BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION GREEN HOTEL AWARDS BRITISH IN MACAU WINNERS REVEALED The life of Irish writer James The Macau Green Hotel Awards LABOUR Joyce was celebrated during rewarded 23 hotels for their part in LAWMAKER a Bloomsday reception held raising awareness of the importance DIES AFTER at the Macau Military Club of environmental management SHOOTING P5 P6 P15 FRI.17 Jun 2016 T. 27º/ 31º C H. 70/ 95% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2580 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS JINAN UNIVERSITY DOnatiON AP PHOTO New Macau head CHINA-SERBIA Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Serbia today in an effort to further suspect in public boost relations with the friendly nation and assert China’s intention to radically increase its presence in the Balkans P7 and Europe. More on p10 disorder case AP PHOTO PAULO BARBOSA PAULO SOUTH CHINA SEA The Philippines says differences within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prevented the 10-nation bloc from issuing a tough statement on territorial feuds in the South China Sea after a meeting hosted by China this week. AP PHOTO CHINA Police detain a man over an attack on an airline check-in clerk that left her lying in a pool of blood and arrest two others who charged the cockpit as their flight was taxiing for takeoff, the latest in a growing tally of dangerous acts involving Chinese airline travelers. SENADO NOtaRY OFFICE TO CLOSE BANGLADESH The detentions of thousands of suspected criminals Carlos Marreiros: across Bangladesh led to the arrest of a suspected member of a banned Islamist group Holy House of Mercy accused of violently attacking a publisher last year, police say. More on p12 victim of ‘evil act’ P2 MDT REPORT More on backpage INSIDE 17.06.2016 fri th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO SENADO NOtaRY OFFICE TO CLOSE brothers have the right to a proper burial, and the Portu- guese coat of arms. The architect stresses that those symbols are not regis- Marreiros says Holy House tered with the United Nations as Portuguese symbols, since the current Portuguese flag is republican. He adds that if so- of Mercy victim of ‘evil act’ meone in the local administra- tion decided to move the No- Paulo Barbosa According to Carlos Marrei- tary Office on those grounds, ros, who is also a “brother” “that person should be fired, HE removal of the (the designation of members of because we would have a diplo- First Notary Office Fraternity of the Macau Holy matic incident.” from the historical House of Mercy) and president Regarding the potential con- Holy House of Mer- of Albergue SCM (which is ma- sequences of the end of the Tcy building at Senado Square naged independently from the contract with the government, would represent “an evil act, Holy House, despite renting its Carlos Marreiros says that it revealing political myopia, an facilities), the move could be would “cause a major blow to unspeakable act,” Macanese related to cronyism. the Holy House of Mercy’s re- architect Carlos Marreiros told “Many Chinese friends of venue, because the Holy House the Times yesterday. mine are speculating that the is a charity and doesn’t receive The former president of the rental contract will be termina- direct subsidies from the go- Macau Holy House of Mercy ted because the Holy House of vernment.” A significant part (between 98 and 2000) was Mercy is not part of the group of the institution’s revenue co- commenting on the govern- of [political] buddies. What mes from renting its facilities, ment’s decision to move the matters is to rent low-quality as well as from donations. First Notary Office from its buildings [to be used as gover- But the architect believes that current location to the Nor- nment offices] at huge rents,” these financial concerns may thern district. he said. soon be addressed: “I have no The plan was announced this “If the government ‘dries up’ doubts that if the government week by Legislative Assem- terminates their lease, there bly committee spokesperson won’t be a lack of parties inte- Kwan Tsui Hang, but has not rested in renting it. The loca- yet been officially confirmed. The citizens tion is privileged.” However, there are clear signs Originally called the “Confra- that the decision has already feel that the ternity and Fraternity of the Ma- been made. cau Holy House of Mercy,” the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) government institution was created shortly director Liu Dexue said yester- after the founding of Macau day that the move would be a doesn’t care as a Portuguese settlement by way to “manage the work in a about their Bishop D. Belchior Carneiro. more balanced way.” The di- The Bishop was a key figure in rector added that moving the concerns, the early history of Macau, and Notary Office to the Northern was linked to the founding of the district would enable it to instead seeks first local political institution, “provide a better service,” and the Senate, in 1583. that the decision had not been to benefit Most of the house is closed off made because of financial con- its buddies. The historical Holy House of Mercy building from the public. In December cerns. The government pays 2001, a section of its main buil- the Holy House of Mercy mon- This must be an income source of the Holy “It’s an absurdity and I find it ding was opened as a museum. thly rent of MOP 1.2 million for House of Mercy, it disadvanta- hard to believe, also because According to the institution’s the Notary Office. The rental denounced. ges the population. Most of the the building is an wonderful website, the museum houses contract expires in December. CARLOS MARREIROS beneficiaries of the Holy Hou- example of hybrid architectu- “an invaluable collection of se’s action are Chinese, [such re in Macau. The building is so Macau’s Catholic relics, which as] the elderly home, nursery valuable that it is listed as part bear testimony to the history and scholarships. […] It seems of the world heritage sites by of Western culture that was that the government doesn’t UNESCO.” introduced to China through listen to the population and Marreiros explained that the Macau.” then it shows surprise when ancestral building does not To Carlos Marreiros, the Holy people criticize its actions. The even display colonial symbols, House of Mercy is “the major citizens feel that the govern- since the building’s heraldry representative” of Macanese ment doesn’t care about their is linked to the Holy House of culture. concerns, instead seeks to be- Mercy’s history. The ancient “There is no other institution nefit its buddies. This must be institution’s coat of arms fea- with higher dignity and ances- denounced,” Marreiros asser- tures a skull, meaning that the try,” he says. ted. There are also claims that the plan to remove the Notary Offi- FREITAS VERY BAD NEWS FOR THE HOLY HOUSE ce from Senado Square may be : ‘ ’ linked to the fact that the Holy THE CURRENT president of contract this week: “If confirmed, House of Mercy building dis- the Holy House of Mercy, António this would be very bad news for plays Portuguese symbols. José de Freitas, reacted to the the Holy House. 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IFT STUDENT RX - I think it is because Western countries have very advanced welfare policies, education systems and heal- ‘The Portuguese community th care facilities that Macau needs to emulate. As most of my Portuguese responden- ts were not originally born will become smaller’ in Macau, that might cause them to compare their pre- cognition of their own coun- HE Institute for Tourism try’s system with what they TStudies (IFT) organized a now know of Macau’s system. Tourism Education Student The language skills are defi- Summit on the IFT campus nitely a handicap in the com- this week.