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“ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ”
EXCLUSIVE WITNESS TESTIMONY
WORLD BRIEFS
Dreadful attic conditions
trapped fire victims
BANGLADESH A special
Bangladesh tribunal
sentences an opposition
politician to death for his
role in the deaths of people
and other crimes during the
nation’s 1971 independence
war against Pakistan. M.A.
Zahid Hossain Khokon, of
the opposition Bangladesh
Nationalist Party, is a fugitive
and believed to be in Sweden
with his son and daughter.
P5
INDIA The doctor who
conducted sterilization
procedures after which 13
women died in central India is
arrested, but insists he didn’t
do anything wrong — even
though he said he used to
perform up to 10 times more
surgeries a day than allowed.
Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had
been hiding since Saturday’s
operations, was arrested at a
relative’s home near Bilaspur
city, said Dr. S.K. Mandal,
the chief medical officer of
Chhattisgarh state. More on p12
PAKISTAN’s military says it
has successfully test-fired an
intermediate-range missile
capable of carrying a nuclear
warhead. The military says
the Shaheen-II missile, also
known as Hatf-VI, with a
range of 1,500 kilometers,
was launched from an
undisclosed location.
Its impact point was
somewhere in the Arabian
Sea, which is part of the
Indian Ocean.
More on backpage
THE ‘OTHER’ GRAND PRIX
RENATO MARQUES
THAI police ban imports
of a book they viewed
as insulting the country’s
monarchy, as a crackdown
against anti-royalist
campaigns intensifies after
a coup earlier this year.
The book, “A Kingdom in
Crisis: Thailand’s Struggle
for Democracy in the
Twenty-First Century,” has
contents that defame the
monarchy and “will affect
the kingdom’s stability,
order or the good morality
of the people,” national
police chief Gen. Somyot
Poompanmoung said in an
order.
Auto sales
growth adds to
traffic woes
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editorial
AUTO INDUSTRY
‘Stable’ increase in veh
Paulo Coutinho
“Early morning Manhattan, / Ocean winds blow on the
land. / The Movie-Palace is now undone, / The all-night
watchmen have had their fun. / Sleeping cheaply on the
midnight show, / It’s the same old ending-time to go. /
Get out! / It seems they cannot leave their dream. / There’s something moving in the sidewalk steam, / And the
lamb lies down on Broadway.”
Genesis, “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
RENATO MARQUES
Warnings
E
ARLY morning Thursday. A fire broke out in an
old shop in a tiny Inner Harbor alley. Four people
were trapped inside and were burned to death. Earlier
this month, on November 1st, two grisly killings were
discovered at a banker’s apartment in Hong Kong.
The victims, all non-resident workers from South East
Asia.
The Macau-Hong Kong region is home to hundreds
of thousands of migrant workers mostly from the
Philippines and Indonesia, but also from Vietnam,
Myanmar, Thailand and Nepal.
Well, “is home” may be an insult to the meaning of
home. Here and across the delta, migrant workers are
more often than not underpaid, exploited, enslaved –
and killed. Yet, if they decided now to go on strike all
together the sister-SARs would experience havoc and
chaos.
In Macau the Asian blue-cards are of tremendous
help to both homes and businesses. They help us raise kids from cradle to high-school, with affection and
hard work, and they serve us in restaurants and bars,
with a smile, a friendly word and top professionalism.
Yet, our society and laws make a clear divide between
resident and non-resident workers, granting the latter
very few rights, as if the right to work here for low-tomiserable pay and harsh conditions is enough of a gift
to them. It’s not. Not anymore.
Our approach to migrant helpers has often been patronizing if not downright discriminatory and this
perspective is preventing us from seeing the full picture.
These horror stories brought those migrant workers
into the spotlight; sadly enough it’s how they usually
grab the headlines. But these tales of horror will also
contribute to diverting those in SE Asia seeking work
overseas to try “greener” places – or to even leave
Macau in search of more rewarding experiences and
opportunities.
Over the past year or so, I was personally aware of
dozens of cases of experienced Filipina maids leaving
Macau for the Americas. Also, I was told of a growing
number of hotel staff leaving our wealthy gambling
enclave, heading to Singapore, Australia, Dubai and
elsewhere. Like for the majority of us, the city’s quality
of life has deteriorated badly over the past five years.
The fire fatalities are closely intertwined with the
lack of proper and affordable housing, one of the top
issues, which along with horrendous traffic conditions
worry Macau’s citizens, as we also learn this week to
no surprise.
Yet, we heard Chief Chui telling us, citizens, Tuesday
what a great job they did during his first term in office –
the most prosperous five years in Macau’s contemporary history! A job so good that there is but “room for
improvement.” I tell you Chief: there’s plenty of room.
Wrong expression, I know…
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T’S all about car-racing
now that yet another edition of the Macau Grand
Prix has begun. Young
and experienced drivers bring
a taste of adrenaline to town,
as they compete at the Guia
Circuit. While some roads remain closed in order to welcome Macau’s biggest sporting event, others will still be
dealing with the usual hustle
and bustle of Macau’s well
known busy traffic.
As of September, the city recorded a total of 236,334 licensed vehicles – an increase
of five percent year-on-year,
according to data released
by the Statistics and Census
Service (DSEC).
In an interview with the Ti-
mes, general manager of Xin
Kang Cheng Motors Limited,
Wilson Mok, said that the
driving on the right hand side?
it’s all about hk
AS ONE of Asia’s major financial
centers, Hong Kong has always
played a role in shaping Macau’s
trends. The general manager of
Xin Kang Cheng Motors Limited,
Wilson Mok, said that when it
comes to imported cars, Macau
has been greatly influenced by
the neighboring SAR – a fact we
can confirm by witnessing residents drive on the right hand side.
Wilson Mok recalls that roads in
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Macau – at first – were not initially built to take into consideration
right-hand side driving. But since
most imported cars would arrive
in town from Hong Kong, righthand side driving was adopted,
and remained after Macau’s handover to China. He also recognized
that Macau has followed in the
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and Macau residents and businesses.
“In the 1990s the whole situation changed, because
of the influence of Europe.
European brands became
very strong here in the late
1990s,” he said.
By the end of the 1990s,
30 percent of imported cars
were from Europe, while 70
would come from Japan, ac-
I don’t think
there will be
exponential
growth in
the coming
years due to
limitations
on land and
people
WILSON MOK
Compared
to September
last year, there
are 12,188
more licensed
vehicles in
Macau’s roads
number of vehicles in Macau
is not likely to see a significant increase in the coming
years, mainly due to land limitations.
“I don’t think there will be
exponential growth in the coming years due to limitations
on land and people; it will be
a very stable growth, which
will perhaps maintain a similar increase percentage this
year,” he said.
The real growth phase, he
acknowledged, has already passed. However, as a
new wave of casino resorts
is taking shape in the Cotai
Strip, and with Hengqin Island under development, the
number of vehicles in Macau
will certainly increase.
Compared to September
last year, there are 12,188
more licensed vehicles on the
city’s roads. Motorcycles and
light private cars accounted
for 52 percent and 41 percent
respectively.
According to data released
by DSEC, in the first nine
months of 2014, the number
of traffic accidents totaled
11,737 – up by five percent
year-on-year – resulting in
3,969 injury cases, and 10
casualties.
Working for the motor industry for over 30 years, Wilson Mok recalls how the sector has remarkably evolved
not only in Macau, but also
in mainland China and his
native Hong Kong since the
1980s.
“When I started working
for the motor industry over
30 years ago, first in Hong
Kong and then mainland
China, I was mainly working
on commercial vehicle sales,
and truck business, because
during the 1980s Hong Kong
was still in its early stages of
development,” he said.
Hong Kong was booming
and that played a key role in
developing the region’s mo-
A growing interest in luxury cars
I
T’S not uncommon to see some of the
most famous luxury car brands on Macau’s
tiny roads. You name it: Ferrari, Porsche, or
Lamborghini. They come in all models and
colours, and their speed appears limitless.
General manager of Xin Kang Cheng Motors Limited, whose business focuses mainly
on family-oriented brands such as Honda
or Nissan, said that luxury cars are a trend,
hence the recent introduction of Japanese
luxury car brand Infiniti to the market.
“You can’t imagine it! Audi sales for the
past six years went from 200-300 units sold
a year to 800 now. This is a great increase
and it’s mainly due to the growing interest of
what we call ‘premium clients’ in these cars”
said Wilson Mok.
To serve high-end customers, they are
introducing the luxury vehicle division of
Japanese automaker Nissan: Infiniti. Mr
Mok said that this type of car is mainly
acquired by Chinese immigrants, casinos,
government offices and other public enterprises.
As more casino resorts will open in the coming years, it will not come as a surprise if
we hear more powerful car engines roaring
around town. Indeed, a Hong Kong tycoon
recently placed the biggest ever order for
Rolls-Royce cars, having purchased a 30
Phantoms fleet for USD20 million. Stephen
Hung bought the cars to chauffeur guests at
another luxury resort taking shape in Macau, the Louis XIII Hotel.
tor sector. In the early 1980s,
China was looking to develop
some of its major cities too,
and that’s when the role of
the imported car sector started increasing.
Another opportune moment
for the imported car industry came in the early 1990s,
Mr Mok recalled. China was
looking to acquire cars from
abroad, focusing mainly on
Japanese brands.
Hong Kong, he said, played
a crucial role in the imported
auto sector, as vehicles would pass through Hong Kong
into mainland China. “China was still undeveloped and
there was a need to import
more vehicles;” a move which also guaranteed support
to the construction business.
But if the Japanese brands
dominated regional markets here for quite some time,
the 1990s would experience
a true desire for European
brands that remains today.
All German automobiles,
including Mercedes Benz,
Audi and BMW, continue to
attract Chinese, Hong Kong
cording to Wilson Mok.
Now, however, European
cars account for around 54
percent of the market, while Japanese cars account for
about 36 percent, according
to data provided by the president of the Macau Motor
Traders Association, Patrick
Tse, early this year.
The interest in foreign
brands, particularly in cars
manufactured in Europe,
has a lot to do with design,
said Mr Mok. “People from
the East have a preference
for European brands, because they have perfected not
only the design, but also the
brands’ reliability and quality,” he stressed.
Working in Macau’s motor
sector for four years now, the
general manager said that they
focus mainly on major selling
products such as Nissan, and
Honda cars, which are more
appealing to families and residents. Jeep (American) and
Isuzu (Japanese) are other
brands that have garnered attention from Macau’s population lately, he revealed.
Business is still promising,
he acknowledged, as the company sold over 2,700 cars, including commercial vehicles,
representing more than 25
percent of the market.
traffic flow is top concern for residents
IMPROVEMENT OF traffic flow
issues is among Macau residents'
top priority, according to a report
recently released by the government’s Policy Research Office.
Based on 111,246 opinions and
suggestions that reached Chui Sai
On’s campaign office in August,
the report shows that the highest
number of opinions and suggestions were related to traffic, as
residents worry about the growing
number of vehicles on Macau’s
roads, difficulties in getting a cab,
as well as how public transportation is managed. Citizens provided
a total of 87,425 opinions regarding traffic.
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New Macau: Gov’t lacked determination
in preventing electoral corruption
T
HE New Macau Association
(ANM) has said that Macau’s
government has shown “no determination in preventing and
combating corruption in elections.”
ANM’s president, Sulu Sou,
alongside other members of the
association, handed in a petition
at the government headquarters
yesterday criticizing Macau’s administration for tolerating “corrupt elections.”
In a letter addressed to the Secretary for Administration and
Justice, Florinda Chan, the association recalled that the concluding report on the Legislative Assembly elections, held last year,
has not been made public yet.
They urge the department to release the results of such a report.
“At the AL election last year,
we have seen: schools allowing
election campaigns of some but
not all lists; associations distributing gift packs and cash to its
members; and free lunches being
offered throughout the election
day,” it reads.
ANM members believe that the
“government has shown no determination in preventing and
combating corrupt [activities] in
the elections.”
They called on the authorities to release the report on
last year’s AL elections, but the
Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) told
Sulu Sou
newspaper Hoje Macau back
in July that the report was part
of internal documentation and
T
HE third Macau Jazz
Week is set to unfold
over two weekends, from
November 29 to December 7, with concerts, talks
and a jam session taking
the stage in several heritage attractions.
Jazz Week will raise its
curtain with a show at
Camoes Square in Old
Taipa Town, where the
MJPA musicians will
perform alongside professional BMX bikers and
skateboarders.
On the following day,
a fusion “Open String
Band” from Taiwan will
showcase a new trend in
Asian jazz, with a combination of guzheng (Chinese harp), guitar, bass
and drums.
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Jazz Week to unfold in
heritage attractions
After performing at the
Mandarin House, “When
Chinese Music Meets
Jazz” gives band members an opportunity to
share their thoughts on
their unique style the
next evening, at the Rui
Cunha Foundation Art
Gallery.
On December 3, Italian
master pianist and composer, Alessando Galati,
and his trio will showcase
the beauty of European
jazz at the Dom Pedro V
Theatre.
Jazz Week’s spotlight
will fall on a mainstream
jazz concert, held on
not due for release.
New Macau is also urging the
government to revise current
Dec 5, performed by the
“OMAH” quartet from
Thailand at the Macau
Cultural Centre. Consisting of a bassist, guitarist, saxophonist and a
drummer (all university
professors at jazz departments), the quartet’s forte is merging modern jazz
vocabulary with traditional styles.
Other than professional
performances, the organizer will also present a
band with wider public
appeal on the second Saturday. A diva-composer
from Malaysia, Poova,
known for her soulful and
surging voice, will give
her debut concert in Macau with Malaysian band
the GruvAvenue.
All the activities will be
free, except the OMAH
Concert. To conclude
Jazz Week, a jam session
will be held at the Taipa
Houses-Museum among
local and Hong Kong musicians and audiences. BY
election legislation. The association suggested the establishment
of a standing electoral affairs
commission, while addressing
other loopholes and increasing
penalties for illegal or illegitimate campaign activities. Furthermore, ANM advocates for the
establishment offer incentives to
those who report incidents of bribery to the authorities.
Requiring candidates to declare their affiliation with specific
associations – banning free bus
rides to polling stations, and
making mandatory the release
of reports drafted by the Electoral Affairs Commission – were
some of the other suggestions the
ANM made. CP
Top officials detained
in Portugal for alleged
Golden Visa corruption
P
ORTUGUESE criminal police (PJ) yesterday detained several top officials in Lisbon while probing
alleged corruption related to the Golden Visa scheme.
Among those detained are Manuel Jarmela Palos, director of the Immigration Customs Service (SEF), Maria Antónia Anes, secretary-general of the Ministry of
Justice, and her husband, António Figueiredo, who’s
in charge of the Notary and Registry agency. The Golden Visa scheme was launched in 2012 to attract investors to crisis-hit Portugal and requires a minimum
investment of 500,000 euros (MOP5m) in property,
transfer of funds or creation of jobs. Most of the applicants are Chinese investors, namely from Macau.
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A
close friend of an Indonesian killed in a shop
fire on Wednesday has
unveiled details on the
dreadful conditions of the attic,
where at least two Indonesian
women were living in when the
fire broke.
The blaze started in the early
hours of Wednesday in a clothes
shop on Rua do Tarrafeiro, near St
Anthony’s Church, and killed two
Indonesians (one man and a woman) and two Filipino nationals.
According to the victim’s close friend, who wishes to remain
anonymous, at least two people
were living in the attic above the
boutique, which contradicts the
shop owner’s previous statements.
“It’s a small attic, very hot, with
a very small window. Downstairs
[in the shop], they had a toilet, a
stove, and a washing machine,”
she said.
The boutique owner told the
Judiciary Police that they had
allowed their domestic worker
named Yati Nurhayati, the Indonesian woman who died, to live
above their shop. However, her
close friend has challenged these
statements, assuring The Times
that the worker killed did not live
alone in the attic.
Instead, our source alleges that
the victim was living with another Indonesian woman, who was
paying the shop owner MOP500
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SHOP FIRE
Victim’s friend reveals details
on dreadful attic conditions
XINHUA
Catarina Pinto and Paulo Barbosa
MACAU
Judiciary Police agents inspect the shop
as rent.
The friend did not know, however, if there were more people
living in the attic besides the two
Indonesian women.
She used to visit her friend often
at the tiny studio, as they stayed
close friends since they met back
in Indonesia in 2009. They attended the same training program
before heading to Hong Kong to
work in 2010.
She said that they came to Macau in 2011 and that her friend
had been working for the shop
owner ever since.
The friend claims that the Indonesian woman who was also living
in the attic had a recent issue with
the shop owner, who was seeking
to raise her rent from MOP500 to
MOP700.
According to her story, the other
Indonesian woman left the shop
before the fire broke, and has allegedly disappeared since then. She
has raised doubts over why she
hasn’t come forward. “Why did
the girl who was living with my
friend since 2011 disappear?” she
questioned.
She said that her friend’s family has already been contacted
by Indonesian authorities. Yati
Nurhayati was a widow and is
survived by a small child who lives in Indonesia.
Yesterday, the Judiciary Police
revealed further details of the incident. According to witness testimonies, three residents heard
loud noises coming from the shop
during the fire. Also, witnesses
said that the shop’s metal gate
had been kicked open. A police
spokesman said that was because
three people tried to help victims
trapped inside the shop.
“Two [people] banged on the
door and shouted out loud for
help, one of them even successfully kicked open the metal gate
of the shop, but the fire was too
strong and the smoke was too
heavy and they couldn’t get in
there,” stated PJ’s spokesman
Chan Kin Hong, as quoted by
TDM News.
The police spokesman said that
for now they are not treating the
case as suspicious of being related
to criminal or rental affairs.
The Indonesian and Philippines
consulates have assisted authorities in identifying the victims,
whose remains were so severely
burnt that at first not even gender
could be verified.
The vice consul of the Philippine
Consulate in General in Macau,
Ira Micheline R. Valdez, told The
Times that authorities have identified the two victims, one male
and one female. She said that the
consulate cannot release the identity of the two Filipino nationals
out of respect for their families.
“Our department of foreign affairs in Manila has been in contact
with their families back home and
we have also spoken with one victim’s girlfriend who lived here in
Macau. We’re extending her assistance,” Ms Valdez said, adding
that the deceased were aged 22
and 46.
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WORLD DIABETES DAY
A family battling type 1 diabetes
Catarina Pinto
F
OUR to five times a
day, Johnny, aged 9,
pricks his finger using
a glucose-monitoring
device to make sure his blood
sugar levels don’t get out of
control. With each meal he
takes an insulin injection. He’s
got type 1 diabetes, previously
known as insulin-dependent
diabetes.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. Today,
November 14, marks World
Diabetes Day, as the primary
global campaign to raise awareness for such a common
chronic disease.
Johnny was diagnosed in
Macau’s public hospital in
October last year, after a few
weeks of feeling quite unhealthy. “Even early as August,
Johnny was having some health problems, he lost weight,
was really lethargic (…) we
thought it was growth spurts,
he was growing fast,” his father, John W. Altizer, recalls.
As Johnny started losing
more weight, he showed a lack
of energy and became thirsty all the time, so his parents
resorted to a pediatrician at
a local private clinic. By that
point, “he had all sorts of pain
and kept saying ‘my side really
hurts.’ The doctor decided to
check his blood sugar and it
was 3, 4 times [what] it should
be,” he said.
Johnny was rushed into São
Januário Hospital’s emergency room that same day.
It all came down to a name
of a disease we might hear too
often: diabetes.
“They immediately realized
what it was – although we
went through a lot of disbelief.
As a parent, you don’t want to
believe it. A lot of doubt, you
think it’s got to be something
else, but at that point it can’t
be anything else,” John acknowledged.
The next five days, spent at
the public hospital, were probably the scariest. After going
through IV therapy, and getting insulin, his body started
to readjust. But Johnny would
still need to adjust to what was
to come: needles and frequent
checks of his blood sugar levels throughout the day.
“That’s when all the ‘fun’
started. They started coming
two or four times a day, prick
his finger to check his blood
sugar. It was really scary in the
beginning for him. It took me
and a nurse to hold him down,
and another nurse to prick his
finger. The same story with
John W. Altizer, Priscilla, Johnny and Oyuna Delegsuren
the shots later on,” his father
recalls.
At the hospital, they would
first use a hypodermic needle, which is far more invasive
than what Johnny now uses: a
glucose-monitoring device incorporated with a lancet.
After spending five days in
the hospital, further adjustment would await his family at
home. Looking back, his mother, Oyuna Delegsuren, says
that the lack of information
about diabetes was one of the
greatest challenges they faced
right from the beginning.
“The information they gave us
was minimal. There was some
paper work given out that had
basic information on what to
do. And the pediatrician told
us of an app that we could
download,” John confirms.
Oyuna recalls asking about
associations or people she
could talk to about the disea-
se back at the hospital, but
she was told they would only
speak Chinese.
Figures on diabetes in Macau
date back to 2012, according
to information provided by the
Health Bureau (SSM) to The
Times. In 2006, the diabetes
prevalence rate in Macau reached 5.3 percent. According to
a statistics report from 2012,
the public hospital recorded
5,579 doctor’s appointments within its diabetes service,
which represented a 13 percent increase compared to
2011 and 26 percent over the
number recorded in 2010.
In 2012, 14,577 people resorted to public hospital services
because of diabetes. This represents a 9 percent increase
over 2011 and a 15 percent increase over cases recorded in
2010.
The Health Bureau said it
established a Center for Dia-
betes this year at São Januário Hospital, as a sub-unit
under the SSM’s Patients Support Center, which provides
support for diabetes patients
even if referred from different
health institutions. On November 9, the Commission for
the Prevention and Control of
Chronic Diseases organized a
tour to mark World Diabetes
Day around the natural park
of Hac Sa, SSM said.
Unable to find an association, Oyuna and John met
other families whose children
have diabetes, through acquaintances. “There’s a small
support group of about four
families. Two Portuguese, one
Chinese and one we haven’t
met yet,” said John.
“It’s only when we’re on this
side that we understand how
important it is to have someone to listen, right from the beginning. Basically to squash
Scientists: a step forward
to cure type 1 diabetes
S
CIENTISTS at Harvard University said
they’ve taken a “tremendous step forward”
in finding a cure for type 1 diabetes, the BBC
reported. Type 1 diabetes is caused when our
immune system destroys the cells that control
blood sugar levels. A team at Harvard University used stem cells to produce hundreds
of millions of the cells in the laboratory, and
further tests on mice showed that that these
cells could treat the disease.
The Harvard team is led by professor
Doug Melton. He began the search for a
cure when his son was diagnosed 23 years
ago, while his daughter developed type 1 later on.
Our pancreas’s beta cells produce insulin, which bring down blood sugar levels.
However, one’s immune system can sometimes turn against them by destroying the
beta cells, which means the body cannot regulate its own sugar levels, leaving people
with a potentially fatal disease that remains
without a cure.
Type 2 diabetes is far more common, but
very different since it is largely associated
with an unhealthy lifestyle.
your fears, because it’s really
scary,” he added.
Over one year has passed
since he was diagnosed. As a
Grade 4 student at The International School (TIS), Johnny
was fortunate enough to rely
on his colleagues’ and teachers’ support – which Oyuna
thinks was essential.
“It was OK for me to share
my story at the school,” says
Johnny, who now says that it’s
not too hard living with the disease. “It’s a bit painful, sometimes [when having to check
his blood sugar or take insulin
shots],” he recognizes.
His teacher, Amanda Kiat, has
helped the class organize a series
of fundraising initiatives, including a bake sale and a tombola
event. So far, they’ve raised about
MOP25,000 to help the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation
on their hunt for a cure.
“It has been a privilege to
see how Johnny’s family has
allowed me and the class to
go on this journey with them.
The class really came together
as a family,” she stressed.
Ms Kiat believes that, although they’re aged between 8
and 9, they know “they can affect change through different
ways.” With the fundraising
activities, she recalled, kids
had ownership of everything
while teachers and parents acted as facilitators.
Margaux and Monte, two
of Johnny’s classmates, said
they felt it was important to
support him, by launching initiatives such as the bake sale.
“We want scientists to find a
cure,” Margaux stressed.
Oyuna said school was essential in helping Johnny
battle the disease. “This also
helped his colleagues to better understand diabetes, and
to learn that [this type of diabetes] does not come from an
unhealthy lifestyle,” she said.
Oyuna from Mongolia, and
John, who’s from the US, have
had to study a disease that
has changed their family’s
daily life. Counting carbohydrates: 40 to 60 carbs for
breakfast; 60 to 80 for lunch
and the same later for dinner.
Checking blood sugar levels.
Taking insulin injections.
Keeping alert at all times to
spot any behavior that might
indicate that his levels aren’t
as they should be.
Again, they stress that information is key, and that’s why
they try to keep up with all the
literature available. “Without
information, this can be a lot
scarier. It’s scary regardless.
But when you’re scared and
in the dark, it makes it much
worse,” said John.
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The Best Places to Live in Macau Part 2
This series originally ran in early 2013 and has been updated into a 4 part article
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properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and
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Welcome back to our article
on the most popular places to
live in Macau.
We are often asked by people
new to hunting for a home in
Macau, “Where is the best place to live?”. Last week we highlighted Manhattan in Taipa,
Hellene Gardens in Coloane
and One Central in Macau.
This week we will take a look
at Nova City, Ocean Gardens
and Supreme Flower City in
Taipa.
Remember there will always
be pros and cons in any property and location so you need
to know what is essential for
you, and what is desirable to
make it a good choice for you.
1- Nova City, Taipa
Area: Central Taipa Area residential.
Amenities: Walking distance
to restaurants, supermarkets, banks, healthcare, and
schools. Bus Stops and taxis
nearby. New local park and
under ground Public Park are
right outside.
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Building
facilities:
Gym,
pool, security personnel. Car
Parking available in the building, children’s play areas.
Property Features: Good size
living space in a large complex.
Rental Prices: Mid Range
2- Ocean Gardens, Taipa
Area: Outskirts of Taipa
Amenities: Local children’s
play areas, supermarket 7/11,
restaurants are nearby. There
is also a shuttle bus service.
Building facilities: Access to
members’ only gym and pool.
Car Parking available.
Property Features: Good
layout and floor plans, good
views for apartments situated
along the front. Some apartments are recently renovated.
Rental Prices: Mid Range
3- Supreme Flower City,
Taipa
Area: Central Taipa.
Amenities: Walking distance
to restaurants, supermarkets,
banks, healthcare, schools.
Bus Stops nearby. New local
park and under ground public
park are walking distance.
Building facilities: None but
this is reflected in the relatively reasonable rental prices.
Property Features: Good quality kitchens with ovens. Large
windows making the properties light and airy.
Rental Prices: Mid Range
In the remaining articles we
look at the final six most popular areas for expatriates.
We cover three historic areas
Coloane Old Village, Old Taipa and St Paul’s Ruins and
also some up and coming
areas and developments such
as Vila de Mer, Residencia,
and The Praia in Macau as
well as One Grantai in Taipa.
If you would like further information on these properties
or a copy of the information
mailed to you in pdf format,
please e mail me at Juliet@
JMLProperty.com and we will
be happy to send you the information.
BY JONATHAN DUHAMEL
Bouncing from Barcelona to Macau
I spent most of September at home,
playing the WCOOP and chilling after EPT
Barcelona.
Barcelona was great. They always seem
to draw bigger fields year after year there,
and this year was no exception. The side
events were huge and were often sold out,
and of course you've heard all about all of
the records broken in Barcelona this year
in terms of field sizes and prize pools.
It's kind of the perfect combination for
EPT Barcelona, the way it is scheduled at
the end of the summer and the break that
comes after the WSOP and also the way
it provides such a great destination for
players. It's pretty cool on a break to be able
just to walk out and be right on the beach.
There's always a lot to do during your
free time in Barcelona. There are lots of
good restaurants and the night life is good,
and because there's so much to do it ends
up being one of those stops where players
can bring their friends and families as
well, if they like. Combine all of that with
the EPT's prestige, and the Barcelona stop
becomes a very attractive stop for many
players.
I only had a min-cash in one of the events this time, and I missed the Super High
Roller because I had to make a quick trip
back to Boston for a get-together with a
group of friends. But it was great to be there and enjoy what has become one of the
fastest growing stops on the circuit.
Speaking of fast-growing stops, I'm now
looking forward to going to another big
one, the Asia Championship of Poker in
Macau which starts in late October and
will run into November.
I've been to Macau twice before. The last
time I went was last summer when they
had a HK$ 1,000,000 event. The field was
so big -- they ended up with more than 70
entries. I got off to a good start in the event
but couldn't keep it going, but it was still a
terrific tournament.
For the ACOP the Main Event has a HK$
100,000 buy-in -- that's about $13,000
USD -- and there should be a big turnout, so the prize pool and first prize will
be huge there, too. There will be a HK$
250,000 High Roller and a HK$ 500,000
Super High Roller as well.
Satellites have already started for the
ACOP on PokerStars, and you can buy in
via the client which helps a lot for people
traveling over there. It's a long trip over,
but once you get to the Hong Kong airport
it's easy to take the ferry over to Macau.
I know already a lot of people who will
be making the trip over to Macau, so
I'm looking forward to seeing them and
everyone else at the City of Dreams. We'll
see how well Macau matches Barcelona
this year -- I have a feeling it's going to be
another great series.
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WeChat struggles to lure new
users amid WhatsApp rivalry
Lulu Yilun Chen
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ENCENT Holdings Ltd.
is finding that the first
468 million users for its
WeChat messaging service were the easiest.
The messaging application,
which took China by storm, posted its slowest active user growth
on record as it struggles to attract
new customers in Western countries. Shenzhen-based Tencent is
cutting back on marketing and
sales spending to focus overseas
expansion on more “hospitable”
markets, Chief Strategy Officer
James Mitchell said without offering specifics.
WeChat’s spectacular growth
since its 2011 release has come
from Greater China, where its
main competition is fellow Tencent messaging service QQ, a
holdover from the desktop computer era. Nearing saturation at
home, WeChat’s push for overseas growth faces competition
from Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp.
“In countries like the U.S., users
are already comfortable with
using Facebook for social media
and WhatsApp for messaging,”
said Wang Xiaofeng, an analyst
at Forrester Research Inc. in Beijing. “It would be hard for them
to adapt to a new product.”
Monthly users of WeChat,
known as Weixin in China, rose
6.8 percent in the quarter ending
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in September from the previous
three months. That is the slowest
pace ever and less than half the
15 percent pace of a year earlier.
Tencent posted profit Wednesday that missed analyst estimates. The company’s total revenue
rose at its slowest pace since
2007 as development and staff
costs increased.
The popularity of instant-message apps on mobile devices, replacing the more expensive textmessaging services, has helped
fuel deals and rising valuations.
Facebook paid USD22 billion
for WhatsApp, which has more
than 600 million users, according to its founder. That deal was
announced in February, about
a week after Rakuten Inc. paid
$900 million for messaging app
Viber. Naver Corp.’s Line, the
most popular messaging app in
Japan, has been valued at $15
billion.
Growth in messaging has helped underpin Tencent’s own
market value of more than $150
billion, with its Hong Kong-traded shares rising more than 30
percent for the year.
WeChat may be worth as much
as $64 billion given the potential
for the service to be monetized,
Elinor Leung, an analyst at CLSA
Ltd., said in a March report.
Tencent’s billionaire chairman,
Ma Huateng, has been using
WeChat as a stepping stone for
the company’s ambitions to go
overseas and reduce its reliance
on China, which generates more
than 90 percent of sales.
Even China President Xi
Jinping encouraged the initiative during his visit to Tencent’s
headquarters in 2012.
WeChat added 113 million active users since December, while WhatsApp added about 200
million. WhatsApp has added
almost twice as many users this
year compared with WeChat.
Tencent would stand a better
chance of expansion if it chose to
look in emerging markets, including southeast Asian countries
and Latin America, said Forrester’s Wang.
The company hired Argentina’s soccer superstar Lionel
Messi in 2013 to promote WeChat, and it has been running
advertisements in Africa and
Brazil across various platforms,
including Facebook.
In Singapore, WeChat partnered with local cab booking app
Easy Taxi to attract more users in
June, allowing customers to place orders directly.
“There were certain markets
proving hospitable to our international expansion, particularly
via our WeChat application,” Mitchell said. “There’s other markets, especially the Western world
markets, where advertising is
more expensive and less effective, where it was proving hard to
make headway.” Bloomberg
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HONG KONG
Police reputation suffers as
officers get a bad name
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S the Occupy Central protests stretch into yet another weekend, the reputation
of Hong Kong’s police force
is suffering in the eyes of local residents. Long known as
“Asia’s finest”, Hong Kong’s
bobbies in blue risk being
cast in an unfavorable light
by some for their harsh-handedness towards Occupy Central protesters following their
now infamous use of tear gas
back in October. Yet while Occupy supporters berate them,
anti-Occupy factions are also
becoming disillusioned, claiming the police aren’t doing
enough to ensure the city remains safe day-to-day in the
long-standing confrontation
with groups occupying the city’s Admiralty and Mongkok
districts.
One of the groups disappointed by police behavior
is Hong Kong’s expat community. Following a police
check on Wednesday night
at the popular Mes Amis
bar in Mongkok by about
20 officers, a witness posted
comments on Facebook regarding his confronting one
officer over his perception of
the force’s disproportionate
actions.
This attitude of mistrust was
also reflected yesterday at a
demonstration in Admiralty
following the arrest of two
Occupy Central marshals the
day before. Alex Kwok Siu-kit
and Ricky Or Yiu-lam were
arrested after restraining attackers who threw animal
organs at Next Media Chair-
man Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in
Admiralty, the South China
Morning Post reported. The
two marshals joined about
100 demonstrators on a march to police headquarters yesterday afternoon to protest
the charges.
According to an article by
Alan Yu, the marchers echoed
statements made by pro-democracy lawmakers at an
earlier press conference, who
said they were worried about
government officials and police management pressuring
officers on the ground to serve political ends.
Occupy marshal Or said this
could destroy trust in the police. “For years, we were tau-
ght to help the police fight
crime. But it turns out helping the police means we’ll
start as witnesses and end up
as suspects and get charged”,
SCMP quoted him as saying.
Likewise, fellow marshal
Kwok, a union leader, stressed that protesters had nothing against officers on the
ground. “We don’t want to
oppose police officers on the
front line. Our enemy is the
Hong Kong government,”
Kwok told the paper.
Further public mistrust has
been stoked by reports that
many of the troublemakers
who engaged in violent acts
last month at the Mongkok
protest site while police stood
idly by were working for the
triads or on behalf of the central government. A report in
yesterday’s SCMP City Digest
revealed that a defendant
currently on trial for damaging a passer-by’s cellphone
in Mongkok claimed he was a
spy for Beijing. Mo Nim-luen
maintained in court that he
was a member of the Ministry of State Security, despite
the judge insisting that his
secret identity was irrelevant
to the proceedings. VM
Jack Chang, Beijing
C
HINESE leaders pledged for the first time
to cap the country’s decades-long growth of greenhouse gas emissions.
Since China emits more
carbon and other heattrapping gases than any
other country, the pledge
boosted global efforts to
prevent catastrophic climate change. Fulfilling
its pledge, however, will
require China to transform a booming economy
that still largely depends
on polluting industries
such as steel production
and manufacturing. Yet
the country has important
advantages, having already developed enormous
capacities for solar, wind
and other renewable energy sources.
WHAT CHINA HAS
PLEDGED:
China pledged to halt the
growth in its greenhouse gas emissions around
2030 or earlier if possible.
It didn’t, however, specify
a peak emissions level. It
said it would produce a fifth of its total energy from
non-fossil fuel sources, including nuclear energy, by
2030. That would double
the current share of nonfossil fuels in the country’s energy mix.
China accounts for about
30 percent of global emissions and releases double
the amount of greenhouse gases than the United States, the world’s
second-biggest emitter.
U.S. government estimates show China doubling
its emissions by 2040 without major changes.
WHAT IT’S ALREADY DONE:
China produces more solar panels and wind turbines than any other country and has built dozens of
dams inside and outside
the country to produce
hydropower.
According to a National
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Beijing must change economy to meet climate targets A family riding an electric tricycle bike is silhouetted against the sun
setting on a coal-fired power plant in Beijing
Energy
Administration
plan, China will boost hydropower to 290 gigawatts
next year, marking 6 percent annual growth since
2010. Wind power will hit
100 gigawatts, marking
26 percent annual growth,
and solar power will reach
21 gigawatts at 90 percent
annual growth.
Many cities such as the
capital, Beijing, are plagued by extreme air pollution and have started
phasing out coal burning.
The central government
is now considering a nationwide cap on coal use.
This year, coal consumption dropped in China by 1
to 2 percentage points.
THE
CHALLENGES CHINA FACES:
The world’s most populous country has built
its powerhouse economy
over three decades in
large part through dirty
industries such as steel
production that depend
heavily on coal power and
release millions of tons
of heat-trapping carbon
into the atmosphere every
year. Chinese leaders have
set targets of about 7 percent economic growth
a year, and officials are
evaluated based on hitting
those economic targets,
not environmental ones.
On top of that, hundreds
of millions of Chinese are
buying cars, appliances
and other goods, which
only add to energy demand.
Coal generates about 80
percent of the country’s
electricity, so cutting carbon emissions will require
overhauling China’s energy mix. At the very least,
the country needs to hit
coal reduction targets
at least five years before
2030 to meet the goals
announced this week,
said Alvin Lin, China climate and energy policy
director with the U.S.-based Natural Resources
Defense Council.
The country also must
implement and enforce
tougher energy efficiency
standards. The price for
energy as well as water
for many Chinese is subsidized, which discourages consumers from conserving.
THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
China needs to expand
and accelerate what it’s
started.
That
means
overhauling energy infrastructure to use more
renewable sources and
creating incentives for
consumers,
especially
commercial and industrial users, to switch to renewables and to conserve
energy. AP
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MYANMAR
Obama meets leader
amid fears of backslide
Joesh Lederman, Naypyitaw
P
RESIDENT Barack
Obama received a hero’s welcome two years
ago during his historic
visit to Myanmar, whose rapid
rebirth after decades of repression was a source of hope
for the region and beyond.
Yet meeting yesterday with
President Thein Sein in the
nation’s sparking new capital, Obama was carrying a far
grimmer message as he warned of a worrisome backslide
in the country’s march toward
a freer and fairer society.
A nationwide cease-fire with
armed ethnic groups has yet to
materialize. Myanmar’s prodemocracy opposition figure, Nobel laureate Aung San
Suu Kyi, is banned from next
year’s pivotal elections. Scores of Rohingya Muslims are
fleeing for fear of violence at
the hands of Buddhist mobs,
while roughly 140,000 more
remain trapped in camps under dismal conditions.
This
was
not
the
Myanmar that Obama had hoped for when he made U.S. engagement with the nation, also
known as Burma, a centerpie-
T
HE United States
and India said yesterday they had resolved
a dispute over stockpiling of food by governments, clearing a major
stumbling block to a deal
to boost world trade.
India had insisted on
its right to subsidize
grains under a national
policy to support hundreds of millions of impoverished farmers and
provide food security
amid high inflation.
The U.S. and others
in the World Trade Organization, meanwhile,
were more focused on
ensuring their food exporters weren’t disadvantaged by the possibility of surplus Indian
grain flooding the world
market.
The dispute had held
up implementation of a
WTO agreement to reduce customs red tape that
the organization estimated could boost global
trade by USD1 trillion.
WTO agreements require ratification by all
weeklong tour of Asia and
Australia. But in China, on
the first leg of the trip, Obama treaded lightly on human
rights issues and other areas
where pushing a firm stance
could have upset his hosts.
In addition to Thein Sein,
himself a former member of
the junta, Obama was meeting
earlier yesterday with parliament members to discuss
their role in democratizing the
country. White House officials
say a key U.S. concern is the
need for constitutional reforms, such as the elimination of
a rule that is keeping Suu Kyi
off the ballot because her sons
hold British citizenship.
In a sign of the high regard
in which Obama holds the
opposition leader, when Obama called Thein Sein late last
month to lay the groundwork
for his visit, he placed a call
the same day to Suu Kyi.
And when Obama flies today
to Yangon, Myanmar’s largest
city, he’ll not only meet with
Suu Kyi but hold a joint news
conference with her and visit
the Secretariat, the infamous
building where her father,
Gen. Aung San, was assassinated. AP
Washington, Delhi end impasse
that threatened WTO pact
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
member countries.
India and the U.S. did
not announce details of
their new deal, but India
had objected to a fou-
r-year limit on a so-called “peace clause” that
protected
developing
nations from being punished if they breached
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Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Barack
Obama upon arrival to attend the 9th East Asia summit
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Katy Daigle, New Delhi
ce of his efforts to promote
human rights and expand U.S.
influence in Asia.
To be sure, the country has
made great strides. But the optimism that once radiated here
has faded, tempered by the
realization that, to transition
successfully away from five
decades under a military junta, Myanmar needs more than
just the right words from its
leaders and high-profile visits
from an American president.
After all, Obama has staked
part of his legacy overseas
on Myanmar’s success, and
Obama is facing tough questions about why he’s rewarding Myanmar with a second
presidential visit when the
progress Thein Sein promised
has, in many cases, been slow
to emerge.
“It’s a very fluid situation
right now inside of Burma,”
Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes,
said yesterday before the meeting. “We have significant concerns that there has to be further follow-through.”
The meeting offers Obama
his first chance to weigh in
on Myanmar’s state of affairs
since he set off Sunday on a
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the WTO’s cap on food
subsidies.
To ensure poor farmers
continue to grow grain,
even when market prices
are low, India guarantees them a certain price
and then stores the crops
either for welfare or sale
on the open market. India is one of the world’s
largest grain exporters
and the low cost of its
production and procurement system means it
can sway world prices.
Both countries said
their agreement should
clear the way for immediate implementation of
the WTO pact.
“We are extremely happy that India and the
U.S. have successfully
resolved their differences related to the issue of
public stockholding for
food security purposes,”
India’s Commerce and
Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in
a statement.
The India-US agreement, now headed for
review by the WTO’s
general council, was
announced as both Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and President Barack Obama were visiting Myanmar for regional summits.
The WTO has said
the Trade Facilitation
Agreement could increase total world trade
to $23 trillion from its
current estimate of $22
trillion. India’s stance
on food subsidies had
threatened to render the
WTO irrelevant after a
decade of inertia in trade talks.
“With the WTO confronting a mounting cri-
sis of confidence,” Modi
and Obama had stepped
up efforts to break the
impasse, holding several productive meetings
including during Modi’s
visit to Washington in
September,” U.S. Trade
Representative Michael
Froman said in a statement.
“In recent days, officials of both governments worked intensively
and reached an agreement that should give
new momentum to multilateral efforts at the
WTO,” he said.
Critics of the WTO rules had said they could
hinder countries from
setting their own priorities in environmental
protection, worker rights, food security and
other areas. And they
say sudden reductions in
import tariffs can wipe
out industries, causing
job losses in rich and
poor countries.
“Many countries saw
merit in what we were
asking for. India was not
alone or isolated,” Sitharaman said. AP
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Arrested doctor denies
role in deaths of women
Muneeza Naqvi, New Delhi
T
HE doctor who conducted
sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong
— even though he said he used to
perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.
Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been
hiding since Saturday’s operations, was arrested at a relative’s
home near Bilaspur city late Wednesday, said Dr. S.K. Mandal,
the chief medical officer of Chhattisgarh state.
Gupta denied responsibility for
the deaths and blamed medication given to the women after the
surgery.
A total of 83 women had the
surgeries as part of a free government-run mass sterilization campaign and were sent home that
evening. But dozens became ill
and were rushed in ambulances
to private hospitals in Bilaspur.
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Mandal said at least 13 women
died and dozens more were hospitalized, including at least 16 fighting for their lives.
Gupta had performed over
80 sterilization surgeries in
six hours — a clear breach of
government protocol, which
prohibits surgeons from performing more than 30 sterilizations in a day, Mandal said.
He said that investigators were
also trying to determine whether the women, all of them
poor villagers, had been given
tainted medicines.
“I am not guilty. I have been
performing surgeries for a long
time and there has never been
any problem,” Gupta told reporters in Bilaspur around the time
of his arrest.
“I have a history of completing
up to 200-300 surgeries in one
day,” he said, adding: “There are
no written guidelines, but what
we have been told verbally is that
we shouldn’t perform more than
30 operations in a day.”
He said that all the patients
began throwing up and complaining of dizziness and weakness after they were given medication following the operations.
Experts say the deaths are the
result of a complete lack of medical oversight and the fact that the
government inIndia sets sterilization targets as part of its efforts
to stabilize India›s booming population.
In the 1970s, Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi imposed a policy
of forcibly sterilizing men who
had already fathered two children. Opponents at the time said
the program targeted unmarried
and poor men, with doctors given
bonuses for operating on lowincome patients.
India’s government had said it
stopped setting targets for sterilizing women in the 1990s.
But doctors and human rights
workers have alleged for years
that targets exist — which wou-
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Indian women who underwent sterilization surgeries receive treatment at the
District Hospital in Bilaspur, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh
ld lead to inevitable coercion in
villages where most people have
very limited access to both education and health care.
Mandal has said earlier that
Gupta was likely under pressure
to achieve his district’s target of
about 15,000 sterilizations.
In January, Gupta was feted by
the state government for performing 50,000 laparoscopic tubectomies. AP
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European agency releases
first picture from comet
The Philae
lander scored
a historic first
Wednesday,
when it
touched down
on comet 67P/
ChuryumovGerasimenko
The combination photo of different images taken with the CIVA camera system released by the European Space Agency ESA shows
Rosetta’s lander Philae as it is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first CIVA images confirm
but that this would be done only
if it doesn’t imperil the lander.
A key question is whether
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Medical aid group to
host 3 clinical trials
Health workers unload the lifeless body of a man suspected of contracting the
Ebola virus, as they carry him to a gravesite on the outskirts of Monrovia
John Heilprin, Geneva
A
CCELERATED clinical trials will be launched in West Africa to speed
the search for a treatment
for the deadly Ebola virus,
Doctors Without Borders
announced yesterday.
The international humanitarian group said it will host
clinical trials starting next
month in three Ebola treatment centers using experimental drugs that haven’t
been through the usual lengthy process of study with
animals and healthy people.
Separate trials will be led
by three different research
partners and involve the
U.N. World Health Organization and health officials in
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SPACE
AP PHOTO
HE European Space
Agency yesterday published the first image
taken from the surface
of a comet, and said that its Philae lander is still “stable” despite a failure to latch on properly
to the rocky terrain.
The lander scored a historic first Wednesday, when it
touched down on comet 67P/
Churyumov-Gerasimenko after
a decade-long journey through
space on its mother ship Rosetta.
Scientists’ jubilation was slightly dampened because the
harpoons which were meant to
anchor the lander to the surface failed to deploy, causing it
to bounce twice before it came
to rest on the comet’s body, or
nucleus.
“Philae is stable, sitting on the
nucleus and is producing data,”
Gerhard Schwehm, a scientist
on the Rosetta mission, told
The Associated Press. “The lander is very healthy.”
The photos sent back to Earth
show a rocky surface, with one
of the lander’s three feet in the
corner of the frame.
Scientists are still analyzing
what effect the two bounces
had on the spacecraft and were
planning to release further details at a news briefing.
Schwehm said it may still be
possible to fire the harpoons,
WORLD
affected countries.
“If we’re going to find a
treatment, we have to do it
now — which is why we have
to accelerate these trials,”
said Peter Horby, the chief
investigator for the trial led
by Oxford University.
Oxford’s trial will test the
antiviral drug brincidofovir
in Liberia.
France’s National Institute of Health and Medical
Research will conduct a
trial using the antiviral drug
favipiravir in Gueckedou,
Guinea, and the Antwerp
Institute of Tropical Medicine will test convalescent
whole blood and plasma
therapy in Guinea.
Results from some of the
trials are expected by Fe-
Philae’s drill can be used to extract samples from beneath the
surface without pushing the
bruary or March.
The largest-ever outbreak
of Ebola has raged for more
than eight months, killing
more than 5,000 people
and infecting more than
14,000 in West Africa.
There are no established
drugs for Ebola. Human
testing of a handful of experimental drugs for Ebola
has begun on several continents. The current outbreak
kills between 50 and 80
percent of those infected in
West Africa, according to
Doctors Without Borders.
While some areas of Liberia, the country hardest
hit by the Ebola outbreak,
have seen declines in new
infections, new hotspots are
emerging.
On Wednesday, President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Grand Cape Mount
County, currently one of
the most intense pockets of
transmission, but she expressed optimism that the
country as a whole is moving in the right direction.
She also visited a site where
the U.S. military is putting
up an Ebola treatment center, one of 17 it is building in
the country.
“We have now reached the
peak of what they call turning the curve, so we are
now about to turn the curve,” Sirleaf said, noting that
10 of 15 counties reported
no new transmission in recent days. AP
lander into space. Gravity on
the comet is 1/100,000th that
of Earth, meaning the washing
machine-sized lander weighs
just 1 gram (0.04 ounces) there.
Philae and Rosetta will use 21
instruments to analyze the comet over the coming months.
Scientists hope the €1.3 billion
project
(USD1.62
billion)
will help them better understand comets and other celestial objects, as well as possibly
answer questions about the origins of life on Earth. AP
TURKEY
Protesters rough up
US sailors in Istanbul
Deb Reichmann, Istanbul
A
NTI-AMERICAN protesters shouting “Yankee, go
home!” roughed up three U.S.
Navy sailors Wednesday in Istanbul near where their warship
was docked on an inlet of the Bosphorus Strait in the Black Sea.
A dozen or more protesters
shouted at them, calling them
killers and said they should leave Turkey. The protesters, who
carried a banner of the left-leaning Youth Association of Turkey,
threw red paint at the sailors and
briefly succeeded in putting white
sacks over their heads.
“Soldiers from the occupying
country think they can walk
around freely in Eminonu,”
association spokesman Melik
Dibek said, referring to the neighborhood where the incident
occurred. “It’s obvious why
they’ve anchored here —because of their ambitions in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
American imperialism is the
reason why the Middle East has
turned into a chamber of fire.”
The servicemen, who were
not in uniform, were from the
USS Ross, a guided-missile destroyer docked nearby, according
to Capt. Greg Hicks, a spokesman for the U.S. European
Command. He said they were
not hurt and were safely back
aboard the ship, but that shore
leave for its sailors was canceled
for the remainder of the day.
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara
condemned the attack on Twitter and said it had no doubt that
most Turks would reject such an
action.
Anti-American
sentiment
in Turkey is not widespread, but
some Turks accuse the United
States of meddling in regional
affairs.
In Washington, Col. Steve
Warren, a Pentagon spokesman,
called the attack “ugly and disturbing.” He said the attackers,
whom he called street thugs,
“bring great discredit upon the
Turks and the Turkish reputation for hospitality.”
He said the assault “appears to
be a one-off incident” and that
he doesn’t believe it will disrupt
U.S.-Turkish relations.
The Navy said in a statement
that it was working with the
Turkish National Police and
embassy staff to investigate this
incident and would continue to
coordinate with Turkish authorities to review security procedures for future ship visits.
Dogan news agency said
Turkish police have detained 12
people, including one woman, in
connection with the incident. AP
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- 48th Edition (Qualifying)
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain
Language: English (Chinese)
Duration: 169min
08:30
Chinese Racing Cup (Qualifying)
09:10
China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra
10:10
Suncity Group Macau Road Sport Challenge (Qualifying)
Documentaries
10:55
TDM News (Repeated)
11:30
News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast
12:00
Macau GT Cup (Qualifying)
13:05
Formula 3 Suncity Group - Macau Grand Prix (Qualifying)
14:00
FIA WTCC - Guia Race of Macau
15:05
- Presented by Suncity Group (Qualifying)
18:10
Brazil Avenue (Repeated)
19:00
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19:30
Soap Opera
20:30
Main News, Financial & Weather Report
21:20
Revenge S1
22:10
Brazil Avenue
23:00
TDM News
23:30
National Team U21: England - Portugal (Repeated)
Saturday
08:15
Chinese Race Cup - 10 laps
09:45
Macau Road Sport Challenge -10 laps
11:15
CTM Macau Touring Car Cup - 12 laps
12:45
Macau GT Cup - Qualifying
13:40
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix
DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2_
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2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, Gao Yuanyuan
Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese)
Duration: 115min
- (Qualification Race) - 10 laps
14:50
TDM News (Repeated)
15:25
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix
- 48th Edition - 12 laps
16:35
Soap Opera
19:00
Contest
19:50
Miscellaneous
21:30
Main News, Financial & Weather Report
21:00
Drama
23:00
TDM News
23:30
Variety
Sunday
07:00
Special Event
08:55
Macau GT Cup - 12 laps
10:25
FIA WTCC - Guia Race of Macau - Presented by Suncity
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2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 9.30 pm
Director: Rowan Joffe
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Language: English (Chinese)
Duration: 92min
13:40
Special Event
15:05
Lion Dance
15:25
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - 15 laps
16:40
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18:45
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19:40
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20:30
Main News, Financial & Weather Report
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Ireland Lost Babies
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23:00
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23:30
Miscellaneous
6 Nov - 26 Nov
offbeat
Ancient artifacts auctioned
over Mexico objections
The London-based Bonhams auction house sold off a collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts Wednesday over the objections of
the Mexican government, which says at least half the pieces
are fake and the rest rightly belong to it as national heritage.
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said
it “had offered the auction house specialized assistance in determining the authenticity of the artifacts, but the auctioneers
ignored this proposal.”
A total of 314 pieces were auctioned Wednesday, including
African and Oceanic art. The Mexican pieces included sculptures, ceramic vessels and other artifacts from the Aztec,
Mayan and other cultures, many from the private Scott & Stuart
Gentling Collection.
this day in history
GANGSTER PAY DAY_
room 3
7.30 pm
Director: Lee Po Cheung
Starring: Anthony Wong, Charlene Choi, Wong Yau
Nam
Language: Cantonese (English and Chinese)
Duration: 134min
INTERSTELLAR_
2.30, 5.30, 8.30 pm
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain
Language: English (Chinese)
Duration: 169min
2000 Fuel protesters rally
for tax cut
Convoys of lorries and tractors have converged
on the capitals of England and Scotland to mark
the 60-day deadline for government action to cut
fuel tax.
Both demonstrations passed off peacefully.
The biggest was in London where protesters
rallied in Hyde Park.
About 350 vehicles were stopped by police from
entering the centre of the city.
Drivers parked their vehicles on the hard shoulder of the Westway on the outskirts of central
London before making their way on foot to the
demonstration.
In Edinburgh, about 150 vehicles from as far
away as John O’Groats converged on Princes
Street in the city centre at 1200 GMT.
Both rallies were much smaller than expected.
Many dissenters appear to have been placated
by Chancellor Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report
last week, in which he made some concessions
on fuel prices and road tax.
Police initially said marchers in London would be
kept away from the Houses of Parliament.
But they agreed to allow People’s Fuel Lobby
representative Andrew Spence to Downing Street
with a tractor, a lorry and five other protesters.
However, a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony
Blair reiterated the government would not back
down on fuel tax.
He said: “We have acknowledged repeatedly
that the price of petrol is high and this causes
particular problems, for example, for people in rural communities.
“We have done what we can, but to do more
would be to start to jeopardise the extra investment the government is putting into public services.”
Fuel tax activists have warned they will take action again next year if the government does not
meet their demands.
Courtesy BBC News
In context
The rallies in London and Edinburgh were the culmination
of a two-month campaign to force government to reduce fuel
prices.
In September a lorry drivers’ blockade of petrol refineries had
disrupted deliveries and caused a nationwide shortage of fuel.
“Go-slows” with hundreds of lorries travelling at low speeds
along major roads also caused major disruption.
The action was part of a European-wide protest which was
spurred on by the success of French truckers in gaining big
concessions on fuel taxes from their government.
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Taurus
Mar. 21-Apr. 19
April 20-May 20
You can’t help but react to something
new and weird that comes your way
today — so make sure that you’re
able to get the information you need
when you need it. Things are sure to
make more sense soon.
You have reached a new kind of
stability today — one that could shake
things up for the better if you let it.
Try not to worry too much about
how things are going to work out and
instead focus on the here and now.
Gemini
Cancer
May 21-Jun. 21
Jun. 22-Jul. 22
Do you stick to your budget? Do you
even have a budget? Now is a good
time to use your focused mental
energy to help yourself take care of
your financial situation. Things can
get better!
Now is the time to get started on
something totally new. Your energy
is great, and you may find that
you gain more ground on this new
project than you have all year on
older stuff.
Leo
Virgo
Jul. 23-Aug. 22
Aug. 23-Sept. 22
Your subconscious mind is much
more active than usual, so make sure
that you’re on track with all levels
of your psyche. Things may start
to seem pretty crazy if you’re not
paying attention!
You need to hang around other
people to get energized — so make
sure that you’re not just shut away
for the day. It’s a good time to
push for romance, too, if you feel
the urge.
Libra
Sep.23-Oct. 22
Oct. 23 - Nov. 21
Your energy levels are pushing
you to new activities in a way
that makes life really crazy — and
powerful! You should be able to
climb to new heights and possibly
inspire others to do the same.
Capricorn
Nov. 22-Dec. 21
Dec. 22-Jan. 19
This is the best time to go in deep —
your energy is just right for shaking
things up in a new way. It may be
romance, a new job or something
intensely personal, but you need to
take it as far as it can go.
You need to shake things up on the
home front. This should end up
being totally positive, but that could
take many different forms. Just get
started on something small and see
how big it gets.
Aquarius
SUDOKU
Easy
WEATHER
Medium
Hard
Feb.19-Mar. 20
You don’t usually mind a few stray
details getting in the way of your
plans — they’re just obstacles for
you to overcome. This time, they’re
thornier, but that just means you feel
even better when you’re done.
You’re the perfect host or hostess
today — your energy is just right
for putting others at ease and
getting them to have fun. Make
sure you’re including everyone you
want to!
DOWN: 1- Dress often worn by Hindu women; 2- Name of 12 popes; 3- ___
uncertain terms; 4- Harbor helper; 5- Ecol. watchdog; 6- Bad habit; 7- ___ Gay; 8Wound; 9- Professoriate; 10- Mower brand;
11- Reformer Jacob; 12- Dies ___; 14- Like
Yesterday’s solution
barber poles; 20- Dadaist Jean; 24- Stare
angrily; 26- Arrest; 27- Farm machine; 28“Goodnight” girl; 29- Unit of magnetic field
strength; 30- Tennis champ Chris; 32- ___
Kick Out of You; 33- Dressed to the ___; 34Garden figure; 37- Stand used by painters;
41- Wanted; 44- Put to use; 45- Ages;
47- Floating mass; 49- Polite refusal; 51Quattro minus uno; 53- ___ Dame; 55- “His
and ___”; 56- This ___ outrage!; 57- Take it
easy; 59- Upper limbs, weapons; 61- Yours,
in Tours; 62- Ripped; 63- “Only Time” singer;
66- Some MIT grads
Crossword puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com
CROSSWORDS
ACROSS: 1- Rotisserie part; 5- Daredevil Knievel; 9- Longfellow’s bell town; 13Hokkaido native; 14- Thorn; 15- Coconut-husk fiber; 16- Ladder step; 17- Folded
food; 18- “Tosca” tune; 19- Line on a weather map; 21- New Haven collegian; 22Medicinal amount; 23- Not a dup.; 25- Top-flight; 27- Nickname for New York City; 31Nominating; 35- I smell ___!; 36- Gutter locale; 38- Start; 39- Romanian coin; 40- Fear
greatly; 42- Brian of Roxy Music; 43- Come afterward; 46- Gaelic language of Ireland
or Scotland; 47- Gossip bit; 48- Lean against; 50- Precedent setter; 52- A party to; 54Italian bread?; 55- Small mountain; 58- Extinct bird; 60- Allow as a discount; 64- Actor
Morales; 65- Up ___ (trapped); 67- English public school; 68- Mock; 69- Packing heat;
70- Actor Calhoun; 71- Dagger of yore; 72- Untidy condition; 73- Actress Gershon;
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12
clear
Harbin
-14
-3
clear
Tianjin
3
12
clear
CONDITION
Urumqi
-3
3
sleet/clear
Xi’an
3
14
clear/overcast
Lhasa
-2
19
clear
Chengdu
7
16
cloudy/overcast
Chongqing
8
18
clear
Kunming
9
18
overcast/cloudy
Nanjing
4
16
clear
Shanghai
8
16
clear
Wuhan
5
19
cloudy
Hangzhou
5
17
cloudy/clear
Taipei
19
22
drizzle
Guangzhou
16
23
cloudy
Hong Kong
19
22
cloudy
Moscow
-1
1
sleet
Frankfurt
6
12
cloudy
Paris
8
12
drizzle/moderate rain
London
9
13
drizzle/moderate rain
New York
2
10
drizzle
WORLD
Pisces
Jan. 20-Feb. 18
MIN
CHINA
Easy+
Scorpio
Progress is overrated — at least on
a day like today. Sometimes it’s all
you can do just to keep from moving
backwards or sliding downhill, and
that’s how you feel now. Things
should start moving again tomorrow.
Sagittarius
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Steve Douglas
Sports Writer
Germany, Portugal, Dutch
out to regain lost ground
Saturday, 1:00am
Germany v Gibraltar
AP PHOTO
Q
UALIFYING for the
largest-ever
European Championship
in 2016 was supposed
to be a simple task for
the continent’s top teams.
It’s not turning out that way.
World champion Germany,
Portugal and the Netherlands
have made disappointing starts to their campaigns and are
all outside the top two in their
groups after three games. The
top two countries from nine
groups qualify automatically
for the tournament in France,
along with the best third-place
finisher.
Italy and England, with three
wins from three games, are
showing how it should be done,
while teams like Slovakia, Northern Ireland and Wales are
top of their groups and giving
themselves a great chance of a
rare place at a major tournament.
The Germans, who are third in
their group with four points, are
expected to rack up the goals
against Gibraltar in probably
the biggest mismatch in the
qualifying campaign. The Dutch have lost two of their three
games in Group A, leading to
speculation about the future of
coach Guus Hiddink ahead of a
match against Latvia.
German players leave the pitch after the friendly soccer match between Germany and Argentina in Duesseldorf
Jerome Boateng said.
Germany needs to get its qualifying campaign back on track after losing to Poland and
drawing at home against Ireland. Since winning the World
Cup in July, Germany also has
lost to Argentina in a repeat of
the final.
Team manager Oliver Bierhoff said the side has had trouble coming down to earth after
winning the World Cup.
out midfielder Cesc Fabregas
and Barcelona playmaker Andres Iniesta limped off against
Real Madrid and is also missing.
That gives opportunities to
others, with midfielders Bruno
Soriano and Ignacio Camacho
and strikers Jose Callejon, Alvaro Morata and Manuel “Nolito” Agudo fighting for a place
up front.
Sunday, 3:45am
H 2.24, D 3.3, A 3.8
H 1.09, D 13.5, A 34
BALOTELLI IS BACK. Mario Balotelli’s first call-up to
Italy’s squad in the tenure of
coach Antonio Conte was somewhat of a surprise. After all,
Balotelli has scored only two
goals in 14 matches with Liverpool — none in the Premier
League — and is far from his
best form.
Having ignored Balotelli for
his first four matches in charge,
Spain v Belarus
H 1, D 230, A 760
UNKNOWN OPPONENT.
Germany’s players admit they
cannot name a single player
from Gibraltar, the territory
of only 30,000 people that is
playing in its first qualifying
tournament since being accepted by UEFA. Almost all of Gibraltar’s players are amateurs.
“But we have respect for every
opponent,” Germany defender
SPAIN STRETCHED. Injuries to key players are stretching Spain’s squad ahead of
the qualifying match against
Belarus and a friendly against
Germany on Tuesday.
Striker Diego Costa has been
rested to give him time to recover from groin problems, a
hamstring problem has ruled
Monday, 3:45am
Italy v Croatia
why did Conte change his mind
now?
“This was part of the rebuilding plan, to test different
players,” Conte said. “Balotelli is starting for Liverpool. I’m
forced to call up many players
who are not starters for their
clubs.”
Balotelli faces a fight for a starting spot for Sunday’s Group H
qualifier against Croatia in Milan because Ciro Immobile and
Simone Zaza have played well
together in Balotelli’s absence,
and Graziano Pelle made the
most of his debut last month by
scoring in a 1-0 win over Malta.
Italy and Croatia both have
nine points.
Monday, 1:00am
Netherlands v Latvia
H 1.19, D 7.2, A 20
HIDDINK UNDER PRESSURE. Arjen Robben is convinced Guus Hiddink’s job as
Netherlands coach is safe.
Hiddink has started his second tenure in charge of the
Dutch team with a dismal record of one win and three losses, including losing Euro 2016
qualifiers to the Czech Republic
and Iceland. The Netherlands
are third in Group A behind
those nations.
Last week, Hiddink strongly
hinted that he would quit if his
team loses to Latvia in Amsterdam on Sunday.
“It is irrelevant,” Robben told
Dutch broadcaster NOS. “We
are going to win. We have to
win.”
Saturday, 3:45am
Portugal v Armenia
H 1.21, D 8, A 19.5
RECORDS. Cristiano Ronaldo needs one more goal to break
the scoring record in European
Championship games that he
currently shares with former
Turkey striker Hakan Sukur
and Danish forward Jon Dahl
Tomasson with 22 goals. Portugal, which is third in Group I,
hosts Armenia.
Wayne Rooney is set to make
his 100th appearance for England in its home game against
Slovenia, which is three points behind in second place in
Group H.
The top two in Group F meet
when Romania hosts Northern
Ireland in Group F and Wales
puts its unbeaten start in Group
B on the line against Belgium,
which is in third place after two
games. AP / Odds by Betfair
RUGBY
F
RANCE coach Philippe Saint-Andre has
named an unchanged
side to face Australia in
tomorrow’s test match
after last weekend’s 40-15
rout of Fiji.
The 21-year-old Teddy
Thomas again starts at
left wing after scoring a
hat trick of tries on his
debut, while South African-born Scott Spedding
also wins his second cap
at fullback, as does rightwinger Alexandre Dumoulin.
“You don’t change a
winning team. I saw some
positive signs (against
Fiji),” Saint-Andre said
Thursday. “We want to
carry on with the same 15,
who will need to find even
greater
understanding
and teamwork against
Australia.”
Thomas made a particularly strong impression,
scoring from the opening
kickoff with a great catch
following flyhalf Camille
Lopez’s kick in the first
minute.
“He’s fast, he wins his
challenges and he scores
tries,” Saint-Andre said.
“Spedding’s first cap was
a quality performance,
the same goes for Dumoulin.”
Saint-Andre has named
a larger group of 12 reserves, which he will trim
AP PHOTO
France unchanged for Australia after routing Fiji
France coach Philippe Saint-Andr
down to eight today.
Flanker Yannick Nyanga, center Mathieu Bastareaud and fullback Ma-
xime Medard are among
those hopeful of getting a
place on the bench for the
match at Stade de France.
France has a doubt over
lock Yoann Maestri, after he took a knock to the
thigh and limped out of
Thursday’s training session.
Australia opened its
European test campaign
with a 33-28 win over
Wales at Cardiff.
“They won a lot of turnovers and they have individuals who are capable
of winning one-on-ones,”
Saint-Andre said. “We
still have some work to
do. We conceded two
tries from defensive mis-
takes (against Fiji).”
The Wallabies had a 3-0
series win over the French in Australia in June —
including a 50-23 defeat
that was the fifth highest
points tally ever conceded
by France.
Saint-Andre is still pained by the lack of fight
shown by a dispirited
French side in that series.
“We have a triple revenge to take. What struck
me most was the third test
(a 39-13 defeat) where we
collapsed too quickly,”
Saint-Andre said. “That’s
unacceptable when you
represent a country.”
France’s miserable run
against Australia in recent
years has seen it lose eight of the past 10 meetings, including a crushing
59-16 loss four years ago
at Stade de France — the
most points France has
ever conceded at home.
France gained some revenge by easily beating
an ill-prepared Wallabies
side 33-6 two years ago at
the same venue.
Michael Cheika replaced
Ewen McKenzie as Wallabies coach immediately before the tour, which
closes with tests in Ireland and England.
France caps its threetest series with a home
game against Argentina
on Nov. 22 AP
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Bizcuits
Leanda Lee
Niche idea
One of those statistics in Macau that isn’t what
it is: unemployment, 1.7% (Q3)! MDT’s awardwinning cartoonist with an eye to the absurd saw
the jocularity in the topic (MDT Oct 31). This downtrend purports badly (well) for this “endangered
species” and raises further resigned sighs of helplessness from growing organisations in this burgeoning economy (blip-like mass market monthly
gaming revenue decline notwithstanding) forever
seeking talented and skilled employees (or anyone, for that matter).
For a number of years now the larger employers
in town have been courting Macau’s university graduates. The enlightened companies led the way,
targeting the traditional universities in collaboration with Student Affairs teams and career service
centres in the larger institutions. Over the last 6
years smaller institutions with lesser profiles have
been included with companies showing slicker productions to entice the highly employable graduates
and SMEs joining the race for labour. The senior
HR management teams began to realise that students were more engaged meeting with recent
hires the students’ own age than the mature HR
teams selling the marketing hype “employer-ofchoice” blurb. Graduates like to hear these stories
- of what it is really like to be employed in those
companies - from people who have similar values,
whom they can trust and whose experience is likely
to reflect the realities of entry level positions.
Highlighted in the dialogue about the labour
market is usually the demand side, the poor employer. Numerous CEOs and Presidents over the
years have ventured to publically announce their
confidence in import labour quotas being eased
in a veiled attempt to either pressure government
bureaucrats with blatant logic (not reputed to be an
efficacious tactic here in Macau) or ingratiatingly
labelling said officials with excellence of foresight.
In the meantime little seems to change and the
pressure is back on to find more workers from somewhere.
Many foreign-run companies are keen to hire
local workers who have been foreign educated;
like attracts like. I was impressed by the potential power and influence that the foreign educated
could have in this market when I attended my first
charity ball event years ago with the American
Chamber of Commerce. I wasn’t prepared for the
ceremonious entrance of the chamber’s dignitaries
– the who’s who of the Macau plutocracy. Putting
aside for a moment those educated in Portugal,
American education had its heyday. It was those
educated in the 70s and 80s whom I was observing
that evening. It seems to me that Canada then had
its moment, drawing to its fold permanently those
educated there in the 80s and 90s who fled from
the uncertainties surrounding the handover. Then
young Australian educated managers started to
come to my attention.
A few years ago I became involved in the Macau Students Association (MACSA), Australia; a
support association of Macau students studying
in tertiary institutions in Australia. I became concerned for the returning graduates who had lost
track of their place in a fast-changing society, not
knowing how or where to fit in anymore. The vision
of the American-educated power-brokers suggested potential for these Australian-educated Macau
students to take similar roles in Macau in a couple
of decades; and many an expatriate manager was
found desperate for enthusiastic, engaged, energetic and cognitively exercised graduates willing
to take initiative and in need of a mentor. But ideas
have their day, and it wasn’t time yet.
Since then the nascent alumni branch of MACSA
has been having quiet discussions with various
groups and institutions. They have gained much
in-principle support from the likes of government
bodies (Macau and Australian) and chambers of
commerce to develop an organisational structure
to facilitate graduates’ return to Macau and into
positions relevant to their interests and education,
and also to broker connections with organisations
that crave exactly these types of graduates. At the
anniversary of the handover this December, the
MACSA alumni are aiming to move another step
forward to assist our young educated back into the
fold, and this time those large employers are reaching out and working with them. The idea is about
to have its day.
twits, the stand-up comedian said, “Sorry for the
radio silence. Was in Beijing last week and the govt
there blocks Twitter, Facebook and Gmail. And porn.
I heard.”
The show starts at 9pm at Lion’s Bar in “a casual atmosphere and a menu that features a wide range of
spirits, syringe shots, and signature cocktails, the comedy won’t be the only reason for smiles all around.”
Admission is MOP150 per ticket, two drinks included.
Stanley Ho barred from
Crown Sydney
T
HE New South Wales
(NSW)
government
has put in place measures to ensure that Stanley
Ho, the father of James
Packer’s business partner
in Macau, Lawrence Ho,
is not involved in his Sydney casino project, The
Australian uncovered yesterday.
Previously secret conditions, revealed in NSW
parliament, restrict Crown
Resorts’ junket operations,
its operations overseas and
business connections between Crown and Stanley
Ho and his associates.
According to the agreement quoted by The Australian, “Crown will ensure that it prevents any
new business activities or
transactions of a material nature between Stanley Huang Sun Ho or a
Stanley Ho Associate and
Crown, any of Crown’s
officers, directors or employees or any Crown
Subsidiary.”
The paper added that
it also prevents Stanley
Ho from buying any part
of Crown or holding any
position with Crown, and
Crown has to undertake
regular searches to make
sure he or his associates
have not bought shares in
the company. Schedule 2
of the agreement, which
has not been released, is a
three-page list of “Entities
and Individuals Deemed
Associates of Stanley Ho”.
The secret conditions of
Crown’s Sydney casino
license were revealed “after a long battle for their
release” by NSW Greens
MP John Kaye. “While
the Baird and O’Farrell
governments were busy
ignoring concerns that
were raised about the impacts of the Barangaroo
casino, their own regulator was trying to minimize the influence of the Ho
family, protect NSW from
junket operators and limit
Crown’s business international dealings,” Dr Kaye
said yesterday.
With the support of Labor, John Kaye forced a
parliamentary order to
produce the documents, The Australian added.
Crown and the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority claimed
their release would be
commercially damaging,
but an independent arbitrator ordered a redacted
version be released. They
were tabled in parliament
yesterday after parliament’s privileges committee ruled in favor of Dr
Kaye.
times square by rodrigo
SOURCE: DSMG
opinion
As the city’s only destination for live, English standup comedy, MGM is bringing Paul Ogata back “to
give guests a night of laughs” on Sunday, November
16, a note from the organizers said. Named as the
“Funniest Asian-American Comedian in the U.S,”
Ogata “will entertain guests with his hilarious insights on the latest behaviors of people around the
world.”
Paul was recently in China and in one of his latest
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AFGHANISTAN President
Ashraf Ghani is making
his first state visit today to
neighboring Pakistan, long
blamed by his predecessor
for harboring militants, in
hopes of finding a way
to revive peace talks
with the Taliban. Mutual
suspicion still haunts the
two countries’ relations —
and cross-border shelling
is common. But Ghani’s
visit, his third trip abroad
after recently visiting
Saudi Arabia and China,
appears part of his plan to
recalibrate Afghanistan’s
relations with its neighbor
as others pressure it over
the militants hiding within
its borders.
THAILAND’s royal
palace says the country’s
86-year-old king remains
hospitalized and is suffering
from an infected colon, a
month after he underwent
surgery to remove his
gallbladder.
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NEW ZEALAND-BRAZIL
A convicted pedophile
and murderer from New
Zealand managed to earn
money while in prison,
book his escape under
his birth name, and flee to
Brazil while on temporary
release before authorities
finally caught up with
him. Phillip John Smith,
who sexually abused a
neighbor’s son and killed
the boy’s father, might still
have been on the run if
somebody — police won’t
say who — hadn’t spotted
him in Brazil after he got
a two-day jump on his
pursuers.
UKRAINE says the security
situation in rebel-held
areas in the east has
steadily worsened as
separatist fighters move
closer to demarcation
lines separating them
from government
forces. National Security
and Defense Council
spokesman Andriy Lysenko
said yesterday that the
Russian army is massing
troops, including air
defense units, near the
border — claims Moscow
has denied.