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CESL Asia Working Side-By-Side with D-Fund P2 PUBLIC OUTCRY AFTER CASINO ATTACKER WAS BUS REROUTING INDEBTED GAMBLER REAL WINS The route amendment has made The man behind a deadly 2ND STRAIGHT traveling to and from Hac Sa attack on a casino in Manila CHAMPIONS more inconvenient than before, was a heavily indebted Filipino LEAGUE TITLE residents say gambling addict, police said P3 MDT REPORT P13 P19 MON.05 Jun 2017 T. 27º/ 32º C H. 70/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2815 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 AP PHOTO Fewer at June 4 vigil UNITED KINGDOM British police arrested a dozen people yesterday in a widening terrorism in Macau, Hong Kong investigation after attackers used a van and P6, 10 large knives to kill seven people in London, and the county’s major political parties temporarily suspended campaigning with only days to go MARQUES RENATO before the general election. Prime Minister Theresa May said the vote would take place as scheduled on Thursday. More on p14 BLOOMBERG CHINA Anbang Insurance Group Co. denied a Financial Times report that said its chairman, Wu Xiaohui, is barred by Chinese authorities from leaving the country. An Anbang representative declined to comment further. The FT reported Friday that Wu has been prohibited from leaving China, citing four people who have had business dealings with him. More on backpage With articles republished from CESL Asia working Should you side-by-side with keep a list of every book D-Fund P2 you read? 05.06.2017 mon 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Renato Marques ACAu’s CESL Asia, a com- Mpany known for providing a CESL Asia partners with CDB wide range of services and tech- nology solutions, has partnered with the China Development Bank to provide expertise for D-Fund (CDB) in a strategic cooperation agreement that aims to develop investments regarding the China- contracts, mostly due to differences mes can cause conflicts.” Portuguese-Speaking Countries in perception, not in science or te- Trindade noted that the above Cooperation and Development chnical capabilities, but inexperien- were all “matters that have been Fund (CPD Fund or D-Fund). ce of working in [diverse] adminis- satisfactorily solved in Macau”, The agreement was one of the trative environments,” he said. remarking that Chinese com- highlights of the 8th Internatio- “[There are also problems with] panies operated similarly in Ma- nal Infrastructure Investment and the [implementation] of project cau and Portuguese-speaking Construction Forum (IIICF) ope- regulations and the issue with countries, but faced few difficul- ning ceremony held last week in communication which someti- ties in the former. Macau. CESL Asia’s many years of ex- According to António Trindade, perience “have contributed to the president and chief executive of- signing of the agreement” that ficer of CESL Asia, the agreement has the local company working aims to add expertise and market Never before side-by-side with the CPD Fund. know-how to project selection, in- has Macau “This will be the role that is vestment and development. being shared between CESL Asia The accumulated expertise of participated and the [Fund], as [the Fund] in the investments of China in only expressed in words and CESL Asia in the development does not have enough expertise the Portuguese-speaking coun- wishes – but is now going from and management of major infras- directly in the to analyze the projects,” the com- tries, but recently (in the last two idea to accomplishment,” he said. tructure projects in the region and pany CEO told the Times. years) the involvement of Macau Trindade concluded by saying abroad, both public and private, investments When questioned on his pers- with the government[s] has been that CESL Asia demonstrates will be used to tackle various pro- of China in the pective on the latest develop- resulting in the materialization that Macau has the capability blems - such as post-contract-sig- ments regarding the cooperation of an active role of Macau in the and expertise to assume such a ning difficulties faced by Chinese Portuguese- between China and the Portugue- commercial and investment rela- role, noting the contributions of companies operating in the Portu- se-speaking countries, as well as tions with the PSC.” over 500 professionals in diffe- guese-speaking countries, Trinda- speaking Macau’s role as a platform that “We are assisting the effective rent fields that have been “contri- de stated. links the parties involved, Trin- materialization of goals and the buting to the economic and social “Experience tells us that there are countries. dade assured that “never before vision of the “Macau platform development of Macau for the problems with the execution of the ANTÓNIO TRINDADE has Macau participated directly role”, which for a long time was last 30 years.” Excess of waste is a result of inefficient practices ANELISTS speaking do not share data with be integrated and reused from home. Pon the second day of each other, which makes as it is a type of resource.” In Huang Zheng’s opi- the 8th International In- data sharing and integra- Tang expects that the nion, “from a technologi- frastructure Investment tion within city sectors a urban development re- cal point of view, working and Construction Forum matter of utmost impor- cycling industry will de- from home is already at- (IIICF) considered that tance. crease in size because tainable.” the urban development Despite this, Guo asser- “if we can achieve more He noted that challen- recycling industry should ted that it is crucial to en- precise manufacturing ges of having a society be downsized if measures sure that each network’s [methods], there will be where people work from are introduced to avoid data is safely and proper- less and less waste,” re- home are worth discus- the excess of waste. ly shared. marking that the present sing, such as whether it Panelist Tang Wei, vice Tang also emphasized excess of waste was a re- would be deemed socially president at the Shanghai the importance of achie- sult of inefficient practi- acceptable. Construction Group Co ving sustainability for a ces. In a separate talk, Guo Ltd, suggested during the construction company. “I However, Tang admi- discussed the problems talk, titled “Smart City sident of Volvo Group president Guo Jinzhang think development stems tted accumulating large societies encounter when and Sustainable Infras- China’s Public Affairs offered his opinion on from reusing urban deve- amounts of urban deve- developing cities into tructure Development, ” and Communication de- cyber and data safety, lopment waste and from lopment waste was inevi- “smart cities” – of which that Chinese enterprises partment, pointed out stating that ZTE has in- recycling resources,” he table at the current stage. the biggest problems of should share their advan- that it would be interes- deed encountered cyber said, adding that “regar- In another discussion, the transition are, accor- ced technology with the ting to examine if large and data safety problems. ding the construction the panelists voiced their ding to him, related to world in order to contri- vehicles, such as trucks He explained that “a waste industry, […] we all opinions regarding the investment and data sha- bute to the development and other construction city, during its develo- hope that the waste can possibility of working ring. JZ of global recycling efforts. vehicles, could be shared pment process, ends up “When we acquire ad- in a similar manner to bi- forming several intelli- vanced technology do- cycle-sharing schemes. gence-isolated islands, IIICF CONCLUDES WITH 24 BUSINESS CONTRACTS mestically, we will welco- Huang noted that unlike such as transportation, me and be willing to inte- bicycles, heavy vehicles education and medical ACCORDING TO the Macau Trade standing were arranged during the IIICF, grate them in internatio- have a stable customer networks.” and Investment Promotion Institute, which concluded on Friday. Over 1,700 nal business operations,” base, which makes it an He clarified that “inte- more than 220 sessions of business talks participants from 63 countries and re- said Tang. area worth exploring. lligence-isolated islands” and 24 business contracts, framework gions attended. The participants included Huang Zheng, vice pre- ZTE Corporation vice referred to sectors that agreements or memorandums of under- 57 guests of ministerial level. 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. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Julie Zhu, ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. 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