WONDERFUL China Huawei Is Paying Its Employees Bonuses Totaling More Than $285 Million As Thanks for Helping the Chinese Tech Giant Cope with U.S
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12 YEARS A-CHANGIN’ Double Down! ADVERTISING HERE Kowie Geldenhuys Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo +853 287 160 81 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WEDNESDAY T. 20º/ 28º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3415 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 13 Nov 2019 HKD 10.00 SECOND COURT HAS HANDED GAMING REVENUE PAULO CHAN SAYS AT MGS 2019 DOWN JAIL SENTENCES TO MACAU REGULATOR PASSED FORMER CUSTOMS OFFICER, DOWN 9 PERCENT IN WITH FLYING COLORS AT PRISON WARDEN NOVEMBER: FORECAST INTERNATIONAL LEVEL P4 P4 P11 AP PHOTO WHAT A WONDERFUL China Huawei is paying its employees bonuses totaling more than $285 million as thanks for helping the Chinese tech giant cope with U.S. sanctions that threaten its smartphone and other WORLD businesses. Huawei P2-3 scrambled to remove U.S. components from its products following curbs announced in May on access to American CHUI technology after Washington accused the company of being a security risk. 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Today under a weeklong state of renewed we present an emergency, a declaration that gives the Rural Fire clashes interview with Guia Service sweeping powers P13-14 to control resources and veteran rider Horst direct other government Saiger who will agencies in its efforts to battle fires. compete here for the 13th time More on backpage page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 13.11.2019 wed MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER Chui Sai On paints a bright picture of 10 years of governance RENATO MARQUES HE last decade of the Macau Special Ad- ministrative Region (SAR) saw very sta- Tble development and an im- provement in the livelihood of the population, the Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On said yesterday at the Legisla- tive Assembly (AL) he headed for the last time. He presen- ted an evaluation of the work of the governments he led for the past 10 years as well as the evaluation of the policies for 2019 and a budget proposal for the upcoming year. In his speech and before an audience of lawmakers, the CE noted as major points of his governance the improve- ment in the quality of life of the community, the social har- mony and the promotion of in- frastructure construction. Underlining the financial strength also achieved over the past decade, Chui pain- ted a very bright picture of the achievements reached under his leadership, highlighting the almost complete imple- mentation of the measures proposed in the five-year plan (of his second mandate) whi- ch he considered to be “very satisfactory,” achieving an im- plementation rate of as much as “90% up to the third quarter of 2019.” Under the theme of “Ten res to improve the livelihood of public administration capa- as the new School Curriculum promote the “love of the coun- years of governance from of the community, an orderly bilities. Framework and Basic Acade- try and Macau,” comprised of stability to continuity,” the boost of urban construction, Highlighting the first of the mic Skills Requirements, (al- several elements to the curri- evaluation report presented promotion of stable economic five topics, Chui noted that the ready implemented) have con- culum as well as the national by the CE is comprised of five development, continued rein- revision of the Social Housing tributed significantly. education. chapters, including the impro- forcement of regional coope- Legal Regime (currently un- To the aforementioned two, The CE said, “education vement of policies and measu- ration and the strengthening der analysis by the AL) as well the CE added the measures to is the base [not just for his 10-years but] for a 100 years.” FINANCE AND LAND RESERVES ARE KEYSTONES Gov’t to raise civil servants, Finance and Land Reser- ves are keystones for the de- keep ‘partaking scheme’ for 2020 velopment of the SAR, the CE LTHOUGH the Chief Executive (CE) last year (MOP85 to 88). a refund of 60% of tax paid and deducted said yesterday during the press Amandate will come to a close before As for other measures, Chui also annou- from salaries until the ceiling of 14,000 pa- conference that followed his the end of this year, it is within the authori- nced that the Wealth Partaking Scheme will tacas. speech at the AL. ty of the government to propose the budget also continue into Ho’s government, distri- On the acquisition of the first house, the In an evaluation of the past for the upcoming year. buting cash handouts at the same amount first 3 million patacas will continue to be 10 years of governance, Chui In the fulfillment of this duty, Chui Sai as this year (10,000 patacas for permanent exempt from stamp duty. said, “The Finance Reserves as On revealed that after discussing the topic residents and 6,000 patacas for non-per- According to the CE, all these measures, well as the Land Reserves are with the upcoming CE, Ho Iat Seng, it is manent residents). including the subsidies for use of public the foundations of the general proposed for 2020 to update the salary in- Also continuing are the measures pre- transportation and injection of funds into development of Macau.” With dex of all the civil servants from the current viously announced regarding the taxation the Social Welfare Individual Accounts, a healthy and strong financial 88 patacas per point to 91 patacas, an in- of professionals with the retention of the amounts to 3.42 billion patacas of govern- reserve and without land re- crease of 3 patacas, the same increment as reduction of 30% on professional tax and ment investment. serves, is impossible for any www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Daniel Beitler [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela, Sheyla Zandonai ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Anthony Lam, Emilie Tran, Irene Sam, OFFICE MANAGER Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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Asking the peo- Chui Sai On paints a bright picture of 10 years of governance gain more awareness for the ple is never a bad thing and lack in Macau, as a coastal to hear people is always an city, of natural barriers that opportunity to learn.” support resistance against ex- On the topic, Chui made a treme weather effects.” very positive evaluation of his On the other hand, the government noting, “we gathe- CE noted that the measures red support from the popula- taken by his government that tion and we received generally he feels most proud of are the good feedback from the mea- ones relating to education and sures proposed and enforced,” the policies that allow the you- Chui said, noting that it is not th of Macau to have access to up to him to grade himself in tertiary education and to con- the role of a CE but it is up to tinuous education. the citizens of Macau to clas- “Equity of access to educa- sify his work in the service of tion is the base for an equa- Macau. litarian society,” the CE said, “Only Macau people and noting that his government’s history will tell if I was a good policies on education had con- [servant] or not,” the CE said. tributed to a firm foundation that will allow future genera- DIFFERENCES IN LEGAL tions to perform better. SYSTEMS BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF GBA BILLS WITHDRAWN WERE Questioned on the challen- ‘OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN’ ges posed to the Macau go- Questioned by the media vernment regarding the role on the two bills proposed by of Macau as well as regional Chui Sai On’s government that integration of the Guangdon- raised many questions and g-Hong Kong-Macau Greater public protests leading to the Bay Area (GBA), Chui said, withdrawal of such bills from “The bigger issue [that the dif- discussion at the Legislative ferent parties need to solve] is Assembly, the CE said, “I have related to the existing differen- no regrets regarding those two ces between the legal systems bills [the one proposing reti- [of Macau, Hong Kong, and the rement packages to higher go- Mainland].