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Tourism Hong Kong teenage Manager discusses benefits suicides draw local of loyalty programs attention situation involving stu- own lives in Hong Kong. he British Business Asso- Adents committing suici- According to Cheong, stu- Tciation of Macau (BBAM) de in Hong Kong has come dent suicide occurs mainly yesterday launched the BBAM to public attention in Macau. in September and October, Breakfast Business Briefings, a The Education and You- which corresponds to the be- new initiative to commemorate th Bureau (DSEJ) recently ginning of the new semester. its tenth anniversary, at The St. held a workshop to encoura- “When students are afraid to Regis Macao. ge schools to send students face a new environment, whi- Invited speaker Janet McNab, with potential suicidal incli- le nobody is there to provide managing director of Sheraton nations to psychologists and them with help, they may at- Grand Macao Hotel and The counselors. tempt to kill themselves. But St. Regis Macao, shared her Cases of student suicide pressure from school is not insights on how Starwood’s have been increasing in fre- the only reason. The reasons innovative loyalty programs quency. Twenty-two stu- are always a mix of physical, maximize hotel occupancy ra- dents in Hong Kong have mental, and financial issues,” tes and guest satisfaction, in a reportedly killed themselves Cheong said. session titled: “Keeping loyalty since last September. More During the workshop, sexy with today’s Generation Y than half of these cases in- DSEJ urged teachers to take travelers.” volved high school students. the initiative if they notice BBAM’s Breakfast Business Cheong Pek Ut, consultant anything abnormal by, for Briefings are a monthly initia- senior officer at the Centre instance, asking students tive for Macau-based senior of Psycho-pedagogical Su- whether they are planning practitioners. Each briefing pport and Special Education to commit suicide, as well as offers discussions of new bu- of DSEJ, commented that entrusting potentially suici- siness practices as well as ne- “these reports will affect Ma- dal students to counselors tworking opportunities, packa- cau, particularly by putting and psychologists. The num- ging local and international in- pressure on education staff. ber of student counselors sights into a “compact format” Macau and Hong Kong are has been steadily increasing, for attendees. Janet McNab neighboring regions; suicide according to DSEJ. There McNab introduced the is infectious.” are currently 225 counselo- “Starwood Preferred Gues- distinctive qualities consumers entertained, and ensure that In 2014, 11.4 individuals per rs, each of them supporting ts” (SPG) loyalty program to look for when traveling; an as- they tell their friends and come 100,000 tried to end their 365 students. BBAM members and guests. pect under consideration many again,” he said. When asked how SPG deals businesses nowadays. “This event highlights BBAM’s with the Chinese market in “It’s a real ‘what’s in it for members’ genuine interest in Companies encouraged both mainland China and Ma- me?’ kind of society that we live growing Macau’s reputation cau, McNab said, “The Chine- in, and it’s not age-specific,” the for excellence in hospitality. to step into e-commerce se market is just as willing to hotelier added. Through similar future events, participate, as you can see in Henry Brockman, Chairman BBAM will continue to provide the growth of the Asia-Pacific of BBAM, believes that it is im- its members with the oppor- business market. […] The growth for us portant for Macau to maintain tunity to broaden their un- is not in North America, but good relationships with guests. derstanding and increase their he Youth Entrepreneu- keeping an eye on the de- outside [of that region].” “It is vital for Macau to keep competitive edge,” Brockman Trship Incubation Center velopment of e-commerce, McNab also mentioned the its hotel visitors happy and added. Staff reporter organized a range of lectu- encouraging small and me- res on cross-border e-com- dium sized local busines- merce over the weekend. ses that are currently based The founders of several around traditional trading companies were invited to to change to an online for- ONE SHOT NEWS share their experiences, mat, and hence promote Journal Va Kio reported. youth entrepreneurship. The large market sur- “The government hopes rounding online shopping that through these lectures in China has encouraged both companies and young companies to step into the people will gain a deeper e-commerce business. The understanding of e-com- blend between traditional merce, and that we can also trading and online business speed up the connections is a novel way to develop in- between traditional and on- dustries, believes Sou Tim line trading,” Sou informed. Peng, director of the Macau Since last year, the center Economic Services. “It’s one has received 570 inquiries, of the paths young people, 48 applications asking for who want to establish their free temporary offices, two own business, might walk,” renewal applications, and a said Sou. total of 30 enterprises recei- Professor Hu Angang, director of the Center for China Studies at Tsinghua University, delivered a seminar on “Macau’s Since Macau has been ved assistance in setting up strategic development opportunities” yesterday at the East Asian Games Dome. Hu elaborated on China’s 13th Five-Year trying to diversify its eco- new companies operating re- Plan and and gave suggestions on the MSAR’s five-year development plan. nomy, the government is tail and catering businesses.

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Lawyer According to Caritas Lorenzo to Local domestic workers ‘less likely’ plead guilty in UN bribery to experience forced labor scheme case ne in six migrant domestic workers A Filipino domestic helper, who decli- Oin Hong Kong is a victim of forced la- ned to be identified, told the Times that bor, working an average of over 70 hours she works for 12 hours every day for a defense lawyer says a U.S. a week. According to a Justice Center sur- meager salary of MOP3,300. A citizen charged in the Uni- vey of more than 1,000 domestic workers The helper, who starts work at 9:30 ted Nations bribery case will in the neighboring region, some work up a.m., explained that she is forced to work plead guilty today to charges. to 20 hours a day. for her employer and her employer’s dau- Attorney Brian Bieber said More than 80 percent of the territory’s ghter, who lives in another apartment. Monday that Francis Lorenzo 336,600 domestic workers – the vast ma- “It’s tiring. I don’t want to go to another will plead guilty to three char- jority of whom are women from Indonesia house to clean, but I have to because my ges. Lorenzo is a suspended am- and the Philippines – are exploited, the stu- employer says so,” she said. bassador from the Dominican dy says. Seventeen percent of the helpers Domestic helpers and their supporters raise “From 5 p.m. onwards, I’ll go to her dau- Republic who was arrested last surveyed were engaged in forced labor. a placard with words “ Stop The Violance” to ghter’s place to prepare dinner for the fa- year. “Hong Kong must come clean; the go- support the 23-year-old Indonesian maid Erwiana mily. After that, I have to go back to my The plea comes in a case that vernment can no longer afford to simply Sulistyaningsih during a 2014 protest in Hong Kong employer’s home to continue cleaning. I’ll resulted in the arrest of a former sweep these problems under the carpet,” only get home by 11:30 p.m.,” she added. president of the U.N. General the report states. workers requires helpers to “stay in” (live Staff reporter Assembly and Macau real estate The study found out that only a fraction at their boss’ home), increasing the risk of developer Ng Lap Seng. reported a monthly salary of above the exploitation. Bieber says Lorenzo will plead minimum wage, which recently rose to “Macau residents don’t want their do- lack of minimum wage guilty to conspiracy to commit HKD4,210. mestic helpers to live with them because bribery, conspiracy to commit However, Paul Pun, secretary-general of they [want] to enjoy privacy,” he adds. raises concern money laundering and filing a Caritas Macau, told the Times that it is un- Pun admits that many domestic helpers false tax return. likely that Macau will experience the same have consulted with him regarding their Paul Pun says Macau should adjust the “minimum wage” rather than stating “not Bieber says his client decided to ‘forced labor’ situation, as Filipino and In- situations, which often require them to below MOP2,500 with a housing allowance plead guilty after reviewing the donesian workers here choose to reside in work for more than eight hours. However, of MOP500.” According to the Caritas head, premises separate from their employers. the helpers chose not to complain to the government’s evidence. He says “the human resources should periodically it led him to “accept responsibi- “Most Filipinos choose to stay out […] labor bureau. review the yearly work salary [of domestic lity for his role in the criminal the situation is completely different. Ex- “The moment we suggest that they go to workers] for them to have a clear reference conspiracies committed by him ploitation is less likely to happen,” he said. the labor bureau, they become hesitant,” salary, […] a decent salary.” and his co-defendants.” MDT/AP The Hong Kong labor law on domestic he explained.

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United Nations Local association says NGOs attend meeting on the non-Chinese media face status of women

he vice-chairman hiring challenges Tof the Fu Lun You- th Association of Ma- cau, together with two he Association of Portu- members of Macau Tguese and English Press Journalists will Women’s General As- (AIPIM) yesterday met Victor sociation (AGMM), are Chan, the head of the Govern- debate a code of attending the sixtie- ment Information Bureau (GCS) ethics and their th session of the Com- and government spokesperson, mission on the Status to deliver a motion about local own legal status of Women that is taking non-Chinese media’s challenges place at the United Na- veness and social skills in hiring journalists. tions (UN) headquar- of women in Macau. The motion calls for local au- the Human Resources Office ters in New York from According to one of the thorities to “consider speeding and the Public Security Police March 14 to 24. delegates, Ruby O, who up” the treatment of requests to Force. Macao Daily News re- is currently working at a hire media professionals or re- On a separate matter, the as- ported that this is the local hotel, neighboring new related work permits. sociation announced the date of first time that AGMM regions and countries The motion suggests that com- a gathering at which journalists will join the event. The ran a series of examina- panies need to hire journalists will debate a code of ethics and association will be par- tions to select the most from outside Macau, “conside- their own legal status. Drafts of ticipating as a non-go- qualified candidate to ring that in Macau, there aren’t both documents were released vernment organization represent their coun- tertiary education institutions to members yesterday. (NGO). The two delega- try at the UN event. “I providing enough training for The meeting will take place in tes were chosen among feel honored and lucky journalists able to work in the the Rui Cunha Foundation head- participants from the to have been chosen to Portuguese and English media AIPIM’s president João Francisco Pinto quarters at 10 a.m. April 9. The organization’s own speak for Macau. When in Macau.” decision to hold the gathering - International Affairs I was preparing for the The association submits that According to AIPIM, Victor which is open to all journalists - Training Program, whi- meeting, I realized that local authorities have presented Chan received the motion and was made during the last Gene- ch started activities in Macau is doing well in “obstacles” in the process of hi- said he would pass it to the ral Assembly of AIPIM, held on 2014, aiming to impro- terms of gender equali- ring foreign journalists. appropriate authorities, namely March 3. PB ve personal competiti- ty,” she said.

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Chui Sai Cheong struggles with Hotel Estoril ineligible Mandarin in Beijing for protection Macau lawmaker spe-­ Aaking at the Chinese he members of the Cultu- People’s Political Consulta- Tral Heritage Council have tive Conference (CPPCC) in overwhelmingly voted in favor Beijing has caught netizens’ of the government’s decision attention for his strong accent. not to list the old Hotel Estoril A television clip, which has for protection as a cultural he- gone viral on social media, ritage site. shows Chui Sai Cheong – the The President of the Cultural elder brother of Chief Executi- Affairs Bureau (IC), Ung Vai ve Chui Sai On – struggling to Meng, told TDM that 13 dele- express his opinions in Man- gates of the 15-member council darin as he talked about Bei- had agreed that the deteriora- jing’s “One Belt, One Road” ting building had no architec- initiative and the 13th Five-­ Chui Sai Cheong tural or historical value. Ung Year Plan at the meeting on added that throughout the Es- Sunday, according to a report for being “courageous” enou- toril’s lifetime, the building had by news website hk01.com. gh to speak Mandarin on undergone numerous archi- The Macau delegate to the significant occasions despite CPPCC was said to have sli- their “very heavy accent.” ghtly changed his Cantonese EJ Insight reported that one pronunciation to sound like netizen said that the younger Marreiros tectural revisions and had now course of action. Mandarin. Chui seemed to be better at admitted that lost the cultural characteristics The Hotel Estoril, located in Netizens were seemingly Mandarin than his elder bro- it once had. Tap Seac Square, opened in the more interested in his strong ther. Other online forum parti- demolishing However he noted that there 1960s but has been in disrepair accent than the contents of his cipants jokingly credited Chui had been not been a decision on for more than two decades. speech. for showing his love for Canto- the hotel is now whether the iconic façade of the Meanwhile the government Other netizens who viewed nese by speaking in the dialect building would be preserved. is likely to now move forward the clip, which reportedly during the conference. Others the most likely Another council member, Car- with its plans to transform the went viral after being broad- lampooned the speech with course los Marreiros, admitted to the site into a youth center and a cast by TV channels, admired fake Chinese “translations” in broadcaster that demolishing space of cultural and educatio- Chui and his younger brother the subtitles. Staff reporter of action the hotel is now the most likely nal activities. DB

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Infectious diseases facility ‘arranged behind the scenes,’ accuses lawmaker

Daniel Beitler as cited by the demonstrators. “Thus the infectious disease epresentatives of center should be at least 20 to Rthe Macau Civil Servan- 25 meters away from other hos- ts Association (ATFPM) and pital buildings and […] should the New Macau Association be far away from kindergartens, (ANM), as well as concerned schools and other populated residents, held a demonstra- public facilities.” tion yesterday in S. Francisco The protestors said that they Garden and on the rooftop of a have written to WHO for their residential building to protest professional opinion on their the construction of a proposed alleged endorsement of the pro- infectious diseases facility. ject, but have not yet received a The proposed building – which response. the government says will allow Asked what they hope to health services to act promptly achieve from yesterday’s roof- and effectively to counter po- top protest, the demonstrators tential outbreaks of infectious voiced their demands for the diseases – has been slated for government to halt the project construction in downtown Ma- and consider relocating it to cau near the Conde S. Januário a less densely populated area, Hospital. such as Coloane. In the words The Health Bureau of Macau of lawmaker Coutinho, “The go- (SSM) has announced its in- vernment needs to rewind and tention to demolish at least two This building is expected to be demolished to give place to the infectious diseases facility rethink [the project].” buildings and construct what Coutinho also believes that demonstrators describe as “an According to SSM, the infec- close proximity of the facility. ly safe” and “in accordance with Coloane would be a superior enormous 60-meter high infec- tious diseases building must According to protestors, the all WHO standards,” provided location for the new facility. tious diseases center […] in a commence operations by 2019, building will be located just 3.5 that there is an adequate venti- “Coloane is a better choice, densely populated area.” lest the government be unable meters away from her residen- lation system. near the new hospital [that is Among those in attendance to control the spread of disea- tial building and just 30 meters However, demonstrators no- under construction], and far yesterday were ANM president ses in future. from a large kindergarten and ted yesterday that while WHO away from the densely popu- Scott Chiang and lawmakers One resident told reporters school. may have no specific guidelines, lated areas of Macau,” he re- José Pereira Coutinho, Au Kam that she is concerned about the The resident, who declined the Chinese Ministry of Heal- marked. “But the government San and Ng Kuok Cheong. Cou- to be identified, expressed her th prescribes clear regulations never considered other places tinho was representing ATFPM, concerns about the potential over such issues, decreeing that to build the infectious diseases of which he was recently re-­ spread of infectious diseases to any facility “should avoid den- building.” elected president. herself and her son. sely populated areas such as He also agreed that the new “We agree that the building is The SSM has previously asserted schools, residential zones and public hospital in Coloane needed, but not here,” said Cou- government that the World Health Organi- water supplies.” should take priority over the tinho. “We are really fed up with zation (WHO) has no guideli- “To prevent cross-infection, proposed facility, thus giving what the government has been needs to rewind nes regarding the locations of the density of buildings should the government an alternati- doing here […] it is clear that the infectious diseases facilities. remain low to ensure natural ve location for the infectious government has arranged every- and rethink. They claim that the facility’s flow of air,” state the Chinese diseases building before be- thing behind the scenes.” Pereira Coutinho proposed location is “absolute- Ministry of Health’s guidelines, ginning construction. Coutinho says that the gover- nment did not consult residen- ts in the area over the proposed will require the demolition of at least construction. Cultural heritage threatened two historic buildings in downtown “The government has alrea- Macau, including a century-old buil- dy made the decision. [The ding that was used as a drug rehabili- fact that there has been no emonstrators at yesterday’s re and after’ photos of Macau’s lands- tation center. consultation implies] there is Drooftop protest also expressed their cape and downtown area. The ‘after Lawmaker Coutinho said, “Having a dirty business behind the deci- alarm at the impact of the proposed photo’ featured an artist’s impression 100-year-old building near you is a real sion,” he told reporters on the building on Macau’s cultural heritage of the 60-meter-high building, which treasure, even if it is not included in the roof of a residential building and landscape. noticeably altered and obstructed parts UNESCO [World Heritage Site] listing.” overlooking one of the historic A demonstrator, who identified him- of Macau’s landscape. “We will never have buildings like the- structures to be demolished. self solely as Mr Cheang, showed ‘befo- The construction of the new facility se again,” he added.

Alexis Tam defends project as per int’l standards

he Conde de S. the Secretary for Social who lives close to the to clarify how close they vide all the needed infor- response, Alexis Tam said TJanuário Hospital Affairs and Culture, Ale- proposed site of the in- are to residential commu- mation. […] We thorou- that they “are willing to (CHCSJ) selected a group xis Tam, pledged that fectious disease building, nities. ghly follow WHO guideli- provide the documents to of residents, irrespective “the buildings are desig- said: “We are happy that Zhang posed that “if the- nes. [...] As to the size, the the public.” of whether or not they live ned with World Health you are here today. We re are one hundred infec- US is a big country [while] “Obviously, our govern- near to the location of the Organization [WHO] have been trying to invi- tious disease buildings in Macau is small. Our stan- ment will have to explain planned infectious disease standards, they are com- te you to talk with us on the US, then on average dards are not the same as to the public what the po- building, and introduced pletely safe, regardless of many occasions.” there will be two for each the US standards.” licies consist of [...] right to them the new facility the facilities inside the Zhang had previously state, and each state of One member of ANM now, the project is under and the Coloane hospital buildings or the transpor- requested officials to indi- the US is [individually] who was present reques- construction bidding, and under construction. tation procedures.” cate the number of infec- bigger than Macau.” ted the authorities to pro- for that reason we can’t During a meeting that Alexis Tam in addres- tious buildings that exist To this, Alexis Tam re- vide the public with more publish any details at this took place after the visit, sing Mr Zhang, a resident in the United States, and plied: “our websites pro- details of the project. In stage.” Staff reporter wed 16.03.2016

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Investment a member of the ruling inner circle that founded the commu- nist government in 1949. Chen, 68, told Caixin in a se- parate report he had no owner- Anbang has global ambitions ship stake in Anbang but served as a consultant. He said he had been Wu’s business partner for Joe McDonald, Beijing 15 years but did not intervene in company operations. oung, privately ow- ap photo Chen told Caixin he recom- ned and ambitious, mended Wu buy U.S. assets Anbang Insurance because China’s economy was Group stands out in slowing but America’s was re- China’sY staid, state-dominated covering. insurance industry. Anbang’s rapid growth in a Founded just 12 years ago, heavily regulated economy is Anbang made a splash in the Uni- built partly on Wu’s skill at cul- ted States in 2014 with its USD2 tivating ties with regulators, billion purchase of New York Ci- Chinese media say. ty’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. To pay for its buying spree, Since then, it has plowed Anbang raised 50 billion yuan more billions into acquiring ($8 billion) from investors in insurers in Belgium, the Ne- 2014, taking on dozens of new therlands, Iowa and South Ko- shareholders. rea. Last week, it agreed to pay That reduced founding inves- $6.5 billion for Strategic Hotels tor SAIC’s stake to less than 1 & Resorts, an American hotel percent. It also increased its chain. registered capital fivefold to 62 On Monday, it went after billion yuan ($9.5 billion), the even bigger game, launching biggest among Chinese insu- a surprise $14 billion bid with rers, even though the company partners for the Starwood hotel doesn’t rank among the top 10 chain. property insurers or in the top Anbang makes no secret of 30 in life insurance. its global ambitions. It aims to That, combined with buying become one of the “top 10 com- the Waldorf and other assets prehensive financial groups in outside its core insurance busi- the world,” its website says. ness, has prompted suggestions That is a break with a Chinese in the Chinese press the com- industry in which bigger, older pany acts more like an invest- companies have stuck to their A taxi passes in front of the fabled Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York ment fund for which insurance home market. But it reflects the is a sideline. growing space for innovation ghai Automotive Industries dependence on a slowing do- supreme leader Deng Xiaoping, The lightning pace of acquisi- as regulators loosen controls in Corp. The following year, a sta- mestic economy. though the business magazine tions also has prompted Chine- hopes of making Chinese finan- te-owned oil company, Sinopec, The Chinese business press Caixin reported last year the se financial analysts to question cial industries more competiti- bought a 20 percent share. has compared Wu to Warren couple had separated. whether it is sound or sustainable. ve and productive. Since then, the company says Buffett for following the le- Board members have included In a rare public appearance The driving force credited it has expanded to more than gendary American investor’s Zhu Yunlai, the son of former in December, Wu stressed his with propelling Anbang’s rise 3,000 branches with 30,000 approach of using the cash flow Premier Zhu Rongji and a suc- responsibility to ordinary poli- is chairman Wu Xiaohui, who employees worldwide serving from insurance operations to cessful banker in his own right, cyholders. news reports say got his start 35 million clients. It has di- buy other businesses. But ru- and Yong Longtu, China’s chief “Insurance money is ordinary in the rental car business be- versified into life insurance, mors also have swirled about negotiator in talks that led to people’s pensions and life in- fore founding Anbang in 2004. banking, asset management, whether Wu’s success is built its World Trade Organization surance. It must be invested in He rarely talks to reporters or leasing and brokerage services. at least partly on family ties or membership, according to news the best companies,” Wu told a appears in public. Its global expansion coinci- help from influential figures on reports. business conference, the news- Anbang started with a single des with encouragement from Anbang’s board. Last year, the newspaper paper China Business Journal outlet in Beijing. Its biggest the ruling Communist Party According to the Chinese Southern Weekend reported reported on its website. He said shareholder, at 20 percent, was for Chinese companies to “go press, Wu is married to Zhuo Anbang’s real owner was Chen insurers must “protect small in- state-owned car maker Shan- abroad” to diversify away from Ran, a granddaughter of former Xiaolu, the son of late Chen Yi, vestors.” AP

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Wayne Parry, Trenton (NJ) Gaming alert oters will be asked in No- Vvember whether to approve two new casinos in the northern New Jersey voters to decide part of the state under a ballot question authorized yesterday [Macau time] by the Legislature. It will mark the first time in 40 on new casinos in November years that the state’s voters will have a say about expanding casi- no gambling in New Jersey. And three properties; and Tropicana Jeff Gural, operator of the Mea- it could have far-reaching conse- Entertainment Corp., controlled dowlands Racetrack, has offered quences for Atlantic City, which by billionaire Carl Icahn. to pay a 55 percent tax on reve- has already lost more than half its “This is a very historic day for nue at a casino he would build casino revenue to competitors in New Jersey,” said Assemblyman with Hard Rock International; neighboring states. Ralph Caputo, an Essex Coun- Atlantic City’s casinos now pay an On a packed general election ty Democrat and former casino 8 percent tax, plus an additional ballot that also will include presi- worker. “In 1976, casinos were 1.25 percent in mandatory rede- dential candidates, voters will be approved for Atlantic City. It velopment contributions. asked whether to amend the state was a monopoly that existed for “This will provide the funds nee- constitution to repeal a provision many, many years; many people ded to rebuild Atlantic City into that limits casinos only to Atlantic benefited. But conditions chan- a first-class destination resort City. It would authorize two new ge, and when conditions change while at the same time provide casinos in separate counties at and you don’t adapt, you become several hundred million dollars least 72 miles from Atlantic City. This undated illustration shows what the proposed Hard Rock Casino Meadowlands a dinosaur and you become ex- for seniors and money to save the It doesn’t specify locations, but in East Rutherford, N.J., would look like tinct.” horse-racing industry,” Gural told the two most-talked-about pro- Atlantic City Mayor Don Guar- The Associated Press. posals are in the Meadowlands to commit USD1 billion on the Atlantic City with Boyd Gaming dian, a Republican, predicted that The referendum is the result of sports complex in East Ruther- projects, with a portion of reve- Corp., has said it is interested in three of his city’s eight remaining a nearly decade-long decline in ford, where the NFL’s Jets and nue going to public improvemen- such a project. Las Vegas Sands casinos will close because of new Atlantic City brought about by Giants play, and in Jersey City, ts in struggling Atlantic City. Corp., which owns a casino in in-state competition; other offi- casinos opening in neighboring just across the Hudson River The casinos would create poten- nearby Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, cials and Wall Street analysts say Pennsylvania in late 2006, and from Manhattan. tial new competitors for gambling has said it’s interested in building as many as four could go under worsened by others in New York Applications would be accepted resorts in Pennsylvania, New a large convention center and because of the new competition. and Delaware. only from casino operators pre- York and Atlantic City, as well as gambling complex outside New Supporters say the new casinos In 2006, Atlantic City’s casino sently licensed in the state. The opportunity for New Jersey’s cur- York. will recapture gambling money revenue was $5.2 billion; last year process would be open to other rent operators. Other operators include Caesars that’s now going to casinos in nei- it had fallen to $2.56 billion. In operators if 60 days pass without MGM Resorts International, Entertainment Corp., Atlantic Ci- ghboring states and help rebuild 2014, four of the city’s 12 casinos bids. The bidders must be willing which co-owns the Borgata in ty’s largest casino company with Atlantic City. went out of business. MDT/Agencies

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hina’s draft plan for a tax Economy Con currency trading is get- ting a cold reception in the fo- reign-exchange market. Mizuho Bank Ltd. says the so- Tobin tax riles analysts as Citi called Tobin tax on yuan tran- sactions would reduce liquidi- ty in a currency with bid-ask spreads already five times wi- warns of foreign exodus der than those of the yen. A levy would set back China’s push to make the yuan a reserve curren- cutive chairman at Templeton cy and could heighten investor Emerging Markets Group, said anxiety over capital outflows, in an interview in Kuala Lum- bloomberg according to Commonwealth pur that the move would help Bank of Australia. The propo- authorities stem a $790 billion sal is “short sighted” and would slide in foreign-exchange re- drive away foreign investors, serves since June 2014. The Citi Private Bank said. PBOC has tools to address the While opposition to the tax tax’s impact on liquidity, such wasn’t unanimous - Franklin as adjusting banks’ reserve-re- Templeton’s Mark Mobius cal- quirement ratios, according to led it a “positive” move that Banny Lam, co-head of resear- will help bolster China’s foreign ch at Agricultural Bank of Chi- reserves - the responses reflect na International Securities Ltd. growing concern that efforts to in Hong Kong, a unit of one of prop up the yuan could do lon- China’s largest state-run len- g-term damage to the nation’s ders. financial markets. Unpreceden- “Targeting speculators is a ted government intervention in good idea,” Lam said. “It will the Chinese stock market has PBOC drove the currency’s of- liquidity. One gauge of the ease a former Credit Suisse Group help stabilize the onshore and led to a plunge in volumes, whi- fshore borrowing costs to re- of trading the yuan - the curren- AG proprietary trader who runs offshore markets, which will be le failing to spark a sustained cords in January, increasing cy’s bid-ask spread against the the USD150 million Splendid good for the economy.” rally. short-selling costs, and instruc- dollar - was about 0.05 percent Asia Macro hedge fund in Sin- Market reaction to the repor- “A Tobin tax would be a big ted banks on the mainland to on average in March, versus gapore. ted proposal was muted yes- blow to China and it may back- restrict sending yuan overseas. 0.01 percent for the dollar-yen Another risk is that investors terday, with the yuan slipping fire” if investors decide to dump Among the biggest Tobin tax rate, according to data compi- would interpret a Tobin tax as a about 0.1 percent against the yuan assets to avoid the levy, concerns cited by analysts is led by Bloomberg Intelligence. signal that capital outflows are dollar in both onshore and of- said Sean Yokota, the head of that the levy would sap market “The Tobin tax should make still a major problem, said Andy fshore trading. Asia strategy at Skandinaviska investors more cautious on Ji, a Singapore-based foreign It’s unlikely that China will Enskilda Banken in Singapore. trading the yuan,” said Ken exchange strategist and econo- end up implementing the tax, The proposal “would be moving Cheung, a currency strategist mist at CBA. Bloomberg Intelli- said Tommy Ong, managing di- completely in the opposite di- at Mizuho in Hong Kong. “This gence estimates that $1 trillion rector for treasury and markets rection of letting markets set A Tobin tax will impose an adverse impact left the nation in 2015, driven at DBS Hong Kong Ltd., who ci- prices rather than the govern- on market liquidity and develo- by a combination of capital fli- ted a history of unsuccessful or ment,” he said. [on yuan pment.” ght, repayment of foreign-cur- aborted attempts to implement China’s central bank has dra- The proposal comes before rency debt and purchases of such levies in countries around fted rules for a tax on foreign transactions] the yuan’s planned inclusion overseas assets by Chinese citi- the world. The Tobin tax takes -exchange transactions, a plan in the International Monetary zens and companies. its name from U.S. economist that still needs central gover- would be a Fund’s reserve-currency basket “The levy will hurt market James Tobin, who in 1972 su- nment approval, people with big blow to this October. Daisy Wong, a sentiment and make investors ggested taking a cut of foreig- knowledge of the matter said spokeswoman for the IMF in more panicked, as this shows n-exchange trades to limit cur- yesterday. The initial rate may China and it Hong Kong, wasn’t able to im- that existing capital controls rency speculation. be kept at zero to allow authori- mediately provide comment. are not enough to curb out- In the European Union, plans ties time to refine the rules and may backfire While people familiar with flows,” Ji said. “Now is not a for a tax on financial trades fell to deter speculators by letting if investors the draft rules said they aren’t good time to roll out a Tobin tax into disarray in December as them know that there is a sys- designed to disrupt hedging as the market is already concer- member states argued about its tem in place, said the people, decide to dump and other foreign-exchange ned about whether China will impact on world markets. Bra- who asked not to be identified transactions undertaken by be able to increase capital ac- zil’s embattled President Dilma as the discussions are private. yuan assets to companies, costs for those tra- count convertibility in the co- Rousseff has been pushing to The People’s Bank of China des would probably increase ming years, and this is another revive a tax on financial tran- has been fighting to drive out avoid the levy. anyway because more docu- step backward to achieve that sactions to shore up the gover- traders who take advantage of Sean Yokota mentation will be needed to dif- goal.” nment’s budget, but the pro- the difference in the yuan’s ra- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, ferentiate between hedging and Not everyone thinks the tax posal faces stiff opposition in tes at home and abroad. The Singapore speculation, said Charlie Chan, is a bad idea. Mobius, the exe- Congress. For Ken Peng, a Hong Kong-­ based Asia investment strate- gist at Citi Private Bank, a To- Stocks rise for third day amid suspected state-fund buying bin tax would just add to the list of reasons for foreign investors hinese stocks eked out a gain in late knowledge of the matter. [Tuesday].” to avoid Chinese assets. Confi- Ctrading amid speculation state-­backed China is stepping up intervention in its fi- The Shanghai gauge climbed to 2,864.37 dence in mainland markets has funds intervened to support the market nancial markets after stocks extended last at the close, capping a third day of advan- already been damaged by the during annual policy meetings. year’s USD5 trillion selloff and the yuan ces. Gauges of consumer-staple and utility government’s attempt to prop The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2 fell to a five-year low in February. The companies rose at least 1.4 percent on the up equities, a campaign that percent at the close, erasing a loss of as Shanghai Composite has risen 6.6 percent CSI 300 Index, which advanced 0.3 per- has failed to prevent a 19 per- much as 1.4 percent, amid turnover that this month amid suspected buying by sta- cent. The Hang Seng China Enterprises cent slide in the Shanghai Com- was 18 percent lower than the average. te-backed funds in some of the nation’s bi- Index declined 0.9 percent in Hong Kong, posite Index this year. PetroChina Co., long considered a target ggest companies as policy makers gather while the benchmark Hang Seng Index “A main side effect is that fo- of government buying because of its lar- in Beijing for the National People’s Con- lost 0.7 percent. reign investors just won’t parti- ge index weighting, climbed for a second gress that closes today. The yuan traded in Hong Kong fell 0.18 cipate in the yuan market in the day. China Life Insurance Co., the fifth- “As expected, the market staged a rebou- percent to 6.5058 a dollar, heading for its future,” Peng said. “Why would most heavily weighted stock, jumped to a nd toward the close as state institutions biggest two-day retreat in four weeks. they invest in the yuan market two-month high. China’s central bank has emerged to buy,” said Castor Pang, head Thee Shanghai Composite has lost 19 when the economy is slowing, drafted rules for a levy on foreign-exchan- of research at Core-Pacific Yamaichi Hong percent this year at yesterday’s close, still capital is leaving, and the sys- ge trading that would help curb curren- Kong. “The market is also waiting for the most among 93 global peers tracked tem is getting more and more cy speculation, according to people with some policy signals from the NPC today by Bloomberg. Bloomberg tightly controlled?” Bloomberg wed 16.03.2016

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Beijing reaffirms its commitment to North Korea sanctions

hina, North Korea's earlier in the week, the two most important ally, foreign ministers also discus- has reaffirmed its ap photo sed the often-strained rela- commitment to fully tionship between their coun- Cimplement United Nations tries, with Wang urging Japan sanctions against Pyongyang to make "constructive efforts" over its recent nuclear tests to improve ties, the ministry and missile launches. said. In a phone conversation with Wang told reporters at a his Japanese counterpart, Fu- news conference last week mio Kishida, Chinese Foreign that he saw "little ground for Minister Wang Yi also called optimism" in the outlook for for new talks with North Ko- China-Japan relations. While rea on nuclear disarmament, giving no specifics other than China's Foreign Ministry said Japan's "wrong approach to yesterday. history and other issues," he Since agreeing to the new accused Japanese leaders and sanctions, China has redou- politicians of "making trouble bled calls for a two-track so- for China at every turn." lution aiming to resolve the Relations between the two nuclear issue while forging a neighbors have been generally permanent peace agreement calm since violent anti-Japa- to replace the armistice that nese riots broke out in several ended the 1950-53 Korean Chinese cities in 2012 after War. Japan nationalized a chain of While China remains North uninhabited islands claimed Korea's biggest source of econo- A man watches a TV news program showing footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station by China. mic assistance and diplomatic Yet, while a brief 2014 mee- support, it agreed to the swee- The latest tensions began in Peninsula nuclear issue, the be explored into how to res- ting between Chinese Presi- ping new measures out of frus- January, when North Korea two sides agreed that [...] the tore a means of resolving the dent Xi Jinping and Japanese tration at Pyongyang's defiance conducted its fourth nuclear sanctions must be fully and peninsula nuclear issue throu- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of both previous U.N. resolu- test before launching a long-­ completely implemented, whi- gh negotiations," the Chinese marked a restoration of high-­ tions and Beijing's persistent range rocket. le during the process of imple- Foreign Ministry said. level contacts, ties have since calls to avoid provocations. "In discussing the Korean menting the resolution, ways In their phone conversation moved at a glacial pace. AP

Aerospace Taiwan China plans Former finance minister named future premier first commercial resident-e- by China in 1945. lect Tsai Ing-­ It then split away P ap photo rocket-launch wen yesterday na- again after Chiang med a former finance Kai-shek's defeated company, minister as Taiwan's Nationalists moved next premier, tasked their government to Xinhua says with reinvigorating the island in 1949 the island's slowing after the Communist high-tech economy seizure of power on hina plans to set up a commercial and stabilizing rela- the mainland. Crocket-launch company in view of tions with neighbor Apart from occasio- the market’s potential, the official Xi- China, which claims nal criticism in state nhua news agency reported. Taiwan as its own media, China has lar- China Sanjiang Space Group Co. is territory. gely held its fire over preparing to enter the commercial-ro- Introduced by Tsai Tsai's election. cket business with a launch slated for at a news conference, Wearing a black 2017, Xinhua reported yesterday, ci- Lin Chuan said his turtleneck and dark ting the company’s chief engineer Hu would not be just an Taiwan’s President-elect Tsai Ing-wen poses with former Finance Minister Lin Chuan – her jacket, Lin promi- Shengyun. Some Internet companies "economics and fi- choice for premier – at the Democratic Progressive Party headquarters in Taipei sed to respond to all have expressed interest in collabora- nance Cabinet," sin- questions from the ting on commercial launches, Hu said. ce challenges come ble peace and robust changes on the is- of agreements during island's freewheeling The Kuaizhou-11, translated as “fast from all sides. Lin economic exchanges land of 23 million. his eight years in media, in keeping vessel,” rocket is being developed by and Tsai will take of- between the sides. China would "resolu- power establishing with the accessible the Fourth Academy of China Aeros- fice on May 20. However, China says tely contain Taiwan closer economic ties and down-to-earth pace Science & Industry Corp., a major China has respon- it isn't satisfied with independence seces- between the sides. image of Taiwanese missile supplier to the People’s Libe- ded skeptically to that stance and insis- sionist activities in Her election was politicians that con- ration Army, according to China Daily. Tsai's January lands- ts she endorse Bei- any form," Xi told seen as a rejection trasts starkly with China, India and other Asian coun- lide election that also jing's claim that the delegates to China's of closer economic the secrecy and aloo- tries are spending billions of dollars saw her independen- two are part of a sin- ceremonial legislatu- ties between the si- fness of China's com- on their space exploration projects. ce-leaning Democra- gle Chinese nation. re on March 5. des that many you- munist leadership. Asian growth is set to increase com- tic Progressive Party Chinese President Tsai takes over nger Taiwanese see However, Lin asked petition for commercial rocket-laun- gain a decisive parlia- Xi Jinping said ear- from China-frien- as threatening their for some degree of ching companies such as Arianespace mentary majority. lier this month that dly Nationalist Party economic futures. privacy, saying: "If as countries invest more to develop Tsai has pledged no China won't budge President Ma Ying- A Japanese colony you all call me at their own technology to launch satelli- change to the status on that demand, re- jeou, who oversaw for 50 years, Taiwan home, I'll never get tes and spacecraft. Bloomberg quo of tense-but-sta- gardless of political the signing of a series was reabsorbed any sleep." AP 16.03.2016 wed

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keptics of North Korea's ap photo Snuclear threat, and there are many, have long clung to two comforting thoughts. While the North has the bomb, it doesn't have a warhead small enough to put on a long-range rocket. And it certainly doesn't have a re-entry vehicle to keep that warhead from burning up in the atmosphere before it could reach a target like, as it has suggested before, Manhat- tan. North Korea yesterday su- ggested it will soon show the world it has mastered both te- chnologies. That would require a huge jump in the North's suspected nuclear capabilities, so it may be just the latest case of Pyon- gyang saying with vitriolic pro- paganda something it cannot demonstrate in tests. But if it delivers, it will put to rest one other comforting thought: that it's safe for policymakers in Missiles are flaunted during a military parade during celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's Workers' Party Washington and elsewhere to take North Korea's claims as Analysis thing of a coming-out party for mainly just bluster. Kim, a venue to emerge from "We have proudly acquired the shadows of his father and the re-entry technology, posses- grandfather and more firmly sed by a few countries styling N. Korea nuke threat establish himself at home and themselves as military powers, abroad as North Korea's su- by dint of self-reliance and self-­ preme leader. He could also lay development," North Korean out his own long-term domestic leader Kim Jong Un was quo- not all bluff and bluster and international agenda. ted as saying. The authorita- Kim presumably wants to face rian country's state-run media these challenges from a posi- reported he made the comment modified further. warhead delivery — to prove it front of one of those ICBMs, tion of power — and making after meeting scientists and te- That range would be ample for works. and hung a giant wall map of nukes his cause celebre serves chnicians, following what it said attacks on U.S. military bases in Just last week, photos of Kim, the United States marked with that purpose. was a successful ground test of a Japan, but not the U.S. main- splashed across the front page targets and titled 'Mainland Standing firm on nukes bols- re-entry vehicle. land. A militarized version of of the ruling party's Rodong Strike Plan,'" he wrote. "Here's ters his credibility with hard-­ The report said Kim ordered the rocket used to put a North Sinmun newspaper, showed a wild guess: They are building vliners in the military and the commencement of prepa- Korean satellite into orbit last him standing in a hangar fil- nuclear-armed ICBMs to strike reinforces his regime's defiant, rations for a "nuclear warhead month is believed to have — po- led with ballistic missiles and the United States! Why is this dangerous reputation with explosion test" and test-firin- tentially — a much longer range looking happily down at a sil- so hard to grasp?" Washington and its allies. It gs of "several kinds of ballistic that could reach the U.S. very orb about the size of a dis- The timing of Pyongyang's re- also has domestic propaganda rockets able to carry nuclear A new version of the KN-08 co ball. cent moves is crucial. value, showing how North Ko- warheads" to be conducted was displayed at a military pa- Experts say the object looks rea, singlehandedly and against soon. rade in October. IHS Jane's very much like a credible nu- all odds, can make breakthrou- As with all such reports, it's Defense weekly said it featured clear weapon, though it was As with all ghs few countries have accom- hard to separate Pyongyang's a smaller and blunter warhead clearly a mock-up of whatever plished. wishful thinking from the cur- shape "that could confirm U.S. device the North may have. [N. Korean Of course, that logic breaks rent reality. intelligence assessments and Kim and his scientists certainly two ways: If the country hasn't North Korea's most likely North Korean claims of success wouldn't have stood so close to media] reports, made major advances, exag- candidate for an interconti- in miniaturizing its nuclear the real thing without radioac- gerating them is the next best nental ballistic missile is ge- warheads." tivity protection gear. Nor wou- it’s hard to thing, since its technology is nerally known as the KN-08 But the Pentagon has often ld Kim, a chain smoker, likely separate notoriously difficult to evaluate. — in North Korea it's called expressed incredulity over the have been holding a lit cigarette But Lewis and other experts the Hwasong. The three-stage reliability of the KN-08 because right next to it. Pyongyang’s have expressed concern that rocket has an estimated ran- North Korea has never tested it The message, however, was Washington, in particular, ge of 5,000-6,000 kilometers "end-to-end" — meaning from obvious: We know what you wishful thinking has a pattern of not taking the (3,100-3,700 miles), longer if launch through re-entry and think our weaknesses are, and North's purported capabilities you might consider thinking from the seriously enough until a succes- twice. current reality sful test proves their compla- "Every time the North Ko- cency to have been misplaced. ap photo reans test another bomb or a While it might declare success missile, I get calls asking what It's facing a new U.N. sanc- prematurely — most outside ex- message the North Koreans tions package after its Jan. 6 perts doubt the recent H-bomb are trying to send," wrote Jef- nuclear test — which it clai- claims — it has an established frey Lewis, director of the East med was of an H-bomb — and track record of eventually get- Asia Nonproliferation Program has significantly amped up its ting there. at the James Martin Center for rhetoric amid unprecedentedly Seoul, meanwhile, was hol- Nonproliferation Studies, in a large-scale war games between ding to its skeptical line. recent op-ed in the influential the U.S. and South Korean mili- Its Defense Ministry said yes- Foreign Policy magazine. taries. Those exercises continue terday it remains unconvinced "Well, let's see: They've para- through April. the North has achieved re-entry ded two different ICBMs throu- The country is also conducting vehicle technology. Spokesman gh Pyongyang, conducted four a 70-day "loyalty campaign" Moon Sang Gyun said the as- nuclear tests, showed us a com- ahead of a once-in-a-generation sessment is based on South Ko- People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news pact nuclear design sitting next ruling party congress in May. rean and U.S. intelligence. He program, at Seoul Railway Station to a modern re-entry vehicle in The congress could be some- refused to elaborate. AP wed 16.03.2016

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Bangladesh Bank chief quits ap photo amid USD101 million hacking uproar

Julhas Alam, Dhaka Rahman, the son of a lan- ted that the funds be frozen. dless herdsman, was a Dhaka An investigation by the an- he head of Bangla- University economist before ti-money laundering council desh's central bank joining the Bangladesh Bank. showed the transfers occurred resigned yesterday af- He said leaving the bank post Feb. 5. Shortly afterward, a ter hackers managed was a difficult decision. bulk of the money was moved Tto divert USD101 million from "Such cyberattacks are ha- to another RCBC account who- the country's account with the ppening across the world," se owner then sent the funds Federal Reserve Bank in New Rahman said. "We have to be through a remittance company York. careful, very careful. It's like an to two Philippine casino com- Bangladesh Bank Governor earthquake, when it will come, panies. The remittance com- Atiur Rahman's resignation very difficult to predict. We are pany also made cash deliveries was accepted, said Prime Mi- new in facing such attacks. We to a certain Weikang Xu. nister Sheikh Hasina's spokes- lack experience." The anti-money laundering man Ihsanul Karim. Since the hacking scandal council later moved to freeze Rahman, who held the bank's emerged earlier this month, the funds and filed criminal top post for seven years, told re- Rahman said he had increased complaints against RCBC bran- porters he resigned voluntarily. the bank's online security and ch manager Maia Santos-De- "I submitted my resignation to hired international experts to guito and the supposed owner Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina oversee the work. of the four RCBC accounts whe- Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman who resigned yesterday gestures as he ... tears rolled out from her two "After the incident I took some re the stolen Bangladesh funds speaks during a press conference in Dhaka eyes," he said. Earlier he had time and attempted to fix the were deposited, before the De- said, "If my resignation is better loopholes so that the remaining partment of Justice in Manila, alleged money laundering and anti-money laundering law. for the Bangladesh Bank, I have amount is secure," he said. Philippine justice officials said. refused to answer many ques- "The trail ends at the casinos, no hesitation." In Manila, Philippines, a Sena- The council alleged that De- tions, invoking bank secrecy, call it a black hole," he added. The finance minister canceled te committee opened an inquiry guito approved the opening irritating committee chairman Bangladesh Ambassador John a scheduled news conference yesterday into how about $81 of the four RCBC accounts on Sen. Teofisto Guingona III. Gomes, who observed the hea- without explanation. Last week million of Bangladesh's stolen May 15 last year based on what "This was stolen and a foreign ring, said he was satisfied with he said Bangladesh was con- funds were transmitted online appeared to be fake documents government is asking us to help the investigation and that he sidering suing the U.S. bank to four private accounts at a of the owners, who were later them," Guingona said, asking would request he be allowed to over the loss of the funds, whi- branch of the Rizal Commercial also able to withdraw some of the RCBC officers why the funds also observe closed-door, exe- ch were thought to have been Banking Corp., or RCBC, and the funds in one of the largest were withdrawn up to Feb. 9 cutive sessions. transferred to the Philippines who could be criminally liable. money-laundering scandals in when the Bangladesh Bank al- He said Bangladesh is working and Sri Lanka. Julia Bacay-Abad, executive the Philippines. ready alerted RCBC and asked with the Philippines to recover However, the New York Fed director of the government's Deguito has denied any wrong- for a stop payment on Feb. 8. the funds. said it found no evidence its Anti-Money Laundering Cou- doing and offered to provide Guingona later told reporters In Sri Lanka, police spokes- own systems were compromi- ncil, told the committee that details during the Senate hea- it was clear there was a conspi- man Ruwan Gunasekara said no sed, and attention increasin- Bangladesh's central bank go- ring in a closed-door executive racy but it was not clear at what police investigation was being gly has focused on suspected vernor called to notify his Phi- session. RCBC's President and level. He said it probably could conducted in the matter. Offi- vulnerabilities in Bangladesh lippine counterpart on Feb. 11 chief executive officer, Lorenzo not have happened if casinos cials at the Sri Lanka's Central Bank's cybersecurity. about the transfer and reques- Tan, said he was unaware of the were covered by the country's Bank declined to comment. AP

rosecutors in Thailand PThailand called their first witnesses yesterday in a major human traffi- Court begins major human trafficking trial cking trial with 92 defen- dants, including an army general, implicated in including Lt. Gen. Manas A sweeping investiga- on a big boat and have a smuggling, kidnappings Kongpaen, a senior army tion was launched after private room with TV, air- and the deaths of dozens ap photo officer who was based in 36 bodies, believed to be conditioning and three of people. southern Thailand, seve- migrants from Myanmar meals a day. Once on the The case came to light ral policemen, a power- and Bangladesh, were boat he found 270 people after more than 30 bodies ful provincial mayor and exhumed from abando- crammed on board, strict were discovered last year local politicians. The 92 ned jungle camps near rules that barred walking in shallow graves in sou- defendants have been the Thai-Malaysian bor- around and constant sur- thern Thailand, exposing charged with human tra- der last May. veillance by guards ar- networks that trafficked fficking and a variety of The first witness yes- med with rifles. During a Rohingya Muslims fleeing other charges. All have terday was a Rohingya two-week boat journey, persecution in Myanmar pleaded not guilty. man, whose name was he said, he was served one and held them for ransom They were led into Ban- not disclosed to the me- meal a day of rice with a in jungle camps before gkok's Criminal Court in dia, who said he was traf- single chilli. granting them passage to Prisoners are escorted by Thai correction officers from a bus to the prison uniforms and were ficked from Rakhine state In addition to those Malaysia. Criminal Court on their arrival in Bangkok shackled at their ankles. in western Myanmar. He charged, dozens of po- The case drew more at- Human rights groups said a broker approached lice officers in southern tention when its lead poli- after his findings impli- return to Thailand and have long accused Thai him several times offe- provinces were removed ce investigator, Maj. Gen. cated "influential people" planned to seek political authorities of collusion in ring construction work from their posts and in- Paween Pongsirin, fled to in Thailand who wanted asylum in Australia. the trafficking industry, and a better future in Ma- vestigated for possible Australia and told media to silence him. Paween Several high-ranking but officials have routi- laysia. He said the broker involvement in trafficking there he feared for his life said he was too afraid to officials were charged, nely denied the claims. told him he would travel syndicates. AP 16.03.2016 wed

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Michael Weissenstein, Washington USA he Obama adminis- tration yesterday loo- sened rules on travel to Cuba and the Cuban Obama administration loosens Tgovernment's use of the dollar, removing obstacles to closer ties between the two countries five days before President Ba- rules on Cuba travel, dollar rack Obama makes a historic trip to Havana. government has moved slowly The administration annou- enough to raise questions nced that Americans can now ap photo about whether there will be take "people-to-people" trips significant trade between the to Cuba on their own instead of two countries before Obama on expensive group tours. That leaves office. means any American can legally Although the Obama admi- go to Cuba as long as they fill nistration has legalized ex- out a form asserting that their ports of badly needed goods trip was for educational pur- ranging from constructions poses instead of tourism. The materials to tractor parts, no measure is expected to help fill such trade has begun. And demand for commercial flights while European cruise ships that U.S. airlines hope to laun- now make regular appearan- ch in coming months. ces in Havana harbor, U.S. li- The new measures also allow nes have yet to receive Cuban U.S. banks to process Cuban approval months after getting government transactions that the OK from the Treasury De- pass even momentarily throu- partment. gh the U.S. banking system. A While Cuba's lack of cash re- ban on those transactions cri- A taxi driving a classic American car passes a billboard that reads in Spanish: “Long live free Cuba” in Havana serve and labyrinthine bureau- ppled Cuba's ability to buy and cracy are obstacles to any new sell goods internationally and to Cuba. The Starwood hotel as we continue to break down cretary Jacob J. Lew said. business here, many experts become one of Cuba's biggest chain says it soon expects to economic barriers, empower Rather than swiftly respon- believe that the Communist go- complaints about the U.S. tra- get U.S. approval to manage the Cuban people and advance ding to Obama administra- vernment is delaying trade with de embargo on the island. hotels in Cuba. their financial freedoms, and tion measures with matching the U.S. in order to build pres- Yesterday's action is the fifth "Today's steps build on the chart a new course in U.S.- openings in Cuba's state-con- sure on Congress to do away round of measures aimed at actions of the last 15 months Cuba relations," Treasury Se- trolled economy, the Castro with the embargo entirely. AP punching holes in the embar- go on Cuba through executive action while Congress leaves the embargo itself in place. Washington to block oil drilling in Atlantic More than a year after Obama and President Raul Castro an- n a major reversal, the Obama ad- the Atlantic for future generations.” than 80 kilometers off Virginia, North nounced the reestablishment Iministration says it will not allow oil The announcement reverses a propo- and South Carolina and Georgia to oil of diplomatic relations, U.S. drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. sal made last year in which the adminis- drilling no earlier than 2021. companies can now manufac- Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made tration floated a plan that would have The Interior Department said the latest ture goods in Cuba, export to the announcement yesterday on Twitter, opened up a broad swath of the Atlantic decision responds to strong local opposi- the Cuban government and declaring that the administration’s next Coast to drilling. The January 2015 pro- tion and conflicts with competing com- fly regularly scheduled flights five-­year offshore drilling plan “protects posal would have opened up sites more mercial and military ocean uses. AP

Turkey Military says 45 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes

t least 45 Kurdish Diyarbakir's low-inco- group that is considered depots and two rocket rebels were killed in me Baglar neighborhood the youth wing of the PKK launcher positions. The

A ap photo Turkish air strikes against early after clashes erup- in six provinces, Anadolu claim could not immedia- suspected militant targets ted overnight between reported. tely be verified. in northern Iraq following Kurdish militants and the President Recep Tayyip The PKK is fighting the suicide car bombing in security forces. A police Erdogan said the aim of Turkey for Kurdish au- Ankara, the military said officer and three militants the Ankara attack was to tonomy in the southeast. yesterday, while clashes were killed in the clashes sow fear among the pu- The fragile two-year pea- in the mainly-Kurdish which also injured 10 blic and "deter Turkey ce process collapsed in city of Diyarbakir left a other policemen, the from its aims, its path and July, re-igniting the con- police officer and three state-­run Anadolu Agen- aspirations." flict. The PKK is conside- Kurdish militants dead. cy reported. Many resi- "They will not be succes- red a terror organization Turkish F-16 and F4 jets dents were seen fleeing sful," Erdogan said. "They by Turkey and its allies. struck Kurdistan Workers the neighborhood. will not bring Turkey to Meanwhile, the military Party, or PKK, positions A friend of Mehmet Alan, 29, killed in Sunday’s explosion in Turkey this week also its knees; on the contrary denied a claim by Rus- across the border in Iraq Ankara, cries over his Turkish flag-draped coffin, during the funeral declared 24-hour cur- they will be the ones knee- sian Foreign Minister on Monday, a day after procession at Fatih Mosque in Istanbul fews and launched large-­ ling." He was speaking at Sergey Lavrov who said the attack which killed scale operations against a joint news conference Moscow has information 37 people and wounded glu said there were "al- ders including the Syrian Kurdish militants in the with visiting Azerbaijani that Turkey's military is dozens of others. There most certain" indications government, Kurdish towns of Nusaybin and President Ilham Aliyev entrenched a few hun- was no immediate claim that the PKK carried out rebels in both Iraq and Yuksekova and the city of who arrived in Ankara in dred meters (yards) in- of responsibility for the the attack. Syria, and the Islamic Sirnak, in the mostly Kur- a show of solidarity. side Syrian territory to Ankara attack, which au- The attack escalated State group. Turkey also dish southeast region. The military said Mon- prevent Kurdish groups thorities say was carried tensions with the Kurds has been forced to absorb Police meanwhile pres- day's air strikes in the from strengthening their out by a female bomber and further complicated 2.7 million refugees from sed ahead with a security Qandil mountains, whe- positions. and a possible male ac- Turkey's place in the re- the conflict. sweep across Turkey, de- re the PKK's leadership A brief military statement complice. Turkish Prime gion as it battles a host Authorities yesterday taining 55 people suspec- is based, killed 45 rebels on the issue said: "The Minister Ahmet Davuto- of enemies across its bor- declared a curfew in ted of being members of a and destroyed two arms claims are untrue." AP 16.03.2016 wed

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13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast acau rts indow estrained ugs M A W – R H 14:30 RTPi Live – Installation by Ella Lei 18:10 Trail of Lies (Repeated) Time: 10am-7pm (no admittance after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) 19:00 TDM Entreview (Repeated) Until: April 10, 2016 19:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 19:35 Soap Opera Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report dmission A : MOP5 21:00 Montra do Lilau (Free on Sundays and public holidays) 21:30 Criminal Minds Sr.9 Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 22:10 Trail of Lies “Getting into Salon” 23:00 TDM News – Exhibition of Photographic Works 23:30 Champions League Highlights by Kong Iu Lam and his Students 23:50 Drama ime T : 9am-10pm (Institute for Tourism Studies, 00:40 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Colina de Mong-Ha); 12pm-10pm (Educational restaurant, Institute for Tourism Studies, Colina de Mong-Ha) Until: April 30, 2016 Admission: free cinema cineteatro Enquiries: (853) 2856 1252 10 Mar - 16 Mar onderful ime ‘W T ’ Gods of Egypt_ – Cheong Sou Man Art Exhibition room 1 1953 Marshal Tito makes Time: 10:30am-6:30pm 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm (Closed on Mondays and public holidays) Director: Alex Proyas historic visit to London Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, ntil U : May 29, 2015 Gerard Butler Marshal Josef Tito of Yugoslavia has arrived in Bri- Admission: Free Language: English (Cantonese) tain, the first Communist head of state to visit the Venue: Duration: 127min country. 10, Calçada da Igreja de S.Lázaro, Macao The Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Winston Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 mermaid_ Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden gree- room 1 ted him at Westminster at the start of his five-day One Century of Austrian Art 1860-1960 7.30 pm visit. Time: 10am-7pm Director: Stephen Chau He arrived by sea from Yugoslavia in the naval ves- Starring: Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yu Qi sel Galeb (Seagull). He was then brought up river un- (Closed on Monday, no admission after 6:30 pm) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) der Royal Navy escort. Until: April 3, 2016 Duration: 92min Marshal Tito was invited to Britain last September Venue: Macau Museum of Art, by Mr Eden who was visiting Yugoslavia to streng- Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE then ties between the two nations. Admission: Adult MOP5 Talks this week are expected to centre on the after- math of the recent death of Josef Stalin, who expe- (Free admission on Sundays and public holidays) lled Yugoslavia from the Cominform group of com- Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 munist nations in 1948 for failing to adhere to Soviet policies. Ma-Boa / Lis-Cau, Since that time Yugoslavia has come to rely on Wes- Drawing and Lithography Exhibition tern aid for certain foods and armaments. Time: They will also discuss ways of achieving a solution 2pm-7pm (Closed on Sundays) to the problem of the disputed region of Trieste, who- Until: March 19, 2016 se administration was divided last year between the Venue: G/F Macau Cultural Centre Building, United Nations and Yugoslavia. Xian Xing Hai Avenue, Macau. Security was tight as the occasion has been marked Free Admission by a great deal of controversy, especially among tho- Enquiries: se Yugoslav exiles who regard Marshal Tito as a dic- (853) 2875 3282 tator. Spectators were kept well away from the River Tha- “Heart Carving - Xue Yihan’s Scenes mes embankment where the marshal disembarked of Macau Printmaking Exhibition” the divergent series: allegiant_ this afternoon. Time: 12pm-8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays); 3pm-8pm room 2 He shook hands with the Duke and made a short 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm speech in faltering English greeting the people of (Mondays, open on public holidays) Director: Robert Schwentke Britain and expressing hope of mutual co-operation, Until: April 22, 2016 Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff understanding and peace. Venue: Albergue SCM – A2 Gallery, Calçada da Daniels, Noami Watts “I wish to assure the peoples of Great Britain that Igreja de São Lázaro No.8, Macau Gallery A2 Language: English (Cantonese) they should consider the people of my country as Duration: 120min Admission: Free their staunch allies because the people of the new Enquiries: Yugoslavia are striving towards the same ends as the (853) 2852 2550 / 2852 3205 London has falling_ people of Great Britain,” he said. room 3 He then inspected the Guard of Honour and was (10-11, 13-16 Mar) 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.45 pm taken in a bullet-proof car escorted by police motor- Director: Babak Najafi cyclists to Downing Street. Offbeat Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman Later in the afternoon he laid a wreath at the Ceno- Language: English (Cantonese) taph and saluted Britain’s war dead. tisalat removes iconic building Duration: 99min E Courtesy BBC News ‘golf balls’ after storm The Room_ room 3 The iconic “golf balls” on Etisalat buildings are co- 7.30 pm n context ming down. Director: Lenny Abrahamson I The Emirati telecommunications company has taken Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers Marshall Josef Tito formed Communist Yugoslavia in 1945. down the spheres atop their buildings at their head- Language: English (Cantonese) He maintained Yugoslavia’s independence from the USSR and quarters in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai. Duration: 118min developed his own form of communism with power decentral- The move came after a major thunderstorm struck ised to workers’ councils. the United Arab Emirates last week, bringing strong macau tower He dealt with nationalist aspirations by creating a federa- tion of six republics: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, winds and rainfall that caused flooding. 03 Mar - 23 Mar The state-run WAM news agency reported late Friday Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia. But ethnic tensions where never far from the surface. Al- that the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Mana- Gods of Egypt_ though the federation held together for 10 years after Tito’s gement Authority asked Etisalat to remove the sphere 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm death in 1980, it fell apart rapidly after Slovenia’s declaration from its Abu Dhabi headquarters as it was “severely Director: Alex Proyas of independence. damaged by strong winds.” Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, In 1954 the city of Trieste in the so-called Free Territory of Etisalat is one of two telecommunications companies Gerard Butler Trieste and the northern zone of the region were returned to in the UAE. It is 60 percent government-owned and Language: English (Cantonese) Italy. The rest of the area became part of Yugoslavia. opened its shares to foreign investors in September. Duration: 127min wed 16.03.2016 th Anniversary

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Olympics From Syria to Sudan: Refugee athletes train for the Refugee team

Stephen Wilson, London 43 displaced hey've fled war and ap photo violence in the Mid- athletes, who dle East and Africa. range in age They've crossed trea- Tcherous seas in small dinghies from 17 to and lived in dusty refugee camps. 30 and have They include a teenage swim- escaped mer from Syria, long-distan- ce runners from South Sudan conflicts in their and judo and taekwondo com- petitors from Congo, Iran and homelands, Iraq. They are striving to achieve a are being common goal: To compete in considered the Olympics in Rio de Janei- ro. Not for their home coun- for selection tries, but as part of the first ever team of refugee athletes. to the team A group of 43 displaced men and women, who range in age called ‘Refugee from 17 to 30 and have esca- Olympic ped conflicts in their home- lands, are being considered Athletes’ for selection to the team called "Refugee Olympic Athletes." Prompted by the plight of "I was touched in seeing how millions of migrants and re- the people live in this camp," fugees across the world, the Pere Miro (left) of the International Olympic Committee, as he watches the counting of the ballots during the election of the said Miro, who traveled to International Olympic Com- National Olympic Committee of Iraq, in Dukan Kakuma in January. "It's in mittee is creating a small team the middle of nowhere. They of refugees who will compete "I was touched by the perso- making the perilous trip from on the WTF website. "Many have nothing to do. The main in Rio under the Olympic flag. nal story of each one," he said Turkey to Greece a few mon- times in my head I thought it activity that keeps them moti- In what will surely be one of in an interview with The Asso- ths ago when their small din- would not happen because of vated and alive is sport." the emotional highlights of the ciated Press. "But I also was ghy started taking on water in politics, visa problems, lack of Tegla Loroupe, the former opening ceremony, the team really touched by how much the Aegean Sea. Most of the money and I couldn't travel to Kenyan world record-holder will march together into the sport means in their lives, not refugees on the overcrowded [many] ranking events. ... Rio is in the women's marathon, Maracana Stadium on Aug. 5 only for the 43, but for all tho- boat couldn't swim. So the sis- a dream for me. Hope has car- went to the Kakuma camp behind the white flag with the se I met." ters and three others who were ried me to the Olympics. Now I to hold tryouts and identify five Olympic rings. They will IOC President Thomas Bach also good swimmers jumped will give all I have to win." the most talented runners. walk in just ahead of the team said he expects between five into the water. For three hou- Misenga and Yolande Ma- Twenty-three were selected from Brazil, the host nation and 10 athletes will make the rs, they clung onto ropes han- bika fled Congo three years and transferred to Loroupe's that marches last among the team. Miro put the figure at ging from the side and helped ago and sought asylum in Bra- training center near Nairobi. 206 national Olympic commi- between five and seven. The guide the boat to the Greek is- zil during the 2013 world judo Speaking to the AP by tele- ttees in the athletes' parade. final selection will be announ- land of Lesbos. championships in Rio. They phone yesterday from the cen- The refugee athletes will live ced by the IOC at its next exe- The Mardini sisters even- have been training with the ter, Loroupe said the athletes in the Olympic Village with cutive board meeting in June. tually made it to Germany, Brazilian judo federation. include an 800-meter run- the other teams. The IOC will "We want to send a message where a local charity put them "I've seen too much war, too ner, a marathoner and seve- supply them with team unifor- of hope to all the refugees of in touch with the Wasserfreu- much death," Misenga told ral 5,000- and 10,000-meter ms, coaches and technical offi- the world," Bach said. nde Spandau 04 swimming The Guardian newspaper. "I athletes. She said she expects cials. The Olympic anthem will Miro said 23 of the candi- club in Berlin, based near want to stay clean so I can do eight to qualify for the Olym- be played if any of the athletes dates fled conflicts in Africa, their refugee center. They my sport. I represent everyo- pics and will accompany them wins a gold medal. including South Sudan, Ethio- have been training at the pool, ne. I'll get a medal for all re- to Rio for the occasion. The plan was first announ- pia, Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, which was built for the 1936 fugees." "This is something special," ced by the IOC at the United Burundi and Mali. A handful Olympics, and Yusra — a but- The largest number of po- Loroupe said. "Everyone can Nations last October amid of others left Syria, with a few terfly specialist — was selected tential Olympic athletes was be a refugee, now they have the still-continuing influx of from Iran and Iraq. In addi- as a possible member of the drawn from the Kakuma re- this incredible opportunity migrants and refugees, many tion to track and field, some of Olympic team. fugee camp in northwestern to stand out. They want to be from Syria, into Europe. The the athletes compete in swim- Asemani left Iran in 2012 for Kenya, about 55 miles (90 ambassadors." IOC set up a USD million fund ming, judo, taekwondo and reasons she has not disclosed kilometers) from the border Miro said he doubts any of for refugees and asked national shooting. and arrived in Belgium, where with South Sudan, a five-year-­ the refugee athletes will win Olympic committees to identify The IOC has already publicly she works for the postal servi- old country that has been wra- medals in Rio, though that any displaced athletes in their identified three athletes un- ce and trains with Belgium's cked by civil war since 2013. is not really the main point. countries who might be able to der consideration: 17-year-old national taekwondo team. Tens of thousands have died The powerful symbolism of reach Olympic standard. Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardi- Fighting under the World and at least 2 million peo- the refugees' mere presence at Pere Miro, the IOC's deputy ni, female Iranian taekwondo Taekwondo Federation flag at ple have been displaced from the games is what counts the director general for relations athlete Raheleh Asemani, and the European Olympic quali- their homes. most. with the Olympic movement, male judoka Popole Misenga fying tournament in Istanbul, The sprawling Kakuma camp "They will raise attention has been the point man in of Congo. Mardini is training she clinched a spot for the Rio houses about 180,000 refu- around the world," Miro said. creating the team. Of the 43 in Germany, Asemani in Bel- Games. It's possible she could gees, mainly from South Su- "We hope the world will get athletes selected as conten- gium and Misenga in Brazil. compete for Belgium if she is dan, but also from Sudan, the message. We can show ders for the team, more than Mardini and her older sis- granted citizenship. Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, that sport and the Olympic half are runners from central ter, Sarah, were on an infla- "It has been such a hard jour- Burundi, Rwanda, Eritrea and principles are something to and western Africa, Miro said. table boat with other refugees ney. I was lost," Asemani said Uganda. believe in." AP THE Chinese company to resume work Station16.03.2016Air quality wed th Anniversary BUZZ on Sri Lankan port city Roadside 50-70 20 Moderate A Chinese company said yesterday it will re- the project to continue. sume construction of a USD1.5 billion port city The city is to be built on reclaimed land off High project in Sri Lanka, about a year after it was Sri Lanka’s west coast and include a golf cour- Density 50-70 suspended because of questions about its en- se, marinas, apartments, hotels and malls. Residental vironmental impact. The project created disquiet in neighboring Moderate CHEC Port City Colombo said it welcomed India over the possibility China might be Area opinion the Sri Lankan government’s decision to allow allowed outright land ownership. Ambient 50-70 Moderate Made in Macao dsmg source: Jenny Lao-Phillips Site of 1503 shipwreck WORLD BRIEFS Villain Hitting tied to Vasco da Gama Thailand Prosecutors Lately, if you pass Kun Iam Temple, you called their first witnesses may bump into some middle-aged or elder- yesterday in a major ly ladies squatting at a corner outside the found off Oman human trafficking trial temple, hitting a paper on the ground as a with 92 defendants, service for customers. Well, we have ente- including an army general, implicated in red Jingzhe 驚蟄 – the time for ‘da siu yan’ called an Indio, of which smuggling, kidnappings (打小人, hit the little man), better known in only one other is known and the deaths of dozens English as ‘villain hitting’. Jingzhe falls in ap photo to exist today, said David of people. More on p13 spring, usually in the first two weeks of Mar- L. Mearns, the director of ch. What is so special about this time that Blue Water Recoveries. The Thailand Police file makes people go and ‘hit the little man’? coins were forged in 1499 negligence charges And what exactly does ‘hit the little man’ after da Gama’s first voyage against two executives mean? to India, which helps date of a fire safety company Jingzhe, meaning awakening and hiber- the wreckage, he said. after a system being nation, refers to the time when insects “That was an amazing dis- installed at the and animals wake from hibernation and headquarters of one of covery,” Mearns said. “It was start searching for food. One story of the the country’s largest origin of ‘hitting the little man’ comes from like a thing you read about in banks malfunctioned, the practice of sending away the mythical a Hollywood story.” killing eight people. tiger, Bai Hu 白虎. In the agricultural socie- The archaeologists an- ty of ancient China, there was a belief that nounced their findings in Malaysia-Australia during Jingzhe, Bai Hu would awake and an article published yester- Malaysian authorities will attack people. To prevent it from hurting day by The International not charge two journalists the villagers, senior members would make Journal of Nautical Ar- from Australia’s state- paper tigers and drop pig’s blood on them, chaeology. owned broadcaster who sometimes adding a slice of pork, to send Ayoub al-Busaidi, the attempted to interview Malaysia’s prime the tiger away. Later, instead of sending Bai supervisor of marine ar- A rare silver coin called an Indio discovered from the debris of the minister over corruption Hu away, people started using this ritual to explorer Vasco da Gama’s ship, Esmeralda chaeology at the Oman Mi- allegations, deciding to send away people whom they considered nistry of Heritage and Cul- deport them instead. as having brought bad luck to their lives by Jon Gambrell, Dubai da Gama’s second voyage ture, said this marked the hitting a man-shaped paper. to India. first underwater excavation We often see in movies that people ‘hit the he 500-year-old wre- “The bay where the site is carried out by his country. little man’ when they have someone they Tckage of Portuguese located was almost a per- He said it inspired officials ap photo hate in mind. The actual tradition was not ship piloted by an uncle of fect geographical match for to continue to explore the used to wish ill on anyone specific, but for explorer Vasco da Gama where the ships’ [the Es- waters around the sultana- sending away people who may be in the has been found off the coast meralda and the São Pedro, te for other finds. way of achieving what one desires. It is be- of Oman, archaeologists another ship in the fleet] “Oman is now looking at lieved that after ‘hitting the little man’, one said yesterday, a discovery wrecked,” the study says. outside archives to read will have good luck and life will be smooth that included the recovery sailing. Sometimes, it does not really have Among the stone shot, ce- about the relationships and USA In a major reversal, of an incredibly rare coin. anything to do with other people. According ramics, a bell and other de- trade between Oman and the Obama administration to a few “professional” villain hitters and The Esmeralda sank bris, divers discovered an the outside” world, al-Bu- says it will not allow oil service users, the act is supposed to bring during a violent storm incredibly rare silver coin saidi said. AP drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Interior Secretary good luck. near al-Hallaniyah Is- Sally Jewell (pictured) However, there are many people with the land in the Indian Ocean made the announcement misconception that ‘hitting the little man’ is in May 1503, killing commander Vicente Sodre ap photo yesterday on Twitter, a way to curse people they dislike. It is for declaring that the and all those aboard. this reason that many people think of going, administration’s next five- or actually go to, ‘da siu yan’ – which may Beginning in 2013, a team year offshore drilling plan be the result of how this practice is depicted from the British company “protects the Atlantic for on TV and in movies. Blue Water Recoveries and future generations.” More In most depictions, we see angry people the Oman Ministry of Heri- on p15 taking photos of people they hate to the tage and Culture explored a ‘service providers’, paying them to hit their site in the island’s Ghubbat Italy The family of an enemies. The service providers would first ar Rahib Bay. They later Italian al-Qaida hostage attach the photo to a man-shaped piece determined the debris fou- killed in a U.S. drone of paper and then, squatting down on the nd there came from the strike in Pakistan is street, exert a lot of effort to beat a small long-missing ship, one of appealing to Barack Obama to provide details piece of paper with a slipper while shouting two lost in the storm from Divers excavate the wreck site curses. This is no easy job, especially sin- about the January 2015 ce these service providers are often elderly operation. A lawyer for women. That makes me wonder, have we Giovanni Lo Porto’s family said that they have

become so lazy that we even need to out- ap photo source the cursing of our enemies? Woul- yet to receive operation details despite Obama’s dn’t it be more cathartic if we perform the orders for a full review act ourselves? (Not that hatred and cursing of the counter-terrorism should be encouraged.) operation. According to an article about a “villain hi- tting service provider” in Hong Kong years European Union ago, most customers do not have anyone leaders will boost specific in mind. It’s just a practice for good support to Greece so that luck. But there are often women who bring thousands of migrants photos of other women for hitting, usually can be sent from there ‘rivals in love’, hoping that the ritual will back to Turkey under make their men return to them. a planned deal being So this tradition, be it for bringing good thrashed out with Ankara. luck or casting away people who have brou- In a draft text prepared ght us bad luck, has evolved into some voo- for their summit, EU doo love spell we see in witches’ stories. leaders promise to use But whatever the intention, just be careful “all means to support what you wish for before you try ‘hitting the the capacity of Greece little man’. The expedition ship is seen at the Ghubbat ar Rahib bay, the excavation area of the wreck site of the for the return of irregular Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama’s ship, Esmeralda migrants to Turkey.”