12 YEARS A-CHANGIN’ Double Down! ADVERTISING HERE Kowie Geldenhuys Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo +853 287 160 81 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THURSDAY T. 16º/ 21º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3435 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 12 Dec 2019 HKD 10.00 SEVERAL HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS XINHUA’S TAKE: MEET ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR AT THIS WILL REMAIN IN SENIOR PUBLIC YEAR’S MACAO CITY FRINGE FESTIVAL ROLES AFTER THE NEW GOVERNMENT MACAU’S CONFIDENT, HAPPY WHERE TWO MATCHMAKING EVENTS TAKES OFFICE LATER THIS MONTH MILLENNIAL GENERATION WILL PLAY CUPID P4 P7 P8 AP PHOTO INCOMING CHIEF China-US Eleven Chinese migrants were discovered EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE HO hiding in furniture and appliances inside a truck stopped by agents as it IAT SENG WILL entered the U.S. from Mexico at a Southern California border crossing. At least one person was REPLACE ALL BUT crammed inside a washing COUNCIL machine and another was curled up inside a wooden THREE MEMBERS chest. More on p12 P2-3 Myanmar’s former pro- democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi denied that her country’s armed forces REVAMPXINHUA committed genocide against the Rohingya minority, telling the U.N.’s top court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Muslims was the unfortunate result of a battle with insurgents. More on p13 AP PHOTO New Zealand Police released the names of nine people missing in a volcano disaster. They are seven Australian tourists who made a day trip to White Island from a cruise ship that had left Sydney a few days earlier and two tour guides from New Zealand. The list is not complete because they have not been able to speak to all next of kin. Six people were earlier confirmed dead from Monday’s eruption. AP PHOTO United Nations Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according Mainland’s Education Through to a report released yesterday by UN agencies. More on p13 Labor not applicable in Macau More on backpage P6 EDUCATION page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 12.12.2019 thu MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER BLOOMBERG Three veterans of Executive Council to remain in next government LEONEL ALBERTO ALVES DANIEL BEITLER, JULIE ZHU Born in Macau in 1957, Leonel Alberto Alves graduated in Law from the Classical University of Lisbon in 1980. He is a lawyer and member of the Na- ACAU’S incoming Chief Executive, Ho Iat tional Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Seng, has completed the procedures for the an existing member of the MSAR Executive Council, Chairman of the Macau formation of the Executive Council for the Security Forces and Services Disciplinary Supervisory Committee, Chairman fifth-term government, according to a sta- of the Supervisory Committee of the Monetary Authority of Macau, Chair- Mtement released by the Government Information Bureau. man of the General Assembly of the Holy House of Mercy of Macau, as well The 11 appointees for the Executive Council are An- as Chairman of the Council of the Macanese Communities. He was awarded dré Cheong Weng Chon, Leonel Alberto Alves, Peter Lam the Professional Medal of Merit in 2002 and the Silver Lotus Medal of Honor Kam Seng, Chan Chak Mo, Frederico Ma Chi Ngai, Lee in 2019. Chong Cheng, Chan Ka Leong, Iau Teng Pio, Ieong Tou Hong, Zhang Zong Zhen, and Chao Weng Hou. Their appointment will be published in the Official Gazette on December 20, when the 11 will also be sworn CHAN CHAK MO into office. Born in Hong Kong in 1951, Chan Chak Mo holds degrees in business mana- Only three members of the current ExCo have been gement from Menlo College of California, and the International Open University reappointed to stay for Ho Iat Seng’s government, and of Asia (Macau). He is an existing member of the Executive Council, as well as a they are Chan Chak Mo, Leonel Alverto Alves, and Lam lawmaker at the Legislative Assembly, member of the Election Commission for Kam Seng. the Election of the Chief Executive, member of the Urban Renewal Council, Se- Yesterday, Chan Chak Mo commented that the ExCo cretary-General of the Macao Olympic and Sports Committee, Chairman of the is a family where people can talk freely. Chao Weng Hou United Association of Food and Beverage Merchants of Macau, vice-president said he hopes to bring young people’s voice to the Coun- of the Industry and Commerce Association of Macau, and president of various cil, according to a report by TDM. sports associations, among others. He was awarded with the Medal of Merit for Ho said he believed that the appointees would fulfil their Tourism in 2003 and the Silver Lotus Medal of Honor in 2019. duties in line with the Basic Law, serve Macau with loyalty and integrity, and strive to advance the implementation of the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle. The role of the Executive Council is to assist the Chief Executive in poli- PETER LAM KAM SENG cymaking. Peter Lam was born in Macau in 1949. In 2010, he received an honorary PhD After the announcement, current Chief Executive Chui in Business Management from the University of Science and Technology of Sai On extended his congratulations to all members of Macau. He is a member of the MSAR Executive Council, Chairman of the Board the ExCo. of Directors of the University of Macau, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chui believes that, in the future, the appointed mem- “Macau Renova Urbana, SA”, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Macau bers will effectively assist the next Chief Executive in Foundation, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Macao Chamber making decisions and jointly promote the sustainable of Commerce, Vice President of the Macau Civil Construction and Property development of Macau. Chui also fully endorsed the ef- Development Association, Vice President of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable fectiveness of the work of the members of his Executive Association, and Vice President of the Tong Sin Tong Charitable Association. Council. 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He graduated in Portuguese from the 1996, and holds a PhD in business management from the Macau Uni- University of Foreign Languages of Beijing and gra- versity of Science and Technology since 2013. He was a legislator in the duated in Law from the University of Macau. Prior to third Macau Legislative Assembly. He is Chairman of the Supervisory the transfer of sovereignty, he was Director of the Ma- Board of “Parafuturo de Macao Investimento e Desenvolvimento Lda.”, cau Land and Real Estate Registry Office. From 2000 an advisor to the Council for Economic Development, member of the to 2014, he was Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau. Urban Planning Council, permanent member of the Guangdong Pro- He has been Commissioner against Corruption sin- vincial Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Committee, ce December 2014, and will be succeeded by Chan and permanent Vice-Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Tsz King, currently the assistant chief prosecutor. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation, as well as holding many other prominent roles. FREDERICO MA CHI NGAI Ma Chi Ngai, born in Hong Kong in 1973, acqui- IAU TENG PIO red a PhD in economics from the Graduate School Born in Macau in 1964, Iau Teng Pio holds a master’s degree in of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2006. law from the University of Macau and a PhD in law from the China He is a businessman, Chairman of the Board of University of Political Science and Law. He is an assistant dean the Macau Science and Technology Development and an associate professor at the University of Macau’s Faculty of Fund, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Law, where he is the program coordinator of the law degree (in and Chairman of the Strategic Studies Commit- Chinese) and the law degree (in Chinese and Portuguese).