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HE endangered Patuá language (a Macane- Macanese creole Patuá seeks se creole) is going to change its orthogra- Tphy in order to seek consensus among the community. This consensus on its writing statement was made by the pre- sident of the board of the Ma- canese Association (ADM) and “There current writing does is an expert in Portuguese-ba- ver satisfactory, since we do not president of the Association for not convey the phonetics that sed creoles in Asia. have much resources and har- Macanese Education (APIM), should be in the language for Senna Fernandes – one of the dware to offer them in order to Miguel de Senna Fernandes people interested in learning,” faces of the Patuá dialect revival Maybe this will support a learning method as I yesterday on the sidelines of a he added, concluding that the and member of theater group wish to do.” conference on language contact task will involve “new mental “Dóci Papiaçám di Macau”, shock some For the stage director of the in Asia and the Pacific held by gymnastics and a new techni- which has performed on stage people a bit but “Dóci Papiaçám di Macau” the University of Macau (UM). que to approach the language.” for every Macau Arts Festival to group, “if people laugh [in our The so-called “spelling agree- However, he reaffirmed that date – recalled that the langua- I propose a new shows, it] is because somehow ment” is based on the fact that the adoption of a new system ge “fell into profound disuse” they got touched by the messa- the current orthographic sys- should not be “that difficult” as but had its importance shifted orthography for ge and they understood it and tem is based on the Portugue- other forms of creole language from practicality to a “deeper that’s very important.” se language and not all people have successfully undergone meaning related to the identity the Patuá. For him, the efforts to pro- tect the creole language are who are interested in the lan- similar transitions, such as in [of the community].” MIGUEL DE SENNA guage are able to read it. Cape Verde. In his opinion, the importan- FERNANDES necessary and become even “Maybe this will shock some There is currently no concre- ce of the language is not res- more important in times when people a bit but I propose a new te timeline for the plan that is tricted to the Macanese people the “[Macanese] community is orthography for the Patuá,” he supported by Alan Baxter, who but also for many others who turalism of Macau.” shrinking and losing its charac- said. recently returned to Macau and are “interested in the multicul- The motivation for the preser- teristics.” vation of the language is not in In order to protect that lan- terms of retaining its “utility ” guage, he added, “collective or even any “nostalgic feeling”, memory” is more important he said, but as “something that than any “ textbooks, grammar Teaching Cantonese is a we preserve from our ancestors, or even pronunciation.” the same way we keep some of “Our community is a state- matter of ‘good sense’ their objects to recall where we ment and should prevail. We came from.” want to give to the young ge- Senna Fernandes claims that nerations enough materials so IGUEL de Senna Fernandes, the pre- The APIM president explained that the clas- there is a rising interest in the they can ‘dig up’ about their Msident of the Association for Macanese ses have been planned as an extracurricular language, even among those roots,” he said, when asked Education (APIM), said that the decision to activity, which he thinks is the best approach. who are not learning it to regain about the goals of the theatrical teach Cantonese at the D. Jose da Costa Nunes “[The] campaign in favor of the Cantonese is not their own heritage. group. Kindergarten – a Portuguese school – this year a matter of position or attitude, but an imperati- “There are people totally new Elisabela Larrea, who is stu- was “a matter of good sense.” ve matter, so the communities that do not have [to the language] that want to dying the shift of the Patuá “It’s a strategy … focused on people’s integra- the Chinese language as their mother tongue can learn it. Naturally they learn from a “home language to a tion into the [local] environment,” he said. help integrate their children.” Senna Fernandes [from] it a totally different performing language”, addres- “I’m going to propose that the Macau Portu- added that not teaching a dialect spoken by the perspective of the Macanese sed the same topic. guese School (EPM) do the same [implemen- majority of the population would be the loss of people,” he said, commenting According to her study, there ting the language teaching] and I’m certain “a golden opportunity”, as the students are at the that for the time being, “my are fewer than 50 confident, that there will be no arguments against it.” right age to learn new languages. answers to these people are ne- fluent, Patuá speakers.
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Port wines displayed during a workshop held in Macau
Conde de São Januário hospital ACAU’S medical Despite the fact that Ma- Portuguese wine could be Mprofessionals, as well cau residents need to pay as the medical system it- more in order to receive self, are leading residen- treatment in Hong Kong, ts to give more money to they often still choose to go ideal product for China- neighboring Hong Kong as to the neighboring city for more and more Macau re- medical attention, even for sidents seek medical help minor treatments or me- Lusophone cooperation in the neighboring region. dical check ups, the SCMP Data from the public hos- report points out. pital Conde de São Januá- Reasons behind this trend rio indicates that in 2014 have been discussed at len- Daniel Beitler Today is no exception, Heré- 2,000 patients were sent gth in the city, and they dia told the Times in an inter- to Hong Kong for medi- mostly relate to the skills of UÍS de Herédia, director of view this week. He said that vi- Portuguese cal treatments. On ave- Macau’s doctors. LMacau-based Vinomac Fine sitors from parts of Asia such as rage Macau spent about The three hospitals in Wines, a six-year-old distribu- Hong Kong and Japan keenly wine in Asia HKD200 million per year Macau, Kiang Wu Hospi- tor in the territory offering a recognize this, and stock up on in providing the trips, ac- tal, Centro Hospitalar Con- portfolio of wines from coun- Portuguese wines when passing is linked to cording to a report by Sou- de de Sao Januário, and tries such as Portugal, France through the city. Macau’s th China Morning Post. the University Hospital of and Australia, says that wine is However, there is still more In 2015, the region spent the Macau University of an ideal product for exchange work to be done because, ou- identity. HKD7 billion on public Science and Technology, on the China-Lusophone pla- tside of these key markets, health care, representing have a significant number tform, which some hope that Portuguese wine is still over- LUÍS DE HERÉDIA a jump from the HKD5 of doctors graduated from Macau can become. shadowed by its French, and DIRECTOR OF VINOMAC FINE WINES billion registered in the medical schools in main- Macau has for some time held to some extent Australian, ri- previous year. land China. a reputation for being the go- vals. According to Herédia, Macau Any non-local patients are The Kiang Wu hospital em- to-place for Portuguese wine in “There was a time when [wine] stands as one of the highest obliged to pay HKD4,680 ploys over 340 doctors, two Asia, drawing on the expertise distributors were the only ones per-capita wine consumption per day in order to stay in a thirds of which have gradua- of its local Portuguese commu- to recognize the quality of Por- levels in the Asia-Pacific region Hong Kong hospital, whe- ted from Zhongshan School nity and a history of involve- tuguese wines. Now, [with the - far outstripping Hong Kong reas Hong Kong residents of Medicine or are trainees ment with both the Lusophonic involvement of the public] thin- and China – which he believes only have to pay HKD100 from the School of Medicine world and the sea routes linking gs are starting to change,” said is due to its historical connec- per day. of Jinan University. the West with the East. Herédia. “But there is still work tion with the beverage. to do; much more promotion is The local director also believes needed because this can beco- that the government is taking me a great product for Macau positive and genuine steps to to offer.” both promoting and supporting ONE SHOT NEWS Herédia told the Times that the work of local distributors of wine is both a cultural product Portuguese wine. as well as a food and bevera- “The local government has ge one. As such, it could be an been a great supporter of Por- ideal product to be floated on tuguese wine. Some of these Beijing’s envisioned “One Cen- people [in the government] ter, One Platform” initiative, know Macau very well and are connecting Portuguese goods supportive of the Portuguese with the enormous Chinese culture here – I must say, I am market. very impressed with this,” he “Of course, there is an appre- said. ciation of the flavor [of wine] “It’s not just a political issue; I and so on, but the wine culture think that they really appreciate is equally important. It reveals [Portuguese wine]. I mean, they things… about rules, religion, use it regularly at their [gover- geography, history, climate, nment] functions,” added He- culture… there are many, many rédia. curious things in each bottle,” Imports of Portuguese wine he said. to Macau during the first six “I believe it is an ideal product months of 2016 fell by arou- for that [China-Lusophonic] nd 14 percent year-on-year, market,” he continued. “Portu- amounting to MOP28.3 guese wine in Asia is linked to million. Nevertheless, the Eu- Macau’s identity […] wine has ropean country ranks as the Macau students in Portugal take a selfie picture with the Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, during his official visit to been in Macau for many, many third largest supplier of wine Portugal. Chui is expected to arrive in Macau today. years… it’s not something new.” to the territory. 15.09.2016 thu
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Albergue SCM postpones Mid-Autumn Celebration Cultural Centre to present VFAF next month
HE Macao Cultural Cen- Ttre (CCM) will bring “The View Finder to Asian Film 2016” (VFAF) to its premises Due to inclement weather, Albergue SCM has between October 21 and 30. cancelled tomorrow evening’s “Celebration of Mid- The film cycle will present Autumn Festival 2016”, originally scheduled to take a selection of 12 screenin- place at 7.30 p.m. Next week, Albergue SCM will gs from over ten countries, be providing mooncakes and fruits for visitors, free showcasing the new movies of charge. The giveaway will be held at 7 p.m. on 21 in the Asian film industry. September (Wednesday) and will run on a first come, According to a statement first served basis. Children will also receive gifts of from CCM, this edition traditional rabbit-shaped lanterns. The opening of will explore “rich themes, “Little Rabbit Lanterns - An Exhibition by Carlos from dark, heart-warming Marreiros and Friends Part 11” will be launched at and passionate stories to 6.30 p.m. on the same evening. thrilling, controversial and heart-breaking features.” Macao Cultural Centre Air Macau plans daily flights Among those to be show- cased next month is “After winner of the Palm d’Or at nor killings of women - and countries through underco- to Fukuoka next year the Storm,” a powerful and the 2015 Cannes Film Fes- “Song of Lahore.” ver camera footage.
touching story of family tival, provides insight into There will also be coun- Besides the film screenin- Air Macau plans to offer daily flights between the city to Fukuoka next year, according to a report by ties, a remake of the ori- the life of a group of Sri try-specific features, pro- gs, on October 23 there will Macao Daily News. The information was revealed ginal by the multi-award Lankan refugees in France. viding accounts of some of be a talk hosted at CCM on during recent tourism-related meetings co-organized winning Japanese director The cinematic selection the most secretive and har- how cinema reflects society, by the airline, Hong Kong and Japan. Air Macau’s Kore-eda Hirokazu. also includes “Faces of d-to-visit countries worl- exploring and presenting in- management said additional flights will be available A Palestinian feature, Pakistan,” a double bill dwide, namely “Under the sights on topics depicted in for the public starting from the first quarter of next “The Idol,” recounts the life screening of the insight- Sun” and “Frame by Fra- four edgy films to be shown. year. Currently, the company flies to Fukuoka four of a Gazan wedding singer ful documentaries, “A Girl me,” which delve respecti- Tickets to “View Finder to times a week, and will introduce another flight on who became a worldwide in the River: The Price of vely into North Korea and Asian Film 2016” are now 3 October. Air Macau started operating Macau- sensation after winning the Forgiveness” - addressing Afghanistan. According to available at CCM’s box of- Fukuoka flights in March, with one flight every Arab Idol contest in 2013. the Pakistani human rights CCM, both unveils the mys- fice and Macau Ticketing Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. Meanwhile, “Dheepan,” crisis surrounding the ho- teries surrounding the two Network outlets. ad thu 15.09.2016
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MUSIC Running event for Chinese national day ‘Global Concert of Chinese announced Artists’ to premiere in Macau
24, at 3 p.m. at the University nearly 100 musicians from 40 vement of Symphony No. 9 in Hall of the University of Ma- national or international or- E minor” by Antonín Dvořák, cau. chestras. the epic orchestral overture The Sports Bureau said yesterday that The event celebrates the 67th The concert is organized by “Our Sun Yat-sen”, “I Love the “World Walking Day Fun Run” will anniversary of the founding of the Overseas Chinese Affairs You, China”, “Mother”; “To- commence at 8.15 a.m. on October 1 at the People’s Republic of Chi- Office of the State Council. The reador Song” from the opera the Golden Lotus Square. Participants na, and features works com- program includes the works “Carmen”, and the choral pie- can choose to walk or run. They will be memorating what would have “Cheers for Sunrise” and “Ro- ce “I Love Mountain Wuzhi” divided into several groups: schools, been the 150th anniversary of meo and Juliet Fantasy-Over- and “River Wanquan”. sports organizations, clan societies, and the birth of Sun Yat-Sen. ture” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko- After the Macau performan- public and private organizations, among Lü Jia others. The top ten runners of each Lü Jia, music director of the vsky, excerpts from the opera ce, the next concert will be gender will receive prizes. The walking Macau Orchestra, will be the “Peony Pavilion”; folk music held at the National Centre participants will not be given prizes. HE “Culture of China, artistic director and will con- “Chinese Sights” and “Sou- for the Performing Arts in All participants will receive a T-shirt TGlobal Concert of Chinese duct the “Overseas Chinese nds” arranged for orchestra Beijing on the evening of Sep- as a souvenir, participation certificates Artists” will debut September Orchestra”, which comprises by Bao Yuankai; the “4th mo- tember 27. and coupons to redeem drinking water. Interested parties can apply to enter before September 21. Chinese resources conference to be held in town Macau’s last Portuguese bishop HE “11th Conference on Cooperative of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and by the participants come from mainland China, passes away TDevelopment and Sharing of Chinese Macau Library and Information Manage- Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, Resources” (CCDSCR) will be held from ment Association. the United States and the United Kingdom. D. Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, 25 to 27 October at the MGM. This year’s conference will discuss digital The conference will be conducted in former bishop of Macau, passed away The CCDSCR is an international coope- works within libraries or information ins- Mandarin and English, with simulta- this Monday at the age of 92. Born in ration conference that aims to connect all titutions. The topics discussed will inclu- neous interpretation of both languages. São Mateus, Azores on July 8, 1924, libraries and research institutes around de the dissemination and use of resources Interested parties – including but not li- he came to Macau in 1938 with two the world that possess Chinese documen- through technological means and coopera- mited to representatives of libraries and other individuals. In 1976, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the bishop of the ts, in order to improve the cooperation tion and promotion, among others. news agencies from Macau and overseas, city. Rodrigues da Costa served in the between them. Participants from different countries and as well as those studying library science position until 1988, when he resigned The event is co-organized by the De- regions have been invited to attend the and information technology at the ter- and returned to his hometown. He was partment of Public Library Management event. Aside from professionals from Macau, tiary level – are welcome to register. Macau’s last Portuguese bishop.
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HE people of Ma- phone numbers – voted names to be chosen by Tcau have voted “Tam on the cubs’ names. the public, together with Tam”（貪貪）and “Wu The organizers sugges- the Chengdu Resear- Wu” （污污）as the “Civil ted a list with 216 nick- ch Base of Giant Panda Nicknames” for the panda names to help netizens Breeding. cubs born in Macau. choose. Only 112 nick- The ANM said it “wou- The unofficial nick- names received votes. ld like to reiterate the names are the result of “Tam Tam” and “Wu disappointment over an online voting event Wu” came out tops with the Macau government’s hosted by online media 561 votes, 521 more than decision of not allowing outlet Macau Concealer, the runners-up. the official names to be which is linked to the The ANM proposed chosen by popular vote, New Macau Association that the public should as in the case of “Hoi (ANM). frequently call the cubs Hoi” and “Sam Sam”. Together, the Chinese by these names so that It added that “the NMA nicknames mean “cor- they gain widespread ac- would like to remind the ruption”; “Tam” alone ceptance. citizens that the practice means “greedy and un- Previously, local autho- of “open nomination but satisfied”, while “Wu” rities had allowed the closed selection process has multiple meanings, public to name the cubs’ may be an attempt to including “dirty and cor- parents “Hoi Hoi” and construct an illusion of rupted”. “Sam Sam”. This time, civic participation.” During a seven-day vo- the Civil and Municipal The official names will ting period, 1,024 peo- Affairs Bureau announ- be announced on Oc- ple – verified via mobile ced that it would select tober 3.
HK-Macau Visual Art Biennale concluded in Beijing
HE “2016 Hong Kong-Ma- deo Design and 3D Mapping.. Tcau Visual Art Biennale” re- A sharing session with the artists cently finished its run at the Beijing was held on the launch day. Nearly Minsheng Art Museum. It is the fifth 20 curators and artists from the three edition of the event, which launched regions were invited to share their in 2008. creative experiences and discuss each The theme of the Biennale is “Inte- region’s arts scene. ractive Times”. The event introduces The exhibition ended in Beijing on works of art and design from main- September 9, and will travel to Du- land China, Macau and Hong Kong. nhuang in Gansu Province as part of In this edition, Macau’s exhibition the “Silk Road (Dunhuang) Interna- space has been dedicated to the theme tional Cultural Expo” from September of “Macau Good Design” and features 20 to October 8, before moving to the a total of 16 art pieces in four catego- Henan Art Museum in Zhengzhou be- ries: Graphic Design, Animation, Vi- tween October 19 and 30. 15.09.2016 thu
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AYER AG agreed to buy Monsanto Co. in a deal valued at USD66 billion, winding up Bfour months of talks to create the world’s biggest supplier of seeds and pesticides. Bayer will pay $128 a share in cash, the company said in a statement yesterday. The bid - this year’s biggest deal and the largest foreign takeover ever by a German company - is 21 percent above Monsanto’s clo- sing price on Tuesday in New York. Bayer also agreed to pay Monsanto a break-up fee of $2 billion if the deal is rejected on antitrust grounds. The transaction caps a drama- tic reshaping of the crop and seed industry. A year ago, the sector had at least a half-dozen global players. After Bayer and Monsanto tie up, creating a lea- Bayer clinches Monsanto deal der with $26 billion in combi- ned revenue from agriculture, that number will shrink to just four. for USD66b with fourth bid Falling crop prices and a quest for greater efficiency have tri- ggered a cascade of deals over meantime, Bank of America a third offer of $127.50, setting ductivity to feed an estimated company could account for the past year. Last December Corp., Credit Suisse Group AG, off the next round of negotia- 10 billion people globally by more than 30 percent of the DuPont Co. and Dow Chemi- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., tions that led to the agreement. 2050. The deal gives Bayer global crop-inputs business, cal Co. agreed to merge and HSBC Holdings Plc and JP- To hear Bayer and Monsanto more than 2,000 varieties of stoking concern that the deal then carve out a new crop-s- Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to executives speak on a media seeds for crops such as corn, could be rejected by compe- cience unit. And in February, provide bridge financing of $57 conference call at 3.30 p.m. soybeans, and wheat. Adding tition authorities. The recent China National Chemical Corp. billion. CET, click here. that portfolio to its own vege- industry consolidation also lea- agreed to acquire Switzerland’s Bank of America, Credit Suis- The transaction, which values table, rice, cotton, and oilseed ves fewer buyers for any assets Syngenta AG, which Monsanto se and Rothschild & Co. advi- shares of Monsanto at about offerings give Bayer a virtually Bayer-Monsanto might need to had pursued for years. sed Bayer on the transaction, $56 billion, will add to core ear- unassailable position at the sell to satisfy regulators. The deal values Monsanto at while Morgan Stanley and Du- nings per share in the first full head of the market. Founded in 1901, Monsanto in almost 21 times earnings befo- cera Partners LLC acted for year after the deal closes, likely In the past two decades the past also produced pharma- re interest, taxes, depreciation Monsanto. at the end of next year, Bayer Monsanto has pioneered the ceuticals and industrial chemi- and amortization, according to Taking advantage of a decli- said. The combined seeds busi- commercialization of geneti- cals, including toxic substances data compiled by Bloomberg. ne in Monsanto’s share price, ness will remain headquartered cally modified organisms, or such as polychlorinated bi- That compares to a median of Bayer, based in the industrial in St. Louis. GMOs. GMO varieties of corn phenyls, now banned and com- about 9.4 times for comparable city of Leverkusen, first made Shares of Monsanto rose 0.4 and soybeans now account for monly known as PCBs, and the deals. an unsolicited offer of $122 a percent to $106.50 in trading more than 90 percent of tho- herbicide Agent Orange, which Bayer will fund the transac- share in May, and then in July before the opening of U.S. se crops in the U.S., but have was used by the U.S. military tion with a combination of debt bumped that to $125. Both pro- markets. Bayer climbed almost faced strong opposition from in Vietnam. Bayer, founded in and equity. The equity compo- posals were rejected by Mon- 4 percent to 96.64 euros in consumers across Europe and 1863, trademarked the name nent of about $19 billion will be santo, but the company gran- Frankfurt. are banned or tightly controlled “heroin” as a cough remedy in raised through an issuance of ted access to some financial Buying Monsanto will allow in many countries. 1896 and then introduced aspi- mandatory convertible bonds accounts to conduct due dili- Bayer to tap growing demand That may account for the high rin - the first true blockbuster as well as a rights offer. In the gence. Last week, Bayer made as farmers seek to boost pro- break-up fee. The combined drug - in 1899. Bloomberg
VW gets flood of German suits on eve of imaginary deadline
OLKSWAGEN AG now. I’ll do it too.” The carmaker is already lidates cases to centrali- Vinvestors are prepa- The flood of new sha- facing 380 pending inves- ze the evidence phase in ring to flood a German reholder suits in Ger- tor suits in Braunschweig, capital-market actions in BLOOMBERG court with more lawsuits many adds to the car- the legal district that in- which a large number of over the carmaker’s emis- maker’s troubles. A year cludes the company’s investors claim to have sions scandal to meet a after admitting that headquarters in Wolfs- been hurt by the same ac- deadline that lawyers say about 11 million diesel burg, claiming the leader- tion. may be imaginary. vehicles had been equi- ship was aware as early as VW continues to say The Braunschweig Re- pped with software to 2014 that U.S. authorities the suits are unfounded gional Court is bringing cheat pollution tests, VW were probing test results because it informed the in extra staff for Sept. is far from resolving the and should have disclo- markets at each stage of 19, the first business day fallout. It agreed to pay sed the investigation back the process. after the one-year anni- $16.5 billion to settle sui- then. One lawsuit bundles “After a diligent review versary of VW’s admis- ts by some American au- claims of almost 300 ins- by internal and external sion that it rigged its cars thorities and car owners. titutional investors and legal experts, Volkswagen to cheat emissions tests. The Volkswagen AG headquarters Shareholders are incen- seeks 3.3 billion euros. is of the view that the ma- Shareholders who want sed because the stock Another group is seeking nagement board properly to sue VW over their los- really key, few are prepa- the end,” said Thomas price dropped 35 percent 700 million euros. fulfilled its disclosure du- ses are concerned that red to wait. Asmus, a lawyer at Lin- in the two trading days Instead of American-s- ties under capital-market the day may be the dea- “Nobody wants to take denpartners in Berlin. after U.S. regulators dis- tyle class action suits, rules,” the company said dline to file. While most the risk that courts may “The herd instinct is closed the so-called de- Germany gives plaintiffs Monday in an e-mailed lawyers doubt the date is see that differently in strong. Everybody’s filing feat device. a procedure that conso- statement. Bloomberg thu 15.09.2016 th Anniversary
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DIVIDED AMERICA How China fueled pain and Trump support
Paul Wiseman, Hannibal (Ohio)
RUSHED by Chinese AP PHOTO competition and fee- ling betrayed by mains- tream politicians, Cworkers in the hills of eastern Ohio are embracing Donald Trump and his tough talk on trade. For decades, they and others living across the Ohio River in West Virginia found work in coal mines and at a local alumi- num plant — union jobs, with good pay and generous benefi- ts. Coal is being wiped out by stricter environmental rules and competition from cheap natural gas. The aluminum plant? It’s out of business, doo- med by China’s domination of the global aluminum market. In an angry election year, some of America’s angriest vo- ters live in places like Monroe County where local economies have been punished by price competition with China. Their frustration has fueled support for the Republican presidential nominee, with his belligerent rhetoric about the need to ou- A diesel tank at the former Ormet plant is seen at the site in Hannibal tsmart America’s economic ri- vals, tear up unfair trade deals gion can be traced to China’s de- As Chinese aluminum flooded Noranda Aluminum Holding and Australian consulting firm. and re-establish America as the cision to become self-sufficient the world, prices collapsed. A Corp. sought bankruptcy pro- Longtime residents recall how world’s dominant player. in aluminum production. Alu- pound of raw aluminum now tection in February. vital the Ormet plant here was “This is Trump country,” says minum is used in construction fetches 74 cents — down from “If you take metal prices back for the area’s economy and for John Saunders, an official with and auto manufacturing, ae- USD1.25 five years ago. U.S. to where they were before Chi- supporting middle-class lifes- the United Steelworkers in rospace and consumer-product production has tumbled 56 per- na started flooding the market, tyles. Workers regularly vaca- nearby Martins Ferry, Ohio. packaging. The surge in its pro- cent since 2000, according to you’re looking at somewhere tioned and bought houses and The disaster that’s unfolded duction reflected a broader Chi- the U.S. Geological Survey. And between 90 cents and $1.10 a boats and all-terrain vehicles to here isn’t obvious at first glan- nese strategy: pour money into America’s share of world alumi- pound,” says Cameron Redd, a tear up the Ohio countryside. ce, not in a region known as manufacturing to add jobs and num is below 3 percent. laid-off Noranda employee. At “If you didn’t go to college or the Switzerland of Ohio for its accelerate economic growth. Since 2011, U.S. aluminum those prices, he says, the Noran- the military, you went to the forested, rolling hills. In tiny Fueled by government sub- companies have closed or id- da plant still “would be hiring.” coal mines or Ormet,” says Bill Hannibal (population: 411), sidies and cheap loans from led nine of the 14 U.S. smelters, Relief probably hasn’t come. Long, a former Ormet laborer stately two-story homes over- state-owned banks, Chinese where aluminum oxide is tur- At this month’s G-20 sum- who is a supervisor at the coun- look lawns that roll toward aluminum producers went into ned into raw aluminum. Two mit, U.S. and Chinese officials ty’s Department of Job and Fa- the banks of the Ohio. Nearby overdrive: In 2000, the United surviving plants are running at agreed to work together to re- mily Services. Woodsfield, seat of Monroe States had produced a world half capacity or less. In Masse- duce overproduction of alumi- The plant used to burn more County, Ohio, looks like Main -beating 15 percent of all alumi- na, New York; Columbia Falls, num, but the Chinese have long electricity than all of Pittsburgh. Street USA, its downtown do- num, China just 11 percent. By Montana; New Madrid, Mis- balked at cutting aluminum ou- For nearly six decades, barges minated by a red brick cour- 2015, China had escalated its souri, plants have folded, idled tput — and jobs. plied the Ohio River and trains thouse displaying one of the output nearly 1,200 percent — production or laid off workers. “They don’t want unemploy- clacked alongside State Highway world’s biggest clocks. and held 55 percent of the wor- Hundreds of workers in New ment,” says Michael Komesa- 7, bearing Ormet aluminum to But the misery is real. Monroe ld’s share. Madrid lost their jobs when roff of Urandaline Investments, customers across America. County’s unemployment rate is Ohio’s highest at 10.2 percent. Families have moved out to find
work. The number of children AP PHOTO in the local school district is down 223, or nearly 10 percent, since 2013. “You’re going to have to travel to find a job,” says Fran Poole, whose husband, Cecil, worked at the Ormet plant here for 37 years before being laid off when it closed. Some laid-off workers chose to retire early. Others found work in the energy business, only to see those jobs melt away, too, as oil and gas prices fell. Some are doing odd jobs — cutting grass, hauling gravel. Much of the damage to this re- The pot line that housed the reduction cells for the former Ormet plant One of the stacks from the furnace room thu 15.09.2016
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Aluminum prices were so low the plant might not have survi- AP PHOTO ved anyway. But Kasich’s refu- US voices sal to intervene helps explains why animosity for the governor runs high in these parts. In the concern over March Republican presiden- tial primary, Monroe County Chinese money in overwhelmingly backed Trump and rejected Kasich, who otherwise won his home state Australian politics handily. “He just shunned us,” Danny Isaly says. AP PHOTO Trump is viewed as a cham- pion to many here who say Bill Long, a former Ormet employee who is now a supervisor at the Monore County America’s political leaders have Job and Family Services stood by while competition from China and other countries The factory drew workers the Great Recession — world has wrecked communities like from the hills of West Virginia aluminum prices had withstood Hannibal. and eastern Ohio, paying them the surge in supply from Chi- “He says what a lot of people about $40,000 a year before na. China’s own economy was would like to say,” says Cecil overtime. Overtime was “spo- growing so fast its demand for Poole, who feels the national radic,” recalls Carl Davis, a for- aluminum was nearly insatiab- Democratic Party has aban- mer Ormet worker who is now a le. Then its economy decelera- doned blue-collar workers. Monroe County commissioner. ted after 2010, and aluminum Trump’s pledge to “Make Ame- U.S. Ambassador John Berry “But a few were known to gross prices plunged. rica Great Again” resonates around $100,000.” Desperate, Ormet and the with those who feel they’ve lost Rod McGuirk, Canberra and the ruling conservative Li- “Even though the work was Steelworkers union sought to their place in the middle class. beral Party. hard back then, it was best job renegotiate electricity prices In a way, some of the laid-off HE American ambassador Unlike the United States, I had ever had, and the most from the local utility, Appala- Ormet workers were fortuna- Tto Australia has voiced U.S. which bans foreign donations, money I’d ever had my hands chian Power. In 2012 and 2013, te for a time. When the plant concerns over China’s impact Australian law has never distin- on,” says Francis Blackstone, they urged Gov. John Kasich to closed two years ago, the re- on Australian politics, saying guished between donors from a 70-year-old Ormet retiree. lean on the state utility com- gion was enjoying an energy the United States wants the Australia and overseas. “And the benefits were just mission to help. Kasich woul- boom. Oil and gas companies system reformed to remove the Berry said the United States unheard of” — including free dn’t intervene, leaving the deci- were fracking in the Marcellus influence of Chinese political hopes that Australia will pro- health care. sion to the commission. Shale formation, from upstate donations. tect its “core responsibilities “We were all family,” says The plant went out of busi- New York through Pennsylva- Ambassador John Berry said against undue influence from Danny Isaly, an Ormet worker ness. nia, Maryland, Ohio and West in an interview with The Aus- governments that don’t share who became the plant’s head of Virginia. They needed drivers, tralian newspaper that the Uni- our values.” industrial relations. “Everybo- electricians, welders. ted States is “surprised” by the He said the U.S. objects to Bei- dy had a relative here.” Trump is Poole, 62, and out of work af- amount of Chinese money and jing being able to fund political After the plant closed, Isaly ter nearly four decades at Or- influence in Australian politics candidates in an Australian received unemployment bene- viewed as a met, got a commercial driver’s and wants Australia to resolve election campaign to advance fits until they ran out. Then he license and found work hauling the foreign donation issue. The Chinese interests. retired at age 59. champion to supplies for energy companies. embassy confirmed in a state- “That, to us, is of concern,” Niagara Worldwide bought many here who He earned about what he made ment that Berry had been accu- Berry said in the newspaper in- the 1,600-acre complex at auc- at Ormet, though he had to rately quoted in the interview, terview. “We cannot conceive of tion in 2014 after Ormet Corp. say America’s work twice as many hours for published yesterday. a case where a foreign donation sought bankruptcy protection. it. And Poole found the work Last week, the opposition La- from any government, friend or Dan Gerovac is overseeing the political exhausting. He traveled overni- bor Party called for foreign po- foe, would be considered legiti- plant’s destruction for Niagara. ght and slept in his rig. litical donations to be banned mate in terms of that democra- He and his crew are clearing the leaders have “It was tough on the old body,” after Labor Sen. Sam Dastyari cy.” site in hopes of selling it to ano- stood by while he says. stepped down from a senior “We have been surprised, ther industrial company. They He retired in June. role for asking a Chinese com- quite frankly, at the extent of are breaking down equipment competition The fracking boom, it turned pany to pay a 1,670 Australian the involvement of the Chinese — including the pots where alu- out, didn’t produce as many dollar (USD1,250) travel bill. government in Australian poli- minum oxide was turned into from China and jobs as people here had hoped. While Dastyari broke no law, tics,” he added. aluminum at temperatures of The energy companies often he acknowledged that having A Labor government introdu- 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit — for other countries brought in experienced oil-field the Sydney-based company ced a bill to ban foreign dona- sale as scrap metal. has wrecked workers. Then, energy prices Top Education Institute pay a tions to Parliament in 2010, but “No aluminum will be made started tumbling, and fracking personal bill was wrong. it never became law. The minor here anymore,” Gerovac says. communities [in work dried up. Prime Minister Malcolm Tur- Greens party has proposed a si- Through most of the 2000s — Now, job openings are scarce, nbull pointed to a Chinese lan- milar bill in the current Parlia- aside from a sharp drop during US] the pay and benefits no match guage news report that quoted ment, but conservative govern- for what Ormet offered. Dastyari as saying, “The South ment ministers have said there “It’s embarrassing what’s out China Sea is China’s own af- is no need for reform. there,” says Bill Long, who cou- fair.” Australian Broadcasting nsels the unemployed. Turnbull said that statement Corp. reported last month that Peeking out from one job- contradicted both the govern- businesses with Chinese con- seeker’s file in his office isan ment and the opposition’s fo- nections gave Australia’s ma- application for a position at reign policy position that China jor political parties more than Dairy Queen. Long says some should respect international AU$5.5 million from 2013 to of the old Ormet workers seem law in territorial disputes. The 2015, making them easily the in denial about their prospects. prime minister accused Das- largest source of foreign-linked He recently ran into one. tyari, who has been dubbed donations. “He said, ‘I keep hoping the Shanghai Sam, of saying what Australia struggles to balance plant’s going to fire back up,’” Chinese donors paid him to say. its relationships with the Uni- Long recalls. “I said, ‘That’s not Dastyari said he might have ted States, its most important going to happen, buddy.’” AP misspoken during the Chinese strategic partner, and China, its interview, but said he suppor- most important trade partner. EDITOR’S NOTE — This is part of ted his party’s policy. Neither the Chinese Embas- Divided America, AP’s ongoing The issue is broader than sy in Australia nor Top Edu- exploration of the economic, social Dastyari, with Top Education cation Institute immediately and political divisions in American Institute donating more than responded to a request for society. 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MYANMAR | US Mongolia police arrest Sanctions relief on agenda suspect in as Suu Kyi meets Obama killing of British tourist Matthew Pennington, Washington companies and banks remain vestment that we believe can leery of involvement in one of improve the livelihoods of the OLICE in Mongolia yester- UNG San Suu Kyi’s la- AP PHOTO Asia’s last untapped markets. people of Burma,” Rhodes said Pday announced the arrest of a Atest visit to Washington Human rights groups, howe- Tuesday, adding that the admi- suspect in the killing a British tou- signals her transformation ver, say there are powerful rea- nistration’s decisions would be rist in a rare case of violent crime from long-imprisoned heroine sons for retaining sanctions. Mi- guided by consultation with Suu in the landlocked Asian nation. of Myanmar’s democracy strug- litary abuses continue in ethnic Kyi and her government. The 31-year-old man, identi- gle to a national leader focused minority regions. Rohingya Suu Kyi, who will also be mee- fied only by his first initial, T, on economic growth. Muslims remain displaced by ting with lawmakers, Vice Pre- was found in possession of the President Barack Obama will sectarian violence and denied sident Joe Biden and Secretary equivalent of USD400 in local meet with Suu Kyi at the White citizenship. of State John Kerry, last visited currency and a passport belie- House on Wednesday to discuss Deputy National Security Washington in 2012 when she ved to have been taken from rolling back more of the sanc- Adviser Ben Rhodes said the was still opposition leader. On Steve Nash, who had traveled to tions that were applied when the U.S. wants to balance concerns that occasion, she was presen- Mongolia as part of his paragli- nation was under military rule. about the “outsized” role of the ted with the Congressional Gold der adventures across the globe. Suu Kyi will also be courting the military in politics and the eco- Medal, the legislature’s highest Police spokesman Baa- nomy without impeding grow- civilian honor, which she had tarkhuu Buyant said Nash, American business community Barack Obama (left) smiles after at a dinner where tables go for greeting Myanmar’s Foreign Minister th and offering a “democratic been awarded in 2008 while 53, had been stabbed in the as much as USD25,000. Aung San Suu Kyi (right) during the dividend” for an impoverished under house arrest. chest and died of blood loss. Suu Kyi’s party swept historic ASEAN-United States summit population. Now she meets Obama as the His body was found Sept. 1 in elections last November, and “We hear frequently that the de facto leader of the country Arkhangai province in central the visit by the 71-year old Nobel The U.S. has eased economic ongoing sanctions regime ser- with the title of state counselor Mongolia. peace laureate, deeply respected sanctions on the country also ves as a chill on investment although a junta-era constitu- Buyant said the suspect had in Washington, is a crowning known as Burma since political from the United States and in tion still enshrines the military’s received a suspended sentence occasion in the administration’s reforms began five years ago some cases from other interna- role in politics and bars her from in 2016 for stealing. support for Myanmar’s shift but it still restricts dealings with tional firms, and so we want to the presidency. When Obama While still relatively low, cri- from pariah state to democracy, military-owned companies and make sure that our sanctions last visited Myanmar in Novem- me in Mongolia has risen as which it views as a major foreign dozens of officials and associates are not preventing the type of ber 2014, he voiced support for the country falls deeper into an policy achievement. of the former ruling junta. U.S. economic development and in- constitutional reform. AP economic slowdown. AP
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Thomas Cytrynowicz, INDIA Demul Village
OR centuries, the slee- py valley nestled in the Indian Himalayas re- Tourism transforms long-hidden mained a hidden Bud- Fdhist enclave forbidden to out- siders. Enduring the harsh year Buddhist valley in Himalayas -round conditions of the high mountain desert, the people of Spiti Valley lived by a simple and, more recently, green peas. communal code — share the For the crimson-robed Bu- Earth’s bounty, be hospitable AP PHOTO ddhist monks in the valley, to neighbors, and eschew greed the increase in visitors brings and temptation at all turns. a chance to “teach Buddhism That’s all starting to change, to others. More people should for better or worse. Since India learn about it,” said Lama Ten- began allowing its own citizens zin Rizzin, a resident of another as well as outsiders to visit the hilltop village, Key, a half-hour valley in the early 1990s, tou- drive from the valley’s main rism and trade have boomed. town of Kaza. And the marks of moderniza- Some villagers and travelers tion, such as solar panels, as- worry that the influx of new phalt roads and concrete bui- funds will bring competition, ldings, have begun to appear greed and environmentally ta- around some of the villages xing change — such as flush that dot the remote landscape toilets that might empty strai- at altitudes above 4,000 meters ght into the Spiti River or put (13,000 feet). a strain on the region’s already “This year is busier than ever,” limited water sources. said Ishita Khanna, co-founder “We cannot go beyond our li- of the eco-tourism agency Ecos- mits. Mass tourism is not good phere. By Aug. 29, with at least for our culture,” said Tenzin a month left until the end of the Thinley, 35, who runs a homes- tourism season, there had been tay in the valley village of Ki- 847 foreign visitors to the region Buddhist lama Tenzin Rigzin studies religious texts in his room at the Key monastery, Spiti Valley, India bber and works as a tourist gui- in 2016, compared with 726 for de. “Hospitality is important in all of last year, officials said. tan yet long resident in the In- mul, with only around 250 re- Tom Welton. “They collectively Spiti’s culture, and we will not They could not give a figure for dian state of Himachal Pradesh sidents, people have devised bring all the money together let it disappear.” how many Indians had traveled — welcome the influx of tourists a system whereby half of the and at the end of the year they While increasing trade with ci- to the region in jeeps and buses eager to explore the mountains residents move in with their distribute it equally to the who- ties outside the valley has broa- across treacherous mountain or simply enjoy the pristine sur- neighbors while renting their le village.” dened the dinner table with roads, as Indian tourists do not roundings. earthen-hut homes to travelers Tourism has become so im- lentils and grains that can’t be need special permits. But addi- “In years when the climate during the summer, and then portant it now makes up at least grown in the valley, it has also tional district magistrate Jagan and roads are good, they flock share the earnings. That inco- half of most people’s annual in- brought an influx of junk food Thakur said that 70 percent of in together in high numbers,” me is helping many invest in come, Khanna said. The rest of that the elders are struggling to the tourists to the region were Thakur said. “Villagers will ac- better schooling for their kids. the people’s wealth comes from keep away from the children. Indians. tually convert their houses into “They have a great system in traditional channels — herding “Too many tourists mean too Many of the valley’s 13,000 or homestays.” this village ... everybody takes sheep and goats, and growing much money,” Thinley said. “I so residents — ethnically Tibe- In the hillside village of De- turns,” said British traveler crops like black beans, barley do not want to be greedy.” AP
AUSTRALIA Parliament gets bill to set up gay marriage vote
USTRALIA’S prime against marriage equality same-sex marriage have that lobbies for Christian Aminister introduced would give legitimacy to said they won’t vote for a principles and opposes legislation to Parliament AP PHOTO bigoted and homophobic plebiscite. gay marriage, urged La- yesterday that would views. The government’s only bor to back the plebiscite. allow a public but non- Turnbull said the real chance of a plebiscite is He said he hoped that binding vote on gay mar- reason marriage equa- now the opposition Labor millions of Australians riage early next year. lity advocates opposed Party. could participate in the Prime Minister Mal- the plebiscite was becau- Labor leader Bill Shor- debate without the fear of colm Turnbull, a marria- se they thought enough ten has argued that a ple- being labelled a bigot or a ge equality advocate who lawmakers already su- biscite would “give the homophobe. is the only serving prime pported the reform for it haters a chance to come “It was great to hear the minister to attend the Sy- to become law. out from underneath the prime minister respecting dney’s Gay and Lesbian “They don’t want to run rock and make life har- the points of view of all Mardi Gras, introduced the risk of the Australian der for” lesbian, gay, bi- Australians,” Shelton said the bill on the first anni- people giving them the sexual, transgender and in a statement. versary of his ascension to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wrong answer,” Turnbull intersex people. Turnbull opposed the the top government job. told Parliament. But Shorten, who backs plebiscite before striking He replaced Prime Mi- for all adult Australians are against a plebiscite, “For our part, we put marriage equality, has a deal with hard-right nister Tony Abbott, a gay — would have no legal saying it should be de- our faith in the Australian not ruled out supporting party powerbrokers to be- marriage opponent who weight. Parliament would cided in Parliament wi- people and we know that the plebiscite to avoid a come prime minister. proposed that the public ultimately decide whe- thout the potential divisi- their answer, whether it stalemate in Parliament Shorten has also shifted decide the issue with a ther the law would be ve public debate. is ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ will be the over gay marriage that his position, telling reli- popular vote and avoid changed. They fear that govern- right answer,” he said. could last until the next gious leaders in 2013 that a bitter debate in Parlia- Although such a vote ment plans to spend 15 The government does election in three years. he was “completely rela- ment. appears to be a move million Australian dollars not have a majority in Lyle Shelton, managing xed about having some But the Feb. 11 plebis- toward changing the law, (USD11 million) on publi- the Senate, and two mi- director of Australian form of plebiscite” on sa- cite — a compulsory vote most gay rights activists cizing the cases for and nor parties that support Christian Lobby, a group me-sex marriage. AP 15.09.2016 thu
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After a decade, UN chief disappointed in many world leaders
Edith M. Lederer, United Nations said, because the world body’s member states make decisions .N. Secretary-Gene- AP PHOTO and the U.N. chief implements ral Ban Ki-moon says them — rather than implemen- he’s disappointed by ting their own initiatives and many world leaders policies, he said. Uwho care more about retaining The U.N. could be far more power than improving the li- efficient and effective if there ves of their people — and can’t were “some reasonable deci- understand why Syria is being sion-making process” — not held hostage to “the destiny” of one that requires consensus one man, President Bashar As- on many issues before the Ge- sad. neral Assembly and statemen- Nearing the end of his 10 years ts by the Security Council, Ban at the helm of the United Na- said. This gives one country the tions, Ban spoke frankly about power to block something all the state of the world and his other nations agree on, or to successes, failures and frus- water it down. trations as U.N. chief in a wi- “Is it fair? Is it reasonable in de-ranging interview with The the 21st century when you have Associated Press. 193 member states?” Ban said. Ban is the public face of the As an example, human righ- organization but he said that in ts groups have criticized the private leaders see a very diffe- declaration set to be adopted rent and much tougher side to at the U.N. summit on refu- him. gees and migrants on Mon- “People say I have been quiet, day, ahead of the General As- and I have not been speaking United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sembly’s annual gathering of out about human rights, but world leaders, because it was I can tell you I have been very cautious,” he said. “You Ban also spoke candidly about It’s unrealistic to expect any watered down to reach con- speaking out (more) than any of have not seen people as fearles- his frustration at the way the secretary-general “to be some sensus. The result was the eli- the Western leaders” who “are sly speaking out as myself.” U.N. operates. almost almighty person,” he mination of Ban’s proposal to
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three issues he devoted his As for regrets, aside from not time, energy and “passion” to, seeing an end to conflicts in which are widely regarded as Africa, and especially in Syria, After a decade, UN chief disappointed in many world leaders accomplishments: he cited the injustice imposed — His successful campaign “on many helpless people ... from day one after succeeding whose human rights and hu- Kofi Annan as secretary-gene- man dignity have been violated ral on Jan. 1, 2007 to address and abused,” particularly wo- AP PHOTO climate change, which he hopes men and girls. will lead to last December’s Pa- He cited the sexual abuse and ris climate agreement entering exploitation of women and girls into force before he leaves office by U.N. peacekeepers, stressed on Dec. 31 — and possibly even that he had fired the head of the next Wednesday when he has U.N. mission in Central African invited world leaders to submit Republic — a rarity at the U.N. their ratifications. — and his commitment and de- — His push for all countries to termination to end it. But he agree on 17 new U.N. goals last said he needs the help of mem- September, which establish 169 ber states to prosecute alleged targets to fight poverty, protect perpetrators because the U.N. the environment, achieve gen- has no judicial enforcement der equality and ensure good measures. governance by 2030. The U.N.’s handling of the — His promotion of “gender cholera epidemic in Haiti has empowerment,” including the also been widely criticized, establishment of UN Women, and Ban stressed the U.N.’s spurred by his belief that wo- “moral responsibility” to help men are “the least utilized re- improve the country’s water Nepal’s ne A member of opposition political party National Freedom Front, which is supporting former president Mahinda sources in humankind,” and if and sanitation and eliminate Rajapaksa holds a placard during a protest against current Sri Lanka tour of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Colombo their potential is used “we can the disease — but he said the at least double” economic pro- Haitian government must also resettle 10 percent of the wor- by the secretary-general of the South Sudan, Central African ductivity and improve social do more. ld’s refugees annually. United Nations, make it your Republic, Congo, Syria and development. Rather than giving advice to Ban said member states have policy and change — and then I Yemen and the decades-old Is- his successor, Ban said he has the power to change the con- will support, I will welcome” it. raeli-Palestinian dispute inclu- some advice for member sta- sensus requirement easily and The turmoil the world is suffe- ding three wars in Hamas-ru- tes: Be more united and work quickly. ring today isn’t from the people, led Gaza during Ban’s nearly 10 for the “common good” rather In a recent interview over lun- but is “caused by the leaders,” years in office. People say than your country’s national in- ch, the secretary-general said he said. Speaking with evident frustra- I have been terest. his generation in South Korea For many leaders, the key tion about the more than five As for his future, Ban said he was educated in the ancient is to be elected “by whatever -year conflict in Syria, Ban said quiet, and I will be returning home to Sou- Chinese teachings of Confucius, means,” Ban said. “Once elec- “I simply cannot understand th Korea but he deflects wides- which emphasize harmony, ted ... they rule over people, and why we have not been able to have not been pread rumors that he will be a humaneness, compassion, pro- they are mostly corrupted, and resolve this issue.” candidate for president, saying priety and honesty. “And I have they do not respect the voices of He pointed to the “lack of speaking out his job is being secretary-gene- been putting public interest the people.” commitment to principles,” about human ral through Dec. 31. As a private first, over private interest,” he He said that in January particularly by the Syrian lea- citizen, he said, he will “spare said. 2015 he told African leaders dership. rights, but I no efforts” to help promote re- Comparing his approach to to respect constitutional “Why is it so important for conciliation with North Korea if Western leaders, Ban said they term limits and not cling to one man’s destiny? One man’s have been there is an opportunity. usually speak through state- power. U.S. President Barack destiny should not work as a What about writing a book ments, which is easy, and so- Obama delivered the same hostage of all this crisis,” Ban speaking out about his decade as secretary- metimes they have pressured message six months later at said, referring to the dispute (more) than any general? him not to say something or the African Union — and he between pro-government and “One day, many years later, visit some country. But he said repeated the message again opposition supporters over of the Western and I’m not in a position to wri- he “proceeded as I wanted” be- in January. whether Assad should have any te soon, but I can speak more cause he believes face-to-face But Africa and the Middle role in Syria’s future. leaders. freely because I do not want to meetings with world leaders East, especially, remain rife He said his legacy should be criticize all of them while I’m in are critical to try to get support with conflicts, including in left to historians, but he cited BAN KI-MOON power,” Ban said. AP on ending conflicts or on issues UN SECRETARY-GENERAL like climate change and comba- tting poverty.
“I’ve been saying, I can issue a AP PHOTO hundred statements from here, but if you really want to get that apple dropped, you have to go and shake the apple tree,” he said. If you wait under the tree “un- til the apple drops into your mouth, it may happen if you wait 20 years,” he said. Sometimes, he said, when lea- ders urged him not to visit a ho- tspot and something later ha- ppened there, “it was they who really wanted to go there first, to get the credit.” Ban said he could name names which “wou- ld be quite explosive” — but he won’t. When he advises foreign lea- ders, Ban said, he always tells them “this is private.” “I always told them ... if I don’t think you will want to be seen as (having) your arm twisted Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, right, talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during their meeting at Foreign Ministry office 15.09.2016 thu
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Macau Giant Panda Pavilion cinema Time: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm daily (Except cineteatro Mondays, closed on the following day instead if a 15 Sep - 21 Sep public holiday falls on Monday and no admission S STORM 1964 The Sun newspaper after 4:45 pm; six viewings per day) room 1 Venue: Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.45 pm is born Director: David Lam Admission: MOP10 The Sun newspaper is published today for the first nquiries Starring: Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, vic Chou, Ada Choi E : Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau (853) Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) time. 2833 7676 Duration: 97min It is replacing the Mirror Group’s Daily Herald, which has been losing readers and advertising revenue for The Collection Exhibition of Tai Fung Tong TRAIN TO BUSAN several years. The newest arrival on Fleet Street is promising to rt ouse room 1 A H 7.30 pm follow a “radical” and “independent” agenda - unlike Time: 2pm-6pm daily (Except Mondays) Director: Yeon Sang-ho its predecessor which had strong ties to the Labour Venue: Tai Fung Tong Art House, Calçada da Igreja Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Tu-mi, ma Domng-Seok party. The TUC sold its 49% stake in the paper in de S. Lázaro 7 Language: Korean (Cantonese/English) 1960. Duration: 97min Admission: Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) and the Interna- Free tional Press Corporation (IPC) took over ownership Enquiries: (853) 2835 3537 / 2834 6626 of the Herald in 1961. It was previously owned by Odhams Press, which had seen it reach a circulation of two million in 1933, the highest in the world at the time. Offbeat In a bid to broaden the Herald’s appeal once more, MGN, is relaunching the paper as the Sun, with the slogan “A paper born of the age we live in”. NY GOP lawmaker wins primary Editor Sydney Jacobson said his new paper wou- days after killing himself ld be “totally independent, no ties with any party or movement... totally free to make up its own mind.” The paper’s launch coincides with the announce- SULLY_ ment of a general election next month. AP PHOTO room 2 Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, whose Con- 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.30 pm servative party has been in power for 13 years, will be Director: Clint Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart up against the man described as Labour’s thrusting Starring: Tom Hanks new grammar school boy, Harold Wilson. Language: English (Cantonese) Asked where his party’s loyalties would lie in the Duration: 96min coming election battle, Mr Jacobson replied: “The Sun is a radical newspaper. Can a radical newspaper AT CAFE 6_ support the present government?” room 2 It is a competitive time for newspapers. Faced with 7.30 pm rising costs, the Daily Sketch was the first to raise Director: Neal Wu its cover price from 3d to 4d in June, but others are Starring: Zijian Dong, Cherry Ngan, lin Bohong, Ouyang expected to follow suit. Nini The Daily Mirror - The Sun’s stablemate - has a cur- Language: Mandarin (Cantonese/ English) rent circulation of five million but even so it is not ex- Days after killing himself, a vocal advocate for gun rights and Duration: 103min pected to be able to resist the price increase beyond Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won a the end of the year. New York primary election. NINE LIVES_ The Mirror Group is splashing out on free beer and Assemblyman Bill Nojay was facing a fraud trial in Cambodia room 3 christening mugs for new babies to promote the and reportedly under FBI scrutiny when he went to his family’s 2.15, 6.00, 7.45, 9.30 pm Sun’s arrival and Herald’s demise. cemetery plot in Rochester and shot himself in front of an arriving Director: Barry Sonnenfeld police officer on Friday. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Courtesy BBC News Now the defeat yesterday [Macau time] of challenger Richard Walken Milne coupled with a quirk in state election law means that local Language: English (Cantonese) Duration: 96min GOP leaders, who encouraged voters to choose Nojay despite n context his death, get to pick someone to take on Democrat Barbara TRAIN TO BUSAN I Baer in November. Nojay’s Republican-leaning district in the room 3 Legislature’s lower chamber covers parts of suburban Rochester Five years after its arrival on Fleet Street, the Sun was up for 3.50 pm sale partly because of losses dating back to its predecessor, and the Finger Lakes region. Director: Yeon Sang-ho the Herald. “I really don’t know what to say. It’s such an unusual situation,” Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Tu-mi, ma Domng-Seok As a broadsheet, the paper was attracting a daily readership of Milne told The Associated Press as unofficial results showed him Language: Korean (Cantonese/English) one million. trailing by nearly 1,000 of the 4,500 votes cast. Duration: 97min There were two key players interested in buying: the million- Though he hopes the three county leaders put him on the aire Labour MP Robert Maxwell and the right-leaning Aus- ballot, Milne was critical of “robocalls” and other efforts by the tralian newspaper proprietor Rupert Murdoch, who already “powers that be” to boost Nojay after his death. owned The News of the World. “They really did some things in the past few days that were in macau tower Mr Murdoch clinched the deal and immediately relaunched poor taste in my opinion to sway the vote,” he said. the Sun as a tabloid - shortly followed by the introduction of 15 Sep - 28 Sep the Page Three girls. While rare, posthumous elections happen, notably when Mis- In 1978 The Sun overtook its closest rival The Mirror in the souri Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash but SULLY_ circulation war. defeated the Republican incumbent and future U.S. Attorney 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm In 1986 Mr Murdoch introduced new print technology and General John Ashcroft in a 2000 Senate race. That victory led Director: Clint Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart moved the Sun to Wapping. to the appointment of Carnahan’s widow, Jean Carnahan, to the Starring: Tom Hanks In 1997 the Sun returned to its Labour roots and backed Tony Senate. Since 1962, four people who died close to Election Day Language: English (Cantonese) Blair for Prime Minister. have been elected to the House of Representatives. Duration: 96min In early 2006 the paper’s circulation was 3.1 million. thu 15.09.2016 th Anniversary
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AMID FANFARE and celebration, The Parisian Macao opened its doors to the public for the first time on Tuesday at 8.18 p.m. The grand opening of the newest integrated resort from Sands China and parent company Las Vegas Sands represents the crowning achievement of com- pany chairman and CEO Mr. Sheldon G. Adelson’s vi- sion for the Cotai Strip. “What started with a Venetian and now adds a Pari- sian to the family, the Cotai Strip has become one of the world’s greatest tourism marvels,” said Adelson. “Before our very eyes, Macau is making a similar tran- sition to the one it took Las Vegas decades to make, evolving from a destination only suited for gaming customers, to an environment which still provides a safe and reputable gaming experience, but also offers a wide variety of activities, attractions and amenities for people of all backgrounds, income levels and in- terests.” Tuesday night’s opening celebration included pyrote- chnics and a lightshow at The Parisian Macao’s half- scale authentic recreation of the Eiffel Tower, now a prominent feature on the Cotai skyline. The program’s entertainment highlight was a performance by multi- award-winning Belgian singer Lara Fabian, who made her Macau debut. thu 15.09.2016
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HREE weeks ago, organizers Paralympics entertain bigger- Tand event fans were worried that the 2016 Paralympics would not be well-attended. But when than-expected crowds in Rio São Paulo resident Marco Fumis arrived at a lively Olympic Park on Saturday, he was blown away athletes are loving it and the per- drada. “But 8,000 people decided with what he saw. formance levels are what we ex- to stay and cheer on the kids as “I’m positively surprised by AP PHOTO pected,” Spence said. “We said they learned the sport.” this,” said Fumis. “We are really coming in this would be the best The IPC will continue to try rai- emotional people, and I think we Paralympic Games in terms of se the profile of para sports be- realized how important it is for athletic performance and they’re tween Paralympics. Brazil will host not only the Olympics but the Pa- clearly proving so.” the 2017 Parapan American Youth ralympics. A lot of us are here Indeed, coming into Sunday, 89 Games, at a new facility in São to better understand how these world records had been broken. Paulo. Construction for the Rio athletes do what they do, so we’re While Brazilians cheer hardest 2016 museum will be underway here to support.” for Brazilian athletes, others have soon, and the IPC is producing The fan support is significant. noticed the emotion that the fans a Paralympic Rio 2016 film. The 170,000 tickets sold for even- have brought to the games. As for current media, 154 coun- ts at Olympic Park on Saturday, “I think that we gain energy off tries are broadcasting the games surpassed the one-day total for Spectators dance and cheer during the women’s sitting volleyball preliminary game of the crowd,” U.S. women’s sit- worldwide, a 39-country upgrade some days at recent Olympics. between Iran and the USA at the 2016 Paralympic Games ting volleyball coach Bill Hamiter from 2012, according to the IPC. “It was a really, really cool envi- said. “It doesn’t matter how many While these are record num- ronment because usually we have spokesman Craig Spence said, low as 10 reais (about USD3) and people, we were just gaining ener- bers, São Paulo resident Cristina like five people in the stands and referring to the 2012 London Pa- pay for them on a four-month gy off of them.” Fumis, who attended events at now we have an entire gym,” U.S ralympics, for which a record 2.7 plan (2.5 reais per month), Rio Andrada described a scene that Olympic Park over the weekend, women’s sitting volleyball player million tickets were sold. “But 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada he felt embodied the spirit of the said she believes that the media Heather Erickson said after her (Saturday) surpassed it for me.” said. fans. When the Algerian women’s exposure can be better. team swept Iran 3-0. A last-minute campaign that Total ticket sales now sit at sitting volleyball team was a no “The announcement for the ope- On Sunday, 46,000 tickets were originated in Great Britain, called 1,863,000, the second-hi- -show in its first match against ning ceremony was not on the sold at Olympic Stadium, the tra- #FillTheSeats and supported by ghest Paralympic Games total the U.S. on Friday, officials in- front page, only a small section ck and field venue separate from donors such as Coldplay, Prince ever, behind London. Spence ad- vited children onto the court to in the back,” said Fumis of how a Olympic Park, according to the Harry and U.S. Paralympian Ta- mitted that the expectations were play. The crowd stayed to cheer São Paulo newspaper covered the International Paralympic Com- tyana McFadden, boosted sales low but he said he’s overjoyed at on the children. Paralympics opening ceremony. mittee. for tickets given to Brazilian chil- how well the games have come “They could have gone, there “I think the media is powerful “Everybody wanted to talk dren. together. weren’t any high-ranking athletes in the way that it can change the about ‘What about London?’” IPC Brazilians can buy tickets for as “We’ve got full venues, the playing; only children,” said An- mindset of the population.” AP
ad THE Uber gives riders a preview Station15.09.2016Air quality thu BUZZ of the driverless future Roadside 45-65 Moderate Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the Uber’s test program is the latest move in an in- future by summoning a car capable of handling creasingly heated race between tech companies in High most of the tasks of driving on its own. Silicon Valley and traditional automakers to per- Density 45-65 Starting yesterday, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fu- fect fully driverless cars for regular people. Compe- Residental sions are picking up Uber riders who opted to par- titors such as Volvo and Google have invested hun- Moderate ticipate in a test program. While the vehicles are dreds of millions of dollars and logged millions of Area opinion loaded with features that allow them to navigate on miles test driving autonomous vehicles, but Uber their own, an Uber engineer will sit in the driver’s is the first company in the U.S. to make self-driving Ambient 45-65 seat and seize control if things go awry. cars available to the general public. Moderate Girl About Globe DSMG SOURCE: Linda Kennedy SEVERE WEATHER WORLD BRIEFS Moonshot for mooncakes and Afghanistan I spent much of last week at a fashion event INDIA in Hong Kong, where Chinese domestic style China on top alert called for an end to all brands talked of global ambitions. sponsorship, support But, at this time of mooncakes, I’m struck that and sanctuaries to Chinese domestic festivals aren’t aspiring to wi- as Typhoon Meranti militants, including der recognition too. those who have Think of festivals like a brand. Which Chine- committed violence in se ones could most people in the West name? approaches the two countries. Probably just Chinese New Year. The Lenovo of holidays. MONGOLIA Police Back to the fashion analogy. Big global brands announced the arrest “Parents are advised to dominate the festival scene. Christmas is basi- of a man suspected of cally the Gucci of family get-togethers. XINHUA keep children indoors killing a British tourist Mid-Autumn Festival can’t challenge such a and stay away from unsa- in a rare case of violent holiday super-brand. But, as in fashion, people fe houses and advertising crime in the landlocked are always looking for something new. Could Mi- boards.” Asian nation. d-Autumn Festival become a niche celebration, Provincial-level officials for edgy pioneers, to brighten up that long dark in Fujian are leading 13 President stretch in European countries and north America work teams for disaster RUSSIA Vladimir Putin’s sports between the end of summer and Father Gucci’s prevention work in areas visit? minister, who denied most likely to be hit by First, let’s remember, successfully exporting ho- state involvement in the typhoon. More than liday brands is possible. Hallowe’en, for example. doping at the Olympics, 40,000 people have been Ghouls went global after a big US push. In Britain, went on the offensive evacuated from low-lying children used to go out ‘guising’; now it’s ‘trick or over accusations that districts in Zhangpu Coun- treating’. Russian hackers leaked Thus inspired, let’s consider how to export Mid ty, which is close to the sea. confidential medical -Autumn Festival, by devising a Mooncake Brand Industrial production, records of U.S. athletes Awareness, or MBA, strategy. classes and businesses including tennis star First, I’d suggest China has to make some Mi- A road sign is broken by strong wind on a highway from Pingtung to have been suspended in Serena Williams and d-Autumn Festival branding choices. Who would Kenting in typhoon-hit Taiwan Xiamen, a coastal city in gymnast Simone Biles. be the ideal Western consumer? The mooncake, Fujian. “How can you prove at its simplest, is a pie. It’s a thin crust, with filling. ASTERN and southern The State Oceanic Admi- Passenger liners on ei- that the hackers are That carbohydrate form has been popular in Bri- Chinese provinces are nistration has initiated a ght routes between Fujian tain for years. In Scotland, it’s called the bridie. E Russian?” Vitaly Mutko, bracing for high ocean wa- class-II emergency respon- and Taiwan were canceled In England, the Cornish pastie. Greggs, Britain’s ves brought by Typhoon se, the second-highest le- the minister, asked best-known pastie chain, has recently been re- on Wednesday, as were at Meranti, which is expected vel. Ships have been orde- reporters yesterday in ported to be selling sushi. It’s already looking least 175 flights in and out to make landfall today. Athens. east. The market is ready. red to return to harbor and of Fujian. China’s National Marine residents to stay indoors, According to Chen With such carbohydrate heritage, another ob- The Environmental Forecasting according to the NMEFC. Jianping, an official with IVORY COAST vious starting point seems to be distribution at Obama administration football games, especially as some British clubs Center (NMEFC) upgraded It also advised that dams Guangzhou Railway Group, is lifting sanctions are now owned by Chinese investors. New terra- its warning for ocean waves should be reinforced. services of many passenger on the Ivory Coast ce chant? ‘Who ate all the mooncakes?’ triggered by Typhoon Me- Li Mei, a meteorologist trains have been stopped. in recognition of its But does the mooncake, and Mid-Autumn ranti to “red” yesterday, the in eastern China’s Fujian, Passengers may have their steps to strengthen Festival seek to be more high-end? If so, getting highest alert in a four-color said that Meranti is among tickets refunded at railway democratic mooncakes into Waitrose and Marks & Spen- warning system. the strongest typhoons to stations. institutions. White cer Food is essential, and would also allow the Gales and record high hit China in recent years. More than 4,000 workers House spokesman MBA strategists to tackle a big issue head on. waves up to 17 meters Schools and kindergar- are patrolling railways to And that’s the mooncake’s high-calorie value. Ned Price says the have been observed off the tens in coastal cities of Fu- monitor potential risks, We are talking up to 1000 calories a cake. Gulp. Ivory Coast has coast of Taiwan as the 14th zhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Chen said. Under China’s Or rather don’t. In the health-conscious West, made “extraordinary typhoon this year moves Quanzhou and Putian were four-tier severe weather a high-fat festival is a tough sell. But if the stra- progress” since its civil westward and is expected closed yesterday. warning system, red is the tegists get it right, there’s an answer: have M & war ended in 2011. He’s to hit the coast of Fujian, “The typhoon will bring most serious, followed by S sell a ‘Count On Us’ low-calorie mooncake. pointing to a successful And pitch the ‘one-day fast-feast’ angle. Overall, Zhejiang and Guangdong gales and heavy rain when orange, yellow and blue. election and better a 24-hour mooncake-munch has got to be less provinces today. it makes landfall,” Li said. Xinhua handling of arms and ruinous to the silhouette than the entire Christ- mas holidays. illicit trafficking. In the US: there are other concerns. Could Chi- na accept re-branding to Mid-Fall Festival? Also, VEGAS-BEIJING ROUTE GETS US NOD
if Trump gets in, would this be unwanted cultural AP PHOTO immigration? Mooncakes can’t climb a wall. And is all of this enough to launch a new global Hainan Airlines flying to Vegas holiday brand? Perhaps more is needed. Here, using the very name of the product seems starting in December a perfect opportunity. Mooncakes could surely be promoted by the Chinese space programme. China. Two manned missions are planned this autumn. Hainan Airlines announced yesterday How about a literal PR launch, taking mooncakes that it received final approval with the The South closer to their eponymous home than ever befo- VENEZUELA U.S. Department of Transportation to fly American trade block re? Might one of the spacecraft even be renamed Mercosur will suspend the Lunar Cake Rover? Sky-high profile potential. between Sin City and Beijing. Although. Hang on. That heavy pie crust must The flights going through McCarran In- Venezuela if it fails be mentioned again. What if mooncakes were to ternational Airport will be on Boeing 787 to meet a December defy weightlessness, and cause a Chinese mis- Dreamliners planes. deadline to comply sion to plummet from orbit? If that happened, it Service is expected to start Dec. 2 and with the group’s human would be a diplomatic disaster. Shards of lotus will run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- rights and immigration seed paste filling turning into space junk would days. standards. The not please China. The flights run 13 hours going west and country failed to meet Hey, no one said the globalization of Mid-Au- 12 hours going east. commitments it made tumn Festival would be a piece of cake. But it’s Vegas tourism officials are celebrating when it joined in 2006 worthy trying. Meantime, writing this, I have ea- Chinese airline says it will start in the news as casino companies continue to and was given a Dec. ten five mooncakes. My figure is certainly going December the first non-stop flight court Chinese nationals and Chinese-A- 1 deadline to avoid global. A service between Las Vegas and mainland mericans on and off the Strip. AP suspension