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My SECOND home BY AMAR SHAH MOHSEN have stayed in the country between then miners in Sarawak.
T
AWAU: A total of 193 North Of that total, only 315 North Korea have returned,” he told reporters after
allowed to stay Koreans have been allowed to stay
in Malaysia under the Malaysia My
nationals currently remain in the country,
with most being MM2H participants,
launching the Jalinan Kasih carnival here
yesterday.
here under MM2H Second Home (MM2H) programme
since 2014, according to Datuk Seri Ahmad
students and those working here.
“Out of the 2,453 citizens, 801 were
The MM2H programme is promoted by
the government to allow foreigners who
programme Zahid Hamidi.
The deputy prime minister said they are
here on temporary work permits. Another
193 are those under the MM2H
fulfil certain criteria to stay here on a
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‘Ghosts’ drive
Brazil president
from residence
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's President Michel
Temer blames bad vibes and even ghosts for
driving him from his sumptuous official resi-
dence in the capital Brasilia, Veja, a Brazilian
news weekly reported on Saturday.
Temer surprised Brazilian politics watch-
ers with the revelation that he has decamped
from the Alvorada Palace and moved with
his former beauty queen wife and their
seven-year-old son down the road to the
smaller vice-presidential residence.
The modernist Alvorada, which means
Dawn, was designed by Brazilian architect
Oscar Niemeyer. It would be a dream home
for many, with a huge pool, football field,
chapel, medical centre and a vast lawn.
But Temer, 76, and his 33-year-old wife
Marcela, find the cavernous, glass-fronted
building spooky.
"I felt something strange there. I wasn't
able to sleep right from the first night. The
energy wasn't good," Temer was quoted as
saying by Veja.
"We even started to wonder: could there
be ghosts?" he reportedly quipped to
Veja.
HOLI FUN ... Indian students play with coloured powder as they celebrate 'holi' or the 'festival of colours' – one of India's According to another report, Marcela
most fun-filled festivals celebrating togetherness in Kolkata yesterday. brought in a priest to attempt to drive out
any evil spirits, but to no avail. – AFP
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> Hospital, rail line and the 8MP of RM3.37 billion followed
by RM6.9 billion in the 9MP and
university to benefit RM5.6 billion in the 10MP.
people, says Najib Najib said the government
would also build more houses for
BACHOK: Prime Minister Datuk the needy in the state.
Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he is On another matter, Najib
determined to continue bringing slammed certain quarters for
transformation to Kelantan by alleging that the government was
implementing more development bankrupt.
projects. “If the government is bankrupt,
He said the projects, for the King Salman (Abdulaziz Al Saud of
people and to boost the state Saudi Arabia) would not have come
economy, included the to invest in this country and set up
construction of the Bachok the King Salman Centre. King
Hospital and East Coast Rail Line. Salman also appreciates and
“(There are) other facilities such recognises the leadership of the
as a new hospital in Kuala Krai, Malaysian government,” he said.
worth over RM300 million, which Najib stressed that the
is under construction. government would continue to
“We (will) build a hospital, strive to make Malaysia more
university and modern railway for progressive in all fields and not be
the people of Kelantan because I insulted or humiliated by any
love the people of Kelantan,” he quarters.
said when launching the “Jom He said North Korea should not
Bantu Rakyat” programme and insult the people of Malaysia
groundbreaking ceremony for the following the murder of Kim Jong-
Bachok Hospital in Kampung Nam.
Bator, Jelawat, yesterday. “Respect us and make sure our
Also present were International people are safe,” he said, alluding to
Trade and Industry Minister Datuk the nine more Malaysians barred
Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Health from leaving North Korea.
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Meanwhile, Health Director-
S. Subramaniam and Bachok General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
Division Umno chief Datuk Dr Abdullah said the non-specialist Najib speaking to family members of Mat Hassan Mohamed, 69, during his working visit to Kelantan yesterday.
Awang Adek Hussin. district hospital in Bachok is
Najib said the government has scheduled to be ready in September “The hospital will lessen the medical officers and once it has “Bachok district is one of many
set an allocation of RM12.11 billion 2019. crowding (problem) at Raja been clustered with Raja that still does not have a hospital. In
in the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) for In a statement on Facebook Permaisuri Zainab II Hospital in Permaisuri Zainab II Hospital, it future, access for secondary health
the projects, Bernama reported. yesterday, he said the 76-bed Kota Baru, which is 20km from will be equipped with specialised services in this area will be made
He said this was a significant hospital, costing RM140 million, Bachok. services although it is a district accessible and the rakyat’s health
increase from the allocation under will be built on a 50-acre site. “It will also accommodate 19 without specialists. status will be better,” he said.
B R I E F S
‘GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORTS’ MP: BE READY FOR GE14
KUCHING: Elected representatives must LABUAN: Umno members and the
give their best efforts to the people, said relevant government machinery here
Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. have been urged to make a positive
He was responding to comments by impact on people in preparation for the
Abang Johari for reps to carry out tasks 14th general election (GE14). Labuan
entrusted to them or not be nominated in Umno leader Datuk Rozman Isli, who is
the coming elections, adding that Abang also Labuan MP, said they should
Johari and Prime Minister Datuk Seri strengthen the spirit of togetherness with
Najib Abdul Razak have the absolute the people. “We must have the ‘feel
right to determine the performance of good’ feeling, so that the people also
elected representatives. – Bernama have the same feeling for us.” – Bernama
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TEEN CAUGHT FOR THEFT BODY OF STUDENT FOUND
NIBONG TEBAL: An unemployed NIBONG TEBAL: The body of a 15-year-
Cambodian teenager was caught old student, M. Philips Damian, who
stealing money in a car by its owner in went missing after playing truant and
Taman Perkaka on Saturday. Universiti joining his three friends at Kampung
Malaysia Perlis student Mohamad Aiman Sanglang Recreation Park on Friday, was
Mohamed Kamal, 22, apprehended the found by fishermen at Sungai Tok Tung-
teen after he found him ransacking his Tung here yesterday. The body was later
car and stealing coins worth RM5. retrieved by Nibong Tebal firemen.
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24 influenza-like
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cases detected
> Infections found in Transport, Non-Muslim Affairs
and National Integration
STAR has registered 115 cases,
while Sekolah Menengah Abdul
two Perak schools committee chairman Datuk Dr Rahman Talib, Teluk Intan (82),
Mah Hang Soon said among the Kolej Vokasional Slim River
BY P. CHANDRA SAGARAN new cases were 23 students (13) and Sekolah Kebangsaan
newsdesk@thesundaily.com from Sekolah Menengah Raja Klebang Jaya, Ipoh (three).
Perempuan Taayah, Ipoh, Of the new cases, four in
IPOH: Another 24 cases of an while the other case was Sekolah Raja Perempuan
influenza-like illness (ILI) were reported in Sekolah Tuanku Taayah and one in STAR have
reported in two schools in Abdul Rahman (STAR), Ipoh. been placed in quarantine,
Perak on Saturday, bringing the Sekolah Menengah Raja bringing the total number to
total number of cumulative Perempuan Taayah has so far 304 isolated in schools.
cases to 438. recorded 225 cases since the Three of the affected students
State Health, Public outbreak on March 4. are receiving hospital treatment.
Ben (right) with his brother Bob (centre) and Dave perform on an RTM
programme in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Two sides of the E-card progress 80s singer Ben on the mend
employers are still worried claiming to be “agents” are
PRESS DIGEST about losing their illegal offering their services to secure KUALA LUMPUR: Popular 80s singer “What people have been
workers should their E-cards for their workers, Ben Nathan, who rose to fame with commenting negatively about him is
BY KONG SEE HOH applications be rejected. telling employers, “you won’t songs like Stanza Sepi Sekeping Hati, not true. Once again, I would like to
newsdesk@thesundaily.com However, Immigration be able to obtain the card on is now on the road to recovery and explain that he is not a drug addict.
director-general Datuk Seri your own”. ready to meet his fans. “He is clean and I believe he is still
THE SME Association of Mustafar Ali said the response is “They’re asking for Yayasan Artis 1Malaysia (YA1M) very much the same person,” he told
Malaysia and the Immigration overwhelming, so much so that RM3,000 to RM4,000 for each president Datuk DJ Dave, the man reporters after an interview on
Department are telling immigration officers processing worker,” Kang said. who was responsible in taking Ben to Selamat Pagi Malaysia programme by
different stories on the applications have to work until He pointed out that although undergo treatment at the Kuala Radio Televisyen Malaysia yesterday.
response to the Enforcement 1am to clear their workload. it had been more than three Lumpur Hospital (HKL), said the Meanwhile, Dave said YA1M
Card (E-card) programme, “It (the progress) is slow. weeks since the programme latter was now feeling more spirited would organise a concert, “Konsert
more than three weeks after it Many (employers) dare not started on Feb 15, many than ever and needed support from all Kasih & Harapan Ben Nathan”, as a
started. apply (for the E-card),” Kang employers still do not know the quarters. token of appreciation for his fans.
Association president Datuk was quoted as saying in a details. “He is 80% recovered and still Early this year, a video of Ben went
Michael Kang said the report in Nanyang Siang Pau The E-card functions as a undergoing treatment at the hospital viral which showed the singer
programme is progressing yesterday. temporary confirmation of ... even in the ward, he is very active dishevelled and wandering aimlessly
slowly mainly because He said many people employment for illegal workers. and well-behaved. on the streets.– Bernama
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Couple killed by
‘Brokers tarnishing lightning at park
PETALING JAYA: An outing at a park for a
Langkawi’s image’
couple turned tragic when they were killed
by lightning at Bandar Puchong Jaya
yesterday.
Serdang deputy police chief Supt Lee Wai
Leong said that the deceased, identified as
Yee Boon Koo, 59, and his wife Ooi Lee Chen,
This had made it difficult for the LTA- happy with. 57, were found dead by police on a jogging
> Group’s unscrupulous registered tour agents to get hotel rooms “If tourists feel they have been cheated track at the park in Jalan Kenari 10 at about
activities affecting tourism for tourists. over the service charges, they can lodge 6pm.
“They have manipulated the situation their complaints at the counter.” Lee said passers-by who saw the bodies
LANGKAWI: The Langkawi Tourism and it has affected our business. There He said they also can lodge complaints on the ground had earlier alerted the police.
Association (LTA) has exposed the have also been complaints that the hotel at LTA’s website to be launched by Kedah “One of the victims had traces of blood on
activities of an unscrupulous group cashing room rates have increased three to four- Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah the head sustained in a fall after being struck
in on big events such as the upcoming fold, he added. Md Hanipah on Thursday. by lightning.”
Langkawi International Maritime and He said their action, if not addressed, Langkawi branch head of Domestic He said medical personnel who arrived at
Aerospace (Lima) exhibition. could affect Langkawi’s image as an Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism the scene pronounced the victims dead.
Chairman Zainudin Kadir said international tourist destination. Ministry Shamnaziman Mohd Taulan said Lee said lightning had struck the ground
yesterday that this group would act as a Zainudin said LTA planned to set up an the office would step up efforts against just two feet from the couple. Their bodies
‘broker’ who would pay cash to book large information counter at Pantai Cenang for people taking advantage of the Lima event, were sent to the University Malaya Medical
number of rooms which would then be tourists and visitors to lodge complaints on which will be held from March 21 to 25, to Centre mortuary for a post-mortem.
offered at a higher price to visitors. any tourism services that they were not profiteer. – Bernama In an unrelated case, firemen rescued a
man who is believed to have trespassed into
an electrical room at the Giant hypermarket
CHANDRA in Kelana Jaya here and suffered serious
SAGARAN injuries when a fire broke out at 7.30pm.
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100 RARE ANTIQUES TO BE
AUCTIONED
GEORGE TOWN: A rare 20th Century
Peranakan bowl is among 100 antique
items which will be auctioned on May 21 at
the State Chinese Penang Association
(SCPA) in Jalan Perak. SCPA president
Datuk Tan Gin Soon said the proceeds
from the auction will go to the owners of
the items and the association will collect
only auction fees. “We hope to collect
about RM20,000 for our upcoming 30th
Baba Nyonya Conference in November,“
Participants he told a press conference. MNP
riding the Auctioneers Central managing director
rickshaws Stephen Soon said the auction will also be
around held via online.
Ipoh city
yesterday. ‘CONTINUE WITH DIALYSIS
SUBSIDY FOR PATIENTS’
GEORGE TOWN: The federal government
must continue to provide the RM50 subsidy
to dialysis patients for each treatment, said
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. He said the
120 take part in rickshaw event to mark Women’s Day RM50 aid should not stop but be continued
in lieu of the present economic situation.
IPOH: Some 120 people participated in the Its chairman, Chow Chee Peng, said the cradle can shake the world’, we want He added the state government also did its
5km “Rickshaw Pedaling-Tribute to apart from appreciating women, the women to be aware of their interests, and part of giving RM30 to each dialysis
Women” event in conjunction with the programme was to raise awareness among hope that more women will become patients and would continue doing so. The
World Women’s Day and Visit Perak Year women about their important roles in an leaders in future,” he said at a media state government, Lim said, had spent RM6
2017 here yesterday. organisation. conference here yesterday. million for three dialysis centres in Balik
The inaugural programme organised by “We will enter the 2030 era soon, so we He also hoped the programme could be Pulau, Seberang Jaya and Kepala Batas
the Perak Kong Siew Ancestry Association are trying to show the importance of made an annual event and more entries which had a total of 40 dialysis machines,
was participated by both men and women women in organisations in the country. would be received not only from Perak but namely 11 in Balik Pulau, 12 in Kepala Batas
of various age categories. “As the saying goes, ‘the hand that rocks other states. – Bernama and the remaining in Seberang Jaya.
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> Disgraced Park leaves
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Park is liberal opposition leader Park left the compound in a
Moon Jae-in (pix), who advocates motorcade of fast-driving black cars,
Blue House reconciliation with North Korea. flanked by police motorbikes, after
“We still have a long way bidding farewell to staff, an official
SEOUL: The South Korean to go. We’ve to make this a said. She was heading for her home in
politician likely to emerge country of justice, of common the Gangnam district of the capital,
as the next president sense through regime Seoul.
promised justice and change,” Moon told a news Moon called on Park to publicly
common sense yesterday as conference yesterday. accept the court ruling.
workers renovated the “We all have to work He said it would be cruel to force
home of ousted leader Park together for a complete victory.” her out of the Blue House while her
Geun-hye to prepare for her Park, 65, is South Korea’s private home was being prepared for
departure from the first democratically elected a couple of days.
presidential Blue House. leader to be ousted. But Moon warned that she should
The Constitutional Her ouster followed not try to destroy or remove
Court ruled on Friday to uphold a months of political paralysis and documents when she leaves.
parliamentary vote to impeach Park, turmoil over a corruption scandal. Thousands of Park’s opponents
dismissing her from office over an Park did not appear in court on rallied in Seoul on Saturday, where
influence-peddling scandal. Friday. they have been gathering every A Park supporter lies on a road to block a media vehicle from
A snap presidential election will be She left the Blue House yesterday, weekend for months, to celebrate her entering as she waits for Park’s possible arrival outside her
held by May 9. bound for her private home and facing departure and demand that she be private home in Seoul yesterday.
Leading in opinion polls to succeed the possibility of prosecution and jail. arrested. – Reuters
Obama-appointed
prosecutor fired
NEW YORK: High- insider trading and
profile New York public corruption
prosecutor Preet cases.
Bharara (pix) – who Time magazine
was among the federal famously lauded the
attorneys asked to prosecutor on its
resign by the White cover as the man who
House – said Saturday is “busting Wall
that he has been fired. Street”.
US President Last year he
Donald Trump’s announced charges
administration on Friday against 120 people from rival
demanded the resignations of New York street gangs who
dozens of prosecutors – were snared in an operation
including Bharara – appointed Bharara had said was “believed
during the two terms of his to be the largest gang takedown
predecessor Barack Obama. in New York City history”.
The federal attorney’s firing Presidents often order
capped a standoff with the political appointees from the
Trump administration that previous administration to
started when Bharara refused resign when they take office,
the White House order to but the abrupt nature of the
resign. move caught some by surprise –
“I did not resign. Moments especially given that so many
ago I was fired,” Bharara were asked to leave at one time.
tweeted on Saturday using his Trump’s request that
recently created personal Bharara leave came as a
account. particular jolt because the
“Being the US Attorney in attorney had met with the US
SDNY will forever be the president shortly after his
greatest honour of my November election at
professional life.” Manhattan’s Trump Tower. He
The Southern District of told journalists then that
New York, the prominent post Trump asked him to stay on.
to which Obama appointed “The president-elect asked,”
Bharara in 2009, includes the the New York attorney had said
Manhattan and Bronx boroughs at the time.
as well as neighbouring areas “Presumably because he’s a
just north of the city. New Yorker and is aware of the
Bharara began working there great work that our office has
in the thick of the mortgage done over the past seven years,”
crisis, and rose to prominence he said, adding that he had
after overseeing a number of agreed to stay on. – AFP
Intruder arrested on
White House grounds
WASHINGTON: An intruder The suspect, identified in
carrying a backpack was court documents as California
arrested after scaling a fence resident Jonathan Tran, 26, is
around the White House and scheduled to appear in federal
entering the grounds, the Secret court today after a judge on
Service said on Saturday, in the Saturday ordered him held
latest breach of security at the without bond, a spokesman for
president’s official residence. the Attorney for the District of
President Donald Trump Columbia said.
was inside the White House Tran was charged with
when the male suspect climbed entering or remaining in
over the fence on the complex’s restricted grounds while using
South Grounds at 11.38pm on or carrying a dangerous weapon,
Friday, and uniformed officers and faces a maximum of 10 years,
arrested him, the Secret Service said Bill Miller, a spokesman for
said in a statement. the Attorney’s office. – Reuters
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MASS GRAVE FOUND AT PRISON
BAGHDAD: A pro-government Shiite Iraqi
militia said on Saturday they have discovered
a mass grave containing the remains of
around 500 at a prison located northwest of
Mosul. Iraqi military forces seized control of
Badoush prison from Islamic State (IS) earlier
this week. IS took control of Badoush village
and the prison complex in June 2014. Human
Rights Watch said the group reportedly
executed 600 inmates at the prison on June
10, 2014. Survivors said at the time that most
of those executed were Shiites. – dpa
CRACKDOWN ON LAWYERS
Riot police BEIJING: China yesterday boasted harsh
clash with punishments meted out to rights defenders
demonstrators was the legal system’s top accomplishment
in the streets last year, as China reported a jump in
near the Turkish corruption cases tried in courts. Activists and
consulate in lawyers are a constant thorn in the side of
Rotterdam Beijing and often accused of being in cahoots
yesterday. with foreign organisations to undermine the
government. Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said
severe punishment of crimes endangering
state security by rights defenders was a key
achievement in 2016. – AFP
Turkish ministers Several demonstrators were beaten by it considered the visits undesirable and
confidence for the prime minister halfway
into his first term. Modi’s Hindu nationalist
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a surprise
absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh in the
north, which is home to 220 million people
and seen as a key indicator of national
> Dutch police break up police with batons, a witness said. “the Netherlands could not cooperate in politics. BJP leader Amit Shah called the win
protests, Ankara vows to They carried out charges on horseback, the public political campaigning of a “historic mandate” for the party, which also
won a majority in Uttarakhand. – AFP
retaliate in ‘harshest ways’ while officers advanced on foot with
shields and armoured vans.
Turkish ministers in the Netherlands”.
The government said it saw the
AMSTERDAM: Turkey told the Less than a day after Dutch authorities potential to import divisions into its own ELEPHANT KILLS ZOO TRAINER
Netherlands yesterday that it would prevented foreign minister Mevlut Turkish minority, which has both pro- and TOKYO: An elephant whacked a trainer with
retaliate in the “harshest ways” after Cavusoglu from flying to Rotterdam, anti-Erdogan camps. its trunk and killed him at a Japanese zoo
Turkish ministers were barred from Turkey’s family minister, Fatma Betul Dutch politicians across the spectrum yesterday, police said. Wichai Madee from
speaking in Rotterdam in a row over Sayan Kaya, said on Twitter she was being said they supported Prime Minister Mark Thailand was washing an Indian elephant
Ankara’s political campaigning among escorted back to Germany. Rutte’s decision to ban the visits. with a colleague at Adventure World in
Turkish emigres. “The world must take a stance in the In a statement issued early yesterday, Wakayama prefecture when the animal
President Tayyip Erdogan had branded name of democracy against this fascist act! Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said swung its trunk and hit him. “The animal
its fellow Nato member a “Nazi remnant” This behaviour against a female minister Turkey had told Dutch authorities it would might have somehow become angry. It
and the dispute escalated into a diplomatic can never be accepted,” she said. retaliate in the “harshest ways” and swung its trunk and the trunk hit the person
incident on Saturday evening, when The Rotterdam mayor confirmed the “respond in kind to this unacceptable who was working in front of the elephant,”
Turkey’s family minister was prevented by minister was being escorted by police to behaviour”. police said. The man sustained injuries to his
police from entering the Turkish consulate the German border. Turkey’s foreign ministry said it did not head. – AFP
in Rotterdam. Kaya later boarded a private plane from want the Dutch ambassador to Ankara to
Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish the German town of Cologne to return to return from leave “for some time”. RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS
flags gathered outside, demanding to see Istanbul, mass-circulating newspaper Turkish authorities sealed off the Dutch MANILA: The Philippine government agreed
the minister. Hurriyet said yesterday. embassy in Ankara and consulate in yesterday to reinstate a ceasefire with the
Dutch police used dogs and water The Dutch government, which stands Istanbul in apparent retaliation and communists behind one of the world’s
cannon early yesterday to disperse the to lose heavily to the anti-Islam party of hundreds gathered there for protests at the longest-running insurgencies, despite
crowd, which threw bottles and stones. Geert Wilders in elections next week, said Dutch action. – Reuters President Rodrigo Duterte’s earlier threat to
step up attacks on the group. Negotiators
for the government and the communist-led
Hunters deployed to kill radioactive wild boars National Democratic Front also agreed to
resume collapsed peace talks, a statement
said. “The parties shall continue the formal
TOKYO: Hunters have been called in to kill prompting a government ban on eating intend to keep working even after the peace talks and reiterate their reaffirmation
radioactive wild boars that have taken them. evacuation orders are scrapped. of all bilateral agreements,” made before the
over towns evacuated during the “After people left, their ecosystem Hundreds more of the boars are peace talks ended abruptly last month. – AFP
Fukushima nuclear disaster before their changed,” hunter Shoichi Sakamoto told believed to live near the towns of Tomioka
residents return. the BBC. and Namie, roaming the empty streets and ‘WE ARE FAMILY‘ SINGER DIES
Six years after Japan’s devastating “They began coming down from the deserted gardens to forage for food. NEW YORK: Joni Sledge, one of four sisters
earthquake and tsunami triggered a mountains and now they’re not going back. “It is not really clear now which is the who together sang one of disco’s most
nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima “They found a place that’s comfortable master of the town – people or wild boars,” enduring songs with We Are Family, has
Daiichi power plant, four evacuated towns – there’s plenty of food and no one will Namie mayor Tamotsu Baba said. died, a representative said on Saturday. She
have been declared safe. come after them. This is their new home “If we don’t get rid of them and turn this was 60. The singer died at her home in
But there is concern over a risk posed now, and this is where they have children.” into a human-led town, the situation will Arizona on Friday with the cause of death yet
by new residents, hundreds of wild boars, He leads a team of 13 hunters assigned get even wilder and uninhabitable.” to be determined, publicist Biff Warren said.
who can attack people or cause potentially to catch and kill the wild boars using air At the end of March, Japan is set to lift “We miss her and hurt for her presence, her
fatal car crashes. rifles, trapping them in cages by using rice evacuation orders for residential areas radiance and the sincerity with which she
The animals have been gorging flour as bait. sitting just 4km from the Fukushima loved and embraced life,” a family statement
themselves on plants contaminated with Since last April, the squad has captured Daiichi nuclear plant, as well as three other said. – AFP
radioactive elements from the disaster site, around 300 of the animals, and the hunters towns. – The Independent
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LUANG MP Liew Chin Tong has name and sit down in Parliament, voicing
proposed that Parliament sits for a whatever thoughts you have on the matter
minimum of 80 days in a year. It is a which was forwarded to him via letter, email,
brilliant suggestion but it doesn’t go WhatsApp or posted on his Facebook page
far enough. and Twitter, regarding matters of national
In this current parliamentary meeting, importance.
which started on March 6, Datuk Seri Azalina If it’s a local matter such as a clogged drain
Othman said only four legal bills are or a dirty public toilet, it isn’t his job, it lies
scheduled for debate. You have to wonder with the state assembly members. Unless, of
just how many bills are backlogged for course, they are MPs from constituencies in
amendments. Kuala Lumpur, but even then it falls under
I’ll give you an example, the Automated City Hall.
Enforcement System (AES) on the roads and Many Malaysians expect their MPs to
all the tickets issued are still in limbo pending hold their hands and be at their beck and call
an amendment to our traffic laws and for special occasions and even functions;
enforcement laws for seven years now, at least. when in fact, you actually voted for them to
Meanwhile, how long will we have to wait stay in Kuala Lumpur and talk on your behalf
for the sex offenders registration list to be along with 221 other such people.
put forth in Parliament? At the same time, lawmakers should also
Thus, I would suggest longer sessions in excuse themselves from the corporate world
Parliament. After all, there is a reason our during their tenure. This has been raised by
members of Parliament are called lawmakers concerned citizens and they should push
Opening ceremony at the Dewan Rakyat on March 6.
– their job descriptions clearly state that they forward with it.
are the people’s representatives on a federal The same should apply to those appointed
level in making laws, among other things. in session three times a year, a total of 33 Plus, if this proposal gets its way in to boards of government-linked companies
As such, I would suggest double what weeks out of 52, with a six-week break in Parliament, it would also mean that we can (GLCs) and all forms of business to avoid
Chin Tong has proposed – 165 days a session, between meetings. belay Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim’s thoughts conflicts of interest.
with sittings on Fridays as well. If once upon Why aim for a measly 80 when we can do of cutting the salaries of MPs by half. If lawmakers want to be lawmakers, then I
a time the logic was to allow MPs enough better. And in case there are those using the Not that I mind their salaries being cut, believe they should bear the brunt like any
time to travel back to their hometowns and need to meet their constituents in person, but my first thought would be to remove civil servant or employee. And trust me,
constituencies, it no longer applies now. MPs have six weeks in between meetings to their allowances for petrol and driver. If they nobody in either sector gets to come into
A flight to Kuala Terengganu takes 45 conduct their constituency clinics and to go want a driver, they can take Uber and Grab their office for 80 days and then gallivant
minutes and with the Electric Train Service around and give speeches on how our tax like everyone else or pay for it on their own across the country or work from home for
it’s five and a half hours to Padang Besar from ringgit is being spent. salaries. the rest of the year.
Kuala Lumpur. This idea of taking a long time Are we saying that MPs don’t have their More importantly, there is a need to
to travel no longer applies. own teams to assist them in their offices at explain to Malaysians what their elected The writer is a public relations practitioner.
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Meanwhile, the crazy-quilt war in Syria
that was started by the Obama
W
E are now moving rapidly into administration and the Saudis has become
stage II of Levantine Madness as unmanageable. Syrian government forces are
the US boosts its intervention in being strongly backed by Russia and slowly
the war-torn Middle East. driving back anti-regime forces backed by
Five thousand US troops are back in Iraq the US, Saudi Arabia, France and, ever so
to bolster the shattered nation’s puppet quietly, Israel. IS and what’s left of Al-Qaeda
regime that is propped up by American are battling the Damascus government,
bayonets. New Iraqi military formations sometimes discreetly aided by the western
have been formed, equipped with modern powers.
US M1 Abrams tanks, Humvees, and fleets of America’s main ally in Iraq and Syria are
trucks. More US forces are on the way. Kurdish militias of the PYD party, an affiliate
These US-financed Iraqi units are of the older PKK which has sought an
euphemistically called “anti-terrorism independent Kurdish state for decades. I
forces” and are supervised by US officers. In covered the long, bloody war between the
fact, what we see is the old British Imperial Turkish armed forces and the PKK in Eastern
Raj formula of white officers commanding Anatolia during the mid-1990’s. Turkey is
native mercenary troops. desperately concerned that formation of
These Iraqi units are now assaulting IS- even a mini-Kurdish state in northern Syria
held Mosul, Iraq’s second city, and smaller or Iraq will eventually lead to creation of a
towns. Most of America’s Iraqi “sepoys” (as large Kurdish state in Turkey. About 18% of
native troops in the British Indian Raj were Turks are ethnic Kurds. The mighty Turkish
known) are Shia bitterly opposed to the Army will never allow this to happen.
nation’s minority Sunnis. After its 2003 The Turks just watched the US break up
invasion of Iraq, the US encouraged Sudan, creating the new state of South Sudan,
animosity between Shia and Sunni as a way which has turned into a bloody disaster.
of breaking resistance to foreign occupation; Mohammad Mohiedine Anis, 70, smokes his pipe as he sits in his destroyed bedroom
Could Turkey be next? Many Turks suspect
divide et imper as the Romans used to say. listening to music on his vinyl player in Aleppo’s formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighbourhood.
the US was behind the coup attempted
Interestingly, the backbone of IS against Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip
leadership is made up of senior officers of Erdogan. Washington would like a more more remains one of the war’s major in Syria. At the same time, the US Navy in the
Saddam Hussein’s old Iraqi army. The obedient leader in Ankara – or see the army mysteries. As I’ve previously written, I nearby Persian Gulf is provoking the Iranians
“Mother of All Battles” continues, as generals back in power. suspect that the US and Saudi Arabia to please President Donald Trump who
President Saddam predicted shortly before Turkey calls the Kurdish PYD “terrorists”. originally helped create and arm IS to be seems determined to have war with Iran.
he was lynched. The US calls them comrades in arms and used against Syria’s government and The US Navy is now threatening to
Meanwhile, thousands of US troops and finances them. Clashes between the Turks Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. The US impose a naval blockade on war-torn Yemen,
Special Forces are now also engaged in Syria and PYD appear very likely. PYD’s blood has long pretended to fight IS but has barely another joint US-Saudi warfare enterprise
though just whom they are battling remains brothers, the PKK, continue to wage done so in reality. that has gone terribly wrong.
confused. Syria has become a mad house of bombing attacks across Turkey along with Maybe this time it will be for real. IS has History shows it’s also easy to lie, flag-
warring factions backed by outside powers – Islamic State. US forces in the region could largely slipped out of the control of its wave and bluster into war but awfully hard to
a sort of modern version of Germany’s easily be drawn into this murky fracas. western handlers, a bunch of 20-something get out. Trump, whose main information
dreadful 30 Years War of the 1600’s. Meanwhile, IS appears increasingly wildmen whose main goal is revenge for source appears to be Fox TV news, doesn’t
The overall US commander for the vulnerable. It has lost almost half of Mosul, attacks on Muslim targets. Without modern yet seem to understand this verity. He should
Middle East, General Joseph Votel, just asked the one big city it holds. The IS capital, logistics, heavy weapons and trained officers have a good look at Afghanistan, America’s
the Trump administration for a large number Raqqa, will soon be overrun by US-led Iraqi the idea that IS could stand up to any western longest war, now in its 16th year of stalemate.
of American troops, saying he lacks the forces and Kurds. Raqqa is a two-by nothing, forces is a joke. It’s only when IS confronts The Pentagon, heedless that Afghanistan is
military resources to subdue and pacify the one-camel town of no military value. There ramshackle Arab forces that it has any clout. known as “the Graveyard of Empires”, wants
Levant. Votel, who is pretty sharp and a star is no way that 3,000 or so IS hooligans with And that’s because mostly Iraqi Arab forces more troops.
of the US Army’s Special Operations “mafia”, only small arms could hold off a serious have no loyalty to their governments. They
also just warned that India and Pakistan attack by regular troops and massed are merely poorly paid mercenaries. Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning,
risked triggering a nuclear war, a grave airpower, including B-52 and B-1 heavy As if this witch’s brew was not sufficiently internationally syndicated columnist, writing
danger this writer has been worrying about bombers. toxic, US and Russian aircraft and Special mainly about the Middle East and South
for years. Why Raqqa was not taken a year ago or Forces are brushing up against one another Asia. Comments: letters@thesundaily.com
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> A year on, digital media
UEM Sunrise, Datasonic steal the limelight completion of elevated stations and
associated works at Damansara
Damai, Sri Damansara West and Sri
WARRANTS over Malaysian Damansara East.
counters continued to Top 5 traded warrants
dominate last week, Warrant Name Value traded Closing Bid Issuer Exercise Level/ Expiry Date
contributing about 70% of
the week’s total turnover in
(RM mil) Price (RM) Price (RM) WCT joint venture
the warrants market.
For the week ended
UEMS-C32 73.6 0.030 RHB 1.40 10 Jul 17 sued for RM130.5m
HSI-H79 58.2 0.355 Macquarie 23,000 27 Apr 17
March 10, two warrants over PETALING JAYA: WCT Holding
UEM Sunrise stole the show, UEMS-C31 56.5 0.085 CIMB 1.20 30 Jun 17 Bhd’s unincorporated 50:50 joint
making it to the top five DSON-CT 53.2 0.045 RHB 1.50 15 Jun 17 venture (JV) with Arabtec
most active table. They were HSI-C72 52.0 0.190 Macquarie 25,000 27 Apr 17 Construction LLC in Doha, Qatar, is
UEMS-C32 and UEMS-C31 being sued for 107.73 million dirham
whose trading volumes (RM130.56 million) by Triumpher
gained a whopping 231% Steel Construction Group Co Ltd
from the previous week to The rebound in Datasonic (HSI) contributed 29.6% of total malaysiawarrants.com.my/ (TSC) in relation to the Nad Al Sheba
73.6 million units and 56.4 million attracted bullish warrant warrants turnover at RM44.8 indexsw. Dubai Racecourse project.
units, respectively. investors to actively trade call million. HSI-H79 became the Provided for Malaysian TSC was the JV’s subcontractor
The other popular warrant warrant DSON-CU. On Friday most popular warrant over HSI residents’ information only. It is for certain steel related works but the
was over Datasonic Group Bhd. alone, DSON-CU recorded a with investors trading 58.2 not an offer or recommendation to subcontract was terminated in 2009.
The company announced on trading volume of 8.8 million million units for week. It saw trade and is not research material. In a filing with the stock exchange,
Thursday a contract win to units. DSON-CU, which has an investors cash out of 3.9 million Past performance is not indicative WCT said its Middle East office in
supply 2.8 million additional expiry on July 31 2017, rose 20% units of the put warrant, which of future Doha on March 6 received from the
units of passport polycarbonate for two days, and ended at was down 12.3% to RM0.355 on performance. Dubai International Arbitration Center
datapage and personalisation RM0.090 on Friday. The other Friday as HSI March futures rose You should a request for arbitration dated Feb 27
services. Following the news, call DSON-CT which saw 53.2 0.03% to close at 23,556 points make your own filed by TSC, naming Arabtec as the
Datasonic’s share price snapped million units traded, was up ahead of the weekend. assessment first respondent and WCT Dubai
a two-day losing streak, gaining a 80.0% week-on-week. and seek branch as the second respondent.
total 7.5% as it ended at RM1.28 Elsewhere, warrants over For more information on index professional WCT said it will take legal action to
on Friday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index warrants, visit https://www. advice. defend itself and to oppose the claims.
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Kimlun’s earnings
The Sun/Zulfadhli Zaki forecast trimmed
PETALING JAYA: Analysts have cut their earnings
forecast for Kimlun Corp Bhd for the financial years
ended Dec 31, 2017 (FY17) and 2018 (FY18), following
the group’s cautious guidance for its earnings
Securities Commission Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh and the regulator’s senior management sharing a light outlook during an analyst briefing last Thursday.
moment after a briefing on its newly released 2016 Annual Report at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday. In a note last Friday, AmInvestment Bank said it
has cut its FY17 and FY18 forecasts by 18% and 3%
SHAHRILLBASRI/THESUN
BY S. INDRA SATHIABALAN
M
ALAYSIANS will be AMIRUL SYAFIQ
able to enjoy the magic MOHD DIN/THESUN
of the internationally-
renowned Disney on Ice
once again, after the show’s earlier
visit to Penang last year.
This time, The Wonderful
World of Disney on Ice show (left) Magic
will be staged in Kuala Lumpur, on skates
returning to the capital city after ... (from far
five years. left) Dimura,
Aside from Disney icons Mahan,
Mickey and Minnie, the show Mickey and
will feature characters from the Minnie,
classics like The Little Mermaid, Helgren,
Aladdin, Toy Story, Rapunzel, The Tugolukova
Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Alain.
and Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, as well as characters from
recent Disney and Pixar animated
films such as Frozen and Finding
Dory.
During a press conference to (below)
announce the show that will be Tugolukova
presented by PR Worldwide and and Alain
Feld Entertainment, some of the showing off
performing skaters – Freddie their skills on
Alain, Vika Tugolukova, Julianne the ice.
Dimura, Michael Helgren and
Kate Mahan – were on hand to
expand on what fans can expect
from the show.
Alain and Tugolukova, who
BY ANANSA JACOB
E
MOTIONAL £101,000 (RM546,540), refuse to pay compensation to problems and social isolation are
distress is when before a higher court viewers aggrieved by shockingly at epidemic levels among young how to reduce that use if it
you make a snatched it back arguing bad television. TV companies adults,” said lead author Brian appears to be contributing to the
sarcastic that “a person stressed out would basically be paying cash to A. Primack, commenting on the patients’ feelings and symptoms
comment on Facebook by kids” was pretty much every viewer every day for every findings. of social isolation. – AFP-
and every single friend the definition of a teacher. show. And however much they “We are inherently social Relaxnews
thinks that’s what you really think. A guy in India watched a really paid, it wouldn’t be enough.
And when you later point out bad Bollywood movie called Yet despite the rash of
that you don’t actually advocate Rockstar in 2014 and demanded emotional distress lawsuits, let’s
eating the unemployed or 50,000 rupees, which is about remember that many claims fail.
whatever, they think you are being US$750 (RM3,340), “on account of A colleague forwarded me a
sarcastic. mental harassment and agony report about a woman who found
Under this cloud of emotional suffered by him”. her image was used without
distress, you switch to your email Given that Bollywood movies permission in a Chipotle restaurant
and find this: “Dear Mr Columnist, sometimes run three-and-half promotion and asked for US$2
how much are my emotions worth hours, he may have underpriced billion (RM8.91 billion).
in major currencies at today’s rates the damage. The courts recently ruled
in various countries around the In China, a man tried to sue against her, but I think it was worth
world?” actress Zhao Wei because her trying, just in case the judge had
The message from reader Agnes intense stare at the camera during a had a nice lunch and gave her a
P.K. Ting baffled me –until I clicked particular TV show caused him token US$100 million (RM445
her link to a February news report: “spiritual damage”. million) for the thumbs down.
US police just paid US$885,000 I can see how the attractive Ms Meanwhile, if any judges are
(RM3.9 million) to a pet-owner “for Zhao could cause any male viewer reading this, how much can I get for
emotional distress” after they shot to have significant non-spiritual the emotional distress of having a
his pet dog. thoughts. sarcastic comment misunderstood?
A second link led to a January The courts eventually declined Millions, right?
report of a student who was asked to hear the case, although if they
to urinate in a bucket in a had any brains, they would have
storeroom and received US$1.25 taken a week off to inspect Ms Nury Vittachi is an Asia-based
million (RM5.57 million), also “for Zhao’s videos as part of their “due frequent traveller. Send ideas and
emotional distress”. diligence” process. comments to lifestyle.nury@
“Why do we work to earn Still, I can see why courts in Asia thesundaily.com.
money instead of just waiting until
someone hurts our feelings and
then claim compensation for suffering from hormone receptor-
emotional distress?” Agnes asked.
Good question. I thought the
Soy could reduce risk of breast cancer mortality negative tumours and, to a lesser
extent, those who were not treated
answer might be that these things A NEW study published in the which affirmed that these growth of cancer cells, researchers with anti-estrogen therapy.
only happen in the US, a country American Cancer Society journal, phytoestrogen compounds at Tufts sought to evaluate the In contrast to previous studies,
which undoubtedly has a Cancer, encourages breast cancer reduced the efficacy of hormone impact of dietary soy on the risk of a high intake of soy was not
constitutional amendment saying patients to eat soy foods. therapy and contributed to the mortality among breast cancer associated with higher levels of
something like: “The right of the According to the American patients. mortality among hormone therapy
American people to file and win study conducted by Tufts University Of the 6,235 American and patients, the researchers pointed
ridiculous lawsuits shall never be in Massachusetts, isoflavones in Canadian women who were out.
infringed.” soy, which have the capacity to monitored by the study for a period To increase their chances of
But I checked with a lawyer who mimic the action of estrogen, can of nine years, those who had a high survival, the researchers
told me that people make improve the prognosis for women intake of dietary soy benefited recommend that women consume
emotional distress claims all over affected by an aggressive form of from a 21% lower risk of dying soy-rich foods as part of a balanced
the world. breast cancer, that of the hormone when compared with participants diet, take regular exercise, reduce
A teacher in the UK demanded receptor-negative (HR-) variety. who consumed smaller amounts. their alcohol intake, avoid smoking
compensation for being stressed In the wake of several This protective effect of soy was and take steps to manage their
out by kids and a court gave him controversial studies on this topic, largely confined to patients levels of stress. – AFP-Relaxnews
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Shattered dreams
Genetic Diseases, and gene population can carry the
therapy company Bluebird Bio mutated gene, though most
said they managed to get a never get sick.
teenager off transfusions. Last month, French
The boy was the first person researchers reported progress
> Those who consistently sleep for more than nine hours a night are more to be treated for sickle cell in developing a rapid, on-the-
likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia 10 years on disease in a clinical trial with spot diagnosis for the disease
gene therapy in Paris in called the Sickle Scan.
October 2014. Early results from a trial in
BY JOHN VON RADOWITZ time may warrant assessment and Sleeping for more than nine hours Others have been tested the African countries of Togo,
monitoring for problems with more than doubled the risk of all since, but no official results Mali, and the Democratic
S
LEEPING for more than nine thinking and memory.” types of dementia and specifically published. Republic of Congo suggested
hours a night could be an This research is reported in the Alzheimer’s. The team collected so- that the Sickle Scan was a faster
early warning sign of Neurology journal. It was also associated with called haematopoietic stem and cheaper blood test than
Alzheimer’s. Another study has found that smaller brain volume. cells, which give rise to red existing ones relying on lab
Scientists believe an inability to developing rambling speech may be Dr Rosa Sancho, from blood cells, from the bone equipment, its makers said.
get out of bed may be a symptom, an early indication of mild cognitive Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: marrow of the youngster, then Rapid diagnosis is crucial to
rather than a cause, of the brain impairment (MCI), which can lead “While unusual sleep patterns are aged 13. start SCD sufferers, especially
changes that lead to dementia. to Alzheimer’s. common for people with dementia, The immature cells were young children, on potentially
For this reason, simply reducing At the American Association for this study adds to existing research treated with a therapeutic life-saving treatment. – AFP-
the length of sleep time is unlikely to the Advancement of Science suggesting that changes in sleep gene, carried in a deactivated Relaxnews
reduce a person’s risk. (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston, could be apparent long before
Researchers in the US found that lead researcher Dr Janet Cohen symptoms like memory loss start to
people who consistently slept for Sherman, from Massachusetts show.
more than nine hours each night General Hospital described an “Other studies have indicated a
were twice as likely to develop experiment in which people were link between changes in sleep
Alzheimer’s or other forms of asked to create a sentence out of quality and the onset of dementia,
dementia over the next 10 years as three words. and while this wasn’t measured in
those sleeping nine hours or less. She said: “The MCIs are very this study, it could be an important
Participants without a high school long-winded”. factor affecting sleep duration.
degree who slept for more than nine The new findings are based on “Understanding more about how
hours increased their risk six-fold, data from more than 2,400 patients sleep is affected by dementia could
suggesting that education lessened enrolled in the Framingham Heart one day help doctors to identify
the effect. Study, a major US investigation into those who are at risk of developing
Lead author Dr Matthew Pase, heart disease risk factors. the condition.
from Boston University Medical Participants, who had an average “This study used self-reported
Centre, said: “Self-reported sleep age of 72, were asked how long they sleep information, which is not
duration may be a useful clinical tool typically slept each night and always reliable, so larger studies
to help predict persons at risk of observed over a period of 10 years. looking at a number of sleep-related
progressing to clinical dementia A total of 234 cases of dementia factors will be needed to better
within 10 years. were recorded over the follow-up understand this link.” – The
“Persons reporting long sleep period. Independent
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S we head into spring, it
might be tempting to go
> How to master the low ponytail, fashion's
for the chop, but keep in hairstyle of the moment LANCÔME is going light with its
mind one very chic Blanc Expert Cushion compact, in
advantage of having long hair: London, and Olivier Theyskens This is a look that works best defiance of an increasingly suffocat-
the low ponytail. kept them slightly ruffled in with straight hair, so you might ing urban environment and the pollu-
The humble ponytail has Paris, reports AFP Relaxnews. want to consider ironing out tion-induced dark spots and signs of
been growing in popular- Of course, the low pony isn't any kinks before beginning. ageing that come with it.
ity on the catwalk for a few consigned to the catwalks; the Product is also usually required Thanks to its major active ingredient
seasons now, but it was given trend has gained traction over to master the Aeragel, Lancôme’s new Blanc Expert
a complete fashion overhaul the past few months thanks to sleekness that Cushion Light Coverage boasts an airy
for Autumn/Winter 2017. In multiple red carpet outings. elevates this texture and an antioxidant formula. The
New York, Jason Wu opted Kim Kardashian has long been to a red car- particle, composed of air at 90%, is twice
for a sleek and minimalist a fan of the “do”, while stars pet-worthy as light and luminous as a conventional
look, while Tory Burch added including Blake Lively, Rosie style. Kim particle. Aeragel’s porous nature also
ribbons to her models' pony- Huntington-Whitely and Alicia Kardashi- allows it to absorb up to four times its
tails for a romantic spin on the Vikander have all turned to an's weight in sebum, hence promising an
trend. J. W. Anderson flipped the sleek style for high-pro- hairstylist infallible hold.
Olivia Culpo. As for the High Coverage counter-
them over one shoulder in file events over the past year. uses the
When Olivia Culpo showed up star's own part, the secret lies in the PolarTM
at the 89th Academy Awards “Kardashian Beauty K-Body technology developed for Lancôme. The
recently with her hair Volume Foam” to flatten the cushion consists of fibres identical to
slicked back, tied back tops and sides of the crown those in fleece clothing, finely inter-
and almost reach- once the hair has been parted, twined to provide more coverage than
ing her waist, it while vlogger Claire Ashley the traditional cushion while delivering
became official: recommends using a hair gel just the right amount of product upon
the low ponytail applied with a toothbrush to application.
is the go-to look achieve the desired shine, be- The latest formula behind both Blanc
of the moment. fore finishing with hairspray to Expert Cushion compacts are con-
So how do banish flyaways. A razor-sharp cocted to protect against certain effects
you recre- centre parting is the most com- of pollution. It contains four new ingre-
ate the look mon baseline of the low pony, dients renowned for their antioxidant
at home? but this Tressemmé tutorial properties, namely Baicalin and Mor-
The key is suggests opting for a deep side inga extract which shield against oxida-
preci- part and using different acces- tive stress.
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SHAHRILL BASRI/
THESUN
(left) Brand
ambassadors
(from left)
Ayda and
Lin with the
Oppo R9s
Plus.
(below) The
R9s Plus … Facebook travels
an improved
version of its one step further
little brother,
IN A strategy seen as an offensive move against
the R9s.
Google Trips, Facebook has launched its own
city guides, and even gone one step further by
adding the option of booking a hotel, restaurant
A picture-perfect phone
or tour.
The feature was launched within a Facebook
update with little fanfare, notes industry travel
watcher Skift.com.
The added option enables users to book their
> Malaysians can now get their hands on the bigger hotel room or make reservations in select cities
and more powerful Oppo R9s Plus directly through the app via a Book Now
button.
“Facebook’s latest move into the travel
BY AZIZUL RAHMAN ISMAIL clarity, comfortable viewing, storage slot, a problem that a ecosystem could be seen as a big challenge to
battery life, and storage space.” certain other phone company Google,” wrote Skift analyst Dennis Schaal.
T
HE OPPO R9s Plus has Under the full HD 6in screen is has already solved, with its Because while Google Trips was also created
finally landed in Malaysia, the newly-launched Qualcomm more affordable devices. as a mobile trip planner, complete with travel
almost two months after the Snapdragon 653 processor, paired The Oppo R9s Plus is now itinerary, city guide and tips on how to get
release of its ‘little brother’, with 6GB of memory and 64GB of available at all Oppo online around, the app stops short of allowing users
the Oppo R9s. expandable storage. The battery and concept stores, as well to book reservations.
The launch, which was held at capacity is also increased to as telco and e-commerce Facebook’s booking feature is “an important
the Glasshouse at Seputeh, Kuala 4,000mAh. partner sites at the price of step by a company with a mammoth user base”,
Lumpur, saw Oppo’s brand This is an improvement from RM2,498. Schaal adds.
ambassadors and local celebrities the smaller 5.5in Oppo R9s, which This includes 12 months The app likewise takes a page out of the
Ayda Jebat and Lin Min-Chen at the price of RM1,798, has a of OppoCare screen geolocating app Foursquare, showing users lists
introduce the new device to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa- warranty coverage. of cities their friends have visited, along with
public. core processor, 4GB of memory, The phone comes in recommendations on the places to go and things
Because photography is the 64GB of expandable storage and a two colours: gold and rose to do, thanks to Facebook’s existing check-in
main focus of the phone, this 3,010 mAh battery, which also gold, and if it follows the feature, noted TechCrunch.
bigger, more powerful version of supports Oppo’s VOOC Flash R9s trend, there will surely A section called Places the Locals Go, is also
Oppo’s flagship phone touts a 16MP Charge, the company’s proprietary be more colours to choose made up of the most popular, highly-rated spots
IMX3369 rear camera from Sony, fast charging technology. from in the future. within Facebook. – AFP-Relaxnews
Dual (Phase Detect Autofocus) Both phones share the same look
PDAF with Optical Image Stabiliser and basic design, including the
(OIS) and an f1.7 super bright much-touted six-string antenna and
aperture – one of the biggest
apertures ever seen on a
Oppo’s own ColorOS 3.0, which is
based on Android 6.0.
ZenFone 3 Max in new colours
smartphone camera. However, this is not the latest ASUS ZenFone 3 Max is known for its huge
“We are extremely excited to version of Android, which is 4,100mAh battery that is said to last up to 17 hours
reveal the Oppo R9s Plus to the currently at 7.0. Also, ColorOS 3.0 of 3G talk time as well as a 5.5in full HD display
Malaysian market, as we know that does not have an app drawer. and a 16MP f2.0 camera – all at a price tag
our Malaysian fans are always on Because the R9s Plus is of less than RM1,000.
the go and love capturing and substantially larger, it can be a Originally launched back in September
sharing photographs of their daily handful for those with smaller 2016, the Asus ZenFone 3 Max debuted
activities,” said Oppo Malaysia hands, and that makes the front- in titanium grey and glacier silver. Now,
brand director Chen Lu. facing thumbprint reader a tad the phone is also available in sand
“With 2017 being the year of inconvenient. gold and rose pink (left).
mobile photography, it only makes However, the phone comes In conjunction with the release of
sense for Oppo to reward our loyal bundled with a screen protector the new colours, Asus is giving away free
Malaysia fans with an improved and a back plate, making it a gifts to those who purchase the ZenFone 3
version of the R9s which they love. complete package out of the box. Max in one of the two new colours. To redeem the
“The R9s Plus ensures that users The R9s Plus is also a dual SIM gifts, customers just fill in a form at the Asus Malaysia
will never have to worry about phone, at the cost of an expandable Facebook page.
(below, right)
Millions have
Feb 18 – March 19 since waltzed
YOU’VE been living through an to the strains
unsettled period, one that’s been of The Blue
triggered by late February’s
powerful eclipsed-New Moon in Pisces. While Danube,
this influenced every sign to some degree, it composed
was more intense for you. In fact, as a result, the by Strauss II
changes you’ve experienced have had a greater (below, left),
impact and lasted longer. which evokes
March 20 – April 18 memories of
FEW things annoy you more than The Danube
those who’re so obsessed with river that
matters of little significance that runs through
nothing gets done. Consequently, you tend to Vienna
ignore meaningless details until forced to tackle
them. They’re not only important, but what you
and other
learn will prove vital to decisions you’re making countries in
now, and plans for the future. Europe.
April 19 – May 19
B
play it cool in front of people and ORN out of defeat,
in several situations, the mood initially not that popular,
has now changed. In fact with the forthright and dedicated to a river
Mars now in Taurus, it’s time for you to speak that’s more greeny-grey
out. There’s no need to have a plan. Simply
than blue, the beginnings of The
make it clear you’re ready for action and take it
from there. Blue Danube 150 years ago – on > Johann Strauss II’s The Blue Danube continues to fascinate 150 years
Feb 15, 1867 at Vienna’s on as one of the world’s catchiest pieces of classical music
May 20 – June 20 Dianabadsaal (Diana Bath Hall) –
EVERY Full Moon heightens were inauspicious.
emotions. And because the But Johann Strauss II’s
recent one accented the structure
of your life, changes weren’t just likely, the odds rousing waltz, first performed on
are good you found them unsettling. Still, Feb 15, 1867, is now one of the
tempting as it is to minimise, if not battle them, world’s most famous and
you’d regret it. Deep down you know they’re catchiest pieces of classical
in your best interests. music.
June 21 – July 21 It has featured in movies
WHILE your efforts to try to galore, and is still being
sidestep potentially-emotional performed and danced to one-
issues are wise, recent events and-a-half centuries on.
have made it clear that these are better dealt An Der Schoenen Blauen
with once, and openly. Within a few days, in
fact, you’ll exchange the feelings of concern Donau, as it is known in the
you’ve been experiencing with relief that they original German, began life as a
are now out in the open. choral work commissioned by
the Vienna Men’s Choral Society.
July 22 – Aug 21 The main aim was to cheer
THIS week’s tricky planetary
activity could bring out the
people up after Austria had lost
stubborn side of your nature. an important and bloody battle
That means you’ll fight for a plan, arrangement against Prussia, at Koniggratz,
or even alliance with another, not so much the previous summer.
because they matter but, rather, you want to The title was said to have
make changes when you decide to. For now, been inspired by a poem, but the
avoid making decisions of any kind.
words were penned by the
Aug 22 – Sept 21 society’s own lyricist, a
ALTHOUGH catching up with policeman who humorously orchestra and a 20,000-strong anthem of its own. It has also featured in madcap
the changes triggered and the bemoaned the state of the choir to 100,000 people. National airline Austrian animated series SpongeBob
deep feelings aroused by the defeated country. “How am I supposed to Airlines plays the music to SquarePants while in The
recent Virgo Full Moon could take a while,
there’s no question things are changing. While It was not an immediate conduct this mess?” the passengers before takeoff and Simpsons, Homer, in homage to
some developments are overdue, others are as runaway success, although an composer reputedly said. after landing. Kubrick’s cinematic Space
sudden as they are mystifying. Be patient. Soon exhibition marking the Today, The Blue Danube A survey in 2016 of the Odyssey, floats around a
it will all make sense. anniversary at Vienna City Hall evokes like no other waltz the airline’s customers found that spaceship eating potato chips.
seeks to refute the belief that it elegance of Vienna’s 19th- 72% are in favour of the practice But apart from it simply being
Sept 22 – Oct 22
GENERALLY, you’re discreet
was a total flop. century heyday – which lives on continuing. a nice tune, how to explain the
about it. Still, you dislike leaving One glowing contemporary in the city’s ball season, currently It is also a perennial favourite popularity, particularly
crucial plans or decisions to account even calls it a “schlager” in full swing. on the silver screen, most considering that Strauss wrote
others, even if you tell them that everything is (German for ‘hit’) – supposedly It also takes pride of place in famously in Stanley Kubrick’s almost 500 other waltzes?
in their hands. The fact is, you’ll be in the the first recorded use of the term. the Vienna New Year’s Concert 2001: A Space Odyssey but also in “There is no definitive
background, quietly making suggestions. Now, But the piece only really took every Jan 1, and is Austria’s Cool Runnings and Titanic, to answer,” Thomas Aigner, curator
however, even that is unwise. Back off. Say and
do nothing. off once an orchestral version unofficial national anthem. name but a few. at the City Hall exhibition, told
was performed in Paris later in When Austria declared its More irreverently, a sketch by AFP.
Oct 23 – Nov 21 1867, to a rapturous reception, independence from Nazi British comedy troupe Monty “It’s a patriotic song, but not
YOU’VE a unique talent for and soon afterwards in London. Germany in April 1945, it was The Python showed the members of too much. Everyone can project
outwitting even the most complex In a tour of the United States Blue Danube that was performed an orchestra exploding one by their own memory linked to the
of circumstances. Yet the
situations you’re facing may be too much to
in 1872, Strauss conducted a since at the time, the country had one as they played the piece in a river, to a visit to Vienna.” – AFP-
deal with, even for a canny Scorpio like you. It’s performance by a 2,000-piece yet to have an official national field. Relaxnews
not that you’ve lost your touch but, rather, with
so much in transition, nobody can second guess
what’s coming next. TV1 TV2 TV3
2.30pm Boleh Tumpangkan 10am Crossroad 2pm Dendam Semalam
Nov 22 – Dec 20
USUALLY, the idea of making
Saya? 10.30am Download Upload 3pm Carmela
changes is intriguing enough that 3pm Cinta Kau dan Aku 11am Discovery of Love 4pm Dia Bukan Anakku
you’ll at least explore what they’d 4pm Inspirasi Remaja 1pm Tentang Hati 5pm Boboiboy
involve. Yet you’ve steadfastly refused even to 6pm Biz Malaysia 2pm Wasiat Rindu 5.30pm Ceplos
consider altering elements of your domestic or 6.30pm Persada Jurnal 3.30pm Kaaval 6pm Kintang Kintung
working setup. Now events beyond your control 7.30pm Do-It 4.30pm Dr Love 6.30pm Perang Otai Andam
are making it happen. Within a short time, you’ll 9pm Suara Kita Hak Kita 5pm Mask 7pm Suamiku Paling Sweet
realise they’re for the best. 10pm Rona Sabah 6pm Big Mistakes 9pm Majalah 3
10.30pm Orang Kita 7pm Panda 10pm Misteri Wan Peah
Dec 21 – Jan 18 11.30pm Parlimen 9pm Risiko 11pm Muzik-Muzik
LONG ago, you realised that not 12.30am Highlight Cub Prix 10pm Nasib Si Labu & Labi 12.30am Keliwon
everybody finds decision-making
as easy as you do. Of course, that
doesn’t take into account the time you’ll have NTV7 8TV TV9 Term Life
taken gathering and weighing up facts before 1.30pm The Awakening 9am Ho Chak! 9am Danny Phantom FOX MOVIES PREMIUM,
you draw any conclusions. Most others don’t 2.30pm Living Delight 10PM: Nick Barrow and his
11.30am If God Loves 9.30am SpongeBob
bother, which is why it’s not surprising that they
find deciding anything a struggle.
3.30pm Father & Son 2pm Mr Player SquarePants estranged daughter, Cate, are
4.30pm Feng Shen Bang 3pm Turning Point 10am CJ Wow Shop hunted by a vengeful mob boss
Jan 19 – Feb 17 6pm Hand in Hand 4pm I am a Big Doctor 4pm Ariana Mikhail and three dirty cops. Nick must
THE events triggered by the 7.30pm James Martin United 5pm Royal Romance 5pm Kita Nikah Yuk now expose the enemies who
clash between Jupiter and your Cakes of America 6pm First Love 6pm Let’s Eat
8pm 7 Edition 7pm Wudang Rules 7pm Pokemon set him up before they track
ruler Uranus earlier this month down and kill both him and his
probably raised questions about existing plans, 8.30pm Taiwanese Fairy Stories 8.30pm Princess Wei Young 7.30pm Upin & Ipin
both in terms of them lasting but, as much, 9.30pm Revolving Heart 9.30pm Woman with a Suitcase 8.30pm Petanda daughter. Starring Vince
whether you’d be distracted by new ideas. Now 11pm Line Walker 10.45pm Chinese Running Man 10.30pm Scoreboard Extratime Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld and
that it’s clear both are the case, begin rethinking 12.30am Perfect Match 12.45am Sing Again, Hera Su 11.30pm Infinite Challenge Bill Paxton.
those longstanding arrangements.
26 theSun | MONDAY MARCH 13 2017
M
ANY had billed this year’s YONEX All astonishing roar as the Malaysians in the “I have won a lot of Superseries titles, and
Sharapova’s England Open as Lee Chong Wei’s crowd shouted their admiration for their this is my fourth at All England,” he said.
suspension ends last, but the world No. 1 vowed to be national hero – and he didn’t disappoint. “It’s a different feeling though because All
on April 26, and back in 2018 after surging to a sensational Falling behind only once in the opening England is an amazing tournament, and it’s my
she’ll play her first fourth men’s singles title. game, he controlled proceedings from the very favourite tournament as well.
match that day. “I think it’s very Three years had passed since Chong Wei start of play, strolling effortlessly to a 21-12 “When I came here this year, I was just back
questionable, allowing – no matter who it is had last got his hands on the coveted victory. from injury, and this is my first tournament of
– a player that is still banned to play a silverware at Birmingham’s Barclaycard The second game followed in much the the year. This win is very important for me.”
tournament that week,” Wozniacki said. “I Arena, coming in 2014 after claiming victory in same fashion, with Shi having little He added: “I’m feeling so happy. I don’t
think it’s disrespectful to the other players both 2010 and 2011. opportunity to reply to his opponent’s think it was an easy match, I tried to focus on
and the WTA.She should start from the But after unseeded opponent Shi Yuqi dominance. my play.
bottom.” eased past reigning champion Lin Dan in the An ankle injury to the Chinese player, “Yesterday, I saw Shi Yuqi play Lin Dan
semifinal, it looked as though Chong Wei faced sustained in the dying stages of the match, and he played very well, and when he beat Lin,
HADWIN NEARS FIRST PGA WIN a tougher challenge in the battle for the trophy allowed Chong Wei to seal a 21-10 triumph, and I knew he would not be an easy player to beat.
CANADA’S Adam Hadwin fired a bogey- than the line-up suggested on paper. with it, saw his name engraved on the men’s “My focus was on playing my match, but
free four-under 67 yesterday to seize a four- Chong Wei entered the arena to an singles trophy once more. when I got some points, I felt more confident.”
stroke lead over American Patrick Cantlay And while Chong Wei was over the moon
after the third round of the US PGA Valspar to have landed the YONEX All England title
Championship. The 29-year-old from Moose for a fourth time, he has already set his sights
Jaw, Saskatchewan – seeking his first PGA on securing his fifth come 2018.
crown – stood on 14-under 199 after 54 “All England is my favourite tournament,
holes over Innisbrook’s Copperhead course and I 100% want to come back next year. I hope
in Palm Harbor, Florida. “I’ve been really I can win again next year, and become a five-
proud of myself grinding things out. I just time All England champion,” he said.
have to come out and do the same thing Meanwhile, Malaysian mixed doubles pair
tomorrow,” Cantlay, also seeking his first Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying failed to cross
PGA title, roared into second with the day’s their final hurdle, losing 21-18, 19-21, 16-21 to Lu
low round, a 66, to reach the final pairing on Kai/Huang Yaqiong from China.
203, one ahead of compatriot Jim Herman, Peng Soon/Liu Ying who took the first
who led in the opening round after an game 21-18, were leading the second game 17-16
opening 62, and two better than American when a disputed call from the umpire seemed
Dominic Bozzelli. to have disrupted their rhythm and
concentration.
MAYWEATHER TO COMEBACK It was the first final for the duo who had
RETIRED unbeaten boxing champion Floyd never gone past the semifinal stage.
Mayweather says that when it comes to a No Malaysian mixed doubles pair has won
possible big-money fight with Irish mixed the mixed doubles title although a combination
martial arts star Conor McGregor, he is “out of David Choong from Malaysia and June
of retirement.” In a posting on the MMA White from England had won the title in 1953. –
website, the 40-year-old American said he Agencies
wants to face McGregor, 28, in June. “For
Conor McGregor, I’m coming out of
retirement, just to fight Conor McGregor,”
Mayweather told FightHype, according to Venus battles back
the posting. “Today, I’m officially out of
retirement for Conor McGregor. We don’t to beat Jankovic
need to waste no time. We need to make
this... happen quickly. Let’s get it on in VENUS WILLIAMS saved three match points as
June.” she roared back for a 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 victory over
old foe Jelena Jankovic yesterday and a place in
BOTH CAPTAINS CLAIM EDGE the third round at Indian Wells.
Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon The seven-time Grand Slam champion, her right
SOUTH AFRICA and New Zealand’s arm bandaged and her serve speed down, sur-
captains both claimed to have gained a and Goh Liu Ying Goh (R)
return a shot to China’s rendered the first set in just 20 minutes and was
psychological edge after rain washed out the quickly down a break at 3-1 in the second.
final day of the first Test in Dunedin Huang Yaqiong and Lu Kai
during their All England Open “I definitely wasn’t able to do everything I
yesterday. Despite New Zealand suffering wanted to,” she said. “Took me some time to kind
the loss of batsman Ross Taylor for the Badminton Championships
mixed doubles final in of get my head around that.
second Test, captain Kane Williamson felt “You have to get disciplined and just try to deal
buoyed by the his side being able to Birmingham yesterday. China
won the final 2-1. – AFPPIX with what’s at hand and try to use the tools you
establish a 33-run first innings lead. “To put have on this particular day,” said Williams, who did
partnerships together against the very good so with a vengeance.
attack they have was a good effort,” he said
after play was abandoned without a ball
bowled yesterday, leaving South Africa on Murray win a giant step on “It ain’t over till it’s over,” she told her ecstatic
fans of her determination to stick with it until the
end. “And I didn’t see no fat lady singing.”
224 for six in their second innings, a lead of
191 runs. Pospisil’s comeback trail Williams next faces Czech Lucie Safarova, a 4-6,
6-4, 6-1 winner over American Coco
Vandeweghe.
DU PLESSIS SURPRISE AT ICC VASEK POSPISIL, playing tennis with He said Australia’s Woodforde, a 12- Safarova denied Vandeweghe a chance to
SOUTH AFRICA captain Faf du Plessis said renewed purpose after a tumultuous 2016, time Grand Slam doubles champion, had avenge her semifinal loss to Williams at the Austral-
yesterday he was surprised no one had been knew something big was coming, but a proved the perfect addition as he sought to ian Open, where Williams fell in the championship
charged by the ICC after the ugly spat which stunning triumph over world No. 1 Andy rekindle the fire he lacked last year. match to her sister Serena.
blighted the Australia-India Test series. “I Murray exceeded his expectations. “He has a lot of wisdom,” Pospisil said. There was no such drama for second-seeded
was, yes. Purely from the reason of what I “Amazing feeling,” Pospisil said after “He’s been around for many years. He was Angelique Kerber, who raced into the third round
went through in Australia for something I vanquishing Britain’s Murray 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) a great singles player himself. with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over fellow German Andrea
feel was a lot smaller, so (am) surprised with in the second round of the ATP Indian “Doubles, obviously, that goes without Petkovic.
it,” he said in Dunedin following the washed- Wells Masters. saying, one of the doubles greats. But he Kerber, who is assured of reclaiming the No. 1
out end to the first Test against New “I feel like I’m on a comeback trail,” he was a very accomplished singles player, world ranking when the tournament ends thanks
Zealand. Du Plessis was fined his match fee added. and I felt like he could help me kind of to Serena Williams’ injury withdrawal, reversed a
during a Test against Australia in November “I felt like a big result was coming, discover more about my game and how I run of poor fortune in the California desert, where
for sucking on a mint and rubbing saliva into because I believe in my abilities, but just want to play.” she hadn’t made it out of her tournament opener
the ball. ICC (International Cricket Council) kind of had to put the pieces together again. Still glowing from his victory over since 2011.
chief executive David Richardson had Obviously to beat the No. 1 player in the Murray, Pospisil wasn’t interested in “Of course, it was not so easy to play against
described it as “an obvious breach” of the world is incredible.” discussing the details of the personal her, we know each other very long,” Kerber said.
ball-tampering law. However, the ICC The 26-year-old from Vernon, British troubles that played havoc with his career Kerber next faces France’s Pauline Parmentier,
decided not to take action against the Columbia, was ranked as high as 25th in the last year. who ousted 27th-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Ka-
warring India and Australia captains – Virat world in 2014 and in 2015 captured the “I feel like I came out a little bit more zakhstan 6-2, 6-3.
Kohli and Steve Smith – following cheating Wimbledon doubles crown with wise about life, about myself,” he said. “I Women’s fourth-seed Simona Halep of Roma-
accusations during the second Test in American Jack Sock. think that’s why I’m also now enjoying my nia cruised through her opener, downing Croatian
Bangalore last week. Kohli accused Smith of But he was playing on the lower-rung time on the court so much more these wild card Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1.
abusing the decision review system (DRS) Challenger circuit as recently as February, days. Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska beat Spain’s
after he was seen looking to the Australian honing his game under the guidance of “The last few months I have been kind Sara Sorribes 6-3, 6-4 and ninth-seeded American
dressing room for advice on whether to ask new coach Mark Woodforde and trying to of stopping myself during matches and Madison Keys made a successful return to compe-
for a review after being given out lbw. Smith build up a ranking that had slipped outside realising how happy I am to even be tition with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Colombian
described his breach as a “brain-fade”. the top 130 in the world. competing and playing tennis.” – AFP Mariana Duque. – AFP
28 SPORTS – AHEAD OF THE GAME
theSun ON MONDAY | MARCH 13, 2017
Mbappe sparks
Sevilla hopes dented Monaco as
Man City loom
> La Liga title challengers held as Griezmann strikes to take Atletico closer to the top TEEN prodigy Kylian Mbappe scored his 10th
league goal of the campaign as Monaco beat
S
EVILLA’S La Liga title hopes suffered a Bordeaux 2-1 yesterday to cement their place
fresh blow yesterday as they were held at the top of Ligue 1.
1-1 at home by lowly Leganes. Mbappe opened the scoring midway through
Atletico Madrid are now just five points the second half at the Stade Louis II and a
adrift of Sevilla in third as Antoine beauty from Joao Moutinho doubled the
Griezmann headed home the winner in a principality side’s lead.
vital 1-0 victory at Granada for Diego They held on to take all three points after a
Simeone’s men. howler from goalkeeper Danijel Subasic allowed
Sevilla continued to struggle ahead of Diego Rolan in to reduce the arrears.
their return to Champions League action Monaco, who will look to overturn a 5-3
against Leicester City in midweek after a 1-1 first-leg deficit when they host Manchester City
draw at Alaves on Monday. in their Champions League last-16 return on
Gabriel Pires fired Leganes into a Wednesday, are five points clear of local rivals
deserved early lead after just three minutes Nice at the top with nine games left.
at the Sanchez Pizjuan. However, Paris Saint-Germain can go back
Stevan Jovetic levelled for Sevilla just up to second and cut Monaco’s lead back to
before halftime, but it was Leganes who had three points with a win at bottom club Lorient
the better chances in the second half to take overnight in their first outing since their Cham-
all three points. Granada forward Adrian Ramos (2nd right) fails to stop a header from Atletico Madrid pions League humiliation in Barcelona.
“The team is very rushed and anxious forward Antoine Griezmann (centre) during the Spanish league match at the Nuevo Los “Now that we are nine matches from the
when we can’t create chances. Very well- Carmenes Stadium in Granada yesterday. – AFPPIX end of the season teams have analysed us and
organised teams can cause damage,” said come here with a more defensive strategy,”
Sevilla boss Jorge Sampaoli. On-loan Inter Milan striker Jovetic was Carrasco was then denied by Guillermo said Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim, whose
Two dropped points leave third-placed the only Sevilla player to escape with any Ochoa at the start of the second period, side remain the top scorers in Europe’s top five
Sevilla still three points adrift of La Liga credit as he finished off a fine move for his while Griezmann fired wastefully into the leagues.
leaders Barcelona, who now also have a fourth goal since joining in January. side-netting on his favoured left foot. “That is not a criticism. Against teams who
game in hand. Leganes, though, should have retaken the However, Griezmann made amends six only come out on the counter-attack, you need
Sampaoli had left out a host of first-team lead when Miguel Angel Guerrero volleyed minutes from time when he headed Koke’s to find a way of scoring without giving them
regulars with one eye on their trip to wide with the goal gaping early in the cross into the far corner. the chance to break. In that way it was a great
Leicester tomorrow. second period. Granada were then reduced to 10 men in performance.”
However, the Argentine warned that And substitute Luciano was unlucky stoppage time when midfielder Mubarak On the prospect of trying to turn things
Sevilla’s 2-1 first-leg lead over the English when he nearly caught Sevilla goalkeeper Wakaso was sent off for a second bookable around against City, Jardim admitted he has
champions won’t be enough to see them into Sergio Rico off his line with a clever chip offence. to take recent defensive struggles into consid-
the quarterfinals unless they dramatically that floated just wide. Elsewhere, Sporting Gijon remain rooted eration.
improve their performance in midweek. Atletico opened up a four-point gap on in the relegation zone as Munir El Haddadi’s “We are top of the league, in the League
“With a performance like that we will Real Sociedad in the battle for the fourth header six minutes from time rescued Cup final, in the French Cup quarterfinals,
find it very difficult to get through in the Champions League spot as they eventually Valencia a point from a 1-1 draw at Mestalla everyone is in good condition mentally,” said
Champions League. They are strong wore down Granada at Nuevo Los earlier on Saturday.. the Portuguese.
opponents who will punish mistakes.” Carmenes. And former Marseille coach Michel got “It will be a difficult match. One thing is for
Leganes capitalised on a sluggish start by Yannick Carrasco headed inches wide off to a losing start as Malaga boss as Edgar sure, the way we are playing just now we will
the hosts as Pires backheeled Nabil El Zhar’s for the visitors with the best chance of the Mendez struck in stoppage time to hand 10- have to score three times to qualify. Two won’t
low cross into the far corner. first half. man Alaves a 2-1 win at La Rosaleda. – AFP be enough.” – AFP
‘No reason’ to
leave Atletico
> Griezmann said he has grown sick and tired
GOOD: Neymar
With 3 goals still needed with 3 mins left,
it wasn’t on. Up stepped the Brazilian to
of speculation linking him to Old Trafford send an Exocet into the top corner stun-
ning the PSG keeper, stunning everyone.
BY SAMUEL LOVETT subsequently emerged as one of the most Then he was tripped in the box and took
sought-after players on the continent. over penalty duties from Messi. He
F
ORWARD ANTOINE Griezmann has His excellent form for Atletico has smashed it home. And still wasn’t done.
once again addressed speculation continued this season, scoring 20 goals in 37 A chip of pure poetry for Sergi Roberto to
linking him to Manchester United, appearances across all competitions. run on to and crash into the roof of the net.
insisting he has “no reasons” to leave Griezmann has also expressed his belief Of the MSN on this night of nights, N was
Atletico Madrid. that manager Diego Simeone won’t be the one who stood out.
The 25-year-old has been repeatedly leaving Atletico anytime soon either.
linked with a summer move to Old Trafford, The Argentine, who has managed the BAD: PSG
with Jose Mourinho recently declaring he side since December 2011, is tied to the To lose a huge lead in the Champions
has already outlined his transfer targets for Madrid outfit until June 2018. League twice in one game takes some
the 2017/18 season – one of whom is alleged “He likes it here, he sees in us a squad doing but PSG managed it - the biggest
to be the Frenchman. that has more to give and he does as well,” bottle job in tournament history. Barca
But Griezmann, who is currently under Griezmann said. “He wants to go very far in rode their luck but this was capitulation
contract at Atletico until 2021, insists he has Champions and La Liga and soon we will from the way they set up to the way they
no desire to leave the Vicente Calderón have a new stadium. I am sure he will let him three goals at the death. They were
Stadium and is happy at the club. continue with us.” so bad they stole Arsenal’s thunder!
“I am always asked the same question With United’s chances of securing
and I am pretty sick of it, but like I always Griezmann in the summer now fading, STUPID: Arsene Wenger
say, I am very happy here,” he told Mourinho has subsequently turned to It’s time to go - but he can’t see it. Just like
Spain’s TVE Telediario de La1. alternative signings. all those dodgy incidents that he has not
“I have learned a lot over time, I have the As revealed by The Independent last wanted to talk about over the past 2
best teammates and a top coach. So I am month, the club are considering moves for decades. Trouble is... he’s now made it all
doing very well here and there is no reason Kylian Mbappe (right) of Monaco and even about him - as if he’s bigger than the club.
to go.” Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, He’s not and being selfish about it isn’t
After two stellar seasons at the club, in with Griezmann “lessening in priority” going to help Arsenal. There is a fine
which he scored 44 goals across all because of how complicated any margin between stubborn and stupid and
competitions, followed by an impressive prospective deal would be. – The he’s crossed it.
Euro 2016 campaign, Griezmann has Independent
Pep keeps all options open Silva’s goal came after only three minutes
... as Man City boss eyes silverware on multiple fronts from David Silva and Sergio Aguero, and Aguero sealed a deserved success after 67
two players Guardiola might have minutes.
P
EP GUARDIOLA insists he is keeping all for Wednesday’s game where they rested. “We would like to have scored more goals,
his options open as he pursues a trophy in lead 5-3 after the last 16 first leg, and a “No, I was not tempted to rest but we have created chances,” Guardiola said.
his first season at Manchester City. daunting run of Premier League people. Today was a ‘final’ and I “We are at Wembley in the semifinals and
Guardiola’s side are still in contention in the fixtures against Liverpool, Arsenal didn’t want to be sat here saying I am we deserved it by far after four away games in
Premier League and Champions League, but and Chelsea. out of the Cup,” said the City boss. the competition, three against Premier League
the City manager appears equally committed By the time they go to Stamford “Now we need to take things step teams and another against one of the best in the
to success in the FA Cup. Bridge on April 5, the FA Cup may by step and see which rivals we are Championship in Huddersfield.”
Facing a quarterfinal at Premier League provide the sole remaining going to face in the semifinals. Middlesbrough’s defeat removes a
strugglers Middlesbrough on Saturday, opportunity for Guardiola to fulfil his “This is a big step for us and now distraction for Aitor Karanka’s team as they
Guardiola admirably resisted the temptation to desire to lift the trophy that means we must try to go back for the final fight against relegation, but the manager senses
rest several of his most influential players with City’s season will not be considered a after the semifinal because the cup is that this could be a turning point in their
a Champions League trip to Monaco only two total failure. very important to us. season.
day’s away. His players displayed a similar “I get excited a lot about going to “We have rediscovered our confidence in
The Spaniard was rewarded with a 2-0 passionate desire to make progress Wembley because I remember the the way we approached the game,” he said.
victory that represented the ideal preparation against Middlesbrough, who were old and the new stadium. We are so “They are one of the best teams in the
indebted to their second-choice happy to be there and we are there League and played a strong team which
goalkeeper Brad Guzan for a series of because of the way we played. I’m so showed they consider us a good team.
splendid saves either side of goals pleased with our performance.” “As a coach I can be proud of my players.
We know we don’t have individuals that other
teams have and for that reason we have to be
together and work hard every day.” – AFP
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Reality hits home
It’s been quite the cup run for
Lincoln. Victories against Ipswich,
Brighton and then Premier League
side Burnley saw the Imps become
‘Doing a Payet’
the first non-league side since
1914 to reach the last eight of
England’s oldest competition. But
we learnt from in spite of what has been a night-
the Arsenal vs mare week for the Gunners, Lin-
coln were ultimately unable to
Lincoln match prolong their fairy tale story. The > Arsenal source reveals behind-the-scenes situation with Sanchez
visitors were spirited in their dis-
Imps steal the show play, working hard out of posses-
A
RSENAL’S DRESSING mates and create a toxic
ON the pitch, the gulf in quality was, sion and pressing hard, but room is now reportedly atmosphere in the West Ham
eventually, always going to show. Dowley’s men struggled to keep a close resemblance to camp which contributed to poor
But in the stands, the 8,942 travel- hold of the ball as the game wore West Ham’s with Dimitri results.
ling Lincoln supporters were more on and found themselves out- Payet due to Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez has not gone as far as
than a match for their more illustri- classed. The Gunners ace is said to refusing to play at Arsenal, but
ous counterparts. They were in fine have become an outcast according to the Mirror, the 28-
voice throughout, singing loudly Arsenal hold nerve behind-the-scenes as his year-old is upsetting the team,
even as Arsenal went 3-0 up thanks Having been swept aside at An- behaviour is causing who are in support of Wenger.
to a Luke Waterfall own goal, and field one week ago and then ig- problems. “Alexis is being moody and
were a credit to their club. As for nominiously dumped out of Eu- Sanchez’s much- disruptive and it’s getting to the
the Arsenal fans? They at least had rope by Bayern Munich on Tuesday publicised training-ground rest of the squad,” an Arsenal
time to buy a new banner. night, there was always going to strop at Arsenal’s Cobham dressing-room source told the
be questions over which Arsenal complex saw the Chile Mirror.
Rhead a threat side would turn up yesterday. But international dropped by “The players are getting fed-
On Tuesday evening at the Emirates when push came to shove, Arsenal Arsene Wenger and up with it.
Stadium, Arsenal’s defence found held their nerve to emerge on top. confronted by captain “If it came to a straight choice
themselves trying – and failing – to By the final whistle there was no Laurent Koscielny. between which side to choose,
keep Robert Lewandowski quiet. doubting that Arsenal’s victory While the forward has there is no doubt they would
On Saturday evening, the Pole’s was deserved and seemingly in- since returned to the starting back the manager.” – Express
place was taken by a 16-stone 32- evitable. line-up, scoring in yesterday’s Newspapers
year-old whose nomadic career has 5-0 FA Cup quarterfinal win
involved stopovers at Kidsgrove When will Xhaka learn? over Lincoln at the Emirates,
Athletic, Congleton Town and Another day, another Granit the atmosphere remains frosty
Corby. He may not have got on the Xhaka yellow card. The midfielder off the field.
score-sheet, and he certainly won’t has now been disciplined with a Sanchez appears ready to quit Arsenal this
be appearing at the Emirates again red or yellow card in his last six summer, as Express Sport understands Manchester
anytime soon, but Rhead made a games for Arsenal - quite the United are now monitoring his situation among a
nuisance of himself until being record by all accounts. Despite host of top European sides.
Wenger’s insistence in January And that would follow a similar sequence of 794/17 12-03-2017
withdrawn in the second-half. He
held the ball up well and made more that the 24-year-old needs “to events to what happened with Payet at London
passes than any of his teammates, stop tackling”, Xhaka has shown rivals West Ham earlier this season.
nearly all of them with his back to few signs of curbing his reckless The ex-Premier League star’s desire to leave the
goal. ways and ill temper. Hammers saw him alienate himself from team- 7266
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Bring it on!
> United confident
of avenging Chelsea
misery, says Fellaini
at the top of the Premier League and
advancing to the last eight of the FA
this week.
While Conte and his players have
been able to plot Mourinho’s
downfall at their training base since
celebrations of his team’s goals irked
Mourinho in October and the United
boss accused his rival of deliberately
stirring up the Chelsea fans, who
Cup as boss Antonio Conte chases a last Monday’s win at West Ham, taunted their former idol with chants
double in his first season as United were forced to embark on a
M
AROUANE FELLAINI insists of “you’re not special anymore”.
Manchester United are Mourinho’s permanent replacement. draining trip to Russian club Rostov It will be fascinating to see what
confident of avenging the Although United are 17 points on Thursday in the Europa League. sort of reception Mourinho gets from
worst moment of Jose Mourinho’s behind Chelsea, United midfielder Mourinho bemoaned the poor Chelsea’s supporters this time.
reign when they return to Chelsea in Fellaini is adamant they can turn the quality of the pitch in Russia and, But despite Mourinho’s protests,
the FA Cup quarterfinals today. tables with a place in the semifinals with his players not arriving home Conte has no intention of toning
Mourinho’s first visit to Stamford up for grabs. until the early hours of Friday down the touchline theatrics that
Bridge since his sacking as Chelsea “Obviously we lost there a few morning, it would be no surprise if have become his trademark this
boss last season ended in humiliation months ago, but now it is the FA Cup they showed signs of fatigue at season.
as his former club romped to a 4-0 and we will see what happens,” Stamford Bridge. “I’ve shown at Chelsea, not only
victory over United in October. Fellaini said. Even so, Conte doesn’t anticipate Chelsea, every team that I managed
United have used the memory of “It will be tight, I think. It is the FA an easy ride from a team with that I live the game with great
that painful loss to fuel a dominant Cup, it is one game. They are top of United’s strength in depth. passion,” Conte said.
period which has seen them lose just the League, they have confidence, “Manchester United, together “Sometimes I want to share my
twice in all competitions since then. they have great players, but we will with (Manchester) City, has the best enthusiasm, my passion with my
They lifted the first major trophy show our quality there and see what squad in the League,” Conte said. players, with my staff, also with the
of the Mourinho era with a League happens. Of course they are “They have a lot, a number of fans. I think it’s normal. I’m very
Cup final victory against confident so let’s go there and see great players, with great talent and focused on the pitch. The mind
Southampton last month and remain what we can do.” great experience to win. We have a games (with Mourinho) don’t bring
in contention for further silverware Chelsea’s hopes of securing a club good identity, our team. But for sure you the win.
in the FA Cup and Europa League. record 13th successive home win may it will be a really tough game for us “For me the most important thing
Chelsea have been equally have been boosted by the contrasting and for them.” is to try to win, then to think for
powerful, opening up a 10-point lead preparations the two teams have had Conte’s wild touchline another celebration.” – AFP