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EUROPEAN UNION TRADE RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLIC CHINA’S COMMISSIONERS IN TOWN SERVICES IS A COMPLEX TASK ‘ ’ ‘DANCING “We are ready to work with The restructuring and reshuffling GRANNIES’ Macau to actually help it diversify of public services is yet again IRK the economy,” says Alessandro a priority for the Secretary for NEIGHBORS Paolicchi Administration and Justice P2,3 MIECF P4 POLICY ADDRESS P11 FEATURE FRI.27 Mar 2015 T. 17º/ 23º C H. 70/ 98% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 5.00 2279 N.º HKD 7.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS TOURISM CapaCITY STUDY AP PHOTO Macau capable of P5 CHINA Leaders of Beijing’s receiving more visitors bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics said Wednesday the capital’s notorious air pollution will be much improved by the time of the AP PHOTO games. The vice president of the bid committee, Zhang Jiandong, told reporters that air quality at the rural sites for the skiing and sliding events was already very good. The problem, he said, was Beijing’s urban core where the main athletes’ village will be located, along with the indoor arenas for skating, hockey and curling. Zhang said Beijing’s urban center expects a 25% reduction in PM2.5 pollutants under a five-year plan begun in 2013 to close coal-fired power plants and other major polluters. VIETNAM’s prime minister orders a swift investigation into a scaffolding collapse that killed 13 workers and injured dozens, while a unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group involved in the construction project offered initial assistance to victims’ families. More on p14 INDIA Police arrest two suspects in the gang rape of an elderly nun in a missionary school which focused attention on sexual violence in India despite tough anti-rape GERMANWINGS TRAGEDY laws introduced two years ago. More on p14 CAMBODIAN officials Alone at controls, inaugurate a memorial at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to remember more than 12,000 people co-pilot sought to tortured at the site when it was a Khmer Rouge prison. ‘destroy’ the plane P15 More on backpage INSIDE 27.03.2015 fri th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 MIECF 2015 Melco booth showcases Gov’t advised to change recycled development patterns electronic devices and energy use XPERTS speaking at MIE- ECF have stressed the necessi- ty for the business community to MGM SUPPORTS be socially and globally respon- GREEN WEEK sible in order to achieve sustai- nable development. As the only prime exhibitor from the green FOR THE sixth year running, MGM hotel category at the fair, gaming Macau has supported the “Macau Green Week” campaign, organized by IACM. operator Melco Crown told the Over 40 Golden Lion Team volunteers, Times that the company feels the led by MGM’s management team, partic- responsibility to take the lead in ipated in a “Tree Maintenance and Pro- energy-saving. tection” program at Parque de Merendas Participating in MIECF for the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong (3rd right, front row) and Secretary for Transport and da Barragem de Hác-Sá on March 18, in fourth time, the company set up Public Works, Raimundo Rosário (2nd right, front row) tour the exhibition hall of 2015 MIECF an effort to inform the public about en- its booth with used and obsole- vironmental protection and to help nur- te electronic devices including Brook Yang the current global development model is ture a fresher Macau under the theme of electronic chips, computer hard unsustainable and that we now urgently “Green City. Ideal Home.” disks and CDs on the façade, NVIRONMENTAL experts and need to step up the pace of change. wine boxes collected from res- Epractitioners have called for local go- “Here in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), we taurants as flooring, and recy- vernments to make new plans and take are in an emerging megacity of nearly 60 speakers suggested that much pollution cled plastic bottles for the recep- action in terms of transforming urban de- million people characterized by The Wor- could be avoided if transportation is made tion desk. velopment patterns and energy use into a ld Bank as the largest urban area in the cleaner and more efficient. Meanwhile, The company’s Vice President, greener and cleaner fashion. world, both in size and population. Deve- construction sites need to be regulated for Property Services, Joshua Ho, At the 8th Macao International Environ- lopment patterns in this region will indeed dust reduction, whereas hotels and restau- explained that the booth is ai- mental Co-operation Forum and Exhibi- influence not just the millions living here, rants could reduce emissions and waste. ming to help raise awareness of tion (MIECF) yesterday, speakers at the but the impact on a larger, global scale, for Moreover, experts indicated that the city’s the increasing e-waste problem forum stressed that policies, regulatory the future of humanity and its relationship power generation needs to be upgraded in Macau. Moreover, he said that measures, and citizen participation are ur- with Planet Earth,” she told the audience. and decentralized, and people’s use of wa- the company has invested over gently needed to curb emissions and was- The speaker cited the Chinese Ministry ter and energy must be streamlined with MOP100 million in recent years te, reduce energy demands and consump- of Environment’s report, recognizing the the use of sustainable technologies. in order to save energy. tion, and promote renewable technologies. PRD region as the most polluted area of According to Ms Brundtland, the world “As a gaming company in Ma- In the event’s keynote speech, former the country, both for air and water. Howe- will need at least 45 percent more energy cau’s major industry, we have a Norwegian Prime Minister, Ms Gro Har- ver, she added that 7 of the 10 cities that and 30 percent more water by 2030. The- big entertainment resort, we use lem Brundtland, hailed as the “mother of have the best air quality in China are loca- refore, changes in development patterns, a lot of different utilities, so we sustainable development,” indicated that ted there. as well as the generation and use of waste believe its our role, our respon- “No doubt, there are great challenges, and energy, are emphasized as a necessary sibility to take the lead in energy and clearly policies, such as those here in and inevitable trend. saving,” he stressed. Macau, need to be put in place towards its “We now need to undo old-fashioned The company has set up an Development already stated goal: ‘a green, low carbon policies that create the wrong incentives environmental management city,’” she advised, adding that “public de- and keep us locked in unsustainable ways committee that is chaired by the patterns in this cision-making, governmental regulations of doing business,” said Ms Brundtland. company’s Co-Chairman and and determination to direct the change we She then called for a subsidy reform, war- Chief Executive Officer, Lawren- region will indeed need [are] essential.” ning that subsidies for fossil fuels globally ce Ho. Every month, managers Another speaker, João Marques da Cruz, are six times higher than those directed from all departments gather to- influence not just from the EDP - Energias de Portugal pro- towards renewable energy. gether to talk about how to im- the millions living vided statistical data to demonstrate that, “The marketplace has to reflect the full prove on the company’s environ- environmental-wise, a lot remains to be ecological and human costs of economic mental issues. here, but the done here: “The 2.5PM index in Macau decisions and establish price signals that “We constantly look for inno- is 150, which is very unhealthy [and] is make the consequences of both action and vative solutions to minimize our impact on a larger, mainly caused by transportation, pollution inaction transparent. This means: pollu- impact to the environment while and can be avoided,” he said. tion, including carbon emissions, can no developing our business. We stri- global scale As for the solutions for the region’s longer be free; subsidies should be made ve to pursue a sustainable future GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND poor air quality and urban environment, transparent and phased out for fossil fuels for our society,” said Lawrence by 2020; we must build new ways to mea- Ho yesterday in a press release. sure development beyond GDP,” she sug- SANDS CHINA TAKES PART IN EARTH HOUR INITIATIVE gested. The speaker further argued that the busi- SANDS CHINA Ltd. properties are support- pating in the worldwide green initiative, which ness now needs more government action ing Earth Hour this March 28 by switching off aims to raise global awareness of climate to inspire innovation and sustainable solu- exterior lights and non-essential indoor lights change by encouraging eco-conscious individ- tions, which calls for public policies that can for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m. For the sev- uals, communities, households and businesses stimulate markets, remove barriers, level enth consecutive year, the company is partici- to switch off their lights for one hour. the playing field, and establish clear targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. 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