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CAMBODIA The two surviving senior leaders of Cambodia’s former Khmer Rouge regime launch appeals of their convictions by a U.N.-backed tribunal that sentenced them to life in prison for their roles during the group’s brutal rule in the 1970s. Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge’s 83-year-old former head of state, and Nuon Chea, its 88-year-old chief ideologue, appeared in court yesterday for the first day of the appeals. The tribunal said a ruling on the appeals by its Supreme Court is not expected until early next year.

AUSTRALIA A 32-year-old surfer is critically injured by a shark at the same coastal town where a Japanese tourist was killed in February.

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Chinese comedy hit ‘Finding Mr Right’ filming sequel in town

Brook Yang that embody a Portuguese am- bience. We hope to present a sequel to the Chinese ro- real Macau, at least in my eyes Amantic comedy “Finding – a complex [city] with a side of Mr Right,” which saw record glittering lights, and a simple, box office success, has moved guileless and cordial side,” she the story arc’s setting to Macau. stressed. The new movie, again written The shooting of the movie in and directed by Xue Xiaolu, the city is exclusively sponsored with top Chinese actors Tang by the MGM as an initiative to Wei and Wu Xiubo leading the support local cultural exchan- cast, is being filmed in various ges. Moreover, the operator locations around town, from hosted a seminar on Tuesday casino resorts to historical at- where Ms Xue – a screenwriter tractions. and movie director who tea- The first instalment, which ches at Beijing Film Academy premiered in 2013, depicts the – shared tips on how to write story of a Beijing diva who mo- successful screen stories, and ves to Seattle to give birth to the breaking into the movie bu- son she hopes will win over her siness, with nearly a hundred married boyfriend. It grossed local filmmakers, students and over RMB500 million in box of- movie enthusiasts. fice takings, becoming the big- “I don’t think Macau has its gest box office hit of its genre in local market. Right now, even the history of the Chinese film Hong Kong films’ local market industry. is very limited, and it’s even worse for Taiwanese films. In fact, the real market still lies Xue Xiaolu in the mainland. Therefore, when you speak of [making] Macau is not Introducing the comedy’s se- has its very unique history. (…) team has been filming inside commercial movies, apparently only one scene, quel, Ms Xue Xiaolu told local I’ve always wished to write so- the MGM Macau resort. “Apart you need to know this market media that the “Macau element mething with uniqueness, and from MGM, we also found fil- and its audience very well,” she but a crucial accounts for a large portion” of those features are what caught ming locations in many of Ma- suggested, adding that uphol- the new story. my interest and fondness,” she cau’s old alleys, signature ar- ding one’s uniqueness is key to element “Macau is not only one scene, said. chitectures, some interesting maintaining a balance between Xue Xiaolu but a crucial element. Macau Ms Xue revealed that her cultures, and preserved streets artistic and commercial values. Bible-themed drama illuminates migrants’ plight this summer

ocal theatrical as- enjoy local students’ ac- points, forces the youths in Bethlehem, where she Lsociation Theatre Far- ting, as well as the sin- involved and the audien- lives with her mother-in- mers will join forces with ging and dancing perfor- ce to reflect on how those law, Naomi. As an outsi- Hong Kong’s Sky Theatre med by their Hong Kong problems could be solved. der, she encounters daily Creative and Tornado peers, who will also be The expatriates also ex- hardship and discrimina- Creative Theatre to pre- responsible for backstage perience some grievan- tion inflicted by the peo- sent an enlightening sta- duties. ces. Through the show, ple within the Palestinian ge drama on July 17 and For the show’s playwri- the youth see ways in city. 18. The production aims ght-director, Charles Chan, which we could give mi- Despite being a one- Union at the University of opportunity to perform in to reveal the dilemmas the collaborative work was grants a chance and help hour ferry away from Macau will also host the what they regarded as a and discrimination facing inspired by the hardship them out,” said Chan. each other, students from arriving students at the rare collaboration. migrants in their new li- experienced by migrant “The messages in the bi- Hong Kong and Macau Hengqin campus as part “To me, this is a very ving environments. minorities, such as sou- ble are often significant; rehearse separately with of the exchange, where meaningful event, as it’s As its name “Book of th Asians, in both SAR the story’s gist is to stick the help of visual aids and students spend four ni- like a charity show. The Ruth” suggests, the dra- regions. In the play, all to your beliefs while fa- staff members from each ghts together to deepen story is also very inspi- ma is based on the bibli- parties will be reminded cing obstacles, and you’ll other’s groups. Hong their cultural ties. ring, and I don’t mind cal tale, and around 100 of their own adverse ex- eventually find hope.” Kong students will only Anita Seak, who dabbled spending a summer va- youngsters are dedicated periences in order to learn The biblical tale tou- come to Macau one week in drama for five years, cation spreading such a to the project. Audience more about the issue. ches on the adversity of a before the drama kicks off told the Times that she meaningful message,” she members will not only “The show, at some Moabite lady called Ruth in summer. The Student very much cherished the said. Staff reporter

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t’s been a while since in- vestors had reasons to buy Macau casino stocks. A sur- prise move to ease China’s Casino shares rally on Itraveling rules and the smaller- than-expected slump in June casino revenue have given hope easing slump, travel rules that the industry might finally be due for a recovery. Casino stocks surged by a degree not seen in on their Macau units for at least more than three years. 60 percent of their revenue, rose Four out of five Hong Kong-lis- for two days in New York on the ted casino stock jumped by the back of the eased visa restric- most since October 2011, helping tions. Melco Crown Entertain- the Bloomberg Intelligence Ma- ment’s New York-listed shares cau Gaming index claw back a ended up 4.2 percent, after sur- sliver of its 58 percent dive from ging 9.7 percent on Tuesday. its January 2014 peak. MGM Gross gaming revenue in Macau China Holdings Ltd. closed up 16 fell 36.2 percent to 17.4 billion percent while Wynn Macau Ltd., patacas (USD2.2 billion) in June, Galaxy Entertainment Group beating the median estimate Ltd. and Sands China Ltd. gained of a 38.3 percent drop from six between 12 and 14 percent. The analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. benchmark Hang Seng Index The slump has been easing for was up 0.1 percent. four straight months following 13 The loosening of travel restric- consecutive months of declines. tions “marks the first supportive Optimism that the market is policy since a year ago,” wrote showing signs of bottoming Karen Tang, an analyst at Deu- may be misplaced, according tsche Bank AG. While she expec- to Morgan Stanley analyst Pra- ts the impact will be small, “we veen Choudhary, pointing to note the change in policy tone as disappointments for Macau important.” She raised Galaxy, casinos over the next six to 12 MGM China, Sands China and months “that should keep in- Wynn Macau to hold from sell. vestors at bay.” The Macau government annou- These include the risk of VIP nced on Tuesday a reversal of the to stay in the city longer and visit revenue regulated, according revenue declining further as transit visa policy exactly a year more frequently. to Chris Kwai and Haofei Chen, MGM China more junket operators shut after the entry rules were tigh- The government is expected to analysts at China International down, and the impact on casino tened. Starting July 1, mainland issue more supportive policies Capital Corp. closed up 16 earnings due to higher labor and China passport holders transi- in the second half for Macau’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. and construction costs, he wrote in a ting through Macau are allowed economy while keeping gaming Wynn Resorts Ltd., which rely percent note on July 1. Bloomberg/MDT

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Brook Yang MOP1 billion from the of the new rule which was for Economy and Finance have improved to the current MOP17.35 billion. only implemented at the was “pleased to see the tune of about MOP6.9 he government will The drop However, the previous beginning of this month. new measure.” billion in return on in- Troll out austerity experience was based on “The relaxation [of tra- Since the beginning of vestment during the first measures if this month’s was 14.7 an upward trend, whereas vel restrictions] was im- the downturn in the lo- five months of this year. gaming revenue fails to now we are in an adjust- plemented wholly becau- cal gaming industry, a He said that these invest- reach MOP18.35 billion, percent ment phase; we should all se of the new national number of VIP gambling ments are not capital- says the Secretary for compared be attentive to apparent ‘Belt and Road’ initiati- businesses have successi- guaranteed and thus bear Economy and Finance, fluctuations,” he added. ves. We hope that more vely closed or downsized. fluctuation and other Lionel Leong. However, with gaming In regard to Macau’s re- visitors and business- Leong said that, in ter- risks. He stressed that the as July has tended to ge- cent relaxation of restric- people will use Macau as ms of employee layoffs, annual rate of return in nerate more revenue than revenue in tions placed upon main- a transit point en route the Labor Affairs Bureau those months reached 5 June, Leong sees this as a land visitors’ travel as a to their destinations, so has received a total of 59 percent, which was due to goal that Macau “should May, which measure to help support that Macau can perform complaints involving ei- a relatively good market; be able to reach.” is less the gaming market, the as a better platform in the ght VIP gambling rooms. however, there is no gua- Gross gaming revenue in secretary said that no res- country’s development In addition, the secre- rantee that the market June hit its lowest level in than the ponse has been detected strategy,” he clarified, ad- tary said that the gover- will maintain this current over four years, recording in the industry as a result ding that the Secretariat nment’s fiscal reserves level. a 36-percent drop year- estimated 20 on-year to MOP17.35 billion. Nevertheless, the percent secretary pointed out, Lionel Leong Wong Sio Chak praises seven-day transit stay “The drop was 14.7 per- cent compared with the vices Bureau leaders yes- he seven-day Macau tran- The secretary said that last year, transit in the city upon a sub- gaming revenue in May, terday. Tsit mechanism for Chinese under tightened restrictions and sequent arrival within 30 days. which is less than the es- As to whether the gover- passport holders was adjusted enforcement, the authorities had Entry will be denied to offenders timated 20 percent.” nment is confident of rea- to correspond with the develop- seen a drop in irregularities as- for 30 days if they are found in- “In the past five years, ching the revenue goal set ment of Macau’s part in the “Belt sociated with transit visas, which fringing the transit regulations a June’s gaming revenue for July, Leong said, “Ac- and Road” initiative, Secretary counted as another favorable fac- further time. has always been lower cording to previous expe- for Security Wong Sio Chak told tor in the recent amendment. Wong said that the authorities than May, with the big- rience, July has always media after yesterday’s gradua- Under the new rules, effecti- did not exclude the possibility of gest drop being 26 per- scored better than June tion ceremony for the Academy ve July 1, visitors with Chine- revising the measure if the fre- cent. So the rate of decline because of habitual tou- of Public Security Forces. Howe- se passports travelling through quency of irregularities was fou- for this June has actually rist flows and the arrival ver, such a measure may still be Macau to a third destination can nd to increase in the future. narrowed,” he explained of the summer holiday.” subject to change, depending on enjoy a maximum of seven days The government had adjusted to the media on the side- “Therefore, [gaming how authorities evaluate the si- in the city. Those violating the the transit measure last July, li- lines of the inauguration revenue] should be able tuation subsequent to the revi- seven-day limit will be penalized miting Chinese travellers to five- of the new Financial Ser- to achieve an increase of sion. by only being granted two days day stays for transit only. 03.07.2015 fri

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Brook Yang bly,” Iong added. Iong Kong Leong took offi- he Financial Services ce along with Ho In Mui. Of- Bureau (DSF)’s focus New Financial Services ficiating at the inauguration this year is to amend ceremony, the Secretary for the Budget Framework Economy and Finance, Lio- TLaw, says the new bureau direc- director takes office nel Leong, acknowledged that, tor, Iong Kong Leong. “The DSF will require a great According to Iong, who took deal of innovative thinking that office yesterday, a new draft bill purposes; setting upper limi- needs to be implemented to – much anticipated to help re- ts on additional funding; and keep up to date so that it can gulate the management of pu- requesting [fund executors] to further improve the public fi- blic finances – will be released submit interim reports.” nancial system, maintain opti- to the public next Tuesday. This The DSF’s new deputy direc- mal utilization of the taxation will be followed by a 45-day tor, Ms Ho In Mui, noted that system, and constantly enhan- public consultation. Until yes- the new bill could curb poor ce the DSF’s public services.” terday, Iong Kong Leong was project execution rates under According to Iong, the bu- DSF’s deputy director. the Public Investment Plan reau’s tasks this year also focus The local community has long (PIDDA), as “it will require that on improving the taxation law, called for new legislation on the relevant departments promptly plugging loopholes and simpli- SAR’s fiscal budgetary system, release details on budget execu- fying procedures. The bureau is as cost and schedule overruns tion progress on PIDDA projec- also pushing for legislation to on public works have been a ts to the Legislative Assembly enhance transparency and bi- constant burden on the city. Ho In Mui (left), Lionel Leong and Iong Kong Leong (AL) for improved supervision.” lateral exchange of information Using an inherited framework “The bill is in the final stage of to combat cross-border tax eva- law from the Portuguese admi- Pledging that the new Budget elected lawmakers, Iong revea- drafting. Later we will submit it sion. In addition, the DSF will nistration, the current regime Framework Law will increase led yesterday that the draft law to the Legal Affairs Bureau for revise the standards for certi- has undergone several itera- supervision of the authority’s suggested “establishing funds revision and then to the Execu- fied accountants in order to ob- tions over the course of three fiscal spending and budget exe- specifically set aside to be used tive Council, before it is presen- tain international accreditation decades. cution by the community and exclusively for their intended ted to the Legislative Assem- for their qualifications.

Next, the collective Revised affordable housing opinion of the com- Excessive levels of E. coli mission members law to be put to vote before will be gathered, found in public pools which will then go summer recess to the president of the AL so that he can wo public swimming pools initiate a final review Thave been recently closed he amended af- ber of months. The ment might also re- and vote on the bill. due to excessive levels of E. coli fordable housing main purpose of the quire housing-unit T According to Chan, bacteria. Since the Taipa Central barbosa paulo law will be put to a amendment is to applicants to submit eligible applicants Park swimming pool was closed vote at the Legislati- uphold the princi- “other documents who have been wron- on Tuesday (the pool has resu- ve Assembly (AL) be- ple of “draw before that the Housing Bu- gly excluded from med operations as of yesterday fore the parliamen- review.” This means reau authorities per- the possible housing morning), the water quality at tary recess begins changing a section ceive as necessary entitlement by the the Cheoc Van swimming pool this summer. The of the law to ensu- for the preliminary government might located in Coloane was yesterday AL’s Second Stan- re that during the assessment.” The- receive either finan- also found to be noncompliant. ding Committee, draw, or ballot, to se measures gained cial compensation or The Civic and Municipal Af- which is responsible select applicants for unanimous appro- be given a slot in the fairs Bureau (IACM) revealed for the amendment, affordable housing, val from the com- draw, an entitlement that it had discovered sub-stan- announced yester- the administration mittee members, which was previous- dard hygiene conditions after day that it will soon need only conduct a as these aspects of ly granted subject to performing regular tests on pu- finish its analysis. preliminary evalua- the amendment are the court’s verdict. blic swimming pools. The Cheoc Chan Chak Mo, tion of all appli- thought to facilitate The new system, Van pool is now undergoing wa- who presides over cations, only then the application pro- which allows the of- ter purification and disinfection the committee, told to be followed by cess. ficial draw to prece- and will be re-opened once its Cheoc Van swimming pool journalists after a verification of the “There is so much de the qualification water quality is deemed to meet 30-minute closed- qualifications of the ambiguity and dou- assessment, is be- required standards. The bureau explained that the door meeting that applicants and the bt in the application lieved to halve the “The IACM has strict regula- poor water quality in Taipa Cen- the content in the authenticity of the and assessment pro- current three-year tions on managing the water tral Park swimming pool might act, revised by the documents submi- cess, and also con- period required to quality of all public swimming have been caused by a malfunc- government, has tted. In this way, it tradiction. The fle- process the 42,000 pools under its jurisdiction and tion in the pool’s filtration sys- been refined after will take less time xibility [to be intro- applications that inspects them regularly so as to tem. As for the Cheoc Van pool, multiple discussions for the Housing duced], out of good have been submitted ensure that they meet with re- possible reasons listed by the with the commit- Bureau to process will, aims to simplify for only 1,900 eco- quired standards,” stated the bureau included chance factors tee members and applications. the application pro- nomic housing units bureau in a press release yester- such as birds in the surrounding the legal advisory According to Chan, cess,” said the com- that were rolled out day, adding that it would rein- environment and personal hy- body over a num- the new amend- mittee head. in 2013. Staff reporter force its inspection regime. giene of swimmers. BY

MICE services and consultancies. Some of the well-known brands among the exhibitors include Subway, Kids King- Over 100 international brands at Franchise Expo dom, Tino’s Pizza, Pan One and Share Tea. he 2015 Macau Franchise Expo 100 international brands. Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Portugal, “Macau Ideas – the Macau Produc- T(2015 MFE) is being held from to- This year’s event is titled “Brand Ex- Singapore, Taiwan, the United Arab ts Display Centre” will also set up day until Sunday at the Venetian’s Co- pansion Continues – Business Oppor- Emirates and the United Kingdom. an exhibition area to promote local tai Expo. A series of activities will be tunities to be Seized.” According to The number of exhibitors is similar to brands as well as products from Por- held, including an exhibition, forums, a press release issued by the Macau that of last year. tuguese-speaking countries. experience-sharing sessions, business Trade and Investment Promotion Ins- The exhibitors participating in this Today the expo will be open to trade matching and brand repackaging con- titute (one of the organizers), the expo year’s MFE cover a variety of indus- visitors only. Tomorrow and Sunday sultancy services, as well as seminars has attracted over 165 exhibitors from tries, including food and beverage, re- the event will be open to the public and presentations. The expo benefits 11 countries and regions, including tail, education, leisure and entertain- and a shuttle bus service will be avai- from the participation of more than mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, ment, finance, real estate, brand agency lable. 03.07.2015 fri

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he battle for Greek votes was in full swing Greek vote campaign begins yesterday ahead of a crucial weekend refe- Trendum that could decide whe- amid grinding cash crisis ther the country falls out of the euro. For Greeks, particularly the elderly, the daily struggle to get cash ground on in the pean creditors. But European face of massive uncertainty. officials have said they cannot Greece’s creditors have hal- ap photo negotiate with Athens until af- ted any negotiations on a new ter Sunday’s vote. financial rescue program until The head of the eurozone fi- after the popular vote on whe- nance ministers’ group, Jeroen ther to accept proposed reforms Dijsselbloem, says it will be in exchange for bailout loans. “incredibly difficult” to build a Greek Prime Minister Alexis new bailout package for Gree- Tsipras has staunchly advoca- ce if the country votes “no” in ted a “no,” saying it would put Sunday’s referendum. the country in a stronger nego- He raised questions about tiating position with creditors. the new government’s ability But European officials and the to continue talks in such a case Greek opposition have warned and rejected the Greek govern- such an outcome could be tan- ment’s argument that it might tamount to a decision to leave get a stronger bargaining posi- the euro. tion in case of a ‘no’ vote. Until then, the country re- “That suggestion is simply mains in limbo, with banks wrong,” Dijsselbloem told mostly shut and strict cash wi- lawmakers in the Netherlands. thdrawal limits imposed until Some European officials after the vote. have said the Greek referen- Crowds of elderly Greeks, dum amounts to a vote on some struggling with walking whether to stay in the euro. sticks or being held up by The Greek government says others, thronged the few banks that is merely an attempt to opened to help pensioners wi- terrorize the people into vo- thout debit or credit cards wi- ting in favor of destructive thdraw at least some money. austerity policies. The banks shut down on Pensioners wait to be allowed into the National Bank of Greece to withdraw cash Many Greeks say they will be Monday to prevent remaining casting their ballots to end the funds fleeing after Tsipras an- Greeks are now restricted to a vote “yes”, vote “no”. I don’t ment to the International Mo- budget cuts and tax increases nounced he was calling the re- daily withdrawals of 60 euros know. All I know is that I have netary Fund. imposed in return for bailout ferendum. (USD67), although in practi- 120 euros to get by until whe- The country is now seeking loans from other eurozone ce this has become 50 euros never the banks open.” a different deal with its Euro- countries and the IMF. AP for many as large numbers of The question on Sunday’s Greece’s ATMs have run out of 20 euro ballot is whether they accept or notes. reject a reform proposal made varoufakis says he’ll quit if greeks vote yes creditors have Pensioners without bank by creditors during negotia- halted any cards are being allowed to wi- tions last week. Yanis Varoufakis said in Athens that he would “rather cut thdraw a maximum 120 euros But that particular proposal Greece won’t “extend and pretend” my arm off” than sign a deal that negotiations on for the week from open bank is no longer on the table. It was that it can pay its debts, vowing fails to restructure Greece’s debt. branches. amended later in the week and to quit as finance minister if vot- The 54-year-old economics profes- a new financial “All I know is that that we are has now been rendered moot ers don’t support him in Sunday’s sor said he “will not” continue in his all going crazy here,” said Ani- by the fact that Greece’s inter- referendum. With banks shuttered post if Greece endorses austerity in rescue program sia Kaklamanou, one of those national bailout expired Tues- and Greece’s economy hobbled by the plebiscite. “We desperately want until after the waiting to get into a bank in day. The same day, the country capital controls, Varoufakis said in to stay in the euro,” Varoufakis said. central Athens. “And I don’t also became the first developed a Bloomberg Television interview “We are going to win on Sunday.” vote know what to do on Sunday: nation to miss a debt repay-

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5. Question: Can my landlord market, properties sometimes move to the amount of rent owed plus an throw me out of my apartment ? faster than the blink of an eye. additional penalty equal to 100% of Yes, but only under certain circums- the rent. tances. These include; 3. Question: Is there a maxi- In other words, if you don’t pay rent If a tenant does not pay rent at the mum that the landlord can in- for the last 2 months, you will owe 4 appropriate time; crease the rent ? months rent. If a tenant uses the property for ille- No. gal purposes; According to Macau Law, the rental 1. Question: What’s going to ha- If all or part of the property is sub- amount paid by a tenant is in agree- ppen to property prices in Ma- leased without the express permis- ment with both parties. cau ? sion of the landlord; Macau law states that a rent increase As we are all very much aware, Ma- If the usage of the property is diffe- must be ‘reasonable’. By definition cau is extremely small. Even with the rent from the original purpose, for this means that as long as both par- addition of Hengqin Island, land and example if the apartment is used as ties agree to it, it is deemed reasona- space are extremely limited. There is an office or workshop space; ble. only one way to build; Up. If alteration work on the apartment is There have been calls from residents Macau’s economic future looks as carried out without the express per- to try to ‘cap’ rent increases. Howe- certain as anything can be, at least mission of the landlord. ver, it is likely that interference in the until 2049. Over the long term, it is market would have a reverse effect as difficult to see anything other than a 4. Question: What the best way we have seen many times in the past. rise in property prices. to get a cheap property ? For example, if rent increases were Every increase is met with similar As a tenant, the cheapest option for capped at 15%, many owners would attitudes from prospective buyers; It property is to remain in the property not rent properties. As supply falls can’t continue to rise, there is a limit that you are in, paying rent on time and demand grows, this would push of ‘x’ beyond which it will never go and negotiating with the owner for rental prices even higher in the mid etc. the longest possible rental term. and long term. Prices have continued to rise, and You will find that many agencies property that looked expensive some charge lease renewal fees nowadays, 2. Question: Can I use the se- time ago now looks like a bargain. and these vary from agency to agen- curity deposit to pay the last 2 We can see many arguments for con- cy. Especially when rents are rising, months rent ? tinued growth, whilst slowdowns like paying a renewal fee is far cheaper No. the one we are currently experiencing than arranging a new lease. Howe- Deposits may not be used to cover are usually the result of something ver, do make sure you know what the rents. happening outside of Macau. fees are before you agree the renewal. A deposit is for the fixtures, fittings As such it is difficult to draw a con- As a buyer, the best way to get a pro- and furnishings of the property. Ma- clusion other than this; Provided perty at a knock down price is to be cau Law is very specific about this. you have a long term view of 5 years ready to place a substantial deposit The moment that a rent is unpaid or more, Macau property prices are on a property instantly. In a dynamic for 30 days, the landlord is entitled likely to rise. fri 03.07.2015

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prominent Chinese lesbian couple held Gay couple holds informal a simple ceremony yesterday to announ- ceA their informal marriage, in marriage to push for union their latest effort to push for the legalization of same-sex unions in China. The union of Li Tingting and her detention I wanted to be Teresa Xu came six days after closer to her but not merely as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ap photo her girlfriend,” Xu said. “I love to validate same-sex marriages her courage and her sense of in the United States, and four justice.” months after Li was detained The U.S. Supreme Court deci- in China for her women’s rights sion inspired them to seek their activism. own version of a same-sex mar- China does not legally permit riage, Li said. same-sex marriage, and there “That’s a U.S. law. What use is no broad social effort to push does it have in China?” Li said. for its legalization. “We think we should do some- “I do,” Li said in English, as thing ourselves.” friends cheered. “So do I,” re- Within days, the couple pi- plied Xu, also in English. cked up wedding gowns, sche- They exchanged vows and put duled salon sessions for their on silver rings serving as wed- hair and makeup and reserved ding bands in front of about 20 the banquet room. friends and an equal number of The couple had initially con- journalists gathered at a restau- sidered showing up at the local rant in a suburb of Beijing de- civil affairs office to apply for corated with balloons, rainbow a marriage license but stopped flags and their photos. the plan so as not to upset the “We want to take some action authorities. to advocate for same-sex mar- “They could detain me on the riage,” Li said earlier in a salon, charge of assembling illegally while Xu was having her hair or provoking trouble to disrupt styled. “It’s doing the impossi- social order,” Li said. ble when you know it’s impossi- Li said state security officials ble, but it takes those constant had contacted her to inquire efforts to make changes in his- about the ceremony, and that tory.” Li Tingting, second from right, laughs as she is lifted off the ground by her wife Teresa Xu, right, outside of a beauty salon in Beijing she was worried about the pos- Li was detained in early March sibility of being detained again. with four others amid China’s tion over their plans to hand out Hillary Clinton, who is running they remain criminal suspects. “We are a bit nervous and ex- crackdown on social activism. stickers and flyers denouncing for U.S. President, criticized The experience prompted Xu cited that our wedding should They were taken into police sexual harassment. Foreign go- their detention. The five were to consider a stronger bond get this much attention,” she custody in a criminal investiga- vernments, rights groups and released 37 days later, although with Li. “I love her, and after said at the ceremony. AP

Monsters mix with the Great Wall in Matt Damon film

Louise Watt, Beijing ghts against monsters Pictures, China Film Co. from the past, present Ltd., a unit of the sta- att Damon, one ap photo and future are all produ- te-owned China Film Mof China’s favo- ced by Hollywood,” he Group, and Le Vision Pic- rite Hollywood stars, said. “What I have thou- tures, a private film com- said yesterday he was ght about is how to use pany affiliated to Chinese overwhelmed at the fans this Hollywood format tech firm LeTV. turning up at his hotel to express what I want to “The Great Wall” is an in China — not for him express and present the official co-production. but for an ex-boy band Chinese culture and make That means it will be trea- singer who also appears it unique.” ted as a domestic film and in a Sino-Hollywood fan- Willem Dafoe also stars bypass China’s import tasy adventure movie. in the film, and there are restrictions that limit fo- The singer is Lu Han, 25, a host of Chinese actors reign movies and will get but with the face of a tee- in supporting roles, inclu- a bigger share of the Chi- nager, who rose to fame ding Hong Kong’s Andy nese box office. as the lead vocalist and Lau. Actress Jing Tian Hollywood has been in- dancer of Chinese-South Director Zhang Yimou, right, looks at actor Matt Damon, center, using a mobile phone to take picture of the takes on the lead female serting Chinese elemen- Korean boy band EXO. journalists next to actor Pedro Pascal, second from right, during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing role in her first English ts into some of its films Lu was trailed by fans, -language film. to appeal to the Chinese said Damon. “I think the Will Hunting” and the otherworldly creatures glish-language movie by Damon said the langua- audience, but official co first night where we star- “Bourne” action franchi- who threaten humanity. Zhang Yimou, the direc- ge barrier was not a pro- -productions like “The ted shooting there was so- se, plays a battle-scarred It is due for global release tor of the romantic Kung blem when filming. “It’s Great Wall” require Chi- mething like 400 flower mercenary in search of in November 2016. Fu drama “House of the same discipline and na or a Chinese story to arrangements came to treasure. Pedro Pascal, of It is the latest co-produc- Flying Daggers,” ‘’Hero” it moves across cultures be integral to the plot. the hotel and took up the “Game of Thrones,” is his tion between China and and the opulent opening and languages pretty ea- Most Chinese co-pro- entire hallway.” sword-wielding partner. Hollywood as U.S. stu- and closing ceremonies of sily,” he said. ductions with the West Damon spoke in Beijing Lu plays a boy emperor. dios court China’s rapidly the 2008 Beijing Olympi- The movie is the first have been box-office to publicize the movie In the film peppered growing movie audience cs. being made by Legen- flops, but producers hope “The Great Wall,” which with stars from both Chi- and Chinese producers Zhang said he felt at dary Entertainment’s “The Great Wall” can has a budget of USD150 na and Hollywood, war- look to improve their te- ease with the story becau- Chinese offshoot, Legen- show that big-budget Si- million. Damon, whose riors use the Great Wall chnological know-how. se it was set in China. dary East, together with no-Hollywood co-pro- movies include “Good as a weapon to combat It will be the first En- “Movies that have fi- Hollywood’s Universal ductions can work. AP 03.07.2015 fri

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Bus falls off bridge ap photo killing 10 South Koreans ap photo

People watch the wreckage of a bus at the site of a road accident on Ji’an-Dandong Road in Ji’an City, northeast China’s Jilin Province

Taiwan bus carrying a group of South Koreans fell off a hi- Aghway bridge in northeastern China, killing 10 pas- sengers and the Chinese driver, officials said yesterday. The accident took place Wednesday after the vehicle left the northeastern Chinese city of Ji’an and was about Pilot in February halfway to its destination of Dandong, which borders North Korea, the official Xinhua News agency said. China’s Foreign Ministry said 28 people were aboard TransAsia crash the bus — 26 South Koreans plus one driver and one tour guide from China. Ten South Koreans and the dri- ver were killed, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, expressing condolences to the victims. described as hasty The South Korean government sent an emergency team of 11 officials to China yesterday to assist in coping with the aftermath. Ralph Jennings, Taipei the plane’s other engine, which tage but authorized takeoff, the re- Officials in South Korea said its nationals were on the showed no mechanical trouble, port shows. It was not clear if that bus as part of a 140-person delegation of mainly gover- pilot described by collea- the council’s report indicates. Nor- glitch had any connection with the nment employees. Agues as nervous and hasty mally, a pilot would throttle back engine going idle. They were in China to tour historical sites, including mistakenly throttled down a still to cut the flamed-out engine to The automatic takeoff power con- places where Korean independence fighters resisted -running engine following a glitch avoid further problems and rely on trol system maker in the United Japan’s colonial rule before the end of World War II, with the other engine in an airli- the still-running engine for power. States has joined Taiwan’s investi- according to officials from the South Korean Ministry of ne crash that killed 43 people in “If engine two has flamed out, gation, Wang said. Government Administration and Home Affairs. Taiwan in February, flight safety you would shut off engine two, The flight had left Taipei’s Son- The bus was part of a six-bus caravan, the South Ko- officials said yesterday. that’s normal logic,” Wang said. gshan airport for the outlying rean officials said. A preliminary investigation after Eight seconds before the crash, Taiwan-controlled islands of Kin- Photos circulating online showed the bus resting on its the Feb. 4 crash of TransAsia flight the council’s report states, the pilot men. Video captured on dashboard top in shallow water under the bridge. GE235 already had indicated that said in Chinese: “Wow, pulled back cameras showed the plane flying Some family members began arriving at a funeral hall the pilot shut off the remaining en- on the wrong side throttle.” on its side over an elevated road, in Ji’an, according to South Korea’s Yohap news agency. gine after one of them went idle. But clipping a fence, light pole and Eight of the 16 injured were still in serious condi- the account yesterday by Taiwan’s Eight seconds passing taxi shortly before plun- tion and the injuries of a 36-year-old Korean pas- Aviation Safety Council — while not ging into the Keelung River in a senger were life threatening, according to a hospital assigning blame — added additional before the crash heavily populated part of Taipei. official. AP/Xinhua details about the crash and the back- The flight was carrying 53 pas- ground of the pilot, including that he the pilot said in sengers, three crew members and had failed a flight simulator test as two flight attendants. Fifteen peo- recently as May 2014. Chinese: “Wow, ple escaped the aircraft alive. 2nd person dies in Both the pilot and co-pilot died. TransAsia said yesterday it had Minutes after takeoff in Taipei, pulled back on improved pilot training and the Taiwan water park fire a ribbon-like sensor connector in the wrong side company’s organization since the the automated flight system failed February crash. he death toll from a blaze at a Taiwan water park and put one engine into a mode throttle” Jon Beatty, CEO of the U.S.-ba- Tparty over the weekend rose to two yesterday, with that effectively cut its power to the sed non-profit Flight Safety Fou- more than 200 injured still in intensive care. aircraft, Taiwan’s Aviation Safety The pilot in command had failed ndation, has been invited to sit Taiwan’s Central News Agency said 19-year-old Council Executive Director Tho- a flight simulator test in May 2014 on TransAsia’s aviation commi- college student Liu Chih-wei died early in the morning mas Wang told a news conference. and passed it the following month ttee and give guidance, and all 61 after suffering burns over 90 percent of his body. A The engine’s condition, useful in with further training, the council’s ATR aircraft pilots have passed an 20-year-old woman died on Monday after suffering other cases to reduce torque, ge- report says. “appropriateness examination,” similar injuries when colored powder sprayed from a nerated a flame-out warning in the He had been described in post- the company said in a statement. stage caught fire at the party on Saturday night. cockpit 37 seconds after takeoff, crash interviews with colleagues To improve organization, Tran- The report said Liu had been a design student at the according to a report by the cou- as “a little nervous during line ope- sAsia said it has raised pay and College of Maritime Technology in Taiwan’s capital, ncil. However, it says the engine rations,” and a person who “had a “made active efforts” to develop ta- Taipei. itself was technically still capable tendency of rushing to perform the lent. It has also formed an in-hou- Investigators are looking into whether a spark might of providing power to the ATR-72 procedures without coordination se safety inspection committee have triggered the explosion of colored corn powder aircraft. The aircraft was also de- with the (co-pilot),” according to that meets every two weeks. thrown into the dancing crowd at the Formosa Water signed to fly on one engine. the report. Another domestic TransAsia fli- Park along the island’s west coast on the outskirts of “The sensor connector, in An automatic system to control ght crashed on July 23 last year, Taipei. layman’s terms, you would say was power upon takeoff had not been killing 48 people aboard. Among the injured was Alex Haas, 26, of New in a situation where it didn’t con- armed while the plane was on the The Aviation Safety Council an- Hampshire in the United States, who also suffered nect normally,” Wang said. ground in Taipei but kicked in se- ticipates finishing a full investiga- burns to his lungs and over 90 percent of his body. Seconds later, the pilot said he conds later, the agency’s report tion on the February crash by April Taiwan has since banned the use of flammable pow- would pull back on the throttle to said. The pilot knew about this ou- 2016. AP ders at all public activities. AP fri 03.07.2015

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Philippines TV footage showed coast guard rescuers and army sol- diers carrying survivors from rubber boats to a beach. Not Ferry capsizes in choppy far away, the bottom part of the vessel could be seen protruding from the water. A rescue leader, Ciriaco Toli- waters; 35 dead, 20 missing bao, said several army frogmen and coast guard divers were searching the overturned boat in a race with time to find more Oliver Teves, Manila survivors or retrieve bodies. Coast guard officials and sur- ferry carrying 189 ap photo vivors said it wasn’t immediate- passengers and crew ly clear what caused the 36-ton capsized yesterday ferry boat, which was carrying minutes after it left a a heavy cargo of construction centralA Philippine port in cho- materials and bags of rice, to ppy waters, leaving at least 35 overturn as it moved from the dead and 20 others missing, port toward Ormoc Bay. coast guard officials said. Cloudy weather at the time of They said at least 127 people the accident did not pose any from the M/B Kim Nirvana danger that would have promp- were rescued by nearby fishing ted the coast guard to stop sea boats and coast guard person- voyages, the coast guard said. nel or swam to safety off Ormoc A brewing storm in the Paci- city on Leyte Island. fic was 550 kilometers east of Coast guard spokesman Ar- Ormoc and was too far away to mand Balilo said the wooden affect any part of the Philippine outrigger ferry was leaving Or- archipelago, according to fore- moc for the Camotes Islands, casters. They said winds in the about 44 kilometers to the sou- Ormoc region were not strong th, when it was lashed by strong enough to whip up dangerous waves. waves. He said the captain and some Ormoc, a regional economic of the crew were rescued and and transportation hub of about are in custody pending an in- 200,000 people, is located in a vestigation. disaster-prone eastern region Survivors told The Associated that is regularly hit by some of Press by cellphone that the bow the approximately 20 tropical of the ferry suddenly rose from storms and typhoons that blow the water before the vessel fli- in from the Pacific each year. pped over on one side, turning The city was among those de- it upside down and trapping vastated by Typhoon Haiyan, passengers underneath. one of the most ferocious stor- Mary Jane Drake, who was ms on record to hit land, which traveling with her mother and The Philippine Coast Guard rescues boat passengers after a ferry capsized in choppy waters yesterday in Ornoc left more than 7,300 dead and American husband, said the missing and leveled entire villa- ferry was pulling slowly out of “No one was able to jump red firefighter from Roches- ld, and tried to lean over. I am ges in November 2013. the port when it suddenly fli- out because it overturned very ter, New York, said he ran to a big guy, and tried to push the In 1991, a storm set off flash pped to the left in strong waves swiftly. There was no time to one side of the boat to try to ba- boat back over but it was way floods in the Ormoc region that and overturned. She, her mo- jump,” she said. lance it but it was too late. too late,” he said. killed more than 5,000 people ther and husband swam to sa- Her husband, Lawrence “I jumped out of my seat and Many of the passengers were and swept homes and vehicles fety from underneath the ferry. Drake, a 48-year-old reti- ran to the front as far as I cou- screaming in panic, he said. into the sea. AP

n Afghan court has Afghanistan Aoverturned the dea- th sentences for four men convicted of taking Court cancels death sentences in mob killing of woman part in the shocking mob killing of a woman outsi- made public, has outra- shrine falsely accused de a Kabul shrine, a jud- ged her family, who said Malikzada of burning ge said yesterday. they are still waiting for a Quran, a mob atta- ap photo Three of the men con- justice. Lawmakers and cked her as police wa- victed of the murder of activists also criticized tched. After punching, Farkhunda Malikzada in the decision, saying the kicking and beating her March were instead gi- court had bowed to the with wooden planks, the ven 20-year sentences, conservative religious crowd threw her from a and the fourth was sen- establishment and failed roof, ran over her with a tenced to 10 years, said to uphold the rule of law. car and crushed her with Appeals Court Judge Ab- “This is against the a block of concrete. They dul Nasir Murid. constitution. The courts then set her body alight The ruling was made should be open to the pu- on the bank of the Kabul in a closed-door hearing blic, and this closed-door River. on Wednesday and first hearing undermines the The attack was filmed reported by the inde- credibility of the senten- by many people in the pendent Tolo TV. Tolo ces,” said Shukria Barak- mob, and the footage said the court acquitted zai, a lawmaker and wo- widely distributed on the peddler at the shrine men’s rights advocate. social media. Of the 49 who allegedly incited the The mob killing led to people convicted, in- mob by falsely accusing calls for judicial reform cluding 19 policemen Malikzada of burning a and stronger protection accused of dereliction Quran. for women from violen- of duty, 37 were relea- The court’s decision, ce. After the peddler at sed last month ahead of In this Sunday, March 22 file photo, Afghan women’s rights activists carry the coffin of 27-year-old which has not yet been the Shah-Du Shamshira their appeals. AP Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob, during her funeral, in Kabul 03.07.2015 fri

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Niniek Karmini, Medan Indonesia Indonesia’s last C-130 crash was in 2009, when about 100 he aging Indonesian mi- people were killed. The plane Tlitary transport plane that crashed into a row of houses crashed into a residential nei- Crashed plane may have as it was attempting to land at ghborhood of Medan killing an air base in East Java pro- 141 people had a propeller vince. “abnormality” that indicates At the time, there were calls an engine stalled, the air for- suffered engine failure for a bigger military budget to ce chief said yesterday. replace aging planes. Air Marshal Agus Supriatna The C-130 that crashed told reporters the fact that the blades that reduces the ten- Tuesday was carrying many plane turned rightward after dency of the plane to swing more passengers than the takeoff and was flying at a ap photo in the direction of the failed military first reported. Ini- lower than normal speed also engine. tially, the air force said there suggests an engine failure. “If there was feathering that were 12 crew members on the Before crashing shortly after means the engine was dead,” 51-year-old plane and did not takeoff on Tuesday, the C-130 he said. mention passengers. It then Hercules hit a 35-meter radio Indonesian military planes repeatedly raised the num- antenna, he said. “By hitting are not equipped with black ber of people on board, indi- the antenna, I imagine it cer- box flight recorders, accor- cating confusion about how tainly affected the plane,” Su- ding to air force operations many people had boarded priatna said. commander Agus Dwi Pu- and alighted during a journey The search for bodies ended tranto. covering several cities. On Wednesday. The plane was In response to the disaster, the doomed leg of the flight, carrying 122 people and the President Joko “Jokowi” Wi- the plane was leaving Medan impact also killed people on dodo has ordered a review in Sumatra, one of Indone- the ground. The wreckage of of aging air force planes and sia’s main islands, for the re- the plane has been removed other military hardware. mote Natuna island chain. from the neighborhood in In- Indonesia’s military spen- Relatives of some victims donesia’s third largest city ding is equal to 0.8 percent of said they had paid for their and two nearby roads have GDP, according to the Wor- flights, violating rules that been reopened. The smell of ld Bank, about half that of restrict air force flights to jet fuel still lingers around its neighbors Malaysia and military personnel and their the crash site. Rescuers search the site where an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed in Medan Thailand. The cash crunch families. Supriatna said if Air force spokesman Dwi for Indonesia’s armed forces evidence is produced, stern Badarmanto said it has grou- how many planes were invol- suggest a propeller was “fea- is compounded by the vast action would be taken against nded other B-type C-130 ved. thered” by the pilot, using a area of an archipelago nation anyone who facilitated civi- Hercules planes pending the Supriatna said the early technical term to describe a made up 17,000 islands and lians joining the flight. [see investigation. He didn’t say findings of the investigation high-angle position for the spanning three time zones. also report on page 20] AP

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Holocaust tribute ‘Britain’s Schindler’: Winton’s rescue of Jewish children revealed after 50 years

Naomi Koppel, London “At the time, everybody said, ‘Isn’t it wonderful what you’ve s there anyone in our au- ap photo done for the Jews? You saved dience tonight who owes all these Jewish people,’” Win- their life to Nicholas Win- ton said. “When it was first said ton?” asked the presenter to me, it came almost as a reve- Iof the popular BBC magazine lation because I didn’t do it par- program “That’s Life”. ticularly for that reason. I was Around the elderly man, si- there to save children.” tting with his wife in the front row of the audience, more than 30 people got to their feet. Virtually The man stood to acknowled- ge them, wiping tears from his single- eyes. It was 1988, some 50 years handedly, since young stockbroker Ni- cholas Winton found himself in Winton saved Prague as the Nazis marched on more than 650 Czechoslovakia and all around him Jewish parents desperately children from looked for a means of escape, if not for themselves then at least almost certain for their children. Virtually single-handedly, death in the Winton saved more than 650 of Holocaust those children from almost cer- tain death in the Holocaust. But he didn’t talk about it for deca- A young girl lights a candle at the statue of Britain’s Sir Nicholas Winton at the main train station in Prague, Czech Republic The children from Prague des, until his wife discovered were among some 10,000 documents in their attic that himself to saving the innocent Oskar Schindler, who famously of 50 pounds per child. mostly Jewish children who revealed the story and for the and the defenseless. His excep- saved Jewish lives during the He drew up lists of some made it to Britain on what were first time allowed the rescued tional moral leadership serves war. 6,000 suitable children, pub- known as the Kindertransports children to know and thank as an example to all humanity,” Returning to Britain and fin- lishing their photographs to try (children’s transports). Few of their savior. Israeli Prime Minister Benja- ding there was no one working to encourage British families to them would see their parents “There are all kinds of things min Netayahu said yesterday. on the problem of how to get the agree to take them. He arran- again. you don’t talk about, even with “Winton knew how to cor- children out, Winton borrowed ged trains from Prague to the After the story came to light, your family,” Winton said later. rectly read the harsh reality the headed paper of the British Netherlands, ferries to take the Winton’s wife Grete persuaded “Everything that happened be- and chose to leave his comfor- Committee for Refugees from children across the North Sea. him to talk about what had ha- fore the war actually didn’t feel table life and follow the voice of Czechoslovakia and undernea- Eight trains and one plane car- ppened, and many of the chil- important in the light of the war his conscience,” added Avner th typed the words “Children’s ried 669 children to Britain in dren - now parents and gran- itself.” Shalev, chairman of the Yad Section.” the months before the outbreak dparents themselves - contac- Winton’s death Wednesday at Vashem Holocaust memorial in He approached the British go- of war. The largest evacuation ted him to thank him for saving the age of 106 brought tributes Jerusalem. vernment, and eventually got was scheduled for Sept. 3, 1939, their lives. Among the well-k- from leaders and Jewish groups The story of Winton’s exploits a promise that it would let the the day Britain declared war nown people saved by Winton in Britain, the Czech Republic led former British Prime Minis- children in, provided he had a on Germany. That train never were American scientist Ben and Israel. ter Tony Blair to dub him “Bri- foster home arranged for each left, and almost none of the 250 Abeles, British film director Ka- “In a world plagued by evil and tain’s Schindler”, in reference of them, and upon payment of a children trying to flee that day rel Reisz and Canadian journa- indifference, Winton dedicated to the German businessman guarantee - the substantial sum survived the war. list Joe Schlesinger. AP

Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Tunis opened fire on a beach in Tunisia the resort of Sousse. The ight people are attacker was later killed Ein custody on sus- by police. 8 suspected in hotel attack probe picion of direct links Government minister to a deadly attack on a Kamel Jendoubi told re- Tunisian beach resort, porters in Tunis yester- tion in Sousse.” trained in a jihadi camp while police have relea- day that 12 people in to- He also urged greater in Libya at the same sed four others detained tal were detained since international terrorism time as the two men ap photo earlier in the investiga- the attack, but four have cooperation in a “war ... who attacked a leading tion, a government mi- been released. between democratic Tu- Tunisian museum in nister said yesterday. The other eight — se- nisia and an internatio- March. That enforced Meanwhile, the British ven men and one wo- nal jihadi movement.” the notion of a link be- Foreign Office raised the man — remain in custo- More Tunisians — tween the two assaults death toll of British tou- dy and are suspected of about 3,000 — are be- and raised fears of more rists killed in the atta- direct links to the atta- lieved to have gone to attacks on this North ck from 27 to 30. Other ck, he said. Syria and Iraq to join African nation’s bud- European tourists were He did not elaborate radical jihadis including ding democracy. among the 38 dead. on the identities of the the Islamic State group The attack was Tu- The Islamic State group suspects or their roles, than fighters from any nisia’s deadliest ever, claimed responsibility saying only that the in- other country. and threatened to be a for last Friday’s attack, vestigation “has allowed A top security official devastating blow to the A coffin is carried from a British RAF C-17 plane as the bodies of in which Tunisian stu- us to discover the ne- told the AP this week country’s tourism sec- eight British nationals killed Friday in the Tunisia beach terror attack dent Seifeddine Rezgui twork behind the opera- that the student had tor. AP are repatriated fri 03.07.2015

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Saturday TED 2_ 10:45 Boonie Bears room 1 11:35 Documentary Serie 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm Director: Seth MacFarlane 12:00 Cooking Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Morgan Freeman Language: English (Chinese) News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 13:30 Duration: 115min 14:30 Soap Opera 18:15 Non-Daily Portuguese News 19:00 Contest 20:00 Miscellaneous Jim Morrison (left) was reportedly found dead in a bathtub by his Main News, Financial & Weather Report 20:30 long time girlfriend Pamela Courson (right) 21:10 Drama 22:10 Comedy 1971 Doors’ singer 23:00 TDM News Jim Morrison found dead 23:30 Shorts 00:20 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Jim Morrison, the lead singer of American rock group The Doors has died in Paris aged 27. He was Sunday found in a bathtub at his apartment at 17 Rue Beau- traillis by his girlfriend, Pamela Courson. 11:00 Sunday Mass A doctor’s report stated the cause of death was 12:00 Miscellaneous heart failure aggravated by heavy drinking. The rest Terminator: genisys_ 12:30 Miscellaneous of the band - keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist room 2 Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore - are 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) (2D) 2.30, 4.45, 9.30pm currently in the United States. 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (3D) 7.15 Director: Alan Taylor Morrison, also known as the Lizard King, was born 14:30 Animation Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, in Florida in 1943, his father Stephen was in the US 16:10 Miscellaneous Emilia Clarke Navy and rose to the rank of admiral. He formed The Language: English (Chinese) Doors with Ray Manzarek in 1965 in Los Angeles. 17:00 Miscellaneous Duration: 120min Morrison had come up with the name after reading 17:45 Non-Daily Portuguese News Aldous Huxley’s account of drug experiences, The 18:10 Miscellaneous Doors Of Perception. The group became the first po- pular “new wave” band. Their first album, The Doors, 18:45 Miscellaneous released by Elektra Records in 1967, was a number 19:30 Comedy one hit in the US, though only just scraped into the 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report British charts. Their following albums, Strange Days and Waiting 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News For The Sun, provided further American hits and, in 22:00 Operation Cloud Lab - Secrets of the Skies Hello I love You, a British number 15. But with its ever 23:00 TDM News growing fame, the band lost some of its credibility in 23:30 Documentary Series the rock underground. Morrison’s behavior, fuelled by drink and drugs, 00:05 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) became more outrageous and in 1969 he was arres- JURASSIC WORLD_ ted for “indecent exposure, lewd conduct and public 9.30 pm intoxication” after a concert in Miami’s Dinner Key Director: Colin Trevorrow auditorium. offbeat Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard Though some of the charges were later dropped, Language: English (Chinese) the scandal made it hard for the band to perform live Duration: 124min for some time. Morrison used the crisis as a spur to creativity and produced one of the group’s most Far from the madding Crowd_ critically acclaimed albums, Morrison Hotel, in 1970. room 3 Over the past year he has made clear he wanted 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm to drop music altogether to become a writer. He has (4 - 5 Jul) 2.30, 9.30 pm already published two volumes of poetry, The Lords Director: Thomas Vinterberg and The New Creatures, and planned to begin a lite- Starring: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts Language: English (Chinese) rary career once his contractual obligations to Elek- Duration: 94min tra were fulfilled. Courtesy BBC News Average Manhattan home price is MINIONS_ over USD1.8 million room 3 (4 - 5 Jul) 4.45, 7.30 pm In context The average sales price of a Manhattan apartment has eclip- Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda sed USD1.8 million, a new high. The appraisal firm Miller Sa- Language: Cantonese (Chinese/English) Jim Morrison is buried at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, muel says in a report for Douglas Elliman Real Estate that its Duration: 91min where his grave has become a shrine for successive genera- figure — $1.87 million — compares to $1.77 million reached tions of fans. In 1991, the 20th anniversary of his death, the cemetery had to hire extra security after police used tear gas in the first quarter of last year. macau tower to disperse rowdy fans. Since Morrison’s death his records The Corcoran Group puts the average Manhattan sales price 02 Jul - 15 Jul have never been out of print and Hollywood, too, has found at $1.81 million. The Doors music attractive. Corcoran says the median sales price is now $960,000. The Terminator: genisys_ The End was used in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Douglas Elliman report puts it at $980,000. The median price 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm and in 1991 Oliver Stone helped cement the Morrison legend measures the middle of the market and is less affected by hi- Director: Alan Taylor with his film biography The Doors, starring Val Kilmer. The gh-end sales. Douglas Elliman Chief Executive Dottie Herman Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia film created a whole new generation of fans. The three surviv- tells The New York Times that New York real estate experts Clarke ing members of the group released a new album, Doors Box “don’t even blink” at the numbers. But she concedes that Language: English (Chinese) Set, in 1997. It included three CDs of previously unreleased songs. “anyplace else, they’re outrageous.” Duration: 125min fri 03.07.2015

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s South Korea battles to contain “So far, there are no confirmed ca- Aan outbreak of the deadly MERS ses or suspected patients in Gwan- virus, some foreign athletes are tur- gju,” organizers said in a statement ning their back on the country. last week. “The GUOC and the cen- Russian world champion gymnasts tral government are taking safety and the entire national sports team and security measures seriously to from the Central Asian nation of keep Gwangju a MERS-free envi- Turkmenistan will not compete at ronment.” this month’s University Games in It is another blow to the games, af- Gwangju due to the virus, which has ter the North Korean team withdrew killed 33 people in the country so far. last month. That was in protest at More than 2,000 others are in qua- the opening of a United Nations hu- rantine. man rights monitoring office in the Turkmenistan’s State Sports Com- South Korean capital Seoul, South mittee told The Associated Press Korean officials said. yesterday that it was withdrawing its The games cover 21 sports and run athletes from the games to protect through July 14. AP them from the virus, while Russia is not sending its top rhythmic gymnas- ts — who are favorites for Olympic macau also out gold next year — for the same reason. A reserve team will represent Russia Given the MERS outbreak in in rhythmic gymnastics instead. South Korea, Macau has officially The opening ceremony for the ga- pulled itself out of next month’s Blatter says he has mes is today, though some compe- World University Games (Universia- titions began Thursday. The orga- de) due to the government’s concerns nizing committee, known as GUOC, about the possible impact on the par- insisted athletes would be safe at the ticipants’ health. ‘clear conscience’ games. despite FIFA probes China’s Evergrande Taobao

IFA President step down amid a crisis is corrupt because FIFA team applies for stock listing Sepp Blatter has provoked by American is corrupt’, I can only said in a magazi- and Swiss federal inves- shake my head. Anyone Chinese soccer team Guangzhou winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to ne interview that tigations of corruption who makes such claims AEvergrande Taobao, owned by take the helm. Fhe is not corrupt and that linked to FIFA. without proof should be e-commerce giant Alibaba and one In 2014, Alibaba Group Holding he has a “clear conscien- American law enforce- jailed.” of the country’s biggest property de- purchased a 50 percent stake in the ce” despite corruption ment officials have con- Blatter said that his fai- velopers, could become the first club team for USD192 million but Ever- investigations into world firmed that Blatter is a th helped him through listed in Asia after applying to the grande recently boosted its share to soccer’s governing body. target of their investi- the weeks since criminal Chinese stock market. 60 percent to regain majority con- “Whoever accuses me of gation into widespread investigations into FIFA Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. trol. Formerly known as Guangzhou being corrupt has to pro- bribery and racketeering officials began. said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock Evergrande, the team changed its ve it to me first. But no- linked to broadcast ri- “I’m a believer. I also exchange yesterday that its applica- name after the investment by Aliba- body can do that because ghts and hosting votes pray,” said Blatter, who tion for a listing on the so-called New ba, which runs the online shopping I’m not corrupt,” Blatter for international tourna- added that he had a gol- Third Board over-the-counter market site Taobao. told yesterday’s edition ments. den cross that was bles- has been accepted. The company said approval was still of German weekly Bun- The 79-year-old told sed by Pope Francis. The Chinese Super League team, needed for its listing on the National te, extracts of which were Bunte that he happily ac- The date for a new pre- which won a fourth successive cham- Equities Exchange and Quotations released Wednesday. cepts “fair and construc- sidential election will be pionship last year, has been spending System, operator of the OTC exchan- Four days after being tive criticism, also to con- set at a FIFA executive heavily to recruit top talent, paying ge, which is aimed at smaller com- re-­elected for a fifth sider what can be done committee emergency more than $120 million for players panies ineligible to list on the bigger term, Blatter said on differently. But when meeting on July 20 in since 2010. Earlier this year it hired Shanghai and Shenzhen markets. No June 2 that he would someone says, ‘Blatter Zurich. AP Brazil’s former 2002 World Cup-­ timetable was given for the listing. AP

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The implants were found to contain indus- company failed to properly check the implants. Leanda Lee WORLD BRIEFS The end of Summertime Indonesian suburb hit by Summer, it is and many of us are still out and about. The idea of holidays is to relax, to ap photo rest, to build up reserves, to de-stress before plane disasters twice coming back to work charged and inspired, ready for the onslaught again. It is generally believed to take about two weeks of down- a tree in his backyard, before time to make a difference to stress levels crashing about 2 kilometers Liberia Authorities say (Colombia, Ecuador, France, Guinea Bis- ap photo (1.2 miles) away on Jamin that contact tracing has sau, Haiti, Honduras, Namibia, Papua New Ginting. intensified in the town Guinea, Paraguay, Sao Tome and Principe, It plowed into a new bui- where a 17-year-old died South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago lding that local media said from Ebola on Sunday, as a all have at least a minimum of 15 consecutive contained a spa, shops and third person has been found days leave), but I have a little pet theory. It homes, killing all 122 on to have the deadly virus. takes longer than a fortnight these days. board and at least 19 people Deputy Health Minister Gone are the times when – maybe some in the neighborhood. and head of the Ebola of you will remember – we worked late into “Of course, this second event response Tolbert Nyenswah the night in the office that last day before The site where an Indonesian air force cargo plane crashed in Medan made me worried, whether told the Associated Press holidays to finalise everything so that we my house, my family, could be yesterday the two new could walk out that door with a clear desk Niniek Karmini, Medan in his house across the street hit by the next plane crash,” cases confirmed, aged 24 and equally clear conscience. That office from where the Mandala Air- said Tarigan, a father of four. and 27, have been admitted door was the line between work and non-­ decade ago, when an lines plane went down in June “But, where should I stay? to a treatment center near work. It was a magical delineator. Once AIndonesian passenger 2005, killing at least 149. This house and this small Monrovia the capital. we had bid our farewells and passed over jet crashed into a quaint nei- He recalled seeing the pla- shop are where we live and that threshold there was no way for clients ghborhood in Indonesia’s ne strike several houses and earn a living. I just accept EGYPT Security officials or colleagues, underlings, bosses or su- third-biggest city, Medan, hearing the screams of people God’s will,” he said. say the military has killed ppliers to get hold of us for those couple of Waktu Tarigan thought he’d thrown from the fuselage. He Those killed on the air for- 23 Islamic militants in the weeks. Holidays started that very moment. never witness anything like ran to help but suddenly the ce flight included military Sinai Peninsula in dawn Our work phone-number connected to a that again. He was wrong. plane exploded, engulfing personnel and their families. air raids south of the north phone at our office desks. Our computers On Tuesday, an air force trees, houses and passengers Relatives of some victims said Sinai border town of Rafah. weren’t connected to anything, and priva- transport plane with 122 peo- in flames. they were civilians who paid They say the army was te phone numbers were just that, private. ple on board plowed into the The Boeing 737-200 crashed for flights in violation of mi- seeking out militants house Facebook was non-existent. Social ne- same neighborhood. And the only seconds after takeoff. litary rules, to reach remote to house yesterday in the tworking was something cool guys did with same street. In 2005, Padang The victims included 47 peo- parts of the Indonesian archi- town of Sheikh Zuweid, a glass of something in hand. Nothing was Bulan was a charming mid- ple on the ground. Some 15 pelago. and demining roads in so important that it couldn’t wait until our dle-class residential area in people on the plane survived. Tarigan’s neighbors and and around the town that return. In any case, we trusted that we had this steamy tropical city of 3 Ten years later, Padang Bu- residents who live near the extremists had booby arranged for someone else capable enou- million. Its main road, Jamin lan has been transformed into Hercules crash site also say trapped with mines and gh to be on hand to handle urgent matters. Ginting, was lined with colo- a thriving shopping and leisu- the two disasters 10 years improvised explosives Patience was a virtue and most things nial-style houses with well-­ re district with its main road apart won’t deter them from devices. could wait and if not there were always or- manicured gardens. sporting a mall and dotted staying in the neighborhood. ganisational systems in place to deal with The area’s only drawback by hotels, guest houses, cafes “Disasters, accidents can ha- eventualities. We were not indispensable was noise from nearby Po- and spas. ppen anywhere and to anyo-

for a short period of time – we could and lonia airport, then the main A new international airport ne,” said Vita Saragih, 36, ap photo were allowed to go on holiday. international gateway for has opened outside Medan, who runs a food stall oppo- Yet, even as I find myself in the middle of Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s and its predecessor Polonia site from where the Hercules the most gorgeous tropical resort, a destina- main islands. is now used by the air force as crashed. tion to envy, I know the ubiquitous Wifi will “I cannot forget the plane Suwondo air base. “I don’t want to leave my USA The Macy’s department be available. I am so physically isolated here crash of 10 years ago. It feels Tarigan said he saw the house in this promising area store chain joined an that management hasn’t even bothered to like it happened just yester- bulky C-130 Hercules trans- just because of the uncertain- ongoing exodus from set a password on the system. I have a lu- day,” said Tarigan, 40, who port plane flying very low af- ty of something that could ha- association with Donald dicrous two devices connected: a computer ran an electronics business ter takeoff, almost touching ppen,” she said. AP Trump and New Mexico’s and an iPhone. The iPad hasn’t been turned governor and New York on yet but when it is, that too will ping at me. City’s mayor slammed him And because I knew that I’d have access over his comments on and connection, I had agreed to cover for times square by rodrigo Mexican immigrants. New someone else at work on the third night of York City officials said they my stay, I hadn’t written that article ahead of are reviewing the city’s time and I’d just requested an extension to contracts with Trump in a deadline knowing there’d be some down- light of his comments, and time during my trip to get that book chapter Mayor Bill de Blasio issued finished. Holiday? What holiday? a statement calling them So, I am convinced it takes longer these “disgusting and offensive,” days to de-stress. It’s just too easy to take adding that “this hateful work along with us. We don’t force ourselves language has no place in to prepare to turn off. Then there are those our city.” that are expected by their organisations or managers to be available at all times. So IRAN took a hard line many of us are all too busy doing what we yesterday on two of the do and our identities wrapped up in that self-­ biggest demands of world righteous busyness that it’s easier to shift powers in a final nuclear work into that sacred space. In some ways accord, rejecting any it is rewarding to maintain that flow and con- extraordinary inspection nection. We also justify to ourselves that we rules and threatening to can’t turn off because others may need us. ramp up enrichment of Indeed, those expectations may exist but bomb-making material we are the ones to create this conundrum if the United States and and we only have ourselves to blame. other countries re-impose So, next time I go on holiday, Boss, I’m sanctions after the deal is in really going on holiday. I promise. place.