MON. 22 August 2016 22.08.2016 mon th Anniversary 2 ADVERTISEMENT 廣告 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR POST BREXIT UK TURNS DUTERTE - STRUGGLING STUDIO CITY THREATENS OLYMPIC SUPERPOWER S&P’s has issued a warning that It’s been the best games for TO WITHDRAW the resort could soon default on the Britain since 1908, with China USD1.41 billion loan used to complete PHILIPPINES squeezed out of second place the construction of the hotel FROM UN and only the United States ahead P9 P13 P18 MON.22 Aug 2016 T. 27º/ 33º C H. 65/ 90% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2626 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS AP PHOTO Macau’s Ng Lap Seng CHINA In a country long trumps the Clintons - again focused on bringing home as many Olympic P4-5 MDT REPORT gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected. When China’s 416-athlete AP PHOTO delegation set off for Rio, state sports officials were banking on 30 to 36 gold medals. As the games end, it had won just 24 for the worst showing since Atlanta 96. More on p11 CHINA-TAIWAN Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China to jointly keep peace across the strait amid strained ties since she took office in May. “China should recognize both sides share the responsibility to maintain peaceful and stable development,” Tsai said in the first briefing with domestic and foreign media since her inauguration. “A communication mechanism has yet to be restored. We hope both sides can keep stability before considering a new view on dialogue,” she said. More on backpage With articles republished from IS TERROR STRIKES AGAIN IN TURKEY Liverpool FC owners 50 slaughtered hire advisers after Chinese at wedding P15 approach F1 22.08.2016 mon th Anniversary 4 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO UN BRIBERY SCANDAL US prosecutors scrutinize Ng Lap Seng’s mysterious business affiliate believed to be a Chinese spy Daniel Beitler Prosecutors FFICIALS in the AP PHOTO U.S. are investiga- suspect that ting a Beijing busi- nessman who they Qin was Osuspect might be operating involved in the as a Chinese intelligence agent linked to Macau billio- directing of naire Ng Lap Seng. The latest information on the case co- Ng’s activities mes from the transcript of an in the US, FBI interview filed in court earlier this month. acting as his Ng is currently standing trial in New York on allega- ‘handler’ tions that he fueled a bri- bery scandal incriminating the recently deceased former quently returned to China, General Assembly president, according to a Wall Street John Ashe, in return for the Journal (WSJ) article. sponsorship of a UN confe- However, prosecutors be- rence center in Macau that lieve the links go deeper than would serve as the billionai- Ng suggests. They suspect re’s legacy. that Qin was involved in di- Last year, when Ng was ar- recting Ng’s activities in the rested and confined to his U.S., acting as his “handler,” New York City apartment af- Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng (left), leaves federal court with his attorney Ben Brafman after he was released on bail in and frequently traveling with ter a USD50 million (about connection with a U.N. bribery scheme in New York, on Oct. 26, 2015 the casino magnate on his MOP400 million) bail, he trips to the country. was asked by FBI agents any way involved with Chine- ting only that Qin was a con- Qin had been traveling with According to the WSJ ar- whether he knew if his busi- se intelligence services. Ng sultant at his company, Sun Ng when the latter was ar- ticle, people with informa- ness associate Qin Fei was in said he did not know, admit- Kian Ip Group. rested last year, but subse- tion on the matter claim that LYING across the Pa- to work and learn, their Fcific on an Air Force families flourish, too. jet bound for Beijing, first Clinton’s 1995 foray in Beijing About halfway through, lady Hillary Clinton hud- she declared: “It’s time dled deep into the night to break the silence. It’s with a few aides and ad- all. Some feared offen- women’s rights, and wo- th before the conference; time for us to say here, visers, honing her speech ding the Chinese with cri- men’s rights are human Clinton writes that the- for the world to hear, for the U.N. Fourth Wor- AP PHOTO ticism; others feared the rights” — remains one of re was “never a quid pro that it is no longer accep- ld Conference on Women. hosts might use the U.S. her signature moments in quo.” table to discuss women’s It was 1995, and it had participation — and the public life. She and her aides flew rights as separate from been a bruising first few first lady’s — as propa- It also stands out as a from Hawaii, where Pre- human rights.” years in the White House: ganda. moment Clinton began to sident Bill Clinton was With emphasis on the Troopergate, Travelgate, In the end, Clinton deci- truly forge an identity as a speaking on the anniver- word “human” each Whitewater. Not to men- ded to make the trip, ho- public figure on the world sary of V-J Day at Pearl time, she listed abuses tion the failure of her own ping to “push the envelo- stage apart from her hus- Harbor. Working on the against women — and high-profile efforts — pe as far as I can on behalf band. draft while others slept, called them human ri- unprecedented for a first of women and girls.” And it almost didn’t ha- the group was keenly ghts violations (she did lady — to reform the na- But as she rose to the ppen. A few months ear- aware that “one wrong not mention China by tion’s health care system. podium, and even after lier, Chinese-American word in this speech might name). Then came her Even her trip to China she had stepped down dissident Harry Wu had lead to a diplomatic brou- most famous line: “If provoked controversy. 1995, file photo, first lady Hillary to thunderous applause, been arrested upon ente- haha,” Clinton writes. there is one message Clinton addresses the panel of There were objections in Clinton had no idea the ring China and charged Hours later, she took that echoes forth from women’s health and security impact the moment wou- with espionage, throwing the microphone in the some quarters to a first before addressing the U.N. World this conference, let it be lady wading into tricky Conference on Women in Beijing ld have, she says. More the participation of the large hall. She began by that human rights are diplomatic waters and than two decades later, U.S. delegation and Clin- telling the delegates that women’s rights, and wo- addressing issues like hu- conference “anti-family” that 21-minute speech ton, its honorary chair, when women are healthy, men’s rights are human man rights abuses. Some and felt the United States — with its declaration into limbo. 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Ashe died in June awaiting dowy figure in the case, ac- His company has been tied trial, due to physical inju- cording to people familiar to a USD1.5 million (MOP12 ries during a weightlifting with the matter, and little million) donation to the UN accident. The official cau- is known about him. People Office for South-South Coo- se of death was “traumatic who live near a Long Island peration, which focuses on asphyxia […] while lifting a mansion, which public re- promoting collaboration barbell on a bench.” cords indicate he bought al- among developing countries, Meanwhile, Ng’s lawyers most two years ago, say they particularly in the southern have alleged in court papers have never seen him [there], hemisphere.