FMBA SUPPORTS TWO TEN DEAD IN ISTANBUL NETFLIX LOCAL CHARITIES TOURIST DISTRICT BLAST A Syrian suicide bomber detonated MADE The France Macau Business Association (FMBA) introduced a bomb in a historic district of AVAILABLE its donation beneficiaries for this Istanbul popular with tourists IN MACAU year yesterday, killing at least 10 people P2 P3 P15 WED.13 Jan 2016 T. 13º/ 19º C H. 60/ 90% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2476 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” AD Property management companies want automatic fee increase P3 AP PHOTO WORLD BRIEFS CHINA A court in northern China sentences a former vice minister of public security to 15 years in jail for accepting bribes. Li Dongsheng is the latest senior figure to fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti- corruption drive. More on p11 AP PHOTO INDONESIA The jailed radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, 77, appealed yesterday to an Indonesia court to have his conviction for funding a terror training camp overturned, arguing that his support for the camp was an act of worship. The leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network filed a judicial review of his 2011 conviction, when he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for setting up the camp in Aceh province. A higher court later cut the sentence to nine years. IRAN’s state TV says that an Iranian Phantom fighter jet has crashed close to the Pakistan border, killing two pilots. It reported that the crash took place yesterday some 45 miles west of Konarak Air Base, around 900 miles southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran. The report said that the cause of the crash was unknown but More than 80 whales wash investigations were ongoing. The pilots were on a training assignment. P12 More on backpage ashore on India’s southern coast 13.01.2016 wed th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 HE American Inter- extremely competitive,” Tnet streaming pioneer said Harry Yuen, senior Netflix launched its over- analyst at Bright Smart the-top (OTT) service on Securities. He noted that Netflix made available Friday in the company’s HKD63 is even chea- 130 new markets, inclu- per than a movie ticket.” ding Macau and Hong Yuen said that Netflix’s in Macau, Hong Kong Kong, with bargain offers. overseas success in Hong OTT applications deli- Kong will depend on how ver services over the In- fast it can adapt to the lo- ternet and bypass tradi- cal market. Netflix can be accessed tional distribution chan- BLOOMBERG nels from telecommuni- on the company’s website cations, cable or satellite on laptops or computers, network operators. through the Netflix App The South China Mor- on tablets, and through ning Post reported on a Google Chromecast in Friday that Netflix provi- order to connect Android des three plans in Hong tablets or phones to the Kong with monthly fees television. The service of HKD63, HKD78 and requires a minimum in- HKD93, respectively, si- ternet connection speed milar to Macau. Under of 0.5mbs, and it allows each of these plans, users access to subtitles in se- can enjoy unlimited access lected programmes, in- to movies and television cluding simplified and shows on laptops, televi- traditional Chinese. sions, phones and table- Though SCMP claimed ts, making it significantly that although almost all number of popular pro- series and movies on por- ditional TV screen and an Netflix, offering high- cheaper than cable or sate- new Netflix shows are grams missing. table devices, unlike the accompanying box to be resolution content, provi- llite network operators. available in Hong Kong, Netflix allows users to Beijing-based LeTV, whi- able to deliver services in des a free one-month trial “The prices it offered are its experts found a large watch popular television ch needs to rely on a tra- Hong Kong. for users. In terms of liberal attitudes toward sexual intercourse, teena- Packer and Carey seen 3–5-year low point gers were unsurprisingly deter- mined to be “more open” toward vacationing across the globe the subject, with survey partici- after marriage pants claiming to have first had sex between the ages of 17.71 and ELCO Crown Enter- 22.17, on average. Mtainment stakeholder James Packer and partner AP PHOTO XINHUA Furthermore, respondents from Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan pop star Mariah Carey have were found to be more sexually been spotted by the Dai- liberal than their counterparts ly Mail Australia vacatio- in mainland China. Responden- ning in recent months. The ts from the three areas reported newspaper claims that sin- that they had had their first se- ce “hooking up six months xual experience at an average age ago,” the duo has spent a to- tal of 56 days and counting Carey and Packer, pictured in of 19.24, compared with Beijing Macau teenagers who average 20.63. on relaxing vacations that In terms of the practice of “safe span the globe. put on an uncomfortable sex,” younger people in the Grea- According to the Mail, the display as he walked down ter China region appear to be couple was spotted on a the red carpet, claims the more proactive. Mediterranean cruise befo- Daily Mail Australia. The survey found that most of re moving on to Israel in a In addition, the couple vi- the respondents under the age of joint trip that last 18 days. sited the Aspen ski resort in survey conducted in 31 pro- that they would rather be single. 30 said that they used contracep- They then spent a total of 15 Colorado, traveled to Aus- Avinces and cities, including The research also concluded tives. However, only 20 percent days in Ibiza and Italy. tralia, and most recently Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan, that more than half of those with of those over the age 46 said that Packer and Carey spent embarked on a tour of the has found that marital unions are marital issues said the problems they used the same safety pre- three days together in Ma- Caribbean where they re- least strong on average between were linked to extramarital af- cautions. cau to coincide with the main to this day. three and five years after marria- fairs, reports the Standard. launch of Melco Crown’s On various parts of their ge, contradicting the myth of the Women with children were Studio City in October. Ma- vacationing world tour, Ca- “seven-year itch.” considered a particularly vulne- riah Carey performed at the rey and Packer were joined Researchers surveyed more rable group to feelings of inade- official launch of the resort, by the pop star’s children, than 80,000 people in a joint quate satisfaction, because of the which also included the along with Carey’s former study organized by Peking Uni- dual pressure from their occu- 9pct company of Robert De Niro husband, Nick Cannon, versity and dating site Baihe. pation and the responsibility for and Leonardo Di Caprio. during the festive Christ- com, and found that about 11 taking care of children and elder- Those married for Their first official appea- mas period. percent of those married for ly relatives. 3-5 years who would rance together was during They are now in St. Barts three to five years said they wou- According to the study, only 2.1 rather be single their seven-day stay in New enjoying fireworks displays, ld not stay with their partner if percent of respondents indica- York where they attended according to the photogra- given a second chance. ted that fathers participated in the premiere of De Niro’s phs that Mariah Carey sha- Almost 9 percent simply said taking care of their children. film, “The Intern.” Packer red on her social media. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] MDT’s Website has logged over CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] 94 million page views DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] since January 1st, 2012 up to today. 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The management te pegged to the inflation rate. companies allege that the intro- The fee increase would happen duction of the minimum wage on every contract renewal. would add an extra cost to their This proposal came yesterday services.
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