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KOREA Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site yesterday, a day after North Korea detonated its largest- ever nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council held its second emergency meeting about North Korea in a week, with U.N. political chief Jeffrey Feltman describing the test as profoundly destabilizing for the region. More on p10,13,14

INDONESIA’s corruption court yesterday sentenced one of the country’s top judges to eight years in prison for taking bribes, the second time a Constitutional Court judge has been imprisoned for bribery since 2014.

CAMBODIA The Cambodia Daily, a newspaper that has helped pioneer press freedom and train generations of journalists in Cambodia since it was founded in 1993, is the latest victim of a determined push by the government of Prime Minister Hun Hong Kong replaces 24-hour Sen to silence critics in the run-up to 2018 elections. BBC World Service radio channel More on backpage P2 05.09.2017 tue

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FOOTBALL Macau was scheduled for a friendly match with Malay- sia, however due to the re- cent deadly typhoon Hato, Macau to play India for AFC 2019 the match was cancelled. Ma- cau played their most recent match against Hong Kong on ACAU is slated to play Saturday for the 73rd edition Magainst India in the AFC of the Inter-Port game, which Asian Cup 2019 Qualifier to- they lost 4-0.

day at the Macau Olympic ARCHIVE PHOTO The local team took part in Complex. the inaugural AFC Challen- Although today’s match will ge Cup in 2006, meant for be the first time Macau faces ‘emerging nations,’ but they India in a senior game, India’s had been missing from this U-16 team trashed Macau 33 competition until last year, years ago with a 13-0 final when they qualified for the score. AFC Solidarity Cup, a repla- In the latest FIFA rankin- cement competition to the gs, India is 86 places ahead Challenge Cup, which was of Macau, standing at 97th, held in Malaysia for the first while the city’s team stands at time. 183rd. Macau is grouped along with The Indian team, known India, the Kyrgyz Republic, as the Blue Tigers, has been and Myanmar as aspiring unbeaten since June 2016, teams to qualify for the 2019 and is anticipated to win the AFC Asian Cup. third round qualifying phase Technical director of the of the tournament. Macau Football Association, If India wins today’s match, Greens, plays them away in Asian Cup. saw them defeat Mauritius Chan Hiu Ming, is taking the and consolidates this win with Bengaluru, the team could se- The Blue Tigers won the and draw with Saint Kitts and additional responsibility of three more points next month cure a top-two spot and qua- 2017 Hero Tri-Nations Series, Nevis, before coming to Ma- serving as the head coach of when Macau, known as The lification for their fourth AFC a three-team tournament that cau for today’s match. the team.

MEDIA SEVERE WEATHER RTHK replaces BBC Rainstorm causes World with Chinese radio floods in several areas HE rainstorm that The Estr. Alm. Maga- HE 24-hour BBC Toccurred early yester- lhães Correia towards TWorld Service chan- day morning led to a large Estr. Cel. Nicolau de Mes- nel of Hong Kong’s number of floods across quita was only accessible BLOOMBERG RTHK was replaced with the city, according to in- to bus and private cars, a state radio broadcast formation released by the while motorbikes were from China at midni- Civil Protection Center. not allowed in the area ght on Sunday. This is a In Taipa, areas at the and could only get access move that was criticized Cotai strip, the Macau to Avenida Padre Tomas by listeners. International Airport, Pereira. Nearly 1,000 Hong and some nearby Coloane Typhoon signal one was Kong residents signed sectors registered floods. hoisted yesterday when an online petition titled Specifically, in Cotai, the rainstorm hit the city, “RTHK: Give us back about 11 districts were af- and tropical storm Mawar our BBC World Service,” fected by floods, including was approaching the pro- with hopes of keeping the Rotunda do Istmo, Av. Do ximity of Macau [in Shan- broadcast of the British Aeroporto, and Estr. de tou, Guangdong]. channel. Pac On. In particular, in The Meteorological However the SAR’s only be broadcast from le others said that the editorial employee who an area close to Hac Sa and Geophysical Bureau main public broadcaster 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. on move was in line with declined to be identi- Beach’s barbecue area, a (SMG) also issued a rains- continued in the move weekdays, and occasio- a gradual “mainlandi- fied. “People see it as a landslide happened. torm warning. In turn, to reprogram the round- nally on weekends. zation” of Hong Kong, negative thing. The BBC Police and firefighters the Education and Youth the-clock broadcast with Amen Ng, a spokeswo- which has seen Beijing’s is generally regarded as have already been dis- Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) is- China National Radio, a man for RTHK, told Reu- influence increase in the independent, and [Chi- patched to the location sued a school suspension station that contains no ters earlier there were no city’s many sectors. nese] state media is not,” to inspect the situation, at 6.20 a.m. Nurseries, sensitive or critical re- political considerations As cited in a Reuters he added. and the Land and Public primary schools, and spe- porting on China. in the decision and the report, some RTHK staff Another said that the- Works and Transport cial education facilities The state-run broad- Chinese broadcaster said the move was made re had been several in- Bureau (DSSOPT) is also were called to suspend casts are mostly in Man- would enhance cultural without broader consul- cidents in which the following the case. classes for the whole day, darin rather than Canto- exchanges. tation. RTHK’s editorial inde- The road is temporarily although secondary edu- nese. Some listeners argued “Nobody knew any- pendence was pressured, closed. cation still proceeded. Although BBC World that the move could thing about it. We were including staff being he- The R. Central de T’oi Mawar arrived at Shan- Service broadcasts will hurt the public’s confi- told in a meeting just ckled by pro-Beijing voi- San and R. da Missão de tou late on Sunday night, still run, the English dence in Hong Kong’s before it was announ- ces on radio talk-shows Fátima were also closed having brought the rains- broadcast channel will public broadcaster, whi- ced,” said a senior RTHK and public forums. due to floods. torm to Macau.

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ACAU’S pumme- ling by typhoons makes it unlikely China’s govern- Goldman sees silver lining for Mment will adopt a tougher stan- ce toward the city, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. While investors are likely spe- casinos hit by typhoon culating about political implica- tions from China’s forthcoming Officials said Typhoon Hato

Communist Party congress, was the strongest storm to hit XINHUA there is “little likelihood for Macau in 53 years. It lashed the drastic policy change targeted city with heavy winds and rain at Macau” while the city is still that flooded large parts of the clearing up, Goldman analysts city, knocked out power and wa- [There is] little led by Simon Cheung wrote in a ter supplies and left more than note, reiterating a buy rating on 240 people injured and 10 dea- likelihood some casino stocks. ths. Casinos were forced to run Concern over a deeper crack- on backup generators. for drastic down on corruption and curbs In an unprecedented move, the policy change on capital outflows have wei- Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, ghed on the equities in recent asked troops from China’s Peo- targeted at years. ple’s Liberation Army, who nor- Credit Suisse Group AG also mally don’t leave their garrison Macau. reiterated its bullish view of Ma- to help with cleanup efforts. The cau, helping ensure casino sto- troops, along with cleanup crews GOLDMAN SACHS cks were among the few gainers and volunteers, collected 7,300 on Hong Kong’s benchmark yes- metric tons of trash left behind terday. by the storm. MDT/Agencies Troops from China’s People’s Liberation Army helped with cleanup efforts

AL ELECTION to 90 days, in order to curity Forces. have a uniform system As an example, Cou- between the public and tinho mentioned the New Hope urges gov’t to double private sector. recent case of a diver Another of the poli- from the Customs Ser- cies proposed by Cou- vices (SA) who was alle- Wealth Partaking Scheme this year tinho and Leong Veng gedly frightened by the Chai regarding labor is working conditions and the extinction of the le- poor guarantees during Renato Marques gal clause “termination the rescue operations of without just cause,” as Typhoon Hato. HE New Hope (Nova well as continuing to fi- According to Couti- Esperança) candida- ght for a trade union law nho, the recent typhoon T MARQUES RENATO cy to the Legislative As- and “the right of workers is proof that “while we sembly (AL) elections, to organize themselves don’t have great cala- headed by lawmaker and to negotiate [with mities or deaths, this José Pereira Coutinho, the employers] in a col- government doesn’t urged the government lective way.” move.” to distribute a second Addressing the ci- Coutinho also men- share of the Wealth Par- vil servants’ problems, tioned that most of the taking Scheme within New Hope proposes measures proposed on this year. to end the limit of 300 his political program in Coutinho was speaking hours per year of paid campaigning for the AL at a press conference Pereira Coutinho (center) overtime to drivers and are recurrent and even organized by the list so other government em- repeated from previous that candidates can pre- ployees, while promo- legislatures. He con- sent their political pro- th Partaking Scheme the healthcare voucher ther highlighted topic ting the merging of the tinued saying that the grams, at the headquar- share should be raised scheme. Coutinho pro- during the press confe- index categories of seve- “AL can’t really take ters of the Macau Civil to [MOP] 12,000 next posed raising it from rence. Coutinho men- ral civil servant careers care of these topics,” Servants Association year,” he proposed as the current MOP600 to tioned several measures (195 with 260, and 350 and although they have (ATFPM). He noted that one of the measures that MOP1,000, an amount in New Hope’s political with 430), as well as the been addressed many ti- more than just words comprise the list’s poli- that he argues should program, starting from increase of risk subsi- mes by New Hope, they are needed to solve peo- tical program for the be further increased to maternity leave, which dies, pensions and other do not really appear on ple’s problems. upcoming legislature. MOP3,000 in the cases he proposes to be rai- life guarantees to the the agendas of other “It is not enough for Among other highli- of senior citizens (65+). sed from the current 56 workers from the Se- groups. the Chief Executive [CE] ghted demands, New Besides housing and to come and address an Hope requests the cons- government subsidies, open letter to the civil truction of 80,000 af- labor issues was ano- ‘Some lists are confusing roles,’ servants and to the citi- fordable housing units zens. It is not enough to “in order to solve the Coutinho accuses come every year to say housing problems of that the civil servants citizens.” According to While ANDIDATE and list head for the added, “to be a lawmaker is in the first are the most valuable Coutinho, these houses CNew Hope list, José Pereira Couti- place to realize what the Basic Law elements [in the gover- are not being proper- we don’t nho, says he has been analyzing some allows us and obliges us.” nment’s workforce]. It’s ly constructed, in line other list’s materials and apparently Coutinho reminded that the two main needed to give concrete with concerns from civil have great some of them are confusing roles. roles of a lawmaker are to propose bills things and that is why servants that there are “I have realized that many lists have and to inspect the government’s work. we ask the CE [...] to “absolutely no house[s] calamities or been presenting political platforms The candidate also recalled there are concede another com- being built or given to deaths, this which restrict themselves to policies significant differences between the pensation, under the them,” in the past legis- of ‘opposition party’,” he said, noting, Hong Kong SAR and Macau munici- Wealth Partaking Sche- lature. government “well, we are not running here [in this pal bodies, noting that the neighboring me, [in the amount] of Another of the gover- election] to the government, we are region has “district council members” MOP9,000 to all Macau nment subsidies that doesn’t running for a lawmaker seat in the which address the specific problems of citizens including the New Hope proposes to Legislative Assembly, and I believe each district, a situation that does not civil servants,” Couti- fight for at the AL elec- move. that [some] people have no idea what happen in Macau and might be confu- nho said. “This Weal- tions is in relation to PEREIRA COUTINHO it means to be a lawmaker.” Coutinho sed on some of the lists. 05.09.2017 tue

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Julie Zhu him that the house had already The victim then proceeded to been given to a real estate agency. give MOP35,000 to the suspect in UTHORITIES are looking Afterwards, the victim contacted order to book such a banquet. At Afor a suspect possibly respon- the quoted agency, only to find the beginning of June, when the sible for two scams from which he out that what the suspect had said victim was preparing for his wed- obtained a total of HKD50,000, was not true. Later, upon losing ding, he contacted the hotel only the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported contact with the suspect, the vic- to realize that the suspect had not in a press conference yesterday. tim reported the incident to the paid for the hotel at all. Li Gang The PJ reported two fraud ca- police. The victim then sent the suspect ses, with the victims of each inde- The second case took place in a request for a refund, but contact pendently stating a suspect of the March, and was reported to the with the suspect had already been Former Liaison same name, leading investigators police this month. lost. to believe that the same individual The second victim got to know When this second victim repor- Office director under might be responsible for both cri- the suspect through a mutual ted the incident to the police, the mes. Both victims are local resi- friend. The suspect claimed he police realized that the suspect dents. could arrange a hotel banquet dis- shared the same name with the investigation Regarding the first case, the vic- count for the victim. suspect in the first reported case. tim, while searching online for an report issued by the Hong Kong, Macau and apartment to rent, met the suspect A National People’s Con- Taiwan cultural affairs. on an online social network on Au- gress (NPC) of China sta- Between 2001 and 2003, gust 27. The suspect claimed that Criminal fakes public ted that the former direc- Li was the deputy director his sister had an apartment avai- tor of the Liaison Office in of the news office of the lable, and that he could rent the servants’ identity Macau, Li Gang, has been State Council. From 2003 apartment for MOP12,000, inclu- under investigation for to 2012, Li was the deputy ding a parking space. HE Judiciary Police has reported two cases of criminals violation of the party’s dis- director of the Liaison Of- After paying a visit to the apart- Tpretending to be civil servants from public departments in cipline. fice in Hong Kong. ment, the victim decided to rent it, order to carry out fraudulent activities. The report announced In 2012, he was assigned having reached an agreement with In one case, the suspect claimed to be responsible for recrui- that Li has also been remo- to Macau to become the de- the suspect. ting people for a government department in addition to being ved from his position as an puty director of the Liaison The suspect then said that the responsible for collecting fingerprints from job applicants. NPC member for being sus- Office in Macau, and two victim should pay four months of A victim who wanted to apply for a job at the suspect’s de- pected of having severely years after, in 2014, he was rent in advance, with a first install- partment, paid RMB2,850 to the suspect in application fees. violated the party’s disci- promoted to director of the ment of MOP15,000. The victim In another case, the PJ found an online article calling for plinary guidelines. Macau Liaison Office. verbally agreed to this, prior to sig- volunteers to help the Macau government clear trash on the On August 22, China’s According to a report by ning any agreement. streets resulting from the typhoons. State Council removed Li the Hong Kong 01 news On September 1, the victim wan- The article wrote that a government department would pay Gang from his former po- service, Li’s move from the ted to sign the contract with the RMB550 for eight hours of work, and an extra RMB90 for sition as deputy director of Macau Liaison Office to the suspect, but the suspect informed every additional hour of work. the Overseas Chinese Af- Overseas Chinese Affairs fairs Office. However, no Office already triggered reasons were given regar- the outsiders’ assumptions ding Li’s removal. concerning Li’s political Li Gang, born in 1955, life, as the Overseas Chi- first become involved in nese Affairs Office is often MICE sector posts strong results SAR affairs in 1998. From regarded as a department 1998 to 2001, Li was a se- which has less work than HE Meetings, Incentives, cretary responsible for the Liaison Office. TConventions and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism segment posted strong results in the first half of 2017, the latest data from the Sta- tistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows. This means that the sector Rodrigo Brum takes office has outperformed the rise in vi- sitors on package tours, which in at Forum Macau the first six months of the year, grew by more than 10 percent conomist Rodrigo Brum ment from the Higher Institu- year-on-year. Etook on the role of Deputy te of Economics at the Techni- The tourism industry in Macau ferences were recorded in the first Incentives fared less well in the Secretary-General of the Per- cal University of Lisbon. remains predominantly casi- half of the year, 66 more than in first half of 2017. While the num- manent Secretariat of Forum Macau Forum is headed by no-orientated but the latest data the comparative period of the ber of such events increased by 9 Macau, appointed by the Por- Secretary-General Xu Yinzhen is reflective of the promotional previous year. Participants at the- year-on-year to 29, the number of tuguese-speaking countries, of the Ministry of Commerce effort that has gone into diversi- se events surged by more than 60 participants dropped by about 48 on September 1. He replaced of China and has three deputy fying the sector. percent to 99,000, according to percent. Mozambique’s Vicente de Je- secretaries-general: Ding Tian In the first half-year of 2017, a DSEC. According to DSEC, revenue and sus Manuel who had been in nominated by China, Rodrigo total of 699 MICE events were Almost 80 percent of these vi- expenditure of all MICE events in the role since 2013. Brum nominated by the eight hosted in the city, inviting some sitors (79,000) attended meetin- the first half of the year amounted Brum, a Portuguese national, Portuguese-speaking coun- 627,000 participants. Significant gs and conferences lasting four to around MOP83 million and in the 1990s was the chief of tries represented in the Fo- growth in the number of events hours or more, nearly double the MOP62 million respectively. staff of Macau’s then Deputy rum, and Echo Chan nomina- and participants in some of the number in the first half of 2016. The net revenue of the 17 non- Secretary for Economy and Fi- ted by the Macau Government. MICE categories was recorded, Meanwhile, the number of large government exhibitions held nance, Vítor Pessoa, under the Forum Macau was created in though the economic weight of exhibitions in the city decreased during the first half of the year administration of Rocha Viei- October 2003 by China under the sector remains comparatively by 4 year-on-year to a total of 18, reached MOP38.55 million after ra, and chairman of the mana- the Chinese Ministry of Com- small against other tourism-ba- however the number of attendees deducting the expenditure and fi- gement council of the Indus- merce, with the aim of making sed offerings. (514,000) remained roughly the nancial support from the govern- trial Park of Concordia (SPIC). the territory a platform for Analyzed by category, the stron- same. The number of attendees ment, representing an upsurge of The new Deputy Secretary- strengthening economic and gest results were recorded in mee- for the 17 non-government exhi- 158.3 percent from the MOP14.92 General of the Permanent Se- trade cooperation with the tings and conferences. bitions decreased by 1.4 percent million recorded in the first half of cretariat of Forum Macau has Portuguese-speaking coun- A total of 652 meetings and con- year-on-year. 2016. DB a degree in Business Manage- tries. MDT/Macauhub tue 05.09.2017 th Anniversary

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Candidates suggest Macau can integrate Chinese MOP10,000 for birth subsidies and Western digital The group Aliança de Bom Lar, which is running for the Legislative Assembly election, is calling through its political platform for a MOP10,000 birth subsidy. marketing, expert says The list political platform is mainly focused on protecting women’s and children’s rights, as well as on pushing forward family Julie Zhu rich people, typically from digital marketing strategy, development. The group also suggests Hong Kong, that don’t use that company should safe- the government provide MOP1 billion for T an industry WeChat so much, and will guard its own interests. He supporting households’ needs, and for event organized be using Facebook […] so said that WeChat has many improving the quality of life of every single by the France Ma- you should really know who good qualities even if the member in a household. The group also cau Business As- your clients are, and then service is fundamentally hopes that the city can implement a five-day sociationA last Friday, Wild you use the proper chan- flawed. paid paternity leave, as well as extend the number of days of maternity leave. At Heart founder Lug Gi- nels and tools.” Giroud also shared his roud said that Macau’s di- WeChat has been critici- opinion on application pre- gital marketing is very dif- zed for poor protection of ferences in Macau. Members of HK, ferent from the rest of the its customers’ privacy, but “In Macau, yes, I think you world. Giroud expressed his confi- should [use WeChat] but in Macau electoral “Usually, you don’t have dence in the platform. Hong Kong, not so much. such a big number of peo- “I would say that I am pre- Now it’s a personal prefe- councils approved ple that are going to use all tty confident that WeChat rence. If you will spend two the western tools and such is going to improve in this hours per day on social me- China’s legislature approved on Friday the a big proportion of people Lug Giroud area, and sadly I think that dia, you have enough time member lists of the electoral councils that will elect deputies from the special administrative that are going to use all the there are not many things for WeChat; if you spend regions of Hong Kong and Macau to the 13th Chinese tools,” said Giroud, who your clients are, be- that you can do about it. I ten minutes, then Facebook National People’s Congress (NPC). A total of a digital marketing expert. cause efforts, resources mean, if you are [in] busi- is fine. It also depends who 1,989 people in Hong Kong and 481 in Macau “This is [usually] going and money are going to be ness you really need to use are going to be your collea- were approved at the bimonthly session of to be the main difference: expended if you choose the WeChat [but it] does brea- gues, and your circle of the Standing Committee of the NPC, which if you are in Europe, you wrong channel.” ch confidentiality.” friends,” finished Giroud. ended Friday. Thirty-six deputies from Hong just use western tools, and “For example, let’s say Giroud noted that no com- “For business, we are get- Kong and 12 deputies from Macau will be when you are in China, that you are trying to tar- pany can be blamed for We- ting back to my first answer elected according to a plan released by the you use Chinese tools,” he get China. You are going Chat’s flaws in protecting – basically, you need to NPC Standing Committee this April. Current said. “Here [in Macau], you to need WeChat. But we customer confidentiality, identify […] your target deputies will end their term in March 2018. should really do market also need to use western adding that if a company market. If it’s Chinese peo- The election of deputies to the 13th NPC shall studies and know exactly tools because there are very uses WeChat as part of its ple, you must use WeChat.” be completed in January 2018.

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OW that worries Italian Nbanks will suffer a melt- Italian banks have overcome down have subsided, lenders need to persuade investors they can make money. systemic risk, finance elites say Both optimistic buyers and more skeptical investors, gathe- red on the shores of Lake Como Banca Ifis SpA Chief Executive for the annual Ambrosetti Fo- Officer Giovanni Bossi. rum, agree that momentum for “The traditional commercial BLOOMBERG bank shares will depend mainly banking sector is not yet attrac- on an acceleration of economic tive for private investors,” Gian- growth and higher interest rates, carlo Aliberti, a partner at Paris- while poor governance and bu- based private equity firm Apax siness-model sustainability have Partners said. “Recent restructu- become the main risks for the rings have solved the short-term industry. problem of lack of capital and are “The perception that systemic very positive for the banking sys- risk is over has supported shares tem, but banks still have an in- in recent months and, looking frastructure and business model forward, the ability of the coun- that generates profits below what try to exit from a sluggish path a private equity investor needs, of recovery and expectations of which means that only selected higher interest rates will be a tri- opportunities where short-term gger to buy bank securities,” Da- restructuring is feasible might be vide Serra, chief executive officer attractive.” of Algebris Investments, said Italian banking Association in an interview on the sidelines data shows subdued loan growth of the event in Cernobbio, Italy. for the private sector, with loans “We are very positive on Italian to Italian residents up 1 percent banks.” at the end of June at 1.5 trillion London-based Algebris, whi- euros. Banks have only increased ch has 10 billion euros (USD12 lending to households, which as billion) of assets under mana- a whole have a low level of inde- gement has committed about btedness, and to firms with high 20 percent of its portfolio into credit ratings, according to Bank Italian bank equity and credit, mic growth is pushed by exports, nomic growth which can spur out that the number will remain of Italy reports. including holdings in lenders consumers and investments, so banks’ profitability,” said Fran- below 2015 levels unless action is While Italian banks have raised such as UniCredit SpA, Intesa “the core banking activity in Italy cesco Confuorti, chief executive taken to stop an increase in costs. almost 30 billion euros of fresh Sanpaolo SpA and Banco BPM is actually quite profitable,” said officer of Advantage Financial money since 2014 to strengthen SpA. Jean Pierre Mustier, chief exe- SA, a Milan-based investment their balance sheets, they conti- In June, the government com- cutive officer of UniCredit SpA, firm. “This may be a boost in Banks’ nue to be burdened with more mitted as much as 17 billion eu- Italy’s biggest bank. the short term, but banks shou- than 170 billion euros of net non- ros to wind down Banca Popo- Though still lagging behind eu- ld use this positive environment operating profit performing loans. lare di Vicenza SpA and Veneto ro-area peers, Italian economic to address their governance and for 2016 was The European banking system Banca SpA, and a month later got recovery looked more convincing improve their structure, cutting as a whole has a questionable le- EU approval to give 5.4 billion this year with gross domestic branches and costs.” down by 27 vel of capital and that could lead euros of aid to recapitalize Banca product expanding 0.4 percent Banks’ operating profit for 2016 to problems in the next econo- Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, in the second quarter and a rise was down by 27 percent, mainly percent, mainly mic slowdown, said Jim McCau- thus addressing what were consi- in exports of Italian goods over owing to a drop in income, Bank owing to a drop ghan, CEO of Principal Global dered the main systemic risks for the same period despite a stron- of Italy data shows. Italian banks’ Investors, whose firm oversees the banking industry. Since then, ger euro. GDP could expand 1.5 operating profit should rise this in income more than $420 billion in assets. shares of Italian banks have jum- percent this year if the current year helped by continued grow- “For many banks, prosperity is ped almost 8 percent compared pace of growth is confirmed for th in economic activity and the “Expectations of a brighter eco- very dependent on continuity of with a 1 percent uptick in the Eu- the rest of 2017, Italian statistics slight increase in the slope of the nomic future present banks with the economic momentum,” said rope STOXX 600 Banks Index. institute Istat said in August. yield curve, the central bank said a unique opportunity to address McCaughan, who recommends Italy has very strong funda- “Italy is showing concrete sig- in its stability report published remaining issues to improve pro- staying underweight on the Eu- mentals and its healthy econo- nals of an acceleration of eco- in April. The report also pointed fitability and reduce costs,” said ropean banking sector. Bloomberg

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AP PHOTO Agreements between Brazil and China could represent Oil tankers pass along the road towards the capital Luanda, Angola Angola loses status as USD9.9b in funding HE 14 agreements signed during compete for the projects, which are ex- largest oil producer Tthe official visit of Brazilian Presi- pected to be tendered in 2018. dent Michel Temer to China to attend AP PHOTO The fourth largest amount concerns in Africa to Nigeria the BRICS summit meeting in Xia- $700 million in financing to be - rai men, Fujian province, could represent sed by the China Communication and NGOLA was one of per day to 1,668 million USD9.9 billion in investments and cre- Construction Company (CCCC) for Athree member coun- barrels per day, but Nige- dit lines, according to Brazilian daily construction of a private terminal at tries of the Organization ria’s increased by 117,200 Estado de São Paulo. the port of São Luís (Maranhão State). of Petroleum Exporting barrels per day to 1.674 The largest amount will be the re- In the overall announced figure, the Countries (OPEC), whose million barrels per day. sult of the Brazilian Institute for the Brazilian ambassador included a credit output fell in July, along According to secondary Environment and Renewable Natural line worth $300 million that the Ex- with Iraq and Venezuela, sources, Angola produced Resources (IBAMA) granting the en- port-Import Bank of China may grant according to the August 19,300 barrels per day in vironmental license for construction to Banco do Brasil. oil market monthly re- July for a total of 1.646 of the electric power transmission line The National Bank for Economic and port. million barrels per day, between the Belo Monte dam in the Xi Jinping (left) holds a welcome ceremony Social Development and the China Ex- Nigeria, on the other while Nigeria’s produc- State of Pará and the southeastern re- for Brazilian President Michel Temer before port & Credit Insurance Corporation hand, was one of the three tion increased by 34,000 gion of Brazil. their talks in Beijing, Sept. 1 (Sinosure) have signed a document countries where produc- barrels per day to 1.748 Brazil’s ambassador to China, Mar- granting guarantees to Chinese com- tion increased most, the million barrels per day. cos Caramuru, said in Beijing that the that there are agreements for the pro- panies doing business in Brazil. The other two being Libya and Russia, Angola and Sau- China State Grid group will invest $3.5 ject of the Porto do Sul port, in Ilhéus Brazilian government had announced Saudi Arabia, and Nige- di Arabia in June were the billion to build the 2518-kilometre and the Ferrovia de Integração Oeste- in advance the hiring of the China Na- rian production exceeded three main oil suppliers to transmission line, which will be the Leste (FIOL) railway, which will link tional Nuclear Corporation to evalua- that of Angola according China, with market sha- longest in Brazil. that city to Caetité, both in the State of te the procedures necessary for con- to both secondary and di- res of 18%, 13% and 11%, The second largest amount relates to Bahia, over a distance of 500 km, with clusion of the Angra 3 nuclear power rect sources. respectively, with Chinese the China Development Bank credit both projects valued at $2.4 billion. plant. Angola’s production in oil imports increasing by line to Brazil’s National Bank for Eco- According to the ambassador, the The president of Brazil also met with July increased, accor- 28,000 barrels a day to an nomic and Social Development (BN- agreement provides for a consortium Xi Jinping, with the two presidents ding to direct informa- average of 8.8 million bar- DES). of Chinese companies, Kazakhstan and agreeing to extend bilateral strategic tion, from 6,000 barrels rels per day. MDT/Macauhub The Brazilian ambassador also said the government of the State of Bahia to cooperation. MDT/Macauhub

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China says it will only imple- ment sanctions agreed by the Chinese oil lifeline to N. Korea UN. In February it banned pur- chases from North Korea of coal and iron ore for the rest of the year, and in August it suppor- targeted after nuclear blast ted the Security Council vote to tighten sanctions that targeted about a third of North Korea’s VEN before North Korea de- That calculation has held even USD3 billion in exports. Around Etonated its most powerful nu- while China’s interests have di- 90 percent of North Korea’s do- clear bomb yet, Japan was calling verged from those of North Ko- cumented trade was with China BLOOMBERG for moves to cut off its oil supply. rea. in 2016. Some sort of oil embargo is likely Relations between President Xi Economists at Citigroup Inc. to come up as the international Jinping and Kim have been cool said the nuclear test could be the community discusses a response - a shift from prior leaderships in “red line” sufficient for China and to the nuclear test, starting with a both countries - with state-run Russia to back additional UN United Nations Security Council media occasionally sparring. sanctions, including curbs on oil meeting today. China has resisted Kim’s decision to conduct the and energy exports. But it’s less such a move in the past over fears nuclear test as China prepared clear if agreement can be reached that North Korea might collapse, to host leaders from the so-called for a complete embargo. but has grown increasingly frus- BRICS nations was seen as a sli- “It is also unclear if more sanc- trated with its rogue ally. ght to Xi. tions would suffice to change Still, while China might make a China supplies most of Nor- North Korea regime behavior,” gesture to Trump in an effort to th Korea’s crude oil, according the Citigroup analysts wrote in a defuse his criticisms, it may not to the U.S. Energy Information note. be the panacea the U.S. president Administration, but it’s hard to An editorial in the Communist is looking for, and do little in a know exactly how much: China Party-affiliated Global Times on practical sense to slow Kim down. hasn’t reported any volumes in North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (center) Sunday questioned if a ban wou- “A temporary or partial ban is its published customs data since ld deter Kim. possible, but the Chinese govern- 2013. Based on reported volu- months and could earn cash for an EIA estimate based on repor- “If China completely cuts off ment will definitely refuse to cut mes, North Korea’s oil use over its weapons programs from its re- ted trade information, compared the supply of oil to North Korea off oil exports completely or per- an entire year would be less than maining non-sanctioned exports, with almost 2.6 million barrels or even closes the China-Nor- manently to North Korea,” said the U.S. East Coast consumes in Rajiv Biswas, Asia-Pacific chief a day in South Korea and 12.5 th Korea border, it is uncertain Shi Yinhong, an adviser to Chi- a single day. economist for IHS Markit, said in million in China. whether we can deter Pyongyang na’s cabinet and international Oil products are transported by an email. The agency estimates North from conducting further nuclear relations professor at Renmin North Korean tanker to the port “These FX inflows may be suf- Korea crude imports at about tests and missile launches,” it University in Beijing. “If Chi- of Nampo, near the capital Pyon- ficient to allow the North Korean 10,000 barrels a day, all of whi- said. na agreed to cut off oil exports gyang, while crude oil is sent via ballistic missiles and nuclear ch goes to its only operating re- Any further sanctions against completely, China would use all an aging pipeline from the Chine- weapons programs [to continue] finery, the Ponghwa chemical North Korea would be meanin- its tools but not achieve any pur- se border city of Dandong, Reu- operating,” he said. It would take facility, located near the Chine- gless, said Shen Dingli, deputy pose, and the consequence could ters reported earlier this year. a ban on all exports, a complete se border. China also reported dean of Fudan University’s Ins- be costly.” While other countries supply the blockade of fuel and the elimina- sending 6,000 barrels a day of titute of International Studies in Since the Korean War, Beijing regime with fuel, the total figures tion of remittances from North oil products to North Korea last Shanghai. has avoided prodding North Ko- are suspected to be under-repor- Korean workers abroad to bring year, according to the EIA, citing “Sanctions would be more like rea to the point it might collapse, ted, according to the EIA. North Korea to the negotiating UN customs data. Figures from gestures,” Shen said. “North fearing a destabilizing economic Even if China did agree to ban table, he said. China’s General Administration Korea is engaged to develop blow and the possibility of the all oil supplies, North Korea North Korea’s oil consumption of Customs shows those ship- nuclear weapons, and none U.S. military gaining influence would likely have stockpiles to last year was paltry. It averaged ments include fuel oil, gasoline, of the two powers can change on its border via a unified Korea. sustain critical operations for 15,000 barrels a day, according to diesel, jet fuel and lubricants. that.” Bloomberg

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Ralph Jennings, Taipei lier in the year and said ceptions she had failed Lin had suffered from the ruling Democratic to manage foreign re- low popularity, with the aiwan’s premier ten- Progressive Party shou- lations under pressure independent Taiwanese AP PHOTO Tdered his resignation ld approach Beijing with from China, which uses Public Opinion Founda- yesterday, raising the confidence. its economic power and tion putting his approval possibility of changes China cut off contacts global diplomatic clout rating at 28.7 percent in in the island’s troubled with Tsai’s government to marginalize the is- May. Taiwan’s high-te- relationship with main- more than a year ago land. Taiwan has lost ch, export-driven eco- land China. because of her refusal to two diplomatic allies to nomy has suffered in The Presidential Office endorse Beijing’s view China in Tsai’s term to recent years from low said on its website that that Taiwan is a part of date. growth and stagnant wa- President Tsai Ing-wen China. The sides sepa- At the same time, China ges, particularly among reluctantly accepted Lin rated amid civil war in is Taiwan’s top trading young people. Chuan’s decision to re- 1949 and China conti- partner, with impor- Lin said at a news con- sign after more than a nues to threaten force ts and exports totaling ference on Monday that year in office. to gain control over the USD118 billion last year he had asked the presi- Tsai is to announce a island of 23 million peo- and billions of dollars dent in June to repla- Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen successor today, with ple. invested by Taiwanese ce him before the 2018 the official Central News Government surveys in the mainland since elections so he could contacts, said Raymond $13.9 billion plan to bui- Agency saying her pick since 2014 have found the 1990s. avoid getting involved in Wu, managing director ld infrastructure such as will be William Lai, at least 70 percent of Tainan city news de- political issues. of Taipei-based politi- commuter railways and mayor of the southern Taiwanese prefer auto- partment director Hsu “These aren’t things cal risk consultancy e- irrigation projects. city of Tainan. nomy from the Commu- Shu-fen declined to say that fall within my inte- telligence. He oversaw “He’s not really all that Though described as a nist government in Bei- whether Lai wanted the rests,” he said. pension reform, despite well connected in the supporter of Taiwanese jing. premier’s job, calling Lin was hired as a staunch opposition from Democratic Progressive independence, Lai sug- Tsai’s popularity rating word about his appoint- “transitional figure” and government employees, Party,” Wu said. “He has gested seeking common dipped to 33 percent in ment “news that hasn’t had done all he could gi- and saw through the fulfilled what he needed ground with China ear- June partly over per- taken place yet.” ven his limited political approval this year of a to get done.” AP tue 05.09.2017

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HE BRICS group of five AP PHOTO major emerging econo- mies called yesterday for reform of the United TNations and tougher measures against terrorist groups, while denouncing North Korea’s latest nuclear test at a summit in China that seeks to enlarge the organi- zation’s presence on the world stage. The nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa— agreed in a joint declaration to strengthen cooperation against a range of organizations it descri- bed as terrorist, including some based in Pakistan, in a diplomatic victory for New Delhi. The five also pledged their opposition to protectionism, a theme increasingly taken up by host Chinese President Xi Jinping as anti-globalization sen- timent in the West poses a threat to China’s vast export markets. In the 43-page declaration, Xi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladi- mir Putin, Brazilian President Michel Temer and South African President Jacob Zuma said they would work together to improve global economic governance to A plenary session of the BRICS Summit is held in Xiamen yesterday foster “a more just and equitable international order.” They also strongly condemned North Korea’s sixth — and most powerful — nuclear test that took place Sunday and has over- BRICS countries urge UN reform, showed the two-day BRICS sum- mit in the port city of Xiamen that China is using as a showcase for its growing international sta- cooperation on terrorism tus. Preeti Saran, an official with -In dia’s Ministry of External Affairs, important development.” paving the way for Indian Prime ted to hold a meeting on the si- Xi announced in his opening said each leader had referred to China, a key ally of Pakistan, Minister Narendra Modi to at- delines of the summit tomorrow. address yesterday that China North Korea’s nuclear test when has repeatedly blocked India’s tend the BRICS summit in China. The declaration also expressed would set aside 500 million yuan they spoke during their meeting. attempts to have the leader of Saran denied any connection concern about the Haqqani ne- (USD76 million) for economic The declaration said the five Jaish-e-Mohammad, Masood between China’s agreement to twork that is active in Afghanis- and technological cooperation emphasized that the issue should Azhar, put on a U.N. Security list the Pakistan-based organiza- tan, and the Eastern Turkistan and exchanges among BRICS only be settled through “peaceful Council terror blacklist. India tions and the withdrawal of In- Islamic Movement, accused by countries, and $4 million to su- means and direct dialogue of all has accused archrival Pakistan of dian troops from the contested Beijing of fomenting unrest in pport the BRICS’ New Develop- the parties concerned.” harboring and training militants Himalayan area last week. China’s northeastern region of ment Bank. They called for “comprehensive to launch attacks on its soil. “This is a multilateral forum Xinjiang. The figure was much smaller reform” of the U.N. and the U.N. China is a veto-wielding per- with five sovereign countries. The declaration said nations than the 780 billion yuan ($120 Security Council “with a view to manent member of the Securi- There is no linkage to any other should unite to fight terrorist billion) that Xi pledged at a sum- making it more representative, ty Council and has been seen as development,” she said. groups in accordance with the mit in May for his own signatu- effective and efficient, and to in- using that clout to gain an edge in At earlier BRICS summits, Chi- principles of international law, re initiative, the “One Belt, One crease the representation of the its political and economic rivalry na balked at India raising Pakis- but emphasized the importance Road” project to boost connec- developing countries so that it with India. The nuclear-armed tan-sponsored terrorism allega- of not interfering in the sovereign tions between China, Europe and can adequately respond to global Asian giants recently ended a 10- tions and defended its ally’s role affairs of individual states. Africa. AP challenges.” week border standoff high in the in countering terrorism, said No proposals on specific refor- Himalayas that re-awakened me- Sreeram Chaulia, dean of the ms were offered. mories of their 1962 frontier war, Jindal School of International China, the world’s second lar- Affairs near New Delhi. AP PHOTO gest economy, wants BRICS to The inclusion of the two Pakis- play a more important role in BRICS’s tan-based groups in the decla- international affairs. But some ration shows that “India has observers suggest the group’s influence is finally succeeded in persuading influence is waning given the waning given all BRICS members that Islamist ongoing political and economic fundamentalists pose a universal rivalry between China and India the ongoing threat,” Chaulia said. and the economic woes faced by That came despite commen- Brazil, Russia and South Africa. rivalry between ts by Chinese Foreign Ministry In addressing terrorism, the China and spokeswoman Hua Chunying on declaration named organizations Thursday that China did not con- including the Pakistan-based India and the sider Pakistan’s counter-terro- militant groups Lashkar-e-Taiba rism efforts to be an “appropriate and Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Is- economic woes topic” at the summit. lamic State group and al-Qaida. Saran said Modi and Putin dis- Saran said it was the first time faced by Brazil, cussed oil and gas cooperation there had been a specific listing of Russia and and how to promote trade and alleged terrorist groups in a BRI- investment between their two President Xi Jinping (center) gestures as he stands with Russian President Vladimir CS document, calling that “a very South Africa nations. Xi and Modi are expec- Putin (left) and Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan (right) as they wait for a family photo 05.09.2017 tue

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OLLOWING U.S. war- AP PHOTO nings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea Ffired missiles into the sea to si- mulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site yesterday, a day after North Korea detona- ted its largest-ever nuclear test explosion. South Korea’s Defense Minis- try also said that North Korea appeared to be planning a futu- re missile launch, possibly of an ICBM, to show off its claimed ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons, though it was unclear when this might ha- ppen. The heated words from the United States and the military maneuvers in South Korea are becoming familiar responses to North Korea’s rapid, as-yet un- checked pursuit of a viable ar- senal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can strike the United States. The most recent, and perhaps In this photo provided by the South’s Defense Ministry, a Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea yesterday most dramatic, advance came Sunday in an underground test of what leader Kim Jong Un’s KOREAN CRISIS government claimed was a hy- drogen bomb, the North’s sixth nuclear test since 2006. The United Nations Security South simulates attack on Council planned to hold its se- cond emergency meeting about North Korea in a week today [Macau time] to discuss respon- North’s nuke site after test ses to the test. In Seoul, Chang Kyung-soo, an Each new North Korean mis- explosion has yet to be deter- tentially capable of carrying nu- That is why some questioned official with South Korea’s De- sile and nuclear test gives the mined. South Korea’s weather clear weapons, in a launch Kim Trump’s jab at South Korea. He fense Ministry, told lawmakers country’s scientists invaluab- agency said the artificial earth- described as a “meaningful pre- tweeted that Seoul is finding that on Monday that it was seeing le information that allows big quake caused by the explosion lude” to containing Guam, the its “talk of appeasement” will preparations in the North for jumps in capability. North Korea was five times to six times stron- home of major U.S. military faci- not work. The North Koreans, an ICBM test but didn’t provide is thought to have a growing ar- ger than tremors generated by lities, and vowed to launch more he added, “only understand one details about how officials had senal of nuclear bombs and has the North’s previous five tests. ballistic missile tests targeting thing,” implying military force reached that assessment. Chang spent decades trying to perfect a Sunday’s detonation builds on the Pacific. might be required. The U.S. has also said the yield from the latest multistage, long-range missile to recent North Korean advances Ahead of the North’s test, pho- about 28,000 troops stationed nuclear detonation appeared eventually carry smaller versions that include test launches in July tos released by the North Korean in South Korea and is obliged by to be about 50 kilotons, which of those bombs. of two ICBMs. The North says its government showed Kim talking treaty to defend it in the event of would mark a “significant -in Both diplomacy and severe missile development is part of a with his lieutenants as he obser- war. crease” from North Korea’s past sanctions have failed to check defensive effort to build a viable ved a silver, peanut-shaped devi- Trump also suggested putting nuclear tests. the North’s decades-long march nuclear deterrent that can target ce that was purportedly a ther- more pressure on China, North In a series of tweets, U.S. Pre- to nuclear mastery. U.S. cities. monuclear weapon destined for Korea’s patron for many decades sident Donald Trump threate- In Washington, Trump, asked an ICBM. The images were taken and a vital U.S. trading partner, ned to halt all trade with coun- by a reporter if he would attack without outside journalists pre- in hopes of persuading Beijing to tries doing business with North North Korea, said, “We’ll see.” The South’s sent and could not be indepen- exert more effective leverage on Korea, a warning to China, and No U.S. military action appeared military said dently verified. What appeared its neighbor. Trump tweeted that faulted South Korea for what he imminent, and the immediate to be the nose cone of a missile the U.S. is considering “stopping called “talk of appeasement.” focus appeared to be on ratche- its live-fire could also be seen in one photo, all trade with any country doing In response, Chinese Foreign ting up economic penalties, whi- and another showed a diagram business with North Korea.” Ministry spokesman Geng ch have had little effect thus far. exercise was on the wall behind Kim of a Such a halt would be radical. Shuang, told reporters in Beijing In brief remarks after a White bomb mounted inside a cone. The U.S. imports about USD40 yesterday that China regarded House meeting with Trump and meant to The Arms Control Association billion in goods a month from as “unacceptable a situation in other national security officials, ‘strongly warn’ in the United States said the China, North Korea’s main com- which on the one hand we work Defense Secretary Jim Mattis explosion appeared to produce mercial partner. to resolve this issue peacefully told reporters that America does North Korea a yield in excess of 100 kilotons Experts have questioned whe- but on the other hand our own not seek the “total annihilation” of TNT equivalent, which it said ther North Korea has gone too interests are subject to sanctions of North Korea, but then added North Korea has made a strongly suggests North Korea far down the nuclear road to and jeopardized. This is neither somberly, “We have many op- stunning jump in progress in tested a high-yield but compact continue pushing for a denuclea- objective nor fair.” tions to do so.” its nuclear and missile pro- nuclear weapon that could be rization of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s military said its Mattis said the U.S. will answer grams since Kim rose to power launched on a missile of inter- an Obama administration policy live-fire exercise was meant to any threat from the North with following his father’s death in mediate or intercontinental ran- goal still embraced by Trump’s “strongly warn” North Korea. a “massive military response — late 2011. The North followed its ge. White House. The drill involved F-15 fighter a response both effective and two tests of Hwasong-14 ICBMs, Beyond the science of the blast, “Denuclearization is not a viab- jets and the country’s land-ba- overwhelming.” which, when perfected, could North Korea’s accelerating push le U.S. policy goal,” said Richard sed “Hyunmoo” ballistic missiles Mattis also said the interna- target large parts of the United to field a nuclear weapon that Fontaine, president of the Cen- firing into the Sea of Japan. tional community is unified in States, by threatening to launch can target all of the United Sta- ter for a New American Securi- The target was set considering demanding the denuclearization a salvo of Hwasong-12 interme- tes is creating political compli- ty, but neither should the U.S. the distance to North Korea’s of the Korean Peninsula and that diate range missiles toward the cations for the U.S. as it seeks to accept North Korea as a nuclear test site and the exercise was Kim should know Washington’s U.S. Pacific island territory of balance resolve with reassuran- power, he said. “We should keep aimed at practicing precision commitment to Japan and Sou- Guam in August. ce to allies that Washington will denuclearization as a long-term strikes and cutting off reinfor- th Korea is unshakeable. It flew a Hwasong-12 over nor- uphold its decades-long com- aspiration, but recognize priva- cements, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of The precise strength of North thern Japan last week, the first mitment to deter nuclear attack tely that it’s unachievable anyti- Staff said. Korea’s underground nuclear such overflight by a missile po- on South Korea and Japan. me soon.” AP 05.09.2017 tue

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ANALYSIS session of dozens of nuclear-ti- pped ICBMs allows it to attack Seoul or Tokyo without U.S. in- tervention because of American South Koreans worry N. Korean fears that North Korean retalia- tion could kill millions in Ame- rican cities. “I’m worried about whether nukes will damage US alliance the U.S. is really serious about defending its ally, South Korea, or if it’s putting its own national Foster Klug, Seoul interest first,” said Woo You- ng-soo, a law lecturer at a uni- .S. President Donald AP PHOTO versity in Seoul. “As a true ally, UTrump took to Twitter I wish Trump would have a de- following North Korea’s stron- fense policy that is truly meant gest-ever nuclear test explosion for South Korea.” to criticize both Koreas and Others believe North Korea China. But his tweets will get can still be checked with firm as much attention in Asia for statements from Washington what’s missing as for their tough that make clear how strongly words. the United States will respond Following the clearest sign if its allies are attacked. Because yet that North Korea is fast Kim Jong Un cares deeply about approaching a viable arsenal of keeping power, this argument nuclear-tipped missiles capab- goes, he won’t risk an attack if le of hitting the U.S. mainland, an overwhelming U.S. response Trump again skipped what for seems more likely than not. decades has been the bedrock Trump’s experienced lieute- of U.S. policy on the Korean Pe- nants have sought to signal this. ninsula: A firm assurance that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the United States would defend said all the right things after South Korea against any attack. the test when he repeated what This feeds a growing worry Seoul and Tokyo long to hear — that has many in South Korea that Washington’s commitment and Japan asking a startling to them is unshakeable. question. Could Trump and “A lot of reassurance comes North Korean leader Kim Jong down to trust,” Colin Kahl, a Un want the same thing, namely Georgetown University profes- a separation, or “decoupling,” of sor and former Obama adminis- the decades-old security alliance tration national security official, between the United States and said in a Twitter thread. “Our its top Asian allies, South Korea allies have to ‘believe’ we would and Japan? trade San Francisco for Seoul or The White House has occasio- Toledo for Tokyo if push comes nally issued statements in which less as a way to beat the United [by North Korean missiles]. If The possibility of losing the to shove. Yet instead of reas- Trump has repeated what past States in a war than as a way to you look at what Trump said free trade deal seemed for some suring our democratic allies in presidents regularly declared separate Washington from its now, the answer seems to be here yet another hit to the allian- East Asia, Trump has done the about the U.S. commitment to Asian allies. The goal is to cau- no,” said Shin Hee-Seok, a gra- ce. opposite.” defend its Asian allies. But his se the United States to seriously duate student in international “The United States now is not “Undermining alliance soli- public comments on the alliance consider whether it’s worthwhi- law at Seoul’s Yonsei University. the United States we used to darity at this moment is dumb have more often reflected deep le to fulfill its treaty obligations “While it still remains a fringe know,” the Chosun Ilbo, South and dangerous. It emboldens skepticism — and skipped any by treating an attack on Seoul as opinion, some South Koreans Korea’s largest daily newspaper, Pyongyang, increases the risk security reassurance. it would an attack on San Fran- are wondering if we should now said in an editorial. “The presi- of [North Korean] miscalcula- Trump, for instance, previous- cisco. build our own nuclear deterrent. dent prioritizes dollars over the tion [and] potentially incentivi- ly questioned the expensive sta- If the U.S. is not a reliable ally, alliance.” zes [South Korea] and Japan to tioning of U.S. troops in South South Korea may have to think Some see a not-too-distant fu- seek their own independent nu- Korea and Japan, and sugges- Trump’s about Plan B.” ture where North Korea’s pos- clear arsenals,” Kahl wrote. AP ted that Seoul and Tokyo pur- sue nukes themselves, instead public of relying on the so-called U.S. nuclear umbrella. Trump also comments appears to be taking a shot at on the [US-S. Beijing says Trump’s trade another pillar of the U.S.-South Korean alliance, a hard-fought Korea] alliance threat ‘unacceptable’ free trade deal, by considering triggering a withdrawal from have often HINA yesterday criticized President ted States imports goods worth about $40 the agreement, a U.S. business reflected deep CDonald Trump’s threat to cut off U.S. billion a month. lobbying group said over the trade with countries that deal with North Trump said it was under consideration “in weekend. skepticism; Korea and rejected pressure to do more to addition to other options.” Then came Trump’s five tweets halt the North’s nuclear development. Asked whether Beijing would support tou- after the nuclear test which cri- and skipped Trump issued the threat after North Korea gher U.N. sanctions such as cutting off oil ticized North Korea’s main ally on Sunday exploded a thermonuclear device supplies to North Korea, Geng didn’t men- and aid provider, China, for fai- any security in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. tion oil but said whatever happened would ling to contain the North; Sou- reassurance The threat was seen as a warning to China, depend on discussions among council mem- th Korea’s liberal president for North Korea’s main trading partner and bers. Geng said China, one of five perma- “talk of appeasement” (despite Ironclad U.S. vows of protec- only major ally. nent Security Council members with power what many see as a consistent tion were easier before North A foreign ministry spokesman, Geng to veto U.N. actions, would take part in a hard line toward the North’s Korea’s recent demonstrations Shuang, criticized Trump’s stance as unfair “responsible and constructive way.” weapons tests) and, of course, that it may be very close to ac- to Beijing. Geng expressed frustration at Australian “rogue” North Korea. tually being able to hit San Fran- “What is definitely unacceptable to us Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s com- Nowhere did he seek to reas- cisco and other parts of the Uni- is that on the one hand we work so hard ment that Beijing had a responsibility to in- sure a frazzled South Korea that ted States with nuclear missiles. to peacefully resolve this issue and on the fluence North Korea due to its status as the the United States would have its “What people in South Korea other hand our interests are subject to sanc- North’s main trading partner. back if attacked. worry about most is whether tions and jeopardized,” Geng said at a regu- “We keep stressing that we cannot solely This matters because North the United States will defend lar news briefing. “This is unfair.” rely on China to resolve this issue,” said Korea’s relentless pursuit of South Korea at a time when the Such an approach would be drastic if Geng. “We need all parties to work in the nukes is seen by many analysts U.S. mainland is under threat applied to China, from which the Uni- same direction.” AP tue 05.09.2017

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HURRICANE Harvey damage testing Texas infrastructure

HE damage Harvey pressed hope for quick action on want to give them up, but felt wrought on Texas is relief aid when he visited storm- they had no choice. testing the state’s infras- AP PHOTO ravaged areas over the weekend. So volunteers from PAWS Chi- tructure like never befo- The aid request would add $7.4 cago drove three vans with 43 Tre, challenging regulators, politi- billion to Federal Emergency cats and dogs about 1,600 ki- cians and others on several fronts Management Agency disaster aid lometers to give the pets new in the hurricane’s aftermath. Ex- and $450 million to finance di- homes, according to the Chica- perts say wastewater treatment saster loans for small businesses. go Sun-Times. Volunteer Mark plants sprawled across Houston Lukas says the owners were tear- and Southeast Texas are facing PREACHING TO PAIN ful but happy the animals would unprecedented challenges , with Each day is now a flurry for a find shelter. ramifications for human safety church of unconventional priests and the environment well after perhaps made for this unconven- WANT TO HELP? HERE’S the floodwaters eventually rece- tional time. HOW de. At the Catholic Charismatic Charities and philanthropy ex- There have been several dozen Center south of downtown Hous- perts say the best way to help sewer overflows, private septic ton, the Rev. Mark Goring is in a during times of disaster is to tanks in rural areas could fail race to help meet spiritual and send money directly through a and the system also faces conta- material needs at a time when website. mination from spilled fuel, waste POLITICS OF DISASTER nation’s $19.9 trillion borrowing people who come in are sear- That gets the funds to charity site runoff, lawn pesticides and RELIEF limit. Before Harvey, Mnuchin ching for all kinds of help. faster than a text donation, even pollutants from petroleum refi- The demand for federal disaster had said Congress would need The lobby of the church is a though the text might seem ea- neries and chemical plants. relief funds comes as the Trea- the limit to be raised by Sept. 29 swarm of volunteers at tables sier. And while sending clothes The U.S. Environmental Pro- sury Department has been using to let the government keep bor- full of donations for the storm’s and other supplies can be a na- tection Agency said Sunday various accounting measures to rowing money to pay bills such victims. Meanwhile, he bounces tural urge, household items can that of the 2,300 water systems cover expenses because the debt as Social Security and interest. from the church to the commu- complicate and hinder relief ef- contacted by federal and state limit has already been reached. “Without raising the debt limit, nity center to the streets, looking forts, experts say. regulators, 1,514 were fully ope- Treasury Secretary Steven I’m not comfortable that we wou- for signs of need so he can send The U.S. Center for Disaster In- rational. More than 160 systems Mnuchin said Sunday that Con- ld get the money that we need teams of volunteers to help. formation says unsolicited goods issued notices advising people to gress should combine a USD7.9 this month to Texas to rebuild,” generally compete with priority boil water before drinking it, and billion disaster relief package for Mnuchin said. DISPLACED PETS items for transportation and sto- 50 were shut down. Harvey with an increase in the President Donald Trump ex- Their owners in Houston didn’t rage. AP

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CRAYON SHINCHAN MOVIE 2017 room 1 2:30, 7:30pm Director: Masakazu Hashimoto Starring: Tamao Hayashi, Tôru Hotohara, Teiyû Ichiryûsai Language: Cantonese Duration: 107min 1997 Mother Teresa dies

High anxiety about White House politics, hurricane flooding and even the threat of nuclear war with North Korea is adding Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who de- an extra spark to the annual burning of a giant, ghostly mario- voted her life to helping the sick and the poor, has died nette that serves as an effigy to gloom and doom. at the age of 87. The ritual burning of Zozobra attracted tens of thousands She died of a heart attack at the headquarters of the of revelers last week to a Santa Fe city park for a mixture of Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta shortly before 1700 wholesome and ghoulish fun. BST. Inside the six-story puppet are reams of crumpled, handwri- The nun from Skopje, Macedonia, had been battling ill tten notes about recent troubles and travails that people hope health for some years, and in March stepped down as to leave behind. Worries this year included a combustible mix head of the order of nuns she founded. of disenchantment with politics and preoccupation over na- THE ADVERNTURERS She was revered by many around the world as a living tural and manmade disasters. room 1 saint for her work with the dispossessed. In preparation for the burning, Holly Garcia, a 39-year-old 4:30, 9:30pm The Pope often praised her work and a Vatican homemaker, stuffed several notes into a slotted “gloom box” Director: Stephen Fung spokesman told reporters he was “deeply hurt” by the at a shopping center. Starring: Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Zhang Jingchu news of her death. The first was about a hospitalized sister and a brother reco- Language: English “The Pope believes she is a woman who has left her vering from brain surgery. Then came a note about the U.S. Duration: 131min mark on the history of this century,” he said. president, and a hand-scrawled prayer for friends and former The head of the Catholic church in England and Wales, neighbors besieged by floods in League City, Texas — a com- Cardinal Hume, said she was an “enormously signifi- munity sandwiched between Houston and the Gulf of Mexico. cant figure - everyone knows who Mother Teresa is”. “I put down, ‘Get rid of Donald Trump!’” said Garcia, while Born Agnes Bojaxhiu in Skopje, then part of the Otto- still counting her blessings. “I’m very blessed personally, my man Empire later Macedonia, she took the name Sister immediate family.” Teresa in Ireland, where she began her training as a nun Yinka Adeniji, a 40-year-old technology consultant, said he with the Loreto Sisters. wanted to join others in washing away all internal feelings of She founded her order in 1948 and went out to work bad will and also perhaps get rid of an inept U.S. political in the slums of Calcutta. system and start from scratch. She was sometimes accused by Hindus in her adop- “I think it’s going to take a lot more than Zozobra,” he said. ted country of trying to convert the poor to Catholicism “We’re a country that doesn’t want to care for its people.” THE DARK TOWER by “stealth” and criticised by liberals who disliked her conservative stance on abortion and contraception. The invention of Will Shuster — a painter from Philadelphia room 2 who migrated to the Southwest — Zozobra was first built and 2:30, 4:15, 6:00, 9:45pm But her biographer and friend Navin Chana said she ignited in 1924, adding a madcap celebration to a Santa Fe’s Director: Nikolaj Arccl would be remembered as someone who “gave the word weeklong community “fiestas” that include historic and reli- Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor compassion a new dimension”. gious processions. The festival’s name was derived from a Language: English Spanish word for anguish. Duration: 132min Courtesy BBC News Modern pyrotechnics have transformed the nighttime bur- ning, now preceded by hours of live music and performances A DOG’S PURPOSE on an adjacent stage. A team of a dozen puppeteers heaves room 2 on cords to flex the groaning marionette’s arms, head and jaw. 7:45pm The spectacle appeals to people’s “better angels” in a year Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Brit Robertson marked by disaster and political upheaval, said Ray Sandoval, n context Language: English I who organizes Zozobra for the local Kiwanis Club to raise Duration: 95min money for youth charities. Tens of thousands of people lined the route of Mother Teresa’s funeral procession in Calcutta a week later. He spied credit card bills and a paid-off mortgage papers DANGAL Her successor as head of the Missionaries of Charity was Sis- among the messages in the Zozobra stuffing this year — room 3 ter Nirmala. along with worries about nuclear war. 2:30, 6:00, 9:00pm In 1997 the order which Mother Teresa had run for almost half “We’re getting a lot of political messages to be quite ho- Director: Nitesh Tiwari a century was 4,000-strong and established in 130 countries. nest,” Sandoval said. “People are really worried about the Starring: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh It cared for 7,000 children and treated about four million sick path of the country and their leadership. There are a lot of Language: Hindi (Chinese & English) people each year. them that are more hopeful for the country.” Duration: 164min tue 05.09.2017

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FOOTBALL | WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS events for the opposition during his years in exile, returned to Da- mascus last month for the first time in five years, receiving a VIP Amid war, Syria hopes to reach welcome at the airport. The team’s captain, Ahmad al- Saleh, plays for Chinese club He- nan Jianye, while Omar Khribin, World Cup for first time who scored a goal in each half against Qatar, plays for Saudi Albert Aji And Bassem Mroue, Arabian team Al-Hilal. Al-Soma, Damascus who recently joined the national AP PHOTO team, plays for Saudi club Al-Ah- N the midst of a long-running li. Iand ruinous war, millions of Al-Khatib, who played for Syrians may finally have some- Kuwaiti team Qadsia and later thing to be joyful about. Al-Arabi, will be returning to his Syria’s national soccer team has mother club of Al-Karamah in a chance to qualify for next year’s the central city of Homs. World Cup — what would be the Syrian state news agency SANA Arab nation’s first ever appea- said the national team began its rance in the sport’s most presti- training in Tehran on Saturday gious event. The team, referred in preparation for today’s match to by many Syrians as the “Qa- against Iran. sioun Eagles” after a mountain In the Syrian capital yesterday, overlooking the capital Damas- workers were setting up giant cus, has been on an impressive screens in at least three squares run despite being forced to play for public viewing, while busi- all its games in other countries. nessmen will be offering food The Syrians beat Qatar 3-1 last and drinks for those planning to week in Malaysia, moving into watch. State-run television, whi- third place in Group A of Asian of the match between South Ko- which has been devastated by ted the country’s soccer industry, ch is planning to broadcast the qualifying. The top two finishers rea and Uzbekistan. the conflict. More than 400,000 the country’s most popular sport. game live, has lined up special in the six-team group will auto- “Our team is ready to achieve people have been killed and half As the nation descended into programs for the event. matically qualify for next year’s victory and qualify Syria for the the country’s prewar population conflict, sports stadiums were The politics of Syria’s run has tournament in Russia, while first time to the World Cup,” displaced since the conflict erup- trashed and many of the national not been lost on anyone. the third-place team will enter a Muwaffaq Fathallah, the chief ted in March 2011. It will also be team’s players moved to Arab or For Syria to qualify for the Wor- playoff. administrator of the Syrian team, a boost for President Bashar As- Asian countries to play. ld Cup in Russia, its chief inter- If the Syrians beat Iran in said by telephone from the Ira- sad, who is eager to project stren- The national team is made up national ally, it must defeat Iran, Tehran in their final group mat- nian capital. “We want the Syrian gth and normalcy on the world of government-approved su- its regional political ally. Both ch today, they will be guaranteed people to be happy.” stage while his forces continue to pporters, although at least one countries have provided crucial to finish at least third. But Syria The qualification would come as recapture territory on the grou- player was an opposition activist. political and military support to could finish second and qualify a welcome surprise for millions nd. Striker Firas al-Khatib, who was shore up Assad’s forces in the directly depending on the result across the war-torn country, The war has negatively impac- often seen attending fundraising war. AP ad tue 05.09.2017

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FOOTBALL | WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Switzerland wins 8th straight game, Portugal stays close

Tales Azzoni, AP Sports Writer qualifying. campaign ever. ts — one more than it achieved Its final games are against Latvia Forward Haris Seferovic netted With two games left, the Faeroe ahead of the 2002 World Cup. and at Hungary. WITZERLAND exten- his fourth goal in the qualifying Islands is in fourth place and out Lars Olsen’s team beat Latvia Andorra has four points from ded its perfect record in campaign with a neat flick from of contention for a World Cup ber- earlier in its campaign, and drew a win over Hungary and a draw World Cup qualifying by close range, and Blerim Dzemaili th, but it already has eight poin- with Andorra and Hungary. against the Faeroe Islands. AP defeating Latvia 3-0 yester- and Ricardo Rodriguez added to Sday for its eighth straight victory, the lead in the second half. while Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portu- Portugal kept pace with Switzer- gal edged 10-man Hungary 1-0 to land with its seventh straight vic- stay close at the top of Group B. tory since an opening 2-0 loss to France held by Luxembourg; With two games left, Switzerland the Swiss. has 24 points, three more than Andre Silva scored the winner Belgium qualifies for World Cup defending European champion with a header from close range Portugal. Third-place Hungary after a cross by Ronaldo just three RANCE wasted its chance to move a step clo- stayed on 10 points and is out of minutes into the second half in ser to World Cup qualification after a 0-0 home

F AP PHOTO contention. Budapest. draw with Luxembourg that leaves automatic qua- An Oct. 10 showdown between “It was a difficult game from lification from Group A wide open with two games Portugal and Switzerland in Lis- start to finish,” Silva said. “We to go. bon will likely decide which team had to give everything we had. I’m Belgium overcame stern resistance from Greece wins the group to automatically glad I scored the winning goal.” to qualify for Russia 2018, winning 2-1 away from qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Hungary played with 10 men home. Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku’s Russia. Three days earlier, Swit- from the 30th after Tamas Priskin winning goal put the other Red Devils out of reach at zerland hosts Hungary and Portu- was sent off for an elbow on Pepe. the top of Group H. gal plays at Andorra. “We were always in control, but There were contrasting emotions afterward for Earlier, the Faeroe Islands de- it was always a difficult and un- France and Luxembourg. feated Andorra 1-0 for its second certain match,” Portugal coach “We had the chances and didn’t take them,” Fran- win, securing its best ever quali- Fernando Santos said. ce coach Didier Deschamps said. “We should have fying campaign. Gilli Soerensen scored a first- done more.” Switzerland scored early and half winner and the Faeroe Is- But Luxembourg counterpart Luc Holtz could ba- therlands and Sweden had no problem finding the twice shortly after halftime to lands defeated Andorra 1-0 to rely contain his delight. net. keep alive its impressive run in guarantee its best qualifying “It’s a historic result,” he said. “Yes, it’s a glorious Proepper’s first international goals helped the Du- day for Luxembourg football.” tch keep their slim qualifying hopes alive — albeit Sweden moved one point behind France after ea- four points behind Les Bleus. sing to a 4-0 win away to Belarus, while a selection Proepper replaced veteran Wesley Sneijder and ronaldo passes pele’s goals tally choice from Netherlands coach Dick Advocaat paid tapped in from close range in the seventh minute. off as midfielder Davy Proepper scored his first two Veteran winger Arjen Robben doubled the lead in CRISTIANO RONALDO scored the European list, Ronaldo is now international goals in a 3-1 home win against Bul- the 67th minute with his 34th international goal. a hat trick to move past Pele on six goals behind Hungary legend garia. Georgi Kostadinov pulled back a goal just two minu- the list of all-time international Ferenc Puskas. Ronaldo scored Advocaat’s side is three points behind Sweden with tes later before Proepper sealed the win in the 80th. goalscorers as Portugal beat Faeroe twice in the first half and once after two games remaining and still in with an outside On a night for firsts, Christoffer Nyman got his Islands 5-1 last week to stay close to the break to reach 14 goals in seven chance of securing a playoff spot. first Sweden goal to make it 2-0 midway through Switzerland at the top of Group B Group B matches. The Real Madrid Elsewhere, defender Domagoj Vida’s header gave the first half. in World Cup European qualifying. striker opened the scoring with a Group I leader Croatia a 1-0 win against Kosovo in Emil Forsberg scored in the 18th and, after Ronaldo netted with a neat volley side-volley by the far post. “I had a match which started Saturday before being called Nyman’s goal, striker Marcus Berg popped up with from inside the area then added been trying to score a goal like this off due to a torrential downpour. his 14th for Sweden to put the result beyond doubt two other goals to lift his career for a long time,” Ronaldo said. “It Only the group winners automatically advance in at halftime. tally to 78 and surpass the great was the goal that was missing in my European qualifying for the World Cup. Center half Andreas Granqvist completed the sco- Pele, who scored 77 for Brazil. On career.” While France fluffed countless chances, the Ne- ring near the end with a penalty. AP THE Royal baby: Dukes of Cambridge Station Air quality BUZZ expecting third child Roadside 30-50 Good The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are or severe morning sickness. She will no expecting their third child, Kensington Pa- longer carry out her planned engagement High lace has announced. The Queen and both at the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in Density 25-45 families are said to be “delighted with the London. Residental news,” the BBC reported yesterday. Catherine is being cared for at Kensing- Good As with her previous two pregnancies, ton Palace, the statement said. The duke Area opinion Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 35, is and duchess have a son, George, who is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, four, and a daughter, Charlotte, aged two. Ambient 30-50 Good Our Desk DSMG SOURCE: Julie Zhu WORLD BRIEFS Recycling starts early Odd inheritance: 1889 AP PHOTO Around ten years ago, in the city where I landmark courthouse grew up, the government one day decided to fine people RMB200 for walking around topless. Of course, we are generally talking about those men who, in the summer, walk with clock tower by without wearing any shirts because of MYANMAR A Nobel high temperatures. laureate and Muslim I remember the day when all those old nations in Asia criticized hags sitting around in front of yards talking AP PHOTO Myanmar’s persecution of its Rohingya Muslim loudly, started preaching, one by one, “it’s minority as thousands in 200 per person.” Indonesia and elsewhere Then, the city’s topless men mystically di- staged angry protests sappeared over the night, and never retur- against Aung San Suu Kyi ned to town ever since. Obviously, they are and her government. still around, but it became rare to see them in the streets. PAKISTAN A suspect This story first came to mind when I saw involved in an attack on a a picture of the Inner Harbor’s state when lawmaker killed one police the typhoon was still wrecking havoc over officer and wounded another during a raid at all objects and creatures in Macau. In the his house and he was able picture, an old styled building, surrounded to escape from his eastern by yellow waters, could be seen with trash Karachi neighborhood, floating around it, while human beings were police said yesterday. strained inside. At that moment, I thought that if people ever have to suffer, at least they should ne- AP PHOTO ver have to suffer such insult. You ask, why does the picture reminded me of the first story I mentioned? Because The Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse in Litchfield, Connecticut, which was closed on August 25 by the I wonder if there is a way Macau can beco- state authorities me so efficient, so clean, that nobody wou- SYRIA Government forces ld ever have to worry about trash floating Dave Collins, Litchfield (Conn.) move to Torrington but aban- never seen anything like this,” and their allies are on around when typhoons strike the city every doned the idea because of the said Rybak, who has advo- the verge of breaking a summer. EORGE Beckwith got state budget deficit, judicial cated since the late 1970s to nearly three-year siege Can Macau’s trash disappear like the to- Gthe surprising phone call branch officials said. keep the Litchfield courthou- imposed by the Islamic pless men, and never come back? a few months ago, informing Beckwith said he had no use se open amid various plans to State group on parts of I cannot think of solutions to accomplish him that he soon would be an for a courthouse or the expen- close it. “But then again, there the eastern city of Deir el- said goal when it comes to adults because, owner of a 19th-century cour- ses that came with it, so he are not too many properties Zour, opposition activists after having attended so many government thouse in Connecticut, nearly went looking for options befo- like this.” and state media said events, I kept hearing Macau leaders saying 1,400 miles from his home in re the state planned to hand it People who worked at the yesterday. “it is unfeasible, it will cause this or that kind Missouri. over on Sept. 30. courthouse have mixed emo- Top Turkish of problem.” The 78-year-old resident of The search didn’t take long. tions about its closure. A piece TURKEY officials took to social However, there is one thing I can suggest Goodman, in southwestern The nonprofit Greater Litch- of history is being lost. But the media yesterday to Macau to do, which is to start encouraging Missouri, knew about the field Preservation Trust has building had grown cramped, criticize comments young people to recycle in schools. unusual lease agreement his agreed to purchase Beckwith’s there were accessibility pro- on Turkey by German Forget about those theoretical classes ancestors had signed with interest in the property for an blems for the disabled and Chancellor Angela Merkel where teachers lecture students on how to Connecticut officials in 1803. undisclosed, below-market- there were security concerns, and her opponent during be environmentally-friendly. Practice is what If Connecticut ever stopped value price, Rybak said. The including judicial marshals a televised pre-election really matters. using the property in Litch- trust is the parent organiza- having to transport prisoners debate. I’m not denying the positive effects that field for a courthouse, the par- tion of two partnerships that through public areas of the oral education can bring to students. I’m cel would revert back to des- own and operate two other courthouse. GERMANY European Union anti-trust regulators merely stressing that verbal education can- cendants of the six landow- buildings in Litchfield. “It’s quite a piece of history,” have approved Germany’s not be the priority. It has to be action-driven ners who leased it to the state. The trust intends to keep the said Judge John Pickard, who plan to provide troubled education. Beckwith never thought building open and “repurpo- worked at the courthouse low-cost carrier Air Berlin Start by placing recycling bins in schools Connecticut would abandon se” its use, said its attorney, the past 15 years. “I think we with a 150-million-euro to allow children to recycle at school; in pri- the landmark 1889 cour- Perley Grimes. There are no have all loved being here. But (USD179-million) loan. mary and middle ones, and universities. thouse, which features a Seth specific proposals yet, he said. it doesn’t have modern facili- If, day by day, students practice recycling, Thomas clock tower and lies Ownership of the property ties. It’s time.”

then, ideally, when they grow up, at least the along the historic Litchfield actually will pass to Beckwith The courthouse is the most AP PHOTO new population will have the sense of recy- Green. But that’s exactly what and his two late sisters’ esta- prominent landmark in the Li- cling, and will have the habit to do so too. was happening, his lawyer, tes, which also are expected tchfield Historic District, whi- Not only that, but they will become a source Michael Rybak, told him in to sell their interests to the ch is listed on the National Re- of influence for their parents to recycle. that phone call. trust, said Rybak, who also gister of Historic Places. Two Rather than educating the main labor force “Just out of the blue, the sta- represents the estates. Des- previous courthouses on the URUGUAY A top crime about recycling, why not first clear all the po- te of Connecticut got a hold cendants of the other land same property burned down. syndicate boss on the run tential waste that might be produced by kids of Mike Rybak and they said owners lost out on ownership It was host for decades to from Italy since 1994 has now? Hence, make sure that at least there they were going to hand over rights because their interests Litchfield County’s civil court been arrested in Uruguay, will be no concerns with the next generation. the keys,” said Beckwith, who were not legally passed down cases, as well as the region’s where he was living under On the other hand, if the city’s leaders can grew up in Litchfield. “It was through the generations, most serious criminal cases, an alias and using a figure out ways to make sure adults recycle, certainly startling.” Rybak said. including the well-publicized false Brazilian passport, the problem will be way easier to solve. The state closed the Litch- The property was leased to murder trial of teenager Peter authorities said yesterday. Personally, I lack the wisdom to find a way field Judicial District Cour- the state by landowners Mo- Reilly. President to lead adults to recycle. thouse on Aug. 25 and trans- ses Seymour, Moses Seymour Reilly was convicted of COLOMBIA Juan Manuel Santos says Last reminder: Macau faces a typhoon ferred operations to a new Jr., Roger Skinner, Aaron killing his mother in Falls the government will sign season every single year; do we really want USD80 million courthouse a Smith, Elijah Wadsworth and Village in 1973 but exonerated a bilateral cease-fire with to see plastic bags, egg shells, and other few miles away in Torrington. Frederick Wolcott. The Be- four years later after playwri- the nation’s last remaining things flying all over the place? If not, what Officials had planned to conti- ckwiths are descendants of ght Arthur Miller and others major rebel group ahead should we do now? nue some judicial functions in the Seymours. helped Reilly find a top defen- of Pope Francis’ visit this the granite building after the “In 40 years of practice, I’ve se attorney. AP week.