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But the number of people is only 40% of what it used to be, so it's not jumping \"he said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMorgenstern told Reuters in an interview that Agoda's bookings have returned to 2019 levels in all of its Asian markets, but more so in domestic travel. This is in contrast to the stronger and faster tourism recovery in the U.S. and Europe.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"In the U.S. or Europe, it's almost like everyone decided COVID was over,\" said Morgenstern, noting that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etravel \u003C\/a\u003Equickly started up again and many people stopped wearing masks.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBut in many Asian countries, like Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia, where masks were once required, most people have kept wearing them even after the law was changed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMorgenstern said that Agoda is adding more products that will let customers plan their whole trip on the platform and offer more discounts.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe company, which was a part of Booking Holdings Inc., cut 1,500 jobs in 2020 to save money because of the pandemic. Now, he said, the number of employees is back to where it was before \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/5362907237177011945\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/by-2024-number-of-asians-travelling.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5362907237177011945"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5362907237177011945"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/by-2024-number-of-asians-travelling.html","title":"By 2024, the number of Asians travelling outside of Asia will be back to where it was before the pandemic"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEib6D1gIwH_tXadRvA1Dcugy74nZSRi58G7KA5UuRrqEGc2zal84HAr3l8Po_zooZeTW3Hj_aVbI08eBmwvFk3Usfe8Hla6Op6UQcBIA6m0UEKexhZeHAHJXC8l7xa44DnM0rsRSFUiQCOee6LRBKXJIa5XV4QCssd4gmet_9kV-PJX1zXgGBj1mOMSlA\/s72-c\/2022-09-20T081835Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J0BV_RTROPTP_4_THAILAND-TOURISM-AGODA-BOOKINGS.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-4470993688924711431"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-20T14:51:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.355+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Oil prices didn\u0026#39;t change much because people thought that a Fed rate hike would slow down demand"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEju2kACJ997c5dfJxVmdw2SGC-zhLvvliVD7kBSLRl_nphdWVSDpqE97s83oeVyU_6zRAMV9KtsB_SaUm746aHRA--EcP5hnSHd1VIa_QGY-oj7KCdSmcdm_vVPxsBH55nw7AWx3MXLtLraEh1O1Zzbye24GPv67ktWtjku4Iq3-Gd1pr_pMWoKZh1DTA\/s4903\/2022-09-20T015028Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J01X_RTROPTP_4_USA-ECONOMY.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3268\" data-original-width=\"4903\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEju2kACJ997c5dfJxVmdw2SGC-zhLvvliVD7kBSLRl_nphdWVSDpqE97s83oeVyU_6zRAMV9KtsB_SaUm746aHRA--EcP5hnSHd1VIa_QGY-oj7KCdSmcdm_vVPxsBH55nw7AWx3MXLtLraEh1O1Zzbye24GPv67ktWtjku4Iq3-Gd1pr_pMWoKZh1DTA\/s16000\/2022-09-20T015028Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J01X_RTROPTP_4_USA-ECONOMY.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Oil prices stayed the same on Tuesday because \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einvestors \u003C\/a\u003Ewere worried that more interest rate hikes in the U.S. this week to control inflation would slow economic growth and cut oil demand in the country that uses the most oil.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBy 6:59 GMT, Brent crude futures for November delivery dropped 7 cents, or 0.1%, to $91.93 per barrel.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe price of a barrel of U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in October went down by 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $85.60. The contract for October will end on Tuesday, and the more active contract for November was at $85.15, which was down 21 cents, or 0.3%, from the previous price.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn Tuesday, the dollar held steady below a 20-year high compared to other major currencies. This was before a week of meetings by central banks around the world, led by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is likely to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points to slow down inflation.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe stronger dollar makes oil priced in dollars more expensive for people who don't use dollars, and the expected rate hikes have made people worry that the tightening could cause a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eglobal recession\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"Since the middle of June, oil prices have been on a downward trend,\" said Tina Teng, an analyst at CMC Markets. \"Recession fears and a slowdown in growth in China are still the main bearish factors in general.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhile other major economies are tightening, China, which uses the second most oil in the world, kept its benchmark lending rates the same on Tuesday. This is because China is trying to support its slow economic growth without hurting the yuan.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn a note, Edward Moya, a senior market analyst at OANDA, said that fears of aggressive central bank tightening are still causing people to worry about a \"quickly weakening global economy\" and putting pressure on crude prices.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA preliminary Reuters poll on Monday showed that U.S. crude oil stocks rose by about 2 million barrels in the week ending September 16.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe U.S. Energy Department will sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for delivery in November. This is part of a plan to sell 180 million barrels from the stockpile to keep \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efuel prices \u003C\/a\u003Edown.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPrices did get a little boost from signs that big producers won't be able to meet their output goals.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAn OPEC+ document showed that the group fell short of its oil production goal by 3.583 million barrels per day (bpd) in August. In July, the group fell short of its goal by 2,892,000 bpd.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe lack of progress on getting the Iran nuclear deal back on track is also keeping that country's exports from coming back to the market in full.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ERussia said on Monday that there were still unresolved issues in the talks, while France's foreign minister said that it was up to Tehran to make a decision because time was running out to find a solution.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBut they are signs that this year's higher oil prices are making people less likely to buy it. July was the second month in a row that the number of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Evehicle \u003C\/a\u003Etrips in the U.S. went down.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/4470993688924711431\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/oil-prices-didn-change-much-because.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/4470993688924711431"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/4470993688924711431"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/oil-prices-didn-change-much-because.html","title":" Oil prices didn\u0026#39;t change much because people thought that a Fed rate hike would slow down demand"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEju2kACJ997c5dfJxVmdw2SGC-zhLvvliVD7kBSLRl_nphdWVSDpqE97s83oeVyU_6zRAMV9KtsB_SaUm746aHRA--EcP5hnSHd1VIa_QGY-oj7KCdSmcdm_vVPxsBH55nw7AWx3MXLtLraEh1O1Zzbye24GPv67ktWtjku4Iq3-Gd1pr_pMWoKZh1DTA\/s72-c\/2022-09-20T015028Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J01X_RTROPTP_4_USA-ECONOMY.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-7484190810198021667"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-20T14:07:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.358+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indonesia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Long-awaited data protection bill passes in Indonesia"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiCIIVhEhcfej5owkMSLl0rMwLFPnf8uIIcZE2xZbtQBs7p6gwrXJQNSUCzc6jrZKLIhBA5Fw72tcxV_DBGyBl89xs7jx7dzDgtI4z71kpOLr24Nro-qpKWQ-9DQpyzogndl9lTdM34-tczuHiXNbeetQaTCUUxpc6nowU0fBwrLjQurf5b0XMJtdi1-g\/s5535\/2022-09-20T054834Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J06S_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDONESIA.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3690\" data-original-width=\"5535\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiCIIVhEhcfej5owkMSLl0rMwLFPnf8uIIcZE2xZbtQBs7p6gwrXJQNSUCzc6jrZKLIhBA5Fw72tcxV_DBGyBl89xs7jx7dzDgtI4z71kpOLr24Nro-qpKWQ-9DQpyzogndl9lTdM34-tczuHiXNbeetQaTCUUxpc6nowU0fBwrLjQurf5b0XMJtdi1-g\/s16000\/2022-09-20T054834Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J06S_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDONESIA.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - On Tuesday, the Indonesian parliament passed a bill to\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E protect personal data\u003C\/a\u003E. If someone is found to have mishandled data in the world's fourth most populous country, they could be fined or sent to prison for up to six years.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe bill was passed after a series of data leaks and investigations into alleged security breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, including a state insurer, telecoms company, and public utility, as well as a contact-tracing app called COVID-19 that showed the vaccine records of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPresident Joko Widodo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe bill was passed by a large majority of lawmakers. It gives the president the power to set up a watchdog group that can fine data handlers who break the rules about sharing or collecting personal data.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe biggest fine is 2% of a company's annual income, and the company's assets could be taken away or sold at auction. The law has a two-year \"adjustment\" period, but it doesn't say what would happen if someone broke it during that time.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe law says that people can go to jail for up to six years if they lie about their personal information to make money or for up to five years if they steal personal \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einformation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EUsers are entitled to compensation if their data is stolen, and they can stop giving permission to use their data at any time.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJohnny G. Plate\u003C\/a\u003E, the communications minister, said that the passing of the bill \"marks a new era in the way personal data is managed in Indonesia, especially on the digital front.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA member of the commission in charge of the law, Abdul Kharis Almasyhari, said that it would mean the state was protecting the personal information of its people.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELawmakers say that the law has been in the works since 2016, but it hasn't been passed yet because of disagreements about fines and who should run the oversight body. The government said that the law was based on laws from the European Union.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EExpert on data protection Satriyo Wibowo, who was consulted while it was being written, said it would force companies to improve how they protect data.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWahyudi Djafar, who works for the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy and does research on data protection, questioned whether the penalties were strong enough to force \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egovernment \u003C\/a\u003Eagencies to improve how they handle data.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/7484190810198021667\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/long-awaited-data-protection-bill.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7484190810198021667"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7484190810198021667"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/long-awaited-data-protection-bill.html","title":"Long-awaited data protection bill passes in Indonesia"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiCIIVhEhcfej5owkMSLl0rMwLFPnf8uIIcZE2xZbtQBs7p6gwrXJQNSUCzc6jrZKLIhBA5Fw72tcxV_DBGyBl89xs7jx7dzDgtI4z71kpOLr24Nro-qpKWQ-9DQpyzogndl9lTdM34-tczuHiXNbeetQaTCUUxpc6nowU0fBwrLjQurf5b0XMJtdi1-g\/s72-c\/2022-09-20T054834Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J06S_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDONESIA.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-6185919657042700537"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-20T11:32:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.357+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hong Kong calls attention to a change in the COVID quarantine policy and wants an orderly opening-up"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6m-I1uVqf94_42ASH5AmfkpRb8sUSdjDlnvUvdC0Jc0TrJEBgnbOa_nu7KZlDoBj-SL7HFUwZj7diT0y8LLqYyiBqBxT5HxqI5T4_uJKbtR9KyQkflA6KiUeOW6bxFLog5G-LZyqTpfHbmmULprhM8IUSJrcLGwJZi9P_BmwRJHI2BWPqQKG3ab-XDw\/s6000\/2022-09-20T024452Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J03Q_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HONGKONG.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4002\" data-original-width=\"6000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6m-I1uVqf94_42ASH5AmfkpRb8sUSdjDlnvUvdC0Jc0TrJEBgnbOa_nu7KZlDoBj-SL7HFUwZj7diT0y8LLqYyiBqBxT5HxqI5T4_uJKbtR9KyQkflA6KiUeOW6bxFLog5G-LZyqTpfHbmmULprhM8IUSJrcLGwJZi9P_BmwRJHI2BWPqQKG3ab-XDw\/s16000\/2022-09-20T024452Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J03Q_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HONGKONG.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, said on Tuesday that the government plans to make an announcement soon about its controversial \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals. This is because the government wants to keep the city connected to the rest of the world and allow for a \"orderly opening up.\"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELee said that he knew Hong Kong needed to stay competitive. He also said that the city's leaders were eager to bring back events and activities.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"We know exactly where we should be going, and we want to move in that direction in a consistent way. We'd like the opening to go smoothly because we don't want there to be chaos or confusion \"He told the news people.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELocal media said that the changes could be made public this week.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaking a cue from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChina\u003C\/a\u003E, which has a zero-COVID policy, Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world that still requires travellers from other countries to go into quarantine when they arrive, though the length of the quarantine has gotten shorter over time. At the moment, people who arrive must pay for three days in a hotel and then stay on their own for four days.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBusiness groups, diplomats, and a lot of locals have criticised this rule and the other COVID restrictions in the city, saying that they hurt Hong Kong's reputation as a global financial centre.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBeijing's efforts to control the former British colony and limit freedoms sparked the move of both expats and local families away from\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Hong Kong \u003C\/a\u003Ebecause of the rules. The government says that about 113,000 people have left since the middle of 2021.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThey have also forced airlines to cut dozens of routes to and from Hong Kong, which used to have one of the busiest airports in the world. This has led to the cancellation or postponement of many events.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn the other hand, Singapore, a rival financial hub, is hosting a number of high-profile conferences this month, which has made hotels and restaurants very busy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHong Kong plans to host a big finance conference and the international Rugby Sevens tournament in November. This is part of its plan to get business back to normal. Bankers have said that people who want to go to the conference must be able to travel without being put in quarantine.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt's not clear if other COVID rules will also be loosened. Hong Kong still doesn't allow\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E public groups\u003C\/a\u003E of more than four people, and masks are required for everyone, even 2-year-olds.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/6185919657042700537\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/hong-kong-calls-attention-to-change-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/6185919657042700537"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/6185919657042700537"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/hong-kong-calls-attention-to-change-in.html","title":"Hong Kong calls attention to a change in the COVID quarantine policy and wants an orderly opening-up"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi6m-I1uVqf94_42ASH5AmfkpRb8sUSdjDlnvUvdC0Jc0TrJEBgnbOa_nu7KZlDoBj-SL7HFUwZj7diT0y8LLqYyiBqBxT5HxqI5T4_uJKbtR9KyQkflA6KiUeOW6bxFLog5G-LZyqTpfHbmmULprhM8IUSJrcLGwJZi9P_BmwRJHI2BWPqQKG3ab-XDw\/s72-c\/2022-09-20T024452Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J03Q_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HONGKONG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-5032494805774087649"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-20T09:26:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.356+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Japan\u0026#39;s consumer price inflation in August is close to its 8-year high"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjw1z1c88m9N7BG0ztQPiOnWhrqLeQd_KigRvLbnIg2ywo5d92zyhM0PETGJ0CTDGXgAimLk5p6bnbYH3uq2Dm-JjXRz8NysEy23Y3ZDJLsxbrjjQCJHEgHb943uUQrAijJtZXI6_XokXFP2QWk2opNW86c5wf1TygiMl2vmK4rT3FUdkVWIJ6z7BYKkw\/s7389\/2022-09-19T235340Z_2_LYNXMPEI8I0ZA_RTROPTP_4_JAPAN-ECONOMY-INFLATION.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"5259\" data-original-width=\"7389\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjw1z1c88m9N7BG0ztQPiOnWhrqLeQd_KigRvLbnIg2ywo5d92zyhM0PETGJ0CTDGXgAimLk5p6bnbYH3uq2Dm-JjXRz8NysEy23Y3ZDJLsxbrjjQCJHEgHb943uUQrAijJtZXI6_XokXFP2QWk2opNW86c5wf1TygiMl2vmK4rT3FUdkVWIJ6z7BYKkw\/s16000\/2022-09-19T235340Z_2_LYNXMPEI8I0ZA_RTROPTP_4_JAPAN-ECONOMY-INFLATION.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Core consumer inflation in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJapan \u003C\/a\u003Esped up to 2.8% in August, which was the fastest annual rate in almost eight years. This was because higher raw material costs and a weaker yen put more pressure on the economy.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECore consumer inflation has been higher than the central bank's target of 2% for five months in a row. However, analysts don't think the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will raise interest rates soon because wage and consumption growth are still slow.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe data show the difficult situation the BOJ is in as it tries to support a weak economy by keeping interest rates very low. This, in turn, is fueling an unwelcome drop in the yen, which is driving up the cost of living for households.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe rise in the core \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econsumer price index (CPI)\u003C\/a\u003E, which doesn't include volatile fresh food prices but does include fuel costs, was a little bigger than the median market prediction of a 2.7% rise and came after a 2.4% rise in July. It went up the most quickly since October 2014.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe so-called \"core core\" index, which takes out the costs of fresh food and energy, went up 1.6% from a year earlier in August, which was faster than July's 1.2% increase and the fastest annual rate since 2015.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe BOJ closely watches the core core index to see how much inflationary pressure comes from domestic demand.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn August, headline inflation hit 3.0%, the highest level since 1991. This shows how much \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econsumers \u003C\/a\u003Eare being hurt by rising prices.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"In August, headline inflation rose to a new high since 1991, and it still has a long way to go. In spite of this, the Bank of Japan will stick to its ultra-easy monetary policy \"The Japan economist at Capital Economics, Darren Tay, said this.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOnce liked because it helped exports, the weak yen is now a problem for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJapanese policymakers\u003C\/a\u003E because it hurts retailers and consumers by making the prices of imported fuel and food go up even more.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe world's third-largest economy grew by 3.5% annually in the second quarter, which was better than the first estimate. But its recovery has been slower than that of many other countries because COVID-19 infections have come back, there aren't enough supplies, and the prices of raw materials are going up.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEven though \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einflation \u003C\/a\u003Eis still low compared to many other developed countries, a slowdown around the world and high energy prices are making things harder to predict. The BOJ has promised to keep interest rates very low and stay different from the rest of the world, which is tightening its monetary policy.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/5032494805774087649\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/japan-consumer-price-inflation-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5032494805774087649"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5032494805774087649"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/japan-consumer-price-inflation-in.html","title":"Japan\u0026#39;s consumer price inflation in August is close to its 8-year high"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjw1z1c88m9N7BG0ztQPiOnWhrqLeQd_KigRvLbnIg2ywo5d92zyhM0PETGJ0CTDGXgAimLk5p6bnbYH3uq2Dm-JjXRz8NysEy23Y3ZDJLsxbrjjQCJHEgHb943uUQrAijJtZXI6_XokXFP2QWk2opNW86c5wf1TygiMl2vmK4rT3FUdkVWIJ6z7BYKkw\/s72-c\/2022-09-19T235340Z_2_LYNXMPEI8I0ZA_RTROPTP_4_JAPAN-ECONOMY-INFLATION.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-221389827788708781"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-20T09:08:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.350+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" As the UN thinks about what to do about Myanmar, Malaysia wants ASEAN to review the peace plan"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJ7aaTYIRPJvJcwynaBKmYeyb1JaLUiTTHi9CqeWmp2kXf8tcBFwvE68NLvHPkrS1qa4rCxWd84gd7OPq_L3ENIH1mGmR4PrX5n__KFsc5bEWcOl5gQXHLg7nMAyikjx5zFksplJNzMaCWvsAuZHH_08YyqFUlRgDjuYWqQtXwDkw5LqRQp16iQl9qrA\/s5500\/2022-09-20T004704Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J00U_RTROPTP_4_ASEAN-SUMMIT.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3666\" data-original-width=\"5500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJ7aaTYIRPJvJcwynaBKmYeyb1JaLUiTTHi9CqeWmp2kXf8tcBFwvE68NLvHPkrS1qa4rCxWd84gd7OPq_L3ENIH1mGmR4PrX5n__KFsc5bEWcOl5gQXHLg7nMAyikjx5zFksplJNzMaCWvsAuZHH_08YyqFUlRgDjuYWqQtXwDkw5LqRQp16iQl9qrA\/s16000\/2022-09-20T004704Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J00U_RTROPTP_4_ASEAN-SUMMIT.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Malaysia's Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on Monday that Southeast Asian countries must decide whether to continue with a five-point peace plan for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMyanmar\u003C\/a\u003E that hasn't worked so far or \"decide what's next\" before their leaders meet in November.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMyanmar has been in a crisis since February of last year, when the army overthrew the elected government of leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrested her and other officials, and started a bloody crackdown on protests and dissent.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMyanmar is a member of the\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)\u003C\/a\u003E, which is in charge of making peace.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAbdullah said, \"Between now and the ASEAN summit in November, ASEAN needs to take a serious look at whether the five-point consensus is still useful and whether it should be replaced with something better.\" \"By the time we get together in November, we need to have asked and answered that hard question.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAbdullah told reporters at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, where world leaders meet every year, that he hoped the 15-member U.N. Security Council would not let the people of Myanmar down.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe British wrote a resolution that was sent to the U.N. Security Council on Friday. It calls for an end to all violence in Myanmar, asks that arms not be sent there right away, and threatens U.N. sanctions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt would also ask the Myanmar junta to free all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, follow the ASEAN peace plan, and let the country change to democracy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBut the Security Council has been divided on Myanmar for a long time. Diplomats say that China and Russia are likely to stop any strong action against Myanmar, and negotiations on the British draught resolution are likely to take a while.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFor a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESecurity Council\u003C\/a\u003E resolution to be passed, it needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes from Russia, China, the US, France, or Britain.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/221389827788708781\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/as-un-thinks-about-what-to-do-about.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/221389827788708781"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/221389827788708781"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/as-un-thinks-about-what-to-do-about.html","title":" As the UN thinks about what to do about Myanmar, Malaysia wants ASEAN to review the peace plan"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJ7aaTYIRPJvJcwynaBKmYeyb1JaLUiTTHi9CqeWmp2kXf8tcBFwvE68NLvHPkrS1qa4rCxWd84gd7OPq_L3ENIH1mGmR4PrX5n__KFsc5bEWcOl5gQXHLg7nMAyikjx5zFksplJNzMaCWvsAuZHH_08YyqFUlRgDjuYWqQtXwDkw5LqRQp16iQl9qrA\/s72-c\/2022-09-20T004704Z_1_LYNXMPEI8J00U_RTROPTP_4_ASEAN-SUMMIT.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-553921746923309243"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-19T16:33:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.350+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"For the first time since 2018, a U.S. aircraft carrier will go to South Korea"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgenIanyKX-CJbqmfJus7nUj3GrpKMpzJfdjXEedo7BeS8plMEnApDbfwOyKHiEBgC4qOnh24Zux7vHzLTcnxL4ni5uyL4WYsT6fUz_o8TQGoaZ9UITsx4ZCIVORHUtGlLeRaR4o0ckh2D_e3efivffddqckxf0BXNCsCExG29WGAHtExLCatV9mLa_lg\/s4455\/2022-09-19T091119Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I09M_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BOMBERS.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3182\" data-original-width=\"4455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgenIanyKX-CJbqmfJus7nUj3GrpKMpzJfdjXEedo7BeS8plMEnApDbfwOyKHiEBgC4qOnh24Zux7vHzLTcnxL4ni5uyL4WYsT6fUz_o8TQGoaZ9UITsx4ZCIVORHUtGlLeRaR4o0ckh2D_e3efivffddqckxf0BXNCsCExG29WGAHtExLCatV9mLa_lg\/s16000\/2022-09-19T091119Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I09M_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BOMBERS.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - This week, a U.S. aircraft carrier will go to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESouth Korea\u003C\/a\u003E for the first time in about four years to take part in joint drills, officials from both countries said on Monday. The allies want to use U.S. \"strategic assets\" that can use nuclear weapons to scare North Korea away.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESouth Korea's Navy said in a statement that the USS Ronald Reagan will arrive at a naval base in the southern port city of Busan on Friday.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"By doing joint drills, the navies of the two countries hope to improve their military readiness and show that the South Korea-U.S. alliance is committed to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula,\" said the statement.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENorth Korea has said that past U.S. military deployments and joint drills were practise for war and proof that Washington and Seoul have an unfriendly \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epolicy\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis will be the first time an American aircraft carrier has been to South Korea since 2018. In that year, the allies cut back on a lot of their military activities together as they tried to talk to North Korea diplomatically.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID-19 pandemic\u003C\/a\u003E also cut back on drills until this year, when South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol resumed many joint exercises and other shows of military power as a warning to North Korea, which earlier this year did a record number of missile tests after talks failed to convince it to stop making nuclear weapons and missiles.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EObservers also say that Pyongyang seems to be getting ready to test nuclear weapons again for the first time since 2017.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFor the first time since 2017, the USS Ronald Reagan went to the waters between South Korea and Japan in April. There, it worked with Japanese forces to do joint drills. This time, the carrier's strike group will train with forces from South Korea.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENorth Korea's first-use nuclear doctrine, which was revealed this month, was called \"escalatory and destabilising\" by the U.S. and South Korea on Friday. Washington also promised to keep deploying and training strategic assets to deter \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPyongyang \u003C\/a\u003Eand respond to it.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/553921746923309243\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/for-first-time-since-2018-us-aircraft.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/553921746923309243"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/553921746923309243"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/for-first-time-since-2018-us-aircraft.html","title":"For the first time since 2018, a U.S. aircraft carrier will go to South Korea"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgenIanyKX-CJbqmfJus7nUj3GrpKMpzJfdjXEedo7BeS8plMEnApDbfwOyKHiEBgC4qOnh24Zux7vHzLTcnxL4ni5uyL4WYsT6fUz_o8TQGoaZ9UITsx4ZCIVORHUtGlLeRaR4o0ckh2D_e3efivffddqckxf0BXNCsCExG29WGAHtExLCatV9mLa_lg\/s72-c\/2022-09-19T091119Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I09M_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BOMBERS.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-3002102277482146236"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-19T14:37:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.354+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Fears of a recession cause oil prices to drop, but worries about supply keep prices from falling too much"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-ZTo57B0RLKSBQl5ZUKXdwZWLPkVqqG7tPqetsrb9nIhS8h83ymqPynV8AgGrXpeEJKjrbtRiVigiSTxOu9HTB1NcU-_Y6cVgfrJmeJ-OpG1rceHqHoQ527U8lxzS1tT76aMvW7FBKhiS-wXG5Lwr45l3mUAsjR9W8xhsl5UwZbaLAkLTbovutG2Wvg\/s4833\/2022-09-19T010756Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I00K_RTROPTP_4_GLOBAL-OIL.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3222\" data-original-width=\"4833\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-ZTo57B0RLKSBQl5ZUKXdwZWLPkVqqG7tPqetsrb9nIhS8h83ymqPynV8AgGrXpeEJKjrbtRiVigiSTxOu9HTB1NcU-_Y6cVgfrJmeJ-OpG1rceHqHoQ527U8lxzS1tT76aMvW7FBKhiS-wXG5Lwr45l3mUAsjR9W8xhsl5UwZbaLAkLTbovutG2Wvg\/s16000\/2022-09-19T010756Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I00K_RTROPTP_4_GLOBAL-OIL.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOil prices\u003C\/a\u003E went down on Monday because people are worried that a global recession will slow the growth of fuel demand. However, declines were limited by worries about supply ahead of the EU's ban on Russian oil in December.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBy 07:01 GMT, Brent crude futures for November had dropped 46 cents, or 0.5%, to $90.89 per barrel.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe price of a barrel of U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in October went down by 65 cents, or 0.8%, to $84.46. Tuesday is the last day for the October WTI contract, and the more active November contract is now worth $84.12, which is down 64 cents.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMonday morning, both contracts went up by more than $1. Last week, oil futures fell more than 1% because people were worried that if the Federal Reserves raised interest rates again, it would slow down growth around the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eworld\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMonday was a good day for the dollar, as investors got ready for a busy week of central bank meetings that are sure to raise borrowing costs around the world, with the possibility of a huge increase in the United States. When the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EU.S. dollar\u003C\/a\u003E gets stronger, goods priced in dollars become more expensive for people who use other currencies.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEven though people worried that this would cut down on fuel demand, ongoing worries about supply kept prices from going down.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"The start of European sanctions on Russian oil is still a cloud over the market. When the supply is cut off in early December, U.S. producers aren't likely to respond quickly to the market, \"On Monday, analysts at ANZ said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEasing COVID- Analysts said that 19 restrictions in China could also give some reason to be hopeful.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina has started to loosen COVID limits in Chengdu, a city in the southwest with more than 21 million people. This has helped to ease worries about demand in the world's second-biggest energy consumer. After Beijing gave out new quotas, China's exports of gasoline and diesel also went up, which helped lower the country's high stockpiles.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAlso, the head of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)\u003C\/a\u003E said on Sunday that its customers still want the same amount of oil. He said that the Gulf state is meeting its OPEC quota by making more than 2.8 million barrels of oil per day.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBasrah Oil Company said on Saturday that oil loading and exporting operations at Iraq's Basrah oil terminal are back to normal after being stopped the day before because of a spill that has now been stopped.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA spokesperson for Shell said on Sunday that the 200,000 barrels per day Bonga deep water storage and offloading \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Evessel \u003C\/a\u003Ewill be serviced in October.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/3002102277482146236\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/fears-of-recession-cause-oil-prices-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/3002102277482146236"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/3002102277482146236"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/fears-of-recession-cause-oil-prices-to.html","title":" Fears of a recession cause oil prices to drop, but worries about supply keep prices from falling too much"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-ZTo57B0RLKSBQl5ZUKXdwZWLPkVqqG7tPqetsrb9nIhS8h83ymqPynV8AgGrXpeEJKjrbtRiVigiSTxOu9HTB1NcU-_Y6cVgfrJmeJ-OpG1rceHqHoQ527U8lxzS1tT76aMvW7FBKhiS-wXG5Lwr45l3mUAsjR9W8xhsl5UwZbaLAkLTbovutG2Wvg\/s72-c\/2022-09-19T010756Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I00K_RTROPTP_4_GLOBAL-OIL.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-7617950230584570312"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-19T13:40:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.359+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Chinese health official says not to touch foreigners if you want to avoid getting monkeypox"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgTh6x-C2XyM_qLzv5TCrma8YA2pu1fX4cfwNv32XHVr7XOb64HzRBzsd9THk8xlcmTPdY_GnJLYlHXubEa8L85etlw_YOpzWRqyTVapBAu46EzOh4nlHiCT6_IBMorMsfyVJ91qjgpjom3hOpMvhwUnoe5s8oqwhr2TA2pA8_rVXALkraEj2Zh8yuFCw\/s4000\/2022-09-18T173256Z_3_LYNXMPEI8H082_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-MONKEYPOX-WHO-EUROPE.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2667\" data-original-width=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgTh6x-C2XyM_qLzv5TCrma8YA2pu1fX4cfwNv32XHVr7XOb64HzRBzsd9THk8xlcmTPdY_GnJLYlHXubEa8L85etlw_YOpzWRqyTVapBAu46EzOh4nlHiCT6_IBMorMsfyVJ91qjgpjom3hOpMvhwUnoe5s8oqwhr2TA2pA8_rVXALkraEj2Zh8yuFCw\/s16000\/2022-09-18T173256Z_3_LYNXMPEI8H082_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-MONKEYPOX-WHO-EUROPE.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - After the first known case of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emonkeypox \u003C\/a\u003Eon mainland China, a senior Chinese health official told people to stay away from foreigners to avoid getting the virus.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote on his official Weibo page on Saturday, \"It is recommended that 1) you don't have direct skin-to-skin contact with foreigners. This is part of a healthy lifestyle.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWu also told people to avoid this kind of contact with people who have been abroad in the last three weeks and with \"strangers\" in general. He urged people to be careful.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHis post was shared a lot over the weekend on social media, but the comments section under his original post was turned off on Sunday and early Monday morning in Beijing.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESome people who commented on forwarded or screenshot versions of his post asked why foreigners in China, many of whom have lived there for a long time and haven't left recently because of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E barriers, were seen as more dangerous than Chinese people.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMonday, Reuters asked Wu to say something about this through his social media account, but he didn't answer right away.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn Friday, a person who had just moved to Chongqing from another country became infected with the monkeypox virus. This is the first case of monkeypox on mainland China since the virus recently spread around the world.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe person who got sick was a Chinese citizen who was 29 years old and had flown to Chongqing on September 14 from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESpain\u003C\/a\u003E, the Center for Disease Control said later.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe risk of spreading the disease was low because the person was put in quarantine as soon as they arrived in Chongqing, according to a statement from the municipal health commission. All close contacts were put in separate places and were watched by doctors.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAbout 90 countries w\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere monkeypox is not common have reported outbreaks of the virus. The\u003C\/a\u003E World Health Organization has called this a global health emergency. There have been more than 60,000 confirmed cases, and some countries that don't normally have the disease have seen their first deaths from it.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/7617950230584570312\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/a-chinese-health-official-says-not-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7617950230584570312"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7617950230584570312"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/a-chinese-health-official-says-not-to.html","title":"A Chinese health official says not to touch foreigners if you want to avoid getting monkeypox"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgTh6x-C2XyM_qLzv5TCrma8YA2pu1fX4cfwNv32XHVr7XOb64HzRBzsd9THk8xlcmTPdY_GnJLYlHXubEa8L85etlw_YOpzWRqyTVapBAu46EzOh4nlHiCT6_IBMorMsfyVJ91qjgpjom3hOpMvhwUnoe5s8oqwhr2TA2pA8_rVXALkraEj2Zh8yuFCw\/s72-c\/2022-09-18T173256Z_3_LYNXMPEI8H082_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-MONKEYPOX-WHO-EUROPE.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-5740976505494564520"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-19T11:01:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.356+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Asian"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Analysis: China\u0026#39;s mortgage boycott is quieting down as building stops"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgpDhvBSa-oxP_XoIETp8yqnBbzvEmO5yLuouMnDeGoV5PJ6prKziH3jEZYZtIUl-054-lO6vfOx3mywZkGeFXvK811ooaEq6Qrdp59wBWBosL4Kd_UiPRFwpgBGvab8jARaV_6pmJLKmPI7FWYExc6rLcSCm3RQ1dyAALdHXRIADu2IAIoaCQIarcyDg\/s8498\/2022-09-19T030233Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I01X_RTROPTP_4_CHINA-PROPERTY-DEBT-HOMEBUYERS.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"5666\" data-original-width=\"8498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgpDhvBSa-oxP_XoIETp8yqnBbzvEmO5yLuouMnDeGoV5PJ6prKziH3jEZYZtIUl-054-lO6vfOx3mywZkGeFXvK811ooaEq6Qrdp59wBWBosL4Kd_UiPRFwpgBGvab8jARaV_6pmJLKmPI7FWYExc6rLcSCm3RQ1dyAALdHXRIADu2IAIoaCQIarcyDg\/s16000\/2022-09-19T030233Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I01X_RTROPTP_4_CHINA-PROPERTY-DEBT-HOMEBUYERS.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Many Chinese homebuyers stopped paying their mortgages two months ago because construction on their homes had stopped. Now, despite promises from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egovernment\u003C\/a\u003E, the lack of progress at more sites could make the boycott worse.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe mortgage protest was a rare act of public disobedience in China. It started in late June and was spread through social media. This made regulators scramble to offer homebuyers loan payment breaks for up to six months and promises to speed up construction.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBut more homebuyers have told Reuters that they plan to stop paying their mortgages because there are no signs that construction will pick up at many projects and there is no clear direction from local authorities.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWang Wending from the city of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EZhengzhou \u003C\/a\u003Ein the middle of the country said that he was able to put off paying the mortgage on his apartment for six months at the end of July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBut when the moratorium is over, he will have to pay all of the past-due payments at once, no matter how far along the building is.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"What will we do if the building hasn't started up again after six months? We'll stop all payments right away, \"he said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince the end of June, homebuyers in at least 100 cities have threatened to stop paying their mortgages because builders have stopped building projects due to a lack of money and strict \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E limits.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina is getting ready for the Communist Party Congress next month, where efforts to revive an economy hurt by the property crisis will be in the spotlight. The threat of more mortgage boycotts comes at the same time.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEven though censorship on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esocial media\u003C\/a\u003E has blocked messages and deleted videos about the protests, putting them out of the public eye for the most part, the boycott has grown.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn September 16, a list on the open source site GitHub called \"We Need Home\" showed that 342 projects in China had buyers who joined the boycott. This was up from 319 projects in late July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"The government is worried about social stability and hasn't thought about how to fix the problem of unfinished projects,\" a homebuyer in the city of Nanchang in the southeast said. \"If the government doesn't help us, we can't do anything.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince July, Qi hasn't paid his 1 million yuan mortgage.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe governments of Zhengzhou and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENanchang \u003C\/a\u003Edid not answer faxed requests for comment.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPeople who know about the situation told Reuters that the protest's centre, Zhengzhou, has promised to start building all stalled housing projects by Oct. 6.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESources say that the city will use special loans and try to get developers to return money they stole and property firms to file for bankruptcy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"PLEASURE THE HOMEOWNERS\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe mortgage \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eboycott \u003C\/a\u003Ehas made people even more worried about a long-term drop in China's property market, which has been going from one crisis to the next since mid-2020, when regulators stepped in to reduce leverage.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBeijing has come up with plans to help the property market, such as lowering the cost of borrowing money and helping local governments set up bailout funds.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESome homebuyers say they are sure of this, but others say they have been forced to keep quiet because of a crackdown on dissent.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAshley, a 30-year-old woman in Zhengzhou who only gave her first name, said that work on her \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eapartment \u003C\/a\u003Ebuilding resumed in the second quarter, but that only a few people work there to \"please homeowners.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAshley told Reuters that she and other residents of the development were told not to go to Beijing to protest after the Zhengzhou government kept cancelling meetings with homebuyers.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EShe said, \"This week, the police called me and told me not to go around them to protest to higher authorities.\" \"They told me that if there was a problem, I should first talk to the local government, and if they couldn't solve it, they could send the message for us.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAshley showed Reuters a phone log that showed that earlier this month, police had called her 15 times in one day. The Public Security Ministry of Zhengzhou did not want to say anything.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBAILOUT\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENatixis said in a report last month that about 6% of all loans would be at risk if all unfinished projects led to mortgage boycotts. That's about 2.3 trillion yuan ($43.02 billion).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESources say that Beijing has set up a bailout fund worth up to $44 billion and special loans for unfinished projects worth $29 billion to restore confidence.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESources at property developers and banks, on the other hand, said that it could take a while for these funds to make a difference.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"There won't be enough money for everyone,\" said a top manager at a developer in Shanghai.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA homebuyer in China Evergrande Group's project in Hefei said he was supposed to get his apartment in 2020, but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econstruction \u003C\/a\u003Ehas stopped for the last four years.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe buyer, who did not want to be named, said that buyers in that project began protesting last year and joined the wider boycott in June.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEvergrande said that company chairman Hui Ka Yan promised last week in a company meeting that all construction would be back to normal by the end of September.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOut of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\"\u003EEvergrande's 706 projects\u003C\/a\u003E, 38 haven't started building again, and 62 are just now getting back to it.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"We won't pay mortgages again if we don't see real results,\" the person said, adding that partial construction had started up again with only about 20 workers at the end of August.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"We'll keep protesting, and we'll go to Beijing,\" they said.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/5740976505494564520\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/analysis-china-mortgage-boycott-is.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5740976505494564520"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5740976505494564520"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/analysis-china-mortgage-boycott-is.html","title":"Analysis: China\u0026#39;s mortgage boycott is quieting down as building 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says that if China attacked Taiwan, U.S. forces would defend the island"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiNlOPfcga6JgVd3ns7cQTJVXC2naIixJ-3ydy8hS4tIqF59yK-74La_FHAZRmCUMjxY2wSGRXY1luceArYRJAsCNNKcwZrli-QMJxKZLEG1fjA2KVn1ZK7gbXY84on1ErJacJUtkIbFprFvlN8N_PtEcmkigBlhH0d9Nc2CU4N-pDH9boxDQEFvA9VSA\/s6008\/2022-09-19T000707Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I001_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4005\" data-original-width=\"6008\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiNlOPfcga6JgVd3ns7cQTJVXC2naIixJ-3ydy8hS4tIqF59yK-74La_FHAZRmCUMjxY2wSGRXY1luceArYRJAsCNNKcwZrli-QMJxKZLEG1fjA2KVn1ZK7gbXY84on1ErJacJUtkIbFprFvlN8N_PtEcmkigBlhH0d9Nc2CU4N-pDH9boxDQEFvA9VSA\/s16000\/2022-09-19T000707Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I001_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJoe Biden, the vice president of the United States\u003C\/a\u003E, said that U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China attacked. This was his clearest statement yet on the issue, and it is sure to anger Beijing.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn an interview with CBS 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday, he was asked if U.S. forces would defend a self-ruled island that China claims. He said, \"Yes, if there was an attack like no other.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen asked to explain whether he meant that, unlike in Ukraine, American men and women would defend Taiwan if \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChina \u003C\/a\u003Eattacked, Biden replied: \"Yes.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the interview, Biden seemed to go beyond what the U.S. has said about Taiwan for a long time, but his statement about sending U.S. troops to defend the island was clearer than in the past.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe United States has had a policy of \"strategic ambiguity\" for a long time, which means that it hasn't been clear if it would use military force to defend Taiwan if it were attacked.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen asked for a comment, a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWhite House\u003C\/a\u003E spokesman said that U.S. policy toward Taiwan hadn't changed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"This is something that the President has said before, like in Tokyo earlier this year. He also made it clear that our policy toward Taiwan hasn't changed since then. This is still true, \"the person speaking up said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELast week, Biden did an interview with CBS. The president is in England for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on Monday.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn May, Biden was asked if he was willing to use military force to defend Taiwan. He said: \"Yes... That's what we said we'd do.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the 60 Minutes interview, Biden said again that the US did not support Taiwanese independence and was still committed to a \"One-China\" policy in which Washington officially recognises Beijing and not Taipei.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBeijing will be very angry about Biden's comments, just as it was very angry when U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan in August.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina held its biggest-ever military exercises around Taiwan after that visit, and China has protested moves by U.S. lawmakers to move forward with legislation that would give Taiwan more \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emilitary \u003C\/a\u003Esupport from the U.S.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPresident Xi Jinping of China has promised to bring democratic Taiwan under Beijing's control by any means necessary, including force.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina's embassy in Washington didn't answer right away when asked for a comment.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EXi warned Biden not to play with fire over Taiwan in a phone call in July. He said, \"Those who play with fire will die by it.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELast October, when asked if the US would defend Taiwan, since the US is required by law to give Taiwan the tools it needs to defend itself, Vice President Joe Biden said, \"Yes, we have a commitment to do that.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAt the time, a spokesperson for the White House said that Biden was not announcing a change in U.S. policy. Some experts called Biden's comment a \"gaffe.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBonnie Glaser, an expert on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAsia \u003C\/a\u003Eat the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said that if Biden made promises like this, he should make sure he could keep them.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EShe said, \"If President Biden wants to protect Taiwan, he should make sure the U.S. military can do it.\" \"Rhetorical support that isn't backed up by real capabilities isn't likely to make deterrence stronger.\"\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/2098750864612252295\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/biden-says-that-if-china-attacked.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/2098750864612252295"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/2098750864612252295"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/biden-says-that-if-china-attacked.html","title":"Biden says that if China attacked Taiwan, U.S. forces would defend the island"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiNlOPfcga6JgVd3ns7cQTJVXC2naIixJ-3ydy8hS4tIqF59yK-74La_FHAZRmCUMjxY2wSGRXY1luceArYRJAsCNNKcwZrli-QMJxKZLEG1fjA2KVn1ZK7gbXY84on1ErJacJUtkIbFprFvlN8N_PtEcmkigBlhH0d9Nc2CU4N-pDH9boxDQEFvA9VSA\/s72-c\/2022-09-19T000707Z_1_LYNXMPEI8I001_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-7358868092045419621"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-17T15:24:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.358+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The polluted bay in the Philippine capital is getting cleaned up "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh_tDRjjUux-a2xZCpSwHXWQ4eCSLEmyhrdQe3Yi0jdGudk8_nUCZtlYKxY9EqTe10wYs1ORQAZ32COjdgF9a18Q7aqqSpSGCT0u0hgnonnUwuzQtdlBa0JA-nG44YMcnmxNJNU6WMYwjkW2w7vBBUyohs047v0U7Lr0pff2h8K5Y3EHcVJofuT4azS9w\/s3000\/2022-09-17T080841Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G023_RTROPTP_4_CLEANUP-DAY-PHILIPPINES.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh_tDRjjUux-a2xZCpSwHXWQ4eCSLEmyhrdQe3Yi0jdGudk8_nUCZtlYKxY9EqTe10wYs1ORQAZ32COjdgF9a18Q7aqqSpSGCT0u0hgnonnUwuzQtdlBa0JA-nG44YMcnmxNJNU6WMYwjkW2w7vBBUyohs047v0U7Lr0pff2h8K5Y3EHcVJofuT4azS9w\/s16000\/2022-09-17T080841Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G023_RTROPTP_4_CLEANUP-DAY-PHILIPPINES.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - On Saturday,\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E International Coastal Cleanup Day\u003C\/a\u003E, hundreds of volunteers helped clean up the polluted Manila Bay coast in the Philippine capital.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EVolunteers and government workers, including hundreds of coast guard members, picked up sachets, rubber slippers, and other non-biodegradable trash that had washed up in Manila Bay, a 60 km (37 mile) semi-enclosed estuary that faces the South China Sea.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDuring the cleanup drive, 18-year-old\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E college student \u003C\/a\u003EKendrick Lopez told Reuters, \"This project will help make our coastal area in Manila Bay better so that tourists and visitors can see how beautiful the bay is.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOil, grease, and trash from nearby homes and ports pollute the waters of Manila Bay, which is known for its beautiful sunsets.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWith almost 36,300 km (22,555 miles) of coastline on more than 7,600 islands, the Philippines has a lot of marine resources.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA scientific online publication from the University of Oxford called Our World in Data released a report in April 2022 that said China was the world's biggest polluter when it came to putting plastic waste into the ocean. China was responsible for about a third of all plastic waste in the ocean.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EJanet Panganiban, a 36-year-old volunteer, told Reuters, \"We need to do these (cleanup drives) for our environment and to stop people from throwing trash on the beach.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECritics say that the laws about solid waste aren't good enough and aren't enforced well enough, which makes it hard for governments and communities to deal with the pollution crisis.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEvery third Saturday in September is International Coastal Cleanup Day. Its goal is to bring attention to the growing\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E trash problems\u003C\/a\u003E along the world's coasts.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/7358868092045419621\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/the-polluted-bay-in-philippine-capital.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7358868092045419621"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7358868092045419621"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/the-polluted-bay-in-philippine-capital.html","title":"The polluted bay in the Philippine capital is getting cleaned up "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh_tDRjjUux-a2xZCpSwHXWQ4eCSLEmyhrdQe3Yi0jdGudk8_nUCZtlYKxY9EqTe10wYs1ORQAZ32COjdgF9a18Q7aqqSpSGCT0u0hgnonnUwuzQtdlBa0JA-nG44YMcnmxNJNU6WMYwjkW2w7vBBUyohs047v0U7Lr0pff2h8K5Y3EHcVJofuT4azS9w\/s72-c\/2022-09-17T080841Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G023_RTROPTP_4_CLEANUP-DAY-PHILIPPINES.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-591988517720525570"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-17T14:35:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.351+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"After a quiet night, the Kyrgyz-Tajik ceasefire holds for the most part "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjlPtxkalQ5yuZpqYQ_JaNmlR4wCj5jS1g6PlV20X-9C-S94BgiK5OuedmMqmzuxOXRUP2xW-m2Ij62BGqIiuaGfb_U8y-TJnGFyPnCNpdPu-vWV42Z6dGhEh2Da13w1todNAL4ijALonkAGEKbkroZS8GYUjd2zyA7C6g0pHUCnQQq1F16SWAmAu6Afw\/s2835\/2022-09-17T051445Z_2_LYNXMPEI8G012_RTROPTP_4_KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN-BORDER.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2067\" data-original-width=\"2835\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjlPtxkalQ5yuZpqYQ_JaNmlR4wCj5jS1g6PlV20X-9C-S94BgiK5OuedmMqmzuxOXRUP2xW-m2Ij62BGqIiuaGfb_U8y-TJnGFyPnCNpdPu-vWV42Z6dGhEh2Da13w1todNAL4ijALonkAGEKbkroZS8GYUjd2zyA7C6g0pHUCnQQq1F16SWAmAu6Afw\/s16000\/2022-09-17T051445Z_2_LYNXMPEI8G012_RTROPTP_4_KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN-BORDER.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKyrgyzstan \u003C\/a\u003Eand Tajikistan said that there were no major incidents overnight on Saturday. This meant that the ceasefire that was agreed upon after Friday's intense fighting was still in place. However, Kyrgyz border guards said that a village was briefly shelled.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis week, two former\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Soviet republics \u003C\/a\u003Efought over a border dispute. Each side said the other had attacked nearby towns with tanks, mortars, rocket artillery, and attack drones.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMost border problems in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECentral Asia\u003C\/a\u003E go back to the Soviet era, when Moscow tried to split the area up between different groups whose settlements were often in the middle of those of other ethnicities.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EKyrgyzstan said on Friday that 24 people had been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ekilled \u003C\/a\u003Eand dozens more were hurt. On Saturday morning, after a quiet night, mortars hit a border village for five minutes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETajikistan hasn't said how many people \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edied\u003C\/a\u003E, but sources in the security sector say at least seven people died on Friday. In a statement released on Friday, Tajik border guards said that Kyrgyz helicopters and drones had hit several Tajik villages.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESources in Tajik security said that the heads of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estate security\u003C\/a\u003E on both sides kept talking about ending the conflict on Saturday.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/591988517720525570\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/after-quiet-night-kyrgyz-tajik.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/591988517720525570"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/591988517720525570"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/after-quiet-night-kyrgyz-tajik.html","title":"After a quiet night, the Kyrgyz-Tajik ceasefire holds for the most part "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjlPtxkalQ5yuZpqYQ_JaNmlR4wCj5jS1g6PlV20X-9C-S94BgiK5OuedmMqmzuxOXRUP2xW-m2Ij62BGqIiuaGfb_U8y-TJnGFyPnCNpdPu-vWV42Z6dGhEh2Da13w1todNAL4ijALonkAGEKbkroZS8GYUjd2zyA7C6g0pHUCnQQq1F16SWAmAu6Afw\/s72-c\/2022-09-17T051445Z_2_LYNXMPEI8G012_RTROPTP_4_KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN-BORDER.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-822018889647665691"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-17T11:14:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.351+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sport"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Soccer-More COVID restrictions have caused Chinese Super League games to be put off"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjumVXhGfTmusmI0K7nIpAwEejxAW0vn8IOmYjQv85Ep-D6V77HiJjKt9ov8fAzUPJtr1O4kytTnOS5WFhBnIwheBGBWj8bH5xIvBjyor0OsMItq6i2Qe7yX9o1_M9LIuXiFFD2d-YSuSqbFuWHBuEx3W3DwmugDGRu1WhX1emmMzje5a9tB6BJADhezg\/s5619\/2022-09-17T021140Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G00K_RTROPTP_4_SOCCER-CHINA-SIPG.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3746\" data-original-width=\"5619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjumVXhGfTmusmI0K7nIpAwEejxAW0vn8IOmYjQv85Ep-D6V77HiJjKt9ov8fAzUPJtr1O4kytTnOS5WFhBnIwheBGBWj8bH5xIvBjyor0OsMItq6i2Qe7yX9o1_M9LIuXiFFD2d-YSuSqbFuWHBuEx3W3DwmugDGRu1WhX1emmMzje5a9tB6BJADhezg\/s16000\/2022-09-17T021140Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G00K_RTROPTP_4_SOCCER-CHINA-SIPG.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - The next two rounds of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChinese Super League\u003C\/a\u003E have been put off until the end of September. This is because China's efforts to stop COVID-19 outbreaks are still having an effect on the competition.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENine games that were supposed to be played on Sunday and Monday in the 17th round will now be played on September 24 and 25. Games that were supposed to be played on September 23 and 24 in the 18th round will now be played on September 29 and 30.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe 19th and 20th round matches have been moved to a later date.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAt the beginning of August, the Chinese Super League went back to having home and away games. But the government's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ezero-COVID policy\u003C\/a\u003E of putting lockdowns in place often to stop every outbreak has messed up the schedule.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBefore the latest changes, 15 games had to be moved or cancelled since play started again on August 5.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWuhan Three Towns is currently in first place in the Chinese Super League, which has 18 teams. They have 44 points from 16 games, which is four more than the defending \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Echampions\u003C\/a\u003E, Shandong Taishan, who have played one more game than Wuhan Three Towns.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/822018889647665691\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/soccer-more-covid-restrictions-have.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/822018889647665691"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/822018889647665691"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/soccer-more-covid-restrictions-have.html","title":"Soccer-More COVID restrictions have caused Chinese Super League games to be put off"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjumVXhGfTmusmI0K7nIpAwEejxAW0vn8IOmYjQv85Ep-D6V77HiJjKt9ov8fAzUPJtr1O4kytTnOS5WFhBnIwheBGBWj8bH5xIvBjyor0OsMItq6i2Qe7yX9o1_M9LIuXiFFD2d-YSuSqbFuWHBuEx3W3DwmugDGRu1WhX1emmMzje5a9tB6BJADhezg\/s72-c\/2022-09-17T021140Z_1_LYNXMPEI8G00K_RTROPTP_4_SOCCER-CHINA-SIPG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-4757334249088720944"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-17T09:11:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.355+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Asian"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Taiwan wants the COVID quarantine for arrivals to end sooner "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiruFO9OL_qC5XhyWq87_W0JSK0u5-NHrbqHlOWkx8rjd2wsT93OAqaV7Y5vZmnrpw_v5uyNyK7RDacqDbKF5Pkl-EV9MRanFicixhSCSAEiIpiAcdOq-_HDksdeigUG6KAKfgTOs3-UNrX-MnF_s595a2bR0QEW0w0TgjwTzobBc6nNKfkNZ0FuledEw\/s3840\/2022-09-16T180832Z_4_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2561\" data-original-width=\"3840\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiruFO9OL_qC5XhyWq87_W0JSK0u5-NHrbqHlOWkx8rjd2wsT93OAqaV7Y5vZmnrpw_v5uyNyK7RDacqDbKF5Pkl-EV9MRanFicixhSCSAEiIpiAcdOq-_HDksdeigUG6KAKfgTOs3-UNrX-MnF_s595a2bR0QEW0w0TgjwTzobBc6nNKfkNZ0FuledEw\/s16000\/2022-09-16T180832Z_4_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETaiwan is making plans to end its mandatory quarantine for all new arrivals earlier than planned. This\u003C\/a\u003E comes as the government continues to ease restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaiwan has kept its entry and quarantine rules even though most of the rest of Asia has loosened or gotten rid of them. However, in June, it cut the number of days that newcomers had to stay in isolation from seven to three.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince the beginning of the year, there have been more than 5.7 million cases in Taiwan. The more contagious\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Omicron variant \u003C\/a\u003Eis to blame. Since more than 99% of them have no symptoms or only mild ones, the government has loosened rules instead of making them stricter in its \"new Taiwan model,\" but it hasn't said when quarantine rules might be thrown out.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESo, he said, even though the number of cases was slowly going up at the moment, that was what he thought would happen.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe told reporters, \"We are also getting ready for a steady opening up with all ministries and departments.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"If we can keep an eye on it for the next two weeks and our predictions come true, if the number of cases goes up slowly and then goes down, we can open up earlier.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis week, Chuang Jen-hsiang, the deputy director-general of Taiwan's Centres for Disease Control, said that it was possible that the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Equarantine \u003C\/a\u003Erule would be completely lifted next month.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaiwan started letting people from the US and Canada into the country without a visa again this week. However, they still have to take a PCR test when they arrive, and there is still a limit of 50,000 arrivals per week.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince most people in Taiwan have been vaccinated, they no longer have to get a negative PCR test before leaving the country.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDuring the pandemic, Taiwanese citizens and foreign residents were never told they couldn't leave and then come back. Instead, they had to stay at home or in hotels to avoid spreading the disease.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBefore the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epandemic\u003C\/a\u003E, Taiwan was a popular place for Asian tourists, especially those from Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/4757334249088720944\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/taiwan-wants-covid-quarantine-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/4757334249088720944"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/4757334249088720944"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/taiwan-wants-covid-quarantine-for.html","title":"Taiwan wants the COVID quarantine for arrivals to end sooner "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiruFO9OL_qC5XhyWq87_W0JSK0u5-NHrbqHlOWkx8rjd2wsT93OAqaV7Y5vZmnrpw_v5uyNyK7RDacqDbKF5Pkl-EV9MRanFicixhSCSAEiIpiAcdOq-_HDksdeigUG6KAKfgTOs3-UNrX-MnF_s595a2bR0QEW0w0TgjwTzobBc6nNKfkNZ0FuledEw\/s72-c\/2022-09-16T180832Z_4_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-5857049785002894122"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-16T16:11:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.357+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ByteDance will spend up to $3 billion to buy investors\u0026#39; shares back "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjivTIEdz74Te-3gN5JyOqSlKcN1Pwl6s4DvR-sjWbfiF2jOSHUQ5vYYMw61qhFhWDDb0eDsWugQCmnin1CY52bYnY6Wdq0e3LUT2gjZskYeScpecjOuXAA6gkTTvptGG7-yEduf8Ex_k1rxgkRB-uUibOUDvFPCRBh4kkIR3aAlp1ELEwhnYsT6-TbsQ\/s5481\/2022-09-16T084729Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F0CJ_RTROPTP_4_BYTEDANCE-CHINA-RSU.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3654\" data-original-width=\"5481\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjivTIEdz74Te-3gN5JyOqSlKcN1Pwl6s4DvR-sjWbfiF2jOSHUQ5vYYMw61qhFhWDDb0eDsWugQCmnin1CY52bYnY6Wdq0e3LUT2gjZskYeScpecjOuXAA6gkTTvptGG7-yEduf8Ex_k1rxgkRB-uUibOUDvFPCRBh4kkIR3aAlp1ELEwhnYsT6-TbsQ\/s16000\/2022-09-16T084729Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F0CJ_RTROPTP_4_BYTEDANCE-CHINA-RSU.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - According to a company memo sent to investors on Friday and seen by Reuters, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EByteDance \u003C\/a\u003Ewill spend up to $3 billion to buy back shares. This means that the Chinese company that owns TikTok but is not publicly traded is worth around $300 billion.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA person with direct knowledge of the plan said that the main goal of the move is to help some of the company's shareholders improve their liquidity.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESources say that ByteDance looked into doing an IPO in Hong Kong, but the company said in April of last year that it had no plans to do so soon.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe company's board will present the proposal to its shareholders at the end of this month. Each share is worth about $176.9, so the buyback is expected to happen in the next two to three months, a person with direct knowledge said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecompany \u003C\/a\u003Ewas worth $300 billion or less in recent trades on the secondary market for private equity, the person and another source said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn the secondary market last year, the company was worth between $300 billion and $400 billion. CB Insights says that even at $300 billion, it is still one of the most valuable private companies in the world.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe sources didn't want to be named because the information was private.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESlower economic growth, which is mostly caused by COVID limits, and Beijing's crackdown on the tech sector have made it harder for many Chinese internet companies to make money.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELast month, the company cut the price of stock options for employees by 20% compared to its plan for 2021.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn 2021,\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E revenue growth\u003C\/a\u003E slowed to 70% from more than 100% the year before.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/5857049785002894122\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/bytedance-will-spend-up-to-3-billion-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5857049785002894122"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/5857049785002894122"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/bytedance-will-spend-up-to-3-billion-to.html","title":"ByteDance will spend up to $3 billion to buy investors\u0026#39; shares back "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjivTIEdz74Te-3gN5JyOqSlKcN1Pwl6s4DvR-sjWbfiF2jOSHUQ5vYYMw61qhFhWDDb0eDsWugQCmnin1CY52bYnY6Wdq0e3LUT2gjZskYeScpecjOuXAA6gkTTvptGG7-yEduf8Ex_k1rxgkRB-uUibOUDvFPCRBh4kkIR3aAlp1ELEwhnYsT6-TbsQ\/s72-c\/2022-09-16T084729Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F0CJ_RTROPTP_4_BYTEDANCE-CHINA-RSU.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-3390407738346849435"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-16T14:56:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.354+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Seven casinos can put in bids, but Genting is the wild card "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhWdfzYs8RBWqvH77GIMugUhNFEo9JrrDEO2m5Z1IFVOhRjcKyYAQv9b63xkZv_jVVulhluB9zXGSl1S-v6vSi7i7lS7A-e-m7dV5cl9466KdVEw7bVHVrlGDyXx-BSrz76M2JJbWVE7Ocvtqa97jcTwZW3k1dvN9d-IGt3bk7Pz7qgKMZ1eMxEWnbZcQ\/s5500\/2022-09-16T074453Z_1_LYNXMPEI8F0AV_RTROPTP_4_MACAU-CASINOS.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3742\" data-original-width=\"5500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhWdfzYs8RBWqvH77GIMugUhNFEo9JrrDEO2m5Z1IFVOhRjcKyYAQv9b63xkZv_jVVulhluB9zXGSl1S-v6vSi7i7lS7A-e-m7dV5cl9466KdVEw7bVHVrlGDyXx-BSrz76M2JJbWVE7Ocvtqa97jcTwZW3k1dvN9d-IGt3bk7Pz7qgKMZ1eMxEWnbZcQ\/s16000\/2022-09-16T074453Z_1_LYNXMPEI8F0AV_RTROPTP_4_MACAU-CASINOS.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBerita 24 English - On Friday, the government of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMacau \u003C\/a\u003Elet seven companies, including a wild card from Malaysian operator Genting, bid for licences to run casinos in the world's biggest gambling hub.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;This started a battle for six available slots that will be closely watched. Lei Wai Nong, who is in charge of Macau's economy and finances, and André Cheong, who is in charge of the city's administration and justice, were among the top officials at the opening.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;So were the top executives from Macau casinos Las Vegas Sands Macau unit Sands China, Wynn Macau, and MGM China. All six current Macau players, including Galaxy Entertainment, Melco Resorts, and SJM Holding, sent in bids before the deadline on Wednesday.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;GMM Limited, a holding company owned by Genting Group Chairman Sri Lim Kok Thay that does not run casinos in Macau, also sent in a bid. Many \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eexecutives \u003C\/a\u003Eand analysts were surprised by GMM's application, and some said it added more uncertainty for local operators.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ben Lee, founder of the Macau gaming consultancy IGamiX, said that Genting would have been encouraged to apply because they are the only applicant with a strong background in theme parks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"There is a chance that they can get rid of one of the people in power. They (Genting) agree, or they wouldn't have put down a $1.27 million buy-in bet (HK$10 million).\" Genting runs casinos in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, and Britain. It also does a lot of business that doesn't involve gambling, which is a top priority for the government of Macau.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt has also made a number of investments in China, including one in a top ski resort that will host the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWinter Olympics in 2022.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince the COVID-19 pandemic began, the industry has been in shambles. In 2019, the industry made $36 billion, but in 2021, it will only make $10.8 billion. The new licences for casinos in Macau are expected to start in 2023.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThese licences are important for the six casinos that are already there to keep running their multi-billion dollar properties. Since casinos were opened up more than 20 years ago, they have put about $40 billion into Macau. According to video from public broadcaster TDM, all of the companies gave their bids to the government in person on Wednesday.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThey did this by bringing two large stacks of paper files on trolleys. To apply, they had to pay HK$10 million. The bidding is happening as COVID limits and travel restrictions continue to hurt\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Macau casinos\u003C\/a\u003E. Through new laws, the government has also made it much harder for people to gamble in the former Portuguese colony.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWILDCARD\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe number of licences that will be given out will stay at six, said Justice Secretary Cheong before the bids opened. He said that the government would look over the bids and talk with the bidders before announcing the winners by the end of the year.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAnalysts think the results will be known by the end of November or the beginning of December.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAccording to a statement on the government's website, companies that want to bid must show \"special consideration...to develop foreign tourist markets, experience in operating casino games, investment in gaming and non-gaming projects for Macau's benefit, plans to manage the casino, plans to monitor and stop illegal activities, and social responsibilities.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGenting Malaysia said in a statement to the Malaysian stock exchange on September 15 that its subsidiary GMM had sent a bid to the Macau government.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe move gives the company a chance to \"expand its business in the leisure and hospitality sector, diversify its geographic footprint, and take part in the recovery prospects\" in Macau.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGenting tried to get a licence to do business in Macau more than 20 years ago, but failed. In 2020, they started building a hotel in the south of the main peninsula of Macau. It will open sometime later this year.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMacau law says that Genting will still be able to run its hotel resort even if it doesn't get a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enew casino licence\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E($1 = 7.8478 Hong Kong dollars)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/3390407738346849435\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/seven-casinos-can-put-in-bids-but.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/3390407738346849435"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/3390407738346849435"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/seven-casinos-can-put-in-bids-but.html","title":"Seven casinos can put in bids, but Genting is the wild card "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhWdfzYs8RBWqvH77GIMugUhNFEo9JrrDEO2m5Z1IFVOhRjcKyYAQv9b63xkZv_jVVulhluB9zXGSl1S-v6vSi7i7lS7A-e-m7dV5cl9466KdVEw7bVHVrlGDyXx-BSrz76M2JJbWVE7Ocvtqa97jcTwZW3k1dvN9d-IGt3bk7Pz7qgKMZ1eMxEWnbZcQ\/s72-c\/2022-09-16T074453Z_1_LYNXMPEI8F0AV_RTROPTP_4_MACAU-CASINOS.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-7331010553415928430"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-16T14:33:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.358+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Asian"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Taiwan wants the COVID quarantine for arrivals to end sooner"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhx5YLvU90tNtK1xPw3IlYPxawkCnHeSgPIy9Qi93zkolaBJ0s7qcpF1m-yszQLZis_fCA3L6_ClVE71A8nmfECw7ceIaIVfG6fY5_LdlMVyjmd_w9yw9zYPrCZ9WWAyRP4hBqEPAOprBMBiU9C8ZnTXjOmRYQnWaO_S1hcxg6A1a10lpk-i7GXEGM5Lw\/s3840\/2022-09-16T040653Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2561\" data-original-width=\"3840\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhx5YLvU90tNtK1xPw3IlYPxawkCnHeSgPIy9Qi93zkolaBJ0s7qcpF1m-yszQLZis_fCA3L6_ClVE71A8nmfECw7ceIaIVfG6fY5_LdlMVyjmd_w9yw9zYPrCZ9WWAyRP4hBqEPAOprBMBiU9C8ZnTXjOmRYQnWaO_S1hcxg6A1a10lpk-i7GXEGM5Lw\/s16000\/2022-09-16T040653Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBerita 24 English - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPremier Su Tseng-chang \u003C\/a\u003Esaid on Friday that Taiwan is making plans to end its mandatory quarantine for all new arrivals earlier than planned. This comes as the government continues to ease restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaiwan has kept its entry and quarantine rules even though most of the rest of Asia has loosened or gotten rid of them. However, in June, it cut the number of days that newcomers had to stay in isolation from seven to three.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince the beginning of the year, there have been more than 5.7 million cases in Taiwan. The more contagious\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Omicron variant \u003C\/a\u003Eis to blame. Since more than 99% of them have no symptoms or only mild ones, the government has loosened rules instead of making them stricter in its \"new Taiwan model,\" but it hasn't said when quarantine rules might be thrown out.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESo, he said, even though the number of cases was slowly going up at the moment, that was what he thought would happen.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe told reporters, \"We are also getting ready for a steady opening up with all ministries and departments.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"If we can keep an eye on it for the next two weeks and our predictions come true, if the number of cases goes up slowly and then goes down, we can open up earlier.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis week, Chuang Jen-hsiang, the deputy director-general of Taiwan's Centres for Disease Control, said that it was possible that the quarantine rule would be completely lifted next month.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETaiwan \u003C\/a\u003Estarted letting people from the US and Canada into the country without a visa again this week. However, they still have to take a PCR test when they arrive, and there is still a limit of 50,000 arrivals per week.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince most people in Taiwan have been vaccinated, they no longer have to get a negative PCR test before leaving the country.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDuring the pandemic, Taiwanese citizens and foreign residents were never told they couldn't leave and then come back. Instead, they had to stay at home or in hotels to avoid spreading the disease.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBefore the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epandemic\u003C\/a\u003E, Taiwan was a popular place for Asian tourists, especially those from Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/7331010553415928430\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/taiwan-wants-covid-quarantine-for_16.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7331010553415928430"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/7331010553415928430"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/taiwan-wants-covid-quarantine-for_16.html","title":"Taiwan wants the COVID quarantine for arrivals to end sooner"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhx5YLvU90tNtK1xPw3IlYPxawkCnHeSgPIy9Qi93zkolaBJ0s7qcpF1m-yszQLZis_fCA3L6_ClVE71A8nmfECw7ceIaIVfG6fY5_LdlMVyjmd_w9yw9zYPrCZ9WWAyRP4hBqEPAOprBMBiU9C8ZnTXjOmRYQnWaO_S1hcxg6A1a10lpk-i7GXEGM5Lw\/s72-c\/2022-09-16T040653Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F04O_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TAIWAN.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-417183355109347138"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-16T09:46:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.350+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"China\u0026#39;s real estate market is getting smaller as prices rise and sales drop"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjMAHzwHlfVsWp5srKMICZtOLHU8edcHeaLK3klW_MEV8AFiS2RaBLfHsJDOe59NtpPw68h1Ba1qyC3MlwK5yc8mDxrUIlQN7J7iw0JGV-nKrTSZAzbTo54tRrBMaGDLvvCLLREugVt3ljAVL_W0xfUjk_fFBq7kBAMbypgms2fHlwMqEzC8DHucZyHog\/s8526\/2022-09-16T023821Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F02R_RTROPTP_4_CHINA-PROPERTY-DEBT-MORTGAGE.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"5684\" data-original-width=\"8526\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjMAHzwHlfVsWp5srKMICZtOLHU8edcHeaLK3klW_MEV8AFiS2RaBLfHsJDOe59NtpPw68h1Ba1qyC3MlwK5yc8mDxrUIlQN7J7iw0JGV-nKrTSZAzbTo54tRrBMaGDLvvCLLREugVt3ljAVL_W0xfUjk_fFBq7kBAMbypgms2fHlwMqEzC8DHucZyHog\/s16000\/2022-09-16T023821Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F02R_RTROPTP_4_CHINA-PROPERTY-DEBT-MORTGAGE.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Official data released on Friday showed that China's real estate market shrank even more in August. Home prices, investment, and sales all went down, and a mortgage boycott, widespread \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID lockdowns\u003C\/a\u003E, and a weak economy all hurt confidence in the market.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina's property market was once a key driver of economic growth, but since the summer of 2020, when regulators stepped in to stop developers from taking on too much debt, it has gone from one crisis to the next. The problems in the property market have hurt the world's second-largest economy, which almost went into a recession in the second quarter because of them.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EReuters used data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to figure out that the prices of new homes fell 0.3% from July to August. This was the fastest drop since November 2021. Prices stayed the same in July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn August, prices for new homes fell 1.3% from a year ago, which was the fastest drop since August 2015. This was on top of a 0.9% drop in July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAccording to a separate statement released by the NBS on Friday, property \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einvestment \u003C\/a\u003Efell 7.4% year-over-year from January to August, which was the fastest drop since January to March 2020. This was on top of a 6.4% drop from January to July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the first eight months of the year, property sales by floor area were down 23.0% from the same time last year. This came after a drop of 23.1% in the first seven months, which showed that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edemand \u003C\/a\u003Ewas still weak.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESince the end of June, developers stopped building pre-sold housing projects because they didn't have enough money and had to follow strict COVID rules. This hurt confidence.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENomura said in a research note that as of Tuesday, 51 cities, which make up 26.1% of China's GDP, had full or partial lockdowns or some kind of district-based control measures in place.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe government has taken steps to help the sector, such as making it easier to buy a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehome\u003C\/a\u003E, requiring less of a down payment, lowering mortgage interest rates, and lowering the prices of homes even more.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe problems in China's residential property market are likely to get worse this year. A recent Reuters poll showed that economists now expect home prices to fall in 2022 and are betting on a faster drop in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eproperty \u003C\/a\u003Esales than they had predicted before.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/417183355109347138\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/china-real-estate-market-is-getting.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/417183355109347138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/417183355109347138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/china-real-estate-market-is-getting.html","title":"China\u0026#39;s real estate market is getting smaller as prices rise and sales drop"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjMAHzwHlfVsWp5srKMICZtOLHU8edcHeaLK3klW_MEV8AFiS2RaBLfHsJDOe59NtpPw68h1Ba1qyC3MlwK5yc8mDxrUIlQN7J7iw0JGV-nKrTSZAzbTo54tRrBMaGDLvvCLLREugVt3ljAVL_W0xfUjk_fFBq7kBAMbypgms2fHlwMqEzC8DHucZyHog\/s72-c\/2022-09-16T023821Z_2_LYNXMPEI8F02R_RTROPTP_4_CHINA-PROPERTY-DEBT-MORTGAGE.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-8655907660053730755"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-16T09:43:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.360+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"EU politicians are against China\u0026#39;s live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgC5cE-Ze9GbrO0mjNnw6ek2wBYlQldBdbRIGQ0encRTVZLacXRyvmk5o55vsIbUy3TWM2FX_gsqhRoqfKirQ2x0m79t_DtQuMyptxZTEL0lOD7yaDR46zPIOGAm-nb878r8OAADPrGmuJnJv8icRMZFNgu36_35mJwjMUbMJH7TfpngOqqymWAWknULA\/s4000\/2022-09-15T145806Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0V6_RTROPTP_4_TAIWAN-CHINA.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2471\" data-original-width=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgC5cE-Ze9GbrO0mjNnw6ek2wBYlQldBdbRIGQ0encRTVZLacXRyvmk5o55vsIbUy3TWM2FX_gsqhRoqfKirQ2x0m79t_DtQuMyptxZTEL0lOD7yaDR46zPIOGAm-nb878r8OAADPrGmuJnJv8icRMZFNgu36_35mJwjMUbMJH7TfpngOqqymWAWknULA\/s16000\/2022-09-15T145806Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0V6_RTROPTP_4_TAIWAN-CHINA.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Thursday, members of the European Parliament voted for a resolution that said China's military exercises in the Taiwan Strait were wrong and that the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEuropean Union\u003C\/a\u003E and Taipei should get closer.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn a statement, the EU assembly said that 424 lawmakers voted for the resolution, with 14 voting against and 46 not voting. The resolution also asked Beijing to stop doing things that could upset the stability of the Taiwan Strait and the region as a whole.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELast month, China sent a lot of planes and missiles near Taiwan after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EU.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003C\/a\u003E visited the self-ruled island to show support.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaiwan's Foreign Ministry was happy about the resolution and thanked those who backed it, saying that it showed that people at high levels and from different parties cared about peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChina sees Taiwan as one of its provinces and has said for a long time that it has the right to take the island by force if it wants to. China says that its disagreements with Taipei are a matter between the two countries.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaiwan's democratically elected government strongly disagrees with China's claims of sovereignty, saying that only the 23 million people who live on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eisland \u003C\/a\u003Ecan decide its future.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn a resolution, the European Parliament asked the EU to improve its relationship with Taiwan because of its important trade position and leading role in the global supply chain of key high-tech sectors, such as semiconductors.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt liked that Lithuania planned to open a trade office in Taipei and said that other EU countries that don't have one there should do the same.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWith Lithuania joining the group, 16 EU countries now have offices in Taiwan.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn Taipei, the EU is also represented by the European Economic and Trade Office, which acts as a de facto embassy since there are no formal \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ediplomatic \u003C\/a\u003Eties between the two countries.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/8655907660053730755\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/eu-politicians-are-against-china-live.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/8655907660053730755"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/8655907660053730755"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/eu-politicians-are-against-china-live.html","title":"EU politicians are against China\u0026#39;s live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgC5cE-Ze9GbrO0mjNnw6ek2wBYlQldBdbRIGQ0encRTVZLacXRyvmk5o55vsIbUy3TWM2FX_gsqhRoqfKirQ2x0m79t_DtQuMyptxZTEL0lOD7yaDR46zPIOGAm-nb878r8OAADPrGmuJnJv8icRMZFNgu36_35mJwjMUbMJH7TfpngOqqymWAWknULA\/s72-c\/2022-09-15T145806Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0V6_RTROPTP_4_TAIWAN-CHINA.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-6882481327077141696"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-15T16:59:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.358+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"At the end of the pope\u0026#39;s trip to Kazakhstan, a conservative critic speaks out"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiOsgGB1VF8AOxvhGiVVzy0u2Zo6MUuCU73yLtJA04OOjdLIuDXYjJ-n923G_ArhYXa5YmoLWwhcxxZGN0oezYvzYSJd4fO9IrRmZgKhd0XmsOKgcFLlH6prY3SDDpucMyAD9hRgrPwojS2OyoBacDlNjSskUVdASIr13_XTxRAJkCTBDadTaEZljk7ww\/s7087\/2022-09-15T064618Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E08I_RTROPTP_4_POPE-KAZAKHSTAN.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4725\" data-original-width=\"7087\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiOsgGB1VF8AOxvhGiVVzy0u2Zo6MUuCU73yLtJA04OOjdLIuDXYjJ-n923G_ArhYXa5YmoLWwhcxxZGN0oezYvzYSJd4fO9IrRmZgKhd0XmsOKgcFLlH6prY3SDDpucMyAD9hRgrPwojS2OyoBacDlNjSskUVdASIr13_XTxRAJkCTBDadTaEZljk7ww\/s16000\/2022-09-15T064618Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E08I_RTROPTP_4_POPE-KAZAKHSTAN.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Pope Francis's trip to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKazakhstan \u003C\/a\u003Ecame to an end on Thursday. At the same time, one of his most vocal critics openly questioned the value of mega faith meetings like the one the pontiff went to, calling them \"a supermarket of religions\" that make the Catholic Church look less important.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrancis led a meeting of bishops, priests, and nuns in the Kazakh capital's cathedral on the last day of his three-day trip.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA local bishop named Athanasius Schneider was there. He is a staunch conservative who has criticised the progressive pope on a wide range of issues.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe main reason for the pope's trip was to speak at the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. This is a meeting where people from many different, mostly smaller faiths come together.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESchneider, who is 61 years old, praised the congress for being able to \"promote mutual respect in the world,\" but he also said that he thought it \"risked\" putting Catholicism on the same level as other religions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESchneider told reporters at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecathedral\u003C\/a\u003E, \"It could look like a supermarket of religions, which is wrong because there is only one true religion, the Catholic Church, which was started by God himself.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESchneider and other conservatives have criticised some parts of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESecond Vatican Council\u003C\/a\u003E, which took place from 1962 to 1965 and called for dialogue with people of other religions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThey also say that Catholics should actively try to convert others to their religion. They disagree with Francis's insistence that potential converts should only be drawn to the faith by the way Christians live.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESchneider, who speaks perfect English and is well-known around the world for his frequent appearances on conservative Catholic media, said that the Vatican should rethink its presence at such congresses. He said that people should talk to each other in their own communities.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe also defended his right to criticise the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epope \u003C\/a\u003Ein public, saying that it was his duty as a brother and was good for the Church as a whole.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"We are brothers, not workers for the pope or the bishops. When I feel that something isn't right or isn't clear, I have to tell him, with respect and brotherly love \"Schneider said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe said that bishops who disagreed with the pope should be honest and not get caught up in \"adulations and incense\" or \"act like an employee to a boss.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrancis gave a final speech to the congress before leaving for Rome. He said that the COVID-19 pandemic had already changed the world, but that the \"utter folly of war\" had made things even worse.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrancis told the group on Wednesday that God doesn't lead religions to war. This was an indirect criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who supports the\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E invasion of Ukraine\u003C\/a\u003E and didn't go to the congress.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Russian Orthodox Church sent a group led by Patriarch Anthony, who is number two in the church.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMost of the people at the congress agreed on the final statement, which said that \"any military conflict\" should not be started, but did not mention the Ukraine war by name.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAbout 70% of Kazakhs are Muslim, and about 26% are Orthodox Christians. Out of the 19 million people who live in the large\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Central Asian country\u003C\/a\u003E, only about 125,000 are Catholic.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/6882481327077141696\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/at-end-of-pope-trip-to-kazakhstan.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/6882481327077141696"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/6882481327077141696"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/at-end-of-pope-trip-to-kazakhstan.html","title":"At the end of the pope\u0026#39;s trip to Kazakhstan, a conservative critic speaks out"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiOsgGB1VF8AOxvhGiVVzy0u2Zo6MUuCU73yLtJA04OOjdLIuDXYjJ-n923G_ArhYXa5YmoLWwhcxxZGN0oezYvzYSJd4fO9IrRmZgKhd0XmsOKgcFLlH6prY3SDDpucMyAD9hRgrPwojS2OyoBacDlNjSskUVdASIr13_XTxRAJkCTBDadTaEZljk7ww\/s72-c\/2022-09-15T064618Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E08I_RTROPTP_4_POPE-KAZAKHSTAN.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-1194446115590100427"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-15T16:47:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.352+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"India plans to stop giving money to Sri Lanka as talks with the IMF move forward - sources"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQd6lJiqjNI_T35fn0vJVzBxxxkYDaOdXycqF1gzrF64MV9ndajJLYfa7gKIdEmv5wuqmB1s9YheCdQJWVoyBB0Hop6qbGqRdFNvj6j6rrLeDIAZbHM4boaNkjou4u-BfP_8cntGZa-HHA6pvqejDPZ9t8aWFrdEzFHqXukEiURsrYcQgpo38LAhUI4w\/s4861\/2022-09-15T093857Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0F1_RTROPTP_4_SRI-LANKA-CRISIS-INDIA.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3577\" data-original-width=\"4861\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQd6lJiqjNI_T35fn0vJVzBxxxkYDaOdXycqF1gzrF64MV9ndajJLYfa7gKIdEmv5wuqmB1s9YheCdQJWVoyBB0Hop6qbGqRdFNvj6j6rrLeDIAZbHM4boaNkjou4u-BfP_8cntGZa-HHA6pvqejDPZ9t8aWFrdEzFHqXukEiURsrYcQgpo38LAhUI4w\/s16000\/2022-09-15T093857Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0F1_RTROPTP_4_SRI-LANKA-CRISIS-INDIA.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English -\u0026nbsp; Two sources told Reuters that India does not plan to give \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESri Lanka\u003C\/a\u003E any more financial help on top of the nearly $4 billion it has already given this year. This is because the island's economy is starting to get back on track after a preliminary loan agreement with the IMF.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis year, India has given the most help to its neighbour to the south, which is going through its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years and is having trouble paying for imports, though the situation is better now than it was from May to July.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"We have already helped them out to the tune of $3.8 billion. Now, everything depends on the IMF, \"Reuters heard from a person in the Indian government who knew what was being said in talks with Sri Lanka. \"No more help can be given by other countries.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA source in the Sri Lankan government said that India's decision didn't come as a surprise and that\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E New Delhi \u003C\/a\u003Ehad told them a few months ago that they wouldn't be getting much more large-scale help.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe source, on the other hand, said that India would be invited to a donor conference that Sri Lanka planned to hold later this year with Japan, China, and possibly South Korea.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAnother government official in Sri Lanka said that talks between India and Sri Lanka about a $1 billion swap arrangement and Sri Lanka's May request for a second $500 million credit line to buy fuel had not gone very well.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe sources didn't want to be named because they weren't allowed to talk to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epress\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen asked for comments, India's Finance Ministry, Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry, and Sri Lanka's Central Bank did not respond right away.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEarly in September, Sri Lanka and the IMF came to a preliminary agreement for a loan of about $2.9 billion. This loan is dependent on the country getting financing guarantees from official creditors and negotiating with private creditors.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOne of the Sri Lankan sources said, \"Our main goal is to move forward with the IMF programme and get ourselves out of this mess on our own.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe other Sri Lankan source said that Sri Lanka has tried to use its limited foreign exchange reserves to buy fuel and redirected money from multilateral agencies to buy other important things like fertiliser, cooking gas, and medicine.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe 22 million people in this country have been dealing with shortages of fuel, food, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emedicine \u003C\/a\u003Efor months. This is because the country's foreign exchange reserves fell to record lows, which stopped imports and caused unprecedented public unrest.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/1194446115590100427\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/india-plans-to-stop-giving-money-to-sri.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/1194446115590100427"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/1194446115590100427"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/india-plans-to-stop-giving-money-to-sri.html","title":"India plans to stop giving money to Sri Lanka as talks with the IMF move forward - sources"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQd6lJiqjNI_T35fn0vJVzBxxxkYDaOdXycqF1gzrF64MV9ndajJLYfa7gKIdEmv5wuqmB1s9YheCdQJWVoyBB0Hop6qbGqRdFNvj6j6rrLeDIAZbHM4boaNkjou4u-BfP_8cntGZa-HHA6pvqejDPZ9t8aWFrdEzFHqXukEiURsrYcQgpo38LAhUI4w\/s72-c\/2022-09-15T093857Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E0F1_RTROPTP_4_SRI-LANKA-CRISIS-INDIA.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-8390110644330231468"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-15T13:30:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.360+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Leaders of the Pacific Islands should want Washington to pay attention to climate change"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgX52ZO-zLWX-SmLaUmUQw20u0n18urzvsERhaUBGNGRiQX0Hx-1nDRDN4L41bUzx5AnIj4V9vjXJh7kh0KYYMNYdFtlbcTTTvXtIIeycywxeU8mYYMtmA1JucPEjcdViaann95jnzNyC_MVWneHxNs2dbToR99Xw4_h8Y8GKjNgXS9wX7kCazJUKW6vw\/s3500\/2022-09-15T062254Z_3_LYNXMPEI8E07M_RTROPTP_4_HAWAII-VOLCANO.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2333\" data-original-width=\"3500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgX52ZO-zLWX-SmLaUmUQw20u0n18urzvsERhaUBGNGRiQX0Hx-1nDRDN4L41bUzx5AnIj4V9vjXJh7kh0KYYMNYdFtlbcTTTvXtIIeycywxeU8mYYMtmA1JucPEjcdViaann95jnzNyC_MVWneHxNs2dbToR99Xw4_h8Y8GKjNgXS9wX7kCazJUKW6vw\/s16000\/2022-09-15T062254Z_3_LYNXMPEI8E07M_RTROPTP_4_HAWAII-VOLCANO.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - Before a meeting with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EU.S. Vice President Joe Biden \u003C\/a\u003Ethis month, the leaders of the Pacific islands said in Hawaii that Washington should accept their priorities for the area. They said that climate change, not competition between superpowers, should be the most important security issue for the area.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPacific island leaders are hopeful that they will be able to work with the Biden administration on our strategy and plan, instead of the White House and the U.S. making a plan for the region, Hawaii's governor, David Ige, said at a news conference after the closed-door meeting.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIge said that all of the island nations and territories in the Pacific had agreed to support a plan called \"2050 Blue Pacific Continent.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAt the meeting in Honolulu on Wednesday, leaders and government officials from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E16 Pacific island nations\u003C\/a\u003E and territories were there.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis year, the competition between China and the US for power in the Pacific islands has gotten worse. This is because China signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands, which led to fears that the area would become more militarised.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn Sept. 28 and 29, Biden will host the first meeting of leaders from Pacific islands at the White House.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDavid Panuelo, president of the Federated States of Micronesia and chairman of the conference, said that he was \"very happy\" with the idea of getting more involved with Washington.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn June, the US and its allies Australia, Japan, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew Zealand\u003C\/a\u003E, and Britain got together to talk about how they could work together in the Pacific islands region. This was seen as a way to counter China's growing power.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPanuelo said that the Pacific islands want the US and China to \"compete in a healthy way\" to keep peace in the area.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EClimate change will be a bigger problem than the Second World War, he said, and getting help from international climate funds is \"like pulling teeth\" for low-lying island states.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOnly 12 countries were invited to Washington, and some French territories were left out because of protocol. The decision was criticised at the meeting.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"When the US invites our region, we want to include all the members of the Pacific Island Forum as a family,\" Panuelo said, referring to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emain regional group\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/8390110644330231468\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/leaders-of-pacific-islands-should-want.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/8390110644330231468"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/8390110644330231468"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/leaders-of-pacific-islands-should-want.html","title":" Leaders of the Pacific Islands should want Washington to pay attention to climate change"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgX52ZO-zLWX-SmLaUmUQw20u0n18urzvsERhaUBGNGRiQX0Hx-1nDRDN4L41bUzx5AnIj4V9vjXJh7kh0KYYMNYdFtlbcTTTvXtIIeycywxeU8mYYMtmA1JucPEjcdViaann95jnzNyC_MVWneHxNs2dbToR99Xw4_h8Y8GKjNgXS9wX7kCazJUKW6vw\/s72-c\/2022-09-15T062254Z_3_LYNXMPEI8E07M_RTROPTP_4_HAWAII-VOLCANO.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-2294139541660286446"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-15T10:57:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.353+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Queen Elizabeth\u0026#39;s body lies in state in London, and a lot of people pay their respects"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjL1hl52y16zf6kvawC5O0G-sB8T8fz78b66FLOBOOkPSZXdMGQJ6BlinnVdT2f17EI9hBRaADgEmK7BhD9IMijJaQG4tGJ1uGPR1r8Fm0xgi_fdF697l_l56nn1Gck7EouYDQDUfI0m77o3XXDZd5Z-KutYTPUZY2urktqbXjw2tnhB5-_vQBrOfghMg\/s8192\/2022-09-14T231127Z_3_LYNXMPEI8D17L_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN-PARLIAMENT.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"5464\" data-original-width=\"8192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjL1hl52y16zf6kvawC5O0G-sB8T8fz78b66FLOBOOkPSZXdMGQJ6BlinnVdT2f17EI9hBRaADgEmK7BhD9IMijJaQG4tGJ1uGPR1r8Fm0xgi_fdF697l_l56nn1Gck7EouYDQDUfI0m77o3XXDZd5Z-KutYTPUZY2urktqbXjw2tnhB5-_vQBrOfghMg\/s16000\/2022-09-14T231127Z_3_LYNXMPEI8D17L_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN-PARLIAMENT.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English - People from all walks of life came to pay their last respects to Britain's longest-ruling monarch, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EQueen Elizabeth\u003C\/a\u003E, as she lay in state all night in London's historic Westminster Hall. Her funeral is on Monday.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAfter days of processions and rituals as the queen's body was brought to London from Balmoral, Scotland, where she died last Thursday at the age of 96, this was a chance for regular people to take part in a ceremony. As people walked by the flag-covered coffin, many shed tears.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOfficials think that about 750,000 people will come to see it before it is taken down at 6:30 a.m. (07:30 GMT) on Monday.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe line went back a few miles along the south bank of the River Thames, past Tower Bridge and a copy of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. As it got closer to Westminster Hall, it crossed Lambeth Bridge. There was a long wait.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThomas Hughes, who was 20, waited with his brother for almost 14 hours overnight. When they finally got to see the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecoffin\u003C\/a\u003E, he said it was a lot to take in.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"You do everything because you want to show respect to this lady,\" he said. \"And I think that when you go through all that, and then the moment you've been waiting for comes, you're just a little bit more emotional.\" \"It's something very strong.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMost of them were \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBritish\u003C\/a\u003E, but some came from other countries. People of all ages were there, from babies being carried by their parents to old soldiers with medals. Many people stopped to bow their heads at the coffin. Some people wiped their eyes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESome people were there to represent their elderly parents, and others were there to see history and thank a woman who became queen in 1952 and was still holding official government meetings two days before she died.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe coffin of Queen Elizabeth was in the middle of Westminster Hall. It was on a purple catafalque on a red platform. It was covered with the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERoyal Standard\u003C\/a\u003E flag and topped with a wreath of flowers and the Imperial State Crown on a cushion.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESoldiers and \"Beefeaters,\" who usually guard the Tower of London in red coats, stood guard with their heads bowed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EKenneth Taylor, 72, from Reading in central \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEngland\u003C\/a\u003E, was one of the first people inside. He had come with a neighbour and spent the night in a tent in the line.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETaylor said that he felt sad when he saw the queen lying in state. He said this with tears in his eyes. \"My throat got tight.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"You know, we've lost a very important person. Her work for this country was very steady and did not change. And I would probably call her the queen of all queens.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDanielle Harbron, 49, from Derbyshire, said, \"I thought I'd walk through crying and come out crying on the other side, but it was just a really, really strange feeling.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn a solemn procession on Wednesday afternoon, soldiers in scarlet ceremonial uniforms carried the casket from Buckingham Palace to the hall on a gun carriage.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EKing Charles, his sons \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPrinces William and Harry\u003C\/a\u003E, and other high-ranking royals walked behind. Despite their differences, the two princes were united in grief. Thursday is Harry's 38th birthday.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWilliam and his wife Kate will go to the royal home in Sandringham, which is in eastern England, on Thursday to look at the flowers that people have left there as tributes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn the day of the queen's funeral, there will be a full-scale procession that is likely to be one of the largest the country has ever seen. This will be a huge security challenge.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ERoyalty, presidents, and other world leaders are expected to show up, but some countries, like Russia, Afghanistan, and Syria, did not get an invitation.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe White House said that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EU.S. President Joe Biden\u003C\/a\u003E, who has said he will be there, spoke to the new king on Wednesday and told him how much the American people love the Queen.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/2294139541660286446\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth-body-lies-in-state-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/2294139541660286446"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/2294139541660286446"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth-body-lies-in-state-in.html","title":"Queen Elizabeth\u0026#39;s body lies in state in London, and a lot of people pay their respects"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjL1hl52y16zf6kvawC5O0G-sB8T8fz78b66FLOBOOkPSZXdMGQJ6BlinnVdT2f17EI9hBRaADgEmK7BhD9IMijJaQG4tGJ1uGPR1r8Fm0xgi_fdF697l_l56nn1Gck7EouYDQDUfI0m77o3XXDZd5Z-KutYTPUZY2urktqbXjw2tnhB5-_vQBrOfghMg\/s72-c\/2022-09-14T231127Z_3_LYNXMPEI8D17L_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-ROYALS-QUEEN-PARLIAMENT.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908592879083439234.post-887233300567366979"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-15T09:50:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-01T17:44:45.351+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Asian"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"English"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Headline"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Singapore plans to change its financial services with an eye on the boom in green finance."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhyu42IyBlfgM0ZRfc69dxzJTyXYdsUjt9ZPm90xGYSrMVf1zeQpOUe-Pt6dentSz0TsGN4XsVjMe5rN_02OFePIcauyIMQ8AzJ5YnJHDF6vU5MyEGszyZUpAt2kJ6xsEvk15tDYlrJOFOLPOdia8Pcs0qtFUkWGP6aVnTfZyIlhkWpK2LLQsZw8c7Qzg\/s5353\/2022-09-15T024327Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E02T_RTROPTP_4_SINGAPORE-CENBANK.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3672\" data-original-width=\"5353\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhyu42IyBlfgM0ZRfc69dxzJTyXYdsUjt9ZPm90xGYSrMVf1zeQpOUe-Pt6dentSz0TsGN4XsVjMe5rN_02OFePIcauyIMQ8AzJ5YnJHDF6vU5MyEGszyZUpAt2kJ6xsEvk15tDYlrJOFOLPOdia8Pcs0qtFUkWGP6aVnTfZyIlhkWpK2LLQsZw8c7Qzg\/s16000\/2022-09-15T024327Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E02T_RTROPTP_4_SINGAPORE-CENBANK.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EImage: Reuters\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBerita 24 English -\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESingapore \u003C\/a\u003Esaid on Thursday that it wants to change its financial services industry by 2025 in order to strengthen its position as a \"key battleground\" in the fight against climate change. This will be done by getting capital to support green fintech and sustainable financing.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-central state's bank, will release a plan called \"Industry Transformation Map 2025.\" It will include steps to simplify the corporate structures used by investment funds, such as family offices, that offer tax breaks, as well as a S$400 million ($285 million) investment in local talent in the industry.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFull details of the big plans haven't been released yet, but they come as Singapore's appeal as a financial hub in Asia grows. This is because \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECOVID-19 restrictions \u003C\/a\u003Ehave been in place for a long time, and there are worries that mainland China is paying more attention to Hong Kong, which is a competitor.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESingapore's deputy prime minister and finance minister, Lawrence Wong, said, \"If we do this right, our financial centre will continue to be relevant and competitive. It will also be a key global financial node that connects global markets, helps Asia grow, and helps Singapore's economy.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWong said at a press conference that wealthy people and family offices are \"growing interested\" in doing more in the field of philanthropy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe MAS thinks that Singapore's financial sector will grow by an average of 4% to 5% a year from 2021 to 2025, thanks to its new plans, and create an average of 3,000 to 4,000 net jobs each year.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe plans include a S$100 million fund that will be used over the next five years to support green fintech, new sustainable financing solutions, and reinsurance, among other things, to help the finance sector become more sustainable.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWong said that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAsia \u003C\/a\u003Ewas an important place to fight against climate change. \"The financial sector must do its part,\" he said. \"It must mobilise capital by financing and investing in ways that help the region move to net zero.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EUnder the plans, the corporate structure used by investment funds like family offices, called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pmb.uhamka.ac.id\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVariable Capital Companies (VCC)\u003C\/a\u003E, will be \"enhanced,\" but details about the changes won't be made public until later. VCCs were first made available in 2020, and they are not taxed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMAS said it had been asked to improve the VCC framework so that more people in the industry and people who own assets can set up VCCs and change the structures of their existing companies to VCCs.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"In spite of the pandemic, Singapore's asset management industry has continued to do well over the past few years and has seen healthy growth. We keep getting money from places outside of Singapore, like North America, Europe, North Asia, and Southeast Asia \"MAS said.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E($1 = 1.4050 Singapore dollars)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/feeds\/887233300567366979\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/singapore-plans-to-change-its-financial.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/887233300567366979"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7908592879083439234\/posts\/default\/887233300567366979"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/en.netizen.co.id\/2022\/09\/singapore-plans-to-change-its-financial.html","title":" Singapore plans to change its financial services with an eye on the boom in green finance."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Netizen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06028522258817995293"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhyu42IyBlfgM0ZRfc69dxzJTyXYdsUjt9ZPm90xGYSrMVf1zeQpOUe-Pt6dentSz0TsGN4XsVjMe5rN_02OFePIcauyIMQ8AzJ5YnJHDF6vU5MyEGszyZUpAt2kJ6xsEvk15tDYlrJOFOLPOdia8Pcs0qtFUkWGP6aVnTfZyIlhkWpK2LLQsZw8c7Qzg\/s72-c\/2022-09-15T024327Z_1_LYNXMPEI8E02T_RTROPTP_4_SINGAPORE-CENBANK.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});