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LOCAL LIBRARIES MACAU RUNNER VENTURES PEARL WITH MORE USERS TO NORTH KOREA The Macau public libraries HORIZON Simon Lam competed in the have registered a substantial HOMEBUYERS Pyongyang Marathon. Interviewed growth in the number of book RESUME by the Times, he provides insights loans PROTESTS into the reclusive country P4 P5 P6,7 MDT REPORT MON.18 Apr 2016 T. 20º/ 23º C H. 80/ 98% Blackberry email service powered by CTM MOP 7.50 2539 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS CHINA’s second- ranking general recently ID: Marathon winner visited the country’s man-made islands in the South China Sea, underscoring defiance P3 in the face of calls by may be disqualified the U.S. and others to cease construction work that they say is raising tensions in the region. AP PHOTO AP PHOTO HONG KONG The world’s only museum chronicling the Chinese government’s brutal 1989 crackdown on student protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square say it faces closure because of a legal dispute. More on p10 ECUADOR The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said yesterday at least 233 people were killed, over 580 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities. More on p15 More on backpage With articles republished from Death toll from Japan quakes Iraq - What happens climbs to 41 P5 next? F1 18.04.2016 mon th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 Public consultation open for the 10-year plan for rehabilitation services Renato Marques be achieved by this “action plan” ve plan also aims to promote is a particular focus on the area changes in Public Housing de- HE Social Welfare Bureau of Medical Rehabilitation whe- sign and construction, setting T(IAS) opened the public rein there is a goal to “Reinfor- “instructions for the conception consultation period on their 10- ce the technical training of the and construction of barrier-less year plan for rehabilitation ser- health care professionals […] public housing,” seeking to im- vices on Friday. through the revision of the Legal prove the lives of the physically In a press conference held at Qualifications and Registration handicapped. the IAS facilities, the plan for for Health Care professionals These rules and instructions the period 2016 to 2025 was and the creation of a Faculty of would also extend to other areas presented to the press at which Medicine in Macau.” of public life such as “market time it became public and open Education is also an impor- places, streets and flyovers and to comments and suggestions. tant focus of the plan, as it sets for pedestrian subways.” Under the theme “Create a so- goals to “provide adequate fi- Another area for development ciety based on equal rights and nancial support to schools for is the Application of the Infor- cohesion,” the plan, which will an integrated education.” mation and Communication be under public consultation Another of the goals set within Technologies, highlighting the until May 30, establishes goals Choi Siu Un (center) education is “to introduce, from goal to “support the develop- at 3 different levels (short term, 2016, interpretation in sign ment and provision of audio- mid-term and long-term). All of the IAS. development of rehabilitation language for all education-re- description. goals focus on obtaining achie- The plan has been in prepara- services” in collaboration with a lated information, including on In total, the plan lists 347 vements in 13 different areas, as tion since the end of 2013 by the team from the City University of website pages of the Social and items with most (44 percent) said Choi Siu Un, Head of the “Interdepartmental study group Hong Kong. Among the extensi- Youth Affairs Bureau [DSEJ].” goals to be achieved during Department of Social Solidarity for the ten-year planning and ve list of goals and objectives to The vast and comprehensi- 2016 and 2017. EDucatiON Higher taxes on cross- Student art exhibition held at MAC border e-commerce Daniel Beitler syllabus.” Paul Bishop, who products going to mainland N art exhibi- is now in his second Ation was held at year at MAC, said that Guangdong-Macau confe- cau, said that Macau is a com- the Macau Anglican form six has “more Arence on cross-border e- munication platform between College (MAC) last freedom,” in its cour- commerce took place last week the mainland and Portugue- week to showcase the sework as there is no at the World Trade Centre, se-speaking countries, and that coursework of some assigned theme. where businessmen from both many mainland tourists also 40 art students across Most of the artwork regions shared their own expe- appreciate Macau’s local pro- forms four, five and exhibited on Thur- riences developing popular onli- ducts. six. Some of these sday were paintin- ne shopping platforms. On April 8, the mainland students will shortly gs, though some are The conference, now in its implemented new tax rates submit their work for drawings and others third edition, was co-organized for cross-border e-commerce grading and monito- include elements of by the Guangdong Cross-Border goods. Before the adjustment, ring at the University except form six.. nal attachment. Since collage. E-Commerce Association (GD- the tax rates applying to perso- of Cambridge, in the “Form four studen- I have looked out of MAC art teacher, Ber- CBEA) and the E-Commerce nal postal articles were between U.K. ts have been given that window for years nita Schröder stressed Association of Macau, as a result 10 and 50 percent. They now For many of the stu- the theme, ‘Object as […] it has a lot of sig- during the evening of the cooperation between DSE range between 15 and 60 per- dents, the exhibition a Metaphor,’ while nificance to me.” the importance of hol- and the Department of Com- cent. on Thursday night form five has been as- Her classmate Me- ding an exhibition to merce of Guangdong Province. According to Wu Mu Zhen, was a chance to dis- signed ‘Sense of Pla- lody has also painted showcase the students’ Tai Kin Ip, the director of the deputy secretary-general of GD- play the fruits of many ce,’” Bishop explained a picture of her room. work. “It’s very impor- Macau Economic Service (DSE), CBEA, the change will benefit months of work and to the Times, “which “It’s what I see at the tant for the students believes the conference will sti- sectors such as cosmetics and preparation, ahead of involves coming to beginning of the day to see their teachers, mulate the flow of trade between wines, but may result in increa- the examinations for terms with some sort and at the end of the friends and parents ce- both regions and create new bu- sed prices for food and clothing the subject that then of location.” day. The sky above is lebrate their art.” siness opportunities for partici- items. took place over the Form five student, what I want to reach, Her colleague, Ro- pants. The new regulations have also weekend. Sin Ian Si Tou, motio- though it’s quite small bert Smerdon who is “The mainland has a huge doubled the spending limit for Paul Bishop, the ning toward her pain- and quite far.” in his first year tea- number of customers who de- single purchases. Previously, a head of the Art De- ting said, “You can see Sin says that she ching at the school, mand overseas products of good single purchase could amount partment at MAC, ex- [in the painting] my likes art but “it’s not echoed Schröder’s quality. Macau possesses an in- to a maximum of RMB1,000, a plained that few gui- room where I have li- like other subjects as statement, adding ternational business network, limit that has since been increa- delines are given for ved for about 10 years. you have to put in a lot that it is especially the especially with Portuguese- sed to RMB2,000. However, the art project aside [The theme] is a ‘Sen- of extra time,” while case for art “as it can speaking countries,” he noted. an individual can still only buy from a general theme se of Place’ so it has Melody jokingly adds, tend to be a very soli- Scott Ma, president of the E- RMB20,000 worth of goods wi- for each year group, to have some emotio- “Yeah, there is no real tary subject.” commerce Association of Ma- thin a year. Staff reporter 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] MDT’s Website has logged over CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] 120 million page views DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_ SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] since January 1st, 2012 up to today. 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