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CHUI SAI ON SAID YESTERDAY MACAU 39-GOAL FOOTBALL CARRIE LAM’S LATEST ATTEMPT TO QUELL SHOULD PURSUE A ‘FREE TRADE’ CLIMATE UNREST ON THE STREETS OF HONG KONG - WITH THE LUSOPHONE WORLD UNDER THE MATCH DECLARED VOID, THE CLOSEST SHE HAS COME TO ADMITTING BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE TEAMS DISQUALIFIED DEFEAT - HAS BACKFIRED P6 P2 P8 AP PHOTO
Thailand A pro- democracy activist, Sirawith Seritiwat, SUNCITY DENIES ALLEGED widely known as Ja New, who was attacked and left unconscious on a Bangkok sidewalk said yesterday he will refuse an offer of police ONLINE CASINO LINK protection that would require him to stop political activities.
Sri Lanka Prosecutors have asked police to locate three key witnesses in the 2006 killings of five ethnic Tamil students, days after a judge dismissed charges against 13 policemen suspected in the case because of a lack of evidence. AP PHOTO
Nepal A Canadian aid worker has been sentenced to nine years in prison in Nepal for sexually abusing two boys who were found at his home.
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Japan The prime minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that the government will abide by a court ruling ordering A rampant it to compensate former leprosy patients’ families over a lengthy segregation policy that subletting severed family ties and caused long-lasting prejudice. trend at
Libya The U.N. says more than 1,000 MOP150 per people have been killed since April in fighting between rival militias night over the Libyan capital, a grim milestone in the stalemated conflict.
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Gov’t targets plastic Football clubs banned from bag bill this year FA Cup over 21-18 score T is anticipated that the bill Irestricting single-use plastic HE Macau Football non-competitive sports lifiers, which was set to bags will be completed this TAssociation (MFA) event. take place in capital city year, according to Secretary for has finally issued a deci- The 21-goal victory was of Sri Lanka, Colombo. Transport and Public Works, sion regarding the con- put to an end early by the The footballers invol- Raimundo Arrais do Rosário. troversial FA Cup ma- referee after he noticed ved in the protest said Earlier this week, Rosário tch between the teams that the two teams were that it was held solely by met with the Third Standing of Ka I and Hang Sai, deliberately conceding their own initiative, and Committee of the Legislative which was terminated goals to one another. did not reflect the posi- Assembly to discuss the bill in by the referee when the The match was filled tion of their clubs. detail. score was 21-18 in favor with walking attackers, The MFA justified the Rosário reported that the of Ka I. unspotted defenders, and decision to withdraw discussion regarding the de- The MFA decided to missing goalkeepers. from the Sri Lanka ma- tails of the bill has already void the result of the ma- Players from both sides tch on security concerns. been completed. He hopes he tch and disqualify both were apparently pro- The decision did not sit can submit the amended text teams from the next sta- testing the decision of well with the SAR team to the committee within the ge of the competition. the MFA to withdraw players, who had trium- next two weeks and that the The decision was taken the SAR team from the phed with a 1-0 victory bill will be approved within his of the airport. Meanwhile, the DSPA has after the June 16 mat- second leg of the 2022 over Sri Lanka in the first term. The government sugges- decided to extend its plastic re- ch, was deemed to be a FIFA World Cup qua- leg. RM The government has redu- ted that if merchants provide duction campaign, “Reducing ced the number of exceptio- customers with free of charge Plastic is Very Easy,” to May nal situations in which single- plastic bags in other situations, 31, 2020. -use plastic bags can be offered they are liable to be fined The campaign encourages Policy Research Bureau for free. MOP1,000 for each plastic local residents to give up using Originally, the government bag offered. The measure is plastic materials while dining ‘functioning normally’ proposed that consumers intended to serve as both a out. Approximately 200 res- purchasing food or medicine deterrent and an educational taurants and drink shops, and HE deputy director ruption (CCAC), depu- Questioned about the without packaging or without measure. one food take-away platform Tof the Policy Resear- ty director Ung Hoi Ian absence of the director airtight packaging should not Considering that there are have joined the campaign, ch and Regional Develop- said that the bureau has of the Bureau, Mi Jian, at be charged for the use of plas- many challenges in the enfor- and it has already recorded a ment Bureau said that the not been impacted by the a symposium held yester- tic bags. It was also proposed cement of such a law, it is said reduction of 250,000 sets of department continues to complaint. day, the deputy director that plastic bags used to car- the Environmental Protection single-use plastic tableware. operate normally and with To the media, Ung also denied that his absence ry frozen or chilled foodstuffs Bureau (DSPA) will follow-up In addition, the DSPA has set a positive environment, noted that the Bureau has had anything to do with would not be charged for. on a case-by-case basis. If up 11 water dispensers in some notwithstanding a letter not received any informa- the case. Ung said that Mi According to the latest pro- the fined parties are dissatis- of Macau’s public places, such released last week accusing tion or notice from the could not attend the sym- posal, the government will fied with the DSPA, they can as at the border gate. In the its chief of unlawful prac- CCAC regarding a pos- posium due to the need to only allow the distribution of appeal through the courts. past seven months, 70,000 sin- tices. sible investigation, adding receive a delegation from free plastic bags for foodstuf- The charge for plastic bags gle-use plastic drinking bottles With regards to the that if this occurs, the de- the Greater Bay Area, fs without packaging and for will be determined by the were saved due to the availabi- complaint filed with the partment would fully coo- which is visiting Macau at goods sold in restricted areas Chief Executive. lity of water dispensers. JZ Commission Against Cor- perate with the authorities. the same time. RM
MEMORY LANE MDT/Renato Marques The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady, better known in Portuguese as Catedral Sé, was originally built in 1576 as a small wooden chapel. In 1623, it was redesigned as a Cathedral. The Church underwent several modifications in the centuries that followed, being rebuilt between 1844-1850 according to the design of architect Tomás D’Aquino. The present-day configuration is the result of reconstruction works carried out in 1937. The Cathedral once provided the backdrop for the inauguration of the Portuguese governors of Macau. Nowadays, the Church is still in popular use for many religious ceremonies including weddings and initiation rites.
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Suncity Group denies Chinese media claims it operates online casinos STAFF REPORTER
NE of the most pro- BLOOMBERG minent junket opera- tors in Macau, Sun- city Group, has been Oaccused of running online gam- bling operations by mainland state media. The firm has strongly denied the allegation, saying it is legally autho- rized to operate a junket business in Macau, but that it neither owns any gambling tables, nor operates any online gambling activities. Additionally, Suncity noted that its businesses operating in Macau and elsewhere are all licensed and conducted under the supervision of the concerned governments. The original article was pub- lished by the Economic Informa- tion Daily in mainland China. The newspaper is run by employees of the Xinhua News Agency. The article refers to the alleged gambling operation on the Inter- net as “the largest poppy flower.” The article was the result of the writer’s personal visit, led by a man surnamed Chen, to a VIP casino managed by Suncity, according to the article. The writer stated that a customer service manager at the VIP casi- Suncity Group Chairman Alvin Chau no initiated the conversation with Chen, marketing the group’s onli- ne business derived from its offline According to the refuted article, mation Daily that it is the outward maybe other online gaming/pro- reach of Chinese authorities. casino operation. the operation also employs the flow of funds from mainland Chi- xy betting operations to tone down The Los Angeles Times, which The so-called online gaming ope- concept of multi-level marketing, na that one should be worried excessive offshore play.” uncovered the extent of the phe- ration was, according to the article, which encourages existing mem- about. Apart from its junket business, nomenon, noted that among the remote real-time gambling. A vi- bers to recruit new members in Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Suncity also operates in the fields most popular games accessed via deo camera is set to transmit real- exchange for rewards. said it considered the article a war- of hotels, entertainment, food-and- these platforms is “Tencent Every- time images of gambling tables, An online gambler interviewed ning for online gambling operators beverage and retail services. Minute-Lottery,” which generates where players can watch and place by the mainland media expressed to “tone down” their operation. It emerged last week that Chi- winning numbers based on the to- bets using mobile apps. his suspicion that the operator was “From our recollection, this is the nese online tycoons were estab- tal number of users logged into a The writer claimed that a promo- collecting and analyzing metadata first time official Chinese press has lishing companies in the Phili- Chinese messaging app. ter at the VIP casino said the main from all games, thus manipulating linked a junket with online gaming ppines to operate online gaming The report noted that the Phili- clientele of the online gambling results in a real-time manner. activity,” said Bernstein analysts, facilities appealing to players ppines has been transformed into operation were from mainland Professor Tan Qiugui of the Chi- as cited by GGRAsia. from the mainland. By ope- a large base for online gambling China, with several hundreds of na University of Political Science “The article itself could be a rating in such a fashion, these companies – and it is continuing thousands of members, currently. and Law told the Economic Infor- warning message for Suncity and companies seek to escape the to grow bigger.
Chinese gov’t bonds vastly oversubscribed on day one NSTITUTIONAL in- that demand for the bonds According to the sole global Regarding sales in the The Ministry of Finan- According to current Ivestors snapped up the will continue to remain high. coordinator and joint lead retail segment, the bonds ce will pay interest on coupon rates, the annual Chinese government bonds Meanwhile, on July 5, manager and joint bookrun- will be available for subs- the bonds semi-annually interest will be RMB330 sold in Macau for the first the Ministry of Finance ner of the bond, Bank of cription until July 19. in arrears on the interest for a denomination of time last week. of China announced the China, Macau Branch, the The denomination of the payment dates on January RMB10,000 for one year The Chinese central go- issuance of RMB sove- main institutional investors bonds is RMB10,000, and 25 and July 25 of each and RMB660 for two vernment issued gover- reign bonds with an ag- include the Monetary Au- any Macau resident aged year, beginning in January years on the maturity date. nment bonds worth two gregate principal amount thority of Macao, sovereign 18 or above can apply for 2020. It shall not redeem In June, the central go- billion yuan (USD291 of RMB300 million (retail pension funds, well-known the bonds through any the bonds prior to the ma- vernment issued two-year million) in Macau on July portion), due 2021, offered charitable organizations, one of eight local placing turity date, which is expec- yuan-denominated bonds 4. The bonds were repor- to Macau citizens. social groups, commercial banks. ted to be July 26, 2021. worth RMB3,500 million, tedly oversubscribed for 5.4 The bonds bear interest at banks and insurance com- As of today, no updates The bonds are issued in with the highest accepted billion yuan by the after- 3.3% per annum for the re- panies, and institutional in- on the subscriptions of the renminbi, and all the in- coupon rate set at 2.95 noon of the same day. tail portion, and the admis- vestors from Macau, Hong retail segment have been terest, subscription prices, percent, lower than the According to analysts, the sion amount is set at 10,000 Kong and Portuguese- provided by the placing and redemption prices are rate of the bonds issued oversubscription suggests yuan. speaking countries. banks. to be paid in renminbi. in Macau. JZ page 4 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 10.07.2019 wed
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Illegal accommodation an attractive (and much cheaper) option for visitors LYNZY VALLES Rooms with a single bunk bed “These months have been really prices ranging from MOP240 to ment leasing to non-Macau resi- usually require guests to pay busy as it is summer vacation in MOP400 for two to three guests. dents. OME tenants in Macau are MOP150 to MOP200, while an the Philippines,” she continued, Many of these illegal inns also In 2017, at the Pacific Asia Tra- Sillegally subletting their rented extra person can be charged up to adding that they only “require a provide basic amenities and toile- vel Association media briefing, accommodation to tourists in order MOP100 more. night’s deposit to confirm the re- tries with free use of the internet. the MGTO director said that the to help cover their living expenses. Usually, the people who post their servation.” Most are located near the Se- public was against private ho- In a Facebook group – whose vacant rooms on social media do The caretaker, who also asked nado Square and Barra areas, mes being rented out as tourist members are mostly Filipino mi- not use their real names and only not to be identified, said that most making them a good option for accommodation, adding that it grants - the posting of “transient identify themselves upon meeting of their guests are families that Filipino guests visiting the SAR for was premature to introduce these rooms” has been popular over the in person. stay in Macau for two to five days. tourism purposes. concepts. past few months, offering rooms for According to the caretaker of an The Times is also aware that Earlier this year, the Universi- However, the practice of short- rent to tourists for about MOP150 apartment being used for sublet- there are other apartments which ty of Macau confirmed that a term letting to tourists remains rife to MOP400 per night, depending ting, the main person leasing the are entirely used for such purpo- postgraduate student leased an in some residential buildings on on the number of persons. apartment refuses to meet with the ses, with daily rents totaling some on-campus accommodation unit the peninsula. The Times visited one of the ille- tourists and also refuses to be iden- MOP700 to MOP800. to others via Airbnb. The Ma- Earlier this year, the Executive gal accommodation inns – which tified. According to the social media cau Government Tourism Office Council completed discussions is typically a two-bedroom apart- “He doesn’t want to be known, so posts, these apartments can ac- (MGTO) investigated the case, on the draft of the hotel business ment. The acting landlady stays in I’m the one that takes care of the commodate up to 12 people. but did not find any evidence of law, proposing to allow budget ac- one room while the other room is apartment and meets the guests,” On an online home rental pla- the provision of illegal accommo- commodation options to meet the rented out to tourists, mostly Fili- said the caretaker, who asked not tform, Airbnb, house listings in dation there, as there are still no demand from different types of pinos. to be identified. the SAR can also be seen with local regulations against apart- tourists.
Octogenarian tangled Hong Kong teens detained in phone scam
HE Judiciary ney laundering which He was also asked to for drug trafficking TPolice (PJ) infor- occurred in Shanghai open a new bank ac- med yesterday that an and that they would count in the mainland RENATO MARQUES on July 6, they had in their pos- of the highest risk drugs for club- 80-year-old local resi- transfer the call to the and provide informa- session a total of 9.54 grams goers in mainland China. dent has fallen victim to Shanghai Police. Upon tion about this account WO Hong Kong residents of cocaine, 30.98 grams of According to the testimony phone scam, leading to being transferred, a se- to the police. Taged 17 and 18 years old ketamine and 45.95 grams of of the detainees to the police, a total reported loss of cond scammer asked On July 6, he reali- have been detained by Macau’s a drug known as “Happy Wa- between July 1 and July 6, they 412,750 yuan (about the victim to down- zed that he had been Public Security Police Force in ter” (gamma-Hydroxybutyric were able to sell around 150 in- MOP480,000). load a communication blocked from the user an operation seizing drugs wor- acid or GHB), a powder that dividual packages of cocaine in The case occurred on application (QQ Mes- that was communica- th about HKD54,000 and over can be snorted or injected. Macau, from which they claimed June 26 when the man senger) through which ting with him. Later he HKD20,000 in cash, a PSP In liquid form, GHB looks like to have earned the approxima- received a call from he would receive more verified that the money spokesperson said yesterday. water and is mostly tasteless or tely HKD20,000 found in their someone speaking in information. he had kept in the new According to the information slightly salty, so it can easily be possession. Mandarin claiming to On July 1, he down- bank account (about provided, the two teenagers from slipped into a drink undetected. They were both presented to be from the police. loaded the app and 78,000 yuan) had also Hong Kong arrived in Macau at When combined with alcohol, the Public Prosecutions Office In the call, the suppo- was asked to transfer disappeared. the beginning of this month and GHB works as a powerful seda- yesterday, accused of drug traffi- sed police officer infor- money worth a total of After talking with his had started selling drugs in bars tive that may prevent someone cking. One of the suspects, who med the elderly man 334,742 yuan to an ac- family members, he de- and nightclubs in the NAPE area. from stopping a sexual assault. tested positive for drugs, was also that he had been in- count in the mainland, cided to file a complaint When the police caught them It was recently reported as one accused of drug consumption. volved in a case of mo- which he did. at the PJ. RM www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 5 wed 10.07.2019 澳聞 MACAU
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Seac Pai Van school to be ready in 2020
A public school in Seac Pai Van China-Lusophone film festival is expected to be operational for the 2020/2021 school year, according to a statement from the Municipal Affairs Bureau introduces animation section (IAM) in response to lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng’s inquiry. HE China and Portu- The community will have one guese-speaking Coun- public school, a vocational and tries Film Festival has in- technical education activities troduced a new section, center, and a language teaching T“Macau Animation,” as part of the activity center. The institutions “2nd Encounter in Macao – Arts are expected to be completed and Cultural Festival between China in the first quarter of 2020. In and Portuguese-speaking Countries.” addition, a large leisure area, To be held until July 17, the festival, and roads and footbridges at featuring over 20 films from China the Seac Pai Van reservoir will and several Lusophone countries, is be completed in the fourth divided into three sections: “Classics’ quarter of next year. Review”, “New Vision of China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries” IC to carry out and “Olá Macao,” the last of which St. Dominic’s features several local productions. On Saturday, outstanding anima- Church tion films selected by the Cultural restoration Affairs Bureau (IC) in the “Subsidy Programme for the Production of The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will carry out restoration Original Animation Short Film” will works on St. Dominic’s Church be screened, according to a statement during an approximate four- issued by the IC. month period starting July 27. These films include “My Father’s During the restoration period, Lunch”, “The Lighthouse”, “Starry the Church will be temporarily Sky” and “Pundusina”, as well as closed, but the Treasure of hand-drawn animation films “De- Rain”, will be screened until this Sa- the production and introduce the de- nal Film Festival 2018. Sacred Art will remain open to licious!” and “Rabbit Meets Croco- turday. velopment of Portuguese-language Tickets for the “China and Por- the public. According to the dile”. The closing film, “The Portugue- cinema. tuguese-speaking Countries Film IC, the restoration work will In addition, four outstanding pro- se Woman” from Portugal, will be The film is adapted from the Festival”, part of the series of the be particularly focused on the ductions selected by the bureau in screened on July 17 at the Macao short story by Austrian writer Ro- “2nd Encounter in Macao – Arts interior pilasters of the Church. the “1st Support Programme for Cultural Centre Small Auditorium. bert Musil, and has been nomina- and Cultural Festival between China The work will commence by the Production of Feature Films”, A pre-screening talk by guest cura- ted in the shortlist for the Berlin and Portuguese-speaking Countries” the end of this month and its including “Sisterhood”, “Empire tor Clarence Tsui will also be held, International Film Festival 2019 are now available at Cinematheque completion is estimated by the Hotel”, “Love is Cold” and “Passing where Tsui will share his review of and the Mar del Plata Internatio- Passion. LV end of November.
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FORUM MDT/MACAUHUB “It is very important to BELT & ROAD develop and deepen this component because it is ne- In pursuit of a cessary for companies to see Macau offers a Macau as an integrated ser- free trade climate vice center, where they can find the most suitable finan- ACAU will aim ts] together with finan- financial connection cial instruments for their Mto foster a “free cial integration are roles expansion into the area of trade” climate with Por- that allow Macau to per- the Greater Bay, as well as tuguese-speaking coun- form its platform duties to Lusophone world in the Portuguese-speaking tries under the central of commercial coopera- countries,” he said. government’s Belt and tion and service platform Speaking specifically of Road Initiative, the city’s between China and the his own bank, he pointed Chief Executive Chui Portuguese-speaking out that the BNU has an in- Sai On said yesterday. countries.”
COURTESY MACAUHUB COURTESY creased responsibility in su- Chui made the com- The Chief Executive pporting Macau’s develop- ments during his ope- took also the opportunity ment as a financial platform ning speech inaugura- to highlight the work that between China and Portu- ting a Symposium held has been done regarding guese-speaking countries. at the Macau Tower and the establishment in “Not only because it is one with the theme of “Ma- Macau of a Center for of the two issuing banks, cau, a world city on the Commercial Services, but also because Macau’s Belt and Road.” as well as for the distri- growth and prosperity are Chui noted that free bution of food products, inextricably intertwined trade between Ma- and for Conventions and Carlos Álvares, BNU CEO with those of the bank,” he cau and Portuguese-s- exhibitions between the said. peaking countries would same parties. HE diversification of of business between China service platform between Álvares recalled that BNU strengthen China’s trade Chui reviewed the la- TMacau’s economy cen- and Portuguese-speaking China and Portuguese- was the first commercial initiative to connect the test policies enforced and tered on relations with Por- countries, “which allows it to speaking countries. bank in Macau. Its goal has whole world. the roles attributed by tuguese-speaking countries is maintain the relevance that Stressing that Hong Kong been to serve the local po- “The construction of the central government essential if the territory is to this cultural heritage gives is a world-class financial cen- pulation and companies, the ‘Belt and Road’ pro- to the region, especially find its place in the Greater it.” ter, Álvares said that in order but also the companies and ject is a strategic oppor- those that refer to the Bay Area, said the chief exe- The BNU chief executive to stay relevant Macau has to business people who wish to tunity that allows Macau role of the territory in cutive officer of Banco Na- pointed out that financial focus on the offer of distinct set themselves up here, pro- to keep pace with inter- the Belt and Road pro- cional Ultramarino (BNU). services are one of the key services to a business niche viding all necessary support national development,” ject, but also at the re- Carlos Cid Álvares said that aspects to be considered in that its characteristics allow it to their operations in Macau Chui said. “The free gional level, such as the Macau should be a facilitator the success of Macau as a to attract. and abroad. flow of trading [produc- Greater Bay Area. RM ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 7 wed 10.07.2019 大灣區 GREATER BAY
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Smart education seminar seeks to boost university- level tech cooperation smart education semi- Kei, President of IPM, wel- of Macau, and the Macao Anar jointly organized comed experts and scholars Polytechnic Institute gave by the Computer Academy from the fields of higher keynote speeches. of Guangdong (CAG) and education information in During the seminar, the the Macao Polytechnic Guangdong, Hong Kong higher education institu- Institute (IPM) was held and Macau. He asked tions prepared for signing in Macau last month, with them to build a coopera- the “Guangdong, Hong the aim of exploring how tion mechanism between Kong and Macau Universi- to strengthen cooperation the information technology ty Smart Campus Alliance” in the field of science and departments of higher edu- agreement to build a smart technology between uni- cation institutions, so as to campus alliance that would versities in the Greater Bay promote the exchange of promote the sharing of re- Area. technology. sources and information for According to IPM, which Ji Fei, Director of the In- educational purposes. hosted the smart education formation Network Engi- The smart campus allian- seminar, 25 representatives neering and Research Cen- ce is a professional alliance from higher education ins- ter of the South China Uni- established under the fra- titutions in the Greater Bay versity of Technology, and mework of the Guangdong, Area participated. Wan Kam Meng, President Hong Kong and Macau The representatives joined of the Macau Computer University Alliance. The discussions on topics such Society, delivered speeches establishment of the profes- as smart campus construc- at the seminar. Representa- sional alliance has actively tion, university ‘informatio- tives from Sun Yat-sen Uni- responded to the call for nization’, and resource and versity, The Hong Kong Greater Bay Area develop- information sharing. University of Science and ment, according to the par- At the seminar, Im Sio Technology, the University ticipating entities. DB
HONG KONG GUANGZHOU Former Canadian Over 14,000 5G base stations Leader hospitalized as to be built this year Precaution Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean is accelerating the development of 5G and Chretien was taken to the hospital as a is expected to build 14,600 5G base stations precaution after falling ill in Hong Kong, by the end of this year, local authorities where he was scheduled to speak at a said yesterday. The number will exceed conference on U.S.-China trade. Tung 65,000 by 2021, when Guangzhou will Chee-hwa, a former Hong Kong leader, achieve uninterrupted 5G network coverage said in opening remarks that Chretien in main urban districts and key areas, arrived in the financial hub late Monday and according to the city’s bureau of industry was unwell. He gave no further details on and information technology. The expansion his condition. A spokesman for Chretien of 5G network will boost the development did not immediately return a request for of related industries in Guangzhou, such comment Monday evening in Ottawa. as electronic manufacturing and artificial “As a precaution we have taken him to intelligence, the value of which will top 800 hospital,” Tung told participants of the billion yuan (USD116.24 billion) by 2021, it conference, hosted by the China United added. Chinese cities are adopting the 5G States Exchange Foundation and the network to meet public demand. Guangzhou China Center for International Economic has built and opened 5,000 5G base Exchanges. Chretien is a prominent stations as of the end of June. According former prime minister and former head of to the China Academy of Information Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party. He served and Communications Technology, 5G as Canada’s prime minister from 1993 to technology is expected to create more than 2003. 8 million jobs by 2030. page 8 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo GREATER BAY 大灣區 10.07.2019 wed
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HONG KONG have participated in recent protests also rejected an offer from Lam for public talks to reconcile their dif- ferences, saying any such meeting must focus on their core demands. Leader Carrie Lam says extradition Some activists pointed out that four of the five student leaders who Lam met with during a previous bout of mass protests in 2014, when she was bill is ‘dead’ as unrest continues the city’s No. 2 official, were later NATALIE LUNG, CAROL ZHONG repeat marches, extreme heat and ever in city’s Kowloon district Sun- I hope the public can give my team prosecuted for their roles. & KARI LINDBERG tear gas volleys from police. Oppo- day, even after the decision by some and myself a chance and space to “Carrie Lam’s invitation for dialo- nents of the bill planned another protesters to break into and vandali- implement a new administration gue is a trap,” said Jimmy Sham, a ONG Kong protest rally Sunday in East New Territories ze the Legislative Council chamber style.” leader of the Civil Human Rights leaders vowed to return district of Sha Tin, in an attempt to drew widespread condemnation. Chinese foreign ministry spokes- Front, which has organized the bi- to the streets after the ci- show support far from the city center. The turmoil has raised new ques- man Geng Shuang said Beijing had ggest recent protests. “Carrie Lam ty’s leader declared her “She’s only putting oil on the fire,” tions about Hong Kong’s long-term “nothing new to add” since backing said she has repeatedly reflected on Hcontroversial extradition bill “dead,” Civic Party lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki viability, almost halfway through Lam’s June 15 decision to suspend her work and apologized, but a key suggesting her latest effort to resolve told reporters yesterday. “We will China’s 50-year promise to preser- efforts to pass the legislation. “The thing she hasn’t reflected on is that a weeks-long political crisis had ba- anticipate more outcry, more people ve capitalist markets and personal Chinese central government alrea- there’s no one in Hong Kong who ckfired. coming out to the streets dy expressed our support, trusts her, and she hasn’t contempla- Demonstrators issued new calls to demand for democracy The legislation has understanding and res- ted why nobody has faith in her.” for people to join their rallies des- in Hong Kong.” pect,” Geng said. Lam has failed to heal divisions in pite Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s The legislation has hel- helped unify Hong The legislation wou- the former British colony two years acknowledgment yesterday that the ped unify the former Bri- ld let Hong Kong enter after taking over from her unpopu- legislation, which would for the first tish colony’s once-fractu- Kong’s once-fractured one-time deals to trans- lar former boss, Leung Chun-ying, time allow extraditions to China, red opposition, drawing opposition, drawing fer criminal suspects to who was forced to forego seeking wouldn’t get passed. Although it’s hundreds of thousands various jurisdictions, in- a second term due to widespread the closest she’s come to admitting into the streets and illus- hundreds of thousands cluding mainland Chi- discontent. While Lam may have defeat after an unprecedented wave trating a source of domes- na. The measure fanned underestimated the opposition to of unrest - including the ransacking tic weakness for Chinese into the streets worries among the busi- her extradition bill, her task was of the city legislature last week - she President Xi Jinping in ness community and the complicated by the requirement to stopped short of agreeing to protes- the middle of a growing strategic freedoms established by the British. city’s democracy advocates about serve two masters - Hong Kong and ters’ demand to withdraw the bill. struggle with the U.S. Lam’s attemp- Lam and her backers in Beijing so the erosion of the “one country, two Beijing - without a public vote to “The bill is dead,” Lam told repor- ts to quiet the unrest - first “pausing” far appeared determined to hang on, systems” framework set up before provide a mandate. ters yesterday in Hong Kong. “Our efforts to pass the legislation, then or risk emboldening an opposition Hong Kong’s return to China. Billy Gung, a 27-year-old accoun- work on the extradition bill amend- apologizing - have only fueled more bent on slowing their agenda and Hong Kong’s dollar fell back into tant who has attended the largest ment is a complete failure.” protests. securing a direct election for chief the weak half of its trading band recent protests, said the extradition Lam’s refusal to formally retract Besides demanding the complete executive. as traders predicted the city’s recent bill was a piece of the bigger poli- the proposal left open the possibility withdrawal of the bill, opponents “Stepping down is not an easy liquidity squeeze is nearing its end, tical problem. “Even if the extradi- that the government could revive it want Lam to resign and drop char- thing,” Lam said, in response to a though there was no indication tion law is dead, there will be other with 12 days’ notice and provided a ges against demonstrators arrested question about whether she planned Lam’s remarks had impacted the bills in the future that favor Beijing new rallying point for a protest mo- during police clashes. Protesters to resign. “I still have the enthusiasm move. and are not in the interest of Hong vement that has persisted through mustered one of the largest marches and responsibility to serve the public. Leaders of student groups that Kong,” Gung said. BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 9 wed 10.07.2019 分析 BUSINESS
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HAILAND is set to increase minimum Twages for a second straight year as it looks to attract workers amid an aging population and shortage of labor in key industries. A subcommittee to decide on the extent of in- crease will meet in the next one to two months to CHRISTOPHER JASPER of selling shares in a com- $1 billion has been raised followed by commercial clien- assess the revision based on the state of the eco- AND ANGUS WHITLEY pany whose plans were put since the company was fou- ts. nomy and industries’ competitiveness, Labor Mi- on hold for four years in 2014 nded in 2004, initially from The founder of Virgin nistry’s Permanent Secretary Suthi Sukosol said ILLIONAIRE Richard after a space-plane broke up Branson, with an Abu Dhabi Atlantic Airways and busines- in an interview Friday. It won’t be long before a BBranson’s Virgin Galactic mid-flight, killing one pilot investment company taking a ses spanning banking to gyms decision is made, the official said. will become the world’s first and injuring another. stake in 2010. The entrepre- said in May that Virgin Ga- The increase was promised during political cam- publicly traded space-tourism Branson said Virgin Galac- neur suspended talks on a $1 lactic’s development and tes- paigns leading up to March’s disputed elections. venture by merging with an tic has made “great progress” billion injection from Saudi ting program had advanced The military backed Palang Pracharath Party and investment firm listed in New in its test-flight program and Arabia last October following sufficiently to move its space Democrat Party - both part of the ruling coalition York. is on track to begin commer- the murder of journalist Ja- vehicles and 100 staff to its now - had promised as much as 40% and 25% Social Capital Hedosophia cial services, allowing it to mal Khashoggi. Spaceport America operatio- minimum wage increase, respectively. Thailand will have a 49% stake in the “open space to more investors Branson is one of several nal base in New Mexico from last year boosted the national minimum wage for combined business, according and thousands of new astro- billionaires, including Ama- a California test center. the first time since 2013 raising the daily range to a statement Tuesday. That nauts.” zon.com Inc. founder Jeff The complex is close to from about 2% to 7% to 208 baht ($6.8) to 330 will raise about $800 million Social Capital Hedosophia Bezos and Tesla Inc.’s Elon completion with a hangar, baht, respectively. for Virgin Galactic as it nears has until September to use a Musk, who are racing to send offices, fuel farm, warehou- “Anything that was promised during campaig- its first commercial flight, pile of cash raised in 2017 or customers into space. se and antenna for telemetry ning is just given policies at a political level,” Suthi a spokesman for the space return it to investors. Its foun- Virgin Galactic already has and communications. A car- said, when asked if it was likely the country’s new company said. Social Capital der, Sri Lanka-born billionai- about 700 customers ready rier aircraft and the spaceship government will act on campaign promises of an Hedosophia shares advanced re Chamath Palihapitiya, will to pay at least $250,000 for a VSS Unity - which replaced up to 40% wage jump. “Employers don’t want to 2.6% in pre-market U.S. tra- also contribute $100 million 90-minute flight to the edge the VSS Enterprise destroyed see it go up, but we are in a shortage of labor.” ding. to the venture and become its of space, allowing them to ex- in 2014 - will be moved the- Construction firms are among those to be most By merging with a listed chairman. perience weightlessness and re over the summer for final affected by any potential wage increases, while the entity, Virgin will bypass the The share sale will help see the curvature of the Ear- test flights before the start country’s political uncertainty is seen to be a key need for an initial public offe- fund Virgin Galactic until its th. Branson said in December of full commercial services risk for Thailand’s economic outlook, which has ring, avoiding a costly investor spaceships can operate and that he expected to make his for passengers and research already been hit by a slowdown in exports and roadshow and the challenge generate a profit. More than first flight some time in 2019, payloads. BLOOMBERG tourism. BLOOMBERG
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Sarah Keklak, archaeology lab manager for the city of Boston, sorts samples as the first historical excavation takes place in Boston’s Chinatown
Archaeologists begin first excavations of Boston’s Chinatown
WILLIAM J. KOLE, BOSTON new lives in Boston from 1840 to Over the years, Boston has the story,” she said. jobs in the adjacent Leather Dis- 1980. unearthed hundreds of archaeo- Organizers say the property trict. OSTON is literally dig- Work began at a vacant lot near logical sites. owner, residents of Chinatown, Because the area was underwa- ging its Chinatown. the ornate gate to the colorful nei- “Digging into Boston’s past is an the Chinese Historical Society of ter until around 1830, researchers City archaeologist Joe ghborhood. It’s expected to conti- exciting experience,” said Bagley, New England and residents of don’t expect to find much of inte- Bagley yesterday [Ma- nue until early autumn. who has led recent excavations of Boston’s Syrian community are rest prior to then, Mooney said. Bcau time] launched the first ex- “We’re excited to conduct the an outhouse next to Paul Revere’s involved in the dig. But this is Boston, so you never cavations in Boston’s Chinatown, first archaeological dig in Bos- home and the boyhood home of In the late 1800s, the nei- know. and he expects the dig to turn ton’s historic Chinatown,” said civil rights activist Malcolm X. ghborhood — now popular with “At the Malcolm X dig, we fou- up artifacts that will shed new Mayor Marty Walsh. “Boston is Carole Mooney, a volunteer, sif- tourists for its restaurants and nd a cannonball,” she said. “It light on immigrants — not only a city of immigrants, and this is ted through topsoil at the site and groceries — drew thousands of shouldn’t have been there — we those from China but also Syria, an important piece of Boston’s found pieces of porcelain, other newcomers attracted by cheap still aren’t sure how it got there — Ireland and England who sought history.” pottery and brick. “It all helps tell housing and plentiful warehouse but there it was.” AP
TRADE WAR Beijing eyes Trump’s 2020 strategy for clues on deal S the U.S. and Chi- ter for International Econo- emerged on Trump’s politi- ld rather make friends with you can deal with.” jing agreed that China needs Ana prepare to res- mic Exchanges. “All of his cal calculus. China than keep battling. Still, another prevalent to be prepared for a protrac- tart trade talks, few in Beijing actions are aimed toward it.” One was that he must deli- This view reflects deep-sea- concern is whether Trump ted confrontation. There are see a clear pathway to a las- More than a year after ver a deal on China heading ted concerns among some in is too unpredictable to trust. many reasons to think that’s ting deal. Trump first levied punitive into 2020 to please his base, the Chinese establishment While the Democrats tradi- wise. Pessimism dominated in tariffs on Beijing, the conflict and would therefore even- about the Democrats -- and tionally care focus more on Chinese and American ne- conversations last week with between the world’s two-lar- tually relent to Beijing’s de- particularly former presiden- human rights and collabora- gotiators have yet to sit down about a dozen bureaucrats, gest economies has only wi- mands. The other was that tial candidate Hillary Clin- te with allies to pressure Bei- for face-to-face meetings government advisers and dened as both Trump and he would drag things out ton, who served as secretary jing, overall they treat China since Xi and Trump shook researchers in China’s capi- Xi face political pressure to through the campaign, par- of state for four years during with respect and work throu- hands on a truce. Before tal following the latest truce resist key demands from the ticularly if the economy and the Obama administration. gh established institutions. they do, they’ll first need to between Presidents Donald other side. Slowing growth stock market held up, since “The Chinese people and “I don’t think Xi would like figure out where to pick up Trump and Xi Jinping. Most and threats against major he faced a field of Democra- think tanks have bad im- to see Trump re-elected,” the pieces. saw Trump’s election strate- companies from both coun- ts who basically agree with pression of Democrats and said Shi Yinhong, a foreign Both sides differ publicly on gy as being the paramount tries have further raised the on getting tough with China. Hillary Clinton,” said Wei, affairs adviser to the Sta- how the talks broke down in factor for whether a deal was stakes heading into next year. Despite all Trump’s pro- the former vice commerce te Council and director of early May, and Trump’s mo- possible in the short term. Many Chinese officials vocations over the past few minister. “The biggest pro- Renmin University’s Center ves since then to both raise “Trump’s biggest aim is were reluctant to discuss years, some in China actually blem with Trump is that he on American Studies in Bei- tariffs and blacklist telecom reelection in 2020,” said Wei the 2020 election out of think he’ll give them a better is unpredictable and doesn’t jing. “Any Democrat would equipment giant Huawei Jianguo, former vice minister fears they could be accused deal. Trump is a pragmatist, always do what he said he be less brutal.” Technologies Co. have nar- of commerce and now a vice of Russian-style meddling. this argument goes, and after will do, but he gives the im- No matter what happens in rowed the space for Xi to chairman of the China Cen- Yet two schools of thought he wins re-election he wou- pression of being someone 2020, though, most in Bei- maneuver. BLOOMBERG www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 11 wed 10.07.2019 中國 CHINA
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ter a morning hearing in which the judge told the attorneys he would AP PHOTO allow jurors to watch videos made by Zhang’s mother, several of her friends, as well as watch a video that shows Zhang singing. The beginning of the penalty phase of Christensen’s trial comes days after the same jury found Christensen guilty. During the cur- rent hearing, Christensen’s attor- neys — who acknowledged at the beginning of the trial that Chris- tensen was guilty — will argue that their client’s life should be spared. They are expected to tell jurors that Christensen knew his homi- cidal fantasies months before he killed Zhang weren’t right and sou- ght help from U of I mental health counselors. They have alleged the school didn’t do enough to help. But prosecutors have already during trial told jurors that Chris- tensen in June 2017 kidnapped Zhang from a bus stop, took her into his apartment in a duffel bag where he raped, stabbed and choked her before beating her to death with a baseball bat. They could use that information to show Christensen’s meticulous planning of the crime and how he even seemed to express pride in what he had done to argue for the death penalty — something Zhang’s family members already have said they support. US prosecutor: Death penalty On Monday, the judge also said he would allow jurors to hear a re- cording of a phone call that Chris- warranted in scholar’s killing tensen made from jail. Prosecutors told the judge Monday that Chris- HE legal battle over Zhang’s body after he brutally kil- by the defense attorneys tried to date the government chooses.” tensen asserts his innocence — so- whether a former Uni- led and decapitated her in June of convey to them that a sentence of Defense attorneys were expected mething The (Champaign) News- versity of Illinois doc- 2017, Nelson spoke of what that life in prison without the possibility to detail Christensen’s mental pro- -Gazette reports that prosecutors toral student should has meant to the still-suffering fa- is punishment enough. blems in the hopes of convincing want jurors to hear because they Tlive or die for the kidnapping and mily of the young woman. Christensen “will die in prison, the jury to spare Christensen’s believe it shows Christensen’s lack slaying of a Chinese scholar began “There will be no life and Brain did just of remorse. with a prosecutor yesterday [Ma- burial. There will be that. She explained how The 30-year-old Christensen cou- cau time] telling jurors that the no closure,” he told ”There will be no burial. Christensen has struggled ld testify during the hearing that is crime was so vicious that the death the jury that last mon- with mental health is- expected to last several days. If he penalty is warranted. th found Christensen There will be no closure. sues such as night terrors does, one big question is whether “It was cold, calculated, cruel guilty. “You will see the JAMES NELSON and debilitating migrai- he will reveal what he did with and months in the making,” Assis- anguish.” ne headaches his whole Zhang’s body, which has never tant U.S. Attorney James Nelson But The (Champaign) life. And she told of how been found, as part of an effort told jurors on Monday afternoon. News-Gazette reported that in the alone, with strangers,” said Julie Christensen did not get the help to convince jurors to spare his life Reminding jurors that Bren- effort to convince jurors to spare Brain. “The only question that re- he needed when he sought mental and sentence him instead to life in dt Chistensen has never revea- the 30-year-old Christensen’s life, mains is when his death occurs — health treatment at the U of I. prison without the possibility of pa- led what he did with Yingying a court-appointed attorney called at the end of his natural life or at a The opening statements come af- role. AP
QIAO JIANJUN Swedish court will not extradite fugitive sought by China
JAN M. OLSEN, ruling. There was no imme- decision on whether he can extradition, committed the The Swedish Foreign Mi- Sweden under a different COPENHAGEN diate reaction from the go- be extradited there. In the alleged crimes in 2011, esti- nistry declined to comment name since 2015. vernment. United States, Qiao is wan- mated to be worth up to 290 on the issue. Relations between Sto- WEDEN’S top court Qiao, a former head of ted for money laundering in million kronor ($ 31 million), Qiao who is also known ckholm and Beijing have Ssaid yesterday it won’t a grain storage facility in California in 2015. it said. as Feng Li, left China in been tense in past years. extradite a fugitive to Chi- China, is accused of money “There is a risk that in When Qiao was released 2011, moved to the United China has rebuked Swe- na, saying he risks the death laundering and embezzling China, he will be subjected in June, China’s ambassador States and became a citizen den for demanding the re- penalty, torture or degrading millions of dollars, among to persecution for political to Sweden, Gui Congyou, of Saint Kitts and Nevis in lease of Hong Kong-based treatment that would violate other offenses. reasons” and “will be sen- criticized the decision, te- 2012. He later moved to bookseller Gui Minhai, a the European Convention He was initially detained tenced to death and be sub- lling Sweden’s Expressen Sweden where he sought naturalized Swedish citizen on Human Rights. in Sweden in August 2018 jected to torture or inhuman daily it was “inconceivable” asylum in March 2019. No who was taken off a train by The Supreme Court said at China’s request. He was or degrading treatment or he was released “based on decision about his asylum police in eastern China in the extradition of Qiao released June 19 but detai- punishment,” the court said speculation that he might be bid has been made, accor- January 2018 while in the Jianjun “cannot take place,” ned again five days later at in its ruling. treated badly or risk the dea- ding to a court document. company of two Swedish di- adding it had informed the the request of the U.S. and “It is probable” that Qiao th penalty. It is disrespectful Swedish broadcaster SVT plomats with whom he was Swedish government of its remains detained pending a who had been opposing to the law.” said he has been living in traveling to Beijing. AP page 12 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo ASIA PACIFIC 亞太版 10.07.2019 wed
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Indonesia SRI LANKA returning 57 Gov’t to slash airline charges containers of developed to help boost tourism world’s BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, COLOMBO waste AP PHOTO RI Lanka’s government an- Snounced yesterday it will re- NDONESIA is sending dozens duce ground handling charges Iof containers of waste back to for airlines and slash aviation Western nations after finding it fuel prices and embarkation fees was contaminated with used dia- to help the country’s vital tou- pers, plastic and other materials, rism industry recover after Eas- adding to a growing backlash in ter suicide bombings killed more Southeast Asia against being a than 250 people. dumping ground for the develo- Tourism Minister John Amara- ped world’s rubbish. tunga said the decision will lead The Directorate General of Cus- to an increase in flights to Sri toms said yesterday that 49 contai- Lanka and a reduction in ticket ners in Batam port near Singapore prices, which will attract more will be returned to Australia, the tourists to the Indian Ocean is- U.S., France, Germany and Hong land nation, famed for its pristi- Kong. ne beaches. foreign currency earner after re- led, amounting to a loss of 8,000 and ground handling contribute Separately, the head of customs Seven suicide bombers from mittances from overseas workers passenger seats. Several airlines a significant percentage of the at East Java’s Tanjung Perak port, a local Muslim group, National and textile and garment exports. have reinstated their normal total cost element of any airli- Basuki Suryanto, said eight other Thowheed Jammath, attacked The cuts in charges and fees schedules since then, but others ne,” he said. containers with 210 tons of was- three churches and three luxury will be in place for six months, have not. Tourism accounts for 4.9% of te that arrived from Australia last hotels on April 21, killing 258 said Johanne Jayaratne, head of Dimuthu Tennakoon, chair- Sri Lanka’s GDP. Around half a month were supposed to contain people, including 45 foreigners the government’s tourism deve- man of the Board of Airline million Sri Lankans depend di- only paper but included diapers, mainly from China, India, the lopment agency. Representatives, said the gover- rectly on tourism and 2 million plastic bottles and oil packaging. U.S. and Britain. About 2.3 million tourists visi- nment decision will encourage indirectly. China recently banned the im- Tourist arrivals declined 57% in ted Sri Lanka in 2018, when 29 airlines to increase their capacity The government currently pre- port of plastic waste, resulting June from a year earlier, dealing airlines offered 300 flights per and offer attractive fares. dicts $3.7 billion in revenue from in more being sent to Southeast a severe blow to the tourism in- week. After the April 21 attacks, “That will definitely happen tourism this year, down from an Asia. AP dustry, the country’s third-largest 41 fights per week were cance- with this reduction because fuel initial forecast of $5 billion. AP ad www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 13 wed 10.07.2019 亞太版 ASIA PACIFIC
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TRADE export controls,” Abe said Sunday on a Fuji Television talk show. On another Fuji talk show last week, Koichi Hagiuda, a senior lawmaker in Abe’s Liberal Demo- Japan says it won’t discuss or cratic Party, said some chemical ex- ports were unaccounted for. A day later, former defense minister Itsu- retract S. Korea export rules nori Onodera mentioned a South Korean newspaper report in May MARI YAMAGUCHI & KIM The export restrictions cover fluori- about illegal shipments of sensitive TONG-HYUNG, TOKYO nated polyimides, which are used in materials that could have ended up
AP PHOTO organic light-emitting diode (OLED) in North Korea and Iran via third APAN said yesterday it does screens for TVs and smartphones, countries. It did not cite any sources. not plan to retract or rene- and photoresist and hydrogen fluori- South Korea denied the allegations, gotiate its stricter controls on de, used for making semiconductors. summoning a Japanese embassy of- Jhigh-tech exports to South Japanese officials say those chemi- ficial to protest Abe’s suggestion that Korea, a day after the South Korean cals are sensitive materials that cou- it could not be trusted to faithfully president urged that the issue be re- ld be used in fighter jets, radars and implement sanctions against North solved through diplomacy. chemical weapons. They say the de- Korea, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tokyo tightened the approval pro- cision to tighten export controls was Kim In-chul said yesterday. cess for Japanese shipments of pho- based on a lack of trust that posed a South Korean officials say there is toresists and other sensitive materials risk to national security. no evidence to back up such claims to South Korean companies last They haven’t elaborated on the and that Seoul has been properly week. alleged security risks, but Japanese implementing international sanc- Japanese officials say such materials Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his tions against the North over its nu- can be exported only to trustworthy ultra-conservative aides have hinted clear weapons program. trading partners, hinting at securi- rean President Moon Jae-in’s appeal have raised concern over possible there may have been illegal transfers Sung Yun-mo, South Korea’s Mi- ty risks without citing specific cases. for a diplomatic solution thorough disruptions for South Korean manu- of sensitive materials from South nister of Trade, Industry and Ener- They have rejected suggestions that “sincere” bilateral discussions, ur- facturers and global supply chains, Korea to North Korea. gy, said yesterday that an “emergen- the move was driven by a worsening ging Tokyo to withdraw what he he said. “South Korea says it is adequately cy inspection” of companies that in ties between the two countries re- described as a politically motivated South Korea’s Trade Ministry says abiding by the sanctions and that it process and export the chemicals lated to historical issues. measure. Seoul plans to file a complaint with is properly carrying out export con- imported from Japan found no sign “The measure is not a subject for Moon said Monday his country the World Trade Organization. trols. But South Korea, with its han- of illegal transactions allowing them consultation and we have no inten- would be forced to take countermea- Japan’s trade measures followed re- dling of the former Korean wartime to reach North Korea or any other tion of withdrawing it either,” Chief sures if the restrictions on materials cent South Korean court rulings or- laborers issues, clearly demonstrated country affected by United Nations Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga used mainly in semiconductors and dering Japanese companies to com- that it is a country that does not keep sanctions. He said only Japan had said at a news conference. displays cause damage to South Ko- pensate South Korean plaintiffs for promises. Naturally, we have to assu- questioned the credibility of South He was responding to South Ko- rean companies. The trade curbs forced labor during World War II. me it also fails to keep promises on Korean export controls. AP
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USA his victims to recruit additional girls, creating “a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit,” prosecutors said. Wealthy financier charged Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Rossmiller said that while the- re is some overlap between the Florida and New York cases, with molesting dozens of girls one of the counts is based enti- MICHAEL R. SISAK & JIM rely on New York victims. MUSTIAN, NEW YORK Federal authorities said new AP PHOTO accusers have come forward N a startling reversal of since Epstein’s arrest, and they fortune, billionaire finan- urged other possible victims to cier Jeffrey Epstein was contact the FBI. charged yesterday [local Some of Epstein’s accusers Itime] with sexually abusing do- welcomed the indictment. zens of underage girls in a case “The news of my abuser’s ar- brought more than a decade rest today is a step in the right after he secretly cut a deal with direction to finally hold Eps- federal prosecutors to dispose tein accountable for his crimes of nearly identical allegations. and restore my faith that power The 66-year-old hedge fund and money can’t triumph over manager who once socialized justice,” Sarah Ransome said with some of the world’s most through her lawyer. powerful people was charged Prosecutors in New York are in a newly unsealed federal in- seeking the forfeiture of Eps- dictment with sex trafficking tein’s mansion, a seven-story, and conspiracy during the ear- 21,000-square-foot townhouse ly 2000s. He could get up to 45 less than a block from Central years in prison if convicted. Park. The home, formerly a The case sets the stage for prep school, is across the street another #MeToo-era trial from a home owned by Bill In this courtroom sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein (center) sits with his attorneys during his arraignment fraught with questions of weal- Cosby and has been valued at th and influence. Epstein’s approximately USD77 million. powerful friends over the years vate jet, was brought into court said in court, calling the case on authorities in New York. Epstein’s arrest came amid have included President Do- Monday in a blue jail uniform, essentially a “redo” by the go- The alleged victims “deserve increased #MeToo-era scru- nald Trump, former President his hair disheveled, and plea- vernment. their day in court,” Berman tiny of the 2008 non-prosecu- Bill Clinton and Britain’s Prin- ded not guilty. He was jailed But U.S. Attorney Geoffrey said. “We are proud to be stan- tion agreement, which caused ce Andrew. for a bail hearing next Mon- Berman of New York said that ding up for them by bringing a furor in recent years as the Prosecutors said the eviden- day, when prosecutors plan the non-prosecution agree- this indictment.” details came to light, many of ce against Epstein included to argue that the rich Epstein was accused them exposed in a series of sto- a “vast trove” of hundreds or world traveler might in the indictment of ries by The Miami Herald. even thousands of lewd pho- flee if released. [Epstein created] paying underage girls Under the deal, Epstein was tographs of young women or His lawyers argued ‘a vast network of hundreds of dollars in allowed to plead guilty to state girls, discovered in a weekend that the sex-crime alle- cash for massages and charges of soliciting a minor search of his New York City gations had been sett- underage victims then molesting them at for prostitution. He avoided a mansion. Authorities also fou- led in 2008 with a plea his homes in Palm Bea- possible life sentence and ser- nd papers and phone records agreement in Florida for him to sexually ch, Florida, and New ved 13 months in jail, during corroborating the alleged cri- that was overseen by exploit’ York from 2002 throu- which he was allowed out to mes, and a massage room still Alexander Acosta, who gh 2005. go to his office during the day. set up the way accusers said it was the U.S. attorney He “intentionally sou- The deal also required that appeared, prosecutors said. in Miami at the time and is ment that spared Epstein from ght out minors and knew that he reach financial settlements Epstein, who was arrested now Trump’s labor secretary. a heavy prison sentence a deca- many of his victims were in fact with dozens of his alleged vic- Saturday as he arrived in the “This is ancient stuff,” Eps- de ago is binding only on fede- under the age of 18,” prosecu- tims and register as a sex offen- U.S. from Paris aboard his pri- tein attorney Reid Weingarten ral prosecutors in Florida, not tors said. He also paid some of der. AP
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KELVIN CHAN, LONDON tronic surveillance by U.S. fers don’t adequately protect per se but said the commissio- security agencies, including consumers’ data privacy. The ner can, under the law, take a N Austrian privacy AP PHOTO the disclosure that Facebook clauses are data protection more measured approach by Acampaigner’s long- gave the agencies access to agreements approved by the halting data transfers in indi- -running legal battle against the personal data of Euro- EU’s executive Commission vidual cases, like Facebook’s. Facebook over its data trans- peans. in which businesses commit Facebook said the agree- fers to the U.S. reached the Schrems, concerned that to abiding by the bloc’s strin- ments are vital tools for com- European Union’s highest his personal information was gent privacy standards, in- panies. court yesterday. at risk, had challenged the cluding protecting personal “Standard Contractual The European Court of data transfers through the data. Clauses provide important Justice was hearing argu- courts in Ireland, where Fa- The Irish authorities even- safeguards to ensure that Eu- ments on whether Face- cebook’s European business tually asked the ECJ, which ropeans’ data are protected book’s Dublin-based sub- is headquartered. is based in Luxembourg and once transferred overseas,” sidiary can legally transfer The Irish Data Commissio- is the EU’s top court, for a the social network’s associate users’ personal data to the plications for social media Privacy campaigner Max ner issued a preliminary de- ruling on whether these con- general counsel, Jack Gilbert, U.S. parent company. companies and thousands Schrems launched the case cision that the transfers may tractual clauses comply with said in a statement. They A decision, which is expec- of EU businesses that send in 2013 after former NSA be illegal because so-called European rules. “enable thousands of Euro- ted by the end of the year, customer data to places like contractor Edward Snowden “standard contractual clau- Schrems doesn’t have a peans to do business worl- could have far-reaching im- the U.S. revealed the extent of elec- ses” that govern data trans- problem with the agreements dwide.” AP www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 15 wed 10.07.2019 廣告 ADVERTISEMENT
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MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER what’s ON TV canal macau this day in history 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) Sands Presents: All That’s Gold Does 1940 Luftwaffe launches Battle Glitter – An Exhibition of Glamorous 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) Ceramics 15:00 Agua de Mar of Britain Time: 24 hours 15:45 Zig Zag The German Air Force, the Luftwaffe, has mounted a series Until: October 9, 2019 16:20 OndEstá o Tesouro of attacks on shipping convoys off the south-east coast of En- Venue: The Venetian Macao, The Parisian Macao, 16:45 Quem Quer Ser Milionário gland. Sands Macao & Four Seasons Hotel Macao It is the first major assault by the Luftwaffe and is being seen as Admission: Free 17:45 Amor Maior (Repetição) what the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, dubbed in a speech Enquiries: (853) 2882 8888 18:15 TDM Sports (Repetição) three weeks ago as the beginning of the “Battle of Britain”. 19:35 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 Although heavily outnumbered, the British fighter pilots put Macau Science Centre 20:30 Telejornal up a fierce fight and succeeded in driving off the attackers. The Air Ministry says they inflicted “the greatest damage on Time: 10am-6pm daily (Except on Thursdays; open 21:15 TDM Entrevista on public holidays) the German air force since bombing raids on this country be- 21:50 Filhos da Nação Sr.3 gan”. Venue: Macau Science Center 22:25 Amor Maior In total the Air Ministry says 14 enemy aircraft were shot down Admission: MOP25 (Exhibition Centre) and 23 more were severely damaged. 23:15 TDM News MOP60 (Planetarium 2D dome or 2D sky Two British fighters were lost, but the pilot of one survived and shows) 23:50 Motel Bates Sr.2 is safe. MOP80 (Planetarium 3D dome or 3D sky 00:35 Telejornal (Repetição) The bombing raids began at dawn hitting airfields along the shows) 01:20 RTPi Directo south and east coasts of England. Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 But the main attacks took place offshore later in the day, when two shipping convoys were targeted. The first was at Mandarin’s House 1100 hours off Manston and at 1325 hours a large force of Time: 10am-6pm daily (Last admission at 5:30pm; about 120 enemy aircraft approached a convoy between Do- closed on Wednesdays, open on public holidays) ver and Dungeness. Spitfire pilots went into the attack shooting down a num- ddress: No. 10, Travessa de António da Silva A ber of German Messerschmitts, Me110s and Me109s. Exact Admission: Free numbers are difficult to verify but it seems at least nine planes Enquiries: (853) 2896 8820 were shot down. cinema On landing the Spitfire pilots said when they made their last Treasure of Sacred Art of St. Joseph’s attack and came round again to carry on the fight the sky was Seminary cineteatro clear of German aircraft. Time: 10am-5pm daily (Closed on Wednesdays, 04 - 10Jul Towards evening Hurricane pilots sighted nine Heinkel bom- open on public holidays) bers protected by more than 50 fighters attempting to attack Venue: St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Rua do shipping off the east coast. The bombers were surrounded by Seminário two rings of Messerschmitts - but the Hurricanes broke throu- gh and attacked the bombers shooting down at least two. Admission: Free People watching from the south-east coast say the first sign nquiries: (853) 2835 7911 E of the attack was when a wave of about 20 German bom- bers with a similar number of support fighters dived out of the See Saw Zine? clouds. Time: 12pm-8pm (Closed on Tuesdays) They rained bombs down on a convoy of ships, but did not hit. Until: July 12, 2019 A second wave of bombers and fighters followed but before a Venue: Taipa Village Art Space second load of bombs could be released, the ships opened fire Admission: Free with their anti-aircraft guns. Enquiries: (853) 2857 6212/ 2857 6118 At this moment, a flight of Spitfires appeared and flew straight into the middle of the German formation - hitting one bomber SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME which crashed into the sea. room 1 It appears the intensity of the attack took the Germans by 2:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45pm surprise and completely destroyed their formation. Director: Jon Watts One eye-witness told The Times newspaper: “I saw 10 ma- Starring: Zendaya, Angourie Rice, Tom Holland Language: English (Chinese) chines crash into the sea, they included bombers and fighters. Duration: 129min The range of operations was too extensive to see everything, for it was over land and sea. Offbeat UGLYDOLLS “The British fighters were fewer than the Messerschmitts room 2 sent to protect the bombers, but the superiority of our airmen 2:30pm and machines was most convincing.” Philly got Patti LaBelle’s name Director: Kelly Asbury wrong on honorary street Starring: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) Courtesy BBC News Duration: 87min
AP PHOTO TOY STORY 2 room 2 4:30, 7:30, 9:15pm In context Director: josh cooley Starring: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force Language: Chinese (BEF) from Dunkirk, Adolf Hitler had Britain in his sights. Duration: 109min On 16 July 1940 he ordered preparations for the invasion of Britain codenamed Operation Sealion. MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL Britain retained naval superiority and Hitler knew that an room 2 amphibious invasion would be made easier if Germany could 9:30pm establish control of the air in the battle zone. Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very Director: F. Gary Gray The battle for control of the skies became known as the Battle Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts of Britain. own street last week. Unfortunately, the signs didn’t get Language: English (Chinese) The Luftwaffe had the clear advantage - 750 long-range and her name right. Duration: 109min 250 dive bombers, 600 single-engined and 150 twin-engined The city’s Streets Department didn’t capitalize the “b’’ fighters - significantly more than RAF Fighter Command’s 600 in the legendary soul singer’s last name on the signs that THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 planes. But the Luftwaffe was hampered by an inconsistent plan of room 3 were put up before Tuesday’s ceremony on Broad Street. action whereas the British forces were well prepared. Radar A stretch between Locust and Spruce streets was rena- 2:30, 4:30, 7:30pm technology - being used for the first time in battle - gave plen- Director: Chris Renaud, Jonathan del Val ty of notice of the German bombing raids. med “Patti LaBelle Way” in honor of the Philadelphia na- Starring: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford tive. The air attacks were initially focussed on British shipping, ports Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) and airfields along the English Channel but gradually the battle City spokeswoman Deana Gamble tells The Philadel- Duration: 86min moved inland. phia Inquirer the city is aware of the error and plans to The Germans stepped up their bombing raids in August and install signs with the correct capitalization next week. A LONG GOODBYE targeted London. Britain retaliated by bombing Berlin. A sign that LaBelle autographed and held during the ce- room 3 The German forces were losing bombers quicker than they remony had the correct spelling. 9:30pm could replace them and so they switched to night-time raids Director: Ryôta Nakano which continued until March 1941. She thanked all the fans who came out to the ceremony Starring: Yû Aoi, Yuito Kamata, Chieko Matsubara Britain had won the Battle of Britain - and Operation Sealion and reminisced about her parents walking down that very Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) was postponed until further notice. stretch of Broad Street. Duration: 127min www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 17 wed 10.07.2019 資訊／娛樂 INFOTAINMENT
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Alaska Native girl leads animated kids Fear, glory for TV show in US first Spain’s mounted RINCESS Daa- nation’s first-ever chil- bullfighters Pzhraii Johnson grew dren’s series featuring F all the traditions Nothing is farther from up eating dried salmon indigenous leads. Osurrounding the reality, says Roberto Ar- and moose-head soup The animated show, world of bullfighting, the mendáriz, a 33 year-old — foods labeled weird which premieres July “rejoneo” — mounted “rejoneador” who says by other kids who had 15 on PBS Kids, highli- bullfighting — is among he feels “a great deal no understanding of ghts the adventures of the least understood. of responsibility” every her culture and tradi- a 10-year-old Athabas- Those who love it con- time he steps out into the tions. can girl, Molly Mabray. sider it a skilled art form. bullring with one of his Now the Fairbanks Her family owns the Others see it as a cruel highly trained stallions. woman and other Denali Trading Post in and bloody crime for There’s also much fear Alaska Natives are pre- the fictitious communi- the sake of entertain- to confront, says Armen- senting their world to a ty of Qyah, whose re- ment. Some also believe dáriz, who performed general audience with sidents are both Native that the “rejoneador,” last weekend in the bull- “Molly of Denali,” the and non-Native. mounted on a horse and ring of his native Pam- armed with his lance, plona, the city hosting takes a more cowardly Spain’s annual running approach to bullfighting of the bull races during
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Grand Ole Opry tours get updated with new Freeform supports immersive film HE backstage of the 100 different artists on sta- Halle Bailey’s Ariel TGrand Ole Opry, a ge. The 14-minute film is radio staple since 1925, is hosted by Garth Brooks casting amid a place where you might and Trisha Yearwood and run into your favorite coun- is projected onto three backlash try star, drop a letter in a screens inside the new Cir- singer’s mailbox or take a cle Room, which is the first Disney-owned ca- nish mermaids can be peek inside a dressing room stop for fans on the Opry’s A ble network has black because Danish where an impromptu jam daily tours. taken aim at critics who (asterisk)people(aste- session is happening. Country singer Jeannie disagreed with the deci- risk) can be black.” Every year, 1 million peo- Seeley is coming up on her sion to cast Halle Bailey Bailey is half of the ple come to the Opry Hou- 52nd year as a member of as Ariel in the upco- sister duo Chloe x se in Nashville, Tennessee, the Grand Ole Opry, one ming adaption of “The Halle. She will star in to see a performance, or of only three living fema- Little Mermaid.” the live-action version event, or take one of the le artists who have been Freeform posted an that will include songs backstage tours that allow members longer than 50 open letter on Sunday from the 1989 anima- fans to see behind the red years. The singer who had in support of Bailey af- ted Disney hit as well curtain on the “show that a hit with “Don’t Touch ter some on social me- as new tunes from ori- made country music fa- Me” in 1966, has seen the dia used the hashtag ginal composer Alan mous.” radio program, the Opry #NotMyAriel to object Menken and “Hamil- And a new feature this House and its tours trans- to a black woman por- ton” creator Lin-Ma- year on those tours is an form and be updated over traying the red-headed nuel Miranda. immersive film that ex- the years. mermaid princess of Bailey will join Ja- plains the history of the “It is so alive. It is so realis- the animated film. But cob Tremblay and unique institution while tic,” said Seeley of the new the network says “Da- Awkwafina in the film. showing video clips of over film. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo page 19 wed 10.07.2019 體育 SPORTS
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nament.” The Chinese (1-2) lost their first AP PHOTO two games in Las Vegas — they fell by 41 points to Miami on Fri- day, and looked much better in a 17-point loss to Sacramento on Saturday. They trailed by six in the opening minutes against Charlotte yesterday [Macau time], then took the lead late in the first quarter and held it the rest of the way. “We’re still improving a lot,” Li said. “We improved a lot when we came here. The first game we we- ren’t ready for the physical game, the fast game. The second game, on a back to back, we started reali- zing some things.” The players China brought to Las Vegas represent the bulk of what will be the nation’s World Cup roster. Longtime NBA player Yi Jianlian is expected to play in the World Cup, and he’s not playing in Las Vegas because of an injury. Guo Ailun, one of the more talented Chinese players, didn’t play against Miami, scored 20 points against Sacramento and had 12 more in the win over the Hornets. “The intensity of the game is China’s Zhao Rui (1) drives toward the basket past Miami Heat’s Kendrick Nunn (25) during an NBA summer league basketball game really high in the summer lea- gue,” Guo said through a trans- lator before the game. “It’s much stronger than what is in China. ... BASKETBALL The intensity, the pace, it’s really a challenge.” For group play in the World Cup, China will take on Poland, Venezuela and the Ivory Coast. China’s World Cup team sees Based on FIBA rankings, it’s not a particularly strong group and it’s not unreasonable to think that China would make at least the Summer League as opportunity tournament’s second round. TIM REYNOLDS, LAS VEGAS get ready for the FIBA World Cup, there, and an 84-80 win over the Among the challenges for the Li believes the level of play at which will take place in China Charlotte Hornets was a sure sign Chinese so far in Las Vegas: Get- Summer League may even exceed HINA’S national team from Aug. 31 through Sept. 15 — of progress. ting used to the speed and strength what the Chinese see in group came to the NBA Sum- with USA Basketball entering as “There’s high expectation so of the teams in Summer League, play. mer League looking for the top-ranked team in the world we’ve got to be ready and we’ve and Li said he’s urged his players “It’s a lot of help,” Li said. “Tho- education. and the presumed favorites to win got to raise the pressure,” China to start becoming tougher men- se teams, I think they’re better CThey’re learning plenty — and the tournament for the third strai- coach Li Nan said. “Not just the tally. than the other teams in the group. got a win as well. ght time. players, also the coaching staff. We “It’s so fast. It’s a different level,” We’re trying to play to win these Summer League is essentially Fans in basketball-mad China need to concentrate on our details, Li said. “The contact, we’ve never games and we’ll use those games several preseason games for the are already eager for the World do preparations now, concentrate seen this before. The rules are di- to have confidence to face the Chinese. They’re in Las Vegas to Cup. The national team is getting on our stuff.” fferent. It’s hard to play this tour- other opponents.” AP
FOOTBALL US victory most-viewed match this year but down from 2015 HE United States’ 2-0 averaged 11.44 million. lemundo apps — which victory over the Nether- The audience was down makes it the most-streamed
T AP PHOTO lands in the FIFA Women’s 43.8 percent from the 2015 Women’s World Cup match World Cup final averaged final between the U.S. and ever. nearly 15.6 million U.S. Japan, which averaged 25.4 The CONCACAF Gold viewers on English- and Spa- million viewers. That match Cup final between the U.S. nish-language television. though was played in Cana- and Mexico averaged 2.9 It was the most-viewed ma- da and started at 7 p.m. Eas- million on Fox Sports 1, tch this season, but a decrease tern, compared to Sunday’s making it the most-viewed from the 2015 final. in France, which kicked off at non-World Cup match in the The match averaged 11 a.m. Eastern. network’s five-year history. 14.27 million viewers on The Telemundo broadcast The Copa America final Fox, according to the ne- averaged 1.3 million and between Brazil and Peru twork and Nielsen, and peaked at 2 million as the averaged 3.1 viewers on Te- peaked at 19.6 million. It match concluded. lemundo. The ESPN-plus was a 22 percent increase The match averaged streaming service had the over last year’s FIFA World 589,000 viewers online — English-language rights but Cup men’s final between 289,000 on Fox apps and the network did not divulge France and Croatia, which 300,000 on NBC and Te- figures. AP US State Department proposes the $2 billion sale of arms to Taiwan BUZZ The State Department is proposing the sale of USD2.2 arms sales to Taiwan, a self-governing island that China claims billion in arms to Taiwan, including 108 Abrams tanks and as its territory. 250 Stinger surface-to-air missiles, sidestepping protests from The State Department says the arms will help Taiwan “meet China. current and future regional threats” and enhance its ability to The tanks represent a significant upgrade to Taiwan’s aging operate with the U.S. and other partners. armored battle fleet. Congress has been notified of the propo- Taiwan split from China in 1949, and has no formal diplo- sed sale and lawmakers can vote to stop it. matic ties with the U.S. America is Taiwan’s main supplier of OPINION The Chinese foreign ministry has said it firmly opposes U.S. defensive weapons. Macau Matters Richard Whitfield UAE Bahrain has recorded temperatures that make Fans mourn João the month of June the A comedy of errors hottest ever experienced in the Arab Gulf country in To fulfill some family commitments, my wife Gilberto at Rio de more than a century. and I flew to the US on a recent Sunday mor- ning. To avoid the pain and stress of getting up Janeiro funeral Saudi Arabia State-owned at 6am to get a taxi and ferry to the Hong Kong oil company Aramco has airport, and to enable us to catch up with friends awarded USD18 billion in ANNA JEAN KAISER, who live on Lantau Island, we decided to stay at contracts to expand oil RIO DE JANEIRO and gas capacity at two a well-known, but herein un-named, Hong Kong AP PHOTO of its fields. Aramco said airport hotel on the Saturday night before our ANS from around the in a statement yesterday flight. Our experience would be laughable, if it Fworld honored bossa it had awarded 34 was not so annoying. nova pioneer João Gilberto contracts for engineering, It begins by trying to book a room at the hotel yesterday [Macau time], fi- procurement and online. First, we tried using a popular compa- ling past his coffin at his fu- construction at the Majran rative online hotel booking site but found that neral in Rio de Janeiro. and Berri offshore. the rate quoted was about 25% higher than the A small string orchestra rates quoted directly on the hotel’s own website. France A court has and choir performed one acquitted French tycoon So much for online pricing comparisons getting of Gilberto’s most famous you good deals. Bernard Tapie of fraud songs, “Chega de saudade” over a USD452.5 million Therefore, we decided to book directly through as his body was displayed in payment linked to the sale the hotel’s website. All went well until it came an open casket at the entry of sportswear company to making payment – their system only accepts of Rio’s Municipal Theater. Adidas in the 1990s. Tapie, online payments through PayPal, and insisted on Dozens of friends and who has been battling creating an account if you do not already have family joined in and sang Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Brazilian cultural icon Joao cancer, was not present one. Based on past bad experiences my wife re- along, including Gilberto’s Gilberto out of the Municipal Theater where his wake was held, as for yesterday’s verdict. fuses to use PayPal. daughter Bebel Gilberto, they start their way to the cemetery in Rio de Janeiro So, the next approach was to telephone the ho- also a singer, who smiled tel to make a telephone booking. Through the and cried while turning to AP PHOTO Chinglish we finally understood that the hotel hug and kiss her younger rhythmical tone to sing, it’s Copa America soccer tour- does not accept bookings by phone but they sister Luisa. so beautiful. ... We used to nament held in Rio de Ja- could email us a booking form to complete and Earlier, his wife Maria do dance with our boyfriends neiro. Tens of thousands of return. After much messing about, and a few Ceu stood alongside the to this music.” fans stopped for a minute emails that went into never-never land, we fi- body as fans passed throu- Josef Fitz of German said of silence for Gilberto befo- France President nally completed and returned the requisite form, gh to say their goodbyes. Gilberto’s art “was exciting. re the game started Sunday Emmanuel Macron’s only to have our Macau credit card “declined”. Gilberto’s ex-wife Claudia It was a special kind of mu- and pop star Anitta closed top diplomatic adviser So, we used a US credit card and all was finally Faissol was also present. sic, a new kind of music.” her opening performance is spending two days in Tehran as part of an booked. Our stay was acceptable, but nothing Huge funeral wreaths Jader Cruz, a 77-year-old by screaming, “Light to the memorable, but it was very good to catch up with urgent bid to deescalate were lined up behind Gil- from Rio de Janeiro, said master, João Gilberto!” rising tensions with Iran our Lantau Island friends. berto’s coffin with banners he’s been listening to Gil- In a joint statement, the Airport hotels serve an important purpose, over its unraveling nuclear that read, “To the master berto’s music since he was Recording Academy and deal with world powers. but the hotel in question seems to be relatively of masters, João Gilberto,” 16. the Latin Recording Aca- incompetent technically. Also, I would have and “All the love for our ge- “He will stay alive inside demy said that Gilberto was Sweden Top court thought that a significant part of their business nius, João.” One fan stood us, he will not die, his mu- “an architect of bossa nova said yesterday it won’t could be people staying overnight to catch early on the steps to the theater sic will not disappear,” Cruz music” and that his “in- extradite a fugitive to next-day flights and that they should have well holding up a homemade said. “He left a mark with novative style and master China, saying he risks the thought out and simple booking procedures for sign that read “Go with that strength he had, that musicianship helped turn death penalty, torture this kind of request. Maybe they survive because sweetness and love he put the genre into a worldwide or degrading treatment God, João Gilberto.” that would violate the they do not have much (if any) competition, but “His music reminds me while playing, that is unfor- phenomenon.” they are certainly damaging Hong Kong’s repu- European Convention on of my teenage years,” said gettable.” The 88-year-old Gilberto Human Rights. tation as a tourist destination. Graciela de la Torre, a Gilberto, a two-time died of natural causes in his My only previous experience of airport hotels 67-year-old fan from Ar- Grammy winner, also was home in Rio de Janeiro on was at Boston’s Logan International Airport a gentina. “That smooth, honored at the final of the Saturday. AP few years ago. They were very efficient – it was AP PHOTO very easy to book online and they readily accep- ted a Macau credit card. I did not download the App, but at the time they were testing a system whereby your smartphone was your room key. THE DECISIVE MOMENT AP Photo/Christophe Ena None of that kind of sophisticated electronic US H. Ross Perot, the nonsense at our Hong Kong airport hotel. colorful, self-made Texas I have been telling Macau hotel management billionaire who rose from a students for years that hotels should largely do childhood of Depression- era poverty and twice ran away with check-in counters and let guests do for president as a third- everything online, and use their smartphones as party candidate, has died. their room keys, but it does not seem to have He was 89. happened here yet. I have not really booked a stay in a Macau ho- tel, but I sincerely hope that they do a much better job than the hotel at the Hong Kong air- AP PHOTO port. But I would be more impressed if hotels here could lead the world in the adoption of te- chnology in hotels – seamless online bookings (including room selection and assignment), and US President Donald smartphone-based room keys, and so on. Gene- Trump lashed out for a rally, I believe that hotels are very techno-phobic second day at Britain’s and there is a lot of improvements that could be ambassador to the United made. This is an excellent area for Macau to de- States Kim Darroch velop economic diversification – it just needs the yesterday, describing will and entrepreneurial spirit, and government him as “wacky” and a support. Why not? “pompous fool,” after a Le Tour. The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, covering leak of emails critical of the 214 kilometers from its start in Reims and finish in Nancy, yesterday. American administration.