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JAPAN’s Meteorological Agency says the P7 earthquake that struck yesterday arrests Crown staff off Fukushima was an aftershock of the massive 2011 quake. Northeastern Japan was jolted by a magnitude-7.4 AP PHOTO earthquake. “But nothing fell from the shelves.” More on p12

HONG KONG Police launched yesterday a citywide hunt for a gang of robbers after they escaped with 81 gold bars worth about HKD22.68 million “in a 20-second daylight hold- up yesterday,” SCMP reported. Another 177 gold bars worth about 50 million were left at the crime scene in Fanling. The robbers struck on a street when a man was unloading bags of gold bars from a delivery van onto a trolley. It’s the biggest bullion heist in five years. AP PHOTO

HONG KONG The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a USD1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city’s Disneyland resort that includes the company’s first themed areas based on the movie “Frozen” and Marvel superhero characters. More on p11

CHINA A top executive at German automaker Daimler’s China operation is fired after being accused of yelling insults about Chinese people and using pepper spray in Chinese-made USD100 billion city a dispute over a parking spot. More on p11 P10 More on backpage near Singapore ‘scares everybody’ 23.11.2016 wed

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China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has been assigned more land could be the contract to build a bridge connecting the new reclamation project, known as the Macau New Urban Zones (Zone A), to the Macau made available to Macau Peninsula. The local government chose CHEC, according to a notice gqin, but should be concerned signed by the Chief Executive and Julie Zhu about spending enough time published in the government’s Official Gazette. The company will HE director-general of the thinking about its projects. be paid MOP305 million for the THengqin New Area Admi- “Everyone should spend project, with the final installment to nistrative Committee, Niu more time thinking about how be settled in 2018. According to the Jing, pledges that the park to make their projects run Transportation Infrastructure Office, is not the only place Zhuhai well, instead of thinking whe- the bridge will be approximately 400 has prepared within the sco- ther the land is still there. The meters long with six traffic lanes. It pe of Guangdong-Macau coo- lands will be there, for sure,” will connect the north of Zone A to peration. Niu Jing disclosed guaranteed Niu. the Rotunda de Amizade. this information during yes- According to Niu, until the terday’s Guangdong-Macau end of October of this year, Casino staff Industrial Cooperation Park 669 out of the 25,235 regis- meeting of 2016. tered enterprises in Hengqin represent one-third “I have been saying that for are Macau companies, repre- of problematic years, that regarding Heng- senting an increase of 102.11 qin’s lands, besides the park percent year on year. gamblers there are other lands prepa- Another aspect revealed to red for Macau’s projects,” said the media by the Hengqin The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Niu. head concerns the topic of says that 33 percent of problematic Sixteen of the first 33 invest- Macau’s single-plated car en- gamblers who seek help from the Niu Jing ment projects of the Macau tering Hengqin. Niu stated, IAS are employed within the gaming government, in 2014, with the park, which belong to Ma- “of course,” when asked whe- industry. IAS has reported that cau. The director-general said ther the policy will be annou- each year there are approximately respect to Hengqin, specifi- cally in the Guangdong-Ma- that the Hengqin government nced this year. 130 to 150 cases concerning casino “The Prime Minister has employees. No notable increase cau Industrial Cooperation authority is currently holding If Macau’s already confirmed. We are has been registered in this year. In Park, have already been as- discussions on several projec- projects need all compelling [him] to push the first half of 2016, there were signed lands in the Hengqin ts which will be located outsi- forward the work,” said Niu. approximately 780 recorded cases area. In fact, 12 of them have de the park. big pieces of of gamblers asking assistance already initiated construction “As long as the projects are On November 17, Guang- from IAS. These people are mainly works, and are expected to be good, and as long as they can land, we will dong’s Party Standing Com- aged between 40 and 70 years old. completed in two years. have the effect of pushing mittee organized a meeting to Problematic teenage gamblers Currently, there are five forward the diversification supply them. discuss the topic. normally prefer to seek help from square kilometers of land in of Macau’s industry, we are “We are closely discussing it their friends and families, which Hengqin which are specifically willing to provide land and re- NIU JING with the Macau government. means that gambling addiction cases prepared for the park to ope- sources,” said Niu. We must fulfill Prime Minister within the youth population are less rate projects jointly organized Niu also said that Hengqin is pieces of land, we will supply Li Keqiang’s promise made in commonly registered. by Macau and by Guangdong looking for high-end projects, them,” said Niu. Macau,” said Niu. Province. considering that such projects The director-general also Currently, both governments Grade repetition Niu said that there are com- can “save the land and be res- voiced his opinion that Ma- are working on the last stage mercial buildings already bui- ponsible to Macau.” cau does not need to worry of the projects, according to below fourth grade lt in Hengqin, not located in “If Macau’s projects need big about having no lands in Hen- Niu. discarded

The latest recommendation on the metric to evaluate Macau’s students’ IPM to organize conference on higher education performance has suggested removing grade repetition for students in HE conference titled ‘The New Fron- ning quality assurance systems, deep year levels below the fourth grade Ttiers of Teaching and Learning Qua- learning, outcome-based approach to of primary school. According to the lity Assurance in Higher Education,” or- teaching and learning, student evalua- Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ganized by Macao Polytechnic Institute tion of teachers (SET) and teacher self- (DSEJ), the draft states that unless the (IPM) and co-organized by the Asia-Paci- evaluation (TSE), voice of students to student’s parents apply for the child fic Quality Network (APQN), will be held enhance teaching effectiveness and such. to repeat a grade, the school can not require students to do so. The draft at the institute today and tomorrow. According to the institute’s statement, also points out that the repetition rate This two-day conference will consist of the event is intended to be a platform must be below 4 percent in fifth and presentations of more than 20 papers for participants to learn about the latest sixth grades of primary schools, and by academics and experts coming from trends of international quality assurance must not exceed 8 percent in middle countries and regions such as the U.K., and best practices of international insti- school. In primary school, fifth and Portugal, Australia, Japan, India, Sri tutions, thereby promoting the advance- sixth grade students would now be Lanka, mainland China, Hong Kong and ment of the quality of higher education in dustry experts. allowed to move to sixth grade and to Macau. the territory. The conference opening and keynote graduate respectively if they fail only The conference themes include: theo- The conference will also feature a num- sessions will commence at 2.30 p.m. to- one subject. ries and practices of teaching and lear- ber of parallel sessions and a talk by in- day in IPM’s Wui Chi Building.

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this year. Rabbit lantern POLICY ADDRESS | SONIA CHAN Ng Kuok Cheong recal- led that he had previously class next month questioned the Chief Exe- cutive over the municipal Political reform, the body role and had been told that a reply would be given in the second semester of this year. He said that the skeleton in the closet process seems to be moving very slow, with no signifi- cant developments. Ng also argued that the members of the future municipal body Albergue SCM is to organize should be directly elected, “Traditional Chinese Lantern which would lead to better Workshop – Part 18 (Advance)” to be held between December 5 management. and 19. It will be co-organized by Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau and sponsored by the Macau Foundation. According to a statement from the organizers, The a master in lantern marking has been invited to lead the government program. Alfredo Ceynas will must drop the instruct participants on how to construct a traditional rabbit rubber stamp lantern. Albergue SCM has been holding workshops of lantern- election. making since 2010, providing a platform for the public to learn the AU KAM SAN traditional Chinese art and craft. The application period for the Other topics discussed yes- class is now open. terday included the admi- nistrative revamp, with se- ‘Macao Tourism veral lawmakers questioning Sonia Chan about the next Data plus’ steps to be taken. One of introduces new them was Chan Meng Kam, who said that the number indicators Paulo Barbosa of civil servants has been action pending court ruling growing significantly sin- The ‘Macao Tourism Data plus’ (MTD plus), an online platform OLITICAL reform ce the establishment of the run by the Macao Government was, perhaps inad- THE GOVERNMENT was lowing the case and an inter- MSAR. vertently, the is- criticized for reported inac- departmental group has been Tourism Office (MGTO), is now Sonia Chan said that there equipped with new statistical sue that dominated tion in the Pearl Horizon created. “However, we need are currently 32,800 civil Pyesterday’s presentation of case affecting thousands of to know about the court’s indicators for hotel industry servants and the number is Sonia Chan’s office’s action pre-sales buyers. Sonia Chan ruling on the case, before figures. The three new indicators expected to grow to 36,000. include: occupancy rate of plan for 2017. The Secre- denied such claims, saying that any stance would be un- She justified the tendency tary for Administration and that the government is fol- real,” she said. operating hotel establishments, mentioned by Chan Meng number of guests of operating Justice was confronted by Kam as the result of Macau’s hotel establishments and lengthy and repeated inter- official stance in Macau re- with amendments to the AL fast development after the operating hotel establishments. ventions from pro-democrat garding political reform. election law recently intro- Handover, which necessita- Currently available in Chinese, lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong The lawmaker disagreed duced. ted the expansion of servi- Portuguese and English, MTD and Au Kam San. with the government’s claim Once again, the opi- ces. Now, the priorities are plus is equipped with an array In her initial speech, Ms that the reform needs to be nion of the pro-democracy changing, she argued: of features including interactive Chan said that the priority promoted by Beijing. He no- lawmakers contrasted with “The economy is stable and data, tourism statistics tables, would be to prepare the next ted that the Basic Law indi- Sonia Chan’s view, with Au this is the opportunity to e-publications, distribution maps Legislative Assembly (AL) cates that the MSAR gover- Kam San denying that there review the structure of pu- of visitor source markets as well as election, to be held in 2017, nment is entitled to present has been any development blic services and enhance a tourism situation video. MGTO making sure that it is cha- a report on reform to the since 2012 regarding the administrative efficiency,” introduced MTD plus in late racterized by “impartiality, NPC Permanent Committee. “democratic component” of she said, listing measures November 2015. justice, publicity and inte- “The government must drop the AL. He added that the to achieve that, like “refor- grity.” But this enumeration the rubber stamp election,” measure of implementing mulating careers, improving Police didn’t seem to convince Ng he said. the so-called “+2+2” for- the moral of civil servants Kuok Cheong, who claimed Sonia Chan replied that mula (adding two directly and ensuring upwards mo- investigating that “residents expect uni- changes to the way the Chief elected and two indirectly bility.” Huang Shan’s versal suffrage” and nothing Executive is elected are not elected lawmakers) did not The administrative revamp was done in that regard. expected for now. “We are contribute to promoting de- will continue with 13 ser- case “The political reform is stal- not thinking about changing mocracy in Macau. vices, including the Macao The Judiciary Police (PJ) is led,” he said. Ng ironized the law to elect the CE, but Questioned over the esta- Trade and Investment Pro- cooperating with the Gaming that society now is, “har- I believe that the Electoral blishment of a municipal motion Institute (IPIM), Inspection and Coordination monious and stable,” hence College has been expanded, body holding no political the Macau Economic Ser- the government should now with more 100 members,” power, the Secretary for Ad- Bureau in regard to former Macau vices (DSE), the Macao Go- junket promoter Huang Shan. advance with the reform, she said. Chan noted that ministration and Justice ar- vernment Tourism Office instead of waiting for more there has been some evo- gued that the new body wou- Huang had fled Macau after (MGTO), the Transportation having stolen HKD10 billion from “chaotic” times. lution in terms of the local ld “serve the population and Infrastructure Office (GIT) gaming investors in 2014. The Au Kam San contested the political system since 2013, provide advice to the gover- and the Office for the Deve- 40-year-old mainland resident nment. The new entity wou- lopment of the Energy Sec- from the Guizhou province was ld have to be “articulated” tor (GDSE). found earlier in Cambodia and is with the Civic and Municipal Sonia Chan was the first allegedly being held by some of his easier payments Affairs Bureau (IACM), said to present her action plan debtors in Vietnam. PJ Director Chan, following speculation following the chief execu- Chau Wai Kuong said that the QUESTIONED ABOUT the implementation of the “electronic that IACM could be extin- tive’s delivery of the Po- case is still under investigation. government,” Sonia Chan said that there are 70 booths currently guished. More details will licy Address last week. Because Huang Shan is not a operating, providing 23 different services to residents. 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Zhuhai links traffic dispute has emerged be- MACAU GRAND PRIX Atween the TCR Internatio- infractions and price nal Series and Macau Grand Prix organizers following the of cars conclusion of the racing event TCR dispute may threaten in the city last weekend. Ac- One car worth more than RMB1 million cording to Autosport maga- has more infractions recorded against it participation next year zine, the dispute threatens to than the total infractions of those worth less than RMB100,000. According to a end the series’ involvement in report by Jornal Va Kio, 60 percent of the the Guia Race next year. cars worth less than RMB100,000 have The argument seems to infraction records. Regarding cars worth have brewed over the racing weekend with TCR executi- between RMB100,000 to RMB200,000 MARQUES RENATO patacas, 85 percent have broken the city’s ves noticeably dissatisfied by transportation laws. The percentage with the presence of cars from the respect to cars sold from RMB200,000 Chinese Touring Car Cham- to RMB300,000, RMB300,000 to pionship (CTCC), which RMB400,000, and from RMB400,000 to adhere to different regula- RMB500,000 is 70 percent, 90 percent and tions than TCR. 94 percent, respectively. When compared, “I think to have different re- cars worth more than RMB 1 million have gulations in the same race is significantly more infractions. difficult to manage,” TCR boss Marcello Lotti told Autosport. Observation deck “To open the race to cars with a different configuration, completed at Small where the only points of simi- Tiago Monteiro was the Guia Race winner larity is cylinder capacity, is Taipa Hill very dangerous,” he added. during the competition that tionally-reputed institutions renowned director and fes-

The CTCC cars underper- the TV graphics were not pulling out of locally-organi- tival planner, Marco Müller, The construction of the 180-degree formed in the race compared allowed to contain any men- zed events. announced his sudden depar- observation deck at the Small Taipa Hill tion of the TCR championship In September, leading Ma- ture from the International is finished. The Land, Public Works and with their TCR rivals, and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) is expecting were blamed as the causes points. cau Grand Prix consultant, Film Festival & Awards Ma- the deck to be open to the public next behind several accidents and The dispute casts doubts Barry Bland, whose Motor cao shortly before it is due to month. According to a report by Macao delays. over whether the Guia Race Race Consultants company launch next month. Daily News, the deck will be opened at the However, the final spark that could set the stage for the had been involved in the ra- Though the full reasons beginning of next year at the latest. The lit the fire might be linked to an World Touring Car Cham- cing event since 1983, annou- behind his departure have public can access the deck by taking the entirely different scandal; the pionship competition, as pre- nced his withdrawal citing still not been disclosed, both stairs or the elevators at the Rotunda Leonel absence of TCR series credits in viously rumored. rushed developments that he Müller and Macau-based or- Sousa bus stop. Once they arrive at the deck, official press information. It may also represent the claimed have become charac- ganizers have stated that “dif- passengers will be able to see out over the Moreover, Autosport claims continuation of a worrying teristic of local organizers. ferences of opinion” made the southern region of the Macau Peninsula. that timekeepers were told trend in Macau of interna- Furthermore, just last week, collaboration difficult. DB ad wed 23.11.2016

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MACAU GRAND PRIX ECONOMY third quarter, underpinned Employee by an increase in private in- vestment. Gross fixed capital turnover rate in formation, the gauge of in- TCR dispute may threaten Third quarter growth at 4pct vestment, grew by 2.3 percent banks drops year-on-year, rebounding participation next year owing to gaming rebound from a sharp decline of 20 percent in the previous quar- T the end of the third quarter of ter. Meanwhile, government A2016, there were some 28 banks HE economy of Macau according to DSEC, by 0.2 investment rose by 1.8 per- operating in Macau, according to in- Texpanded by 4 percent percent year-on-year. cent, of which equipment in- formation released by the Statistics year-on-year in real terms Private consumption expendi- BLOOMBERG vestment grew by 17.5 percent and Census Service (DESC). Com- during the third quarter of ture rose slightly by 0.3 percent but public construction edged pared with the same point in 2015, 2016, according to data relea- year-on-year in the third quar- down by 0.1 percent. the number of full-time employees sed yesterday by the Statistics ter, supported by a “favorable Decline in merchandise tra- increased by 144 to 6,072, with 1,672 and Census Service (DSEC), employment situation” and re- de tapered off. Overall de- directors and managers and 2,041 representing the first positive duced inflationary pressures, mand stabilized, with priva- clerks (including 784 bank tellers). quarterly growth in the past thus ending its downtrend in te consumption, investment In the third quarter, the banking two years. the two previous quarters. and visitor spending showing sector hired 265 new employees The news comes off the back Nevertheless, expenditu- modest growth. Both impor- with the employee recruitment of three consecutive months re on durable goods remai- ts and exports of goods de- rate (4.4 percent) and the em- of year-on-year growth in ned weak, indicating that creased at a slower rate, by ployee turnover rate (3.4 percent) gross gaming revenues, two of households remain cautious 7.3 percent and 15.6 percent falling by 3.9 and 2.3 percentage which fall within the quarter. about spending on non-es- respectively year-on-year, far points respectively year-on-year. DSEC have attributed the sential items. Household fi- lower than the 17 percent and The number of new recruits indi- rise to a rebound in both nal consumption expenditure 24.7 percent declines in the cates that the employee population exports of services and in- in the domestic market and second quarter. of the banking sector was relatively vestment. “External demand abroad grew by 0.5 percent Also aggregated in the state- stable in this quarter, according to showed improvement, lea- and 4.5 percent respectively. ment was the economic grow- a statement from DSEC. ding to a pickup in exports of nded, representing the first Government final consump- th of the MSAR for the first Meanwhile, job vacancies stood at gaming services and exports signs of growth in seven con- tion expenditure diminished, three quarters of 2016, which 240 at the end of the third quarter, of other tourism services, ri- secutive quarters. falling by 1.3 percent year- in fact contracted by 5.4 per- similar to a year ago. There were sing by 0.2 percent and 6.5 Also in the third quarter of on-year, lower than the 6.1 cent in real terms compared 143 vacancies for clerks and 52 for percent respectively year-on- 2016, domestic demand reco- percent growth in the second with the same period in the bank tellers. year,” noted DSEC in yester- vered and private consump- quarter of this year. Compen- previous year. In September 2016, average earnin- day’s statement. tion expenditure and invest- sation of employees increased Economic growth for gs (excluding bonuses) of full-time The institution’s conclusions ment grew by 0.3 percent and by 2.2 percent, while net pur- 2014 and 2015 was revised employees amounted to MOP25,650, are supported by data pub- 2.3 percent respectively. The chases of goods and services downwards from 0.9 percent up by 3 percent year-on-year. Avera- lished earlier this week that implicit deflator of GDP, whi- decreased by 4.9 percent. and -20.3 percent to -1.2 per- ge earnings of bank tellers increased showed that visitor spending ch measures the overall chan- At the same time, investment cent and -21.5 percent respec- by 5.3 percent to MOP15,470. in the territory had rebou- ge in prices, rose marginally gained momentum during the tively. DB

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group of Crown Re- sorts Ltd. employees detained in China since last month have China formally arrests Crown beenA formally arrested for alle- ged gambling-related crimes, according to a lawyer, paving the way for them to be prosecu- staff amid gambling crackdown ted as the government clamps down on foreign casinos that woo its citizens to gamble over- released have been formally ar- seas. rested, said Zhai, who declined The employees were arrested to specify how many of those BLOOMBERG last Friday and will be held for arrested his firm represents. another two months for inves- Crown’s shares plunged the tigations, which could be ex- most on record Oct. 17 on the tended as needed, according news that its staff, including to Zhai Jian, a Shanghai-based three Australians and a Malay- lawyer who said his firm, Da- sian, were detained in China. cheng Law Offices, represents a Among them was Crown’s head group of Crown employees. Po- of international high-roller lice will decide whether to pro- operations Jason O’Connor. secute the employees after the The shares have since re- investigations conclude, he couped those losses, and rose said. 3.1 percent to AUD11.49, the The arrests signal the gover- highest level in more than a nment in Beijing is again focu- month, by the close of trading sing on overseas casino opera- yesterday. tors with marketing operations Australia is continuing to seek in China, after arresting South official confirmation of the sta- Korean gaming workers last tus of the Crown employees wi- year. The rare arrests involving thin the Chinese legal system, foreign nationals employed by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop a major international company said in e-mailed statement also highlight a shift in the Chi- -based OSI Group Inc. of selling The arrests send a pointed detained in mid-October, one – Monday, while Australian Tra- nese authorities’ handling of expired products to fast-food message to the casino industry, a Chinese national who Crown de Minister Steven Ciobo said overseas workers who flock to restaurants and sentenced ten said Richard Huang, a gaming said was a junior employee in a Bloomberg TV interview the world’s second-largest eco- employees to jail, including one analyst for Nomura Internatio- – was released on bail earlier the country continues to offer nomy. Australian who was of Chinese nal. this month. All the detained consular support to the Crown “In the old days, people would origin. “The key message from the employees who have not been detainees. insist to me that the only risk Zhai said he represents em- Chinese government is that it Chinese authorities had war- was deportation. This is no lon- ployee Alfread Gomez, who is will take the policy on the ga- ned Crown last year to halt its ger the case,” said Steve Dickin- of Malaysian nationality. On ming industry more serious- efforts to attract high rollers son, a lawyer at Seattle-based his LinkedIn profile, Gomez ly,” said Huang. “The law has In the old from the mainland to gamb- Harris Moure, which produces lists himself as a Crown senior always been there to forbid le overseas, a person familiar the China Law Blog and has ad- vice-president in China. A Chi- gambling marketing. Now the days, people with the government’s deci- vised companies in the gaming na spokeswoman for Crown in government is vigorously en- sion to detain the Australian sector. “Foreigners can expect Melbourne didn’t respond to forcing the regulation.” would insist company’s employees said last to be treated exactly like Chine- e-mailed questions about Zhai’s The arrests haven’t affected month. se nationals.” comments or Gomez’s position business for casino operators to me that the Australian Financial Re- In 2014, GlaxoSmithKline with the company. in Macau, the world’s big- only risk was view reported Monday that Plc’s British country mana- Macau, a special administra- gest gambling hub, so far, said three Australian employees of ger in charge of its China unit, tive region, is the only Chinese Huang. Most casino operators deportation. Crown Resorts, along with 13 Mark Reilly, was prosecuted city where casinos are legal. El- rely on gaming promoters to other China-based employees along with other China-based sewhere in the nation, it’s ille- bring in high-stakes players, This is no of the company have been executives in a high-profile bri- gal to organize people to gam- and the industry in Macau has longer the formally arrested. A fourth bery case that resulted in a 3 ble, operate a casino or make a begun to shift away from those Australian, who is believed billion yuan (USD436 million) living from such activities. The VIP players to attracting touris- case. to work for a junket operator, fine for the drug giant. Last punishment is no more than ts and casual gamblers. was also arrested, the paper year, prosecutors accused U.S. three years in jail. Of the 18 Crown employees STEVE DICKINSON reported. Bloomberg

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corporate disclosure rules. The island’s Civil Aeronautics Administration said the airline Taiwan airline TransAsia to shut should have gotten regulatory approval for the suspensions, which will affect 84 flights and about 5,000 customers. down after suffering losses Taiwan’s cabinet has directed affected customers to seek as- sistance from its Consumer Yu-Huay Sun, Debra Mao Protection Committee. Taiwan’s labor ministry said AP PHOTO AIWANESE carrier in a statement that the carrier TransAsia Airways must negotiate with the 1,735 Corp. decided to close workers it laid off to ensure down operations after their rights are protected and Ttwo fatal crashes in the last two avoid disputes. years pushed it into losses. In June this year, investiga- After a board meeting early tors examining the causes of yesterday, the Taipei-based the 2015 crash said the fatal airline said in a statement that accident involving a twin-en- it won’t be able to repay con- gine ATR 72-600 aircraft cou- vertible bonds due Nov. 29, but ld have been prevented had will compensate affected cus- the crew correctly identified tomers in full. The carrier was a malfunction and prioritized losing as much as TWD300 right actions to stabilize the million (USD9.4 million) a flight path. The crash killed 43 month, Chairman Vincent Lin people. Another in July 2014 told reporters in the city. Sha- claimed 48 lives. reholders will vote on the deci- The company’s shares have sion on Jan. 11. fallen about 56 percent since “We decided to dissolve the the first of the disasters, whi- company when we’re still able le the benchmark Taiex index to handle creditors, passengers dropped 3.8 percent over the and employees,” Lin said. “It’s same period. doubtful if we would be able to Creditors will monitor de- do it in six months.” velopments at the company, cost carriers and stimulate new At the center of air-safety shares changing hands, giving which has borrowed TWD11 investigations by authorities traffic and did not have enough the airline a market value of billion in syndicated loans,

PHILIPPINES Erects wall t bulk to be relevant for the cor- for the disasters in 2014 and TWD3.95 billion. Central News Agency repor- We decided porate market,” said Will Hor- 2015 that killed a combined 91 The Financial Supervisory ted, citing FSC Chairman Lee ton, a senior analyst at CAPA passengers, the company has Commission and the Ministry Ruey-tsang. to dissolve Centre for Aviation in Hong reported losses in each of the of Justice late Monday said “We have not met your expec- Kong. “TransAsia’s absence past seven quarters totaling the company they had initiated a probe tations and extend our apolo- will not be felt significantly.” TWD3.4 billion, according to into insider trading, while the gies,” Chief Executive Officer Trading in TransAsia’s shares data compiled by Bloomberg. when we’re still Taiwan stock exchange earlier Liu Tung-ming said at a sepa- was suspended starting Tues- The carrier is also being pro- said it would fine the company rate press conference in Tai- able to handle day, according to a company bed by regulators for alleged TWD1.5 million for breaching pei. Bloomberg insider trading in the com- creditors, filing. The firm has $75 million pany’s shares prior to disclo- of convertible bonds due No- sures that it was halting flights passengers vember 2018 and TWD180.4 yesterday. million of outstanding local- macau flights scrapped Founded in 1951 as the is- and employees. currency convertible securities land’s first private airline, its due in October 2019, according IN JUNE, TransAsia Airways expected to be temporary and shares started trading on the VINCENT LIN to data compiled by Bloom- made a formal announcement not have any significant impact TRANSASIA CHAIRMAN Taiwan Stock Exchange in late berg. to indicate that they would sus- on passengers. TransAsia ex- 2011. With a fleet of 16 aircraft, TransAsia’s stock slumped 7.1 pend their entire Taiwan-Macau pressed intention to resume the services, effective from the end route in December, which was TransAsia flies to 27 destina- ties as of Sept. 30. percent to TWD5.20 on Mon- of October. The local airport approved by the Civil Aviation tions. The carrier had racked day before the suspension, “TransAsia was not efficient stated that the withdrawal was Authority of Macau. up TWD$17.1 billion of liabili- enough to compete with low- with more than 10.7 million

MONG the conflict- Trump rejected con- Aof-interest questions cerns about his potential swirling around U.S. Trump’s business partner will be conflicts of interest. “Prior President-elect Donald to the election it was well Trump’s global business known that I have inte- interests, Trump Tower Manila’s man in Washington rests in properties all over at Century City in Ma- the world,” he posted on nila’s financial district international diplomacy, Obama. Antonio says he said, but he saw Trump instances: Trump took Twitter Monday night. stands out. according to ethics spe- sees no conflict between talking with potential a break from transition “Only the crooked media Century Properties cialists. his public role and private appointees. Asked about discussions to meet with makes this a big deal!” Group Inc. of Manila, But in Manila, there’s partnership. his account, Hope Hicks, three business partners Kellyanne Conway, a the company behind the an extra connection: “My role is to enlarge a Trump spokeswoman who are building Trump- top Trump aide, told re- USD150 million tower Century Properties’ chief the relationship between said: “They did not meet.” branded towers in India, porters Monday that whi- that’s set to open next executive and controlling the two countries,” he Regardless, Antonio’s according to media re- le Trump’s widespread year, paid as much as $5 stakeholder, Jose E.B. said in an interview. Of dual roles as private bu- ports. And a spokesman business interests mean million to use the Trump Antonio, was appointed his business tie to Trump, siness partner and offi- for Argentine President “we’re in unprecedented name, in a licensing last month to serve as a he said: “I guess it would cial government envoy Mauricio Macri on Mon- times,” he’s getting advi- agreement that’s com- special government envoy be an asset.” underscore the global day denied a report in La ce from “various lawyers, mon for the president-e- to the U.S. for Philippine Antonio told Bloom- scale of the potential Nacion newspaper that accountants and advisers lect. Trump has at least President Rodrigo Duter- berg News that he visited conflicts facing Trump Trump had asked for help telling him what he can 10 similar licensing deals te, who has vowed to ex- Trump Tower in New York and his family even be- with permits for a Buenos and can’t do.” around the world, each pel American troops from days after the U.S. elec- fore he’s sworn in as the Aires real-estate project “I’m very confident he is of which might compli- his country and ranted tion; he didn’t speak to the 45th president. Questions during a post-election call not breaking any laws,” cate his administration’s against President Barack president-elect, Antonio have been raised in two with Macri. Conway said. Bloomberg 23.11.2016 wed

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But JB is not Shenzhen. The billions poured into the econo-

BLOOMBERG mic zone in southern Guangdong in the 1980s and 1990s by Hong Kong and Taiwanese firms was soon dwarfed by Chinese invest- ment as factories sprang up all along China’s coast. In Malaysia, investment growth is slowing, slipping to 2 percent year on year in the third quarter, from more than 6 percent in the previous quarter. The value of re- sidential sales in Malaysia fell al- most 11 percent last year, while in Johor the drop was 32 percent, according to government data. “I am very concerned because the market is joined at the hip, PROPERTY if Johor goes down, the rest of Malaysia would follow,” said Shanker, at Axis-REIT Mana- gers, who estimates that about Chinese-made USD100 billion city half the units in Iskandar may remain empty. “If the developers stop building today, I think it would take 10 years for the con- near Singapore ‘scares everybody’ dos to fill up the current supply. But they won’t stop.” Developers have a pipeline of Pooja Thakur Mahrotri office towers, parks, hotels, sho- tition has affected local deve- in planeloads of potential buyers more than 350,000 private ho- & En Han Choong pping malls and an international lopers like UEM Sunrise Bhd., from China, prompting low-cost mes planned or under construc- school, all draped with greenery. Sunway Bhd. and SP Setia Bhd., carrier AirAsia Bhd. to start di- tion in Johor state, according to HE landscaped lawns Construction began in February who have been building projects rect flights in May connecting JB data from Malaysia’s National Tand flowering shrubs of and about 8,000 apartments around JB for years as part of a with the southern Chinese city of Property Information Centre. Country Garden Holdings have been sold, the company government plan to promote the Guangzhou. That’s more than all the privately Co.’s huge property showroom in said. area. First-half profit slumped 58 On the first such flight, 150 of built homes in Singapore. Forest southern Malaysia end abruptly It’s the biggest of about 60 percent at UEM, the largest lan- the 180 seats were taken by a City could add another 160,000 at a small wire fence. Beyond, a projects in the Iskandar Malay- downer in JB. subsidized tour group organized over its 30-year construction pe- desert of dirt stretches into the sia zone around Johor Bahru, A decade ago, Malaysia decided by Country Garden. Almost half riod, according to Bloomberg es- distance, filled with cranes and known as JB, that could add to leverage Singapore’s success of them ended up buying a resi- timates, based on the projected piling towers that the Chine- more than half-a-million homes. by building the Iskandar zone dence, the developer said in an population. se developer is using to build a The influx has contributed to a across the causeway that connec- e-mail. “Land is plentiful and cheap,” USD100 billion city in the sea. drop of almost one-third in the ts the two countries. It was mo- Buses disgorging Chinese tou- said Alan Cheong, senior direc- While Chinese home buyers value of residential sales in the deled on Shenzhen, the neighbor rists at Forest City in Novem- tor of research & consultancy at have sent prices soaring from state last year, with some deve- of Hong Kong that grew from ber were met by dozens of sales Savills Singapore. “But buyers Vancouver to Sydney, in this cor- lopers offering discounts of 20 a fishing village to a city of 10 agents, with the women dressed don’t understand how real estate ner of Southeast Asia it’s China’s percent or more. Average resale million people in three decades. in traditional Sarong Kebaya values play out when there is no developers that are swamping prices per square foot for high-ri- Malaysian sovereign fund Kha- outfits similar to those worn by shortage of land.” the market, pushing prices lower se flats in JB fell 10 percent last zanah Nasional Bhd. unveiled Singapore Airlines Ltd. stewar- The developers haven’t been with a glut of hundreds of thou- year, according to property con- a 20-year plan in 2006 that re- desses. helped by government measu- sands of new homes. They’re bet- sultant CH Williams Talhar & quired a total investment of 383 The visitors filed into a vast sa- res designed to prevent over- ting that the city of Johor Bahru, Wong. billion ringgit ($87 billion). les gallery where agents explai- seas investors pushing up prices. bordering Singapore, will even- Country Garden, which has Singapore’s high costs and pro- ned the enormity of the project In 2014, Malaysia doubled the tually become the next Shen- partnered with the investment perty prices encouraged some using a replica of the finished minimum price of homes that zhen. arm of Johor state, launched companies to relocate to Iskan- town, with model buildings as foreigners can buy to 1 million “These Chinese players build by another waterfront project down dar, while JB’s shopping malls tall as people. They viewed show ringgit, and raised capital gains the thousands at one go, and they the coast in 2013 called Danga and amusement parks have be- flats with marble floors and gol- tax to as much as 30 per cent for scare the hell out of everybody,” Bay, where it has sold all 9,539 come a favorite for day-tripping den-trimmed furniture, dined on most properties resold by foreig- said Siva Shanker, head of invest- apartments. China state-owned Singaporeans. In the old city a buffet spread and were encou- ners within five years. ments at Axis-REIT Managers Greenland Group is building offi- center, young Malaysians hang raged to sign on the spot. A two- The stream of new develop- Bhd. and a former president of ce towers, apartments and shops out in cafes and ice cream parlo- bedroom apartment cost as little ments has scared away some the Malaysian Institute of Estate on 128 acres in Tebrau, about rs on hipster street Jalan Dhoby, as 1.25 million yuan ($181,400), investors, pushing developers to Agents. “God only knows who is 20 minutes from the city cen- where the inflow of new money about one-fifth of the price of a concentrate more on finding fa- going to buy all these units, and ter. Guangzhou R&F Properties is refurbishing the colonial-era similar-sized private apartment milies who will live in the apart- when it’s completed, the bigger Co. has begun construction on shophouses. in central Singapore. ments, said Lo at CH Williams. question is, who is going to stay the first phase of Princess Cove, Outside the city, swathes of Profit margins have fallen to in them?” with about 3,000 homes. palm-oil plantations separa- around 20 percent, from 30 per- The Chinese companies have Country Garden said in an te isolated gated developments cent when land was cheap a few come to Malaysia as growth e-mail it was “optimistic on the like Horizon Hills, a 1,200-acre God only years ago, according to his firm. in many of their home cities is outlook of Forest City” because township with an 18-hole golf Singapore billionaire Peter slowing, forcing some of the of the region’s growing economy course. knows who is Lim’s Rowsley Ltd. said last year world’s biggest builders to look and location next to Singapore. “The Chinese developers see it will no longer build homes in abroad to keep erecting the R&F didn’t respond to questions this as an opportunity. A lot of going to buy Iskandar and will instead turn its giant residential complexes that about the effects of so many new them say Iskandar is just like all these units, Vantage Bay site into a healthca- sprouted across China during the units and Greenland declined to Shenzhen was 10 years ago,” said re and wellness center. boom years. They found a pri- comment. Jonathan Lo, manager of valua- and when it’s “The Chinese players have deep me spot in this special economic “The Chinese are attracted by tions at CH Williams Talhar & financial resources and are buil- zone, three times the size of Sin- lower prices and the proximity Wong, a property broker based completed, the ding residential projects ahead gapore, on the southern tip of the to Singapore,” said Alice Tan, in Johor Bahru. “Overseas in- of demand,” Ho Kiam Kheong, Asian mainland. Singapore-based head of consul- vestors coming to Malaysia is a bigger question managing director of real estate The scale of the projects is diz- tancy and research at real-estate new phenomenon so it’s hard to is, who is going at Rowsley said in an interview. zying. Country Garden’s Forest brokers Knight Frank LLP. “It re- predict.” “If we do residential in Iskan- City, on four artificial islands, mains to be seen if the upcoming Construction soon outpaced to stay in them? dar, we would be only a drop will house 700,000 people on an supply of homes can be absorbed demand. To sell the hundreds of in the ocean. We can’t compete area four times the size of New in the next five years.” new units being built every mon- SIVA SHANKER with them on such a large scale.” York’s Central Park. It will have The influx of Chinese compe- th, some companies took to flying AXIS-REIT MANAGERS BHD. Bloomberg wed 23.11.2016

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Daimler fires official accused China says it is caring of calling Chinese ‘bastards’

A top executive at German auto- for refugees from maker Daimler’s China operation has been fired after being accused of yelling insults about Chinese COURTESY SCMP COURTESY people and using pepper spray in a Myanmar fighting dispute over a parking spot. Rainer Gaertner, chief executi- ve of Daimler’s Chinese truck and bus division, was accused of star-

AP PHOTO ting an argument in an upscale Beijing neighborhood last week. A post that circulated on Chinese social media alleged that Gaertner said that he had lived in China for Rainer Gaertner a year and that he believed all Chi- nese were “bastards.” China is the world’s biggest auto- The post alleged Gaertner, who motive market, and Chinese con- was named CEO of Daimler Tru- sumers and media are particularly cks and Buses China in July 2015, sensitive to stories about alleged then used pepper spray to disper- Western arrogance and the per- se onlookers who had confronted ception that outside companies him. take advantage of Chinese consu- The alleged incident was covered mers, a feeling rooted in the his- by several state-run and domestic tory of imperial powers carving up media outlets, and generated hun- China for their own interests. Calls dreds of angry responses online. for boycotts of particular com- Daimler issued a statement yes- panies or even entire countries cir- terday offering an apology for the culate frequently online in respon- incident, “irrespective of any com- se to perceived slights to Chinese ments alleged to have been made.” dignity, and can sometimes have a It called what happened “detri- notable effect on sales. mental to the standing of our com- One poster on the Chinese social pany, unbecoming of a manager of network Weibo fired back with an our brand and prejudicial to our insult directed at Germans, calling good name.” them “arrogant to the bone.” The The company said Gaertner and poster said he hoped that execu- the other person involved had re- tives like Gaertner would “learn a solved the issue privately. lesson and go back in disgrace.” AP

Hong Kong Disney gets USD1.4b expansion with Frozen theme area

Kelvin Chan, Hong Kong

HE Walt Disney Co. and AP PHOTO THong Kong are launching a USD1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city’s Dis- neyland resort that includes the company’s first themed areas based on the movie “Frozen” and Myanmar regular troops patrolling the border with Bangladesh Marvel superhero characters. The Hong Kong government, The state-owned Global New ching the attacks. They said which owns a controlling stake cent financial year as attendan- HINA is caring for Light of Myanmar newspaper they were in response to ear- in the resort, said yesterday it sig- ce fell 9 percent, following three about 3,000 refugees reported eight dead in the lier government offensives. ned an agreement with Disney for years of profit. The park, which who have entered its attacks on military outposts, The Kachin, based mainly in the expansion, which also calls opened in 2005, was criticized in territory to escape fi- police stations and a trade the northern state of the same for renovating the park’s castle its early years for being too small Cghting in Myanmar between center in Muse and Kutkai name, have been in a mostly and adding an attraction based and having too few big-ticket ri- the government and ethnic Townships. Killed were one low-level state of war with the on Disney’s new animated film des. rebels, including some who soldier, three policemen, a government since 2011. The “Moana.” New attractions and facilities have been injured, the foreign local militiaman and three ci- Myanmar National Democra- Work on the 10.9 billion have been added over the years. ministry said yesterday. vilians. tic Alliance Army is a guerrilla Hong Kong dollar (USD1.4 An “Iron Man” land is due to open China has offered “proper The report blamed the Ka- force comprising members of billion) expansion is scheduled to in January followed by an Explo- settlement” to those seeking chin Independence Army, the the ethnic Chinese Kokang run from 2018 to 2023. rers Lodge hotel later in the year. shelter and hospital beds for Ta’ang National Liberation minority. Hong Kong is striving to impro- Costs will be divided accor- those who need them, minis- Army and the Myanmar Na- The area has been insecure ve its competitiveness as an Asian ding to ownership, with the try spokesman Geng Shuang tional Democratic Alliance for decades, largely because tourism destination following the Hong Kong government, which told reporters at a daily brie- Army for the attacks. Unlike the remoteness of Kachin and June launch of Shanghai Dis- owns 53 percent of the park, con- fing. other ethnic rebel groups, northern Shan state make neyland, a $5.5 billion resort that tributing $748 million. Walt Dis- A coalition of ethnic re- none of those have active cea- them difficult to control, whi- many had feared would siphon ney Co. will put in the remaining bel forces on Sunday atta- sefire agreements with the go- le their location along the off mainland Chinese visitors to $658 million. cked government outposts vernment. border with China make them the Hong Kong park. Disney’s board and Hong Kong’s in Myanmar’s northern Shan Statements from some of the lucrative for trade, both legal Hong Kong Disneyland lost legislature must approve funding State, which borders China. groups acknowledged laun- and illegal. AP HKD148 million in its most re- for the project. AP 23.11.2016 wed

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UNDREDS of capi- talistic markets, each Defectors: North Korea would with thousands of stalls, form the glue Hthat holds North Korea’s socia- list planned economy together, fall without capitalistic markets say defectors who sold medici- nal herbs, skinny jeans, TV sets, foreign drama CDs and other activities for a living as the coun- clothes or dresses they consider goods there to make a living. try’s public rationing systems too skimpy or tight, they often “People there say North Korean have never been fully restored. AP PHOTO take them to back alleys and rip markets have everything but a Four defectors who talked to The parts of their garments with ra- cat’s horn. They truly have every- Associated Press said they recei- zors or scissors, according to Cha thing there,” said Cha Ri-hyuk, ved no rations at all. and Lee. 31, who came to South Korea North Korea has periodically The markets have given Nor- in 2013. “If North Korea shuts tried to prevent markets from th Koreans a taste of foreign downs markets, it will collapse growing too fast by restricting culture, eroded their depen- too.” the operating hours of markets dence upon a government North Korea has tolerated — and barring young people from that no longer feeds them and and taxed — some market acti- working there. But such mea- opened up a new gap between vities since the country’s state sures often are later withdrawn, rich and poor. There is little to rationing systems crumbled according to activists specializing suggest that the country’s au- amid an economic crisis and fa- in North Korea affairs. thoritarian rule has weakened, mine that killed an estimated The harshest measure was but at the same time, experts hundreds of thousands in the taken in 2009, when authorities say, the North must take care mid-1990s. The economic boost replaced all currency and limited to avoid economic policies that the markets provide has helped the amount of old bills citizens harm the markets. For instan- leader Kim Jong Un keep a grip could exchange in a bid to reas- ce, the 2009 botched currency on power and further his nuclear sert control over the economy. reform reportedly triggered ambitions, leaving the North’s But no serious measures have widespread public complaints harsh political system and alle- been implemented since Kim that led to the execution of a ged human rights abuses largely assumed power in late 2011, af- top Workers’ Party official. untouched. ter his father’s death. Kim has There are risks in the business, But some political analysts note vowed to improve public live- whether authorities are hunting that market activities are gra- lihood while pouring resources for contraband, cracking down dually infusing North Koreans into weapons programs to cope North Korean defector Cha Ri-hyuk, 31, who came to South Korea in 2013, talks on foreign currency or simply with new ways of thinking that with what he calls increasing about the many markets that recently have opened up in North Korea committing graft. Lee O.P. says eventually could loosen the au- U.S. military threats. she decided to flee after police thoritarian government’s hold North Korea rarely allows in- the biggest. Regular police crackdowns have officers confiscated her whole over its 24 million people. ternational news organizations To work at a market, a mer- not sapped demand. savings for unauthorized phone “It’s like potential forces whi- to conduct reporting at capitalis- chant buys a stall and pays dai- “No matter how high prices for calls with her daughter who al- ch can fundamentally shake the tic-style markets. In 2004, howe- ly tax to authorities. There is no South Korean clothes I called, ready defected to South Korea. North’s systems are growing,” ver, the AP was given an unu- official data on how much mo- they were all sold out,” said Lee Now in South Korea, Lee O.P. said Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea sual chance to film Pyongyang’s ney North Korea collects from O.P., who sold such clothes at a said she was amazed at social expert at South Korea’s Kyung- crowded yet clean indoor Tongil market merchants every year. Musan market in the northeast welfare programs directed at her nam University. Market, where neatly uniformed Items sold in jangmadangs are before she made it to South Ko- and other underprivileged peo- Satellite photos and testimo- merchants sold goods including locally produced, or imported or rea in December 2014. She re- ple. nies of defectors show there are bananas, fish, vegetables, wo- smuggled from China, South Ko- quested her first name be identi- “For me, it’s like North Korea now about 400 mostly outdoor men’s underwear, shoes and ten- rea and elsewhere. South Korean- fied only as initials due to worries is a capitalistic country while markets, called “jangmadang,” nis rackets. made clothes, shoes and soap about the safety of relatives left South Korea is a socialist coun- in the North. Recent surveys of Defectors say the Pyongsong opera CDs are especially popular, in the North. try,” she said. “In North Korea, if refugees suggest most ordinary wholesale market, near the though it’s illegal in the North to When North Korean police find you don’t have money, you’ll just North Koreans resort to market North’s capital Pyongyang, is sell goods made by its archrival. people wearing South Korean have to die.” AP

JAPAN being decommissioned but Tokyo-based TEPCO. the situation remains se- Naohiro Masuda, head rious as the utility figures of TEPCO’s decommissio- Offshore quake causes tsunamis, out how to remove still-ra- ning unit, said he believes dioactive fuel rods and de- that the pump was shut off bris and what to do with the automatically by a safety nuclear worries in Japan melted reactor cores. system as the water in the Plant operator TEPCO pool shook. powerful earth- and overflowed, wiping said a pump that supplies He said decommissioning Aquake off the nor- away entire neighborhoods. cooling water to a spent fuel work at the destroyed Dai- theast Japanese shore AP PHOTO Yesterday, tsunami waves pool at the nearby Fukushi- ichi plant had been tempo- yesterday sent residents were recorded along the ma Dai-ni plant stopped rarily suspended because of fleeing to higher ground coast. The highest one was working, but that a backup the earthquake. and prompted worries 1.4 meters in Sendai Bay. A pump had been launched to The U.S. Geological Sur- about the Fukushima nu- tsunami advisory for waves restore cooling water to the vey measured the magnitu- clear power plant destroyed of up to 1 meter remained pool. Both plants are run by de at 6.9. AP by a tsunami five year ago. in effect along the coast. Lines of cars were seen The operator of the snaking away from the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant strong quakes strike new zealand coast in the pre-dawn hou- said there were no abnor- 2 ; Japan Meteorological Agency earthquake expert Koji Nakamura no reports of damage rs after authorities issued points a map of Fukushima and its surrounding prefectures malities observed at the a tsunami warning and ur- plant, though a swelling of ged residents to seek higher some 18,000 people. NHK also showed one per- the tide of up to 1 meter was TWO STRONG earthquakes rattled different parts of ground immediately. The There were reports of mi- son’s video of water rushing detected offshore. New Zealand yesterday but there were no initial reports of serious damage or injuries. warning was lifted nearly nor injuries and damage, up a river or canal, but well The plant was swamped The first magnitude 5.6 quake struck off the coast of New four hours later. Japanese broadcaster NHK within the height of the by the 2011 tsunami, sen- The magnitude 7.4 earth- ding three reactors into Zealand’s North Island at about 1:20 p.m. said. The earthquake shook embankment. It was eerily It was followed about five hours later by a magnitude 5.3 quake struck in the same meltdown and leaking buildings in Tokyo, 240 ki- reminiscent of the 2011 di- quake that struck the South Island and appeared to have region that was devastated radiation into the surrou- lometers southwest of the saster, when much larger been an aftershock from a powerful earthquake last week. by a tsunami in 2011, killing epicenter. tsunamis rushed up rivers nding area. The plant is wed 23.11.2016 th Anniversary

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RESIDENT-ELECT Do- Pnald Trump says he wants Asia laments Trump rejection to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but other Pacific Rim leaders are vowing to push of Pacific trade pact market-opening efforts they say are vital for growth. The possible decline of the His ruling Liberal Democratic 12-nation TPP could give a Party pushed TPP ratification AP PHOTO boost to alternative initiatives through the lower house of including one promoted by Chi- parliament and had been set to na in which the United States is seek final approval in the upper not taking part. house. Trump’s message, in a brief Renegotiating the agreement video, was issued after Presi- would “disturb the fundamen- dent Barack Obama and other tal balance of benefits,” said leaders of the Asia-Pacific Eco- Abe, who was in Argentina nomic Cooperation group, mee- following APEC. ting in Peru, called Sunday for Other TPP members include fighting the backlash against Chile, Mexico, Canada, Peru, trade highlighted by Trump’s Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, victory and Britain’s vote to lea- Vietnam and Australia. ve the European Union. China hopes for progress on Promoters of the TPP say it the Regional Comprehensi- is a step toward building a wi- ve Economic Partnership, or der, pan-Pacific free trade zone, RCEP, it is promoting with the though critics object it would 10 governments of the Asso- shift too much control over re- ciation of Southeast Asian Na- gulation to companies from go- tions, a Chinese foreign minis- vernments and the public. try spokesman said. “There is very strong support The RCEP would require among the other 11 parties to fewer market-opening conces- the TPP to ratify it and to seek sions than TPP. Critics say that to bring it into force,” said Aus- would let China shield its huge tralian Prime Minister Malcolm but inefficient state-owned Turnbull. companies from competition. Trump described the 12-na- The agreement would include tion pact as a “potential disas- China, India, Indonesia and ter for our country.” He has also Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe South Korea but no countries said he wants to renegotiate the from the Americas have joined. North American Free Trade need to think about what role it of the combined gross domestic “We would like to push the ne- Agreement with Canada and wants to play in Asia and its fast- product of its member nations. Trump gotiation process to make hea- Mexico. growing markets. The United States is 60 per- described the dway at an early date,” said the Obama has said he would “The United States isn’t an is- cent of the combined GDP of spokesman, Geng Shuang, at a give up seeking congressional land. It can’t just sit there and that group and Japan less than 12-nation pact regular briefing. approval for the TPP. He had say it’s not going to trade with 20 percent, so those conditions China also called at APEC for championed it as a way for the the rest of the world,” said Key cannot be met without U.S. par- as a ‘potential progress on a separate arran- United States to lead the crea- after returning home. “At some ticipation. gement, the Free Trade Agree- tion of “gold standard” rules for point they’re going to have to “TPP is meaningless without disaster for our ment of the Asia Pacific. 21st century trade. give some consideration to that. the United States,” said Ja- country’ “We hope these free trade “I think not moving forward But naturally, we’re a bit disa- panese Prime Minister Shin- agreements can reinforce ra- would undermine our position ppointed.” zo Abe. Last week, he became ther than thwart each other,” across the region,” Obama told The TPP, signed this year in the first foreign leader to meet der in a decade, Abe invested said Geng. “We should prevent reporters in Lima. New Zealand, would take effect Trump since his Nov. 8 election political capital in overcoming fragmentation of economic and New Zealand Prime Minister after it is ratified by six coun- victory. opposition to the TPP from far- trade arrangements or politici- John Key said Washington will tries that account for 85 percent As Japan’s most powerful lea- mers and the medical lobby. zing such agreements.” AP China tells Trump that ties with US are ‘too big to fail’

HE China-U.S. rela- lephone call with Trump who frequently accused that agreements with the deal Trump has vowed to positive atmosphere and Ttionship is “too big to last week that coopera- the country during his Obama administration tear up. reached important con- fail” and President-elect tion was the only correct campaign of victimizing had increased investment The paper characteri- sensus,” the paper said, Donald Trump shares an choice for managing ties. the U.S. The billionaire and “laid the foundation zed the first exchange adding that the conver- obligation to make sure “It’s not hard to pre- real estate developer has for future China-U.S. re- between Xi and Trump sation provided ties with ties between the world’s dict that a cooperative promised to label China lations,” without mentio- as productive. “The two a “key theme and direc- two largest economies China-U.S. relationship a currency manipulator, ning the climate change leaders had a good chat, a tion.” improve and never wor- will bring huge benefi- bring trade complaints Xi said ahead of a mee- sen, the Communist Par- ts across the globe,” the against the nation, and ting with outgoing Pre- ty’s People’s Daily news- paper said. “However, impose tariffs if it doesn’t sident Barack Obama paper said. if the two nations beca- halt what he sees as un- The People’s Daily in Lima, Peru, over the The party’s flagship me entangled in friction, fair trading practices. weekend that China and newspaper said in an edi- and even in confronta- The editorial stressed editorial stressed common the U.S. were at a “junctu- torial yesterday that the tions, it will be a disaster common interests and re point.” Obama had said importance of China’s to the two countries and noted the similarity be- interests and noted the he expected to discuss relationship with the U.S. the world.” tween Trump’s promise similarity between Trump’s areas of disagreement at was self-evident and any The editorial represen- to “make America great the pair’s ninth encoun- breakdown in ties could ted China’s latest effort again” and Xi’s own “Chi- promise to ‘make America ter, including on human result in global “disaster.” to shore up ties with its nese dream” slogan, whi- rights and the “creation The piece reiterated Pre- largest trading partner in ch calls for a “great re- great again’ and Xi’s of a more level playing sident Xi Jinping’s mes- the wake of the surprise naissance of the Chinese field for our businesses to sage in a post-election te- election win by Trump, nation.” The paper said ‘Chinese dream’ compete.” Bloomberg wed 23.11.2016

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LIBYA USA Authorities arrest wife Trump auditions Cabinet of senior al- Qaida-linked prospects high above Manhattan militant He appeared in a two-and- a-half minute video relea-

IBYAN authorities said yes- AP PHOTO sed yesterday [Macau time] Lterday that they have arrested in which he pledged to the a wife of the one-eyed militant American people that he was leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, appointing “patriots” to his once considered the most dan- administration and reitera- gerous man in the Sahara and a ted a number of his campaign veteran al-Qaida-linked figure. promises, including plans to A Libyan anti-terrorism force renegotiate trade deals, scrap said that one of Belmokhtar’s wi- excessive regulations and ins- ves, Asma Kadousi, was arrested titute a five-year ban on exe- over the weekend along with a fe- cutive officials becoming lo- male companion. It said she had bbyists. recently given birth in the mili- The video — which made tant stronghold of Darna, in eas- no mention of key pledges to tern Libya. It said Belmokhtar is build a border wall with Me- believed to be in southern Libya. xico or repeal the Affordab- A witness told The Associated le Care Act — continues the Press earlier this month that president-elect’s practice of he had seen Belmokhtar in the trying to go over the heads of southern town of Sabha, where the media and take his case a drone attack reportedly killed directly to the American pu- a militant leader linked to Bel- blic. Since Election Day, he mokhtar, along with six others, Kellyanne Conway speaks to media as she arrives at Trump Tower has twice ditched the group of last week. The witness asked not reporters designated to follow to be named for security con- Jonathan Lemire, New York striding off the lift to say she appointments before heading his movements and has so far cerns, and it was not possible to had “a wonderful discussion” to Florida for Thanksgiving. eschewed the traditional news confirm the report. ONALD Trump with Trump. Former Texas He was planning to leave to- conference held by the pre- The Algerian militant, once held court from his Governor Rick Perry decli- day to spend the holiday at his sident-elect in the days after a top figure in al-Qaida’s Nor- perch high above ned to speak to reporters, but Mar-a-Lago estate, while Vice winning. th African affiliate, is one of the Manhattan yester- he did take time for a photo President-elect Mike Pence Trump has not held a full- most-wanted militants in the re- Dday [Macau time], receiving a with the Naked Cowboy, the will spend Thanksgiving in fledged news conference since gion, with a USD5 million reward line of former rivals, longtime underwear-sporting, guitar-s- Mississippi, where his Marine July. for information leading to his allies and TV executives whi- trumming New York institu- son is stationed. But the media were clearly capture. He escaped a U.S. drone le overseeing a presidential tion who is normally a fixture Trump has largely remained on his mind as he met with strike in eastern Libya last year. transition that at times re- at Times Square but has spent out of sight since winning the executives and on-air perso- Belmokhtar led the January sembles a reality show like the recent days camped out at election, save for a flurry of nalities from TV networks. 2013 attack on Algeria’s Ain one he once hosted. Trump Tower singing about brief public appearances over He frequently singled out the Amenas gas complex, in which at Trump met with nearly a do- the president-elect. the weekend, often with Pen- media — declaring them “so least 35 hostages, including three zen prospective hires, all of Democratic Hawaii Rep. ce at his side, to flash thumbs- dishonest” — for criticism Americans, were killed. Believed whom were paraded in front Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned ups and provide quick upda- during the campaign, but it’s to be 43 years old, he was dubbed of the cameras set up in the her post on the Democratic tes on his progress in building not unusual for presidents to “the one-eyed sheikh” after lo- Trump Tower lobby as they National Committee after en- a government. He remained hold off-the-record meetings sing an eye in combat. entered an elevator to see the dorsing Bernie Sanders over in the upper floors of his skys- with journalists when trying He was later named the leader president-elect. Out of public Hillary Clinton, also met with craper, seeking counsel on the to promote policies or pro- of the Morabitoon, an al-Qai- view himself, he fell back on Trump but entered and exi- phone and interviewing can- grams. da-linked group that operates his TV star roots by filming a ted out of sight. She later de- didates all while keeping an Among the attendees were in northern and western Africa, video that touted his legislati- fended crossing party lines to eye on the cable news covera- NBC anchor Lester Holt and according to the Long War Jour- ve goals once he takes office. meet with Trump about U.S. ge of the day’s events. “Meet the Press” host Chuck nal, a blog that monitors jihadi Trump; did not immediately involvement in Syria, saying Todd, ABC’s “Good Morning groups. announce any appointmen- in a statement she would ne- America” host George Stepha- Libya has been plagued by ts after the meetings, which ver “play politics with Ameri- Unlike his nopoulos and anchor David chaos since the 2011 uprising, in came on the heels of a two- can and Syrian lives.” Muir, CBS’ “Face the Nation” which U.S. and European airs- day whirlwind of interviews at Former House Speaker Newt predecessors, host John Dickerson, CNN’s trikes helped rebels overthrow his golf course in Bedminster, Gingrich, a longtime Trump Wolf Blitzer and several exe- the longtime dictator Moammar New Jersey. ally, also arrived with his wife, who often cutives at the networks. Gadhafi. Unlike his predecessors, Callista, and told reporters None of the attendees wou- Today much of the country is who often spoke with Cabi- that he indicated to Trump spoke with ld discuss the meeting with controlled by a patchwork of ar- net candidates under a cloud that he was interested in being Cabinet reporters in the lobby, thou- med groups, some of which are of secrecy, Trump has turned a “senior planner” to coordi- gh Conway said it was “very allied to a U.N.-backed govern- the search into a very public nate long-term political effor- candidates cordial, very productive, very ment based in the capital, Tripo- audition process. The extraor- ts among the Republicans in congenial.” li, and others allied to authorities dinary exercise took on a rou- control of all three branches under a cloud Those Trump met with over based in the country’s far east. tine feel: First, former Massa- of government. the weekend included for- The U.N.-brokered government chusetts Senator Scott Brown Senior adviser Kellyanne of secrecy, mer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt yesterday condemned the killing stepped off the gold-plated Conway said of the visitors, Trump has Romney, a former critic now of a senior religious official who elevator into the marble-coa- “Not all of them will be in his being considered for secre- was abducted in Tripoli a month ted lobby after his meeting to Cabinet and his federal gover- turned the tary of state; retired Marine ago. It was not clear who killed declare to waiting reporters nment, but they are all incre- Corps Gen. James Mattis, Nader al-Omrani, but he was a that he was “the best person” dibly important in offering search into who Trump dubbed an “im- member of a religious body that to become Veterans Affairs se- their points of views, their pressive” prospect for defen- is strongly opposed to Field Mar- cretary. experience and certainly their a very public se secretary, and billionaire shal Khalifa Hifter, who leads Next, Oklahoma Gov. Mary vision of the country.” audition investor Wilbur Ross, who is forces allied with the eastern go- Fallin, a candidate for interior No one was saying whether under consideration for Com- vernment. AP secretary, did much the same, Trump would announce more process merce secretary. AP 23.11.2016 wed

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) he orld in olour and nk ollection “T W C I – C 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast of Feelings to Huangshan and Jingdezhen work exhibition” 14:55 Debate on Administration and Justice Policy Report for 2017 Time: 7am-7pm (no admission after 6:30 pm, 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report closed on Mondays) 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News Until: November 30, 2016 21:30 Criminal Minds S10 Venue: Mount Fortress Corridor, located at 22:10 Precious Pearl Caminho dos Artilheiros, Beco dos Artilheiros, Macau 23:00 TDM News Admission: Free 23:30 Champions League Highlights Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 23:50 UEFA Champions League: Sporting - Real Madrid (Repeated) 01:45 UEFA Champions League: Besiktas - Benfica (live) “Memories of Moments - Macao and 03:45 RTPi Live Lusophone African and Asian Regions in Photograph Postcards” Exhibition Time: 10am-6pm (no admission after 6:30 pm, closed on Mondays) Until: December 4, 2016 Venue: Archives of Macau, No. 91-93, Avenida do cinema Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Macau cineteatro Admission: Free 17 Nov - 23 Nov Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 YOUR NAME room 1 Art Courses Student’s Exhibition of the 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm Macau Museum of Art Director: Makoto Shinkai Time: 10am-7pm (no admission after 6:30 pm, Language: Japonese (English and Cantonese) closed on Mondays) Duration: 115min Until: November 27, 2106 Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Admission: MOP5 (free admission on Sundays and public holidays) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 1978 Nightclub ordered A Sexagenary Revision - Masters of the to lift race ban Macao Artists Society Time: 10am-7pm (closed on Mondays, open on A Birmingham nightclub has been ordered to open its doors to black and Chinese people. public holidays, no admission after 6:30 pm) The year-long investigation into popular nightspot ntil U : December 4, 2016 FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ Pollyanna’s was held after two separate complaints Venue: Handover Gifts Museum of Macao, Av. Xian room 2 alleging the club had a racist entry policy. Xing Hai Macao 2.15, 4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm It is the first non-discrimination notice issued by nquiries Director: David Yares the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) since the E : (853) 8791 9814 Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol non-governmental body was formed to tackle racial Language: English (Cantonese) Macau Giant Panda Pavilion Duration: 133min discrimination by the 1976 Race Relations Act. The owners, Genture Restaurants, now have to pro- Time: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm daily (Except vide evidence they are complying with the order over Mondays, closed on the following day instead if a the next two years, or face prosecution. public holiday falls on Monday and no admission The first complaint was from the sales manager of a after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) local cosmetics company who tried to book Pollyan- Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane na’s for a Christmas party. Admission: MOP10 But the reservation was refused by Genture Chair- Enquiries: Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau (853) man John Weston-Edwards when he discovered a large proportion of the group were black. 2833 7676 In the second case, the nighclub owner told a uni- INFERNO_ versity lecturer she could not bring a group of stu- The Enchanting Red Boat – An Episode of room 3 dents to Pollyanna’s because they were Chinese. the Cantonese Opera Culture 2.15, 9.30 pm The club’s management said they barred both white Time: Director: Ron Howard and black people if it disapproved of their attitude or 10am-6pm (no admission after 5:30 pm), Starring: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan closed on Mondays (open on public holidays, Free the way they were dressed. Language: English (Cantonese) But Mr Weston-Edwards said he would ignore the to public on 15th of every month) Duration: 121min CRE notice. ntil U : November 27, 2016 He told the BBC he had to limit the numbers of FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ Admission: MOP15 ethnic minorities in his nightclub to preserve a “ha- enue room 3 V : Praceta do Museu de Macau 112 4.30, 7.30 pm ppy situation” and avoid aggressive confrontations. Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 Director: David Yares “We’ll operate as we have done for the last 10 years Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol - I think we have to limit all sorts of people and colou- Language: English (Cantonese) red people fit into that category,” he said. Duration: 133min CRE director Dr Peter Sanders said if Pollyanna’s did not observe the law the commission would pur- sue a prosecution of the club. macau tower Offbeat Courtesy BBC News 17 Nov - 30 Nov Robbery goes awry in Austria FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM_ n context after suspect finds bank closed 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm I Director: David Yares After monitoring the club’s race equality record for another This robbery failed before it began. The bank was closed. Starring: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol Language: English (Cantonese) year, the CRE finally took the owners of Pollyanna’s to court Austrian police have arrested a man who they say tried to in 1979. Duration: 133min rob a bank in Vienna — but arrived too early. The court imposed injunctions stopping them from practising Police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer says the 45-year discrimination, and also ordered them to produce information old suspect entered the bank foyer yesterday armed with to the CRE proving they had complied. a gas pistol and with a hood drawn over his head but 15 After the judgement, it emerged that there was also a no- headgear rule at the restaurant which effectively excluded minutes before opening time. Sikhs as well. He says that passers-by alerted police after the man hid This was not covered by the original non-discrimination his weapon under newspapers and paced nervously as he notice, so the CRE had to go back to court to get the notice waited for the main doors to open. re-worded. The man wasn’t identified in line with Austrian privacy An injunction was finally issued against this rule too. laws. Police say his planned getaway vehicle was a stolen Pollyanna’s closed in 1987 when the company which owned it, scooter. 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Nesha Starcevic, Frankfurt FOOTBALL | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREVIEW Thursday, 3:45am Celtic v Barcelona H 12, D 6.25, A 1.3 Barcelona, Manchester City IONEL Messi is back, and that’s the best news Barcelona could have look to seal spots in last 16 ahead of its Champions LLeague match at Celtic. Messi practiced with the gress, provided Celtic doesn’t team yesterday, after missing beat Barcelona. Celtic stays in the match against Malaga in AP PHOTO contention with a win, as long the Spanish league because of as City fails to take three poin- illness. With Luis Suarez also ts. Moenchengladbach needs to absent through suspension, win to retain a chance of rea- Barcelona could not manage ching the knockout stage for the more than a 0-0 draw. Both first time. forwards will be in squad to face Celtic today [Thursday, GROUP D 3:45am]. Atletico Madrid and Bayern What Messi means for Bar- Munich are through and Atle- celona is easy to see just by tico will take first place in the looking at numbers, even wi- group if it beats PSV Eindhoven thout considering the inspira- at home and Bayern draws or tional things he can do on the loses in Rostov. field. Atletico has beaten Bayern Messi had hat tricks against and has 12 points, while Bayern Celtic and Manchester City in has nine. earlier Group C matches and Bayern slumped to its first has a total of 90 Champions Bundesliga defeat at Borussia League goals, including seven Dortmund over the weekend hat tricks. and will be without goalkeeper Perhaps surprisingly, Barcelo- Manuel Neuer, who has a calf na still has not sealed a spot in injury. Sven Ulreich will replace the last 16, but could do it with him. Arjen Robben, Arturo Vi- one match to spare. With nine dal and Javi Martinez are also points, Barcelona needs a win absent. or a draw to advance, depen- FC Barcelona’s Neymar (right), duels for the ball against Malaga’s Roberto Rosales during the Spanish La Liga soccer match Atletico was far from its best, ding on other results. too, going down 3-0 to Real After winning 7-0 at home London will secure first place tas, which has six. Benfica goes Ilkay Gundogan is likely re- Madrid in a repeat of last sea- against Celtic, Barcelona may based on their head-to-head re- through with a win. Besiktas place Toure in midfield after son’s Champions League final have the mental edge. But Cel- cord. advances if it wins and Napoli the Germany international was that Real Madrid won on penal- tic will have something to prove Ludogorets Razgrad is at doesn’t. rested over the weekend, along ties. after its biggest European de- home against FC Basel in the Dynamo can only stay in con- with John Stones and David PSV and Rostov are battling feat. group’s other game. tention with a win and Besiktas Silva. for third place in the group. fails to do so. Otherwise, Dyna- City only needs a draw to pro- AP / Oddschecker.com GROUP A GROUP B mo cannot finish higher than First place in the group is the The group is still wide open fourth. prize when Arsenal hosts Paris and even last-place Dynamo Saint-Germain in a meeting be- Kiev can advance to the last GROUP C fan stabbed in spain ahead of sevilla- tween the top two. 16, although it has only one Yaya Toure inspired City to juventus match Both teams have 10 points point ahead of visiting Napo- a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace and are guaranteed to advance li. in the Premier League on Sa- SPANISH AUTHORITIES say a man was stabbed during an alterca- to the knockout stage, but still Napoli’s campaign has stalled turday, but the former Ivory tion between fans ahead of this morning Champions League match be- to be determined is which club with one point from the last two Coast midfielder will be back tween Sevilla and Juventus. finishes at the top — most likely matches. But the Italian side out of the team against Borus- Seville police say the unidentified man was injured during a confronta- earning an easier game in the will advance with a win, provi- sia Moenchengladbach becau- tion at a bar near the city center and hospitalized. Officials say the man is in stable condition and his injuries are not life threatening. last 16. ded Benfica also wins. se he is not a member of City’s At least two other people sustained minor injuries in the violence late They drew 1-1 in Paris, so the Benfica leads the group with Champions League squad for yesterday. winner in the return match in seven points and visits Besik- the group stage.

GOAL OF THE YEAR Messi, Neymar, Robson-Kanu go for FIFA award AP PHOTO

IONEL Messi, his own looping flick for FIFA said an online vote semifinal in April. LNeymar and a Johan Barcelona against Villar- until Dec. 2 will create a From inside his own Cruyff-style turn from Hal real in November 2015. shortlist of three goals. A half, Hlompho Kekana Robson-Kanu are among The Brazil forward pre- second round of voting scored for South Africa 10 candidates to win the viously won the 2011 will decide the winner at against Cameroon in an FIFA Puskas Award for Puskas Award for a goal FIFA’s annual awards ce- Africa Cup of Nations goal of the year. scored for Santos. remony in Zurich on Jan. qualifier in March. Messi has been nomina- Wales beat heavily fa- 9. A diving back-heel flick ted for a curling, left-foo- vored Belgium in a Eu- The 10 goals were sco- by Simon Skrabb scored ted free kick for Argen- ropean Championship red between Sept. 30, in a Swedish league game Lionel Messi tina against the United quarterfinal in July, 2015 and Sept. 30, 2016. for Atvidaberg against Marlone (for Corinthians men’s Under-17 Cham- States in a Copa America taking the lead when Ro- They include Saul Ni- Gefle in October 2015. vs. Cobresal, Copa Li- pionship, March 2016); Centenario semifinal ma- bson-Kanu created space guez’s solo dribble for The other candidates bertadores, April 2016); Mohd Faiz Subri (for tch in June. by misdirecting three de- Atletico Madrid through are: Mario Gaspar (for Daniuska Rodriguez (for Penang vs. Pahang, Ma- Neymar turned to volley fenders with a deft Cruyff the Bayern Munich defen- Spain vs. England, frien- Venezuela vs. Colombia, laysia Super League, Fe- a right-footed shot from turn. se in a Champions League dly, November 2015); South American Wo- bruary 2016). AP THE Police seize party drug MDMA in Station23.11.2016Air quality wed BUZZSydney and arrest two Chinese Roadside 25-45 Good An Australian police operation has seized tial life prison sentences if convicted. more than 500 kilograms of the party drug The drug arrived in Sydney last month in a High MDMA in Sydney worth 60 million Austra- shipment of aluminum rollers. Australian Bor- Density 25-45 lian dollars (USD44 million) and arrested der Force officers examined the consignment Residental two Chinese nationals, officials said yester- and detected a crystalline substance concealed Good day. within the rollers. Area opinion The men, aged 38 and 34, appeared in a Sy- Police made a controlled deliver of the rollers dney court on Monday on drug importation to a Sydney warehouse last week and the men Ambient 25-45 charges. They were denied bail and face poten- were arrested on Sunday. Good Views on China DSMG SOURCE: Christopher Balding WORLD BRIEFS In Trump versus China, Public to vote on everyone can win VIETNAM’s government says the legislature has For now, China’s leaders seem to be discoun- names for Atlanta endorsed its decision ting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to scrap plans to build to punish them for allegedly unfair trade practices. the country’s first two The fact is that if they were to let their currency zoo’s twin panda cubs nuclear power plants. float freely, the yuan would probably decline, un- The announcement of dercutting U.S. exports. And if Trump did impo- se 45 percent tariffs on Chinese imports as he’s — Lun Jia and Jia Lun: The the endorsement said vowed, China has plenty of ways to retaliate. The first Jia means “addition,” cheaper renewable ensuing trade war could well hurt the U.S. more AP PHOTO while the second means energy and power imports than China. “good,” ‘’fine” or praise. Lun were available and that That doesn’t mean a Trump administration shou- is a reference to mother Lun investment should be made in more urgent ld simply accept the status quo in trade relations Lun. with China, though. A tougher stand could be good infrastructure needs. for both sides. — Lun Li and Lun Yu: Lun China remains one of the world’s most closed Li means “ethic” or “ethi- major economies. According to the World Bank, cs,” while Lun Yu is Confu- the U.S. maintains an average tariff on goods cian Analects, a collection of AP PHOTO from “most favored” nations of only 3.4 percent. sayings of Confucius and a China’s average is 9.9 percent - higher than Rus- pillar of Chinese culture; sia, South Africa, Myanmar and Colombia. Even — Ya Lun and Xi Lun: more important than outright tariffs are the barriers NORTH KOREA Hundreds China maintains against foreign direct investment. Ya means “elegant,” and Xi means “happy.” So the of capitalistic markets, Foreign companies are blocked from a wide range each with thousands of seemingly innocuous industries. names would mean, “Lun of stalls, form the glue This has naturally prompted a backlash against Lun’s elegant and happy that holds North Korea’s Chinese companies, which have heeded the go- daughters.” vernment’s urgings to seek out their own mergers socialist planned economy — Ya Lun and Xin Lun: Si- together, say defectors and acquisitions abroad. In the last year, outward milar in origin to Ya Lun and direct investment from China grew 53 percent to who sold medicinal herbs, USD134 billion. Critics not just in the U.S. but Aus- Xi Lun, with Xin meaning skinny jeans, TV sets, tralia, the U.K. and Germany have begun asking TLANTA’S zoo is in- in Chengdu, China. The zoo “fragrant;” foreign drama CDs and why Chinese companies should be allowed to in- Aviting the public to vote says each set of names has — Yang Hai and Yang Gui: other goods there to make vest in their farmland, nuclear power plants and on names for twin giant pan- a special connection to the Yang mean “ocean” and re- a living. “If North Korea shuts down the markets, it technology companies when their own firms would da cubs born in September. cubs or their parents, Lun fers to the cubs’ father, Yang have trouble doing the same in China. Even if Chi- Yang. Hai means “sea,” whi- will collapse.” More on p12 na’s ventures into Hollywood don’t pose a national The twin pandas will be Lun and Yang Yang. security threat, the fact that the country only allows named on their 100th day of The names and their mea- le Gui has many meanings, life, which falls on Dec. 12, including “laurel.”

34 foreign films onto its screens every year be- nings are: AP PHOTO trays obvious hypocrisy. in accordance with Chinese — Ba Lun and Shu Lun: Ba Voting opens Monday and China could easily end up paying a price for this tradition, the zoo said in a and Shu are ancient Sichuan is set to run through 11 p.m. widening asymmetry. A President Trump woul- news release yesterday. Pan- names still common in Chi- on Dec. 4. The names will be dn’t even need to levy devastating and possibly A year and a half da fans can go to Zoo Atlan- na, and Ba Shu means “land revealed at a 100 Day Na- NEPAL counter-productive tariffs on Chinese goods. He ming Celebration on Dec. 12. after a colossal earthquake could simply work to ensure the U.S. government ta’s website (zooatlanta.org) of abundance;” destroyed hundreds of scrutinizes deals involving Chinese buyers much to vote on names. —Jiu Jiu and Yuan Yuan: The cubs, which were treasured historic sites more closely - and slowly; acquisition targets At all four U.S. zoos with Jiu means “longevity or born Sept. 3, are expected across this mountain would quickly look elsewhere for buyers. Chinese giant pandas, the bears are “long time,” while Yuan to make their public debut nation, Nepal celebrates firms looking to graduate from low value-added, on loan from China, and means “far distance” or “far at Zoo Atlanta in December the restoration of the first copycat manufacturing desperately need the kind the seven pairs of proposed away.” When combined, or January. They are the major one to be rebuilt of talent and technology global mergers can provi- second set of twins born to — an iconic Buddhist de. Without it, they face a much steeper and more names were supplied by a they mean “longevity and panda conservation center permanence;” 19-year-old Lun Lun. AP monument topped in prolonged climb up the value chain. gold that towers above Arguably, China would be wiser to head off inter- Kathmandu. national concerns now, before the U.S., U.K. and European nations start closing off their own marke- Vehicle pile-up leaves 17 ts. If lowering barriers to investment would entail ASIA-TRUMP President- some loss of control, it would also unquestionably elect Donald Trump says further China’s own goals. As Chinese leaders from people dead, 37 injured he wants to pull out of the Deng Xiaoping on down have recognized, foreign Trans-Pacific Partnership companies provide not just badly needed capital but other Pacific Rim but management and competitive pressures that leaders are vowing to result in greater efficiency all around. AP PHOTO push market-opening This may sound hopelessly idealistic. But there efforts they say are vital are historical parallels. During the Reagan admi- for growth. The possible nistration, a similar backlash built up against Ja- decline of the 12-nation pan. The White House would’ve found plenty of TPP could give a boost political support for retaliating against what many to alternative initiatives Americans (including Donald Trump) saw as un- including one promoted by fair Japanese trade and investment policies. Ins- China in which the United tead, President Reagan pushed Japan to accept a States is not taking part. variety of “voluntary” export restraints. This in turn More on p14 prompted Japanese firms, looking for ways evade the restrictions, to set up U.S. subsidiaries, thus Government creating American jobs. Reagan made sure the IRELAND statisticians say Ireland’s Japanese understood he could always levy stron- unemployment rate has ger protectionist measures if needed, so it was in their interest to make a deal. fallen to an eight-year The parallels aren’t exact. Japan is a strong U.S. low of 7.5 percent, a ally that relies for its security on the U.S. military level last seen before a umbrella; its leaders have more reason to com- banking crisis wrecked promise than China’s do. At the same time, Chi- the property-driven Celtic OZENS of vehicles collided amid injured were in stable condition. Tiger economy. The nese reformers are well aware that their economy snowy weather in northern China, lea- A rescue operation was launched invol- stands to benefit from opening up its markets. D Central Statistics Office These changes are politically difficult in China, ving 17 dead and 37 injured, state media ving local police, firefighters, doctors and says joblessness fell to 7.5 which is why they haven’t taken place yet. In that reported yesterday. government officials. percent in October from sense, Trump could be doing the Chinese a fa- A total of 56 vehicles were involved in the Xinhua said an investigation into the cau- 7.7 percent the previous vor by raising the specter of an outright trade war. accident on a major expressway in Shanxi se of the accident is under way. Highway month as the number of As his counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, province under cold, slick conditions, ac- accidents are common in China because of people with jobs also rose likes to say, there’s a “win-win” solution here - if cording to the official Xinhua News Agen- high speeds, aggressive driving and a failu- 2.9 percent to an eight- both sides are wise enough to see it. cy. It cited local authorities as saying the re to leave adequate braking distance. year high topping 2 million.