april tourist arrivals fong appeals increase 8 percent government penalty las vegas Tourist arrivals totalled 2.96m Fong Soi Kun has submitted casino in April 2018, up by 8 percent an appeal to the Court of workers year-on-year and 8.3 percent Second Instance against his ok strike month-to-month dismissal from office P5 P7 P9

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WORLD BRIEFS ap photo Gov’t proposes solution

P2 Korea The United States and South to P. Horizon buyers Korea are laboring to keep the U.S. summit with North Korea on track even after President Donald Trump abruptly said “there’s a very substantial chance” it won’t go off as planned. More on p13

Philippines The immigration bureau has turned down an Australian nun’s appeal for the reversal of an order revoking her missionary visa after the president complained about her joining opposition rallies and ordered her to leave the country. ap photo

Thailand Police in the Thai capital blocked a march by pro-democracy activists protesting four years of military rule and detained several of the movement’s leaders.

India-Pakistan Tensions soared yesterday along the volatile frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as rival soldiers shelled dozens of villages and border posts for a sixth straight day.

Israel-Palestine Audit report The Israeli military says it has struck Hamas infrastructure in Gaza after a group of militants entered Israel IC slammed for mismanaging over and torched a military post. P3 More on backpage 100,000 public library books 24.05.2018 thu

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Gov’t to build on Pearl Horizon land, buyers allowed to acquire new units Renato Marques

he government will build Ton the land plot known as the “Pearl Horizon” in the Areia Preta district at its own expen- se, as stated yesterday after- noon at a press conference by the Secretary of Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan. The announcement comes after the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) is- sued the final sentence in the case between the former land concessionaire Polytex Corpo- ration Ltd and the government. The government claimed that, according to the new Land Law, the land plot should be returned due to its non-development for the entire concession period of 25 years. Yesterday the public heard the government’s proposal to si- multaneously resolve both the land plot issue and the issue of small buyers who have been re- peatedly calling on the govern- ment for help to “get their hou- Li Canfeng (left), Sonia Chan and Iong Kong Leong ses back.” In the proposal aired by Sonia to improve housing conditions. before.” However, she made it participating in a new public initially projected commercial Chan, the government intends She concluded by saying, “this clear that the units will not be tender [for the construction of spaces have not been sold to to build a different building solution is not… compensation.” the same as before and that the the building].” anyone [by Polytec] we need to with different characteristics. Chan explained the basic re- building itself will also undergo During the same press confe- reevaluate and see what are the This one would be used mainly quirements that the previous several changes to include seve- rence, the director of the Land, needs [for the area].” as reserve housing units for the “Pearl Horizon” buyers must ral social facilities and leisure Public Works and Transport Chan finally noted, “They temporary lodging of residents possess in order to access the areas. Bureau (DSSOPT) Li Canfeng [buyers] resorted to banking affected by the urban renova- opportunity to acquire one of Questioned on why the go- noted that DSSOPT will “execu- loans [to acquire their units, tion works taking place in the the units, starting with the fact vernment decided to opt for a te as soon as possible the sen- so] they must continue to pay old neighborhoods of the city. that they can only buy one unit “public housing” style and not tence [from TUI] and according for those mortgages [to the As Chan mentioned, “We will each. Companies or groups are for a new public tender, Chan to the Urban Planning Law start banks]” and try to be compen- [use this land plot] for the Tem- not allowed to make purchases, said that “due to the restric- to do the project according to sated via civil cases in the cour- porary Housing Plan to the af- with all units instead reserved tions on the [land]… we only the urban characteristic.” He ts. fected owners on the realization only for individuals. had two options: either redo a noted that the land plot will be According to the figures sta- of the projects of urban renewal. Chan remarked that prices public concession [by tender] developed for the purpose of ted, there were a total of 1,100 Part of those housing units will will be similar to those regis- or to do develop the land our- “housing units, commercial uni- housing units sold by Polytec be decommissioned from the tered at the notary when the selves [the government],” she ts and social facilities.” involving a total number of plan and sold to the ‘Pearl Hori- contracts were first signed, no- said. “We opted for the second As for the final project, Li no- approximately 1,800 people. zon’ buyers.” She noted that the ting also that the housing units one as it is the only option that ted DSSOPT hoped to be inclu- As for the companies participa- aim of the measure is to help “will have approximately the ensures the former buyers [of ded during the public consulta- ting in the acquisitions, the go- the buyers have their house and same size as the ones acquired Pearl Horizon] have their rights tion period. vernment noted a total of 134 protected.” This idea is not yet Questioned on which kind of companies involved in the ac- a final one, but it is now “a pro- social equipment would be in- quisition of a total of 139 other posal from the government that cluded, Li added, “Since the housing units at Pearl Horizon. buyers’ representative disagrees needs to pass through a legis- lative procedure and a regime IN RESPONSE to the govern- ment’s decision Kou noted his own that need to be approved by the stamp duty refund to reach mop602 million ment’s announcement, the leader case to say, “I bought two, now it Legislative Assembly.” of the Pearl Horizon Condominium becomes one,” in reference to the The Secretary noted that the Owners United Association, Kou rules noted by the Secretary Sonia DURING THE government duty. According to Iong, there is a government would hold a public press conference held yesterday total of 3,480 cases of tax paid due Meng Pok reacted in a WeChat Chan that would grant the possibil- consultation to take place in the group chat that includes Pearl Ho- ity of acquisition of only one unit afternoon to present the executive to contracts related to the Pearl last quarter of 2018 to help es- proposal for the land plot of the Horizon development that totals rizon buyers, journalists and law- per buyer in the new development tablish the rules of acquisition. makers that Pearl Horizon buyers: to be built by the government, call- former “Pearl Horizon” develop- around MOP602 million. The Questioned on the decision “Must get back the property ac- ing for the resignation of the Secre- ment, the Director of the Financial refund will be done by the DSF and the previously announced cording to the contracts” they have tary of Administration and Justice, Services Bureau (DSF), Iong Kong since, “the contracts cannot be signed with the project developer who they claimed failed to fulfill “proposals” by the company, Leong, said that the government fulfilled anymore.” These refunds – Polytec,” he wrote. Expressing a the promise that the government Chan said, “In fact, we did con- will proceed with the refund to should be processed in the next 30 total disapproval for the govern- would protect buyers’ interests. tact Polytec but the company all buyers who have paid stamp to 60 days. did not show [any interest in]

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Public libraries xinhua Audit report slams book acquisition management Paulo Barbosa to share the guidelines that were “formally approved.” n a report released yes- The CA report notes that there terday, the Commission of are eight staff members respon- Audit (CA) slammed the sible for selecting new books to Drunken Dragon Cultural Affairs Bureau be bought. According to the re- Festival returns I(IC) for its management of the port, these workers “don’t follow acquisition of books and pu- the same criteria and there isn’t The traditional Drunken blications for public libraries. uniformity in the process of se- Dragon Festival kicked off on The CA said that “the IC shows lecting books.” Tuesday, featuring a Chinese a lack of professionalism in the Alleged problems with the com- drunken dragon performance, way it conducts the works rela- puter system made it impossible sacrifice offering, as well as ted with the conservation and to collect data about the book col- providing dragon boat rice to management of the book collec- lection (such as the type of books audiences. The festival, which tion.” and their language). As such, the falls during the fourth month During inspections between Audit report concluded that the of the Chinese lunar calendar, March and December of 2017, IC is not aware of the features of is a traditional cultural event it was found that there were the book collection and can’t en- for praying for safety and around 100,000 items registe- force any concrete guidelines in prosperity of Macau’s fishing red that weren’t filed or made millions acquiring new books Photo evidence included in the the acquisition of new books. industry. Two drunken dragon available to library users. Ac- without any criteria, the time report shows another storage The report also notes that the performers hold the head and cording to the CA, most of the to process the newly-acquired area with piles of books covered government has been creating the tail of the wooden dragon respectively. With a liquor documents had been like that books and the ones that are with dust and many boxes full new libraries in order to promote jar in their hands, the players for over five years and there currently unprocessed will be- of books that “should be placed healthy reading habits. Success made performance after taking were some cases of items being come longer,” the report notes. in drawers and not piled on the in reaching those targets, it no- a sip of the liquor and spraying left in boxes for 17 years. Among the problems found floor.” tes, “requires a capable manage- it onto the wooden dragon. “These 100,000 documents during the CA probe was a sto- In terms of the process for ment team, who are responsible Local residents gathered at the would be enough to create a rage place for books that was buying new books, the CA no- and honest.” Red Market, a building which new library of a considerable being affected by water dama- ted that it took eight and a half In response to the report, the was built over 80 years ago, scale. The number of unpro- ge in the walls. IC staff noted years for the IC to establish and Secretary for Social Affairs and and queued for dragon boat cessed documents and the time that the books could have been approve a policy for the deve- Culture demanded a follow up longevity rice. The performers they’ve remained in that situa- damaged by this, but nothing lopment of the book collection. from IC management listing also went to the Senado tion is huge. If this institution was done to fix the issue for However, until the conclusion of measures to improve procedu- Square, attracting thousands [the IC] continues to spend months. the CA probe, the IC was unable res related to book acquisition. of tourists.

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Local claims loss of RMB1.7 million to Urban renewal laws: each phone scam

A roughly 40-year-old local woman topic to be reviewed separately claimed to have lost RMB1.7 million in a phone scam, the Judiciary Police Julie Zhu law. [The committee] called the reported earlier this week. The woman members to pay attention to the said she received a phone call from a he laws for urban renewal fact that the committee is a colle- someone who said they worked at an Twill be established indepen- gial body,” said Raimundo. express delivery company, who told dently for each urban renewal The Secretary noted that “the- her that a package she sent to Beijing topic, Secretary for Transport re are three possibilities for car- was found to contain prohibited items. and Public Works Raimundo do rying out urban renewal. Owners Following this, the woman talked to Rosário revealed yesterday after can do it by themselves; a private people impersonating mainland police an Urban Planning Committee contractor can buy the proper- officers and prosecutors, and transferred meeting. ties and perform the reconstruc- RMB1.7 million to the scammers through five different transactions made in a shop “Concerning issues of the laws tion; or, the government can do in NAPE. related to the Urban Renewal it. It is not necessary to wait for Committee, I want to clarify that us [the government] to do it.” the Committee made a choice Raimundo do Rosário Rosário pointed out that the Hotel planned near which [means it won’t be] us government and private contrac- making an urban renewal law, independently. legislation procedures,” said Rai- tors need to get approval from Grand Lisboa [that is], making a big law. We “Gradually, we will [make laws] mundo. each property owner to carry out chose instead to establish a law regarding the reconstruction of Yesterday’s meeting focused urban renewal works. Two land plots on Tv. do Comandante for every single matter [concer- old buildings […] and temporary on the number of documents “Each building has property Mata e Oliveira have been granted to the ning urban renewal topics],” said houses. […] I want to clarify that behind the management of the owners, therefore we [the go- Sociedade de Investimento Imobiliário Rosário. this is not about us not wanting committee’s operation. vernment] cannot go to each Lun Tát, Limitada (owned by former Rosário remarked that, on Fri- to make laws. We just chose not Besides discussing the schedu- building and ask owners to lea- lawmaker Chan Meng Kam) to build day, the Legislative Assembly to make an integrated legal fra- le for establishing laws for the ve, so that the government can a two-star hotel, according to a notice (AL) will discuss the tax rebate mework,” explained Raimundo. Committee, the members also carry out the renovation. We published in the Official Gazette. The land plots, located close to the Grand Lisboa benefits regime concerning ur- The Secretary does not know passed an internal regulation. must reach an agreement with casino, were granted by lease and without ban renewal. which law will be established “[The committee] is one part all these owners,” the Secretary a public tender. In total, the land plots He highlighted that this law, first. of the governmental structure, said, while commenting on the occupy an area of 737 square meters, and like the others, will be developed “It’s difficult to talk about the […] it has to be supervised by the reconstruction of buildings. will be used for building a 24-floor hotel (9,894 square meters of construction area) and car parks (511 square meters of Tourism construction area). The lease will be valid until September 3, 2027. MGTO head elected PATA secretary/treasurer Macau Ferry acau Govern- ciation has been a valua- 182 entities, originating Mment Tourism Of- ble platform for Macau to from 41 countries and re- Terminal bus stand fice’s (MGTO) chief Hele- promote its destination gions across Asia Pacific. na de Senna Fernandes and connect with global Revolving around the resumes operations has been elected to be Pa- travel trade. The Office theme “building bridges, cific Asia Travel Associa- has been actively enga- connecting people – how As of yesterday, the original taxi stand at tion’s (PATA) “secretary/ ged in the affairs of the collaboration creates the Macau Ferry Terminal has resumed treasurer”. The election Association and has con- opportunities” this year, normal operation, the Transport Bureau was held while she was Helena de Senna Fernandes speaks during the event tinuously supported the the Summit explored (DSAT) announced earlier this week. attending PATA’s Annual PATA Gold Awards. the impact the tourism The stand has been converted into a Summit 2018 held this Audit and Finance Com- statement from MGTO. The PATA Annual industry has on driving single lane, instead of the original two- week in Gangneung, Ko- mittee. “I am thankful for the Summit 2018, held from economic progress. lane set up. The change has broadened “It is a great honor to be significant recognition passengers’ waiting space and has rea, which was also atten- May 17 to 20, was jointly Eminent leaders were increased the number of accessible ded by the president of trusted with the new role that comes with the new organized by the Korea invited to deliver spee- facilities. Additionally, the DSAT issued the Institute for Tourism to serve in PATA, and a responsibilities, for our Tourism Organization ches and insights in the a reminder that the bus stop at the Studies, Fanny Vong. privilege for Macau to efforts to support the and Gangwon Province Summit, including for- Macau Ferry Terminal was relocated at The MGTO chief will join all other members Association’s endeavors in Gangneung, Korea. As mer Secretary-General the end of April, and its original location hold the post for the next in helping to create a over the years,” she ad- it is one of PATA’s annual of the United Nations, is now used for tourist buses. The DSAT two years, overseeing the more sustainable future ded. major events, this year’s Ban Ki-moon and former noted that the new traffic facilities at administration of the for the tourism industry According to MGTO, PATA Annual Summit Secretary General of the the Macau Ferry Terminal will soon be Association’s financial in the region,” said Fer- over the past decades, the attracted 372 delegates World Tourism Organi- completed. affairs and chairing the nandes, according to a Pacific Asia Travel Asso- representing a total of zation, Taleb Rifai. ad thu 24.05.2018

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from Australia (9,999), Canada 11,506,592, up by 8.4 percent (6,751) and the United Kingdom year-on-year. Overnight visitors (6,165) decreased. (5,872,209) and same-day vi- April tourist arrivals Analysed by mode of trans- sitors (5,634,383) increased by port, visitor arrivals by land 9.3 percent and 7.5 percent res- grew by 14.4 percent year-on pectively. The average length of -year to 1,740,479, with those stay of visitors held steady year increase 8 percent arriving through the Border -on-year at 1.2 days, with that Gate (1,501,542) increasing of overnight visitors (2.2 days) by 13.7 percent. Visitor arrivals rising by 0.1 day and that of sa- xinhua by sea decreased by 5.6 percent me-day visitors (0.2 days) re- year-on-year to 954,443. Visitor maining unchanged. Analyzed arrivals by air totalled 265,957, by country/place, visitors from representing a surge of 25.9 mainland China (8,092,036) percent year- on-year. and South Korea (301,185) In the first four months of went up by 14.2 percent and 2018, visitor arrivals totalled 2.3 percent respectively.

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ourist arrivals to- length of stay of visitors held 962,704. Mainland visitors talled 2,960,879 in steady year-on-year at 1.2 days, came primarily from Guang- April 2018, up by 8 and that of overnight visitors as dong Province (822,618) and percent year-on-year well as same-day visitors remai- Hunan Province (99,243). Vi- Tand 8.3 percent month-to-mon- ned at 2.1 days and 0.2 day res- sitors from Taiwan (94,545) th. According to information pectively. grew by 5.6 percent, while those from the Statistics and Census Visitors from mainland Chi- from South Korea (61,106) and Service (DSEC), overnight visi- na increased by 16.5 percent Hong Kong (535,875) dropped tors (1,541,771) and same-day year-on-year to 2,060,662 in by 5.9 percent and 12 percent visitors (1,419,108) grew by 7 April, with those travelling un- respectively. Meanwhile, vi- Jovana Stevanovic (second from right) of Serbia spikes the ball during the FIVB percent and 9 percent respecti- der the Individual Visit Sche- sitors from the United States Volleyball Nations League between Serbia and Thailand, which is being held in vely year-on-year. The average me rising by 16.9 percent to (19,315) increased while those Macau until today.

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Gaming Police reports illegal workers found by DSAL Suncity purchase just everal cases of HKD37,500. Sillegal workers cau- The general manager ght by the Labor Affairs of the company clai- Bureau (DSAL) during med not to have been a rumor, says Beijing surprise inspections aware of the workers’ have been referred to situation. the Public Security Po- In a separate case, lice Force (PSP). which occurred on May Imperial owner According to infor- 18, the DSAL found rumor that Alvin Chau’s mation released by another illegal worker Suncity Group Holdin- the police force, in the carrying out loading gs Ltd had acquired the first case on May 16, duties backstage of an troubled Beijing Im- the bureau performed exhibition hall in the perialA Palace Hotel and Greek a surprise inspection Cotai area. Mythology Casino was quashed on a company related The worker, who is yesterday in a filing to the Hong to the civil construc- 29 years old and ori- Kong Stock Exchange by a major tion business, where ginates from main- shareholder in the Taipa-based it found three workers land China, tried to casino-hotel. working under illegal run away when he saw Amax International Holdings, conditions. the inspectors but was which owns a nearly 30 percent Two of the workers caught with the help of stake in the Beijing Imperial Pala- were residents of Hong the PSP. ce according to the company’s we- Kong, with one Chine- Further inspec- bsite, clarified in the filing that the se and one from the tion revealed that the rumor was not true. Phillipines, and the worker had been hi- The rumor was first reported in third being of Por- red by a company on a an interview with Andrew Lo, exe- tuguese nationality. daily basis, earning a cutive director of Suncity, and pu- Their ages ranged from salary of MOP500 per blished in Hong Kong’s Ming Pao. 26 to 47 years old. day. The PSP has been According to the news outlet, Lo The spokesperson of trying to contact the said that his company had acqui- the PSP said that the owner of the company. red the property after its license two Hong Kong resi- The police is conti- holder, Macau Hotel Developers dents were performing nuously investigating Ltd., had failed to repay a loan consultancy duties, these cases so as to from the company. As compen- changing its name and branding. ling. Legal proceedings related to while the Portuguese provide more informa- sation, it would transfer property The Beijing Imperial Palace Ho- the dispute are still ongoing. worker was a designer. tion for compilation ownership to Alvin Chau. tel has been temporarily closed The company said that it has ob- They were earning which can be used for a Lo added that the gaming pro- since 2016 when the Macau Go- tained a court order judging that salaries ranging be- judicial process enfor- moter, which would acquire the vernment Tourism Office ordered Victory Success had invaded the tween HKD12,000 and ced by the DSAL. RM property through its subsidiary, its closure. hotel and was obliged to return it Victory Success, intended to up- “The Company was informed by to the hotel management within grade the hotel and casino facili- the Hotel management that the five calendar days. ties as soon as it had acquired a Hotel management is still in char- “The Hotel management is of the hotel license. The redevelopment ge of the Hotel and in no event view that the Court Order could Former SMG Chief would include a redesign of the have the control rights of the Ho- further protect their control rights property, reducing the number of tel been passed to Mr. Chau,” no- of the Hotel,” said Amax Interna- appeals gov’t penalty rooms from 500 to 300, as well as ted Amax International in the fi- tional in the filing. he former direc- Ttor of the Meteo- rological and Geophy- Association claims sical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, has submitted an appeal to the Court of Second Breastfeeding mothers lack Instance (TSI) against the decision made by knowledge of Chinese medicine the Chief Executive (CE) regarding his ac- he Macau Breastfee- between one month and tions during Typhoon Tding and Nurturing two years, with the longest Hato. Promotion Association is period recorded at seven Fong and his depu- conducting a survey con- years. ty director Florence cerning the consumption Seventy-eight percent of Leong were subjected Fong Soi Kun of Chinese medicine by respondents said they ex- to a disciplinary pro- mothers who are breast- perienced health issues, cedure over the deci- the penalties decided feeding. such as breast pain, slee- sion to raise weather for the two heads of Current survey results ping problems, and de- warnings in the lead- the Bureau on April indicate that many mo- pression, while breastfee- up to Typhoon Hato. 11. This was only a few thers do not have what is ding. After a long procedu- days after the official considered to be adequate According to the associa- re, the CE decided to gazette said Fong wou- knowledge about the Chi- tion, the survey results will hand down the maxi- ld have been eligible nese medicine they cur- A mother pictured during an event to mark the World Breastfeeding be used for future educa- mum possible penalty for a retirement pen- rently use. Week in Hong Kong tional purposes in order to allowed by the Civil sion of approximately Currently, the associa- support breastfeeding mo- Servants Regulation – MOP80,000 per mon- tion has already received dicine itself or had a lack of survey, there is insufficient thers, thus hoping to im- dismissal from office th, based on Fong’s 35 answers from more than proper knowledge about it. support within society for prove their safe reasonable – a decision that had years of service in the 600 local mothers. The two popular Chinese breastfeeding mothers use of Chinese medicine. no real consequence, SMG. According to the results, medicines used are Leci- in terms of breastfeeding The survey is still on- since Fong had alrea- At the same time, 65 percent of the mothers thin and Fenugreek. knowledge and other ma- going. The association is dy retired, except for Leong was also found used Chinese medicine A pharmacist, surnamed tters. still calling for mothers the suspension of his guilty of neglecting while breastfeeding but Ng, noted during a recent From the 600 mothers who have breastfed in the retirement pension for her duties and given showed some misconcep- press conference that ba- surveyed, the average pe- past 12 months to partici- four years. a 130-day suspension tion about the Chinese me- sed on the results of the riod for breastfeeding is pate. JZ The CE announced from current duties. 24.05.2018 thu

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are confident that we can resolve the outstanding contract issues ap photo and will come to an agreement that works for all sides.” Caesars released a statement late Tuesday saying it expects to reach an agreement with the union “on or about June 1.” Shares of both casinos slid around 2 percent before the opening bell yesterday and other gaming-affiliated com- panies were under pressure as well. Union members enthusiasti- cally gathered Tuesday at the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Ve- gas. They high-fived, took selfies and carried signs urging people to vote. Banners outside said, “Show up or give up, security strike vote” amid pro-union chants in English and Spanish. Some workers chanted, “Hey, Caesars, look around, Vegas is a union town” and “No contract, no pea- ce.” Some employees stopped by in their casino-resort uniforms on their way to or from work, while Culinary Union leaders wrap up a vote on whether to authorize a strike others donned shirts emblazo- ned with “Vegas Strong” and the union logo. Inside, union organizers veri- fied people were eligible to vote, and workers dropped their pa- Tens of thousands of Las Vegas per ballots in numbered boxes. When casino workers across Las Vegas went on a strike in 1984, union members lost an casino workers OK strike estimated $75 million in wages and benefits and the city lost a Regina Garcia Cano, Las Vegas spanned 67 days and cost the will be a wake-up call to let [the and Caesars Entertainment similar amount in tourism reve- city and workers tens of millions companies] know we are toge- Corp. operate more than half the nue. Millions more were lost in as Vegas casinos could of dollars. ther, we are united, we are not properties that would be affec- gambling income. watch tens of thousands The latest strike would mean separated.” ted by a strike. MGM said it will Don Leadbeter, a bellman at of employees walk off losing workers with roles cri- The contracts of 50,000 unio- keep meeting with the union. the MGM Grand, has worked the job for the first time tical to making a casino-hotel nized workers are set to expire at Las Vegas casino-hotels for Lin more than three decades af- run: bartenders, housekeepers, at midnight May 31, and nego- more than four decades and ter union members voted to au- cocktail and food servers, por- tiations with individual casino- participated in previous strike thorize a strike at any time star- ters, bellmen, cooks and other operating companies have not I want the votes. He said workers this time ting June 1, a move that could kitchen workers. It would affect led to agreements for new terms. want to protect their job securi- cripple the city’s world-famous properties including Caesars Union officials have said they companies to ty and ensure that employers resorts. Palace, Planet Hollywood, Bella- want to increase wages, protect provide training as they adopt About 25,000 members of the gio, MGM Grand, Stratosphere, job security against the increa- open up their more workplace technology. Culinary Union who work at 34 The D and El Cortez. sing use of technology at hotel- He said bartenders are already different casino-resorts across It also could cause problems casinos, and strengthen langua- eyes and think using automated systems that the tourist destination cast for fans heading to the city to ge against sexual harassment. what’s going to could potentially eliminate their ballots in two sessions Tuesday, watch the Vegas Golden Knights “We’ve been in negotiations jobs, and guests are now able showing the collective power of hockey team play in the Stanley with the companies, and they happen if we to check in and out of resorts the largest labor organization in Cup Final in early June, a rare are not giving the workers what without interacting with front- Nevada. The move hands union feat for a team in its first year. they deserve according to the go on a strike. desk personnel, putting those negotiators a huge bargaining “I’m here to show the younger economy right now,” Geoconda Don Leadbeter jobs at risk, too. chip as they work to solidify new generations that this is the way Arguello-Kline, union secretary- Bellman at the MGM Grand “I want the companies to open five-year contracts. we fight to maintain our jobs, treasurer, said after the first up their eyes and think what’s The union last voted for a job security, health benefits and voting session. “They are very “A vote such as this is an ex- going to happen if we go on a strike in 2002 but reached a to gain a pay raise,” Lewis Tho- successful. They have a lot of pected part of the process,” the strike,” Leadbeter said. “That’s a deal before employees walked mas, a utility porter at the Tro- money.” company said in a statement lot of business that’s going to go out. The last strike, in 1984, picana casino-hotel, said. “This MGM Resorts International after results were released. “We down.” AP

How to lose USD23b in a market that’s surged 61,436pct Bhuma Shrivastava, have seemed like a no- Lane, a Hong Kong-ba- cludes impairment char- leader Bharti Airtel Ltd. The going’s unlikely to Livia Yap brainer. Now it’s more sed analyst at Sanford C. ges and losses reported in Expensive spectrum auc- get easier anytime soon. like a nightmare with Bernstein, said by email. company filings of global tions and cancellation of The outlook on the bonds aking money in losses for overseas com- “Too many licenses, too majors from London-ba- telecom licenses in 2012 and loans of India’s top Ma booming Indian panies rising to at least little spectrum, high ta- sed Vodafone Group Plc to in the wake of a graft pro- operator was slashed to mobile-phone market $23 billion. xes and supply-constrai- Japan’s NTT Docomo Inc. be made it even harder negative this week by Cri- that soared from fewer “The promise of a ned airwave auctions has - all of whom have exited for the companies that pi- sil, the local ratings unit of than 2 million users to market with over one made this a very expensi- or suffered as hyper com- led into a market that as S&P Global, which cited more than a billion in less billion potential users ve market to operate in.” petition has hurt the ear- of 2015 included a dozen “intense pricing pressure” than two decades might is very attractive,” Chris The $23 billion lost in- nings of even the market competing operators. in a statement. Bloomberg 24.05.2018 thu

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Analysis Can anything stop China, foreign ap photo governments favors to Trump?

Tami Abdollah, Washington di Arabia. Trump’s financial to include a Trump-bran- devices could be a security disclosure last week showed ded hotel, 400 luxury villas risk. And the Trump ad- irst came news that the hotel took in more than and condos, and an 18-hole ministration ordered a se- Fa Chinese government- USD40 million in revenue championship golf course. ven-year halt in American owned company had sig- last year. To allay fears of MNC Land said the Trump shipments of computer mi- ned on to help build an In- conflicts, Trump promised Organization has “no rela- crochips and software that donesian project that will to give the U.S. Treasury the tionship” with the theme are at the heart of most of include a Donald Trump- profits from foreign stays park that the Chinese com- ZTE’s telecommunications branded hotel and golf at his hotels, which came to pany is building. It also gear. course. Then, days later, $151,470. His company de- said that news reports that That ban particularly was the president tweeted that clined to say how that figure a Chinese government-ba- devastating to ZTE and its his administration wou- was calculated. cked $500 million loan for 75,000 employees, with the ld ease sanctions against A Quinnipiac Universi- the project had been signed company recently annou- a Chinese smartphone ty National Poll released in were false. ncing it was halting opera- maker accused of espio- March found that 57 percent The Trump Organization tions. nage. “Too many jobs in of Americans believe Trump did not respond to a request Trump tweeted that he was China lost,” he wrote. is not honest. Still, in the for comment. working with the president Ethics watchdogs and latest Quinnipiac poll last James Schultz, a former as- of China “to give massive political adversaries cal- month, Trump’s job appro- sociate White House counsel Chinese phone company, led last week’s events a val rating stood at 41 per- for Trump, said the argu- ZTE, a way to get back into blatant case of Trump cent, matching the highest ment that Trump was viola- business, fast. Too many appearing to trade foreign mark of his presidency. ting the emoluments clause jobs in China lost. Commer- favors to his business for Shana Gadarian, a politi- merely because a theme park ce Department has been changes in government cal psychologist at Syracuse is being built near a Trump instructed to get it done!” policy, exactly the kind of University, said those who hotel property is “farfet- Don Fox, the former ge- situation they predicted pay attention to politics tend ched.” neral counsel of U.S. Office would happen when the to be more partisan and of- Just 72 hours after that of Government Ethics, said real estate mogul turned ten set aside information deal was announced, Trump the Chinese “knew exactly politician refused to di- they find inconsistent with sent a tweet that marked what they were investing vest from his sprawling their beliefs. what appeared to be a major in” with the deal in Indone- business interests. “To the extent that you like reversal in the government’s sia. “It also strains creduli- And they say that such this administration,” she stance on massive Chinese ty that the president wasn’t dealmaking will likely be- said, “you might say this phone company ZTE and on aware of this when he made come business as usual, is just the way business is Trump’s “America First” fo- his favorable comments unchecked by a Republi- done. This isn’t a concern.” reign policy. about ZTE.” can-led Congress, court Whether there was a quid The U.S. intelligence com- Three pending lawsui- cases that could take pro quo in the in the China- munity has warned about ts, which could potentially years and a public that Indonesia deal, similarly, the Chinese smartphone take years to litigate, are hasn’t gotten broadly ex- depends on whom you ask. maker’s perceived ties to likely the key to untangling cited about the obscure An Indonesian company, the Chinese government and whether such a business Airlines obey Beijing’s demand constitutional prohibition MNC Land, confirmed last its possible use for remote deal, in addition to the va- on accepting emoluments, week that it hired the sub- surveillance. ZTE has been rious bookings of Trump or benefits, from foreign sidiary of the state-owned fined in recent years for shi- properties by lobbyists, fo- governments without con- Metallurgical Corp. of Chi- pping American goods to five reign governments, corpo- to call Taiwan part of China gressional approval. na to build a theme park in embargoed countries, inclu- rate and political interes- “It’s an issue that seems its Lido City development ding Iran and North Korea. ts, constitute emoluments. Erika Kinetz, Shanghai highly technical and com- outside Jakarta. MNC Land The Pentagon banned ZTE The president’s attorneys plex, and is difficult to three years earlier struck phones from retail stores on have disputed that. ritish Airways, link to everyday lives,” a deal for the development military bases because the “It is our only real reme- Lufthansa and Air said Sen. Richard Blu- dy,” Blumenthal said of the Canada are among menthal, a Connecticut cases. “It may sound like 20 carriers that now Democrat who is heading Dealmaking will likely a sign of frustration, and Brefer to Taiwan, the self-ru- up an emoluments lawsuit inertia, but the founders led island that Beijing consi- brought by about 200 or become business as usual, provided us this sole reme- ders its territory, as a part of so members of Congress. unchecked by a dy. [...] We need a judge to China on their global websi- “But when you bring it order the president to obey tes, in line with Beijing’s de- home to the reason for Republican-led Congress the law.” AP mands that the White House the emoluments clause, called “Orwellian nonsense,” namely to prevent con- The Associated Press has flicts of interest, so the found. president will act only for ap photo There are just three days the benefit of the United left for dozens of foreign air- States, not for his own lines to decide whether to self-interest, then people comply with Beijing’s orders should understand that or face consequences that his taking that benefit could cripple their China bu- compromises his priori- siness, including legal sanc- ties,” Blumenthal said. tions. Many have already si- Such concerns have do- ded with Beijing. gged Trump since he took The spread of “Taiwan, Chi- office. His Washington na” on the drop-down menus hotel, just steps from the and maps of airline websi- White House, has beco- tes represents another vic- me a magnet for foreign tory for China’s President Xi governments seeking to Jinping and his ruling Com- influence his adminis- munist Party’s nationalistic tration, including groups effort to force foreign com- tied to Kuwait, Bahrain, panies to conform to their Turkey, Malaysia and Sau- Donald Trump (right) chats with Xi Jinping during a lavishing welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing geopolitical vision, even in thu 24.05.2018

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stores around the world. donesia, Asiana Airlines, and In January, Delta Airlines, Philippine Airlines all have Marriott, Zara and medical changed the way they refer equipment maker Medtro- to Taiwan to bring their glo- nic all publicly apologized bal websites in line with the for referring to Taiwan as a Chinese Communist Party’s country. vision. “You can’t just say ‘no,’” SAS airlines, Swissair, Ma- said Carly Ramsey, a regu- laysia Airlines, Cebu Pacific latory risk specialist at Con- Air, Aeroflot, Alitalia, Aus- trol Risks, a consultancy in trian Airlines, Air Mauri- Shanghai. “Increasingly, for tius, Etihad Airways, Spain’s situations like this, non- Iberia, Israel’s El Al, MIAT compliance is not an option Mongolian Airlines and Rus- if you want to do business in sia’s S7 Airlines all also refer and with China.” to Taiwan as part of China, The day after Delta apolo- but it was not immediately gized for “emotional dama- clear how long they had been ge caused to the Chinese using that formulation. people,” the Civil Aviation Lufthansa, British Airways, Administration of China pu- Air Canada and Finnair said blished a notice on its websi- they abide by laws and regu- te saying it requires foreign lations internationally and airlines operating in China in the jurisdictions in which to avoid referring to Taiwan, they work. Hong Kong and Macau as “This includes taking cus- countries. toms of the international Some foreign carriers be- clientele into consideration,” gan changing drop-down Lufthansa said in a state- menus on their websites ment, adding that we “seek from “country” to “country/ your understanding for the region.” situation.” But Beijing wanted more. Finnair said a decision was On April 25, the Civil Avia- taken to amend the websi- tion Administration of China te earlier this year and “in sent a letter to 36 foreign air- line with the general view lines ordering them to expli- taken in Europe, Taiwan is citly refer to Taiwan as a part not shown as an independent of China. The regulator did country in our list of destina- not respond to requests for tions.” comment. Major U.S. carriers have not In a strongly-worded state- yet caved. United Airlines, ment 10 days later, the Whi- American Airlines, Delta and te House called that demand Hawaiian Airlines, as well as “Orwellian nonsense.” Australia’s Qantas Airways “China’s efforts to export its — all of which received April censorship and political cor- letters from the regulator — rectness to Americans and did not refer to Taiwan as Airlines obey Beijing’s demand the rest of the free world will part of China on their websi- be resisted,” it said. tes as of Tuesday. China’s Foreign Ministry The airlines told AP they hit back the next day, saying were reviewing the request. to call Taiwan part of China Taiwan, Hong Kong and Ma- But the sweep of conces- cau are “inalienable” parts of sions will likely make it har- operations outside of China. a civil war in 1949. Washin- “We strongly object to Chi- China’s territory and foreign der to resist Beijing’s call. Critics say China’s incremen- gton officially recognizes na’s efforts to bully, coerce, companies operating in Chi- “If they make individual tal push to leverage its eco- Beijing rather than Taipei, and threaten their way to na “should respect China’s corporate decisions, they will nomic power to forge new in- but despite the lack of for- achieving their political ob- sovereignty and territorial likely accede, individually ternational norms — in this mal ties, the U.S. is legally jectives,” Taiwan’s Ministry integrity, abide by China’s but entirely, to Chinese de- case regarding Taiwan’s sta- bound to respond to threats of Foreign Affairs said in a laws and respect the natio- mands,” said Robert Daly, tus — creates worrying pre- to Taiwan and is the island’s statement to the AP. “We call nal sentiment of the Chinese the director of the Kissinger cedents. main supplier of foreign mi- on all countries around the people.” Institute on China and the Beyond fiery missives the- litary hardware. world to stand together to A bipartisan group of U.S. United States at the Woo- re is little Washington can uphold the freedom of speech senators, led by Marco Ru- drow Wilson International do to unify a fractured glo- and freedom to do business. bio, a Florida Republican, Center for Scholars. What bal response and effectively We also call on private firms and Bob Menendez, a New Washington could do, he ad- push back against Beijing’s to collectively reject China’s Jersey Democrat, offered the ded, is “launch and sustain a demands. We’re allowing unreasonable demands to airlines support. global discussion of the im- “What’s at stake is that change their designation of “As you weigh your respon- plications of Beijing’s insis- we’re allowing a revisionist a revisionist ‘Taiwan’ to ‘Taiwan, China.’” se options, you should know tence on the worldwide juris- regime with a terrible track regime with Xi has warned a Taiwanese that your government stands diction of Chinese law. That record on freedom of speech envoy that the issue of unifi- with you, and will strongly kind of effort would require to dictate what we say and a terrible cation cannot be put off in- oppose attempts by China a commitment to global lea- write in our own countries,” definitely, and the People’s or any other foreign govern- dership and strong alliances said J. Michael Cole, a Tai- track record Liberation Army has sent ment to unilaterally dictate that this administration has pei-based senior fellow with fighter planes near Taiwan’s terms to an American com- not yet demonstrated.” the China Policy Institute on freedom coast. As China steps up ef- pany and exert sovereignty In one apparent exception and the University of Nottin- of speech to forts to isolate Taiwan diplo- over your internal business to Beijing’s rules the natio- gham’s Taiwan studies pro- matically, the list of multi- practices and the content of nal flag carrier Air China gram. “If Beijing does not en- dictate what nationals that have bent to your website,” the group of seems not to have gotten counter red lines, it can only Beijing’s will is long — and eight lawmakers said in a le- the regulator’s memo. On keep asking for more.” we say and growing. tter dated last week. its US site, Taipei is a part For Beijing, there is only U.S. clothing retailer The But a growing number of of “Taiwan, China.” But its one China and Taiwan, whi- write in our own Gap apologized this mon- airlines have heeded Bei- Taiwan website lists it as ch has been a democracy sin- countries. th for selling T-shirts with jing’s call. “Taipei, Taiwan.” ce the 1990s, is part of it. The a map of China that omitted The AP found that Air Ca- Air China did not immedia- People’s Republic of China J. Michael Cole Taiwan and pulled the of- nada, Lufthansa, British tely respond to requests for and Taiwan separated during China Policy Institute fending merchandise from Airways, Finnair, Garuda In- comment. AP 24.05.2018 thu

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Malaysia ap photo Stunning fall of Najib ushers in hopes of reform

Former Malaysia’s PM Najib Razak attends s session at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur

Eileen Ng, Kuala Lumpur said Malaysian rights activist cabinet, including the first ethnic to help investigate. A 1MDB pa- attempt to pare back a deca- and lawyer Ambiga Sreeneva- Chinese to hold the powerful fi- nel has been set up to liaise with des-old affirmative action policy wo weeks ago, Malaysia’s san. “Malaysia has now set the nance ministry post in 44 years. foreign countries on how to re- that favors Malays in govern- TNajib Razak was supremely gold standard in Southeast Asia Malaysia also now has its first fe- trieve the laundered billions. ment contracts, business, jobs, confident of being elected prime for bringing change peacefully male deputy prime minister. New Finance Minister Lim education and housing. minister for a third term. Ins- even through a flawed process,” Mahathir facilitated a royal Guan Eng said this week that Na- The program is credited with tead, in a dizzying political dra- said Sreenevasan, who has been pardon that freed reformist icon jib’s government had conducted lifting millions of Malays out of ma, he lost an unlosable election appointed by the new govern- Anwar Ibrahim, who was jai- “an exercise of deception” over poverty and creating an urban and spiraled into ever-deepening ment to a reform panel. led in 2015 in what he said was 1MDB and also misrepresented middle class of the ethnic group disgrace while Malaysians are Najib’s ouster was in large part a conspiracy by Najib to crush the country’s financial situation who account for two-thirds of being feted for advancing demo- made possible by the return to his opposition alliance. Anwar, to parliament. The same day, Malaysia’s 31 million people. But cratic values against their global politics of Mahathir Mohamad, who is now the prime minis- the anti-corruption commission it is also blamed for a racial divi- retreat. premier for 22 years until 2003. ter-in-waiting, was sacked by official who previously led inves- de between Malays and minority In a series of humiliations, the Spurred by anger over the alle- Mahathir in 1998 after a power tigations into 1MDB gave a har- Chinese and Indians who have patrician and luxury-loving Na- ged looting of state investment struggle and jailed for sodomy rowing account of how the probe long complained about govern- jib and wife Rosmah Mansor fund 1MDB by associates of Na- and corruption. The two men re- was suppressed by intimidation ment discrimination. were banned from leaving the jib, he emerged from retirement conciled in 2016, united by their during Najib’s rule. Many ethnic minorities left Ma- country; truckloads of luggage and joined with former political resolve to oust Najib. “Malaysia will likely be one of laysia over the years in search of stashed with cash and valuables enemies to campaign against the Mahathir has said he needs one the few Southeast Asian nations better opportunities but the vote as well as hundreds of expensive ruling coalition. to two years to restore order be- to put a former PM in jail,” said has revived a sense of nationa- designer bags were seized from Despite Mahathir being mo- fore handing power to Anwar. Bridget Welsh, political science lism, with social media awash their home and other properties; cked by Najib for his old age The top priority is getting to the professor at the John Cabot Uni- with Malaysians hailing Maha- and anti-corruption police ques- and authoritarian record, his bottom of the 1MDB scandal. versity in Rome, who was in Kua- thir as a “hero” and expressing tioned Najib for hours this week reputation as a statesman who Najib started the fund when he la Lumpur to observe the polls. pride in being part of a “reborn about a multibillion-dollar cor- transformed a Southeast Asian took power in 2009 but it accu- Najib “made the mistake of Malaysia.” ruption scandal on his watch. backwater into a modern eco- mulated billions in debts. U.S. thinking it was about him rather Anwar, a Malay, told The Asso- After 60 years of uninterrupted nomy helped soothe voters’ fears investigators say USD4.5 billion than the office he held,” she said. ciated Press in an interview after National Front rule, many Ma- of possible chaos under a new was stolen and laundered from Former Philippine President Jo- his release that the race-based laysians are optimistic they are government. Many Malaysians 1MDB by his associates, some seph Estrada was jailed for cor- policies should be discarded in ushering in an era of reform that have been haunted for decades of which landed in Najib’s bank ruption in 2007. favor of a merit program that echoes the democratic transfor- by racial riots in 1969 that killed account and $27.3 million of it While the 1MDB crisis will keep helps all poor irrespective of mation of giant neighbor Indo- more than 200 people. used to buy a rare pink diamond officials busy, there are other race. nesia two decades earlier. The di- Since he was sworn in as Ma- necklace for his wife. worries for Mahathir and the Once the election euphoria fa- fference, they hope, is that it will laysia’s seventh premier and A former attorney general and new government. des, he said the government has continue to be accomplished wi- the world’s oldest leader at 92, senior anti-graft official, who Closer examination of the elec- to prove there will be more free- thout setting their multi-ethnic Mahathir has wasted no time in were on the verge of pressing tion results showed many from dom, good governance and a be- country in flames. A grouping setting up his government and criminal charges against Najib the country’s ethnic Malay ma- tter life for all Malaysians. of progressive Southeast Asian tackling the country’s financial in 2015 before they, respectively, jority still didn’t support Maha- “Conservative forces are still lawmakers has hailed Najib’s de- problems. Former foes he once were sacked and fled in fear of thir’s alliance. strong,” said Welsh, a Southeast feat as a “bright spot amid dark jailed have been appointed to the arrest, have been brought back The conservative Pan-Malay- Asia expert and poll observer. times” of rising authoritarianism sian Islamic Party made major “Mahathir has made important across the region. gains by winning control of two steps so far that showcase a re- The May 9 election that turfed A grouping of progressive rural northeastern mainly Malay form orientation. Malaysians Najib and his government des- states. Collectively with the Na- place a lot of hope in his conti- pite an electoral system heavily lawmakers has hailed Najib’s tional Front, they hold 43 per- nued leadership. His harnessing engineered in their favor was defeat as a ‘bright spot amid dark cent of seats in Parliament. of nationalism is important to a “quiet, dignified but defining This could create difficulty for overcome more divisive curren- revolution at the ballot box,” times’ of rising authoritarianism Mahathir’s government on any ts.” AP thu 24.05.2018

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he United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the ap photo highly anticipated TU.S. summit with North Ko- rea on track, even after Presi- dent Donald Trump abruptly said “there’s a very substan- tial chance” it won’t happen as scheduled. South Korean President Moon Jae-in reminded Trump yesterday [Macau time] of the sky-high stakes, saying, “The fate and the fu- ture of the Korean Peninsula hinge” on the meeting. The June 12 summit, plan- ned for Singapore, offers a historic chance for peace on the peninsula — but also the risk of an epic diplomatic failure that would allow the North to revive and advance its nuclear weapons program. U.S. officials say prepara- tions are still underway. Se- cretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is appearing Wednesday before the House Foreign Af- fairs Committee, said, “We’re driving on.” Trump’s newfound hesita- tion appeared to reflect re- Donald Trump (right) meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office cent setbacks in efforts to bring about reconciliation between the two Koreas, as well as concern whether the self-proclaimed dealmaker can deliver a nuclear accord US, South Korea work to keep with the North’s Kim Jong Un. Seated in the Oval Office with Moon Jae-in, Trump said North Korea summit on track Kim had not met unspecified “conditions” for the summit. ditional public maneuvering ditions he had laid out for ting.” Press Secretary Sarah zing the peninsula. However, the president also as both sides seek to maximi- Kim but said if they aren’t Sanders said Trump was re- Trump expressed suspicion said he believed Kim was ze their leverage. Both par- met, “we won’t have the mee- ferring to a commitment to that the North’s recent ag- “serious” about negotiations, ties to the talks are invested seriously discuss denucleari- gressive barbs were influen- and Moon expressed “every in holding the meeting, with zation. ced by Kim’s unannounced confidence” in Trump’s abi- Kim seeing an opportunity Moon Skepticism about the Nor- trip to China two weeks ago lity to hold the summit and for international legitimacy th’s intentions have mounted — his second in as many mon- bring about peace. and Trump the prospect of expressed in recent weeks after Kim’s ths. Trump said he’d noticed “I have no doubt that you securing Korean stability — ‘confidence’ in government pulled out of “a little change” in Kim’s atti- will be able to ... accomplish and perhaps a Nobel Peace planned peace talks with the tude after the trip. a historic feat that no one had Prize. Trump’s ability South last week, objecting “I don’t like that,” he said. been able to achieve in the Trump suggested the sum- to long-scheduled joint mi- The president added that he decades past,” Moon said. mit could be delayed rather to hold the litary exercises between U.S. hoped Chinese President Xi U.S. officials said prepara- than canceled: “It may not and South Korean forces. Jinping was actually commi- tions for the summit were work out for June 12, but the- summit and The North also threatened to tted to the goal of denuclea- still underway despite recent re is a good chance that we’ll bring about abandon the planned Trump- rizing the Korean peninsula, pessimism — and privately have the meeting.” Kim meeting over U.S. insis- calling him a “world-class suggested there would be ad- He did not detail the con- peace tence on rapidly denucleari- poker player.” AP

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Literature the author’s tense, dark-eyed glare. In 2012, he announced that he had stopped writing fiction and would instead de- Philip Roth, fearless and dicate himself to helping bio- grapher Blake Bailey comple- te his life story. By 2015, he had retired from public life celebrated author, dies at 85 altogether. He never promised to be his readers’ friend; writing Hillel Italie ror, she discovered his cha- was its own reward, the nar- racters included a boring mi- ration of “life, in all its sha- hilip Roth, the pri- ap photo ddle-aged wife named Claire, meless impurity.” Until his Pze-winning novelist and married to an adulterous wri- abrupt retirement, Roth was fearless narrator of sex, dea- ter named Philip. Bloom also a dedicated, prolific author th, assimilation and fate, described her ex-husband as who often published a book from the comic madness of cold, manipulative and unsta- a year and was generous to “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the ble. (Although, alas, she still writers from other countries. elegiac lyricism of “Ameri- loved him). The book was pu- For years, he edited the Wri- can Pastoral,” died yesterday blished by Virago Press, who- ters from the Other Europe [Macau time] at age 85. se founder, Carmen Callil, series, in which authors from Roth’s literary agent, An- was the same judge who quit Eastern Europe received ex- drew Wylie, told The Asso- years later from the Booker posure to American readers; ciated Press that he died in committee. Milan Kundera was among a New York City hospital of Roth’s wars also origina- the beneficiaries. Roth also congestive heart failure. ted from within. He survived helped bring a wider reader- Author of more than 25 a burst appendix in the late ship to the acclaimed Israeli books, Roth was a fierce sati- 1960s and near-suicidal de- writer Aharon Appelfeld. rist and uncompromising rea- pression in 1987. After the Roth began his career in re- list, confronting readers in a disappointing reaction to his bellion against the conformi- bold, direct style that scorned Philip Roth in 2008 1993 novel, “Operation Shylo- ty of the 1950s and ended it in false sentiment or hopes for ck,” he fell again into severe defense of the security of the heavenly reward. He was an reality, more often, was to Ex-wife Claire Bloom wrote depression and for years ra- 1940s; he was never warmer atheist who swore allegiance be regarded as a Jew among a best-selling memoir, “Lea- rely communicated with the than when writing about his to earthly imagination, whe- gentiles and a gentile among ving a Doll’s House,” in whi- media. For all the humor in childhood, or more sorrow- ther devising pornographic Jews. ch the actress remembered his work — and, friends wou- ful, and enraged, than when functions for raw liver or in- In the novel “The Ghost Wri- reading the manuscript of his ld say, in private life — jacket narrating the shock of inno- dulging romantic fantasies ter” he quoted one of his he- novel “Deception.” With hor- photos usually highlighted cence lost. AP about Anne Frank. In “The roes, Franz Kafka: “We shou- Plot Against America,” pub- ld only read those books that lished in 2004, he placed his bite and sting us.” For his own family under the anti-Se- critics, his books were to be Stephen King among the mitic reign of President Char- repelled like a swarm of bees. les Lindbergh. In 2010, in Feminists, Jews and one ex- honorees at PEN America gala “Nemesis,” he subjected his wife attacked him in print, native New Jersey to a polio and sometimes in person. n a night when speakers cal activism and defense of the epidemic. Women in his books were at included Stephen King, First Amendment.

O ap photo He was among greatest wri- times little more than objec- Morgan Freeman and Marga- The gala took place as a lon- ters never to win the Nobel ts of desire and rage and The ret Atwood, no one at the PEN gtime champion for writers Prize. But he received vir- Village Voice once put his pic- American gala had a more mo- oppressed in Eastern Europe tually every other literary ture on its cover, condemning ving and inspiring presence during the Cold War, Philip honor, including two Natio- him as a misogynist. A panel than Parkland shooting survivor Roth, was dying in a nearby hos- nal Book Awards, two Natio- moderator berated him for Samantha Fuentes. pital at age 85. Many that night nal Book Critics Circle prizes his comic portrayals of Jews, One of three student gun con- spoke of risks to essential rights, and, in 1998, the Pulitzer for asking Roth if he would have trol activists receiving PEN’s abroad and in the U.S. Atwood, “American Pastoral.” He was written the same books in Freedom of Expression Courage best known for her Dystopian in his 20s when he won his Nazi Germany. The Jewish Award, Fuentes became tearful, novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” first award and awed critics scholar Gershom Scholem nauseous, fled the podium and warned that “When democracy and fellow writers by produ- called “Portnoy’s Complaint” returned a few minutes later to is in retreat the first thing au- cing some of his most acclai- the “book for which all anti- a standing ovation as she stea- thoritarians do is silence tho- Stephen King med novels in his 60s and Semites have been praying.” died herself and accepted an se who are telling stories they 70s, including “The Human When Roth won the Man honor neither she nor Cameron dislike.” She was presenting Stain” and “Sabbath’s Thea- Booker International Prize, Kasky nor Zion Kelly imagined the Freedom to Write Award life and the writer as activist to ter,” a savage narrative of lust in 2011, a judge resigned, or wanted. to two Reuters journalists, Wa use the power of the pen to sha- and mortality he considered alleging that the author suf- “I think sometimes I for- Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, jailed in pe the world.” his finest work. fered from terminal solipsism get I got shot,” she said, befo- Myanmar. King has a long history of su- He identified himself as and went “on and on and on re speaking of her mission to In a letter read by Atwood, the pporting literacy and liberal an American writer, not a about the same subject in al- “to prioritize people’s life over journalists offered a dare to the causes and was remembered Jewish one, but for Roth the most every single book.” In guns.” Myanmar government: “Where for a special act of courage and American experience and the “Sabbath’s Theater,” Roth “Thank you so much for belie- is the truth? Where is the truth solidarity. When some booksto- Jewish experience were often imagines the inscription for ving in me, or not just me, thank and justice?” they asked. “Whe- res in 1989 considered pulling the same. While predeces- his title character’s headsto- you for believing that together re is democracy and freedom? Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic sors such as Saul Bellow and ne: “Sodomist, Abuser of Wo- we can correct the moral and Why do soldiers who are found Verses” because of death threa- Bernard Malamud wrote of men, Destroyer of Morals.” fundamental problems in this guilty of murder get 10 years ts resulting from the “fatwa” the Jews’ painful adjustment country.” while we journalists who expose announced by Iran’s Ayatollah from immigrant life, Roth’s The PEN gala, held yesterday the murder face 14 years in pri- Ruhollah Khomeini, King res- characters represented the Feminists, [Macau time] at the American son?” ponded that he would withdraw next generation. Their first Jews and Museum of Natural History, Freeman, who starred the his work in response. language was English, and was an education in the dangers film adaptation of King’s In his acceptance speech, King they spoke without accents. one ex-wife and rewards of free expression, “Shawshank Redemption,” called himself “just a guy who’s They observed no rituals and with words from longtime ce- presented King his award for loved books since childhood,” belonged to no synagogues. attacked him lebrities and those forced into literary service and praised him but set a higher tone for the wri- The American dream, or ni- fame, from political prisoners as the “embodiment: of three ter’s place in the world. ghtmare, was to become “a in print, and and those lucky enough to get essential qualities: “The writer “Those who can read can learn Jew without Jews, without sometimes in out. The literary and human ri- as humanitarian, the writer as to write and those who can do Judaism, without Zionism, ghts organization handed out conduit to bringing unseen and both will eventually succeed in without Jewishness.” The person prizes for literary service, politi- unheard human experiences to the world,” he said. thu 24.05.2018

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eorgia Democra- USA ts gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chan- ce to become the first Gblack female governor in Ame- rican history on a primary night A first for Georgia: Democrats that ended well for several wo- men seeking office. Abrams set new historical marks with a primary victory pick black woman for governor yesterday [Macau time] that made her the first black nominee 25 districts nationally where and first female nominee for go- Trump ran behind Hillary Clin- vernor of either majority party in ap photo ton in 2016. Democrats nomina- Georgia. ted women in two of the districts Voters also picked nominees in and a black man in the third. Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas Voters in a central Kentucky ahead of the November midter- congressional district opted for ms. retired Marine officer and figh- Democrats were set to nomina- ter pilot Amy McGrath over Le- te a woman for governor either xington Mayor Jim Gray to ad- way, with Stacey Abrams and vance to a fall campaign against Stacey Evans battling it out in a Republican Rep. Andy Barr. pitched primary fight. While Washington fixates on But the 44-year-old Abrams the daily developments in the stood out in her bid to be the Russia election meddling inves- nation’s first African-Ameri- tigation, Democratic congres- can woman to lead a state. The sional candidates insist they’ll former state General Assembly win in November arguing about leader was insistent that the way bread-and-butter issues like to dent Republican domination health care. in Georgia wasn’t by cautiously te Brian Kemp, who will meet in trying to balance the demands GOP gamesmanship on immi- Arkansas state Rep. Clarke Tu- pursuing the older white voters Republican runoff in July. Cagle of a conservative primary elec- gration and gay rights, in par- cker captured Democrats’ con- who had abandoned Democrats led a five-man Republican field, torate with his support from the ticular, already had ensured gressional nomination in a Little over recent decades. Rather, she with Kemp qualifying for the business establishment. The sce- Georgia wouldn’t land Amazon’s Rock-based district by telling his wanted to widen the electorate second spot after a campaign nario worried some Georgia Re- second headquarters. story as a cancer survivor. Thou- by attracting young voters and that was a sprint to the right on publicans who were accustomed Texas had three House runoffs gh he faced a crowded primary nonwhites who hadn’t been cas- everything from immigration to to centrist, business-aligned that will be key to whether De- field, his real target all along has ting ballots. support for President Donald governors who rarely flouted mocrats can flip the minimum been Republican Rep. French She will test her theory as the Trump. Atlanta-based behemoths like 24 GOP-held seats they would Hill, who voted many times to underdog against either Lt. Gov. Kemp promised to keep pulling Delta and Coca-Cola. need for a majority in next year’s repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Casey Cagle or Secretary of Sta- in that direction, with Cagle Some GOP figures worried the Congress. All three were among Act. MDT/AP

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Baboon escapes crate at Texas airport; officers corner him In context President de Gaulle was persuaded not to hold a referendum by his Prime A baboon on his way to a South Texas wildlife sanctuary Minister, and eventual successor as President, Georges Pompidou. escaped his crate and kept officers busy for two hours at i can only imagine Summit negotiations between the government, employers and unions San Antonio International Airport. began the day after the President’s address, and negotiated a deal to raise room 3 Officers shot the baboon named Dawkins with atran- wages. 2:30, 4:30, 9:45pm quilizer dart. The ape got loose Monday afternoon shortly But this was rejected by the striking workers, and the demonstrations got Director: Jon Erwin & Andrew Erwin after arriving on an American Airlines flight from Chicago. steadily worse until Mr Pompidou sent tanks into the outskirts of Paris on Starring: Dennis Quaid, J. Michael Finley, Madeline Carroll The flight had originated in Boston. 29 May, for fear of a revolution. Language: English (Chinese) General de Gaulle then called an election for the end of June. The demon- Airport spokesman Rich Stinson says officers managed Duration: 110min to corner Dawkins in a baggage handling area outside strations died away as campaigning got under way, and de Gaulle’s party won a huge majority as public opinion appeared to turn against the the terminal. Stinson says the baboon never came close Destiny: the tale of kamakura strikers. to travelers and was confined the whole time to a secure room 3 The new government announced major reforms to the education system - baggage area. 7:15pm 67 new universities, and a more democratic system of governing councils. Dawkins was being transported from Brown University in Director: Takashi Yamazaki General de Gaulle finally resigned in the following year, 1969, after staking Providence, Rhode Island, to the Born Free USA sanctuary Starring: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata his reputation on a referendum on political reform, which he lost. near Cotulla, Texas. Language: English (Chinese) thu 24.05.2018

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Football Dads Ronaldo and Messi still seek WC title

Graham Dunbar, Geneva

ristiano Ronaldo ap photo and Lionel Messi have put up impressive num- bers — in life and on the Cfield — going into a fourth World Cup. So much has happened for foo- tball’s standout stars since the 2014 tournament, when both left Brazil still lacking the game’s most coveted prize. Yes, each has scored at least 200 more goals, won at least one more Champions League title and taken home at least one more Ballon d’Or trophy since that last World Cup. Ronaldo also cap- tained Portugal to win the 2016 European Championship. Both have also turned 30 and seen their families grow, beco- ming doting dads while still the game’s best players. Ronaldo is now a 33-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo and son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. sit beside Lionel Messi and wife Antonella during the The Best FIFA 2017 Awards father of four children, and three were born within the last year. unbeaten until the league title games console — “he drives me few people — unable to be with leaving the club. Messi’s reason? Messi will have his 31st birth- was won, when many expected a crazy wanting to play all the his newborn son and daughter, He was collecting renewed pass- day in Russia during the group dip after Neymar left. time” — and Cristiano Junior Mateo and Eva. ports for his sons. stage, and two of his three sons Ronaldo scored in Madrid’s joins dad to collect his trophies The day after Portugal’s semi- Still, a World Cup is unfinished were born since Argentina lost in first 10 Champions League ga- at FIFA award ceremonies. final loss on penalties to Chile, business for both greats, who- the 2014 World Cup final. mes on the way to a fourth final Cristiano Junior’s birthdays Ronaldo announced on social se career score of world’s best Life is changing even as their in five years, against Liverpool in June are woven through his media he was a father again and player trophies is 5-5. will to win and hunger for goals on Saturday. Madrid won the dad’s major tournaments. He had left Russia to see his twins. In 2006, Portugal lost to Fran- stay the same. previous three. was born in the United States Ronaldo said he would not for- ce in the semifinals. Last time, “You start to see things diffe- Amid the other-worldly feats during the 2010 World Cup whe- get the understanding shown by Portugal was third in a group rently, in another manner,” Mes- are down-to-earth moments sha- re, 12 days later in South Africa, Portugal coach Fernando Santos where Germany and the United si said in an interview with Spa- red with social media followers Portugal lost to Spain in the rou- and the team’s management in States advanced. nish sports daily Marca, “and the — 91 million for LeoMessi on nd of 16. whose service he was committed Argentina has been eliminated truth is that becoming a father is Instagram, 73 million for @Cris- Ronaldo, captaining his coun- “body and soul” for the tourna- by Germany, in two quarterfi- most beautiful thing that has ha- tiano on Twitter. try, scored once in four games ment. nals then a final. ppened in my life.” They show Ronaldo and 7-year- and that was a late goal in a 7-0 One day later, Messi had his Both now are in tricky groups: For Ronaldo, there was a re- old son Cristiano Junior in green rout of North Korea. own family event. Taking advan- Portugal plays Spain, Morocco vealing recent interview with ce- hospital gowns, at the bedside of In more fruitful times at Euro tage of his first free offseason in and Iran. Argentina has Iceland, lebrity lifestyle magazine Hola! partner Georgina Rodriguez and 2016, Ronaldo was surprised by four years, Messi married long- Croatia and Nigeria. “It has shown me things about new-born daughter, Alana Mar- a family visit at the team’s base time partner Antonella Roccuz- If the World Cup eludes Messi love I never knew existed,” the tina, last November. near Paris so he could celebrate zo in Rosario, Argentina. Their again, there is one important fu- Real Madrid forward said of his Messi is reading a story to his son’s sixth birthday. Footage third son, Ciro, was born in Mar- ture goal. He and his wife want family. “It has softened me and 5-year-old son Thiago, and wea- of the moment shows the tender- ch. to welcome a daughter. given me new perspective on ring a red and white Santa Claus ness between them. Messi missed Barcelona’s next “We are having trouble, but we what is really important in life.” hat in a family portrait at Christ- Ronaldo led the European game after the birth, and again are happy,” Messi told Fox Spor- This life balance delivered re- mas. champions to Russia last June put family first by missing a ts in a recent interview. “After sults on the field this season. Thiago is among Messi’s tou- for the 2017 Confederations Cup news conference where teamma- the World Cup, or sometime in Messi inspired Barcelona to go ghest opponents, albeit on a and was — unknown to all but a te Andres Iniesta confirmed he is the future, we will try again.” AP

On the Road to WORLD CUP Defender Escobar murdered after Colombia’s exit in 1994

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ap photo D World Cup in the United group match at the Rose Switzerland. lords at losing a gam- States, Colombia defen- Bowl in Los Angeles on On July 2, with the bling fortune because of der Andres Escobar was June 22. Colombia even- World Cup in full swing, the country’s surprisin- shot dead in his home- tually lost the game 2-1, the 27-year-old Esco- gly early World Cup exit. town of Medellin. and with it any chance bar was out at a bar in Humberto Munoz Cas- The murder ranks as of progressing further in Medellin, a city then tro, who had connections one of the most shocking the tournament. teeming with drug traf- to a powerful Colombian moments in World Cup The team, which inclu- fickers. Escobar was ha- cartel, was arrested and history and cast a sha- ded talents such as cap- rangued about the own- confessed to the killing. dow over the rest of the tain Carlos Valderrama goal, and was then shot He refused to implicate tournament. and striker Faustino As- repeatedly. his bosses. Found guilty, It appeared to be di- prilla, faced widespread The motive for the Munoz was initially han- In this June 22, 1994 file photo, Colombia’s Andres Escobar, lies on the rectly linked to the inad- criticism at home for fai- murder has never been ded a 43-year jail term. He ground during a World Cup soccer match against the United States vertent own-goal he sco- ling to get out of a relati- clearly established but served only 11 years. AP THE Malaysia says search for Station Air quality BUZZFlight 370 to end next week Roadside 15-30 Good Malaysia’s new transport minister says the terday that the latest search was due to end in latest search for Flight 370 will end next week. April but was extended twice until May 29 at High Malaysia signed a “no cure, no fee” agreement Ocean Infinity’s request. Density 20-40 with Texas-based Ocean Infinity in January to He said the government will decide its next Residental resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the course of action next week. Good official search in the southern Indian Ocean by The Malaysia Airlines plane vanished March Area opinion Australia, Malaysia and China was called off. 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Bei- Transport Minister Anthony Loke said yes- jing with 239 people on board. Ambient 20-40 Good Girl About Globe dsmg source: Linda Kennedy WORLD BRIEFS Windsors v Weibo HK fashion retailer

So what now? I suggest Harry and Meghan go on a Royal Tour of China. A trade mission, or a accused of sexism ap photo piece of activism for the UK. ong Kong fashion The reason is this: the Chinese were less fren- Hretailer Giorda- zied about the Royal Wedding than, frankly, the no came under fire this rest of the world. ‘We’ve seen more extravagant week for a range of clo- weddings of Chinese celebrities’ was a recurring thing that netizens dee- Congo The World comment. When it’s Windsors versus Weibo, med sexist. Health Organization is apparently the British Royals don’t win out. One particular t-shirt accelerating its efforts with nine countries neighboring Fine, you might reply. China has its own celebs. in the company’s “Team Congo to try to prevent Does anyone think there needs to be a crossover? Family Series” included a the current Ebola outbreak Here, let me say ‘I do’. China is touted as a big women’s t-shirt with the from spreading beyond the trade hope for the UK, post-Brexit, and the Royals word “cook” and “I like to border. are brand ambassadors for ‘UK plc’. Harry and cook for my kids” along- Meghan are the youngest and coolest so, if Chi- side pictures of sandwi- Belarus has named nese millennials aren’t interested, Britain’s future ches. a new ambassador to greatness is truly in peril. The design prompted a Sweden, turning the Consider, let’s, the facts that might be putting social media outcry, with page on a six-year rift Chinese millennials off this Royal fairytale. netizens saying that it that followed a Swedish The proposal, for a start. At home, over chicken? represented a step ba- advertising agency’s There’s a tradition of creative question-popping in air drop of teddy bears ckwards for feminism in bearing messages about China. Men ask for a woman’s hand by arranging Hong Kong. Some even human rights. luxury cars in a heart shape. Or by spelling out threatened to boycott the their proposal in lychees. Or by dressing as Super- store over the t-shirt. Bulgaria has hit a man and being hoisted by a crane to then be lowe- In response the com- setback to its hopes of red towards their intended, bearing The Question pany removed promo- soon becoming a member and balloons (this happened, really). tions featuring the t-shirt of the shared euro currency Harry and Meghan’s proposal story needs a few from its customer-facing after the European Central tweaks targeting a China audience. ‘At home, over website and social me- Bank said the EU’s poorest chicken? Well, yes, but we happened to be wat- dia pages, and elsewhere, country needs “wide- ranging” reforms to get its ching a South Korean drama on TV at the same “where physically possi- economy in shape. time. And did we mention it was gong bao chicken?’ ble.” ting the love [of] family se range of definitions Perhaps Prince Harry is not enough of a catch According to the Hong which did not reflect our for family and did not for China. In a world of billionaires, being sixth in Kong Free Press, it cou- entire true values,” the intend to enforce tradi- line for anything may not be enough to impress. ld still be found at some statement read. tional, gendered stereo- ap photo Yet the auburn-haired lad has a big card to play. stores in the region on It said that the words types.” In China, the offspring of important politicians or Tuesday. on the t-shirts were su- Hong Kong does not business leaders are given elite status. He could Giordano made a public pposed to represent dif- have laws against what twist that – and call himself Britain’s Red Prince. apology on its Facebook ferent aspects of life and is perceived to be sexist Perhaps Meghan’s sense of style thus far is an page over the apparent implied that any gender or gender-specific ad- France A burgeoning migrant camp in Paris, on issue? If only she had carried Furla’s this season controversy, but said stereotyping was unin- vertising. But women’s ‘Hello Kitty’ handbag to the evening reception. a canal used by joggers that it remained proud of tentional. organizations are in- and cyclists, is at the Time for her to share some Chinese fashion pas- its apparel, designed for “Stereotyping and creasingly speaking out, center of a tug-of-war sions. all walks of life. sexism, or any kind accusing companies of over how best to respond Or is the lethargy towards the Sussexes the di- “We agree that the ulti- of prejudice, however promoting unrealistic to the unrelenting arrivals vidend of Communism’s social policies? If you’ve mate products could be a unintentional or passive, beauty standards and bo- of migrants in the French been a little emperor since you were born, any better way in [terms of] has no place at Giordano xing women into certain capital — with humanity or other title is practically a demotion. presentation. That is one or in society. At Giorda- professional and domes- with muscle. Let’s now think how a ‘Meghan and Harry Royal of many ways [of] presen- no, we celebrate a diver- tic roles. MDT Tour to China’ could trigger some love. Some su- Spain’s parliament is set ggestions: to pass the national budget The best bet in China these days is the over- proposal for 2018, giving the government of Prime seas luxury travel market. Before going, persuade The Minister Mariano Rajoy Granny to open up parts of Windsor Castle during AP Photo/Kin Cheung some breathing space as it Golden Week, and, when in China, be sure to do decisive moment battles Catalan separatism. a roadshow telling everyone about this brand new Ancient Exclusive Personal Deluxe Tiara Tour. Equerry included.

Forget visiting tourist sites like the Terracotta ap photo Army. Go to places where there are many more followers – Weibo. Meet the biggest influencers, with millions in their adoring legions. Do something linked with Singles Day, on 11/11, A private the monumental online shopping event. Say, be- Honduras jet traveling from Austin, come a smartphone model. Oppo is the Guang- Texas, crashed off the dong-based brand that targets young consumers end of the runway of with trendy phones. How about the Oppo Harry the Honduran capital’s –with a virtual assistant that has a posh British international airport and accent. Or the Honor Meg: which comes with a broke in half, but the crew well-cut case by Clare Waight Keller at Givenchy, and passengers were and 8% of your bill is donated to charities chosen rescued and reportedly out by Markle. of danger. Mind you. Unless The Queen, or the British go- Secretary vernment, taps the couple on the shoulder to do US-Venezuela of State Mike Pompeo this, they might keep quiet about the Chinese level says the U.S. will respond of interest. Is the Chinese mainland somewhere reciprocally to President for them to escape to? That delayed honeymoon: Bun Festival. Participants climb up the bun tower during the bun snatching competition on the outlying Nicolas Maduro’s expulsion a week in Chongqing? Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong yesterday, to celebrate the Bun Festival which worships the Taoist God of of the top American the Sea, and evil spirits are scared away by loud gongs and drums during a procession. diplomat in Venezuela.