded visi- Four people accompanied Ho he asked the MP to wait until the The MP has alleged that Ho used ved in the case purchased daily ting the facility around ten times, on his trip: former MP employee trial is finished. the Cheoc Van villa to store his products, including snacks and and that in two of these occurren- Zhou Wensheng, his wife Chao, Presiding Judge Sam Hou Fai, personal belongings. towels, for the two units. ces he was alone. her brother, and Ho’s nephew, told Ho that he needed to have It has been alleged that after he All the receipts were paid for by Cheong also said that the CCTV Ieong Chon Kit. All four, despite written a request letter to MP. was detained, Ho trusted his wife, the MP, with some indicating that recorded several “unknown” peo- not being MP employees at the The trail will resume tomorrow. Chao Sio Fu, to check on his va- the two MP rented units used a ple visiting the place as well. rious belongings collected from towel delivery and laundry service. In a third session, Cheong gave the MP. Cheong then played two videos testimony on another four units a controversial testimony Ho’s lawyer then pointed out that recorded by the CCTV surveillance of the MP office located at the 16th Chao had never confirmed the cameras located at the 16th floor. floor. Cheong explained that some THE AMBIGUOUS testimony of presenting suppositions as if they existence of any of the aforemen- The videos show that one Sunday of these units were rented by the CCAC top investigator Ao Pan San were facts during a PowerPoint tioned items in November of 2014, Ho visited MP, using his documents to evi- on Friday left many perplexed. presentation, Ao finally admit- During a second session, the wit- the Hotline Center’s Teachers’ dence this claim. TDM reported that Ao said differ- ted that some of the accusations ent things when questioned by the against Ho Chio Meng were based ness testified in relation to four Resting Room. However, according to Cheong, MP and by the defense. Accused of on “probabilities.” units used for MP offices located The videos also show that two the units were also used by Wong

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Ma was intellectual property. speaking at a press conference two Already, Tencent is making in- days before the National People’s roads in Hollywood, funding blo- ercedes-Benz is driving features and ride- Congress convenes in the capital to ckbusters including “Kong: Skull Mtapping into the po- sharing platforms, Daimler set the year’s agenda. Island” and “Warcraft.” It has an pularity of ultra-luxurious is more aggressively targe- As a delegate at the country’s most abundance of intellectual proper- all-terrain vehicles, with a ting ultra-wealthy customers new Maybach SUV that can with high-margin models important annual convention, Ma Ma “Pony” Huateng, chairman and chief ty for anime and online novels suggested the proposed tech bay executive officer of Tencent Holdings distributed via its websites. The ferry passengers over desert on the one hand, while also could leverage capital from Hong company has aspirations to create dunes with an open top and adding more affordable cars Kong and manufacturing prowess a Marvel-like movie empire, as it thermal cupholders. that sell in large volumes. from Shenzhen and the Pearl River ve energy in purifying cyberspace” competes with Alibaba for viewers. The Mercedes-Maybach That strategy helped Mer- Delta. China “has the ability to crea- and called for regular contact with In his policy proposal last year, G-Class 650, shown at the cedes unseat rival BMW AG te a world-class tech bay area, and new media representatives to build Ma advocated making the internet Geneva auto show, will be as the world’s best-selling preside over the global tech revo- support for the party’s agenda. more accessible, asking regulators the world’s most expensive luxury marque last year and lution of the future,” said Ma, who to lower the barriers of entry to spur sport utility vehicle with a allowed Daimler to boost its runs the second-largest internet innovation and content creation. price of about USD500,000. research and development company in China. “It will also help Setting up a With more than 800 million peo- It’s Daimler AG’s latest ex- budget by almost a quarter. the long-term stability and prospe- ple using WeChat to communicate, tension of the top-of-the-li- After struggling for years to rity of Hong Kong and Macau.” ‘Guangdong- share photos and post articles, the ne Maybach marque that it sustain a niche for Mayba- Tencent’s headquarters are in H.K.-Macau’ authorities have started efforts ai- resurrected amid surging ch, Mercedes revived the Shenzhen in Guangdong province - med at reining in the social media demand for higher-end mo- 1930’s-era sub-brand in a region racing against Beijing and technology service. dels. Limited to a run of 99, 2014 and has since expan- Hangzhou to forge China’s equiva- China passed a controversial the SUV will have a V12 engi- ded it with more opulent lent of Silicon Valley. Responding area could cyber security law in November ne and a landaulet style, with and spacious adaptations of to the central government’s call to requiring internet operators to a front row that’s covered popular models, such as con- “ignite the innovative drive,” more help maintain cooperate with investigations in- and a retractable fabric roof vertible and three-row stret- than 120 tech zones have mushroo- stability in the volving crime and national securi- in the back. ch limousine versions of the med across the country, all vying ty. Expected to take effect in June, “This car meets the highest Mercedes S-Class sedan. for talent and capital. two SARs, Ma the law also requires companies to demands for luxury and The Maybach G650, which Best known for the instant messa- give government investigators full yet still has all the elements will test customers’ appetite ging app WeChat, Tencent has built access to their data if wrongdoing is that make the G-Class a real for a full-production SUV an empire of news portals, movies, The elevated status puts billio- suspected. off-roader,” said Gunner from that marque, will have online books and online games in- naires like Ma and Alibaba Group Since October, China’s law en- Guethenke, who heads Mer- an electric - and dimmable cluding Clash of Clans. Holding Ltd.’s Jack Ma, who isn’t forcement agencies have been au- cedes’s SUV business. Custo- - glass partition to separate Chinese President Xi Jinping has related, under extra scrutiny. Their thorized to secretly request access mers who buy the marque’s passengers from the driver, identified the internet as one of riches and success have also inspi- to personal information posted G-Class - the segment is na- retractable footrests and fol- the most import sectors for offi- red a younger generation of entre- on social media services including med for Gelaendewagen, the ding tables stashed in the mi- cial oversight -- a level of strategic preneurs, prompting 1.15 trillion WeChat for investigating criminal German term for all-terrain ddle console. To master truly importance on par with ethnic mi- yuan (USD167 billion) of funds to cases. vehicles - are looking for so- rugged terrains, the vehicle is nority leaders or Taiwan’s politi- be amassed by the country’s ven- Ma said he doesn’t see China’s cyber mething “unique,” he said. positioned almost half a me- cal parties. He has reminded the ture and private equity firms in the security law as a hurdle, adding that Under pressure to foot the ter (1.6 feet) above the grou- country’s technology parvenus that first 11 months last year, according the legislation in fact is in favor of lar- soaring bill of developing nd. It’ll be available for sale they should “demonstrate positi- to consultancy Zero2IPO Group. ger tech companies. Bloomberg electric cars, autonomous- after September. Bloomberg

corporate bits ctm launches e commerce platform CTM officially launched its to provide residents with the To celebrate the official lau- - e-commerce platform “Macau convenience of purchasing nch of “Macau Good Hands”, Good Hands,” aiming to faci- items online – similar to how new subscribers of CTM litate the business expansion Taobao offers ease to its Home Internet Service will be of local enterprises, particu- Chinese users. rewarded a MOP100 coupon larly the Small and Medium “CTM hopes that it can to be used for shopping on the Enterprises (SMEs). create a platform that belon- platform. During the promotio- “Macau Good Hands” has gs to the Macau people. Ho- nal period, specific merchants been soft opened for half a pefully it can help Macau’s will offer up to 50 percent off. year. [SME’s] to develop their To assist the entry of local In the initial phase, there e-commerce easily,” said enterprises into the e-com- were about 50 high quality Cham. merce platform, CTM said it merchants in the platform who Just like Taobao and wes- has offered a discount for bu- offered commodities ranging tern-based e-commerce siness internet service for the from digital products to daily companies, “Macau Good merchants of the platform. necessities, health products Hands” also provides a 24- “Macau Good Hands” is and food and beverage. hour service. available online and for both The platform combines fea- When asked how many iOS and Android. tures of big data, a search en- transactions were made Cham noted that within this gine, and electronic payment. during the past six months, month, WiFi service would be Speaking on the sidelines the CEO implied that tran- installed in 900 local buses. of the opening ceremony saction amounts were not According to her, more than yesterday at Macau Tower, high. 800 buses have already been CEO and commercial vice “One single transaction mi- installed with this service, president Ebel Cham told the ght involve a different amount which will facilitate the use of press that the platform aims of money,” she noted. the platform everywhere. LV 07.03.2017 tue

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Blogger Ye Haiyan poses for a photo in her art studio on the outskirts of Beijing

Louise Watt, Isolda Morillo, Beijing abusers of schoolgirls, got her no- ticed by the public and, more omi- hinese authorities have nously, the police, who she says Cshut down activist Ye Haiyan’s Congress meeting brings pressured her to close her NGO blogs and forced her to move from and move several times. Worried one city to another. Left with few about the impact on her 17-year- options, she now produces socially crackdown on critics old daughter, she sent her to the conscious paintings to make a li- U.S. last month to study with help ving and advocate for the rights of from a U.S.-based filmmaker. sex workers and people with HIV grudgingly allowed more freedom cher at the Network of Chinese of economic development. Ye says she’s gotten a boost from or AIDS. to operate more than a decade ago. Human Rights Defenders. The U.S. State Department said internationally famous artist and Using calligraphy brushes, Ye Since coming to power in 2012, Activists estimate that police ar- in its annual human rights report activist Ai Weiwei, who bought one creates images of naked women President Xi Jinping has shown rested more than 100 people last published Friday that repression of her paintings “depicting a fat wo- and sex workers alongside symbols little tolerance for dissent, and a year for exercising their right to and coercion of organizations and man, a sex worker wishing to earn such as the Chinese characters for sustained crackdown launched freedom of expression, including individuals involved in civil rights a lot of money and go home to bui- equality, or paints roosters, a Chi- in July 2015 has seen hundreds Huang Qi and Liu Feiyue, who advocacy remained “severe” last ld a house.” Ai previously bought nese homonym for prostitute. of activists and independent legal ran websites reporting on human year. up her belongings when she was “I’ve started to understand that professionals detained. More than rights abuses and critiquing go- Family members of rights defen- evicted from an apartment in 2014 painting is also a form of expres- a year and a half later, eight are still vernment policies. A series of trials ders and lawyers are harassed and and exhibited the household items sion and the natural reflection of in detention or prison. saw some activists convicted under intimidated in retaliation for their — an old refrigerator, a washing my thoughts,” said Ye, who is in vague laws against subversion and work, the report said. Authorities machine, cardboard boxes — at her early 40s. She was recently leaking state secrets, with prosecu- generally fail to respect the Chine- one of his shows at the Brooklyn evicted from her last home in an tors blaming unidentified trouble- se constitution’s protection of free Museum. artists’ enclave on Beijing’s outskir- I’ve started to makers abroad for inciting anti-go- speech, particularly when it clashes Ye reluctantly left her studio in the ts ahead of the annual meeting of vernment activity. with the interests of the Commu- village of Songzhuang last week on China’s ceremonial parliament understand China last year also passed a law nist Party, it said. the orders of police. An officer rea- that opened Sunday. tightening controls over foreign China has protested to the U.S. ched at the local Public Security Bu- Far from the pomp of the 10-day that painting nongovernmental organizations over the report, foreign ministry reau on yesterday declined to com- gathering at Beijing’s Great Hall by subjecting them to close police spokesman Geng Shuang said yes- ment on the case. Ye said she went of the People, Ye is among those is also a form supervision. terday, calling it “filled with preju- to stay with friends in the nearby caught up in an annual roundup of expression “Promoting and protecting hu- dice.” village of Beisi and within days of people the ruling Communist man rights is now considered a “We urge the U.S. to stop interfe- again ran into pressure to leave. Party considers threats to the sta- and the natural crime,” said Eve. Many of those ring in China’s internal affairs on “The Communist Party secretary te, all to ensure the session passes convicted confess under duress, in- the pretext of human rights,” Geng of the village told local residents without incident. Known critics are reflection of my cluding torture by police, she said. added. not to rent to me because I’ve long placed under tightened restrictions While China’s high court forbids The authorities rarely comment been on the blacklist,” Ye said. and ordinary people coming to thoughts. such practices, they are believed on activists such as Ye, who used to Beisi party secretary Liu Wenbiao Beijing with grievances are preven- Ye Haiyan to remain common within a police have thousands of followers online referred a request for comment to ted from traveling or snatched off force with broad powers to arrest, and her own nongovernmental or- the Songzhuang police. the streets of the capital. The environment for civil socie- question and detain. ganization advocating for legalized “They think that a person like me This year’s meetings also come ty “has been worsening every year China routinely rejects accusa- prostitution and offering advice on should be the target for ‘social sta- amid China’s broadest and most since Xi Jinping came to power tions of human rights abuses, poin- sexual health. bilization,’” Ye said, using govern- intense assault on civil society sin- and this past year has been no di- ting to vast improvements in quali- Her efforts, including protests ment shorthand for suppressing ce nongovernmental groups were fferent,” said Frances Eve, resear- ty of life wrought by three decades against light sentences given to the dissent. AP tue 07.03.2017

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stress for indebted corporates – or accepting more pressure for yuan depreciation and ca- China beats stability drum as pital outflows,” they wrote in a report Sunday. Orlik also pointed to a change in wording about the yuan in Fed outlook risks yuan decline Premier Li Keqiang’s work re- port as a sign officials may be ready to accept greater flexibi- f China is worried about lity in the exchange rate. the freshly hawkish Fe- deral Reserve rocking the bloomberg yuan, it isn’t showing - With the Iyet. Leaders of the world’s second- Fed putting a largest economy conveyed a message of stability as the Na- March interest tional People’s Congress be- gan Sunday in Beijing. Central rate hike in bank deputies Pan Gongsheng play over the and Yi Gang emphasized that the currency market was stea- past week, a dy, with Pan reinforcing that any yuan volatility would be turnaround in “normal,” even if trading is af- fected in the short term. the dollar could “China’s main goal is to keep test the PBOC the yuan stable in the first half,” Li Daokui, a professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua Univer- Other analysts agree. Whi- sity and former adviser to the outflows just as policy makers monetary policy will gradually will depend on the state of the le China will continue to tar- People’s Bank of China, said in seek continuity ahead of a ro- tighten.” domestic economy. Separately, get yuan stability this year, an interview on the sidelines tation in the Communist Par- China has so far managed the China Securities Journal that doesn’t mean they’ll keep of the NPC. “Conditions aren’t ty’s leadership later this year. to avoid an increase in ben- cited Yi as saying that the yuan the currency rigid amid wider ripe for allowing more volatili- The PBOC may be reluctant chmark borrowing costs, ti- will remain credible and flexib- market volatility, said strate- ty.” to keep up by raising its ben- ghtening conditions in money le against other major curren- gists at Macquarie Group Ltd. While stability pledges may chmark interest rate as that markets instead as it seeks to cies and be stable overall. in Singapore. be reassuring for other emer- would endanger the budding curb risks from an uptick in le- With Fed Chair Janet Yellen Deputy Governor Pan said ging markets, which are being economic recovery, with the verage. basically locking in expec- data will show the currency anchored by Chinese policy 2017 growth target of about Yi said the yuan will be ba- tations for a March hike on market stabilized in February amid shifting sands in the U.S., 6.5 percent coming with the sically stable in a reasonable Friday, and hinting at a more and that foreign reserves re- it could be a tough task. hopeful “or higher” qualifier range, the state-run Xinhua aggressive path beyond that, main ample. An update on With the Fed putting a March on Sunday. News Agency reported Satur- the PBOC’s middle road may the world’s biggest stockpile interest-rate hike in play over Given the rebound in the eco- day. He previously told Chine- become harder to tread, accor- is due this week, with econo- the past week, a turnaround in nomy is still nascent, China’s se media that monetary policy ding to Bloomberg Intelligence mists projecting a decline to the dollar could test the PBOC. focus will be on controlling should be not too loose, nor economists led by Tom Orlik in USD2.97 trillion. That wou- U.S. tightening erodes China’s risk and deflating asset bub- too tight, as it seeks to stick Beijing. ld also be the eighth straight yield advantage, stepping up bles, said Zhou Hao, an econo- to its “prudent and neutral” The PBOC “will be faced with monthly drop, the longest lo- depreciation pressure on the mist in Singapore at Commer- mantra. Yi said yesterday de- a choice between raising rates sing streak in at least two deca- yuan and potentially stoking zbank AG. “This means that cision-making around rates more aggressively – adding des of data. Bloomberg

he USS Carl Vinson, South China Sea Twhich is steaming through the South China Sea, is just one of several high-profile displays of US ramps up patrols, irritating Beijing U.S. naval power as Pre- sident Donald Trump’s we’ve encountered so far reful about raising expec- themselves,” Wang was administration weighs op- has acted professionally as tations that such action quoted as saying. tions of how to reassure ap photo we would hope they wou- was anything more than Government spokeswo- allies and respond to an ld do in accordance with routine enforcement of in- man Fu Ying said that the assertive China. international rules, stan- ternational maritime law. situation depends on U.S. The current makeup of dards, norms and laws.” China has scoffed at U.S. intentions. “American ac- the aircraft carrier strike At the moment, the car- patrols and sent its sole tions in the South China group, which began routi- rier was accompanied by aircraft carrier, the Liao- Sea have a definite signi- ne operations Feb. 18, su- one warship, making it ning, in January as well as ficance in terms of which ggests it may not carry out unlikely the sole escort bombers, fighter jets and way the winds blow,” she an anticipated freedom of would break off for a possi- surveillance aircraft throu- said. navigation operation (FO- ble freedom of navigation gh the region. The carrier group is ex- NOP) just yet. The U.S. has operation, retired Navy A spokesman for the pected to join an exercise in challenged Beijing four officer and analyst Steven country’s top political ad- South Korea in mid-Mar- times since 2015 by sai- A U.S. Navy F18 fighter jet lands on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Stashwick wrote in The Di- visory body, Wang Guo- ch. Later in the summer, ling close to Chinese-held Vinson following a patrol off the disputed South China Sea last week plomat, which tracks mili- qing, said it was “perfectly a pair of San Diego-based islands in the disputed tary and diplomatic deve- normal” for China to build destroyers are expected to waters, but critics say the approach. who toured the ship over lopments in the region. facilities, including those beef up the group in the pace of such operations “We have operated here the weekend as it was The U.S. military in gene- for necessary defense pur- contested waters, the San under the Obama admi- in the past, we’re going to sailing between China’s ral has not publicly annou- poses, on its territory. He Diego Union-Tribune re- nistration failed to deter operate here in the future, southernmost island of nced all its freedom of na- also dismissed U.S. con- ported. It said the Navy’s China from constructing we’re going to continue Hainan and Scarborough vigation operations, which cern that China was threa- Third Fleet commander, the seven outposts that are to reassure our allies,” Shoal, which China seized have existed globally since tening freedom of naviga- Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, now being fitted with ra- Rear Adm. James Kilby, from the Philippines in 1979. But its operations in tion. plans at least two more dar and weapons systems. commander of the San 2012. the South China Sea have “Though peace reigns trips for the carrier group The new U.S. administra- Diego-based Carrier Strike He said there have been been scrutinized closely, over the land, the stupid in the next three months. tion has signaled a tougher group 1, told journalists no incidents and “everyone and officials have been ca- people create trouble for MDT/AP 07.03.2017 tue

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earlier denied both any involve- that he took part. ment in the Davao killings and Lascanas, 56, who retired as a ap photo the existence of a “Davao death Davao police officer last Decem- squad.” ber, said Monday that his cons- Duterte’s spokesman, Ernesto cience bothered him and that he Abella, described Lascanas as had a spiritual awakening after a “perjured witness” and called suffering a kidney ailment that his testimony “fabricated and prompted him to publicly con- unacceptable.” fess. He said he had two of his Lascanas said yesterday he had brothers killed for their involve- lied earlier about his role becau- ment in illegal drugs. se he was concerned about his “I regret what I did and I know family’s safety. I have to answer for all my mis- He testified that he was given deeds before the people, the law large amounts of money and and before God,” he said in the monthly allowances by Duterte, written statement. Some crime a few times directly and often suspects were taken to Duterte Retired police officer Arturo Lascanas testifying before a Senate inquiry yesterday through other police officers, for before they were killed, he said. carrying out the Davao killings Lascanas first made the allega- and for “blind obedience and tions at a news conference two Philippines loyalty” to the mayor. weeks ago, and repeated them Lascanas said he knew of Du- under oath in Monday’s Senate terte’s direct involvement in hearing. He gave details of other some of the killings, and that his killings and suggested Duterte’s Ex-cop links Duterte to group carried out other attacks son, now the vice mayor of Da- led by police officers who told vao city, and the current natio- him the assaults were ordered nal police chief may have been by Duterte. aware of the extrajudicial killin- killings in Senate inquiry One target was radio commen- gs. tator Jun Pala, who had angered There was no immediate reac- Duterte with critical broadcasts. tion from Duterte’s son or the Jim Gomez, Manila Arturo Lascanas outlined at a buted to senators. Lascanas said he was in a group police chief. Senate inquiry some of the key Duterte is also under fire for of gunmen who killed Pala in Lascanas said the victims in- retired Philippine police killings he and others allegedly his more recent national anti- 2003, and that Duterte perso- cluded 11 Chinese drug suspec- A officer testified yesterday staged “with the prior knowle- drug crackdown that has left nally gave him a reward of 1 ts who tried to bribe their way that President Rodrigo Duter- dge, direct orders, consent, to- thousands of suspected dealers million pesos ($19,800). out of trouble but were gunned te and his men were linked to lerance or acquiescence” of Du- and users dead since he became In a separate Senate inquiry down in a quarry on orders from nearly 200 killings that the offi- terte, who was mayor of Davao president last June. last year, alleged gunmen Edgar Duterte. He said his group also cer and a “death squad” carried city. “What is related here is just Pro-administration senators Matobato linked Lascanas to the killed a supposed Pakistani ter- out when Duterte was mayor of the tip of a bloody iceberg,” Las- grilled Lascanas in the televi- Davao killings. Lascanas, who ror suspect on an island near a southern city. canas said in a statement distri- sed inquiry, asking why he had also testified, denied under oath Davao city. AP ad tue 07.03.2017

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orth Korea yester- day fired four banned North Korea fires 4 banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 ki- Nlometers on average, with three of them landing in waters that ballistic missiles into sea Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said. The test-launches appeared to be ap photo a reaction to huge U.S.-South bloomberg Korean military drills that those countries consider routine but that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. It was not immediately clear the exact type of missile fired, but the tests will be viewed as a provocation by the Trump ad- ministration, which is working on its policy for North Korea. The New York Times reported over the weekend that the Uni- ted States still can’t effectively counter Pyongyang’s actions despite efforts to perfect cyber and electronic strikes against North Korea’s missile program. Pyongyang has test-launched a series of missiles of various ran- ges in recent months, including a new intermediate-range missi- le in February; it also conducted two nuclear tests last year. The ramped-up tests come as leader Kim Jong Un pushes for a nu- South Korean army soldiers conduct a river crossing operation on the Hantan river in Yeoncheon, clear and missile program that near the border with North Korea, yesterday can deter what he calls U.S. and South Korean hostility toward the North. agreed to boost cooperation to Korean missiles have fallen in for more such missile launches. nue to take steps to increase our There have been widespread get the North to face more ef- the Japanese zone, beginning South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of readiness — to defend ourselves worries that the North will con- fective sanctions and pressure, last August. Japanese leaders Staff said in a statement that and our allies from attack, and duct an ICBM test that, when according to South Korea’s pre- see the launches into nearby wa- yesterday’s launches were made are prepared to use the full ran- perfected, could in theory reach sidential office. ters as a growing threat. from the Tongchang-ri area in ge of capabilities at our disposal the U.S. mainland. Washington Japanese Prime Minister Shin- European Union foreign af- North Phyongan province. The against this growing threat.” would consider such a capability zo Abe said three missiles lan- fairs chief Federica Mogherini area is the home of the North’s Seoul and Washington call a major threat. ded in the 200-nautical-mile of- said the launches were “in utter Sohae rocket launch site where it their military drills on the Ko- U.S. national security adviser fshore area where Tokyo has so- disregard” of several U.N. reso- has conducted prohibited long- rean Peninsula, which remains H.R. McMaster and his Sou- vereign rights for exploring and lutions and that the EU would range rocket launches in recent in a technical state of war be- th Korean counterpart Kim exploiting resources. He said a consult with Japan and interna- years. cause the 1950-53 Korean War Kwan-jin talked by phone af- fourth missile fell “near” Japan’s tional partners on how to react. U.S. State Department spokes- ended with an armistice and not ter the missile firings. The two exclusive economic zone. She also said North Korea nee- man Mark Toner said, “We re- a peace treaty, defensive and condemned the launches and It’s the third time that North ded to immediately halt plans main prepared — and will conti- routine. AP

Australian leader to continue free-trade talks in Indonesia

ustralia’s pri- must remove all Austra- “concrete proof of unfette- cing dialogue on shared Ame minister said yes- lian barriers to the impor- red and natural trade” in security challenges. terday that he was looking tation of Indonesian palm Indonesia palm oil, paper The summit will agree forward to discussing a oil and paper. and wood products. to a statement on shared free-trade deal with In- Turnbull has welcomed David Brewster, an Aus- values and objectives, in- donesia while attending a trade concessions that In- tralian National Univer- cluding a commitment to regional forum in Jakarta. donesia has already made, sity researcher on Indian international law, and a Malcom Turnbull today including reduced tariffs Ocean security, said he declaration on countering will attend the first Indian on Australian sugar and expected Turnbull would violent extremism. Ocean Rim Association fewer restrictions on Aus- be one of the few national Australian interest in leaders’ summit in the 20- tralian live cattle imports. leaders to attend the sum- the grouping of predomi- year history of the 21-na- “We’re making very good mit that will be chaired by nantly developing states tion organization. progress there and I look Jokowi. on the Indian Ocean frin- Turnbull’s one-day vi- forward to discussing it “His attendance at the ge has deepened in the sit to Jakarta comes nine further when I’m in Jakar- meeting is probably pri- past five years, with the days after Joko “Jokowi” ta tomorrow,” Turnbull marily driven by the Jakar- economic growth of India Widodo ended his first told reporters in the Aus- ta relationship, wanting and China and a relative Australian visit as Indone- tralian city of Melbourne. to show solidarity with decline in influence in the sia’s president. Indonesian trade offi- Jokowi,” Brewster said. region of the United Sta- The leaders used that cial Thomas Lembong, Turnbull later said in a tes, Australia’s most im- Sydney visit to commit to chairman of Indonesia’s statement that Australia portant strategic partner, finalizing a bilateral free- Investment Coordinating had a fundamental inte- Brewster said. trade agreement this year Board, told Australia’s rest in ensuring economic India is a member of the after 17 years of negotia- Fairfax Media that his go- development in the Indian group while China has ob- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) meets with President Joko tions. Jokowi said the deal vernment wanted to see Ocean region and enhan- server status. AP “Jokowi” Widodo 07.03.2017 tue

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USA Business Administration, also has been staying there. Administration officials “have been personally paying a fair market rate” for their accommo- Trump hotel is the place to dations, White House spokeswo- man Lindsay Walters said. Even Trump’s closest friends pay to stay. be in the nation’s capital Billionaire Phil Ruffin, Trump’s partner for his Las Vegas resi- dential tower, said he shelled out red Kushner. in late January to announce Jud- $18,000 per night while he was in On other nights, the posh hotel ge Neil Gorsuch as the president’s town for the inauguration, which ap photo is the kind of place where on a pick for the Supreme Court. he said surprised him since he’d mid-February evening, you could Deason ran into the Trumps and given $1 million to Trump’s inau- bump into Trump television per- fellow Texas donor Gentry Bea- guration committee. Ruffin said sonality Katrina Pierson having ch while at a meeting at the hotel he lightly complained about the cocktails with Lynne Patton, a that day with Trump’s campaign high rate to the president. former Trump Organization exe- adviser Rudy Giuliani. During “He said, ‘Well, I’m kind of out of cutive who’s now working at the inauguration week, when Trump it.’ So I didn’t get anywhere, didn’t Department of Housing and Ur- himself repeatedly visited, the ho- get my discount,” Ruffin recalled. ban Development. Trump cam- tel was “literally the center of the Trump’s continued ownership paign and inauguration hands universe,” Deason said. of his hotel and other businesses Tom Barrack, Boris Epshteyn, Last Tuesday, as Trump gave his has spawned lawsuits and ethics Nick Ayers and Rick Gates are first address to Congress, lobbyis- complaints, but so far no action among the many who have stayed ts and politicos watched the four on any of them. One accommoda- there in recent weeks. large flat screens above the bar, tion Trump says he is making on Rooms start at above USD500 two tuned to Fox news and two to the ethics front is to donate profi- Julie Bykowicz, Washington cation near the White House and most nights, according to the ho- CNN. In what hotel staff said was ts from foreign governments that Congress, the quality renovation tel’s website and a receptionist. an effort to avoid some of the ob- spend money at his hotels. t a circular booth and the management team. That’s up hundreds of dollars vious politics of the place, the TVs Last week, Kuwait’s ambassa- in the middle of the Then there’s also the access. from when the hotel first opened, were muted, so people followed dor, Salem Al-Sabah, and his wife Trump International Although Trump says he is not not long before Election Day. Pa- along on their own devices. hosted a reception in the hotel’s Hotel’s balcony restau- involved in the day-to-day opera- tricia Tang, the hotel’s director of As Trump wrapped up, applau- presidential ballroom, in what rant,A President Donald Trump tions of his businesses, he retains sales and marketing, declined to se rose through the lobby and was one of the first known ins- dined on his steak — well-done, a financial interest in them. A stay answer questions about how bu- bar. Mnuchin waved to admirers tances of foreign money changing with ketchup — while chatting at the hotel gives someone trying siness is going. gathered in the bar as he strolled hands with the hotel division of with British Brexit politician Ni- to win over Trump on a policy is- The hotel has become a staging through after Trump’s speech. the Trump Organization since he gel Farage. sue or political decision a poten- area for big political events. Mnuchin is one of the New became president. A spokeswo- A few days later, major Repu- tial chit. Eric and Donald Trump Jr. Yorkers working in Washington man for the Trump Organization blican donors Doug Deason and That’s what concerns ethics posed for dozens of selfies with who call it home during the week. did not respond to questions Doug Manchester, in town for the lawyers who had wanted Trump admirers at the hotel that bears White House economic advi- about whether the money from president’s address to Congress, to sell off his companies as pre- their name before attending their ser Gary Cohn is another. Linda the Kuwait Embassy has been or sipped coffee at the hotel with vious presidents have done. father’s White House ceremony McMahon, who heads the Small will be donated. AP Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “President Trump is in effect in- After Trump’s speech, Treasury viting people and companies and Secretary Steven Mnuchin retur- countries to channel money to ned to his Washington residence him through the hotel,” said Kath- ap photo — the hotel — and strode past the leen Clark, a former ethics lawyer gigantic American flag in the soa- for the District of Columbia and a ring lobby. With his tiny terrier tu- law professor at Washington Uni- cked under an arm, Mnuchin ste- versity in St. Louis. pped into an elevator with reality She said the “pay to play” dan- TV star and hotel guest Dog the ger is even greater than it would Congress to probe Trump wiretap claim, Bounty Hunter, who particularly be if people wanted to donate to enjoyed the Trump-stamped cho- a campaign to influence a politi- FBI disputes it colates in his room. cian’s thinking. Spending money It was just another week at the at a Trump property “is about per- ey members of Congress say they will honor Indiana. The revelation recalled the use of personal new political capital of the na- sonally enriching Donald Trump, KPresident Donald Trump’s request to investigate email by Trump’s 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, tion’s capital. who happens to be the president his unsubstantiated claim that Barack Obama overs- when she was secretary of state. The USD200 million hotel insi- of the United States.” tepped his authority as president and had Trump’s “It’s sort of like getting nibbled to death by ducks,” de the federally owned Old Post The White House strongly dis- telephones tapped during the election campaign. A said Rutgers political science professor Ross Baker. Office building has become the putes there’s any ethical danger in U.S. official said the FBI has asked the Justice De- The House and Senate intelligence committees, place to see, be seen, drink, ne- Trump’s business arrangements. partment to dispute Trump’s allegation, though no and the FBI, are investigating the contacts, and twork — even live — for the still- Trump can see his hotel from such statement has been issued. Trump demanded yesterday that they broaden the emerging Trump set. It’s a rich the White House. When a Fox Obama’s intelligence director also said no such ac- scope of their inquiries into Russian meddling in the environment for lobbyists and News interviewer mentioned that tion was ever carried out. 2016 election to include Obama’s potential abuse of anyone hoping to rub elbows with to him recently, Trump respon- Trump’s startling claim of presidential abuse of his executive powers. Trump-related politicos — despi- ded, “Isn’t that beautiful?” But power, made without evidence in a series of tweets Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard te a veil of ethics questions that while the interviewer pointed out Saturday, capped a week in which the positive reac- Burr, R-N.C., said in a statement that the panel “will hangs overhead. that he can see the property from tion to his address to Congress quickly evaporated follow the evidence where it leads, and we will con- “I’ve never come through this his desk in the Oval Office, Trump amid the swirl of allegations — and revelations — tinue to be guided by the intelligence and facts as we lobby and not seen someone I said, “I’m so focused on what I’m about contacts between Trump aides and Russia’s compile our findings.” know,” says Deason, a Dallas-ba- doing here that I don’t even think ambassador to the U.S., both during and after a pre- Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the Hou- sed fundraiser for Trump’s elec- about it.” sidential election Russia is believed to have meddled se Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that tion campaign. Still, Trump couldn’t resist the in. the committee “will make inquiries into whether the For Republican Party players, short trip over there for dinner on his Trump is said to be frustrated by his senior advi- government was conducting surveillance activities it’s the only place to stay. only weekend night out in Washing- sers’ inability to tamp down the Russia issue. Com- on any political party’s campaign officials or surro- “I can tell you this hotel will ton since becoming president. pounding the situation was the revelation last week gates.” be the most successful hotel in A reporter for the website In- that former U.S. senator and now Attorney General Trump’s request carries some risk, particularly Washington, D.C.,” says Man- dependent Journal Review was Jeff Sessions, an early Trump campaign supporter, if the committees unearth damaging information chester, adding that he would tipped off about Trump’s dining had met twice with the Russian official but didn’t about him or his associates. Committee Democrats know because he has developed plans and sat at a table near him. disclose that to lawmakers when he was asked about will have access to the information and could wield the second-largest Marriott and He noted the president’s dinner it during his Senate confirmation hearing. anything negative against the president. Asking second-largest Hyatt in the world. fare and companions, who inclu- Separately, an Indiana newspaper reported that Congress to conduct a much broader investigation Manchester says Trump’s hotel ded daughter Ivanka Trump and Vice President Mike Pence used personal email to than originally envisioned also ensures the Russia will attract people based on its lo- her husband, Trump adviser Ja- conduct state business when he was governor of issue will hang over the White House for months. AP 07.03.2017 tue

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ransience aredevils and owering T : D T Golda Meir, the “grand old woman of Israeli politics”, is to Webs become the first female prime minister of Israel. Time: 12pm-8pm (Closed on Mondays) The 70-year-old’s candidature was officially accepted by the Until: March 31, 2017 Labour Party in Tel Aviv after she received 287 votes from her Venue: Taipa Village Art Space,10 Rua dos own central committee. Forty-five MPs abstained. Clerigos, Taipa On Sunday she will formally succeed her political friend and Admission: colleague Levi Eshkol, who died of a heart attack last week. Free Mrs Meir, who has come out of retirement to take up the role, Enquiries: (853) 2857 6118 The girl with all the gifts room 1 pledged to maintain national unity and called on the people 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm who worked with Mr Eshkol to “continue in the same fra- Macau Giant Panda Pavilion Director: Colm McCarthy mework” in her government. Time: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm daily (Except Starring: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua She added: “I have never failed to accept party decisions and Mondays, closed on the following day instead if a Language: English (Chinese) I shall not refuse now. public holiday falls on Monday and no admission Duration: 111min “I have faced difficult problems in the past but nothing like the one I’m faced with now in leading the country.” after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) John Wick: Chapter Two With her party controlling the largest faction in parliament, Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane room 2 Acting Prime Minister Yigal Allon and Defence Minister Moshe Admission: MOP10 2:30, 9:30pm Dayan have agreed to step aside and reserve their own bids for Enquiries: Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau Director: Chad Stahelski power until later in the year. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose (853) 2833 7676 Following their decision, she was the only nominee put Language: English (Chinese) forward before the central committee. Mrs Meir, a former schoolteacher in America, previously ser- LA LA Land ved as Israeli foreign minister for 10 years before she retired room 2 following ill health. Offbeat 4:45, 7:15pm Director: Damien Chazelle Because of her age and condition, her appointment is re- Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone garded by many as a stop-gap, intended to maintain national Language: English unity before the Labour Party chooses a leader for the October Duration: 128min general elections. Las Vegas: Man arrested after Many supporters within the party consider General Dayan to attack on homeless person ‘decoy’ A cURE for wellness be a more suitable candidate. room 3 Acting Prime Minister Mr Allon also has substantial backing 2:30, 9:00pm within the party leadership. A man accused of attacking a mannequin that Las Vegas Director: Gore Verbinski Both are younger than Mrs Meir and considered national he- police positioned to resemble a homeless person following Starring: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth roes. two slayings remained jailed Friday. Language: English (Chinese) Despite such opposition, General Dayan, who is expected to A judge has set bail at USD50,000 for Shane Schindler, who Duration: 146min retain his post as defence minister, said he would be honoured is charged with one count of carrying a concealed weapon, the to work with Mrs Meir. Las Vegas Review-Journal (bit.ly/2lnlDOa) reported. Schindler KanColle the movie Her government is expected to reflect the same parties and was arrested last week following the Feb. 22 incident. room 3 ministers who previously served under Mr Eshkol. 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Although many critics thought she would act as a stop gap, According to the report, Schindler told police he “knew it Mrs Meir went on to win Israel’s general election in October was a mannequin” before hitting it. But police dispute that 1969. statement. The Israeli prime minister governed using coalitions and to “The decoy mannequin was staged in a manner which would remain in office she had to ensure that she was publicly seen have made it impossible for Schindler to have determined the to support General Dayan despite the fact they were often at mannequin was not a human being before he struck,” accord- odds with each other. ing to the arrest report. “Schindler swung the hammer using For the next four years she remained in control but she was both arms to generate maximum force to his blow.” blamed for being caught off guard when war broke out be- Deputy public defender Ashley Sisolak described Schin- tween Israeli and Arab forces in 1973. The Arabs eventually buckled under a sustained Israeli coun- dler’s bail as excessive. She said her “client has proclaimed Logan ter-attack but her reputation never recovered. his innocence, and I look forward to fighting these allega- 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm Mrs Meir won the general election in 1973 but continued to tions.” Director: James Mangold face stiff criticism. Daniel Aldape, 46, and David Dunn, 60, were bludgeoned to Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen As a result she resigned in April 1974. death within a month’s time earlier this year. Both had suffered Language: English (Chinese) She died four years later. apparent head trauma. Duration: 137min tue 07.03.2017 th Anniversary

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Football | EPL roundup City, Spurs win to stay chasing pack

Rob Harris, London and that’s why we are getting re- to score in the 80th minute. sults.” Lukaku became the first oppo- n Chelsea’s slipstream, Tot- Tottenham manager Mauricio nent to beat goalkeeper Hugo ap photo Itenham and Manchester City Pochettino, whose side was four Lloris in the league at White are amassing points and ho- points behind City after four ga- Hart Lane since December. ping the Premier League leaders mes, now has Chelsea in its si- Tottenham had been cruising collapse. ghts. but it was a nervy conclusion. Harry Kane’s double gave Tot- “It’s up to us to be there if they Even after Dele Alli clipped tenham a 3-2 victory over Ever- fail,” Pochettino said. Harry Winks’ free kick into the ton to go seven points behind net in the 90th minute, Everton Chelsea this weekend, while TOTTENHAM 3, immediately reduced the defi- third-placed Manchester City is EVERTON 2 cit again at the other end from a point further back after swee- Kane upstaged Everton’s Ro- a set-piece that Enner Valencia ping to a 2-0 victory at Sunder- melu Lukaku to assert himself completed. land. as the Premier League’s shar- But Tottenham held on to end City’s players, who have 12 pest striker after the duo ente- a nine-game unbeaten run for games to overturn Chelsea’s ei- red this showdown level on 17 seventh-placed Everton. ght-point advantage over them, goals. know all about throwing away a Kane moved into top spot on SUNDERLAND 0, lead. Pep Guardiola’s side was England’s scoring leaderboard MAN CITY 2 eight points ahead of Chelsea six as Tottenham claimed a ninth David Silva set up both goals games into the season before the successive home league win. as City won a fourth successive tables were turned. Despite missing 10 games of league match since being held Now, according to Guardiola, the campaign through injury, by Tottenham. Chelsea is “almost unstoppab- Kane has amassed 24 goals in all Silva’s 38th-minute cross was le.” competitions — only four behind turned into the net at point- “It’s a pity that the distance last season’s haul with more blank range by Sergio Aguero between Chelsea is so big, but than two months remaining. and the Spanish playmaker’s that’s true,” Guardiola said. “We Kane had already sent Totte- defense-splitting through-ball started the season with 10 ga- nham into a two-goal lead, in- in the 59th released Leroy Sane mes winning [in a row], but our cluding an audacious, dipping to net his sixth goal in 10 games. game was not like today. strike from 30 yards (meters), Sunderland remains bottom, City’s Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game during the “I feel we are playing quite well when Lukaku finally managed six points from safety. AP match between Sunderland and Manchester City at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland ad tue 07.03.2017

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outh Africa rallied to Rugby | World Sevens Series beat Fiji 19-12 in a wind- swept final to the Las Vegas Sevens yesterday S[Macau time] to claim their four- th title from five rounds of this South Africa beats Fiji 19-12 season’s World Rugby Sevens Series. Olympic champions and defen- ding title-holders Fiji scored first to win Las Vegas Sevens to lead 5-0 before the Blitzboks clicked into gear and scored 19 covering the loose ball and sco- from the restart. unanswered points to lead 19-5 ring under the posts, converting South Africa and Fiji had come with three minutes remaining. ap photo his own try for a 7-5 lead at half- from behind to win semifinals Fiji hit back with a late try and time. Sunday. Fiji conceded two early wide-angled conversion to cut South Africa quashed any im- tries including a penalty try to the lead to seven points but time mediate threat of a Fiji rally with trail New Zealand 14-0 before ran out before it could achieve a a strong start to the second half. scoring 19 unanswered points to tying score. Speckman danced through a nar- win 19-14. South Africa trailed South Africa has now taken an row gap in the Fiji defense and the U.S. 12-0, rallied to lead 15- almost unassailable 24-point turned the ball infield to Chris 12 then fell behind again 17-15 lead on World Series standings Dry, who scored for a 14-5 lead. before a late try by Dylan Sage after tournament wins in Dubai, Speckman was then rewarded for clinched their final berth. Wellington, Sydney and Las Ve- a match-winning performance The U.S. beat New Zealand 19- gas. It failed only to win its home with his own try, running almost 15 to take third place. England tournament in Cape Town, whe- 60 meters after an intercept. beat Australia 10-7 for fifth. re it was beaten by England in Waisea Nacuqu’s late try redu- The series’ next leg begins in the final, and now has 107 cham- ced Fiji’s deficit, but any chance Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, pionship points while Fiji has 81, of a comeback was snuffed out before tournaments in Hong New Zealand 71 and Australia when Sevuloni Mocenacagi was Kong, Singapore, Paris and Lon- and the United States have 52. sent off for a dangerous tackle don. AP “Without a doubt this tourna- England’s Alex Davis (right) and James Rodwell tackle South Africa’s Philip Snyman, ment was the most difficult one left, in the final at the World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in Sydney, Sunday of them all,” South Africa cap- tain Philip Snyman said. “Hats super rugby: blues’ luatua banned for off to the guys. I think in difficult South African defense pulled off first try. The wind played a part conditions they really played a miraculous save by disposses- in the score when it caught Ros- four weeks for high tackle well and really kept composure sing Tuwai over the goal line. coe Speckman’s long cross-field BLUES AND All Blacks back- review committee which com- towards the end.” Masivesi Dakuwaqa then mat- pass and carried the ball several rower Steven Luatua has been prised Nigel Hampton, Stefan Fiji started the match playing ched the feat for Fiji, stealing the meters forward. suspended for four weeks after Terblanche and John Langford. into the teeth of an almost gale- ball from Ruhan Nel and wading The Fiji players hesitated, being sent off for a high tackle Luatua was shown a red card for force wind which had a signifi- through tackles to score. expecting the referee to call a in Friday’s Super Rugby match the off-the-ball tackle on Chiefs cant influence on the final. Fiji was reduced to six men forward pass but he determined against the Chiefs. Luatua plead- winger Tim Nanai-Williams just After winning back-to-back pe- when Vatemo Ravouvou was sin- the ball had gone back from the ed guilty to the dangerous tackle before halftime in the match at nalties which put them into the binned in the fifth minute for a hands and been carried forward charge and accepted the penalty Hamilton, which the Chiefs won attack, Fiji appeared to have sco- no-arms tackle on Nel and South by the wind. recommended by the foul play 41-26. red through Jerry Tuwai but the Africa quickly capitalized with its Cecil Afrika reacted quickly, re-

London mayor approves Cricket Chelsea’s plans to Pujara-Rahane stand gives India redevelop Stamford Bridge a 126-run lead vs Australia ap photo until the last session, gs as Australia worked when Pujara and Rahane hard to limit India’s to- ap photo took a positive approach tal in a bid to make for a to both pace and spin, comfortable run chase. using good footwork to But Pujara and Rahane negotiate the bowling at- were resilient, and India tack. survived a session unsca- Australia won the first thed for the first time in test by 333 runs at Pune the series. and bowled India out for First, they helped In- 189 on day one at Ban- dia cross 150 in the 49th ondon Mayor Sa- construction work can galore despite losing the over. Pujara then reached Ldiq Khan has appro- commence.” toss. his 14th test half-century ved plans for Chelsea The new stadium will The Australians re- off 125 balls. Overall, he to redevelop Stamford eventually give Chelsea sumed on day three at faced 173 deliveries and Bridge, the latest hurdle a similar capacity to Ar- 237-6 and extended the hit six fours. overcome by the Premier senal’s Emirates Stadium India’s Abhinav Mukund watches his shot during the third first-innings lead to 87 The pair rotated the League leaders in the and the new venue for day of their second test cricket match against Australia in before being dismissed strike with ease and their building process. Tottenham being built Bangalore, yesterday for 276 in reply, with 50-partnership came up Chelsea has decided to next to its current White India’s left-arm spinner off 110 balls. They took turn its existing home Hart Lane home. heteshwar mentum in the second Ravindra Jadeja adding took India past 200 — for into a 60,000-seat sta- In a statement, Khan CPujara and Ajinkya test against Australia. three wickets in the mor- the first time in the series dium rather than reloca- says he was “satisfied Rahane combined in a Pujara was unbeaten on ning session to his three — in the 68th over as the ting in west London. this is a high-quality and 93-run stand for the fifth 79 and Rahane was not on Sunday and returning lead started swelling on Chelsea says “further spectacular design which wicket to help India rea- out 40 at the end of the 6-63 for the innings. an uneven wicket. steps lie ahead, both will significantly increa- ch 213-4 at stumps yes- third day. Josh Hazlewood took Their partnership was during and after the se capacity within the terday, giving the hosts a Australia had all the 3-37 as India slumped to the highest of this series planning process, before existing site.” 126-run lead and the mo- momentum in the series 120-4 in its second innin- to date. AP THE After outcry, Israeli Arab town Station07.03.2017Air quality tue BUZZ removes sign honoring Arafat Roadside 50-70 Moderate Israel’s interior ministry says an Arab town that tanyahu said before a Cabinet meeting that he named a street after the late Palestinian leader Yas- won’t allow streets “named after murderers of Is- High ser Arafat has removed the sign bearing his name. raelis and Jews.” Density 50-70 Ministry spokesman Barak Seri says the village Despite winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, Residental of Jatt in northern Israel informed them yester- Arafat is widely remembered in Israel as leading Moderate day the street sign honoring Arafat had been taken militants who targeted civilians. Palestinians view Area opinion down. him as a national icon of their movement for inde- The previous day Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- pendence. Ambient 50-70 Moderate Our Desk dsmg source: Renato Marques Surgeons remove 915 WORLD BRIEFS Restrained creativity

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coins swallowed by ap photo the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) has been championed by various residents and acted upon in the government’s policy and by Thai sea turtle officials at several levels. Building and bolstering the creative indus- tries in Macau seems to be “one of the prio- rities” of the central government in order to ap photo achieve its goal “of turning Macau into a Wor- Pakistan Islamic ld Center for Tourism and Leisure (WCTL),” militants attacked several however, according to the most recent orders Pakistani military posts from mainland, apparently the MSAR govern- in tribal regions along ment has misinterpreted the word “incentive.” the Afghan border, As seems to happen very often with many killing six soldiers, the other initiatives, the time that it has taken to army said yesterday. plan the initiatives has been drawn out and Pakistani troops repulsed they have been implemented across society the attackers, who had in an ineffectual manner. crossed overnight from In my naiveté I was hoping to see something Afghanistan into the done at a fundamental level in society to pro- Mohmand tribal region, mote CCI, such as changes to the education the army statement system (or similar). I was hoping for more time added. dedicated to the arts in its many forms, to thinking, and to a valorization of what is new. Instead, we were given initiatives that invest ap photo public funds into private companies in order to stimulate people to establish other companies that promote more companies. Sounds confu- sing? Good! Because it is confusing! Honestly, I do not think that the system that has been in place deserves much of my time and as such, it isn’t even the main focus of this article. Bahrain’s government What I want to talk about is education and filed a lawsuit yesterday breaking it down to its most important form: to dissolve a secular Jerry Harmer, Bangkok which found her ailing in schools. political party, the What has changed in schools for the last 50 her seaside hometown. second-such organization years? Small details, maybe, a few subjects ossing coins in a The result is It was only after a detailed it has targeted in the last that changed designations although the con- Tfountain for luck is a po- 3D scan that veterinarians year as part of an intense tent continues to be generally the same. We pular superstition, but a si- satisfactory. pinpointed the weighty and crackdown on opposition have seen the introduction of a longer and milar belief brought misery unexpected problem. As in the island nation. more strenuous timetable! What else, though? to a sea turtle in Thailand Now it’s up to well as the coins they also Not much, right? from whom doctors have re- found 2 fish hooks, which Hungary The European I would risk saying that schools today are moved 915 coins. [turtle] Bank were also removed today. Union has cleared 80 to 90 percent the same when compared to Veterinarians in Ban- The surgery team leader Hungary to provide state what they were in our parents’ time, or even in how much aid to build two nuclear gkok operated yesterday said yesterday that when our grandparents’ time. reactors with Russian So how can we develop a new society with on the 25-year-old female she can she discovered the cause of help after Budapest new (and creative) ideas if we continue to be green sea turtle nicknamed the turtle’s agony she was made commitments to focused entirely on the mechanisms of a hun- “Bank,” whose indigestib- recover. furious. safeguard competition dred-year-old system? le diet was a result of many Pasakorn Briksawan “I felt angry that humans, in the energy sector. The What we need today, to achieve our “given tourists seeking good for- SURGEON whether or not they meant Hungarian deal, which goals,” is simply new knowledge and new tune tossing coins into her to do it or if they did it wi- was struck three years ideas to test new solutions for both the new pool over many years in the time. Many of them had cor- thout thinking, had caused ago, had been held up problems and the old ones we have yet to sol- eastern town of Sri Racha. roded or partially dissolved. harm to this turtle,” said because of the EU’s ve. Many Thais believe that “The result is satisfactory. Nantarika Chansue, head of regulatory demands. Of course, nurturing an enhanced value of throwing coins on turtles Now it’s up to Bank how Chulalongkorn University’s concept and design, seems to be totally in- much she can recover,” said Serbia-Montenegro compatible with a system based on the positi- will bring longevity. veterinary medical aquatic A Serbian court has vism and functional mechanism. Typically, a green sea turt- Pasakorn Briksawan, one of animal research center. rejected a second But still we base everything on a binary sys- le has a lifespan of around the surgical team. While re- Thai media began publi- extradition request by tem of “yes or no”, “on or off”, because we 80 years, said Roongroje covering in Chulalongkorn cizing the turtle’s tale last Montenegro for suspects want to be assured of scientific certainties. We Thanawongnuwech, dean of University’s animal hospi- month after she was fou- in an alleged pro-Russia want proof, we need that proof. Chulalongkorn University’s tal, the turtle will be on a nd, and in response, some plot to overthrow As parents we do not care (or sometimes veterinary faculty. It is listed liquid diet for the next two 15,000 baht (USD428) in the Balkan country’s dare) to know what our children are capable as an endangered species by weeks. donations was raised from government. of or not. We want a report with numbers (pre- the International Union for Bank was brought in to the public to pay for her sur- ferably close to the 100 mark) as we strive for Conservation of Nature. veterinarians by the navy, gery. AP UK-Russia Britain’s quantity and not quality. foreign secretary says The loose change even- The same happens with the CCI. We want to he will encourage Russia have figures on number of companies crea- tually formed a heavy ball to change its ways and ted, the number of companies supported, and in her stomach weighing win back international sums of money budgeted for that support, but 5 kilograms. The weight ap photo trust in talks soon with we would not dare to ask if they are really cracked the turtle’s ventral his Russian counterpart. working, if they are really being successful, shell, causing a life-threate- Boris Johnson said if they are in any way sustainable and, if not, ning infection. that “Russia has to be why not? Five surgeons from Chu- engaged on a twin-track Well, in my opinion, there is a good reason lalongkorn University’s ve- basis.” for us not to ask those questions. terinary faculty patiently A bus carrying In fact, that was a lesson learned in many removed the coins over four Panama of our school systems. They taught us not to farm workers went off a ask difficult questions and take for granted hours while “Bank” was un- highway and ended up everything that we were told by our teachers. der general anesthesia. The in a stream southwest In modern days, new generations continue to stash was too big to take out of Panama’s capital, do the same just resorting not to the teachers through the 10-cm incision causing 18 deaths but to internet search engines. they had made, so it had to and injuring 37 others, be removed a few coins at a authorities said.