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WORLD BRIEFS Cardinal, Taipa dismissed from AL bloomberg Legal community South China Sea The U.S. sounded a warning over China’s plans to introduce floating nuclear power plants on disputed islands and reefs in the shocked with sackings South China Sea, part P3 of an annual report assessing the nation’s military strength.

Indonesia A strong ap photo earthquake jolted the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok yesterday, causing landslides and damaging buildings, as the island tries to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people. More on p12

Malaysia’s new government has repealed a widely criticized law prohibiting “fake news,” in a move hailed as a landmark moment for human rights by a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers. ap photo

Pakistan’s cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister despite protests by opposition parties, which accuse the security services of intervening on his behalf in last month’s elections.

Israel-Palestine United NationsSecretary- General Antonio Guterres said in a new report that options to protect Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation range from establishing 800,000 displaced in flooding an armed military or police force to deploying civilian observers. P12 More on backpage in southern Indian state 20.08.2018 mon

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Arts Light Rapid Transit to be Woodblock print exhibition to deliberated at the AL open today

Julie Zhu persuade passengers to give he Macau City Vi- handmade washi paper. up priority seats to those in Tsual Arts Society “The blanks in the he Executive Council need. will hold a woodblock images [not] only broa- Thas finished discussion The bill also proposes that print exhibition “Car- dens the imagination of on the draft law on the Light the LRT operators must im- ving White” by local ar- the audience, but also Rapid Transit system, which mediately notify the Trans- tist Mel Cheong today at leaves the feeling of will be delivered to the Legis- port Bureau (DSAT) regar- Roomage30. the natural texture of lative Assembly (AL) for deli- ding any accidents, and that The local artist crea- washi,” the statement beration. a report should be delivered ted a series of works read. The bill notes that the hi- to DSAT within 72 hours. about Mount Fuji and Earlier this year, jacking of trains, impeding The DSAT shall conduct started her “Carving Cheong was invited operational safety, dange- investigations into acciden- White” exhibition to Artist in Residence rous driving or handling, ts and the relevant reports tour which traveled Yamanashi (AIRY), a throwing objects at the Besides having regulated obstructing passengers or shall be made public within from Yamanashi to program which invites trains, and other behaviors LRT operators’ obligations, the public at pay zones, en- one year from the date of the Tokyo and Fukuoka, artists from Japan and should be considered crimi- the bill also proposes to trances or exits. accident. with her number of abroad to live in the nal matters. prohibit some types of beha- According to Executi- Regarding LRT fares, the artworks increasing mountainous area of The coordinator of the vior among passengers. ve Council spokesperson bill proposes that fares shou- from 10 to 14. Yamanashi. Transportation Infrastructu- The prohibitions include Leong Heng Teng, the pe- ld be determined by factors Woodblock printing There, Cheong hosted re Office (GIT), Ho Cheong the possession of explosive, nalty for general illegal acts such as the balance of social technology was spread a workshop about the Kei, highlighted that the bill flammable, toxic, radioac- will range from MOP500 to and economic benefits and to Japan in 8 C.E. throu- drawing of the Portu- proposes to apply between tive or corrosive items, ins- MOP5,000, with the penal- the fairness of the prices gh religious and cultural guese tiles (Azulejos) five to 15 years of imprison- tallation of any obstacles or ty for more serious illegal charged, the distance of each exchange, and in the and shared the history ment to whomever engages obstructions to the entrance behaviors possibly reaching route, and the operating cos- 17th century it became and gastronomy of the in train hijacking or train gates of stations, trains, pay MOP10,000. ts associated with each pas- the popular artform city. control without approval. zones or exits. Previously, during the bill’s senger. Ukiyo-e. Supported by the com- The Light Rapid Transit The bill also lists 14 prohi- public consultation period, “Fares are still being discus- Famous artist Hokusai munity and other artis- (LRT) system to be imple- bited actions, including the one of the drafts suggested sed,” said Ho, further stating Katsushika created the ts, AIRY organizes diffe- mented in Macau will be au- unauthorized opening or penalizing the act of not gi- that “the GIT will be dismis- series of “36 Views of rent art projects. tomated and unmanned. It obstructing the normal ope- ving up priority seats. The sed gradually later after the Mount Fuji” in Edo Pe- In May, AIRY and local will be operated by the staff ration of the train, or the proposal stirred strong con- LRT operation company is riod, which is the main curators organized an of the operation control cen- platform; the destruction of troversy among the residen- established.” theme of Cheong’s exhi- exhibition about sento ter. If the staff of the opera- stations or trains; making ts. Ho later explained that the When asked which depart- bition. culture called “Tip-Tip, tion control center fail to per- stations or trains dirty; completed bill had deleted ment will be responsible According to a state- Plop Plop,” and invited form their duties, they may making noise next to other this specific article, with the for the LRT’s construction ment, Cheong used se- Cheong to create a work be sentenced to a maximum passengers or the public, and government believing that in Macau section after the veral white spaces for on Mount Fuji. of one-year imprisonment or the use of audio equipment; it is more suitable to have GIT is dismissed, Ho did not the winter time images “Carving White” will a fine of up to 120 days. improperly or temporarily the LRT operation company answer. of Mount Fuji, using be held until August 28.

ASK THE VET by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester not have the infection. The most effective method is a fungal culture that your local veterinarian can easily perform.

ne of the most common skin condition fic, they indicate skin disease but do not point Pet Ringworm Treatment Op- we see in Macau is Ringworm. It’s not a precisely to ringworm: tions Oworm as the name suggests, but actually a fun- • Hair loss in circular areas mostly on the Ringworm is highly contagious to pets as well tests, to watch for side effects (bone marrow gal infection that can affect both cats and dogs. head but often on the legs, feet or tail, whi- as to humans. Having an infected pet will in- suppression). The fungus spreads on the edges of the lesion ch is the single symptom that is specific to volve not only treatment of the respective pet and extends in a circle making it look like a big ringworm but also preventative care for all the pets in the Itraconazole, and Ketoconazole are other op- reddish ring. The hair inside this circle also falls • Small papules surrounding the area that has household and thorough cleaning of the envi- tions. If your pet is pregnant, you should notify out so its remarkably visible and can be many no hair ronment. your veterinarian when discussing treatment on your animals skin. The most common cause • The skin is scaly and inflamed inside these Your options include topical or oral treatment: of ringworm, as some medications can interfe- of ringworm is the infection with Microsporum areas • Topical treatment involves clipping the re with pregnancy. canis, Microsporum gypseum or Trichophyton • Acne on the chin hair around the lesions as close to the skin When having an infected pet, you should be mentagrophytes. • Dandruff as possible. You will need to be extremely cautious about always wearing gloves and Ringworm is highly contagious to both hu- careful as the smallest injury will help the washing your hands thoroughly after having mans and pets and is transmitted through spo- Diagnosis of Ringworm infection spread further. The most common touched the pet. res that infect the skin and hair, objects and the As the visible symptoms of ringworm are di- topical solutions are miconazole cream, Lo- soil. The spores can live in the environment for fficult to differentiate from the symptoms of trimin cream, 1% chlorhexidine ointment or Hope this info helps a ling time, waiting for another host, so com- other conditions, once the veterinarian sus- dips in lime sulfur or antiseptics. Till next week plete cleaning of the pet's environment must go pects your pet is affected by it, he will need to • Anti-fungal shampoos are recommended Dr Ruan together with the treatment. perform more tests. in order to keep the spreading of the spores Ringworm has symptoms very similar to other A black light lamp, Wood's lamp, is sometimes under control. Ask the Vet: skin conditions, so diagnosis by a veterinarian used. The ringworm fungi are fluorescent un- • Systemic treatment involves several oral before starting any treatment is compulsory. der this light. However, this test is not 100% medications. A preferred oral medication Royal Veterinary Centre accurate, as some species of ringworm fungi do for ringworm is Griseofulvin, as it is admi- Tel: +853 28501099, +853 28523678 Symptoms of Pet Ringworm not glow under the lamp. Also, healthy animals nistered together with food. This medica- Emergency: +853 62662268 The symptoms of pet ringworm are not speci- can have fluorescent fungi on their coat and tion will be accompanied by regular blood Email: [email protected]

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Legal community shocked, intrigued with AL advisers’ dismissal

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sers of the Legislative barbosa paulo Assembly (AL) Paulo Cardinal and Pau- loV Taipa were dismissed by the board of the AL, headed by Presi- dent Ho Iat Seng, early last week. The news broke Saturday on Plataforma Media news outlet and caused a generalized sense of incredulity and shock in the community, particularly within the legal fraternity. “Mr Cardinal and Mr Taipa are two ‘living encyclopedias’ on the historical and legislative develo- pments over the last crucial three decades,” lawyer and political commentator Sergio de Almeida Correia told the Times yesterday, reflecting a common perception among peers that both advisers possess extraordinary profes- Paulo Taipa Paulo Cardinal sional qualities and are “men of character and high work ethics.” 50, arrived here in 1997 to work many local legal experts, prose- borates Coutinho’s words with dent of the Legislative Assembly On Tuesday afternoon, Cardi- in the Legal Affairs Bureau (GAL, cutors and even judges, that you a note of cynicism on how legal as others during the current le- nal and Taipa each received a as per the Portuguese acronym). see now sitting in our courts, MP opinions are generally treated at gislature, when he displayed lack letter informing them that their Cardinal moved to the AL in and government departments.” governance levels: “It’s against? of competence for the job.” contracts were not to be renewed 1992 when Anabela Ritchie, who So, it’s rubbish.” Lawyer and commentator Mi- and that their work would cea- succeeded the revered Macane- Truth or dare “I don’t see this as politically guel de Senna Fernandes holds se at the AL by December 31. se lawyer cum politician Carlos Amélia António, lawyer and motivated because as of now that a particular opinion on the The short and laconic letter also D’Assumpção, was at the helm. president of Casa de Portugal, reason was not invoked … but I damage that the dispensing of stresses that the board is extre- He holds the position of coordi- told the Times that a thorough admit that it could be interpreted experienced advisers such as mely grateful for the exceptional nator adviser and teaches in the clarification is needed on the na- as such, moreover because in the Cardinal and Taipa may cause to contribution the advisers have Faculty of Law at the University ture of the dismissals, because termination letter of the two ad- the MSAR with all the projects given to the Legislative Assem- of Macau. “what we know at this stage is visers [the AL Board] recognizes currently under way, namely the bly. However, neither letter sta- little and it doesn’t make sense.” the merits of their work,” Almei- Greater Bay Area. ted the reasons for the termina- “It was with great perplexity da Correia told the Times. “At a time when Macau is on tions. that I heard the news. When hi- the verge of an exceptional tur- Cardinal and Taipa, both taken ghly competent professionals [at ning point, having in mind the by surprise with the sudden and Mr Cardinal the peak of their careers] are dis- practical implementation of the unexpected dismissal, requested pensed in the course of a restruc- What we know policies of the so-called Greater a meeting with President Ho Iat and Mr Taipa turing or renovation of cadres, Bay Area, which is a process of Seng and Vice-President Chui are two ‘living it is worrying; because the most at this stage integration of Macau into the Sai Cheong, which took place the qualified and experienced pro- area, matters of a constitutional next day. On the occasion, Ho encyclopedias’ fessionals are always very impor- is little and it nature will arise and have to be talked about a “vague idea of a tant in the process of integration addressed. Replacing now, at restructure of the legal advisers’ on the historical of new legal advisers.” doesn’t make this sensitive period, Cardinal team,” six of them Portuguese The president of the Casa de sense. and Taipa is a heavy loss for the nationals. For that reason, “it is and legislative Portugal thinks and hopes the interests of Macau.” time we part ways.” “We [AL] developments. dismissals hold no implication Amélia António The Portuguese Consul Gene- go our way, you go yours,” said for the stability of the Portugue- President Casa de Portugal ral, however, is confident that Ho. The presidency of the AL Sérgio Almeida Correia se community, but stressed that Cardinal and Taipa will continue reiterated a tremendous respect Lawyer “these kinds of situations, when “So, if from the standpoint of to live and work in Macau. and admiration for the positive poorly explained - and it may personal qualities and of profes- “Mr Paulo Cardinal and Mr contribution to the “work of the Taipa followed his colleague’s take some time for us to know sional qualities, they are untou- Paulo Taipa are examples of Legislative Assembly both have footsteps and joined the Legisla- what really happened - creates chable, the plausible explanation the best Portugal and the Por- given.” tive Assembly in 2001, when Su- anxiety in people because we is that there are reasons of a po- tuguese have here contributing None in the legal community sana Chou was presiding over the don’t know if this is an isolated litical nature, or there is a hidden to the development of the Ma- and beyond accepted this reaso- first legislature post-handover. case or if it is some kind of a sig- agenda to the dispensing of com- cau SAR of the People’s Repu- ning as valid. Taipa, who is also a coordinator, nal for the future. We don’t know petent individuals, in order to blic of China,” Vítor Sereno told “They invoked as a reason a cer- taught at the UM for a period of at this stage.” approve legislation in violation the Times. tain renovation or restructuring ten years. However, lawmaker Pereira of the Basic Law.” The outgoing consul also said [of the legal team]. Well, I don’t In total we are talking of 43 Coutinho speaking to Radio Ma- Sergio de Almeida Correia na- that he is following the case with know if this ‘restructuring’ is years of combined experience at cau, was adamant in saying that med many a pressing piece of utmost attention and commit- going to happen or not. But one the legislative branch of the go- there will be spillovers. legislation to be discussed and ment. thing I know for sure, Mr Car- vernment and during a period of The sacking of the two most res- approved during the next legis- Sereno spoke to the Times on dinal and Mr Taipa should have dramatic change in Macau and pected advisers “has to do with lative session which ends in Au- the sidelines of a farewell dinner a place in any possible restruc- its legislation. several legal opinions the duo gust next year: the new gaming Saturday evening hosted by the turing that may occur,” because “They were both involved in the had submitted to the specialized law, the internal security law and community where the case of the of their qualities and vast accu- ‘localization’ of crucial legislation commissions” that went against the electoral reform. Paulo Taipa two Portuguese AL advisers was mulated experience, top lawyer in an historic moment of Macau’s the interests of the pro-establish- has been in charge of all gaming- a prime topic of conversation and Jorge Neto Valente told Radio development, as well as of the lo- ment camp and the will of the related legislation since 2001 to great cause for consternation. Macau yesterday, from Portugal. calization of legal practitioners,” house board. “And there will be date. “It is a very somber day for Ma- Paulo Cardinal, 53, came to Correia noted. “Cardinal and more [cases like this]!” For Correia, “this is another cau,” a participant lamented to Macau in 1990 and Paulo Taipa, Taipa helped in the training of Neto Valente somewhat corro- disastrous decision by the Presi- the Times. 20.08.2018 mon

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Mainland pigs with swine fever were not Rising sea levels pose unique exported to Macau Macau’s pork importers have clarified that Macau’s supplies do not contain tsunami risk to Macau imported goods from the mainland provinces affected by the swine fever ising sea levels around risk than the Macau peninsula outbreak that has surfaced in mainland Rthe world will pose a grea- – including the Cotai Strip and ter risk of tsunamis striking other central areas – because

China. Recently, in some mainland bloomberg provinces, including Liaoning Province Macau, a new academic paper they are protected by favora- (Boyang city), Guangxi Province has found, especially in the low ble topography features of the (Nanning city), and Heilongjiang -lying parts of the city, which SAR. Province, swine fever was detected are already prone to flooding. The researchers ran a worst- in pigs that were being shipped from The authors of the paper, whi- case scenario in the simulation these places to Henan Province. ch was published in Science using current sea levels. The Macau’s two suppliers, Nam Yue and Advances, came to their con- model showed that almost all Nam Kwong, both declared that they clusions based on computer reclaimed land in Macau wou- are following the development of simulations accounting for sea ld be flooded, leaving only the the incidents closely, and that none level rise foreseeable over the “original islands untouched.” of Macau’s imported mainland pig next century. They found that Flooding of up to 5 meters wou- products are from the aforementioned higher sea levels are likely to in- ld be experienced in the Inner provinces. crease both the frequency and Harbor area, the northeast Ma- the intensity of tsunamis and cau Peninsula and the southern Car accident tsunami-induced flooding. Trench. densely-populated urban dis- tip of Coloane. Even the more The authors found that even Megathrust earthquakes ge- tricts, such as the Inner Har- protected areas of the Cotai injured three a conservative sea level rise of nerated along the Manila Tren- bor area and reclaimed land Strip and the University of Ma- just 0.5 meters by 2060 and 1 ch remain the major source of plots. cau might face water of up to 3 On Friday, a car accident took place at meter by 2100 would dramati- tsunami threats in the South However, the southern meters deep. the Av. Do Ouvidor Arriaga, injuring China Sea. According to the coastal areas of Coloane may three pedestrians. The accident, which cally increase tsunami-induced Macau is one of the most den- was recorded near the Edf. Golden flooding incidences by a factor authors of the paper, there is also be at risk, given that they sely-populated places on the Garden was caused by a truck suspected of 1.2 to 2.4 and 1.5 to 4.7 res- ample evidence to suggest that are closest to the origin point planet, with around 21,400 of not having given way to pedestrians pectively. the megathrust is capable of of a potential tsunami and people per square kilometer crossing the zebra crossing. The truck According to the scientists, producing basin-wide tsuna- may bear most of the initial as of last year. More than 60 hit three people, including a boy of Macau would become particu- mis. They argue that higher sea impact, notwithstanding the percent of Macau’s land area approximately 5 years, who sustained larly prone to such natural di- levels would allow even small fact that the once-island is is reclaimed land at or slightly injuries to his left leg and his head. All sasters because of its location tsunami waves to extend fur- home to the highest peaks in above sea level, while the Inner three victims sustained light injuries and in the South China Sea and ther inland. Macau. Harbor area is in some places were sent to the Kiang Wu Hospital for its proximity to earthquakes The areas most at risk in- In contrast, much of the rest 2 meters below the average sea medical treatment. generated along the Manila clude Macau’s low-lying but of Taipa and Coloane is less at level today. DB ad mon 20.08.2018

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Education Bureau Secretary Tam leads tourism, sports delegation to Views on homosexuality, Bay Area pre-marital sex were misunderstood Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam has led a delegation comprising officials of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) he acting head of the and that young women should re- and the Sports Bureau to visit several cities in the Education and Youth Af- frain from having sexual intercourse Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area to better fairs Bureau (DSEJ) refu- before marriage because their future understand their tourism attractions and facilities. ted media reports over the husbands might not like it. The mission was organized by the MGTO with the Tweekend that the city’s education She said that pre-marital sex was an aim of fostering multi-destination tourism and authority refers homosexual studen- “ethical question” for society to re- advancing the integration efforts within the Greater ts to doctors and psychologists for concile and on this matter the educa- Bay area. The visit included a two-day Macau examination. She said that the me- tion authority follows the conservati- travel roadshow in Shenzhen to showcase Macau dia had misunderstood her position ve view of Macau’s majority Chinese as a Creative City of Gastronomy. Secretary Tam on such matters. population. also visited Guangzhou and Foshan to exchange First published by Portuguese In remarks that might be construed perspectives on resource-sharing and collaborative newspaper Ponto Final, deputy di- as sexist, Leong said: "We find that development, according to a statement from the rector Leong Vai Kei was reported to men do not like having their future government. The other cities and districts included have made several comments regar- wife [having had] premarital sex. […] in the visit were Nansha (Guangzhou), Dongguan and Huizhou. ding homosexuality and premarital We think this is not an appropriate sexual intercourse, viewed by many act for a lady, for this lady's body as as controversial and inappropriate. for her psychological part. This lady The newspaper reported that Leong will face stress and this lady's parents Call for submissions of works had said that students who show sig- will also have stress.” Leong Vai Kei to ‘Printmaking Triennial’ ns of homosexuality are referred to The DSEJ advocates the teaching of competent authorities for a “medical young men and women to avoid se- According to All About Macau, Applications for the “3rd Macau Printmaking examination.” xual intercourse outside of marriage, Leong stressed that the psychological Triennial”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, may be submitted until September 30. "If [a student] has evidence of this and this will come through in the bu- and medical examinations for homo- The exhibition aims to improve this printmaking homosexuality, we refer this case to reau’s recommendations on sex edu- sexual students were only conducted other competent authorities. If the cation, she said. exchange platform and encourage the combination in cases when the students are “in of more cultural and artistic elements in the art of children or the students think they Over the weekend, the DSEJ head trouble with sex and need assistan- printmaking. Gold, silver and bronze prizes as well are homosexual, we can transfer the hit back at some media reports con- ce.” as several honourable mentions will be awarded. cerning the issue of homosexual stu- case to a doctor or psychologist for “The authorities can assist them to There are no restrictions on the printmaking types a clinical examination," she said, ac- dents being referred for therapy. She refer to the professionals for help, and or production techniques. Works must have been cording to Ponto Final. claimed that the media reports were the relevant referral is not mandatory, produced in the last three years. The judging will In the controversial media inter- not consistent with what she had ex- and no students have been required to be done in October and the list of selected works view, Leong was also cited as having pressed, adding that language trans- accept referral services in the past,” she will be released at the beginning of November, said that students do not have the ca- lation issues had likely been the cau- added. The DSEJ corroborated these with it being anticipated that the exhibition will be pability to assess their own sexuality se of the misunderstanding. views in a statement issued yesterday. held at the end of December. ad 20.08.2018 mon

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Portuguese Consul makes barbosa paulo positive evaluation of Pools closed due to lifeguard term in farewell shortage Two swimming pools in Macau have been closed as of last farewell dinner that has no turn-back,” Saturday on account of a lack of lifeguards to ensure safety was organized Sereno said, in a TDM standards. The Cheok Van Beach and Sun Iat Sen swimming last Saturday Radio report. pools are closed until further notice, without a date set for evening to ex- Discussing the work reopening. According to public broadcaster TDM, the Sports pressA the best wishes of done and results achieved, Bureau, which is responsible for overseeing such facilities, many Portuguese-based Sereno highlighted the po- reported that the company hired to manage the pools associations in Macau to sitive side, although he no- had not recruited enough lifeguards. TDM said that the Consul General Vitor Se- ted that such work is never shortage might be linked to a strike by company staff. Citing reno, who is finishing his completed and that there the Labour Affairs Bureau, the broadcaster said that term as Consul General is always something to do complaints had been received from workers regarding overwork and late pay. of Portugal in Macau and next and to improve upon. Hong Kong. In discussing such At the dinner, which challenges, Sereno re- Hac Sa Beach passes water was attended by over called the difficulties the 200 people, Sereno gave Consulate encountered in quality tests an evaluation of the work having a steady staff team, The Marine and Water Bureau has been notified by the done and above all ex- recalling the departure Laboratory of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau pressed his well wishes together the Portuguese “I think there we have of a total of 17 employees that the latest test result of water samples taken from for the times to come, around an ideal – to be a strategy that cannot over the last five years due the sea at Hac Sa Beach proved negative for Vibrio noting how important it united, to be one,” Sereno turn back. And knowing to the low salaries paid by cholerae. The Bureau also noted that other parameters is to maintain the unity said while expressing ho- Paulo [Alves] as I do, [I the Portuguese State, a of water quality were within the required standards. achieved among all the pes that the next Consul can say that] this [strate- long-lasting problem that Accordingly, the Marine and Water Bureau will lower institutions. General, Paulo Cunha Al- gy of] opening of doors, several Consul Generals the red flag and remove the notices at the beach that “It is a day of great sa- ves, would continue with proximity, consensus- of Portugal in Macau have advised beach-goers to avoid entering the sea. According tisfaction because I think the same work and move seeking but also of firm tried to address in the to the Bureau, the related departments will continue to we have been able to unite forward with the unity al- convictions when we past, but struggled to be monitor the situation and provide the public with the the associations and bring ready built on. need them, is a strategy resolved. RM latest information.

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after Greece. Officials associated with the coalition between the populist 5 Star Movement party Greek bailout ends, but Europe’s and the anti-immigration Lea- gue have made comments about leaving the euro and criticized debt problems grind on the European Union’s rules limi- ting debt and deficits. That has raised fears of a new debt crisis. David Mchugh, Frankfurt Eurozone officials have set up ways to protect the currency reece officially comple- ap photo union in a crisis. One is to have Gtes its bailout program to- the European Central Bank offer day, after eight years of cutbacks to buy bonds of countries with enforced in return for massive excessive borrowing costs. But loans and following an economic that requires signing up for a collapse on the scale of the Great plan to reduce the public deficit, Depression. and that appears to be the last The exit is a welcome milesto- thing the current government ne. But it offers little assurance would do. The most drastic alter- that the 19-country euro curren- native would be for Italy to leave cy union has left behind its pro- the euro. blems with debt. The huge debt Guntram Wolff, director of pile in Greece and an even bigger the Bruegel research institute in one in Italy will remain a lurking Brussels, says Italy’s debt situa- financial threat to Europe that People stand in front of the Greek Parliament building as vehicles drive past tion is different from Greece’s, in could take a generation to defuse. that most Italian bonds are in the Europe’s debt problems have re- (USD366 billion), or over 180 Chancellor Angela Merkel. cent of Greeks saying they spend hands of Italians. That means peatedly raised fears over the past percent of annual economic ou- The IMF and prominent econo- 44 percent of household income the governments’ debt payments decade of a break-up in the euro, tput. Of that, 256.6 billion euros mists say that if part of Greece’s on out-of-pocket medical ex- stay at home to support spen- a worst-case scenario that would is owed to eurozone creditors loans are not written off, its debt penses and many reporting they ding and investment by Italians. cause severe economic damage in and 32.1 billion to the Interna- loan will eventually start to rise have simply done without medi- “In Italy, the debt problem is es- the region and shake world finan- tional Monetary Fund. In 2012, out of control again. Greece is cal care. sentially an internal question,” cial markets and trade. about 107 billion euros in debt meant to run exceptionally large George Pagoulatos, a professor he said. In Greece, successive govern- was lopped off by inflicting losses budget surpluses before interest at the Athens University of Eco- Italy’s progess will be decided ments had borrowed heavily for on private bondholders. payments — so-called primary nomics and Business, says that by a mix of three factors: rising three decades to fund generous Today is the day the third and surpluses of 3.5 percent of GDP in the end the country’s creditors interest rates, economic growth, spending on pensions and jobs last bailout program expires, through 2023, and 2.2 percent may have to lower their expecta- and the political willingness to given to political supporters, meaning no more money is avai- thereafter. The IMF says very few tions for how much Greece can making savings in public finan- while tolerating widespread tax lable. Greece will remain subject countries historically have been save. He thinks lower surpluses ces over a number of years, that evasion and covering up budget to quarterly visits by technical able to do that. plus better economic growth is, to forgo spending on things shortfalls. All that blew up migh- experts to make sure it is meeting from the pro-business reforms likes schools and pensions in or- tily in October 2009, when Gree- agreed targets for public finances could be the key to make debt der to pay debt. The recent poli- ce admitted its budget deficit until the last bailout loan is re- All told, Greece sustainable. tical turmoil has unnerved inves- was much bigger than previously paid, in 2060. “It doesn’t mean that tax eva- tors, who raised the cost for Italy reported. Shocked investors no The other eurozone countries now owes total sion has been eradicated or that to borrow on bond markets. longer would risk loaning Greece gave Greece enough cash to co- governments will no longer do “Whether Italy will be able to money at affordable rates, for- ver 22 months of financing needs debt of USD366 favors for their supporters,” Pa- do this politically and economi- cing the government to turn to and significantly eased its debt billion, or over goulatos said. But the degree of cally, that is the 2 trillion euro rescue loans from the other eu- repayment terms. Greece needs reform should not be underes- question,” said Wolff, referring rozone countries and the Inter- to pass the quarterly reviews 180 percent of timated. The changes over eight to the size of Italy’s public debt. national Monetary Fund. to activate that debt relief. But years “have been very significant He believes politicians’ determi- The loans came with tough con- Greece will get no new reform re- annual economic and they must have an impact on nation to keep public finances in ditions: closing deficits, which quirements. productivity.” check is eroding. “So I would say led to aggressive tax increases Some experts say that the best output Italy’s slow growth since joining the picture looks grimmer than it and spending cuts; and a raft of way to help Greece would be for the euro has meant that the eu- did six months ago.” reforms aimed at improving tax eurozone countries to write off It says countries often quickly rozone’s third-largest member Ultimately Wolff thinks that the collection and the business cli- a part of the loans altogether. undo cuts, as people get fed up has failed to work down the huge disruption from leaving the euro mate in general. The economy, But governments have balked at over lost services. Spending on debt burden it carried into the would be so great that the go- hit hard by spending cuts, shrank that. The bailouts were unpopu- state health care in Greece, for currency union when it joined as vernment would change course. by a quarter. lar, particularly in Germany, and instance, has been squeezed to a founding member in 1999. It The losses “would be so massive, All told, Greece now owes to- loan forgiveness would be a tou- one of the lowest levels in the eu- remains at an elevated 133.4 per- people would say, no, no let’s not tal debt of 322 billion euros gh sell for leaders such German rozone, with the poorest 20 per- cent of GDP, the second highest do that.” AP ad mon 20.08.2018 th Anniversary

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ce early June as the dispute has dragged on, and other emerging ap photo market indexes have also taken a Stocks jump as hopes rise for hit. The S&P 500 has risen over that time. Tesla was hit with a series of re- ports that concerned sharehol- progress on China trade talks ders. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission started investigating the electric car maker last year to determine if it made false statements about production of its Model 3 sedan. The SEC is also reportedly looking into CEO Elon Musk’s comment on Twitter about pos- sibly taking the company priva- te. Tesla stock rose from about $345 a share to about $380 following Musk’s tweet last week, which said Tesla could go private for $420 a share. On Friday it dropped 8.9 percent to $305.50. Musk also gave an emotional interview to the New York Ti- mes, published Friday, about the stress he’s experienced as the company tries to ramp up production. He said this year has been “excruciating” and des- cribed working up 120 hours a week, raising concerns about his health. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to Marley Jay, New York The late gains came in spite Deere posted stronger than ex- While big names like Netflix, 2.86 percent from 2.87 percent. of weak results for several chi- pected sales. Its stock rose 2.4 Facebook and Amazon slipped, U.S. crude picked up 0.7 per- tocks rose late in the day pmakers. Electric car maker percent to $140.59. Apple led technology companies cent to $65.91 a barrel in New SFriday as investors welcomed Tesla took its biggest drop in two Construction equipment maker slightly higher overall. Apple sto- York. Brent crude, the standard signs of progress in resolving the years on reports of a wider go- Caterpillar rose 2.3 percent to ck rose 2 percent to $217.58. for international oil prices, ad- trade dispute between the U.S. vernment investigation into the $139.34 and engine maker Pac- Nordstrom jumped 13.2 per- ded 0.6 percent to $71.83 per and China. The Wall Street Jour- company and concerns about car added 2.3 percent to $67.16. cent to $59.18 after raising its barrel in London. nal reported that the countries CEO Elon Musk’s health. Chipmakers fell after two com- annual profit and sales forecasts Wholesale gasoline dipped 0.3 hope to have a resolution by No- The S&P 500 index rose panies gave weaker forecasts for and posting better earnings and percent to $1.98 a gallon. Hea- vember. 9.44 points, or 0.3 percent, at the third quarter. Nvidia said it sales than analysts expected. It’s ting oil inched up 0.1 percent to Industrial, health care and ba- 2,850.13. The Dow Jones Indus- no longer expects much revenue been a mostly difficult week for $2.10 a gallon. Natural gas rose sic materials companies made trial Average added 110.59 poin- from products used in mining di- department stores as Macy’s and 1.3 percent to $2.95 per 1,000 some of the biggest gains. The re- ts, or 0.4 percent, to 25,669.32. gital currencies, and its stock fell J.C. Penney both plunged after cubic feet. port came a day after China said The Nasdaq composite edged 4.9 percent to $244.82. Applied issuing their quarterly reports. Gold was little changed at it will send an envoy to Washing- up 9.81 points, or 0.1 percent, to Materials slumped 7.7 percent to The S&P 500 finished this week $1,184.20 an ounce. Silver fell ton for the first talks between the 7,816.33. The Russell 2000 in- $43.77. with a solid gain of 0.6 percent, 0.6 percent to $14.63 an oun- countries since early June. dex of smaller-company stocks but it took a difficult path to get ce. Copper added 0.5 percent to Marina Severinovsky, an in- gained 7.19 points, or 0.4 per- there. Stocks fell early this week $2.63 a pound. vestment strategist at Schroders, cent, to 1,692.95. due to worries about Turkey’s The dollar dipped to 110.60 yen said stocks could jump if the U.S. The Wall Street Journal cited China has currency crisis, and later inves- from 110.88 yen. The euro rose and China make real progress officials in both the U.S. and Chi- tors fretted about China’s econo- to $1.1443 from $1.1365. toward a trade agreement. But na as it said negotiators want to suffered pretty mic growth. The German DAX lost 0.2 per- stocks in emerging markets mi- end the trade war before U.S. The recovery started Thursday cent and France’s CAC 40 fell 0.1 ght make even bigger gains. President Donald Trump and greatly [...] the as investors hoped the upco- percent. The FTSE 100 in Britain “The rally that could come, if Chinese President Xi Jinping ming talks between the U.S. and was little changed. there is a better outcome, wou- meet at multilateral events in U.S. has held China will help end the impasse Japan’s Nikkei 225 index added ld be in emerging markets,” she November. up pretty well. that has resulted in higher tariffs 0.4 percent and Hong Kong’s said. “China has suffered pretty Industrial companies made from both countries. Hang Seng gained 0.4 percent. greatly [...] the U.S. has held up some of the biggest gains after Marina Severinovsky The Hang Seng index in Hong In South Korea, the Kospi gai- pretty well.” agricultural equipment maker Investment strategist Kong has fallen 13 percent sin- ned 0.3 percent. AP Beijing tells its finance firms to boost infrastructure support

hina’s financial wa- quate capital base on con- ture spending slowed to Ctchdog ordered the na- dition local governments’ a quarter of the pace of a tion’s banks and insuran- implicit debts don’t in- year earlier. bloomberg ce companies to increase crease, the China Banking The regulator told banks support for infrastructure and Insurance Regulatory and insurers to further development as economic Commission said in a sta- “unclog” the transmission growth slows and concerns tement late Saturday. mechanism of monetary rise about the trade stan- Fixed-asset investment in policy, and to give more doff with the U.S. the world’s largest develo- support to small-and-mi- Credit support should be ping economy rose by the cro-sized businesses, agri- boosted for infrastructure least in two decades in the culture and export-orien- projects that have sound first seven months of 2018, ted companies, according operations and an ade- while growth in infrastruc- to the statement. Bloomberg mon 20.08.2018

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aiwan is responding to China’s arms buildup Taiwan improves missiles to by developing missiles and interceptors of its Town that could reduce Beijing’s military advantage over the sel- counter PRC military expansion f-ruled island, defense experts say. ft near the island a dozen times fought a full-scale war, though Since President Tsai Ing-wen and passed China’s only functio- in the late 1950s, China shelled took office in 2016, Taiwan has ap photo ning aircraft carrier through the outlying islands controlled by deployed one set of missiles, per- 160-kilometer ocean strait sepa- Taiwan without taking them. fected another and sped produc- rating them. Former Taiwanese President Ma tion of a third, the analysts say, China has a powerful arsenal Ying-jeou eased tensions during in the latest sign of how it’s han- of missiles targeting Taiwan and his 2008-2016 term by allowing dling a Chinese military threat raised its military budget by 8.1 talks with China on Beijing’s ter- that is raising the chances of an percent this year, compared to ms, but frictions have resumed armed confrontation. Taiwan’s increase of about 2 per- under Tsai. Chinese President Xi Jinping cent in 2017-2018. China is buil- Success in an asymmetric war has taken a hard line against ding warships at a world-setting would hinge on Taiwan’s budget, advocates of independence for pace, while also developing steal- the ability of its hardware and Taiwan and has sent warships, th fighters and bomb-delivering China’s attack strategy, military bombers and fighter planes on vehicles that travel at up to six analysts say. training missions circling the times the speed of sound. Taiwan’s current crop of mis- democratic island in a show of siles can probably hit ships and strength. sink transport vessels, An said. While Beijing has an increa- Taiwan should also focus on re- singly overwhelming military Taiwan sisting an amphibious landing, advantage, Taiwan’s missile which China’s People’s Libe- systems advance its odds of hol- Two men speak under the Taiwan-made “Tien-Kung III” surface to air missile with limited ration Army Navy “has not de- ding off China in asymmetrical monstrated the ability to do wi- warfare, said Alexander Huang, single Chinese nation. missiles or aircraft. resources can thout significant cost,” he said. strategic studies professor at Hsiung Feng IIE missiles built Taiwanese Defense Ministry only invest in Taiwan still lags in submari- Tamkang University in Taiwan. in Taiwan have been deployed spokesman Chen Chung-chi de- nes and stealth aircraft, An said. The term refers to effective re- to hit military bases in China up clined to confirm deployment the area that It looks to the United States for sistance of an enemy with tar- to 1,500 kilometers away, said of the Hsiung Feng IIE missiles much of its air force fleet and geted firepower rather than David An, senior research fellow after the military news website would create hopes Washington will license it overwhelming force. with the policy incubator Global Kanwa Defense Review posted diesel-electric submarine tech- “Taiwan with limited resources Taiwan Institute in Washington, photos indicating they were si- some kind of nology. can only invest in the area that D.C. tuated about 50 kilometers west asymmetrical China routinely denounces would create some kind of asym- Those missiles also underwent of the capital, Taipei, near the defense cooperation between metrical advantage, which would a “substantial upgrade” last year island’s major international air- advantage. Taiwan and the U.S., but has dissuade the Chinese from taking to increase their effectiveness port. Kanwa did not answer re- been unable to prevent what li- actions,” Huang said. “President against ships, An said. quests for comment. Alexander Huang mited arms sales and exchanges Tsai has committed more or at Meanwhile, Taiwan has stepped China’s Defense Ministry did Scholar at Tamkang University have occurred. Last Monday, least expressed willingness to up production of its indigenous not immediately respond to re- President Donald Trump signed invest more in the asymmetrical Wan Chien air-to-ground cruise quests for comments on Taiwan’s Military experts call the deploy- the John S. McCain National capability.” missiles by about 100, An added. missile program. ment of the Hsiung Feng IIE mis- Defense Authorization Act, whi- The two sides have been separa- Backing up those improvemen- “They are looking more at buil- siles likely. “It has been success- ch among its clauses calls for a tely ruled since the Chinese civil ts, the locally developed Tien ding their land-based military ca- fully developed,” said Andrew “comprehensive assessment of war of the 1940s, and China still Kung system can now intercept pabilities,” said Collin Koh, mari- Yang, a former Taiwanese defen- Taiwan’s military forces” with an claims sovereignty over Taiwan. Chinese missiles at ranges of up time security research fellow at se minister and current secretary eye toward helping them. Beijing has not ruled out using to 200 kilometers, An said. PAVE Nanyang Technological Univer- general of the Chinese Council of “Taiwan’s greatest promise is force to unify the sides, a threat it PAW, a U.S. long-range early sity in Singapore. Advanced Policy Studies think the hope that the United States has highlighted amid Tsai’s con- warning radar system located in To pressure Tsai into meeting tank. “They’ve test fired many ti- and its allies could decide to as- tinuing rejection of its demand Taiwan’s high central mountain its demands, the communist lea- mes and called it successful.” sist Taiwan if and when Taiwan that both interact as parts of a range, would track incoming dership has flown military aircra- China and Taiwan have never is under threat,” An said. AP

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alaysia’s leader with the company’s foun- has tested Malaysia’s ties have been suspended pen- Mcourted Chinese e- der, Jack Ma, and told the with China by suspending ding renegotiation. commerce investment in company’s executives that multibillion-dollar Chine- Malaysia’s new govern- his country on Saturday, Malaysia wants to explore se-backed infrastructure ment has called for dras- the start of his first trip to ways to collaborate further projects. tic cuts to the projects’ China since his stunning with Alibaba, according He’s expected to attempt ballooning cost, which it Jack Ma (left) and Zhejiang Geely Holdings Chairman Li Shufu electoral victory three to Malaysian state news to renegotiate the terms estimates at more than attend at meeting between Mahathir Mohamad and Che Jun, the months ago. agency Bernama. of the projects during his $22 billion. Some of that Communist Party chief of Zhejiang Province Prime Minister Maha- He also visited Geely, whi- meetings with Chinese of- money has already been thir Mohamad’s visit to ch owns Geely Auto, one of ficials. He will hold talks paid and could be difficult to the two countries. often built by Chinese con- the world’s second-largest China’s biggest indepen- with Chinese leaders inclu- to recoup. “Any problems arising in tractors and financed by economy is being watched dent automakers. It owns ding Premier Li Keqiang China said Tuesday that the cooperation should be loans from Chinese state for signs on the fate of mul- 49.9 percent of Proton, a and President Xi Jinping Malaysia should handle handled properly through banks. tibillion-dollar Beijing-ba- Malaysian automaker. On on Monday. any problems it has with friendly negotiation,” the Belt and Road projects in cked projects he’s said he Sunday he will visit a Chi- Days before heading to the Chinese projects throu- ministry said in a state- Thailand, Sri Lanka and wants to cancel. nese drone company and Beijing, Mahathir said Ma- gh talks. ment. other countries have run On Saturday, Mahathir meet with Malaysian busi- laysia doesn’t need a Chi- The foreign ministry The projects are part of into complaints they are toured the campus of Chi- nesspeople in Beijing. nese-backed $20 billion in Beijing defended Chi- Xi’s Belt and Road initiati- too costly, give too little nese online shopping giant Mahathir, a vocal cri- East Coast Rail Link and na’s projects in Malaysia, ve to build ports, railways work to local companies or Alibaba Group in the eas- tic of Beijing-backed in- two energy pipelines worth saying such deals have and other trade-related might facilitate embezzle- tern city of Hangzhou, met vestment in his country, $2.3 billion. The projects brought tangible benefits infrastructure across Asia, ment and other graft. AP 20.08.2018 mon

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India Indonesia Strong quake 800,000 displaced as jolts Lombok floods submerge Kerala again strong earthquake jolted the In- Adonesian island of Lombok on Aijaz Rahi, Trivandrum Sunday, causing landslides on Mount Rinjani and damaging buildings, as it ome 800,000 people have been dis- ap photo tries to recover from a temblor earlier Splaced and over 350 have died in the this month that killed 460 people. worst flooding in a century in southern In- The U.S. Geological Survey measu- dia's Kerala state, officials said yesterday, as red the quake, which was centered in rescuers searched for people stranded in the the northeast of the tourist island, at worst-affected areas. magnitude 6.3 and a depth of 7 kilo- The downpours that started Aug. 8 have meters. It was felt on the neighboring triggered floods and landslides and caused island of Bali and was preceded a few homes and bridges to collapse across Ke- minutes earlier by a magnitude 5.4 rala, a picturesque state known for its quiet quake, also in Lombok’s northeast. tropical backwaters and beautiful beaches. An Associated Press reporter on Thousands of rescuers were continuing Lombok said the tremor caused land- efforts to reach out to stranded people and slides on the slopes of Rinjani and get relief supplies to isolated areas by hun- ged. In some villages, floodwaters up to 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi ins- panic in villages. Video shot by the dreds of boats and nearly two dozen he- meters high had entered homes. pected the flooded landscape from a Indonesian Red Cross showed huge licopters, said P.H. Kurian, a top disaster Officials have called it the worst flooding helicopter on Saturday and met with clouds of dust billowing from the management official in Kerala. He said wea- in Kerala in a century, with rainfall in some the state's top officials, promising mountain’s slopes. ther conditions had improved considerably areas well over double that of a typical mon- more than USD70 million in aid. Whi- A magnitude 7.0 quake on Aug. 5 and expected the nearly 10,000 people still soon season. le the central government has dispat- killed 460 people, damaged tens of stranded to be rescued by Monday. At least two trains carrying about 1.5 ched multiple military units to Kerala, thousands of homes and displaced An estimated 800,000 people have taken million liters of water moved to the flooded state officials are pleading for addi- several hundred thousand people on shelter in some 4,000 relief camps across areas from the neighboring states of Madhya tional help. Officials have put initial Lombok. Kerala, Kurian said. Weather officials have Pradesh and Maharashtra yesterday, Indian storm damage estimates at nearly $3 Mount Rinjani has been closed to vi- predicted more rains across the state throu- railway official Milind Deouskar said, accor- billion. sitors following a July earthquake that gh today. ding to the Press Trust of India news agency. At least 250 people have died in the killed 16 people, triggered landslides In several villages in the suburbs of Chen- Officials estimate that more than 10,000 flooding in a little over a week, with 31 and stranded hundreds of tourists on gannur, one of the worst-affected areas, kilometers of roads have been damaged. others missing, according to Kurian. the mountain, an active volcano. carcasses of dead cattle were seen floating One of the state's major airports, in the city More than 1,000 people have died in Indonesia, a sprawling archipela- in muddy waters as water began receding. of Kochi, was closed this past Tuesday due flooding in seven Indian states since go that straddles the Pacific “Ring of However, vast rice fields continued to be to the flooding. It is scheduled to remain clo- the start of the monsoon season, in- Fire,” is prone to earthquakes and vol- marooned and many vehicles were submer- sed until Aug. 26. cluding over 350 in Kerala. AP canic eruptions. ad mon 20.08.2018

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ee Soo-nam was 8 the ap photo last time he saw his ol- der brother. Sixty-eight years ago this month Lthe boy watched, bewildered, as his 18-year-old brother left their home in Seoul to escape invading North Korean soldiers who were conscripting young men just weeks after invading South Korea to start the Korean War. An hour later his brother, Ri Jong Song, was snatched up by North Korean soldiers near a bri- dge across Seoul’s Han River. Lee always assumed Ri died during the three-year war that killed and injured millions before a cease-fi- re in 1953, but his mother prayed daily for her lost son’s return, only giving up a few years before her death in 1975. But Ri survived the war, living in North Korea. The brothers, now 76 and 86, will be among hundreds of Koreans who will participate, starting Monday, in a week of temporary reunions of divided families. Many have had Lee Soo-nam, 76, shows photos of his brother Ri Jong Song in North Korea during an interview at his home in Seoul no contact with each other since the war cemented the division of the peninsula into the North and South. The elderly relatives gathering ‘Dream or reality?’ Koreans to at North Korea’s scenic Diamond Mountain resort know that, given the fickle nature of ties between the rival Koreas, this could be the meet after decades apart last time they see each other befo- re they die. Lee said. “I lost a brother and ts that happened,” Kim said. “But makes a political comment, res- persuade the North to accept its “I’m nervous. I’m still unsure my parents lost a child, but my somehow I can’t remember the train them appropriately by natu- long-standing proposal for more whether this is a dream or reali- brother lost his parents, siblings, faces of my mother and brother.” rally changing the subject of the frequent reunions with more par- ty. I just want to thank him for friends and an entire hometown, Behind the raw emotions, the conversation.” ticipants. North Korea has also staying alive all these years,” Lee and he probably spent his whole meetings are tightly coordinated Lee knows he won’t be able to ignored the South’s suggestion said in an interview in his home life longing for all of those things. events where participants are talk much about what happened of hometown visits and letter ex- in Seoul, not far from where he It’s heartbreaking to think about.” closely watched by North Korean when his brother was taken in changes. last saw his brother. The difference in the siblings’ officials and dozens of South Ko- August 1950. Instead, he plans to The limited number of reunions Since the end of the war, both family names is a product of the rean journalists. share childhood memories, such cannot meet the demands of di- Koreas have banned ordinary ci- Korean Peninsula’s division — as when Ri took his younger bro- vided family members, who are tizens from visiting relatives on each country uses different En- thers on a hike on nearby Mount now mostly in their 80s and 90s, the other side of the border or glish transliteration rules, so Lee Nam to look at foxes living near South Korean officials say. More contacting them without permis- in the South is spelled Ri in the My brother lost an old fortress wall. than 75,000 of the 132,000 Sou- sion. Nearly 20,000 people have North. South Koreans also can’t give th Koreans who have applied to participated in 20 rounds of face- Many of the South Korean par- his parents, their North Korean relatives lu- participate in reunions have died, to-face reunions since 2000. No ticipants in the reunions will be xury items because of interna- according to government figures. one has had a second chance to war refugees who were born in siblings, friends tional sanctions imposed on the Analysts say North Korea sees see their relatives. North Korea. North over its nuclear and missi- the reunions as an important This week’s reunions come after Kim Kwang-ho, 79, was among and an entire le programs, with past cash gifts bargaining chip with the South, a three-year hiatus during which some 14,000 refugees who were hometown, and banned this year to reflect the and doesn’t want them expan- North Korea tested three nuclear ferried to South Korea by the sanctions, according to a South ded because they give its people weapons and multiple missiles American freighter SS Meredi- he probably Korean Red Cross official who better awareness of the outside that demonstrated the potential th Victory in December 1950 in didn’t want to be identified, citing world. While South Korea uses a of striking the continental United one of the world’s largest huma- spent his whole office rules. computerized lottery to pick par- States. nitarian operations. Also on the life longing for The reunions are occurring ticipants for the reunions, North At past meetings, elderly rela- ship were the parents of South during a flurry of diplomatic con- Korea is believed to choose based tives — some relying on wheel- Korean President Moon Jae-in, all of those tacts. In recent months, North on loyalty to its authoritarian lea- chairs or walking sticks — have who described the evacuation as Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dership. wept, hugged and caressed each a “voyage of freedom and human things. met Moon twice and held a sum- “When we meet this time, that other in a rush of emotions. Ac- rights” in a speech in Washington mit with President Donald Trump will be the end for me,” said cording to Seoul’s Unification last year. Lee Soo-nam in Singapore, where they issued a Yoon Heung-kyu, a 91-year-old Ministry, which handles inter At the reunions, Kim expects vague goal of a nuclear-free pe- Korean War veteran from the -Korean affairs, more than 500 to meet his 78-year-old brother, As in previous reunions, South ninsula, without describing how South and a staunch anti-com- separated South Koreans and Kim Kwang Il, and his sister-in Korea’s Red Cross, which orga- and when it would occur. munist campaigner in his youth their family members will cross -law. Kim has vivid memories of nizes the events with its North Moon, who plans to meet Kim who will be meeting his North the border for two separate rou- what he described as a beautiful Korean counterpart, has issued again in September in Pyon- Korean brother-in-law and gran- nds of reunions between Aug. 20 hometown in northern North a guidebook telling South Ko- gyang, North Korea’s capital, says dnephew. and 26. Korea, where he plowed rice and reans what to do and what not progress in inter-Korean reconci- “North Korea guards against At Diamond Mountain, Lee ex- corn fields with cattle, picked to do. liation will be a crucial part of in- exposing its people to the free pects to meet Ri and his 79-year peaches and apricots from trees “Political comments such as ternational efforts to resolve the South because of fear of a regime -old North Korean wife and and spent hours swimming in criticism of the North’s leader- nuclear standoff with the North. collapse. It just allows 100 or so 50-year-old son. Lee will bring brooks. ship and the state of its economy The Koreas have held military participants every several years more than a dozen family photos, He gets emotional when talking could put your (North Korean) talks and are fielding combined to save face internationally,” he including a black-and-white pic- about the mother he left behind, family members into a difficult teams at this month’s Asian Ga- said. “These aren’t really family ture of Ri in a buzz-cut when he who used to cry over the death of situation,” the green book says. mes in Indonesia in a gesture of reunions; if they were, we would was 16 or 17. his brother during the war. “If a North Korean family mem- goodwill. be meeting in our hometowns, “That’s how I remember him,” “I have clear memories of even- ber sings a propaganda song or Still, South Korea has failed to not at Diamond Mountain.” AP 20.08.2018 mon

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tream leaders to explain that in- novation and artificial intelligen- ap photo ce are taking away jobs and tell those who have lost jobs they are going to be retrained for the new economy that’s coming. “If we don’t encourage leaders, first of all fresh people, to go into politics and we don’t encourage the leaders to lead, we will crea- te a situation which is normal,” he warned. “When leaders fail to lead, the people lead and make them follow. But you don’t know where they’re going to lead you to — and they might even pull you back.” He also said U.S. President Do- nald Trump’s go-it-alone foreign policy is weakening America, and stressed the importance of multilateralism and the perils of growing nationalism. Only last month, Annan was tweeting about his concerns with the current state of the world. “No nation can make itself se- cure by seeking supremacy over all others. We all share respon- sibility for each other’s #securi- ty, and only by working to make each other secure can we hope to Annan’s legacy of fighting for achieve lasting security for our- selves,” he said in a July 3 tweet that appeared aimed at the Uni- equality and rights lives on ted States. And on July 30, he tweeted: “Whether our task is fighting Edith M. Lederer, United Nations men, ensure every child has a from massacring their own peo- porate responsibility” has beco- #poverty, stemming the spread primary school education, redu- ple. At a summit in 2005, over me a key feature of the business of #disease or saving innocent ofi Annan left the United ce maternal and child mortality, objections from some countries, world. lives from mass murder, we have KNations far more committed and halt the spread of AIDS — all 191 nations endorsed what has When Annan handed the reins seen that we cannot succeed than it had been to combating by 2015. become known as the “respon- of the U.N. to Ban Ki-moon, he without the #leadership of the poverty, promoting equality and Those goals — only a few of whi- sibility to protect” civilians and said he would keep working on strong and the engagement of fighting for human rights — and ch were fully achieved — were head off the world’s worst crimes, African issues, human rights, glo- all.” until his death Saturday he was succeeded by an expanded list of from ethnic cleansing to genoci- bal warming and governance is- Annan believed in quiet, behin- speaking out strongly for nations U.N. Sustainable Development de. This doctrine is frequently ci- sues, and speak out from time to d-the-scenes diplomacy but working together to solve pro- Goals for 2030 that adds issues ted — but to the dismay of U.N. time when necessary. He told one wasn’t afraid to speak out when blems and worried about the rise such as climate action, affordable officials, not often implemented. farewell party: “You can take the he thought necessary. He mento- of nationalism. and clean energy, and promoting Annan also saw as a major man out of the U.N., but you can’t red a generation of U.N. officials As secretary-general of the Uni- peace and justice. The updated achievement the expansion of take the U.N. out of the man.” including current Secretary-Ge- ted Nations from 1997 to 2006, list is a major focus of the U.N.’s the U.N.’s work into partnerships Through his foundation and as neral Antonio Guterres and ou- Annan saw as his greatest achie- current agenda. with businesses, foundations, a member and head of The El- tgoing U.N. human rights chief vements the programs and po- As U.N. peacekeeping chief just universities and civil society. ders, the group of prominent for- Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein. licies he put in place to reduce before becoming secretary-ge- This led, for example, to the mer leaders founded by Nelson The Jordanian diplomat said inequality within and between neral, Annan shared blame for establishment of the Global Mandela, Annan kept working — in a statement he once told An- countries, to combat infectious the failure of U.N. troops he de- Compact in 2001 where Annan and speaking out. nan how everyone was criticizing diseases and to promote human ployed to prevent the genocides asked corporate leaders to pu- At an editorial board meeting him, and the former U.N. chief rights and protect civilians from in Rwanda in 1994 and in the blicly commit to 10 principles in with The Associated Press in May responded: “You’re doing the ri- war crimes including genocide. Bosnian town of Srebrenica in the areas of human rights, labor, 2017, he worried aloud about lost ght thing. Let them grumble.” He launched the U.N. July 1995. the environment and anti-cor- jobs and said many people wor- “In a world now filled with lea- Millennium Development Goals When he became U.N. chief, ruption. More than 9,000 of the ldwide had lost trust in political ders who are anything but that, at a summit of world leaders in Annan launched a doctrine of world’s leading CEOs have joined and corporate leaders and feared our loss, the world’s loss, beco- 2000 to cut extreme poverty by “humanitarian intervention” to the compact, which continues to being left behind. mes even more painful,” Zeid half, promote equality for wo- prevent governments and leaders attract new members, and “cor- He said it was time for mains- said. AP Brazilians attack Venezuelan immigrants in border town

esidents of the into Brazil over the past few than 50,000 Venezuelan out. Get out. Go back to Ve- ves and survive.” those things. RBrazilian border town years. refugees have crossed the nezuela.” “The state of Roraima Milene de Souza, a vo- of Pacaraima attacked After a rally held to pro- border, occupying already Wandenberg Ribeiro Cos- does not have the condi- lunteer at an evangelical Venezuelan immigrants test the attack against the existing shelters or sleeping ta, one of the organizers of tions to shelter all the im- church, told the Associated on Saturday after a local storeowner, groups of re- in tents, plazas and streets. Saturday’s rally, told the G1 migrants,” he said, adding Press by phone that the si- storeowner was robbed, sidents roamed the town The influx was nearly equal news portal “we have expel- that close to 800 Venezue- tuation is desperate. stabbed and beaten in an hurling rocks at the immi- to 10 percent of the sta- led the Venezuelans.” lans enter Roraima every “The world has to see what assault blamed on four mi- grants and setting fire to te’s population of 520,000 Claudio Lamachia, pre- day. is happening here, where grants, authorities said. their belongings. inhabitants. sident of the Brazilian Bar The crisis has prompted no one knows what to do,” Pacaraima, in the nor- Police said the storeow- Police said that to esca- Association, said in a sta- state authorities in recent she said, adding that every thern jungle state of Ro- ner, who was beaten and pe the violence, hundreds tement that the violence months to try to limit ser- day she helps Venezuelan raima, is a major border robbed on Friday night, has of immigrants crossed the that took place in Pacarai- vices to Venezuelans and engineers, doctors, lawyers crossing with Venezuela, been hospitalized and is in border back into Venezue- ma “exposed the huma- temporarily shut the bor- and other professionals where economic and po- stable condition. la. On a video posted by nitarian drama afflicting der. The federal govern- who sleep on the streets litical turmoil has driven The Roraima state gover- the G1 news portal a man’s our neighbors ... who are ment and high courts have “with their diplomas tucked tens of thousands to cross nment estimates that more voice is heard shouting “Get trying to improve their li- curtailed attempts to do under their pillows.” AP mon 20.08.2018

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Karel Janicek, Prague Interview | Josef Koudelka t’s been 50 years, but powerful images of the So- viet-led invasion of Cze- choslovakia taken by pho- ‘It was a tragedy. But also Itographer Josef Koudelka still resonate among Czechs and el- sewhere in the world — they’ve even been admired in Russia. miracles happened at the time’ As the armies of the five War- saw Pact countries invaded his on the streets of Prague: the pu- 1984 that he was the author of country an hour before midnight blic anger, frustration and mas- the 1968 pictures. on Aug. 20, 1968, Koudelka was sive protests against the troops ap photo Now 80, Koudelka is not ready ready. Risking his life, he took that came in with tanks to crush to retire. He still keeps his came- thousands of photos in the week the Prague Spring — the brief pe- ra busy every day. that followed, capturing the sho- riod of liberal reforms under lea- Over his long career, he took cking experience for his nation — der Alexander Dubcek meant to many great photographs, inclu- and the defiance of its people. lead toward democratization of ding his Gypsy, Exile and Pa- After the negatives were smug- communist Czechoslovakia. noramas series that are in the gled out of the country, the pho- “It was a tragedy. But also mira- collections of major museums, tos that were published in the cles happened at the time,” Kou- including the Centre Pompidou West became one of the most delka said. “One of the biggest in Paris, the Museum of Modern famed documentary series of the miracles for me was — and that Art in New York and the J. Paul 20th century. has happened at major events Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Looking back at 1968 in an elsewhere — that people are able But his 1968 photos have been interview with The Associated to completely change overnight.” most known globally. This year Press, Koudelka said he seized He said in reaction to the attack, when we behaved like a nation,” people were killed by Warsaw alone, there are exhibitions of the once-in-a-career opportuni- the whole nation became united. Koudelka said. “And that didn’t Pact soldiers in 1968 alone, and a his work in Poland, Belgium and ty. “No matter who you were, only happen too often in our history.” total of over 400 died during the Italy, together with a retrospecti- “The opportunity to take so one thing mattered: We were all Unarmed people could not stop occupation of Czechoslovakia. ve, “Returning,” at the Museum many photos made it possible against them,” he said. the armies, however, and the Koudelka’s photos were first of Decorative Arts in Prague ac- for me to do something I never One of his now-iconic photos country was subsequently taken published by media around the companied by the publication of thought I would be able to do,” shows a man holding his coat over by a hard-line Communist globe in 1969 under the attribu- his new book of the same name. Koudelka said. “And I think that wide open in front of an armed regime fully loyal to Moscow. tion “P.P.” (Prague photogra- His photos been displayed a majority of people in Czechos- soldier standing on a Soviet tank, The occupying troops stayed for pher) to prevent his persecution around the world, including in lovakia who knew me as a photo- while another one captures an over 20 years and withdrew only by the Communists. China and Russia. grapher didn’t even think I could elderly man trying to hit a tank after the 1989 Velvet Revolution He left the country in 1970 to “I never believed I would be do anything like that.” with a cobblestone. led by the late Vaclav Havel. work for the Magnum Photos able to take the Russian tanks to His photos captured the mood “My photos captured a moment According to historians, 137 agency and didn’t reveal until Moscow,” Koudelka said. AP

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Catalogue Exhibition in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Macao Museum 1989 Marchioness river crash Time: 10am-6pm (closed on Fridays) ‘kills 30’ Unitil: August 30, 2018 cinema Venue: Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre cineteatro At least 30 people died when a pleasure cruiser, packed with young party-goers, and a barge collided Admission: Free 16 Aug - 22 Aug on the River Thames. Enquiries: (853) 2875 1516 The captain and second mate of the barge, the dre- dger Bowbelle, are now under arrest. Among those still missing are the captain of the reasure of acred rt of t oseph s T S A S . J ’ cruiser, the Marchioness, and a city banker who char- Seminary tered the boat to celebrate his birthday. Time: 10am-5pm daily (closed on Wednesdays, There are fears the final death toll could be as high as 60. open on public holidays) Divers are still searching below deck where more Venue: St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Rua do bodies are expected to be found. Seminário hotel transylvania 3: a monster vacation Most of those on board were young people in their Admission: Free room 1 20s. 2:15, 4:00, 7:30pm Both vessels were moving down river towards Sou- Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 Director: Genndy Tartakovsky thwark Bridge in the early hours of Sunday morning Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez when they collided. Macau’s Firecracker Industry – New Language: English (Chinese) The Marchioness’s owners said the 90-ton boat was Duration: 97min struck a blow from the 2,000-ton dredger which for- orks by io an heong W L M C ced it directly into the larger vessel’s path. Time: 12pm to 8pm Along with the gods: They said the Bowbelle then ran over the cruiser the last 49 days Until: October 5, 2018 forcing it underwater “like a bicycle being run over room 1 by a lorry”. Venue: 9:30pm Taipa Village Art Space So far the owners of the Bowbelle have made no Admission: Free Director: Kim Yong-hwa Starring: HA Jung-woo, JU Ji-hoon, KIM Hyang-gi public comment. Enquiries: (853) 2857 6118 Language: Korean (Chinese & English) Police commandeered other boats to search for survivors who had been tipped into the river after the collision. Sculpture – a Journey, Exhibition by Party-goers on other cruisers witnessed the events António Leça and some tried to help. Time: 3pm-8pm (Mondays) “We were all shouting at the driver to back up to try and rescue some of the people which he did. 12pm-8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays) “We got back and some of the guys jumped into the Until: October 21, 2018 water and pulled some of the people onto our boat,” Venue: A2 Gallery, Albergue SCM said one witness, Rob Elliott. Admission: So far 89 people are known to have survived the Free crash. 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In context In a response to questions from opposition Green Party The Meg lawmaker Dieter Janecek, the government said “there are no room 2 A total of 51 people died in the collision. protocols or plans for a possible first contact with alien life.” 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm The Bowbelle’s skipper, Douglas Henderson, was acquitted after a trial in Justifying that stance, the government added it believes “a Director: Jon Turteltaub 1991. Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson In April 1995 a jury returned verdicts of unlawful killings in inquests held first contact on German territory is extremely unlikely, based Language: English (Chinese) for those who drowned. on today’s scientific knowledge.” Janecek linked the govern- Duration: 113min The families of victims campaigned more than 10 years for a public inqui- ment’s responses to a media article Saturday. ry which began in 2000. 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The combined Koreas march into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium under the “unification” flag during the opening ceremony Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony Hand-in-hand, Koreas grab spotlight at Asian Games opener

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta ned teams in three sports — inclu- one of Jakarta’s major challenges medalist, igniting the cauldron. and Palembang. ding women’s basketball — along in hosting the games — donning a Susanti was Indonesia’s first Aside from the rousing applau- irst it was the athletes para- with larger contingents for their black helmet and jumping a mo- Olympic champion, and she was se for the Koreans, teams from Fding side-by-side in matching respective national squads at the torbike over a ramp to reach the the final torchbearer on Saturday Palestine, Syria, Taiwan and In- uniforms behind the “unifica- 18th Asian Games. stadium in time. before triggering a spectacular donesia received extra bursts of tion” flag carried by South Korean It was a virtual repeat of the joint The motorbike shown in the vi- eruption and lava flow. support from the crowd. basketballer Lim Yung-hui and march involving athletes from the deo sped into the stadium and its Organizing committee chairman Tensions between the Koreas North Korean footballer Ju Kyong North and South during the Win- helmeted driver disappeared into Eric Thohir said the games would have ebbed this year with a his- Chol. ter Olympics in February in the a tunnel moments before the real highlight Indonesia, the world’s toric meeting between their two Then it was an image of Sou- South Korean ski resort of Pyeon- Jokowi appeared in the VIP area. most populous Muslim nation, as leaders at the heavily fortified th Korea’s Prime Minister Lee gchang — but without the gloves, Much of the stadium infield was a model of harmony and empha- border. Nak-yon and North Korean De- parkas and fur hats. filled with a rainforest-covered size the diversity of Asia. “We are Korean spectator Hwang Miri puty Prime Minister Ri Ryong The setting this time was dis- volcano scene that formed the all here to celebrate our diversity, said the sight of the athletes mar- Nam hand-in-hand with their tinctly tropical as about 42,000 backdrop for a show based on to celebrate our differences, to ce- ching together made her feel uni- arms raised high that grabbed the people packed the Bung Karno air, earth, wind and fire themes lebrate our humanity,” he told the fication of the two countries was spotlight at a spectacular opening stadium in the Indonesian capital and featuring thousands of per- crowd. possible in her lifetime. ceremony for the Asian Games on for an elaborate show highlighting formers representing the dozens The other obvious theme was “Looking at all of these people Saturday night. the diverse Indonesian culture. of ethnic groups in Indonesia, a unity. More than 11,000 athle- working together and playing to- The two countries, still techni- It began with a slickly produ- country of more than 260 million tes from 45 countries and ter- gether, even walking all together cally at war after their 1950-53 ced video portraying Indonesian people. ritories are competing across in this unified uniform and the conflict ended in an armistice, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo It concluded Susi Susanti, the 40 sports at the games, which unified flag,” Hwang said, “It is have fielded 60 athletes in combi- stuck in traffic — a witty play on 1992 Olympic badminton gold are being co-hosted by Jakarta such an enormous feeling.” AP

Asian Games Sun up early for China with first gold medal

un Peiyuan won the has been something of a pion, is aiming to upgrade ters northwest of Jakarta — first gold medal awar- gold mine for China at the the two silvers he has taken with Lin Ying-shin and Lu

ap photo S ded at the 18th Asian Ga- regional games. in the 200 in the previous Shao-chuan combining for mes with an acrobatic vic- “I knew if I perform well two editions of the Asian a games record 494.1 poin- tory in wushu’s changquan I can win the gold. So the Games. ts in the 10-meter air rifle discipline ahead of local pressure from the Indone- Japan star Ryosuke Irie mixed team final. China hope Edgar Marvelo. sian athlete was mainly due is aiming for a third strai- collected silver and India’s The changquan competi- to him competing in his ght Asian Games gold in Apurvi Chandela and Ravi tion started at 9 a.m. local home ground,” Sun said. “I the 100-meter backstroke, Kumar took bronze. time yesterday and was wanted to thank everybody and began by posting the Also in Palembang, a joint over within an hour, with for the support. I am glad second-fastest time in the Koreas rowing team fi- Sun scoring 9.75 to claim a that I didn’t let you down.” morning heats in 53.85 se- nished last in the first heat gold medal in the same city Lee Ha-sung, who won conds, 0.25 behind China’s of the lightweight men’s where he won the world tit- the event in 2014 to give Xu Jiayu. four competition behind le in 2015. South Korea the first gold There are seven finals on Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Marvelo, who was inspi- medal at Incheon, finished the opening night of the Hong Kong. red to take up wushu after a distant 12th. swimming program on South Koreans Kim Su- watching movies starring Three-time Olympic gold Sunday, when 21 gold me- min and Park Tae-hyun Jet Li, Jackie Chan and medalist Sun Yang began dals are on offer. Other fi- and North Koreans Yun Bruce Lee, gave host coun- his quest for five swimming nals will be held in fencing, Chol Jin and Kim Chol try Indonesia a silver at titles in Jakarta by posting shooting, taekwondo and Jin only started training 9.72 and Tsai Tse-min of the fastest time in the hea- wrestling. together last month after Taiwan picked up bronze. ts of 200-meter freestyle Taiwan won the first of their countries agreed to Wushu, a Chinese martial in 1 minute, 47.58 seconds. the gold medals in the co enter joint teams for three art that was introduced to Khader Baqlah of Jordan -host city of Palembang — rowing evens, a dragon the Asian Games in 1990 was 0.02 seconds behind. on the island of Sumatra boat crew and women’s Sun Peiyuan performs and translates to “long fist,” Sun, the Olympic cham- and more than 400 kilome- basketball. AP mon 20.08.2018

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Paulo Bento Football appointed as South Korea head coach Messi scores Barcelona’s

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S ap photo 6,000th league goal manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the natio- arcelona scored its nal team. The 49-year-old 6,000th goal in the Spanish Bento is charged with lea- league after another inge- ap photo ding the national team to nious strike by Lionel Messi the 2022 World Cup in Qa- Bgot its title defense off to a winning tar and replaces Shin Tae start. -yong, who was not offered Messi cleverly sent his free kick a new contract in July after underneath Alaves’ wall to open the South Korea’s group-stage scoring in the 64th minute of Bar- exit at the World Cup in news conference Friday. celona’s 3-0 win at Camp Nou Sta- Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony Russia. “His results at Euro 2012 dium on Saturday. He also closed Bento, who started out were very good and he is the scoring in injury time after subs- in coaching with Sporting professional, charisma- titute Philippe Coutinho had added Lisbon, led Portugal to the tic, passionate and confi- to the lead in the 83rd. semifinals of Euro 2012 dent.” Messi’s low free kick fooled Alaves’ but was fired after a disa- Bento was chosen over players, who jumped to intercept an ppointing 2014 World Cup candidates on a shortlist expected high shot. Goalkeeper Fer- and a poor start to qualifi- that was reported to inclu- nando Pacheco couldn’t get to the the goals taking the total from 5,000 with around 52,000 fans for the cation for Euro 2016. de Vahid Halilhodzic, who ball in time after it suddenly appea- to 6,000. 10:15 p.m. start local time. He became available in took Algeria to the second red underneath the barrier. Barcelona’s first-ever league goal Ousmane Dembele, who started July when he was fired by round of the 2014 World “Messi never fails to surprise you,” was scored by Manuel Parera against up front with Messi and Luis Suarez, Chinese Super League club Cup, and Quique Sanchez Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde Racing Santander on Feb. 12, 1929. squandered a series of chances, in- Chongqing Lifan. Flores, a Spanish coach said. Barcelona opened its league cam- cluding a one-on-one with goalkee- “After reviewing his who has had stints at La Messi, the league’s top scorer last paign with a win for the 10th straight per Pacheco in the first half. plans, we believe Bento is Liga clubs Atletico Ma- season, had struck the crossbar with season. Valverde brought Coutinho off the a coach who can develop drid and Valencia as well a free kick — this time over the wall Messi’s second goal came in the bench in the second half and the South Korean football if as Watford in the English — in the first half. He also hit the second minute of injury time, an Brazil playmaker added the team’s we can support him for Premier League. post from inside the area a few mi- easy shot from close range after a second goal after a nice play that four years,” Kim Pan-gon, Bento’s first game in nutes after his opening goal. breakaway. culminated with an easy strike from the head of the Korea charge will be a home exhi- Messi also scored Barcelona’s Barcelona had missed chance after inside the area. Football Association’s Te- bition against Costa Rica 5,000th league goal back in 2009, chance in its league debut at Camp Alaves had stunned Barcelona at chnical Committee, told a on Sept. 7. AP and the Argentine provided 338 of Nou, which was far from packed Camp Nou in 2016, winning 2-1. AP ad THE Xi set to visit North Korea in Station Air quality BUZZSeptember, report says Roadside 80-100 Moderate Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit visit would be the first by the Chinese leader Pyongyang next month as ties between the to the North Korean capital since Xi took High two countries improve amid mounting U.S.- power in 2012, it said. Density 50-70 China trade tensions, The Straits Times re- North Korea also asked South Korean Presi- Residental ported, without citing anyone. Xi has been dent Moon Jae-in to visit for the celebrations Moderate invited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during high-level talks earlier this month, Area opinion to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the coun- Asahi Shimbun has reported, citing people try’s founding on Sept. 9, the paper said. The familiar with inter-Korean relations. Ambient 80-100 Moderate Insight dsmg source: Paulo Barbosa Plane skids off rainy WORLD BRIEFS Macau: The state of affairs Uganda A pop singer and prominent critic of The city is swarmed with roadworks and many Manila runway, rips Uganda’s government more new projects will be built in the foreseeable was charged with future. As a result, Macau has become a cons- unlawful possession of truction site, uglier and more crowded than be- off engine, wheel firearms in a military fore. With a few exceptions, most of the ongoing court for his alleged role works don’t bring any visible benefit. Imitative Jim Gomez, Manila in clashes in which the bad taste typical of the noveau riche types pre- longtime president’s vails. assengers of a plane motorcade was attacked In the midst of the chaos, it is hard to see a from China that veered ap photo by people throwing P stones. discernible plan for the future of Macau. If there off a runway at Manila’s air- is any model being implemented, it is one that port and lost an engine and considers much more welfare of the local elites a wheel after landing hard in than that of the average citizen. It is a capitalist a rainstorm recalled Friday ap photo model replicated and made wicked by Chinese their brush with the terri- developers. Just look at the countless cities that fying mishap, with some of sprang forth like mushrooms in China, into which the 165 people on board ex- millions of rural citizens were moved. These are pecting the worst. grey cities, unpleasant and non-organic, plan- The Boeing 737-800, car- Cyprus An Egyptian ned sometimes from scratch by governmental rying 157 passengers and ei- man who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight committees. ght crew from China’s coastal in 2016 and ordered it Rome wasn’t built in a day. But that’s how the city of Xiamen, managed to to land in Cyprus has new part of Macau is being planned, without any touch down close to midni- been extradited to his relation to centuries of urban heritage. ght amid a downpour after homeland after giving The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) pre- aborting an initial attempt up a drawn-out legal dictions that Macau will become “the richest pla- to land due to poor visibility, fight, authorities said ce in the world” by 2020 are perceived by many according to Philippine of- yesterday. here as a joke or an example of inequality. How ficials, who expressed relief can that be right if often we see elderly citizens that a disaster was avoided. Italy-Malta Italy’s and low-paid migrant workers scavenging throu- The airliner lost contact firebrand interior gh the garbage? with the tower as it rolled minister threatened yesterday to return to Residents may be subsidized, but face an ever off the runway into a rain- Libya 177 migrants -increasing cost of living. The old timers don’t soaked field, where one of the who have been aboard feel they can identify with the city under cons- plane’s engines and wheels an Italian coast guard truction. Macau has, since the beginning of its got ripped off before everyo- ship for days following history, been a small place. It has a certain sca- ne onboard scrambled out another standoff with le that is not being respected. The drive behind through an emergency slide, Malta. that is perhaps property speculation. Fortunes the officials said. are made when a contract is inked, a land con- A Filipino-American from

cession results in instant millionaires. California, Ruben Lopez ap photo What is there on the table for the common citi- Espinas, thought the plane zen, who lacks the “guanxi” and financial resour- would crash. “I surrendered food before going to a hotel, smaller runway for domestic ces to accede to such profitable operations? In myself. I said, ‘Lord, I am airport general manager Ed flights remained open. some cases, a modern version of enslavement. yours if it’s really my time,’” Monreal and other officials TV footage showed the pla- In this profit-driven environment – which has its he said. said. ne slightly tilting to the left, Germany Hundreds zenith in Hong Kong – the cost of living often Chinese passenger Wang “With God’s blessing, all its left badly damaged wing of neo-Nazis waving becomes unbearable. Regarding housing, it is Xun Qun embraced her teen passengers and the crew touching the ground and its flags with the colors well-known that families have to pay too much daughter during the tense were able to evacuate safely landing wheels not readily vi- of the German Reich to live in the fashionable new tenements. They moments before the aircraft and no injuries except for sible as emergency personnel are marching through all look the same with exotic names, doormen, a landed. When asked to des- about four who had some su- examined the aircraft. One central Berlin, protected pitiful gymnasium, a cinema room and bowling. cribe their experience, the perficial scratches,” Monreal of the detached engines and from counter-protesters The average-earning persons that end up in two repeatedly said, “Scary, said. landing wheels lay a few me- by police in riot gear. places like that, sometimes moved by a status scary.” The plane failed to land at ters (yards) away. says it will aspiration, risk being indebted for life, given their Britain Chen Lei, who was on the first apparently due to poor A Xiamen Air representa- work with Indonesia and bloated mortgages. plane with friends, said the visibility that may have hin- tive, Lin Hua Gun, said the Malaysia to investigate Not a long time ago, Macau was not like this. plane touched down but pul- dered the pilots’ view of the airline will send another pla- reports that the wrecks People who needed or preferred to live on the led up steeply in a 90-degree runway, Director-General of ne to Manila to resume the sunk during World cheap had options to do so. Ten years ago, a angle a few seconds after the Civil Aviation Authority flight. The Civil Aviation of War II ships have been small two-room flat in downtown Macau could it aborted the first landing. of the Philippines Jim Sy- China said it was sending a plundered by pirates. cost as little as MOP3,000. But now, the system “My palm started to sweat,” diongco told reporters. The team to assist in the investi- The shipwrecks hold is creating many pitfalls for the younger gene- he said. plane circled before finally gation. the remains of hundreds rations, leading them to unsustainable trends. When it did land, the plane landing near midnight but Nearly 80 international and of sailors and civilians and are considered war All the above-mentioned factors are framed by glided for about five seconds lost contact with the tower, domestic flights have been graves. a conformist mentality. People do what they are then the wing and the engine Sydiongco said. canceled or diverted due to told to do. Individualism and critical thinking are under it hit the ground, with Investigators retrieved the the closure of the airport, Brazil Residents of the often rebuffed. Instead of solving problems, the Chen witnessing the unfol- plane’s flight recorder and which lies in a densely po- Brazilian border town government repeatedly states that everything is ding danger from a window. will get the cockpit voice re- pulated residential and com- of Pacaraima attacked alright and that the youth has reasons to smile. “The luggage fell down and corder once the aircraft has mercial section of metropoli- Venezuelan immigrants Meanwhile, it approves authoritarian and unne- many equipment inside the been lifted to determine the tan Manila. on Saturday after a local cessary laws. plane started to fall. I also cause of the accident, Sy- Torrential monsoon storeowner was robbed, With the cashflow generated by the casinos, smelled heavy smoke,” he diongco said. rains enhanced by a tro- stabbed and beaten in that so much impresses the IMF, Macau had a said. Then the plane sudden- Ninoy Aquino International pical storm flooded many an assault blamed on unique opportunity to become an example of ur- ly came to an abrupt stop. Airport, Manila’s main inter- low-lying areas of Manila four migrants, authorities said. More on p14 ban quality of life for the whole world. Instead, Shaken by the experien- national gateway, will be clo- and northern provinces last the option was to build more artificial islands ce and drenched by the sed until Saturday morning weekend, displacing thou- Mexico Authorities where thousands will live like packed sardines. downpour, the passengers while emergency crews use a sands of residents and for- say they have busted Some people here believe that Macau could and crew of Xiamen Air Fli- crane to try to lift the aircraft, cing officials to shut schools a major narcotics lab become what the IMF believes it is. They are ght 8667 were taken to an its belly resting on the mu- and government offices. The in the northern state of being defrauded. airport terminal, where they ddy ground, away from the weather has improved with Sinaloa with about 50 were given blankets and main runway, officials said. A sporadic downpours. AP tons of synthetic drugs.