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CCAC: NO FREE MEALS HONG KONG CURBS CCAC received reports LENDING TO DEVELOPERS FRANCE claiming that some groups The Hong Kong Monetary INAUGURATES hosted propaganda activities Authority tightened limits NEW under the pretext of offering on bank loans to property PRESIDENT free meals developers P8 P10 P15 MON.15 May 2017 T. 22º/ 26º C H. 80/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2801 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS HO CHIO MENG AP PHOTO Credibility of CCAC probe CHINESE President Xi Jinping called for closer cooperation among countries across Asia and Europe questioned by lawyer in areas from anti- terrorism to finance, as P3 officials from dozens of governments met to promote a Beijing- led initiative to expand trade links across the AP PHOTO region. More on p11 XINHUA Portugal’s Salvador wins NORTH KOREA test- launched a ballistic missile that flew for half Eurovision with an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan. The romantic ballad launch, which Tokyo P20 said could be of a new type of missile, is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president. More on p13 More on backpage With articles republished from Trump’s ‘frontal assault’ on US institutions 15.05.2017 mon th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO LETTER TO THE EDITOR On honor and cause Dear Editor, Editor’s note: First and foremost, we Instead of attending to our email, UM them, which they didn’t care to respond thank Professor Teresa Vong for the clarifi- decided to communicate on the day the to the previous day, and without provi- I was contacted by a journalist from cation, which says a lot about her integrity news broke. And then, they certainly ding any sort of clarification or evidence your newsroom on the phone last Mon- as a member of academia, and a respected reacted swiftly and aggressively in com- to corroborate their denial. At least they day (8th May) regarding the UM hono- voice in the community. munications, sending out a regrettable had the decency - unlike some - to point rary degree issue. In her very telling letter, Prof. Vong refers to and unethical short communiqué, in Por- the finger directly at us, not “some En- I would like to ask you to publish an article MDT published on Thursday, May tuguese and Chinese, to all newsrooms glish press.” this statement, as part of my response 11 stating that former US President George questioning our reporting with two short The article in question was suspended during that phone conversation which H. W. Bush was allegedly “paid” to receive a sentences which were direct answers to on our website, pending review. contains content that is not correct and honoris causa degree. Our source was solid. the 2 questions our reporter had asked Paulo Coutinho may cause reputational damage to peo- She is a faculty member of the University of ple and the institution that I mentioned. Macau, and director of a research centre in The reporter called me Monday after- her field, precisely, education – according noon around 2:37 when I was on the to the information available on UM’s official way to a school. He asked me questions website as of yesterday. about the issue of “attribution of the However, to my surprise, Prof. Vong is no honorary degree of universities’ prac- longer the director of the Educational Re- tices.” search Centre – nor has been for a good two During the interview, I mentioned years. It was she who told me of that fact in that “We paid a certain amount to him an exchange we had on Saturday regarding [George HW Bush]” and “UM might the sensitive situation. pay the honorary degree awardees some I think the opacity is pretty much telling of money”. These two statements were not the way UM deals with truth and communi- clarified clearly during the interview. cation. But that was not the worst example of What I meant is, in practice, a certain poor communication. amount of honorarium will be paid as a Our reporter had sent a couple of questions lecture fee for those awardees who deli- to UM public relations department trying to ver guest lectures. obtain a comment on the alleged facts on the I am now writing to clarify that I have eve of publication, without success. I must provided incorrect and misleading sta- state that we didn’t have to do it, because our tements during the interview and have reporting was based on an identified, reliab- caused confusion to the public. I apo- le, and official source from the UM. A simple logize to everyone whom I mentioned reply denying the alleged payment would tri- during the interview and to the Univer- gger a different approach from us and pro- sity of Macau. bably we would not be here discussing the Teresa Vong matter today. ANALYSIS Region lacking policy model for smart city projects Lynzy Valles the city,” she added. a smart city,” explained Jo- Edmund Lei, director ge- The team said Macau sep-Ramon Ferrer, an in- neral of China Green Bui- ACAU has all the as- should take advantage of ternational senior advisor lding and Energy Saving Msets and potential to the ongoing innovation and institutional business (Macao) Association. become a leading “smart and technology within its development director of In response to queries on city” in Asia. However, reach. Doxa. what the region currently according to consultants The local government has Currently, researchers are needs to effectively develop who have been studying included plans to turn Ma- interviewing different go- the territory into a smart the “smart city” concept, it cau into a smart city in its vernment departments, city, the experts said Ma- needs to fully coordinate its Five-Year Plan. However, it stakeholders and com- cau needs “a government’s efforts and assets to achie- currently does not have an panies to understand the model” to integrate agents, ve this. entity to align the relevant smart city projects that are environmental stakehol- Last week, a group of ex- departments. currently in development. ders and citizens with the perts from Doxa Innova & When asked whether Ma- Meanwhile, the consul- smart city plan. Smart, a Barcelona-based cau could become a smart tants have agreed that the “Without leadership, a strategic consultancy, visi- From left: Maria Galindo, Jara Forcadell, Edmund Lei and Ramon Ferrer city if the government fails gaming industry plays a clear road map and vision, ted Macau in partnership to produce an entity that crucial role in the region’s it’s going to be difficult to with the Science and Tech- most cities different de- gy by coordinating their ef- oversees the process, the plan of becoming a smart achieve that goal,” said Lei. nology Development Fund partments of the cities forts and working together experts replied that it could city. “This is important, as well (FDCT) and China Green work in isolation, so each in projects with different stagnate the growth in its “For the gaming indus- as commitment. If we only Building and Energy Sa- of them work [...] on their departments, stakeholders development. try and for the smart city do it halfway, we’ll go back ving (Macao) Association. issues but not in a coor- and agents. “Part of our research is program, we need to look to the start and all efforts The consultants reitera- dinated way,” said Maria “You [then] have more to come up with a mas- at how we can improve will be wasted,” he conclu- ted the significance of ha- Galindo, an international resources and greater ca- ter plan [and] to help the the quality [of the service ded. ving a holistic vision and smart city business mana- pacity for being innovati- Macau government […] to provided] to the tourists... The experts held a talk department collaboration ger from Doxa. ve, more flexibility...and come up with a more ho- So this is a big part of the last week at the FDCT cen- to produce a “smart city.” According to Galindo, a so more capacities to the listic and more achievable smart city program pro- ter, inviting guests from re- “What we find is that in region can maximize syner- whole strategic vision for approach to make Macau gress,” said Macau-based levant departments. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, SECRETARY Denise Lo [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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