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Korea The rival Koreas announced yesterday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang sometime in September, while their envoys also discussed Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament efforts and international sanctions. More on p13

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meeting The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, will visit Beijing for the first plenary meeting degradation on ‘tourism pressure’ of the leading group for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau he government has re- Greater Bay Area. Chui will attend the Tleased the annual report meeting, to be held on August 15, as a on the State of the Environ- member of the leading group formed by ment of Macau 2017. The the Central Government. The visit will document, issued by the run until August 17. Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), analyses the environmental condi- 88 schools to start tions of the region in the academic year past year and compares it with results from across the beginning September last decade. The report indi- cates that most of the main According to information provided by environmental performance the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau indicators fell, with the ra- (DSEJ), 88 schools are ready to kick-off pporteurs pointing the finger the new academic year in the first four days of September. The DSEJ informed at “tourism pressure” as the that 29 of these 88 schools will start the main factor contributing to academic year on September 1 (Saturday), the degradation of environ- followed by the majority of 50 schools, mental conditions. which will start the academic year on The report lists factors such September 3 (Monday). Nine other schools as the “economic recovery told the DSEJ they will be ready to start and the visible increase in the year only on Tuesday (September 4). the number of tourists as Macau peninsula and about 4 sumption led by the com- tributed as a cause of the The bureau also noted that, according to well as the intensity of tou- percent in Taipa. The report mercial sector, the report significant increase in was- the guidelines of DSEJ, most of the schools rism, the consumption of also registers a drop in the adds that Macau registered te collected, the report says. will organize opening ceremonies for the electricity and water resour- type of PM2.5 particles in all a lower percentage of rainfall The super-typhoon was also school year at different times for different ces, among others,” which stations with the exception in 2017, by 23.7 percent less the cause for the substantial year levels in order to facilitate the traffic create “challenges to deal of Taipa, which registered an than in 2016. decrease in the number of flow on those days. Eleven other schools with in terms of atmosphe- increase of 4.1 percent. Although the growth of trees, contributing to a sli- informed that they will start the classes for ric environment, solid waste Another area of significant consumption was noted in all ght decrease of Macau green different year levels across two different management and the aquatic concern regarding the air areas, the higher effect was area per capita. days to reduce traffic congestion. More environment.” quality in Taipa was the hike noticed in the Cotai area (an Noise levels were also re- information on each school timetable and Across the eight chapters in Ozone levels, which excee- increase of 6 percent), whe- corded poorly, especially at commencement dates can be accessed and over 80 pages of the re- ded the levels of the previous re the major hotel units are the Ecological Areas Sta- through DSEJ’s website. port, the DSPA analyzed the year by 26.3 percent. located. tion (in the surroundings results from six main indica- According to the DSPA, the According to the report, of Lotus Flower Border). Zhuhai signs tors such as the atmospheric proportions of the emission the quality of coastal waters The DSPA noted that the noi- environment. These include sources have been following in 2017 was generally iden- ses produced by social life, RMB100 billion factors such as air quality, an identical pattern over the tical to that of 2016 with a road traffic and construction pollutant emissions, and last few years. The major special note regarding the are primary contributors. loan deal electricity consumption. contributors to air pollution evaluation index of non-me- “In 2017 there was a clear The Zhuhai municipal government has In the “atmospheric envi- continue to be land trans- tallic products, which still increase in the number of signed a loan agreement with China ronment” chapter, the bu- portation and local electri- exceeds the standard value. noise-related complaints Construction Bank (CCB) Guangdong reau recorded fewer “good” city production (with the At the same time, there were compared to 2016. Accor- Branch, China Construction Bank (Asia), or “moderate” air quality exception of ammonia which increases of different degrees ding to the results of the ge- China Construction International, and days in 2017 than in 2016, is primarily produced from in eutrophication levels re- neral environmental noise China Construction Bank Macao Branch. with a special mention for wastewater treatment plan- corded at various monitoring survey conducted in 2017, it According to the agreement, CCB and the air quality in Taipa Is- ts). points compared to 2016. is estimated that about 50 its subsidiaries will provide no less than land. Aside from one day re- Lead emissions by the Solid waste management percent of the total popula- RMB100 billion yuan (USD14.7 billion) to gistered at a “very unhealthy” trade industry, household was another topic of con- tion of Macau is exposed to fund the construction of the Guangdong- level, it also saw the number consumption and services cern in 2017, registering an outdoor noise exceeding 65 Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area in the of “good” or “moderate” days industry surged by 120 per- increase in the total amount dB.,” the report reads. following five years. The Mayor of Zhuhai drop significantly, followed cent. Lead is a heavy metal of urban solid waste as well The awareness and the in- pointed out that “during the transformation by a hike in “unhealthy” le- that affects the air quality as the amount of urban so- crease of population parti- period, Zhuhai will need to fulfill the vels, which registered a re- and water resources. lid waste per capita, the cipation in activities related strategic role of the Belt & Road Initiative cord of 28 days (a three-fold Regarding the marine en- amount of special and ha- to environmental protection and establish the core urban area along the increase on the 2016 results). vironment, the quality of zardous waste, and the num- is, in fact, one of the only west bank of the Pearl River,” according to Similar results were recor- drinking water in 2017 was ber of vehicles scrapped. positive aspects noted in the a statement issued by the Zhuhai Hengqin ded in all the other stations said to have maintained a Such values continued to report, with the government New Area. Specifically, Zhuhai plans to upgrade its infrastructure to enhance of the Peninsula and Islands, low salinity level and the grow in 2017, although noting that more people and connectivity for the core urban area along with all of them registering total coliforms level of the the DSPA registered a de- companies have showed in- the west bank of the Pearl River. A supply more days of “unhealthy” air water supply networks com- crease in the quantity of terest in participation in chain platform for tech companies will be quality in 2017 than in 2016. plied with the standards of waste from construction different programs such initiated. The neighboring city’s government The report notes also a the law. materials that had been as the “Macau Green Ho- also plans to build a manufacturing base for growth in the concentrations Together with the concerns targeted with various was- tel Awards” and others that high-end equipment at the west bank of the of PM10 particles, which in- noted by the DSPA regarding te reduction measures. grant environmental certifi- Pearl River. creased by 15 percent in the the increase in water con- Typhoon Hato was also at- cation. RM

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Municipal body to have two additional members at CE election council he amendment of the region’s Pereira Coutinho then protested TChief Executive (CE) election that “Macau’s corruption is due to was passed by the Legislative As- […] the CE being elected by a few sembly (AL) yesterday, amid a fier- people.” ce argument among the lawmakers CE-appointed lawmakers Chan Wa concerning Macau’s democratic de- Keong and Iau Teng Pio immediate- Sonia Chan pictured yesterday at the AL (center) velopment, and the legitimacy of the ly responded to these comments by former three CE elections. saying that Macau’s political stability The amendment, which is an an- cannot be destroyed and that every AL Plenary nex of the law concerning the es- lawmaker has the right to be heard. tablishment of the city’s Municipal Nonetheless, Chan Chak Mo noted Institute, proposed replacing two that there will not be universal suf- of the CE election council members frage in Macau. Chan: Anthem law from the Macau SAR’s National “We do not see the Basic Law saying People’ Congress with two mem- that universal suffrage could be im- bers of the city’s future Municipal plemented in Macau,” said Chan, ad- Institute. ding that “universal suffrage might does not challenge The argument began when a few not be good. […] Our [Chinese] pre- lawmakers deemed the amendment sident is also elected by the commu- unclear on whether Macau is positi- nist party.” vely developing in terms of democra- Chan listed other examples, such freedom of the press cy. as Taiwan’s former president Chen After the government’s introduc- Shui-bian, South Korea’s former pre- Julie Zhu with the government. “No pu- viduals who show disrespect tion of the amendment, Ng Kuok sidents, the former president of Ma- nishment is written in the law towards the national an- Cheong voiced that “this law poses laysia, and the former president of he region’s national concerning that.” them will be fined between absolutely no progress [in terms of Venezuela, all of whom are in prison anthem law was pas- The law also proposes loca- MOP2,000 and MOP10,000. democratic development]. I don’t despite having been elected under a sed by the Legislative tions where the national an- However, lawmaker Ip Sio think there are conditions for me to democratic system. Assembly (AL), with them should or not be used Ka remains displeased with support such a bill.” Sonia Chan then replied to the TSecretary for Administration and states that insulting the the punishment, deeming it The Municipal Institute will consist lawmakers by saying that “democra- and Justice Sonia Chan clai- national anthem will be con- to be too light. of two councils: the Municipal Admi- cy does not consist of just a singular ming that the law will not sidered a crime. “There should be heavier nistration Council and the Municipal method, and that there is not just pose a threat to the freedom punishments. If there are Consultation Council. All members one way of learning about public opi- of the press. only fines, I don’t think they of the two councils will be appointed nions.” The anthem law proposes show too much respect [for by the CE. The Secretary, among other that the SAR government can China],” said Ip. “The CE can appoint members of lawmakers, believed that Macau has require Macau’s media to pu- Until now, Mak Soi Kun, who also su- both councils, and the members in a kind of democracy that is suitable blish directed reports in rela- pports the law, remarked “it turn will choose the CE. […] This is for Macau. tion to the law itself. Macau [the anthem law] is neces- an ugly election. [The amendment] Another government representa- “[The accusation] whereby people’s sary; it protects the coun- is unacceptable. […] Not only it does tive, surnamed Zhao, said that “the we force the media to conduct try’s dignity. The handover is not feature progress of any sort, it former three CEs were legally elec- propaganda of the anthem hearts have about to be 20 years old, but can even be regarded as a step ba- ted. […] Following the election, the law is incorrect,” said Chan, have Macau people’s hearts ckwards,” declared Au Kam San. CEs were then appointed by the Cen- further explaining that “the not realized been “handed over”? Until Following Au’s comment, Sulu Sou tral Government, which means the bill means the government now, Macau people’s hearts complained that “the city’s former election was legal.” has the obligation [to work the importance have not realized the impor- three CEs were not elected according Besides the aforementioned with the media to produce of the anthem. tance of the anthem.” to the Basic Law.” lawmakers, others, including Kou specific information]. It does According to Chan, edu- Sou’s statement immediately beca- Hoi In, Ma Chi Seng, Wu Chou Kit, not conflict with the freedom Mak Soi Kun cation and propaganda are me the focus of the discussion. and Fong Ka Chio, voiced their dis- of the press.” the main purposes behind Secretary for Administration and content with this statement. According to Chan, “the an- Moreover, primary and the law, and “only those who Justice Sonia Chan, in reply to Sou, Agnes Lam then proposed that Ma- them law is not a censorship on secondary education levels behave erroneously will be said, “all previous CE election proce- cau should include more residents in media, it is just a promotion of should include education on punished.” dures were legal and complied with the city’s CE election when the go- a law.” She said there will be no the national anthem in their Chan said that the govern- Macau’s laws, with all former CEs vernment amends Macau’s election punishment against the media curriculums. ment will not consider impo- elected legally.” law. JZ if the media does not cooperate According to the law, indi- sing heavier penalties.

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Lynzy Valles tion has been participating for several years and has witnes- ood enthusiasts gathered sed the increase in the number Fat the 19th Southeast Asia Southeast Asian delicacies of residents who are also keen Food Carnival for the annual on Southeast Asian cuisine. showcase of sweet treats from “We’ve been joining every several countries, which were continue to attract locals year and more people are co- offered at some 14 booths. ming to the festival. I hope Stalls representing Indone- many more can join,” she said. sia, Philippines, Myanmmar dishes to the festival, inclu- local residents’ love for Indo- tival,” said the owner of Rasa Another stall, which offered and Thailand were presented ding their own version of fried nesian dishes is increasing. Sayang, Mbak Fia. Filipino delicacies, showcased at the carnival, offering the onion and red bean with gar- This year at the stall of the “So far, it has been good. over 10 of its traditional food, most famous cuisine in their lic, amongst others – inclu- Indonesia Returned Overseas This festival helps to promote including sticky rice balls in respective countries. ding jade jewelry made in the Chinese Association, Indone- our food, and many residents coconut milk and a series of The event was held over the country. sian restaurant Rasa Sayang like the dishes that we prepa- sweet rice cakes. weekend in the area adjacent “The more we have festivals offered an array of its most- re, including those from Nepal “It has been raining, but our to the Three Lamps roun- like these, the more it promo- loved delicacies, including and India,” she added. sales are doing well,” said a dabout, and had stalls offe- tes our food. Local residents their own version of skewers President of the Indonesia representative, Marietta Ba- ring an array of different de- will further distinguish the and cendol – a typical Indone- Returned Overseas Chinese luyot. licacies, with those manning different food that the regions sian drink that is made from Association, Winnie Lo, hoped “Every year we try to add the stalls hoping to better in- offer,” said May Thetnwe, who rice flour and served with that similar carnivals would different dishes for the locals tegrate their culture into the oversaw the stall. ice, brown sugar and coconut continually be held in the city to try. I believe these kinds of region. Another stall serving Indo- milk. to also celebrate the 2018 Ma- festival help [to] promote our A Burmese association in the nesian cuisine was proud to “It’s actually our first time cao Year of Gastronomy. culture and the cuisines we city brought some traditional represent its roots, noting that […] participating in this fes- According to Lo, the associa- are good at,” she added. ad tue 14.08.2018

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ew approvals of Meanwhile, new CRELs appointed lawmakers Nresidential mort- rose by 118.4 percent gage loans (RMLs) and month-to-month to awmaker Sulu Sou’s de- commercial real estate MOP6.4 billion. Within piction of the Legislation As- loans (CRELs) increased this total, new CRELs to sembly (AL) as “trash” will be in June 2018, as did their residents, which occu- discussed by the AL’s House respective outstanding pied 98.3 percent of the LRule Committee following a protest marques renato balances, according to total, surged by 118 per- made by Vong Hin Fai which was the latest data from the cent to MOP6.3 billion, accepted by the AL president, Ho Iat Monetary Authority of as it was mainly driven Seng. Macao. by new enterprise loans The “AL should be the miniature of In June, new RMLs with a high denomina- the society, and it should represent approved by Macau tion. the public in executing the legislation lawmaker system. more than 1,400 inquiries to the go- banks increased by 51.2 Meanwhile, the non-re- and in supervising. […] It is indeed That “the government-appointed vernment in four years. However, the percent month-to-mon- sident component also unnecessary to keep the governmen- lawmaker system, [according to whi- seven lawmakers from the last term th to MOP7.4 billion, of grew to MOP112 million. t-appointed lawmaker system, which ch] the Chief Executive has seven vo- only delivered three and a half inqui- which new RMLs to re- The monthly average of belongs to the colonization period, tes [to appoint seven lawmakers in ries (one of them was co-submitted sidents, accounting for new CRELs approved be- and to let the AL continue to be known total] is the biggest insult to democra- with an indirectly-elected lawmaker). 63.5 percent of the total, tween April and June was by residents as the ‘trash assembly,’” cy,” protested Sou. “Last [AL] meeting, the CE appoin- decreased by 2.4 percent MOP5.9 billion, up by 3.7 said Sou during yesterday’s AL ple- In Sou’s opinion, the “ridicule” of the ted lawmakers ganged up against one to MOP4.7 billion. As it percent when compared nary meeting. CE-appointed lawmaker system lies directly elected lawmaker [himself]. was mainly attributed to with the previous three- Vong Hin Fai, a member of the AL’s in two functions of these lawmakers It was indeed amusing. The public the approval of enterpri- month period. House Rules Committee, expressed themselves: to protect the CE who understands deeply that it is just a re- se loans with large loan As at end-June 2018, his disapproval of Sou’s comments. appointed them and to supervise the venge of the political system’s vested size, the non-resident the outstanding value “Regarding Sou’s expression, I think directly-elected lawmakers who su- interest, and its purpose is to suppress component increased to of RMLs was MOP197.5 it constitutes an insult to the AL. I pervise the government. the voice that is authorized by the peo- MOP2.7 billion. billion, up by 2.6 per- express my disapproval,” declared “Lawmakers appointed by CE are ple, and to suppress [the lawmaker] The monthly average cent from a month ear- Vong. the sole responsibility of the CE, whi- from continuing to criticize the gover- of new RMLs appro- lier or 6.3 percent from AL Chairman Ho Iat Seng proposed ch goes against the law regulating that nment’s administration,” said Sou. ved between April and a year ago. The outstan- to leave the matter to the AL’s House lawmakers, regardless of whether “Myself and many residents are firm June 2018 was MOP5.4 ding value of CRELs was Rules Committee for further discus- they were elected or appointed, shou- at requesting the cancellation of the billion, up by 8.2 percent MOP195 billion, up by sion. ld represent the SAR and the public’s system, and will not support main- from the previous period, 1.3 percent month-to- Yesterday, Sulu Sou voiced the- interest,” he said. taining the system because of the covering March through month or 12.9 percent se remarks as part of his criticism According to Sou’s calculations, se- individual quality of CE-appointed May. year-on-year. of Macau’s government-appointed ven lawmakers can submit a total of lawmakers,” said Sou. JZ

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ver the past year, the Ma- MOP680,000. According to a sta- Ocao Foundation (FM) has tement issued by the Government approved MOP580 million in Information Bureau, it issued the subsidies to assist residents in money after verifying – with Con- dealing with damage and los- de S. Januário Hospital, Kiang Wu ses caused by Typhoon Hato. Hospital and University Hospital – A special subsidy scheme covering the information supplied by appli- several areas was established to cants. All payments to successful provide assistance to residents and applicants had been processed by help them ride out difficulties re- December 2017. sulting from the severe storm whi- In addition, in September 2017, ch struck Macau during August last the Macao Foundation had given Weather Bureau on year, causing10 deaths and major an aggregate of MOP3 million pa- economic loss. tacas to be shared between the fa- The FM received a total of 6,368 milies of the 10 people who died subsidy requests relating to a pro- during Typhoon Hato. brink of hoisting No.8 gram to subsidize restoration of The government approved a total storm-damaged homes. Of tho- of MOP430 million in subsidies yphoon Sig- should travel between the ters from Macau, with a se applications, the foundation on electricity and water tariffs to nal No.3 was still peninsula and Taipa via maximum sustained wind has approved 5,665, involving eligible households that had expe- hoisted as of last the motorcycle lane of Sai speed of 75km per hour an aggregate of approximately rienced suspension either of elec- night for the third Van Bridge. near its center. MOP40.03 million. tricity or water supply – or both – Tconsecutive day, as tropi- It also urged the public The tropical storm has The foundation invited nine asso- following the typhoon. The grants cal storm Bebinca loomed to take precautions as the- followed an unpredictable ciations from different professional offered a 500-pataca discount on about 180 kilometers sou- re will be flooding in the trajectory taking it briefly sectors to carry out the assessment water bills to each of the 211,000 th of Macau. Inner Harbor area today across the most eastern work and authorization tasks on a households that lost water supply The Meteorological from morning to noon due point of Hainan Island, case-by-case basis in order to treat during Typhoon Hato; and 1,500 and Geophysical Bureau to high tide. into southern Guangdong, each of them promptly, fairly, and patacas in subsidy to each of the (SMG) warned that the As of last night, Bebin- and then back in the Sou- effectively, guaranteeing also that 215,000 households affected by signal would likely remain ca was about 180 kilome- th China Sea. the subsidy amounts would reach power supply loss. The subsidies in effect into today, with According to weather the residents as soon as possible have been issued to each hou- the possibility of it being forecasting app Windy. and that they would be used for the sehold as of October 2017. imminently raised to No. The tropical com, Bebinca will be at rightful and intended purpose. After Typhoon Hato, the Macao 8. its closest to Macau late- The application deadline for me- Foundation requested assistance As usual with such sig- storm has morning today, however dical treatment subsidies via the from non-governmental organi- nals, the SMG warned strong winds might pre- FM was October 31, 2017. The zations in relation to issuing sub- drivers to be attentive to followed an vail for the best part of foundation received a total of sidies to vulnerable families. The traffic safety and strong unpredictable the day and into the early 246 applications and approved subsidies involved amounted to winds over the bridges, hours of tomorrow mor- 208, involving an aggregate of MOP105 million. adding that motorcyclists trajectory ning.

Renato Marques CRIME onsensual sex Consensual teen intercourse sparks abuse accusation Cbetween two local teenagers has led the fa- mily of the girl to press 14 years old, and they xual intercourse. that both had planned In a separate case re- As in the previous case, charges against the boy, both attend school in the Eventually, the girl told the meeting and they had ported during the same both the sexual partners accusing him of sexual Areia Preta area. the story to a friend who had “safe sex” using a press conference by the are students at the same abuse of a minor, the The incident occurred warned the girl’s mother condom. PSP, the family of an school. Judiciary Police (PJ) on July 15 when the two about it, leading her to Also questioned by the underage girl has re- They have reportedly spokesperson informed teenagers arranged a present a complaint to police, the girl also ack- ported to the PSP that been in a relationship yesterday during a press meeting to walk around the PJ. nowledged that she had the girl had gotten preg- since November last conference. the city together. On August 9, while not been forced into ha- nant from a sexual rela- year. The case was first ope- According to the re- re-entering the region ving sex, noting also that tionship with an adult, It is not clear also at this ned on July 20 when the port, they met at around by the Border Gate che- this was not her first se- aged 19. stage what led the family mother of the girl presen- 4 p.m. and walked arou- ckpoint, the police detai- xual experience as she Although her pregnan- to report this to the PSP ted a complaint against nd for about three hou- ned the boy for questio- had had sex on previous cy is yet to be confirmed, as, according to the PSP the boy for sexually abu- rs until they decided to ning. occasions with her boy- the family claimed the spokesperson, no formal sing her 13 year old dau- head to a building roof- The boy denied any friend (a different boy). girl’s menstruation was accusation of any cri- ghter. top in the Areia Preta unlawful or forced beha- The case is still under late, which led them to minal activity has been In fact, the boy was only area where they had se- vior, telling the police investigation from the PJ. believe she is pregnant. made. 14.08.2018 tue

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ebastiao Pedro stru- ck it lucky in 2014 when, Mozambique’s ruby mining goes as a 21-year-old small- scale miner, he found a Slarge red ruby in northern Mo- zambique. He sold it to a buyer from ‘wild west’ to big business from Vietnam for USD43,000, returned to his family 900 miles quality stones, buyers will have claimants allege their sons away and built a house with the confidence to purchase more. were shot dead by security for- proceeds. Then the money ran oomberg ces there. b l out. Growth Plans Gemfields, owner of luxury This year he went back to Mon- Small producers make up 90 jeweler Faberge, said it takes tepuez, home to the world’s big- percent of the colored gemsto- the allegations seriously and gest known ruby deposit, hoping ne industry, said Shetty, who denounced any form of vio- to find another small fortune. helped to build Gemfields’ lence or abuse. Many of the He was disappointed. A crack- Montepuez operation. Fura acts in the claim involved the down by the authorities has seen plans to account for 10 percent Mozambican police, and Leigh thousands of local diggers and of the trade in five years, and 15 Day wants to hold the company traders arrested. Hundreds of percent in a decade. responsible, according to Gem- others from as far away as Thai- “We need more organized fields, adding that it will defend land have been deported. players in this sector,” Shetty itself vigorously. “The situation is difficult be- said. “There is no doubt in my Fabiao Namiva, an official cause the police have been mind that prices will continue in the Montepuez local gover- sending people away and the to increase.” nment, said that while there concession areas are full of com- Mozambique’s shift to a more have been some problems - the pany security and we can no organized trade has caused authorities want Gemfields to longer work,” Pedro said as he strife. Because the deposits are move more quickly in resettling and five fellow diggers in dust-s- shallow - starting at 2 meters a village away from its mining tained clothes scratched around cks of dirt - waste that’s already Chinese Demand below the surface in places - concession - rubies have bene- in the gravel beside a small dam. been scoured it for the gems. Growing demand and rising access is easy. That makes it fited the country. A few hundred yards away is Though it’s difficult to know prices, thanks mainly to Asian attractive to informal miners, “The exploitation of rubies is Gemfields Group Ltd.’s ruby the value of the global rough- buying, have spurred plans by or “garimpeiros,” as they’re contributing greatly to the re- operation. After a woodcut- ruby trade because it’s so frag- Gemfields to increase produc- known locally. venue of the state. We are satis- ter discovered a shiny red sto- mented, the New York-based tion at the site over the next In one of Gemfields’ pits, fied with that,” he said by pho- ne there in 2009, as many as Natural Resource Governance two years, build a new proces- thousands of pinkish red sto- ne. “There are problems mana- 10,000 people from all over the Institute estimates the ruby, sing plant and a sort-house for nes glisten on the floor, and can ging people’s expectations.” world descended on the dense emerald and sapphire business grading the stones. They’ve also easily be plucked - were it not Gemfields has built three woodland, digging and trading is worth as much as $2.5 billion attracted more robust competi- for the tight security. (Workers schools and provides mobile rubies, or offering goods and annually. tion. and visitors are patted down clinics in the area. It has also services to those doing the mi- From nothing 10 years ago, Fura Gems Inc., a Toronto-ba- and made to remove their boots created 1,000 jobs, according ning. Mozambique now accounts for sed miner, last month announ- even when moving from section to Gilbertson. “It looked like a gold rush in as much as 80 percent of glo- ced two deals to buy ruby con- to section of the operation.) But for people like Visado Ma- the Wild West,” said Gemfields bal ruby output, according to cessions that will be the largest Researchers have said an in- riano, who a year ago arrived Chief Executive Officer Sean Gil- Richard Hughes, an expert on in the country. That’s a sizable surgency in Cabo Delgado mi- from neighboring Nampula bertson, son of Brian, the one- the stones at Lotus Gemology land package: Gemfields itself ght be getting funding from the province to hunt for the gems, time CEO of the world biggest Co. Ltd. in Bangkok. Many of has an area almost half the size illicit ruby trade, but Gilbertson opportunities are few. He toils miner BHP Billiton Plc. “There Montepuez’s rubies are the colo- of New York City. says this is unlikely as Monte- on the banks of the small dam was a lot of violence, a lot of cri- rs consumers covet - “like a red The startup is run by Dev She- puez is more than 120 miles across the road from the mine, minality.” traffic light,” he said. tty, ex-chief operating officer at away from from where most of hoping to turn up something The promise of riches is Gemfields, and he’s rapidly put the attacks have taken place. shiny and red. ‘Traffic Light’ perhaps best illustrated by the together a team, many of whom “We know how to search for Four years ago, Pedro would $72 million that Gemfields, whi- he poached from his former Rights Abuses rubies. If the company got us to sneak into mining concessions ch controls the only major mine employer. In April, law company Lei- work with them in the mines, and dig up gravel containing in the area, raised at a June Shetty shares Gilbertson’s gh Day brought a case against it would be better,” he said. the precious stones. Now it’s too auction in Singapore. While the counter-intuitive reasoning Gemfields in London, claiming “I live badly and sometimes dangerous, so he and his collea- quality of stones differs at each that demand will follow produc- more than 100 community spend days without eating, but gues wait for other informal mi- sale, making comparisons diffi- tion increases. As companies members it represents suffered I will continue here. Even if I ners who are able to get into the cult, prices doubled from a year like Fura and Gemfields provi- serious human-rights abuses go home I have no job. It’s the mining areas to bring back sa- earlier to $122 per carat. de a more consistent supply of at Gemfields’ operation. Four same thing.” Bloomberg

corporate bits the parisian hosts elderly group at show earlier this month at The Pa- macao water supports oxfam campaign Oxfam, supporting the cam- risian Macao, as guests of paign in a variety of ways to Sands China Ltd. assist vulnerable small far- Sands Cares Ambassadors mers in their fight against po- accompanied the group arou- verty. nd a tour of The Parisian Ma- Last month, together with cao prior to the show, which Oxfam (Macau Branch), the included the observation de- water company donated 350 cks at the Eiffel Tower, accor- packages of Oxfam rice to the ding to a statement issued by Pou Lei Centre of the Fuhong the gaming operator. Society of Macau, as a contri- Before the performance of bution to the daily operations La Parisienne, the group en- of the association. joyed a meet and greet with Macao Water said that it ho- members of the show’s cast. pes to have new opportunities “The elderly members of our to co-operate with other insti- association were so enthu- tutions and promote the link siastic about this opportunity between the company and the given by Sands China. The underprivileged. transportation arrangement Macao Water also extended made it so easy for them to such initiatives to the company attend,” said Ho I Lam, ac- Macao Water was recently building to raise funds for the itself, hosting an event entitled ting director of the Women’s invited to become a spon- campaign. “Green Monday with Oxfam A group of approximately Women’s General Associa- General Association of Ma- sor at the 2018 Oxfam Rice According to a statement, Rice,” organising a vegetarian 40 members of the Lok In tion of Macau watched the cau’s Lok In Elderly Service Campaign, thus setting up a the company acquired hun- lunch for all employees, using Elderly Service Centre of the La Parisienne variety show Centre. charity sales stand in its office dreds of batches of rice from the Oxfam rice. 14.08.2018 tue

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Analysis te power, including pushing through the removal of presi- dential term limits in March and establishing a burgeoning Now with power to long rule the cult of personality. That resentment was given voice in a lengthy jeremiad titled “Imminent Fears, Immi- country, Xi beset by challenges nent Hopes” penned by Tsin- ghua University law professor Christopher Bodeen, Beijing Xu Zhangrun, who warned that, “Yet again people throu- s China’s leaders gather ap photo ghout China [...] are feeling a Afor their annual Yellow Sea sense of uncertainty, a moun- retreat, the country’s political ting anxiety in relation both waters are looking choppy. to the direction the country is Chinese President and ruling taking as well as in regard to Communist Party leader Xi their personal security.” Jinping is beset by economic, “These anxieties have genera- foreign policy and domestic po- ted something of a nationwide litical challenges just months panic,” Xu continued before after clearing his way to rule for listing eight areas of concern as long as he wants as China’s including stricter controls over most dominant leader since ideology, repression of the inte- Mao Zedong. lligentsia, excessive foreign aid Mounting criticism of the Xi and “The End of Reform and administration’s policies has the Return of Totalitarianism.” exposed the risks he faces from Even more boldly, Xu called amassing so much power: He’s for a restoration of presidential made himself a natural target term limits and a re-evaluation for blame. of the 1989 pro-democracy mo- “Having concentrated power, vement centered on Beijing’s Xi is responsible for all policy Tiananmen Square. The pea- setbacks and policy failures,” ceful protests were crushed by said Joseph Cheng, a retired the military and remain a taboo City University of Hong Kong topic to this day. professor and long-time obser- Although Xu is reportedly out ver of Chinese politics. last month that external factors thing and a loss of public con- relations advocated by Deng of the country and has not been Notably, Xi used to domina- were weighing heavily on eco- fidence in the government cou- Xiaoping, the architect of Chi- officially sanctioned, another te state-run newspapers’ front nomic growth. ld be devastating,” said Zhang na’s economic reforms that laid longtime critic, retired pro- pages and the state broadcaster Ming, a retired professor of po- the groundwork for today’s re- fessor Sun Wenguang, found CCTV’s news bulletins on a dai- litical science in Beijing. lative prosperity. himself carted off by police in ly basis but has in recent weeks And last week, the authorities Leaders are likely to discuss the middle of a radio interview made fewer public appearan- mobilized a massive security at least some of these challen- with the Voice of America in ces. “He can’t shift the blame, Trust is the effort to squelch a planned pro- ges during informal discus- which he railed against China’s so he’s responding by taking a test in Beijing over the sudden sions at the Beidaihe resort lavish spending abroad. lower profile,” Cheng said. most important collapse of hundreds of peer-to in Hebei province as part of a A sign of the Xi administra- The challenges so far aren’t thing and a -peer borrowing schemes that tradition begun under Mao. Xi tion’s anxieties is a new cam- seen as a threat to Xi’s grip on underscore the government’s and others generally drop out paign to promote patriotism power, but for many Chinese, loss of public inability to reform the finance of sight for two weeks or more among intellectuals — a recur- the government’s credibility is system to cater to small inves- during the summer session. ring tactic when public debate on the line. confidence in tors. Xi’s mildly bombastic brand is seen as needing a course cor- Of greatest concern to many Meanwhile, Xi’s signatu- of Chinese triumphalism “has rection. is the trade war with the U.S. the government re project, the trillion-dollar not been popular with many The notice of the new cam- that threatens higher tariffs on could be “Belt and Road” initiative to in the party,” leading critics to paign, issued July 31, cites “the hundreds of billions of dollars build investment and infras- speak out, said Steve Tsang, broad masses of intellectuals” of Chinese exports. Critics devastating. tructure links with 65 nations, director of the China Institute and the “patriotic spirit of stru- say they’ve yet to see a cohe- is running into headwinds at London’s School of Oriental ggle,” while giving little in the rent strategy from Beijing that Zhang Ming over sticker shock among the and African Studies. way of specifics. could guide negotiations with Political Scientist countries involved. Some Chi- Some have even called for Much of the discontent with Washington and avoid a major nese have also questioned the the sacking of one prominent Xi can be traced to his admi- blow to the economy. Beijing At the same time, a scandal over wisdom of sending vast sums proponent of the rising China nistration’s perceived ineffecti- instead seems to be opting for vaccines has reignited long- abroad at a time when millions theme, Tsinghua University veness, said Zhang, the retired defiance and retaliatory measu- held fears over the integrity of of Chinese remain mired in po- economist Hu Angang, with academic. res of its own. the health care industry and verty. 27 graduates of the elite insti- “If you want to be emperor, Both the stock market and the the government’s ability to po- That in part plays into concer- tution signing a letter to that you must have great achieve- currency have weakened in res- lice the sprawling firms that ns over Xi’s abandonment of effect. ments,” Zhang said. “He hasn’t ponse and the Communist Par- dominate the economy. the highly pragmatic, low-key Resentment lingers also had any, so it’s hard to convin- ty itself conceded at a meeting “Trust is the most important cautious approach to foreign over Xi’s moves to consolida- ce the people.” AP

German man has lear- word of which has rarely Aned the hard way that appeared in China’s enti- practicing journalism in Beijing expels German student rely state controlled media China, even for a class pro- and on the heavily policed ject, could lead to serious Chinese internet. trouble. who researched rights lawyers Missal said his work was David Missal, 24, was never published beyond pursuing a master’s de- and he had a week to leave him twice against pursuing politics,” Missal said, refer- and activists. Several recei- his personal blog and You- gree in journalism and China. the politically sensitive ring to his own case. ved lengthy sentences for Tube, which he thinks was communication at presti- Missal said he thinks subject, but he went ahead China questioned, detai- subversion of state power seen by less than 100 peo- gious Tsinghua University that’s because he repor- anyway because he wanted ned and in some cases for- while a few still await sen- ple. in Beijing. He landed in ted on the plight of jailed to “get to learn Chinese so- mally arrested around 300 tencing. Tsinghua’s propaganda Duesseldorf this weekend human rights lawyers in ciety and politics.” people nationwide starting The action against Missal office said it could not after Chinese immigration a journalism class. Missal “In a way, the last two from July 9, 2015, as part underscores China’s extre- immediately comment authorities told him his said a Tsinghua represen- months I did get to learn of its biggest crackdown me sensitivity to foreign at- and had to look into the student visa was canceled tative this year warned more Chinese society and on human rights lawyers tention to the crackdown, case. AP tue 14.08.2018

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hina insisted yes- terday there is no “ar- bitrary detention” and there are no “re-educa- China to UN panel: No arbitrary Ction centers” in its western Xin- jiang region, rejecting concerns raised by a U.N. human rights committee that more than 1 detention in Uighur region million ethnic Uighurs may be being held in camps. Beijing was responding to questions raised by the Commi- ap photo ttee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Geneva. A committee member last week ci- ted estimates that over 1 million people in China from the coun- try’s Uighur and other Muslim minorities are being held in “counter-extremism centers” and another 2 million have been forced into “re-education camps.” China’s delegation told the pa- nel that “there is no arbitrary detention [...] there are no such things as re-education centers.” It said authorities in Xinjiang have cracked down on “violent terrorist activities,” while con- victed criminals are provided with skills to reintegrate them- selves into society at “vocatio- nal education and employment training centers.” “The argument that 1 million Uighurs are detained in re-edu- ch they were detained, the speci- profess loyalty to the party. and indoctrination centers. Chinese delegation leader Yu cation centers is completely un- fic provisions?” Global Times said the intense The roughly 10 million Ui- Jianhua highlighted economic true,” Chinese delegate Hu Lia- There was no direct response regulations in the region were ghurs make up a tiny proportion progress and rising living stan- nhe said through an interpreter. to that in yesterday’s session, merely “a phase that Xinjiang of China’s almost 1.4 billion peo- dards among other things. He added “there is no su- which addressed a broad range has to go through in rebuilding ple and there has never been an Committee vice-chairwoman ppression of ethnic minorities of issues that went well beyond peace and prosperity.” insurgency that could challen- Gay McDougall said members or violations of their freedom of the Uighurs. The editorial did not directly ge the central government’s are “deeply concerned” by “nu- religious belief in the name of But delegation leader Yu Jia- mention the existence of the in- overwhelming might. merous and credible reports counter-terrorism.” But he also nhua said some panel mem- ternment camps. that we have received that, in said “those who are deceived by bers had treated “some of the Denouncing what it called the name of combating religious religious extremism [...] shall be unsubstantiated materials as “destructive Western public opi- extremism and maintaining so- assisted through resettlement credible information.” He con- nions,” the paper said, “peace cial stability, [China] has turned and education.” tended that some of that infor- and stability must come above Xinjiang has the Uighur autonomous region Xinjiang has been enveloped mation came from groups which all else.” into something that resembles in a suffocating blanket of se- “seek to split China” and have “Through the strong leader- been salvaged a massive internment camp that curity for years, especially since links to terrorist organizations. ship of the Communist Party of from … massive is shrouded in secrecy.” a deadly anti-government riot China, the national strength of McDougall said there were es- broke out in the regional capital Global Times the country and the contribu- turmoil. It has timates that more than a million of Urumqi in 2009. Over recent editorial tion of local officials, Xinjiang people “are being held in so-cal- months, monitoring groups and China’s campaign of pressu- has been salvaged from the ver- avoided the fate led counter-extremism centers witnesses say Uighurs have been re against the country’s Uighur ge of massive turmoil,” the pa- and another 2 million have been sent into detention and indoctri- Muslim minority has prevented per said. “It has avoided the fate of becoming forced into so-called re-educa- nation centers. the far-northwestern region of of becoming ‘China’s Syria’ or ‘China’s Syria’ tion camps for political and cul- Gay McDougall, the commit- Xinjiang from “becoming ‘Chi- ‘China’s Libya.’” tural indoctrination.” tee vice-chairwoman who raised na’s Syria’ or ‘China’s Libya,’” an Xinjiang has been enveloped or ‘China’s She did not specify a source for the detentions last week, said official Communist Party news- in a suffocating blanket of se- that information in her remarks she wasn’t convinced by China’s paper said yesterday curity for years, especially sin- Libya.’ at the hearing. “flat denial” of the detention fi- Following attacks by radical ce a deadly anti-government The Geneva-based commit- gures. She said China “didn’t Muslim separatists, hundreds riot broke out in the regional Editorial tee continues its hearing, with Global Times quite deny” that re-education of thousands of members of the capital of Urumqi in 2009. conclusions expected later. programs are taking place. Uighur and Kazakh Muslim mi- Over recent months, monito- Yu, China’s ambassador to the “You said that was false, the 1 norities in Xinjiang have been ring groups and eyewitnesses When the U.N.’s Committee on U.N. in Geneva, said China will million. Well, how many were arbitrarily detained in indoc- say Uighurs have been sum- the Elimination of Racial Discri- respond to the main questions there? Please tell me,” she said. trination camps where they are moned from abroad and across mination started reviewing Chi- raised in Friday’s session yes- “And what were the laws on whi- forced to denounce Islam and China and sent into detention na’s report in Geneva on Friday, terday. MDT/AP

the chest and his injuries circumstances are not were serious and he died clear in which the two Two, including Chinese tourist, minutes after he was re- Chinese were attacked. trieved from the lake,” He said attacks on touris- said Rift Valley Head of ts are rare because they killed in Kenya hippo attacks Criminal investigations are usually protected by Gideon Kibunja. guides. Chinese tourist was mauled to death in the and received treatment Kenyan fisherman was The deaths brought to He said hippos and lone A attacked and killed same area, authorities in the local hospital in attacked by another hip- six the number people buffalos pose the greatest by a hippo while taking said yesterday [Macau Naivasha, 91 kilometers po a few kilometers from who have been killed by danger to humans and pictures on the edge of time]. southeast of Nairobi, the where the incident with hippos around Lake Nai- there have been many Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s A second Chinese tou- Kenya Wildlife Service the Chinese occurred, a vasha so far this year. attacks in which civilians Rift Valley, just hours af- rist was injured in the said in a statement. police official said. Wildlife service spokes- and even rangers have ter a local fisherman was incident Saturday night In the same area, a “The man was bitten on man Paul Udoto said the lost their lives. AP 14.08.2018 tue

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during an interview with The Associated Press in Putrajaya yesterday

Malaysia Mahathir aims to scrap China deals

alaysia is looking to The former prime minister rea- Mahathir was scathing in his “Obviously she appears to be invented to prevent people from Mcancel multibillion-dollar ched deals for the 688-kilometer criticism of Myanmar, a country with the government of the day criticizing the Jews for doing Chinese-backed infrastructure (430-mile) East Coast Rail Link whose inclusion into the Associa- on how they treat the Rohingya. wrong things,” he said. projects signed by the previous and the two gas pipelines in 2016. tion of Southeast Asian Nations It’s a question of justice and hu- Mahathir’s criticism of Wes- scandal-tainted government as it Malaysia’s new government has he had pushed for in 1997 despite man rights. You can’t do that,” he tern leaders has extended to U.S. digs itself out of debt, Malaysia’s already suspended work on the concerns over human rights abu- said. President Donald Trump, whom prime minister said yesterday projects, being built by Chine- ses and protests by the U.S. He stopped short of commit- he described as an “erratic man” during an extensive interview in se state-backed companies, and “It is grossly unjust to do what ting Malaysia to taking in more during an AP interview last year. which he also blasted Myanmar’s called for drastic cuts in their they have done, killing people, Rohingya refugees, however, His return to office hasn’t tem- treatment of Rohingya Muslims ballooning cost, which it estima- mass murder. That’s not the saying the 7 million legal and un- pered that opinion. as “grossly unjust.” tes at more than USD22 billion. way civilized nations behave,” documented foreigners he said “So far he has not indicated Mahathir Mohamad, at 93 the Some of that money has already he said. Malaysia already hosts are “far that I should change my views,” world’s oldest prime minister, been paid and could be difficult The previous government of too many.” he said of Trump on Monday. spoke with The Associated Press to recoup. predominantly Muslim Malaysia A doctor by training, Maha- “He changes his mind within 24 days before he heads to Beijing If scrapping the projects alto- strongly supported the Rohin- thir is a larger-than-life figure hours. I mean it is difficult to deal for his first visit since returning gether isn’t doable, Malaysia will gya, a persecuted minority in in Malaysia. His influence has with any person whose mind is to power in a stunning electoral need to at least put them on hold Myanmar who have fled by the dominated the country’s politics not made up.” upset three months ago. until the future, Mahathir said. hundreds of thousands to nei- from the Cold War into the new Still, Malaysia would continue Mahathir said he wants to main- Mahathir also urged China to ghboring Bangladesh after a cra- millennium. to welcome American invest- tain good relations with China respect the free movement of ckdown last year that some have His first turn as prime minister ment, particularly in high-tech and welcomes its investment, so ships throughout the South Chi- called ethnic cleansing. Malay- stretched for 22 years, coming to sectors, he said, as he promised long as the projects benefit Ma- na Sea and reiterated his call for sia has said the displacement of an end only in 2003. He rose to tax breaks and other incentives. laysia. But he took his toughest no warships to be based there. Rohingya is no longer a domestic prominence by controversially Mahathir was sharp during the stance yet on Chinese-backed China and multiple Southeast issue for Myanmar, in a rare de- championing the county’s indi- interview and looked surprisin- energy pipelines and a rail pro- Asian nations including Malay- parture from ASEAN’s non-in- genous Malays, whom he saw as gly youthful considering his age ject along peninsular Malaysia’s sia have competing claims on terference policy in each other’s disadvantaged compared to the and history of heart problems. eastern coast that were struck by South China Sea islands and ree- affairs. country’s Chinese minority, and If his legacy is weighing on him, his predecessor, Najib Razak. fs — along with the rich fishing Mahathir added that he was he oversaw the rapid develop- he didn’t let it show. The former prime minister, grounds and potential fossil fuel “very disappointed” in Myanmar ment of his young country while “Frankly I don’t care. I won’t who remains in parliament but is deposits around them. leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s failure concentrating power under his be around,” he said, chuckling, barred from leaving the country, “We are all for ships, even to halt the persecution. increasingly autocratic rule. when asked how history would faces trial on multiple charges re- warships, passing through, but Mahathir long seemed to relish judge him. “When I am dead, it lated to the alleged multibillion- not stationed here,” Mahathir his role as an antagonist to the doesn’t matter anymore.” dollar looting of the 1MDB sta- said, adding that this included West. He frequently criticized the He has previously vowed to te investment fund. He denies U.S. vessels. “It is a warning to U.S. and its close allies — often hand over power to former foe- wrongdoing. everyone. Don’t create tension We don’t think with colorful and at times offen- turned ally Anwar Ibrahim, who “We don’t think we need those unnecessarily.” sive language — while promoting in May was freed from custody two projects. We don’t think they China, which considers much we need those what he saw as Asian values and over a sodomy conviction he says are viable. So if we can, we would of the sea as its own, has built up two [Chinese- interests. was politically motivated, within like to just drop the projects,” he several man-made islands and A longtime champion of Pales- two years. said from his office in the admi- equipped them with runways, backed] tinian causes, he doubled down Mahathir insists he will keep nistrative center of Putrajaya. radar systems and missile sta- Monday when asked about his that promise — though he now During his time in power, Na- tions to defend its claims. It has projects. We record of comments seen as an- seems to be giving himself a little jib drew Malaysia closer to Chi- accused the U.S., which routinely ti-Semitic, saying that “we shou- wiggle room. na, which sees the multiethnic deploys warships and planes to don’t think they ld be able to criticize everybody” “I expect to be [in office] at least Southeast Asian country as a key the sea, of meddling in a purely are viable. while assailing laws denying the two years,” he said yesterday. part of its ambitious One Belt, Asian dispute. Chinese ships also scale of the Holocaust. And could he stay longer? “If One Road global trade initiative. patrol the sea. Mahathir “Anti-Semitic is a term that is Anwar agrees.” AP tue 14.08.2018

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akistan’s newly elected parliament con- vened yesterday for the Newly elected parliament first time since last mon- Pth’s general elections that saw the party of former cricket star turned politician Imran Khan meets for the first time win most seats, propelling him toward the post of the country’s military denies the allegations, next prime minister. saying it only provided security The lawmakers were sworn in ap photo during the balloting. at a brief ceremony in the 342- The Pakistan Muslim League seat National Assembly, the de- party has claimed the elections cision-making lower house of were rigged to prevent dis- parliament. Later yesterday, fi- graced former Prime Minister reworks were to mark the eve of Nawaz Sharif from returning to Pakistan’s Independence Day. power. The parliament is to elect a Sharif, who is currently speaker and his deputy tomor- appealing a 10-month prison row and vote on the prime minis- sentence for the misuse of fund ter the following day. The swea- to purchase luxury apartments in ring-in ceremony for the prime Britain, was arrested on July 13 minister is due Saturday. after returning from London. Khan’s populist Tahreek-e-In- As Pakistan’s new lawmakers saf party won 115 seats in the took their oath of office, Sharif July 25 vote, requiring it to form was taken by armored car from a coalition. his jail cell at Adiala prison to the In the days after the elections, Newly elected lawmaker and candidate for speaker of the national assembly, Asad Qaiser (center) arrives to attend the first accountability court in the capi- party spokesman Fawad Chau- session of the lower house of parliament in Islamabad tal, Islamabad, to face more cor- dhry said more lawmakers joined ruption charges. the party’s ranks and that it now re the elections, have questiona- He also reached out to Af- lim League party, Shahbaz Sha- Sharif’s daughter Maryam was enjoys the backing of 180 par- ble pasts and some of them even ghanistan, suggesting the two rif, both elected lawmakers, also sentenced to seven years in the liament members after several face charges. nations adopt a policy of open attended Monday’s ceremony. same case and her husband to women lawmakers, minority and The 65-year-old Khan has also borders, a relationship similar Khan avoided shaking hands one year. Both are also appealing independents sided with Khan. promised to create 10 million to the European Union. Khan with the two. their sentences. He needs 172 lawmaker votes to jobs in Pakistan, where employ- has also disparaged liberals, at- The house echoed with chan- Though the National Assem- be become prime minister. ment rate is high and more than tacked feminism, embraced ra- ts of “Long Live Bhutto!” when bly is tasked with passing laws, Khan’s candidate for parlia- 65 percent of the country’s 200 dical religious parties and vowed the young chairman of Pakistan its decisions must be approved ment speaker, Asad Qaiser, said million people are under the age to uphold Pakistan’s blasphemy People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto by the Senate, or upper house of he was pretty sure of winning the of 35. law. Zardari came to sign the register parliament, which consists of 104 post. Since the elections, Khan has He enjoys the support of the after taking his oath of office. It members who are elected by the Khan has campaigned on the adopted a conciliatory approa- country’s powerful military esta- was the first time that the son lower house and the four provin- promise of a “New Pakistan” ch to Pakistan’s neighbors and blishment, although he has been of slain Prime Minister Benazir cial assemblies. with justice for all, pledging to allies, saying he wants peace with known to go his own way. Bhutto was elected as lawmaker. Also Monday, lawmakers were wipe out corruption and help the hostile neighbor India, praising As he entered parliament on Pakistan’s opposition parties sworn in in provincial assemblies poor. He has said he would run China’s economic strategy for re- Monday, lawmakers from his and rights activists have claimed in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the country like it has never been ducing widespread poverty and party chanted slogans praising election results were manipu- and Baluchistan province. The run before, though some of his sending a message to Washing- Khan. Pakistan’s former Presi- lated by the military, which has fourth and largest provincial as- popular and influential backers, ton that he wants good relations, dent Asif Ali Zardari and head ruled Pakistan directly or indi- sembly, in Punjab, is to convene who joined his party weeks befo- based on mutual respect. of the ex-ruling Pakistan Mus- rectly for most of its history. The later this week. AP

Koreas Rival leaders to meet in Pyongyang in September

he rival Koreas an- tement, the two sides did when the leaders would to reliably target anywhe- nounced yesterday not mention an exact date meet but didn’t say when. re on the U.S. mainland.

T ap photo that North Korean lea- for the summit and provi- It wasn’t clear why Ri A string of North Korean der Kim Jong Un and ded no details on how to and Cho differed on the weapons tests last year, South Korean President implement past agree- issue of the date, and Cho during which Pyongyang Moon Jae-in will meet in ments. wouldn’t answer a speci- claimed to have comple- Pyongyang sometime in Ri Son Gwon, the head fic question about the dis- ted its nuclear arsenal, September, while their of the North Korean dele- crepancy. had many in Asia wor- envoys also discussed gation, told pool reporters The meeting at a North ried that Washington and Pyongyang’s nuclear di- at the end of the talks that Korea-controlled buil- Pyongyang were on the sarmament efforts and officials agreed on a spe- ding in the border village brink of war. international sanctions. cific date for the summit of Panmunjom comes as Cho, the chief of the The push for what wou- in Pyongyang sometime the international commu- South Korean delega- ld be the leaders’ third within September, but he nity waits to see if North tion, said the two sides summit since April co- refused to share the date, Korea will begin abando- also “talked a lot” about South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (left) shakes mes amid renewed wor- saying he wanted to “keep ning its nuclear weapons international sanctions hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon during their ries surrounding a nu- reporters wondering.” program, something offi- meant to punish the Nor- meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone yesterday clear standoff between The South Korean uni- cials suggested would ha- th for its development of Washington and Pyon- fication minister, Cho ppen after Kim’s summit nuclear weapons, but he gyang. Myoung-gyon, told re- with President Donald didn’t elaborate. to ease the economic pu- gyang to accelerate its The announcement re- porters after the meeting Trump in June in Singa- Seoul has been prepa- nishments, but the Uni- current nuclear nego- leased after nearly two that officials still had pore. ring for possible econo- ted States says that can’t tiations with the United hours of talks led by the some work to do before North Korea is thought to mic collaboration with happen until the North States. The North said it rivals’ chiefs for inter-Ko- agreeing on when exactly have a growing arsenal of Pyongyang that could go completely denucleari- was making efforts to di- rean affairs was remarka- the summit would ha- nuclear bombs and long- ahead when sanctions zes. sarm, but Cho said there bly thin on details. In a ppen. He said the two range missiles and to be are lifted. Pyongyang The South Korean en- were no new details on three-sentence joint sta- sides will again discuss closing in on the ability has urged Washington voy said he urged Pyon- those efforts.AP 14.08.2018 tue

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US Trump’s re-election campaign who served as a spokeswoman for his 2016 campaign, said she had never heard Trump use the Security experts, Trump allies kind of derogatory language Manigault Newman describes. She said in a statement that she feels “pity for Omarosa as she alarmed by Omarosa recordings embarrasses herself by creating salacious lies and distortions just to try to be relevant and enrich Jill Colvin, Bridgewater (NJ) herself by selling books at the expense of the truth. ‘Unhinged,’ ormer presidential adviser ap photo indeed.” FOmarosa Manigault Newman White House counselor is drawing fire from President Kellyanne Conway also questio- Donald Trump’s allies and na- ned Manigault Newman’s credi- tional security experts for secret bility in an interview Sunday on recordings she made at the Whi- ABC’s “This Week.” te House, including her firing by “The first time I ever heard chief of staff John Kelly in the hi- Omarosa suggest those awful gh-security Situation Room. things about this president are in Manigault Newman said yes- this book,” she said, noting Ma- terday [Macau time] on NBC’s nigault Newman “is somebody “Meet the Press” that she sur- who gave a glowing appraisal of reptitiously recorded a number Donald Trump the businessman, of conversations in the White the star of the ‘The Apprentice,’ House for her own protection. the candidate and, indeed, the Parts of her conversation with president of the United States.” Kelly were played on the air. Cri- Manigault Newman had indeed tics denounced the recordings as been a staunch defender of the a serious breach of ethics and se- Omarosa Manigault-Newman, former aide to President Donald Trump president for years, including curity. pushing back, as the highest- “Who in their right mind thinks security - and then to brag about choose to have such a meeting she told Chuck Todd on Sunday profile African-American in the it’s appropriate to secretly record it on national television further there. that she later was able to hear a White House, on accusations the White House chief of staff in proves the lack of character and In the book, which will be re- recording of Trump during a trip that he was racist. the Situation Room?” tweeted integrity of this disgruntled for- leased Tuesday, Manigault to Los Angeles. But Manigault Newman now Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of mer White House employee,” Newman paints a damning pic- “I heard his voice as clear as you says she was “used” by Trump, the Republican National Commi- press secretary Sarah Huckabee ture of Trump, including clai- and I are sitting here,” she said calling him a “con” who “has ttee (RNC). Sanders said in a statement. ming without evidence that tapes on the show. been masquerading as someone In the recording, which Mani- The Situation Room is a Sensiti- exist of him using the N-word as The White House had previou- who is actually open to engaging gault Newman quotes extensi- ve Compartmented Information he filmed his “The Apprentice” sly tried to discredit the book, with diverse communities” and vely in her new book, “Unhin- Facility, or SCIF, where the na- reality series, on which she co-s- with Sanders calling it “riddled is “truly a racist.” ged,” Kelly can be heard saying tion’s most consequential foreign tarred. with lies and false accusations.” “I was complicit with this White that he wants to talk with Mani- policy decisions are made, and Manigault Newman wrote in Trump on Saturday labeled Ma- House deceiving this nation,” she gault Newman about leaving the staff are not permitted to bring the book that she had not per- nigault Newman a “lowlife.” said. “I had a blind spot where it White House. The Associated in cellphones or other recording sonally heard the recording. But Katrina Pierson, an adviser to came to Donald Trump.” AP Press independently listened to devices. the recording of the conversa- “I’ve never heard of a more se- tion. rious breach of protocol,” said or years he dutifully car- “It’s come to my attention over Ned Price, who served as spokes- Fried out Roger Ailes’ orders, Fox News’ Bill Shine is the last few months that there’s man of the National Security earning himself the nickname been some pretty, in my opinion, Council in the Obama adminis- “the Butler” at Fox News. Trump’s new image man significant integrity issues rela- tration. “Not only is it not typical, Now, Bill Shine is serving the ted to you,” Kelly is heard saying, something like this is unprece- same role under President Do- citing her use of government dented.” nald Trump. vehicles and “money issues and The former news executive, ap photo other things” that he compares to who was formally brought into offenses that could lead to a court the White House last month as martial in the military. deputy chief of staff for com- “If we make this a friendly de- Who in their right munications, has yet to move parture [...] you can look at your mind thinks it’s into a permanent office or bring time here in the White House as on his own staff. But he is alrea- a year of service to the nation and appropriate to dy putting his mark on the West then you can go on without any Wing, clashing with reporters, type of difficulty in the future re- secretly record improving the production qua- lative to your reputation,” he te- lity of White House events and lls Manigault Newman, adding: the White House trying to shape the message of ne, he said, “entered the White “He’s about making sure we’re “There are some serious legal is- chief of staff in an administration whose com- House with the respect, matu- moving in the right direction,” sues that have been violated and munication strategy has always rity and experience that is more said Mercedes Schlapp, the you’re open to some legal action the Situation seemed haphazardly dictated of a peer than a staffer.” White House director of strate- that we hope, we think, we can by tweet. After years working with and gic communications, who said control.” Room? Shine is most often described managing cable news stars with Shine is universally well-liked Manigault Newman said she by people close to the White outsized egos, Shine unders- by senior staff and has eased, viewed the conversation as a Ronna McDaniel House as an “adult” and well tands how to work with someo- not increased, tensions. Chairwoman, RNC “threat” and defended her de- -respected professional with ne like the president, including But Shine’s arrival also has cision to covertly record it and Price said there is no one che- the age and experience to be the most effective ways to offer coincided with a perceived other White House conversa- cking staffers for devices at the trusted by a president who is guidance or pushback. escalation in friction with tions. door, but there is a sign outside uniquely obsessed with his And unlike many failed hires the press, including an inci- “If I didn’t have these recordin- the room making clear that elec- image and coverage. who have entered the West dent last month when a CNN gs, no one in America would be- tronic devices are prohibited. “I think that Bill commands Wing with guns blazing, threa- reporter was barred from co- lieve me,” she said. “The Situation Room is the in- the respect that is needed on tening mass firings, Shine vering an open-press event The response from the White ner-most sanctum of a secure such a priority based on his appears to have, at least so far, because Trump didn’t like House was stinging. “The very campus,” he said, describing the management experience and succeeded in not ruffling his the questions she’d shouted idea a staff member would sneak breach as part of a culture of dis- knowledge of the media,” said colleagues’ feathers — though earlier in the day, when she a recording device into the White regarding security protocols in Sean Spicer, the former Whi- he is widely expected to add his was serving as a represen- House Situation Room, shows a the Trump White House. He also te House press secretary and own staff and has been conduc- tative of the television ne- blatant disregard for our national questioned why Kelly would ever communications director. Shi- ting interviews. tworks. AP tue 14.08.2018

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urkey’s central bank Turkey took action yesterday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples Twith a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Central bank tries to contain Tayyip Erdogan’s economic po- licies and a trade and diplomatic dispute with the United States. The Turkish lira has nosedived crisis but currency keeps falling over the past week and tumbled another 7 percent yesterdayas Erdogan also ruled out the pos- Part of the concerns about the central bank’s measures fai- sibility of higher interest rates, as Turkey are the same as other led to restore investor confiden- they can slow economic growth. ap photo emerging markets. As interest ce. But independent analysts say hi- rates rise in the U.S., investors The uncertainty pushed down gher rates are needed urgently to pull their money out of countries world stock markets and briefly stabilize the currency and Erdo- that had enjoyed strong econo- caused a sharp drop in the cur- gan’s hard line is one of the rea- mic growth but are perceived as rencies of other emerging econo- sons investors are worrying. somewhat riskier. mies, like South Africa and India, Erdogan won a second term in Turkey’s situation is among the amid concerns that the financial office in June under a new sys- most precarious among emer- trouble could spread. tem of government that gives ging markets because so much of The lira hit a record low of 7.23 him sweeping powers. He has its growth was fueled with debt in per dollar yesterday [Macau used his new power to put pres- foreign currencies. That makes time] after Erdogan remained sure on the central bank to not the currency drop so much more defiant in his economic policies raise rates. painful as it will increase the and the standoff against the Uni- On Monday, the central bank cost of servicing debt for Turkish ted States, a NATO ally. announced a series of measures companies and banks and could “Turkey is faced with an econo- to “provide all the liquidity the lead to bankruptcies. mic siege,” Erdogan said, in the banks need” — but offered no So far, the impact on developed latest of a series of speeches. “We hint of a rate increase. economies has been relatively are taking the necessary steps The moves are meant to grease contained. Stocks have fallen against these attacks and will the financial system, ease worries modestly in the U.S. and Euro- continue to do so.” about trouble at banks and keep ly liquidity, can cause a bank to he said, “it is...hard to look at the- pe since last week, but analysts He has threatened to seek new them providing loans to people collapse. se announcements as being any- do not see a big risk of financial alliances — a veiled hint at closer and businesses. Simon Derrick, chief currency thing more than temporary cal- turmoil. A few European banks ties with Russia — and warned In times of high uncertainty, strategist at BNY Mellon, said ming measures, rather than so- have business there that could of drastic measures if businesses banks tend to shy away from the central bank’s measures are lutions to the problems at hand.” lead to losses, but that is not ex- withdraw foreign currency from lending to each other. A so-cal- unlikely to be enough. In the ab- The lira has now dropped some pected to pose a systemic danger banks. led credit crunch, a lack of dai- sence of a decisive rate increase, 45 percent this year. to the region. AP

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May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 Your charming, chatty sign just Take a quick power nap while you can, loves communicating. After all, because it looks like we’re all going to you’re famous for your wonderfully be quite busy - your sign especially entertaining notes, cards and so - doing our best to spoil, pamper emails - not to mention those fun, and otherwise completely indulge the light-hearted phone calls. whims of our dearest dears. SUDOKU Weather Leo Virgo Min Max Condition Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 China The heavens are urging you to Of all the signs in the zodiac, Easy Easy+ celebrate this Valentine’s Day in a yours will definitely be one of the rather unusual fashion - at least, happiest, given today’s assembled Beijing 24 29 moderate rain according to your usual tradition. astrological energies. When it Harbin drizzle You’re thinking about staying home, comes to one-to-one relationships, 17 26 snuggling up and getting comfy. all kinds of feelings. Tianjin 25 29 moderate rain Urumqi 24 cloudy/clear Libra Scorpio 16 Xi’an 25 36 cloudy/drizzle Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 12 24 shower/overcast It’s hard to think of a sign that loves You have an enviable drive that Chengdu 23 34 clear Valentine’s Day as much as you most other signs find formidable - do. So while today’s astrological which is an asset in some respects Chongqing 27 38 clear/cloudy agenda is just perfect for bringing and a liability in others. In the Kunming 17 27 cloudy people together - and turning up the professional world, such committed tenderness in all our lives, big time. focus results in resounding success. Nanjing 27 34 overcast/cloudy Shanghai 27 33 cloudy/shower Sagittarius Capricorn Wuhan 26 35 thundershower Medium Hard Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Hangzhou 26 35 cloudy Smile, it’s Valentine’s Day, and you Happy Valentine’s Day. Now, get Taipei 26 30 drizzle/moderate rain know in your heart that you’re about to out your best formal wear, and Guangzhou thundershower/heavy rain be spoiled, big time. Now, about those get on the phone. Make sure the 26 30 dinner reservations. You did make the limo will arrive on time, the dinner Hong Kong 25 29 heavy rain/rainstorm reservations, right? No? Well, you’d reservations are all set and your date better think of something fast. knows that this isn’t a ‘jeans’ event.

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he shortened transfer win- former team. He scored five goals Tdow in the Italian league will in six matches against Napoli. close on Friday, the day before the season starts. Here is the pick of the LEONARDO BONUCCI signings so far: (Juventus) Leonardo Bonucci returned to Ju- CRISTIANO RONALDO ventus from AC Milan as part of the (Juventus) deal which saw Higuain and Mattia In the “swoop of the century,” Caldara move the other way. Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Bonucci won six Serie A titles in Real Madrid to Juventus in a seven years at Juventus but the Serie A record 112 million euro Italy defender joined Milan last (USD131.5 million) deal. Some year — in what was the shock of see it as an extravagant sum for a the transfer window — for a fee of player who, although a five-time more than 40 million euros (then Ballon d’Or winner, is entering the $45 million). latter stages of his career. The 31-year-old Bonucci, who has Ronaldo has always been credited reportedly taken a pay cut to move with a phenomenal work ethic, and back to his former club, will have a the 33-year-old Portugal forward job to do to win back the Juventus Kyle Busch (left) races Kevin Harvick into Turn 1 has promised to continue that at fans. He celebrated wildly after sco- Juventus. ring at Juventus in his first match Juventus has won Serie A for the against his former team. motorsports last seven seasons — and the league Bonucci was given the captain’s and Italian Cup double for the past armband at Milan but struggled four — and it is hoping Ronaldo initially and only returned to so- will help it transfer its domestic su- mewhere near his best in the se- premacy to the European stage. cond part of the season. Harvick wins at Michigan Ronaldo has won the Champions League five times, including in four MATTIA CALDARA (AC of the last five seasons, and has Milan) for NASCAR-high 7th scored a competition record of 120 AC Milan is perceived by many goals, 105 of them since moving to as the team which has got the bet- Madrid in 2009. That is 12 more ter end of the Bonucci and Caldara than Juventus managed as a team swap deal. victory of year in that same period. It was a direct swap, with both players valued at 35 million euros GONZALO HIGUAIN (AC ($41 million), however Caldara is Larry Lage, Brooklyn (Mich.) be more aggressive late in the ge before running out of gas Milan) seven years younger than Bonucci. 200-lap race because Harvick and going into the pits, which Juventus set an Italian league The 24-year-old Caldara is set to evin Harvick was simply so far ahead. were closed. He also was pe- record two years ago when it paid form a partnership with Alessio capped off his father- Austin Dillon, in the No. 3 nalized for an uncontrollable Napoli 90 million euros (then $99 Romagnoli, with the duo widely son weekend by do- Chevrolet, was fourth followed tire and pushed to the back of million) for Gonzalo Higuain af- viewed as two of Italian soccer’s fi- minating a race and by Ryan Blaney’s No. 12 Ford. the 40-car field. ter he scored 36 goals to break a nest young defenders. Kputting 6-year-old son Keelan Denny Hamlin led the field Soon after a restart early 66-year-old Serie A record. The Ar- Caldara scored seven goals for in the passenger seat to hold to the green flag for the se- in the race, rookie William gentina forward didn’t disappoint, Atalanta two seasons ago. That the flapping, checkered flag cond straight week, but his Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet scoring 32 goals in his first season persuaded Juventus to sign him in out of the window. No. 11 Toyota could not stay got loose and made side-by- at Juventus. January 2017, but the Bianconeri “That was definitely way up ahead. He ended up eighth at side contact with Truex to Higuain was less successful last loaned him back to Atalanta until there on the bucket list,” Har- MIS after finishing 13th in last bring out another caution season, finding the back of the net June 2018. vick said. week’s race at Watkins Glen. flag. 23 times, but Milan still got a relati- Harvick broke a tie atop “Anything that could have ve bargain, paying 18 million euros RADJA NAINGGOLAN (Inter NASCAR’s Big 3 by easily WHO’S HOT went wrong did,” Truex said. ($21 million) for a loan deal with Milan) winning at Michigan Interna- Harvick won each of three “We got wrecked by a rookie the option to buy Higuain for 36 The midfielder is expected to add tional Speedway for his Cup stages and led 108 laps, more mistake underneath us, and million euros ($42 million) at the some much needed grit to Inter -high seventh victory of the than four times more than then ran out of gas. We cou- end of the season. Milan’s midfield after joining from season. anyone else on the 2-mile ld’ve won the second stage. The lack of a regular scorer was Roma for 38 million euros ($44.3 His No. 4 Ford finished oval. His seven victories have We just didn’t have enou- arguably the biggest weakness in million). 3-plus seconds ahead of Brad helped Ford earn 10 Cup vic- gh gas. The car was fast. We Milan. The 30-year-old Nainggolan was Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford on tories, matching its total from just couldn’t catch a break all Higuain scores in the biggest ma- an integral member of Roma’s run Sunday in the Consumers last year and pulling within day.” tches and Juventus should be wary to the 2018 Champions League se- Energy 400. one of Toyota’s total. because he relishes punishing a mifinals.AP Points leader Kyle Busch CLOSE KEZ finished third in his No. 18 WHO’S NOT Keselowski, who is from su- Toyota — more than 4 se- Jimmie Johnson has not fi- burban Detroit, is still despe- conds behind Harvick. nished better than 10th in his rately seeking his first win in ap photo “I was front of him for about last nine races and sits 14th in Michigan. The Penske Racing 5 laps,” Busch joked. the standings. The seven-time driver finished second in a Busch has won six races this Cup champion was running Cup race for the second time year and Martin Truex Jr. has in the top 15 late in the race at MIS, where he also has a finished in first four times. The when a loose wheel led to an trio of third-place finishes in rest of the field has combined unscheduled pit stop and a 19 career starts. to win just six of 23 races. 28th-place finish a week after “The last three weeks we’ve Truex Jr., the third driver in he was 30th at Watkins Glen. had some big struggles,” Ke- NASCAR’s Big 3 with Harvick selowski said. “It’s nice to be and Busch, was 14th in the 40- ROUGH DAY able to have a mostly clean car field in his No. 78 Toyota. Truex was running with the race and get the finish we de- Keselowski said he couldn’t leaders during the second sta- serve. AP THE Norwegian minister quits after Station Air quality BUZZ private trips to Iran, China Roadside 30-50 Good Norway’s fishery minister has stepped down report before going to another country on private after harsh criticism for not informing the go- trips. High vernment of his private trips abroad to Iran and After returning from Iran, his work phone was Density 25-45 China. given to Norway’s domestic intelligence service Residental Per Sandberg, 58, gave no reasons why he failed to make sure it was not hacked. The PST agency Good to tell his bosses about the trips in advance — a considers Iran “a high risk country” when it co- Area opinion summer holiday in July to Iran with his Iranian mes to electronic surveillance. -born girlfriend and a trip to China in May. In He was replaced in the fisheries post yesterday Ambient 30-50 Norway, government members are required to by Harald Tom Nesvik. Moderate Our Desk dsmg source: Julie Zhu WORLD BRIEFS Macau’s Mandarin is good ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Syria An explosion in northern Syria killed enough at least 36 people and wounded many others, During yesterday’s Legislation Assembly spurs conversation over but the cause of the plenary meeting, lawmaker Lei Chan U used blast wasn’t immediately his standard Mandarin to urge the Macau known, opposition SAR government to more thoroughly educa- representation activists said. te its citizens in regard to Mandarin speaking skills. According to Lei’s data, in the academic

year of 2016/2017, 24 percent of Macau’s ap photo Chinese teachers were teaching Chinese ap photo using Mandarin as the medium of instruction. As he then argued, the mastery of spoken Mandarin has already become a basic skill of Tunisia’s president employees within Macau’s tourism and gam- promised yesterday to bling sectors and other relevant industries. submit a bill to parliament Lei also pointed out that research shows soon that aims to give 90 percent of the gaming industry’s job va- women equal inheritance cancies required Mandarin skills, with the rights with men, as percentage soaring even higher (up to 97.6 debate over the topic of percent) in the banking industry. inheritance reverberated In view of these reasons, the lawmaker be- around the Muslim world. lieves that any Macau resident, especially younger ones, who have a dream to build a Mali Citizens are voting successful career must first master Manda- in a runoff presidential rin. Constance Wu in a scene from “Crazy Rich Asians” election to determine Lei is not the only person who deems Man- if incumbent Ibrahim darin skills an important factor for Macau re- Deepti Hajela, New York Chinese-Singaporean boy- nice to let your hair down Boubacar Keita will sidents. There are many other people who friend Nick Young to his best and say, ‘Wow, I can actually remain in office in this think like Lei: people from the Chinese com- rom the time Ricky friend’s wedding in Singapo- see someone where I don’t sprawling West African munities, people from mainland China, from FYean first heard about re and finds out he and his need to flex this muscle of nation threatened by Macau, from Hong Kong, and even people “Crazy Rich Asians,” he’s family are, well, crazy rich. closing the gap between me rising extremist violence. from other regions and countries. been excited to see the mo- and the person.’” Personally, I agree that Mandarin is likely She has to deal with all that to be more valuable than other Chinese dia- vie — and not because he entails, including his disa- The stars of the movie

lects. likes romantic comedies pproving mom. themselves have been clear ap photo However, I stand on the other end of the (although, for the record, he Helmed by director Jon M. about how groundbreaking spectrum in relation to the reasons presented does.) Chu and with an interna- they feel the movie is and ur- by Lei. I would not encourage a host to learn For the Taiwanese-Ameri- tional cast including Asian- ged movie-goers to support a language in order to serve their guests. Ins- can who moved to the U.S. American actresses Cons- it, with Wu writing on social Spain An oceanside tead, I think it is a better idea for a guest to when he was 11, here was tance Wu and Awkwafina, media, “I hope Asian-Ame- boardwalk collapsed learn a language when visiting a host. something he hasn’t seen British-Malaysian newco- rican kids watch CRA and during a nighttime According to the opinions of several of the — a movie from a major mer Henry Golding, and realize that they can be the concert in the Spanish city’s lawmakers, Macau is a host city where Hollywood studio, with a longtime Malaysian star heroes of their own stories.” city of Vigo, injuring 313 people should learn a language to cater to cast of Asian-American and Michelle Yeoh, the Warner Just because something is people, five of them the interests of their guests. seriously, authorities said. Does Macau need, as the host, to master Asian actors. So when it co- Bros. film has spurred exci- representative in one con- mes out tomorrow, “I defini- tement among Asian-Ame- text doesn’t mean it’s re- Mandarin? I would say not. Britain Opposition First, to some degree, it is the differences, tely will go and line up,” the ricans thrilled to see actors presentative for others, say leader Jeremy Corbyn, singular characteristics, and uniqueness that San Francisco resident said, who look like them in all Thanapal and others who facing allegations of attract people and leave them with special and “make sure I go see it the leading roles of a major have critiques of the world enabling anti-Semitism, memories and wanting to go back to a place. and bring all my friends.” Hollywood studio film for the movie showcases and has acknowledged Based on my knowledge of Mainland Chine- But Sangeetha Thanapal the first time since 1993’s have pushed back against that he was present se tourists, I strongly feel that people prefer won’t. Even though it’s set in “The Joy Luck Club.” the idea that it’s something at a wreath-laying to Hong Kong to Macau. Nonetheless, one of her native Singapore, when “When you grow up as they need to support so that Palestinians allegedly the very first comments I hear from these tou- she saw the trailer, she said studios see this kind of cas- linked to the murder of rists is that “Macau speaks good Mandarin.” all she saw was a story cen- ting as economically viable. 11 Israeli athletes at the The tone and the way they make this remark [The movie] 1972 Munich Olympics. on Macau’s good Mandarin does not sound tered on a specific subset of “Everyone else is told you like a good thing. It feels more like an obvious the already well-represen- is making have to care, even though acknowledgement. It’s as if these mainlan- ted Chinese-Singaporeans we are not represented, we

ders, when they visit Macau, feel like there is who make up the majority it clear that can’t see ourselves,” said ap photo nothing special about the city (besides some of that country’s population, Thanapal, an activist against of the Portuguese heritage and the casinos). and no real reference to the ‘representation’ racism facing Singapore’s Therefore, they do not feel they have not ste- minority communities like can look Indian, Malay and other mi- pped into something different from the place the Indian-Singaporean one nority communities. Mexico’s president-elect where they come from. her family hails from. “This very different “You set a movie in Singa- wants to bring tourism On the other hand, I frequently hear people revenues to remote and saying that Hong Kong people don’t speak movie is going global,” said pore and the only people in Thanapal, currently living in depending on it are Chinese and you con- forgotten stretches of Mandarin, but the tone in people’s words su- Mexico, but some are Melbourne, Australia, “and sider that representation? ggests that Hong Kong really attracted them where you’re scratching their heads because it made them realize that perhaps the idea of Singapore is that That is the problem — it’s at his main proposal: to Hong Kong has “proud bones” (in Chinese we don’t exist in it.” standing because you don’t unders- build a USD3.2 billion culture, people who have proud bones stand Based on the best-selling tand the dynamics,” she train that would run from straight and firm against things, whereas peo- first book in the trilogy by not being the dominant said. “When people say that the resort of Cancun ple with a proud attitude are just ignorantly Kevin Kwan, “Crazy Rich culture in America, we’ve is the world of Singapore, to the Mayan ruins of arrogant with no capabilities whatsoever), Asians” is making it clear had to grow up learning they’re saying that minori- Palenque which leaves tourists with a good impression. that “representation” can and training ourselves to ties don’t exist.” Finally, language is not a barrier stopping look very different depen- Singaporean writer Kirs- Ecuador Police say people from visiting other places. Chinese see ourselves in characters ding on where you’re stan- and images and people that ten Han was uncomfor- at least 12 people were tourists, for instance, have never stopped killed and another 30 ding. look very different from us, table with a movie that is going to other countries because of langua- injured when a bus ge differences. In fact, if we look at the sta- The premise is a fish-out- mostly white people,” said about a very specific world carrying fans of the tistics, the data shows that the number of of-water story revolving actor and comedian Jenny — super-rich Chinese-Sin- Ecuadorean soccer team Chinese tourists travelling abroad has been around Rachel Chu, a mid- Yang. But someone like the gaporeans — being promo- Barcelona SC overturned growing continuously. dle-class Chinese-American character of Rachel “is kind ted as a win for representa- on a highway after a woman who goes with her of like me ... it’s just kind of tion overall. AP game.