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4 Saturday, October 1, 2016 National Government focusing on country’s defence rather than Imran Circus: Zaeem Qadri KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI Now educated majority of Americans and Europeans as well as intellectuals in civil societies around the world are losing their trust and confidence in their own mainstream international media too much of which is controlled by too few vested interest groups without any universal outlook or perspective. Before, due to its balanced reporting of ongoing events around the world, the world media was trusted blindly by friends and enemies as it presented news, analysis and views in an impartial and balanced form. However, nowadays, international media which forms and controls world public opinion is sadly disappointing with its partial and imbalanced transmissions and portrayals with half truths and half lies in favor of oppressors and against oppressed nations almost everywhere in the world. The narrative diverges so much from the reality at this point that people just wake up and go out into the world everyday and to see and know what really is happening. They find that what’s being told to them, as opposed to what’s actually happening on the ground, are not the same thing.” Common people also criticize their national media for misrepresenting facts, like economy is getting better when people are falling further into an economic abyss. That’s one basis for their loss of confidence. Media networks filter information sent out over the airwaves to build public support or negate public opposition to policies that are made in capital cities of big powers. The very narrow band of information that gets out to the American people can be attributed to news outlets which are very tightly held: there’s a very small circle of owners that own all of the means of communication here. By Bill GertzTop of Form The North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop nuclear weapons and missiles at the same time the government is begging international aid groups to provide flood relief. Jong Kwon, North Korea’s counselor at the U.N. mission in New York, last week sent an urgent email appeal for the aid — five days before Pyongyang set off its fifth underground nuclear test. Mr. Kwon wrote to several NGOs providing aid to North Korea on Sept. 5, explaining that heavy rains and subsequent floods hit two provinces in the northeastern part of the country. Writing on behalf of Choe Son Hui, the new president of the Korea-America Private Exchange Society (KAPES), a Pyongyang front group that lobbies for foreign aid, Mr. Kwon stated that North Korea “would like to appeal to you all for an emergency support to the devastating flood damage area in [North Korea],” according to an email obtained by Inside the Ring. The North Korean counselor said heavy rains destroyed 17,180 houses and left 44,000 people homeless.Atotal of 10 people died and 15 are missing. “KAPES kindly requests you to find potentiality in your resources of supporting those people with whatever you can make,” Mr. Kwon said. “It has been known that the primary necessaries for them are food, shelter tent, blanket and medicine, etc.” A second North Korean email told foreign groups that Pyongyang would allow monitoring of aid distribution — after the government diverted foreign aid intended for civilians to the North Korean military. North Korea “will allow monitor[ing] of the distribution of assistance,” the email states. “In principle, it is necessary for all aid to go via Pyongyang,” the email says, adding that “entry through the Tumen River Bridge can be allowed as an exception.” “That exception can be decided once KAPES is told what, when, and how much aid is going.” The emails coincided with a rare public appeal for flood relief published Sunday in North Korea’s official KCNA news agency. News reports from the region stated the floods are expected to cause more food shortages. South Korea’s Yonhap reported that North Korean food shortages will amount to some 600,000 tons less than is needed by the population. Regime critics say North Korea’s appeal for humanitarian aid is duplicitous at a time when the Kim regime is accelerating its destabilizing nuclear and missile programs. The nuclear test carried out Sept. 9 was the fifth underground blast and the second this year. Intelligence sources say the test results are still being analyzed, but early indications show the test is part of efforts to develop small warheads for North Korea’s missiles. North Korea also is developing a new submarine-launched ballistic missile that was tested earlier this year. Recent activity at a site in the northeast part of the country also indicated further nuclear tests could be carried out. Analysts estimate North Korea has spent at least $1.5 billion on its nuclear infrastructure and weapons — money that could have been spent to alleviate the flood damage. North Korea also continues extensive testing of ballistic missiles, conducting 13 flight tests involving 22 missiles in recent months, among them medium-range Musudans and Nodongs. Despite past policies of separating humanitarian aid efforts from North Korea’s nuclear programs, NGO sources operating in the China-North Korea border region say many organizations are having second thoughts about providing aid for the most recent floods. The groups are concerned the aid is bolstering a Kim regime that is ignoring the plight of its people. EDITORIAL World loses trust in international media of distortions & lies That’s why American public is fed one sided view and is generally misinformed. Truth seekers and truth projectors are demonized by the US and other western media horns: It’s to protect puppet leaders and keep freedom lovers vulnerable. It’s about resources that the US could no longer exploit. In the words of former CNN correspondent, Amber Lyon, there is constant demonization of Syria , Iran and other countries on the US mainstream media. Such distortions have gone to such an extent that even the laymen in the street with mixed reactions express either anger with abuse or crack jokes about professional journalists who have become pawns in the hands of owners of limited interests that promote injustice and aggressions and devalue freedom and independence of their own nations worldwide. Aside the many cash-starved owners and employees of local or national media, in developing countries, or bribed affluent ones in Mideast, who either blackmail or get blackmailed, with valid or invalid reasons, dancing to the tunes helplessly for an unprincipled livelihood, the international media persons are financially well off, roaming around in planes, staying in five star hotels, risking their lives as well as entertaining themselves lavishly. However, majority of presenters in both the groups, poor as well as rich, do not fulfill standards, values and principles of true, fair and comprehensive media duties, responsibilities and obligations. Even such true media as made helpless with onslaught on conscience of nations need to be reformed within possibilities with more free and independent media persons to be brought to the fore. OPINION North Korea seeks aid while building nukes Recent defectors from North Korea have warned that international aid is indirectly freeing up funds that are being spent on nuclear and missile programs. “What is the point of Kim Jong-un asking for international help?” said one former North Korean official. “Everyone knows that the relief materials will end up used for nuclear build-up.” A U.N. human rights commission has accused North Korea of engaging in crimes against humanity for its treatment of dissidents. Cybercom-NSA divorce? Since its creation in 2009, the U.S. Cyber Command has been intimately linked to the National Security Agency, the Fort Meade-based electronic intelligence and code-breaking agency with the most advanced cyberintelligence-gathering skills of any American spy agency. But NSAand Cybercom, as it’s called, may soon be parting ways under a Pentagon plan to elevate Cybercom from a supporting command to a front-line war fighting combatant command. One major problem with the current close arrangement is Cybercom and the NSA have two different missions. NSA is focused solely on spying, and Cybercom, a subcommand of the U.S. Strategic Command in charge of cyberdefense and war fighting, is a military organization that wants to do more operations, such as active defense against cyberattacks and, when needed, wage offensive cyberwarfare. The current commander, Adm. Mike Rogers, is also director of NSA and is in favor of separating the two. Adm. Rogers also has pushed the administration to take a more proactive stance against the kind of cyberattacks carried out in recent years by both China and Russia. President Obama, however, has repeatedly objected to giving Cybercom the authority to take action. Mr. Obama boasted in China last week that the United States has more cybercapabilities “than anybody both offensively and defensively.” Mr. Obama then warned that he feared a cyberwar could break out: “What we cannot do is have a situation in which suddenly this becomes the Wild, Wild West, where countries that have significant cybercapacity start engaging in competition — unhealthy competition or conflict through these means,” he said. The idea of splitting Cybercom from NSA triggered a vigorous debate in government national security circles. “The current commander does feel like both entities do different things and should be disaggregated,” said a senior military officer. “One gathers intelligence and the other conducts offensive cyberoperations.” For the military command, many of Cybercom’s troops feel like they work for NSA, although they wear different security badges and operate in different parts of NSA headquarters. “The feeling is it would be better to get Cyber Command out from under the thumb of NSA,” the officer said. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain criticized the nature of the debate over splitting the two organizations. “Here we go again,” the Arizona Republican said at a hearing Tuesday. “Another major policy matter has apparently been decided with no consultation whatsoever between the White House or the Department of Defense with this committee.” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that no decision has been made, but that, ultimately, the president would make the call. “One is an intelligence agency, one is a combat support agency,” Mr. Carter said. “Whatever happens in the future, and whatever decisions are made with respect to the management of it, they’re going to be interrelated because they both deal with the technology of cyber, especially cyberdefense, cyberprotection, which is Cybercom’s first military mission.” LAHORE, Sep 30: Punjab government spokesman Zaeem Qadri has said government is fully focusing on defence of the country and Indian provocation and not on Imran Khan’s circus. “Government is focusing on country’s defence and Indian provocation on borders. Imran Khan wanta to deflect the attention of people from it by relaying its film. Government is providing full security to political circus of Imran Khan in Raiwind”, he said this here Friday while addressing a press conference. Addressing PTI chief Imran Khan he said “ let us together move to border and Our Correspondent SHIKARPUR, Sep 30: The combing operation started in Shikarpur before the holy month of Muharram to maintain law and order situation because Shikarpur have faced terror bid incidents in past, recently a terror bid was foiled in Khanpur town of Shikarpur district in this connection stage sit in there and give message to India that Pakistani nation is united. He said that why Imran Khan does not want to be compassionate on the nerves of nation. A few thousands people are not representatives of the nation. There will not any thing new than the beer dance of Sheikh Rashid in Imran Khan circus in Raiwind, he added. He went on to say RAW Rally holds against Indian PM Narendra Modi Our Correspondent THUL, Sep 30: The Hindu Nojawan Welfare Association taken out a rally in favour of Pakistan and raised slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was started from Hindu Mohalla Thul tehsil of district Jacobabad and marched various roads of Thul city and burnt the idol of Indian PM Narendara Modi. On the occasion, they raised slogans in favour of Pakistan and against Narendra Modi. Combing operation starts in Shikarpur before Muharram A youth electrocuted while a stray dog was also killed Our Correspondent SHIKARPUR, Sep 30: A youth was electrocuted while a stray dog was also killed, after getting an electric shock, when a high tension an electric wire broke and fell down over them in front of Civil Hospital Shikarpur in the limits of New Faujdari Police Station here on Friday morning. According to an official of New Faujdari police station that, after receiving the information, police rushed on the spot and shifted the dead body of the deceased youth to District Headquarters Hospital for identification and post-mortem examination, where the youth was identified as Rab Nawaz of 26, son of Sher Ali Jaffari, resident of village Murad Ali Jaffari, who died in an electric shock. HYDERABAD, Sep 30: Delegations of ‘Azaa and Jafria organizations Hyderabad Shia community’ meet with Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) Chief Execute Officer Asadullah and relevant officers, exchanging view regarding to make sure continuation Electricity during Mohrram ul Haram. In which delegations of ‘Azaa Organization’ President Aleem Haider Naqvi, Vice President Syed Naveed Zafar Rizvi, General Secretary Hashim Hussain Jafri, Zahid Naqvi, Jafrul Ahsan present in the meeting. HESCO Chief Execute Officer Asadullah said that, it is need to writing accepting from district management to make sure continuation of Electricity at the places of Majalis or Jaloos by the help Abdul Majeed Mallah HYDERABAD, Sep 30: First Additional Sessions Judge court Badin has convicted 4 accused in case of injuring a dispenser near Nindo Shaher 4 years back to 7 years imprisonment and fine of Rs.10 lacs to each. Shikarpur police under the supervision of SSP Shikarpur Umar Tufail with the help of Rangers started the combing operation against anti-state elements and offenders across Shikarpur here on Friday. According to an official of Shikarpur police, Athar Channa, police have arrested 20 suspects during the combing operation in the limits of Sultankot Police Staiton during the search operation; police have thoroughly searched 60 houses, 02 Masjids and one School while police have recovered weapons from arrested persons, police claimed. Further police investigation is underway. Nasrullah Panhanwar a dispenser was called for under deceit of treatment at village Mithi Mori in jurisdiction of Khoski police station near Nindo Shaher where 4 accused Ghulam Mallah, Roshan Mallah, Razaq Mallah and Siddiq Mallah attacked him with hatchets and Afghan intelligence agency NDS are sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan. Still the threats of terrorism loom large. We have informed Imran Khan in writing about the security threats. Over 7000 security personnel are deployed for security of March. Playing politics by Imran Khan in the prevailing situation is baneful for Imran Khan, he observed. Islamabad dharna caused loss to the tune of Rs 5.50 billion to national economy and the loss to be inflicted by Raiwind March is estimated to be above 10 billion, he held. NAB arrests Education Department’s official for funds embezzlement PESHAWAR, Sep 30: NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has arrested an accused Asghar Ali, Accountant, Sub- Divisional Education Office (Female) Peshawar. He in connivance with others was involved in corruption and embezzlement of funds allocated for improvement of schools and caused huge loss to national exchequer. The accused incorporated personal bank account number instead of designated official account number of Parents Teachers Councils (PTCs) thereby directing official funds towards private account. Besides this the accused had also compelled various primary schools head teachers to give commission in official PTC funds and Conditional Grants, thereby compromising the quality of developmental works in schools. He also misguided theAccountant General Office as well as seniors by not providing exact data in the vendor forms. The inquiry is being actively perused, more arrests are on card. Man injured in firing incident ISLAMABAD, Sep 30: A man has been injured in a firing incident within the Koral Police jurisdiction. Zulifqar, a resident of Koral, lodged a complaint with the local police that over an argument Mahmood Aziz got enraged and he started firing at him, leaving him injured on road. The injured was rushed to local hospital for medical treatment. The attacker fled the scene. The police have registered a case and started investigation. 4 convicted to 7 years imprisonment in case of injuring a dispenser injuring him critically. They were on bail. On Thursday the 1stAdditional Sessions Judge found them guilty and convicted them with sentence of 7 years with fine of Rs.10 lacs each. The accused with handcuffed on orders of court and sent to central jail Hyderabad. HESCO done arrangements to continuation Electricity on 9th and 10 Moharram ul Haram of Commissioner Hyderabad, Rangers, Police and other spread to the agencies. He further said, we done all arrangements to continuation of Electricity especially on 9th and 10 Moharram ul Haram Ashoora like every previous years.
Saturday, October 1, 2016 International 5 Philippines' Duterte likens himself to Hitler, wants to kill millions of drug users LOS MANILA, Sep 30: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would "be happy" to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country. His comments triggered shock and anger among Jewish groups in the United States, which will add to pressure on the U.S. government to take a tougher line with the Philippines leader. Duterte recently insulted President Barack Obama and in a series of remarks he has undermined the previously close relationship between Manila and Washington. In a rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, Duterte told reporters that he had been "portrayed to be a cousin of Hitler" by critics. Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said: "There are three million drug addicts (in the Philippines). I'd be happy to slaughter them. "If Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have...," he said, pausing and pointing to himself. "You know my victims. I would like (them) to be all criminals to finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition." Duterte was voted to power in a May election on the back of a vow to end drugs and corruption in the country of 100 million people. He took office on June 30 and over 3,100 people have been killed since then, mostly alleged drug users and dealers, in police operations and in vigilante killings. His comments were quickly condemned by Jewish groups. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Digital Terrorism and Hate project, called them "outrageous". "Duterte owes the victims (of the Holocaust) an apology for his disgusting rhetoric." The Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish group based in the United States, said Duterte's comments were "shocking for their tonedeafness". "The comparison of drug users and dealers to Holocaust victims is inappropriate and deeply offensive," said Todd Gutnick, the group's director of communications. "It is baffling why any leader would want to model himself after such a monster." Two days before the Philippines election, outgoing President Benigno Aquino had warned that Duterte's rising popularity was akin to that of Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s. "I hope we learn the lessons of history," Aquino said in widely reported remarks. "We should remember how Hitler came to power." Duterte has been scathing about criticism of his anti-drugs campaign and has insulted the United Nations and the European Union, as well as Obama, at various times in recent weeks. On Friday, reacting to critical comments on his war on drugs by U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Benjamin Cardin, Duterte said: "Do not pretend to be the moral conscience of the world. Do not be the policeman because you do not have the eligibility to do that in my country." A 'not-so' Magnificent Seven ANGELES, Sep 30: Back in the day, when I was beginning to understand Hollywood flicks, one had to rely on video rentals as there was no concept of torrents. I remember watching Terminator 2, which was shown a good six months after its international release in 1992. There was True Lies, Hard target, Mission Impossible and many others. There were few cinemas and lots of time on our hands.Despite a lot of re-runs, mostly dubbed Chinese imports, however, I never had a chance to watch a Western in cinema. The specialty of a Western is that it grows on you with the passage of time. Even Sergio Leone’s ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ took me a second viewing to grab its mood, feel. Its best ingredient – ‘revenge’– is revealed in the climax; most Westerns with John Wayne, and later Clint Eastwood, had this element. The moment I entered the cinema in 2016 to watch The Magnificent Seven, asbona fide a Western as there could be one, I was expecting an ambiance-encumbered flashback from the ‘60’s. The original ‘Seven’ had Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and James Coburn, against Eli Wallach as Calvera, which was an instant all-time classic. In that movie, a group of seven is hired by peasants to protect their town from further looting, at the hands of Calvera and his forty men, for just 20 dollars. They had nothing to lose, but a lot to offer. The way Brynner’s character of Chris Adams recruits the men, is second to legendary. These guys successfully managed to protect the town, with lesser number of kills throughout the movie. The movie was itself an Old-West style remake of Japanese classic Seven Samurai, made by the inimitable Akira Kurosawa; in Bollywood, there was a standardized, and equally long version, directed by RajkumarSantoshi, called China Gate. Turkey suspends 1,500 prison personnel and guards in post-coup probe: minister Dutch government rebukes Russian ambassador over MH17 remarks AMSTERDAM, Sep 30: The Dutch Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's ambassador in The Hague for a diplomatic rebuke on Friday after Moscow made remarks critical of the criminal investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Earlier this week, a team of international investigators presented findings showing that the missile launcher used to shoot down MH17 over Eastern Ukraine in 2014 came from Russia and was returned there afterward - despite Russian denials of involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Russian reactions to the investigation's findings "cast doubt on the integrity, professionalism and independence" of the investigators. "The Russian Ambassador has been made to understand that such unfounded criticism is unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement. Family dispute over money blamed for 19 murders in China village BEIJING, Sep 30: A man killed his parents in a squabble over money in a remote Chinese village before killing 17 neighbors to try to cover his tracks, state media said on Friday, an unusual crime in a country in which such mass killings are extremely rare. Police in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where the crime occurred, have already arrested Yang Qingpei for the murders. The official Xinhua news agency said a police investigation had found that Yang, who JAKARTA, Sep 30: Thousands of Indonesians queued for hours on Friday to get the most attractive terms on offer under a tax amnesty that's recovered strongly after a slow start and which the finance minister calls the most successful a country has had. The amnesty, which runs until March, aims to provide the government with billions of dollars in revenue to help cover a large fiscal deficit. Facing government threats of an unprecedented crackdown on tax evaders, nearly 330,000 Indonesians have joined the tax amnesty scheme and declared $250 billion of assets since its launch in July. Friday marks the end of the program's first phase, during which the lowest penalty of 2 percent on previously unreported assets applies. The penalty rates rise 1-2 percentage points on Saturday and rise again from Jan. 1 for the final phase. "I don't want to miss this. If the value of what I declare is big, than 1 percentage point matters," Lenna Yovanca, an employee in the fashion normally worked in the provincial capital Kunming, returned to his home village at midday on Wednesday. In the evening, a disagreement erupted after he asked his parents for money, Xinhua said, citing police. "After killing his parents, he was worried his crime would be discovered and killed 17 of the neighbors," it said. He was arrested on Thursday in Kunming and the investigation was continuing, Xinhua said, without providing other details. industry, said while waiting with scores of others outside the main tax office in Jakarta. As of Friday afternoon, 328,611 taxpayers had signed up, declaring 3,441 trillion rupiah ($263.74 billion) with 134 trillion rupiah pledged to be repatriated back to Indonesia, according to a government website giving updates. Indonesians who declare assets overseas are not required to bring them home, but pay a lower penalty rate if they do. The bulk of Indonesia's offshore assets are ANKARA, Sep 30: Turkish authorities have suspended 1,500 prison personnel and guards over links with the U.S.-based cleric Turkey accuses of orchestrating the failed July coup, justice minister Bekir Bozdag said. Speaking at an event in the Turkish capital, Bozdag said the prison personnel and guards were temporarily suspended to remove individuals linked to the cleric Fethullah Gulen in Turkish prisons, but could be sacked if concrete links were found. Kurdish role in Raqqa offensive could trigger ethnic conflict: Turkish official ANKARA, Sep 30: Relying on a Kurdish militia in a U.S.-backed offensive to take the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State could trigger prolonged ethnic conflict and Arab fighters should instead form the core of the operation, a senior Turkish official said. At a briefing in Ankara, the official said planned offensives in Raqqa and the Iraqi city of Mosul, both Islamic State strongholds, should avoid causing further polarization in nations already grappling with bitter sectarian divisions. "Raqqa is an Arab city with a million people. If you carry out an operation to this city with 7,000-8,000 Kurdish forces, you would trigger a sectarian battle," the official said. "That conflict would enflame all our border region." Turkey also views the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia as a hostile force, an extension of Kurdish militants waging an insurgency on Turkish soil, putting it at odds with Washington, which sees the YPG as a valuable ally in the fight against Islamic State. Fore! South Korea golf course may get anti-missile battery SEOUL, Sep 30: South Korea's military aims to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense unit on a golf course, a defense ministry official said on Friday, after it had to scrap its initial site for the battery in the face of opposition from residents. Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high this year, beginning with North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January, which was followed by a satellite launch, a string of tests of various missiles, and its fifth and largest nuclear test this month. In July, South Korea agreed with the United States that a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) antimissile unit would be deployed in the Seongju region, southeast of the capital, Seoul, to defend the country. But residents of the melon-farming area protested over worries about the safety of the system's powerful radar and the likelihood it would be a target for North Korea, which warned of retaliation, if war broke out. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said deployment of the system should be stopped, and again promised unspecified BEIRUT, Sep 30: Syrian government forces and rebels waged fierce battles north of Aleppo on Friday, a week into a Russian-backed offensive by the Syrian army to take the entire city. Syrian government forces made a significant advance on Thursday north of Aleppo, capturing the Handarat refugee camp, a few kilometers (miles) from the city. There were conflicting accounts on the outcome of the fighting. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said government forces had built on the Handarat advance and captured the adjacent Kindi Hospital area on Friday morning, edging closer to the city. Hong Kong billionaire tycoon Cheng Yu-tung dies aged 91 GENEVA, Sep 30: The collapse of U.S.-Russian peace efforts in Syria would be a setback for United Nations aid operations, Stephen O'Brien, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters on Friday. Asked about remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that it was close to suspending talks with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria, O'Brien said: "Any breakdown is going to set us back." He said he hoped major powers on the Security Council would find "common will" to end the carnage and restore a cessation of hostilities, and at a minimum a 48- hour weekly humanitarian HONG KONG, Sep 30: The billionaire founder of Hong Kong property group New World Development Co Ltd, Cheng Yu-tung, died late on Thursday aged 91, the company said on Friday. Cheng amassed an over $16 billion fortune building an empire that spans jewellery, real estate, hotels, infrastructure and telecommunications, through deals including with U.S. businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump. He is also known for making Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd, which he joined as a trainee in 1947, a household name across Asia. Cheng, who was born in China's southern province of Guangdong, died peacefully with his family at his side, New World said in a statement, without elaborating on the cause of death. He is survived by wife Chow Tsui Ying and four children. His son Henry Cheng succeeded him at the helm of New World four years ago. Speaking with reporters on Friday, the younger Cheng said he was "definitely not happy" but that the death would have no impact on New World, a $12 billion company which controls properties across Asia including Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt hotel. Breakdown of US-Russia talks would set back Syria aid: UN A television station operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah, which is fighting in support of the government, also said the Kindi Hospital area had been pause was needed to reach eastern Aleppo on "U.N. terms". O'Brien said he expected the Syrian government to respond on Friday to the U.N. proposed plan to deliver food and other goods to 960,000 people in besieged and hardto-reach areas in Syria during October. Syrian army, rebels wage fierce battles north of Aleppo city believed to be in Singapore, with an estimated $200 billion there in private banking assets. To date, the amnesty has generated 97 trillion rupiah in government revenue, or nearly 60 percent of Jakarta's 165 trillion rupiah target. In the past few days, people wanting to join the amnesty started lining up outside tax offices at 3 am, officials said. Some of Indonesia's wealthiest individuals have also signed up. Tax offices have stayed open until midnight. "There has been rapid captured. But rebel sources denied that the government had captured the Kindi Hospital area, saying fighting was still going on. Indonesians line up to beat deadline for tax amnesty's best terms development this month," Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters on Thursday. The former World Bank managing director said a parliament hearing that while many countries have done tax amnesties, Indonesia "is at the highest position" among them with revenue collection equivalent to 0.65 percent of gross domestic product. India received revenue representing 0.58 percent of GDP, Chile 0.62 percent, Italy 0.2 percent and South Africa 0.17 percent, Indrawati said.
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