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Zoom Transforms Hype Into That Milestone in the Future FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo THURSDAY T. 27º/ 31º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3548 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 04 Jun 2020 HKD 10.00 AN ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY MUST DEFENDS TOP UNIVERSITY THE POLICE HAVE BUSTED AN ILLEGAL SAYS ITS ADOPTION PROGRAM AND GAMBLING OPERATION THAT REVOLVED FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN POSITION IN MACAU IN TIMES AROUND FOUR ELDERLY CITIZENS HINDERED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING PLAYING MAHJONG P3 P2 P4 AP PHOTO Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (pictured) said Tuesday TRAVEL BUBBLE TALK he dispatched a diplomatic Macau and Guangdong sharing goals of border note to the U.S. ambassador in Manila informing the P5 U.S. government that the normalization as HK turns inward Philippines is delaying its decision to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement by at least six months. Washington immediately welcomed the move. India A cyclone made landfall yesterday south of India’s financial capital of Mumbai, with a storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic. AP PHOTO Russia President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure. By including a non-nuclear attack as a possible trigger for Russian nuclear retaliation, the document appears to send a warning signal to the U.S. AP PHOTO XINHUA Yemen The United Nations warned yesterday that BLOOMBERG its programs to fight the Singapore virus coronavirus in war-torn Yemen might have to stop by the end the month. The handling to warning comes a day after a U.N. appeal for countries to fund emergency aid in the be core issue Arab world’s poorest nation fell a billion dollars short of what aid agencies needed in coming to cover essential activities from June to December. election More on backpage P6-7 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 04.06.2020 thu MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Lawmaker proposes HIGHER EDUCATION schools join pensions fund Lawmaker Ella Lei has proposed for the local government to include schools in the MUST scores 32nd best non-mandatory central provident fund. In her most recent interpellation to the government, Lei suggested that all non- among Asian Universities teaching staff of educational institutions RENATO MARQUES With regards to teaching, should be given the chance to join the fund. the criteria assess the lear- Lei explained that public school operations HE Macau University of ning environment. Research depend mostly on public funds, thus these Science and Technolo- is assessed on the basis of the institutions should be key targets to be T gy (MUST) has placed 32nd volume of research, income, included in the fund. The fund includes a among the top 100 universi- and reputation resulting from joint provident fund scheme and an individual ties in Asia according to Ti- research work done at the ins- provident fund scheme. The former type mes Higher Education’s (THE) titutions, with citations, refer- requires employers and employees to ring to how the institution is contribute toward the pension, whereas ranking. the latter suggests that contributors The ranking, revealed yes- used as a reference and is seen have complete discretion. A total of 156 terday, includes the best colle- in terms of research influence. employers have joined the fund system, with ges and universities in Asia, Meanwhile, the analysis of social service organizations accounting for featuring institutions from 30 international outlook takes the majority. The rest include public entities, territories and regions. into account the spectrum of hotels, restaurants, and gaming, education, MUST’s 32nd position also university staff, students and finance, retail, and medical organizations, places the university as the research. The final criteria, re- among other commercial organizations. best in Macau, followed by the lated to the industry’s income, Approximately 40,000 residents have University of Macau (UM) in In third comes the National by China with 81 ranked insti- is classified as the importance participated in the individual provident fund the 37th position. The two ins- University of Singapore, falling tutions and India with a total of and capacity of transference scheme. titutions are the only ones from by one position. 56 universities. of the knowledge generated Macau featured in the ranking. Two universities from Hong According to THE’s ranking, by the institution in impacting 15 marketing call data The position of MUST in the Kong, The University of Hong Asian university standings are society and different sectors cases registered until May Asian ranking is due to a world Kong and The Hong Kong Uni- based on the same 13 perfor- and industries. ranking in the interval of the versity of Science and Techno- mance indicators as THE’s The THE world ranking is The Office for Personal Data Protection 251st to 300th positions. logy, completed the Asian top World University Rankings, but led by the University of Oxford (GPDP) registered 15 cases of personal The top of the Asian list 5. these have been recalibrated to in the U.K., followed by the Ca- data infringement related to marketing is occupied by China’s Tsin- Hong Kong and China are reflect the region’s unique cha- lifornia Institute of Technology phone calls in the first five months of 2020. ghua and Peking Universities the most represented coun- racteristics. in the U.S. and the University Yesterday, a community advisory body (respectively 23rd and 24th tries and regions in the top 10, The ranking classifies re- of Cambridge, also in the U.K. cited the GPDP when referring to personal place in the World University with three universities each. search-intensive universities The U.S. is represented by data infringement cases from January to Rankings), with special signi- Japan leads in the number of across their core missions of a total of seven institutions May. In total, the GPDP handled 52 cases. ficance for Peking University universities represented in the teaching, research, knowled- among the top 10, with the re- Among the 15 phone call disturbances, which jumped up three posi- overall Asian ranking with a to- ge transfer, and international maining three places held by seven cases have already been closed by tions when compared to 2019. tal of 110 universities, followed outlook. universities in the U.K. the office. In 2019, the office issued a total of MOP929,000 in fines to parties that violated personal data regulations. This amount is equivalent to the sum of the fines issued across the 10 years before 2019. Members of the advisory body proposed that Macau Pass made Macao Foundation the GPDP increase the scale of fines after criticizing that the number of cases does not 35.6 million patacas hotline, website ready reflect the actual situation. profit last year to respond to employee Lawmaker wants OCAL e-payment ser- rator to issue and operate subsidy questions more urban renewal Lvice provider Macau the e-voucher scheme, committee meetings Pass has announced a which will offer Macau HE Macao Foundation is cial support within the commu- profit after tax amounting residents a combined Tlaunching both a hotline nity. The money will be used to Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng has requested to 35.6 million patacas for 8,000 patacas to spend in and a website to answer the pu- compensate local employees that the Urban Renewal Committee arrange the 2019 financial year. the market. The scheme blic’s questions regarding the and businesses. meetings more frequently. Between October The company has also will run until the end of government’s 10-billion-pataca On Tuesday, an online in- and December last year, the government announced that it han- this year, according to the Covid-19 relief subsidy. quiry system for the employee conducted a 60-day public consultation dled 16% more transac- plan currently announ- Zhong Yi, vice-president of subsidies was launched. As on the urban renewal regime. As of today, tions, which generated a ced by the government. the foundation, spoke about of 6 p.m. on the inauguration more than half a year has passed since the 74% increase in the mo- The company has the relief fund matter yesterday, date, the system had registered committee held its last meeting. Wong netary value handled. made a forecast of its during at a TDM radio program. approximately 285,000 enqui- urged the government to hold committee meetings more regularly, suggesting the In the financial year of operations this year. It From tomorrow, the Macao ries. committee should conduct more meetings 2018, the company made pledges that it will im- Foundation will be operating On June 16 the Macao Foun- in order to fulfill its function as an advisory 27.5 million patacas in prove the security of its the hotline on 8988 0380, as well dation will commence distribu- body. The lawmaker also demanded the profit after tax. The com- network and control over as a website to clarify the con- tion of the money, specifically local government explain to the public its pany’s profit increased by data monitoring, while cerns raised by members of the through bank transfer. From methods to protect property ownership and 8.1 million patacas year- fostering more reliab- public. June 18, cheques will be used ways to compensate house owners during -on-year, or nearly 30%. le control over the risks The government has propo- to hand out the money. The go- urban renewal processes. Wong wants the This year, the govern- in flows of funds and its sed a six-pronged approach for vernment estimates the distri- local government to speed up the legislation ment has appointed the various forms of mobile the use of a 10 billion pataca bution will be completed within procedure for the urban renewal regime.
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